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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
AN AFRICAN AUTOCRAT.
Tippoo lib. the Uncrowned King of the
Congo Country.

TippOO IT'D. the CncrOwned hing OF the
Congo Country.
Tippoo lib blamed bin MahOnimed) is
a man apparently about fifty years of
age. of medium height. and somewhat
corpulent. His short beard and close
cropped hair are grizzled. 1t is mis-
take to regard Tippoo as pure Arab;
he is really half-breed, the son of a
Zanzibar Arab and a woman Of Baga-
mayo; the Zanzibar type comes out in
the fiattened nose, salient lips, dark
bronze skin, and superb teeth. His
physiognomy is described as intelligent,
his bearing full of dignity, his manners
distinguished. Some years ago, on
Christmas morning, he rowed bbat-race
with Frank Pocock and beat the English
man by several lengths. He speaks with
yivacity, his words being few. emerge tic,
and decisive Touch on the subject of
ivory with him, and he immediately be-
comes animated, his eyes full iof fine.
He usually wears the white robe of the
Zanzibaris, with long gray oyergar-
ment with spacious sleeves broidered
with silver lace, on his head an en-
broidered white cap. He understands
the distinction DetHeth Eng lisu. T FtIiCHs
Germans, Belgians and Portuguese, and
is keenly interested in their doings in
Africa. Some time ago he expressed a
desire TO visit Europe, but 1T is now doubt
full if he viii care to carry out his inten-
ton. In the Manyuema country, be-
tween Tanganyika and the Lualaba, he
is immensely popular. In the neigh
borhood of Nyangive he has immense
plantations to which thousands Of slaves
are said to be attached. Wealthy as ne
is, he is said to effect somewhat Spar
tan mode of life.-London Telegraph.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
LATER.
FIREMEN CREMATED.
A Burning Building In Indianapolis Col
lapssd and Ten Firemen Burned.

A Burning Building I'm Indianapolis Col
lapssd and Ten Firemen Burned.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 17.-What at
first seemed an insignificant fire in
Bowen, Morrill, & Cos. book store to-day
resulted in a catastrophy in which at
least ten men were killed and dozen
wounded, some of whom will die. The
building occupied by the book compa-
ny was a four story and basement,
marble front building, facing Washing
ton street just west of Meridian. The
fire started shortly before o'clock
near the furnace in the subbasement.
The fire department, when it arrived,
seemed at loss to locate the fire, and
began pouring water into the building
at the front when the seat of the trou-
BILE was in the rear For two hours the
fight had continued in this way until a
majority of the spectators had left UNI
der the impression that the fire was out.
About $50 however, there was terri
BILE crash, and the entire building, ex-
cept the front wall, fell inward. At the
time a number of firemen, variously es-
timated at eight TO twenty, were on the
roof of the building, and were buried in
the debris. which was piled forty feet
high within the walls of the burned
building.
Immediately the work of rescuing the
living and extricating the dead was be-
gun by at least five hundred volunteers,
who, in addition to the uninjured fire.
men and members of the police. formed
strong corps of workers. At times
their ears would be greeted by the
groans of the wounded underneath the
ruins and then the work would be
| pushed with renewed vigor. At II
I o'clock ten firemen were known 10 be
dead. Their names are: George Faulk-
ner, Ulysses Glazier, George Glenn, Al
Huffman. Espy Stormer. Richard Low
/ RE. Charles Jenkins, Andrew Cherry,
superintendent of fire alarm system;
Thomas $. Burkhardt and Thomas A.
Black. Wounded-Anthony Voltz, pipe
man: Lew Rafert, fireman; Thomas
Barrett. fireman; A. c. Mercer, captain
fDe department.; Samuel w. Neal. pipe
man; Webb Robinson, pipeman, slight
lily; William Parte, pipeman. internally,
may die: Henry Woodruff, pipeman.
badly hurt; Ebenexer Leech, pipeman,
cut and bruised: Tom Valentyre, fore
man Engine No. ?, fatally crushed;
William Long, slightly hurt; William
Heinsley, pipeman, badly hurt; John
Burkhsrt, pipeman, badly hurt about
head. A fund has been started for the
relief Of the injured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS.

THE garden, the truck patch and the
orchard should furnish the farmer with
fully one-half of his living If proper
care is taken with each to secure the
best products in good season.
THE potato beetle will attack nearly
all kinds Of early plants. They must be
watched closely. Egg plants are special
foods for the beetles, they preferring
them to potatoes.
THE garden is neglected on the farm,
and many farmers do not cultivate
plat for garden The Injuries of farm
ing can only be obtained by those farm
ers who grow vegetables and fruits as
we'll as staple crops of grain and grass.
1T is the late frost-the frost that
comes at time when spring appears like
summer that damages the crops. Do
not be in too great hurry to plant
seeds. Wait until the ground is warmed
and all danger of frost is over Peas and
onions, as well as other plants that can
endure slight frost may be risked, but
it is safer not to take the chances OF
loss with tender bricks.
THE value of apples on the farm as
food for fat stock is strongly insisted
upon by those who have made careful
investigation of the subject, and farm
ers are advised to plant orchards for the
purpose of supplying this fruit in abund-
ance, Sweet apples are the most nutri-
tious, while the tart varieties, although
affording little or no nutrition, are USE
full as an appetizer and an aid to diges-
ton.
Az exchange suggests that as farm
er grows old and untitled for heavy
tasks it is better for him TO undertake
some tight service, such as the care OF
domestic animals and of small garden,
rather than relapse into idleness. TO
give up work is, for man who has al
WAYS been used 10 labor, not happiness,
but certain and speedy retirement
from world where he seems to himself
no longer of any USE" This is truth
which has many illustrations in actual
life.
THE advantage of coed feeding de-
ponds much on regularity. IL supplies
are furnished at irregular hours not
only are animals kept uneasy but their
digestion is injured and they can not
thrive. Here is the great advantage OF
herbivorous animals over those Of car
nivorous habits. Flesh-eaters gorge
themselves when they capture their
urey, and then suffer from hunger until
their next capture. This keeps them
always thir in flesh, as they have to be
TO hunt vel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
PITH AND POINT.

The man who rests lets others over
take him.
Its the man who wears secondhand
re Haute Express.
The humorist is about the only man
who likes to have his work laughed at.
Boston Courier,
1t was Mime. Roland who said:
.'The more l know of men the more
admire dogs"
Better be good than great. You'll
have less competition. The latter busi-
ness is overdone-Puck.
Unfortunate are those who have
just enough sense to realize their own
folly.-Texas Siftings-
When a man knows that he can not
get out of the mud his next impulse is
to go in Decentralization Globe.
There must be some peculiar fatal
ity among bright children, else there
would never be such dearth of bright
men and women.-Youth's Companion.
No man has higher opinion of the
value of woman's love than the fellow,
who for some reason, has always failed
TO win it.-Somerville journal.
Money talks" of course; but
couple of nickels in the contribution
box-from philanthropists in the front
pew-make more noise than five-dollar
notes.-N. o. Picayune.
Character is much like cloth in one
respect. If white, 1T can be dyed black;
but once blaekened, it can not be dyed
white. He alone is happy and great
who needs neither to obey or command
in order to distinguish himself.-Geothe.
If people wish to live well together,
/ they must not hold too much logic, and
suppose that every thing is to be settled
by sufficient reason. DR.. Johnson saw
this clearly, with regard to married peo-
pie, when he said: "Wretched would be
the pair above all names of wretched-
ness who should be doomed to adjust by
reason, every morning, all the minute
details of domestic day."
What honesty is in deeds, sincerity
is in words-the best policy. 1t is a
policy, however, TO which the artificial
habits of society are not very favor
able. The forms of politeness, with all
their utility, have this disadvantage,
that, in teaching to restrain the real
/ sentiments and ideas which can not con-
veniently be expressed, they are apt to
lead to the expression of others which
are not consistent with truth.-N. Y.
/ Ledger.
Not what man has, but the way in
which he looks az il. is the measure OF
a mans wealth of possessions. If man
deems his present property as fully
enough for his needs, he is richer by far
than the man who, with ten times as
much property, is reaching out with
longing for great deal more. Content
ment is of ones self, and not of ones
position and belongings. He who is con-
tented with his present lot, would not
be likely to find contentment in any
other lot in the uDiverse.-S. 5. Times.
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FIVE SEAMEN DROWNED.
Their Boat swamped by the Waves ano
All Are Lost.

NORFOLK, Va, March 1.-THE steam
er Defiance arrived here Sunday after
noon from Baltimore, and Captain
Burgess reports that on passing York
spit lighthouse he saw schooner
ashore and sunk on the spit near
the northwest buoy. About the same
time yawl-boat was seen, containing
five men, leaving the sunken schooner
and putting for the lighthouse. The
wind was blowing with terrific force,
and as the boat approached the light
house it was thrown against the
iron piles and swamped, and all
five men we're thrown overheard
The men grasped iron rods of the
piles in desperate struggle for life, but
the waves dashed over them with such
fury that they were soon overpowered,
lost their hold and were drowned. II
is supposed the schooner was an oyster
vessel and was trying to run into the
East river
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LIVES CRUSHED OUT.

A Fatal Land Reported from Troy,
n. 1.-TWO Residences Are Demolished
The Sleeping Occupants Buried Under
Tons Of Earth-Three Killed and Several
Hurt.
Troy, N. ", March 17.-At 3 o'clock
a. m. Saturday landslide on the west
side of Warren's Hill, swept away the
two-story brick residence of Patrick Can
field and demolished the one-story frame
dwelling of John Laurenson. Four fami-
lies resided in the Garfield house
Mrs. Margaret Noonan and her
daughter, Mrs. Johanna Hogan, both
widows, and Annie Burns, IL years old,
we're killed. Mrs. John Ahearn and
infant, Thomas Laurenson and Mrs
Pat Garfield, Jr., wore injured, but not
seriously. The fire department was
called out and the bodies of the dead we're
taken from the ruins. A mass OF
clay and earth, fifty feet deep. slid
down from the hillside. The pro-
gress of the slide was stayed by a new
brick house on the oppsite side OF
Havermans avenue, and against which
the slide swept the ruins of Canfield's
house.
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PRESENCE OF MIND.
1t Was Shown by Gold-Digger Unde
Trying Circumstances.

1t Was Shown by Gold-Digger Undev
Trying Circumstances.
Ihave heard of many striking exhibi-
tons of presence of mind in the face of
sudden danger. but here is an instance
of it which beats every thing of the kind
that has ever come under my notice. l
can vouch for the truth of the story.
An Australian ''forty-niner, who had
struck it fairly rich at the gold diggings,
was taking his nuggets and dust to Mel
bourne. He was walking along by the
side of his team with his rifle under his
arm. indulging in pleasant speculations
concerning the good time he would have
after he had sold his gold, when
stranger appeared on the road, and ac-
costing him, said:
Give Us piece of 'baccy, mate"
Those were days when people, espe-
cially those who had been to the dig
gings, didn't stand on ceremony. Sus-
pecting no treachery, the miner thrusta
hand into his pocket to get chunk of
the much-prized weed.
In moment the muzzle of pistol
was thrust against his forehead, and the
stranger shouted:
Bail upr'
The stranger was a bush ranger, and
that was the way bush rangers ordered
their victims to throw up their hands
before going through them.
Without pausing an instant, although
he knew that the bush ranger had only
to exercise little gentle pressure with
his forfinger to blow him into eternity,
the miner bawled out at the top OF his
voice:
Bob
There was no "Bob" around there. 1t
was a ruse conceived by the miner in
the fraction of second and Immediate
ly put into execution to distract the at
tention of the bush ranger. 1t worked.
The bush ranger thought the miner was
calling a companion to his assistance.
He looked around to catch glimpse of
the fictitious Bob" That was the
miners opportunity. Quick as a flash
he swung his left arm and knocked the
pistol out OF the bush rangers grasp.
Then he brought his rifle to his shoulder
and leveled it at the bush rangers
head. In much less time than it takes
to tell it the situation had been COM
pletely reversed. The bush ranger was
at the mercy of the miner.
Now said he, you scoundrel, just
fold your hands behind your back and
march ahead of me; if you move or try
% run away I'll save the hangman job
by letting daylight through you"
In that way the miner escorted the
bush ranger into town and handed him
over to the police-Toledo Blade.
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The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
HEY-ERsI CONGRESS.


TUESDAY, March IL. - The creden-
tials of Senator Allison Qa.) for his
new term. commencing March 4. 1891,
were presented in the Senate. A
petition was presented from Florida
asking a duty of 81 a box on foreign
oranges. The House bill making Co
lumbus. o., a port of delivery was
passed A bill was introduced for the
election of Senators by the people. In
the House public-bnilding bills involv-
ing a total expenditure of sl,s45. 900
were passed. The bill for the admis-
sion of Wyoming was discussed.
WEDNESDAY, March 12.-In the Sem
ate the concurrent resolution for the
investigation of immigration matters
and the purchase of American industries
by foreign capital was passed. A resolu-
tion declaring the right of the Senate TO
elect president pro TEN, who shall act
in that capacity at any time the presid-
ing officer may be absent was passed.
The Blair bill was then taken up and a
resolution adopted fixing the date for a
final vote at o'clock p. m. March 90. In
the House a bill was passed appropri-
ating So. 100 for removal of sand bars at
the entrance TO the harbor of Milwaukee.
The afternoon was spent considering a
bill to provide government for the ter
ritory of Oklahoma
THURSDAY. March lS.-A number of
bills for public buildings were passed in
the Senate. A bill was introduced ap-
propriating $500. 900 for an ordnance
factory on the grounds of the arsenal at
indianapolis. The Blair educational
bill was further discussed. In the House
the bill making Oklahoma a Territory
was passed by vote of 100 to %. The
bill establishes seven counties, with
county seats at Guthrie, Oklahoma City,
Norman, Lisbon or King Fisher, Beaver
and Saltwater.
FRIDAY, March u In the Senate
the urgency deficiency bill (s24. 57O,-
26s) was re y rted. After brief argu-
ment b. $ nator Teller on the Blair
bill the resolution of respect TO the
memory of ex-CongressmanT ownshend.
Of Illinois, was taken up and after a
number of addresses the Senate adj
jOurned till the 18th. In the House the
bill authorizing the President to retire
General ]. c. Fremont with the rank of
MajOr-General was favOrably recon-
nended- At the evening session several
pension bills were passed
SATURDAY, March 15.-The Senate
was not in session. In the House Mr..
Lodge introduced his Federal election
bill. The bill is combination of the
Australian system with Federal control
of elections Several speeches eulogiz-
ing the late William ID. Kelley, of Penn
sylvania, were made. In the evening
several pension bills were discussed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-20
HE STUDIES MANKIND.
Drummer's knowledge OF the Peculiar
titles of His FelIow-Men.

"Do you see that little group of menu"
said drummer in Washington hotel
corridor recently, as he pointed to
knot of office-seekers in a corner.
They seem to be enjoying themselves,
don't they? That one with the goatee
has been telling funny story"
'How do you know that that particular
one told it?' was asked
Because he is laughing the most,
replied the drummer senten tiously. Il
am student of human nature and an
observer of the habits and particularly
the foibles of men. That's an indis-
pensible element Of success in my line"
Now do you see that other man with
the clean-shaven. thin face?" he con-
tinued. THAT mans from Florida, and
not only that. but he's from a rural dis
triet Of Florida and is accustomed TO
working on overseeing work in the
fields and brush"
''Oh, come now said the druinmer's
companion; that's little too steep.
You can't tell all that just by looking
at him. What makes you think SOP"
Watch him the next time he laughs,
said the drummer, ''and you will see
him stoop forward. lay both hands on
his trouser legs below the knee, and
give his shins good scratching or rub
bing Most of the Floridians do that
from habit. 1t gives them pleasure be-
cause all Of them who work out Of doors
in grove or field are pestered with a tiny
insect called the red-bug, all but in
visible tn the eye, which swarms on
fallen brush-wood, decayed weeds or
grass and makes itself most UHpleas-
antly and lastingly apparent on the
legs Of all who come near them. Sand
fieas and mosquitoes add their attentions
and on the whole a Floridan cracker
gets about as much am 1sement out of
a good scratching as from a vawn OF
even drink. Watch him now. They
are going to laugh again"
Sure enough the clean-shaven man
began to smile, then chuckled, then
roared and in his ectasy reached over
and gave both his shins brisk rubbing
with handful of his trousers
Come with me-" said the drummer.
as he sauntered past the jolly group,
who had now stopped talking and be-
gan 10 break up.
Can you tell me, sir he said to the
scratcher. sshow the Florida orange
crop is this year along the lower Gulf
Coast?"
Fair TO middlin,' I believe, sir was
the reply ''but nothing like ours down
on the Indian river. sir. That's Gods
own country for oranges. you bet
d. Y. Tribune.
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TO PREVENT DYSPEPSIA.
Some of the More Common Causes of Di.
arranped Digestion.

arranged Digestion
We do not suppose that any thorough
ly well man ever raised this question in
his own behalf. To such a one digestion
is process of which he is never con-
scious. The stomach digests just as the
heart beats, or the lungs heave. 1t is
powerful organ, and will stand a great
amount of abuse.
But if a mother should ask the aues-
ton in the interests of her children, we
should reply in general terms. that the
prevention of dyspepsia lay in the avoid
ance of its cause. These are many. We
can indicate only some of the more COM
mon of them.
l. The most common is, perhaps, over
eating. A physician lately said; Most
persons eat four times as much as they
should"
The proportion seemed pretty large.
but an eminent British physician of a
former generation said almost the same
thing-that one-fourth Of wha: we eat
goes to sustain life, while shree-fourths
go to imperl it. Another physician wit
tily remarked that most people dig their
own graves with their teeth.
The foundation of the habit OF over
eating is apt to be laid in childhood and
youth, since the stomach then seems
able to bear almost any thing. There
would be little danger of eating too
much if the food were always plain and
simple; in that case the natural appe-
| tite would be a safe and sufficient guide.
The trouble is that the natural appetite
is too often spoiled by cakes, pies, con-
diments and highly-seasoned food.
2. Another source of dyspepsia is
emotional waste of nervous force. The
nerve force is TO the physical system
what steam is to the machine.
In the normal condition of things, it
is renewed as fast as it is used. But
nature makes no provision for the i'm
mense amount expended by excessive
care, by fuss and worry, by hurry and
drive. by explosions of passion and by
the undue excitenents of pleasure. All
these are like a great leakage of steam.
| The stomach is the first and largest
/ sharer in the loss.
3. Another source is over-work of
| the brain. Brain-work is specially ex-
| haustive of nerve-force, and the ex-
haustion is greatly increased by the
| fact that high intellectual activity
gathers 10 itself a most delightful
momentum, making few hours OF
| high-pressure work more productive
than days of plodding.
Moreover a brain-worker generally
neglects physical exercise and curtails
sleep. He is like the careless engineer
who, while driving at the highest speed.
fails to supply the needed wood and
water. He can not help being dys-
peptic.
4. Another cause, which generally
acts with all the others, is a. lack of
active, exhilarating outdoor exercise
and recreation. Such exercise and
recreation are absolutely essential. We
only add that it is vastly easier to pre-
vent dyspepsia than to cure it Youths
| Companion.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
FARM STATISTICS.
Much Valuable Information of Interest
to Farmers and Others.

Much Valuable Information of Interest
to Farmers and Others.
Statistics recently compiled in the
Secretary Of States Office of the farm
products of the State for the year 1sSS
afford the following valuable informa-
ton:
The total yield OF wheat was O. 7s6, 9s3ti bush
els; corn, 2905S,s571s bushels; oats a, 733, Csc
bushels; barley, 10502, 443 bushels: rye, 4049,-
7s4 bushels; potatoes, II, f92, los bushels
There were grown I, l34 227n bushels of root
crops 1872 1851 bushels OF cranberries, l. I03 600
bushels of apples. 56,975 bushels of strawb
ries. I2,Isss bushels of raspberries s.la5i4
bushels OF blackberries, 3923i. bushels OF cur
rants. SIS i75ss bushels Of grapes, 4i,37iis bush
els of clover seed 81 ,9o0H bushels Of timothy
seed. There were 2a5l0 acres OF clover and %, :
s05 acres OF timothy harvested for seed.
There were 1885,. s641. pounds Of fax harvest
ed and 261. SIS pounds OF hops The total yield
OF tobacco was IA, 2s3, s65 pounds Dane County
produced 6g47, 677 pounds; Rock County $685.
$50 pounds; Jefferson, 4s6. 600 pounds; Columbia
865 $50; Vernon, 355. 24l.
The number of tons OF cultivated grasses har-
vested was l,605, $50.
The butter product OF the State for the year
was 3i,6l9,926 pounds and the cheese product
was 1855, 472 pounds. The number OF cows in
the State was 5Sg,6I7, valued at Ss,573,075.
The number Of mich cows in the State in 1889
was $50, 76l, an increase OF 43 IN. The valuation
placed upon the cows in the State in 1888 was
s. 573 075 while that in 1889 S. s2, 1856 an in
crease of sl29, ITO in the valuation OF the cows
In the State