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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

The discordance among professional
musicians and even of church choirs
has become proverbial, but it is evident
that the class ironically styled 'enlight-
ened educators" is frequently subject
to the same unpleasant conditions. In
stances might easily be recalled where
educators ure not exemplars of good
manners. or even of common honesty, il
what they say Of one another can be
credited. The latest exhibition of the
sort is now passing before the good peo-
pie of the capital city of Minnesota,
where the school board is in a state oil
decentralization on account of alleged
cHques. rings, and mutual ordinations,
involving trickery if not actual dishon.
esty, IN the management of the COM
mon schools. The grooming taxpayers
are Disguised with the revelation of 50
much that is reprehensible in the con-
duct of some Of those in whom they had
coniided this important branch of the
public service, and what is going on in
St. Paul has o counterpart in many
other parts of the country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

SENATE "A resolution is directed to the sccre.
tai-y of the interior to withhold for the present
his approval for the patents on certificates for
lands seeleeted by the Northern Pacific ltafl-
road company in lieu Of others said % have
The Mcpherson bill for the issue OF circula-
ting notes to national banking associations was
considered Mcssrs Bayard and Mcpherson
spoke in favor Of the bill, and Mr. sherman
made a speech on the silver question
II il probable the discussion win continue for
several days, but tho opinion Of those best in
formed is that the Mcpherson bill will be fin
ally adopted with a few verbal amendments ex-
tending in terms its provisions to banks already
in operation
HousE-The Chalmers Manning contested
case (Missssipp) was debated without result
Nothing praise worthy was done
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

An Iowa boy, aged Is, worked a
month for the physician Of the neigh
borhood, and was given, instead Of the
ten dollars which he expected,a receipt
ed bill for professional services which
the doctor had rendered on the occasion
of his birth
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

Stanley's complete success and DE-
Brazzas correspondingly complete fail
ure ON the Congo, should teach the so,
called explorers Of Gillette Europe t.
keep out Of the way of such Americans
as Henry N Stanley The man who
found Livingstone and crossed Tho
darkest part Of the dark Continent i,
chock full of genuine Yankee grit and
push, and the attempt to defeat hi
plans by sending an Italian adventurel
like De Brazza TO Africa with a few
French soldiers was absurd from Tho
beniuninC.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

The people Of New York last fall pro
noUuced against convict labor and the
legislature is expected to obey che man
date. According to report in an Al
bany paper, at a meeting Of manufac.
turers representing, it is said, over SO,
100000 Of capital invested in
the industries affected by convict labor,
Positive evidence was produced that
workingmoa and their families were
found in almost a starving condition in
she city Of Albany, who would have
been partially employed at least if il
We're not true that convicts We're allowed
to take the place of honest laborers."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

Fairfield schools were suspended for
a week and the schoolhouses thorough
Is fumigated, on account Of scarlet fe-
yer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-21

There We're forty three homieides il
Chicago during the year 1888, but not
"a sngle conviction for murder in tn,
first deRee, while twenty-five escaped
altogether. and the others tried were
all Int two given short terms in The
penitentiaFy. It Is becoming populol
belief that conviction for murder in the
first degrees impossible in most of the
States, and that courts are organized Il
acquit men charged with capital offences
One Of the bad signs of the times is the
degree Of honor bestowed unscF upul
ous criminal lawyers" for their par
in secnrlna acduittals.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
Sir Christopher Wern and the
Carpenter.

Philip Wood was q village carpenter,
who had deyel oped an uncommon skill
in wood carving, and had made some
striking figures for the adornment Of
his sw~cctheart's hcnse; a lass above
himself in rank and fortune. In the
hope of improving his circumstances,
and thus ~Ies:ening the disparity between
them, lie went TO London, where be
sought work in vain, until his store of
money was reduced to q single guinea.
The huge dome Of st. Pauls was then
rising above the smoke OfLondOn, Phil
ip Wood applied to the foreman for
work in carving the wood for the inter
Tor. Repulsed 10y him, he haunted the
place day after day, and at last he at
tracted the attention Of the great Sir
Christopher Wren himself.
What have you been used to Carv-
ing?" asked the architect. The carpen-
9er in the extremity of his agitation,
could only stammer ont:
''Troughs, your worship"
"Troughs? said Sir Christopher;
"then carve me as a spe cimen of YOUR
skill a SOW and pigs-it will he some
thing in your line-and bring it to me
lIllo Jay NCSh'
The poor fellow shrank away from the
laughter of the workmen, and returned
to his lodgingin despair. But he had "a
friend in his %landiady, who advised him
TO take Sir Christopher at his word and
carve the best SOW and pigs he could in
the time allotted.
With his last guinea he bought a block
of pear-wood, and by using his utmost
diligence finished the work in time, and
took it under his apron tothe appointed
place.
The architect was there, and beckoned
the trembling carpenter to approach.
Upon inspecting the beautiful work,
Sir Christopher said:
Il engage you, young man; attend my
office tomorrow"
A few hours after, Sir Christopher
came TO the carver and said:
"Mr. Addison wishes to keep your
carving. and requests me TO give you ten
guineas for it," Then he added: II
fear / did you some injustice, but a great
national work is entrusted TO me, and IL
is my solemn duty to mind that no part
of the work falls into inefficient hands.
Mind and attend me tomorrow"
1t is a pleasure to know that the young
artist did much of the carving Of st.
Paul's, and married the girl OF his heart,
who could not have been sorry to change
such q name as she had-Hannah Hay
bittle.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

a StalMart
Washington Correspondence ofthe Phila.
deIphia Record

w dcLiiSbJh NSAA SopSAAASASC vi NV a IA
delphia Record
Senator Logan knocked his boxing
teacher down the other day. He has
been taking boxing lessons for some
time, and has grown more and mor
proficient. He is a very strong man,
and as soon as he maste rs the Science"
VIII be dangerous. Logan is an expert
athlete-at least he was, and he would
be if it we're not for an occasional twinge
o. rheumatism. AS 1t is, he delights in
outdoor sports of all sorts. He is an adj
mirable horseman and swordsmaa; he
knows how to handle a shotgun, a rifle,
and a cannon, and he is one of the best
pistol shots in the country. He has the
handsomest dueling pistols in Washing
ton. But he is the last man to brag
Of his strength or skill. When he was
down at the Hot Springs Of Ark
kansas last year trying to
throw off a peculiarly severe attack OF
rheumatism, he astonished the pistol ex.
perts of that pistoling country. A dozen
young men were practicing from the
piazza of the senator's hotel one after
noon, at a bottle laid on the broad
crotch OF a distant tree. The bottle was
round. Unless il was hit pluniply in the
middle, it spun round and round like a
top. The young men were good shots,
but every now and then they would miss
the somewhat difficult mark, Then the
invalid senator would chaff them. Pres.
emily this irritated them TO a challenge
70 Logan. Logan didn't seem anxious;
but after some good-natured chatting on
the part Of the young men, he finally
said: We'll, I'll tell you fellows what
I'll do. There are twelve ofyou, and only
one of me; but I'll promise each of you
a box of cigars every time you nit that
bottle, if you'll promise me a box every.
time / hit ii" "All right" they said,
chuckIing v g what they termed "a soft
snap" 'I1l shoot first" said Logan,
"and if | hit. I'm to shoot again and
again, until / miss" Thay bad no OBJ
lection, so the senator fired twelve con
secutive shots, each time breaking the
bottle on the tree. while. the young mems
eyes opened wider and wider. want
any more?" asked Logan, after the
twelfth shot. "No," said one of the
young men, hesitatingly; II guess not"
You can send those twelve boxes OF
cigars 10 my o Whenever you're
ready, gentlemen" remarked the SEN
ator, limpiDg into the hotel There's
a knack about these things said Lo-
| gan to q fiiend, Al he went in, "and
I've shot at round glass bottles 5s-
| fore
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
Politeness in Arkansas.

From Correspondence of Toledo Blade.
Let me relate an incident. ] suppose
that Arkansas is about as dangerous 8
place as Texas for a bully to go to, but
from personal observation at both points
/ think Arkansas Is a little safer place
for a gentleman than Cincinnati. The
general urbanity of the people aston
ished me more than anything else. This
I propose to illustrate. We stopped
at one station, and travelled about forty
miles by stage. On our return the stage
a large spring wagon without top-was
loaded with men. They were of differ
ent types. One had a bottle of whisky
One was a minister. We came to Q
creek where a party had stoppedt to water
their horses. There were two women
and a lite girl, apparently very poor
They wore s~un-bennets and faded cailco
dresses. The horse was poor, and the
vehicle was as shabby and rough an old
specimen as / ever met with. One OF
the women had unhitched the horse n
led him back to the water, and had just
turned to come up the bank as we
reached the level after crossing.
Our driver stopped. a weifdresscu
man hoped out of the stage, with Q
bow offered his assistance. He led the
old horse up to the vehicle-I don't
know what else to call it-hitched him
in, assisted the woman to her seat, and
then, as she heartily thanked him, ne
politely bowed her good-day, lifting his
hat clear off his head. In a moment he
was in the stage again. and on he went.
After my experience in the North 4
struck me that this was all fer sport, and
that the men world hayelo of fun
about the affair. But l soon found it
was all in earnest. ALI regarded it IS q
matter of course. For from that moment
on to the end Of our journey, not one
man uttered one syllable about It,. Not
a sneering remark was made, no joke or
pun, no remark OF any kind-not one
single word! l had to confess to myself
that I never saw more politeness tina
this
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

DR.. John Hall has published iii som
Of the religions newspapers a letter On
Ministerial Support that is worth read.
ms and thinking about. His own nns.
ton as pastor ora verv Wealthy church
gives him a vantage ground for presant.
ing this question, and takes from his Lot.
ter any suspicion Of possible personal
motives. The arguments he usaa are
old, but they are IL the worse for
that; and they are put tersely and
plainly. Here are a few sentences:
We require in most cases educated
lei for the ministry, and we demand
the services of their lives in a majority
Of cases for incomes lower than d New
York pOstman or policeman receives
And even the obligation to make regular
payments OF such incomes is all too of.
ten forgotten.
We require ministers to maintain a
certain social standing as indicated Inv
residence, dress, surroundings, habits.
modes of travel, by hospitality, by 3
tesies that cost something, and by money
contributions. The people fix the stand.
ard, and suspend the minister's useful.
ness in good degree on th cir cominp
up to 1t, and yet with combined folly
and cruelty we make 1T impossible for
them TO maintain it.
We require hard work from ministers
work that wears men-and when 4
mans hair has turned gray, we think II
would be better for the interests of re-
ligion, or fori ''the cause" to have 4
younger man. We magnify independ-
ence, and glorify thosN who ''get on''
financially, and yet we compel the ma.
jority of the younger men to toll on in.
comes that forbid the making of adequate
provision for unemployed old age.
DR.. Hall finds in these facts abundant
reason for the lamented decrease in the
number of candidates for the ministry.
and no wonder. With the possible ex.
ception of perhaps a hundred pastors in
our large cities, ministers Gre the poor
est paid set of men in the United States.
The average income of the Methodist
preachers is stated by DR.. Hall to be
about $500, That seems scarcely posi-
BILE, but it is the truth; and the other de-
nominations do not average much over
that. 1t is a wonder, in these days of
money getting, that young men are found
willing to enter the pulpit at ali. If
they had mercenary aims they would
not do it.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

1.-THE light waves kiss the shifting sands
The deep seas kiss the sky;
oh, kiss ME once, my only love,
And then goodbye, goodbye
lie kissed her upon cheek "A chin,
And on her brow so mild;
But when he kissed her on the mousS,
Each wept like wounded child.
ooh. I'll go east and I'll go west,
Far over land and sea;
But never will my heart find rest
Until it rests with tLee."
"And I'll sit here from year to year,
Till my life's stream runs dry
But never a face shall thine replace
My only love, good-bye!'
He wandered east, he wandered west,
He won gold, lands, and fame,
A gray head and a weary heart
Then to The old home came.
The light waves kissed the shifting sands,
And sang the selEssme song;
81 wonder where's the silly lass
/ liked when l was yOung2'
He found her at her cottage door,
She smiled the same soft smile;
But when he talked Ofyears to onie
She shut her eyes the while.
He kissed her upon cheek and chin,
(Tbey lie, saying Love grows old;
But when he kissed her on the mouth,
He shivered at the cold.
He clasped her TO his lonely breast,
Beside the sunny sea;
He spakea hundred passionate words,
But never a word spake she.
He loosed her from his longing arms,
That empty aye must be;
'I'l never in this world find rest,
Till / rest in earth with thee.
BY the Author of John Halifax, Gen
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
Passing Fancies in Gems.

From the New York Mail and Express.
An idea of approximate value of the
ruby and diamond may be gained from
an exquisite ring exhibited by one Of
our prominent jewellers, which shows a
ruby and diamond, twin stones IL size.
The diamond, of perfect color is valued
at 5 $1,000; the ruby beside it of pure
pigeon-bIood color, at $4,000. This i'm
mense value is only given to q ruby ot
perfect color, a purplish-tinted gem
bringing a much lower price. An ex-
quisite pin is composed of a cluster of
yiOlets and diamonds in the centre. An
enamaled four.leaf clover, encrusted
with diamonds, forms another pin. A
star of diamonds SO arranged that it
may be worn as a brooch, or an orna-
ment in the hair or a pendant from the
necklace, a Wheatspray with a leaf form
ing a Tong pin and a tiny short pin of a
single spray are inclosed in one case and
are worn together for a lady's lace
pin.
Gentlemen's pins are shown in the
tiniest shapes in balls, horseshoes or
nautical designs, encrusted with rubies,
sapphires or diamonds. These are
chosen by gentleman to wear with their
slender white Teck scarfs, which are
popular with semi-dTess suits. 4 white
satin necktie, hrecaded with small dots
of gold color and finished with a starry
edelweiss pin in india gold, set witn ru-
by or sapphire in sunken gypsy style,
is worn by exquisites in dress. Mon
key heads, fox heads, tigers and cats
heads with open jaws or the full figure
of Foxhall' or Iro0uois, with the jockey
in Keen's or Lorillard's colors, are other
fashionable designs for scarf pins.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

-
could this be her homer touched the
handle o fthe little bell; A girl with hei
sleeves rolled up from her wet arms aho
q rubber apron opened the door
Mrs. Variety / asked, does she
live here?" -,
"iii uatt her /" said The girl ana lei'
me alone; and / heard her voice repeaS
ing the name in the distance.
Then another voice, crying, Yes
I'm coming" and Il quick step approach
ing, and before me STOOD Oil Aunt BeS$E
and on the instant the truth rushed upon
me-. nnd cried nj
"Mutherl'
There was my mother, little and
wrinkled, and strong eyes and req
checks, and her calico dress pinned up
over her flannel petticoat; and when |
said "Nother.' she shut the door ana
held up both her hands, II salu III
shriIl whisper; .
"Ilushl hush hush! Who tod YOU
Keep 1t to yourself. lo1Te a gehll9,
man. You're to marry Mr. EuSnton
girl, Don't say that again. 90 away;
60 away. And keep 1t secret as Will
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
The Goldfish From a Wyoming
Standpoint.
From the Boomerang.

From the Boomerang.
This tropical bird very seldom wings
his way SO far west as Wyoming. He
loves the sea breezes and the humid
atmosphere of the Atlantic Ocean, and
when isolated In this mountain cline
pines for his native home.
The Goldfish cannot sing, but is priced
for his beautiful plumage and seductive
odor.
The Goldfish ofcommerce is devoid of
digestive apparatus, and is more or less
permeated with salt.
Goldfish on toast is not as expensive as
quail on toast.
The Goldfish ball is made OF the
shattered remarns of the adult Goldfish
mixed with the tropical Irish potato of
commerce..
The eeaAsh he's g rresss--rssaiItt l1l ri giiatif.
~unfettered smile. The Wyoming Goldfish
is generally dead. Death in most cases,
is the result of exposure and loss Of
appetite. No one can look at the cod
fish of commerce and not shed q tear.
Far from home, with his system filed
with salt, while his internal economy is
gone-there is ar air OF sadness aud
homesickness and briny hopelessness
about him that no one can see unmoved.
1t is in our home life, however, that
the Goldfish makes himself felt aud re-
membered. When he enters our houSe-
| hold, we feel his all.peryading presence
like the perfume Of wood yiOlefs or the
| seductive odor Of q dead mouse In q
!! piano.
Friends may visit us and 90 away to
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
Queer Tastes.

From Chambers Journal.
The writer himself met with an indi
vidual whom the noisome smell Of sui
phuretted hydrogen gratified and
pleased. His explanation was that
many Of his happiest days were spent as
q student in a well-known chemical lab
ratory, where certainly that smell pre-
vailed 10 an unusual extent. Al kindred
smell, namely, that Of rotten eggs, Is
highly appreciated by the Chinese, but
this, Of course, ID rather a cultivated
preference than one due to association.
Similarly, assafsetida and valerinn are
the delight 81 many Eastern nations. "A
French author tells us Of a young lady
who loved beyond all perfumes the
smell OF old books. Perhaps. with az
fectionate solicitude, she had been the
constant attendant upon some old book
worm OF q father or guardian, and hence
the leathery mustiness took her back to
days when, quietly happy, she seemed
to recognize III the dusty tones living
and trusty friends.
An election for congress Il ordered for
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18
The Terms of Secretaries of the
Senate.

The Office of Secretary Of the Senate
ought not to be a political one, though,
I believe, Gen. McCook considers II
properly a political office. If you will
look into the record you will find that
the Senate-which ia q permanent body
not subject 20 mere terms or expirationH
like Congress-only had FIVE Secretaries
before Mr.. Gornam came In in the en-
tire life of the government. The first
Secretary. Mr.. Samuel A. Otis. WAS q
member Of the last Continental Congress.
and stepped right into the place and held
the Office continuously twenty five years.
Then came Charles Cults, whom I sus-
pect by his name to have been the an
cestor of Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas. he
served az Secretary eleven years, n
was also United States Senator. He weat
off TO Virginia and died there. Bob
these Secretaries were from New Eng
land. The third, Walter Lowrie, served
eleven years, and had also been in the
Senate of the United States. He re-
signed to become Secretary of the For.
eign Missionar y Society, aid lived until
after the beginning Of the rebellion In
New York City. Then came Asbury
Dickens, who came in, / suspect. through
one Of his family, who was member Of
Congress. He was from North Carolina,
and he lived In office until q little after
the battle OF Bull Run, having been al
most twenty-five years Secretary. John
wv. Forney, who had been twice Clerk
Of the House Of Representatives, served
as Secretary seven years but resigned.
Gorham then came In, and held the
place until q few years ago.-Gath, ia
Cincinnati Enquirer.
|
Oscar Wilde recently said in . speech;
II found my highest ideal Of art IN Coi-
/ orado.p And ex-senator Tabor rises up.
! makes q profound bow, remarkin9:
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-18

Osctr Wilde recently said IN . speech:
II found my highest ideal Of art IN COT
orado.D And ex-senator Tabor rises up.
makes q profound bow, remarking
knew 0cKy wouldn't forget me-.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1884-11-25
The pees I'm cours.

A complaint has been nled In the Superior
Court of Ban Diego county In which the
plaiutin I've copy from the San Diego tBioal
recites the expense he has been under 70
improve his land, and states that he is en-
gagged In the business OF fruit growing; that
among other fruits aud vine, he has about
thirty acres Of Mnscit gr lpes raised for the
express purpose Of being m ide into raislns;
that I'm order 10 accomplish this object
II IA necessary that the grapes be tax.
en- from the vine and exposed 10 the sun and
air for about one month la order 10 cure and
dry for m trket. He alleges that defend mt
resides near Viejas, about thirty miles from
plaintiff premises. and Is engaged IN the
business Of keeping bees that he does now
and has for two years continuously kept
upon piece OF Government land tembriced
In the railroad grant, part Of section 70
and about threequarters Of mile from
plaintiff premises, several hundred stands
Of bees. lie further alleges that defendant
has no Interest In the land, but wilfully and
mallciously keeps the bees thereon for the
purpose OF letting them eat up and destroy
the fruits OF the labor of citizens living In
that vicinity. and are gre It nuisance that
during the two yeirs p,st the bees OF defend
ant have destroyed aud eaten up large q u in-
titles OF the fruit 20 the value Of 1900. and
are still eng Iged in eiting up and destroying
plaintiff said property. that during sid
time defend INT has known Of the depredt
tions aud h ~ often been re Inesicd 10 alb lite
said nuisance, but has and still refuses to 30
do. vi iintiiT alleges II as his belief thu the
bees are wilfully aud IN iliclousy IN lin
tained It their present loeition. Intending
10 damage and destroy his property In
order 10 compel him to pay plaintiff large
sum OF money to have them moved
The pr yer Of the pliintif Is tn Il he may
have judgment and decree OF the Court that
tho keeping Of said bees Is nuisance and
that II be alb tied, and that he my recover
from defend INT, rs damages for Injury
done, the sum of $1,000