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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
The Bottom Draw err.

saw my wife pull out the bottom
drawer of the old family bureau this
evening. and | went softly out and
wandered up and down until | knew
she had gone to her sewing. We have
some things laid away in that drawer
which the gold of kings could not buy,
and yet they are relics which grieve us
both until both our hearts are sore. |
haven't looked at them for year, but
remember each article. There are
two worn shoes, little chip hat with
part of the rim gone, some stockings,
trousers, and a coat, two or three
spools, bits of broken crockery, a whip,
and several toys Wife-poor thing
goes to the drawer every day of her
life, and prays over it, and lets her
tears fall upon the precious articles;
but dare not go.
Sometimes we speak of little Jack,
but not often. 1t has been long time,
but somehow we cant get over griev
ing. He was burst of sunshine into
our lives, and his going away has been
like covering our everyday existence
with pail Sometimes when we sit
hlQnt VI tftulb3NF Nl4tAAif5 ShtA guy
sewing, child on the street will call
out as our boy used to, and We will
both start up with beating hearts and a
wild hope, only to find the darkness
more of burden than ever. 1t is so
still and quiet now. looked up at the
window where his blue eyes used TO
sparkle at my coming, but ne is not
there. | listen for his pattering feet.
his merry shout, and his ringing laugh,
but there is no sound There is no one
to climb over my knees, no one to
search my pockets, and tease for
PRESENTS and never find the chair
turned over, the broom down, or the
rope tied to the knobs.
| want some one to tease me for my
knife; to ride on my shoulders; to lose
my axe; to follow me to the gate when
| 90, and to be there when ] c9ne
home; 10 call good night Tor the
little bed is now empty; and wife she
misses him still more. There are no
little feet to wash, no prayers tQ gay,
no Yeice teasing for lamps OF sugar, or
sobbing with pain OF a hurt toe; and
she would give her own life, almast, to
awake al midnight and look across to
the crib and see our boy as he used to
be. So we preserve our relies; and
when we are dead we hope that stran-
gers will handle them tenderly, even II
they shed no tears over them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Care otCelIars.

A great mistake is sometimes made
in ventilating cellars and milk-houses.
The object of ventilation is to keep the
cellars cool and dry, but this object Of
ten fails of being accomplished by a
common mistake, and instead, the eel
lar is made both warm and damp. A
cool place should never be ventilated,
unless the air admitted is cooler than
the air within, or is at least as cool as
that, or very little warmer. The
warmer tine air. the more moisture it
holds in suspension. Necessarily, the
cooler the air, the more this moisture
is condensed and precpiitated. When
cool cellar IS aired on warm day,
the entering air being in motion APP
pears cool; but as it fills the cellar, the
cooler air with which it becomes mixed
chills it, the moisture is condensed, and
dew is deposited on the cold walls, and
may often be seen running down them
in streams. Then the cellar is damp.
and soon becomes mOuldy. To avoid
this. the windows should only be open
cu Ut night. ana idlG-lHc last LHlU2 De-
fore retiring. There is no need to fear
that the night air is unhealthfnl is
as pure as the air of midday, and is
really drier. The cool air enters the
apartment during the night, and circu-
lates through il. The windows should
be closed before sunrise in the morning,
and kept closed and shaded through
the day. If the air of cellar is damp,
il may be thoroughly dried by placing
in il a pcCk of fresh lime ~ IN open
box. A peck of lime viii absorb about
seven pounds, or more than three
quarts of water, and in this way Gel
lar or milkrOom may soon be dried.
even in the hottest weather. a bushel
of lime absorbs twenty-seven pounds of
water, and still appears as a dry pow
der. La this condition it will be very
useful to spread over the garden or
lawn, or around fruit trees, or it m2v
be used for whtewash This precau-
ton is often necessary in the dairy.
because of the prevalence, where air
is damp, of mildews, and the various
forms of mould. The orange and red
kinds of mould especially. which some
times form upon the cream, have a
most injurious effect upon the butter
american A0rfcuItNriSt
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Pure Blood vs.. Common stock.

The question may well come home
cattle-breeders and owners all over
the country-''Will it pay me to keep
common stock when | can buy full
bloods at such slightly higher price?"
The autumn sales have averaged very
low, and many who have been deferred
from selling are very willing to sell at
low prices at private sale. Farmers
who have never kept full-blooded stock
can hardly expect to get high prices
for stock which they may raise. They
will think, perhaps, that it is because
they are not in the ring, or have not
Influence. That is not the reason.
High-priced stock have p reputation,
supposed to he based upon merit, and
it is this reputation which gives value
to their progeny, A few days ago an
eight-months bull calf sold for $4,000,
not because of his intrinsic value, but
on account of the reputation attached
to his pedigree, added to his own good
qualities. He is the son of the jersey
cow Princess III, COW credited with
having made fottY-six pounds, twelve
ounces of butter in one week, and his
sire is Black Prince of Linden, bull
combining more famous blood elements
than any other, except his sons. Prin-
cess H. is dead, so there will be no
more bull calves of that breeding.
There may be many just as good. 1t
is no reason why farmer should not
secure a good full-blood bull because
he cannot at once reali-G Aigh prices
for his calves. IT he knows they have
merit that should satisfy him. Sup
pose in a herd of twenty fairly good
cows we introduce a goOd Iull-blooded
bull, at . 1OsI OF Sl50 which will So
cure very good one. The tweaty
calves will probably rs half males,
good for veal. There will probably be
gain of 30 cents to 81 head on even
veal calves. for half-blopds always fat
ten quicker and better than scrubs and
generally grow larger. The ten heifers
will be marked after their sire. will
follow his dam in strictly feminine
points, as a rule. but will be influenced
also by their own dams in what ever
may have been the line of their breed
ing. If the dams have been kept. aud,
so FAR as they have been bred at all.
have been raised and kept with refer
ence to their goodness as mich COWS,
this trait will bp increased in the
daughsers, 50 it is safe to assume that
hardly less than s. each, or $50 for
the ten head, should be added % the
value of the calves and credited to the
bull. Eii;y-hve or sixty dollars, or
more than one-third the price of the
bull, will be returned as clear profit of
his influence on the little herd al the
first year. This is certainly an under
estimate in three cases out of four. as
many know to their proiit.-ADiericdn
AgricuiiUriSt for Norenlbcr.
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THE MARK ELS.
ST. PAU.

ST. PAUL
WHEAT-No. | hard. GOO bid; Jan,
soc bid May &C, bid, No. Northern, Soc
bid; No. Northern, Tsc bid.
Flour-PateDt, S5.lId525; strsights
S4.5o94. IS; bakers, a 2594.5O asked; rye
Corn No. 9. 3Ic bid. May, SEC bid.
Oats No. mixed, 2s1Sc. bid, 80 asked
No. white, pc. bid.
Barley No. 2, 5sc. bid.
Rye No. ,, 41c bid,
Flax Seed-Sl.O0.
Baled hay, S6.15 asked; timothy Sl0 90.
Dressed beef, choice steers nc. g "a
veal, (6Sc.
Butter. extra SOC. bid
Cheese, "a lie.
Eggs, extra ~ =. asked.
Potatoes, 6Oc per bushel bid.
Live Stock-Sales OF steers ranged 200
"a $3.50 per 100 lbs. Sheep sold at
IS co per 100. Hogs $3.50
MINNEAPoLs.
WHEAT.-No. hard cash, S95<c. January
90c bid; Nay, pc 40. ! Northern, cash
-: No. Northern, soc bad.
FLoUB-P8tsnts ia sacks held at
S4.15 "a $40. In barrels, sbG5D 500
as 20 delivered at New England, points
S5.50G5. 50 delivered New York and Penn
sylvania points; bakers s4.O0G4.30
CHICAGO
wheat. dan. s4l. Feb. SAGE; May gOx.
Corn, Jan. 49,; May. 3,1+C.
Oats, cash 2s5E Jan. 2sjS.
Flax seed No. /, S1.12.
Pork, cash, s99s6lO.O0: Jan. 1900.
Live Stock. Cattle S3.30G500; Hogs
| S3.40G3.6O; Sheep, s2.5oG35O.
MILWAUKEE.
wheat-Cash, SIC; Jan. -.
pCLUTI.
WHEAT-Cash 9I5S; Jan. gl5< 80 J.
Northern cash SIC
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rnrrN SINrH CnNGREss.

SENATE. Jan. 5-The senate met after the
holiday adjournment. The marble statue
or tile late President Garfield, presented by
the state Of Ohio, was accepted and an
eufogy pronounced by sen. Sherman. A
large number Of bills were introduced,
among them being a bill providing for
monuments 70 Lincoln aud Grant, to
he erected in Washington, tue cost
IF each not to exceed Que million
dollars and only American citizens TO be
employed ou the work, also providing
for compulsory education OF Indian
children: creating two additional Justices
ia pakota: establishing national
university in Washington Senator
Ediuuud> UtaH bill was discussed. Sen
a HOar making an Intellectual effort 10
-lrike the clause t'rhiddiug female
-cfTruge Seuaf o Beck di-claimel having
maue = personal a tack on the President
and Secretary Of the treasury.
Hou,E, Jan 5-These was a full attend
quce after the holiday. recess, and instead
" announcing the committee Speaker Car
li>ls resumed the call at States for the in
production Of bills, 80 being presented
without the call beng completed. among
tie bills vas one for tue eFs9tion OF a
statute to Gen Grant in New
York. TO prevent tue utter mar.
+, ing OF whites aud black in the District OF
Columbia: TO establish a Soldiers home IN
y ehrasGa Iowa, Wisconsin or Minnesota
% put ngmp and sisal grass on the free
list This l. 20 chespsl The cost of Irvine,
so largely used in binding grain; TO open
up the Red Lake Chippewa reservation "a
build a custom house IN Duluth IT cost OF
s.tuU5O. TO build a lighthouse at Two
H4rt...-S at a cost Of Slj 00; TO authorize
the Mississippi Water Power and Boom
company 70 build 9 dam within two miles
~ Braineri. aud erect = foot and wagon
brlize- 70 establish the Northern judicial
district of Minnesota, with coarts T. be
held at DulUtE aud Fergus Falls; referring
sine Basil ChippeWa claims 70 the court OF
claims
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
NV Cnttar..


Ny cottage stands upon a gentle hill,
Whore, daisy studded slopes, velvet
lawn,
And at its foot dances a laughing rill,
Slngingits welcome to the summer dawn
Singing its vesper hymn as in the west,
Over my lordly neighbours wooded park.
The royal sun sinks slowly to the west,
And the stars throb and dazzle thro' the
dark.
Over my cottage IN tangle rich,
Roses and jessaInine and clematis
Climb, filling jealous every little niche,
Flinging sweet blossoms to the breeZes
kiss;
And all the day the wild birds, winter-fed,
Marble and thrill and gurgle mid the
trees,
While the brave skylark, lost in blue DER
head
Pours waves of music DER tire sunny leas.
Inside my cottage memory holds her sway
In pictures, speaking of the loved and
lost;
In books, the faithful friends of every day
In trifies love apprised at countless cost
And tiInging Time a gay defiance, Song
Aurmurs THE spirit flags, the fire grows
cold;
Yet, since both heart and hand have served
me long,
The cottage claims my glamour as of
old
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Raising Locust Trees.

Trees of the common locust, says the
County, Gentleman, may be easily
raised from seed; and as long as Guilt
walton has caused it to run into vari-
cites, it is important to get the best
seed. A variety with white wood is
inferior to the yellow variety, but
bears an abundant crop of seed. The
best yellow sort is a rather sparse bear
er, and hence the Importance of taking
pains to obtain the best. There is even
some difference in the yellow locust.
some being stouter aud more upright
in growth than others. The seed may
be had of seed dealers, or gathered
when ripe from the trees. If only
moderate quantity is wanted, the seeds
may be taken from the pods by hand;
or threshed out in larger quantities.
Under proper management a pound of
seed will produce over 10000 trees.
They will not grow without scalding,
and here is where many fail. A pint
or less may be treated at time. Pour
boiling water on the seed, and cover
the vessel, and allow it to stand several
hours over night if 10 be planted in the
morning. BY that time portion of
the seed will be found to have swollen
to nearly double size, and become
lighter in color. These are to be care
fully separated and planted, as they
are the only ones that will grow. In
large quantities they may be separated
with sieve. which will allow the I'M
swollen SEEDS to pass through if the
meshes are of right size. The re-
mainder are then to be scalded again,
and another portion will swell; and so
on, several times, till all are made fit
TO plant. The best way is to plant
them in very rich soil, in thick row $
for one year, the seeds an inch or two
apart in the drills, and not more than
half an inch or an inch deep; and the
next spring set the plants out where
first set in rows eight feet apart. and
about twenty inches in the row. They
are to be ultimately thinned to eight
feet each way, and in the meaptime the
Trimmings will make good fence stakes,
which will assist in paying the expense.
The best trees may be thus left to grow
into posts, and will do well if not ex-
actly ut equal distances. The chief
care while the trees are young is to
give them a straight and clear shane
by cutting OFT any accidental side
shoots, but the thick growth the first
year will obyiate much of this labor.
In few years the ground may be
seeded to grass, of which Kentucy blue
grass will do best after it becomes es-
tablished. In setting the young plants
out the second year, the labor will be
facilitated by ploughing a furIow for
each row, passing two or three times
with the plough, to make it straight,
and give plenty of mellow earth.
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herself be required to work, she ought
to be able to see whether the work is
done IN a proper manner. A woman
is out az her element unless she is ac-
quainted TO certain extent with
sciences of bake-ology. bOil-ology
stitch-ology, make-ology. and mend
ology. There never was "a greater
blunder than TO substitute good looks
for good qualities. The reason why
so many men do not make homes for
themselves in these days is because
they can't afford it. The women are
too much averse to working and too
extravagent in their tastes. We want
more frugality, Industry, and system
if we could introduce these virtues
into our higher society, we should
diminish the envy, jealousy aud
suicides of the single, and the wretched-
ness, the pickering and the divorces of
the married.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

In all the medical dietary, bFoths
hold the pre-eminence as nOurishing
food Properly prepared, they NAV
be palatahie sad strengthening. and
are especially valuable in eases ~ cold
prostration and general debility.
Where febrile symptoms prevail, no
animal food should be given without
the advice of the attending physician.
In serving soup to an invalid bowl
will be foundpreferableto plate, as the
broad surface of the latter allows its
contents to become coolon their passage
form the kitehsa tot Tie 81 ;ksEgom. No
floating globHles OF gFeess ca the fGD
of the broth should be allowed TO offend
the fastiiioas sye and taste of the inya-
lid. As rule. il soup be permitted to
become perfectly cold, all fat eau be
readily skinned soff; but should this
fail to remove the more minute particles,
these can easily be absorbed BY laying
soft. tissue paper upon the surface of
the broth for . fey seconds. throwing
aside one sheet after snOfu=.s Rntil the
last one fails 10 show any trace Of
gTease.-G Good Housekeeping.
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meeting the opposition raised against the
last commission, that 1t was composed of
British officials entirely uniformed on the
subject with which they were appointed to
deal.
There has been an alarming increase OF
rabies throughout France The officials Of
the various towns aud provinces have or
dered that the severest measures be adopt
ed TO rid the country of stray dogs. The
police have been ordered 10 seize all dogs
found running in the streets and country
The latest information from Peru indi-
Gates that all revolutionary measures have
ceased in that country, and that Peru is
about 10 enter upon an era OF peace and
prosperity.
The London Times says that the scheme
to connect Marseilles with the Rhine by a
canal which was abandoned in 1881, has
been revived.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
Postal Savings-Banks for the United
States

In 1871 Fostmaster-Gene-al Crasw5ii
recommended the establishment OF postal
savings repositories in connection with
the United States poSt-oilices, and two
years later he discussed the subject YelY
fully IN his annual report. Several OF
his successors have renewed his recon-
mendatiOn with great earnestncss. Hon.
Thomas l.. James, after referring TO ard
highly approving % tlasn recommends
tons, said; at is my earncat conviction
that a system of this description, II
adopted, would nure, more than almost
any other measure of public importance.
to the benefit of the working people Of
the United States In 1873 Hon. HOr-
ace Maynard brought before Congress
bill to establish national savings depos-
tory, but no action was taken pfnoe
then a number of efforts have been made
to induce Congress to enact the neces-
sary legislation. The latest Of these ef-
forts was made in 1862. under the leader
ship Of Mr.. Lacey. whose report from
the Committee on Post-Oiiices and Post
Roads contains valuable information and
Sugeestions an the subject. The bill
which Mr.. Lacey introduced, and which
has recently been strongly Endorsed by
the State Charities Aid Association of
New York, and other advocates of postal
savings-banks. provided that none but
money-order offices should receive de-
posts; that no single deposit should be
less than ten cents or more than one
hundred dollars; that no one person
should deposis Rose tnan one handrVd
dollars within thirty days, OF have at any
time more than five hundred dollars to
his credit; and that interest at two per
cent should ha paid on all sums over
three dollars and multiplos OF one dol
lar, beginning the first of the month fol-
lowing the deposit, and stopping the last
of the month preceding the withdrawal.
-Protessor b. B. Hing. in Popular
Science Monthly.
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Learn Home Work.

Young women make a big hlunder
if they do not learn how to take cars
of home, 1t Is grievous social and
moral wrong when girls are brought
up helpless in household life. How
often we see mothers busily engaged
IN domestic duties like a slave, in
order tIat the girls may enjoy every
luxury and do nothing; indeed, maay
hardly let their daughters soil their
hsnds, No woman ought to marry
who cannot look Eell 70 the WAYS Of
her household. In eass she MAJ not
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
THE OLD WORLD.

Germany INDUCED in a jubilee on sun
day, Jan 3. over the fact that Emperor
William has reigned for - years. There
were sol mu Thanksgiving services during
the morning in the castle chapel, at which
al the members Of the roy al fa1iliy were
present The religious exercises were fOt
owed h1- a levee All the German princes
intended u personally hail the emperor on
the occasion, but hIs majesty declined such
an ovation The emperor informed the
urfuces that instead Of receiving them per
Souallv he would be pleased to receive au,
tugraph letters from each. He also declined
70 receive any presents or deputations.
TIE municipal governors all sent addresses
u tu.- a.uDaror. The advent of Lord VOL
Seiey. as tts rcr2 eSEntatsFS at Queen Vic
tori4 at the iJihiies at 81, caused con
siderable gratiI cation 20 ! he Tlsifse LIS Of
Berlin. Sery fcs.s FgeTe lI6sl n the Churrhes
in oommeROrafion of the ACCESSION OF Fin
uerur William 10 the Prussieu thrane. The
troepS-in att garrison towns after ths ser
vices TTaraded and festivals were held
throughout Prussia. The statue OF the EN-
uersF William in the Kaiser hall AZ Frank
Tort was oEYeiled with appropriate ceTe-
monies.
Premier Salisbury mas iirsets.t Minister
West ssAf'hsh N gton 10 dOall in bis power
10 hasten the conclusion Of the Lew ex-
trafiiytlgn treaty with tbe United States.
III Is reported that the queeh's speech VIII
announce the favorsble progress OF sue
negotiations toward tie colnpietf0r Ofthis
treaty. It's also said the speech - III
ss.-r5lnceS tae appointment OF a new
flsherla- commission, the appointment
having been mas after exhaustive con-
sultati0n with CanaGs, The appointees
having been chosen with spec.ei view 70
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

\ COLLECTION of 10000 North Amer
lean insects 2o.ga0 different species.
valued at S25,Uun. has been presented
t. the National Museum by DR. c. v.
Riley. entomologi~t Of the Department
1f Agriculture
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a CHIcaGo paper thinks that Gen.
ScoGrld' 5 demand for more troops on
1he frontier j. pregnant with the
suggestion that fewer troops with
spauIgt- on them arr needed at
Washington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

W. Henry PAEKEE. Philadelphia
Grammar school principal claims to
have coined the word Telegram in
1867. two years before it was used by
thc newspapers.
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THE difference o tween utilizing and
wasting long evenings VIII make the
difference between success and failure
for many young people.
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NOTES OF THE TIMES.

THE average value Of horses in Can
ada has in three years increased from
sos u $40.
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SENATOR HtEEI> Of Tennessee. Is re-
carded ~ the best parliamentarian IN
the Senate II the United States. He IS
q spare man ami If reserved manners
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SENATOR'S EvAETS. HOar and John
sherman are remotely related through
their descent from Roger sherman Of
CONNECTICUT.
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CuIctGo has slaughtered 10000 hogs
a day 80 far this season, and CiHciu-
matt. which few wears ago was the
great pork cauldron, has slaughtered
rnIy .l.pJ per day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

FotR widow Of Presidents Mr.
Polk. Mrs Tyler. Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Grant now draw an annual PEN
sion Of 5000 each.
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ANoNG the incidents Of life in a
great city. il s mentioned that no
fewer than -iNty-;wo persons are under
treatment hv one physician Pas
teur-in Paris. for hydrophobia. 1t
would seem T. BE- a good time for a dog
killiag bee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

Ir is said that President Robert
Garrett of tine Baltimore and Ohio
railroad works more hours per day
than any man on the great railroad
system lie controls.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07

Is Iowa the price Of broom corn has
doubled since last September and Is
now $50 ton.