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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Among recent achievements In
photography is portrait copy taken
bv the light of Cuban fire-bcetle in
thirty seconds, and photograph OF
the aurora borealis. To obtain the lat
tsr had been declared an utter imposi-
bility.
in England, a fashionable fabric
called Limitation Indian muslin has
been found to be- so highly charged with
arsenic as to render it dangerous to
health and life when used either Tor
dresses or other attire, or for curtains.
Several seamstresses have been made
very i'll by working upon it.
Milk is altered both in taste and
appearance by the character of the
food supplied to the cows. 1t is colored
BY madden and saffron, scented by
plants Of the onion tribe. and changed
ia taste by such articles as turnips.
Certain food may give it medicinal
properties. and milk thus medicated is
proposed as a method of treating dis.
ease.
As illustrating the part that labor
plays in enhancing the value of raw
materials. it is estimated that from
seventy-fve cents worth of iron ore
may rs developed s 80 worth of bar
iron, $40 worth of horse shoes, SlSt
worth of table knives, s., 500 worth OF
fine needles. SO, 40 worth of shirt but
tons. 5000. 900 worth Of watch springs,
or 81. 500, 900 worth Of pallet arbors
fused in watches.)
1t Will probably surprise most peO-
pie to learn that both cessation Of re-
SEPARATION and of movement of the heart
are rejected rs signs Of death by q
French lecturer. in considering the pre-
else moment when life ceases. Heart
beats have been known TO continue for
an hour after the body was beheaded,
while. on the other hand, they may
temporarily cease in fainting.
A new alloy discovered by Herr
Keith. of Brockeuheim. can be used
very advantageously in the laboratory
to replace vessels or fittings Of ehonite,
vulcanite or porcelain. a it practically
resists the attack of almost all acids
and alkaline solutions. This alloy is
a bronze. With the addition Of lead and
and antimonv. its composition being
as follows: Fifteen parts copper, 2.S4
parts tin, l.S2 parts lead, and l part
anthony.
Any odd pieces OF silver may be
utilized, if for plating metallic arti-
Giles. by placing them in an ounce OF
nitric acid. boiling tn EN- for an instant
The acid having dissolved the silver.
throw in a good handful Of common
salt to kill the acid. then make into
paste with common whiting. The paste
is tc be applied with wash leather
dampened in water. The silver sur.
face will be maintained for years.
Atlericn,l SfIfi0ner
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
RIVERS AND VALLEYS.
How Trees Form a Natural Reservoir for
Rain Waters.

How Trees Form Natural Reservoir Tor
Rain Waters.
The valleys of most rivers are
forest-clad. While these forests have
the gigantic growth characteristic of
fertile districts in the tropics and the
temperate zones, or take the shape
of stunted woods, such as extend far
toward the poles, they in all cases
form beneath their branches, and
above the soil, thick. spongy coat
ing, which forms a natural reservoir
for the rain waters. In most regions,
this forest-spOnge has a depth of more
than foot; it not infrequeutly attains
a thic' ness of two feet or more. 1t
can commonly take into its interstices
a rainfall of three or four inches in
depth. or from one-sixth to One-tenth
the ordinary annual supply. This
water is slowly yielded TO the brooks;
it often requires weeks for a single
torrential rain entirely to escape into
tn. open channels which bear 1t to the
sea. Moreover, the fallen trunks and
branches of the trees clog the forest
shaded rivulets. making little pools,
which serve still further to restrain
the outgoing of the waters. Our
beavers, at one time the most widely
distributed of our larger animals, at
first making avail of these natural
ponds formed by fallen timber, learned
in time to construct more artful dams
so as TO retain extensive basins of
water. Thus. in the natural condition
of the North American rivers, as well
as those Of most other countries before
man began to clear away the forests,
the woods constituted a great system
of reservoirs, in which the rains were
retained into the period of intervening
droughts. -Scribnor'S Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
LATER,

The yellow fever reports from Jackson
Vi lie, Fla. for the 18th show 143 new
cases and 4 ldeaths Total cases =, 1874;
total deaths 22L Frost was reported in
many RS of Alabama on the night of the
2ith. which gives rise to hopeful feeling
all through the affected district
As construction train of the Illinois
Central railroad was backing on a siding to
allow a fire ght train of the Chicago, st
Paul and Kansas City road TO pass, at
MenomOnee Station Iowa. the freight
train ran into the construction train. Both
engines were wrecked, the engineer and
fireman saved their lives by jumping.
Seventeen men on the construction train
were injured and one Daniel Haneberry
was ground TO pulp
CANTON. Oak. was visited by severe
fire on the morning of the 26th The fire
started in the Syndicate flock ard was not
controlled until IL places of business had
been destroyed The loss is placed at
500, 600
The Secretary of War has issued orders
that officers absent from their stations in
the yellow fever district may delay their
return until further orders
WILLIAM LISDLow while walking with
Mrs Clapp. near Black RIVER Fails. Wis,
on the evening of the - b. was shot three
times by a person concealed in thicket
near the road The ass ssin fired one shot
al Mrs Clapp which took effect, Lut moi
seriously
A WOMAN named Sarah Stewart was found
ON the night of the Gath. in a well on a
farm near Aberdeen, Oak The woman
came from wahpeton six weeks ago and
gave birth to a child a week since
A MONUMENT to the confederate dad was
unveiled at stanton. Va, on the 25th, in
presence Of 5000 persons
FIFTY athletes which have been picked
from the =. 900 clubs in Ireland, arrived at
New York on the 25,h. Trey will make
tour of the United States giving exhibit
tons
THE supreme chancellor of the Knights
Of Pyth as has issued an appeal for the
relief Of the brethren at Jacksonville,
Fla
YELLOW FEVER IS raging much harder in
Cuba than in TIE United States At FL Pals
- deaths occurred in one day. and out Of
a full company OF soldiers all but have
been swept away since the start Of the
scourge.
As Forepaugh's show was unloading Al
Dubois. Pa. John Peggy an elephant train
er was attacked by the elephant Tip and
killed The beast had been sngered by
,,ersons feeding it apples containing to
baeeo and pepper
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
WEST AND SOuTH.

II quarrel over the rent of house on
the 2oth between two farmers living near
Muucie Ird. jackson Hunter shot at Mr.
Fleming, missing him. but killing his son
FRoN thirteen Western States. repre-
seutlug scvcnty-scven per cent Of the
crop. estimates on the Goth indicated a
total production If 3.0l5. O0o 600 bushels Of
corn this season. or .59 Ooo.010 bushels
more than the fSss crop.
SEVERAL cases Of yellow fever developed
on the 20th al Decatur, Ala. causing great
excitement Stores were being closed,
and the people were fleeing from the town.
Three cases were officially reported at
jackson. Miss.
OK the 3oth the Society OF the Army OF
the Cumberland In session at Chicago
elected General ". :. Rosccraus president
and adjourned 20 meet in Chattanooga,
Tenn. next year.
THE total salmon PACK IN Alaska the
mast season was seven thousand cases
The winter was setting in at Sii -er Bow
basin. and mining operations had been
suspended. \ free gold deposit fifteen
feet in width. had been developed at
Berner bay.
THE following were on the 3oth named
for Cougressmeu: Michigan, Fourth dis
trict. 6. L. Yaples DEM Wisconsin.
sixth district G b Clark Rep. Illinois,
Third district. c &. Davis Pro- Mis-
souri,, Eighth district, F. g. Gsdringhaus
tRep1: Fourteenth. Moses Whybark
(Rep.l. Nebraska, First district, W J.
ConHeu tRcnl.
DR. EDWARD G. DYER, Of Burlington,
Wis. father Of ex-Uuited states District
Judge Charles f Dyer. departed this life
un the 2lst AZ the age OF eighty-twO years.
he was prominent in the early political
history OF the Territory and state Of Wis
cousin. and was member Of the State
Legislature in lS55-5S
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
How Wood-PuIp Is Produced.


The process of producing wood-pulp
is simple and interesting. Logs, chiefly
Of poplar and fir, about six feet IN
length and from twelve to fifteen
inches in diameter. are hoated from a
reservoir above the mill to a self-feed-
ing endless chain. which catches up
and carries them TO an upper floor,
where they are received by a gang OF
hands, subjected to a circular saw and
cut into lengths of eighteen inches.
Another gang then places them In a
barkinA machine, which cleans the
bark off thoroughly. They are then
split into pieces about the size OF large
stove wood and then passed down to
a lower floor. placed in boxes connect
ed with hollow cylinders revolving
with wonderful velocity, and by me-
chanical process, not visible to the
eye, ground into impalpable wood-four
or dust. This falls into tanks of water
beneath the cylinders. when it Is
pumped back to the upper floor and
into shallow watts, where, after being
strained and manipulated through a
series of rollers. it passes out and is
delivered in large sheets upon broad
incline shelf, where an operator stands
ready to receive it. The sheets are
about one-eighth.of an inch thick, and
about as long ald wide as large-sized
daily paper opened wide. This ma e.
rial. called pulp. Is quite tough and OF
"a creamy color. The operator on re-
ceiving a sheet folds it up a number OF
times. These folds are then piled into
bales and corded tightly and are then
ready for shipment. LITTER to Wash
inqtOn Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
FPnM WASHINGTON.

Is session at Washington on the Goth,
the Amer. can Surgical Association elected
DR. ID W Cheever, Of Boston, as presi-
dent
Ok the 2Ist the President appointed
Walter G Newberry postmaster of Chi
cago, vice s. Corning Judd, removed
THERE We're 22S business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 2lst, against 2l1 the previous seven
days.
OFFICIAL information was received by
the President on the 2lst Of the refusal of
the Chinese Government to ratify the
amended treaty.
TIE exchange at twenty six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 22d aggregated
Sl-ll3 90. 80. against S9SS. $50 J93, the pre-
vious week. A. compared with the CORE
spending week Of 1857 the increase amount
Ell to l2.4 per cent
IL the United States the visible supply
Of wheat and corn on the cath was, re
spcCtiycly. 3l,OII,I55 and 9, 800, 600 bushels,
corn having increased ,357, 555 bushels
since last report, while wheat decreased
361, 046 bushels.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
leach Your BOYS a Trade.

Teach your boys & trade. This is
old advice. bu. it IS good. Put the
boys 70 work Make them Independent
Of your support. A trade IS capital
laid up against future emergencies.
Ninety per cent. Of the convicts in tho
prisons are without trades Nanua
training IS an education thu brair
shares with the acquired desderity o
the hand. Learning trade broadeni
the mental horizon. Il gives a wider
scope to original power. ~ nlskei
possible the accomplishment Of pracii.
cal ideas. Teach boy how TO guide
tool. ard he viii know how TO guide
his mind. By all means teach your
hos a tr.ade.-!StOUes md HQrdlrure.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,


By the upsetting of boat on the 18th
lear St Anne, Can, five Canadians were
drowned.
DURING fire on the 18th in the store of
w. H. Desperos at Montreal, his mother
aud brother were burned TO death
On the Goth Smith, Fischel a. Co. cigar
dealers in Montreal, failed for 100000.
NEWS from Madrid, Spain, was to the
effect that terrible Hoods were prevailing
in the province of Almeria. Hundreds of
lives had been lost and great number of
persons financially ruined.
JOHN JAMESON q Co. and Brocdie jamie
son. oil merchants, of Montreal, Can,
assigned on the 2lst, with liabilities of
$40 600
A HURRICANE is reported to have passed
over the Bahama Islands September and
3, destroying a score of houses at Ragged
Island and wrecking all the shipping.
IL the province of Almeria, Spain, floods
had on the I'D destroyed many villages
and hundreds of lives.
ZANZIBAR adv ces of the 23d say that a
conflict arose between German residents
and coast tribes at Bagomoyo, in which $50
natives were killed.
CALVIN DU BISsoN's house, at Cata-
mount y. B., was burned on the 22l, and
his three children persisted in the flames
OK the 23d II. A. Field, hardware mer-
chant; II. b. Wright, a fruit merchant;
Henry Bagg, a book keeper, and Herbert
and Fred Shepherd, sons of Herman Shep-
herd, a merchant, were drowned by the
sinking of a sailing yacht near Brockville,
Ont.
THE death of ex- Marshal Bazdine oc-
CURED in Madrid, SPAN, on the 23d Of
heart disease. He was seventy-seven
years Of age.
IL the Lancashire (Eng.) mills one mill
ion spindles began running on short time
on the oath, the object being to defeat the
American cotton ring.
II the Sultan's palace at COnstantinople
a eunuch was hanged on the oath for kill
ing one Of his comrades.
The ship Macedon, with .. 80 tons Of
sugar on board, arrived at Montreal on the
oath, being manned by full crew of Jap
anese, twenty-five in number. Her voyage
from the PHILIPPINE Islands occupied 1S4
days
on the 9th Joseph Barberie, George
EdW ard and Laurance McHugh were
drowned near St John, n. b., by the up
setting IF a boat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
TEEMER'S Def.

Zhe Noted Oarsman Challenges the
World to Produce n Better Than He.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, September A-John
Teemer has issued challenge to any man
in the world to row three or fve-mile
race for the championship of America and
the Police Gazette Gun. emblemat of the
same. which he now holds. The race is to
be rowed on any water in the United
States from Maine to California New Or
leans to theC northern border line,
within three weeks from signing articles.
The def remains open until January l.
Five hundred dollars has been posted with
the l. ader, and no attention will be given
any talk until this amount is covered.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
EIETIETH CnNGREsS


WEDNESDAY. Sep 49, In the Senate
Senator Edmunds offered d resolution,
which was passed. approprlating 500. 600
Tor the relief OF the suffering caused by
yellow Fever in the South Bills were
passed appropriating $4,000 for a post
ONCE building in St Paul MINI; 10 forfeit
lands granted TO the State Of Michigan 10
and in the construction Of a railroad from
Marquette 20 OntOnaCOn. and the Senate
PHI appropriating So O01 for public build
ing at Kalamazoo, Mich. TAG House spent
the entire session IN discussing the library
building appropriation in the Sundry Civil
bill A vote, which was finally taken,
showed the lack Of a quorum.
THURSDAY. Sept 20-In the senate the
Agricultural Department. dill was dis
cussed and the resolution 70 retain for a
time the Chinese Exclusion bill was
tabled. In the House the delay in sending
r. the President the Chinese bill caused
long discussion. A bill was reported 10
suspend the operation Of the timber land
laws.
FRIDAY. Sept 2l.-Tthe bill to create
Department Of Agriculture was passed
IA the Senate. The conference report
on the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill was presented and agreed to Ad-
IOurned TO the 24th In the House the
feature OF the proceedings was the passage
Of the measure 20 suspend the operation Of
the Pre- -emptiOH. Timber Culture and Des-
ert Lani laws. At the evening session
thirtN-tWo private pension bills were
PASSED, and the House adjourned to the
34th
MoNDAT. Sept "a. In the Senate a
bill was passed allowing any person who
has abandoned or relinQpished a home
stead entry before the expiration of the
requisite six months to make another en-
try not exceeding a quarter section of
land Bills We're Introduced to prohibit
the immigration Of Chinese laborers, and
Offering a reward Of $4,000 to any one
who shall discover the cause. remedy and
treatment Of yellow fever. The Deficiency
Appropriation bill was passed In the
House bills were introduced 10 establish a
camp Tor yellow fever refugees; TO pre-
vent aliens from being employed on public
works, and TO increase the pensions of
those who have lost a limb
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
A Sad Affair.

PITTsBURe n Pa, Sept 24.-Martin
Grouse, accompanied by his wife, and car
rying his infant son in his arms, was walk
ing on the track of the Pennsylvania rail
road near Ben Venue station. Before it
was observed an accommodation train
backed down upon them. Grouse pushed
his wife to one side and just before he was
struck and ground to shapeless pulp by
the locomotive tossed his child into ditch
at the side of the track, where it was
found uninjured. The grief of the wife
WAS terrible 70 Vvitnnss
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

JAY GoULD. it Is said, pays $4,000
IA year 10 his attending physician. DIR.
William Mum. and thus commands his
,1tirc time The contract i for
tvcIty years. or until Mr.. Gould 5
death DR. Mum has devoted his
tire since his engagement, which be-
gan year ago. to careful study Of
The human nerves and their diseases.
and IL may be assumed that Gould
nerves viii be- kept steady if the most
enlightened treatment can accomplish
I'M -....trlt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

The statue of William II. seward.
Just finished by Walter 6. Robinson. of
Auburn. y y. i described rs repre-
scuting Mr.. Seward + standing in the
act of delivering the higher-law senti-
mcnt. his right foot extended. his right
hand elevated. the forctinger pointing
mp the face uplifted and glowing with
the thought. and the form thrilled and
animated By the eloquent utterance.
The statue viii stand ON pedestal
niae feet high. the four sides of which
viii bear suitable Inscriptions. and will
bc Just onc-haif larger than life size.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

A dozen cities in the State voted the
other day whether TO Ak the saloon.license
Zee at $500 or retain it at 500. There was
a small vote, the saloon keepers being the
most active. The Prohibitionists either
remained away from the polls or voted for
low license High license was carried in
DOdgev.lle Marinette, Depere, White.
water, West Depere and Fort Atkinson,
and lew license prevailed in Oshkosh,
Waupaca, Baraboo, Ripon, West Superior,
Hudson, GAINESVILLE and Mansion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

Is order 20 fImigate the mails which
cave Jacksonville. Fla. they are
emptied loose into "a large box which
has wiro bottom and birthstone or
other disinfectants are burned under
jhc box from eight 10 twelve hours. All
che smoke from the burning matter has
10 pass through the mails.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

Two ,.Ew things were very noticea-
bic "a Saratoga Springs this season.
The first was that the ladies discarded
gloves. They did not wear them while
walking. driving, dancing or appar-
-ntly at any time whatever The sec
OEd was the absence of wine in the
jining-rooms of the big hotels. On
one dag. when there was not bottle
In sight. tine diners included twenty
one mIIliOuaireS-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

REPORTS made ut the recent Inter-
national Conference Of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Stock
holm show that there are now 3. lO4
branches of the organization, a gain of
nearly 1000 since the last conference
The associations property in this
country has increased from about
100000 in 1854 to nearly $1,000 900
-. 80
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

The richest mine in Australia. if not
IN the world, is the Mount Morgan Of
Queensland One Of the Rothschilds
once offered E19.W0,0 600 for IT, and the
offer was refused. Its value i vari-
ously estimated at from 500. O00. 900 to
$500. OO0. 900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

1T may not be generally known that
Mr. SimmOnds. who was recently killed
in a balloon accident in England. was
the man whom Blondin carried on his
back, when he crossed the Falls Of
Niagara on a tight rope.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

The annual report of the Green Bay, Wi
nona q st Paul Railroad Company, filed
with the Railroad Commissioner the other
lay, shows the following figures: Total
income, 1854, ~; operating expenses, S295,-
i51; total bonded debt and uufunded debt
excess of quick assets, IS, 1T3, T79; deficit
ioryear, S9l ABB Earnings Of the passenger
department., Sll3, S33; earnings of the
freight department, S236373. Miles of road
Nneratad OlQ
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27
FIVE MEN DROWNED.
Only One Saved from a Yachting Party
Of Rockville (Ont.l Residents.

Only One Saved from Yachting Party
IF Rockville (Ont.) Residents.
ROCKVILLE, Ont, Sept. pa terrible
drowning accident happened Sunday morn
ing fiye miles west of here. H. A. Field, a
hardware merchant; H. b. Wright, a
Fruit merchant; Henry Bagg, a book
keeper, and Herbert and Fred Shep
herd, sons of Herman Shepherd, a
merchant, were drowned by the sinking Of
sailing yacht in mid-channel A gale
was blowing at the time and the yacht
shipped considerable water, and being
heavily ballasted she sunk. Frank Turner,
a druggist, was the only one of the party
saved He was picked up by yawlboat
from passing vessel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

THE age ut which most suicides take
place in this country Is thirty-five. 1t
would seem that in early middle life
the disappointed hopes are most keen
and the effect of an ill-spent youth
most disastrous. At thirty-fiye many
Americans feel the wearisOmeness Of
old age
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

An Albany N. " paper tells this
story az Union veteran who fought AT
Gettysburg. Before entering the action
he took his canteen from ais shoulder
and hid il in a crevicc in the rock.
Then came that fiery hail Of shot and
she'll that SVEN. down regiments like
fields Sc wheat before the reaper. At
the close Of the battle the soldier for
cot al about his canteen. nor did it ever
occur to him again until he visited the
field NJ the late reunion Then It
flashed tu.ough his mind. and after a
few minutes search he found It where
he had left j: on the momentoas day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-09-27

The oldest wOman's club in the
United States Is the Woman's PhysiO-
logical Institute of Boston. Forty-one
years ago il was organized with the
purpose Of promoting the more per-
feet health Of women. There is one
surviving charter member, a Mrs.
Hobbs and She is eighty years old.