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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

eve all have our own ideas about
setting and serving table, says a
correspondent in Good Cheer for July.
This correspondents ideas are so simp-
lv expressed, and will be so ineligible
and seryoeable to young housekeepers
that they are deemed worthy ola place
here. The article is published as a
letter, which explains the frequent use
of the personal pronouns II and''you. :
After laying the cloth, the writer says:
s'Put in the centre q round tablemir
ror. perhaps twelve inches in diameter,
and have ALWAYS standing on it few
flowers in a glass. Ifyou have not the
mirror, the flowers you surely can al
WAYS have. If not really cut-flowers,
at least some green things from your
window Of plants. and when you have
it, a pretty, smallplant in blossom or
a pot of ferns. The constant presence
of flowers on the table always indicates
certain degree of refinement If
none of these are Obtaiuable, a pretty
dish of well-polished red apples, or of
oranges, will add a touch OF brightness
to your table. Put large dinner nap
kin cornerwise at the end from which
the meat is to be served. Cross two
large tablespoons at each of the four
corners, or rather a little in from the
corners. If you chance to have a sal
ad fork and spoon use them IN place
of two of the tablespoons, putting
them on the corner at your right. In
+Lo. o,ro1r ,,,I,;ol, lba cnpops form mt
the salt-cellars and pepper-boXes, |
remember those pretty quaint, old
fashioned glass salt-cellars which your
grandmother used, and the pepper
boxes in blue willow CHINA. They
have come into fashion again, and you
could have nothing prettier. just
inside the crossed spoons, at the end of
the table at which you SIT, put on
either side your oil and vinegar jugs,
or falling these, use two cruets from
your castor. standing them on small
mirrors or pretty plates. What COM
fort it is that the castor, which once
occupied so prominent place IN the
centre Of many Of our tables, has either
disappeared entirely, or been retired to
the side-table As you do not use
" AIts ucttl nOl bcl1 fON ttbotb 0NL IL =
II
"Of course, you know tae regula-
ton mode OF putting on knives, forks,
etc. From q right-angle with din
ner-knife and silver fork, then put
just outside of each respectively,
small silver dessert knife and fork, and
on the right, making the third side of
square, dessert 81 soup spoon. But
ter not usually being served with din
ner, buttcr-plates are not needed, I'M
less there chance to be baked potatoes,
in which case put the municipalities just
at the left of the right-angle formed by
the knife and fork, and the water-glass
at the right of the corresponding angle
formed by the knives and soup spoon.
The napkins, too. 60 at the right Of
the spoons. and. Ehen they are fresh,
lay the bread, always for dinner cut in
thick, square or oblong pieces, on each
napkin. The carving-knife and fork,
of course, are placed in front of the
carver, and the soup-ladle in front Of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
FARM AND HOME.
Keeping Bees

1t has been affirmed that from every
acre favorably situated in the United
States pound of honey might be pro-
duced, if the bees could only be had.
Probably this estimate is safe enough,
for one Towering field of clover or
buckweat would offset great many
barren acres. And then, if necessary,
bees can find honey in places that
would appear to yield almost anything
except the sweet and wholesome sub
stance with which they fill their cells.
But in the face of such possibilities it
is not encouraging to be informed that
between the wears of 1860 and 1870, ac-
cording to the census reports, the pro-
duct of honey in the United States fell
of 40 per cent, and that the census of
1870 showed q still farther decrease.
Perhaps there is no industry about
which there are so many exaggerated
ideas and false notions as about bee
keeping. The nature of the business
is such as to make the question Of
profit a somewhat indefinite one. The
fact that the owner of a small plot Of
ground can keep large number Of
this kind of cattle who have free
pasture wherever honey is to be had,
sometimes tempts meh to think that a
fortune can be made in this way with
a very little work and a very small
capital. We have an item before us
that tells of man who made 1900
from 1870 hives; and another of man
who cleared @35 year from every
colony that he owned. But these are
moderate statements in comparison
with many stories that float around
about the profits Of bee-keep-
ing Undoubtedly there is money
to be made in the business under
favorable circumstances and condi-
tons. Honey is usually in demand at
good prices. Bat Bookkeeping is not
as easy road to wealth as some sup
pose, neither is it hedged up with as
many difficulties as some imagine. The
mistake is as great in one direction as
the other. The point on which many
fail is in entering into the business on
a large scale without experience IN
handling bees, . knowledge of their
wants and habits, and without the
requisites for keeping the bees in a
healthy and thrifty condition. These
things can be easily learned, however,
and there is no good reason why near
" every farmer might not supply his
family with the luscious product OF the
honey-bee. 1t is mistake to suppose
that because BEES have an apparently
unlimited rang. in which to forage for
honey and wlx, that therefore the
number of swTms that may be kept
in given place is unlimited. At some
seasons Of the tear, and particularly in
April and May.in our northern climate,
it is very diflicilt for bees to find any
honey-producilg plants. Late and
early frosts arc likely to cut off their
supplies. Whom swarms are increased
too largely the result is light crops of
honey, diseases and starvation. Twenty
swarms are about the largest number
that can be kept prolitably and health
ily in the midS of good feeding
grounds. The largest profits on the
least outlay have been made in from
ten to twelve swlrms, and some loca-
tons will not support more than half
this number. For private use on the
farm five or sly swarms are usually
enough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
Notes on Poultry.

The question Of the proftableness of
poultry-raising is a constant theme Of
discussion among farmers ana others.
1t has been sufficiently demonstrated
that poultry-raising does pay when it
is carried on under the same relative
conditions that arc considered neces-
sary to insure success in Other pursuits.
Skill, care, foresight, judicious man
agement-these are needed no less in
the raising of poultry than in the pros
ecutiOn OF any other branch of business.
The winter is a good time to con
slider this matter, and arrange plans
for the coming season. If fowls be
kept for eggs it is essential to success
that every winter the stock be re-
placed with pullets Matched early in
the spring. BY no other means can
eggs at this season be relied upon, and
the poultry-keeper must remember
that it Is the winter which determines
whether he will gain or lose by his
stock.
With those who raise chickens for
the early markets the time viii soon be
at hand for attending to sitting hens.
~ Has 5SttHCidliA bGGH iOuHd Itidt itiG
best layers are the worst sitters. There
should be a separate apartment for
brooding hens where they may not be
annoyed by other members of the flock,
and where every provision should be
made for their feeding and comfort and
security. There should be a properly
arranged method for protecting the
young chicks as soon as they are
Matched aud until the whole brood is
strong enough to go into the coop with
the hen.
Sometimes a hen will desert her
eggs, a circumstance which may occa-
sionally be traced to an uncomfortable
condition of the skin, caused by YER
min or want Of cleanliness; and this
affords a strong reason for keeping the
hen-house clean and giving the flock
the means of purifying their feathers.
With proper provision of food at
hand, warmth, quiet, and dryness, a
good Matching hen will give little trou-
bic. 1t is good plan to "set" two or
more hens at the same time, 50 that in
event of only some half-dozen chickens
from each nest, two broods can be TAX
en- charge of by one hen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
Girls, You Must Not Flirt,

There is another feature of the case,
says the cross-eyed man of the Pitts
burg Chronicle, who was evidently
suffering from a severe case of snub-
bling, which should be carefully consid-
cred by flirting young women. What
ever ideas they may entertain to the
contrary, ii may be set down as an alb
solute truth that when a respectable
young man desires the acquaintance
of one who may some day be his wife
ne does not 90 out on the street and
seek to make that acquaintance by tlirt-
alton; in direct opposition. such az one
he would not marry under any circum-
stances, for he desires that his wife,
like Ciesar's, shall ''be above suspic-
ion" The flirting girl should bear in
mind that she is a by-word among
those with whom she firts, and that
the prolonged indulgence of her folly
will bat serve to fasten a stigma upon
her name which viii long outlast her
wears of indiscretion, and viii cause
her to be stunned by wife-seeking
young men through knowledge of her
former reputation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
WHO KN0wso

Who kno US where pins and needles go,
Where all the buttons strays
Who knows where all the pennies go,
That sometimes get away9
w no knows how all the emma breaks,
That wasn't touched at allf
How baby got so black Dfulse,
And never had fall.
Who knows whence all the fashions come,
And where they disappear
Why one brief month should make fright
OF what was such DEAR
Who knows how little bills can swell
To such prodigious size!
Who knows, indeed, what's going on
Beneath his very eyes!
Who knows just where her husband goes,
When cuisines b beseps him outi
And when to weara pout?
Who knows the tine to face the fact
That she's nc alSger young!
Who knows how best to speak her mind,
And how to hold her tongue.
Who knows the most convenient day
To bring a friend to dimes
Who knows the half of what he spends
On clubs, cigars and wines
Who knows one bonnet cannot last
A woman ali her life!
Who knows what woman is the same
When sweetheart turns TO wifes
Who knows why all the pretty girls
Are often last to go!
How all the ugly women wed
Who never had beau!
Why small men marry wives so large,
And large men fancy small.
Who knows, in fact how half the world
Was ever matched at all.
Who knows how far to trust a friend,
How far to hate fOes
just when to speak kindly yes,
And when a sturdy no.
Who knows-the grim, old Grecian sage
Says gravely-save thyself,
The wisest man in all the world
Is he who knows himself.
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THE OH WORLD.

In France the political situation remains
strained NJ. Flouquet, president of the
chamber of deputies, NJ Lockroy, NJ. Glenn
enceau and NJ Ranc have arranged forsuch
concerted party action during the ballot
ages" of the 18th inst as viii give the
united Republican vote to the candidates
who received the highest number of votes
in last Sundays election. NJ. Flouquets
influence with Republicans is dominant just
now. NJ Flouquet has had an interview
with president Grevy. 1t is stated that the
latter is arranging the formation of Goa
lition ministry which would be ready to as
sumo office instantly il the present cabinet
breaks up before the meeting of the
chamber 1t is reported that NJ. Flouquet
has urged NJ. Grevy to eXpel the Orleanists
from France and to prevent the projected
marriage between Prince Waldemar,.son of
the King OF Denmark, and Marie daughter
of Due de Charities NJ Flouquet believes
it to be the duty of the republic to sup
press, if possible, all alliances of this kind
made with a view of maintaining and
strengthening royalist aspirations in
France.
Mr.. Gladstone has openly assumed the di-
rection of the Liberal campaign. He has
already managed to compass the difficult
ties between Lord Harrington, leader of the
Wings. and MIR. Chamberlain, leader of the
Radicals. The latter was making such
Roadway that Lord Harrington became
alarmed and threatened to withdraw from
active management in the campaign unless
Mr.. Chamberlain were so far curbed at
least as to be unable to commit the whole
Liberal party to his schemes OF radical re
form. The ex-premier summoned the ex-
president of the local government board to
Hawarden The result of this meeting has
been that Mr.. Chamberlain has agreed to
modify the program of reform during the
campaign, at least, and the evolution of a
plan for dealing with the rivalries of the
different candidates.
The regular trial of Mr.. Stead, editor of
the Pail Mall Gazette, and the others in
dicted with him for the abduction of Eliza
Armstrong, will begin on the Goth inst.
The defense will cost $35, 00O. S12, 500 to-
wards it has already been contributed to
the defense fund which the Methodist
church is raising for the editor.
Loudon had fifteen million dollar fire
on the Sth. 1t began in the Charter house
buildings, a row of thirteen eight-story
warehouses, on Aldersgate street. The
flames spread with such rapidly that in a
few hours the whole of the building, in
Guiding the contents, were almost totally
destroyed The origin of the fire is I'M
known The row was mostly occupied by
fancy goods dealers, furriers, toy stores
and printing offices. One bank was also in
the buildings. This institution was the
only one that escaped being burned com
pletely out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15
WISCONSIN, NEWS.

The Bayfield, Harbor q Great Western
railw ay has filed articles of association
with the secretary of state at Madison.
Wis. The object is to construct line from
Bay field to point in Douglas county on
the line dividing Wisconsin from Mime
sofa, and another line from a point in
Douglas county on the first route to point
opposite Saltwater, Mimi. The aggregate
distance is 200 miles. The capital stock of
the new company is s., 100000 divided into
fifty thousand shares. The directors for the
first year are Oliver Dalrymple of st. Paul,
d. f. Glover of Bayfield,, W F. Dalrymple,
George Fl. Noyes and d. C. Millette of Mil
waukee.
A fire broke out in the Chippewa Lumber
and Boom company's barn on the corner of
River and Bridge streets, Chippewa Falls
Wis, on the 9Th. The wind was blowing
from the south and the flames were blown
across the street and frame row Of ten
buildings, extending from the corner of
Bridge and River streets to the corner of
Bridge and Bay streets, was destroyed, in
volving loss of $4,000. At one time a
considerable part of the business portion of
the city was threatened and Mayor Gun
ningham telegraphed to Eau Claire for an
engine which was promptly sent, but for
tunately the flames were under control be-
fore its arrival.
Gov Rusk of Wis, has accepted the res
ignations of William B. Britton Of James
vile, as colonel, and II. H. McLengan of
Beloit, as lieutenant colonel of the First
regiment, and promoted S. j. Lewis of
Monroe to the vacant colonelcy, and J. B.
Lagrange of GAINESVILLE to the vacant lieu
tenant colonelcy, while William Helm Of
Madison was commissioned major, vice
Lewis, promoted.
Young Jackson who was tried for murder
at Eau Claire Wis, last week was acquit-
ted. He shot boy named Sherman who
was invading his fathers orchard. The de-
Tense claimed that the Sherman boy had a
gun and that jackson shot in self defense.
The authorities at Washington have de
cided to remove the land Office from Bay
field Wis, to Ashland.
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Dark Compilations for photos.

Colored people are more success
fully photographed, as rule, than
white people are, says an experienced
photographer, the medium mulatto
making the finest photograph in the
world Light compilations are hardest
to take. 1t is impossible to photograph
a diamond. as itlooks like a pebble or
tish-scale. In taking pictures Of
animals the instantaneous process is
best. Cats are the best ~itters.
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the lady, who always serves the soup.
1t is much more convenient to serve a
table well when the host and hostess
sit at either end, as it gives abundant
room for the large dishes to be easily
put on and taken off. If you have
jelly or pickles put them in some small,
pretty dish, putting it where it chances
to look prettiest ON the table.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

the Whtted SepulchreS of New Orleans
New Orleans, being built in a marsh,
cannot have cellars for the houses of
the living or graves for the dead. At
a burial the services of a mason, and
not of a gravedigger, are required, aud
the coffin is walled up in q brick or
stone cell. painted white, which makes
a graveyard resemble the parked wag-
en- train of large army. Often fami-
lies or associations have large tombs,
containing several rows of cells, one
above the other, and there are some
monuments in each one, the most prom
inent ones being to Confederate Off
GERS and firemen. In the National
Cemetery, Gu the old battle ground
there are 1882 graves, Of which G,9l3
are ''known' to contain the remains of
Union soldiers from twenty-three
States 5,279 graves are marked ''un
known. = Correspondence Pr0uidence
JOurndi.
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THE MARKETS.



Wheat-No. / hard, cash and ooto-
Der, 90c bid; November, 92c bid /,
No. Northern, So bid; No 2 North =
Fiour-Patent, s5.25a5.50; straights
81 75Q1500; bakers, S4.250e450 asked; rye,
Corn No. ?, 4oc bid; 43c asked.
Oats No 2 mixed, 27c. bid, 2Sc asked.
No. white. 2S15c asked
Barley No. 2, B0c bid.
Rye No. 2. 45c bid,
Flax Seed-SI0S.
Baled hay, $500 asked; timothy $3.50
Dressed beef, choice steers nc. q 1$z;
veal, G1 S c.
Butter, extra 22c, bid, % C. asked.
Cheese, Z g l0c.
Eggs, extra lSc. asked.
Potatoes, new, Boo per bushel asked.
Live Stock-Sales of steers rangedS2 ,S11z
az SO rs per 100 lbs. Sheep sold at
$500 per 100. Hogs $500 asked.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAr-No. l hard cash 3d. No
Northern cash S No. Northern, cash,
SIC.
FLoUR-Patents in sacks held at S4S50
Is. In barrels, s.. 1905 40 for large lots,
s. 45{l1560 New England points, s. 5OC15 60
New York and Pennsylvania, bakers $50.
CHICAGO.
Wheat, Oct. 500; Nov. 903{
Corn, Oct. 49,
Oats, cash 25l4 Nov. 2st<.
Flax seed No /, SILL.
Pork. cash, $3.50 as. 40; Nov. $50.
Live Stock, Cattle <3.50lg5.gO; Hogs
IS 90fa4.20; Sheep, S2.00(Go60.
MILWAUKEE,
WHEAT-Cash 90J4c: Nov. Size.
DULUTH.
WnEAT-No. hard cash, 955gc; Dec. 96lI
No. Northern, %.
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Gleanin gs.

There is money in milk" SAYS the
London Standard. Not long ago Pro-
fessor Sheldon calculated that if each
OF the five million people whose homes
are within a radius of fifteen miles
from Charing Cross, drinks half pint
of milk perday, it would require ,250.-
600 quarts per diem to supply them.
Now. if each quart of this milk is val
ued at fvepence, the milk trade of
London means something like 9lS2, 600
a week. or not very much short OF ten
million per annum Milk is, however,
only one of the dairy products con-
sumed by the Londoner, who it may be
remarked, would use a much greater
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

For dyspepsia, liver complaint and
general debility, Aliens Iron Tonic
Bitters' are without a rival They are
a powerful tonic and act upon the sys-
tenn like magic. We can say nothing
that will equal the universal favor with
which they are received. Every bottle
of the genuine bears the signature of
j. 2. Allen, St. Paul, MINI.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

1T is proposed that Gen. Sherman
delivers the memorial address of Gen.
Grant, before Congress.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

Delicate diseases of either
sex, however induced. speedily and
permanently cured. Book of particu-
lars 10 cents in stamps. Address,
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

A PHILADELPHIA halter claims to
have made the discovery that the heads
of Americans are gradually but surely
decreasing n size.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

COMMISSIONER SPARKS has decided
against the Zuniland claim of Mayor
Tucker, son-in-law of Gen. John A.
Logan.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

When Noah was in the Ark young
Ham was always playing tricks on the
old gentleman. One day he told his
sea-faring father that there was water
il the cellar and that they had all
caught cold! Then it dawned on Noah
that he had omitted to secure a supply
of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, which he
always used.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

THE Secretary Of the Treasury has
dispensed with the services Of seven
superiluous clerks in the Register de-
partment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

AT Thurso. Scotland, the cemetery
gates are closed on the Sab h, and
the pubic forbidden to enter the
grounds. even for burials.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

THERE is only one town in New Mex
leo, Santa Fe, entitled to the new spec
ial postage delivery system.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

Mrs. PARNELL has applied at Wash
ington for a pension on account Of the
services of her father, Admiral Ste
wart, during the war of 1912.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

A man has written a poultry book Of
twelve hundred pages. A regular hen
eyclopedia, as ii were.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

MADAME JUDO IS to give 200 per-
formances in this country for the com
pensation Of Sl5O,000, or $500, a night.
Her hotel bill at New York is 1925 a
dow
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

THE Hartford Conn, Globe, evolved
from its inner consciousness the theory
that the elephant Jumbo was sick and
that Barnum conniyed at having him
killed ny railroad engine for adyertis-
ing purposes. Harnum declares Che
story "A mouslrous lie from beginning
to end, and that jumbo death upset
his plans foran European tour. He has
brought suit FOR $4,000 damages
against the Globe newspaper for its
pnhlicati0u.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

SIXTY thousand people die in Europe
every year from smallpox, but owing
to vaccination, and reyaccination, the
armies are singularly free from NOR
talifv from this cause.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

TIE only original copy Of the New
England Primer known to exist is in
the possession Of Brown University,
Rhode Island. to whom it was present
ed by the late Senator Anthony.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-15

INCREASED earnings are reported for
the month Of September over the same
month last year by the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad of S36.400.
Omaha. 800, Manitoba, 3, 259.
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WATTS SHERMAN, Of New York
boarding house. soon to marry Miss
Brown, of Rhode Island, is old enough
to be the lady's father, but the girl is
the heiress Of s.. 600. 600.