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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
A Brave Captain Who Said ''AW''
and "a SS!Iah.o

81 got badly left in forming hasty
opinion of the lad de-dah captain of an
English iron ;lad," said Capt. Ormiston,
of the British steamer Effective. "Dur-
ing the recent war in Egypt took ont
supplies to Alexandra, and after dis
charging received orders to go to Ber-
wickport for a charter. ] knew nothing
of the place, and finally concluded toap-
ply to the captain to the iron. clad In
vincible, that lay close alongside of us,
as last chance. pulled up to the gang
way and made my way up to the bridge,
where / found little light-haired man
trotttng up aud down. His hat was cock
ed rougishly on the side of his head; he
wore long whiskers, and an eye
glass dangled from gold chain about
his neck. AS ! approached he halted
suddenly, whirled about on one foot,
screwed his eye-giass into his eye and,
in sweet little piping voice, said
"My deah fellah, what can aw do faw
tempted to laugh in his face, but, con-
trolling myself, | stated my errand.
Immediately the little man had all the
quartermasters running to find his sub
officers, and in iitfy they returned and,
touching their caps, they began to re-
port that Mr.. A. was ashore on liberty,
Mr.. B. had gone to Cairo, and that Mr..
C. was away in the first cutter-and so
on. He then turned to me and rubbing
his hands, said: "My deah fellah, Ber-
wickport is very fine place, aw assuah
you; yoI will find no trouble in get
ing in; aw was there once me-
self TIL inks /, what an ass this man
is, and touching my hat ] was about TO
l., laa Of
ficer appeared and informed the captain
that there was no chart of the British
north coast aboard the ship. Thanking
the captain for his trouble / went over
the side and pulled aboard my own ship.
"No doubt you would have agreed
with me that the captain was 10 sailor
and a fool beside, but you would have
been mistaken and perpleXed as ! was.
TIE next night the Invlnclble went
out to sea, with man in the chains
heaving the lead. OF q sudden the
breast-strap parted and away went the
man overheard. The same little cap
tain was on the bridge. Instantly the
foppish airs were gone end the true
sailor appeared. Pulling the bells he
stopped the vessel and just as he stood.
oilsklns andhll on, went over board to res.
cue his man. One of his lieutenants and
quartermaster jumped overheard to as
sist their commander. Instantly all was
in an uproar. All hands were on deck.
All the boats were lowered and the
four men in a few minutes were safe on
board the Invincible. The leadsman
was entangled III the line and would GER
tainly have drowned but for the prompt
assistance of the captain. In addition,
this was the fourth man that same officer
had rescued from drowning. His crew
swore by him. He was a peer of the
realm, and better officer does not walk
the deck of an English ship to-day, No
gentlemen, you can't always tell the man
by the cut Of his jib."-Philadelphia
Times
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
The Wife Of s.Mr. sneaker. -

Mrs. Carlisle was present." writes a
Philadelphia Press correspondent, "to
see her husband assume his new digni-
ties, and sat with several other Ken
lucky ladies on the front seat of the gal.
Iery reserved for members families,
which for several years past has been
on1 the Democratic side. Her initials
are the same as her husbands; her full
anne, Jane Goodson Carlisle. As the
daughter of Major Goodson, of Coving.
ton, she was one OF the bellies Of Ken
lucky, and rich enough to marry where
the heart inclined She is an elegant
woman, with tall and supple figure, falr
and wavy brown hair, blue eyes, and
clear, well-moaulated voice. She talks
well. and has as much of that In 'elna-
be quality called presence as any lady
one meets here, and much gracIousness
with it. She has been favorite IN her
own riehtlduring the four years her hus-
band has been in congress, and her
Wednesdays receptions at the Rigg
House, which she has decided not to
begin till January, are sure to be among
the leading attractions Of the winter"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17

Persons who are in the habit of be-
coming intoxicated and pleading that
fact, with the added claim that they did
not know what they were about, as an
excuse for any wrong-doing committed
while under the influence of liquor, find
the sand slipping from under his feet,
rs it were, in the light Of some recent
judicial decisions on the subject. One
1.-THE most important of these is that of
Judge Davis, of New York, who lately
held that the man who commits crime
while intoxicated is equally guilty with
a sober man committing the same
ofense, AS be IS responsible for the act
Of getting drunk This is both SCUM /
law and good common sense. No man
has the legal or moral right to put hi H.
self in a condition where he becomes
dangerous to community, and, if a plea
of drunkenness were allowed as an ex-
cuse for crime, all an intending law
breaker need to DO would be to fill him
self with bad whiskey before undertake
ing such offences against law as he might
choose to commit,
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Bayard Taylor's Family.

The widow and daughter Of Bayard
Taylor have recently declined to accept
a gift of SOS, 900 $3.50, 0OO which had been
collected for them by some ladies in
New York. Miss Taylor has for some
time been supporting herself as a COVER
ness in New York.-London Truth. No
such gift was offered TO the widow and
daughter. No money was collected for
them in New York or elsewhere. When
Bayard Taylor died he left his family a
which paid its first dividend TO the
shareholders last year from the time of
Greeley's death, all its earnings having
beel absorbed in paying for its fine
building. 1t is now clear Of debt, and
the widow and daughter of Taylor are
hereafter assured Of comfortable sup.
port from their portion Of the dividend.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
Railroad News.

The following directors and officers of
the Lake SUPERIOR, Wilmar & Dakota road,
were elected at the annual meeting held at
Spicer, H. r. Gale. John Paulson, Andrew
Larson, L. o. Thorpe, George A. Perkins,
WilmaT; Dennis 0'Brien of Kandiyohi; n.
2. Clarke, d. 3. Searle, w. 2. ellis OF ST.
Cloud; Herman F. Long, R. d. Mallet, w.
J. Tranab, L. Greiser o Duluth. Officers:
President, John Spicer; vice president, Her
man L. Long; secretary, II. r. Gale; treas
urer, B. f, Jenness.
The first annua meeting of the stock
holders of the Dubuque & Northwestern
was held at Dubuque recently. The old
board of directors was reelected without
opposition. Work on the new road will be
commenced early in the spring. and will be
pushed with vigor. Offers of aid are numer-
Gus from counties alonp the probate route.
Great satisfaction is felk in Dubuque that
The old board, in which the public has en-
tire confidence, was continued. The cleo
ion of officers will be held in lew days.
In the recent interview between Assistant
President Winter, of the Omaha, and a COM
mission from Pipestone, Mr.. Winter stated
that he was ready to pledge that the Omaha
would be built from Woodstock to Pipe
eiONS tue C0ulluB suIuuler. All the COLL
pany asked was the right of way from
Woodstock and suitable depot grounds at
Pipestone.
The Railroad Gazette says there was to-
tai OF 10 railroad accidents during the
month of November, in which "a persons
we're killed and 235 injured; decrease OF 8
accidents and or in the number killed, but
an increase Of 100 injured, as compared with
November, 1882.
The rumor that General Manager Stin-
son, OF the Northwestern Manufacturing
and Car works, has been offered the
general superintendency of the North
ern Pacific, is given great deal of cred.
euCe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
Personal Gossip.

?. T. Barnum is stakeholder in two
sewing machine companies, owns three
newspapers, two of which are in Ridgeport;
about 400 houses, numerous vacant lots,
and cattle ranch. He has LOCO vacant
lots IN Denver. A building owned by him
in New York pays him rental of 500, 600,
. year.
It is stated that Minister Lowell was no
tilted by the department of state that his
accel tsnce of the rectorship of ST. Andrews
was regarded IS an act inconsistent with
his obligations as the representative of the
American government at 8 foreign court.
Lieut.. Henry Romeyn, Fifth Infantry,
stationed at Fort Keogh, N. T. appeared
on the 9th before the retiring board, that
met st head quarters, Fort Smelling, for the
purpose of being examined with view to
his being retired.
An eIsci on for congress is ordered for
Jan. II, owing to the resignation Of Gov
ernor. elect Robinson of Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Lucretia Z. Patterson, wife of ex-
Eenator John J. Patterson OF South Caro-
Ina, died OF heart disease at Omaha.
Lucca viii accept one OF two offers Of ST.
500 and $1,000 per night for visit TO Amer
iea next year.
Sergeant Bates is carrying the old flag
through Georgia. accompanied by his
son,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
THE DUDE"
A Study of His Development.

Dude is said to be originally London
mus chall term, but it has been trans
planted here, and its constant use shows
that it is, for some reason, well fitted to
take a permanent place in the vocabu-
larry of fashion. Many of our readers
may not know what dude is, and some
Of them, perhaps, do not suspect his ex-
stence. The illusions to him in the
press are of that sort which seems to inn
ply contempt-as'in the case ofthe story
bearing evident marks Of "reportorial"
invention, of a dude pursued IN Fifth
Avenue by cat-and vet are, at the
same time, obscure. We shall, there
fore. to guard against all misconceptions
and suspicion of unfairness, describe
what we understand dude to be. A
dude. then, is a young man, not over
twenty-five, who may be seen on Fifth
Avenue between the hours of three
and six, and may be recognized
by the following distinguishing marks
and signs He is dressed in clothes
which are not calcul tied to attract much
attention, because they are fashionable
without being Ostentatlous. IT IS, In fact,
only to the close observer that the
completeness and care of the costume of
the dude reveals lSeif. MS trousers are
very tight; his shirt-collar, which must
be clerical in its cut, encircle3 his neck
SO as to suggest that q sudden movement
of the mead in any direction will cause
pain; he wears a tall black hat, pointed
shoes, and cane, mot stick, , which
should, we believe, properly have sill
yer handle, is carried by him under his
right arm, projecting forward atan acute
angle, somewhat in the manner that a
word is carried by general at review,
but with a civilian mildness that never
suggests a military origin for the custom.
When the dude takes off his hat, or
when he is seen in the evening at the
theatre, it appears that he parts his hair
in the middle and "bangs" it. There is
believed to be difference of opinion
among dudes as to whether they ought
to wear white gaiters.-New York Ma
fiou
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
Words of the Wise.

Weigh not so much what men assert,
as what they prove; remembering that
truth is simple and naked, and needs
not invention to apparel her comelIness.
Sir 2. Sidney.
BY desiring what is perfectly good,
even when we don't quite know what it
is, and cannot do what we would, we are
part of the divine power against evil
George Eliot.
1t is another's fault ifhe be ungrateful,
but it is mine if DO not give. To find
one thankful man will oblige great
many that are not so.-Seneca.
He that hath scrupulous conscience
is like a horse that is not well weighed !;
he starts at every bird that flies out OF
the hedge-Seneca.
Alas! if the principles Of contentment
are not within us, the hight of station
and worldly grandeur will soon add a
cubit to q mans stature as too his happi-
ness.-Sterne.
Great tAlents for conversation shou d
be attended with great politeness. He
who eclipses others, owes them great
civilities; aud whatever mistaken van
itv NAV tell us, it is better to please in
conversation than to shine IN It's. Il.
Temple.
Wounds and hlrdships provoke our
courage. and when our fortunes are at
the lowest. our wits and minds are com
monty at the best.-Charron.
Next to clothes being fine, they should
be well made; and worn easily, for a
man is only the less genteel for fine
coat, if in wearing it he shows regard
for it, and is not as easy IN 1t as lit were
a plain ne.-Chesterheld.
Supineness and efeminacy have ruin
cd more constitutions than were ever
destroyed by excessive laoors. Moder-
ate exercise and toll, so far from preju-
dicing, strengthens and cOnsolidates the
bodT.-Dr. Rush.
four credit be 90 we'll built, so firm,
that it is not easy to be shaken by cal
umny or insinuation, envy then COM
mends MS and extols US beyond reason,
to those upon whom we depend, till
tEev grow jealous and SO blow US up
when they cannot throw US down
Clarendon.
4 wise and good man will turn ex-
amples of all sorts to his own adyan-
tage. The good he will make his pat
terms and strive to equal or excel them.
The bad he will by ali means avoid
Thomas attempts.
The wheel of fortune turns necessarily
round, and who can say within
himself l shall to-day be uppermost.-
Confucius.
Experience keeps dear school; but
fools viii learn in no other, and scarce
in that; for it is true We may give adj
vice, but we cannot give conduct. How
ever, they that will not be counseled
cannot be helped, and if you will not
hear reason she will surely rap your
knuekles-Frankliu
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
A Now view of Tennyson.

From the Philadelphia Gel.
Mamma" slid fashionable New
York young Iady to her mother, "Tbe
papers are ma king a great fuss over a
Mr.. Tennyson of England"
eyes," respo nded the mother, Tho
has been raised 70 the dear. delightful
peerage." :,
"T1e has been made baron, ! see"
said the daughter.
eyes, and his wife will be baroness,
| suppose" reflected the old lady.
''How exquisiteIy beautiful it must be to
be baroness"
"What has he been a doing of to be a
baron?" asked the cultured young lady.
''What has he been adding of" re-
heated the mother why he Is the
sole survivor Of the noble six hundred
who made the ia nous charge at Bala-
klava."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17

Sergeant Mason, unable to resist the
gLittering offer Of a Snowman, has at last
displayed the stuff he is made OF and
placed himself on exhibition as one of
the "curiosities" in a cheap-museum.
He was a much more edifying spectacle
when confined in the penitentiary. 1t
is to be hoped the sentimental persons
who subscribed to the fund for Betty
and the Baby feel satisfied now The
money seems to have been mainly spent
by Betty in adjoining herself with COR
geous raiment, while Mason turns his
notoriety into merchandise. 1t is a
cheap-john affair altogether, but very
touching to class of people who are al
ways looking for something to excite
their sensibilities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17

The primo causes ofthe minor failures,
in city or country, are lack of capital and
extravagant personal expenses. When
the whole available capital Of trader is
in his stock Of goods, for which pay
ment is due at stated periods, he is in a
bad condition to live through stagnant
period, to say nothing of violent panics
or revuisious. But little reserved cap
ital would have carried him through
safely and with redou6ted credit. Men
start a business with some capital. They
buy large stock and begin trading.
Business is good ami WHOLESALERS are
anxious to sell on credit. More goods
are bought. and the proceeds of sizes
put into a fine house, or in real estate
until the creditor is actually carrying
the debtor for months and sometimes
years, before the most inevitable reck-
oning and imperative demand for pay
ment is made, and the explosion startles
the community. Extravagant personal
expenses, eating up all the profits of
tolerably successful business, occur 50
frequently as to scarcely merit word Of
exI lanatian. Such eases are quite as
fatal as to success as lack of capital, and
are Of more frequent occurrence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
The Decline of Nmnipeg.
From Correspondence ofthe Boston Tran
scrjuf

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This is not very jolly British city to
visit just now, although bed and board
were ia such demand year or eighteen
months ago that the owner of a canvas
tent twenty by sixty feet could retire to
the lake OF Como for the remainder of
his life after a months rental from it,
But now all is changed: city lots that
sold rs high as 81 400 front foot are
held for an offer, and there is no one to
make it. The city has had its boom and
high fever; and relapse, collapse in fact,
is upon the capital of the Province of
Manitoba, the first city of the great
Northwest. Within two years the rush
was 80 great from Upper Canada that
there was not room In the cars nor in
the hotels of Winnipeg for the crowds
Demand for anything soon begets sup
ply, OF course, and then more ieisurely
brick buildings followed, and now 1t is
said the hotels in this city are as nu-
merous as churches in Rome, where the
learned reader of Hare and other
guide-books will remember, there are
churches, or, more accurately speaking,
church, for every day in the year. Be
the number as it may, they are numer-
Gus and varied in style, from The
Queens" which is very English in its
musty atmosphere an in the solid silver
or plated service on the tables, to the
lodging houses, in imitation of the Eng
llsh, where for twopenee one can get a
musty If not nasiV shake down lou
can live on crust q day IN
EuF ri axrln mt
below four cents for a bed you can't
60"
But Winnipeg, save in the name and
air of its principal hotel, is not in any
manner an English city. You don't see
red coat" and the "bob''-the learned
traveller will remember that a London
policeman is called a bob, ana he will
also remember that an English shilling
is called bob-the "bob" IN the huge
buffalo overcoat will tell you that he
came here from Wisconsin. The people
in the streets are Americans, and the
wares in the shops are Yankee. But
the heavy swell with the glass disc in
his left eye, tethered by string to his
coat. is, of course Britisher. lie is
yaWing upon one subject or another.
The city is American, and in the char
acter of its houses you could imagine
yourself in Kansas or Minnesota.
The collapse has been a serious one,
but the bottom is not touched, and from
the mutterings one hears, it is not diff
cult to imagine that the mother country
may have a refractory South Carolina
on her hands in the near future; that,
in fact, there NAV be a seeding state
from the Dominion of Canada. Then
the presidents of aid and c)mfortand re-
bel rams will arise to disturb the Brit
isher
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17

Some idea of the degree to which
gambling is carried on in this country
may be may be formed from the state
ment that the sales Of ell at New York
Oil City and Bradford Pa, amounted to
4,2I9, $50, Geo barrels-more than a hun
dred times the entire supply of oil in
the world. During the last three months
the sales nave been $4,000, 600 barrels
at New York, and 100000, coo at Oil City.
and Bradford. Transactions nominally
involving quantities ofanv other articles
several times in excess ofany possible
supply cannot have any other than a dis
turbing Influence on business and
finance, especially when moneyed insti-
tutions, as it is charged, loan their funds
for the encouragement of such proceed
ings. The men who sell or buy what
they Snow they have not in their pos
session, and cannot obtain, as it has no
existence, do more harm to the general
community than avowed gamblers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-01-17
Condition of Gen. Mackenzie.

The war department is Informed that the
condition Eof Gen. Mckenzie is considera-
bly, improved. The report was made By
staff officer who recently visited him at
Bloomingdale. The medical officers of the
ASYLUM refrain from the expression of an
opinion as TO his chances OF recovery. 1t
is generally believed thatEthe present is but
the temporary reaction that follows. His
restoration to the command issregarded an
impossibility, and vacancy will soon oc-
cur in the grade of brigsdier general. Gen.
Wesley Merrill, Superintendent of the West
Point academy, and Col. D. s. Stanley, of
the Twenty second infantry, are prominent
ly mentioned as likely to receive the pro-
motion.
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pany. Mr.. Ingalis OF Kansas thought it
would be better to request" the action than
to ''direot9 it, This brought ont Van Wyck
in his strongest STYLE. He declared that the
supreme court of the United States had dis
covered that only the constitution and the
desire OF land grant railroad was the in
evitable and irresistible law of the country.
He proposed to questio the right of the
roads to supreme authority.
HousE.-A joint resolution was introduced
for the Immediate appropriation OF 500
for the improvement of the Mississippi
river. Adjourned till the 14th.
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Foreign Items of News.

Mr.. Parpell is seriously embarrassed over
the resignation of John DAILY, member of
parliament for Cork. DAILY had been ranked
as Home Ruler, but his resignation COM
pletes the evidence against him IS deser-
ter from the ranks.
During quarrel at Dublin, Va, Robert
Todd, railroad contractor, was wounded
fatally by barkeeper named Faddill.
Deputy Sheriff Pratt trying to prevent the
difficulty was shot in the groin. Faddill
was arrested.
The Inman Steamers, the City of Paris
and the City of New York were offered at
auction at Liverpool recently. The City of
Paris was Withdrawn without bid. The
City of New York WIS also withdrawn after
a bid of t26 COO.
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Hig Failure IN Wisconsin.

Madison, Wis, Special Telegram, Il. 5.
ogilYie, one Of the lesoiBg dry goods deal
ers Of Madison, made an assignment this
evening. The liabilities are $4,000, and
assets nomInaIly $4,000, The failUre is
tie heaviest which has ever occurred in
Madison among merchants, and, IL creates
great excitement The sheriff levied on an
astace mcnt :or Ms. L. 3. Ogilvie for the
SO S24 aud mother for the Safe bank,of
this cily fer s., 533 before the assignment
was made. The heaviest creditors are J. V.
Fsrwell & Co., Chicago, whose claim
amounts 10 $4,000. Q, & Keith s Co of
Chicago are IN Tor 5000, sud Walter a.
Waddell OF Madison FOR 81 900, and attach
ments IN behalf OF these creditors have
been levied SINCE the assignments. The
creditors are principally wholesale dealers
OF New York, Boston sad Philadelphia,
though il Is understood that a number OF
small amounts are distributed N Chicago.