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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-05-23
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

On the 18th five brigands were hanged in
the courtyard of the prison at Sofia, Bull
garia.
TIE Samoan con serence subcommittee
drcided on the 18th that the municipal
council of Apia shall comprise six members
Germany, England and the United States
each to appoint one. The other three shall
he elected by the residents of Apia This
decision displeases the British commits
sioners
IL the House of Commons on the 10th Mr..
Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland. said
that there were now ten Irish members of
Parliament imprisoned in Ireland
FLAMES on the 10th at st Sauveur, Can.
swept over a great district and laid
seven hundred houses in ashes. Over five
thousand persons were without shelter
AT MOzanilio, Cuba. the Teresa central
sugar grinding factory was burned on the
Eth Loss, s4OO,O00.
The Bolivian Government on the 18th
gave notice of its intention to send a Min
ister to Washington
THE death of Queen Mary, of Bavaria, oc-
Cured at Munich on the 18th of dropsy and
cancer of the liver
STORMS swept over parts OF Austria on
the 18th Three persons were killed near
Vienna; fearful catastrophes occurred near
Pilsen; houses collapsed at RackowItz and
Bieckowitz killing nine children, and at
Zine thirty persons were killed
IT was said on the 18th that the plot against
the life of the Gar which was recently dis
covered by the st Petersburg police was a
far reaching one. ltinvolved over hundred
military officers of more or less promi-
hence, several of whom had committed sui
eide
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ROOTS OF PLANTS.
The Value of Different Crops for Enriching
Farm Lands.

The value OF DtHerent crops Tor
Farm Lands.
The experiment station of the StOrrs
school has made some interesting and
very useful examinations of the amount
of roots of plants found at different
depths in the soil This amount has
an important bearing on the value of
different crops for enriching the land
on which they grow. Clover appears
to stand far above all others, for in
additional to the mechanical benefit of
its roots, it was found that the roots
and stubble-that is, what is left after
the moving contain large percent
ages of the three most valuable in
gradients of plant food, and at the
same time large amount in quantity
is left in the soil In one instance.
heavy crop left little over three dry
tons OF stubble and roots. containing
$50 pounds OF nitrogen, Il of phos-
phOric acid and "a of potash. The re-
port of the station states that it would
require 100 pounds of nitrate of soda,
400 pounds of dissolved bone-black,
and 150pOunds of muriate of potash, TO
furnish the same amount OF fertilizino
materials; but these materials would,
however, have the advantage of being
used at once by the growing plants,
and before the decaying roots and
stubble could supply them.
Wheat aud other grain crops as n
class, were found of little value for en-
riching the land by their roots. Tim
othy-stubble and roots together, with
the young after growth-was found to
possess much enriching value, which
was mostly confined quite near the
surface. In the COW pea, thrce-fourths
of the roots were within six inches OF
the surface, although portion went
down more than three feet In tim
othy. the difference in favor of the six
inches of the surface was still greater,
and greater still with buckwheat,
where the upper six inches of the soil
held twenty-five times as much of the
roots as the next six inches.
Gentleman
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OBJECTION TO GOA.
At One Timc II Was a Capital Omense {,
Hmm Ii a. Fuel.

At One Time II Was a Capital Onense to
Born II Fuel.
The discussion Of the probability OF
there being deposit OF coat in the
Thames valley and under the city of
London. of which there seems TO be
considerable evidence, recalls some
Interesting facts connected with its
earliest use in that city. When
coal was first introduced into
London as a fuel. very serious objec-
tion was taken to its use. II appears
that in the beginning OF the four
teenth century brewers and smiths of
the city, finding the high price of wood
pressing hard upon their returns, re-
solved to make some experiments with
coal, but Immediately an cutlery was
raised against them by persons living
near the brewcries AID forges. the
King was pctioned and law was
passed prohibiting the burning of
coal within the city. Those who tried
it, however. found the new fuel TO be
so much superior to wood that they
persisted in its use. But so deter
mined was the Government TO sup
press what was regarded as an intoles-
able nuisance that a law was passed
making the burning of coal in London
a capital offcnse. and it is recorded
that one man at least was executed
and r that law.
1t would appear that the ladies were
most bit erly opposed TO the use of
coal for domestic purposes. They con
sidered the smoke TO be ruinOus TO
their complexions and would not at
tend parties al houses in which the
Objectionable fuel was used. Some
persons went the length OF refusing to
eat food Of any kind that had been
cooked on a coal fire. Hardware Trade
journal
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Drainage About Farm Houses.

The house is generally placed upon
a slight elevation to afford drainage,
but great mistake every way is made
if the natural means for carrying of
surplus water are not supplemented By
underdrains to carry it off beneath the
surface. There should always be a
drain through which to throw out
stops, and it will be easy TO run into
this side branches to drain land on
either side. The idea that slop drain
must be made tight 70 prevent the
iulet of other water or its own absOrp-
ton by the soil is common mistake.
II the JOINTS are not closely sealed, as
in the city sewer. the drain will be as
effective. and probably last longer
Christian at Work.
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SENSATIONAL REPORT.

Rumor in New York That Chinese " Cor
don Is Alive and Being Held for Ran
som - James Gordon Bennett Said to
Have Started for Khartoum to Purchase
His Release.
NEW IoBK, May 1S-An evening paper
says that James Gordon Bennett started
three weeks ago for KhartOum, the Mahdi's
capital There are two stories in regard to
the Journey. One is that it is undertaken
on account of a wager made by Bennett with
an officer who had served in the Egyptian
army who.sserted that no foreigner could
enter Khartoum and depart alive.
The other story is that Bennett received
a long dispatch from Cairo correspondent
saying that he had Just received a visit from
an envoy of the Mehdi with important news
regarding Chinese Gordon, and that the lat
ter was still alive and kept close prisoner;
that the new Mehdi, by reason of his
reverses on kOrdofan and the Bahr-el-
Gael and his loss of the great province of
Darfur. was willing to ransom Gordon for
100000 francs. The next few days Bennett
made all arrangements for the trip and for
the payment of the vast sum mentioned,
and with an intimate friend set out for
Egypt.
But little could be learned in New York
in confirmation of the story. An editor OF
the Herald stated that cablegrams from
Bennett had been received from Mar
settles. Alexandria and Cairo, hut that
nothing was known in the Office about his
DrOspectiye' movements
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EXERCISE FOR STOCK.
Successful Methods of Treating All Kint
of RreeninP Animals.

Successful Methods of Treating All Kinds
of Breeding Animals.
The shy breeder is a too frequent
exception on the stock form. The sue
cessful methods of treating such ami
,aals are not numerous. In fact the
usual remedy for this trouble is com
pick in its application. While the diet
of the plump animal is readily con-
sidered and understood to be fault.
many farmers do not appreciate She
part which steady, judicious exercise
holds in reducing flesh and in impart-
ing condition" for breeding. The
horse is not llesh-growing animal in
a practical sense. When not properly
fed and handled, Il" however the equine
animal may impair the reproductive
functions. The mare worked steadily
and carefully, maintains a normal con-
dition. as a rule conceives and nurtures
a foal to maturity. The loose" idle
mares and fillies and the one driven
occasionally (tOo often violently,
given thus the extremes of rest and
exercise, make the trouble. On a large
"horse breeding farm" il will pay we'll
to employ one man in the work Of ex-
ercising the mares Gas well as the
stalIioms), if there is not the regular
daily work for them during the breed
ing season. This is especially desira-
BILE in the case OF draft mares. The
trotting or road mares do not so much
tend to the feshy condition. The cows.
swine and sheep. too, claim a full
share in this direction. During the
summer and fall they should be wa
tered if possible in a remote part of
the pasture, salt (rock salD should be
kept at some distance from the water,
then hay-racl5s and feed-boxes at still
other places, so that they may have
the travel desirable to ensure repro
ductive vigor as we'll as bones. tendons
and muscle. There is certainly no adj
junct of reduction of feed that equals
exercise for breeders. Special atten-
ton to difficult animals will. Of course,
be required. Orange Judd Farmer
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PITH AND PoINT.


Scandal is not like a brick build
ing. 1t never collapSes because of a
poor foundation. Binghamton Repub-
lican.
Without the obligations Of a fam
lily, man goes down the stream OF ume
adrift. like 4 loose log. -Harper's
Wccklv.
Good nature is the very air OF a
good mind. the sign of a large and
generous soul, and the peculiar soil in
which virtue prospcrs.
"A pretty girl may be so fully Occu-
pied with being beautiful as not to
have time to be agreeable. Detroit
Free Press.
livery man loves TO hear his own
experiences told by some other man.
That is the reason Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress is so much read Richmond
Religious Herald.
Poverty is NJ disgrace, says Uriah
Well That depends. Abstractly speak
ing, no condition is a disgrace. Only
the acts which have established it de-
serve the criticism Judge.
1t takes imagination to realize Wv
idly any thing outside of our own con-
sciOusness. but, directly we have this
keen res lization of another's condition.
we are il some sort of sympathy with
him.
Opportunities fly in a straight limo
from eternity to eternity, and they
touch rs and pass on never TO return.
But injustices we practice on others
fly in a circle and. however they may
widen out. they come back and smite
us with heavier wing than that which
they smote others
Great lawyer can not manage
a case unless / know All the facts. You
must tell me truly whether you ara
guilty" Accused party (scornfully)
Dye s'pose I'd be consumed fool
enough ter want ter hire a high-priced
lawyer like you il | was innocent!-
Phila Ielphia Record.
1t is bad policy to be naughty, re-
pelent. unsocial The most resolute
aspirant to wealth or position may
stumble as he climbs. and. il no one
stretches out a finger to save him. may
roll headlong to a depth far below the
point from which he started. 4 lift
for lift is the business rule Of to-day.
Once Week.
In repeating the statements of
one man to another, we take upon our
selves a responsibility which is over
looked. Many of the misunderstood
ings and difficulties between the peo-
pie, arising constantly in ali depart
ments of life. are to be traced to the
forgetting of this responsibility. 1t is
the responsibility OF safe transmission
Of thought. without damage or break
age, from one soul to another. S. ).
Times.
That every man should regulate
his actions by his own conscience.
without any regard to the opinions OF
the rest of the world, is one of the
first precepts OF moral prudence iusti-
fled not only 10y the suffrage of reason,
which declares that none of the gifts
Of Heaven are 10 lie useless, but by
the voice. likewise. of experience.
which will soon inform us that if we
make the praise or blame of others the
rule Of our conduct we shall be dis
tractcd by bOundless variety Of irrec-
oncilable judgments, he held in perpet-
ual suspense between contrary inn
pulses. and consult forever without
determination. y. Y. Ledger
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A DRUNKEN HUSBAND.

He Commits Awful Crime in a Wash-
ington schooi-Room Calling His Es-
ranged Wife to the Door lie shoots
Her Dead i'm Sight of Her Terrified Pu-
pills and Ends His Own Miserable Ex-
istence.
WASHINGTON. May 1s-Mrs. Sarah T.
Allen, a school-teacher in the jefferson
school building In South Washington, was
shot and killed by her husband Oswald @.
Allen. about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon
Allen then turned his pistol and killed
himself. There had been sorI.e difnculty
between the pair. and they have not lived
together for some time. The tragedy
occurred in the school building Allen
hired cab on Pennsylvania avenue and
told the driver 10 take him TO the Jeffer-
son building. Upon arriving there he
alighted and told the driver to wait IN til
he wanted him Then he walked up the
stone steps and passed through the h1n into
the cloak room adjoining the room where his
wife was engaged as a teacher. He showed
himself to her and beckoned her to the door.
She came toward him AS she reached the
threshold OF the cloak-room he drew a pis-
toll and shot her in the LETT temple Turn
ing the pistol then upon himself he shot
himself through the right temple. Both
fell to the floor in the cloak room
The children in the schOo!-room who had
witnessed the frightiul scene rushed from
the room in a panic and spread the alarm
Lieutenant Vernon and two policemen soon
arrived on the scene. The woman was
found to be still alive. She was removed
to the school room, and Drs Bowman,
Cook. Thompson and Leach called, made an
examination and dressed the wound
which, however, was pronounced fatal
The stairway was thronged with the fright
ened teachers and children, while outside
an immense throng blocked the sidewalk
In the confusion some one had turned in
an alarm of FIRE, and the gathering crowd
was augmented when the engines arrived
The remains of Allen We're taken away
to the morgue, but Mrs Allen was left on a
couch temporarily prepared in one corner
of the SCHOOL room, in which a short time
before She had been cheerfully talking to
the pupils She died at6l0
Mrs. Allen was about 40 years old and had
been teacher for many years S.. was in
charge of a third-grade school, composed
of little girls. She was the daughter of r..
w. johnson, an old and wel-known citizen
of Wash ngton. Her parents reside in this
city. Allen never had any trade. but his
father, Oswell 5. Allen, is a well-known
printer in this city. His family came from
Charlottesville, Va, about fourteen years
ago.
Miss Johnson was warned against Allen
before she married him fifteen years ago
He ill-treated her during their early mar
ried life and she was obliged to leave him.
For some time she has been living with her
parents. Allen has figured in the police
courts great deal of late. He was worth
less Yagabond
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LATER,


The exchanges at twenty leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the we, * ended on thu 18th aggregated
81 o5l t537 ~ against ST. los 6Sl, 81 the pre-
vious week As compared with the cor
responding week of 1855 the increase
amounted to l3G
ELEVEN dwellings and several business
houses at Howard City. Mich, were de-
strOyed by fire on the 10Th
RANEY TEATER, nine years old, committed
suicide on the Sth near Harrodsburg, KY,
because his parents insisted upon his going
to work
CITIZENS of CLAY County. Ala, on the 18th
ordered iioarishing colony of MOrmons in
that county to leave, and they were seeking
new quarters
A TERRIFIC hail-stOrm passed over the
vicinity OF Albany, y. Y, on the 18th, kill
ing stock and greatly damaging fruit trees.
Is r riOtous disturbance az the polls on
the 18th in Forest City, Ark. Marshal f. NJ.
Folbre. T. H. Parham and Sheriff d. NJ.
Wilson were killed
A CYCLONE which swept across Northern
Texas on the 18th destroyed a number OF
buildings and killed several children.
4 WAGON containing George Wright, his
wife and two children, was struck 10y
train on the 18th near Workman, Tenn, and
the entire family was killed.
DISASTROUS storms swept over parts OF
Austria on the 18th Three persons were
killed near Vienna: fearful catastrophes
occurred near Pilsen; houses collapsed at
Rackowitz and BiecSowitz, killing nine
children, and at Zine thirty persons were
killed
SEVERE earthquake shock was felt at
san Francisco early on the morning of the
10Th The shock was general, and In the
joaquin valley chimnevs were thrown down.
SEVENTEEN men fell from a burning
bridge over Stone river in Tennessee on
the 18th dropping fifty feet 70 the water,
and three were killed and eight dangerous
" injured
The War Department at Washington was
notified on the 18th of the capture Of two
OF the bandits who took part in the attack
upon Paymaster Wham in Arizona
Tue schooner Merrick was run down and
sunk by the steamer r p. Ranney on the
18th on Lake Huron, near Pressure Isle, and
five of the crew were drowned
Miss FANNY DAVENPORT, the actress, and
Melbourne Mcdowell leading man in her
dramatic company, were married in New
York on the 10Th
BELOW viii he found the percentage OF
the baseball clubs IN the National League
FOL. the week ended on the 18th: Boston
.s3i. Phllaaalphit .6st; New York, $50
Chicago, -523; Gle seland. IS Pittsburgh,
40. Indianap0lis 3Sl; Washington .2sih
American Associa ioI ; Louis. .75S; Kan
sas CITY. 6l5; BROOKLYN. IS. Cincinnati
Isl. Baltimore, .sSl, Athletic. AS, COlum
bus. So: Louisvi lc .23l Western AssO
ciagon. - Paul ; 3, Omaha, .tsji, sioul
civ. -: penys-. SEQ; Minneapolis. .s13
81 Ju, ,ph 49, DeS Moines, 81; Milwau
kec -'l
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POuLTRY-YARo ERRORS.
The Observance of Method aud system
Beneficial at All Times.


Beneficial at All Times.
Many errors are liable 70 occur with
beginners at poultry raising, for even
the veterans are not free from mistakes
at times In selecting tho breed
large majority pay create regard to
color and shape than to more desirable
qualities II Is well to know that the
G G - e of the breeds should be
un.-. Jud II no mistakes are 10 occur.
but after a breeder has become per-
fectly familiar with all that pertains to
his choice of fowls, the common rou-
tine of the poultry yard requires at
tention. The time of feeding should
be regular, certain hours being fixed
upon for that purpose, but they are
very few who Systematically feed their
fowls. Water should be kept in tho
presence of poultry at all times, ana
it should not only be clean and pure,
but fresh, and yet this important mat
ter is overlooked by many. Warmth
in winter is very essential 20
laying, being as important as
full supply of feed, but every
fowl house is not warm Ind
comfortable. The prevention of
dampness in the house avoids roup.
which is a terrible scourge in a flock,
but the small leaks here and there are
not regarded as dangerous matters by
the average breeders. Even the
height of the roOsts and construction
of the nests have more or less tenden-
cy to affect the profits from poultry
than may suppose. for high roosts
cause deformed feet. and poor
nests will not be occupied by the hens
if they can get better places in which
TO lay. These things are seemingly
small matters, which are unusually
overlooked. but they are important to
success. Why poultry should be ex-
pected to prove profitable without
care more than other stock is what we
do not understand, and the fact that a
profit is derived from flock that has
been overlooked, is strong proof that
poultry raising can be made to pay
well when conducted by thoughtful,
attentive opersons. 1t is the small
matters that should receive the
most careful attention, as the observ-
ance of method and system is sure to
prove beneficial at all times. Farm
and Garden,
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PATENT OFFICE CURIoS.
The Model Of Conirivance Invented b
Abraham Lincoln.

The Model Of a Conirivance Invented by
Abraham Lincoln.
Occupying "a prominent position in a
case in the center aisle is the model Of
"A boat for lifting vessels over shoals.
It was patented 10 Abraham Lincoln ia
1919. when the future President
thought TO make reputation "a an in
ventor rather than a statesman. Lin
coin is the only President who ever Sc
cured patent
The first shoe was patented in 1911
BY two Massachusetts men. It is of I'M
dressed leather aud there is quite a
difference between the workmanship
Of that and the present machine
stitched shoe. so well was the work
done however, that it was impossible
TO tell whether it was peggcd or sewed
until some sacrilegious clerk cut the
sole and ascertaihed il vas peggcd.
In the class Of perpetual motion ma
chimes the Patent Office Is deficient.
II has no working model. but an in
ventor stepped in the other dav TO say
that he had completed .ud tested
model which he would send shortly
II required some few alterations, he
said. such as a governor 10 keep it
from going too last and running down.
When the machine arrives il viii be
given an entire case by itself
The flying machine inventor is repre-
scented. There are flying machines Of
4 "a
last one 70 be patented was an elsbO-
rate arrangement OF wings and tails.
which the 5arial Traveller dons for his
flight through space, and was patent
cd March :. last
There are in tie neighborhood OF
200. 900 models ir the Patent Office, and
had il not teen for two destructive fires
the number would be near a half mill
Washington Post.
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THE EARTH's DURATION.
Instructive Speculations on = Theme o
Never-CessinE Interest.

Instructive speculations on y Theme Of
Never-CessinG Interest.
The present age Of the earth has
been placed by Sir William Thomson
at 100. 900, OOO years. while the spccula-
tons of others have given much larger
figures NJ Adolphe d. Assier, who
believes such estimates to be greatly
exaggerated, considers the life Of tho
earth in three periods, which he terms,
the igneous or nebulo-stcllar stadium.
the stadium OF solar illumination o.. Of
organic life, and the stadium Of dark
ness. cold and death. The first
which began with the detachment II
the terrestrial nebula from the solar,
and ended in the formation Of tho
crystalline crust Of the giobe-he cal
culates from physical laws 10 havo
been 500, 000 years in duration. Tho
second-comprising the present epoch,
and to close with extinction OF the SUD,
embracing the entire cycle Of geological
formations-is found bF geological and
physical evidence a. likely 20 have a
total length OF 5000. 900 years. OF
which more that nall mas paseeS- Inc
third stadium-starting from the end
Of collar illumination, and closing in
tie terrible and inevitable catastrophe
az the fall OF the earth to the sun, and
momentarily frightened by the in-
candescence Of the earth as the moon
crashes into twill have = length
that can not be calculated until tie
precise rate of acceleratiOn Of the mo
ton of the earth around the center Of
attraction is known. but will probably
be, at the lowest estimate, 100, 000. 600
years or more Upon the whole. tbs
present age Of the eG..a apps2Ts 70 b
about 5000. 900 years. Tia 10 but
small part Of its existence, aad every
thing leads to the belief that is total
evolution through the immensiy Of
space viii exceed million centuries