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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30

Harper's Bazaar says: The general
designs for spring suits is that of short
basques, with long drapery and plain
lower skirts, and this suggestion is Civ
en- alike in dresses of one fabric or for
combinations of two materials. The
upper part of the dress will be of plain
goods, with figured stuffs for the
trimming and for the lower skirt. The
short plain basque of bison, serge, or
of cancels hair, will be inlaid with vel
vet in front and back alike; sometimes
the velvet forms a short curved or
pointed plastron, while in other dresses
it extends to the waist line like vest
in front, and this is repeated in the
middle forms of the back. Revers or
bretelles of the wool goods edge the
inlaid velvet, and these revers are some
times covered with braid. Polka
basques for the house are very
similar in shape to the jackets
used over them for the street; they ex-
tend plainly over the hips, but are quite
short, reaching only three or four in
ches below the waist line in the back,
where they are shortest, lying smoothly
on the tournure without pleats. Very
narrow vests are preferred when velvet
is used, especially if it is of contrast
ing color. The deep pointed aprons
are now made of separate breadth of
cloth and disappear entirely on the
sides next the belt, leaving in view all
the underskirt, which may be of o velvet
or of the plain cloth stitched in clusters,
or tucked. or else braided. The straight
full back drapery may hang plain its
entire length, or is may be laid in large
pleats, or, if it must be more bouffsnt,
it is pleated in a single puff, and these
pleats are cleary defined, both in the
puff and in the cloth which falls below
to the foot
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
Country Roads, Sample Cases.

An instance of the bad way in which
country roads are managed was cited at
q recent meeting of Wisconsin farmers
The soft ground just below steep hill
was annually ploughed and piled up in
the center of the track. And lest drivers
might choose to pass on the smooth sod
by the roadside, that was plOughed too.
just above, ON the hill, was plenty of
hard earth and gravel which could have
been placed below by few rods haul
ing, greatly to the benefit of both parts
of the road, but it was never thought
of.
Another instance shows the disregard
of distance and grade. A much used
road near Madison, travelled from the
earliest settlement of the county, over
forty years. ran diagonally TO the sec
ton lines forming the hypothenuse of
triangle. The owner of the farm
through which it PASSED requested the
board to change it so as to combine a
little poor land into one piece, and they
did so. relaving tue road over the sec
tion line, and over high hill, at great
expense to the town. SO now, all
teams no matter how heavily loaded,
are cruelty compelled to climb that hill
taking the two sides of the triangle in
stead of the old easy level and short
Ont
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
FARM, FIELD And FIRESIDR.
Latest Cooking Recipes.

CocoANUT PUFFs.-Powered sugar
one cup, two cups dessicated cocoanut,
beaten whites of two eggs, two table,
spoonfuls of -four or cornstarch. Drop
on buttered paper on tins. Bake quick
ly.
MoLAssEs CANDY.-This is simply
made with cup of molasses, and one
of sugar, half cup of vinegar, and a
little butter. Some people prefer the
juice of lemon to vinegar in this re-
cipe. Our little ones are very fond of
butternuts mixed in the half cooked
candy, and prefer this to any store con-
fections that can be bought.
ANGEL Whites of 20 eggs,
beaten stifiy, two tea cupfuls of -four
with two teaspoonfuls of cream of tar
tar. Sift flour and cream of-tartar five
times, three cups of graduated sugar,
cups not quite full. Sift the sugar IN
to the well beaten whites of eggs, NOV
ing it in the sieve with a fork that it
may pass through evenly and gradually
Bake on unbuttered pans one hour or
one hour and quarter in well-heated,
but not scorching, oven. Cut out of
pans when cool. One-half this quanti
ty may be made, but | succeed best
when prepare the whole.
CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-A pound of
sugar, half cup of chocolate grated
fine, large teaspoonful OF butter, and
tablespoonful of cream. Boil all the
ingredients without the chocolate, add
ing that when the rest is partly cooked.
Boil till brittle, pour into buttered pans
and when nearly cold, cut into squares.
ONION AND SAGE FRITTERs. Twelve
ounces of onions, SIX of bread crumbs,
teaspoonful of dried sage, and four
eggs. Peel and slice the onions, put
them in deep dish, pour boiling water
over them, and let them remain a few
minutes; then pour off the water and
fry the onions, or put them in the oven
with little butter, pepper and salt,
and when nicely Drowned, mix the sage
with them. Put about four ounces of
the onion to the bread crumbs, add the
eggs, well beaten, season with pepper
and salt and fry in fritters; put the
remainder of the onions on the dish
round the fritters, and serve with
brown sauce and apple sauce. If fresh
sage is used, it should be boiled little
and chopped.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30

The farmers of Iowa were among the
first to break away from the one-crop
system, and to diversity their grain
growing with dairying. There are now
400 creameries or cheese factories in that
State, and their patrons find the indus
try much more profitable than raising
wheat at so to 10 cents bushel on lard
that is worth from SIS to 800 per acre.
The st. Louis Republican reports
that the farmers in northern Nilsson
II have begun to turn their atten-
ton in the same direction, and
says that if one-half the money and
labor expended last year in raising Mis-
souri's crop or 35,000,000 bushels OF
wheat had been given to dairying, the
net result would have been double. 1t
argues that 'the markets of the world
are glutted with wheat, but the more
butter and cheese produced, the more
there is consumed demand keep
ing pace with and even outstripping
the supply" There is commonly a
market for good dairy products at re-
muneratiye prices, but it is doubtful if
the average profits have been greater
than those gained from wheat, taking a
period of ten years together. The pro-
duction of good butter is not altogeth-
er a matter of disposition. Much de-
ponds upon the pasturage, the
water, and climatic conditions. The
dairying belt is as restricted as the wheat
belt, taking the whole country togeth-
er. The sections adapted to it can
make the industry profitable. 1t is
doubtful if the other sections can do so.
The older settled portions of the West
are experiencing from the cheap and
virgin fields in the Northwest the stress
of thu competition by which they forced
the farmers of the Eastern and Middle
States to abandon grain growing as a
reliance, and diversity their produc-
tions. History is repeating itself in
compelling them to adopt similar
policy.-Boston Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
Buddhist Converts.

Buddhist converts are numerous in
India. The nuns, it is said, are diff
cult to distinguish from the holy breth-
rem except by their diminutive size.
Their dress is precisely the samoa long
gray or yellow robe, white stockings,
and thick shoes, like those worn by
men, and their poor bare heads are
closely shaven-a process to which the
little 10-year- old novices are partially
subjected, and which is completed when,
at the advanced age OF 16, the full
blown Sister takes the VOWS of perpet-
ual virginity, of vegetarian diet,
and strict obedience to the pre-
cepts of Buddha. The sole duty of
these poor little nuns seems to lie in go
ing from house to house. wherever their
services are required on behalf of de-
ceased women, for whose benefit they
chant prayers to Koon- Yam, the G d.
dess of Mercy, the livelong day. When
this is not required they are said to spend
their dull lives in state of utter vac
nifty, being literally without occupation,
save that some of the younger sisters
employ their leisure upon silk embroi-
derry
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
Ammonia for Plants.

Last year was induced to try an ex-
pertinent in chrysanthemuln growing,
and for this purpose purchased cae
pound of sulphate of ammonia, which l
bottled and corked, as ammonia evapo-
rates very rapidly. I then selected
four plants from my collection, putting
them by themselves. gave them tea
spoonful of ANN 0nia in gallon of wa
ter twice week In fortnight's time
the result was most striking; for though
[ watered the others with liquid COW
manure, they looked lean when COM
pared with the ammonia watered plants
whose leaves turned to very dark
green, which they carried to the
edge of the dots until the flowers were
cut. As a matter of course the flowers
we're splendid. The ammonia used is
rather expensive as | bought it from q
chemists shop. This year | intend get
ting agricultural ammonia, which is
much cheaper. / have also tried it Oh
strawberries, with the same satisfactory
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
An Artistic Humorous Gem.

The Baltimore American says The choicest
selection of copyrighted American humor and
one which will delight every reader IS now
being distributed free throughout America.
Nearly all the humorists and comic artists OF
the country are represented in it, among them
''Bill Nye;p Robert J. Burdette, Burlington
Hawkeye; +. IL Gassaway, Derrick Dodd,"
San Francisco Post; c. b. Lewis, 'M Quad"
Detroit Free Press; Stanley Huntley, ''Spoopsn-
dyke; Opie p Read, Arkansaw Traveller; r. h.
Munkittrick of Puck, and others. The book
in question Is the unique annual literary pro-
duction of The Charles A. Vogeler Company,
of this city, and is styled the st. Jacobs Oil
Family Calendar and Book Of Health and
Humor for 1885 While it has been gotten up
primarily for advertising purposes, it is so re-
plete with original matter free from adver-
Using reference that the business feature is
almost a secondary one Twelve mill
ion copies are issued for gratuitous dis
tribution, being delivered from house TO house
in large cities, and in smaller towns furnished
through the medium of druggists II has been
printed in a number of languages and for diff
ferent countries The press of Great Britain and
Australia Is unanimous i'll praising the merit and
originality of its contents. The illustrat-
ed sketches are interspersed with testlmonl-
ais as to the merits OF the wonderful
pain-cure St Jacobs Oil, the only rem
edy which received gold medals at the Worlds
Fairs Of Australia, India and othe- countries.
The Red Star Cough Cure, new discovery in
medicine has also space deve ed toit Boards
of Health of large cities, eminent medical au-
thorities, analytical chemists, chief officers Of
state and municipal governments have all tes-
tilted not only to the cur alive effects of this rem
edy, but also to its freedom from narcotics,
opiates and poisons, which enter so largely
into the composition of old time preparations.
The former editions of this little book were
very attI ctive, but in the present instance
both puh'ishers anC contributors seem to have
deterfninC a that tho Y would give the country
all that is brightest and best in American hui
NOR.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
The Object of Eating.

We eat for warmth and strength ;
hence almost all articles of food have
both these elements; have carbon to
warm, and nitrogen to strengthen, to
give power to work. Butter, sugar and
oils are almost all carbon. All breads
and grains are mainly carbon. Meats,
flesh of all kinds, abound in nitrogen.
Food which has most nitrogen is most
nutritious" Butter has eightythree
per cent. of carbon and no nitrogen; an
egg has no carbon and twenty per
cent. of nitrogen. Milk contains
two parts warmth and one of
strength. Bread contains one part
of nitrogen and eight of carbon.
1t is thus seen that in reference to eat
ing, carbon which is charcoal fuel
and warmth are one and the same thing;
while nitrogen-which is in effect salt
petre-gives flesh or muscle, which are
one and the same thing in substance
with strength 1t is also seen that most
articles of food have more carbon or
warmth than nitrogen or strength,
showing that it takes more to keep us
warm than to keep us strong. A seden-
tary person requires, in round numbers,
about one pound of food day, while a
hard working man requires two pounds;
this two pounds of food gives out power
enough-as steam in an engine gives out
power-to raise man of average weight
eleven miles high. But calling the two
pounds 5000 grains, only 300 grains of it
are nitrogen, the remainder that is, six
teen times more of warmth is required
than of strength producing food. One
practical result is, that as the world be-
comes more thickly populated, the
necessity increases of economizing food !;
of adapting it to the various needs of
the system as modified by age, sex, oc-
cupation and season. Persons living in
doors should not eat more than half as
much as those who work hard. Less
warming food should be eaten in hot
weather than in cold. If we eat an ex-
cess of warming food in hot weather we
have to work it out of the system at q
great expenditure of strength and until
it is worked off we feel full and feverish
and oppressed; on the other hand, in
winter we require an additional quantity
of warming food, hence our instincts
1edu W eau HedIIlly VI pun, anu puOh-
wheat cakes, and butter, and molasses,
which are almost purely carbon. In
warm weather we need cooling food, and
Providence sends us in profusion the
fruits, and the berries, and the green
things, which have no carbon at all ; and
while our appetite for them is ravenous
the very idea of fatty food is nauseating.
Halls Journal of Health.
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Some Questions in Everyday Life.

From the Ladies' Home Journal
What is ones social duty? Often we
hear one friend ask this question of an
other. Is ones social done by accept
ing and giving invitations. What do
we bind ourselves to in accepting
the hospitality of a friend or ac-
quaintance? Is our duty by her done
when we have entered the portal of
our hostess and have given her greet
ing? Do we owe anything to her
guests? If we are man, do we do our
duty when we neglect speaking to the la
dies whom we know? If we see a chance
when we can be of service to our hos
tess in making things pleasant and
agreeable for her, is not that our duty
to be ready and happy TO do her bid
ding or even to anticipate it? If we are
a woman our power to do more than to
make ourselves as agreeable as we may
is limited. We can then only be kind,
generous and considerate of other wo-
men as it comes in our way. We can
not seek the opportunities of being
polite and making the happiness OF
those about us as men can. Selfishness,
alas that we see so much of it where
there is the least excuse for it.
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Grants Love for Horses.

Carp in Cleveland Leader.
Grants love for horses is matter of
history. He was fine horseback rider
as boy at his little country home in
Georgetown, o., through which he low
ed to ride standing in his bare feet on a
sheepskin tied to the back of his horse.
The only thing he really excelled in at
West Point was his riding. He was
the most daring rider of the school and
in jumping the bar the officers who were
accustomed to hold the bar over which
the horses were to go as low as their
waists for the others put it up even with
and above their heads when it was
Grants turn to jump. He saved his
lie in Mexico by his riding abilities by
throwing himself at the side instead of
staying on the back of his horse, and
when he was in the White House his
horses were the wonder of Washing
ton.
Grants Arabian horses are, think,
On Gen. Beal's farm, near Washington.
They were given him by the Sultan while
ne was in Turkey in 1878 The Sultan
had taken him over his palaces and
grounds, and finished up with his sta
bles. He had his attendants show off
his finest or ses, and asked Grant to
pick out the finest for hims elf, telling
him he would make him present of it.
Grant at first was reluctant to accept so
valuable gift, but one of the Sllltan's
officers interposed, telling him he
would offend his majesty by refusal
He then selected dapple gray Arabian
steed, and the Sultan formally pre-
sented it to him. The Sultan after
ward sent it to him at New York, add
ing to his present another Arabian as
black as jet and as magnificent in form
as the one Grant had chosen. The two
horses arrived IN New York in the lat
ter part of the following year, and
sporting men admired them greatly.
They were taken to blacksmith's to
be shod, and many persons came to see
them, trying to buy their old shoes or
even the nails as momentoes. When
the horses were taken from the boat to
the stables, one Of them kicked a spoke
from a carriage which they passed, and
it cost Grant $12 to pay the damages.
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About Widows.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Tbo,o . 1,oc,,o ;Joo fiat q w;

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Ihave vague idea that widow, to
be natural, should always be plump, l
can't give my reason for it. Ihave long
had a conviction that grief over de-
parted husband is fattening. / know
that stage widows are always wan and
pale and faint at the sight of any relic
of the deceased. But that is dramatic
license, and only IN comedies where
true love and devotion are made funny,
not to say ridiculous, do they make
widows plump. Come to think of it, l
don't see why a widow shouldn't be
plump. She has nothing to worry
about. She is heroine of one great bat
tie, with the world weakened before her
to conquer. I like widows. 1t always
seems to me that a widow is woman
who has got the best of a man. He
may have been a good deal of q man or
very very little of man, but she's got
the best of him. 1t seems to be awfully
hard for a woman to survive her hus-
band. I do not wish to ask whether
matrimony is after all disease that is
fatal to woman. 1 don't say that wo-
man should never marry at all. She
should always marry some other man.
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An Impudent English View.
From tbs London Spectator.

rIOH tH5 LonuoH spectator.
/ am morally convinced that Bis
marck's present colonial policy has
chiefly arisen from the Lasker incident.
He can not pardon the Americans for
having bestowed such high national
distinction upon the little lawyer who
IVES his great opponent in the Reichstag.
The although only temporary
OF the American ambassador from Ber-
lin greatly irritated Bismarck. He
therefore seems to be bent upon taking
his revenge upon the Americans by d.
verting the course of German emigra-
lion. The Germans are, in fact, almost
more necessary for the Americans than
America for the Germans. Some time
ago an American Statesman was asked
how long he thought that the American
republic will last, and the answer was,
As long as the German emigrants will
flock to the United States. The
reutonic element is, in fact nec-
essary there to counteract the con-
stantly increasing influence of the
Irish party. Now Bismarck, who knows
per fectly well what is going on abroad,
believes that by dimishing the German
emigration to America he would inflict
great injury on the United States, and
il is FOR this reason that he endeavors to
open new channels to the unceasing
stream of the German emigration. Be
sides the German Americans exercise
certain political influence on their
countrymen who stick to their native
soil They Undue them with liberal, if
not with republican principles. All
this will be averted by founding new
colonies. If they assume large dimen-
sions, they will be turned into little
monarchies; so not only the Germans
at home, but also those abroad, will be
in a position to enjoy the blessings
Of a monarchical government, under
some princelet, of whom Germany has
still scores to spare.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-30
Eggs Under a Hen.

The number of eggs that should go
under hen depends upon the season.
Those set in January or February
should not have more than seven, while
in Nav the number for the same hens
might be increased to thirteen. or for
Cochin, even to fifteen, if the eggs be
of the same breed. We have to con-
slider not only how many chickens the
hen can hatch, but also how
many she can well protect after
they have reached a size twice as
large ss the size of the eggs. Many
early chickens are lost every year be-
cause of insufficient protection from the
mother during the first few months.
Such as are not fairly cover a In cold
weather, even if they 10 not die, viii in
most cases be puny Idle things that
will never add profits 10 the growers
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A Perfect Marriage.

Theodore Parker writes: Young peo-
pie marry their opposites in tempera-
ment and character, and such marriages
are generally good ones. They do lit in :
stinctively. The young man does not
say, My black eyes require to be wed
with blue, and my over vehemence re-
quires to be little modified with some
what OF lullness and reserve" When
these opposites come together to be wed
they do not know it, but each thinks the
other Just like himself. Old people
never marry their opposites, they
marry their simllars, and from calcula-
ton. Each of these two arrangements
is very proper. In their long journeys
these opposites will fall out by the way
a great many times, and charm the 9th
er back again, and byand by they will
be agreed as to the place they will go to,
and the road they will go by, and both
become reconclled. The man will be
nobler and larger for being associated
with so much humanity unlike himself,
and she will be nobler woman for hav-
ing manhood beside her that seeks to
correct her DEFICIENCIES and supply her
with what she lacks, if the diversity be
not too great, and if there be real gener-
osity and love in their hearts to begin
with The old bridegroom, having a
much shorter journey to make, must as
sociate himself with one like himself.
A perfect and complete marriage is, per-
haps, as rare as personal beauty. Men
and women are married fractionally,
nova small fraction then large frac-
ton. Very few are married totally,
and then only, think, after some forty
or fifty years of gradual approach and
experiment. Such large and sweet
fruit is complete marriage that it
needs very long summer to ripen it
and then long winter to mellow and
season. But real, happy marriage of
love and Judgment between q noble
man and woman is one of the things so
very handsome that if the sun were, as
the Greek poets tabled, god, he might
stop the world in order to feast his eyes
with such spectacle
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