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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
Can Horses Travel unshod.

Whether shoeing is necessary or not remains
to be tested to the satisfaction of the majority.
Some believe that shoes cannot be dispensed
with on the cobblestones of the cities, but are
inclined to the opinion that shoes are not alto
gether necessary on soft, sandy, or Light,
grayelly roads. In Chicago gentleman neg
lceted to shoe his horse, and allowed it to work
ON the cobble stones. At first the feet became
somewhat sore, and the hoofs cracked and
seemed very brittle. In time, however, the
hoofs began to harden in texture became cal
lous to the hard usage, until now the owner de-
clares he would not use shoes again under
any circumstances. just here we de
sire to call attention to the subject.
If the feet, by direct contract with the earth,
improve, and the tenderness and brittleness of
hoof is changed, it may be possible that those
who have attempted to work their horses I'M
shod have become alarmed at what they sup
pose lameness, when a little patience would
have demonstrated the method as feasible.
ANY one who Is accustomed to wearing shoes
finds 1t very mconyenlent to walk barefooted
for few days; but after short time the feet
become insensibleto substances with which they
come in contact and one then easily manages
to walk on the stones, gravel, in the sand, water,
or even upon sharp substances without the
least difficulty. Thus it may be with horses,
when the shoes are removed They will find
walking awkward and the feet may become
sore; but after a lapse OF time they will be
able to pull over the worst kinds of roads.
So far our own opinions are concerned, we
have not given the matter test; but the ex-
perience of those who have tried working horses
without shoes cannot be ignored. 1t will be
hard to convince most persons that shoelesa
horses are able to endure the hard cobble stones,
but that horses may work upon good country
roads is within the limit of possibility. 1t would
not be a troublesome experiment if farmers
should put the matter to test by leaving the
shoes off one or two for comparison. If we
could work our horses anywhere without shoes
it would be great saving in the course of
year, not only financially, but from the mcon-
venienees so often experienced when horses
are to be shod during busy time.-Field and
Fireside
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A Sitka Romance.

A very tragic little story was told to
company slipping tea around shin
ing samovar the other night that in
vests even the garrison days that sue
cecded the transfer with something of
romantic incident. The captain and
lieutenant of one of the companies sta
toned at Sitka in the first year of Unit
ed States possession fell desperately in
love with the same beautiful Russian.
She was most charming woman, with
soft, mysterious eyes, a pale, deli
cate face, and a slow, dreamy smile
that set the Two warriors wild.
All the garrison knew of their fierce
rivalry, so marveled not little when
their old friendship appeared to be re-
stored, and the two suitors started off
on hunting expedition together. One
haggard man returned two days later
and told that his companion had been
attacked and gored to death by an en-
ragged buck in the forest. He was
gloomy and strange in his manner, and
at nightfall went to the house of the
Russian lady to break the news of his
rivals death The friends of the lost
officer talked the thing over, and sus-
pecting that duel had been fought, de-
cided to go out the next day and search
for the body. In the morning the sur
viying rival was found dead in bed, with
a look of agony and horror on his face.
One story was that his victim had
appeared to him, and he had died of
fright and terror; the other was
that some unknown and sub
tie poison had been administered to
him in cup of tea, and the official re-
port ascribed his death to heart disease.
The body of the lost rival was found
at the foot of steep bank on the shore
of Indian river, where tangle of ferns,
bushes, and grasses shaded and almost
covered the clear, still pool in which
he lay. His rife lay lear him, and
bullet hole in his heart told the sad
truth that his friends had suspected.
His death was officially attributed to
the accidental discharge of his own ri
fe while hunting, and under these two
virdicts the real truths were concealed.
The family of the Russian beauty dis
appeared from Sitka in a few months,
and the story had been half forgotten
until the recent opening of a path along
Indian river recalled it to some of those
who lived here at the time. Cor. of the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
A Pavement That win Last.

London and Paris say that they have
at last solved this problem. After ex-
perimenting with wooden pavements for
years, the English capital gave them up
as failure. About ten years ago, how
ever, it tried new system of wooden
payements- or, rather, combination
of wood and stone-which did very
well. The stone foundation was made
of concrete, cement, gravel and sand,
and stretched in an arch from curb to
curb, readily supporting the traffic that
rolled over it. Wooden blocks were
land upon this as cushion for the horses
feet and the ears of the public, and
held together by asphalt. The new
pavement gradually won its way to
popular favor in London, and it is now
essentially the pavement of that city.
In the last ten years fifty three miles of
it have been laid, all of which is in good
condition, and gives complete satisfac-
ton. Indeed, London is so enthusias-
tic over it that all of its streets are to
be thus paved-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
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to take, for even if the strata
gem is successful the lovers are sure to
look upon it as an interference, and If
the match never comes off the failure
will always be Ibid to the family friend.
After all, faute de mieux, the matter is
practically left in the hands of poor Ma
tide herself, who possibly takes coun-
sci of her own instincts, and decides
that little Irritation with another gen
tleman would have more effect upon
the masculine hardness than ANYTHING
else. But it must he confessed that
this is but desperate and dangerous
expedient. Flirtations are double
edged weapons without handle.
What, then, ought to be done? Matil-
da ought not to pine away, nor ought
Jones, who is good fellow at heart,
and likely to make a good husband, to
miss his happiness through the fatal
facility of dallying. Who shall guide
us? Now, if our great observers of the
emotions of the jellyfish, our measureres
of interstellar space, our Investigators
into the fungi of old boots, the origin
of the myth of Little Jack Horner, and
the moral significance of A fiat, would
only apply their remarkable brains to
the solution of this homely problem,
we might at last get something useful
out of them.-London Standard.
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Female Detectives.

There are probably score of fe male
detectives in this city, and many of
them earn good pay. They are quiet
looking class, but have the art of assum-
ing any role that may be required. The
female detective may be book-canvas-
ser, a pedler of theater-tickets or a
shop girl. She may represent benev-
client society, or may be either the
widow of an army officer or heavy
holder in stocks, and may interview
man for advice when in reality she is
only taking his measure so as to watch
him at night. The female detective is
independent of the ordinary rules of
decorum. She is ready to go anywhere
and everywhere, to mingle with any
class, no matter how degraded, if it
tends to her great object, which is in
formation and detection. The ingenu-
lty and penetration of the sex are suf-
ficient to give the female detective a
great advantage, as has often been OBJ
served. New York Correspon dent of
Troy Times.
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Farming Paragraphs.

Tree Agents. -Truly as class they give
abundant cause for complaint, but there is no
need Of being imposed upon by them A safe
rule to deal with only such as carry a eertif-
cate Of recent date, showing their connection
with some, well-known reliable nurseryman.
They are not an unmixed blessing, and but
for their work this country would be far more
treeless than now.
Mr. G F. Ross, German twenty four years
old Dug 1900 Bushels Of Potatoes, with !
fork, in a twenty-four acre Ohio field last year
at cost of one cent per bushel His daily
average was $50 bushels; his best days work
2293 bushels But The Farm Journal explains
that he did not have to shake them out of a
tangle of weeds four feet high at the rate Of
20 bushels an acre; the land was s'nice, clean
and mellow" and each acre yielded nearly 500
bushels.
The Prairie Farmer says that the Hon. Sam
uel Dysart is growing lis acres of Timothy fol
seed, and that he sows half bushel of seed to
the acre with oats. His reason for such heavy
seeding is that the dense lower growth of the
Timothy smothers the weeds. We should
think it would crowd the oats as well.
A GooD wash gals on work horses or
any other flesh wounds on animals, take two
quarts of water, into which dissolve pound Of
fresh lime, and after settling, pour off the clear
liquid. After this, dissolve two ounces Of
along with half pint of linseed oil to the lima
water Stir the mixture well and 1t is ready fof
use, 1t may be kept long time in tightly
corked bottlas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
Grains for wheat.arowsrs.

1t is waste of manure to spread it too thin
ly. Better manure five acres well and get 15i
bushels of wheat than spread the same manure
over ten acres and get l20 bushels. -. .Plougl
early so as to start the scattered grain on thu
oat stubble into growth AMI then kill it by
thorough narrowing. weed is a plant oui
of place. Oats are out of place in a wheat
field. -. Narrowing is of equal importance as
ploughIng for the wheat crop. Poor plough
ing is bad; but well pIoughed field may
easily be made useless for wheat by insufficient
narrowing -. No other farm implement is
so often abused as the roller, and no other
more useful in its place. A harrow should
always follow aroller when the crop is wheat
81 have seen seeds always degenerate
said Virgil, 'sunless the best ara selected with
much care and culled out with labor.
Smut and rust are avoided by stepping the
seed in solution of four ounces of sulphate of
copper in a gallon of water, which is enough for
five bushels if skillfully applied, and will be
all absorbed. Sulphate of copper is the most
effective agent for the destruction of spores of
all the minute fungi such as rust and smut
..... Early sowing, and the Hessian fly; late
sowing, and rust These are the Scylla and
Charybdis of the wheat-grower. Avoid both
by sowing too late for the fly; but by special
pains in preparation push the crop ahsad and
recover the LOST time so as to avoid the other
danger Drilling wheat saves It's cost in
seed, and more And drilling the seeds equal
to a gain of five bushels per acre in the yield
beside If farmer has no drill let him hire
one for so cents per acre. 1t will pay him
...... Never mind rough surface so that the
seed has a soft fine bed to lie in. The rough
surface is a good blanket to keep the young
wheat warm and as it crImbles down with the
frosts and thaws will cover the roots and af
ford them great protection. -. The last work
of the wheat grower is to provide burrows to
carry off all surface water that might drown
his crop.-N Y. Tribune.
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Another Fascinating Hack Driver.

Troy, N Y, Special: The coachman boom has
struck Troy and William B. Bartholomew has
married Miss Emma Babcock, the niece of VIII
liam J. Simmons, wealthy resident of that
city The marriage is still unknown to Mr..
Simmons who is out of town and it was not re-
vealed to any one except the interested parties.
For years past Mr.. Simmons has treated his
niece, who Is an orphan, as a daughter, and it
was generally understood that she would inherit
the bulk of his property. Bartholomew Is a
medium sized man, thirty years old, and while
not what is called handsome, would pass
for good looking when dressed up" He had
been employed by Mr.. Simmons four months,
and saws that he loved Miss Babcoek before the
Morosini elopement but did not dare tell her
so until he had yentured one or two remarks in
Jest in regard to recent events. The encour-
agement he received led him to declare his pas
sion 1t was reciprocated, and they were
married by German minister of this city last
Friday evening. Miss Babcock is a handsome
brunette, nineteen years of age. Now that the
secret is ont, Bartholomew is afraid of the
row that he says Simmons will make when he
returns to Troy, and the couple are making ar
rangements to leave the city.
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rnsanitv of the Actor mccullough.

Chicago Special: The actor was notinformed
that all his engagements had been cancelled.
He was simply told that be would not play in
Chicago any more Under the impression that
he would play in Detroit as understood, he
took carriage and drove to the depot Mr..
Brooks followed him and induced him to get
into carriage, and he was driven back to the
hotel 1t was necessary to use force to prevent
his going out again, and struggling desperately,
Mccullough was taken to his room In the
struggle Manager Brooks received a Sc
we're blow on the head from the actors cane.
He is in fact practically prisoner in his room
under the surveillance of Pinkerton detectives
who use every available ruse to amuse him
and distract him from his determination to go
to Detroit, which would have been the next
point in his tour, and physical force is only
employed when absolutely necessary. Oplates
have been administered from time to time, and
he is now quiet, and his friends hope for good
results from his rest After he had been forci-
bly, taken to his room, he took part in game
of cards, and soon wanted to leave the room.
Persuasion failing, detective barred his way,
when he flew into a rage, seized a cane and
felled the officer to the floor senseless, with a
cash several inches long in his scalp. Others
then rushed in and powered him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09

m@gEeME EEorphine Esabat Cured in 10
AEEPkH hHT33 ~ 80 days. No pay siti Cured.
40 EeSAuh LB, }. S4EpaMNs, Lebanon. Ohio.
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rhe had Bow of Newport.

a young Yankee of Newport did not
Ike the way in which his father was
living. The boys mother did not like
her husbands way of life either, and it
drove her crazy. She is now con-
6rmed Iunatic III a mad house. Some
years ago the boy put poison in coffee
for his fathers pretty housemaid to
rink BY some mistake, his sister
took the first drink of coffee, and the
boy ran off for doctor, and stomach
pump. The sister was saved, and the
Joy confessed all about how he wanted
10 poison the housemaid, and for what.
The hoy spent some time in Jail, and
was finally released. He came to be
twenty-four years old, and still object
ed to his fathers way of life. He
changed his tactics, and the other day
he shot the old man dead, thus break
ing up his objectional way of life, The
boy is again in Jail, and expects to go
TO prison for life, or have his career cut
short in some other way.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Fashion Notes.

deliberately beaded or braided jerseys viii be
very much worn this Autumn over skirts of BIZ
son cloth, tweed and yigogne. The newest de-
signs in braldwork resemble rich passementer-
les, being wrought in close, elaborate patterns.
In spite of considerable opposition bustles
are becoming larger every day, and have be-
come more like crinolines than like Estourn-
uresn They consist of skirt which falls fiat
in front and has springs all the way down the
back. Around the skirt is founee.-New
York Times.
Merchants and importers say tnat the large
sale Of silk gloves and mitts for the present
season had altogether destroyed the demand for
gloves Of kid This is not at all strange, as
the silk glove is cooler by far, while having all
the trim effect of the most perfectly fitting hand
covering of kid, and coming in as exquisite color
ings in the pale evening shades, or richer hues
for street wear.
The police of NATION, H., have issued or
ders forbidding ladies to wear Mother Hubbard
dresses, INDEBTED under penalty of arrest A
crusade against that style of garment is re-
ported in other towns in that section. 1t is TO
be remarked that, while this comfortable style
of dress is very appropriate for indoors, it is
of doubtful appropriateness for the public
street
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From Greenland's Icy Mountains.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Yesterday afternoon on the balcony
of the Russell house reporter of the
Free Press was introduced to Herr
Eric Gaubstre, a gentleman from God
thaab, who stopped for days rest while
on his way home after having gone over
land to Sitka, Alaska, thence by boat to
Frisco, etc.
Mr. Gaubstre is man of medium
height, rather stout, with round, rud-
dy face, heavy whiskers, of a bright
red color. He is Dane by birth, but
has lived in Greenland since 1858, and
speakes English fuently. He is a
member of the Greenland Fishing com
pany Originally established in 1869
and is also an extensive dealer in furs.
He has been away from his home since
February, 1888, during which time he
has visited most of the important trad
ing posts on Hudson Bay and through
British America to Sitka. He was at
tired in a suit of fashionably cut strip
ped duck, and with straw hat, large
palmleaf fan and perfect quiet he was
managing to keep comfortably cool.
"You find it rather warm" ventured
the reporter as feeler.
Eyes, but not as hot as it was one or
two hours in Denver last week.
"Do you prefer"
"Now let me tell you something about
my country before you ask it, for I've
met you people before and / know your
racket. (See how easy get on to your
American slang? Greenland is an is
land frozen tightly. to the north pole.
1t is chiefly settled by Greenlanders
with sprinklIpg of Danes, Swedes and
Norwegians and now and then Scotch
man. Our country is the recipient of
an annuity from Denmark and we have
Is or Is colonies of Danes in the ooun-
try. They are in Godthaab-sabe?
about 300 Danes and 200 Swedes. Our
business is almost wholly fishing and
furs. We export whale and seal oil,
skins of seal, fox and reindeer and
eiderdown by the car load"
"Do you have railroads?"
"No, but would have EN- if we could
use 'em. Our imports are wheat,
liquors, tobacco, coffee, sugar and fire.
wood. Then we do alittle in the pro-
duction of walrus and white bear teeth
and hides, and when it comes to game
we've got grouse, teal, ployer, porpoise
and narwhals.
whats a narwhal?"
cts large fish. Now let me tell
you something about our schools.
They're not numerous, but we've got
as many as we need and can support. "
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-10-09
Ice Houses.

Why is it so few of our farmers have ice
houses? Here in town private ice houses are
quite common, butte find one in the country is
the exception. Why is it? Suppose in some
instances you do have to bring your ice and
sawdust from distance, you have teams and
the work only comes once ayear. If the good
farmer is interrogated on the subject you will
usually find that he is going to build an ice
house next winter The winter comes all right
enough, but somehow the ice house don't An
ice house is easily built and filed and the ex-
pense is trifing compared to the benefit it will
be to you during the hot summer days. Think
of the iced tea, lemonade, and ginger water
you can then have in the hay and harvest
fields, besides there is the milk, butter and
meats over which the good wife cudgels her
brains to find the coolest place for them So
if you treat your wife to well-filled ice-house
next summer, she in return will treat you to
ice cream. Don't you see | am speaking one
word for the farmer and two for his wife.
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Des Moines Special Telegram, Oct. "A
terrible casually, resulting in the death of one
man and The manning and probably fatally
iniuring of ten others, happened at the Excel
sior mine five miles so nth of Des Moines last
"Wednesday night about 10 o'clock. William
Harrison and dozen others, mostly Swedish
miners. we're in the saloon of Michael Fox.
Harrison was smoking, and noticing can OF
powder which he mistook for fruit or jelly, he
was about to help himself, when coal drop
ped from his pipe and ignited the powder
The explosion which ensued was terrific.
Harrison was blown to pieces. The saloon
was demolished and ten of the bystanders,
mostly Swedish miners, were badly injured,
and some of them fatally. The report of the
explosion was distinctly heard in this city.
There is great excitement among the miners.
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Wnas may be termed the opening of the So
ciety season in New York occurred at Grace
church Wednesday afternoon. when Miss
Leonie Blanch Jerome, the daughter of Leon
ard W. Jerome, was given in marriage to John
Leslie, lieutenant in the Grenadler Guards and
only son of Sir John Leslie, Bart, Of Glass
Tough, Ireland Miss jerome, who will be
remembered as the sister Of Lady Churchill,
was attired in an imported Worth costume Of
white brocsde silk, trimmed with point
dAlencon Her ornaments were diamond PEN
dants and necklace The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rt Rev. Bishop H. Otter. The
bridal couple viii sail for London within few
days.
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The Decline of Saratoga

Saratoga is no longer the center Of headlong
fashion and frivolity; of gambling in stocks and
cards. and the direction of national political
contests The two most collosal and gorgeous
hotels of the continent-the Grand Union and
the United States-are yet great hives OF
fashion and of business, and the Sc ekers Of
rest still exhibit by hundreds on their vast
porches and fairy ike grounds, but even in the
hight of the Summer season none of the hotels
are crowded, and the old-time .shum' OF Sara
toga has persisted There are many OF both
sexes who come TO exhibit their manifold and
expensive costumes. but the predominant ele-
ment even at the leading hotels is that OF the
more quiet and unostentatious, and fashion,
extravaganza, politics, gambling and all that
follow in the train of social and financial dis
play, are perceptibly on the decline at Saratoga
Correspondence Philadelphia Times
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A popular scientific lecture" is
nothing if not sensational. c.. A. john
son, who is designated as "the editor of
the American Eagle and the British
Lion" delivered lecture on electricity
in st. Louis, the other night. In the
course of it he announced that che had
discovered from personal investigation
that the earth was composed one half of
electricity and the other half of fire,
and he said there was no <doubt in his
mind that within fifty years the union
of the fire and electricity would result
in the destruction of the earth"