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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
PARTISAN NURSES.
The Course of Instruction Received I'm
French Hospitals.

The Course of Instruction Received I'm
French Hospitals.
A man or a woman may enter Paris
hospital who has received no education
whatsoever, and yet may hope one day
to attain the highest position available
in the profession of nursing. First, it
is necessary to attend classes in which
elementary instruction is given; and in
learning how to read and write the
pupil is at the same time taught some
thing about the theory of nursing. The
dictations given are taken from manu-
ais or books on nursing, hygiene, etc.
Thus when the pupils leave the primary
class and enter the technical, or pro-
fessional, class, as the French call it,
they have already acquired some
knowledge of the subjects to be studied.
The professional schools are divided
into theoretical and practical classes.
There are seven theoretical classes.
These are: (D The bookkeeping or ac-
counts and the general administration
of hospitals; (2) elementary anatomy;
60 elementary physiology; (D band
ages and few notions of surgery; (5)
hygiene; (6) elementary therapeutics;
~ lying-in, the nursing of the mothers
and of the newly-born infants. The
practical classes consist of demonstra-
tions as to the cleanliness to be OBJ
served in the care of the sick; of the
formalities and measures to be taken in
case of death; how to recognize various
pharmaceutical substances; the man.
ipulation of surgical Instruments; the
making of bandageS; taking tempera-
ture; keeping charts, etc, and all the
bureaucratic work relating to admis-
sion of patients, visitors, linen, etc.
The course of instruction lasts from
October to August IN. Y. Ledger.
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Lace and silk skirts.

Another Partisan fashion for skirts OF
lace and silk is that of using three deep
fiounces of black lace to cover silk
skirt of clinging shape, cut with bias
seam down the middle of the back. The
silk skirt may be either black or coll
ored, changeable, figured or plain, and
with it is worn round bodice of crepe
de Chine, or a coat of brocade if the silk
skirt is plain, or of the fabric of the
skirt if figured silk is used. Dresses of
India silk, to be worn in the South dur
ing the spring and at the summer wa
tering-places, are being made in this
fashion. For slight mourning a stylish
dress of this kind has the clinging skirt
of black cashmere covered with three
fiounces of the new large-meshed net
without figures and simply scalloped.
The round bodice is of crepe de Chine
trimmed with narrower frills of the
thick-meshed net, and the belt is of vel
vet.-Harper's Bazaar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
A LESSON.


Tsteod in the cabin where Povcrty's hand
Was holding and swayins Tho seepter Of
power
Was crushing, il seemed D. a demons COM
Eand
The spirit Of all and the joy o. each hour
And I thought. as .gazsd GA the floor and the
How tittcr-how cruel is Poverty's sting
How barren this eaoin compared with the halls
Where Aealth is the master. the ruler-the
king.
But, 10. as mused there entered the room
Sweet Love and Content in their beacty and
pride.
whue Courage was holding the hands % a
groom,
And Hope vas inspiring the words % a bride.
Erraptured ] ga1ed On the beautiful scenes
The bride and the groom At the earnest com
maud
of Love. who was crowned as the ruler su-
Were breaking the seepter IN Poverty's hand
stood In the cabin each day a. the years
with ali their troubles were hurryinr past
And saw. through the dangers. the cares. and
the fears,
That Love VIII be loyal II Courage will last.
The seepter vas broken, and Poverty's power
Was forced from the cabin; the bride and The
groom
With Hope and Content. each moment and hour.
We're aided by Plenty in filling the room
The cabin has fallen; the bride and the groom
Now live IN a mansion that's stately and
grand
The beauty adjoining the walls Of each room
Tells plainly that Love Is stilI holding com
maud
with COURAGE ana Hors and with Love and
Win hearts that were fearless and hopeful
and true.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05
Chinese Music.

The musical art of people who rep
resent one-fifth of the earth's popula-
ton ought to be studied if not for the
sake of aesthetic pleasure at least in the
interest of scientific knowledge. Yet
there is scarcely a department in the
history or philosophy of music con-
cerlring which the information to be
found in the books is so unsatisfactory
as that of Chinese music. Even
historian of the thoroughness and
profundity of Ambros, after devoting
many pages to an attempt to elucidate
the Chinese theory, seems willing to
believe the first traveller who sets
down the modern practice of the art as
nothing but crude, barbaric, unregu-
lated noise. Crude, barbaric and noisy
Chinese music certainly is, but not UNI
regulated. Even the little music
which can be heard on any holiday in
the Chinese quarter of New York will
serve to disclose to discriminating ear
that it is nothing If not methodicaL
The difficulty on the part of the
historians has been that they have
never come in contact with the Chinese.
and therefore have had to depend on
the descriptions of travellers and mis-
sionaries touching the practical side of
the art. Correctly to apprehend music,
however, requires special qualifications
of education and natural gifts, and
these have Teen possessed by so small
a minority of those who have written
about China that they are scarcely
worth enumerating. -Century.
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NEW BODICES.
striking Effects i'm the Latest styles of
Trimming.

Striking Effects i'm the Latest styles of
Trimming.
Many of the bodices are a puzzle to
the average loolxer-on, as a plan of slip
ping in and out of them is often entirely
concealed. The lining is fitted as usual,
whatever effect the outside may
present, and the dress material is put
over il according to the needs or beau
ties of the figure. The front may have
a yoke. with the material gathered over
the edge, small V corselet pieces from
the side seams, laced or hooked; or very
small jacket pieces, frequently called
''arn-sized trimmings" These accesso-
ries are of a contrasting material,
which is usually of velvet, unless a
combination of plain and plaid or
striped wooden goods is wished. A fad at
present is for cloth sleeves and collar
of a contrasting color if worn with
plain goods, or of the chief shade or
black if worn in a plaid dress. which
are doubly stylish if covered with braid
ing To have the sleeves stamped and
braided makes quite an expensive item.
But why not use a stamping outfit aud
cover the sleeves with an irregu ar
scroll and braid them at home with fine
cord or soutache braid? Open your bod
ice down the left shoulder and under
arm seams, under the V at the neck. or
come out boldly and button up the front
with rather small crochet buttons set
closely together, and six Of the same up
each side of the eoat-tail and on each
wrist at the outside in a lengthwise
row YOu NAV have a round BASQUE
cut in square tabs or scallops, and
bound with velvet ribbon or braid, foI
a tailor gown; but for the Others have
a round or pointed front and a round
ing point, or coat-tail back. Inc latter
is of a medium or deep length, but
never short.-Ladies' Home Journal.
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boy can put il on. If it were self-rais-
ing flour it would be all the eats nine
lives are worth to venture out in the
rain. As rough as it is on the cat, it is
rougher on the -four, or rather on the
bread-winner of the family, who will
probably go right on eating biscuits
made of that pulyerized wheat without
suspecting the mill it has been put
through by that darling, golden-haired
boy, the hope of his life, and the terror
of his pocket-book.
From the flour he gracefully drifts
into the dining-room, where he climbs
upon the sideboard, and empties the
contents of the salt-cellar into the
sugar bowl, and mixes the two in such
a way that that night his father will
suggest that they purchase their coffee
at different place, or else try some
new-fangled coffee-pot. Having eaten
all the raisins and dried currants, he
proceeds to pour the English walnuts in
to his fathers boots, that the dignitary
may crack either his toes, the nuts, or
both, when he attempts to put them on
the next time.
1t would. perhaps, be very difficult
for the average thinker to account for
the element of fun in the act of pouring
water down a furnace register. 1t is
even impossible to explain the circum-
stances that would lead boy to think
of such an experiment, and how he
could realize a sensation of pleasure
from it. But he does, though, if we can
arrive at such a conclusion from a swift
study of the smile that wreathes his
molasses-painted face, because he goes
to and fro from the sink to the register
with a little tin dipper, and regrets that
he hasn't the physical strength to
manipulate an ordinary pail.
Having exhausted the possibilities of
the register. he goes into the kitchen
and amuses himself by standing at the
top of the cellar stairs and throwing
down all the coal contained in the
kitchen scuttle. one lump at a time,
which stretches the sport into a good
half hour. and litters up the place with
coal to such an extent that it can only
be brought together again through the
medium OF the gardener and the garden
rake.
The pride with which his parents re
gard the high Dutch clock in the hall may
be approximately appreciate when it is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05

but alone in the house with no one to
talk to, she viii practice on the piano,
or work the ends of her fingers off en-
broidering impossible animals and
birds on a tidy.
But with a small boy it is entirely
different. He cnn only pass the time
pleasantly by engaging in series of
pursuits that are as full of fun TO him
as they are totally devoid of it to his
parents A boy at such a tender age
has a very queer appreciation of what
constitutes fun; but if he can enjoy
what to him is the quintessonce of fun,
what difference does it make to him if
older people are pleased to regard it in
different light?
II is difficult to understand the men,
tai process by which the small boy con-
ceives it to be bloomingly pleasant and
mirth- provoking to mix lot of lath
nails, keys and buttons in his fathers
smoking tobacco. Yet the small boy
does it. even when he knows possible
whipping is involved. A grown person
would never think of INDUCING in such
freak when the comfort of his an
atomy was involved-an adult would
not do it unless the risk carried with it
a pretty good chance of realizing
monetary reward.
Having mixed the nails, buttons and
keys with the tobacco, about as thor
oughly as p painter would mix paint,
he returns the box 10 its proper place,
and turns his attention to something
else.
Noticing the feather duster on the
table, he begins sweeping the open fire.
place with it; but as he doesn't seem to
be doing any damage. it soon ceases to
be enjoyable; so he dips the buster in
the sink. and. having got it thoroughly
saturated, begins swabbing it around
on top of the hot stove, just to hear it
sizzle. This affords him rare sport, and
causes his features to break into series
of pleasant smiles, and he continues to
smile until the aroma of the consuming
feather buster is a little TOO much for
him. Then he beats off the charred
feathers, and the cat appears. The cat
does not come too near, for only the
other day he lathered her face with his
fathers lathering brush, and got so
much soap in her eyes that she madly
struggled from his hold before he could
begin the opera ion of shaving her with
! the safety razor He finally gets the
poor quadruped into the buffers pam
try, and, having closed both the kitchen
and dining-room door, wonders how a
black cat will look whitened with flour.
So he thrusts the feather buster into
the -four, and, stirring it around for
awhile, hauls it out and begins banging
the cat with it at long range. About as
fast as the cat can shake the flour off, the
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be wider apart at the ends than at
the cross-pieces. Mine are 2s inches
apart at cross-piece and 80 or IS inches
at the ends.
/ use an evener that / use on sullxy
plow. This kind of rig causes the
wheels of the wagon to follow the in
side feet of the two outside horses and
prevents the wheels from getting in the
ruts, and with the necz-yokes de-
scribed, a team can hold back with ease.
ID. NJ. Cornell, in Ohio Farmer.
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stated that it is being paid for on the
installment plan, end that the head of
the house is paving for it by going
without a restaurant luncheon daily
and trying to feel that he is reveling on
the apex of high Olympus while remov-
ing the damask wrapper from home
made sandwich and couple of pieces
of frozen pie. Yet the small boy
stands at the other end OF the hall and
tries his best to fracture the face of this
rare old time-piece by directing arrows
at it from the bow which his father
bought him from polite Indian at Nj
agara Falls. He doesn't succeed in hit
ting the clock, but he does succeed in
disfiguring the wall paper all around it,
which is simply equal to holding a note
for one thrashing, which win be paid
him when due, and that will be when
the marks on the wall are discovered.
He then changes the keys from one
door to another. and takes quantities of
vegetables into the library and slows
them away behind the rows of books,
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Tstcod ia the cabin where Povcrty's hand
Was holding and swaying The scepter Of
power
Was crushing. il seemed. o. q demons COM
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the poles, with holes for the rod r, that
goes through the tongue. Also rod of
iron goes through the poles close to the
cross-piece. When the bolts are screwed
tight it makes the tongue very solid.
In the cut, A is the broken tongue, Ii
the front axle of the wagon, and the
poles.
The neck-yol>es are 2s inches long
The middle ring is 10 inches from the
outer end of each yoke. The rings on
the end are fastened with clip and
two rivets. A small ring is welded in
each ring TO snap the check strap in.
The two middle rings are connected by
a third ring, for the middle horses
strap. ! use hip britching. The length
of the poles and their distance apart
depend upon the size of horses. My
horses weigh LOO to 1000 pounds. l
made my poles as short as possible.
You can see by the cut of eveners Gig.
q that can hitch short, and bring the
load close to the back that holds the
poles to the wagon. The poles should
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where they will probably be discovered
after they have sprouted, and sent their
tender emerald shoots over the books
to gain the benson of breath of fresh
air and garland of dancing sunshine.
And so it is the small boy of tender
years kills time and the happiness of the
household. And so he will continue to
do. even though his parents cobweb and
gridiron him with switch marks until
he is striped like a zebra and checked
like an English ulster. The switch will
not cause him to see the folly of pur-
Joining the beans for his bean-shooter
instead of enjoying them honestly at
the table, and still remaining whole in
the matter of anatomy. Add even after
he has been whipped for mailing his
fathers high hat to the wall he is not
half so sad at heart as at the doleful
moment when he realizes that he has a
fine putty-blower but not bit of putty.
r. X, Munlxittrick, in Once a Week.
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a LILLE KING.


Mother viii quit her work to go,
Even IL she's kneading dough,
For she can not work you know,
When the baby cries.
father viii lay his paper down
And at the trouble never frown,
But gently trot the boy TO town,
When the baby cries.
Sister will leave her fancy work,
And tending baby never shirk,
But on her face smile will Turk,
When the baby cries.
Brother will leave all OF the boys,
And bat and ball and other toys.
And count il one of his greatest Joys
When the baby cries.
And so he rules US one and all.
A king--whose scepter is his call
Before his throne he bids US fall.
And so the baby cries.
OF course there's some who sulk and pout
Or fret and scold as IL the govt
From good temper had put them out,
When the baby cries.
But this adds fuel TO the fire,
And puts you deeper in the mire,
To stop his music he'll not hire,
When he wants TO CRY.
And so it's much the better plan,
40 simply do the best you can.
And think he soon viii be a man,
And may be he won't cry.
And II his music does not cease,
But browns your voice with loud increase,
just kindly say-more, II you please,
And let the baby cry.
Lucia NJ. Stutzman, in Western Rural.
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AN FcoNoMIcAl WOMAN.
Her Ingenious Scheme for Getting Rid Of
Visitors.

Her Ingenious scheme Tor settlne KID OF
Visitors.
Aunt Betsey Hicks, New England
woman who had been left widow aft
er few years of married life carried
on her late husbands farm with good
deal of ability. but with such close econ
omy that her saving devices grew fam
Gus in the country round about.
Next 10 her economy of provisions,
her economy of frewood was perhaps
her chief concern. At one time a sister
Of her late husband, from ''down coun-
try" came to make her visit, and soon
became convinced that Betsey was en-
1eavoring TO freeze her cut But per
haps this was not SO, since the temper
ature was as Mrs. Hicks usually kept
it.
81 declare" the visitor ventured to
exclaim, I should think you kept it
pretty cold here, Betseyr'
THAT ere pesky thermometers TO
blame, Susan" said Betsey. 81 guess
it's got eholed up. l can't get it above
fifty to save my lifer'
Then she turned over the stick of wood
in the sheet-iron stove, while her guest
walked up and down the room with her
hands thrust up the sleeves of her
dress.
The visitol sraained at Aunt Betsey's
or several days, however, in spite of the
-hoked-up thermometer, spending much
IF her time in bed, or watching chance
to smuggle a stick into the stove when
her hostess was out of the room.
Late one afternoon she happened To
90 out into the woodshed, and found
Aunt Betsey there, with an old shawl
wrapped around her shoulders and a
stick in her hand, engaged in violently
stirring something in large tin can. A
strong smell of petroleum filed the air.
''Betsey Hicks" said the visitor,
what be you doin'?"
oval, if you want to know" said
Aunt Betsey, II thought I'd see if /
couldn't stir leetle mite o water int
the karosene. ! reclkoned it go a leetle
fu'ther, tn so much comp'ny in the
house as seem to havei'
Her guest went away early the next
morning on the stage coach.-Youth's
Companion.
To THE uninitiated It is hard to under
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sand as Bedding for Horses.

White sand is valuable absorbent Of
urine, it is cooling to the horses feet,
and may be moistened 70 remove the
feverishness of tender feet, and even
relieves the heat and tenderness of
founder. 1t prevents staining of the
coat of light colored or white horses,
and it is an admirable means of thor
oughly cleaning the legs and feet by
rubbing it up and down in handfuls.
1t gives a smooth and uniform surface
fer the horse to lie upon. An iron
to ,thed rake readily removes litter and
droppings while a few handfuls OF
clean sand renews the bedding.=Amer-
lean Agriculturist
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-03-05

An artistic work of about one hundred
pages with illuminated covers, colored plates
and hundreds of illustrations, many OF them
made from photographs, is the catalogue OF
Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, for 1891
and is by far the most beautiful and in
structive yet sent out by This thoroughly
enterprising and reliable house. The
Vaughan Potato is introduced by this house
this season. All garden supplies are car
ried in stock. Catalogue sent free to all
who desire TO purchase.
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The amount of gold coin now in
circulation is SIS. 900, 900 larger than it
was a year ago. while the increase in
silver dollars is but 5000, 600; yet the
amount of gold in circulation is S4ll.-
600, 900. against treasury holding of
but S2s6, OOO. 600, while the silver in cir
culation is but 1915. 900. 900, against $780,
500. 600 in silver dollars in the treasury
vsults.-Boston Advertiser.
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IN selecting breeding birds, pick out
the best and discard all of the weak,
sickly ones. Generally it is best to use
fowls for breeding that are at least one
year old. If pullets are desired. have
old hens and young eockerels; il roost-
ers are desired reverse this. So far no
rule has been discovered for deternlin-
ing the sex of eggs; it is all guess work.
Save all the poultry manure to use in
the garden in the spring.
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Mrs. John NJ. Weigle. of Augusta

Mrs john Vt. NeigIe, OF Augusta,
Ca, excitedly called the attention of
her husband to a little animal which
was sporting on her sitting-room hearth
one night. Mr.. Weigle soon saw that
il was a pretty flying squirrel He tried
to capture il, but it escaped from the
room and was ovefhauled by the dogs.
There was no possible way for the little
fellow to get into the room except down
the chimney in the face of hot. burn
ing coal fire.
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The Faults and FolIies of the Age

Are numerous, but of the latter none is
more ridiculous than the promiscuous and
random use of laxative pills and other
drastic cathartics. These wrench, con-
vulse and weaken both the stomach and the
bowels. If Hostetters Stomach Bitters be
used instead of these no-remedies, tine re
suit is accomplished without pain and with
great benefit TO the bowels, the stomach and
the liver. Use this remedy when cOnstipa-
ton manifests itself, and thereby prevent
it from becoming chronic.
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rhe indiscriminaie use of ,

The indiscriminate use of dried
mushrooms in soups and stews ON the
continent has led to unfortunate results
in many cases, especially, it would seem.
in Berlin, where the police are stated to
have issued a caution against their con-
sumption. The assertion that poison
Gus fungi are sometimes dried with edi-
BILE mushrooms is sufficiently probable
TO cause no surprlse.-London Hospital.
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Mr.. Jay-Miss Gay-0 Caroline-may
I hope?-do you care for me?
Miss Gay-I can not sag that am in
different to you, Mr.. Jay
Mr.. Jay-O darling! don't speak tome
like that!-say that you are crazy about
me-Puck
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A Gennino FnuntIeror.

Little Son-I let two poor little boys
ride with me on my sled all the after
noon. We beat every one on the hill.
Fond Mammal am delighted to
learn that my little son is so generous
Little Son-The more there is on a
sled the faster il goes.-Good News.
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Ann article that has outlived "a years OF
competition and imitation, and sells more
and more each year, must have merit: Dob
bins Electric Soap first made in 1860 Is 1ast
that article Ask your grocer for It, de
has it, or will get it.