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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
TO ExTERMINATE MOSQUITOES.
DeIuge TheirBreeding Grounds with Kero-
seDe Oil.


sene Oil.
A writer on the subject of the ex-
termination of the mosquito tells of an
experiment he made with kerosene as
the destroying agency in the Catslxills.
Noticing a few mosquitoes about the
porch of his cottage he made search
for their breeding-place and found it in
a rain-water pool having a surface area
of sixty square feet i'm the neighbor-
hood. Eggs had been deposited freely
on the water, and il was very plain
that the cottager was destined to be an
noyed by innumerable mosquitoes I'M
less a remedy was applied at o. &c. He
determined to try kerosene, and sprin-
killed. four ounces of it over the sur
face of the pool. At the end of ten
days it was covered with dead insects,
which the writer estimates at 1900
Most of them were gnats, but there
We're 37l female mosquitoes and many
males. The number may appear tri-
fling enough. bat on that score the ex-
perimenter has this to say: ''Now the
average number of eggs laid by a fe-
male mosquito is $780, and the destruc-
ton of these 37i specimens prevented
the development of III, 800 individuals
of the next generation. Moreover, GER
tain females flew away after touching
the surface of the water. and undoubt-
edly died ar some distance from the
pool, 50 that the effect OF the applica-
ton was even greater than these fig
ures indicate. In fact, the capacity
of the remedy was only limited
by the number of the mosqui-
toes seeking the surface of the
pool for egg-laying purposes. and
in locality of greater mosquito album
dance the estimates of the potentiality
of the remedy would have been enor-
nous. Ard now as to the question of
expense. This experiment proves that
at this rite of application one barrel of
kerosene costing four dollars and
half land the cheapest of oil is prefera-
BILE to the more expensive), will sue
cessfully treat ninety-six thousand
square feet of water surface. 1t is
probable that there are many mosquito-
ridden neighborhoods where the total
area of the breeding-place does not ex-
coed this figure, and where at the slight
expense mentioned. provided the appli-
cation be made early in June so as to
head off the first generation. the num-
bers of the biting pest may be reduced
to a minimum. N. y. Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
-usxiNG YELLOW CORN.

Al The mellow. dream :. golden days
o. the eet o. t3btr time
Eln br-ELl--Fet4s ulus5llI-s y IA Val
And / we're in our IT me-
The gganary vas pilsi brsest-high
With agtumn's gsrnrr6d scores,
And the merriest hours q al the year
We passed on its ample floors.
Adjusting the yellow eOrn-
VITA the naples AID sunIc-s scarlet leaves
Tue hedges we're al af4me.
through al the forests the evergreens
Alone remained the same.
Tie glory Of the summers charm
Had passed ike = dr. an Away.
But bioOmed anew in The Youthful hearts,
WAile hands MAZE nimbIs play
A-husking the yellow corn
Now the wiles OF maiden who can guessT
And L all unaware,
Was tranced by the light Of her sparkling eyes
And the sheen OF her waving hair;
And when. with my prize-s chance red ear
won the right 70 press
Her melting lips. lost M heaTI
In that wilderiug c1ress.
81 While we were EUssin- eorut
SO vel wooed. not al was stored
or the golden grain. ere was missed
From that Joyous group the dearest lass
Fond lover ever Kissed
Tcannot tell what magic spell
Bound Is IN It's dreamy maze.
Nor Why Il should bring wedding ring;
But know those were golden days,
While husking tie yellow corni
And now ,ye are old Yet never piss
Those fields. where the ripened corn
Awaits the harvest but hea- again
The bells Of that wedding mora
and the air grCws sweet with orange bloom.
And list % songs then sung:
And my beating heart thrills back 70 the years
Wen Love and We we're yOuug.
And husking the yellow corn
Louise : Upaan. IN y. Y. Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
a DOUBLE VICTORY.
The WAY IL Usually Stands After a 10
Political Discussion.

The Way IL Usually stands After "a Joint
Political Discussion.
"Hello," said Black. as he ran against
White on his way from the joint polit-
zeal discussion the other evening. Been
listening to the speeches?"
You bet yer life, Didn't our man
slaughter the other fellow"
"Well, should say so. Headed him
off at every turn"
Our side was vastly in the ma jority,
wasn't it?'
Eyes. indeed. We did all the applaud
ing. No use in talking. we've got the
other fellows on the rum
That's what we have. but they'll
never be able to get in out of the wet. :"
You're right, Ben can never lead
them ont Of the wilderness"
ben can't? What do you mean;
aren't you a republican,"
Republican? Well. guess not"
''Oh, see now how it is; | mistook
you for another fellow"
And each one at the breakfast table
the next morning told those about him
how much the better of ii his party had
at the joint debate the night before
Joint political discussions are about
the only thing in which both SIDES
score an overwhelming victory. -Chica-
go Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
GREEK MET GREEK,
The Man with Cough Tackled the
Homeless Man.


There were two tables in this Vine
street saloon. At one sat man with
frayed coat and a hacking cough,
while upon the other leaned stout
fellow, in whose countenance melan-
choly and despair were traceable.
The hacking cough seemed to be get
ting worse all the time, until the man
with the frayed coat was purple in the
face, and seemingly on the verge of dis
solution. The stout fellow stared at
the floor, and gave no heed to the suf-
fering of his fellow-creature.
"Oh. dear! oh, dear!' gasped the man
with the frayed coat wish I--houlS
Observation-Disclosures. houk, houk-
die"
A paroxysm of coughing followed al
most every word
II hain't-houk-got any lungs
houk, houk, houk-to speak Of"
He glanced furtively at the stout fell
low. The latter remained impassive.
There's only-houk, houk. houk.
houk"-
1t looked as If the man with the
frayed coat would burst a blood-vessel.
me-houk-and that is-houk, houk--
liquor"
The stout fellow sighed.
This is cruel world" he faltered.
The man with the frayed coat
coughed violently, and nodded his head
in acquiescence.
IAN unjust world"
The stout fellow kni. his brows.
~ must starve," he dismally declared.
because no man win hire me-"
"He contemplated his clenched hand
bitterly.
IL ask for work and they mock me- "
Tears sprang to his eyes.
"Yet in all my trials l have one con-
ISOLATION, and that
lie turned his sorrowful face toward
the man with the frayed coat.
as liquor"
For time they contemplated each
other in silence. The man with the
hacking cough was the first to speak.
"Have you the price of a drink" he
asked, with a tinge of doubt in his man
ner.
mo"
The hacking cough was suddenly
still.
Can you"
The stout fellow was speaking with
eyes fixed severely upon the man in the
frayed coat
"Set 'em up?"
mo"
They rose simultaneously.
"And wasted all that coughing on a
penniless vag!'
And was working on the sym
pathies OF a drunken tramp"
With glances of mingled disgust and
chargin they slipped into the darkness
that envelopcd the world and were
gone.-Cincinnat Commercial Gazette.
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turbed. Sometimes he will sit up on
his launches and begin Opull the rope
hand-over-hand. and. as has been the
case, draws the horse and rider in
rather too close proximity for comfort
especially if the latter should have his
rifle or revolver empty at the moment
Such an instance could only happen
where the bear is a monstrous grizzly,
but sucn an event is on record.
The instant the bear is roped. the
horses sagaeity and strength are called
into action; he keeps a sharp eye on the
movements of both his master and the
bear, doing all in his power to protect
himself and his rider. Sometimes il
happens that from carelessness on the
part of the hunter the bear will ran
around the horses legs with the re pc,
but well-trained animal will, with the
greatest agility and Judgment, clear
himself from the tangling alliance
without word or motion from his
rider. There are we'll authenticated
instances on record where, when the
bear has run right up to the horse, the
latter watching the bear all the while,
instead of jumping sideways at the SUI
preme moment of danger, leaped di-
rectly over bruin, then suddenly
turned and faced the vicious brute Of
course. such things are not common,
and can only occur when the horse is
an exceedingly intelligent and perfect
~ trained animal
Like soldiers in b4t'le who expert
ence the sensation Of fear only for a
moment, or until the firing begins, so
with the horse; the moment lie sees
the bear, no matter how great the dis
tance, he trembles. and his heart be-
gins to thump 50 hard that his rider
can hear IL; but when he feels the
strain of the rope, and knows that the
bear is caught, his whole manner
changes; he no longer feels the slight
est symptom of fear. IL the bear
caught is very large one,.it requires
two or three ropes to secure him. as
they have a fashion of taking a rope
in their teeth and biting it off, or
bring such a strain to bear upon it as
to break it.
The bear now well entangled in two
or three ropes Is dragged away; the
horses snort with apparent pride,
while the savage beast behind them
grOwls, rears, plunges and pulls back
vigorously. lie must, however, go in
the direction his captors elect, for any
/ other choice he has none; IL he de-
/ cides differently. he is checked up by
the horseman on the opposite side,
/ who, of course, has a rope attached to
him somewhere. The greatest trou-
bic is Jet to come. if it is the purpose
of his captors to keep him alive, in
such manner that viii not iujure his
agility or affect him adversely, and
make him a good bargain for some
menagerie. If that is the intention,
they drag the bear to the place where
he is to DC confined. and there. select
ing some stout young tree, two men
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
NOT RECOGNIZED.
Gen. Grant aud the InquIsItIve Irish
Barmaid-

Gen Grant aud the InquIsItive Irish
Barmaid.
When Gen. Grant was in Ireland in
1879, on his tour round the world, Mr.
J. A. O'Shea was in his train as a news
paper correspondent On the way
from Dublin to Derry the ears stopped
az Portadown, and Mr.. OShea FASTENED
into the refreshment room after some
thing to eat. He was nibbling a sand
witch and chatting with the barmaid,
when voice at his left quickly de-
manded glass of lemonade and bis
cult. The voice belonged to Gen.
Grant.
The correspondent finished his lunch
con, and was turning to go when the
barmaid said:
Tell me, is it true Gen. Grant is
passing by this line today
"Yes, believe you are correctly in
formed"
You are an American, aren't your
81 have not that privilege"
Would you k,>Dw Gen. Grant if you
saw him?"
II think I should"
What like is he? I suppose he is a
fne-loOking man. DO you know when
he will pass? If you are here, you will
point him out TO us?''--this all in a
breath.
Il should be happy to oblige, but
am leaving by the next train"
The general all this time ''ruunched
his biscuit and slipped his lemonade,
his face as impaSsive as an Italian
image" and the hero-worshiping bar
maid was none the wiser Youths
CompaniOn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17

Mexico, the foothills and the main
ranges of the Rocky mountains
swarmed with bear. II was the most
exciting of all sports to go with a par
" of Mexican vaquerOs, or white cow
boys from the then great cattle ranches,
TO catch bears alive with the lariat, or
iassO, as the rope" Is best known in
the eastern states The preliminaries
10 this sort of hunt are that two Of
the selected number, experts with the
rope, OF course, whether To capture the
grizzly cinnamon, or common brown
bear, 60 on \ day or two in advance,
TO look over the ground OF the proposed
chase, which sometimes covers an area
Of three or four square miles. This Is
done for the purpose of learning the
whereabouts Of holes. ravines and
other dangerous places that the hunt
ing party will necessarily have to ride
through on the evening of the sport. :
A playeI-Out pony Is taken along and
when the spot has been selected for
laying the bait, the poor animal IS
killed. His viscera are then drawn out,
in order that the bear may scent the eff
fiuvia at a greater distance than he
could if the animal were left intact. A
whole quarter of the pony Is then cut
off, fs.-ter.ed by a rope to the horn of
one the mems saddles. and dragged all
all over the entire ground. after which
proceeding it is taken back. and left
with the remainder Of the carcass; but
great precaution is exercised 10 cover
the whole bait pretty we'll with brush.
to prevent the buzzards from devOuring
1t before the bear finds it
The party which has been made mp
previously. as stated. do not start out
for the place until the second evening
sometimes they wait for the third
the second is the one generally chosen,
however Not more than five or six in
dividuals participate in the hunt, as
more than that number are too many
for good sport. half Of them, like my
self on such occasions, merely lockers
on, all the work being done by three or
four of the others. When the time has
arrived for the party TO set out all are
mounted on horses; those who are to
do the business with the bear are on
those that have been drilled to the use
of the rope; it Is not at all necessary
that their animals should be particular
" fast; but they must be lively. and
know exactly what to do the moment the
bear is roped- The party generally en-
deavOr to arrive where the bait is laid
about dusk; II having been placed on
an open clear piece of ground, where
there are no rocks. or any other obsta-
cles TO Interfere with straightforward
riding; but II must be within few hun
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
THE EMPTINESS OF FAME.
A worId-Renowned Composers Opinion OF
Celebrity.

A Worid-Renowned Composers Opinion OF
Celebrity.
Rossini, e composer, the centenary
of whose birthday was lately cele-
brated with much demonstration in the
conservatives of this country and of
Europe. was such a careless, light
headed fellow that he, doubtless, would
be very much surprised il he should get
news of the fuss that was made over
him and his work.
When his most important work. III
Barbiere. was first performed at Rome
he announced its success very briefly to
his wife. SAYS an exchange, and filed
the rest Of the letter with an elaborate
recipe for truflie salad.
Here IS a characteristic anecdote of
GioacchinO RosSini. told by one of his
innumerable friends:
lone morning found the maestro in
a very bad humor lie had to write n
dozen letters of introduction. to send
away ever SO many photographs and to
put his signature into a number Of
autograph albums When lac saw me
he groaned:
'Dieu, How firing celebrity is, A
pork butcher has an easier time than l.
Well. I replied. at Bologna there
was every facility for entering the COW
eted profession
e I know was his answer. but l
had no opportunity. was SO badly
directed IN. Y. World
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dred yards of ledge, or other kind of
shelter. where the party NAV hide. so
that the bear will not see any of the
men or horses rs he approaches the
bait.
4 horse trained 10 hunt the bear in
this manner soon learns to understand
what the necessary silence of the ex-
petition means, and after a few times
seems to take IS much interest in the
sport as the men themselves. lie lets
his rider know by deep breathings and
pr.rlSing up hIs ears when 10 be on a
sharp lookout; and when this occurs,
either on the part Of all the animals.
or only portion of thsm, the hunters
know that bruiu is on his way 10 the
spot. Then they get up from the place
where they have been lying concealed,
mount their animals. and with rope all
ready 10 throw, they quietly spur the
horses forward. though no urging Is
needed, for the Obedieut animals are as
eager, apparently, as their riders to
capture the bear. A horse Is a much
sw Ser and nimbler animal than a
bear, and If everything has been pre-
pared correctly. aS 70 proper ground
good bait a full knowledge of all
holes, rayines. etc, bruin is certain 70
be overtaken before he can find cover.
The cowboy or vaquero who happens
a. be in advance when the bear Is seen
FORCES ahead. and. the moment he comes
within throwing distance, swings his
rope. almost always sure 10 catch the
bear ~ the neck around the body. or
one leg. II he should by any circum-
stance miss, the others are by this time
close behind him and throwing their
ropes, and the hear is caught by one
o. more in some manner. The moment
the shaggy monster finds himself in
the tolls Of the rope. he almost invari-
ably catches hold of 1t with his fore
paws. and then il must be drawn tight
quickly or he will soon free himself.
for bear is not a slow animal in his
movements when in scrape. however
clumsy he may appear as he shambles
along alone in the forest and not dis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
The FIRST WOODEN LEGS.


Ambrose Pare, the Famous French Sur
/ geon and His Patent.
. Who first invented wooden legs? It
/ Is impossible to give an exact and def
Mite answer to the ques ton; but there
/ is some evidence TO show that in the
sixteenth century a wooden leg was re-
/ garded as somewhat of a novelty. One
of the most famous surgeons France
4 has ever produced was Ambrose Pare.
/ He was surgeon to several of the French
/ kings, and when, as a protestant, his
/ life was in danger at the time of the
St Bartholomew massacre. the king.
4 Charles the ninth, saved him by shut
ting him up in his own closet His
4 works, filling great folio. were pub
lisbed towards the end of the sixteenth
century, and went through many edi-
lions. In the fifth edition, published at
Paris in 1923, there is figured a wooden
/ leg which is practically the same as the
article in use at the present time, and
Pare gives such a very minute de-
scription of it that it is only reasonable
I to conclude that such "A continuance
was then an unfamilisr object
! The one discovery above all others that
has made Pare famous for all time was
! tire plan. which he was the first to sug-
4 gcst, or tying the arteries after the sur
/ gical removal of limb. In one part of
his writings he gives a cur
/ ious account of a case of sue
cessful amputation, in which he APP
pears to have anticipated one of the
latest of modern fads and to have used
music as medicine. The patient had
been wounded in battle. The famous
urgeon took him in hand, successfully
amputated the limb, using his new plan
of tying the arteries, and when the suf-
ferer began to mend, prescribed what
the quaint English of the translation
/ describes as "a consort of violins and a
/ jester to make him merry" In a month
the patient was able to hold himself mp
in chair. and was carried down to the
gate of his castle 10 see the people pass
by.
A successful issue to such an oper-
alton must have been of rare occur
rsncce, for we are told that 1.-THE coun-
try people of two or three leagues about,
knowing they could see him, came the
6rst day, male and female, to sing and
dance pell-mell in JOY of his amend
ment, all being very glad to see him.
which was not done without good
laughing and drinking"
THE camp being broken up" oon-
sludes Pare, II returned to Paris with
any gentleman. whose leg ! cut off.
dressed him and God cured him. / sent
him to his house merry with his wound
cd leg, and was content, saying that he
had escaped good cheap not to have
been miserably burned"
The success of Pare's comparatively
ample and safe mode of procedure, as
compared with the barbarous methods
formerly in use, which inflicted horrible
Bgony on the sufferer and too often
ended in failure, must have led TO a
considerable growth in the demand fol-
artificial limbs; and the wooden leg,
which if not invented by the great
French surgeon must certainly have
been greatly improved by him, became
more frequent adornment of the
wounded heroes of those fighting days
/ Ali the Year Round.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
what Was IeY.

Young Mamma-Did You have ME,
time at the picnic?
Little Johnny-Nice 'nough. 'ccpt a.
the lunch. was rowin', and didn't gel
back in time.
My poor angel And was everything
eaten up?''
"Yes'm. Everything bnt the things
you sent EN- Good News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
4 Chronic Proposer.

william" said she, severely, "how
many more times are you going to ask
me to marry you?"
Clara" said he. II can't answer that
question but think I'll not bother you
much longer One of the other three
girls I'm proposing to shows signs of
weakening. ,-Texas Siftings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17

Mrs Harlem Heights-You must not
laugh and make fun of everybody.
Mamie.
Mamie-I don't, mamma: / am not
the girl who laughs The other day a
little girl fell off board fierce, aud
all the other children laughed, but ]
didn't.
Mrs. Harlem Ileights-That was
right.
Mamie-Yes;I was the little girl that
fell off the fence. l was the girl who
cried. Rare Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
An Modern Improvements.

Head of the House-What is that ter
rible noise upstairs?
Daughter-Jeanette Is running the
new sewing-machine.
Head of the House-Well, tell her to
put on the soft pedaL-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17
nixidinr Her Patronage.

Druggist Ito Mrs. Postedge. who new
er buys anything but stampsl-Don't
you ever use drugs?
Mrs. Postedge-Oh. yes. But like TO
divide my patronage. / buy my stamps
of you, and my drugs Of DR. Pessels,
across the avenue Puck.
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II don't think Mr.. Bunker IS much
Of conversationalist." observed Miss
Elder We'll. he called on me last
night" replied Miss Young, as she care
lessly twirled new ring on the third
finger of her left hand, land l found
his conversation quite engaging
Spare Moments
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VIII Power.

Greene-That Charlie Baddun makes
Miss Sears believe black is white.
Breeze-In regard to what?
Greene-His character.-Truth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17

! Is a sad fact
that the large
game animals
of the United
States are rap
idly vanishing
b fore the
march of our
civiIiz alton.
Nearly a third
o { a century
ago, " ilculW as
an officer of the
regular a r N V
stationed at n
remote military
nnsf in New
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nae roek the IIint and neparted.

She-And you say you would die for
me?
Mr.. Boresome-A Thousand times.
She-Would you mind doing it just
once-right away? You know papa has
Just been elected coroner and he hasn't
bad any practice yet..Jury.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-11-17

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For every disease that comes from torpid
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