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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
FACTS FROM History.

THE translation Of the Bible was finished
in 1911 a. ID.
THE first landing Of the Danes in England
was in 1883 B. c.
THREE years after the landing Of the En-
glish colonists at jamestown, Va, the first
importation Of cattle occurred.
OK the sth Of December following his cleo
tion TO the Presidency Mr.. Lincoln made
public his choice for Secretary of State.
THE manufacture Of linen was first intro
duced into England by the Flemings, or
people of Flanders, in 1853 Its manufact-
ure spread into Scotland and into Ireland
during the reign Of James L
ONE hundred years ago apples were nor
much larger than plums, tomatoes were en-
tirely unknown, and many Of the most val
liable fruits and vegetables grew II. the
woods in the wild state in which natl re
created them.
TURNPIKE roads were first established in
the reign of Queen Anne Till theu all
roads were repaired by the parishes. Turn
pixies were so called from poles or bars
swung on a staple, and turned either way
when dues were paid
IL tie ninth century an old beggar from
Japan ,ook some tea seeds and plants back
with him to his native land. The Japanese
relished the new drink and built at Osaka
temple to the memory Of those who intro.
ducsd It. This temple is still stardiua
though now almost 200 years old.
IN 1917 Charles V. gave the Marquis de Ia
Bresa a monopoly for eight years Of import
ing slaves 10 the American colonies. but
soon very extensive and profitable monop-
oily sprang up in which England procured
its share of the peace Of Utrecht Q713),
when SPAN was compelled to allow her to
import IA, 600 slaves to her American colo
mics.
THE history of tobacco in the island of
New Zealand furnishes quite suggestive
illustration. When Europeans first visited
New Zealand they found in the native
Maoris the most finely-developed and pow
erful men Of any of the tribes inhabiting
the islands of the Pacific. Since the intro
duction Of tobacco, for which the Maoris de-
veloped a passionate liking they have from
this cause alone, it is said, become deci-
mated in numbers, and at the same time re-
duced ia stature and in physical well-being
50 as TO be an altogether inferior type OF
men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
HARDLY CREDIBLE.

A HOG was butchered at Charlton, Ga, a
Few days since, and in the nav of the
swine were found some twenty-five nails and
lot of glass, supposed 70 have been pieces Of
bottle. The hog was apparently healthy.
A NEGRO in Rome, Ga, dreamed one night
ast week that he died the day before at
lOon. He arranged, the day following the
1ream, for the funeral, went home, lay on
his bed, went to sleep, and never Weakened,
having died white asleep.
CHICKEN stories are becoming more
fashionable than snake yarns among para
graph writers. The latest comes from Ia
cine, Wis, where man is said to have re-
Gently swallowed bantam's egg and few
days later produced chick with the aid of
l stomach pump.
AN ingenious chicken raiser neal
Pomona, Cal, has devised a way OF pre-
venting chickens from scratching up his
GARDEN He crosses the long legged
orahmas with the rt-legged bautams
and the result is new breed of fowls with
one long leg and one short leg. When they
raise either leg TO scratch they lose their
balance and come 10 grief. After few
demorallzing attempts they desist.
An absent minded old gentleman of
Sumpter County, Ga, bathed, shaved and
started for the depot after his wife who had
been away on visit. Ho had forgotten the
time the train arrived, and she met him
half way home. She got into the buggy,
and after greeting him affectionately, said /:
Pm glad you didn't come eIar to town
| should have been ashamed TO ride with
you.' Why he asked, innocently.
= Look at yourself she replied. he was
arrayed in his underclothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
The SWINE PLAGUE.
-Four Lessons Taught by Observations
Made at Experiment stations.

-Four Lessons Taught by Observations
Made at Experiment stations.
Experiments made with lime upon
the virus of hog cholera have been
very satisfactory and sufficiently posi-.
tive to warrant its use in place of the
corrosive sublimate formerly recon.
mended. Lime has many advantages
over other disinfectants. 1t is cheap,
easily obta ined aud prepared and may
be used with impunity, as it has nc
poisonous properties. Bacteria of hog
cholera, free from any organic or in
organic matter, are destroyed within
one hour by lime water diluted to one
fourth of its original strength.
When existing in organic matter
a larger per cont. of lime is
required. In practical appli-
cations it Will be efficient on wood as
whitewash. In infected pens the
soil should be covered with powdered
or Stacked lime in a thin layer. The
lime water will percolate into the
deeper layers of the soil and destroy
any bacteria that may have penetrated
into them from the surface.
From experiments on the vitality OF
hOg-cholera virus in the soil it is safe
TO say that a period of six months is
the maximum and three the minimum
time that need be allowed for infected
pens and grounds to become safe for
occupancy when no disinfection is
practiced. Lime as whitewash on
woodwork or scattered over the soil
at Stacked lines, used, in short,
wherever there is any suspicion Of
virus, may reduce the time during
which the ground should remain un-
occupied to two weeks.
From the results OF the experience
gathered at experimental stations dur
ing the past three years it has been
shown Q) that healthy pigs can be
kept free from infection, even on a
farm where such disease is constantly
kept up for purposes of Investigations,
provided they are kept in clean pens
and there is no transmission of virus
from the sick to the well through i'm
plements, or through the carelessness
of farm hands carrying it in their
clothing. shoes or otherwise. (2)
That the disease may be carried
to a previously uninfected local.
ity by pigs brought from un-
known sources. (3) That the disease,
supposed to be extinct, may Turk in "A
chronic form in some animal without
being recognized, and may be thus
transmitted TO fresh animals. usually
in spring and fall, when least expect
ed. CD That the safest way of rails
ing swine is TO be breed them on a
place that is itself known to be absO-
lutely exempt, and maintain strict
quarantine against neighboring herds,
and make no additions unless the
source be positively known to have
been free from disease for at least one
year past. Western SWiReherd.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

dictate no very great anxiety TO be
obeyed:
''Now do let so my hand and hurry
home TO dress for dinner Mrs
Brown entering the room a moment
later, heard her sister-in-law say,
softly: mo. won't repeat my blunder
of the first day; you don't deserve ii
now any more than you did then, you
vain creature"
The intruder involuntarily looked
toward the bay-window, uttered a lit.
tie scream and turned TO fly.
''Oh, don't mind us, Mrs. Brown"
cried Redmond, Esther has some
thing to tell YOU"
George Redmond-you really
won't have time to dress" said Esther
in desperation. growing very red.
80 you two"
"Yes, we are" answered Redmond.
smiling gaily.
Then Mrs. Brown gave him her hand
and throwing her disengaged arm
around Esther, with difficulty i'm
printed a kiss upon the downcast,
blushing face at point, as Redmond
noted, not far from the spot where his
own lips had rested only few min
utes before.
Now leave her to me, that's a good
fellow" said Mrs. Brown, and Red
mond was gone.
That evening at dinner there was a
sudden acces sion of bushes to the
cheeks of the three unmarried women
when the host said: you young peo-
pie seem to have been uncommonly
busy for the last six week. Unless all
signs go for naught, between Esther's
blunder and the arrived of her double,
one bachelor establishment is likely tC
be broken up.
Indeed, Mr.. Brown, didn't expect
it of YOU" said Mrs. Brown to her hus.
bands double, her eyes at the same
time wandering from him TO her red.
denim sister. with a glance compre.
he-Isive and significant.
Benton has been my greatest source
of surprise" anSv cred the bachelor
Brown. 10 think that he has been
making love to my sister under my
own very roof without arousing my sus-
picions. Why, Nell, -
But Miss Ellen and the other young
women had fled and only their stifed
laughter was audible from the room
adjoining. -EdWard Noble, IN Epoch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
The Siberian Fur Market.

The number of animals killed in ST.
IBERIA every year for their fur is enor-
nous. At the last summer fair of Irbit,
which is a market for only a part OF
the furs exported from 81 )eria. no less
than 3.1S0,OO0 furs Of squirrels were
offered for sale. Oh these, LOIS. 0OO
were killed in the forests Of Yeneseisk,
455. 900 IN the Altai mountains. 200. 600
in Yakutsx, and 800. 900 in Transbaika-
liza. A considerable number of the
furs Of squirrels killed in the last two
provinces ale exported directly both
to China and to Russia, without pass
ing through Irbit. II is worthy OF
note that this year there was a con-
siderable decrease in the furs of the
black squirrel. Only a half a million
OF these furs were brought to the fair.
as against more than a million in 1887.
OF other furs there were II, 900 blue
fox, from Obdorsk and BerezofT; no.
coo marnot. chiefly from the Altai;
1900 polecat 10000 badger. 800. 900
hare. 900 fox, and a number OF bear
and fox-skins ~ L. lost.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
Laura,s Dangerous Mistake.

He placed the glittering solitaire on
her finger. kissed it tenderly, and for
some moments there was a blissful
silence
George" she said at last, partially
rousing herself from dreamy reverie,
wouldn't it be a jolly trip if we should
go to Alaska on our wedding tour?n
alaska. Laura?' exclaimed George,
reddening with anger; If any thing
that has just occurred, Miss, has led
you to think of Alaska -"
No! No. George-dear George
protested the terrified girl. lit didn't
It's genuine-Tm sure it isr'
But it took a long time to pacify
the indignant young man. Chicago
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
European Flower Farmers.

The flower farms of the country
around Nice yield as an average yearly
crop 1000 tons of orange flowers,
1000 tons of roses. $50 tons of yiolels,
as many of jessamine flowers and
lesser quantities Of other blossoms.
The larger portion Of the oil or altar
of rose ornes from the rose farms Of
Roumelia, in Turkey, and from Gazi-
pur, in India. 1t is reckoned that
200, 900 rose blossoms are required to
produce an amount of the altar equal
in weight to a silver rupee-about
fifty cents of our money-and worth
$50 an ounce. Large quantities of the
oil of orange peel aud the oil of
orange flowers, known as neroli. are
made in Sicily. Much of the oils of
peppermint. thyme. rosemary and
lavender come from Surrey, England,
while in North Carolina large quanti-
ties of oil of sassafras are distilled.
the business rising to the proportions
of a considerable industry. Troy IN
~ Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
HOME AND FARM.


Frozen Lemonade: To one quart of
rich lemonade add the whites OF six
eggs beaten stiff; mix well and freeze.
-Mulehug greatly assists in protect
ing strawberry plants during the win
Ter, and leaves should be collected for
nulching purposes.
A man who would kick COW has
disposition, whio.4 ii cultivated. would
induce him to cuff h. ~ Eff circum-
stances favored.
Horses and oxen should be fed
upon fair maintenance, and not al
lowed 10 run down. Those which are
quite idle will do well on hay alone,
but all animals kept at work should
have moderate feeds of grain. ABleri-
can Agriculturtst.
Barley Cruel: Wash two ounces
Of pearl barley well in cold water,
changing the water two or three times
Cover it with quart of cold water and
boil ii until it is reduced to a pint.
Strain and flavor with lemon juice, and
sweeten TO taste.
Chocolate Pie: One coffee cup OF
milk. two tablespoonfuls grated choc-
late, three-fourths cup sugar. yelks of
three eg,es. Heat the chocolate and
milk together, ada the sugar and yelks
beaten to cream. Flavor with va
nilla. Bake with under-crust. Take
the whites to frost the top. -Aibany
journal.
Lemon Drops: Strain the juice OF
three or four large lemons into a bowl,
then mix pulverized sugar in with il
until quite thick Put into an earthen
pan, and let it boil for a few minutes.
stirring it constantly. Drop it from
the end OF a spoon upon writing pa
per, and when hardened. keep the
drops in tin canisters until wanted.
-White-meated game should be
cooked well done; dark-meated rare.
Larding game renders it more juicy,
but destroys some of the natural
flavor Some cooks, on this account,
prefer tying q strip of bacon on the
breast. If the wild flavor of game is
disllked, soaking over night in salt
and water or two or three hours in
strong soda water viii remove it.
Vanilla Custard; Boil one pint OF
cream with four ounces of sugar for
one-fourth of an hour; then strain
through muslin. Beat well yelks OF
six eggs and pour milk over them into
bowl. placing bowl over pan of boil
ing water, and stirring rapidly till il
thickens. Let it cool gradually; add
one teaspoonful of vanilla to suit taste,
and stir continually. When cold
serve in dish covered with whipped
whites of eggs sifted over with sugar.
If more care were given TO seed
ing down and getting "A good stand Of
grass, no better means could be1de-
vised to insure improved meth ds OF
farming. With well-seeded fields there
need be less blowing, and that might
properly be limited to the area that
can be thoroughly MANFRED and cul-
tivated. A really good grass or clover
crop will pay better average profits
than those requiring much more labor.
N j. Witness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
A "BARGAlN" LESSON.

All supper time had Mr. Tart
His wife's high spirits eyed.
Her air OF being extra smart
No good 10 him implied
She seemed as bursting 70 reveal
A secref Just immeusa.
And when he. n 5rrIed, LEFT his meal,
Her JOY became intense.
Then. with a glad. triumphant shout
And victory on her face,
She gaIly brought some bundles out
or their safe hiding place
"sSow, husband see ms bargains, here"
She cried, in guileless glee
I've saved you fifty dollars, dear;
Won't you be proud Of mes
Look At these curtafns-au marked down
From dollars twelve 20 eight;
These blaukets-costil tea d0wu town
Were siX-just feel their weight.
''These vases-aluost given away
This dress-half value, TOO
These other thinss-'tgas bargain day.
John can beat a jew
Poor Mr. Tart looked blue and graves
At last he slowly said;
Where you the hfiy liars save
Gcant get through my head"
why. John, How easy. They,dA-ve cost
T0u double what Ts-f1'
u takes . ---sa1an- never lost
n bargain time. 70 trade"
Next night John brought some bundles TOO,
The duplicates exact
OF what his wife had purchased through
Her woman's bargain tact.
And, spreading them upon the floor.
He bade his treasure - say
What they had cost him al store
That had no bargain day.
Then, wh le she, speeches., gazed dismayed,
He with a wicked laugh
Showed that the bargains she had made
Cost kin-a man-mOst half
IN q D0f1r "a b frOr Free Pres
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17
TO MAKE GOOD 6READ.
An Experienced and successful House
keepers Recipe.


keepers Recipe.
During the forenoon. for two loaves
of bread, boil three fair-sized potatoes
and mash them thoroughly q use q
fork) in the bread-pan, add one tea
cupful of flour, one tablespoonful of
sugar, one-half of salt, one-fourth OF
ginger and one very scant quart OF
boiling water.
The water should be added gradual
Jy till the mixture is perfectly smooth,
and when luke-warm add one dissolved
yeast cake or one-half cupful of sweet
lively yeast, and keep where it will
not get chilled. At night the sponge
should be very foamy, and then add all
the sifted flour that can be stirred in.
and during hot weather, at bedtime,
put it down in the cellar or in
the refrigerator. In the morning,
add flour to handle, divide into
loaves and mold thoroughly, adding
-four till the dough can be rolled back
and forth across the board, or a pinch
can be rolled between the hands with
out sticking; then put it in warm and
well-greased tins, only hair FIJI, cover
upland keep near the fire till the dough
has filled the tins and rounded up in
the middle; then try with n broom
splint, remembering that scorched
bread is ever so much better than un-
baked dough.
just before putting the dough in the
tins, | divide each loaf into two or
three parts, roll each piece out long,
and then lay them on, side by side. a
loaf containing two parts may be pulled
apart before cutting, making nice
square slices. Potatoes may be
omitted from this bread, and il
will be light and sweet, but
slower, and will not keep so long.
The sponge may be started at noon
with the same result, if kept warm in
cold weather, or at night, stirring in
all the flour possible, when the yeast
is added, and molding twice in the
morning. But | think the bread is
better if started in the morning. and
the work does not interfere with the
dinner at noon or give any trouble at
night, aside from simply stirring the
-four in. As it requires but one mold
ing and rises quickly, If potatoes are
used. it is baked and out of the way
early in the morning, which is dcsira-
BILE during the warm mornings of sum-
mer or the short forenoOns OF winter.
Frequently the sponge will be light at
noon or a little after, and in warm
weather / set il down in the cellar,
or where it will keep moderately
cool, although | have never had it
sour, and there is no reason why
it should do so if the water used is
boiling-hot. II differs little from soft
yeast that always stands about the
kitchen at least two days, aud is ex-
pected to keep sweet from one 10 two
weeks.
! use one yeast cake for only two
loaves of bread, TO get rid of them, If
for no other reason, as a package will
then last over a month; but in making
a large amount of bread, the yeast and
wetting are not increased according to
the amount used for one or two lOaves.
| consider an oven ready for bread
when the doors are hot on the outside
TO the outspread hand and siss on the
inside. The air that comes out should
be quite warm, but # actually hot, the
bread win surely burn. -Medora Cor
tett, IN Rural NeiC Yorker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

taking hold on the market Is valuable dis
,Overy made known through The Charles A.
VOgeler Co, Baltimore. Nd, proprietors OF
The renowned st. Jacobs Oil. and known as
Diamond Vera-Cura, for Dyspepsia, posi-
i've cure for Indigestion and all stomach
troubles arising tLerefrom. IL not found IN
the stock of druggist or dealer, it will be
sent by mail on receipt Of % cents @ boxes
k100) in stamps. Sample sent on receipt OF
swO-ceut stamp. II has been found on trial
% bea specific for sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, giddiness, constipation, nervous
ness and low spirits. and 1t is spoken of and
recommended by hundreds who have used
it and have found lasting benefits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

THTRTY-opD years ago there was poor
drawing master near Frankfort, who re
joiced in the title of Duke Of Schle5wig
Sonderburg Glucksburg, ana II three
pretty daughters. He was so poor that be
could allow the girls only three dollars &
month each pIn-money. But the girls got
there all the same,' being now respective
~ Empress of Russia, Princess of Wales
and Duchess Of Cumberland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

A DEVICE has been invented which en-
abes the engineer. when IN his cab, TO turn
a switch which can be closed again from the
rear of the train II is operated in connec-
ton with the .'central-thrown switch aud
consists of ''shoe,'' which is dropped from
the forward and rear trucks. This strikes
a crank, which is overthrow and the switch
closed or opened as the case may be. A
switch left open carelessly may thus be
closed by the locomotive while at high speed.
or train side-tracked quickly in case OF
danger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

Are the joints by rheumatism. ExtiYU4e
this atrocious disease, as well as govt Sid
neural gia. at the outset with HOstetter's
Stomach Bitteys, and avoid possible life
lo agony II is a tempting Of Providence
t. delay when rheumatism assalls you. as il
is aot only obstinate, but dangerous. Chills
md fever, kidney complaints, nervousness,
debility, co stipatlon and dyspepsia are
also routed by the Bitters. Use regularly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

The Crescent City (Del Norte
County, Cal record tells of a sixteen
year-old boy who, with the aid of his
dog aud brush hook, took three young
panthers away from their mother and
carried them home. three miles distant.
He sold them for $50.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

TIE man who first suggested the use Of
on X as the signature of person who
could not write was no phi lOsopher. The
fitness Of things should have led him to
select The cipher, which as a nautograph
is emi1ently .ignlficant in most cases =
Biughamton Leader
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

Il HAVE been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Brown
BRONCHIAL TROCHEs, which have never
failed, and | must say they are second TO
none in the world ''-Feitr 4. My, Cashier,
St. Pad, MtHis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

Twenty young men in a Peuasyl-
vania town formed a football club In
three months fourteen of them had
broken bones, three were crippled for
life. and one druggist sold them sic
worth of ointment
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

You hardly realize that it IS medicine,
when taking Carriers Little Liver Pills they
are very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound aud Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

a sTRoNG-NTSDED person is one who can
fead the advertisement of a patent medi-
line, and yet not have the disease.-LoweIl
IIflzen
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small No trouble to
swallow No pain or gripping after taking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

IT is hard for woman to SEQ how any
body in this world can be blue and discon-
Iolate when she has just got new seal
skin acket-Jourual Of Education.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

'THE sAME'' is said to be the most popu-
lar drink in the market
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

A BUcKwHEAT cake aud home run do
fond largely upon the b4tter-BOston
Iommercial Bulletin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

WHEN corn pops it gets CHASTITY white.
1t is much the same with bashful young
men. -Harper's Bazaar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

No WONDER there are so many UNHAPPY
N rriages, when the "best man" never
gees the b ide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-17

AN elevated road-the milky way
Time.