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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-12
HE OBSTINATE CAMEL.
An Americans First Experience with the
LAUNDERING Animal.

An Americans First Experience with the
laundering Animal.
If any other animal gives out it is still
possible to make it travel a few miles
bv iudicious use of patience and q
club: but not so with a camel. When
he lies down he viii get up only when
he feels like doing so; you may drag al
the string which is fastened to the stick
through his nostrils till you tear it out,
he will only groan and spit. 1t was my
first experience with camels and
vowed that it would be my last; for,
taking them altogether, they are the
most tiresome and troublesome animals
j have ever seen, and are suited only to
Asiatics. the most patient and long-suf-
fering of human beings
Besides their infirmities of temper,
resulting, ! believe. from hereditary
dyspepsia, as evidenced by such coated
tongues. offensive breaths. and gurgliug
stomachs as have seen with no other
ruminants. they are delicate in the OK
treme. They can work only in the win
ter months. for as soon as their wool
begins to fall, Sampson like, their
strength abandons them.
They can travel only over country
where there are no stones, for the pads
of their feet wear out and then they
have to be patched. most troublesome
operation The camel is thrown and a
piece of leather stitched on over the
foot. the stitches being taken through
the soft part of it: in this condition il
NAV travel till the skin has thickened
again: or. what is more likely, until #
refuses to take step.-W. Wocville
Rockhill, in Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-12

Where you will find the girls and
boys industriously paring-at an apple
bee.-Drake's Magazine.
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THE EAST.

By = railway accident near Cory,
Pa. an engineer and his fireman were
killed. and the same fate befcll an en-
gineer and fireman at Rochester, y. v.
FLAMES destroyed the IIecla bronze
and iron works at Williamsburgh, n.
Y. causing a loss of 5000
THREE miners were killed by an ex-
plosion of powder at the Nelson coll
liery in Shamokin, Pa
EIGHTEEN miners lost their lives by
water breaking into a mine at Jeanes-
Vile, Pa.
The stable of Havelow & bernstein
at Boston was burned and siNty-five
horses persisted in the flames.
Is Newark. y. J.. Mrs. Mary Rosen-
berg. 81 years of age. who lived in a
basement Of a house. was found dead
from starvation. and her two little chill
dren were nearly dead.
On the 9Th the keel of the first iron
ship ever built in Maine was laid, that
of cruiser No. ; at the Bath iron works.
+. II. CHURCHs soda-water factory at
Green Point. y. Y, was burned, caus-
ing a loss of SOD. 200.
FIRE ruined the bolt and nut manu-
featuring plant of J. Henry Sternbergh
4 Son at Reading, Pa. the largest OF
its kind in America Loss, s275. 900.
IN Albany, y. Y. Francis r. Jugg.
who fought with Napoleon at Waterloo,
died at the az of 96 years
The American Express Company was
said to have secured control of the Ma
tional Express Company.
DURING the past year damage aggre-
eating $3.50. 600 was done to buildings
in Ashland. Pa. 10y the settling OF the
surface.
II the Newcastle DELI jail eleven
prisoners were whipped and two stood
in the pillory for an hour.
THE death Of J. y. Mccullough. fol
thirty-three years president of the Cleve.
land 4 Pittsburgh railway, occurred al
his home in Allegheny City. Pa, aged
90 wears. He was worth 10000, 600.
Two MN were instantly killed and
two fatally injured by an explosion OF
gas in the new shaft al Simpson & Wat
kins' mine At Wyoming, Pa.
EDWARD PARK died in the Westches
ter N. " poor-house at the age Of 10.
years.
THE steamer Simon Dumois. valued
at 500. coo. from Natanzas. Cuba
Z foundered near New York, and her
crew Of sixteen men were lost.
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PITH AND POINT.

Where you will find the girls and
boys industriously paring-at an apple
bee.-Drake's Magazine.
-"Emmeline, can you keep a secret?'
! he whispered hoarsely. a don't know;
] never tried to. What is it?''-Phila-
delphia Press.
Great difficulty viii soon be expert
enced in deciding which of the two
cakes of ice left at your door Is the
milk.-Lowell Citizen.
- suffer dreadfully from insom-
/ MIA, said the novelist. Then YOU
don't do your own proof-reading? -
1 queried Cynicus.-N. Y. Herald.
/ If the time ever comes when an or
binary man weighs more than ton il
happens along about the time boot
black calls him Colonel Ram 5
( Horn.
"A clock manufacturer advertises
that his wares have "a dead beat at
tachment." So have we: No. IS, with
nails in the heels and extra heavy tips.
Philadelphia Traveller.
do You have much excitement down
here on the beach? ''Oh. yes. With a
goId glass | can see sea serpents al
most any day. "A good glass of
wl'at?'-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Son-''Father, am twcnty-one
and want a silk hat" Father-''But
you haven't a dress suit yet" Son
mo. but ! would have to have one if I
had a silk hat "-Clothier and Fur
nisher
You are more than beautiful
madam" Don't flatter don't
fiatter. can not forget that am thirty
years old" But what are thirty years
in comparison to eternity? Fliegende
Blatter.
The Race Improving - How is
your son getting along at school. Tn
Gle Abe?" Mighty fine, sab. Citizen
Ter be gem man mighty fast. Ye jes
orter see how he makes fun of rs two
ole ignerent niger folks when he
comes home. II makes me mighty
proud, sab. Epoch.
Returned for Repairs.
''Do you remember that some time ago
] borrowed an umbrella from you one
night. when it was raining' Here it is. -
Cleverton- Won don't mean 20 say Won
have brought it back Dashaway -"Of
course have brought it back. / want
it re covered. N. Y. sun.
The Chief Clerk (asidel-"uis royal
nibs amt himself to-day. Kind OF
silent and sad. Wonder what's up. s.
Unregenerate Ofiice-Boy (sotto voce)-
''Guess my little plan worked. Knowed
it would when I fastened the type
writer's waller hair on his overcoat last
night An I'll do it every time he calls
me a chump. Pittsburg bulletin
-Florine Have you heard Wini-
fred, of the death of our young friend.
Charlie Addle?" Winifred No The
poor fellows really dead. eh?" Florine
He is, and his death is an event
which will leave quite a void in our lit
tie circle" Winifred How appropri-
ate! 1t couldn't leave any thing that
would more eloquently recall him to
mind. Boston Courier.
"A well-dressed, ladylile-lool5ing
woman entered a street-car the other
day with her little boy of about six
years of age. On the conductor coming
to collect the fares. the lady handed
her little son a fifty-ccnt piece, he being
nearer the door The little fellow ex-
amined the coin carefully and then gave
it to the conductor Scarcely had the
man returned the change than the
youngster clapped his hands. and look
ing at his mother exclaimed triumph
antly: Mamma, mamma, he has taken
the bad fifty cents. - Demorest' S
MONTHLY
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TO BUILD A HIGH TOWER.
Milwaukee Capitalists to Erect a Model of
the EiiIeI Tower, 400 Feet in Height. on
the Bluffs at Whitetish Bay.

milwaukee Capitalists to Erect a Model of
the EineI Tower. 400 Feet in Height, on
the Bluffs at whiteish Bay.
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 10.-Thc bluffs of
Whitefish bay, the summer resort just
outside the city limits, will be sur
mounted before July next by an ''Eitfel
tower" There are several million
dollars back of the project, Captain
Fred Pabst and Charles Pfister be-
ing Interested Several meetings have
been held and the matter def
nitely settled. The tower will he
$50 feet from the ground. and as the
bluffs are 100 feet above the lake level
the top of the tower will be 800 feet
above the dead level. The afr r will
be modelled after the celebrated EifTcl
tower and will he built entirely of iron
and steel. II will cost over 500
900 and will bc constructed so
as to be absolutely safe Four
elevators will run in it and
from its summit good view viii be
obtained of the country for miles
around, including the chain of lakes in
Waullesha County and the Michigan
shore. There will be number of ter
races on the tower, on which viii be
beer gardens and restaurants, and
number of bands will furnish music at
different heights.
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ILLINOIS WHITE GAPS
They Brutality Chastlse Man Near At
wood, III.

MONTICELLO, ILL.,, Feb. 6.-White
Caps have made their appearance in
this vicinity. Wednesday night eight or
ten of them went to the home of Thorn
as Shears, near Atwood. and called
him to the door. When he opened
it they threw rope around his
neck and dragged him out of the
house He was then taken to some
woods near by, where he was tied to a
tree After giving the victim thirty
lashes he was left still tied to the tree,
and when found was nearly frozen TO
death. 1t is reported that the chastise-
ment was because of the drunken and
dissolute habits of Shears. He Is
charged with getting drunk and abus-
ing his family. The grand jury, now III
session, will make a thorough nvesti
CATION of thu outrage
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FROM WASHINGTON.

/ DURING January the movement of
/ cotton reached total of 96l, O4f bales,
! exceeding the movement for January,
/ 1890. by 194.s75 bales.
/ Is the United States the total coinage
during January was -. 72O. 900 in gold,
/ eI.65S. $50 in silver and S1S4, 500 in nick
/ els.
/ THE statement of the public debt is
sued on the Sd showed the total debt
I to be 81 .544. 61T, Sj4: cash in the Treas
ury. S627. POI. 76i; debt less cash in the
4 Treasury. SS46, 595.O45. Decrease dur
| ing January. SIS. $50, 800. Decrease since
June 80. 1890 S51 ,672.900.
The report of Acknowledgement Kel-
/ ton of the militia forces says there are
/ in the United States s,312 commissioned
officers. 91.957 non-commissioned Off
/ GERS and 7.695.242 men who are avail
/ able for military purposes.
THE President issued his proclama
ton announcing a reciprocity agree
/ ment with Brazil under the new tariff
law. to go into effect April 1 next.
/ THRoUGHOUT the country business
/ continued to exceed last years on the
I whole. and was i'm character more
/ healthy and conservative than usual.
/ Money was easy and collections gcncr-
I ally fair.
THE business failures in the Usited
/ States during the seven days ended on
the 9th numbered 2OG. against $40 the
preceding week and 32l the correspond
I ing week last year.
4 THE exchanges at the clearinghouse
/ in the United States during the week
/ ended on the 9Th aggregated Il. 123. CO..
I 574. against $1,000. So, 9O6 the previous
+ week. As compared with the CORE
/ spending week OF 1890 the decrease
/ amounted to 6.3.
/ THE President has approved the act
/ granting a pension To Major-tieneral
/ Franz Sigel. and the act making an APP
/ portionment Of Representatives in Con
4 gress among the several States under
/ the new census.
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CURE FOR SNAKE BITES.
strychnine an Antidote for Their Deadly
Venom

strychnine an Antidote for Their Deadly
Venom
Baron Won Muller, an eminent scien-
tific authority of Melbourne, has dis
covered the real cause and effective cure
of snake poisoning. According to Herr
Won Mutter. the venom Of scrpents'does
not destroy the tissues of the body, but
has merely a dynamic effect. suspend
ing the action Of the motor and vase
motor nerve centcrs. This discovery at
once indicated that the proper kind of
antidote would be something which
would stimulate and increase the
functional activity of these nerve
centers This remedy is supplied
nv strvchnine which is directly
antagonistic in its action TO snake poi
son. Herr Won Muller has applied strych-
nine upon large number OF persons
bitten by the tiger-snaIte and other
venomous scrpents. and with invari-
able success The way in which he en-
ploys it is toinject ten to twenty minims
Of the drug under the skin of the pa
tient, and to repeat the operation every
fifteen minutes until slight muscular
spaslns are produced. these being an
unfailing sign that the patient is out Of
danger. Large doses of strychnine may
be injected into the blood Of person
who has been bitten without producing
any injury until it has completely neu-
tralizcd the effect of the snake poison
Toledo Blade.
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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence FrOm All Parts.
FIFTNFIRST CONGRESS.
E.-nnH La.asnn


I TUESDAY. Feb 8. In the Senat,
bills were passed providing penaltie
/ for embezzlement of pensions by
/ guardians of pensioners; appropriatinl
$500. 600 for a public building at st
Paul. The fertilization bill was dis
cussed In the House bills were passeS
I prohibiting the sale of tobacco to boys
under Il years Of age in the District o.
| Columbia; granting a pension to AIRS
I f. +. Moves, widow OF the late Genera
+ NOyes. The sundrv civil bill (S34. 242,
900 and the agricultural appropriation
I bill lS2.S04, s53l were reported
! WEDNESDAY,. Feb. 4.-Bills were re
/ ported in the Senate to provide fol
T the inspection of vessels carrying eN
I port cattle from the United States -
I foreign countries, and to prevent
+ authorizations of food and drugs. The
fOrtificat;on and Military Academy ap-
preparation bills We're passed. In The
House the diplomatic and consula ap
preparation bin was passed and the
conference report was adopted ON a bill
providing for an additional Justice 81
{ the Supreme Court of Arizona.
THURSDAY. Feb 5.-AmOng the bill.
introduced in the Senate was on,
increasing the pension of General
F Clusters widow to 500 month. Tn,
+ pension appropriation bill was passed
/ II apprOpriates for pensions for tn,
/ year. S133. la. OS5; for fees and expenses
/ of examining surgeons, Sl,5O0, 600
/ for salaries of eighteen pension
I agents. So. 900, and for clerk hire
+ $500. 900. Other bills were passed
+ to authorize the construction of a tun
/ mel under New York bay; for a survey
/ of the interior of Alaska: for the con
struction of three Indian industrial
T schools in Wisconsin. Minnesota anC
+ Michigan, the cost not to exceed $50.
600 each. In the House the time was
occupied i'm discussing the sundry civil
appropriation bill. and an amendment
was offered to the coinage paragraph
providing for the free coinage of silve r.
FRIDAY, Feb. 6. - In the Senate
T the naval appropriation bill was re-
ported and the House bill providing
I for the adjustment of accounts of Ia
I borers. worlmen and mechanics arts
/ ing ont of the cight-hour law was dis
G tN~~ttA. III AAtN AANuNt NiiN HAAA siAiAtlAtA
/ ing the land-forfeIture act by extend
/ ing the time was passed. and the free
silver coinage amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill was de
/ fested by a vote Of l34 10 127.
SATURDAY, Feb. Tn the Senat,
it was decided to hold evening ses
sions hereafter The House bill foi
/ the adjustment of accounts of work
men. labOrers and mechanics under the
/ eight-hou law was discussed. The
death of Mr.. Phelan. of Tennessee,
was announced, and as mark of r.
spect the Senate adjourned In the
I House the amendment To the worlds
/ fair clause of the sundry civil appro
/ priat on bill was passed. II makes IN,
/ salary of the director general, $500
/ president, $1,000; vice-president of tn,
+ executive committee. $1,000; secretary
/ S., OOO; clerks, etc, $1,000.
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The plural wife system prevails a
San Carlos, where it is regarded by
Apache bucks as profitable for the rea
son that wives are tireless toilcrs. They
chop wood. carry water. pack hay. hero
stock. build wickiups, cook, and in fact
do all the labor calculated to contribute
10 the necessity and comfort of the
camp. Apache women are merchanta-
ble-are bought and sold. buck :
wealth is estimated. in part, by the
number Of his w es. The value Of a
wife is calculated by the weightshe can
carry; therefore those having defective
spines and unable to pack a sack OF
-four. or bundls of hay. or an eighth OF
a cord of wood and a pappOose at the
same time, are not regarded as valua-
bic property, and are less appreciated
by their masters than pony or burro.
Globe Silver Belt.
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ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH.

THE ancient Greeks believed the sun
was only about thirty miles distant
AN English astronomer states that
the Oldest historical record of a solar
eclipse is in Homer's Iliad xvii. 367).
THE planet Mercury, celestial beau
ty that is somewhat rarely seen, may
be observed with a good pair of eyes,
when the conditions of atmosphere are
favorable, in the western sky. follow
ing in the path of the sun and setting
about an hour and quarter later.
THE total number of stars, of which
some knowledge may be obtained by
the optical appliances now available,
according to Prof. LoclSycr, is from 40.
900, 900 to so. 900, 600. OF these only about
5000 are visible to the naked eye, equal
ly divided between the two hemispheres
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MANY QUIT WORK.
Inauguration of Great Strike in tho
ConnelisvilIe Coke Region-Nearly Every
Mine and Oven in the section Idle
Ou..r nnn nIar, r.. Ont.


over 1900 Men Are Out.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 10. - The
strike of the 1900 employees of the
coke region for an increase of 1914 per
cent. in wages, a reduction OF working
hours of day men from nine hours to
eight, the placing of scales for weigh
ing coal on all tipples, against coun-
ter demand of the operators for gem
eral reduction in wages of 10 per cent,
was inaugurated Monday. All through
the region the miners remained away
from The pits BY this evening the last
of the ovens charged Saturday win have
been drawn and then the shutdown
will be complete
The struggle promises to be long and
bitter. The workmen are thoroughly
organized. They have had reasonably
steady work for three years. and are
members of the Knights of Labor and
Mine Workers of America, and
through the latter organization
of the Federation of Labor.
The demand that coal shall
be weighed instead of measured will
be the one most vigorously insisted upon,
as the miners claim that by the sys-
tenn of measuring coal they have been
defrauded out of large sum of money
every year. They say they win be con
tent To remain idle three months if ut
the end of that time they can gain their
point.
The operators say the demands of the
cookers are unreasonable; that the sell
ing price of coke is twenty-five cents
per ton less now than it was year ago.
and the compliance with the demand
for the erection of scales at each
tipple would involve large expense.
The II. c. Frick Company, of
which Andrew Carnegie is the head.
contains 10000 of the 10000 ovens
in the region. 1t has large supply of
coke in stock. and viii wait until this
is exhausted before moving for a set
Element. Some of the smaller operators
are anxious that work shall go on at
their plants, but this will not be al
lowed save at the Fountain works,
which supply the Scottdale rolling mill
with coal
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MICHAEL. DELAN0, an Italian. died at
he Allegheny hospital. Allegheny City.
Pa His corpse weighed forty-one
pounds He was thirty-one years old.
Il was the most remarkable wasting
away II flesh the physicians who had
watched his ease ever heard Of. A year
ago Delano weighel one hundred and
sightv-fivr pounds
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WEST AND SOUTH.

AFIREMAN was killed and a brakeman
and two tramps were fatally hurt in n
railway collision at Beach City, O.
CHARLES STEWART and Ernest
Brobsler, probably the most celebrated
eounterfeiters in this country, were
captured at Louisville, Ky, while max
ing spurious money.
AT ClarEs, Neb.. the wife of Banker
Cowles was killed by burglars and Mr..
COwles was knocked senseless.
The discovery was made that w.
McZimmerman. the store-keeper and
agent of the Farmers Alliance supply
house at Spartansburg. ;. C., was short
$50. 600 in his accounts.
A SENSATION was created at Spring
field, o., by the alleged return to life of
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RESULTED IN TWO DEATHS.
a Family Quarrel Terminates in "a Muir
der and u suicide.

CLINToNvILIE. Wis, Feb. 10.-Charles
Knack a resident of Leopolis, shot and
killed his wife and himself. II was
some days before the bodies were dis
covered The face of Mrs. KnaclS had
been partly eaten off by eat which
was in the room The couple did not
live agreeably together, and it is sup
posed the deed was done during
a quarrel. They were both aged. The
family were Bohemians and were once
divorced. but of late had been living
together. although they had family
rows every day. Mrs. knack was shot
from behind in the back, while the
husband was shot in the temple. II is
supposed that they were dead about
two or three days before being found.
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Prosperous Creamery.

During the past year the san Prairie
creamery near Shawano has paid out to
farmers for the product of their dairies
over $4,000; 10000 pounds of butter
have been made and $500 cases of eggs
shipped to eastern markets. In con
nection with these transactions during
the poultry season 10000 pounds of
turkeys and 5000 pounds of chick ems
have been dressed and shipped.
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INISSS there were four million bushels
Of oysters received AT Baltimore from
the Chesapeake hay beds, but this sea
son the recs pts 10 the same date have
fallen below two million bushels, while
packing houses throughout the State
are closed. and from all parts of the hay
comes the story of exhausted beds The
violation Of the law and the consequent
destruction II the Young oyster Is re
sponsible for this condition OF things
The law Is a dead letter. and great
industry Is being ruined. Ten year, ago
Professor Brooks uttered a warning
against the wholesale depletion of the
oyster beds; but the work discontinued
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JoHN y. EoCkEFELI.ER' gift ofS1. 6OO.-
200 10 the Chicago University Is being
paid in iustallments of 100000 each
thirty. days lie said recently To one
yho had spoken II his gift as munifi-
,cnt: 20. it IS nothing compared with
What ! intend To- do. as have only Just
oAEun to make money" And he is rated
ffSTG0 400 OOnt
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A case of leprosy has been reported
to the State Board of Health. The pa
tient is Norwegian woman who re
Gently came from the old country. She
is a resident of Buffalo County, and has
had this trouble, which is finally pro
nounced leprosy, for eighteen years.
The woman has four adult children,
but on none of them had symptoms of
disease appeared.
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CREMATION Is becoming daily more
popular abroad I'm BADEN the Gutenberg
and IIci0elhurE city councils have de-
cjded To- erect furnaces The Govern
mcut i'm BASEL has granted To all citizens
the right "a chooSr between being bur
led and being burned A crcmatory Is
being erected in Manchester at cost of
So. 500 The Italian friends 81 crema-
ton recently assembled in Milan To
consider the best means IF burning
bo,iies and II spreading propaganda for
their ideas. This i the second congress
of cremationiStS held in Italy since the
Italians took the lead in pushing the
cremation movement.