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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
a LEVEL HEAD.
The Advantage of Presence of Mind In
an Emergency.

The Advantage of Presence of Mind In
IN Emergency.
During the late strike on the New York
Central Railroad, the militia were ordered
to be in readiness in case of a riot, but they
were not called out.
In an interview, Gov. Hill said the troops
were not to be called upon except in case of
an emergency. The emergency had not
arisen, therefore they would not be ordered
out. He remarked that this was the first
great strike with which he had had ex-
perience and he did not propose 10 lose his
head; the only point at which there had
been serious trouble was at Syracuse, and
there deputy-sheriff had lost his head and
precipitated an encounter.
The strike continued several weeks, and
there was riotous action at various points
along the road, but the civil authorities
were able to cope with u without calling on
the militia.
The test of mans real ability comes when
an emergency arises which makes hasty
call on his good judgment and discretion.
The man who retains his presence of mind,
maintains his equipoise and exercises sound
discretion at such critical junctures, is to
bs relied on and will be put to the front.
Men with level heads have the staying
qualities which do not falter in the face of
danger. Otis A. Cole, of Kinsman, o.,
June 10, 1890, writes: ''In the fall of 1888
l was feeling very ILL., 1 consulted doctor
and he said had Bright's disease OF the
kidneys and that he would not stand in my
shoes for the state of Ohio" But he did
not lose courage or give up; he says: 81
saw the testimonial Of Mr.. John Coleman,
100 Gregory St, New Haven, Conn, and /
wrote to him. In due time / received an
answer, stating that the testimonial that
he gave was genuine aud not overdrawn in
any particular. took good many bottles
of Warmers Safe Cure; have not taken any
for one year"
Gov. Hill is accounted a very successful
man: he is cool and calculating and belongs
TO the class that do not lose their heads
when emergencies arise.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23

Cider to be kept unfermented should
be- made as late in autumn as possible
as it would be difficult to keep from fer
menting when made early in the season
Noyem ber-made cider, X bunged NJ
tight and stored where temperatur,
near the freezing point can be main
tanned, will probably keep sweet indefi
nitely Some people put in half-pounC
or a pound OF mustard seed to the barre
of cider and others use sulphite of lime
in the same way. The old-time method
of scalding is considered by many PEG
pie one of the best and feast objectiona.
BILE methods. We see this described as
follows: When the cider has slightly
fermented it should be drawn or dipped
from the casks where it has been stand
ing TO settle. into large copper kettles
or an old copper still, and be heated just
up to the boiling point and no longer,
when it should be again put into open
casks to sett' and become cold. 1t viii
then be ready to be tightly bunged in bar
rels and stored away. During the heat
ing large quantity of scum will rise &c
the top to be SKINNED off, and during
the cooling most of the impurities still
held insolution will deposited as sedi'
ment in the bottom of the casks While
cider thus created will afterwards taste
slightly of the scalding it will not be
unpleasant to those who like it sweet
and is to be preferred to that in which
fermentation has been arrested by mus.
tard seed or chemicals. This process
will stop fermentation at the right
point to leave it sweet. and will quite
thoroughly cleanse it from impurities,
but will affect it unfavorably for max.
ing into vinegar afterwards. Popular
Gardening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
THE ART OF SWEEPING.
Take Long Light Strokes an DO Not Us.
Too Hety "A Broom.

Take Long Light Strokes an DO Not Use
Too Hetyy a Broom.
"Alice." said Lois, do you honestly
playing tennis?"
l hesitated. II really don't know.
One never thinks of hard or easy in
tennis, the game is so interesting; and
then it's outdoor exercise, ard there's
no danger of inhaling dust"
well. for my part" said Marjorie.
81 like doing work that tells. There is
so much satisfaction in seeing the fig.
ures in the carpet come out brightly I'M
der my broomi Alice. what did you dc
to make your reception-room SO per-
fectly splendiferous? Girls, look here
You'd think this carpet had just come
out of the warehouse"
Mother often tells Aunt Hetty," said
I, ito dip the end of the broom in a pal,
of water in which she has poured lit
tie ammonia teaspOonful to a gallOh.
The ammonia takes off the dust and
refreshes the colors wonderfully. We
couldn't keep house without it," I fin.
ished. rather proudly.
Did you bring some from home?'
asked Marjorie, looking hurt.
"Why, of course not! / asked your
mother, and she gave me the bottle,
and told me to take what l wanted"
"a little coarse salt or some damp
tea leaves strewed over carpet before
sweeping adds ease to the cleansing
process" said Mrs. Downing, appearing
on the scene and praising us for our
thOroughness. THE reason is that
both the salt and the tea leaves being
moist keep down the light floating dust
which gives more trouble than the
heavier dirt But now you will all be
better Tor a short rest; so come into my
little snuggery, and have a gossip an6
a lunch, and then you may attack the
enemy again. Margaret f. Sangster,
in Harper's Young People.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.


by, rubbing, with flannel dipned
n whiting, the discolorat ton may BIO
iaken of cups which have been used for
baking. '
lin lighting kerosene lamp never
ouch the wick with the match, as it
mas a Tendency to foughen or spread It.
Keep the wick turned down below the
.op OF the burner. kept when in actu-
al use. IL you would not have oil on the
outside of the lamp. -s, fa4srfi--.s !.
~-C ocoanut Sheets: Whip stiff the
whites of five eggs. CRATE one fresh, CO.
,oanut, add TO it two-thirds of cupful
If sugar, small half-cupful OF -four
and a half-teaspoonful of baking pow
Ter. Bake about half an hour, and ice
and sprinkle cocoanut over the top. =
Boston Herald.
Sugar Cakes: One cup butter, one
cup sugar, four cups -four, two eggs,
one teaspoonful vanilla. Cream butter
and sugar, mix with the beaten eggs,
add the flour and the fiavoring, roll out
very thin, and bake in moderate oven,
sprinkling the cakes with graduated
sugar just before baking. - Boston Bud
get
Stuffed Cabbage: Cut out the heart
of large. fresh cabbage by gently
pressing back the leaves. To do this
without breaking the cabbage pour
boiling water over it. Fill the hole
with finely-chopped veal or chicken
rolled into balls with the yelk of egg.
Tie up in cloth and boil in :. covered
kettle. -HousekeepeT.
Plum Butter: Take 20 every peck
Of wild plums gallon of good sorghum
molasses. Boil the plums until done,
put through a colander, then add the
molasses and boil down until as thick as
butter. add ground cinnamon. Let the
plums get dead ripe first, else the but
ter will have a bitter twang. Some
stone the plums before cooking. The
butter is excellent, and takes the place
of apple butter very well when apples
are scarce. Western Rural.
Canned Pumpkin: Pare the pump
kin. cut it into small pieces, and cook
it until soft enough for pies, then rub
it through sieve. After it has all
Dttn luc oAVNO, phb Az ONoA ehN
fire and heat it thoroughly, and then
put it into the cans scalding hot and
seal Immediately. Have your cans
heated the same as you would for fruit.
Some would rub the pumpkin through a
colander as it takes less time, but it is
much smoother and nicer for pies If put
through sieve. Ohio Farmer.
Bread and Butter Pudding: Stale
bread may be used for this. Cut the
bread thin, and butter the slices; place
in a pudding-dish butter side down;
cover with a layer of tart apples,
sprinkle over a little cinnamon and
sugar; alternate bread and butter with
the apples and seasoning until the dish
is full, letting the last layer be of the
bread: moisten with water, and place in
the oven an bake until the apples ar
tender. Cover the pudding when first
placed in the oven, then remove the
cover and brown. Eat with sweetened
cream.-Good Housekeeping.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Hints Concerning Dress Novelties of For
eign and Domestic Make.

Hints Concerning Dress Novelties OF For
eign and Domestic Make.
Among the importations are black
velvet sailor hats, with a Prince OF
Wales cluster of black ostrich plumes
set up in front.
New silk cord passementeries in rus
set brown, ruby, heliotrope and plum
color, with veinings of gold, are ex-
tremely effective and rich. and galioons
and delicate applique bands and orna-
ments of very fine chenille inter-mixed
with gold or silver threads, are restored
to favor.
Holland twills and glace mohairs in
handsome colorings appear among the
stylish travelling dresses for this season.
\ ms gray camel's-hair dresses in
Greek style trimmed with gold and
silver passementerie laid over white OF
..cliotrope bands, are among the new
elegant autumn tea-gowns. The Moor
ish devices upon some Of the Paris
dress garnitures are picked out in gold
and copper. Lattice patterns in fine
gold, with black chenille drawn
through the open meshes and leaf
points, and palms of black velvet
wrought with tinsel and studded with
turquoises, are also among the novel.
ties
The display of silk and wool plaids
for the season is remarkably rich.
Some of the blocks are rather large,
but are not at all gaudy in effect, there
being far less of the genuine plaids
than Of blocks and stripes which show
only two colors, such as amber and
geranium red, fawn and plum color,
turquoise blue and apricot. silver and
pine green, old rose and Scotch gray,
etc.
Edinburgh diagonal suitings are
much liked for utility gowns; also Pic.
cadilly woods in shot effects, combined
with the same goods in checks OF
stripes. Upon the new Carmelite cloths
for walking and visiting costumes are
woven some very beautiful borderings
that closely initiate elaborate silk EN-.
broideries. A pattern in rich velvet
has a gold and russell bordering, which,
though woven in the fabric. has hand.
wrought effect The design represents
fine rose vines interviewer with small
mauve and gold thistle blossoms. A
marine-blue English cloth gown has
black band bordering the skirt, and on
this are laid many rows of gold braid.
The seamless bodice has loops of gol,
braid run round it with excellent effect
The sleeves are of black cloth.
Jet again asserts itself, and among
the novel examples are enormous but
terfiies of cut and riveted jet their
wings studded with turquoise stones SET
in glittering steel. These butterflies
form the bonnets crown, and bandeaus
of the same style are on the brim.
Nothing but a pair of narrow velvet
strings is necessary to complete this
insect bonnet.
1t is question whether the three
quarter jackets will prove success or
not. They cut the figure in half, and
are by no means as smart-looking as
the short coat; nevertheless, royalty has
smiled upon them, and the ladies' tail
ors are making them up of their most
stylish and expensive material.-N. Y.
Post
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Hen Peryersity,

Hens are said to have attained the
age of thirty years land no man who
mas frittered away a few years of his
life in clearinghouse will dispute the
record, says an exchange. The hen is
also noted for her perversity. The man
who takes the advice of agricultural
papers edited by -plaJed-ten-cents
a-dozen city dudes-who can not tell 6
sulky-plow from a carload of guano-
and goes into the hen business to amass
immediate wealth, quickly realizes the
truth of this; for when eggs are selling
for six cents per dozen, every able
bodied hen on the ranch win get up be
fore daylight and work all day as
though she was the Nations hope
but when eggs are scarce at fouI
bits a dozen. she goes on 6
strike; and when her employer tries to
compromise with her she tells him tha'
the union is allowing her two dollars 8
day, and she don't propose to strike :
lick until the treasury is drained.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
ELECTRIC ENDosMoSlS.
An Important Medical Discovery Made ~
WIZARD Edison.


WIZARD Edison.
Edison has come out in a new char
acter. The process OF accelerating the
passage of drugs through the skin BY
electrical endo Smosis has for some time
been regularly practiced under medical
sanction. Edison had noticed that
equity concretions are often treated
with the aid of lithium salts, taken in
ternally, TO facilitate tho formation, dis.
solution and excretion from the body OF
urate lithium. The difficulty in this
treatment has always been the uncer-
tainty of the absorption of the salts into
the system, AMI it occurred to Edison
that moro rapid success might be OBJ
tanned by external application
and the employment of cleo.
trical endosmose to carry the
lithium into the tissues For the pun
pose Of testing this application he car
ried cut series of experiments last
year, TIE result OF which were placed
before tse International Medical Con
gress. re Gently held at Berlin. The
subject eS perimented upon was seven.
ty-three years of age, and had lived ar
active anu >ditng me uHJil Veu NcdFs
previously, hen he contracted the ten.
dency to gol y concretions through
sleeping in damp sheets. All the
joints except tho knees were very much
enlarged and the joints of the little
finge' were almost obliterated by opera.
ton. The patient experienced freedom
from pain, which had up to that time
been intense, after the first days treat
ment. and in fourteen days reduction
of nearly an inch and quarter was of
ftcted in the circumference of one o.
the fingers. whose form was favorable
to accurate measurement The general
condition of the patient was temporari
ly ameliorated, and the results OF the
experiment were in every way encou
aging.--N. y. Sur.
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LOSS OF VITALITY.
ORe of the Evil Results of Children Sleep
ing with Old Persons.


A not uncommon cause of loss of vital
power is the young sleeping with the
aged The fact, however explained,
has been long remarked, but it has been
most unaccOuntably overlooked in med
ical practice. A noted physician says:
Il have. on several occasions. met with the
counterpart Of the following case; was. a few
years since, consulted about pale, sickIy and
thin boz. Of about five or six years Of age He
appeared 10 have no specific ailment. but there
was a slow aud remarkable decline OF flesh aud
strength. and OF the energy OF all the func-
tions-what his mother very aptlv termed
gradual blight After inquiring into the history
81 the case. Il came out that he had been ~
bust and ple'horic child up TO his third year
when his grandmother. . very aged person
took him 20 sleep with her; that he soon after.
wand lost his good looks. and he had continued
70 decline ever since. notwithstanding medical
treatment directed him TO sleep apart from
his aged grandparent and prescribed tones
change OF air. etc The recovery was rapid"
IL is not with children only that de-
bility is induced by this mode of alb
stracting vital power The facts are
often we'll known TO the aged them
selves, who consider the practice favor.
able 10 their longevity, and therefore
often illustrate the selfishness which,
in some persons. increases with their
years. Those in good health should
never sleep with sickly persons-N. Y.
Ledger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
A substitute for securing soap.

Wife ito her band)-When you are
down town. John. step into the store
and bug me some securing soap; there
isn't bit in the house
Little Johnny docking up from &
newspaper he is readingl-Wouldn't 3
posse be good in place OF soap?
Posse. What do you mean?'
why. the paper tells about train
robbery. ami says a posse is securing
the WOODS for the robbers. "-Texa,
SIftings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
VIII AND WISDOM.

If brevity is the soul of wit, levity
is the upper.
1t is an anomalous fact that wooden
heads do not produce the thoughts that
burn.-Puck.
Many bodily disorders could be
avoided if people would only take air
Texas Siftings.
If we are not willing to do little
things, we can never hope to do great
ones.-Ram's Horn.
Habit is likened to a cable. We
weave threads of it every day, and at
last we can not break it.
Those waves remind me of the ser.
want 1 had last year" 80 green?''
mo. Breakers. Figaro.
The man who is Cooking out for a
rainy day" is often so far-sighted that
he can not see the comforts that bob up
under his very nose.-Puck.
"A man is all Faith when he is
young, all Hope when he is old, and
needs nothing so much as Charity when
he is dead.-Atchison Globe.
1t is a sign that her husband is MAX
ing money when a woman begins to get
the look on her face of looking at you
without seeing you.-Atchison Globe.
II don't mind the pitfalls of life,"
he said, as he rubbed his head ruefully
and picked himself up ''but these bana-
na-skin falls III kill me yet "-Harper's
Bazaar.
If conversation be an art like paint
ing, sculpture and literature, it owes its
most powerful charms to nature; and
the least shade of formality or artifice
destroys the effect of the best collection
of words.
Say, Doubleup," said Engleman,
looking up from his paper, ''here's me-
teorologist who says the severest storms
always begin about midnight" Hes
right. That is about the time fire.
quently reach home and find my wife
awake "-Norristown Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
I1lsals.ssgaassi.is
PITH AND POINT.


1T Is said that the female locust has
no voice and makes no noise. but she
does all the rest OF the Observation-Disclosures
Horn.
is marriage a failure? No; you can
put poperty in your wife's name in
times OF financial depression. Van
DAMS Magazine.
-Friend-''Why did your hand from
BILE SO when you were signing the circu-
lation afIidavit?"-Circula Editor
Il was telling the truth. Yankee
Blade.
1t is claimed that the sponge has a
nervous system. 1t isgratifying to learn
that a sponge has something that would
seem TO have been honestly acquired. -
Rams Horn.
The Emporia Republican says:
Lets be honest" Well, that is right;
but we wouldn't have known you were
dishonest if you hadn't acknowledged
it-Leavenworth Times.
There is one thing like about the
vulture," said Cyn.eus 10 physician
who had overcharged Iim. And that?"
''EIe doesn't present his sin until the
patient is dead. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. Seeall-'I wonder what's come
over that young Swift lie used to he
such a nice boy; now he drinks, plays
cards and stays out all night" Mr..
Seeall-"!Ic's been away to college.
Toledo Blade.
Careful usekeeper-''Where is
hot Of oh / of IN
this tablet" Small Boy put it on
tn armchair in tn parlor. You'll find
half of it on sister an tn other half on
Mr.. Hughard. food News.
Mr.. Isaacs-"I sells you dot coat at
great sacrifice" Customer-"But you
say that of all your goods. How do you
make living?" Mr.. Isaacs-"Mein
frient, makes schmall profit on de
paper and string. IN. Y. Weekly.
Miss Boston Ton Western ranch)-
Dear me. / don't see how each man
can pick out his own cattle among these
thousands Lariat Luke-"H'm! The
real trouble, Madam, comes when a fell
Ter picks out cattle that amt his. y
Puck
II guess that Charley Flippins
wants to marry Gertrude" remarked one
young woman to another. why he
pays a great deal of attention to Hattie
Smith" II know it, but he pays a good
deal more to Gertrude's mother. v
Washington Post.
-Merchant-'I wish to insert an ad-
vertisement in the Morning Bugle.
Clerk-"Yes, SIR" Commence il in
this way: Pay Cash, and put those
words in large letters" YES, sir. "
And l wish you'd trust me to the
amount for a month or "--Yankee
Blade.
- can't say the idea of taking that
young man Hankinson into my family
strikes me altogether favorably,
Mable," the father said. "What do you
see in him to admire ? Is he good for
any thing? What can he do ?" ''What
can he do.' exclaimed the indignant
girl. proudly. "EIe can beat any one
coming to our house playing lawn ten
niSr'-ChicagO Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23
possoN.S FORTUNE.

There Is % great. there IS 10 small
Among created things;
The EARN is out q riuy hall
Compared With Saturn-s rings.
And Saturn in the sun would ~ 49,. -
Like a small island in the-Sr
While in the telescope a fiy
Seems huge monster in the sky
The neigh bars- counted Dobsoa rich,--
And happy a. \ king
They asked not " opinion. Which ------
Was quite another thing
'Tis true. he owned a house, milk
Some railroad shares. whisky still.
A patent right or fVO:-but then.
Think OF the wealth % other men.
His shares went up. his whisky sold
As 'twere the wine Of life
His factory was mint o. gold;
Yet D0bson and his.wife
Felt poorer vet, and still more poor.
As treasures poured in more and moro
For. as they rose. Of course their view
OF earthly treasures wider grew.
% happy man r. said one mora.
Then in the minor key
With aspect mournfuI and forlorn.
He thus complained 10 me.
"Sir. how can be happy, when
: look around on otner mem
Pray. how can happiness belong
To me, when every thing goes wrong:
There's always trouble AZ the still,
New trouble every day,
The haLds In my new wooden mill
Have struck for higher pay
know that rascal Higgins cooks
Itis entries; took home his books
AID puzzled on them all last night
IksOw I'm cheated left and right.
eat home we're full Of trouble. too;
The cooks a frightfuI scold
The rolls are scorched. the cloths askew,
Toe coffee comes on cold
We have no comfort at our meals.
Tue cOschman drlnks. the butler steals.
The children fret and hate their nurse,
And wife is always Li-or worse"
"Hut you're a wea!:ny man. at least
To comfort him. said
The sadness in his face increased,
And lower dropped his head:
Il thought so once; but was fooled
Compared with Vanderbilt or Gould
am q pauper-yes. sir. poor
ASH / begged from door TO door"
left aim and wes.: on my way.
And thus my musings ran:
Il wonder which % ~ to-day
Is the really ri-ier man.
My dear ones needs are all supplied.
] have a little laid aside;
lie has a million. more or less.
His days are days % wretchedncss.
There comes a crash. The H-htnings play
The tempest hov-ls and raves.
Poor DobsOn's riches float away
Like fiotsam on the waves.
A year rolls by. and Dlbson now
With cheery vigOr guides the pillow
The clouds have passed. the sky j. blue.
He's happy he's wealthy. too
Edward Payson Jackson, in Youths Com
.niou.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-10-23

Dr-ing a thunder storm in a Colorado
the head By ligh*"ing, which ran dowr
ono side of mis- race, over the shoulder
tiansversely across the breast. dowr
arc md one leg, and out through the
shoe top. His face was badly burned
and the cour-e of the current over him
was marked by red brand. His clothe,
were torn from him and the sole of the
shoe completely torn Of. He laid ap
parently dead. and was left at the place
until the storm was over. After lying
in the rain for two hours he was resus
citated, and is now as well as ever ex
cept for the burn Denver News