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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

TINS execution at Duluth, on Friday.
makes tho seventh event of the Kind.
that La TRANSFERRED ia Minnesota. The
first VA, Of nm Indian Yu-ha-zee, De
cember 81. 1881, who murdered a Ger
man woman near - Paul. where he
met the capital penalty The second
was thar ct Mrs. Annie BiIan,ki. an
American woman who poisoned her
husband. Pole. at 81 Paul March ..
1860. The third took place at Albert
Lea. where Henry kriegler, who muir
dered Nelson Broughton, Sept. 6, 1870,
was hanged March 1, 1861 Dee. "A.
1862. thirty-eight Indians were hung
w. n one scatloId at Maukato, making
the fourth. The fifth was the exeeu-
ton of two Indians st Fort Smelling. in
1855. for murders committed during the
outbreak of 1862. The sixth took place
at s Peter. March 6. 1868. Andreas
Roesch being hanged for murder Of a
bov. Joseph Saurel. Sept. ., 1867, in
Nicollet County For about q quarter
of century capital punishment had
been abolished. but the legislature re-
stored it in 1888. The execution of
Waisenen; August 2sth, is the first one
occurring under the new law
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

THE next general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church is to be
held at New York City in 1856.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

to some other fodder not as easily
grown Is very often desirable Among
the fodder crops that can be easily
grown on most farms, may be named
oats. While this fodder may not be
quite as good for mich cows as barley
fodder, 1t makes a change thai is agree
able as well rs beneficial TO the cows,
providing the crop is properly grown
and cured. The great mistake that
many make in raising oat fodder is not
IN sowing seed enough; four bushels to
the acre is not too much The straw
is then fine and can be easily cured, so
that the hay will be perfectly sweet,
aud will be eagerly sought for by both
horses and cattle; but if only two bush
els be sOwn to the acre, the straw will
be SO coarse that ii is difficult, if not
impossible to properly dry it SO it will
not be smoky when fed out; when in
this condition it is not desirable food
for any animal Farmers vino have
tried TO grow oat fodder in this way
have become discouraged and aban-
doned it as a fodder crop; but those
farmers who have sown seed enough to
make the straw fine, cured it well, have
AOulN IL Nditdiic lOuttct CioPs Ol
good land a very large crop can be
grown; much more than barley or rye,
aud quite as much rs of Hungarian The
only drawback to the oat crop is its
liability TO rust. Occasionally we have
"a season like last year, when the rust
will strike it before it is fully grown;
but il is not much more liable To rust
than timothy grass, unless it is permit
ted to stand until the grain is fully ma
tured When it is found that it is be-
ginning to rust, it is best to cut it, al
though it is just commencing to bios
som; but when there is no appearance
OF rust it is permitted to stand until the
kernel is nearly grown.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

DIR. NEWMAN, lecturing at Chautau-
qua on General Grant compared him to
Wellington and declared he possessed
one Of the greatest intellects the age
has ever produced.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

he win soon be at his work in the White
house.
President Cleveland will not return to
Washington until September 18th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

Wheat September seize. October So :
December Sb5
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

THE backbone Of summer seems to
be pretty weak in the halcyon east. In
the last week Of August froSts were re-
ported in Virginia, and Pennsylvania
had the luxury Of a snow storm.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

4 TRAIN Of twenty cars laden with
438.000 pounds Of wool has been for
warded from Portland Oregon. to
Philadelphia, being the largest rail
shipment ever made from the Pacific
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

Mr. GLADSTONE took a walk of eigh-
teen miles day or two ago. What
ever may be the matter with the re-
nowned Premier's vocal organs.
there seems to be abundant vigor in his
lpCrS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

II Jefferson County Kentucky. there
has been recently discovered a large
bed of >iIiciou- earth. possessing a pc
culiar and valuable property used for
polishing metals The only other de
post known oeNi.t in thcconutry is in
New Hampshire
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

4 CIVIL service examination Is to
take place at Philadelphia beginning
Sep embcr 9Th. Over one thousand
applications are already on file for
lctkships and letter-carricrs in the
cisl poSt-oificc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

Il WAS never exactly buried alive.
said an old clerk, recouutiug his eX-
periences, but once worked a week in
store that did not advertise. When |
came out my head was almost as white
as you now see it. Solitary contine-
mont did ID
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

THE steamship Etruria made her
last trip from Liverpool to New YORK
in -ix days one hour and twenty-five
minutes. For twenty-four consecutive
hours Of the time She ran twenty miles
an hour, something never before done
by ship.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03

TIE International Geological Con
greSs, whose meeting was postponed
last year owing to the epidemic Of chol-
era in southern Europe. began At Berlin,
September 18th its third session, nm
der the honorary presidency of Prof.
II. Won Dechcn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-09-03
MINNEAPnLIs.


Wheat-No. 2, 1899; Sept. 7935c; Oct.
81.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Peculiarities of the Chinese.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
But the measure of the wrong done to
China must be allowed to correspond
with the facts of Chinese civilization.
Human life is cheaper than that of the
horse within the borders of the empire.
Nearly four hundred millions of people
crowd ITS provinces. The market value
of life cannot be very high with man
who will commit hari kari for trifing
insult at a moments notice, or with an
officer who will execute an entire regi-
ment to crafty caprice. Moreover,
40 nation is so cruel or so accustomed
to cruelty as china Torture, malig-
nant and exquisite, is the punishment for
the smallest offense Infanticide is
practiced with perfect impunity, and
even with tho entire justification of law
in some of the crowded districts Is it
probable that people who will public
ly starve man to death for stealing a
coat, or cut him while living into min
ute pieces for similar offense, will be
greatly shocked by the "sickening
slaughter" at Foo Chow? May it not
be considered relief 81 an overcrowded
population? But this, of course, does
not lessen the justice of France, nor
does it hide the almost pathetic fact
that China is proud and knows how to
feel and resent an insulting and coward
ly attempt to Cypress her. No nation
has yet given her a cause for war but
that she has courageously accepted the
wage of battle. There is, indeed, room
for the pathos which the poet of Erin
throws around the history of the Irish re-
belIions: "They went forth to war, but
they always fell"
But, again, it must be remembered
that the Chinese are of all nations over
the globe the most difficult and peculiar
to deal with. What shall we expect from
the obstinacy of nation which in the
nineteenth century can only be induced
by force of arms to recognize by treaty,
"that England is an independent nation
and in no manner subject to the Chi
nese governments" How shall we deal
with people whose very treaties re ad
backwards and from the bottom of the
page? How shall we direct our actions
In the presence of men who shake their
own hands instead of grasping yours
What steps can be taken without Of
Tense in a land where" to quote the
comical complaint OF Wingroye Cook,
"the roses have no fragrance and the
women no petticoats; where the laborer
has no Sabbath and the magistrate no
sense of honor; where the needle points
to the south, aud the sign Of being puz-
zled is to scratch the antipodes of the
head; where the place of honor is on
the left hand and the seat of the intel
Iect is in the stomach, where to take off
your hat is an insulting gesture, and to
wear white garments is to put yourself
into mourning"
Without doubt the Chinese are
most extraordinary people, and all the
judgments which civilized people are
disposed to pass either upon them or
their enemies must, for especial reasons,
be Withheld until full and correct
knowledge Of exact circumstances can
be had.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
A Queer Crank.

The range of phenomena OF diseased
minds seems almost limitless. An un-
fortunate young man named John
Shields, brought to Jail Sunday, furn-
ishes good example of that observa-
ton. He is by occupation tallyman
in a rolling-mill, and lives at No. $50
Lorain street. One week ago he
seemed to be in the healthy possession
of all his mental faculties. Now his
mind is incapable of pursuing any one
line of thought for more than a few
seconds. Three words, consecutive in
sense, was the limit of each of his en-
deavors to speak. On the way to the
asylum he said, in what was afterward
learned to be an attempt to tell his
guard that he hoped he would not be
kept long in confinement: "Don't
want to-creek, cold water-Sugar and
molasses." His relatives say that he
was not in the habit of using profane
language, but yesterday his talk at
times savored of low saloons. Deputy
Sheriff Farrand took him to the asy-
lum. Shields at one time sprang at
him and clasped him about the waist,
but in second his mind had veered
off on some other train of thought, and
he returned to his seat in the coupe
and began his senseless jabber. lie
read aloud every store sign that he
saw and eagerly asked Mr.. Farrand if
he knew every woman that they
passed. John Sullivan occupies a
prominent place in his thoughts, and
he thinks sometimes that he is
''tough." Several times, on first
catching q glimpse of some strange
person, he exclaimed excitedly:
THERE'S John Sullivan's pants
again. A good-natured lunatic sat
for about an hour in the turnkey
room in the cell, pleasantly smiling on
all about him. He was Charles
Froil, mill laborer, living in Armi-
tage street. He had fierce, bristling
beard of rusty color, wild, unkempt
hair, a pair of crooked, glaring eyes,
and IA cavernous mouth filled with
blackened stumps of teeth. He could
not talk English very well, but was
very conversational. A bottle of medi-
cine, used by one of the deputy sheriffs
for the headache, stood near him on
mantel. His rowing eyes fell upon it.,
and he made dive in that direction.
The bottle was emptied down his
throat in an instant, and he returned
to his seat muttering with delight:
sBeer, wisky." 1t is claimed that
Froil went into saloon near his house
Monday night, and was struck on the
head during fight. 1t is said that
his insanity resulted from the blow.
He has scheme for buying up cattle,
and thinks that he can transport the
entire population of his native Ger
many to this country. He was sent to
the infirmary. Mr.. Mary Carlson, OF
No. 16S Broadway, was sent to the
same institution yesterday. She was
not considered dangerous, but nearly
overpowered one of the infirmary at
tendants. She has been subject tc
spells of insanity on the subject of re.
lfpion, and was insane about ten years
ago, when she was young woman OF
81 wears. She now has family of five
children Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Regrets Her Nasty Marriage.

A special to the New York World from
Reading Pa, says: In court here recent
ly Mrs. Catharine Newman applied for a
divorce from her husband, Francis New
man, alias Frank Hardyman. This is the
sequel to very hasty marriage, which
took place in this city about four
months ago. The woman's name was
Miss Catharine Klopp, and she is the
only daughter of one of Readings solid
business men, a retired merchant worth
$3.50, 600. She is about thirty years old
and of plump figure. Her husband
served term of five years in jail there
on the charge of assaulting a we'll
known citizen on the public highway
When he was released he went to New
York and came back some months ago
well dressed and evidently wei TODD.
He gave ont his name as Francis New
man. He met Miss Klopp and she was
very favorably impressed with his many
agreeable manners and his stories of
fashionable life among the elite in the
large cities. The result was that while
the snow flakes were falling the two
made journey to the parsonage of one
of the leading city pastors, who made
them man and wife. The woman at
once went back to her fathers house,
and few days thereafter began to re
greet her hasty marriage. At the re-
quest of friends lawyer was employed
and suit of divorce was brought. 1t
is not known whether Newman, alias
Hardyman. will contest the application.
In her petition the wife says that she
never lived with him as his wife nor
cohabitated with him.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04

quarter tons of cured corn stalks,
nearly equal in value TO a ton of hay.
His experiments were in feeding the
stalks uncut, and he estimated the
waste at forty per cent. If they had
been finely cut the waste would have
been much less. He states that
enough corn-stalks are wasted in his
State annually to keep all the four
footed auimals without the use of
hav.
Certain plants may be multiplied
from root cuttings, notably the black
berry and raspberry, but the opera
ton is confined alone to those fur
nished with underground stems or
stolons. Young plants propagated by
this method artIfieially are greatly SUI
perior to suckers dug from an old
plantation and possessing few roots.
These underground stems resemble
large roots and are generally mistaken
for such, although roots are never fur
nished with buds. They are to all in
tents and purposes branches, with all
necessary organs that permit OF being
reproduced from cuttings similar to
those above ground. Therefore when
cut into small pieces, say an inch or
more in length, and thinly covered
with sand or light soil, in rows or
beds, young plants will quickly APP
pear with nice fibrous roots at the
base. A better plan is to place these
root cuttings on gentle hot bed or
in the propagating house, as the bot
tom heat proves very congenial, and
incites growth in many cuttings that
would 0fharwiSa die
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Population Of the soudan.

1t is estimated that there are 10, 000,-
600 or 100000 of inhabitants in tho
Egyptian Soudan, which has an area OF
$500, 900 square miles, and comprises
q vast amount of fertile land along the
Nile and its tributaries. Three mill
ions of these people are Arabs and
their kindred, while the remaining o..
100000 are of the negro race. All
the Arabs and Moslems, and many of
the negro tribes have adopted the relig-
ion of Mecca, and are faithful followers
of the Prophet The Pagan negroes
have united with the Arabs in the effort
to drive out the Egyptians, and, though
their religions are unlike. they have
common interestr in Kidding themselves
of oppression. Most of the Arab tribes
are on the eastern side of the Nile,
while most of the negroes are on. the west
ern. Between the Nile and the Red
Sea are the tribes whence come the men
of Osman Digna's army, now i'll front
of the Suakim, while along the valley
and to the west are the people who
flock to the Mahdi's standard. Out OF
a population of 100000 of people.
animated by religious zeal, and smarting
under the cruelties OF their recent mas
tiers, it is easily possible for the Mahdi
to raise an army OF 100000 men. The
wonder is not that Kbartoum fell SO
soon, but that it was able to hold out
so long. The theory is certainly very
plausible that the Mahdi could have
captured it long ago if he wished, but
he refrained from doing so until the
British army had come too far into the
Soudan to be able to retreat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Destroying Horns.

The horns Of an animal can be de-
stroyed in embryo with very little pain
in the following manner: The small
"nubs" from which the horns will grow
which appear on the calf's head, are
cut off with knife so that the embryo
horns can be cut away. This is done
with great ease and quite rapidly by
the use of a sharp knife. The wound
is then scared with white hot iron,
which is not painful, as the great heat
deadens the sensation, and it soon heals.
The horn is destroyed and its growth
is prevented Considering the great
danger of injury from the horns of cat
tie. this operation is necessary one,
and as it is less painful than that of
docking lambs tails and far less pain
full than castration, any peoson who
object TO it may be thought more nice
than wise.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Planting Gardens.

The floating gardens in certain parts
of Mexico are among the greatest curl
osities to be found in that country.
Says a recent visitor:
when tract of vegetation composed
of reeds, water-plants and bushes, in
terwoven and laced together, becomes
so dense that it will bear superstruct-
ure, strips of turf 90 to 80 yards long by
2 Yards wide, are cut from some suitable
firm place, foated to it down the canal
and laid upon it; this is repeated sew
eral times, aud thus an island is secure
ly raised two feet above the level of
the water; little soil is spread over it,
and it becomes a chinampa, or floating
garden, on which Indian corn, vegeta-
bles and flowers are grown. The gar
dens vary in size from 100 to 300 feet in
length, and from 20 to 100 in width, ac-
cording to the vegetation which sup
ports them. To secure these gardens
in their proper places long willow poles
are driven through them into the ground
below, where they soon take root. The
poles also throw out roots into the beds
of the floating gardens, and SO hold
them steady"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
Carrying Concealed Weapons.

Judge Cothran, in a recent charge to
the grand jury at Spartanburg, S. O.,
INDUCED in the following vigorous Ian
guage on the subject of carrying con-
cealed deadly weapons:
Can you imagine any use in the world
to which pistol can be put except to
take human life? Can you mend a
pillow stock with a pistol? Can you
make hoe helve with pistol? Can
you repair any piece of your machinery
that is broken with pistol? Can you
write letters or keep merchants books
with a pistol? What can you do with
it except to take human life? You can
not shoot game with it; you cannot
catch fish with it. For what purpose,
then, Mr.. Foreman, is it carried? You
know for what it is carried-you know
very well the uses to which it has been
put-you know that this country has
flowed with blood for the last ten years
and you know how much of it is due to
the fact that the pistol. the ready and
convenient pistol was at hand.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-06-04
A Practical Girl.

Helen Burdett's father was an Ill
inois farmer, with a good farm of,
perhaps, 200 acres, but without any
one to share his labors or inherit his
estate. He accordingly brought up
his daughter Helen very much rs he
would have brought up boy. She was
strong and healthy, very intelligent,
and with a decided taste for outdoor
life, and she very soon attained a rep
utation for Judgment and for
knowledg second to that of no farmer
or stock-raiser in the vicinity. When
she was eighteen years old her father
died, and 1t seemed necessary that she
should carry on the place for at least
a year to come, a task to which she
was fully equal. The crops were ac-
cordingly planted under her direction,
and she went out to buy steers, as her
father usually went at that season.
She purchased sixty five head of steers,
pastured them during the summer, and
sold them at the end of the season at
clear profit of exactly Sl,066.
She knew ''every inch of ground"
on the farm, as the saying is, and
Just what should be done with it.
Every man in the vicinity understood
that she was thoroughly intelligent in
her business, and that it would be use
less to try to overreach he's. One man,
when questioned about her, remarked
in the vernacular of the country,
There amt man in the State can
size up a herd of steers as close as she
can, and our drOUeyer says she beats
him at bargain every time" Yet
Miss Helen Burdett is as modest and
lady-like us any girl in the United
States. The drover did not mean that
she "beat hlm down." or cheat him
out" but simply that she understood
cattle and could tell their ''points"
better than he could.
When Helen was fourteen years old,
her father gave her permission to go
and buy cow for herself. She went
forth alone and independent, bought
her COW, and came home leading it by
the rope.
Her COW proved to be an excellent
investment. 81 knew" said her faith
er triumphantly, ''that she could pick
out better one than | could myself,
and believe she has done it"
A picture of Miss Helen Burdett
stands before me, as | write. But she
is Helen Burdett no longer. A wealthy
young farmer from the far West came
to know and love her, and appreciated
her value. When she married, her
fathers house and farm were sold at
auction. She managed the sale and it
was completed most admirably. The
picture is taken in her wedding dress,
and the quiet, regular, thoughtful face
would indicate TO the uninitlated a
student, possibly an artist or a writer.
No one would suspect this elegantly
attired and selt-possessed young wo-
man of being q thorough farmer and
an expert stock-raiser. al tell you, )"
said a keen old man, who has watched
her progress from early girlhood, tits
a lucky man that gets Helen Burdett
for wife. She'll double his property,
in plain dollars and cents, if he'll
only take her advice, inside of five
years. ~ philadelphia Press.