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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
IN a HOSPITAL.
The Bitter Lesson Learned by the Mother
of Blind Babe.

The Bitter Lesson Learned by the Mother
of Blind Babe.
1t was eve and ear day at the great
hospital where the poor were treated
free at certain hours, and the rooms de-
voted to that purpose were filled with
patients and young doctors, who were
taking practical lessons in experimental
surgery. They carried all the honors of
materia medica in their important bear
ing these young medics, and were
cold and severe in their outward APP
pearance, but more than one had to bite
his boyish lips to keep back the tears at
some sight of Woe
There was one couple who had
brought child-their frst-a dainty
little thing in clean, poor garments,
who sat very upright and still on the
young mothers lap. The father pos
sessed himself of one small baby-hand,
and was equally divided in solicitude
between his wife and the child.
discontinue the medicine, the young
doctor was saying in professional tones.
He had his watch in his hand-a gold
one, a graduating present from his
| father-but he was not looking at it.
| He held it before the little ones face,
but the child took no notice of il.
"Shall we keep on using the ONT
ment?" asked the mother.
NO" the doctor pushed back the lids
of the baby's-irst one and then the
other. She remained staring brightly
before he. Il am sorry Mrs. -, but
| may as well tell you that nothing will
help the child's sight. She is totally
blind"
The mother gave a great cry. The
father took the child from her and be-
gan walking up and down the floor
with it-he had feared this.
II cannot have it so. o, God, it can
not be! Think what it means, doctor.
And we are so poor. If we could give
her everything we can do SO little
| for her"
"There are institutions for the blind;
you can have her educated there" sug-
gested the doctor.
NO! no." exclaimed the mother, Il
/ could not send her away. But there
must be some chance. | will take her
\ to some great doctor, someone who is
/ older and has had experience. Even If
I L nave no money Ii nSN hAAh W NoAS
until can earn it. | cannot have her
blind"
She could not have said a crueler
/ thing to the young man than to taunt
him with his youth and inexperience. II
was not in human nature to refrain
from retaliating.
"You will not need the services of
any physician very long. II is quite
possible that the child will die, and you
will be relieved of the burden"
Such look as she gave him then
when he had driven that dagger into the
mother-heart; he could not confront it,
but turned eompassionately away.
''She shall not die, y she said, as she
reached out loving arms for her child;
my dear blind baby, God will help me
to take care of herr
So he wounded her to her healing,
and in the greater danger she forgot
the lesser and went away with a new
born contentment in her soul. And the
''evil wrought by want of thought"
turned into good. Free Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
Buying Through the Malls.

Shopping by mail has become an easy
and satisfactory matter within the past
few years, and ladies living at a dis
lance from New York or other large
centers, can dress with taste and ele-
gance, and within the limits of fash
ionable choice, without ever visiting
the large shops from which their ward
robes are ordered. Every large dry
goods establishment in New York has
a mailing department, where eight or
ten clerks are constantly employed in
cutting yards of new goods into sam
pies, arranging and filling orders,
matching goods and sending them to
customers all over the country, and in
all parts of the world. Their dealings
are, of necessity, strictly honorable,
and in most instances quite as much
pains are taken to fill carefully-writ-
ten, sensible order, as if the customer
were present in person. The very latest
Partisan novelties can be obtained by a
resident OF the far west as well as by a
Fifth-avenue woman of fashion.-N. Y
LEDGER
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MARIA MUTTON

Two =, Ms ON these trunks.
Joshua" said the clerk to the factotum
who appeared al the touch of the cleo
tric bell And quick about it"
shortly. these trunks were sent home.
and very soon after. they were, curl
Ouslv enough, standing side By side in
a large express-wagOn bound for the
Grand Central depot, and, still more
coineidently. found themselves piled
one on the other in the baggage car on
its way 10 New Haven. while their re-
spectiye owners. Miss Maria Mutton
and Mr. Milton Marrow bone. sat side by
side 4 curious combination Of facts;
but fact as we are told in every edi-
ton Of every daily paper, Is stranger
.lan fiction"
Mr.. MarrowbOne had lived forty
years without giving his heart entirely
away 10 any woman. Miss Mutton. at
thirtv-tive. was still dear little lamb
kin. a. far as her teuderest affections
went But as they sat together in the
flying car, the same cinders trying TO
get into their eyes. the same steam
whistle shriekiug in their ears. the
same boy continually Offering them
newspapers, peppermint candy and
chewing gum. the same lank and sad
eyed youth begrudging them refreshing
draughtS If the water which il was his
duty - carry through the ear, some
thing happened Bachelor and spinster
alike felt a Softuess of heart quite I'M
wOutet.
what a nice man he looks like"
said Miss Mutton 20 herself
What a charming woman thought
Mr. NarrowbOne.
When he shut the window for her.
she felt there were moments when
But no matter. However, on their ar
rival AZ the New Haven depot, they
separated. as travellers usually do, and
saw no more II each other, Miss Nut
ton at once taking a conveyance for the
- hotel; Mr.. MarrOwbone having
what he spoke Of as "a little bit Of
something before he proceeded 10 the
same hC>telry. Again coincidence fol-
lowed them. SIR Marrowbone was CON
siguesl 10 room No. 5 on the right cOrri-
dor; Miss Mutton 20 room No. on the
lef.-
Both Numbered peacefully. Both
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
THRIFT IN FRANCE.
Enormous sums of Money Saved by the
People.

Enormous sums OF Money Saved by the
People.
Whenever a new public loan is Of
fered in France the world is astonished
at the eagerness with which it is taken
and the huge sums subscribed by null
titudes of small capitalists.
Few of us have an idea of the vast
ness of the money savings of the French
people If the Eiffel tower were built
of pure silver it would require some
thing more than two thousand million
francs worth of that metal.
Two stages more would need to be
added to the tower to represent the
posted in the Caisse d'Epargne, or
savings bank. A comparison like this
appeals to the imagination. 1t is one
made by NJ. de Fonville, the minister of
finance.
The depositors in French private and
postal savings banks combined now
number six and half millions. and the
sums deposited are more than two thou
sand eight hundred million francs, or
five hundred and sixty million dollars.
Thrift in France, as everywhere else,
has one great foe-the public house.
The annual outlay for intoxicating
drink and tobacco amounts to almost a
thousand million francs.
NJ. de Fonville concludes his sum
mary with these words: "Pauperism,
for which 50 many persons seek
utopian remedies, will never disappear.
rest assured. until driven out of the
world by thrift. - Youths Companion
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Mint Sauce: Chop a bunch of mint
fine, mix with large tablespoonful of
sugar, season with salt and pepper, add
four tablespoonfuls of vinegar.-The
Home.
Gravy will generally be lumpy if
the thickening is poured in while the
pan is over the fire. Set the pan off
until the thickening is well stirred In,
then set it on the fire and cook thor
oughly.
"A valuable salve for cuts or wounds
of any kind: Boil one-half cup of thick
sweet cream ten or fifteen minutes,
stirring constantly; when cold, beat it
thoroughly, when it will be a creamy
paste. Bottle and cork tightly or make
fresh every tire.
Egg Sandwiches: Chop hard-boiled
eggs fine. with a cucumber pickle, large
or small, according to the number of
eggs. Pepper and salt, adding little
made mustard, and rubbing very smooth
with a silver spoon. Spread between
thin slices of crustless buttered bread.
Pile on plate on a folded Napkin
Ladies' Home journal.
-Roly-Poly Pudding: Make a rich
suet crust, roll rather thin, spread jam
Tor any kind of fruit, leaving margin
of paste where the pudding joins, roll Il
round, tie in a cloth that has been
sprinkled with flour, drop in boiling wa
ter, keep cooking two hours, take off
the cloth, lay on a fat dish. and serve
while hot with lemon sauce.-Boston
Budget.
White Cake: Two cupfuls of sugar,
three-fourths of a cup of butter, one
cup of sweet milk, two cups of -four,
three teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
whites of six eggs. Frosting yellow:
To the yollx of one egg add nine tea
spoonfuls of pulverized sugar-use as
many yolHs as you wish the height of
the frosting to be, season with vanilla
Housekeeper.
-Old-Fashioned Gingerbread: One
teacupful New Orleans molasses, five
tablespoonfuls melted butter, a tea
spoonful soda dissolved in five table
spoonfuls hot water, a pinch of salt,
half teaspoonful each of ground cloves
and cinnamon, half a teaspoOnful each
of strong ginger and powdered alum
anu one anu Onc-ndiI ttdCupIulS SllItu
flour. Bake in a well-greased, shallow
pan in a quick oven.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
Chocolate Macaroons: Melt three
ounces of chocolate over the fire,
then with one pound of pulverized.
sugar and the whites of three eggs
work it to thick paste. Roll the paste
down to the thickness of one-quarter of
an inch, cut in small round or fancy
shaped pieces with a paste cutter; but
ter a pan and sprinkle it slightly with
flour and sugar, using equal quantities
of both; put the paste on this and bake
in moderate oven. These are best
cold.-Prairie Farmer.
Policemen, mail-carriers and others
whose occupation keeps them on their
feet a great deal are often troubled
with chafed, sore and blistered feet, es-
pecially in the extremely hot weather.
A powder is used in the German army
for sitting into the shoes and stockings
of the foot soldiers, consisting of three
parts salicylic acid, ten parts starch,
and eighty-seven parts pulverized soap
stone. 1t keeps the feet dry, prevents
chatting, and rapidly heals sore spots.
Finely-pulverized soapstone alone is
very good.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
INDEPENDENCE OF MIND.
Customs of People Which Are Termed
Eccentricities.

Customs OF People Nh1Ch Are Termed
Eccentricities.
1t is easy to sneer at peoples eccen-
tricities. We may smile at the man
who persists in wearing queer style
of hat, or at the woman who clings to
an old fashion in hair dressing. But in
adhering to a custom both agreeable
and comfortable do they not show some
independence OF mind, decision that
helps to leaven the lump of general
fiabbiness?
Once a lady whose eyes we're weak
was obliged always to carry a sunshade
to protect them from the glare of the
sun. Even in winter, and when she
wore furs, the sunshade was a neces-
sity. She declared, laughingly, that
no one would believe, unless she tried
it, how much attention such a simple
matter evoked. Sometimes she was
followed a block or two by boys COM
menting on her odd appearance. They
wondered if she was crazy, and while
they wondered seemed to think she was
also deaf. Older people, whom one
would think might know better, gazed
at her curiously, and even questioned
AlCI d. " Alit ANaoNAA VI AANA ENNhAAthA
conduct
Most persons under such persecution
would have given up the fight, staid in
the house, or decided to bear the pain
and run the danger. Being woman
of resolute temper, she did nothing Of
the kind. She carried her muff and her
parasol all winter. Indeed, after
a while she seemed to take a wicked
pleasure in Haunting these articles be-
fore the faces of bewildered passers,
who would often turn and look back
with an expectation of seeing strange
developments from SO great phenom-
enOn.
Probably not many women would
have stuck to the singularity as she did,
or have gotten so much amusement out
of il. Yet if il is considered in another
light, and we reflect how much interest
she excited and how many gazers she
supplied with subject for conversation,
we might call her public benefactor.
-HarDer'S BaZar
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BREAD IN BEYRoUT.
How 1t Is Made and vended in the Pub
lie Streets.

lie streets.
Here comes the bread-seller. He is
one of a large class, and the fiat pam
cake-like loaves that he has in his
basket show how the Beyrout people
make bread. The same fiat cake, of
varying size and thinness, is every
where the form of bread in Palestine
and Syria. When fresh il is very sweet
and palatable: but when old, much like
shavings.
AT some towns in Mount lebanon the
loaves are baked in circular form. about
two feet across, and almost as thin as
paper. Ii is related that once a for
eigner, on eating his first meal in the
mountains, took one of these loaves
and spread il on his lap, thinking it
was some new style of napkin. Strange
as this seemed to his Syrian host. we
can hardly be surprised at the mistake,
for To our western eyes this thin,
pliable sheet looks far more like cloth
than bread. Now. this kind of bread
has one great advantage, in that 1T
does away with the necessity of using
spoons. Those sitting at dinner tear
off a piece from the loaf, fold it as a
cup, and then dip a portion of food
from the general dish in the center of
the table; devouring thus with each
mouthful both spoon and contents.
The housewives of Bevrout enjoy a
touch of that convenient cooperation
that is proposed by certain reformers of
to-day; not that they take their meals
in palatial public dining-rooms, but
they do have public ovens, thus doing
away with some of the households
private gear" The dough is flattened
out into disks of the proper size, and
the boys or girls of the family put these
on trays and carry them TO the nearest
oven, where they are soon baked on
the smooth hot slabs. We cannot stop
here to describe the various and inter
esting processes of bread making as
they are practiced in the villages of
Lebanon, or in the Bedouin camp.
Other things close at hand crowd upon
our attention. Frank Stiles Woodruff,
in 81 Nicholas
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FARM AND GARDEN.
A BIT OF CRITICISM.
serviceable and Simple Trcllis for Black


servIceable and Simple TrcIIis for Black
berry Vines.
| would Ike to criticise Mr.. E p.
Powelrs notes on raspberries and
blackberries, particularly his method of
trellising, which is to run a wire Al
feet from the ground, supported by
stakes at intervals of 20 feet, topping
the canes at height of six feet. In
my opinion mine is a far better and
simpler method. My plan is to take
good fence posts five feet in length, set
one at each end of a row, BIS feet in the
ground, leaving 20 inches above ground.
use No. ~ galvanized wire and draw
it as tightly as possible. However long
the rows may be, post set firmly at
each end is sufficient. After the canes
are tied to the wire they form a perfect
support, and there no stakes in the way
of the hoe. / top my canes at three
feet, just-the right height to be handy
for the pickers. BY running the wires
20 inches from the ground they pass
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30

Talks cheap, but when it's
backed up by pledge Of the
lard 6aSh of q financially re-
sponsible firm, or company, of
worldwide reputation for fair
and honorable dealing, a
meOS business :
Now, there are scores of
sarsaparillas and other blood
purifiers, all cracked up to be
the best, purest, most peculiar
and wonderful, but bear in
mind (for your own sake },
there's only one guaranteed
blood-purifer and remedy for
torpid liver and all diseases
that come from bad blood.
That Outstanding solitary
and alone-sald OF trial, is
DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
If it don't do good in skin,
scalp and scrofulous diseases
and pulmonary consumption
is only lung-scrofula-just let
its makers know and get your
money back.
Talks cheap, but to back a
poor medicine, or a common
one, by selling it on trial, as
Golden Medical Discovery
is sold, would bankrupt the
largest fortune.
Talks cheap, but only dis
covery is guaranteed.
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A TALE OF TWO TRUNKS.
Romantic Outcome of a Most EN-
barrassing Situation.

"What a very peculiar trunk" said
Mr. Marrowbone, looking through his
eyeglasses at a large and handsome one
which the civil salesman had just
dragged from is retreat in the corner
20 the center of the room.
Peculiar? Yes. sir" said the young
man. lifting the lid and exhibiting the
interior This trunk. sir. was made
60 order for very wealthy gentleman
In fact we made him two just alike. tie
never wanted them, and we are dispOs-
ing Of them at sacrifice.
why didn't he want them" asked
Mr.. Marrowbone, who had streak Of
curiosity doubtless inherited from his
mother-in his composition Curious,
not 10 want what you have ordered"
Yes, sir" replied the salesman
"Very curious but in this ease. there
was a complication that rendered the
gentleman quite excusable. lie com
mitted suicide
''Ah. Very wrong" said Mr. Marrow
bone. Very wrong Of him..
Quite 81. sir. replied the salesman.
''YOu observe the elegant receptacle for
neckties. tbs place for your collar-box;
here lies the shirts if you please On
the whole. doubt If you can find any
thing like it in the city"
II doubt if | can. said Mr.. Marrow
bone. Just my initials on it, NJ. NJ,
Milton MarrowbOne; and send it At
once"
Very well, sir, and think you will
never regret the purchase said the
salesman.
Hardly had he bowed his customer
ont Of the door, when lady tripped up
the steps and entered. She was rather
guOd-loolSing. her age might have been
thirty. and her appearance was that
which may be- described 10y the express
sion. just turned out of bandbOx-"
Il want a trunk" she began; and
there-that II exactly what / like. 80
And she pointed To Mr.. Marrow bones
recent purchase.
sorry. ma'am. but we have Just
sold that. said the polite salesman,
conjuring up an expression of regret
which was quite touching. But, -
here he allowed a CLEAN OF hope To
sparkle in his eye-''but, madam, we
hava another, outwardly similar. diff
fering only in the interior; one, in fact,
more suitable for lady"
Let me see il" said Tie customer.
Another trunk was trundled from the
shadows in the far corner Of the shop
and whisked open. The lady peeped
into It
III take IT, she said, after hearing
the price III take IL I'm in des-
perate hurry Put my initials on it,
and send II home ~ once"
The polite clerk made a bow SO pro-
FOUND that il very nearly became an
RcrohatIc performance, and the lady
vanished She had left her card
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-30
"a MORsE. PubIIsher.
THE LITTLE FooT-PAoE.

Tue little page. Ralph, lay under tree,
Gazing up into the sky.
A very blIthe little foot page was he;
His hair was yellow as Il could be.
And blue was his sparkling eye.
His little round cap was red as . rose;
His d0ublet was bottle green
SiIken and soft were his crimson hose
His queer little shoes turned up At the toesg
nAnd his cloak had q velvet sheen
He mused as he lay there: MY lord. the king
heard tie herald proclaim,
Has lost the stone from his sfgnetring;
And whosoever the stone will bring.
Whatever his state or name,
shall have. henceforth. a. his command
Jewels and ralment fue.
His name shall be honored IN all the land;
His home, palace superbly grand
These splendors shall al be mine
The other foot-page Is 50 dull. and 50 slow
on, Rodna's dreadful Ounce
He never viii ind the stone, 1 know;
Bless ne. he doesn't know where 10 60
I'll HE ne away a. once
-TM 20 where the king sat yesternight
To b. ar the minstrel sing;
FOR the ground f. strewn with vfolets white,
And be cIaqped his hands with all his might;
And there I shall ind the ring
''Then the herald VIII lead me away By III
hand
And CRY in his loudest voice;
Here Is the brightest foOt-page in the land!
gls The treasure and palace grand4
IN him doth the king rejoice
"My life win Be Joyous and free from care.
For OF course I shall IND the stone;
And far away in the future fair,
Perhaps I shall wed the Princess Claire
And even come 10 the throne
So musing and planning the page lay there
Gazing up into the sky,
Building such wonderful castles IN air,
They far exceeded the palace fair
And the midday hour drew nigh.
Then gayIy the little foot page uprose,
And took his way 10 the town;
Skipping along on his queer little toes
And saying: Perhaps before night-wh'
knows
In my palace I'll Jay ne down"
But alas and alas, for the day dreams bright
Alas. for the palace fair
- he entered the town. with a footstep Hight,
lie bebeld . most bew lterinF sight.
The beautiful Princes Claire
was leading a little foot page by the hau'
While the herald with loudest voi.l
Cried Here Is the brightest foot page in IN
land!
HIS are the treasure and palace grandi
In him doth the king rejoice
"And the king my master, doth bid me say
To each and everyone
GO cIothe yourself 90 your best array.
For the finest feast viii be given today,
That ever vas under the sun
Then the other foot page went home alone
Sadder and wiser he
And doauet his holiday dress with a grOan-
For RotiHa had sought and found the stone.
While Ralph az under the tree.
Katherine : AIcOrn- in - Nicholas
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these and on the upper edge of board.
Next cut off two and one-half foot piece
of Turing and slide it in for latch.
Drive a light staple in its upper edge
and another in the top board and con-
meet the two by waste piece of bale
wire, raising the inner end of the latch
an incA or two. The upper staple must
be placed at least one foot nearer
the end of the gate than its mate in
the latch. Then when the latch is
forced toward the gates hinges its
inner ED is lifted and its own weight
forces it back into position. A smooth
slot of sufficient size must be cut in the
post to receive the latch. S. Eden,
in n L. Homestead.
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One popularity of cows must be borne
in mind by the dairyman. A cow put
on short rations Immediately falls oli
in quantity of milk and is not so easily
brought back TO full flow again, but
it takes long course of regular feeding
to bring her to her best quality and
quantity. Poor feeders often milk
cows for years without dreaming what
they are capable of, either in quantity
or quality. To develop the normal, or
best possible production, requires
months and sometimes years of careful
feeding on the food best adapted for
milk and butter. This is where care
and Judgment pay in the dairy.-N. w
Agriculturist
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FARM GATE LATCH.

One That Can Easily BE Added to the
Gates Now in Use.
A homemade latch for farm gates,
one that will never get out of order, is
easily made and can be added to most
gates now being used, is worth having,
especially if its construction takes but
few minutes and its operation is auto
matte and sure. About one foot from
the end of the gate nail cleat on each
side, so the latch can slide between
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The sault vs. the suez Canal.

1t may surprise many to learn that
the purely American commerce that
passes through the 500" canal between
Lakes Superior and Huron is much
larger than all the worlds commerce
that annually finds its way through the
Suez canal, both in the number of YES
sells and their tonnage, yet figures prove
It. During 1889 e,579 vessels of 1921, 935
tonnage passed through the 800. "
against 3. 425 vessels of 8, 7s3, 1877 tonnage
through the Suez. And the American
canal is only open part of the year
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