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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

An ornithologist who recently rode in
a Madison avenue car, New York City,
tells Science that 1.-The car contained
thirteen women, of whom eleven wore
birds, as follows: CD heads and wings
of three European starlings; 90 an en-
tire bird (species unknown) of foreign
origin; go seven warblers, represent
ing four species; 90 a large tern; 90
the heads and wings Of three shore
larks; 90 the wings Of seven shore
larks and grass-inches; ID one-half OF
a gallinule: go a small tern; (9l a tur-
tle-doye; Q0) q vireo and a yellow
breasted chat; ClD ostrich plumes.
In a short time there viii not be a
plumage bird left alive in North Amer
lea, or perhaps Europe; and their ex-
termination must be charged to wo-
man s wicked vanity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
wheat Acreage.

The acreage OF winter wheat is thus
stated hy the Cincinnati Price Current:
Ohio 100, Indiana 100, Illinois 90, Mis-
souri, 90, Kansas %, Michigan 100,
Kentucky 100, Tennessee 80, giving a
general average of acreage OF 964 per
cent. Its reports of condition are as
follows. Ohi1 %, Indiana "a, lllinois
81, Missouri %. Kansas %, Michigan
-. kentucky. 95 and Tennessee %,
giving an average of 93s per cent, in
dlcaliug a fraction over 30 per cent OF
an average crop.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


i cannot see why, said Farmer Burke,
Women should grumble about their
work;
Vow my wife would in the morning
rouse,
And build the lire and milk the COWS,
Aud feed the hoTs-s-eleyen head
By the time that ! crAwled out of bed;
Size was always At work ia house on barn /;
Sine AMT oar stockings and spun tue yarn
Size dldn't visit, nor write, nor read;
Sine planted none Of this pOsy seed.
HAD chIldfehf o. yes, some eight IN all,
But they mostly died y hen they were
SMALL
lie only one living now is Jane,
81 no always has an ache or pain;
she's good Tor nought bat 10 swallow
pills,
And lua up druggists and doctors bills.
sine doesu help like my Wlfe, you bet
Why. doesn't your vile We asked,
''nelp yeti
10, o, +" nc SAID, with a saddeued brow,
shes IA the Insane asyi um now
Clara Il. ACLn.
Jauesville. Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Lowell gave a supper to Thackeray. The
other guests were FELTON,, Clough, Dana
DR.. Parsons (Dante's translator, Fields.
Edmund Quincy, Estes Howe, and myself
We sat down at 10 and did not leave the
table till !. Very gay, with stories and
Jokes.
'Will you take some port." said Lowell
to Thackeray.
i dare drink anything that becomes a
man.
1T win he long while before that be-
comes a man.
On, no. cried FELTON,. st is fast
turning into one
As we were going away rhackeray said
We have stayed too long" II should say,
replied the host. zone long and two short
"a dactyIic supper. '-Ns5r Biograptv af Lang
fT{f94r
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Boston Traveller: a colored gentle
man, formerly in the employ Of a lead
ing firm Of book publishers in Boston,
but who Is now in the employ Of the
Unitarian Association. received as a
Christmas present from his former en-
plovers Abbott on Scientific Iheism.
4 short time afterwards his former en-
plovers asked him how he enjoyed the
book We'll. be said. II haven got
far in il. but | showed il 20 the Rev.
Mr.-the other day. and be said be
could easier believe in God than read
that book.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

So called, should be kept in tight
packages. Cat meal, cracked wheat,
rice -four, buckwheat grit, barley aud
corn meal, while not prone to mould
or spoil, are subject to attacks from
ants, maggots and other forms of in
sect life. Canned goods, when opened,
should ha Immediately transferred ia
glass or oarthenwaro reeeptaclcs. Re
cent researches show that cases OF
poisoning from eating canned goods
arose sometimes from the latter at
lacking the solder Of the tins, aud
sometimes from decomposition acceler-
ated by an electrical action between the
solder and the iron of the tin. Never
leave canned meats or fish in open cans.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Savannah News: A young lady OF
Columbus. about to visit the generating
station Of the electric-light company,
was told to leave her watch at home
lest it might be magnetized by the
strong electric current. She did 80.
but complained afterward that her
watch would not keep good time. She
sent it to q ieweler. but he reported
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

that it was not magnetized and kept
good time Still. whenever she car
ried it her time was too slow. although
when she left il in her room il ran cor
reetly. A gentleman who knew Of the
circumstances suggested To the Young
lady that she wear another pair Of cor
sets when next she carried the watch.
She did So, and had no more trouble
with the watch. The steel springs in
her corsets had been magnet.zed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

We should economize at all times.
but more especially when times are
close. Observe the purchases Of your
thrifty neighbors. More substantial
benefits can be obtained from a fifty
cent bottle of DIR. Bigelow's Positive
Cure than dollar bottle Of any other
cough remedy. Il is a prompt. safe
and pleasant cure for all throat and
lung troubles. Sold and endorsed by
druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

The Bishop of Peterborough made
the interesting statement in conFoco-
ton the other day that Of G.0oO livings
in private patronage IN England no
fewer than 1000 were frequently in the
market DIR. Magee had obtained this
information from clerical agent.
who was retiring from his profession.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Careful attention to diet is the best
guard against disease. 1t is a fact
which all should know, that over-eat-
ing not only corrupts the blood but
destroys nerve force, and induces dy-
spepsia. iaundice, bad breath, piles,
pimples, low spirits, headache, ague,
malaria. and all stomach and liver
troubles. DIR. Jones Red Clover Tonic
quickly cures the above diseases. Can
be taken By the most delicate. Price
fifty cents. Of druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Mr. Joseph r. Marcer, chief clerk TO
Mayor Smith, Ut Philade uhla, states that
he knows the value Of Red Star Cough
Cure. nis wife and other IN rnAers Of lis
family, no had coughs aud sore throats,
used 1t, and il brought 2 Jur q permanent
cure. No morphia, no opium. - cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

bounds, no doubt, are healthful. When
any one Of them becomes an absorbing
passion, then it is that it works des-
tructiOn Of man, soul aud body.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
vinegnr nIttsrs g.

Eimilates the food. regulates tie stomach and
bowels. giving healthy and ustarai sleep.
Vinegar Esitgers Is the great disease pro
venter and stands at the head o. all family
remedies No house should ever be without it.
Vinegar Bitters cures aielarial, Bilious
and other fevers diseasescf the Heart. Liver and
Send for either Of our valuable references
books for ladies', for farmers. f0r merchants,
our Medical Treat Ise o. Diseases. CT ouF Car
echism on InteInperarce aud Tobacco, which
last should be in tie hands OK every child snd
youth ia the country
Amy two Of the above books mailed free
on receipt of feur cents FOR registration fees.
RH. Mcdonald Drug Co. Ss2 W SSH ing ton 81. NJ.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Break-pin PIow Clevis and Horse Equal
izer combined saves Piow, Horses, Harness,
Time, Money. Ask your dealer. Agts want
ed, Davis Hook and Cievis Co Madison " is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01
Clerical Livin g.

Bilious attacks are speedily relieved and
cured by taking Ayers Pills. Try them-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-04-01

Eaa-sar Eftfers, s
Fs.gga tE aud sonic, purifAss
the blood, STREET gtheus ths
liver ~ ID kidneys. saG viii
rcztore health, however lost.
Vinegar EzifgcFsIethe
best r. mgdy o.scg vered for
promoting dige lion. caring
hesdsche End Increasing tas
vital Dowtra.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28

VT PLAsTERs cure All AChcs and PANS. Hufo
Remedy for that COLD SPOT between the shoVidsrs.
Sold by Druggists everywhere.
= - m g, zuEF - An active Man Woman In every
Nag "a ~ 70 ssl our goods salary sd s5.
UaE s9 SE ger Month and Expenses Expcnses IN ~.
49, kS 80 vance Cnuyassing outfit FREE Particulars
u W free STANDARD silver ware Co. Boston, Ms@as
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
They Found an Honest Man.

Last April John FLETCHER, farmer of
Blooming Glove, Pa, quarrelled with
his neighbor, John HOLIDAY, and
finally shot him, inf1icting a severe
wound. On the following day FLETCHER
was arrested and held to await the action
of the Grand Jury on a charge of
attempted manslaughter. The following
month FLETCHER escaped from Jail in
Milford, Pike county, went to his home,
where he remained two weeks, and then
returned and gave himself up, giving as
a reason for running away that he wanted
to plant his spring corn. At the June term
of court he was found guilty of assault
in the second degree. When asked by
Judge Seeley if he had any reason to
offer why sentence should not be
pronounced, he arose and said:
Yer Honor, | have. You see, l have
twenty tons of hay out in the field, and
it will be worth $40 a ton next fall, [
wish you would let me go and get 1t in,
and then l will come back i'll the fall
and stand any sentence you may pass
upon me.
This proposition struck Judge Seeley
as decidedly original, but after consult
inc with Associate Judges Baker and
Hornbeck he allowed him to depart on
his own recognizance, telling him to be
back at the October term TO receive SEN
tence. Promptly on the opening of
court FLETCHER was on hand, and Judge
Seeley sentenced him to imprisonment
in the Milford jail for sixty DAYS and to
pay fine of $3.50 His term was up
last Monday and then a new difficulty
arose. He had only $50, and therefore
could not pay the fine. FLETCHER sent
for Judge Baker and offered to give his
note for 500.
az have no objection, " said the Judge,
providing the County Commissioners
will accept it,"
The Commissioners were summoned,
and after being assured by FLETCHER
'.there was no danger, he would pay it
if he had to work his finger nails off, "
thew accepted his note without an en-
dorser, and FLETCHER was a rec man
once more.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
LOve-Making in a Newspaper.

There lives in New York said a
recent importation from the East, a
newspaper man who is a striking illus
tration of what lOvc-making through the
papers may accomplish. He is now
grey bearded nan of leisure, but years
and years ago he was struggling young
editorial writer on Western paper. He
wrote with a good deal of earnestness
on sentimental topics. Having CON
ceived an earnest, devoted, absorbing
love for young lady, and knowing that
she was greatly interested III certain
lines of work and thought, he managed
to put his heart in his editorials for her
benefit ] do not mean that he did not
write for the public, but that he wrote
for the public better because of the
warmth in his heart toward the woman
he loved.
AT the same time he was carving for
ward an ideal character in a series of
sketches. He pictured this young lady
so plainly that many recognized her as
the heroine of his romance But so
tenderly, so delicately was the character
handled that any one might have felt
fattered at all that was said In fact
the lady herself was in the habit of say
ing that she was content to be regarded
as the character So finely pictured. But
in time the heroine was carried toward
the hero of the story in way to leave
open the question of her regard, and
there the sketches were broken off. AT
this time the writer was the bluest man
l ever saw.
He told me that he had come to
crisis in his affairs He had carried the
discussion in his editorials to 4 point
where he was in danger of showing to
the public his attachment to the ideal
who had INSPIRED all of his work on that
line He could not take the story of his
sketches any further without limiting at
a denouemeat that might be very offens-
i've to the lady who had been kind
enough to be pleased with his picture of
the ideal woman There was only one
way out of the trouble, and that was to
tell the object of his love how highly
he regarded her. lie did this in one of
the most beautiful letters that | have
any recollection of, and il six months
his ideal woman was his wife, hicagO
Inter Ocean.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
WISDOM OF THE BEAVER.
Ii is Shown in a Conflict with a Hungry
stiINer-GraY WOLF

While hunting in the Wind River
Mountain a newspaper correspondent
witnessed an encounter between silver
gray wolf and a beaver. On tAe log
that formed the basis of the beaver dam
there crouched an Immense silver-eray
wolf He was intently watching The
surface of the water Soon there came
a long ripple from ere of the banks,
steadily approaching the log. A beaver
was on his way to the top of the dam
Instantly the wolf creAched still lower
while his eyes never moved from the
ripple, He wanted beaver meat for
breakfast. The water broke close to
the edge of the log, and the broad head
of the beaver appeared. There was a
savage spring, loud plash, and both
the wolf and beaver disappeared be-
neatn the water.
Ia a few seconds the wolf emerged
alone, clambered back on the log, and
disconsolately paved several punches of
fur from between his glistening fangs,
The beaver had escaped. But the wolf
was not discouraged. In a moment or
two he moved further along the log
and took up another position of obser-
walton. The point he now occupied
was at the junction of huge limb with
the parent stem. This limb made a
semi-circular sweep of twenty-five or
thirty feet, its extreme end resting on
the bank. The water space thus en-
closed was not as deep as the rest of the
pond, and near the shore was quite
shallow. All at once the wolf pricked
up his ears, and there could be seen the
ripple that announced the presence of {
beaver. Soon black object appeared
above the water near the shore. 1t was
the nose OF a beaver Slowly the wolf
efept along the limb. His movements
were noiseless.
The water was so shallow that the
beaver, once in his enemy's clutches,
could not possibly escape. The spring
was made and the beaver was caught.
But what was this? From every side
arose black forms and white teeth, and
the wolf was the centre of savage
ambuscade. He fought desperately,
but from the first his case was hopeless.
The beavers swarmed to the attack
until fully fifty were there. The ma
rauder was literally torn in pieces, and
the water was covered with fragments
of hair and hide.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
THE GIRARD ESTATE.
An Institution of which PhiIadeIphians
Feel Proud.
From the PhiIadelphia Times.


The annual statement of the Girar1
trust, which is published in accordance
with Girards will, is always interesting.
and never more so than this year, when
the income of so many estates has been
reduced. The capital of the residuary
fund is given at $40, $40, OF, which is
about $500, 600 more than the figures
given last year, showing that the estate
itself has not suffered dimunition. and
the gross receipts, 1850, 229, are but
$40, 900 less than in 1884. This in itself
Is evidence of the careful management
of the trust.
The gross receipts are about eight and
one-fourth per cent. of the capital Of
this total S211, 677 was expended in the
maintenance of the estate, more than
one half of which was paid in taxes.
The Glrard estate contributed thus, but
few dollars less than $40, 900 to the
general expenses of Philadelphia, be-
sides its direct contribution in work
performed, which must otherwise be
done by the municipality. After de-
Quoting taxes and the cost of improve
ments, repairs, and maintenance there
remained net income of about three
dua' ICio VI a ulIlllOu, OF between D ana |
z per cent. upon the entire capital Out |
of this $500, 219 was devoted to the sup
port of Girard College and some two
hundred thousand reiuvested.
There are now 1, 121 boys in the col |
Iege, or nearly the same number as a
year ago, the capacity of the present |
buildings having been reached. 1t is |
questionable whether the number can
wisely be extended very much further
The Trustees have been doing what Is
better than this-they have been ex-
tending the educational facilities of the
college so as to provide wider and
more practical training for the boys,
in manual industry. The
average expenditure for each pupil last
year was $372.86, which includes not
only board and lodging as we'll as in
struction, but clothing and all other
necessary expenses, upon simple but
generous scale. There is probably no
institution of its kind in the world with
a more satisfactory record in every way
than that of Girard College. 1t is one
of the institutions of which Philadel-
phlans can reasonably feel proud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
THE LIME KILN CLUB.
Brother Gardner Has a Say About Human
Races.
From the Detroit Free Press.l

From the Detroit free Press.
After Brother Gardner had opened
the meeting in due and ancient form, he
placed a letter on the desk and used his
jack-knife to hold it down, and said:
"Heah am letter from Guild GEM
Ian of high renown in St. Louis AKIN if
de fack dat an applicant has white
wife am considered cause to rejeck him.
De Seckretary will be requested TO reply
to de effeck dat it am, an 1 want to call
publick attention to bylaw No. 4, 286,
420, which reads: No applicant who
libiHs-isa-tle= marriage state7-wfd a
white female kin be received into dis
club under any circumstances.
ave kin look up an down dis hall
an see cherry shade of color, from dc
ebony blackneSs of Samuel Shin to de
gold complexun of Waydown Bebee,
but dat am different matter. No man
kin lay mis- hand on a member, either
active or honorary, who has so entirely
ignored de eternal fitness of things as to
marry into another race an brought a
lifelong curse upon inherent chill'en.
While de laws in sartin states may sane
ton SIGH marriages, l kin but look upon
'em wild de greatest adherence. De
degradation of de one kin not elevate
de posishun of de other.
II say to you, my frens, dat de pussun
now holdin' de moas' painful an embar-
rassin' posishun in dis kentry am de man
who am neither black nor white-who
belongs to no race-who am too good
for one an not good huff fur de other
/ speak of de mulatto. He has got de
pride of de white man, an yet am not
white. He feels hisself superior to de
black man, but am driben to his Iebel fur
society an to do business. He am looked
down upon by one an cordially hated by
another for no fault of his.
''Not one of you men, wild your pitch
black faces turned dis way, would trade
dat complexion for two third white if
bag of gold war flung at you to bind de
bargain. When you go home, an de
little black faces peep at you from de
trundle-bed, DER very blackness makes
your ole hearts glad. Let folks call
'em niggers if dey will, but dey belongs
to a race of ), 900, 900 people in de United
States.
81 say to you an SIGH philanthropists
as hev striven fur laws to legalize de
union of whites an blacks, dat a mo-
grievous wrong was nebber committed
on posterity. De result am to add to de
number of horace folks. 1t am to make
honest white folks disguised, an honest
black folks indignant. 1t am to give
pride, ambishun, an self-respect to
young men an young women, an den
seek to deliberately grind 'em to pulp
in a social way. Let us now purceed
to bizness."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-01-28
How to Cook Potatoes.

To prepare them for boiling they
should be carefully washed, otherwise
they discOlor the water in which they
are boiled and come out dingy and I'M
inviting. Scrub the surface well with a
brush which may be found at any house
furnishing store; they are made for the
purpose and cost but five cents. Pare
potatoes thinly. if at all, as the most
nutritious part is next to the skin. Lay
them in cold water for half an hour be-
fore putting them into fresh cold water,
with a large spoonful of salt, to boil,
and keep boiling briskly till well cook
ed-half an hour or thereabouts. If
allowed to stop boiling they will be
dark and watery. When sufficiently
cooked pour off the water and dry them
off, uncovered in the oven, for ten
minutes. They will be light and mealy
and as dry as if baked. 1t requires a
full hour to bake potatoes properly, and
they should be served at once.
The rule for mashed potat1es has al
ready been given. Any of these left
over may be made up into croquettes by
adding one egg, then rolling in the
hands into pear shapes and frying in hot
drippings; or they may be Drowned in
the oven on buttered tin with a bit of
butter on the top of each; "a half hours
time Is sufficient for browning, in
quick oven, and this is an easy way for
a novice in cooking, who is, perchance,
confused with her several dishes. To
use plain, cold boiled potatoes, they
may be cut up in irregular chips. fred
In hot drippings, seasoned well with salt
and pepper and stirred often till crisp
and brown. Or, they may be sliced
into a sacepan, with a little salt added
and just enough milk to moisten. Cover
closely, do not stir, and cook full half
hour. The starch from the potatoes
thickens them sufficiently. These last
are good for a dinner dish, especially
with-warmed up meats.
Saratoga chips" are easily made, but
require ''slicer' to cut them of suit
able thinness. Lay them awhile in cold
water to extract some of the starch, then
dry quickly with a napkin and drop
into plenty of boiling fat. Drain on a
a sieve when done and serve very hot.
1t is more economical to boil ''sweets"
than to bake them, for much of the
nourishing properties evaporates in the
oven. They should be well washed and
put into boiling water, which should be
replaced by clean boiling water if it
looks at all diney in color When cook
ed enough drain well and keep for
twenty minutes in moderate oven be-
fore peeling. They will come out as
yellow and mealy as if baked; if not
they are too poor pOta.Oe 20 use a.
all.