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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

recognized by the law. for legislation
has strangely neglected TO provide
against their preparation; but, moral
", they are nothing less. for they are
essentially deceptive and unjust, and
involve an oppressive taxation of the
public at large for the benefit of few
individuals, who have given no equival-
ent for what they get. The result of
this system is, that on an average the
railroads of the country are capitalized
at probably fully 80 per cent in excess
of their actual cost. The managers of
the roads claim the right 10 earn divi-
dends upon this fictitious CAPITAL. and
it is their constant effort to accomplish
that object So far as they succeed,
they exercise an utterly unjust taxation
upon the public, by eXacting a COM
pensatiOn in excess of fair return upon
on the capital actually invested. This
unjust eXaction amounts To a direct
charge and burthen on the trade OF the
country. which limits the ability OF the
| English producer and merchant TO COM
pete with those of foreign nations and
/ checks the development of our vast
natural resources. In a country of
magnificent distances like ours
/ the cost of transportation is one of
the foremost factors affecting its ca
pacity for progress; and the artificial
enhancement of freight and pas
senger rates due 10 this false capt.
talization has been a far more serious
bar TO our material development than
/ public opinion has vet realized. The
/ hundreds of millions of wealth so sud
denly accumulated BIS our railroad
monarchs is the measure of this iniqui-
tous taxation, this perverted distribu-
! ton of wealth
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Patterns in stamped Leather.

Draw a pattern, say of twelve inches
by twelve, leaving always a margin of
from two to four inches or more. This
is Indispensable, for in making up all
of this is frequently required. For
beginner, the design should be entirely
in outline with no inside lines, such as
are required by feathers in a bird, fins
in a fish, etc. Neither should a leaf
lap or lie upon leaf or stem if it can
be avoided. Shun all 'picturemaking"
details. Draw the pattern on thin but
tough paper. There is kind of cheap
note paper called Parchment Bank pa
per which is perfectly adapted to the
purpose. Then shape the leather, and
soak it for quarter of an hour in hot,
lukewarm, or cold water. The harder
and thicker the leather, the longer it
must be soaked. and the hotter the wat
or must be. One can experiment
with waste bills to ascertain the proper
degree of softness. Then get a board;
bread or kneading board or drawing
board made in three pieces is best,
since il will not warp when wet. Wiring
the leather out, or dry il between
towels. lay it on the board and tack it
down with drawing pins or tacks to the
edges. Do not draw it very tight. nor
let it be AT all loose. Wipe il dry again,
lay the paper on it, and mark the pat
tern through on the leather with a
wheel, a smooth agate or an ivory
point. A tracer with A point like a
screw driver NAV also be used for this,
as well as for cutting ou the leather.
When it is all marked out remove the
paper.-I Art J0urnal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
Her George.

GEORGE" When you get through
teasing that beautiful dog and regain
your senses L have something to say.
George had been tying up tie tail of
the pup in al elegant bow of old-gOld
ribbon and was getting ready the taper
and the sealing wax to stamp his wife S
initials on the knot, in accordance with
his view of the latest fashion.
''Georgei '.Do you hear me7n
George, want a refrigerator.
"A what, my dear9"
"A refrigerator.
'.What for?"
Not to keep you in. although l
/ think Ill have to put ice on your
head presently. Fer meat "
Dog meat?'
mo. Not dog meat. Fool meat.
I'm going to get a refrigerator and
I'm going to keep whole lamb il it
at one time.
"All right. Tell me when you want
the lamb.
Several DAYS after he ordered lamb
at her request and had il carefully
dismembered and sent home. The re-
frigerator was ready. When he got
off the car in the evening he went
around the house looking for that re-
frigeratOr She met him.
What are you looking fOr?'
"For the refrigerator.
The refrigerator! You didn't exz
pect to find it there, did you?"
where IS it,
Why, in the conservatory you goose
"A perfectly lovely place made for
It.
And it was not until he we3t up to
The thermometer and said. 'Eighty-two
degrees in tho shade; it ought TO be a
good place for a refrigerator. that
she found out why he burst out laugh
ing when she told him where she had
put it.-.SQn Francisco ChrOntcle.
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rustic fence, with each panel different
from the other, tells of "A character not
afraid of innovations, and a suggested
carelessness about the place makes il
look homelike, as if he really lived
there and did not keep it for show
alone
Driving slowly homeward while the
shadows were purpling on the hills
across the river, the substantial wall
that shuts in the Harper place seemed
all in sympathy with the quiet of the
hour. The lawn comes clear down to
the edge of the bank of masonry. and
here and there creeps over il as if they
were the best Of friends Daisies are
not afraid to grow there, and between
the crevices thep peep out boldly as if
they knew they would not be disturbed.
Conservative and English rs the care
full head of the great publishing house,
the wall with the bsnked-up earth
reaching To its very top, solid as the
rampant of "A fort. has yet something OF
friendiiness about it. and ! really be-
lieye it is the only place for fifteen
miles about where tramp would dare
enter and ask for food.
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Taking "a Little Trip.

Speak of devices to get cool, the
Historian is reminded of the case of n
hanger-on upon the verge of journalism
who is well known down in the dircc-
ton of Lynn. This individual had
established some sort of connection
with newspaper published in a
suburb of Lynn. and the way he Oh
tanned ''facilities" on the strength of
that connection was the wonder and
envy of all fike-minded persons in
Eastern Massachusetts. His facial
area was unreasonable. IL is the
adage in the transportation business,
whoever rides free once never pays
again. This newspaper man from
the suburbs of Lynn never paid again.
One exceedingly hot day. having
made up his mind that the proper
thing to do was to take saltwater
excursion, this man of cheek strOlled
along the wharves of Boston in order
10 pick out the likelicst excursion
steamer he could find. He selected
one at last. went on board, hunted up
chair took seat in a shady place,
put his feet on the rail, and began to
read a newspaper.
In about fifteen minutes sailor
looking man opened door. looked at
him about a minute, and disappeared.
In about ten minutes more the sailor
looking man came back and addressed
the newspaper man.
What are you doing here?' SAID he.
80! exclaimed the newspaper man;
only going to take u little trip with
you And he whipped ont his card
and presented il. "Member Of the
press, you know-give you good no
tice in the paper next week!
The sailor-lo0king man said not n
word, aud went back into the bowels
of the vessel
Fifteen minutes more ard the steam
er hadn I started The newspaper man
began to get n little weary. He wait
ed little while longer, and went inside
aud hunted up the sailor-lOoking man,
who was apparently engaged in polish
ing The ships cable.
''Sayl' said the newspaper man,
how long before this boat starts?"
We'll" said the sailor-looking man
as he went on with his polishing. Il
think she ii sail about week from
next Wednesday. She's laid up for
repairs ~ Boston Record.
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Toasting Rread over the fire.

Many of the surviving veterans of the
old Massachusetts Sixth Regiment says
the Boston Journal, will doubtless
remember the following incident of
their camp life in Alexandria:-On
day a Northern lady, whose noble heart
BLEED TO see the suflerings of the heroes
who were fighting for their country :
honor, visited the camp just as the
boys were preparing their evening
meal. A large fire had been built for
the purpose of cooking coffee AID
tOaSting bread. One poor fellow who
was so sick that he could hardly move,
crawled painfully to the fire with
slice of bread stuck upon bayonet
He had approached from the leeward.
but he did not have the strength to
crawl out of the smoke. The lady
took the imprOmptu tOasting fork from
his hand and soon returned the bread
toasted to delicate shade of brown.
Looking up, she saw another comrade,
equipped in like manner standing by
her side, looking wistfully at the toast
and then at his own slice of bread
She could not refuse this silent appeal,
aud the second slice was toasted in
like manner. Before she left that
block of wood she had toasted seven
or eight lCay,s of bread. and the hun
CRY veterans had a feast that reminded
them Of hon. comforts. After the
toasting proc IS was completed the lady
looked behind her, and there beheld two
or three companies of the regiments
seated in a semi-circle around her,
devouring toast like hungry wolves.
She says that she looks back upon
that supper with the Massachusetts
Sixth Regiment as one of the pleas
ATTEST events of her life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
The Female Figure


1.-The beauty of the female figure,
says Leigh Hunt. consists in being
gently serpentine." Stiffness is utterly
ungraceful. The movements of an I'M
conciods child are the perfection of
grace; They are easy, unstudled. natu-
raj. The throat should be round and
pillar like. The waist should be twice
the size of this ''tower of ivory not
as fashion has often made it nearly the
same size, the shoulders should be
sloping and not too broad; neither
should they be too narrow, but occupy
that rounded mean that is offered in
Mics Venus. The figure should be
above all, easy; too small waist is an
actual deformity, and young ladies
whs are foolish enough TO imagine
that waist of Is inches IS lovely should
bear in mind that the famous statue
of Venus de Medici, the acknowledged
highest type of female beauty. meas
ured q inches.
The hips should be high in a woman,
and wide; the feet small but in due
proportion the height of figure; high
iDstep is beautiful. and following of
the sole is considered by the Arabs a
mark of high birth. The arm is sell
dom sufficiently developed in the mod
ern woman of fashion 10 reach the
standard of classical beauty; she does
not use her limbs, sndparticulaTly her
her arms, to give them the muscular
growth OF which they are capable.
The arm should have a round and
! flowing outline, with no sharpness,
at the elbow: it should taper down to a
small wrist. Thin arms are ugly and
require graceful movements 10 conceal
their sharpness. 4 white arm Is beau
tiful, but dark cOmplexoned arm
may be more beautiful if it is better
shaped, form being the chief loveliness
of the arm. Keeping the elbows away
from the sides, sticking out at an an
gle, is very ungraceful, and folded
arms, la Napoleon, or hands in the
jacket pockets, detract from feminine
grace.
Too great stoutness or thiness is to
be avoided, the former bv vigorous ex-
ercise and careful diet. eschewing
those foods which are known as flesh
forming and fat creating. Animal
food is less fattening than bread. vege-
tables and puddings; beer and ale to
he avoided by too fat people and clar-
ct substituted in their place. But
starving the figure is a folly, and
draughts fromthe vinegar cruets and SO
called anti-fat remedies are both con-
demned as injurious; plumpness it must
he remembered, is beautiful; thinness. or
scragginess is ugly; and one thing,
says the writer is certain. the compress
sion of the figure, even if too much in
clined to embonpOint, is mistake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
TIE uAYMARKEr RIOT.

Although about three weeks were requir-
ed to secure jury for the trial of the an
archist couspirators at Chicago, on trial I'M
De-. indictments for murder, the trial is
progressing satisfactorily and tie tes-
liuouy brought forward by the prosecution
IS GEAR and strong and thus far
uushak II or unc'oadcd by the ef-
forts Of the defense. Inspector Bon
caIt q stitied that on the evening of May
Z. With one hundred and eighty officers he
t-oceeted u the Haymarket meeting,
found Fieldeu standing IN a wagon, speak
ing, and Capt. Ward directed the crowd to
disperse Fielder stepped from the rear OF
the wagon to the street, and turned to step
az; To the sidew ak As he did this he cried !:
I'VE are peHceable.N Almost instantly |
heard "a Kissing sound behind me, which |
mad often heard before. and there followed
d terrific explosion. | turned aud saw that
aIrriost every man in the front ranks had
fallen to the ground. Almost instantly
aTter the explosion there were seventy five
90 : hundred pistol shots from the crowd
iu front gad ON either side of us. AS We
marched Gp the crowd had Parted in pc
cusiar way 10 the sidewalks at the east
anu west These pistols were fired before
Que Of the officers had fired shot ! could
not saw y mel her any one gave command to
The officers 70 fire. About sixty were
3 ounded and seven have died. Bonfield
identified the Revenge" circular written
hy Spies, " htcn Is as follows:
REVENGE,
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5. JAFFRAY's FENCE


Only few doors from Mr.. Gould 5
place MIR. Jaffray, the dry-goods man
has built up fence to stand between
himself ard the outside word. 1t is
/ just such a good, substantial, Presby-
terian sort of fence as you would OK
pect from self-reliant business man
No show there, no pretense, nothing OF
the kind. A low. smoothly finished
stone wall, Just to let people know
where the lawn ends and fhe road be-
gins. There isn't much foliage IN the
way. and from the road one can see
far back, after che manner of places
that have nothing TO hide. On one
side he has left an old-fasnioned wood
EN- paing standing, a fifty year old
fence. such as we all used to climb and
swing on years and years ago when she
was with us still-she with her young
eyes that somehow have never since
been matched. But that was long
ago, and really hasn't very much to do
with Mr.. Jafiray S character as shown
in his fences. Only a very successful
man could afford to let such an old
fence stand as the one at the side OF the
house, but with his independent prin-
ciples he doesn't mind.
Tiffany, who runs his fingers through
heaps of diamonds as carelessly as
another dips water in his hand, and
whose eyes have learned TO look tonly
on the pretty things OF life. tells all
this to the yeriest passer-by who cares
to look at his fence. Next door TO the
stone church and only a short distance
from Jaf'ray's home anybody can tell
that those broad gates lead up TO the
home of one who is at heart an artist.
There is no striving after effect, no
straining to make an impression, and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

Tie fence is built us if to shut in mil
lions. Its broad stone sections. closely
cemcnted. show not the smallest crew
ice through which any of the outside
world can penetrate. The stone cop
ing that crowns the whole sheds the
rain Just as its owner shakes Off the en-
Wy of those about him and the thick
masonry, strong rs n prison wall.
seems to keep ont everything of SYM
pathy and of affection. 1t j. too hard
climbing for these gentler virtues to
get over the fence. Aud then rs If to
crown the whole, thick hedge rises
behind the wall and seliishlv shuts out
from free view the beautiful grounds
and the river below. But not all sell
ilshly. In one place y great tree has
grown Just in the line of the wall, and so
that the there may not be harmed the
solid fence takes solid dip around il
making charitable V. with the tree
in the middle, and then continuing
in the same straight line
Massive square gate posts guard the
entrances, aud the gates are severely
plain timbers, heavy enough to do du-
~ as battering-Tams. There are two
1 lodges, too. one at each gate. Past
one of these the public is usually Al
lowed to drive, to see the grounds.
! rhe other is the private entrance, aui
is always jealousy closed. Tho pub
lie can 90 Just so far and no futhcr.
That is what NJ. Gould's fence is like.
/ Couldn't you have guessed it.?
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the house bill included also the forfeiture
of the grant from Bismarck to the Pacific
ocean. Tire house bill forfeited 80, DOC, 900
acres more than the senate bill.
gr Gillfilan of Minnesota made an
elaborate argument against the house bill.
The house adjourned without action.
SENATE, July 27-The public business
consisted of reports of committees, chiefly
from the pension committee recommend
ing the passage of bills over the presidents
vote. Nearly the entire day was occupied
in executive session considering appoint
ments.
HOUSE, July The conference com
mittee reported continued disagreem emit
Resolutions were debated and passed in
sisting ON striking out the appropriations
for the Portage Lake and Lake Superior
ship canal, for the Hennepin canal, for the
Sturgeon Bay aud Lake Michigan ship canal
for the Mississippi from the head OF the
passes To the mouth of the Ohio, and for the
Potomac. A further conference was then
ordered. The house substitute for the SEN
ate bill FORGETTING Northern Pacific lands
was then debated and passed by l70 TO 60.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29
Titled Traveller.

Baron Raymond de Seilliere. who is
now travelling in the United States,
has recently, at the request of his fam
lily, been placed under Judicial control,
having run through his own fortune
and contracted debts to the amount of
close upon S5.OO0.O0O He has, more
over, been legally prohibited from in
curing any further liability. He is a
brother of the notorious Princesse de
Sagan. who is separated from her hus-
band, and his father is reported to have
had some difficulty with the Govern
ment after the war of 1870, for hav
ing provided the army with paper-soled
boots His brother Frank married the
daughter of the popular cavalry Gen
eral Marquis de Gallifet a couple OF
wears ago
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THE sIARKETs July "a.


WHsAT-No. hard: q hid 30.
Northern, So bid; No. Northern, re
bid.
Flour-Patsnt s5.OOg5 .; strsl,hts
t4-50sq t.75 asked; bakers, S+.25g4.5j asked
rys, S3.Z5la3.5n.
Corn No. 2Jc esk 20 August, s. bid.
Oats No. 2 mixed, 33l<c. bii 90
ssEed 10. ? white 59;. bid.
Barley No. :. 45c. bid.
Rye 80. =. 45c. bid
FLAX Seed %. bid.
Bale& hay, s. - asked: timothy so"j
Dressed beef, caoics Steers 61<-Gsse.
veal, S q ~.
Butter, extra ISa1+c- bid
Cheese slos5{c,
Eses. extra lie Ca121< asked
Potatoes, New, 6lcCa55c per bUshel5
81 slf0sz per Dbl.
1--WE S-Oek-Ss IS q =saers ranged 50
q s. 80 FER 100 lDs. sheep sold at f3.00g
s20J go per 100 Hogs 9425.
3It,SEsPoLIs
wag.T-Eo. J hard. cash. "a; August
80 - SJr- bern. cssh IJtd94,, No.
> Northern. cash, 7l013c.
FToUH-FR1eu- IA sacks heid at
Sa.DgG4.7O. IN barrels. 1864 ~; IS. IS
A.. 70 delivered az New England POINTS:
.5.4sq55g delivered New York and Penn
sylvanis. points; bakers s3.oOtg3.75.
CHICAGO
Y heat Cash, 757ss August 76z{
e. u, Cash, S5Szc. August 40.
o.a.s, cash &c; August ZIszc.
Flax seed No. ! STA
Pork cash $685. "a S9.52J<; August J.35o.
Live stock-Cattle - 10 g. IS; Hogs
i'5.Vg$4 80 Sheep 2OOgi 70.
DULUTH.
SaEAT--Cash 10. / hard 5se
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Mauager-How old is your child,
madam?
Woman-Eleven months, sir.
Manager-Male or female?
Woman--Female.
Manager What experience has she
had as an actress?
Woman-She was with FOshay' s
combination two months, sir, and has
also played an engagement at the
Madison Park Theatre.
Manager will assign her part in
our forthcoming play, "A Father ;
Crime and a Grandmother Sin; or,
The Lost Child" First rehearsal on
Tuesday at 10 4. NJ.
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And now having learned so much
fence lore let me give just one more
picture and you shall guess at the
character yourself. A fence built of
big round boulders so large that two
of them reach above your waist. with q
mass of greenery growing over all,
making it look more rustic than il
really is. An artificial rustic gate
made in the shops, a gate of boughs
and twisted roots. turned by machinery
and not by nature. Over this queer
wooden gate that tries so hard to be
natural sand has been sifted until it
glisrens in the sunlight as if it were of
iron. SO you can take your choice
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

Judge Richardson, on the English
bench, condemned felOn TO death, who
threw brickbat subsequently at his
head; but, as he happened to stoop at
the moment, it only knocked of his
hat His friends congr4tnlating him Of
his escape, be said. You see now
that. if had been hi upright Judge, /
had been ain.
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is a beautiful present 20 give any lady
But there is little book published in pam
palet form, with no pretentions 70 literary
merit that would he as appropriate, ana
might be the mems ~ saving n life. II is
called DR.. r V fiercps treatise on diseas-
es Of women, for whose peculiar troubles
the sFavorito Prescription" Is especially
designed. IL IL profuaely illustrated with
wood cuts aud cularud plates, and will be
s-nt to any address fcF Cen cents In stamps,
by he Worlds niapeusary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo. ". Y.
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and call it iron or wood, or anything
you please, and yet be right. The
strip of turf that runs down to the
roadway is kept scrupulously neat,
and the bravest daisy that ever lifted
its head to the sunlight wouldn't dare
show itself in such painfully out-of-
the-way place. This is MIR. Field S
fence DO You know the man?
it seems a foolish thing to tell OF
these fences of ones friends. Most
people would write about the friends
themselves. But one is so often max
ing mistakes about characters. and
that is always unpleasant. The fences
will not care.
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Newspapers.

II is estimated that there are over
1000 daily papers published in the
world. OF this number the United
States has /. 200. Great Britain has 202
France sos, and the German Empire
sos. British America has G. Mexico
has -. Brazil has 6s; Chill Ga. Peru II
and Ecuador ? OF the weekly papers
in the world the United States has
over 10000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

SENATOR MoEEILL boasts that he
never had q Presidential bce in his
bonnet lie may have heard somc-
thing buzzirg there ana not recognized
III. Sill. sma. voice.
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O. TTFFANy'c DESIGN

yet the entrance is perhaps the most
artistic of any that tempts ore along
the road Double gates of real rustic
work-not the factory-made stnii-ln-
vite you in, and overhead KIND OF
canopy reaches from post 10 post ana
forms a graceful arch. A panslled
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-07-29

PHLADEu.HIA preachers are dis
cus~iug the question, How shall we
Lecr our congregations awakcs
send them to New York. Cries the
v.cEcI World.
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Bo-ToN papers have ta. news leN-
c.u-iveJ tha; thr Pr ~i'ieu. viii ccr-
tafnlv y.-is New England IN tine fail
Ills wife. 81 j. declared, has SGT her
heart OBJ seeing the Berkshire Hills,
and viii not d. comforted until her
eyes behold that stony ridge