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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Strong at Eighty,

MIR. David Dudley Field: ''My recipe
for self-preservation is exercise.
am firm believer in exercise. will
tell you my mode of life. | am very
temperate man, and have always been
so. | have taken care of myself, and
as | have good constitution suppose
that is the reason | am so we'll You
must ask the Almighty why | have
lived SO long, and how long l shall
live. | am perfectly healthy and
strong, and, though | have nominally
retired from the law, am busy as you
see from morning until night Anoth-
er reason | am so well is that my mind
has always been occupied. am
never idle; in fact have no time to be
i'll.
"When | was a young man | had
very severe headaches. In 1916 /
bought horse, and / have not had q
headache since. Every morning i
arise at 6 o'clock. | have done so for
forty years. | take an ice-cold bath,
dress myself, jump on horse at z
O'clock, and ride for an hour. | then
breakfast and work at my house until
II o'clock, when | walk down town, a
distance of four miles. | remain at
my office until o'clock, then walk
home, and dine at C. At seven l sleep
for half an hour after which | am
ready for anything. | retire between
10 and II o'clock. | have done this
for over forty years. | attribute my
hardihood to horse back-riding. Have
| ever taken drinkP No, sir, never,
except a glass of claret at dinner.
Like Pere Hyacinthe, | must have my
claret at dinner. Whisky, brandy, or
any liquid of that kind | never touch.
''My advice to young men is to get
eight hours sleep every night, and
The young men of to-day are too fast.
The candle can not burn ut both ends
and last long. | have never smoked
tobacco in any shape and never will.
Do as l have done, and you will be
strong at so and probably at 90"
Mr.. Field was at his office busy with
some details of his civil code now be-
fore the legislature. 1.-The CODE" he
said, lis favored by great number OF
lawyers. There are some old fellows,
to be sure, who are opposed to it.
What they want is large library.
| They seem to think that civil code
is an alteration of existing things. BY
no means; it is a condensation, and is
calculated to save much labor and re.
search. These old lawyers have learn
ed the law in one way, and they be
! lievo in civil code about as much as
| a MOhamedan believes in Christianity.
-NeU York Commercial advertiser.
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A Little CHRIS Company Manners.

"Sit down, will you please, and wait
a moment till mother comes? said
little girl to two ladies who came to
see her mother.
''And will you give me glass of
water, Marthap' asked one of the
ladies; 81 am very thirsty"
"With pleasure" answered Martha,
and she presently came back with two
goblets of water, on a small waiter,
which she passed to both ladies.
ooh! thank YOU said the other
lady; ''you are very thoughtful. "
"You are quite welcome" said
Martha, very sweetly.
When Martha went out of the room
one of the ladies said; ''This little girl
is one of the loveliest children [ ever
met. How sweet and obliging her
manners are!'
Let us go into the next room and
see. Martha took the water back into
the dIningroom.
.sMe drink! me drink cried little
Bobbie, catching hold of his little sis
ter's dress and screwing up his rosy
lips.
'.Get out, Bobp' cried Martha. $50
to Bridget"
Don't speak so to your little broth
en-" SAID Bridget.
'It's none of your business what |
say" cried Martha, tossing back her
head.
"Marthar' That is grandmother
calling from the top of the stairs.
'Whatm screamed Martha back.
'Please come here, dear" said
grandma.
II don't want to-" muttered Mar
tina.
She, however, dragged herself up
stairs. Unwilling feet, you know, find
it hard to climb.
Martha" said grandma, ''will you
try to find my specs? am pretty sure
/ left them in the dining-roOm.
mo you didn't" cried Martha in a
cross, contradictory tone; ''you always
lose them up here;' and she rum
mayed round the chamber. tumbling
things over like the north wind.
''No matter" said the dear old
lady, seeing she would have much to
do to put things to rights again; mo
matter, Martha; they will come to
hand;' and she quietly put down the
news paper for by and by. Martha left
her and went down stairs with pout.
Oh, dear! where are Martha's civil,
obliging manners? Why, those are her
company manners. She puts them on
in the parlor and puts them off when
she leaves the parlor. She wears them
before visitors, and hangs them up
when they are gone. You see, she has
no manners at home; she is cross and
disobliging and rude and selfish. She
forgets that home is the first place to
be polite in-in the kitchen as well as
in the parlor. There is no spot in the
house where good manners can be dis.
pensed with.--Edrly Deus.
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THE CRIMINAL CALENDAR.

U S Marshal Hughes of Va. is defaulter
Alexander Mcintosh of Aylmer Ont, was
shotd dead by Samuel Mitchell
Near Monmouth, Ill, Edward Nash, an in
sane youth, shot and killed his mother and
sister
At Portland, Or, missing Mrs Thompson
was found, and at once arrested on a charge OF
bigamy.
Adam Faust, who has hitherto borne good
reputation, is in jail at Sioux Falls, Oak, for
horse stealing
The notorious Felix Constant and Mcdonald
were hanged. recently, at Beech Greek, near
Benton, Mont, for horse stealing.
At Pierre, Oak, in the Small murder inves-
tigation, Bennett, the accomplice of Bell, turn
ed states evidence. and showed where the
body was buried Lynching is talked of.
John Siege of Dubuque suicided with re-
volver. He was proprietor of a stone quarry,
and had passed the prime of life. Infrmities
and dependency are assigned as the cause of
his act
The Widow Jefferys, of reputed high re-
speciality, and the owner of considerable
real estate in Chelsea, was arraigned in Lon
don court on the charge of being procuress.
She admits the charge, and boasts of her
crimes.
William Fl. H. Bemis of Sherburne Falls,
Mass, was arrested, charged with incest with
his two daughters, aged eighteen and thirteen
respectively. He was bailed in 5000, but his
bondsmen surrendered him, and he is now in
jail awaiting examination.
Richard Bascombe and wife, living on a
farm five miles from North Platte, were
burned to death in their house recently. The
post mortem went to prove that Bascombe and
wife were murdered and the house fred to de-
stroy all traces of the crime
E. T. Pierce, student at the Cleveland Mil
itary academy, has been arrested at Erie Pa,
for thieviug from several stores. He had gone
to Erie with the intention of clipping with a
Cleveland girl who did not keep her agree
ment to meet him at the former place.
Fred Heldt, aged forty years, a well-to-do
resident of Milwaukee was arrested by Detec-
tive Keller in Chicago and brought to Milwau-
kee on a charge Of incest. The alleged victim
is his niece, Nina Heldt, and the complainant
is the girls brother, who lives at Clinton, Iowa.
Samuel Trice, well known sporting char
acter of Bozeman, Mon, who has figured con-
spicuously in several criminal cases, and who
was indicted by the grand jury for living in
open adultery with one Molie Burbank, made
murderous attack on A. K Yerkes the editor
of the Bozeman Chronicle for having publish
ed an account of the case IN his paper
F. II. Heidi, wealthy tailor of Milwaukee,
was arrested in the postofice at Chicago and
brought to Milwaukee. He is charged with Sc
ducing his twenty-one- year-old niece Minnie
Exedt, from Clinton, Iowa, whom he Travelled
with through Europe and America. In Indian
apolis a short time ago she gave birth to a
child, when he brought her to his home, telling
his wife that the girl was married and had been
forsaken by her husband
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An Electrical Phenomenon.

Prof. Tyndall, in recent lecture
on electricity. produced the clothes of
a man who was taking refuge under a
tree when it was struck by lightning.
1t was foolish thing, he observed, to
90 under a tree during an electric
storm. unless person stood some
distance from the trunk. In this par
ticular case, however, the mans clothes
were very wet, and, though they were
very much torn, they formed a suffi-
ciently good conductor for the light
ming, and he escaped with his life.
Had his raimeDt been dry he would
inevitably been killed. Producing the
mans boots, the lecturer pointed out
that the uppers were torn to pieces by
the electric fluid in its anxiety to
reach the earth, but the sole, into the
construction of which iron largely
entered in the shape of hobnails. form
ed a good conductor and was not hurt.
Cleveland Herald,
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Joined the federansts in passing reso.
buttons raising the embargo. Nonin-
tercourse with Great Britain was sub
stituted, and trouble in adjusting af-
fairs with that country was so great
that war was declared, against the bit
ter opposition of the federalists. A
clear analysis was given by the lect-
urer of the arguments for and against
the war, and the course of patries
through the war described, showing
that their attitude did not change. The
opposition finally eliminated in the
Hartford convention, the charges
against which-that its designs were
treasonable-are not sustained, as its
purposes were openly proclaimed.
The convention certainly urgued with
great force against disunion. The con-
duct of its members was not strongly
loyal, but it was not reasonable. I'm
fortunately for their reputation with
succeeding generations, the conduct OF
the members can not be commended.
Their work was useless and Intellectual.
In one respect the federalists were
superior to their opponents. They did
not indulge in vituperation, but used
calm discussion. They were conscien-
tious, and claimed to be law-abiding
citizens, protesting against those who
were working their country's ruin.
The opposition was not so calm and
dignifed, but was in constant state
of evaporation and excitement. and
the republican editors INDUCED in the
most bitter attacks. The political vic
tory in this struggle rested with the
republicans Tor democrats, as they be-
gan to be called), and the result was
the death of the federal party. From
the time of Monroe's election it died
by inches, the deserved penalty of a
great political mistake, though, to do
the party justice, its logical position
was good. Strangely enough, in de-
stroying the federal party, the war
brought about that for which the party
had existed, a stronger loyalty and
national feeling. The patriotism thus
kindled has never been extinguished,
and was finally able to meet and crush
notification. Our pluck in carrying
on the war gained us credit, and com
PEELED that development of our manu-
factures which was only checked by
the rebellion. Thus, out of defeat
came good at home and abroad. The
evils we're suppressed that led to the
war, and our country became once
and for all nation, not mere collec-
ton of states. - Boston 4dUertiSer.
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Old Hi Bah.

Old Eli Bah was the noted sot of the
Dryer Ford neighborhood. He was a
kind hearted man, but children were
/ taught to shun him. The home of the
wretched man, if it could be called
home, was the picture of misery. His
wife was broken-hearted and his chill
dren were miserable.
"Old Bab's in town." said man,
entering saloon and addressing a
party of idlers.
"Then look out for trouble" some
one replied. 'Td rather know that
the seven years itch was coming "
Bah came in, leading or rather drag
ging after him, little boy The child
was begging MIN to 90 home.
Hello, fellers," said Bah. ''Want
drink"
The party of idlers promptly arose
and approached the bar.
PA, please come on" implored the
child.
"Oh, dry up, won't you! Fellers,
what'l you have? Sold COW this
morning and am flush"
Taking from his pocket a shoe,
nearly worn out, he struck the bar
with it.
''Wife told me to have this thing
fixed. as though mans got money to
throw away"
The boy pulled at his sleeve.
"Now, l want you to stop that. I've
stood about as much of your foolish
ness as I'm going to"
The men drank. GILL 'em up
again." said Bah, striking the bar
with the shoe. No one objected. The
men whom he had joined would have
drunk with HIM all day. They seemed
to have no other business.
Had YOU in The 'boose the last time
you were in town, didn't they, ehP'
asked Nat Boles.
Eyes, but that's none of your look
out. l generally pay for my whisky
which is more than you can say and
tell the truth.
Il didn't mean any harm by it. You
are getting to be such a crank that no.
body can say word to you"
That's all right. You sit around
here and guzzle every day, but if L
happen to come TO town once in a
while and get a little off, you go
around singing it..
81 don't do any such thing. l
merely spoke about it just now"
''Oh, | heard of you. Fine joke for
you. Why don't you drink your
whiskyP"
''Reckon | want to drink with a
man that talks to me as you do?'
Eyes you'd drink with the devil"
I'm just show you"
Taking up the glass, he made mo-
ton as though he would throw the
whisky on the floor, but his appetite
being stronger than his resentment,
he drank it and said:
II don't want to have any trouble
with you, Eli. We are too good friends
for that.
They sat down around the stove. for
the weather was intensely cold. There
is no place on earth more dreary than
saloon in a small town, but men stay
there. Yes. for man viii stay any
where. When evening came, Eli was
beastly drunk. He had thrown away
the shoe, but the boy recovered it, and
to keep from offending his father by
the sight of it. carried il under his
coat.
sWe'll go home now" he said. tax
inc hold of the boys shoulder.
Fits awful cold for you to attempt
to walk; I'd stay in town. Eli, - said a
man who looked with pity upon the
child.
eve don't have to walk" replied
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FoEEIGN NEWS GOSSIP.

The duke Of Norfolk has given s2,5OO, coo to
thu Roman Catholic church since he became of
age.
The surplus for export of the Manitoba
wheat crop Of lSS5 Is estimated at ), 100000
bushels.
The new German tariff on lumber enhances
the import duty on sawn lumber to 20 per
cent of IFS actual value.
Col irvine tclegraphs that the situation at
Prince Albert Is very critical and urges that
endorsements be sent
General Wolsoley, in his report to the British
war department ntimates that it would be adj
visable to withdraw from the Soudln.
Mr Baumgartou of Montreal has equipped
fifty mon with horses and supplies TO fight
RieL The horses alone cost him $1,000
Princess DolgoroukL widow of the late ear
of Russia, is living in Paris in queenly style
The cZar made excellent pecuniary provisions
for his second family
There is loud call from the Grit newspapers
n Canada for the prompt recall Of Lieut. Gov
jc,y,inev from the Northwest and the resigua-
to, Of Sir David Mcpherson. minister of the
Interior.
The Pail Mall Gazette states that the reply
Of Russia to England's proposals concerning
the Afghan frontier line dispute Is most con
ciIiatory The Russians earnestly wish that the
iont commission would commence the work
Of settling the frontier line as soon as posi-
bic.
Spies report daily large assertions from
OSman Digma's force Gen Graham viii
await orders from Gen. Wolseley before re-
Stunning operations. 1t is evident that Osman
Digna has left the vicinity of Tamsl Only
4tU rebels altogether We're seen. Gen Graham
intends to push the railway as far Sandagb
and move his camp thither
Among the bridal gifts of Lady Ermyntrude
RUSSELL who married sir Edward Malet, re-
Gently, were necklace and tiara of diamonds
diamond earrings, a gold tea and coffee ser
vice, gold kettle and pearls and sapphires in
endless profusion.
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New Proverbs.

a white lie often told makes black
story.
It's poor musician who can't blow
his own trumpet.
He who would eat the egg must first
break the shell.
Every back has Its pack.
The man who wishes to continue
believing in his friends should never
put them to the proof.
Look after your wife never mind
yourself, she'll look after you.
The want of money is the root OF
much evil,
Egotism is an alphabet with one
letter.
If you'd know a mans character,
follow him home.
Men love women, women love man,
The surest road to honor is to de-
serve it.
Only whisper scandal and its echo
is heard by all.
It's not the clock with the loudest
tick that goes the best.
Home is the-rainbow of life.
Don't complain of the baker until
you have tasted his bread.
They who live in worry invite
death to hurry.-St. Louis Republican,
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REFRESHING Genus.

The whirligig OF journalism, like
everything else, makes change, and
the style which used to make the whole
city shudder now falls, if it ever gets
up, like the ''thud" which long be-
came obsolete. Now and then new
reporter flashes up and undertakes the
old style of some worn out and tired
out and played out brother who, in his
dav, was called the "crack reporter of
the staff " The descriptive man is do
ing space work on weekly or a maya
zine. How this thought crept over me
the other day as | overheard an old
city editor SCATTERING the hopes and
ambitions of Il young man who had
meant well enough, although | did
think he might have worn his report
orial star under the lapel of his vest,
as used to be the custom, instead of
trying to flash it up as young men do
a scarf-pin.
You say here" said the city editor,
as he pulled clay pipe that Was black
and strong, ''that the 'evanescent
beauty of the avenue was lured from
her fathers mansion by the villains
sinister smiles. Now, my dear fell
low, this is not what | want. Besides
my objection to its wordy construction
/ must say that the time when villains
with sinister smiles lured the Chicago
beauty has gone by. The Chicago
girl-to speak after the manner of the
gang-is no chump. She knows the
villain as soon as she sees him.
He was here before the fire. You cam
fool a Chicago girl any more with a
sinister smile, or any other kind of a
smile, no matter whether you are a
villain or not. 1t is true you may meet
her at the skating rink and buckle on
her skates, and put your arm around
her waist in the q. maze, so to speak.
But to try to lure her away from the
mansion of her father with sinister
smile and see how quickly she will
drop on you. Why, she will paralyze
you-cut YOU dead. She is on; make
no mistake. Strike out 'evanescent
beauty lure, villain, and sinister
smile, and say that she consented to
give her hand to the young man who
had given her and her father and
mother indisputable proof that he
owned several blocks of stock in Elie
and Lake Shore. And then | would
like you to go down to Fortieth and
Archer avenue and take in a chicken
fight that's to come off in a red barn
that you'll find down there some-
where ~ CHICAGO Herald.
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

Mrs. James Davis Of Spearfish dropped dead
while waltzing at a ball on Crow creek, Oak.
A falling plank OH the sandwheel house of
the Calumet & Hecla copper mine, Lake Supe-
rior, killed John Brons aud badly injured Au-
pusta Christmann, who fell twenty feet
A fra occurred in the Cauchon block in
Winnipeg caused by sparks igniting shavings
in the boiler room Loss to furniture owned
by private dodgers, 5000; damage to building
$500 The building was insured and the
furniture partially so.
A Chicago & Northwestern freight train was
deraiIed near Anamosa, Iowa the 3rdinst,
going down a fifty foot embankment taking
with il Conductor Clark, Engineer Mooney, a
fireman and J. D. Cunningham formerly in
the employ of the company Mooney and
CuuuI CHM are fatally injured and Cunning
ham is expected 10 die. The other men were
seriously injured.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF NEWS.

MISCELLANEOUS
Two hundred and fifty marines left Brooklyn
for Panama
Laborers digging at Palmyra, Wis, found
the ground frozen six feet in depth.
At a great revival just ended at Princeton,
Ind, four hundred persons were converted
The Tennessee legislature has passed bill
prohibiting playing base ball or cricket on
Sunday.
Near Corning, Ohio, there is a reported dis
covery of hundreds of acres of stone, which,
when exposed to fire, becomes nearly pure
article OF soap
Fruit growers in Maryland and Virginia say
that the outlook is good for the peach crop,
although February had some of the coolest
weather ever known there.
Walnut, Iowa, has been thrown into a state
of excitement over the question of closing sa-
looms, of which there have been seven running
without license and without any sort of per
nit
W J. and F. Ellsworth, dealers in groceries
and crockery, at Madison, Wis, made an as
Segment to W +. Main for the benefit OF
creditors. Liabilities are $1,000; nominal
assets $500 The First National Bank of
Madison Is involved to the extent of Sl,3J0,
and Reed, Murdoch & Fischer, Chicago, over
sl,eo0
The Minneapolis society for the suppression
of vice filed articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state. The object of the society,
as stated. is to all the municipal, state and
United States authorities IN the enforcement
of the laws for the suppression of the
trade in and circulation of OBJ
scene, immoral or indecent literature, etc.
New York Special: The condition of affairs
in Central America and at the isthmus is at
tracing much attention here. The Herald dis
patched one of It's correspondents, Col MIllen
10 Guatemala and Irving hing viii so TO As
pnwalI for the Tribune There IL belief
here that the row on the isthmus is not the
mere local affair represented IN the reports,
but has been provoked by foreign powers who
desire to secure q fOothold there In this view
the first government TO land troops in force to
subdue the rebellion viii be likely TO retain
possession and control of the isthmus unless
the United States interferes 10 restore 1t TO the
native rule. The situation is thought here 70
present grave international questions which
may involve us IN war with one or more Of the
foreign powers.
Pierre, Oak, SpeciaI:-The threatened re-
vocation Of the order opening the Winnebago
and Crow Creek reservations is creating much
excitement among the settlers. Meetings are
held, and much trouble win ensue should the
| order be revoked, and the land again turned
over to the Indians. Many settlers have
travelled long distances, and during the wintry
month of March have endured with their fani-
lies the exposures and hardships incidental to
beginning new homes on the open PRAIRIE and
have their all there. The settlers entered the
land on the legal proclamation OF the govern
ment and claim that they are in the right Il
is claimed that the wisest course for the gov
eminent to pursue 10 avoid bloodshed and de-
struction OF property would be 70 purchase
the lands from the Indians, if the title is in
their names.
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