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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

old paint stains may be removed
from clothing by rubbing tho spots with
spirits turpentine, which will mostly
eyaporate.
Frozen Custard: Boil one quart OF
milk and stir in one tablespoonful OF
corn starch. When il is thick, take ii
off the fire to cool: add the yellxs of five
eggs, one-half pound of sugar, one
quart of cream, one teaspoonful OF
lemon or vanilla. Banner and Herald.
Noodles: One egg, pinch of salt
and flour TO roll as for cookies Roll
out and leave on the molding board
for two hours. Cut in fine strings, put
in boiling water, and boil twenty min
utes, then drain them. and fry with
bread crumbs in hot butter. House
hold.
-Foamy Sauce: Beat the yelks OF
two eggs and one cupful of powdered
sugar well together and set the bowl
into boiling water and stir until quite
hot, then add the whites beaten stiff;
add a small piece of butter and a spoon
full of extract after taking from the
stove and serve immediately.-Bo
Budget.
Potato omelet: Fry small onion.
sliced in a teaspoonful of butter or fat;
fill the pan with two cups of cold, sliced
potatoes, salt and pepper them, and
pour over them two beaten eggs. Bake
slowly till tits just solid and turn out
carefully on a platter. Or, one cup
potatoes and one cup bread crumbs may
be used. N. Y. Observer.
Dreamed Cabbage: Cut small head
of cabbage in halves; soak il in cold
water one hour; drain it aud shake dry;
remove the stalk and chop the rest; put
it into a saucepan with water enough
to cover. and boil half an hour, adding
salt as it boils; drain it thoroughly.
turn into dish, and pour over it good
cream sauce.-Boston Herald
Horse Radish Sauce: Mix two or
three heaping tablespoonfuls of fresh
grated-radish with twice as much cream.
Salt it lightly and stir in an equal num-
Der OF dessert spoonfuls of vinegar with
teaspConful of sugar. Add little
Pepper-sauce or Cayenne il very hot
sauces are liked. Good either hot or
cold. If preferred hot it must be
warmed in double boiler, taking care
that it does not boil, or it will curdle.
Especially good with roast beef, hot or
old.-American Cultivator.
Mrs. Whitaker, of the New England
Farmer, hits the nail on the head in
saying that the collar stairs are of more
Importance to the working house-keep-
err than the front hall stairs, yet many
houses have an imposing front stairway
seldom used, and mere ladder leading
to the dim cellar, down which the mis-
tress of the house-or if not she, her
''help"-daily carries her burdens at
the risk of serious accident The cell
lar-stairs should be broad and not steep,
and, If possible, well-lighted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
ENEMIES OF THE POTATO.
They Are Many and One of the Worst Is


They Are Many and One of the Worst Is
Man Himself
One could almost say that man is one
of the worst enemies of the potato, If
we may Judge from the manner in which
he sometimes neglects one of his best
of vegetable friends. While it requires
warm, rich soil, he gives it water
soaked clay bed, aud when the feeble
plants come to the surface no encour-
agement is given them to struggle
against the weeds that threaten to
choke out the last spark of life.
Many insects prey upon the narcotic
heritage of the potato, the most de-
structive of which is the Colorado beetle.
But with this we'll under subsection by
fully understood plan of applying
London purple or Paris green, there re-
mains now only to develop the methods
of overcoming the blights and rots, the
worst of which is the so-called wet rot.
This is due to the growth of a low form
of vegetation closely related to the mil
dew of the grape. 1t first appears on
the leaves as frosty patches, and from
there it grows down the stems, and
finally its slender threads reach the
tubers, causing them to rot.
From the fact that the leaves are first
attacked, and the rot works down the
stems to the potatoes. it is evident that
when the leaves and stems are dying
prematurely the tubers should be dug
at once Let the potatoes dry thorough
ly in the field after digging, and store
only the sound ones in a dry place with
a good circulation of air. Avoid damp,
poorly ventilated room. The vines and
all decayed tubers left in the field should
: be burned.
As preventive measures at planting
time it may be suggested that second
crop should not be grown where the pre-
yious crop failed from the rot. The seed
should be free from the trouble. and
therefore only sound potatoes are suita-
BILE for planting Early varieties,
planted early. are most apt to escape,
for the rot does not get started usually
until midsummer. Experience has dem
onssrated that it is best to hill the po-
tatoes somewhat at the last blowing, as
MANY germs of the disease fall from the
leaves and are washed down to the tn
bers with the rains American Agri-
culturiSt
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purposes already mentioned. If the
trees were small or like whips, these
mounds, If beaten smooth and compact
ly, would render useful assistance,
which would be still better if a solid
round piece of turf capped the mound,
as represented in Fig. 1. Their height
should be about ten inches, and they
could be leveled down in spring.
But the mounds may be carelessly or
imperfectly made, and do more harm
than good. An acquaintance set out a
large, young orchard There being
some grass in the field, he attempted
to save the trees from the mice by
means of earth mounds about the base
of the stems. The earth was thrown
around them with the spade in sOds
and chunks, between which there were
crevices large enough for the mice to
enter, or, if not large enough they
gnawed their way through the pieces of
turf. These animals appeared to re-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
COMING HOME
WIS.


TO-mOrrer, Bess comes home from school;
It's eight months she's been gone.
No equal period Of my life
Der seemed so tarnal iolr.
Way. when first got CROWN old
Days grew short like. by rule,
couldn't hardly keep their run
Til she went way 10 school
Now. Il lever make mistakes.
make EN- tOther way.
And forenoon. long bout supper time
Seems like yesterday
I've tried my best TO keep At work,
So that the day would go;
I've wound the clock and-ehurneda spell,
But ma says I'm 50 slow,
Shed rather do the work alone
Than have me in the Eay.
And she must get the things slicHed up,
or what would Bessie say
I've been down 70 the furder lot,
Where Ed was cIttin' grain.
And watched his ne,T machine a spell
He thought il looked ike rain
And said he'd have % Jog along
To finish by shutdown
'Tc morrUr, Bess will come" said he,
Aud must go to town"
Then came back up 70 the house.
And when I reached the yard.
There stood the new hired gal Il wO-iz.
And ma bo-sin the lob
They had two elm posts drove in,
'Bous th.rty foot apart
And. cr0ss fr-n one 70 tuther Ike,
Was stretched a big hoop skirt.
. Now what you tryiu' 10 dOs" says I;
why hoops are ont Of style.
And won't have Old-fashioued things
Aired up for that school gal,''
And then those wimmcn snickeret SONS
And said twas uew play.
Called tenuery. they'd just put ep.
Fore Bess got home 10 stay
Then I c5me in the settin' room
To BE- alone i spell.
Cause every body that met
Would talk about that gal
And seems 20 me. they oughtcr know
Il don't help pass the day,
To talk about r all the while,
From breakfast time u tea
And set down here. quiet like.
To think Of something new,
And took the aIbim Up. AMI thou hit
I'd look the pictur's through.
The first one was our minister;
The next was uncle John;
Then followed sister Mays folks.
And IN n came cousin Lon
The rex was some Of Els Young friends
Their names I couldn't tell
And then. a. turned DER page,
saw a-pictur' well
didn't 90 no fur,ier there's
think that you can guess
The family al i'm want the thing
To take my thoughts on BeSs.
shut the book and locked around.
And every thing I'd see
just seemed to have Two eyes OF brown
A-lookin straight at me
And 80 Just give up the job
OF maxim my thoughts roam
And set here thinkin' Just one thought
To aorrer Bess comes home.
The DAYS will pass, and az last
shall have 20 leave this earth;
And Bess will come aud kiss in tears
Her grandfather By birth.
AMI. while I've never doubted much
Whate'er the Good Book said
And Heaven has n0w No sorrONiu' ones,
But everYbody's glad,
Yet II by grace. up 10 that place
finally shall come.
Twill be "a -littie lonesome like
Until my Bess gets home
John Edwin Robson. in jury
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
A Progressive Company.

equipment now furnished by the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad, the management
have arranged to run Vestibuled Parlor
Cars on through day trains commencing
September l. These cars are the product
of the Pullman Company Shops, and are
considered by many railroad men TO surpass
in elegance and completeness any parlor
cars which have as yet been placed on the
rails.
Before the Winter travel commences, all
safety steam-h heating apparatus which is
connected with the engines and receives
its steam from this source, thereby obtain
ing an even temperature in the car at all
times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
tn. CoDsc,euttous Friend.

Gus de Smith-You have not con.
graduated me on my approaching mar
rage.
Colonel Yerger-You see, / can't con-
scientiously extend any congratula-
tions to you. since / am not acquainted
with the young lady you are about to
marry. On the other hand, knowing
you intimately, ! can not conscien-
tiously congratulate your future wife,
Texas Siftings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25

Upon the stomach and bowels are perpe-
trated by multitudes of injudicious people
who, upon experiencing the annoyance OF
constipation in slight degree, infiltrate
their bowels with drenching evacuants
which enfeeble the intestinal membrane &c
a serious extent, sometimes, even, superin
ducing dysentery or piles Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is the true succedaneum
for these nostrums, since it is at once in
vigorating, gentle and effectual. 1t also
banishes dyspepsia, malarial complaints
rheumatism and kidney troubles.
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Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of +. J. Cheney
q Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Catarrh
that can not be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A ID. 1856.
SEAL A. w. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Send for testl-
monials, free. F. j CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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HOW TO COOK EGGS.
Delicate Methods Far Superior to Or
nary Frying and Boiling.


nary Frying and Boiling.
A book has been written entitled "a
Hundred Ways of Cooking Eggs" Many
worthless recipes must have been in
cluded in this book to make up the
number. Yet it remains true that there
is more uncertainty in the methods en-
ployed by cooks i n the simple process of
boiling an egg, and more failures than
in all other things unless it be in broad
making, potato-cooking and coffee maxi
ng. A good plain cook is a good cook.
and rara avis not easily found. Baron
Liebig tells Us that an egg incloses
more nutriment in It's given space than
any thing else in nature. A simple. del
icate method of cooking eggs is to break
them one by one on a platter, season
them with salt and pepper with out
stirring them and set them into a hot
oven for four minutes till the whites
are set A nice cream sauce in which a
teaspoonful Of fine minced chives or pars-
ley has been stirred may now be poured
over them and the eggs served as quick
" as possible for breakfast. Another
delicious method of serving eggs is to
boil hard four perfectly fresh eggs.
Drop them into cold water as soon as
they are boiled, and when they are cold
slice them in even slices. Make cream
sauce by stirring a teaspoonful of flour
into tablespoonful of butter, and add
a cup of milk, and let the whole boil up
once. Add the eggs to the sauce and
set them at the back of the stove, where
the eggs will heat through in the sauce,
but will not boil. In five minutes serve.
A delicate method of boiling eggs is TO
pour boiling water over them. Let it
remain a few seconds, then pour it off
and drop the eggs into boiling water a
second time, completely covering them.
Put plate over them and cover them
up closely. Leave them on the table
for twelve minutes, being careful the
water does not become cooled. This is
called 'coddling eggs" and special
dish comes for this purpose. BY this
method the egg is perfectly cooked with
out rawness, yet remains delicate. N
Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
THE GREEK WOMAN.
She II Beautiful When Young But sho,
Ra-s.4I~

Age Rapidly.
The Greek women have all the quick
ness of their race, the features mobile
and the eyes superb. But they lose the
gracefulness of form early. There are
many forms of the Greek beauty, from
the mixed race OF Albani.. to the semi
Latin women of Terios or Scio, or the
semi-Asiatic Greek of ASA Minor. They
and more courage, as / am sometimes
inclined to think, than the men. At
the siege of Missolonghi the wife Of
Tzavellas. whom ! saw in boyhood, ac-
companied her husband at the head of
the sortie that cut its way through the
Turkish lines. She was of short stature,
but on one arm she carried her
child, and with her right hana
brandished a naked scimiter I'm
fortunately for the full development
of the Greek woman's character, as some
might think, she is still ruled by Oriental
matrimonial methods, and hence is par
TALLY an Oriental Marry she must
Surprising family of three sisters and
seven brothers; not one of the brothers
marries until the sisters are provided
with husbands. Hence in Greece the men
generally marry late in life and women
wed men far older than themselves. A
girl OF sixteen or eighteen marrying a
man of forty-fve to sixty is the most
common thing in the world among the
Greeks Marriage is also with them a
question of money; there must be some
property on both sides. Love is no con-
sideration and plays no part in Greek
marriages, notwithstanding that Eros
was Greek god.
The marriage ceremony of the Greeks
and Armenians is tolerably long. 1t al
ways occurs in church; no pews nor seats
of any sort are permitted; the densely
crowded aisles are filled with incense,
and by the time the long-haired priests
have chanted and prayed two or three
hours every one is ready to fall with ex-
haustion. Before closing itmay be add
ed that our missionaries have repeated
eddy married natives of these eastern
countries, and those unions have, to all
accounts, resulted happily.-Brooklyn
Citizen.
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EVERY farmer who is the father OF
children should consider IL neighborly
act to grow fruit for these children. for
you may be sure. that if the father does
not do that and his neigh6or grows
fruit, the children will satisfy their
cravings at the expense of their neigh
hor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25
An Ancient slot Machine.

The slot machine which has recently
had such a run in all catch-penny
schemes was known and used by the
Egyptians centuries before the opening
of the Christian era. Hero of Alexan-
dria, who lived 200 years before the
time of Christ. describes one used for
the dispensation of holy water. A coin
of five drachm@ dropped into a slot in
a vase opened valve which permitted
a few drops of the purifying liquid to
escape. Surely there is nothing new
under the sun.-St Louis Republic.
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DoN'T like fruit culture, some may
saw. because it is too ''puttering," as
one writer puts it Look here. friend,
some of the brainiest men in tn" T'o-ld
find that there is enough dignity in the
business to engage their attention
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25

The census man who was assigned
the enumeration of the Sea Island coast
of South Carolina, made remarkable
discovery. Hawai- Island, some miles
down the coast is owned by two of the
families of ante bellam Sea Island
barons. The enumerator, to his sur
prise. found there a black colony of
about one hundred and fifty souls, and
struck a region, the only one in the
world, in which all the inhabitants we're
English speaking, reading and writing
negroes. Every negro he met could
read and write. Every child of suitable
ago could also read and write. and the
women were just as intelligent as the
men. All were prospecting under the
wise rule of q mulatto cacique named
Quash Stevens. whose wife was respOn.
sible for the education OF the pssalA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25

A SOAP that is soft is f4u Of lodter, half or
two-thirds its weight probably, thus you
pay seven or eight cents per pound for wa
ter. Dobbins' Electric Soap is all soap and
no adulteration, therefore the cheapest and
best. Try DobbipS.
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lessly dug for trans
planting, with the
roots cut short and
the full-sized tops
re m a mi n G, on
which the wind
would have a strong
pure h a Sc. With
roots careful lily
lifted, and with suf-
ficient length to
brace the trees firm
ly. and the tops
properly reduced
by cutting back and
thinning, the wind
could do no harm.
Mounds of earth
might then be placed
about them for the
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MOUNDS FOR YOUNG TREES.
Their Importance in Strengthening and

Their Importance in Strengthening and
Also In Protecting a Youag Orchard.
An inquirer asks il it is an advisable
practice to place mounds about young
trees for winter; he has heard il strong
ly objected to because when the wind
whips the trees about, hole around
the tree is formed, which becomes filled
with water, ana is worked into mortar.
to the permanent injury OF the tree.
In answer to this inquiry-it is good
practice to make small mounds, for
three objects the chief one for the ex-
clusion of mice, which will never as
cend smooth bank of hard earth un-
der snow. Planters may Judge OF the
danger of the incursions of mice. III
the trees were planted in grass field,
the danger would be great without this
projections; in clean cultivated ground
it would be very small, except near the
boundaries, which are more or less
grown with weeds and grass. In such
case the trees near the outside would
be safer with this protection.
The other two objects are, stiffening
the trees against the wind, and protect
ing the roots of half-tender kinds
against severe freezing in exposed situa-
tions.
The harm spoken of by the above in
quirer would take place with trees care
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-09-25

WILL he found an excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carriers Little Liver Pills.
Thousands of letters from people who have
used them prove this fact. Try them.
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AN EQUINE JOKER.
The Queer Prank. Played by a Light
Minded Family Horse.

The Queer Pranks Played by Light
Minded Family Horse.
Only those who are unfamiliar with
animals doubt that they have sense OF
humor
Terry is a lively roam horse, who has
ideas of his own, and very orig
inal conceptions of what is amusing.
One day the children had erected small
tent on the lawn. and sat within it,
drinking lemonade and playing that
they were banditti or some such likely
beings.
Terry walked softly up to the side of
the tent, and slowly inserted his nose
through a convenient slit. Eyes and
ears followed, and, his head once actu-
ally within at the back of the unsus-
picious jewellers, Terry gave one tre-
mendOus sneeze, of that kind which is
half snort. The banditti fell back in
every direction. and the horse, with
drawing from the tent, laughed silently
to himself before going back to his
grass cropping.
Terry's favorite amusement is that of
scattering a flock of sheep. When he is
feeding with them in the pasture, he
suddenly stops eating, dashes among
them. and sends them scudding over the
hillside Then he stands watching
them until they settle again to their
nibbling. and after short luncheon of
mis- own, repeats the pleasing diversion.
Although the horse is the gentlest
creature in the world, it pleases him ex-
ccedingly to brighten any one who has
shown timidity in his presence. His
two mistresses harness him without
trouble or danger. but one girl cousin
who visits at the house he delights in
alarming Sundry fidgettings and
nervous starts of her own were enough
to show Terry of what manner of tenn
permanent she was, and he is merciless
in taking advantage of that knowledge.
IL she enters the stable where he
stands accepting the harness in the
most docile manner, he opens his mouth,
showing a wicked row of teeth. and
and makes feint of swapping at her.
She shrieks, his mistress scolds and rea-
sons with him, and Terry stands. mo-
tionless, apparently repentant and sub
dued; but when the incident is forgot
ten. he makes another mischievoUs dart
at his victim, and again the scene is re-
peated.
One would be glad to know what this
hayward creature thinks about in the
solitude of his stall Doubtless he re-
views the entire series of his practical
jokes. Possibly he is even compiling a
Jest book for the use of horses light
minded like himself Youths Com.
panion.
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For Cough or Sore Throat the best medi
cine is Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
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Gross Outrages

In June one settles down by the sea and
in September he settles up by the sea-
Washington Star.
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No Opttfrn in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. 25c.
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NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often
the very first dose. This is what is SAID by
all who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
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WE suppose a nose may be said to be
broke when Ii hasn't got ascent.-Binghau-
tom aadar
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THERE is a bond of union between the
proof reader and the pe-righter.-Texas
Siftings
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DAMAGg-''What is the age Of your boyi"
"Breakage IN. Y. World.
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STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO, I
n (

THE beauty in amateur theatricals lies in
their reallsm-there is seldom any acting in
them-Elutra Gazette.
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OTHER gameis losing ground, but the deer
always keeps up his lick
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PATIENT waitcrs-the undertakers.-
brakes Magazine.
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Coop cattle will not remain good on
poov pasture and snort feed.