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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
FACTS ABOUT PERFUMERY
The United States LIKELY 70 Rival France
and Italy in Its Manufacture.

From the New York Mail
Perhaps there is as much sham in the
manufacture of perfumery as in that OF
most any other article of trade" said a
wholesale manufacture of perfumery on
west side.
an what respect?" asked a reporter
for the Mail and Express.
'In the quality and permanency OF a
delightful odor. 1t is easy by COM
bination of mixtures to produce perfum-
cry that has an odor like a genuine ex-
tract. At first it will possess the
strength and pungency requisite TO
deceive most anyone, but after time 1t
will deteriorate and become palpably
insipid. Instead an an extract from
some sweet smelling flower 1t IS a de-
coction not without chemical merit, but
entirely devoid of the chemical and de-
lirhtful scent characteristic of the gen
uine. The reason that certain brands
of perfumerv after they have been
famous for time, play out and become
worthless is that the market is flooded
with counterfeit brands made up entire
Iv of cheap mixtures. / have known
brands to be popular for several years
and then all at once to lose favor.
Who loses? Why, the honest manu-
facturer loses and the public thinks
his brand has become worth
less. It takes years and years to
build ND a substantial and rella-
BILE patronage in perfumery. The
least adulteration of brand kills it.
There are thirty-two different extr acts
usually designated as triple extracts.
They are made from flowers whose
names they usually bear. Their cost
greatly depends on that of the
flowers.
Cologne does not seem to b. as
popular as formerly. Toilet waters
are greatly used in preference, and
especially in this city. Cologne, though
is still popular in the rural districts,
where the people do not like change.
The rural customers ask for sweet
smelling cologne, the same as their
forefatGers used They do not care
about the higher priced extracts with
high-sounding names"
ain extracting the essence OF flowers
what process do you use?"
"The same as that used by the famous
manufacturers in Italy, where the flow
ers grow. The United States, L think,
will in time rival Italy and France in
the manufacture of perfumery. Al
ready the country around is dotted with
greenhouses covering acres and furnish
ing enormous quantities of flowers OF
every kind. The South, perhaps, will
one day have fields of roses as well as
cotton. and the rose farms Will be ap
praised at higher value than the lat
ter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Murders in Dakota.

At Clifford, Oak, recently, in saloon row
between NJ Plummer and Peter Daily, the
former was shot dead. The constable took
Daily to Caledonia
Pierre, Oak, Special Telegram: Startling
developments were mad in the Bell-Small
murder ease. Bennett, the accomplice Of Bell,
has turned states evidence, and on infor-
nation given by him the body of Small
was found buried in a piece of newly
plowed ground about four miles from
Harold and two miles from Blunt The sod
had been first removed. a shallow hole dug
and carefully replaced to avoid discovery
The body of Small wrapped in blanket and
covered with the blood stained overeoat of the
murderer. 1t was in good state of preserva-
ton. The murder was committed with a
hatchet, the skull being broken at number of
places and the neck gashed in horrible man
ner. The excitement is great, and the lynch
ing of Bell is excltedly discussed by the crowds
forming on the streets.
F. 5. Small, the victom of this murder, was
last fall candidate for prosecuting attorney
of Hughes county, Oak. Several months ago
he mysteriously disappeared No light was
thrown upon the matter until the 10Th of last
month when J. II. Bell was arrested by the
shelf and taken to Pierre for examination
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Thugs.
All the Year Round.

All the Year Round.
A notorious Thug chief was Freling-
hea, who was arrested at Sangir in
1880. This most atrocious scoundrel
confessed to so many murders that his
statements were in great measure dis
believed, especially with regard to the
strangling of three parties of travellers
by himself and his comrades some
years before. AT his request the
ground at three different spots which
he carefully pointed out was dug up. 1t
es of old growth, but on reaching a GER
tain depth the skeletons were found
just as Frelinghea had said. At the
beginning of the present century
there were supposed to be 10000 Thugs
in all India, who annually murdered TO-,
900 people. Between the years 1926 and
1887 more than1 900 were hanged or inn
prisoned in Bombay, Madras, and Ben
gal. Thugee is considered then to have
received its death blow, and to have be-
come within ten years afterward quite
extinct. But ancient customs die
hard in the east, and it is not impossible
that in the remote parts of India, es-
pecially in the native principalIties, it
may linger even yet. OF the thousands
of persons who disappear annually in
India, there are many of whom their
friends only know that they were and
are not. Wild beasts they suppose have
destroyed them; but it may be th-t on
some lonely road they have encountered
a savage more crafty and relentless than
even the man-eater or hooded snake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09

rivers OF Canada were in most cases long
parallelograms, with a narrow river frontage
and extending back inland These the do
minion surveyors were obliged to cut up
and divide up in manner that seemed ut
terly reckless to the poor half-breeds, and
there Were many protests and threats
Then there had been delays and more or less
dissatisfaction from the beginning On the
other hand the law of apportionment was
appreciated tn such an extent that half
breed Infants came to be at a premium, and
1t is even said that children were transferred
from one family to another in order
to obtain land Next lands We're
placed in chancery until the chill
dren should have come of age with the spe-
eial stipulation that they should be consid-
cred TO have attained their majority at eight
cen In many cases, however the money
realize by the sale of lands was not placed
in the care of the court, but orders were even
given that the money should be given TO the
care OF parish priests or the heads of families
Lands We're also taken out of chancery and
sold out rapidly, and land sharks were about
making all they could by taking advantage
of the peculiar feature of the infant proyis-
ion The half breeds themselves were an
easy going people. and the lands and scrip
granted to heads of families were in many
cases squandeIed Doubtless there were
numerous abuses of this kind but the law
was generally acceptable to the half-breeds
or Manitoba, and they took full advantage
OF IT Now, beyond the confines of Manitoba,
in the Northwest Territory, lay a few half
breed sections, for the inhabitants of which
no provision was made in the Manitoba act
AS matter of fact, the inhabitants of these
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Central American Combinations.

Gen. T. B. Bunting of New York, who some
years ago held prominent position in the
army of Guatemala, has just received letter
from an American gentleman living in Guate-
mala, which throws much light on the Central
American complications. Tie letter which is
dated Guatemala, March II, after speaking of
Barros' announcement OF his designto consol-
idate the five republics, says:
As Salvador now sends ambassadors to dis
ctss, and perhaps to arrange matters to make
common cause, BarrioS has deferred offensive
operations. Still, not to be taken unawares,
he has dispatched las they say 10000 troops
TO the frontier. l think the number may be
exaggerated but troops are leaving every day,
and large amount of ammunition, equipments,
etc, Is being sent forward. Volunteers
come pouring in from all quarters, without the
necessity of returning the fees" for this man
has, as he alone can do, impaired his magnet
ism to the people. Many foreigners are offer
ing their servises, and things are being pushed
with vigor and energy that leaves doubt of a
speedy and glorious termination of the conflict
B&rrlOs sees all, understands all, orders all
With memory that staggers at nothing, per-
ception as quick as lightning, a mental scope
taking in everything at a glance, personal
bravery amounting to temerity, cool head
that never loses its Judgment, and an energy
that knows no faltering, he compels success,
and will, before many months roll around,
make of this weak, disintegrated country a
sold, strong, prosperous republic
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
..Thnt,s Worry odd ~

The other day | was out shooting
antelopes and fired at one as he stood
on the top of crag, and, odd to say,
the ball passed through his neck and
killed another which was standing on
crag quarter of a mile Off ~ That's
very odd said the friend. Eyes, but
the odd part is to come. The report OF
my rifle so alarmed an old he-bear.
which happened to be up in a tree,
that he fell to the ground, broke his
neck, and died on the spot" "Well, "
said the friend, upon my word that's
very odd" Yes, odd" said the tray
eler; '.but not so odd as the sequel. A
thunder storm came on, and l sought
refuge in hollow tree, and, to my
horror, | descended into a nest OF
young bears. where [ had not been
long. when | heard a strange tapping,
the unmistakable signs of the return
of the she-bear She assembled the
tree, and was descending the hollow.
With the rapidity of lightning l seized
her by the tail and plunged my hunt
ing-knife into her launches, upon
which she started upward, dragging
me with her, and as she went down
one side of the tree l escaped by the
other" Now, really, that's very
odd" said the friend, ''for it's the
first time in my life ever heard of s
beai with tail. "-GIGssoS0 HerGId.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Choral.

The choral habit has been attracting
a good deal of attention in England
of late, owing to a divorce suit and
for damage in the higher walks of
life, growing out of overdosing lady
patient with choral by physician,
and statements which she made COM
promising him after her mind had
been partially destroyed by the opera
ton of the drug. just now this
country has a choral sensation. Rev.
J. Rhey Thompson, one of the most
eloquent of Brooklyn's younger clergy
men, has been missing for ten days
or more, and his friends have been
extremely anxious and at the same
time very mysterious. 1t transpires
that he was addicted to the habit OF
taking chloral and that the drug had
unsettled his mental faculties to such
an extent as to render him uncon-
scious for the time being, Of his acts
A friend of Mr.. Thompson says tn at
''he attempted TO do too much, and
when he found that his physical con-
stitution was unable to withstand the
mental strain he had recourse to
choral" Christmas day, however,
Mr.. Thompson was discovered in a
Boston hotel and taken to his home,
where he now lies dangerously i'll.
The moral Of his experience is this;
Never undertake to do too much, but
if you ever should find yourself in a
state of nervous exhaustion from over
work, do not have recourse to
stimulants or drugs. Rest, cumplete
rest, is the only sure remedy foi
oyerWork, and the only remedy that
will bring the system back to Its
normal condition without injury.
Alcohol, opium and chloral should be
avoided as one would avoid cholera
laden hip.-Hdrttord Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
A Remarkable Mountain.

Humboldt once said that no rock
600 feet in perpendicular hight has
been found in the Swiss Alps. Rorami,
the top of which has just been reached
by travellers, lifts above its sloping sides
a solid block of red sandstone above
1000 feet high, some of the faces of
which, according to Sir Robert Schom-
burgh, are as perpendicular as if erect
ed with plumb-line." 1t IS the high
est and most wonderful of group of
table-topped mountains situated in an
almost inaccessible part of British
Guiana. Its fiat top was believed to be
about seven miles square, but Mr..
Thurn's dispatches say the nearly level
summit is twelve miles long, and that it
is covered with vegetati on. The noun
tain's sides are sloping and wooded to a
hight of 7, 750 feet above the sea. Then
rise the vertical walls of the vast sand
stone formation. Cascades pour over
the edge, the water falling 1000 feet to
the forests below, forming the sources
of rivers that, starting from the same
place, separate widely and flow to the
Orinoco. the Essequibo and the Amazon.
New York Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
No Money in Base Ball.

"There is no money in base ball
nowadays" said j. f. Allen, one of
the Directors of the Providence Club
at the recent base ball meeting in this
city. "The time was when man who
put his money into a club was quite
sure of coming out more or less ahead,
but that is past When the National
League had control of all the best
players in the country few years ago,
and had no opposition, salaries were
low, and player who received 1880
for his seasons work did well. In
1881, when the American Association
was organized in opposition to the
League, the players salaries at once
began to 90 up, as each side tried to
outbid the other. When the two or
carnations formed what is known as
the National Agreement the clubs re-
tanned their players at the same sala-
ries.
Several other associations were then
organized in different parts of the
country and were admitted under the
protection of the national agreement.
This served TO make good players, es-
pecially pitchers, scarce and forced
salaries up still higher, until at the
present time first-class pitcher will
not look at q manager for less than
SO, 500 for season. Radbourne, of last
years Providence Club, received the
largest amount of money that has ever
been paid to ball player. His Won
derful pitching, which won the cham
pionship for the club, cost about So, 600,
as he did the work of two pitchers and
received the pay of two.
''Some of the salaries which base
ball players will get next season are:
O'ROurke, Gerhardt, Deasley, Ewing
and Ward of the New York Club, 49,
600 each. Mullane was to have played
with the Cincinnati Club for 1000.
Dunlap has a contract with the new
League Club of St. Louis for So, 400.
These are only a few of the higher
prices paid, while the number of men
who get from $4,000 to So, 200 is large.
At these prices a club with team
costing only from $4,000 to $40, 900
is lucky, but it has not much chance
of winning the championship. To this
expense must be added the ground
rent, the salaries of gate keepers, and
the travelling expenses, which will DO
about as much more.
GAS a high-priced club, the New
York Club leads, while the Metropoli-
tans are nearly as expensive. The in
come of these two clubs last year was
nearly $4,000 yet the Metropolitans
lost money, and the Nv York Club
was only little ahead. The first year
the Metropolitans were in the field
their salary list was light, as were
their travelling expenses, and at the
end of the season they were over 800
600 ahead. --Ne1C York San.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
The Fight Batween Riel's Forces and the
Police

correspondent learns the following CON
0tining the fight between Riel's forces and the
police and citizen soldiers on Thursday, March
%. The story is direct from half breeds who
We're present Learning that the force was en-
route for Duck Lake, mounted half-breeds,
twenty in number started 10 reconnoiter. They
met force of 100 men police and citizens
III sleighs, and the half-breeds scat
tered Crozier, in command of the police,
thought an effort was being made to sur
round him and ordered his men to fire.
Seeing half-breeds falling dead at the first
fire, his followers returned the shots with
much execution The fight was short
but hot The half breed, who tells the
story, counted thirteen dead on the
field. When the police returned the
route to Fort Carlton was traced with blood.
The half-breeds lost four killed, and one In
dian not in the fight was accidentally shot An
other story of the half breeds side of the fight
IS told. I. ". jackson, member of the terrific
rial council, says Gabriel Dumas, one of Riel's
lieutenants, told him Crozier was coming to
take supplies from Duck Lake. Dumas took
thirty mounted men armed with Remingtons
and met Croziers force few miles from the
spot where the trail enters a coolie and
bluffs. Both parties stopped. The half breeds
were ordered to scatter in the bush, in order
that they might not be so much exposed.
Crozier thought a surround was attempted
and fired first The half breeds lost four kill
led and two wounded. Crozier had thirteen
killed, who, according to the last story were
left on the field. Both half-breeds above in
terviewed assert that Riel's orders are never
to fire first
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
THE CANADIAN UPRISING.
That the Indians as Well as the Half
Breeds Are Now on the War Path
Is an Undeniable Fact.
causes Of the Pending trouble,

In order to understand fully the circum-
stances which have led up TO the insurrec-
ton in the Saskatchewan country it is neces-
sary to go back to the uprising in Manitoba
IN 1869, known as the Red river rebellion,
and the causes which led to that outbreak
The Red river rebellion was incident TO the
transfer by the Hudson's Bay company of
its territory to the dominion government
For nearly two hundred years this great fur
trading company had not only enjoyed the
exclusive right to the entire trade and traffic
of the immense possessions granted by King
Charles IL TO Prince Rupert and his seven
teen associates, but had made laws for and
governed the territory, having complete
lordship thereof, with full legislative, Judi
cial and executive powers The last renewal
of the charter expired in 1859, and after
that it was never renewed again, the COM
pany having no special advantages beyond
its tiled and splendid organization In 1867
the act of parliament creating the Dominion
of Canada contemplated the acquisition by
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
PUBLIC LANDS.
Operations Under Certain Glasses of En-
tries of Land in the Northwest and Else
where Suspended.

Wuere 6uS peuueus
The commissioner Of the general land Office
has ordered that final action in the land Office
upon all entries of the public lands except pri-
waite cash entries, and such scrip locations as
are not dependent upon acts of settlement and
cultivation be suspended in the following
localities: All lands west OF the first guide
meridian, Kansas; all west of range II west ID
Nebraska; the whole of Colorado, except lands
in the Ute reservation, all lands in New Mexico,
Montana, Wyoming and Nevada, and that
portion of Minnesota north of the indemnity
limits of the Northern Pacific railroad and
east of the indemnity limits of the Chicago
Minnesota Manitoba railroad Final action
IN the land Office is also ordered to be sus-
pended upon all timber culture entries under
the act of June 3, 1878, which have not already
been examined; also in all cases of desert land
entries.
There have been a good many charges Of
fraud made at Washington and throughout the
country IN regard topIne and other land entries.
Minnesota had its share thereof during the
past two or three years, as all will remember.
Corporations and private syndicates have been
charged with hiring men to make presumption
entries and then transfer their claims to the
former. Ii is doubtless true that this plan
has been practiced to a considerable extent
and the government and honest settlers
defrauded. 70 prevent further fraud
of this nature is presumably the OBJ
ject of the order Its effect viii be
to prevent final proving up on all pre-emp-
tion, homestead and timber culture entries-In
fact on all entries on public land except where
land has been offered for sale, in which latter
case one may purchase by private cash sales,
but only in this manner. Scrip locations are
also excepted The object is probably to al
low the commission TO investigate the numer-
Gus charges of fraud and refuse TO allow final
proving up In cases where fraudulent Inten I Is
evident 1t can work no hardship to
the actual settler, as it will only defer his time
for final proving up, ana it is not likely that
the government will throw any hindrance IN
the way of one who is proved to be an actual
settler The order affects but little land in Min
nesota, only that between the eighth and tenth
correction lines and the fourth and fifth meri-
dians-the strip from Lake Superior west to
Red Lake reservation. Alarge portion of this,
also, will not be affected as it is not yet sur
viewed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-04-09
Dress Points for Men.

Frock coats are rolled lower than last season
and close with four buttons. The cuffs are
four and half inches deep and close with two
buttons. The fashionable length for person
five feet eight inches tall, is 1871 inches en-
tire length. The lapels are faced with silk,
and the edges are bound flat with braid from
eight to ten lines wide.
Pantaloons are cut larger in the leg, the fash
ionable size now beng Is inch knee and IA
inches at the bottom with a slight
spring over the foot The seams are made up
plain, and pockets in front are losing caste
with tasty dressers. Two watch pockets of lib
eral size are IN the waist seam in front, while
two hip or pistol pockets are all that are al
lowed IN fashionable pantaloons.
Vests are made to roll lower, according to
the character Of the coat they are worn with
and close with five and SIX buttons. The points
at the bottom are cut away slightly. 1t is re-
ported that the double breasted vest is coming
into use and by the arrival of next winter vii
be in full blast"