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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
HE1YEIRsI CONGRESS


Tt E.sDAY, March 4.-Most of the time
of the Senate was passed in executive
session discussing the accounts pub
lished in the papers Of matters which
were under consideration in former ex-
ecutive sessions. A bill was passed APP
propriating $4,000 for monument -
commemorate the battle of Trenton, n.
j. In the House bill was introduced
to increase the duties on barley, barley
malt, beans, peas, hops, potatoes, hay,
hides. eggs and apples, and TO take the
duty off binding Irvine. The consider
alton of the Arkansas contested election
case of Featherstone VS. Cate occupied
nearly the entire day.
WEDNESDAY,, March Sin the Senate
the bill appropriatng 500. 900 for a
public building at Lafayette, Ind, was
passed. Senator Stockbridge presented
two remonstrlnces against any bill in
regard 70 the observance of the Sabbath
o. the adoption of any resolution for the
amendment Of the constitution that
would sanction legislation upon the sub
ject of religion. In the House the con-
tested election case of Featberstone VS..
Cate from the First Arkansas district
occupied the entire session, resulting in
the seating of the contestee Feather
stone) by vote of yeas las, nays 1876.
Both gentlemen most interested are
Democrats.
THURSDAY, March Elm the Senate
bills were introduced for a monu-
ment to John Ericsson; for the punish
ment of officers and others selecting
jurors with reference to political aflilia-
tions. Bills were passed giving a PEN
sion of S75 month to the
daughter of Major-General w. j.
Worth, and increasing 10 500 a
jor-General G.. X. Warren. In the
House a petition was presented asking
that two women be appointed on the
worlds fair committee of 1892. Bills
were passed for public buildings at
Lansing, Mich, Galesburg, H., and
Ashland, Wis.
FRIDAY. March bills were intro
duced in the Senate appropriating $780,
900 for a public building at Muske'
gon, Mich, and S5,621, 900 for the i'm
provement of the Mississippi river. The
Blair educational bill was further dis
cussed- Adjourned to the 10th. In the
House a bill was introduced placing car
penters' and blacksmiths' tools and all
agricultural instruments on the free list.
The direct-tax bill proposing to repay
TO citizens and States the amounts by
them respectively paid under the direct
tax of $50, 600. 600 provided for by the act
of August 5, 1861, was favorably re-
ported.
SATURDAY. March 8. The Senate
not in session. In the House several
bills for public buildings were reported
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
AT a SYMPHONY CONCERT.
Maude and Mamie Thought tho Perform
ance simply Divine.

Maude and Mamie Thought tho Perform
ance Simply Divine.
1t was at the concert, where dO-mi-sols
were futtering like butterflies of sound
among great gardens of poetic imagina-
ton. Maude and Mamie are there.
Maude and Mamie always manage to
attend any public affair that is likely to
be particularly interesting. The hall
vibrates with the notes of the orchestra,
and the leader has his baton poised in
air ready to give the final stroke which
is to plunge the place in silence, when
Maude breaks in with:
''Say, Name. look how long he has
held his arm up that way. | should
think it would make him tired"
well, it ought to-" is Maude's re-
Spouse. ''He makes me tired. :"
''Do you like this kind of music?"
"No. I'd great deal rather hear Liz
Thompson play the piano. Did you ever
hear her? She can play the Fishers
Hornpipe' with one hand, Yankee
Doodle with the other, and sing song
all at the same time"
"U-Um, Can she? Say, Name, you
know Charley Banks?"
Yes"
"You know he says so many clever
things. lie said yesterday that Will
Jones wore Wagnerian trousers because
they were so loud"
..The idea. Nobody but Charley would
ever have thought of that Got any
more caramels?"
Are all of yours gone already? Here's
a whole lot"
There, they are going TO play again. >
.sNo, they're not. It's over. Don't
you see the people going out?"
$50 it is. Come on. Wasn't IL lovely?''
Perfectly divinel" Washington
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
GOOD LANGUAGE.
A Wonderful Help In the Thorough Educa
ton of a Child.

ton of a Child.
As soon as a child begins to lisp its
first broken sentence its education
should begin. Habits are formed which
will exist to a greater or less degree
throughout life.
Such being the case the conversation
of the older members of the family
should be carefully guarded, lest the
little ones hear and learn ungrammatical
expressions and slang, which. sad to
say, is so rife among our young people
of the present day.
The servants, with whom the chill
dren spend much of their time, should
be chosen with reference to this mat
ter.
A mother should feel it her duty to
point any grammatical mistakes made
by them, and insist upon their language
being correct, respectful, and devoid of
slang at all time.
1t is exceedingly difficult to break
children of habits once formed, and care
in this direction will save much trouble
| and annoyance.
One way to cultivate the use of Ian
guage, and at the same time to learn of
the occupations and companions of her
| children, is for the mother to encourage
the daily narration of what they have
seen, heard and enjoyed, and the telling
of their little experiences.
The study of pictures, moreover, in
which every child delights, may be used
as great proyocation of language.
Children always love to look at pictures,
and can almost always be induced to
talk about them. This study teaches
them observation, and how to accurately
describe whatever they see.
When stories are read to children they
should be obliged to reproduce them,
using, as far as possible, the language
of the book. The memory is strength
ened in this way, habit of attention
formed, and the power of expression in
creased.
If such plans as these are systemat-
ically carried out they will prove Won
derful help in the thorough education of
a child. The constant, careful teaching
and kind suggestions of parents will ac-
complish a work which can never be
performed by study. and in after years
such early home training will show
itself in ready command of language,
! and an easy, graceful power of CONVEX
/ sation Old homestead
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
BURIED I'M a MINE.

1t Is Estimated That $50 Lives Have
Been Lost in an Explosion in a Welsh
ColIiery.
LONDON, March IA terrific explo-
sion occurred Monday in the Morsa col
liery, in Glamorganshire, Wales, which,
it is feared, will be attended with much
loss OF life. Three hundred miners
were entombed, but many have been
rescued from the workings nearest the
main shaft. Most of those taken
out are unhurt, but several have re-
ceived fatal injuries. Heavy falls
of rock prevent the explorers from
reaching the more remote workings.
The estimate is that $50 lives have been
lost Eight bodies, shockingly mutilat-
ed, have been recovered from the mine.
Great excitement was caused at the pit
by a rumor that appeals for help could
be heard from the entombed men. The
rescuers are constantly succumbing to
the effects of the gas and are obliged to
make speedy retreat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
rpnM WASHINGTON

THE President on the 5th approved the
act providing for an Assistant Secretary
of War.
IL the United States there were 215
business failures during the seven days
ended on the 9TH, against 100 the
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January to
date is 2. 75s. against 2.94s in 1883.
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the sth aggregated
81, LIS, 1S9, 100. against 81, 1871, 500, O64, the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1859 the increase
amounted to SIS.
Az appeal was issued on the sth by
MSS Clara Barton, president of the
American National Association of the
Red Cross, for aid for 5000 persons in
want in the DakOtaS-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
THE WORLDS FAIR.
synopsis of the Bill Formulated by Chi
cagoans and Presented to the House
Capmiftae

synopsis of the Bill Formulated by Chi
cagoans and Presented TO the House
Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 11.-At a final
conference between the Chicago delega-
ton and the subcommittee of the
House committee on the worlds fair
legislation at Washington Monday the
worlds fair bill was completed and
will be placed before the full committee
at it's first meeting. In brief, the
bill provides that the management Of
the fair after its opening shall be vested
in National commission, composed OF
two members from each State, who
are to be nominated by their Gov
ernor and appointed by President
Harrison, such commission to be divided
as to the politics of its members. The
selection of a site and all other arrange
ments for the fair, financial
and otherwise, are to be left
to the control of the Chicago cor
poration. The bill further pro-
vides that the commissioners shall not
be appointed until Chicago has pro-
duced SIS, 900, 900 in cash and demon
strated the city's ability to raise as
much moro il il should be needed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
THE MODEL WIFE.
She Makes a Home for Man In a Hous
and in a Heart.

and in Heart.
! A model wife is the woman in whom
| the heart of her husband doth safely
| trust.
She is the woman who looks after his
household. and makes hospitality de-
| light to him. and not burden.
Who has learned that soft answer
will turn a way wrath.
Who keeps her sweetest smiles and
| most loving words for her husband.
Who is his conidant in sorrow or in
iov. and who does not feel the necessity
of explaining her private affairs TO the
neighborhood-
Who respects the rights of husband
and children, and in return has due re-
gard paid to her.
Who makes friends and keeps them.
Who is not made bitter by trouble,
but who strengthens and sweetens UNI
Ger it.
Who knows that the strongest argu-
ment is her womanliness. and SO she
cultivates it.
Who is sympathetic in JOY, or in grief,
and who finds work for her hands TO do.
| Who tries to conceal the faults of her
husband rather than blazon them forth
10 an uninterested public.
The woman whose life-book has love
written on every page.
Who makes home for mana home
| in house and in heart Il home that
he is sure Of, home that is full Of love
presided over by one whose price is
above rubies-
She is the model wife.-Ladies' Homo
Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
A Troy IN. W Plant which May BE Re-
moved to Joliet, Ill.

Troy, n. Y. March 11.-Fuller &
Warren, proprietors of the Clinton foun-
dry, the largest stove mandatory here,
have been requested to move their bust
ness to Joliet, Ill, and the company in
Inmates that the proposition will be ac-
cepted. The entire plant will not be
removed at once, but as buildings will
be erected at Joliet and the facilities
for manufacture increased there the
operations OF the concern will be dimin-
ished in Troy. The company employs
1000 men and it's payroll aggregates
mora than 81 Goa 600 a wear
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

JAMES l.. PENNYPACKER, of Phils-
delphia, has curious collection OF
clOverS from different States. The
cloyers are mounted upon a card so as
70 represent four-leaved clover. One
leaf is made up Of eleven fOur-leaved
,lOvers. another Of nine five-leayed
clovers, another Of nine six-leaved
cloverS, and the fourth of six seven
leaved clovers and four eight-leaved
clOvers- The stem IS represented by a
series of clOvers containing cup or fun
mel leaves. and at the very end is
one clover having nine leaves and a
cup and another clover having thirteen
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
REPORTING RAPID TALK.
How Tom o'Sein Took Notes of Beecher'

HOW rom " Nelu TOOK NOTES OF beecnef-s
Lecture on Evolution.
Speaking of rapid takers makes me
think of the time / was sent to report
lecture by Henry Ward Beecher," said
the mayors private secretary, Tom
0'Neill, at the Press Club the other day.
~ was something of stenographer and
had always been able to keep pace
with every man l had been assigned to
take. So, with no misgivings, | sharp
ened my pencil, and took my seat at the
reporters table and waited for the dis
tinguished divine to begin. The subject
was Evolution" which in those days l
knew absolutely nothing about. Well,
he started in, and for minute every
thing went all right. The second min
ute he took squirt, and l found myself
pushing my pencil at high rate of
speed. The third minute he put on more
steam, and had to write so fast my
pencil got hot and came near setting the
paper afire. The fourth minute he
spurted again and / was lost. He kept
on squirting until at last he struck his
gait. Heavensl how he talked. No
manuscript. No notes. He just stood
up there by his desk with one hand on
it, othe other by his side. His mouth
was open, and without changing the
expression of his face or moving a
muscle the words came rolling out one
after another like drops of lead from the
summit of a shot tower. did my best
to keep somewhere within sight of
him, hoping that at each word he
would pause long enough for breath to
al 70 Cat ~
why doesn't he stop to take a drink of
water?" circulated. But he didn't
stop, and at times / hurled under my
breath some very bitter things. Well,
at last the thing was over, and, wiring
ing out my perspiration-soaked clothes,
i went to the Office to write out my re-
port. / had a bundle of notes four
inches thick, but after ] had finished
the three-minute lot / was at sea. In
stead of sub-heading his remarks. max
ing full notes occasionally which
would have enabled me to catch the
drift of what he said, / had kept on
taking word here and there.
Well, / found that / had uncon-
sciously taken only the short ones. and
for clew to what the lecturer had dis
3
it's "hes,' She's 'ors,' ifs and 'ands,
and so on. OF course, could get moth
ing from them. and was at loss what
to do. Had l been new reporter
would have gone to the city editor and
told him that / had been stuck. But
was too old for that, and i was about to
go to him and resign my position when
a lucky thought struck me. | rushed To
the library, took down the encyclopedia
and turned to evolution 1t was too
Late to make an abstract, so copied two
solid pages from the book and turned
in my copy. 1t was appropriately head
ed, and appeared next morning, meas
uring about the same amount as the
| lecture, which more rapid writers had
taken down all right for their papers.
was afraid the city editor was going
to compliment me on my report, but he
evidently forgot it. And from that day
to this have never heard a word about
/ IL o-ChicapO journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
The Court All Right.

A final quietus has been put upon the
.ong-disputed legality of the act creating
the municipal court of the county of Ash
land. Judge Parish, of the circuit court,
recently rendered a decision that while
the municipal court was not court de
iure. it was court in fact, and as such
criminals who had been tried and con-
victed there could not hope to escape
serving their time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
Failed for a Big Sum-

SAN Francisco. March a-Bellos
Freres. bankers, Friday made an az
sipnment for the benefit of their
creditors. The firm did a private bank
inr business, and is branch of Belloc
Brothers, Of Paris. The suspension
l. due 20 a failure to receive remit
tances from Paris. and il is believed the
trouble will prove but temporary. The
assignment was made to the sheriff.
The liabilities are about $500 The
firm is reported to be worth over
s. 900. 600, and owns banks doing profit
able business in five OF the leading
cities Of South America
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

THE American BOOkmalIer is good
enough to inform people how to remove
grease spots and ink spots and sealing
wax spO's and other kinds of spots from
books. This information would be more
valuable were il not for the sad fact that
all Of ones books which are of any &C
count are invariably lent to borrowers
who are principled against returning
them. while as for the other books it is
OF no consequence whether they are
snotlesS or not
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arch
April May

Are the best months in which 70 purify your blood.
During the long. cold winter, the blood becomes
thin and impure. the body becomes weak and tired,
the appetite may be lost and just now the system
Graves the aid Of reliable medicine. Hoods Sarss-
parilla is peculiarly adapted 10 purify and enrich
the blood. 10 create good appetite and 10 over
come that tired feeling. 1t increases in popularity
every year. for it is the ideal spring medicine.
my health was very poor last sprinS and seeing
an adv ertisement OF Hoods Sarsaparilla thought
| would try IL. Ii has worked wonders for me as it
has built my system up have taken four bottles
an am on the ffth. l recommend IL to my 40
quaintanees." JOHN MATTHEWS, oswego, n. Y.
VI Sc sure TO get only
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

a HISTORIC tree on the old Elder Win
son farm in Johnston. f. l.. has been
felled. IL was chestnut. and had
been utilized BY the Dorrites in the ex-
citing times of the Dorr war as a hiding
place for guns" Ii stood in an open
field on the farm The trunk. which
was nine feet four inches in diameter.
had been hollow as long as ANY one
living can remember" and tall man
could enter and stand erect, with several
inches to spare above bis head One of
the limbs measured four feet in diam
eter. The tree was cut down because
there was danger of its being blown
down BY storms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

RIvETISG by electricity has been sue
cessfully accomplished The cold rivet
is placed in the hole. and when heated
TO proper tempe cature it can be closed
by any of the ordinary apparatus now
in use The heating Of half-inch rivet
OF two or three inches in length takes
about half a minute
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

1T is estimated that the number OF
oranges that will have left the State OF
Florida at the close Of the present sea
son will be between 1000, 900 and :, $780,
900 boxes Last season the number was
1900. 900 boxes This season has been a
remarkably prosperous one for growers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

A NEW YORK CITY bank president
says that during the last twenty-eight
years the amount of money lost by all
the National hanks through dishonest
practices does not exceed s., 900. 900. In
view Of the vast sums handled by the
banks during these years, he considers
the amount small
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
MlCHIGAN's PEACH CROP.
1t Suffers Severely During the Recent
Cold Weather.

KALAMAZOO, Mich, March s.-1nter-
views with leading fruit-growers here
who have large interests throughout
the great peach belt, as well as infor-
nation from Allegan and South Haven.
indicate that the severe cold has dam
aged the peach crop badly. The mild
weather heretofore has brought out
the buds TO twice the size they
should have been, and had the cold held
off the crop would have been enormous.
An entire loss of the fruit crop this year
means failure and loss of farms to a
great many of the fruit-growers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

RESIDENTS OF Christiansburg. Va.
were startled the other afternoon by n
phenomenon The moon was rising and
the sun was visible over a mountain.
Suddenly three distinct suns appeared
in the west. each completely circled with
arainbow. Each rainbow plainly showed
the seven prismatic colOrs. but the out
er and inner edge Of each was red In
the zenith there was another sun. sur
rounded By another circular rainbow.
This is on the summit Of the Allegheny
mountains. and this may account for the
phenomenon. Scientific men thought il
was a mirage OF a combination Of solar
and lunar rainbOwS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

1T is computed that the ocean steam
ers running out of the port of New York
received ia passenger fares alone last
year over thirty million dollars, and not
a penny of this vast sum was earned by
a vessel flying the American flag. The
big subsidies granted by foreign gov
ernments to their ships are the reasons
why American foreign commerce has
dwindled to nothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

THIS has been a remarkable winter.
The coal output has been greatly less
than usual; tramps have been on the
road every day in the year; strawber-
ries are three months ahead of their
time; the Delaware peach crop has al
ready been destroyed and recovered
twice, whereas it is rarely ruined be-
fore March, and public anxiety is not
usually allayed until April.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13
FrightfuI Result of an Explosion In
Furniture Factory at Evansville. Ind.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, March San ex-
plosion occurred Friday at noon In the
shaving or dust-room in the Arms trong
furniture factory, which utterly
wrecked it, and then fire completed
the wreck. Three boys Fred Sacks,
Willie Cheatham and George Crawford
were in the dust-room eating their din
ner and we're burned to death. Their
bodies were recovered later, but we're
burned beyond recognition Charles
shelby. the engineer, was blown twenty
Feet. and had both legs broken and his
mead badly crushed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

A CURIOUS fact is that of the seventeen
clerks in the Senate OF the new State of
Washington a majority (ninel are
women, and there is but one who carries
Mrs. before her name. The same
rule holds good with the House, a ma
iority of the clerks being ladies'.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

A PAPER published at Canton. China,
figures the loss Of life in that country
by fire, food and other calamities at
$50, 900 per year, but adds that there are
plenty of people left for epidemics to
get hold of I'm fact" it concludes,
the great need Of China is the sudden
removal of two or three million inhabit-
ants, to make elbow room for those who
are left"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

Mrs. HETTIE GREEN, of Brooklyn.
who is worth about $50. 600, 900, has, il
is said, endowed over 100 churches and
established fifty schools. She says that
benevolent objects absorb a large pOr-
tiOn of her income. and that her son
will continue the good work after she is
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She Did Not Poison Her Husband.

Mrs. Leininger, of Madison, who was
arrested on suspicion of poisoning her
husband, John Leininger, was released
from custody the other day. The cor
oner's jury found that the deceased
came to his death by the neglect OF his
wife to properly administer medicine
and food, and considerable surprise was
expressed at her release.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-03-13

HENRY WARD BEECHER's statue.
which is to be placed in Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, is now being cast in bronze.
1t is to be of colossal proportions, nine
feet high, and representing the great
preacher in the soft felt hat and cape.
The cost will be about thirty-five thou
sand dollars. and the whole work will
be completed in about eighteen months.