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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-31
NOTES FOR NATURALiSTS.

The Hessian fly is half way round thu
world, having lately been reported from
New Zealand
THE asparagus beetle is reported as
gradually spreading southwark l. has
lately been found in several parts of Vir-
ginia.
BEES emit giutinous fluid from their
feet TO enable them to adhere To smooth
surface. This Is what causes the combs tc
become dark if allowed to remain on the
hive long after being sealed.
THE thistle al the antipodes seems to at
tain a most vigorous growth It's root
pC-etrates TO a depth OF from twelve TO
twenty feet, and this root, oven when cut
into small pieces, retains vitality, each
piece producing new plant.
A NEBRASKA man has settled the ques-
ton Of how prairie dogs obtain the water
they drink. He SAYS they dig their own
wells, each village having one WIKI con-
ccalcd opening lie knows OF one such
well 20 feet deep, having a circular stair
case leading down to the water.
THE humps Of the camel are mere Jumps
OF fat, and not provided for IN the frame
work Of the skeleton. When the animal IS
in good condition the humps are full and
plump. On long journey where food IS
scarce the humps are absorbed, and at the
journeys end the skin covering the humps
hangs over an empty bag on the animals
TANKS
IT must be accepted as a scientific verify
that the power to fascinatc so universally
granted TO the snake does not exist, but
rather, IN accordance with the Heaven pro
nounccd curse on the snake, animated nat
ure, in its highest and most sensitive forms,
entertans such strong feelings of fear and
repulsiOn towards this animal as Ia suffer
temporary paralysis when meeting it.
VANILLA is a join:ed vine with thick
leshy leaf, and flowers that req&ire artI-
fetal fertilization. The fruit is n bean pod
which, properly prepared, is the marketa-
bic commodity. It's native habitat is Cen
trial America, but 1t has been naturalized in
the islands Of Bourbon Mauritius, and in
Java, and is now being introduced into FIJI
with success. II is also largely grown IN
Southern India and IN Burmah, where IT
forms profitable crop
The jumping mouse in leaping takes a
course IN zig-zags, clearing two or three
yards atatime. springing with It's hind feet,
but landing on It's forefeet at each bound
Audubon says that il is certainly tho most
agile OF animals in the entire worlds fauna
Farmers sometimes pillow il up in their
wheatfcds, when il makes or in magnifi-
cent leaps 1t feeds on grain and various
kinds Of seed, but rarely does much dam
age. Strictly nocturnal in its habits, itmay
be found haunting either the woods or the
open cultivated fields.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-31
FRED GRANTS WIFE.
Her Ideas Of Women as shown in Her
Daughters Training.

Tier Ideas OF women as shown IN her
Daughters Training.
Mrs. Colonel Fred Grant has her
Z own ideas about The education Of girls,
and mental development Is not one Of
them She believes in tho old-time
giddy girl and womanly woman, and
/ is intolerant Of any measure. training
or discipline that tends 10 strOngmind-
I edness. Avcrse to female colleges and
women clubs, she contends that the
woman suffrage movement has done
more harm by promoting divorces and
bachelOrhOod than its success can ever
benefit the sex. Mrs.. Grant not only
dislikes publicspirited women, but
positively refuses TO meet them Like
James G.. Blaine, she considers a fe-
male politician horror, and during
/ her residence in the White House new
er voluntarily received one Of that
class Mrs. General Grant, antipathy
was almost as great, and the two fire.
/ quently locked themselves up in a room
I to escape the General when he was so
unfortunate as to be captured and COM
I PEELED to show the bra.ny committee
over the house.
Her little daughter Julia, a child
now in her teens. is being trained at
home by an English governess Of
hearty, talent and great refinement.
who has positive direction to develop
the soft. gentle. lovely qualities Of the
pupil. and in no way touch upon the
vigorous qualities. The programme
Of study provides for music, reading OF
poetry, travel, fiction and art; writ
ing graceful compositions in
lady-like manner. spelling. geography.
history as applied 70 music. dra ma,
poetry and customs Of the great nations
o. the earth, ethics and the philosophy
OF domestic happiness She is 70 have
Jnly the rudiments Of mathematics
at her command, but no problems that
involve analysis. and nothing logical,
rhetorical or argumentative IS TO be
considered. In brief, Miss Julia
Honore Grart's training IS to develop
sweet, gentle, lovely and loyable
nature. Jlst what sort CT scholar
ship Ulysses 5. Grant is to receive re-
mains entirely with his father, but
Judging from the way their educations
have started, each child will be wholly
unlike the other in taste and attain
ment Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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LATER.

J. d. MCDONALD, proprietor of the Bay
View Hotel of West Superior, Wis. made
two unsuccessful attempts to burn his
property On the 10Th
The house of Ole Larson. three and half
miles from Kasson. Mimi, W, burned on
the night OF the 2S h. On the och the
charred remains of Larson were found IN
the cellar
ArT Clare, Wis, on the 30 b, twenty
tramps a.1er begg ng and thieving tour
of the city took possess on OF the WI cOnsin
Central section house, and proceeded to
divide their under The police raided
them and several shots were fired and sew
eral were wounded
JOSEPH A Moore. the -million-Gol-
emtezzIer of indianapolis, Ind, quietly
slipped away To Canada, on the night OF
the 2Sth
Col W L TRESHoL1t c mptroler of the
currency, on the - h, placed his resigna-
ton in the hAnds OF the President
JAMES NJ. WILLIAMS of A'b.on. Neb., was
shot and killed bv Benz rmln Skillman on
the night of the 29th The ;ct was done to
averge wrong done TO the sister of Skill
man.
o. the :s9th at Duluth the workmen were
busy tearing down the walls of the burned
Opera House. The front wall instead of
falling inwarI fell to the east and cozl-
= etely demol S ed stationery store Mr.
Chamberlain the proprietor was inside of
the b.iiGlng at the time and was instantly
killed
TnE postmaster general on the 29sh
ordered that at any letter carrier pos OFF,
where postage is no, fully prepaid on mail
matter addressed 10 a street number the
..-s.. U. IA Il
aud pc >tage co lecte l.
WN O'EEIEN W IS arrested az Manchester,
England On the 29th as lie VS. al -ressing
a NEE ing
Jon 81. CLAYTON. brother of Powell
Clayton, con esting Congressman BrecSen-
ridges at was as fascinated at P.ummer-
Vi r. ARK, on The 29.h
The ministers OF Sioux q Y. To-, on the
29th formed a sunday league for enforce
ment az laws sg inst sabbath bre king
Pa ticuiar effort viii be made to stop base
ball = mes ana other amusements
Tbs City Couuc Of WAteriown. Oak, on
the 29th closed eontracs with an eastern
EN- grafton association O land 5000 IN e.
grants in Watertown before oc@ Is, 1859
EDWARD SrANHoHE. the English Secretary
OF state for var in addressing a meeting
on the night OF tie 2SGh, said that a ihua-
der-e'oad W 5 hang.ng oy 7 Europe that
would soon burst. bringing the fsrcest AMI
most hOrrihle war ever known.s
CHAIRMAN COaley and Commissioner Nor
rison of the interstate comm ssiOn nrriye B
in st Paul on tie sofa to investigate the
railroads
TIE Burlington 4 Northern rsflw8y on
the 29sh refused to sign the agreement
amouu WzSfaru RAILWAYS unfass the Du4uff
and the 500 railways come in
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1.-THE FLAG AGAIN FIRED ON.

German Man-of-War in the Mozam-
bique Channel POurs Shot Into an
American Vesse1-Germany's Action in
Samoa Causes Distrust in London.
PARIS, Jan. 26--Le Temps publishes a
dispatch from Y inzibar stating that an
American sailing vessel from Zanzibar
for Madagascar ports has been fired into
and disabled by German war-ship.
LONDON, Jan. 26-Lord Salisbury had a
Iong interview with Count Won Hatzfeldt,
the German Ambassador, Friday The
Premier was indisposed TO accept the
views entertained by Germany regarding
the Samoa and Zanzibar difficulties, which
be said were Undue ng distrust on all
sides. The Admiralty is preserving a
mysterious silence with regard to the ma
val achievements in Samoan and Zanzi-
bar waters
1t is stated at the Foreign Office that the
United States Government is thoroughly
in earnest in the stand il has taken in
Samoa American naval officers in Samoa,
it is said, expressed complete confidence
in the ability to hold their own against
any thing they may have to contend with
LONDON. Jan. 26-The Standard Ber-
lin correspondent SAYS that Secretary Bay
ards implied attack upon the policy Of
Germany in Samoa has created "a great
deal of irritation in official circles, though
it is diplomat cally suppressed Mean
while many persons tn nix that England
and Germany should appoint a joint pro
tectorate over Samoa and that America
should not or would not object.
BERLIN, Jan. 20 The National Zeitung
referring to the action of the Senate Com
mittee at Washington on the Samoan
affair, says that the measures for the pro
lection of the autonomy of the Samoan
Islands are superfiuous because it is not
threatened by any one. The sole interest
of America, the paper says, consists in
not allowing the good relation with Ger
many t. be jeopardized by a few intrigu-
ing adventures.
The Vossische Zeltuag, criticising the
argument in the Cologne Gazette, holds
that it would be mistake TO attach no i'm
portance to the measures taken by Presi-
dent Cleveland merely because he is to be
shortly succeeded by Mr. Harrison. 1t
points out that the authority for dealing
with foreign affairs rests with the Com
mittee of the Senate, and warns the sem
official press that it would be unwise TO
try to appease the German public with
'fallacious illusions"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-Mr. Morrow
(Cal), who is the CHI airman of the sub
committee of the House Committee on For
eign Affairs, intends TO call the sub com
mittee together and get to work at the
earliest opportunity He says that his
views on Samoan affairs are positive
and have been made known through
the resolution introduced by him
in the House last session. The status quo
at the time the representatives. of the
United States, Germany and Englaul
met, he says, must be restored, and this
would necessitate the replace ment Of
X ng Malietoa in the position from
which he was so unjustly removed by the
German agents and sent to the Marshall
Islands
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FROM WASHINGTON.

IT was sa d on the I'D that the cotton
crop of this year would be the largest
ever known, approximating seven and
One-half million bales.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 231 ap-
proved bills pensioning at the rate of
thirty dollars a month the widows OF Dr.
Payy and Sergeants Cross and Gardner,
who diei while serving under General
Greeley in the Arctic regions
CONSREssMAS JAMES Y. BURNEs OF Mis-
souri,. was stricken down with para'ys in
the House on the I'D. and was removed 10
his hotel, where he died in a few hours
IL session on the Path at Washington
the WOman's Suffrage A ssociatiou elected
the following officers for 1889: President
Elizabeth Cldy Stanton; Vice President
at Large, Susan b. Anthony; Secretary,
Rachael F. Avery; Treasurer, Mrs. Jane
H. Spofford.
DURING the seven days ending on the
25th there were 33l business failures in
the United States against :ijS the previous
seven days. The total failures in the
United States from January to date was
], l:s5 against !. 173 in 1855
ATtwenty-six leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the Goth aggreg Ited
Si,O!9 6}2. pa, against 81, 124 l3l 80 the pre-
vlOus week. As cnmparei with the cor
re spOnding week Of 1855 the increas c
amounted TO III
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WEST AND SOUTH.

AT Riley, Kan, Samuel Hatton shot and
killed Mrs W IL EeLe and her little
daughter on the 22d bccause the woman
rejected his attentions.
THREE boys, Samuel Spyker. Willie
Crider aud John Fazier. aged eight, five
and SIX years, respectively. were arrested
on the 23t for Systematically robbing the
shoe store Of Hoover Bros, at Lima, O.
They turned over a large quantity Of
stolen goods.
UNITED STATES SENATORS were re
elected on the 22d IS follows: III nois
Shelby NJ Cu,lom (Repl; Kansas, Pres
ton Il. Plumb lRcpl; Oregon. Joseph y.
Dolph tRep1; Tex1s. Rjch ri Coke
DEM; North Carolina, Matt W. Ransom
Dem
FLAMES on the > at Mckinney. Tex. de-
stroyed an ent re block of bus ness houses
and shops.
1t was stated on the 2Sd that the Pull
man Palace Car Company ha3 gained con
trol % ali the palace car lines IN the coun-
try eNccut the Wagner
tbs Republicans in the Minnesota Leg
isiature elected W ID Wa-hbura United
States Senator on the y O.
Tbs J. J Burus COMPANY. railway con-
tractors. at Battle Greek. Mich. assigned
a. \ \ HUI bcrt The liabilities were
estimated at s5puab
KArHARJNE KAvANAUGI died at Madison,
Ind. on the 25d. aged one hundred aud
seven years. Her sbauj died eleven
years ago aged ninety-niuc wears.
THE Nashville Term Iron, Stee. &
Charcoal Company failed on the pa for
SlsU.HNt
EAHLY On the morning Of the sd Mrs.
Lou White. Of Bryants Creek. Ind. a
married woman. was dragged from her
bed by White Caps and brltally whipped.
some idle gosSi p about her character be
fore marriage was gwen rs the cause.
OK the 81 Lafayette Frederick, ~
Louis travelling man, murdered his wife
AMI then killed himself at Quincy, Ill
Jealousy was ne cause
tbs Tennessee Legislature on the sd
elected Isham G. Harris DEM United
States Senator for the third consecutive
term
On all Indian reservations in Wisconsin
and Minnesota logging operations were
stopped On the sd as the result OF an
order BY Indian Commissioners ooeriy TO
AGENT Gregory.
c NJ NoRWooD iled q petition in the
General Assembly Of Arkansas on the 81
preliminary 10 ccntestiag the election o.!
James p Eagle as Governor Norwood,
Z the Labor candidate, charges fraud. and
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Deputies before coming 10 decision.
He has consulted with NM. Ferry, Wal
deck, Rousseau, Tirard, Roynat and
others. Toe Ministers separated after de-
Gliding upon police measures to preserve
order
The Boulang organization was mar
vicious. For the first mo in the history
of Paris carriages were EN- 'loyed - con-
vey voters to the polls. Boulanger's car
riages were the first in the field and his
canvassers were provided with the
names and addresses Of the Pan
anna shareholders aud other classes
of electors Members Of the Patri-
C,ic League did spirited and gratuitous
work a, canvassers. Voters were eau
toned TO add General" to Boulanger's
name as civilian named BJulanger had
posted placards over night as a candidate
Louise Michel worked hard in behalf OF
the General and was largely instrumental
in securing the victory The Jacques
organization was far inferior to that Of the
Boulangists.
1t is computed that 100 600 Conservatives
and as many more Radicals and Socialists
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FASHIONABLE LIFE.
Prfvations to which Every society But
terfiy Is Subjected.


terfiy Is Subjected.
Fashionable people would never he
objects of envy to undistinguishcd out
siders if the hardships and privatiOns
OF fashionable life we're better under
stood To receive" five hundred
guests. nine-tenths of whom are sOtal-
ly ind lfferent to her, must be more
wearIsome work to a fine lady than
logging to a Maine lumberman. How
glad she must be when the show is
over. and she can put of her reception
manner, her make up. her lip-deep
smile and artificial courtesy. and be-
come real again. She feels. no doubt,
on such occasions, that the game is
hardly worth the gas.
Sensible men and women, with mo
nonsense about them, are never more
out Of their element than when thrown
BY circumstances into fashionable
society. They generally retire from
it at the first convenient opportunity,
with feeling Of pity and cOmmiser-
alton for the human hOllow-ware Of
which it is principally composed.
And, really, the devotees Of fashion
pay an immense price for their whis-
tic. There is no such thing as solid
comfort or hearty enjoyment in the
Vanity Fair whore they play their
trumpery parts.
Grand parties are the dreariest Of
all dreary pageants. When a boy, we
thought Quaker meetings rather dull
affairs; but silence is infinitely better
than fashionable small talk. and unOb-
trusive drab than a glare Of spleDdOr
that fatigues the eye and disgusts the
intellect.
The artificial Somebodies OF the
world OF fashion Of course look down
upon the natural Nobodies who are
vulgar enough 20 enjoy life in a home
". transformations way, caring not a
fig for show aud ceremony; but the
NObodies have the best Of it. after all
N. I. Ledger
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Their Necks Saved by whisky.

Torger and Martin Maerk (brothersl
killed Christian Nelson, their Heigh Dor, at
Fairchild last autumn, Torger stabbing
Nelson in the groin with hunting knife,
Martin being accessory. All were drunk.
After Nelson had been st ibbed the broth
srs carried him into his own home, set
him IN a kneeling position against the
wall and told him to pray. The other night
a jury found Torger Maerk guilty of man.
slaughter in the third degree and his
brother in the fourth, it appearing that
they were too drunk at the time of the
homicide TO have premeditated murder
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WHES last years cherries were ripe
the five-year-old son of II. b. Rooms, a
grocer in Akron, %, poked a cherry
stone into his ear. or course his
parents were not informed Of what he
had done. and nothing came Of it IN
oil few days ago, when the boy be
gan to suffer horrible pairs in his ear.
The stone had begun TO swell and
terminate, and a tiny sprout was al
ready sticking out Ii that boy
could only have endured the pain.
think what valuable freak he
might have been for a dime mu-
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points, and cavalr were ordered to patrol
the streets and dispense all gatherings.
Municipal guards lined the bOulevards,
and in every quarter the police and mill
tary were well prepared to suppress an
OF tbreak
There were numerous encoun ers be-
tween the rival factions Saturday night
The most violent encounter took place in
Montmartre, where 2 number of persons
were wounded. The police interfered and
arrested several of the ring-leaders. An
other serious collision occurred in the
Faubourg du Temple, where sew
eral persons were injured At sew
eral electoral meetings there were
scenes of great disorder. Bands
of men and lads singing the Mar
seillaise" and Boulangist songs paraded
the bOulevards until a late hour In the
Place dc la Republique and the Place de
POpera open-air meeIirgs We're held.
Great masses of people were present, but
the proceedings were, on the whole. fairly
orderly, although a few Individual brawls
occurre and a number Of persons were
arrested.
The Cabinet sat from II p. N. until a.
m. Premier Floquet informed President
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O,; IA. Neb.. Jan. 2S-Dav.d Kimball,
aced q y. as. a wealthy and highly re-
specie itizen CT this city. while attempt
ing u board Union Pacific train Saiur-
dav at tts transfer stAti n at uuc
Bluffs slipped en- the ee. fell under the
train and was instantly killed. he was
one Of the early settlers ia this city and
had aetu Auiaied fortune Of over TO-. Goa
He laaxpS a wife
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THE use Of the telegraph instrument
has become 50 much Of an everyday
thing and such convenience that men
seem to forget what wonderful thing
it Is. \ newspaper man telephoned to
the cable office the other day and
asked II a London special dispatch had
come in there vet The operator re
piled that it had not. and said: Wait
a minute and I'll ask London II the
copy has come in there In a few
minutes. not more than ten or tif-
teen. he called over the telephone
wire: London hasn't received the
COPY vet.
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- 4ADiioNlS az GEN hobLANdEh
the present Chamber Bets are freely Of
fered that the Ministry will resign to-day.
founded at the result
Boulanger will resign the Seine seat, re-
tanning that fer the Nord department. II
II rumored that NJ. Magnin, the governor
OF the Bank Of France, will be asked to
form a G b net
ferfect order wis maintained - due,
doubtless, TO great extent to General
Boulanger's instruct ons to his followers
to maintain order, otherwise they would
inJure him. The project of police had
taken every precaution to suppress any
disturbance. Large numbers of house
holders were enlisted TO aid the police.
Troops were held in readiness at various
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A MAN in Butler County. Kan. while
boring for water struck wind. Kansas
people regard the discovery with far
more alarm than curiosity, for in dig
ging a hole in the ground Ia get out
Of the way of a cyclone, as they have
been in the habit of doing. they may
Let loose another
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ANTHONY HIGGINS. the recently
elected United States Senator from the
State of Delaware. is forty-eight years
of age, is a native of that State and a
graduate Of Yale College. of the class
of 1861 He began the practice of law
in Wilmington in 1861 He has al
ways been a Republican, and during
General Grant's Presidency was United
States District-Attorney for Delaware.
He Is said to rank among the ablest
lawyers of that State.
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A MAN in Newark. y. J.. tells pitt
ful tale. His name was Limburgu-,
and the Supreme Court granted his
petition for a change OF name 10
Burgur. The unfortunate gentleman
says that every mention Of his name
provoked laughter and that his chill
dren were ashamed to go 20 school, a.
their playmates held their noses and
exclaimed cheese and rats In
short. Mr.. Limburgur's life was far
from a happy one This story takes
Tho cheese
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
STALE UNIVERSITY
The Bienntai Report of the Regents Fur
nishes Interesting Reading.

The Bienniai Report of the Regents Fur
nishes Interesting Reading.
From the biennial report of the State
University Board Of Regents for the
two years ended SCI TENDER 30. 1888, il
was shown that nearly one thousand
four hundred young men and women
have already passed from the doors
Of the university into active life, and
that at the present rate of increase in
attendance not less than one thousand
stu leafs would soon be constantly pres
snt at the university The sale Of univer-
sity lands for the two years amounted to
l4427 acres, and Of agricultural college
lands. 3. So o., leaving unsold ana held By
the State az the end of the fiscal year Sep
tember 80, 1855, 1876 81 acres Of university
lands and ], :253. - acres af agricultural
college lands The university offers Isl
subordinate courses Of study, designated
sub-courses. The Treasures report showed
receipts of S4S5 70031; disbursements,
T2,6j3.S5; balance on hand October |.
fSSS SIR tTti -
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The other evening Charlie Ruley, son of
Augustus Ruley, OF Prescott while hand
ling gun in the house accidentally shot
his little ten-year-o sister in the left
lung, death res ulting in about five min
utes. The boy, thinking the gun was not
loaded, had playfully pointed il at his sis
ter. She protested, but he assured her it
was not loaded, aud snapped four caps be-
fore it was discharged.