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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09
ruRraWssrERs NEWS.

A serious railroad accident occurred on
the End inst at Norwood Junction, Mime
sofa where the Minnesota and st. Louis
road crosses the Hastings & Dakota diyis-
ion OF the Milwaukee Il St. Paul road.
The passenger train which left st. Paul at
4P. NJ on the II. q ID. road for Ipswich
was crossing the other roads track, when a
freight train on the Minneapolis & st. Louis
ran in,o the sleeping car. The
sleeping car was well hlied and
ported: l.. =. Dodge and f. p. Scott. Red
held, OAK, badly cut about the head and
body bruised Louis krinmer and +. Clark,
Redtield. George r. Jones'. Madison, Wis,
badly bruised; J. Z. Granagee, How ard.
Oak =. L. johnson, Minneapolis, cut in
head; j. L. McChesney and Phil SEiliman,
( MAYOR OF Aberdeen. badly bruised; j. A.
Brandt and wife Of Roscoe, OAK, q. +.
I Prior nephew of {. II. Prior, hurt in head (;
Rev r. F. PaTshall OF Tomah, Wis, frac-
tured ribs and other bruises; Col. Charles
Richardson. of Gov. Pierce's stan, en- route
I to the Aberdeen encampment, was in the
sleeper and suffered slight injuries.
A serious shooting affair occurred al the
Merchants hotel in 81. Paul on the evening
of the 7th. The participants were Frank j.
Meade, formerly Mayor of Mandan, ID. r.,
and Frank FarnSworth,s merchant at Man
dan. Just what the quarrel was about no
one really seems to know.butthe men met
I in the Office os the sstel and sOms words
passed between them when Aeads claims
I that FarDswOTth spit in his face where
upon he tMeade) drew a revolver and shot
I Farnsworth, the ball entering his bowels.
I Fsrnsworths' recovery Is doubtful aud
Meade is locked up to await the result.
Both men have families, Meade is an old
I Minnesota newspaper man having publish
I ed several weekly papers and a daily ia
Minneapolis and also having been employ
ed ca the ST. Paul and Minneapolis dailies.
The Indian commissiouihas concluded a
treaty with the Indians at Red Lake Mi u,
whereby their reservation win be sold and
the proceeds invested in government bonds
l for their benefit. They retain sufficient
| lands for homes and sell the rest
The Park Region fair opened Sept. :, ct
Fergus Falls, MINI. The products of four
counties, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Grant and
Traverse are exhibited, and it is confidently
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

GEOEGIE Is four years old. One day
the youngster had been taken with a
slight attack of prevarication. and
wishing to impress upon his infantile
understanding the sinfullness oftelling
fibs, the father related the story about
George Washington and his little hatch
ct, closing with the remark that George
Washington was q good hoy. and never
told a lie. The child sat in deep
thought minute. and then said; PA
pa, tOOdent he talk?''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

MGR. CAPEL. who Is living near San
Francisco attending to the publication
of two bookstore relating 10 the
power. state, and influence of the
Roman Catholic Church in the United
Satisfactorily received news Of the
death Of his venerable mother. OF
her ten children but three survive-one
= nun. another the priest, and the
thir4 2 merchant
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

a san FRANCIsCo man told . mem
Der Of the Grand Army of the Republic
that Gen Grant was the greatest ora
tor he had ever seen. Why" said
ne, ..when he made his reply TO the
address Of welcome that was fred at
him in this city six or eight years ago
he removed his cigar. made his speech
and went on smoking again. His cigar
hadn't gone out. It's pity we have
only one public speaker of that kind
in about ten million"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

HARRY ID. SMITH of Boston. while
swimming in Lake lakewood. near
Wenham, Saturday. was taken with
cramps. He called for assistance, and
two young men, who We're in a boat
with two young women. started To
help him. But the girls, with criminal
prudery. refused 70 allow the men to
row near the drowning man. You
shall not. they screamed. take that
naked man in this boat" The Young
men were foolish enough to heed these
cries. aud rowed the girls ashore as
quick as possible, and then hurried
back to young Smith. but before they
reached him he went down for the last
time. All this was in the presence of
the young mans mother who was Only
restrained by force from rushing into
the water 70 help her son
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

ANDREW BURKE, sailor, went
swimming from his vessel, which lay
of the Havre. de Grace coal wnarves-
While he was in the water shark
grabbed his foot and yanked him under
but he freed himself, and his splaShings
and wells scared the fish away. and he
was rescued. His ankle bone was
found to be crushed. and several pieces
have been extracted at the hospital
where he now lies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

CHARLES 5. WOLFE, the Prohibition
candidate for Governor of PenLsyl-
vauia. claims that he viii poll from
$4,000 to 100000 votes. He says: The
most votes will, think, be cast by for
mer Republicans, but the proportion OF
Democrats vino will vote the ticket will
be larger than it ever was before We
will make great inroads in their ranks
r,;- ,-oor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

MAKE yourselves nests Of pleasant
thoughts. None of Us yet know. for
none of us have been taught in early
youth, what fair palaces we NAV build
of beautiful thoughts. proof against all
adversely. Bright fancies, satisfied
memories. noble histories, faithful say
iugs. treasure houses of precious and
restful thoughts. which care cannot dis
turb. nor pain make gloomy, nor Pow
erty take away from us houses built
without hands, for our souls TO live in.
j RuSktH
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

A WOMAN in Los Angeles, Cal, Is
selling fruit and vegetables to educate
herself in music. She HIS been, she
saws. starved for music all her life; but
now, at 40 years Of age, in spite OF pow
ertv and discouragsment, she Is Guilt
waiting her voice. which is fine one.
She was seen, with her broad-rim hat
and linen buster, at the piano, the
other day, playing and singing for 8
wealthy invalid. while her vegetable
wagon stood at the door.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

Is Russia. coffin fair is heldOnc a
year Every peasant who has an aged
parent buys q coffin. The present Is
always acceptable, for tie receiver feels
assured that he will have Christian
burial. and is proud of the SOP who
thus cares for his last restiDg-place-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

a MOVEMENT Is on foot to petition
the Ohio Legislature to appropriate
money for an equestrian statue IN
bronze Of William Henry Harrison, to
be unveiled on the 22ud Of September,
1883. at the centennial celebration in
Cinciuuatfi
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

THE midnight sun is not a wearing
attraction. Miss ScidmOre, of Wash
ington, who has been at Beyen. Norway.
writes that she has seen il, and would
give a dollar for dark night and an
honest sleep
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

\ Buffalo paper says that just before
the opening session of the sayants in
that city Bishop Coke remarked to a
reporter: II should like to correct the
proof-sheet of my prayer. fou news
paper men and the printers are so I'M
falailiar with prayer that you're pretty
certain to bungle it up badly. This
viii go OF record as the standing joke
Of the session.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

Miss CLARA BARTON, head OF the
Order Of the Red Cross. is broken down
in health from overwOTk. When her
earthly work Is over she can truly COM
fort herself with the reflection that she
will leave the world better than she
found Il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

Mamma CATER dinnerl. "Aiice dear,
let us hear your new song" Alice.
I'm afraid of disturbing DR.. Schmidt,
Mamma
Herr schmidt waking up1. ''Aehl
do not mind me. | will take myself
away from re roomi"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

ALBERT WAMPLER of Anderson, Ind. ;
claims to have been cured of rheuma-
tism by faith.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

CGEN. SHERIDAN's famous horse that
carried him to Winchester is now in
the Government Museum at Gov
ernor's Island. New York Harbor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

1T is estimated that European crops
generally will produce 80 per cent of
tie average yield.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

NEARLY 100000 in gold has been
shipped into this country since Aug.
Ia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09
TIE MAHKETs SEPT :

Conceit may puff man up, but Eever
prop him uU.-Rask5a.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09
Iuck and Labor.

Oae bottle Of Salvation OIL can change a
frantic victim of rheumatism into dove
Of gentleneSs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09
Ia Pelltesse pu uour.,

Or. Pierce's sPellets" cure sick and bill
ious headache, sour stomach, and ali bilious
attacks
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-09

Il understand our friend Hiss Highnote
is singing with considerable success in
South America" rs, CHI Glad 70 hear
IT," That she is singiDgt" ''Tes-iE
South America"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
SAVED BY BIRDS.
A Mate Tells How the Vessel He Sailed In
Escaped Destruction.

A Mate Tells How the Vessel He Sailed IN
Escaped Destruction.
While q British brig was gliding
smoothly along before good breeze in
the South Pacific, some months ago, q
flock of small birds about the size, shape
and color of parokeets settled down in
the rigging and passed an hour or more
resting. The second mate was SO anx-
ious to find out the species to which the
visiting strangers belonged that he tried
to entrap a specimen, but the birds were
too shy to be thus caught, and too spry
to be seized by the quick hands of the
sailors. At the end of about an hour
the birds took the briggs course, and dis
appeared, but toward nightfall they
came back and passed the night in the
maintop. The next morning the birds
flew off again, and when they returned
at noon, the sailors scattered some food
about the decks. By this time she birds
had become so tame that they hoped
about the decks picking up the crumbs.
That afternoon an astonishing thing
happened. The flock came flying swiftly
toward the brig. Every bird seemed to
be piping as if pursued by some little
invisible enemy on wings, and they at
once huddled down behind deck-house.
The superstitious sailors at once called
the Captain of the brig, who rubbed his
eyes and looked at the barometer. A
glance showed him that something was
wrong with the elements, and the brig
was put in shape to outridc storm.
The storm came about twenty minutes
after the birds had reached the vessel.
For few moments the sky was like the
watcrless bottom of a lake-a vast arch
of yellowish midland torrents of rain
fell. Why it did not blow very hard, no
one knows; but on reaching port, two
days LATER the Captain learned that a
great tornado had swept across that part
OF the sea. The birds left the vessel on
the morning after the storm, and were
not seen again. my idea is, said the
second mate, in telling of the curious in
cident afterward-s'my notion about it
is that if the birds hadn't been aboard,
we should have been blown away like
feather. The birds protected us, sir
that's what's the matter!" And the SUI
pcrstitious seaman was honest in his be-
lief, for he barred his arm and showed
where he had caused pictura of one of
the birds 10 be tatiooed into the surface
in blue and red Golden Days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
FRYING FOOD.
Why Perfect Frying Can BE Considered
the Perfection of Cooking.

Why Perfect Frying Can BE Considersd
the Perfection of Cooking.
Grease of every description is capable
of being heated to a very much higher
temperature than water; in fact. it can
be made almost three times as hot as
boiling water. When fat is at its boil.
ing point it is so hot that any article Of
food brought in contact with it is
actually burned. and this is precisely
the reason why, for purposes of frying,
fat should always be boiling hot. Fol-
any article of food, doughnut, for
example, dipped into boiling fat, is
Immediately covered all over by a thin
crust of burned dough, which prevents
the fat from penetrating further in and
enables the rest of the doughnut to be
exposed to greater degree of heat
than can be applied to it by any other
process. without coming in contact
with the fat, and the natural chemical
processes go on inside with greater
degree Of perfection than can
be obtained by any other method.
Perfect frying is the perfection OF
cooking, but so soon IS the fat is not
sufficiently hot to, create the burned
crusts around the article fried, the fai
penetrates it and absolutely prevents
cooking from taking splace at all. L
thcffat is-not boiling, buhbling hot, the
process that takes place is rot cooking,
but simply drenching the food with .
tepid fat and rendering it totally indi'
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
FUTURE cATAcLYsM.
The Sinking Of the Atlantic Coast and the
Recession OF Niagara Falls.

The Sinking Of the Atlantic Coast and the
Recession OF Niagara Falls.
The scientists have again unfolded to
the public their views to the effect that
the Atlantic coast line of the United
States is settling away, and will be at
length submerged by the ocean. The
rate at which it is sinking is not such as
to create immediate alarm. The most
that is claimed is that the crust of the
earth is falling in at the rate of quar-
ter of an inch year, or about foot in
fifty years. At this rate the Atlantic
Ocean will submerge New York City
about the time when by the recession of
Niagara Falls to the outlet of Lake Erie
at Buffalo, the chain of great lakes will
be drained of large portion of their
contents. This generation will hardly
take an interest in either event. which
will occur at period in the future so
very remote as to lose much Of its in
terest as study.
The sinking of the Atlantic coast
has long been a theme Of scientific con-
lecture and calculation. By what sys-
tenn of measurement the fact has been
ascertained we are not informed. In
struments of very delicate character
which measure with considerable ac-
curacy almost infnitesimal distances
have been invented for scientific cal
culation, and the results which they
produce are sometimes very striking.
1t is not impossible that, as the earth's
internal fires are still cooling, the
process of shrnkage also continues
and that the shell falls in as vacuum is
created by the decrease in the size 1t
the central fiery core. But there are
grave reasons why it may be doubted
whether any uniform rate of sinking is
perceptible bylany means OF meas ~se-
ment either along the Atlantic va
coast or elsewhere.
Rut that the Falls are receding there
can be no doubt That they were for
merry located near the outlet of Mag
ara River is an established fact. and
that they have receded within a recent
era seven miles from Lewiston to their
present locality is equally certain.
When they shall back up so far t, at
the dam across the outlet of Lake Erie
shall give way, the outpour from the
basin OF the lakes will sweep down
through the valley of the Ontario and
out through the channel of the st.
Lawrence in a food that will de-
vastate the entire East Lake Michi-
gan, owing to its great depth, win not,
however. be drained dry, but will re-
cede to some distance from its present
shore. This. while apparently leaving
Chicago an inland city, will merely
provide it more ground over which to
spread to the eastward, and, viii sup
ply long-felt. want. As it is not pos
sible, however, that this event can oc-
cur within the next two hundred and
fifty thousand years, there will be am
pie time for future generations to make
such preparations to meet it as may
appear advisable under the circum.
stances. Chicago Jour:sa,.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
CONSUMPTION.

Important to the Public as we'll - the
Medical Profession.
Halls Journal of Health, referring to Con-
sumption, makes the following important
statement:
Consumption usually begins with .
slight, dry cough in the morning, then on
going to bed, getting more and more fire.
quent, with more and more phlegm, in
creasing debility, thinness of flesh, short
ness of breath, and quickness Of pulse, "
and it may be added that in des-
perate cases, and, in fact, in all cases
of Consumption, or troubles of the
throat and lungs, immediate relief may be
obtained and a permanent cure effected by
the use of Dr.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs, a medicine known for more than
thirty five years as an unfailing remedy for
coughs, colds, bronchitis and all pulmonary
and pectoral diseases. That the worst cases
of Consumption have been cured by the use
of Halls Balsam has been attested to by
the thousands who have used it, or have
been cognizant of its wonderful remedial
efficacy. For sale by all druggists
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
TALK CORRECTLY.
Bishops Exhorsations on the Subject Of
Correct Language.

Bishops Exaorsations on the Subject Of
Correct Language.
Probably there is not an instrument
in common use, from pencil to y
piano. which is used so imperfectly as
language. You were well taught here,
and most OF you have been using the
English you learned for some time since
you graduated. But if you win let me
be plain, / suspect it would be. safe to
offer gold medal as a prize to every
young lady here who will not before to-
morrow night utter some sentence that
cannot be parsed. will put no singulars
and plurals into forbidden connections;
win drop no particles. double no mega
tives, mix no metaphors. tangle no
parenthesis, begin no statement two or
three times over without finishing it.
and not once construct a proposition
afser this manner: "When a person
talks like that, they ought to be ashamed
of it."
We all repeat and perpetHate conven-
tional plumbers and hereditary solecisms
without once applying the study of four
or five years in syntax and conjugation
to our current speech. Where is the
reform to beginp say emphatically,
set about grammatic correctness, first
of all. Watch yourself. Criticize your
self. Be intolerant with yourself. Get
some housemate to expose you. Say
over the thing correctly till the mistake
is made impossible. II would be no
more disoreditable to your training to
finish picture out of drawing, or to
misspell the name of one of our terri
tories, or to mistrans.ate line of Vir-
gil, or to Hat in music, than to con-
found the parts of speech in a morning
call
Nothing is to be said of slang. If l
. were to exhort those who are here on
that matter, it shouid be only to for
bearance, in that they are obliged to
hear it from their ill-bred acquaint-
ances. lawful handsome and. ''hor-
rid nice" and ..jolly sunset and all
that pitiful dialect, coming of weak
heads and early neglect, we shall have
10 bear with till select and heightened
schools have chastened the manners
and elevated the spirit of the better
conditioned classes; and. through them,
the improved standard viii work its
way outward and downward into the
public schools and into the homes of
the people. Unexpected hyperbole is
often witty, but nonsense is not, nor
are stale repetitions of nonsense.
An ill-natured bachelor shamefully
reports that he has entered in his diary
q thousand scraps of talk Of young
women overheard in streets and houses,
of which seven hundred and eighty be
gin with Says T. or ''says he" and a
hundred and twenty contain the combi-
nations .just splendid" ''stuck up"
and perfectly lovely. Bishop Hss's.-
jnqton's ADDRESS before the kebie School
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore

Robert Garrett, of the Baltimore &
Ohio Company, is generally spoken Of
as more daring Spectator than his
father. Speaking of Mr.. vanderbilt's
death he recently said: 1.-The dramatic
incident of my life was the sudden death
of Mr.. Vanderbilt in my presence.
shall never forget it. 1t came like a
fearful dream and so swift was the
change from life to death that it could
scarcely be realized. IN Y. Herald
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17
TOILINo WOMEN.

Money Earned by Those Who Know How
to Use Needle.
The number of women in this city
who earn living by the needle is diff
cult to ascertain. There are hundreds
OF establishments on all the business
streets where sewing is either done or
given out to be done. A reporter re-
Gently asked two sewing girls what sort
of living they made.
"How much are you paid for making
those garmentsf' asked the scribe.
1--WE get twenty-five cents apiece"
was the ready reply. -
..And YOU do all the work necessary
on them for a quarter of a ldollar?'
"How long does it take you to make
garment?"
II do very well If make four a day."
said one. 81
s.But if takes more than ten hours to
make four, work as hard as you will,
rejoined the other.
|. The jackets they carried were thick
wooden goods. They were wadded.
lined with alpaca and had the finished
appearance of a garment made by an
adept. The sewing-machine did most
of the straight work, but the button
holes, putting in the lining and other
work had to be done by hand. The
seams had been pressed. the threads
picked off, and the garments were neatly
folded and already to be sold. Wages
g. <ba ~ nrdar.roar
indeed. for gentlemen's entire apparel.
have dropped considerably during the
last few years. The pay of the, girls
who make up all the smaller
articles, such as gloves and neckties,
does not average more than five dollars
a week. Many have to be content with
less, and six dollars is considered good
nav nowadays. Most of the work il
done BY piece. Mems drawers are
made complete for fifty cents dozen
pairs. For the hickory shirt that
laboring men wear, made out of stout
striped blue, fifty-fve cents dozen is
paid. Overalls are made complete for
fifty cents dozen. Striped calico and
white shirts are made for sixty-five
cents a dozen. The forewoman fixes
the prices and sees that the work is
satisfactorily done. If it is not good il
is not paid for. Forewomen's wages
vary from fifteen to twenty dollars .
week. A button counter gets nine
dollars a week during the busy season,
and six dollars during slack time.
When the new shirts come from the
laundry she counts the buttons to see
that none are missing, folds the shirts
and puts them in the boxes. There is
a general rule i'm factories that.those
who work there are fined for being
late-five cents if they earn five dollars
a week and ten cents if they earn ter
dollars. ~ ?. Mail and cypress.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1886-04-17

Two card-playing friends were pass
ing through a pine forest in Maine,
when one asked the other this audacious
conundrum: ''Why can not the proprie-
tor of the forest fell his own timber?"
because no one is allowed to cut when
It is his own deal. Shoe and Leather
Reporter.