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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-02-06
LATER.

IN the United States Senate on the
81 Mr.. Cameron announced the recent
Affections in the families of two mem
bers of the Cabinet and moved an adj
jourrment, which was agreed to unan-
imously. In the House the Republicans
had quorum present, and in the con-
tested election case from West Virginia
Smith (Rep.) was given the seat occu-
pied by jackson (Dem). No other
business was transacted.
THE New York Presbytery on the Sd
declared itself in favor of a revision Of
the Westminster Confession of Faith by
vote of 90 to a.
In Chicago on the Sd a motion for a
new trial for James J. West, ex-presi-
dent of the Times Company, was denied
by Judge Grinnell, and West was sem
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
and to pay fine of $1,000.
THE schooner Annie NJ. Strople, of
the Gloucester Mass fishing feet, was
on the Sd given up as lost with her crew
of fourteen men.
THE Supreme Court of the United
States on the Sd rendered an opinion
confirming the constitutionality of the
Edmunds-Tucker Idaho test oath which
prevents Mormons from voting.
REV. DIR. TALMAGE arrived at his
home in Brooklyn on the Sd from his
pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
THE bridge across the Illinois river
near Peoria, H., gave way on the Sd he
meath the weight of a freight train, and
Engineer Neville, Fireman O'Brien and
brakeman Lewis were killed.
THE trial Of the suit for libel brought
by Mr. Parnell against the London
Times was compromised on the Sd, the
Times paying Mr.. Parnell $4,000 dam
ages.
The visible supply of grain in this
country on the Sd was: Wheat, 3,4s9, 1913
bushels. a decrease of 454,4 bushels;
corn, 1I.9Is, 445 bushels. an increase Of
PISS. SIS bushels.
/ THE fourth week Of the deadlock in
the Iowa House began on the Sd with
no signs that the end of the contest was
approaching.
/ The residence of Secretary of the
Navy Tracy in Washington was burned
early on the morning of the Sd. The
Secretary's youngest daughter and Mrs.
/ Tracy's French maid, Josephine Nor
rell, were burned to death, and Mrs.
/ Tracy received injuries from which she
died shortly after being removed to a
place of safety. The Secretary was
rescued in a partialIy-asphyxiated con-
ditioa. while his youngest daughter,
/ Mrs. Wilmerding, and her little daughter
Alice saved themselves by jumping
from the second-story window.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

1T was stated at the Treasury Depart
ment on the 2Sth that the government
lease of Castle Garden, New York, would
terminate March 81. and that suitable
quarters for emigrants would be secured
on Governors Island, which would be
entirely under government control
THE President on the Goth nominated
Blanche X. Bruce (colored) TO be re-
cOrder of deeds in the District of Column
bia-
A SECOND call was issued by Secretary
Window on the Goth to National banks
FOR the surrender on or before March
of ten per cent. of their public deposits
THE President on the S0th ult. APP
pointed William II. Taft, of Ohio, Solic-
itor-GeneraL
IL the United States there were 291
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 31st ult.. against SIS the pre-
vious seven days. The total of failures
in the United States January to date
is LES. against 1906 in 1889.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the LIST aggregated
81, 40, 2O4. 1874, against 81, 1O1. 927, 943 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the increase
amounted to 14e.
The public debt statement issued on
the 1st showed the total debt to be
Sl.611. PSI, tS3; cash in the Treasury,
SS1, s94 200; debt less cash in Treasury,
81, OiO. 7OT. ole. Decrease during January,
$40, 295. SOS. Decrease since June 80,
1853, SS5. 939, COS.
The death of Mrs. Alice Blaine-Cop-
pinger, eldest daughter of the Secretary
Of State, of congestion of the brain, &C.
CURED early on the morning of the ID at
her fathers residence in Washington.
She was about 80 years of age, and
leaves a husband and two little chill
dren
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

OK the Goth John VIM. one of the
survivors of the famous Shannon-Chesa-
peake battle, died at Truro, n. s., aged
loo years.
DISPATCHES of the Goth say that Amer
leans in Mesopotamia had unearthed an
ancient temple and found bell, tablets
and cylinders bearing inscriptions dat
ing $3.50 years b. C.
COLOMBIA advices of the Goth say that
the tribe of Indians go, 900 in number)
on the San Bias reservation had raised
the American flag and declared them
selves American citizens.
JOIN GoRLEY's house at st. Johns, n.
F., was burned on the Goth, and he and
three of his children-two boys and a
girl-perished in the flames. His wife
and three other children escaped.
News of the Goth says that the Bra
lillian Government had issued decree
divorcing the church and State.
On the 30th ult. the Canadian Parlia-
ment announced that the estimated ex-
penses for the next fiscal year were $780,
600, 900.
ADvIcEs of the 3Ist ult from Crete
say there had been lately many murders
OF both Turks and Christians, and the
Christians, fearing the effects of Turk
ish revenge, were taking refuge in the
hills
IT was decided by the Italian East
African Company on the 31st ult. to or
ganize extensive factories and whatever
establishments might be necessary to
work great plantations in Africa.
MISE-owNERs in England were on the
S1st ult. preparing to form federation
to protect their interests against the
organizations of employees.
On the LIST Mexico officially recognized
the United States of Brazil.
NEWSPAPERS in Portugal were on the
1st advising their countrymen to muir
der members of the English colony at
Lisbon in the event of a war with Great
Britain.
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Covetousness is not natural to man
but generosity is. But covetousncss
must be excited by a special cause, as a
given disease by a given miasma; and
the essential nature of material for
the excitement of eovetousness is that
it shall be beautiful thing which can
be retained without use. The moment
we can use our possessions to any good
purpose ourselves, the instinct of COM
municating that use TO others rises side
by side with our power. If you can read
a book rightly, you will want others to
hear it; if you can enjoYa picture right
", you will want others to see it; learn
how to manage horse, pillow, or a
ship, and you will desire to make your
subordinates good horsemen, pl ownen
or sailors-you will never be able to see
the fine instrument you are master of
abused; but, once fix your desire on any
thing useless, and all the purest pride
and folly in your heart will mix with the
desire, and make you at last wholly in
human, mere ugly lump of stomach
and suckers, like a cuttlefsh.-N. Y.
Ledger.
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A MAGNETIC YOUTH.
Young Louis Han,burger's Ability to Make
Things Stick to His Hands.


Louis, the sixteen-year-old son OF
Philip Hamburger, is possessed of
mysterious power which is pulling
scientific men, This power enables him
to make objects of considerable weight
adhere to his finger-tips, contact only
being necessary. The young man, who
is quite small, has been studying chem
istry some time at the Maryland College
of Pharmacy, and has shown his par
ents and friends some astonishing feats
and bits of magic. BY merely pressing
his tully-distended fingers against
heavy cane, he holds it suspended in
air for long time. He is also able,
by placing the balls of three fingers
against the side of glass tube, to raise
the weight of five pounds attached there
to. He says he has always remarked
peculiar feeling when touching small
objects which are wet or greasy, and in
order to get the best results in his ex-
periments he must have both the hands
and objects dry and very clean. For this
purpose he always washed his fingers in
alcohol and ether and wipes them and
the objects dry.
In the presence of friends he gave an
exhibition of his powers. The first ex-
pertinent was to place a number of pins
around the palm of his hands and on
the tips of his fingers. On holding the
palms vertically the pins are found to
drop only after a long time. He next
showed his ability to pick up from the
table by pressing his dry finger tips
against it any highly-polished, smooth
body, such as a pencil or pen. Much
more striking, however, was the manner
ia which a per held perpendicularly
stuck to the ends of mis- fingers
Both hands have the same remarka-
BILE power, though the right one does
the better work. The tips of the fin
gers. which are more than usually
fleshy, are capable of the greatest feats.
He touched his fingers against glass
tube three-quarters of an an inch in di-
ameter, and they stuck with such force
that. as he pulled them away from it
one after another, there was click.
The end of the tube thus raised was
freighted with plaster of paris block,
and on this were gradually piled leaden
weights until five and one-half pounds
were reached. This he was able to
raise with the open palms.
The young man loses control Of his
secret force when the objects become
damp by perspiration or otherwise, and
can only show it's action on very smooth
bodies. Prof. William Simon, of the
Maryland College of Pharmacy, has de-
veloped whatever strength and remark
able powers the young man displays
from the very smallest beginnings. He
has hopes of making him perform yet
more wonderful feats- at present he is
engaged in experimenting with him in
a scientific manner in order to present
the case to the public in a technical
journal. He has called the attention of
a number of medical spe cialists in this
city to the case, and all are at a loss to
give an adequate explain ation.-Balti-
more Letter.
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PITH AND POINT.


The most reliable good man In the
world is the man who has tired of wick
edness.-Atchison Globe.
Truth is the same through the gem
erations, but it's diversity is in the see
ing of it.-Cnited Presbyterian.
We lose half the happiness of life
by caring too much for the opinions of
others.
Misery may love company, but the
company doesn't generally return the
commitment Journal
The man who is sure that he can't
be wrong is always the very one to find
that it is the impossible which always
happens.-Puck.
When a man Is vile and villainous,
and thinks nobody knows it, he is cher
ishing a big error that will some day
greatly confuse him.
in this age of sharp rivalry the man
who permits his wife to go wool gather
ing is very liable to get worsted.-
Binghamton Herald.
BE not too ready toquestion the Writ
ne or veracity of statement for fear
of exposing your ignorance of even
subject with which You suppose your
self well acquainted. p. Reed.
information got by galloping
through multitude of books is about
as nourishing as the mustard scraped
off sandwich. 1t may make your
tongue smart" but it won't make you
strong.
Every action, every thought, every
- -
the temper, the habits and understand
ing and exercises an inevitable infiu-
ence upon all the acts Of our future life.
"A large part of the drill of life con-
sists in overcoming hostile dispositions
Each time we have conquered some re-
sentiment or prejudice we have made
distinct gain in the way to well-regu-
lated behavior.
As steady application to work is the
healthiest training for every individual,
so is it the best discipline of State
Honorable industry always travels the
same road with enjoyment and duty.
and progress is altogether impossible
without it.
Economy should be practiced in
time of youth, its results to be prudent
" preserved for unforeseen sickness
need, misfortune, and inevitable feeble
and helpless old age. Its observance
calls for no peculiar trait of character i'm
the individual; it simply requires deter
mination and strength of will to resist
selfish qualification. Further, it may
demand education; that is, that the
power of extravagant habit must be
trained to succumb TO the power OF
economic ducation.-American Agri.
culturist.
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NIEcT AND SOITA

PROF. j. JESS. while experimenting
with oxygen in a school at Lexington,
Ill, on the 2Sth had both eyes blown
out and four scholars were probably ia
taiiy injured.
Tue National Builders Association in
session at St Paul on the 29th elected
John Z. Tucker, of New York. as presi-
dent A motion that eight hours shall
constitute days work was rejected.
AT Beebe, Ark. Frank Filley and Ben
Atkins were killed by a boiler explosion
on the 2sth. and Joe Wright, Morgan
Hoover and Bud Mullins met like fate
near Charleston. w. Va.
THOMAS JENNER, aged 10 years, of St
Joseph. No. was accidentally shot and
instantly killed by Frank Sullivan,
playmate. on the 29th.
On the Goth William Woodhouse. a
farmer living near London, O., and his
wife were shot and badly wounded by
Kenny Graham. another farmer. An
old grudge was the cause.
WHILE supposedly insane on the goth
Jacob Odell, Of Marion. Ind, saturated
his clothes with coal oil and set fire to
them He died in great agony.
W. II. SHOOK. a veteran actor, dropped
dead after returning from rehearsal at
Evansville, Ind, on the 29th- He
leaves a wife and two children.
A FAMILY of eight persons named
Hargrave. near Point Pleasant. w. Va.
were poisoned on the Goth by negro
woman. and four died.
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's house at In
dianapolis was entered by burglars on
the s9th who secured about 81, 900 worth
OF property belonging to the President
IN St Louis on the 29th the treasurer
Of the Cherokee nation said that he
would sell the strip 70 the Government
for $50, 200. 900.
The death of Charles Edward Lester.
Consul-General to Italy under President
Pierce, a noted Abolitionist. and author
Of the work The Glory and the Shame
Of England occurred at Detroit, Mich,
on the 18th. aged so years.
A sAIL-BoAr crossed the straits on the
SOth ult. from Cheboygan. Mich. 60 Bots
Blanc, something never before done at
this sessoa Of The year.
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FREAKS OF FASHION.

LADIES of fashion in Boston, one of
the local papers relates, now wear at
their afternoon teas Egyptian costumes.
PARLoR maids have been forced into
white muslin dresses and Turkish slip
pers with tassels on the toes, but minus
so much as spring heel
The favorite fad of the hour mong
luxurious New York women is to have
themselves rubbed all over several times
a week, after the bath, with cocoa oil.
1t is undoubtedly good for the nerves,
nice for the skin, and nourishing.
THERE is large demand this season
for snow-white flowers at dinner. A
combination of snowy bride roses, lilies
of the valley and white lilacs, with
maiden hair ferns, are arranged on a
fine white table, set with crystal and
silver and lighted ~ candelabra hold
ing white candles, with white SILK
shades.
Ircis considered quite swell swag-
ger to serve coffee and brandy in the
drawing-room after dinner. A maid in
cap and pinafore goes to each guest with
tray, the first containing demitasse,
and the second basin of sugar, small
earafe of brandy and a wax torch with
which the spirit is fired.
THE custom of putting housemaids
into livery, which is common enough in
England, is beginning to be adopted in
New York. The costume, or uniform,
consists OF skirt of dark livery cloth,
blue, green or brown, with plain front
and broad plaits at the back; waist
coat of the same cloth, with fine cross
wise lines of red braid and coat cut
away in front and covering the hips.
Metal livery buttons are used on the
coat and waistcoat. A small white cap,
stiff whitecollar and cuffs and white
cravat complete the attire.
THE latest continuance which is inter
esting the ladies is glove with
pocket in it, invented by the Duchess
Of Leinster. The pocket is tiny affair,
fixed in the palm of the left glove, and
is thus silent testimony to the fact that
most women are right-handed. 1t is for
nickels and dimes. On entering a car
or stage the fingers OF the right hand
deity open the little pocket and the
necessary change is easily secured. 1t
is question whether the gloves Will
become the rage. Most women are
mighty particular about the fit OF their
gloves, and whether or not the insertion
of pocket, no matter how tiny, In the
palm of one of them mars the symmetry
of the pair is a problem which expert
epoe alone can solve.
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
HFTYFlRsT CONGRESS.

tlf f-FiRST CONGRESS.
TUESDAY, Jan. 2s.-The direct tax
bill was passed in the Senate. A me-
mortal was presented for the establish
ment of a republican form of govern
ment in the State Of Mississippi. In
the House bill was passed providing
that in cases of pension claims of de-
pendent parents it shall be necessary
only to show TO the pension Office that
the parents are without other means of
support than manual labor. A bill was
reported to provide for the issue of cir
culating notes to National banking as
sociations-
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29.-In the Senate
bill was introduced for the erection
of a monument to Abraham Lincoln
on the Gettysburg battlefield. Mr..
Mitchell spoke in favor of the bill for
the free coinage of silver. The House
bill granting honorable discharge to the
sailors and marines who have lost their
certificates of discharge was passed. In
the House the election case of Smith
versus jackson from the Fourth West
Virginia district was taken up. The
Democrats generally refused TO vote
and made the point of no quorum. The
Speaker, however, counted the members
refusing TO vote and declared quorum
present This ruling caused long de-
bate.
THURSDAY, Jan. 30.-In the Senate
the bill instructing the superintend-
ent of census to gather information
regarding mortgages on homes and
farms was passed. Mr.. Vance N. c.
spoke on the negro emigration bill in
answer to Mr.. Ingalls,. In the House
the time was occupied in wrangling
over the ruling of Speaker Reed that
members present but not voting shall
be counted in order to make up a
quorum. The Republicans sustained the
ruling and the Democrats denounced it.
FRIDAY, Jan 31.-The Senate in ex-
ccutive session confirmed the nomina-
ton of John NJ. Clark as collector
of the port of Chicago. In the
House another wrangle took place over
the ruling of Speaker Reed, but he was
sustained at all points, and finally quiet
was restored and the committee report
on the Smith-J Jackson contested case was
listened TO.
SATURDAY, Feb. 1.-The Senate was
not in session. In the House the stormy
scenes OF the past few days were re-
peated, but Speaker Reed firmly main
tanned his position. and finally several
arguments in the contested election
case of Smith VS.. jackson, of West Vir-
ginia, were made.
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INDECENT PEASANTS.
The lard Struggle for Existence Amonl
the Poor People of TyroL.

The lard Struggle for Existence Among
the Poor People of Tyrol.
The struggle for mere existence with
these poor people the Tyrolese) is
fearful one, something that an Ameri-
can farmer has never even dreamed Of.
The summer days are so few and so
rainy that the hay can be made only by
tying the grass around poles to dry, free
from the ground, and they may often be
seen moving in the rain, hoping that
the sun will come out long enough to
partly dry out the grass when cut
The men, when moving, generally
have on white aprons, looking much like
a lot OF BARRIERS or walters pressed into
service. This is due, probably, to the
.act that the women do the most Of the
moving, and ~hen a man has to do it he
wishes TO look as much like woman as
possible, so as not to be recognized.
Throughout the most of Europe the
peasants, OF farmers, live in villages
and go every morning and evening from
two to four miles to their land and back,
at a great loss of time and thought
II is a rare thing TO see separate
houses in the country. In Iyrol ana
Switzerland the houses are more scat
.ered. and one may often see houses
nerched so far up on the mountain side
that il would ee a impossible 70 get to
them. and frequently hamletof dozen
or twenty houses will be found lying up
almost in the clouds, nearly at the tim
Der line In the most unexpected places.
---css. Chicago Journal.
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The Best of All Cribs.

4 mother says: "A ciothes-baslet
makes one of the incest possible cribs
for a baby. All my children were
raised in a clothes-basket and ham
mock, with never cradle or crib. 1t
was a large-sized one 1.-THE basket,
mean). with handles at the ends. For
the first baby it was covered with blue
silesia and dotted Swiss. But when the
other babies came an old cretonne for
the inside and out did very we'll The
sides were padded with a piece of old
bed-auilt, and little mattress made for
the bottom. When baby fell asleep the
basket was easily carried into quiet
room. which could be made dark" The
idea could not be a bad one. Such a
basket would do very nicely for the
babies who are just learning to sit alone.
The padding would save the little
heads from many hard bump, and also
keep the little ones from feeling the
drafts which rush along the floor. De-
troit News
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IT is only few months since Judge
Terry, OF California, was killed Just as
he was about 10 attack Justice Field. of
the United States Supreme Court The
other day Terry's nephew, Kyle Terry.
was shot dead in Galveston. Tex, while
entering the courthouse to be tried for
killing a man. The fatal bullet was
fired by a brother of Terry's victim.
There appears to be an excess of bad
blood in the veins of that branch of the
Terry family.
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Awarded the first Prize.

The American Meteorological Journal
lately offered liberal prizes for the best
essays on the subject of tornadoes. j. NJ.
Bennett, ST., of Viroqua, 50 years of age
and not a professional writer, prepared
a narrative of the deadly tornado that
passed over Vernon County from west to
east in 1865 and has been awarded the
first prize. The judges we're Prof.
Davis, of Harvard; Prof. Farrar and DIR.
Mendenhall, of the United States coast
gurvpv
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A Iuckv Inventor.

Ben Rowell, of Badger Mills, Chip
pewa County, about year ago invented
an automatic car-coupler. 1t has been
unanimously adopted by the board of
commissioners of commerce and by the
railroad commissioners as being the
most simple and practicable coupler yet
offered. Recently Rowell leased the
use of the patent in the United States
for So, 600 a year to Washington I'd. CO.
,,arfiaa
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IN a recent address at Albany. y. V.
on the reform OF criminals. Colonel
InEersou gave some statistics showing
that while in 1850, with a population of
2S,0O0, O0o, we had between 5000 and
1000 prisoners; in 1850. with $4,000, 900
population, We had $1,000 prisoners. In
1850 we had $1,000 insane; in 1850 we
had 81. eco insane.
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Truant Catchers.

At the board of education meeting at
Eau Claire the other night corps of
seven 'truant catchers" were appointed.
Their prescribed duty is to scour the
streets and alleys and pick up children
who ought to be in school, under the
Bennett law, to arrest them and place
them in school to be designated by
their parents or guardians.