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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
EASTERN HORSE-TRADING.
sights and Scenes i'm the Public Horse
Market of Damascus.

Sights and Scenes in the Pubic Horse
Market of Damascus.
We come to an open space crowded
with people and horses, which our host
informs US is the public horse market OF
Damascus. Here we see various men
riding up and down on horses which
have been committed to their charge to
sell, shouting the last bid which has
been offered TO them. They seem to
fetch very low prices. Several good
horses We see sold for less than $40
each. One specially fine-looking ami
NAL is knocked down" to els. But the
business is not finished. A long dis
pute Immediately ensues between the
intending purchaser and the owner, the
former attempting TO obtain the
horse for few piastres less
than the stipulated amount. There is
an innate love of bargaining in true
Oriental. He never can do without it.
In this case the owner seems to feel
pretty sure of obtaining a good price
for his horse even if the present man
should back out. SO he remains silent,
with an occasional inconsequent remark,
such as: lit matters not" "Wallah,
who am to argue with thee?" oval
lab. nv horse is as Dust Take it, with
out money!" All of which expressions
are equivalent to cold negatives, and
naturally exasperate the other man, who
is wasting oceans of rhetoric in the at
tempt to induce him to come around to
his own way of thinking. Finally the
latter exclaims with a heart-warming
show of generosity and philanthropy:
s.Wallah. are we not brothers? Where
fore all this noise? Isit for money? May
Allah forbid. You want one thousand
six hundred piastres? Here is the
money. Take it, and here he presses
the bag of treasure into the other ones
hands and makes as If he were going to
turn away. Never mind about your
horse; | care not for it. Shall we part
enemies because of money!" But here
the other, who now has his money Sc
cure, runs after him. falls on his neck,
and. kissing him on both cheeks, as
sures him that his horse to him is
worthless; that since his brother wishes
for il he must have it-as a present
And then they repair. in company with
the DALAI" or the man who has done
the auctioneering part of selling the
horse, to the government office close by,
when the affair is registered and legally
settled. Oriental business ways appear
passing strange to our minds.-Murray
Magazine.
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tinct variety, 1t modestly puts forth no
such pretensions itself, and the honor
has been clearly thrust upon it. But all
white plumaged geese come under the de-
nomination of Embden, except the Irish,
which are not so designated. They are,
however. smaller than the true Embden.
but IN no other resrect differ from them,
and therefore are not distinct variety.
OF course white geese have one decided
advantage over the gray, namely-their
feathers are of much more value. As
this is an important point their breed
ing should be encouraged, even though
they do not attain the same size as the
Toulouse. The question of size could
soon be remedied by careful breeding,
but the geese required for the early
markets can be best supplied by birds of
this variety, as they grow more rapidly.
There can b. no doubt, however, that
for the later markets in this country
the Toulouse will be able to hold its
own, for size is then of great impor-
lance. do not know that this is a wise
or well-regulated demand, for the largest
have seldom the finest flavor, and nat
ure seems to hold a balance in all
things for when she gives excess of
size she seldom gives with it the same
quality, and "a well-fed Emblem is
juicy and tender fowl, with the highest
of quality. Specimens of this breed do
not often attain more than nineteen or
twenty pounds, but at times heavier
birds have been found. At one time the
weights of all the waterfowl were taken
at the Birmingham show, and though
many of the birds were undoubtedly
grossly crammed because of the infiu
ence the scales had in determining the
prizes. for which reason the system was
given up yet there are many interest
ing features about the plan, and rec
ord could be kept from year to year of
the weights attained. 1t is to be noted,
however, that one of the highest weights
ever recorded at this show was for
pair of Embdens, namely, ffty-seven
pounds the pair. which was the weight
of the first prize pen at the Birming-
ham show of 1S76.-Country Gentle
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

For asthma wear silk understands
1t is claimed they are used successfully
in the most aggravated cases. The
shirts must be of pure silk.
Spread heavy wrapping paper under
the carpets when you put them down
again after shaking. 1t viii save them
from the wear of uneven boards, and
catch the dust that sits through them.
For healthy persons Of good phys
ique warm baths are admirable at
times for cleansing purposes. Very
stout persons find hot baths useful for
reducing corpulence, but that is a
medicinal, and not sanitary measure.
Potato Croquettes: Take seasoned
cold mashed potatoes, 10 each cupful
add two table-spoonfuls ofcream. Form
into oval balls with Toured hands, dip
into beaten egg then in cracker dust
and fry in hot lard or drippings.
Water, drunk freely before meals, is
said to have a beneficial result-it
washes away the mucus which is Sc
ereted.by the mucous membrane during
the intervals of repose and favors per-
istalsis of the whole alimentary tract.
The membrane thus cleansed is in a
much better condition to receive food
and convert it into soluble compounds.
The best socks to wear are those that
are made of merino. That prevents
evaporation if the foot perspires, and 50
keeps the feet from getting cold. In
warm weather there is no objection TO
cotton socks; but the thin silk hose that
are 10 be found in all the furnishing
stores are neither warm nor healthful.
In winter every one should wear some
sort OF woolen-socks, it is so essential
that the feet should be kept WARMTH o.
ledo Blade.
Potato Rolls: Boil two pounds Of POI
tatoes, pass through a colander, or mash
them we'll; add two ounces Of good, sweet
lard, a Pint OF milk and a little salt, one
gill of yeast, and as much flour as will
make a soft dough. Set to rise. When
light, roll and cut in round cakes one
half inch thick. Fold across and set in
a warm place till very light; bake in a
brisk oven. With good material, these
rolls can not be exceled.-Rural New
Yorker
Oatmeal Bread: One-half pint Of
oatmeal, one and one-half pints of -four,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder three-quar-
tiers of pint of milk; boil the oatmeal
one hour in one and one-half pints of
sailed water. add the milk and set aside
to cook, then add the flour. salt and
powder; mix smoothly and bake in a
well-greased tin about one hour, protect
with paper about twenty minutes.-Al-
bany Journal.
The week. y repairing Of garments is
almost religious duty in some few
homes: but in how many are the little
rents and rips, the lost buttons and
hooks, the broken button-holes and worn
edges, and the tiny holes and thin places
in hosiery let go from time to time until
nothing remains to be done but throw
aside the garments. "The stitch in time
saves nine" remark may be trite, but it
is just as good as ever, and in home
where mending is one of the 'let-go's''
there is a sad lack of thrift, and so of
certain moral qualities that go with it.
Good housekeeping.
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The equivalent in English money of $4,000 offered by
lady London the of avote which had
been People called her crank and perhaps she
unfortunate that of the gn should gain
title yet many do is however, frequently their fault
functional arrangements will apparently change womans
Don't blame such sufferers if they Cranky but
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"Favore has cured thousands of poor bedddn
o. femae weakness painful Irregularities, ucera
and kindred ailments
medicine sold by druggists under
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of in
Address WoRD's MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Propie-
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
AN UNLUCkY DAY.
A Man Whose Misfortunes Always Come
on the Third Day of the Week.

the Day OF the week.
While on that question of supersti-
ton, which to smaller or greater de-
gree is impressed in the system of every
man and woman, one of the most singu-
lar instances / ever saw of a strong mind
that was effected by it was in the case OF
a partner of a house whose fame is
worldwide.
The gentleman is the prime mover in
the life of the house, its energy and
controlling force, and has as fertile a
brain as any man / know of. He is
what, in the West, would be termed a
hustler or rustler. In his ordinary,
everyday life, / doubt whether he has
any fixed religious convictions, or
dreams much over future punishments
and rewards. And yet / never saw a
man who was more deeply affected by
one superstition. He would do nothing
on Tuesday; that is, more particularly,
he would never commence any thing on
Tuesday, and he would never permit
any business of his immense estab-
lishntent to be commenced on that
day.
The regular routine, of course, went
on, but nothing must be originated on
that day. Sensible, logical and full of
wit on every other subject, on that
Tuesday business, there was no use for
argument. 1t was set in his creed OF
faith. And, singular to say, according
to his statements, all his misfortunes
had overtaken him on Tuesdays.
Whether he simply argued that way,
or whether it was so can not say, but
Tuesday was his black day. If he got
in a passion on that day VOC to the poor
fellow who fell under his hampering
tongue. Generally he was mild; Tues
days prone to quarrel.
l have met other people who have
fixed their dismal superstitions on other
days of the week, but they all run in
the same groove, sort of terror of the
day fixed in their imaginations as I'M
holy. All the centuries of civilization
have been unable to remove the ancient
pagan Enthusiastically Citizen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
FARM AND GARDEN.
EMRpEN GEESE.
They Are Fine Birds and Formidable
Rivals of the Toulouse Breed.


They Are Fine Birds and Formidable
Rivals of the Toulouse Bleed.
Although the gray or Toulouse goose
may be regarded as the more popular
and, probably on account of its size, the
most profitable. it has a formidable
rival in the white or Embden variety,
which is very fine in quality, but does
not attain to the same size. This does
not always appear to have been the
case, for old Moubray says: 1.-THE
white appears to be the largest, if not
the heaviest. of its kind, and. some may
even add. the prettiest. too, though that
must clearly be judged as matter of
taste only"
The same writer goes on to say that
the Embden takes its name from the
Hanoverian town whence it was, many
years since, imported. and whence, as
also from some parts of Prussia and Hol-
land. we still continue to draw supplies.
1t differs in no respect from the common
English goose, having precisely the
same form and shape, the same pure
white pluma re, the same rich red bill,
legs, feet and webs; indeed, although it
has been dignified by the title of dis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
Mr.. BixBY'S BARGAIN.
As a shopper the Old Man Proves Himself
Decided FailuEe.


Talk about your bargains" said Mr..
Bixby, as he came home to dinner the
other day, and fished around in the skirt
Of his coat before sitting down to the
table, Il got bargain to-day that'll
make you open your eyes. just lookee
here. What you reckon | paid a pair
for them socks? Hey? Less by half,
I'll warrant, than you paid for any pair
you've bought since we've been married.
Look at emil Did you ever see such socks
before for fifty cents pair?"
Fifty cents? Why Mr.. Bixbyl"
''oh, thought you'd be s'prised.
They're worth seventy-five cents at the
lowest, amt they?"
LET me see them" said Mrs. Bixby,
quietly. '.You didn't notice, suppose,
that they're moth-eaten little and
shop-worn. The heel is single; they're
not mates; they're nearly all cotton, and
they'll crack badly. They're the same
kind i saw sold Saturday at twenty
cents pair. and
But Bixby had seized his hat and gone
down town for dinner.-Drake's Maya
tine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23

The Berlin postal service, long one of
the best postal services in the world
has Just been improved by unique in
novation. On November l ten large
postal wagons, with sorting tables,
stamping arrangements and every thing
else used in preparing mail for trans
portation, were sent out from Berlin's
Station c over ten routes to the city
limits to collect the contents of the
street mail-boxes The officials who ac-
companied the wagons sorted, stamped
and punched the mail brought them
from the boxes by porter. while the
wagons were being driven in from the
outskirts of the city. In this way an
hour, and often enough, two hours, was
saved from the time before required for
preparing mails for the trains. \ let
ter-box was attached to the side Of each
wagon, so that pedestrians could throw
in their letters whenever the wagon
stopped. These postal wagons have been
a complete success thus far, and will be
continued in use. Most of them cover
their routes in just an hour. The Ber-
lin post officials boast that they now
have she quickest city mail service in
tho yorld.-N Y. sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
FEMININE TENDERNESS.
An Experience which DIsproves One of
Darwin's Theories.


Darwin's Theories.
According to Darwin one OF the chief
mental differences between man and
woman is woman's greater tenderness.
OF this feminine tenderness the world
has been able to Judge on a vast scale
during the last two or three years.
According to statistics 10000 humming
birds were sold in London in one after
noon, and the number OF Brazilian and
New Indian birds sold in one auction
room during four months, 404. 464. One
dealer in South Carolina handles $4,000
bird skins each year During four
months 10000 birds were supplied To
New York dealers from "a single village
on Long Island; and an enterprising
woman from New York contracted with
a Paris millinery firm 90 deliver during
this summer 40, 600 or more skins of birds
at 40 cents each. A correspondent of a
New York paper saw at an art exhibit
ton young lady with nothing in her
face to denote cruelty" who wore hat
trimmed with the heads of over twenty
little birds, and the same writer re-
marked: ''No one can tell how large a
bird can be worn on woman's head by
walking on Fifth avenue. 1t is neces-
sary to take a ride on Second-avenue
car to get the full effect of the prevail
ing fashion. There one may see on the
headgear of the poorer classes, and es-
pecially of colored women, every species
of the feathered kingdom smaller than
a prairie chicken or a canvasback duck,
and every color of the rainbow.
THAT the average woman is not suff1
GENTLY refined to feel for these winge3
poems of the air is proven by this FASH
ion. which Enthusiastically enough.
was started by member of the Paris
demi-monde Christian Union.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23

"A belated pedestrian of Dalton, Ga,
while returning home one dark night,
recently, stumbled over a slumbering
muley COW reclining upon the pavement
and was precipitated squarely upon abe
animals back. Before he could regain
his feet the frightened COW, believing
loudly. started down the street, carrying
him with her. After dash OF block
or two the gentleman jumped and laId-
ed in a mEd-hole.
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HUMAN INFLUENCE.
Wherein Lies the Perils and Responsible
ty of Our Existence.

Wherein Lies the Perils and Responsible
ty of Our Existence.
No human being can come into this
world without increasing or diminishing
the sum total of human happiness, not
only of the present. but of every SUISSE
quent age of humanity. No one can de-
tach himself from this connection.
There is no sequestered spot in the uni
verse. no dark niche along the disc of
non-existence, to which he can retreat
from his relations to others, where he
can withdraw the influence of his exis-
tence upon the moral destiny of the
world; everywhere his presence or alb
sence will be felt--everywhere he win
have companions who viii be better
or worse for his influence. II is
an old saying, and one of fearful and
fathomless import. that we are forming
characters for eternity. Forming char
actersi Whose? Our own or others?
Both; and in that momentous fact lies
the peril and responsibility of our exist
ence. Who is suflieient Cor the
thought? Thousands of my fellow be-
ings will yearly enter eternity with
characters DIFFERING from those they
would have carried had ] never lived.
The sunlight of that world will reveal
my fnger-marks in their primary froma-
tions. and in their successive strata OF
thought through life.-Elihu Burritt.
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An Annie Picker.

/ have little device for picking APP
pies off of high limbs that pleases me
very much, says a writer in the Ohio
Farmer. | find the best apples grow on
these high limbs. out of ordinary reach.
Take a strip of muslin nine inches wide
and twenty feet long; sew it together in
a long sack or tube. both ends open.
Get a pole as long as you can handle
well, or make it out of light wood. Make
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Consumption Surely Cured.

To THE EDIToR:-Please inform your
readers that l have a positive remedy for
The above named disease. By its timely
use thousands OF hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. ] shall be CAD TO send
TWO bottles OF my remedy FREE to any of
ycur readers who have consumption II they
vii send me their express and post-ofice
address. Respectfully, I. A. SLoCUsl, VI. C.,
Isl Pearl street Nexr York
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POISONED RY 4 CALF.

1fy little boz broke out with ce and sores.
ahe result CT the saliva from calls mout coming
m contact with cut q ger. l used quite num-
Der Of remedies. with no benefit but got swifts
Specific. and he improved with The hrst lew
doses. and in a short time was sound and veil OF
the poison.
Auburn. Ala. Feb Is. 50. JOIN T. HEARD.
. a ID cures Blood Poison by forcing the faint out
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WHITE SWELLING.

My little niece had white swelling TO such an ex-
tent tha she confined 10 the bed FIR a long
time More than 20 pieces of bone came out Of her
leg and the doctors said aRputation was the only
remedy TO save her life / refused the peratiou.
and put her on S. S. s. and she is now up and
active and in as good health as any child.
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CATAREH.


Home Treatment.
Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due 20 the presence of living parasites
in the lining membrane of The nose anu
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research.
however, has proved this to be a fact. and
the result of this discovery is that a simple
remedy has been formulated where by
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
n. B.-This treatment is not a snuff or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A. H. Dixon Il Son, cor. of john
and King Street, Toronto, Canada--Chris
pan Allocate.
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First Dude-Say, Ahthah, how does a
fellah see with those single-baweled
Eyeglasses?
second Dude no youh seeing With
the otlah eye, body. ~. I. weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23

hoop of stiff wire and fasten it to top
OF pole, about six inches below the end.
Fasten d rec wires from the hoop up to
end of polo, and sew the hoop securely
in the end OF the muslin sack or tube,
to keep 1t open. The cut shows the
method of using. The apples come out
at the lower end Of the poke as bright
and sound as a dollar. l can pick with
this device whore no ladder can reach.
have another dcvice to send you soon.
THE consumption Of oats is rapidly in
creasing everywhere. For young stock
no grain makes bone and muscle so
fast. For horses at any age it is the
best food, colts brought up on oats prov
ing more muscular and enduring thar
those raised on corn. For mich cow
1t is the best Of all the grains. and %
children and old people it is highly re-
garded both here and abroad. In To
Northwest it is as sure and generally
profitable as wheat. and the oat Gre
OUGHT to have still more attention thi
IL gets.
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The New President OF Brazil.

Senior Fonseca, the new President OF
Brazil, is thus described by one who has
known him well in South America. lie
is rather fair, and his eyes are gray. He
is now sixty-two or sixty-three years Of
age; his hair and beard show good deal
of gray. He is about five feet ten inches
high and weighs about one hundred and
sixty-fve pounds He is portly and al
gether man of fine physique. He has
a well-developed forehe-a vLsrs a full
beard. ami has a nose slightly inclined TO
the aquiline, but not at all prominent.
His face is full, br. not ford. Though
lawyer. he has been a planter and
Shareholder. He was at one time tenn.
porarily in charge of an American
school.-Albany IL. " Argus.
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WHEN things get serious women stop
talking and men begin-Atchison Globe.
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fhs1FssrdHs sf-rA=s,.s- :

Mild, equitable climate, certain and abundant
crops Best fruit. grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free Address
Oregon lmmigrationBoard, Portland, Oregon
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TIE claim that telephone business Is con-
Quoted on sound principles seems plausible,
but really IL is supported merely by hearsay
evidence Baltimore American
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BILIoUsSEss, dizziness. nause sadac. e,
are relieved by small doses Of = tiers Lit
tie Liver Pills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23

THE woman who is always self-possessed
is the old maid.-Lowell Courier
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Alas. such i ulF -orrv Fate,
Sc was TO logger fr-e-in fine
Size chose the coac hmau for "a mate
Iie siIl who o. yer esin Je mine
Albert I. Berg. IN Journalist.
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WHEN you look at some people the first
thing Won think If IS a club
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THEY disappear like hotcazes before a St
Louis tramp-sTansill Punch &C. Cigar.