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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

La Fayette Brown is one of the most
fortunate men. He is working over
one hundred acres of the best Indian
land on top of a productive hill 10 the
rear of the Episcopal Mission. He
leased forty acres in April, 1884, for
three years from one of the rich
squaws. and pays for this privilege
SO yearly in advance. Last year Mr.
Brown had ten acres of Strawberries
and made money out of it. Mr.. Brown
is Indifferent 10 the law and resides on
/ the reservation
John Johnson affords another
example of the enterprise of the whites.
He is blind and aged. and, like those
already mentioned, has his home on
the reservation. Having disobeyed
/ the law in one way he had no hesita-
/ ton in breaking it in another. He
surreptitiously brought cider on the
/ reservation and passed it around
among the braves and the bucks and
the squaws. They say here. en- PEASANT,
4 that il is not often that a squaw drinks,
/ but when she does the occasion is made
memorable. jackson and his cider
soon got into difficulties. Oae Of the
braves who thought great deal of
/ Jackson, but decidedly more of his
cider. was Mr.. Immersion. In fact
/ Mr.. Immersed developed so ardent
an attachment for the cider that he
was often found in a helpless state of
/ intoxication. Immersion family were
/ forced to interfere in the convivial re-
1 lationship, and one day last week the
formers daughter, who married a
nephew of Aunt Cynthe. visited Jack
son and forbade the selling of any
more firewater to her father.
EASY WAY To CHEAT THE INDIANS
How do the whites meet their rent?
is question often asked. Some, to
their credit, be it said, pay regularly
and full, without trick or device.
Others resort to all sorts of subterfuges
to dodge their responsibility A barn
has been built on the land, or horse
that wouldn't bring 50 anywhere is
charged up for $40 or $50 to the I'M
fortunate Indians account, always
appraised by the whites.
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Educatingthe Girls.


Proper training is the great crux of
female education; for unless this most
material matter is attended to. there
can be no doubt that the acquisition of
learning will only superenduce con-
ceit, affcctation, blue-stockingism, and
utter uselesness in home duties. Hence
is it that these days of higher educa-
ton as the phrase goes, so many
girls are found exhibiting the unpleas-
ant features of iiippancy of manner and
self-sutiioienoy. Their training has
been neglected by their teachers, who
have never taught them what the real
object of education is. On the other
hand, we ind, too, girls of extensive
and accurate information, well instruc-
ted in accomplishments, with modest
department, and who can readily turn
their hands to household work II nee
essary. and such we perceive to have
been properly trained. Such girls,
however. form minority, We are sOr-
nv to say, and we conclude, therefore,
that the good trainers are also minor
ity. The fact is, judging from what
one sees around us, the "higher cduca-
ton" of girls. as generally understood
NOWADAYS, has for its aim the mere
ability to show off in society people.
No doubt the ambition to excel is Il
laudable and very proper sentiment,
but it is too plainly perceptible that
nine girls out of ten who can sing or
play well will do so not so much for
the amusement of company as for the
display of their supposed ability. We
believe that i'm most schools the daily
outline OF dAties is carried on in ma
Oh nne fashion.
The pupils fall to their books,
their music exercises. etc, at
certain hours. and so 90 on day after
dav without any words from their
teachers as to what is the great emf Of
all their exertiODs for the at Iuisition
of knowledge. Thus heart becomes
sacrificed 10 intellect, and true educa-
ton is COMPOUNDED with the attainment
of mere book learning and snowy ac-
complishments. We are not advOca-
/ ting the twO-penec-a -weeb for manners
style of training girls. bur wo do think
I that a little more should be done for
+ their tone Of mind than Is done in so
many schools Without such tone
higher education will simply be
worse than nothing. at best splendid
/ ignorance. fitting its possessor to be
neither useful wife nor really
/ agreeable member of society. 1t is to
I this attempt to educate the intellect
without training the mind-or, rather,
perhaps, the neglect to unite the two
courses that We must attribute some
portion OF that cutlery raised at inter-
) ais about the labk ~ girls in the up
PEI ami middle classes likely TO make
good wives. We are told that they
can do anything but manage a house
hold, and th!s-whieh il, unhappily, 3
too patent fact, fors0oth, laid TO
the door OF higher education! We,
however do not hesitate TO assign
different cause-that already indicated.
and we venture respectfully also TO
thi.s that those who have the instruc-
ton and bringingup Of par girls intrust-
ed 10 them Will do well 10 frequently
besiow some portion of their attention
on the minds as well as the intellecis
OF those girls. The queen
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

and unanimous. The platform consists Of
preamble commencing the party and re-
solves in favor OF arbitration for labor diff
ficulties. calls on Congress TO regulate in
ter-state railroads and urges the taxation
OF unwholesome food. In his acceptance
speech Mr.. Lind said he was not a free
trader but did not favor high protective
tariff.
The prohibitionists held State COnven-
tion at st. Paul GU the 9TH. Rev Noah
Lathrup of Rice county was temporary
chairman, aud James Il. Child of Waseca
permanent The following were presented
as candidates for Governor:
J. b. PInkham of Minneapolis, James T..
Child of Waseca, Chauncey Hobart of
Gooihue county, +. j. Kneiss of Rock coun
". After an Informal ballot Mr. Childs
was nominated for Governor aud Mr.. Pink
ham for Lieut.. Governor. The rest of the
ticket is as follows;
Secretary If state, &. A. Bierce of Wi
mona auditor, II. /" Allen of Hennepin
treasurer, Z. j. Kneiss of Rock; attorney
general, w. M. Hatch Of Otter Tall. The
platform condemned all the political par
ties and declared in favor OF state and ma
tional prohibition.
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INCREASED YIELD or WHEAT.

The best stock and machinery are
essential to success. If the farm be an
old one at least one-third of the land
should be summer fallowed each year,
The first blowing should be done with
four heavy horses or mules on sulky,
or six head of some kind of stock on a
gang pillow. Sow but one bushel of
pure Saskatchewan Fife wheat to the
acre. Let the farmer follow these in
structions, and if he makes a failure,
then, and not till then, will he be justi-
fled in saying, or even limiting that a
thirty-iiv bushel crop cannot be grown
in the golden northwest. could men
ton number of Dakota farmers who
claim to have grown over thirty-tive
bushels on an average on big farms,
among them my friend Wheeler. who
planted 450 acres, all on old land, but
part of it summer fallowed, AMI has his
wheat tickets yet to prove his state
ment The farmers of Washington
Territory claim to have grown over
seventy bushels on an average per
acre. On glass jar containing sam
pie of wheat, in the railroad Office at
Cheney, w. r., is marked
'.seventy-two bushels per acre, =
and i think the samples would
compare favorably with our blue-stem
wheat. | believe we can grow as
many bushels of wheat per acre in
Dakota as they can in Washington
Territory or any other country, when
we learn to work our soil to the best
advantage. The famous wheat grow
ers of the Pacific slope-or in many
parts of it at least-let their land lie
j l. every alternate year; or, in other
words. they summer fallow one-half
their land each year. a gentleman
living in Walla Walla informed me
that when he farmed his lard as we
are in the habit of farming ours, his
AVERAGE crop was but twenty-four
bushels to the acre. Since adopting
the one-half system, his average has
been about fiftv bushels. We do not
expect to get that yield, but the differ
ence will be in the quality of the
wheat, and not in the quality of the
land. Is it not my intention to over
estimate the wheat-prOducing capacity
of Northern Dakota land, but IN con
clusion allow me TO prophesy that
when we learn to cultivate our land
properly, and use as much care and
Judgment in selecting our seed wheat
as stock growers use in selecting males
from which to raise draft or trotting
horses, milch COWS. beef or fancy
cattle. then will we raise the standard
average from twenty to thirty or thirty
five bushels per acre. Isaac Wool, IA
| CaSSeltoH Blizzard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

when in the spring Of 1862, the
army of the Potomac moved inio the
Notifications at Manassas and Center
vile, which had beel vacated by the
Rebels, the boys spent much of their
time gathering relics from the battle
field of Bull Run to send home to their
friends.
One day a gawkey member of the ftls
New York brought in an unexploded
percussion bomb, and proceeded 10
draw the load before sending it AWAY.
He might, if he had brains enough IL
last him over the dG.orSill. have taken
it to an artilleryIaan aud had it safely
unlOaded; but instead Of this he took il
to the blacksmith shop. where. with
hammer and cold chiSel. he sat down
in the middle of the floor. took the
bomb between his legs. placed the
chisei on the brass screw at the point.
and gave it a smart lick with ahe ham
mer
The next instant tho atmosphere was
dense with disintegrated blacksmith
shop.
n HtNtlOH Vi tue Dalllug lDOi ma
business over in another county. ana
chunk of the side wall went down to-
visit a neighboring camp.
Pieces of iron and steel that were
once tools took an immediate yaeati ~
and fled to parts unknown. h - ,ort
the shop was demolished. "
But what of tae mani" W.. asked If
Col McGill
He's the chap Z wss COMING 10.
Whon the boys rushed over to see what
was the matter, there. he sat. bolt up-
right in tho midst of the debris. with
his legs stFadtie i out, hammer in
one hand and cold-chisel in the other.
and trying t. spit hair off tue end of
his tongue. BY gosh. he SAID. as he
slowly rrawled to his feet. i guess the
folks home II have TO get along thout
that she'll
The only injury that had been done
him was the singeing of his hair and
whiskeTs. He wasn't even much
frightened till the next day.
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POULTRY NOTES.

While fine hay or fine. well-broken
straw make good nests, IA very good
nest can be made of wood shavings,
selecting only the thinnest and soft
est. They can be lightly sprinkled
with diluted carbolic acid to keep away
lice. Being very pOrus, they will re-
tain the smell and effect of the acid
much longer than any other material.
Young chickens need animal food.
When it fails TO do them good it is in
consequence of the common fault of
overlooking. They cannot bear large
ratiOns of rich food. Watch the mother
hen at liberty scratching for her young
hood, and see how infrequent and how
small the morsels and how many the
competitive mouths.
Chickens often get forked pieces of
bone fast in the throat, nearly starving
with plenty of feed before them; and
no matter how tame the flocks usually
are when hen is affected in this way,
she will scarcely allow herself to be
caught, but in running and lodging
about to elude you she may herself
dislodge the obstruction, if it is only
slight. When chicken bones are thrown
out with table refuse, it is, perhaps,
best to have the children chop them
up with Ratchet, as hens are so fond
of them that in their eagerness they
eat them haphazard.
Many hens nave to subsist almost
entirely upon grain food in one shape or
another during the whole year. This is
an iniudcious course of feeding. Vege-
tables. either raw or cooked, or mixed
with meal for the morning mess, are
extremely valuable. Cabbage, rs a sue
culent vegetable, has no rival Grass,
on the so or cut fresh, is excellent.
Onions, chopped fine and mixed with
their soft food, are wholesome, and
often prevent or check diseases among
fowls.
Insects have an aversion to the odor
or smell of the red cedar. Cedar saw
dust sprinkled about the house, and
nests partially composed of and rest
ting upon a bed of cedar leaves, will
prevent the inrOads of insects. When
convenient, small cedar trees cut down
and placed about the premises, renew
ed occasionally by fresh green ones, are
recommended for this purpose.
At the season when hens are laying
abuDdantly, lime should be kept before
them at all times, or there is liability
OF soft shelled eggs. The best way of
feeding lime is in the form of raw
crushed bones or oyster shells.
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MHEAT-Ao he,7d. 7slzc tft- No.
bid.
Flour-Patent, s5.OOa5.25; straights
s.5otg4 IS; bakery, a. ZgQi.5G asked; rye
: IS. 2t03.5O.
Corn No. 2, BIC asked. July. s)c bio.
Oats 30. mixed, Re-. bj 1, DC asked
No. white, S3c. bad.
Barley No. 2, 4Sc h5A
Rye No. 2 Sc bldg
Pax Seed-g5
baied hay, g - asked. timothy IS -
Dressed bee, c5ois-e sCsers o.. q &c
veal > q g.
Butte. extra Hnl4c. bid
Cheese, s1<Q nc.
Psgs, extra u: asTe7
Potatoes, new, 81 - s1fO per bbl.
Live Stock Sales Of .eers r,,ut- 1926
as % Der 100 lbs Sheep sold at
2O1BS2 90 per To- Hogs $40
CHICAGO.
y heat, rash, sOxc, August sIsI.
Cora, cash = :. c: August 37s5
Oats, can Z9c:August sid
FLAX seed no 81 1u54
PORK, cash. 1910 % 9 - Augsst spxg
I've FfTcF, Cattle t42 a s5sD 8o->,
i4-0o9s4 %. Sheep, t20Oa451
MISYsAPoLEA.
HHE1T.-No. hazSa ,-zsh. sEasDf5 An.
gust 1ss&c: No. Northern CASH iIG7Y.
NO: Nortaern. TO. &c bid.
ELoTH-Patents IN SACKS he'd at
S4.oo g 4 ~. Ia bar -sis. s4.65ee4.s0; s545
Sg2.ss delivered at View England oOints:
IS s5g5.5 20 delivered M York 81 Penn
syiVania points, baker . s36093.75
WHEAr-Cash No. I hard s35z
MILWAUKEE
WHsAT-Cash 59sEe: August ssL
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ONONDAGA INDIANS.
Their Condition ana Treatment by
the Pale aces.

Their Condition ana Treatment by
the Pale Faces.
The Onondaga Indian reservation
the state of New York embraces g.
500 acres. One thousand acres of this
are quarries and timber land. The
laws prohibit white men from cutting
down the timber or working the quar-
ries. These statutes are continuously
hagrantly ignored by the enterprising
whites. OF the $500 remaining till
able acres, as fertile and valuable as
any in this beautiful valley, over two
thirds are leased and operated by white
men.
The law makes the purchase of land
by white from an Indian serious
affair. punishable with fine of $3.50
or with both fine or Imprisonment. al
the discretion of the Court. The penal
ty is evaded, while the spirit Of the law
is violated. The white man ingenious
ly manages to gain the land by paying
nominal yearly rental. still in defiant
violation of another law which de-
clares it unlawful for any person
other than Indians to settle or reside
upon any lands belonging to or occu-
pied by any tribe Of Indians in this
State"
A Syracuse correspondent of the
New York World has written up a few
instances of the treatment of the In
dams and their lands. with some ac
count OF Indian life on the reservation
A man named Leonard Field is spoken
as shining and conspicuous example
He has leased over two hundred acres
| On this he has built a house. In VIC
lation of law he has cut down the tim
Der on the land 10 use in building
/ Then he said the house cost him 5000
and charged that sum against his rent
/ He pays on an average : an acre {
year. That is the highest price paid
Others again manage to lease the land
on a long term at only 30 cents III
/ acre
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

THE way things are juggled through
Congress las an illustration in the pas
sage Of the bill 10y the senate increasing
tue salaries Of the Judges II the United
State District Courts from $500. to
SJ.0eo An independent bin for this
purpose has been for some time pend
ing. but thc Senator's were quite Ion
eommittal However. when senator
Pugh : innocent little bill providing for
a District Judge for the Southern Dis
trict Of Alabaua came up. the increase
Of salary was adroiiiy tackled ON to il.
and it passed the senate By gote Of
thir,v-two TO twenty. al! the negative
vote- being Democrats and all the
affirmative votes except four Republi
can. b. the offices Of conference
committee the House sgrced 10 the
senate amendment as 10 the salaries,
aud the increase was secured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

CoRs PEARL. widely known in two
continents. died u Paris. from cancer
on the 9Th aud IN poverty. She was
popularity spoken Of as the French
authoreSs. though she was born in Lon
.ioB. the child Of Nicholl Crouch. the
author II kathleen Mavourncen. and
his wife lydia Pearson. an English
actress At an early age she started
out on the career Of aa adventures and
.lrifte,f II Paris. which Wss tha theatre
Of her operations. One 81 her RFSt
eouquests was Jerome Napoleon. aud
among her admirers were statesmen.
tinauciers. artists and Hlusicians. and
for several yeans she enjoyed 40 income
of 100000 per aGanm. She was noi
handsome though possessing fine
dgure. She was obliged to Zee from
France during the FraneO-Prussian
rar. and when she returned to Paris
her reign was over, and in neglect,
poverty and suffering she ended her
DAYS in her forty tfih yesF
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Ladies' shoes.

Ornamental shoes for dressy wear
are conspicuous among all fancy-shoe
dealers. The toes IN nearly every case
are deliberately ornameutea ia beads.
embroidery, OF Otherwise. straps and
Ornamental paste buckles are in great
vogue. The prettiest shoes have a
single strap buckled high on theinstep,
the open space below allowing the en-
broidered hose - be seen. The front
OF the shoe Is cut very low, and an
Irish diamond slide. similar to the
buckle above. IL threaded with a strap
of sid to finish It, The backs of some
of the new slippers are of admirable
hight, reaching up the ankle nearly as
high as a boot would do.
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COUNTRY LIFE AND WORK.


dandelion in a meadow grew,
Among the waving grass and cowslips
yellow;
Dining on sunshine, breakfasting on dew
He was right contented little fellow.
Each morn his golden head he lifted
straight
To catch the first sweet uI cath Of coming
day;
Each evening closed his sleepy eyes, to
wait
Until the long, dark night should pass
away
One afternoon. in sad and quiet mood
| passed beside this tiny, bright faced
flower,
Aud begged that it would tell me, if he
could,
The scored of its JOY through sun and
shower.
He looked at me with open eyes and said
III know the sun is somewhere shining
clear;
And when / cannot see him overhead
l try 70 be little sun, right here Z"
Willis Boyd Allen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15
FORTY NINTH CONGRESS

HoVss, July The day was occupied
with discussions II the vetoes of pension
bills and Mr.. Bragg. vi, warmly defended
the President. The Republicans S4tsseper-
aled the other side with dilatOry faeties
anS Without a quorum the House adjourn
ed.
SENATE, July F.-MF. SnOoner's substi-
tute to the amendment to the ssTer aud
haFb0r bill was agreed 10 providing for the
appropriation Of $50 90 to make the Stur-
geOn Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal
free from toll 20 commerce. tlEs 0bviating
the difficulty that arose the day before. For
six days the Senate Is TO meet at u a. IN.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

PAsrEUE says that it Is easier to cure
temperate men who have been bitten
by mad dogs than those who indulge
freely in aleohol. II will be remem-
bered that statistics Of the last cholera
epidemic in Europe showed that bach
clors were more prone 10 the disease
than married men. The above facts
emphasize the good advice contained
IN the words. Marry and keep sober.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

TIE Sunday school hymn. Il was a
wandering sheep. did not love the
old. has been translated into Arme-
nian. and the children of a schOo! IN
ConstsntinOple are fond Of singing II
Tor travellers who look in upon them
Tne teacher. an Armenian. who knew
but very little English. was not aware
that it was translation from that
language. 30. when an American visitor
asked him what the children Were sing
lug. he betOOk himself to the diction-
ar. and emerged after q long search.
with information that the first line
~ the hymn meant i vas . misled
muttor
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now TO MAKE coon UTTER


The first thing necessary for making
first-class butter is good pure milk,
and in order to get this we must have
good well-fed cows. ,. We must have
a good place to set the milk to get the
cream. do not think It matters much
how it is set so we can protect 1t from
all impure odors and control the TEN
perature, keeping the room at from
fifty-fve to sixty. or if the submerged
plan IS used, keep the temperature at
from forty-five 20 fifty. ). The cream
should be slightly acid when churned,
but at this point more fail than at any
other They keep the cream too long.
Churn often. never keeping the cream
more than three days, and everyday
churninr in hot weather is better, al
lowing the cream at least one day to
ripen. 4. Churning. Use some kind Of
revolving churp. Start with the cream
at fiftv-eight in hot weather, and from
sixty to sixtv-two in cold weather.
Put the coloring in the cream IN guam
titles to suit your market stop the
churning when the butter is in small
granules about the size of keroel of
wheat. Draw off the buttcrmilk and
wash the butter thoroughly with pure
cold water Wash until the water runs
off clear. If some salt is put in the
water for the first washing It VIII be
all the better. as the brine has a ten
dency T. separate the buttermilk from
the butter 5. II the butter hes been
properly washed with cold water it Is
still in the granular form aud Is ready
for sailing. Salt one ounce to the pound
of butter. salt In the cheru en-, re-
yoive the churR riff the salts thorough
" mixed. then let it stand from one to
three hours for the salt to dissolve,
then put upon the worker; work and
press tpge:tt'cz nd i i5 ready far pack-
ing BE sure snd not work too much
II the butter has been sailed as above
directed there will be no danger of its
being Farmers Re1lew.
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The Republicans Of the Second &ianesO-
ia Congressional District held their coz
vention st Mankato on the eth. Judf e
Goodrich of Blue Earth city called the con
ysption 20 order, and J. b. Sackett of st.
Peter PsessasG. The following candidates
we're announceds Bloc ssFth, Z. P. Free
man; Lyons, John Lind, seconded b,- Ee.s
wood and Brown; Mobiles, e. H. Smith
" sssca NJ. ID. l.. Collester, seconded by
Fairbaulf. Tas informal ballot stood
Lind to: IDS necessary lof choice Free
man 81: Collester u; Smith -.
~. Ouackenbush 10. The
nOp..a n ton OF Lind was then made formtl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

Mss LovEJoY. Of Bethel. Me, went
fishing recently in the Rangeley lakes.
aud caught the largest trout ever hook
al by a woman in those waters. 1t
weighed eight pounds zine ounces.
No affidavit accompanies this state
fueUt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-15

PROFESSIONAL rowing = more than
ever soiled this year by suspicious Of
crookedness '.Jockeying' has al
most ruined horse-trotting a apopular
sport Professional 0aTsmen are now
killing the goose which has in former
years laid for them 50 many golden
eggs. The public viii not patronize q
sport WHICH Is VIGOROUSLY subject 10