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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-07-31
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

OK the 23d twenty men were drowned
from raft of logs in the rapids of the
Ottawa river near Pembroke, Can.
The old-time passenger steamer
Egypt. of the National line, with val
liable cargo of misce llaneous freight,
was burned at sea recently. Her crew
was saved.
ADvIcEs Of the Esd say that the
American schooner William Rice, from
Cape Ann for Iceland, had sunk and the
crew of sixteen men persisted with the
vessel.
ALMOST the entire wheat crop of
France had on the 25th been ruined by
incessant rains. The losses were esti-
mated at 500. 900, 900 francs.
ADvICEs of the 25th say that band of
Arnauts made a night attack upon the
Montenegrin village Rogmore. surpris-
ing the inhabitants, many of whom were
murdered Afterward the band was at
tackled by Turkish troops and sixty Ar
nauts were killed.
In London the Horse and Trumpeters,
public house which Nad been permitted
to sell ardent spirits for ESQ wears past
had the renewal of its license refused
on the 25th.
BUENos AYREs dispatches of the 27th
state that a revolution had been COM
menced by the Union Civica, assisted by
two battalions of the garrison. Presi-
dent CeIman had declared the whole Re-
public in state of seige and the Ma
tional Guard had been called to arms.
The revolutionists had liberated Gen
eral Campus. who was awaiting trial as
a conspirator, and he had placed himself
at the head of the revolutionary party.
GENERAL EzETA, brother of the pres
dent of San Salvador. fought a ba$tle
with the Guatemalans near San Miguel
on the Goth and killed over 500 of the
enemy.
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PlTH AND POINT.

The Enumeration turning back)-
Zone question more, Mr.. Blank"
'Well, out with it, 'Are you single
or headed?"-Ashland Press.
"A Trained Horse-''But don't you
see how that horse limps?" Dealer
You call that limping? He is thor
oughly trained horse and is only bowling
to you. "-Fliegende Batter.
First Tramp-"Are you boardin' on
lie American or de European plan nova
days, Jerry?" Second Tramp-"Tm
boardin' on de installment plan, most
ly."-Terre Haute Express.
II declare, Tom," said the fond
mother 1.-THE baby is the very image of
youl" And the papers next day chron-
ieled a mysterious disappearance. -
Puck.
VISITOR suppose your daughter is
busily preparing for her wedding?
Mother-Yes, she is upin her room now
destroying her old letters. -Life.
The rich people have saw-logs of things
that are nice,
While poor people get but a splinter.
The rich peoples houses in summer have
And the poor peoples have il all winter.
Chicago Herald.
-"'Rastus, where are those two
chickens had in the cellar?" Dunno,
sab! Perhaps as twas very cole night,
they done got froze. an then melted
away, just melted away, sah?'-Puck.
The London Lancet complains that
disease turks in the BARRIERS mug"
That's all right. if it Will continue to
Turk. But the difficulty is that it is
transferred to the customers mug.-N.
Y. Press.
-"How soon do you start on your
talked-of trip to Europe?" II had to
give it up" why SOP" Because my
wife went and ordered bonnet for the
voyage. and when the milliner's bill
came in it took all my money."-Light.
Mrs. Megrim-"Lemuel, what air
you a doin'?' Mr.. Megrim-''Apple-
iackin' these axles. If tn stuff makes
them wheels go tn way it did my head
last night, I'll get t town in about five
minutes. Puck.
Fond Mother-''Why, child. what is
the matter with you? Your clothes are
all covered with ashes" Advanced In
fant-"We have been studying mythol-
ogy, and l played Phoenix. | had to
rise up out Of the ashes. Texas Sift-
ings.
-Hicks-'T saw Miss Whatshername
to-day. You know her well enough;
that plump little curly-haired girl that
used to live in your street / can't recall
her name just now" Hicks-"Nor she
either. She was married last week. -
Boston Transcript.
Butcher Boy-''Any thing else to
take out?" Butcher-"Yes. This ten
pound roast is to go TO Mr.. Wealthy's
residence, and this other ten-pound roast
is to go TO Mrs. Slimdiet's boarding
house. Now don't get them mixed, or
Wen lose two customers. N. Y.
| Weekly.
Eastern Weaklings-Miss Gotham
''Why do these Westerners call Eastern
people tenderfeet?" Returned Tourist
because Eastern people can't walk
forty miles into the country to look at
a $40 suburban lot without feeling
| tired. ~. Y. Weekly.
Mrs. Selfmade-"J John, why don't
you promote some of the worthy young
men in the store? You never give any
of them any advancement" Selfmade
-''Humph! reckon they get as much
as they are worth" Mrs Selfmade-
"But my dear, why not be of some bene-
fit to real merit?" Selfmade-"Non-
sense. Was real merit ever of any
benefit to me?"
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TWO PRAYERS.

Our minister gifts up TO pray and lets the spirit
flow
An tells the Lord lot err taings he thinks He
ought 70 know,
Tells Him about the government, how politics
II turn
Coz He don't mix in politics an hez no way to
learn.
He peaches on the President. an describes his
evil natur'
An gives away the Cabinet and our venal legis
latur,
Shows how corruption testers, an tells of
things, fear.
Thet the Lord-they come so sudden-wim be
surprised to hear.
He takes the cyclopedy an he weaves it in his
prayer,
Sandwiehed in 18th choice statistics which he
picks up everywhere;
They say the Lord knows every thing-some
times ulster doubt,
Now l know our pastor tells Him-thets tho
way He fines il out.
In the meetin' t'other evenin' he lifted up his
face
An much interestin' gossip laid before the
Chunks Of useful information did he shrewdly
intersperse,
Thet would make the Lord enlightened ez TO all
the universe.
Then Jim Drew. the drunken sailor, Ust riz up
there in the aisle,
An though twas in a holy place we couldn't
forbear 10 smile.
But Deacon Briggs he nudged me hard; SEE he:
Don't grin that way,
For don't We see he's sober, an the rascars
goin 10 prayg'
He started in and seq: "Oi Lord. I'm Jest
chuclzful er sin,
An there amt no place. recllin, fcr Jour mercy
TO squeeze in;
For I'm iist good for nothin', an an OF wreck
from the sea,
Take mel ain; with takin'-but give myself
to Thee"
Then Is broke down an blubbered out, an Jest
set down 10 bawl,
An then there came a loud Amen" thet near
bust through the wall;
We knew spark Of Heavenly fire had touched
this earthly clod,
For his soul in all its nakedness had SHOWN it.
self TO God.
There warn't much learnin' in his prayer, but
yet il Travelled far
An went fioatin' up to Glory where the shinin'
angels are;
The pastors prayer, so weighted down ith FIG
gers. facts an proof.
Got lodged among the rafters an didn't git be
yond the roof.
$ w Foss in Yankee Blade.
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REGARDING RASCALlTY.
Lack of Conscience Is Not Always a Means
of Success.


of Success.
The fact is that there is altogether
too much reverence for rascals, and for
rascally methods, on the part of tolera-
bly, decent people. Rascality is pictur-
esque, doubtless, and in fiction it has
even its moral uses; but In real life il
should have no liberation; and it is. rs
matter of fact, seldom accompanied by
the ability that it brags.
One proof that the smart rogu, is not
so smart as he thinks and as others
think, is that he's often comes t. grief.
He arrives at his successes through his
knowledge of the evil in men; he comes
to grief through his ignorance of the
good in men He thinks he knows
human nature" but he only half
knows il. Therefore he is constantly
in danger of making a fatal mistake.
For instance, his excuse TO himself for
lying and trickery is that lying and
trickery are INDUCED in by others-even
by some men who make loud boast of
virtue before the world. a little more
or less of lying and trickery seems to
make no difference. he assumes-espe-
cially so long as there is no public dis
play of lies and tricks-for he under
stands that there must always be GER
tain outward propriety in order to insure
even the inferior kind Of success he is
aiming at But, having no disable con-
science to guide him. he undertakes the
sensitiveness of other consciences-and
especially the sensitiveness of that
vague sentiment ca led public opinion"
and he makes a miscalculation, which,
If it does not land him in the peniten-
tiary, at least makes him of no use to
his respectable allies; therefore, of no
use to his semi-criminal associates;
therefore, a surprised, miserable and
vindictive failure.-Century.
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-
order to make running recoh s anu =.
is dangerous custom which is III oie az
any time ia result in disasteH NOT
long ago the writer's attention. was
called to an engine on Missouri fpad
which did not pop" or blow off stesS
at no pounds. The engineer was proudN
of his reputation as runner" and was
foolishly risking his own life and the
lives intrusted TO his care for the sake
of a little notOriety. In such cases the
fireman's lot is slavish one, and the
labor required TO keep up his engine is
simply tremendous.
In addition to firing, the fireman is
required to keep his machine, inside the
cab, clean, and bright works" must be
kept spOtless. Such trifling duties as
ringing the bell, keeping a sharp look
out ahead, and watching for signals are
thrown in just 10 keep him in practice
during the few minutes he may chance
TO spend on his seat box.
After he has served in this capacity
from three to seven years, and he is
successful in passing the examination
in which reading and writing are the
easiest branches-the fireman is placed
on the extra list. and after six months
trial he becomes an engineer. Often,
however, the fireman lacks certain re-
quirements or has bad luck at the start,
and has an accident or smashup. and he
is condemned to another long term of
shoveling coal which may be made per-
petual occupation.
Firemen. as a rule, arc a steady class
of men: they must be. as ii is from
them that enginemen are made. The
firemen have a brotherhood which is
second only TO the engineers in i'm
portance, and the order is doing deal
of good in preparing its members TO be-
come capable and relia ole engineers. -
Kansas Citv Star.
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
HFTYFIRsT CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, July %. - Bills were re-
ported favOrably in the Senate TO PEN
sion the widows OF General John C. Free
mont and General George Il. Mcclellan
at the rate of $1,000 per annum each.
Tho Indian appropriation bill was dis
cussed and consideration of the first
half of il was completed. In the House
the substitute for the Senate original
package bill was passed by vote Of
liz to %. II provides that any article
imported into a State and sold there
shall be auenable to the laws of that
State.
WEDNESDAY. July %. - The Indian
appropriation bill was further discussed
in the Senate, but ne action was taken.
In the House the bankruptcy bill was
considered. In the contested election
case of James II. McGinnis vs. John b.
Anderson, from the Third district of
West Virginia, the committee reported
in favor of seating McGinnis (Rep.).
THURSDAY. July 24.-In the Senate
the Indian appropriation bill was
passed and bills were introduced TO fix
the limit of value and to provide for the
free coinage of silver, and TO pay TO DIR.
Mary F. Walker $40, 900 for her services
as assistant surgeon in the United States
army during the late war. In the House
the TOrrey bankruptcy bill was passed
by vote of IL 10 81
FRIDAY, July 25.-The time of the
Senate was occupied in debating the
tariff bill. In the House the sundry
civil appropriation bill with Senate
amendments was debated, the chief dis
cussiOn being on the subject of the APP
preparation for irrigation survey.
SATURDAY. July %. - The House
amendments to the original package
bill were non-eoncurred in by the SEN
ate and a conference was ordered. Bills
were passed granting pensions of $1,000
a year each to the widows of GEN
eral Fremont, General Mcclellan and
General Crook. In the House the SEN
ate amendments 70 the sundry civil bill
were considered and many of them
were nOn-concurred in The charges
made some time ago by Mr.. Cooper
Ind against Pensioner Commission
er Raum were ordered to be investi-
gated
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Servants i. the Austrian canitaI.

The servants and mistresses of Wen
ma have to manage their affairs under
the superintendent of the police. The
latter keep a servants book, " in which
each girls dismissals and re-engage-
ments are recorded, together with
copies of character given by each en-
ployer. The character has to contain
the three words, treu. teissig, stttsam
(honest, industrious and well conduct
ed. A mistress may leave out any OF
these three words if she finds cause,
but few venture to do So The day
after she has dismissed a servant with
a defective character, she receives a
summons 20 the police station, where
she has 20 swear en- the crucifix that
the girl IS either not honest, industri-
Gus or virtuous. She is vigorously cross
examined, and if the girl insists with
her denial, the visits to the police Office
are repeated over and over again A
written character IN Vienna. there
fore, means nothing, and mistresses re-
sort to other means of getting informa-
tion.-Frank Leslie's illustrated News
paper.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

The death Of James Weaver tcolored).
said to have been the oldest man IN In
dianapolis. occurred at Marion, Ind, on
the Esd at the age of 100 years
BURGLARS in Weeping Water, Neb.,
took the night-watchman of the town
to a grove aud tied him to a tree on the
ed and then robbed the Commercial
Bank of 81. 1OO2
THE following Congressional nomina-
tions were made on the Esd: Minnesota,
Second district. John Lind (Rep.) re-
nominated; Kansas. Seventh district,
Jeremiah Simpson. PEOPLES partly;
Iowa, Eighth district A. r. Anderson
Farmers Alliance); Wisconsin, First
district Stephen Faville PRO-, Sixth,
e. ". Gates (Prol.
Two BOATS were capsized by a squall
in a yacht race at Duluth, Mimi, on the
2Sd and two men OF one crew were
drowned.
AT Cheyenne the formal celebration
of Wyoning's admission TO Statehood
was observed on the Esd by imposing
ceremonies.
The Legislature OF Illinois met in
extra session at Springfield on the Esd
To N0u~l1tE WORTH = AdAE uIaNAtAN-
William Il. Cochraue. of Moultrie COun-
Is. was elected Speaker OF the House.
I.ieutenaE t-tiOvernor Ray called the
Senate to order After transscting
Gov ,l,e i ;,-'"oss both houses adjourned
THE express companies on the Esd no
titled their agents at Atchison, Kansas,
and other points TO take no more beer
rss ga%fa
AT Spokane Falls. Wash, an incen-
diary fire on the 2Sd caused loss of
5000. coo
DRIVEN insane by the death of his
child and by sickness Vaudeville Ault
shot and killed his wife and then hanged
himself n Centerville o.. on the Esd.
THE Nebraska Republicans in State
convention on the cath at Lincoln NOM
mated the following ticket: For Gov
ernor, L. u. Richards; Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor, Thomas Majors; Secretary of
State. J. c Allen; Auditor. Thomas
Benton; Treasurer. J. T. Hill; Commits
sioner Of Public Lands. &. II. Hum
phrey; Attorney General. George f.
Hastings, Superintendent of Public In
struction. A. X. Goudy. Resolutions
were adopted indOrsing the disability
pension bill, demanding legislation 20
secure purity Of elections, favoring re-
vision Of the tariff in -he interests OF
the producer and labOrer and denOunc-
ing trusts.
REPUBLICANS Of Minnesota in State
convention on the .ish at St Paul
named the following ticket: For Gov
ernor. W. +. Merriam; Lieutenant
Governor. Senator &. = Ives; State
Treasurer, Joseph Bobleter; Secretary
Of State. ]. p. Brown; State Auditor. P.
J. McGuire; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Moses
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WILLIAM and Asa Morrill, were
drowned near Adams, n. ". on the Esd
by the espsizing of their boat while try
ing 70 land a pickerel.
JOHN Il. ROBIN sON was nominated for
Congress on the gath by the Republic
ans of the Sixth Pennsylvania district
THE President, accompanied by sew
eral members Of his Cabinet visited the
encampment of the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard at Mount Gretna on the
24th.
THE cloak-mal5ers who had been on
strike in New York since June Is re-
sumed work on the 25tk-
MASSACHUSETTS, Republicans will
meet in State convention at Boston on
September l..
on the 25th Frederick Douglass.
United States Minister TO Hayti, ar
rived in New York from Port au Prince.
He said peace prevailed in Hayti.
The death of Mrs. Elizabeth Larned
occurred at Central Falls. K. l., on the
27th at the age of l0I years.
A CAvE-IN occurred at Colliery No IA
of the Pennsylvania Goa L Company at
Wilkesbarre. Pa, on the eth, fifty
acres falling from three to eight feet
many houses being wrecked. No one
was injured.
THE loss Of the Norwegian bark
Lloyd. which sailed from Cuba June IA
for New York with a crew of fourteen
men, was reported on the Goth.
o. the morning of the 26th cyclone
struck South Lawrence. Mass, and
made a sweep 400 feet wide along the
Merrimac river for distance of four
miles In the SPACE of three minutes it
destroyed seventy dwellings, rendered
homeless 800 people. killed eight out
right, fatally injured eleven more and
severely and slightly injured sixty
others.
OK the 2Tth Rev. Robert Laird Collier,
the well-knOwn Unitarian divine, died
at his country home near Salisbury, y.
J.. of paralysis. aged 80 years.
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AN ANCIENT ORGAN.
A Japanese Instrument Said to BE Over
Six Hundred Years Old.

Six Hundred Years Old.
At Kioto a young Japanese intro
1uced himself, saying that he under
stood | was an admirer of Japanese
lacquer, and desired to show me fine
piece of it of ancient workmanship. 1t
proved to be a fine specimen of the
''sho," some six hundred years old. Its
history, authenticated by documents,
shows that it was made by Bodaisan
Teishun in the twelfth century for
Prince of Kaga The artist made two
of them, the other one becoming the
property of the imperial family. The
instrument shown me came finally into
the hands of Buddhist priest belong
ing to the temple of CHI OH-In in Kioto,
who, now retired, seeks to dispose of it.
The Japanese claim the sho to have
been invented in Japan many centuries
ago. A Hoo bird, a mythical creature,
a sort of huge bird of paradise, one day
flew down from Heaven into the i'm
perial palace and sung sweetly;
genius, hearing this, sought to initiate
it by making musical instrument
which would produce, when played
hpon, the song of the Hoo bird. The
gods heard his prayers and hence the
,rigin of the sho.
The facts are that this instrument is
If Chinese origin, dating back on record
70 seven hundred years before Christ.
In China it is called ''cheng," and is the
irst known of all free reed instruments.
From it, through Russia, came the
church organ about three centuries ago,
CT "a w ri of In
accordion, concertina. hageOlet, melo-
deon and all other forms of musical in
struments which employ a vibrating
reed, fixed at one end. made of wood or
metal. The melodeon, an invention of
Garhart, in Buffalo, New York, in Is43,
has enabled the music-loving homes of
America and Europe to enjoy the music
of the organ. 1t was in compact, port
able form and sold at little cost, and
was the origin of the many forms of
family organs now so common.
The cheng, or sho, is a cigar-shaped
instrument consisting of seventeen hol-
low bamboo pipes of unequal length,
arranged in circle and inserted into
an air-chamber, which at first was a
simple goufd, but afterwards this air
chamber was made of wood and often
finely lacquered. The vibrating reed
in each pipe is in that part inserted in
the air chamber. \ mouth-piece pro-
iects from one side of the chamber.
The instrument is held in both hands
upright in front of the face, the player
blowing into the mouth-piece, the hol-
low pipes all sounding at once, modified
by lingering the holes made in the
pipes, like those in flute, but placed
at irregular intervals
1t is interesting to know that the
evolution of grand cathedral organ
came from the simple note of slip Of
bamboo which, whispering in the wind,
caught the ear of some musical seer al
most 1900 years ago. LDetroit Free
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LATER
Another Train Robbed.

RAPID CITY, :. d., July 29.-Passen-
gers who arrived here to-day over the
Elkhorn line gave particulars of the
robbery of their train last night. Two
men boarded the train at Long Pine.
when thirty miles out of that place
they appeared masked in the day car,
held up" the conductor and passen-
gers with revolvers and relieved them
of their money. They fired two shots
at a brakeman, but without effect.
They robbed few passengers OF the
smoking car. but did not attempt to en-
ter either Of the sleepers or the express
or mail car. They caused the conduc-
tor to stop the train in the sand hills,
when they took their departure. As
none of the passengers were searched,
the robbers made no great haul.
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EROM WASHINGTON

OFFICIAL CORES pOndence between the
English and United States Governments
on the Behring Sc, fisheries dispute was
presented to Congress on the Esd. The
burden of the letters of Lord Salisbury
is based on the old ''Three-mile limit"
argument, while Mr.. Blaine holds that
the rights Of the United States 10 the
fisheries is private and absolute.
IL the United States there were 1893
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 25th. against 2O7 the previ-
Gus seven days.
DURING the past fiscal year the mer-
chandise exports from the United States
aggregated SS55. $50, 159 in value, against
s543, 40l, S75 in the preceding fiscal year.
During the last fiscal year 45i, 219 immi-
grants came TO this country, against
43s,619 in the preceding fiscal year.
o. the 18th a prosperous condition of
affairs in the business world was re-
ported.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing-houses in the United States during
the week ended on the Goth aggre-
gated 1886, 559 2T5. against Gl.115, 3s9, =
57S the previous week. AS compared
with the corresponding week of 1889 the
increase amounted 10 As
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A FAMILY REUNITED.
George Blanchard Meets Wife and Chill
drnn After Yaara of Aha-nce.

George blanchard Meets Wife and Chill
drsn After Years of Abs-nce.
Fourteen years ago George Blanchard
with his wife and six children had their
home at Two Rivers One day on ac-
count of little misunderstanding with
his wife the husband suddenly left his
home and went TO Milwaukee. From
there he went to Spaulding, Mich, and
other Northern Michigan and Wisconsin
cities, following his vocation of stone
cutter. One day report came to Mrs.
Blanchard that George blanchard had
been killed in an explosion at East Sag
inaw, Mich. She had every reason TO
believe tina it was her husband who had
been killed and moved TO Milwaukee,
where she had friends. Last spring
Blanchard obtained employment at
Kaukauna, and while there he learned
of the whereabouts of his family. He
accordingly wrote, and the other day
went where they were and enjoyed a
happy reunion with his wife and grown
up children.