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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-11
LATER
Stain in the streets.

PoRT AU PRINCE, June S.-The mas
sacre of st. Bartholomew sinks into
/ insignificance besides the scenes en-
acted here in the last few days.
! For the last two or three weeks there
| have been rumors that a revolution
against Hippolyte was imminent i'm this
capital. and these having reached the
ears of the chief executive, he caused
the arrest of about eighty suspected
persons, dragged them from their
homes and put them in irons in prison.
| Among the suspected was a Gen.
Sully, who, hearing he was wanted,
hid himself. Failing to secure the gen
eral himself, his wife was taken instead
and thrown into prison.
The outbreak of the rebels occurred
on Thursday, May 2s. While Presi-
dent Hippolyte was at church former
cabinet minister, at the head of eighty
followers, stormed the prison and re-
leased 200 political and other prisoners.
The released prisoners were provided
with arms. and when Hippolyte's troops
arrived on the scene there was a bloody
battle Hippolyte, fearing that he
would be shot down by some of the
rebels if he appeared on the street, re.
manned in the church all day guarded
by soldiers. He called out the reserve
militia and the rebels were soon routed
ABBorsF ORD, Wis, had $50, 900 fire
on the Sth.
w. f. Minchen. for some years book
keeper at the American National Bank
Nashville, Tenn, has proven a default
er to the extent of SIS, 600.
BECAUSE she would not marry hin
John Perry of Sacramento. Cal, fatally
shot his cousin Mamie Frates and ther
shot and killed himself. He was eigh
teen and the girl sixteen years Old.
a CENSUS of ireland has just beer
completed and shows a decrease for the
past ten years of $4,000
NEARLY $1,000 acres of unearned rail
road lands viii be thrown open to entry
in Iowa on July 9th. A large portion
of these lands were occupied by settlers
who were innocent purchasers of the
railroad companies
The grand jury of Philadelphia. Pa.
has found seventeen indictments agains
ex-City Treasurer Bardsley. The maxi
mum penalty is eighty-five years i'm
prisOnment.
BUsH fires in the province of Quebe'
are doing much damage. At Sherbrool
$50 families have been burned out.
THE steamer Van Gorder was total,
destroyed by fire at Winona, MINI.
iJune 5.
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FACTS FOR WAREHOUSES;.
y Few Suggestions for Those DESTROYS of
Acquiring the Art.

a Few Suggestions for Those DESTROYS of
Acquiring the Art.
Here are a few practical hints as to
the modes of procedure to be followed
by would be ventrilOQuists, although
half a dozen lessons from good pro-
fesSional would do infinitely more for
them than all the books that have been
written upon the subject, and which,
by the way, are usually mass of the
oretical phraseology.
Before any attempt is made with tho
voice, the student must be prepared to
devote some time and attention to tho
breath, which he must get entirely
under control, so as TO be able to hold it
for a considerable time without strain
ing This, of course, must be a gradual
process.
Before commencing to practice, a
strong inspiration should be taken. as
the lungs require to be furnished with
a plent full supply of air, which has to
be well controlled and allowed To es-
cape gradually. He must endeavor 10
breathe through his nose and keep his
mouth shut. This is a hint which it
would be as well for every one to re
member, and SO save a great deal of
cold catching and illness.
The learner must study at all times
to initiate sounds, not as they are
heard at their source, but as they fall
upon the ear after travelling from
distance. That is the golden rule Of
ventriloquism, and If it IS continually
kept in mind success is certain. As
conjurers endeavor to deceive the eye,
so ventriloquists endeavor to deceive
the ear.
The distant voice" originates at that
spot in the throat where the ''clucll"
takes place when drinking, So without
any facial contortions or movement of
the lips, the words must be forced
against the back part of the palate one
by one, " 18th a series of short, quick
breaths, at the same time strengthening
the sounds by using the muscles of the
stomach, which viii give them increased
power, so that they will reach the
audience clear ank distinct The farther
off the sound is supposed to be, the
smaller the quantity of breath must be
expired
The great fault with beginners is
straining after effect. No sooner DO
they make little Roadway and begin
to feel their feet than they want to
run, a proceeding which will bring
their endeavors to dismal failure -
Chicago Journal
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THE SEDUCTIVE UMBRELLA.


1t Corrupts the Morals of Some of the
Best of Men.
What great loosencSs of morals on
the subject of umbrellas Who would
think that intelligent men, the mem
brrs of churches would have the con-
science to pick up and carry off these
important articles of shelter and com
fort? Who is there that. for the term
Of one year, has continued in the pos
session OF his umbrella? We can not
set one down without the feeling that
wc probably shall never look upon its
face again. We hold it ncrvously under
cur arm. realizing that this may be the
last time we shall ever walk down town
IN its company. We are conscious that,
when ID shower comes on the city, we
have about twenty umbrellas ex-
posed 10 the weather. We go
through crowd of people on wet
day, not knowing but that we may be
in close proximity to a full dozen Of
these st,ayed articles. When we pass
a man looking down to the pavement
we feel that probably his conscience
troubles him, and wonder whether the
one he took had wooden or ivory
handle When we see man in high
wind with his umbrella turned wrong
side out. so that instead of keeping the
rain off of him it seems fixed 10 keep
Linn off of the rain-I suspect he Is
only suffering the penalty of some
felony We have known men scrupu-
lousy exact. forward in all great phi
lanthropies. kind fathers, useful citi-
zens, brilliant examples for rs to fol-
low, unimpeachable in all other re
spects yet who could not be trusted
FIVE minutes in dark hall in the pres
ence 81 new silk umbrella T.
Dewitt Talmage IA y. Y Observer.
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
ERoM WASHINGTON.

IL the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the LIST was: Wheat,
L. %, 723 bushels; corn, 5. l23, 52S bush
els oats, 4,243, $50.
The president has appointed William
ID. Owens. Of Indiana, To be superinten.
dent of immigration. with salary OF
81 900 per annum.
The six years sentence of Robert
Siegel. son Of Gen. Siegel. has been re-
duced by the president to two years
and nine months.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 30th numbered 224, against 254 the
preceding week ana POS for the cores
ponding week last year.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
lighthouses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggre-
gated sl,l45, 993. 695, against $50, 054.-
463 the previous week. As compared
with the corresponding week of 1890 the
decrease amountedto 26.2.
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at least useful scavengers, and the
housing propensity of the domestic cat
might explain its sanctity IN land of
huge granaries; but the bideous APP
pearance of the Hamadryas baboon is
unredeemed by a single discoverable
merit, and the only plausible theory is
the conjecture that the homage paid to
his ancestors must have been a sort Of
devil worship. His peer in ugliness,
the sacred Hanuman ape of southern
India, combines the appetite of an
Arkansas book agent with the morals
of Mormon elder; yet that remark
able pet not only arrogates the freedom
of every Hindu township, but enjoys
the protection OF numerous saint
wardens, who feed his squealing
youngsters and intlust decrepit speci-
mems TO the care OF special charity
hospitals.-Dr. Felix L. Oswald, in
\. y. Ledger.
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DRESS IN RANGOON.
1t IL Marked nv "A Fantastic Display
brilliant Colors.

~ II MARKED Nv u DtsplAf D
Brilliant COlors.
Travellers in the east are apt to be
much disappointed when they first ar
rive there with the non-display of
Oriental coloring, and, indeed, upon
those who have formed their ideas of
such things on memories of the colored
and illustrated Bibles of their youth, or
a lecture illuminated by dissolving
views of painted photographs. the dingi-
ness of the women's dress in Egypt and
that of the men dress in many
parts of India win undoubtedly
produce some such effect But
let our traveller take heart of
grace; let him push on to Burmah,
and he will see on festal occasions in
the streets and temples of Rangoon
and elsewhere in that country crowds
compared to which group of jockeys
might look dull and flower bed at a
seaside watering place appear as quiet
and prosaic as a patch of potatoes. For
here men and women, old and young
all seem TO vie with one another in
brilliancy of dress, and all, or almost
all, dress in silk. The men, with a
strip of silk twisted towel-fashion
around the waist, and the long end that
remains hung round the back and over
the shoulder, somewhat as a Scotch
plaid is occasionally adjusted; brilliant
handkerchief on the head, long fiex-
ible cane with silver top in the hand,
and a good-humored and cheerful per-
son inside all this, complete the sketch
of Burmese dandy.
The ladies wear piece of silk wound
tightly around their body from waist to
feet, topped by white jacket above;
their really beautiful hair carefully
dressed in something like the modern
European fashion of combing it upward
from the back of the N, TX, and silk
scarf hanging loosely round tho Shout
ders, much in the way our grandmothers
used to wear such adornment; the
slightest touch of face-powder is added
to the complexion, and off sets ma
dame, walking very erectly along, her
arms swinging at her sides with a curl
GUS staggering air, the while she puffs
occasionally at an enormous eheroot
Checks and stripes are the favorite
patterns for the dresses, especially in
the case of the men-but such checks
and such stripes! Chess-patterns
with the squares four or five
inches wide, stripes of flame-color
and yellow, Hame-color and crimson,
plum-color and apple-green, etc, in in
finite variety. ! spent two years in
Burmah, and except one pattern rather
frequently worn in cotton fabrics by
the poorer classes, don't think ever
noticed the exact ditto of a check had
seen before.
All these silks are made in the coun-
try. 1t is the rarest thing, as far as my
limited experience goes, TO see English
fabrics worn for dress In the case of
the handkerchief, however, | regret to
say that the opposite rule holds, and
never saw one which was not of En-
glish make. The manufacturers taste
is, however, merciful, and plain colors
and harmless patterns are generally
used in a cheap, fluffy quality of silk
Murray's Magazine.
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PIrH AND POINT.

Mrs. Ringo-''Whatd do you think of
my new dress, dear?" Mr. Bingo-''I
try not to think about it.''-Cloalx Re-
view.
DO You practice in your own fami-
ly. doctor?" Yes. madam And
what medicines do you prescrlbe?''
"NOne- N. Y. Recorder
"A Case to the Contrary.-''Do you
believe in heredity?" NO. not much.
For instance. see what bright boy
your Johnny is Saturday Evening
Herald
but is he brave-has he personal
courage?" We'll. should say SO. He
wouldn't be afraid to umpire game of
ball between amateur mines "-Phila-
delphia Times
Watts saw one man made hap
by yesterday" Potts-"Who?' Watts
Fellow with a new twelve-dollar suit
ON. Small boy called him a dude -
Indianapolis journal.
-Painter.-"Doctor, should like to
present this painting to some public
institutions; now which would you rec
ommend?' Doctor-"The blind asy-
lum. "-Sonntagsblatt.
The man who keeps diary faith
fully for year viii do well to keep it
under lock and key for the rest of his
life. but he viii do better yet to burn it
up.-Somel vile Journal.
Teacher Johnny Greyneck. you
are a very bad boy, and l want you to
go straight home" J. CT can't"
Teacher-"You. can't?" J. G.-"No,
ma am; this is, Boston. boston Cou-
rier
Strictly Pure. Customer-"This
ground coffee, you say. is perfectly
INSTRUMENTATION how does it happen
you sell it cheaper than the unground
COFFEE" Salesman r-ma amer
-."-Chicago Tribune.
Sanso-''They say that poets are an
Unbusiness-liSe set of men: but | deny
that. know one who is very shrewd."
Rodd-''I Indeed Sanso-t'Yes. He
never goes to submit poem to an edi-
tor without first investing an accident
insurance policy. "-lIarpcr's Bazaar
The Washer Mashed. II wapt some
nice little thing Tor my wlfe-somethlng
that'll please her, " said Masham. Per
haps you could suggest something"
Eyes" said the saleslady. Il think a
telegram saying house has fallen on
You ought to please her. Chicago
Globe.
Conductor. murmured the az
frighted passenger, what's the matter
In the next Pullman car. Are they hav-
ing a fight in there?" Worse than
that replied the conductor; lone of
the ladies is trying To tie her husbands
necl1tie for Linn. '-Clothicr and Fur
nisher.
"A Taste of Landlordism. - Landlord
I'm going to raise your rent. Mr..
Clarke" Clarke Why, rents haven't
gone up, have they?" Landlord
but | see you've been making some i'm
provements on the house. That. of
course, ought to make it bring more
rent Yankee Blade
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Honor Among ReaI-Estate Men.

Some real-e state men can't trust one
another as they should. Although it is
sad that it should be so, the statement
Is no less true. An incident that oc-
cured this week illustrates this point.
Two brokers were interested in a sale
of a piece of property that had just been
consummated The deal was closed in
the office of an attorney, who repre-
scented the grantor. When it came to
make out the check for the commission
a wrangle was the result. The brokers
had agreed to divide the commission, as
one had furnished the buyer. Make
out two checks for the commission,
please" requested the buyers broker.
IL don't know you," said the lawyer.
THE only person we recognize in this
transaction is Mr. A., who sold the
property" Il furnished the buyer )"
1--WE don't know anything about that
II you have an agreement with Mr.. A
you will have to look to him; we can't
help you. III make out the check TO
him" When the check was made out
both brokers made grab for it, and
each succeeded in catching hold of it.
They kept their hold and walked down
the street to the bank. each with his
hand on a corner of the check.-Chicago
Pest
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ARTIFICIAL ICE.
The Scientific Principles Involved in Its
Manufacture.

The Scientific Principles Involved in Its
Manufacture.
The scientific fact on which the max
ing of artificial ice depends is that
when liquid evaporates it uses up a
great deal of heat, which it draws from
anything that happens to be around it.
If a can of water is at hand, its temper
ature is reduced, and if the action goes
far enough the water will be frozen.
This cooling action can be felt by pour
ing little ether or alcohol upon the
hand. The liquid evaporates rapidly,
and the loss of the heat which il takes
up cools the hand very perceptibly. If
a bottle containing water is kept
wet on the outside with either,
the evaporation will chill the
water and eventually freeze it.
This is essentially the proceG by which
the carafes frappees of the French res
taurants are produced. The decanters
filled with fresh water are set in shall
low tanks containing brine, which re-
mains liquid below the temperature at
which fresh water freezes In contact
with these tanks are receivers, which
can be kept charged with newly-formed
ether vapor. The chilling vapor cools
the brine, and this in turn takes heat
from the water in the decanters, which
soon freezes. In making ice on the
large scale. either ammonia or sulphur
Gus oxide is used instead of ether, be-
cause these substances are cheaper and
not inflammable.-F. A. Fernald, in
Popular Monthly.
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THAT Roy"

His name is not Solomon. There are
many things he does not know. Re.
member that he is only a boy. You
were one once. Call to mind what you
thought, and now you felt Give that
boy chance Keep near to him in
sympathy. BE his chum- DO not make
too many cast-iron laws. Rule with a
velvet hand. Help him have "a good
time" Answer his foolish questions.
BE patient with his pranks. Laugh at
his jokes. Sweat over his conundrums.
Timber mp your dignity with game OF
ball or a half-day's fishing You can
win his heart utterly And hold him
steady in the path that leads higher up.
That boy has soul, and destiny
reaching high above the mountain
peaks lie is worth a million times his
weight in gold--The Standard.
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A SHREwD CORONER.
lie Fined a Corpse for Carrying Revolt


lie Fined a Corpse for Carrying Revol-
Yer.
An amusing story is told of an old
Arkansan known as One Gallus' Phil
lips, who for many years was coroner of
Monroe county. One afternoon, while
old 'One Gallus" and several of his
friends were sitting near the bank of
the river. telling stories, eating water
melons and taking an occasional pull at
a jug kept in shady place, one of the
company suddenly exclaimed:
''Gallus, dinged if yander amt hui
man man a floatin' down the river,'
WHARF" ''Gallus'' asked, getting up
and gazing intently, for the sight of a
''foater'' always sent thrill through
the old coroner for it gave him a de-
lightful glimpse of a poker game with
the boys
Right out yander, jest this side of
the island.
Hanged if I don't believe you're
right exclaimed old ''Gallus, = striking
a trot toward canoe a short distance
away.
The object designated did prove to be
the body of "a man. The corpse was
drawn to the shore and an inquest was
held In a coat pocket were found
seventy-fve dollars and letter, giving
the name and address of brother of
the drowned man. Old ''Gallus" was a
man of strict honesty; and as he stood
holding the seventy-five dollars in his
hand he remarked:
Boys, it will take twenty-five dol
lars to bury this fellow decently. I
VIII appropriate that amount and will
send the remaining fifty to his brother. ="
just then some one remarked: Hes
got pistol in his hip pocket
.Who has - .'Gallus' asked.
1.-The dead man. Don't you see -
That's fact" said ''Gallus. +"
Sand by the way. he added, this dis
kivery puts different phase on the
matter. I'll fine him fifty dollars for
carrying the pistol. This makes it
come out even. We won't have to send
his brother anything" r. Arkansaw
Traveller.
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a CIRCULAR has been issued by the
state department at Washington an
nouHciug the fact that subjects of for
eign countries may only take advantage
of the copyright laws IF the United
States when their respective govern
ments are willing 10 grant the same
privileges TO subjects IF the United
States when in FOREIGN countries.
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THE fact has just come out that Ten
uyNon adds pretty penny 10 his in
come by selling milk from the cows
on his Isle of Wight estate. More than
this. he actually has the name of
Alfred Lord TeuHyson painted on the
side ~ his milk carts. This will give
finical aristocratic admirers of Eng
land 5 laureate "A shock. Sensible folks
will bee unable To see any harm in It.
Milk Is a good deal more necessary 10
human existence than poetry.
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NUMEROUS rem Pes such as am
monia. oil of cloves. cn.oroform, etc.
have been recommended for mosquito
bites but writer SAYS that ordinary
soap is a. good as any of them. lie al
his country excursions, and in case of a
bite makes a lather over the affected
part and allows IL To dry ON. The burn
ing is at once relieved ard all pain
soon disappears Should II return. As
sometimes happens, it Is only necessary
10 repeat the application.
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In the Gymnasium.

Jnck-''Why don't you pitch in and
do something, Algy? I've never seer
you taking any exercise in all the time
you've been here.
"Oh-aw; have to get awounc
20 it gwadually. me boy. 1t makes me
tired enough just now to watch yor
fellows at work. "-Munsey's Weekly.
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THE Pittsburgh Times thinks At is
only question Of time as To- whether
or not women will rnonopolize the work
Of teaching in the public schools. In
forty cities having a population each of
10000 and above i'm states east and west,
north and south, they outnumber the
men in the schools by more than five IL
one q. 51g q 6j5. according To a census
bulletin just issued In smaller CON-
munities and in the rural districts the
proportion Is still greater, perhaps he
cause the men who want To teach as a
profession or while preparing for pro
feSSiou. crowd into the cities, there the
salaries being highest
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About 2 o'clock the other night the
house of Napolean Lamoreaux at Phil
lips was found to be on fire, and y
quiry revealed the fact that Mr..
Lamoreaux was in the burning build
ing. Though every effort was made to
save him, it was without success. On
examination of the premises by the
coroner's jury the charred remains were
found. His wife and children were alb
sent on visit TO Canada.
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Left Her Money to Missions.

The will of the late Mrs. l.. A. Tank.
of Fort Howard, was admitted 10 pro-
bate. James w. Porter. of Chicago, is
made executor of the estate, which is
valued at 500, 900. Seventy thousand
dollars goes 10 the Protestant Evangel-
zeal mission, which include home and
foreign missions. The remainder is
divided in small requests.
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a CURIOUS fact noted in connection
with the epidemic Of grip still preva-
lent in London Is that il has almost
wholly spared members Of the dramatic
and musical profession InaSmuch as
such persons do not enjoy any advan-
tage over the rest of the community in
the matter of hygienic surroundings,
the most likely explanation of their
exemption is that the constant use of
the vocal organs tends Ia fortify them
against the lodgment Of the grip '-.rms.
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DEATHS Of octOgenariaus and those
SIN older appear to multiply at this
season of the year. y New York paper
recently recorded the death of twenty
two people who varied from eighty to
ninety-nine years of age.
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ANYBODY who buys a glass Of liquor
in Boston now can drink it standing,
sitting. running. or lying down The
late restrictive law as 20 bodily atti-
tude in imbibing fluids was regarded as
contrary 10 the teachings of Delsarte.
opposed 10 the spirit Of Ib>enism and
IN EmerSoniau in its nature. Its re
peal was inevitable.
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THE sensational sun-sDot man II the
Rochester N. " Democrat declares
that: If the present spottedncsS con
tinues we may experience a wear with
out a summer, in which frusts NAV he
expected every month" That Is what
happcned in the cold year, 1916. when
the country was new. but if we haven Z
uutgravu that sort of thing 10y this
time what Is our boosted progress good