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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
MAKE HASTE SLOWLY.
1t Gen orally Pays BETTER Than Being in
Too Big a Rush.

1t Generally Pays BETTER Than Being i'm
Too Big a Rush.
We of to-day live in perfect frenzy
of hurry; we can never go quickly
enough; we are forever discovering
short cuts TO reform, improvement and
happiness in general, and straightway
plunging headlong into them; and when
one after the other proves to be an i'm
passe, we hastily turn aside and look
for a new one. There is poverty in the
land; quick we rush to discover a means
of making all men rich. Somebody or
other offers to do IL for us, if we will
but give him so many thousands of
pounds and our full confidence.
Quick, give him the money.
is the cry, and a howl of indigna.
ton is raised against those who
beg us 10 stay our hand and reflect.
There is drunkenness and we clamoS
to close all the public houses. We are
far too impatient to live the life our.
selves, and watch the gradual improve
ment of our race; we long to push them
from behind, to goad them on in the
path of virtue with acts of parliament.
And the same with our expressions
of opinions; we rush in the widest
haste to deliver them, to administer
praise or blame. II any man be ac-
cused. he is hoisted into the pillory
and pelted long before he has time to
utter a word of defense; if anyone
please us, he is hailed as a hero, and
loaded with honors and adulations even
before we know exactly what it is that
he has done, the result being that
we are constantly making our
selves ridiculous; result that
matters the less in that we never real
" leave ourselves time to contemplate
the ludicrous figure that we cut. In
our private life we are in no way bet
ter. We have never time to enjoy to-
day, because we are always living in
tomorrow; and when tomorrow comes
it finds all our attention fixed on the
day after. Too soon we rejoice; too
soon we despond; and we are forever IN
one extreme or the other. Too soon
we pour out our complaints in tho
newspapers, too soon we bring accusa-
tons against our neighbOrs, too soon
we try TO push ourselves into the front
ranks, even too soon do we wish to en-
Joy the fruits of the earth. The forced
strawberry and the early asparagus
are typical of our hurrying appetite.
How much more comfortable and pl cas-
ant place the world would be if we
were only content TO hurry less and en-
Joy more.-Spectator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

IL Columbus. o, fire destroyed an
entire business block. causing loss of
500. O0O; insurance, $500. 600 The Met
ropolitan opera house and two news
paper offices were among the buildings
burned
BABY MCKEE. Leland Stanford's
brown colt, was sold il San Francisco
for SIS. 900.
FLAMES ruined the entire central part
of Beverly. W. Va, including the court
house. Over 500 persons were made
homeless
A VICIOUS stallion kicked to death
Frank Brown and his wife at South
Boston, Ind.
Four iabOrers were killed near Cum
berland Gap. KY, by an explosion OF
some blasting cartridges they were
throwing out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

AT the close of an address to a
jury Judge Manning Knapp, of Jersey
City, y. J., fell forward and expired.
FIRE destroyed the plant of Borne,
Scrysmer & Co., lubricating oil manu-
f .urers of Elizabeth, n. j.. the loss
being 100000.
NEW YORK democrats will hold their
state convention at Albany on Feb
ruary ~ to elect delegates to the ma
tionaI convention at Chicago
IN Pittsburgh. Pa. James Beck, a
newsdealer, was fined SOS dollars for
selling papers on Sunday.
Mrs. ADDISON HINDMAN and her
child were burned to death in their
home at Gallery junction, Pa
THE grip caused the death of DR.
Wesley Newcomb at Ithaca, n. Y,
aged S. He was one of the leading
conchologists of the world.
AT Newcastle, Pa, an engine blew
up, killing the engineer, fireman and
three brakemen. The bodies were hor-
ribly mangled.
SAMUEL KRING, aged 80 years, and
his wife, aged So, were burned to death
in their home at Elton. Pa
II New York Arthur Stocker fatally
shot his wife and her sister, Mary
Tierney. Jealousy was the cause.
Two MINERS were blown to pieces at
Honey bro ok. Pa, by an explosion of
dynamite and seven others were IA
tally injured.
IL New York agents of the coal pro-
ducing companies met and decided to
advance prices twenty-five cents per
ton.
IL New York Henry Down, alias
The Slasher," who committed several
murders. was acquitted on the grounds
Of insanity and sent TO an asylum.
The death of Gen. Henry A. Bar
mum. port warden of New York city
and one of the most distinguished vet
Grams of the late war, occurred at the
age of 50 years
The Pennsylvania republican state
convention will meet at Harrisburg
April 90
The execution of Andrew Borjessen
took place at Litchfield, Conn, for the
murder of his sweetheart, Emma An
derson, one year ago
IL the court of common pleas in New
York. Judge Giegerich established a
precedent when he decided that a
street car or railroad conductor was
not required TO change a five-dollar bill
to collect fare.
AT Camden. y. J., the Washington
Manufacturing Company failed for
S75O.OO0
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

OF all kings, a Persian king Is the
vainest; of all subjects" his are the
most servile. He is told every day that
the splendor of his throne equals that
of the armament, and petitioners for
his favor preface their requests by
praying that their own souls and the
souls of mankind in general may be
sacrificed in his behalf. lie ''sits for
company" arrayed in ? tunic of blue
velvet, buttoned with pearls as large
as pigeons eggs. wearing on his right
arm diamond as valuable as the Koh-
moor, on his shoulders diamond epau-
lets, round his waist a belt of gems,
and dagger worth million and a hall
of dollars in his girdle. Etiquette re-
quires that he shall not seem to see
his visitors until the moment comes for
opening his oracular lips and saying
the few words which ''son of the son
of kings" may condescend to say &c
meaner sons of Adam. That done, he
subsidies into silence, and refixes his
eyes on vacancy, aud 50 the wTetched
idol squats in state day after day, until
carried off by hyI.ochondria or poison.
What American journeyman mechanic
W ould consent to occupy the ''peacocB
throne on such terms? No wonder
Xerxes offered a premium for a new
pleasure. Y. Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
TO FIT ALL FINGERS.
a Convenient Wrinkle for an Engagement
Ring.


1t was handsome solitaire, and she
evidently desired the jeweler to know
that it was her engagement ring.
II would like to have this ring cut
down to suit my finger" said the hand
some heart-smasher, as she fiourished
the brilliant ring before the eyes of the
jeweler.
The jeweler took the ring and smiled
he had seen it before.
81 can fix that in a minute" he re-
piled. Screwing a magnifying glass in
his eye, and taking a small sharp
pointed instrument in his hand. he
touched minute button on the inside
of the ring, and made it the exact size,
saying. as Re placed it on her finger:
''You see, these rings are made in this
manner for the reason that they are
worn by so many different people; it is
a great convenience.
The young lady sailed out of the
store. burning with Indignation, and
the reason she did not fly was because
she didn't have the wings. What did
she think? You know; and it is only
necessary to state that she did not
wear the ring. Another girl has it
now, but this time the jeweler was not
permitted to touch the button-the
young man did it himself. Chicago
Ledger
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The News Of the Week.
az rELEoRAPH ANp MAIL.
FIFTY-sEcoND CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, Jan. Ex-senator Hawley
introduced a bill in the senate to-
establish a military post near Helena,
Mont. The house bill for the COM
pletion of the allotment of lands to
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians
was passed The finance committee
reported favorably a bill providing for
an international bimetalic commission.
In the house a joint resolution remov-
ing the political disabilities OF John r.
+. Tatnall was passed. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, of Kentucky, introduced reso-
luton calling on the president for fur
Their Gillian CORES pondence, if any.
which was referred to the committee
on foreign affairs
WEDNESDAY. Jan. GA resolution
was adopted in the senate asking
the president for information relat-
ing To the nOn-acceptance of Henry
W. Blair as United States minister TO
China The Mexican award bill was
discussed. In the house a DILL was in
trOduced providing that all oleomar-
garine transported into any state or
territory shall be subject to the laws
thereof Mr.. Watson Ga laid down
the principles of the Farmers Alliance
party. Debate on the new rules closed
the session.
THURSDAY, Jan. 2s.-In the senate
message was received from the
president transmitting the additional
correspondence in the Gillian matter
Mr.. Hale spoke at length upon the
benefits of reciprocity, after which an
adjournment was taken to February 1.
In the house a bill was passed to pun
ish Matchmaking by fine of $1,000 or
Imprisonment for one year. The pro-
posed new rules were discussed at
length
FRIDAY. Jan. 90. - The senate was
not in session. In the house the time
was occupied in discussing the pro-
posed new rules, but no action was
taken.
SATURDAY. Jan. SO.-There was no
session of the senat'. In the house
the time was occupied in discussing
the pIo 5, d rev rules, but no
action Was taken Eulogies upon the
life of the late Congressman Houk, of
Tennessee, were delivered. A bill was
introduced to authorize the govern
ment to erect post Office buildings in
places of more than 5000 inhabitants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
A MARINE DISASTER.
A British Vessel Wrecked on the Pacific
Cosst-Twenty sailors Perish.

toast-IWenty SaltOrs PERISH
ABERDEEN, Wash, Feb. 1.-The Brit
ish bark Ferndale, which went ashore
10 miles north of the entrance to
Gray's harbor Friday, is now a total
wreck about / mile off shore aud OF
her crew of twenty-three men all
but three sailors are drowned.
A terrific gale and exceptionally high
tide prevailed at the time. The sea
ran higher than was ever before
known. When she struck the officers
and crew at once prepared to reach
shore, but they had little time in which
to make their preparations. 1t was
impossible to successfully launch their
boats with the tremendous sea rum
ming, and although an attempt was
made the frail craft were almost i'm
mediately swamped.
Nothing was left for the crew to do
but to lash themselves to the yards and
broken pieces of masts. Soon after
the sea broke over the stranded ship
and several of the crew were washed
away. The last man to leave
the deck was Capt Blair. Three
of the seamen reached the shore
on pieces of drift aui the body of the
mate was afteward picke>. up on the
sandy beach incased in life-preserver,
but no trace of the others could be
found. The Ferndale was a new ves-
sci and was on her first trip to the
coast. II was also the first visit of
Capt Blair to this coast The vessel
was worth about 500 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

FRESH AIR IN WINTER.
1t Is just as Necessary In Cold Weather as
in Warm

in Warm.
Why is fresh air, the very breath OF
our noStrils, treated by nine-tenths of
US an an enemy throughout the winter?
1t IS as essential to health and life in
one season as in another, and vet from
November until May seyen-eighths OF
us do our best to barricade our dwell.
ings against it. 1t is impossible to pre-.
vent such close besieger from gaining
the advantage now and then, but we
do what we can to make our castles i'm
pregnable TO the outer air We fortify
our door and windows with contrivances
of all kinds to exclude il, and, when
through some oversight it gains ad-
mission, we exhaust the intruder
with overheated stoves and fur
naces. If we can not altogether
keep it out, we can at least poison il
when it gets in. A few hundred of us
congregated in an unveptilated room.
can soon deprive the air it contains of
its vital principle, and, were it not
that this sleepless enemy outside occa-
sionally makes plunge into the apart
ment when a newcomer steps in to as
sist in the poisoning operations. the
coroners would never have a moment
they could call thei- own. AS it is, the
opponents of fresh air keep them pref
~ busy. The occupants of tenement
houses. by dint of stop -ng up crevices
with rags and shutting down the
hampers of their cracked stoves so as to
prevent the egress of the coal gas from
their dormitories. provide the malig-
nant typhus with ''all the comforts of
home" and contrive TO put large
amount of fees into the pockets of the
coroners during the Indictment months.
Self-suffocation is quite an 'institu-
ton" in this community.
If we can not have pure milk, pure
flour. pure coffee, or pure wine, we can
at least have pure air. The Giver of
all good gifts provides us with that
blessing. without money and without
price. But we fall in with the fashions
of the times and adulterate it. We poi
son it and sicken by feeding on its I'M
wholesome corpses. Thirty or forty of
us stow ourselves in a horse-car with
all its sashes closed, and, having asked
the conductor to close both doors, there
we sit engendering mutual infection.
Diphtheria, catarrh. lung-fever. and
consumption are often attributed to
drought of cold air. but they are more
frequently caused by stagnant hot air
deprived of its oxygen. If we take
cold" in consequence of stepping out
of a room heated to tropical tempera-
ture into an atmosphere below the
freezing point the primary cause of the
difficulty is the overheated. sealed-up
rooms not the healthful open air. IL
we were more in the habit of warming
our blood in winter with brisk exercise
under the canopy" and less inclined to
coddle ourselves in all but Theoretically
sealed rooms warmed with hot air
furnaces we should be healthier peo-
pie than we are. The winds of Heaven
are hygiene. They should be permitted
to circulate freely through every dwell
ing at least once day. Warm carbonic-
acic gas is not good for the lungs. but
cool oxygen is. Let us ventilate.-N.
Y. Ledger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

COUNT TOLsTOI has written a long
letter To a New York paper giving his
personal observations and experiences
in the famine district of Russia II
may correct some impressions in Amer
lea to know that this celebrated phil
anthrOpist and author acquits the gen
cral government and the local function
aries OF either indifference or pro-
craStination in relief for the sufferers
from famine, but he finds that. with
all that has been done. and with all
that Russia can do. more than half the
suffering must remain unless people
more fortunately situated contribute TO
their relief.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
First steel Made i'm wisconsin.

At the newly completed plant of the
West Superior Iron and Steel Company
the conyerters turned out the first heat
of steel, which was Immediately rolled
into plates and dedicated to use in the
construction of the worlds fair passeu-
ger whaleback, in the presence of an
enthusiastic crowd of spectators. This
was the first steel cast in Wisconsin,
and probably in the northwest outside
of Chicago. The working force " ould
be increased to 5000 men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

In the Mentone cemetery, where re.
poses great variety of peoples. tribes
and tongues, there is a monument to
'John Richard Green, Historian Of tho
English People" Besides these words
on the sunk panel. there are the date .
of birth and death. and the touchin z
statement: 'He Died Learning" The
monument consists of pediment car
ried on two wall pilasters. and two de-
tached shafts. which have spiral mold
iugs, foliated heads and circular bases.
A semi-circular arch connects tho
shafts under the tympanum- They
rest on a thick slab supported by cor
bells On the panel, tympanum and
shaft-heads golden Venetian mosaic IN
used to ornament the white marble
Pail Mall Budget.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
HOOTED BY A MOB.
Ungraclous Treatment Accorded William
O'Brien by Parnellites in "a Tipperary
Town.

DUBLIN. Feb William O'Brien
arrived at Thurles. county Tipperary,
Saturday. While on his way from
the railway station to the Epis-
copal palace, the residence of Arch
bishop Croke, he was recognized
by a number of Parnellites,
who followed him They were joined
by others. until finally Mr.. 0'Brien was
surrounded by menacing crowd. who
kept him company to the very gates of
the palace. He was hooted and jeered
and all manner of epithets were hurled
at him. Some of the mildest terms of
reproach addressed to him were
renegade" and murderer and be-
tween the insults the crowd amused
themselves by cheering for John K.
Redmond, who defeated Michael Dav-
lit, the McCarthyite leader, at the re-
cent parliamentary election at Water
ford, and for other prominent Parnell-
ties
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

Hello, old man." remarked q bluff
and hearty-looking person. as he laid
his hand on the shoulder of a slender
gentleman of retir ing manners In q
street in Hamburg. How are you
feeling to-day?"
Not very well" said the captured
embezzler family as he gazed upon the
dreaded lineameuts of the detective he
knew was on his trail. In fact, feel
kind OF run down. Chicago TimeA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

FERDINAND WARD. the ex-Napoleon
Of finance. who wrecked the firm OF
Grant & Ward. viii be a free man in a
short time. His term in Sing Sing will
soon expire Ward has learned the
printers trade in prison. From the
prison printing Office Ward issued on
New Years a beautiful and artistic
souvenir calendar, designed and exc
cuted by himself He has been a quiet
prisoner and shortened his term by
rnnl behavior
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

THE postage stamp will be fifty-two
years old in May of this year. Its in
ventOr was a printer. James Chalmers.
of Dundee. Scotland. who died in 1858
England fifty-two years ago introduced
the new system Of preparing letter
postage, and according TO a decree of
December II. 1859. issued the first
stamps, which were 10 be put before
the public on Nav of the
following year, as noted above.
A year later they were introduced
in the United States and Switzerland.
and within three years had be-
come common IN Bavaria, Belgium and
France.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

The lawyers of the late Mrs. Jane
Kingsbury made strange find in her
residence at Lynn, Mass When she
died no trace of any property could be
found for several days. but finally the
executors came across several dOcu-
ments concealed in 4 chest in a spare
bedroom They represented property
amounting TO $50. 600 The search con
tinued. and $50. 600 was found in the
house. OF this sum $4,000 was in gold
pieces in denominations ranging from
81 10 $50. The balance was in curren-
cy. This money was found hidden in
the bottoms Of trunks. bureau drawers
and beds
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

Local scientists are much interest
IN a curious piece of gold-bearing
meteoric rock recently found in Calav.
eras county, Cal, by GeOlOgist II. w.
Turner. This meteoric stone is about
as big as a mans fist. but its peculiar
feature is that il IS fiicked with gold,
and the precious metal in one place is
fully one inch square ON the surface
When cut the rock shows white like
nickel. Turner says ne considers this
proof that there IS gold in the stars
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

SORosIs has been discussing in Bos-
ton how best to manage husbands. and
about all the members had something
TO say on the subject during the de-
bate. Probably the best suggestion
came from Lily Devereaux Blake, who
proposed, as the best rule for marital
happiness, that the wife should not al
ways ask her husband where he was
going when he went away, and where
he had been when he came back.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

This Is Columbian year. as il might
be called, since IL i the four hun
dredth anniversary of the discovery of
America by Christopher Columbus, in
honor of which the inauguration of the
big centennial in Chicago will be be-
gun; it is also presidential year, and
likewise it IS 4 leap year, in which
ladies who have been sighted and left
ungathered by the ungallant bachelors
have been granted by popular custom
the right TO choose a life-companiOn
from the ranks OF the sterner sex. and
can do something more than hint for
the proposal which they crave and
would accept
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
AN ALLIANCE MEASURE.
Ellis for Post Ofico Buildings IN Towns
of 5000 Inhabitants.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Representa-
tive Davis, farmers alliance mem
Der of the house from Kansas, on Sat
urday introduced a bill to authorize the
erection of post Office buildings in
places of more than 5000 inhabitants
and in cases where place is a county
scat with n less population than 5000,
the cost of the buildings to be not
less than So. 600 nor more than $50, 900.
In the second stories of the build
ings there shall be public libraries.
The secretary of the treasury is
authorized to issue United States
legal tendencies to pay for the work
done not to exceed 500, 900, 900 per
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04
wisconsin, Christian Women.

At the state convention in Oshkosh
of the Wisconsin Young Woman's Chris
tian association the following officers
were elected:
President, Miss Carrie Odds, Beloit: first vice
president, Miss Alice Bundy, Beaver Dam; sec
ond vice president, Miss Ida Bradshaw, Mil
waukee: third vice president. Miss Nellie Nc
Michael Madison secretary, Miss Inez Gurnee,
Appleton; assistant secretary Miss Ethel Part
ridge, Fox Lake; press secretary, Miss Minnie
Bradley. Oshkosh
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Buried Under Frozen sawdust.

An accident occurred at 0nalaska,
killing a man named Pittinger and in
juring Isaac Davis so severely he is not
expected to live. The men had gone
to an island mill to get load of saw
dust, when a frozen mass caved in and
buried both Pittinger's back was
broken, and Davis suffered injuries to
his back which caused paralysis of the
lower limbs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

OF the S2s,6I7 divorces granted in the
United States for twenty years. 2I6,-
176. or 65.s per cent of the whole,
were granted to wives on their petitions
for divorce from their husbands, and
III, SO were granted husbands for the
alleged fault of the wives, being 81 ?
per cent of the whole number; that is
10 say, in the proportion of nearly two
10 one It is the wife who seeks a di-
vOrce rather than the husband.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-02-04

WARD MCALLIsTER figures up that a
gentleman can live decently in New
York and keep family on SIsS. 952 a
year. Now, If Mr. McAllister VIII try
his hand at showing how a man CAP
honestly earn enough to live on de
Gently" he will be doing the country a
real s.ar-r-ir..