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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-16

Good Rraciousi how funny he
booked, he might have got out of the
way. the big stupid. He seemed more
scared than hurt, too. do not like a
man to show fear at any time, and ia
show il for such a trifle is contempti-
BILE" and she called up a look of scorn
at his lack of endurance of physical
pain.
Then at the thought Of actual pain
her expression changed TO one of COM
passion. and she said:
Il suspect il did hurt him. poor fel-
low, Its no small thing TO smash ones
nose with a big door like that and
then she laughed again at the UMPIRE
ne ditated turn Of her sentence.
That day in her round Of duties al
the conservatory where she was a
pupil and teacher she had fits of abstrac-
ton alternated by fits of giggling, but
| by evening had nearly forgotten the cir
cumstance-
At the close Of her days work her
mother asked her what she had been
doing. Then she related the misad-
venture Of the weather-door. Her
mother said. seriously:
''Elinor. if you do not restrain your
impetuosity you win certainly kill
some one one of these days"
Elinor was as quick and eager in heI
movements, and habits of thought anC
/ speech. a. Hugh was slow and deliber
ate, and a fair division of their re
4 spective faults would have made then
models of department, at least
Time went on. as il has an unimpedi
bic way Of doing, till it reached that
/ division marked by man as February
/ Hugh still kept his trophy and dis
/ tinct remembrance of the encounter
and the girl Elinor had an intermittent
/ recollection of the accident, and a very
/ indistinct one Of the man. She now,
/ however took look before she went
I through a weather-dOOr. SO did he, fol
Z that matter.
Hugh's sister Mary had formed a new
acquaintance and was at that high
/ pitch Of enthusiasm incidental TO a new
+ female '-fidus Achates." liz stronger
f gush of admiration than usual she had
/ gone so far as TO say to him:
''Oh. Hugh, you ought to know Nell
/ She's Just lovely. So full of go and
! spirits. she'd stir even you up
To this Hugh made no reply Other
than a grunt and the muttered words
shell hardly have the chance
One evening as he was leaving the
/ house his sister came in, and with hel
another girl lie was passing out
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-16
ELEPHANT INTELLIGENCE.
The Implicit Confidence of the Animal in
Its Driver.

Its Driver.
In instituting a comparison between
the intelligence of dog and an ele-
phant. Sir ;. Baker decides in favor of
the former, ''who, when the days work
is over. lies down and sleeps before the
fire at his masters feet and dreams of
the dangers and exploits of the hunt. "
Sir ;. Baker seems to have forgotten
the old story in Ksop's Fables, where
the horse was jealous of the dog md
tried to ingratiate itself with its master
by initiating its rivals habits OF fawn-
ing on its master and jumping on his
lap. OF course the horse Jared badly
in the contrast. And so would the ele-
plant if he were to try TO initiate the
dog and curl himself up at his masters
feet before the camp fire.
But Sir ;. Baker himself acknowl-
edges that the elephant is instructed
and guided by the mahout in all that he
does. He writes thus: Il do not know
more agreeable sensation than the
start in the early morning on a thor
oughly dependable elephant, with ma
bout who takes a real interest in his
work. A thorough harmony exists be-
tween man and beast, and you feel pre-
pared for anything. But how much de-
ponds upon that mahout! 1t is impossi-
BILE for a bystander to comprehend the
secret signs which are mutually under
stood by the elephant and his guide
the elephant detects every movement,
however slight, and is thus mysterious
ly guided by its intelligence. The
mighty beast obeys the unseen helm of
thought, just as huge ship yields, by
apparent instinct. to the rudder which
directs her course" And he goes on to
observe: what must be the result
should an elephant be guided by ma
bout of uncertain temperament. The
great trouble when riding on an ele-
plant is the difficulty in getting the
mahout to obey an order. In tiger
shooting the elephant will at once de-
tect anything like tremor on the part
of his mahout. Frequently a good ele-
plant may be disgraced by the nervous
ness of his mahout, nothing being so
contagious as fear" After this testi-
mony it seems reasonable to think that
the elephant is as much superior in in
telligence to the dog as the mahout is to
the elephant Magazine.
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THE TREASURE OF BARODA.
A Glimpse of Oriental Wealth Almost Be
yond Belief.

yond Belief
We were taken to the old palace in
the heart of the city, says traveller, to
see the treasure room. Two huge
cheetahs, carefully muzzled, used for
hunting bucks, were on the palace
steps. The regalia of Baroda is valued
at e3, 900, 600 sterling. We are first
shown the Jewels worn by the Mahara-
jah on state occasions.
These consist of n gorgeous collar
of 500 diamonds. some of them as big
as walnuts, arranged in five rows, sur
rounded by top and bottom row of
emeralds of the same size; the pendant
is famous diamond called ''The Star
of the Deccan:" an aigrette TO match is
worn in the turban; then followed
strings of pearls of perfect roundness,
graduated from the size of pea to
that OF a large marble; wondrous rings,
necklaces, clusters of sapphfres, and
rubies as big as grapes
The greatest marvel of all is a car
pet. about 1Ox6 feet, made entirely OF
strings If pure and colored pearls, with
great central and corner circles of dia-
monds. This carpet took three years
to make. and cost $500, 900. This was
one of Khande Roas mad freaks, and
was intended to be sent to Mecca to
please a Mohammedan lady who had
fascinated him, but the scandal of such
thing being done by Hindoo prince
was too serious, and it never left Ba-
roda
We were also taken to see two guns.
weighing ESQ pounds each, of solid gold,
with two compacions of silver, the am
munition wagons. bullock harness and
ramrods all being silver.-The Trader.
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FEEDING FOR EGGS.
Use Proper Judgment and DO Not Gravi
tate to Extremes.

Csc Proper Judgment and DO Not Crawl
tate to Extremes.
There is much to learn in feeding
fowls for egg production in the season
when eggs are in demand. for then and
only then does the profit justify the ex-
ira attention necessary to accomplish
this. A good hen should average 1870
eggs per year. Some ! will admit have
laid from $50 to 40, but | am only cal
culating the average, so as not to scare
the inexperienced poultry man, it being
nearer the average production. Did
you ever stop 10 consider that 100 eggs
represent an aggregate weight of 10
pounds of nutriment in its most con-
densed form and $50 eggs an aggregate
of 20 pounds. One-tenth of this, o.
perhaps a trifle more, is fat A surplus
of material as well as energy in the Sc
cretive organs is necessary, so it is a
fact that the mere feeding of extra
food will not be sufficient.
1t should be borne in mind that vita
lized productive eggs are one thing and
those used for food another If it were
possible to control the production of
the hens, the policy to pursue would
cause the breeding stock to produce
but one or two chickens. They would
be more apt to be fertile and the chicks
constitutionally more healthy and Wig
orous Usually fowl starts laying at
eight or ten months old. She does not
lay as constantly and as well at first as
she will the second year, but she will
demand more food for development the
first season and during the period of
melting, say from August until NoYem-
Der, she will not lay at all. If the win
ter is excessively cold. unless very
warm and comfortable quarters are
provided as well as good food, she will
seldom favor you with an egg.
In feeding for eggs we must use prop
er Judgment and not gravitate to either
extreme. We all know or should know
that a hen overfed will not lay well.
The fat accumulates about the ovaries,
which means a loss of action in the egg
organs Feed well, avoiding such foods
as produce fat. Corn is one food of this
kind, and sometimes warm cooked food
without exercise means the building up
of fatty element foreign to the make
ZIP of a good layer. Do not understand
that mean that corn should never be
fed, nor warm feed, but only sparingly.
Wheat and wheat bran are egg produc-
ing foods when used in moderation.
Rice is also good, as is meat chopped up
finely. 1t matters but little whether
the meat contains much fat or not.
Ground bone and milk in the morning
and evening are excellent for aid fowls
that lay. Egg shells broken rf fine can
be fed to them and also line, in the
form of old mortar. An excsllent mix
ture for shell material for general di-
gestive properties is made up of Oparts
of ground new oyster shells, two of
cayenne pepper and one of powdered
sulphur. Place two full tablespoonfuls
in soft feed three times week, which
is sufficient for dozen hens. w.
Caughey, in Farm and Home.
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III n -EAh I'D \ BLOW ~ TIT NN~t.-
time 10 think The boy having depart
Ell he spread the handkerchief On the
desk and wondered what earthly use
such a flimsy thing could be, while II
mutsly bore testimony in bright rel
spots. that II had been. and could be. Of
use. as he. II no one else. should know.
u had been clean and sweet and was
still iilmy piece of lawn. daintiiy
embroidered; but now IL was aS en-
sanguined rag a. Desdemona's should
have been If causes always bore traces
az effects on looking closely he found
the name "Elinor Merrill in one cor
ner-
80 that i her name ne muir
INJURED He dropped into his customary
mu>ing state. and might have looked
sentimental had mot his nose by this
time resembled a large ''Peach-blow
potato. and himself a discouraged
pugiliSt
His sisters had always said-with the
strict impartiality Of that relationship
lin summing up his good points. that
his nose was his strong point. This
had been literally proven. for II had
Just come ont Of a terrific encounter
unbroken. hut with a serious loss IF
shape. The most Skillful anatomist
would have been unable 10 decide now
it, claSS-Greek. pug. aquiline or what.
80 much for him. Now for her
When She hurried of and left him
standing on the steps half bewildered
she was overwhelmed with regret ami
shame But before she had reached
State street. by transition peculiar a.
female feelings, she was giggling hvs-
terieally until her eyes were a waterv
match for Hugh'S
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A Neat Evening Dress.

This is a dress of figured crepe de
chine, made in princesse form, with a
demi-train. Beginning at the back of
the neck is length of Venus pink satin,
which is full and shirred into the waist
and the ends knotted in large bowwhieh
falls over the train; jabot of embroid-
cred chiffon is put with surplice effect
upon the front of the waist and de-
sends to the feet: there is a narrow
plating of white silk upon the front of
the skirt; the bodice is filled in with
pink silk. which is crossed and left open
in Y, the waist being encircled by rib
bon; the upper half of the sleeve con-
sists of full putting of crepe, while the
lower in formed of pulled chiffu sepa-
rated by ribbon.-Philadelph Times
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WHAT TO WEAR.
some Suggestions Concerning Spring Cos
TUNES.


tunes.
Black is united with almost every
color, and jet is peculiarly favored upon
tints of pink, yellow and gray. Black
serge showing a weaving of graduated
satin stripes is in vogue, and is made up
so that, as far as practicable, the stripes
run vertically. Black and white broken
plaids, blocks and stripes in fine serge
and camel's-hair are shown, and are
becoming To all ages and figures. Rough
fabrics are also woven in black and
white combination. Mohairs of silk
warp, both wide and narrow, plain and
shaded, are very pretty in the gray, as
well as in black and white. As this
fabric is light and does not take the
dust it is desirable as a shopping and
street dress and the handsome alpacas,
now so much worn, are recommended
for the same reason.
Among the fancy rough fabrics are
cheviOts in which are woven invis BILE
checks in neutral browns and grays,
dappled with the inevitable knots of
white, black or colors These are more
suitable for late spring. Smooth chev-
lots having grounds of mixed dark
colors are also seen with vertical stripes
of colored silk. Shepherdess suiting is
a soft, twilled fabric resembling plaid
camers-hair, the squares being woven
of soft hair to stand out in relief from
the ground. These goods are pliable,
and can be made up with entire salts
faction by any of the prevailing modes.
A new fat 3 is called mousseline de
sole. Black grounds are embossed with
much worn by elderly ladies, or by
widows who have laid aside Grape.
In cotton challies, the cream-colored
ground is the favorite, on which are dis
played various shapes of flowers, ferns,
moons, crescents, rings, feathers, and
borders of blossoms, vines or wide
spreading leaves. The new ginghams
are in plaids or stripes and very pretty.
The French sateens are of great beauty
of design and color. Inexpensive dresses
are made of cashmere combined with
brocaded silk in contrasting colors. In
the newest dresses. shoulder seams are
shorter than ever. and the high sleeves
make them appear still shorter. The
side-fOrm seams reach almost or quite
to the shoulder seams, and waists are
much longer than heretofore. Founda-
ton skirts are fitted as smoothly as a
waist lining, the fullness being taken
out by darts at tie top of the front and
sides, and the fullness of the back
massed in the middle in plaits or gathers.
-Woman'S News.
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A MOON FLOWER.

IL Is Sensitive to Every Change of the
Lunar Orb and Is Very Beautiful.
Mr.. Arnold Brinkworth, who owns,
perhaps, the finest private botanical
collection in the country, and whose
greenhouses near Mount Sterling, KY,
are filled with the rarest and most deli
cate plants of all nations is exhibiting
with much pride specimen of the
Fleur de Lune. the existence of which
has often been doubted, but which
was sent Mr. Brinkxorth few months
ago by friend residing near Obydos,
Brazil.
1t was obtained for him from an In
dian, who found it growing in a swamp
in the depths of the Amazonian forests,
and is the only specimen which has ever
reached this country alive. Those who
have been favored by glimpse of the
curiosity say it is a delicate, tenacious
vine, covered with small, glossy leaves
of bright and very tender green,
climbing to height of four or five feet,
bearing here and there milk white
blossom of disk like shape.
When the moon is at its first quarter
a distinct shadow or stain of a deep vel
low, which seems rather in than out of
the flower and corresponding TO the
shape of the moon, makes its appear
ance on this disk, and grows as the
planet does, until, when at its full size,
the yellow stain covers the entire flow
er. AS the moon begins to wane again
this retreats in the same ratio, and
finally disappears altogether, to return
once more as the new moon is seen to
come back.
When the planet sets the flower closes
and does not unfold until the moon
rises on the following night. 1t pur-
sues this course month after month
whether placed in the open air or kept
in a dollhouse, though under the latter
circumstances the yellow tint is much
paler and moro undecided, while the
white surface takes on a dingy, I'M
healthy tinge. The plant subsits al
most entirely on air, its roots being
barely covered with little moist grav-
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ne ilau just "one FIG. 3. LONG SPLICE.
then tied them in a common single
knot, as seen in Fig. 4. He then re-
duced them about one-third more and
passed strand over q and under and
r, then over the next strand and under
the next two strands Then put y over
3 and under aud q then repeat. Then
ne changed the rope and took out
strand of rope A and place in strand
of rope Il, and cut and fastened as he
had Just done with strand and q. lie
now had two strands left, l and n,
which he cut and fastened the same as
the others.
My snap rope not being quite long
enough, he fastened on a short rope by
the short splice. He UNFINISHED about a
foot of one end of each rope this time
and interlocked them as for the long
splice Gig. 81. He Intervene them some
thing like this: e over 1 and under 2; q
over and under 8; over 3 and under
/. He cut away about half of each q,
and and Intervene them again.
Then put say over g and under 2; 2
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MEMS OLD CLOTHES.
They Are Carefully Hoarded and Jealous
ly Guarded.

~ huarueus
A comparison between men and
women in their love for many posses
siOns when IL comes TO clothes will
show always that il is men who cling
to their old clothes and not women.
Why. most men are perfect magpies
about their garments. No matter how
frayed, or shabby or soiled a garment
is. no matter how impossible it is that
he should ever want it. he would no
more think of parting with it than he
would with his scalp-lock
And as for getting clothes enough,
no man ever did that The Woman
knows one man who has eighteen over
coats and forty-three pairs of shoes and
he couldn't be induced to sell. give
away or pawn a blessed one of the
coats or pair of the shoes. And he's no
fop, either, but a sensible business
man. And the Woman knows another, a
man, a stout, middle-aged man, beyond
the time of vanities in dress, who
boards his clothes like perfect miser.
He gives literally to all kinds of chart
ties. public and private; he couldn't
pass a beggar on the street without
giving Hltu a uiAic II nc tiieus ne even
gives his best cigars and liquors to his
wife's relatives, who never approved of
the match, when they come to call.
But if. at any unfortunate moment, "a
ragged. notwithstanding beggar
asks for a pair of worn-out shoes or a
coat to keep out the winters cold, that
poor fellow gets the door banged in his
face with an emphasis that is wickeder
than any words could be. His wife
says it y Guild be easier Cor him TO di-
vOrce himself from her than from any
one of his old suits of clothes.-N. Y.
sun.
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their presence his powers were tettered
and he felt as stIffened as leaf IN the
first frost. And up 10 this day he had
never felt the delights Of a thaw- He
still regarded the society Of women a. "A
good denied him because Of his inabil-
ity ID please them; when, in fact, ne
had never once tried.
His mother had always SAID If ever
High married the woman would have
10 ask him.
Fate at last took him in charge, and
gave him good thump besides, as a
gentle reminder that her powers were
not TO be sighted, and he was as sub
Iect to them as any other mortal The
morning She selected for his lesson he
went on seemingly commonplace
erraud 10 the post office 10 get some
stamps
He was not handsome; for he had the
usual middic-sized. muscular body. and
drab-brown hair and gray eyes of the
average American. Besides he had a
way of incoming" "a his sister Mary
called H. That Is. lie would walk
along with his chin sunk into his
breast oblivious Of all external things,
and this dctracted from his appearance
As he ascendcd the steps OF the
post office. hands buried in the pockets
of his cuat. his mind off at a tangent,
he received a blow on the nose that
snade the blood squirt. and brought
tears to his eyes. lie instinctively
clapped his hand over the injured mem
her, and looked around to see who or
what had assaulted him in this violent
4 M r.
ping his nose, and collected himself
enough to see compassionate face
looking into his, and 10 hear a remorse-
full voice say
.Oh. I'm so sorry, Indeed didn't
mean to-
While the tender hand wiped the
blood from his mustache.
As soon as he became collected
enough. he discovered the cause Of the
troU BILE 10 be that he and a tall young
woman had tried 70 90 through the
weather tOor. but unfortunately fer
him, from opposite directions at the
same time. and as She had the advan-
tage of him IN the start. he had come TO
grief When he had sufficiently rallied
from both shocks. that Of having his
nose tenderlv wiped by a strange hand.
moreover a female and the pain IF the
blow. ne stammered out; Its of no
consequence whatever" While his
ewes took a good look as their waterv
condition would permit at his tender
assailant-
She, too. was Of the ordinary type, a
tall. slender brown-haired. we'll
dressed young woman. with an iInpul-
sive nature that occasionally carried
her out of bounds prescribed by de-
corum, as she had lust proven She was
very apt To 10 hrst and think after
wards
she, having wiped up the ''claret. !"
dropped the bloody rag on the steps and
went on her way lie turned and
looked after her, then stopped and
piclScdu mp the discarded lSerchief. which
he hastily thrust into his pocket.
When he got back to his office he sent
the boy. who was handy combination.
on an e-rand which he knew would he
executed az a snails pace. and give him
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fad, centers in that famous, fascina-
ting game-lawn tennis.
But there are women who cannot
engage in any pastime. They are
delicate, feeble and easily exhausted.
They are sufferers from weaknesses
and disorders peculiar to females,
which are accompanied by sallow
compilations, expressionless eyes and
haggard looks.
For overworked, "worn out"
run down." debilitated teachers,
milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses,
"shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing
mothers, and feeble women gen.
orally, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly
boon, being unequaled as an appe-
thing cordial and restorative tonic.
It's the only medicine for women,
sold by druggists, sutder a positive
guarantee from the makers, of sat
isfaction in every case, or money re-
funded. This guarantee has been
faithfully carried out for years.
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The amount of hot water which one
should take depends upon what tie hot
water is drank for. II person has an
attack of rheumatism he should take
moderate quantities of hot water as
often as possible. in order to rinse The
system out and gel rid of the uric acid
as speedily as he may. If he has dys-
pepsia, hot water is administered as a
deturgent, and it is good idea to take
two or three glasses at once, half an
hour or so before eating. This viii fill
the stomach so full that il will dump
itself and so get clear of any undigested
food and mucous. J. II. kellogg.
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HOteI Inuppars

To the timid man the sight of a hotel
front in the distance is one to be dread
ed. Why? Because who ever saw a
hotel front without half dozen inquisi.
tive faces peering from the plate glass?
seems, to a hotel as kitchen or bill
of fare. There is one front particularly
on Broadway where a regular art gal
lery looks holes through you every time
you pass. Ii does not make any differ
ence whether they know you or not.
They will come twenty feet to scruti-
nize you until you have passed beyond
their focus or into some friendly crowd
You may pass twenty times day, and
the same gang will stare you out of
countenance every time. Ar
unS