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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
TRAlN-RO6BING DOOMED.


Kansas Mans Device for Protecting
Train Men and Express Cars.
E. NJ. McLane, of Galena, Kas., de-
clares that train-robbing is doomed.
Its knell was sounded, he says, when he
invented his bullet-proof structure for
express-cars. This structure is to be
located on the platform of the car at
the front end, next to the engine, SO
as to protect the engineer and fireman
in case OF an attack. There are also
portfolios ranging back and forward
outside of the car that command the en-
tire length of the train on both sides, as
we'll as the inside of the car. He says
the device will furnish absolute protec-
tion to the trainmen and property in
trusted to them.
The fort or structure consists of four
sides, forming a square housing or in
closure and providing with door open
ing outwardly or into the interior of the
car. The edges of the door are beveled
or rabbeted 50 as to prevent its being
forced inwardly, the door frame being
correspondingly beveled or rabbeted to
receive the door, and is provided with
suitable locks or bolts or other fasten-
ing devices. The structure is made of
sheet metal so as to be bullet proof, and
all points are protected by angle iron
secured by means of rivets. At the top
the base portion flares outwardly, form
ing an octagonal or eight-sided beveled
or inclined wall, in which are ports so
that robbers can not get out of range by
getting too close. To the inclined wall
is secured an upwardly projecting por-
ton, the wall of which is of the same
material as the base, the joints being
protected by angle iron as in the base
portion.
The portfolios are provided with
hinged doors projecting outwardly, and
lack a little of coming together, leaving
small space to see through. The doors
are held closed by means of springs Sc
cured thereto and to the wall. The fort
NAV be located inside the car with the
projecting portion extending through
the sides of the car. in order to get the
front and rear PORTFOLIOS outside to
command front and rear of both sides
of the train, and portfolios are provid-
ed to command the interior and plat
form of the car, SO that the occupant,
from his secure location, can direct a
fire in any direction, and ne can pre-
vent the robbers from getting away if
once in reaon, thus saving the property,
and getting the robbers into the bar
cain.-Kansas City Sttr.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
IA PLAZA MILTON.
One Manufactory on the Farana Prepared
100000 sheep Last Year.

One MauUtactorF GA the sAfana ffepfrcu
100000 sheep Last Year.
A scondent Of the journal de Ge-
neve sends FROM La Plata a description
of visit he had paid 10 a mandatory
at St Nicholas, upon the Parana, for
the preparation of frozen meat. After
pointing out that the essential thing for
a mandatory of this kind is to be able
TO place the CONCEALED meat directly on
hoard the steamer without coming even
for a few minutes in contact with the
sun, ne says that the mandatory in
question has a wharf uson the river
bank, at which vessels of $500 tons
burden can lie at anchor, so that
the carcasSes of the sheep are conveyed
direct I'm the freezing chambers of
the factory to those of the steamer.
Several hundred sheep. selected bJ
competent buyers. are brought each day
to the meadows outside the slaughter
house, and are allowed to rest for few
hours so that they may be killed i
good condition. They are slaughtered
and dressed so rapidly that twenty men
can easily dispose of 1000 animals il
the course of the day. The carcasse
are hung up to dry in a large chambe
for several hours, and they are then
taken to the freezing chamber, those
carcasses which show the slightest
sign of any wound or defect being put
upon one side and sold at the market of
the town.
The first freezing chamber is only
about ten degrees Fahrenheit, as it is
not desirable to let the meat be frozen
Al II hut
rather that tho cold air should pene-
trate gradually inward. After being for
few hoars in the first freezing cham
Der the carcasses are taken into sec
ond, where the temperature is as low as
thirty degrees below zero, remaining
there for three days. at the end OF
which time they are completely con-
gealed. and are as hard as wood. They
are then placed in coarse muslin bags
to protect them from dirt and await in
the storehouse 1.-THE temperature OF
VIII .ch is the same as that of the second
freezing chamber and which will hold
sc. COO carcasses) the steamer which is
to convey them to England
About 800. 900 sheep we're disposed OF
at the 81. Nicholas mandatory last
year, ana IL - esAi"i"tcu 1'ias oslSh Soi
cass weighs, upon an average, forty
eight pounds. and as the sheep do not
cost more than Is each, and the meat
sells for I'd. a pound, there is good
margin for profit even after payment
for freight mot quite penny pound)
and other expenses. the more 81. Al the
Argentine Government pays a small
premium. Moreover, nothing is wasted
at St Nicholas, for while the fat is
specially prepared for the market, the
blood Is used for manure, while the Of
fal IS ali sent % Buenos Ayres. More
over, the engines burn comparatively
/ little coal, not more than two and one
half tons day, and this Is no small
economy in country where coal costs
A a ton
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
FROM WASHINGTON.


A CIRCULAR letter has been sent to
United States district attorneys by At
torney-General Miller calling attention
to the anti-lOttery act. with the sugges-
tiOn that they carefully examine the
same and spare no effort in its enforce
ment
Is the United States the total yield
Of potatoes this season was estimated at
I22, 81. O0s bushels.
Mn HOWE was married in his sick
room at Washington on the Both ult TO
Miss Mary Butterworth. daughter of
Representative ButterwOrth, of Ohio.
and died on the 3lst ult. He had been
in for some time with pneumonia, and
the ceremony was performed at his ur-
gent request
DURING the last fiscal year the Office
Of the First Comptroller of the Treas
ury examined 1888 accounts, involv-
ing the sum Of -. 32s, 423, 9S7.
Is the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 31st ult. numbered 2ls. against 225
the preceding week and pol the CORE
spending week last year.
4 BULLETIN was issued by the Census
Bureau declaring the population Of the
United States 70 be 02. $50. $40, against
50, l55, IS ten years ago, an increase of
Il, 32s. T57.
THE volume Of business throughout
the country in October was unprece-
dented, and all the great industries
were doing more than at any time in
many years.
The Director Of the Mint. in his an
nual report Of the operations of the
minis for the fiscal year ended June 80,
1890, says the value of the gold received
was SO, DPS, s23: silver, S43. sos, 135. The
coinage was the largest in the history
Of the minis, aggregating 112. Cos, O5l
pieces. The number of silver dollars in
circulation June 30, 1899. was Sc. a7s 5a9,
against 81 457.29o at the commencement
Of the year. The total expenses of the
mint services aggregated Sl,3l9 4SG.
The total earnings were $40. 500, So.
and total expenditures 1916 92s. leav-
ing net profit during the year of 50.
23a. 929
REPORTS from the Census Bureau
show that the total production OF steel
in the United States during the year
ended June 30, 1889. was 4, 4f6, 935 tons,
As compared with I,145.7 I'll tons during
the year ended May 81 1850 an increase
Of 3. S2l 2I5 tons. or 200 per cent.
The public-jebt statement issued on
the lst showed the total debt to be ST.
j4s, 62I, 600; cash in the Treasury, S6sl,
SIG, 4s); debt less cash in Treasury, Ss67.-
3o3 20. Decrease during October, So =
66S,OI2. Decrease since June 80, 1890.
$50. l63. s25.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the LIST aggregated
sl,275, 643 492, against 81, 267, 014,3l1 the
previous week. As con- pared with the
corresponding week of 1859 the Increase
amounted TO pa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
GRACE IN FORGETTING.
No Virtue IN Continually Brmoanjng the
Misdo.ngs of the Past.

Misdo.ngs of the Past
There is grace in forgetting as well
as in remembering; there is a genius in
knowing what to discard as well as what
to keep; and both these are the invari-
able possessions of successful and
efficient life No man of conscience
can forget his sins; no man of Judgment
can forget his mistakes; but he does
not carry them with him. What he
does carry is the experience which has
come to him through them-the
strength, the wisdom, the grace of char
acter which have been developed by
what they have brought or what they
have taken away. a mans real life is
always before him; the past is only
valuable for what he can learn from it.
The days fade from all distinct rccol-
lection because these artificial divisions
of time are of no consequence except a.
character has grown or degenerated in
them. A mans greatest achievement
on ce accomplished, begins immediately
to recede, and becomes less and less in
his eyes. No really great man has ever
reposed on any thing which he has
done; there has always been the con
seriousness that he was greater than any
expression he had given of himself and
that the real satisfaction and JOY of his
life lay, not in the work, but in the do
ing of it. One task succeeds another,
one experience follows another, in end
less succession; mans work is never
finally done because his life is always
expanding and the time vii never come
when this law of progression will cease
to operate There can be no Heaven
which is not a heaven of development
1t is a great waste of strength to make
ones faults and blunders and sins i'm
pedimcnts in the onward march. There
is no virtue in continually bemoaning
the misdoings of the past Real repent
ance is not lamcntation but girding up
the loins for The work of expiation. Let
the dead old year bury its dead leave
behind the depressing memories of fail
ure and defeat, while you carry their
lessons in your heart. Your real llfe is
not behind but before you; it is the new
year and not the old which is your OPP
portunity Lyman Abbott.
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KILLING INDIANS.
The Way the Pilgrim Forefsthers Dealt
with the Aborigiues.

The Way the Pilgrim Forefathers Dealt
with the Aborigines.
The early Yankees were a grim lot of
men, and went about exterminating
their Indian enemies in the same spirit
that they killed of the wolves and 9TH
er vermin that annoyed them. They
had some reason for this in the merci-
less way in which the Indians muir
dered them at every opportunity. The
New England Magazine contains a let
ter from man engaged in one of these
forays that describes well their meth
DDS. 1t was written in ITO, ninety
years after the landing of the Pilgrims,
and seven years after the fearful mas
sacce of Deerheld. The writer, with
fifteen Others started up toward Canada
on an Indian-killing expedition Reach
ing the Chambly river, they espied two
canoes containing eight Indians de-
scending the river He says:
we gave them salntation out Of the
mussel of our guns and turned one over
board, & we still continued firing, caused
YIN TO Paddle away with all Speed, and left
that fellow swimming about, & when they
had got ont of ye reach of our guns, both
Canoas got together, and all (, Into one &
left We other with considerable plumber in
it, & when ithey moved of, we named ont
one of our canoas, & fetched in theirs. And
he that was swimming about we called 10
shore to US. And Lieut. ehilds killed him, and
some of we men scalped him, And by In
formation that we bad afterwards by the
captives vt were thea IN Canada three more
were killed at the same Time.
Calling a man ashore and then coolly
killing him would be though. very
cruel performance in these days, but
those grave deacons of the church re-
garded it as an eminently proper thing
to do. Farther down the river they had
another experience, which the writer
thus relates:
we espied a canoa coming down ye
river with four Indians in IL. and captive
man, which was taken at Exeter, named
Wlilm Moody. we then i'm mcdiately fired
on them, & killed the first shoot. & wounded
ye 81 and the 4th jumped out, and swan to
we contrary Shore. Then our Capt ordered
some of his men to tarry there, 4 fire at him
when he got to shore, and they ali so-and
afterwards we was Informed vt he was SO
wounded that in a few Days after he got to
Canada died Now the rest of ye men
followed ye Canoa as IL fell down
Stream and the Capt called to the Captive
to paddle We canoa to Land. but he replied
he could not because the wounded Indian
would not Let him, with that the Capt hol-
lowed TO him and bid him Knock him Ia We
head, with that he took up a Ratchet to Do
it, but ye Indian rising up took hold of We
batebct. & got it away from him, and then
catched up the Paddle, & Laid it on his
head, & the skuffiing together turned over
the Clnoa, and parted in the water, the
Indian swan to the contrary Shore As he
got out of the water we pinned him to the
Bank with seven Bullets.
The party was gone thirty-two days
ana killed four Indians, but lost one OF
their own men mortally wounded. The
captive whom they had tried to rescue
was retalIen and burned at the stake.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
THE EAST-

NATIONAL convention OF the Non
Partisan National Woman's Christian
Temperance Union Will be held in Ale
Eheny City. Pa, November 10 to 81.
Is Brooklyn. y. Y, severe coughs and
colds were prevalent, and it WIS feared
that ia grippe" had again appeared.
\ SOCIETY belle Of Binghamton. \.
Y, Miss Lizzie Phelps. worth 500, 900,
vas married to William Slattery. the
family coachman.
RErORTs received at New Bedford.
Mass. say that the Arctic fleet had
taken up 20 October 6 ninety three
whales. or nearly twice as many as
were taken last year.
FREIGHT trains collided on side track
at Providence. L. l., forcing a steel
bridge girier from a fiat car into
coach Of a passing train, instantly kill
ing two men and fatally injuring
another.
IL session at Pittsburgh. Pa. the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers
voted against federation with other rail-
way employees.
Is Pittsburgh Roger Martin died at
the age of IOt years. lie was a native
Of Ireland, and came to this country in
1864.
Ar the rolling-mills Of the Portage
Iron Company at Duncansville, Pa.
four men were killed BY boiler explo-
sion
STATE Board of Trade WIS formed
AZ Boston By the business associations
Of Massachusetts. Charles E. Adams, of
Lowell. was chosen president.
IT was said that Millet's painting,
''L'Angelus." had been sold by the
American Art Association in New York
To French purchaser. whose name was
not given for Sl55, 0OO
OFF the Barnegat coast, the Spanish
steamer Vizcaya and the schooner Cor
nelius Harsraves cOllided. and sixty
persons were reported drowned.
THE representatives of the Irish Ma
tional League, Messrs. Dillon. OBrier,
sullivan and Harrington. arrived in
New York on the steamer La Cham
payne.
TIE Wells-FargO express Office at
Meadville, Pa, was robbed of $40, 600.
CoTToN on the steamer Leona was
destroyed BE- fire in New York, the loss
b ing $500. OO0
THE death was announced of Miss
I Lizzie O. Smith, Of Willjmantic, Conn.
known as the modern martyr. who had
I been a helpless invalid iifty-fiye years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
ANGEL AND CHILD.


Beside cradle Cor space
An angel paused. and bent 20 look,
And seemed 10 see his own pure face
As in the mirror Of brook.
Dear child that SC resemblest me"
lie sweetly said. 'ah, come away!
II gether We shall happy be,
Thou art too good on earth to stay.
There is no perfect bliss below,
For even pleasure has its sting
Each song Of gladness chords OF zoe,
Each JOY IT'S sigh Of suneringl
"oh. then, must trouble and must fears
Impair the beauty OF thy brow?
Must sorrow dim with bitter tears
Those eyes, where Heaven IS shining row
aNo, No: The fiowery armament,
The fields OF glory for Us wait;
Tow'rd thee doth Providence reient
And saves thee from an earthly fate.
Let none wear mourning In thy home,
For all should be a. glad dear child,
This DAY that bids thy spirit roam
AS Ven thy blue eyes earliest smiled.
Let no face there show sorrows sign:
Let no one deck the hous e for death,
For when the soul Is white as thine,
The latest is the happiest breathr'
And speaking thus. the angel wide
His snowy pinions waved and fed
To where the pure for aye abide.
Poor mother, see, Thy babe is deadi
From the French, by George Horton, il Chi
cago Herald.
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wrenched from its place, and dark OBJ
! ject appeared in the aperture i fired
The same moment L was dashed violent
y to the floor by something heavy COM
! ing from the direction OF the roof The
next thing | remembered was finding
myself lying upon the bed. To my sur
prise | saw the cabin door was open. and
the sunlight streaming in. | started to
get no, but fell back exhausted. Won
dering what could be the matter, made
another attempt As did so my heart
almost stood still at the sight of man
standing in the doorway. Could / be
| dreaming? | rubbed my eyes tremb-
/ lingly With ny hands The man, APP
parently divining my thoughts. said:
Don't be afeared; Il amt no ghost,
but it might have been if you'd shot
me that night, as you tried to-"
shot you?' | gasped.
"Yes, shot me-" repeated the man;
''ind IL hadn't thrown you to the floor
when did you'd shot me the second
/ time"
but the coyotes?" | asked.
Coyotes repeated the man IN
amazement; what do you meanT
! told him my story. He laughed
heartily.
1T warn't no coyotes or nothin' as
you heard. 1t war me and the other
4 fellows a-hollerin'. You see, we busted
both our lamps, and we were a-hollerin'
for you to make some light SO we could
see where the cabin war You see, you
war clean out of your head with the
fever, and you imagined all them
things" lie then told me that l had
been lying i'll with fever ever since
that night, some three weeks in all,
and that l had been delirious the whole
time. While he was still talking two
other men came into the cabin.
That's nice way to be a-treatin'
people as is sent to your rescue" spoke
up one of them. "An1 after bein
nearly frozen to death on the way
added the other one.
my rescue? What do you mean?'
inquired. not little puzzled.
"Ain't your name Harry?' asked the
first speaker.
"No,r | said, sit isn't"
They all looked at one another
strangely. Then the same man said
"Why, on the 9Th day of February a tel
egram came from a man up here a-sayin'
that the fellow as war a-stayin' with
him had got lost, and hisself wal
a-dyin'."
February s. thought. at was the
day Harry died" In a moment | saw
through it all Harry's business at the
telegraph instrument that morning was
explained. Getting awake while | was
taking away the wood from tho door
and not seeing me, he had thought ir
his delirium was lost; hence his mes
sage to Colorado Springs. 1t is still {
, matter of wonder to the people out there
how the reseuing party ever got up the
mountain. 1t was feat never attempt
ed, much less accomplished, at that sea
son of the year.
Some time aftcrward | met the mar
, who had told me about the coyotes. II,
, laughed heartily when | related my eX
pericnce. He said what he had mean
, by coyotes were the feas that fairly
swarmed up there at certain seasons oil
the year. They were so big and bit 81
hard that the men in the service nick
, named them ''coyotcs"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-06
WEsT AND SOURI,.

Alone sage creek in jackson County,
:. d.. placer deposits OF gold have been
discovered. and a mining camp named
Logan has been started.
Is the Weidman brewery at Newport,
Ky. fire caused loss of 500. OO0
4 FIEF that ST.. ted in II. C. Collins
jewelry store at Eureka Springs. Ark,
consumed property valued at $500. 600.
NEAR Monticello. Ca. two sections
Of Barnum's circus-train came together
on down grade, killing two men and
eight horses.
FIRE destroyed seventeen buildings
at ApalacEicola, Fla, causing a loss OF
sl6o.O
THE Louisville baseball team de-
tcated the Brooklyns by score of 6 to
in the seventh game at Brooklyn on
the aSth Of the worlds championship
series Each club had up to date won
three games, one being a tie. The cold
weather compelled postponing the re-
naming games until next spring.
AFAENEE named Flaggott. living ten
miles west of Columbus, Ind, admitted
on his death-bed that in 1874 he had
/ murdered an Ohio stOckman by the name
Of Thomas Jameson and robbed him OF
l 81. 500.
TUE discovery was made that Fred IL.
Leider. of New Philadelphia, o., who
took an overdose of morphine October
p and was supposed TO have died. was
buried alive
one of the best-known citizens of
Kansas City. Drury Underwood. was
Z killed at a crossing by a freight train.
AT Perry. ia. Thomas Voolfolk,
aged 4 years. who murdered nine mem
( uers OF his family. including his father
and step-mother. near Macon, Ga, the
night of August 6. 1887. was hanged for
the unparalleled crime on the 10Th.
FLAMES destroyed the Northern Paci-
. tic elevator at Eureka Junction. Wash,
containing $4,000 bushels of wheat
/ causing a loss of slO0 O00
4 RESOLUTION was adopted in the Con-
stitutional convention at Jackson,
Miss. requi ing voters in the State to
Z be able 70 read the constitution or I'M
derStand the same when read or give an
[ intelligent Interpretation thereof.
/ BozEuAN's fiourinr-mills at Marion,
I Kan. were wrecked by the bursting OF
a boiler. and l. Bozeman and Cy Allen
were fatally injured.
AT Osceola, Ark, W. ID. Jones, a
I prominent physician, shot and killed
I his wife and her paramount, Dwight Nc
1 Kinney. prosperous planter and near
neighbor Of the physician.
IL portions OF Michigan. Indiana,
Wisconsin and South Dakota snow fell
on the cath.
annual report estimate the value of
the taxable property OF the State at SIS,
ST.. sos
THE Mississippi Constitutional con-
yention 81 jackson passed resolutions