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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

THE vICE-PRESIDENT on TIE EXTRA SESSION
Chicago. April oo.-Vice-President stevenson ar
rived in this CITY from Washington Yesterday. lie
saws II Is probable that extra session OF congress
u,u ho c,Iled In eeptcmber. Mr.. stevenson Is on
his way 10 bloomington. where lie will remain dur
Inc the summer He will make his winter home III
W,shingfOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23
"BoB- COOK MAKES CHANGES IN THE YALE
CREW

New.Haven Conn, April 22.-ExCaptain bob" COOK
made several important changes In the Yale crew To-Day
Ito coached Tho candidates this morning and this afternoon
and gave them a general shakingup when Nh coo"
was through VIII, the men the was a. follows NO
l. John .on @ Me,>lcr; g. Van Huyck; 4. Longnore' o.
(;oetchius; O. Paine; :, Ives stroke GallauGet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

The New.York Athletic Club and the Jasper nine of
Manhattan College played finely contested game az The
Poo yesterday. The Ncw-York a. c. men did
brilliant e,l.around WORK. They did not allow ,heir
college opponents to score sng!c run Cnffe rd'es
md Ho.chkiss DID excellent The score was "a
foio
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

Ia Touraine. At the pier she was net By her
brother, Elliott +. Shepard and hex bTotherln-law'
william jay scbieGelin.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

PET1TTT WINS a RACQUET MATCH IN BOSTON
boston, Apr, The second In che serbs oil racquet
atchc. between petti,t OF the Boston AtA"t.c
Association and George standing. oil 'he Hc"'io'N
Racquet and Ionni, club thls a'terIoon, resulted IN
yic,o,r for pc 20 @ the game, resulting az !oioSs
lj-j. l5-2 e-lJ 10 lj-l2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23

THE LIST OF FOURTII-CLASS POSTMAsTERS.
Washington April 2o.-Thcrc were 1ol four'h-class
postmasters appointed to-day. or this nninoer
twenty-four to fill vacancies caused by deaths
ard resignatiOns
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
MAKE SOIL RICHER.
IL Is Easily Done by the Application Of
Green Manure.

It Is Easily Done by the Application Of
Green Manure.
There seems to be no occupation in
life wherein men are SO generally
averse to paying ont money Tor its
equivaient) for benefits to be received
little later on, as in farming, and es-
pecially in relation to feeding the land
in order that it may produce more
abundantly. Take green manuring,
for instance. If a man sows a crop
for this purpose, half the time he
changes his mind when it is grown
and harvests and sells 1t, and this not
withstanding the fact that unless stock
feeding enters largely into his system
Of operations green manure must be
his main dependence for continued or
increasing prosperity.
We do not begin TO make use of this
means for supply fertility as we would
if we could bring ourselves to pursue "a
more open-handed policy with our
lands. We might often put in a catch
crop of oats. rye or clover where land
is now left bare for months. and by
turning them uncer put solid capital
IN our bank that will pay good divi-
lends in future years. The general
farmer is always on the safe side in
green manuring. though he may be
stock-keeper also, for. if he grows and
harvests crops with the purpose of
feeding them out ans returning the
manure to the land, TIE chances are
hat his appliances for saving the
product are so inadequate trat not half
of 1t gets where IL is needed In turn
ing under green crop. says q writer
IN Farmers GUIDE. there is no oppor-
unity for the escape of the valuable
elements The crop decomposes COM
oletely in the ground which it is in
tended to enrich. and enters then and
here upon its work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
ABOUT PIPES AND BOILERS.
Galvanized Boilers Should Never Tie Used,
hut GOOD Copper with Lead Pipes

Galvanized Boilers Should Never Be Used,
hut GOOD Copper with Lead Pipes.
There appears to be decided diff
ference of opinion on the subject of
range boilers said an experienced
housekeeper. 81 have had all sorts of
opinions from all sorts of people, but a
bit of difficulty which | have just been
having has taught me some useful les
sons
I'm the first place. shall never buy
nor advise anyone to buy a galvanized
iron boiler have been obliged to put
three of these into my house within a
very little time. For awhile | didn't
understand what the trouble was but
one of the last ones l cut to pieces to
see if could find out what the matter
was. and il was rusted and eaten into
holes.
zone would never imagine the thin
ness of the metal in many places. 1t
was the merest shell. After having
wasted money on these boilers, | got
one of copper and have had no trouble
since. I expect that to last the best
part of my lifetime.
''There is another thing in connection
with the water supply of the house
that | have given some attention to.
and that is the supply pipes Many
persons use iron, but my experience is
that lead pipe, although more expen-
sive at the outset. is very much cheaper
in the long run. Iron pipe rusts into
holes. the pressure is therefore re-
duced, and the water supply falls short
"a =.
some emergency, it is next to useless
To find the leak al the pipes must be
taken up, which involves an enormous
amount of work and expense.
"A good lead pipe well made is the
only sensible thing to have. "-Chicago
Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
A NEW FABRIC.
The Marvellous "Glass Wool" Lately In
vented at vienna.

The Marvellous HGlass Wool" Lately In
vented at vienna
The scientific journals of recent date,
especially those which allot depart
ments to the discussion of the glass
workers art, have been filled with mar
velous accounts of a wonderful glass
composition lately invented in Vienna.
This new art makes the spinning of
glass WOOL possible and many fine
webs of crucial cloth" have already
left the looms. The frizzled glass
threads from which the cloth is woven
are said to surpass in tineness not only
the finest cotton, but even the threads
of the sillxworm's cocoon, their softness
and elasticity being even greater than
that of manufactured Tint" Surgeons
have already begun touse this ''wool" in
place of cotton common wool and silk
lint and the chemists and apothecaries
say that fnely-woven web of cloth
makes the most perfect filter that one
could imagine. The finest and smooth
est of these glass threads are being
woven into textile fabrics. which in
turn are made into cushions, ia BILE
cloths, neclSties, shawls, cuffs. collars
and a variety of other patterns. In
softness TO the touch this glass yarn
almost approaches silk films, being
much like that of finest wool or cotton.
1t possesses remarl1a bic strength. and
not only rem aims unchanged in weight
and warmth, but is not altered from
contact with any known acid. Being
noninfammable and incombustible, as
hax win hs~Gl 4
beauty of colors, it is especially suita-
BILE for dress goods, such fabrics being
much warmer than those made from
cotton or sleeps wool
If these things are all true the glass
and paper age will jointly occupy the
same throne st. Louis Republic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
Talk of the RalIroom.

Small talk in ballroom. so often de-
cried. would seem to be as much in place
there as music. lights. and evening
clothes. Subjected to the interrupt
tions of greeting friends and changing
partners, a girl can hardly be asked To
KEY her conversation to very intel
lectual pitch. An effort in this di-
rection might run the risk of meeting
the misinterpretation of the under
graduate from New York in response
to an inquiry during a pause in dancing,
of a young lady from Boston. Have
you read 'Kant?'" she asked. You
mean Don't don't you?" was the art
less answer. That on such occasions
small talk way be banded lightly and
ente<taining,y without frivolity or ILL
nature in personalities is the golden
mean we may safely strive TO reach
Ladies Home Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
DEATHS OF WILD ANIMALS.
Most Of the Untame Brutes Come to yio-
lent and Untimely End.

Most Of the Untame Brutes Come to yio-
lent aud UntimeIy End.
The circumstances that attend the
illness and death of wild animals are
perhaps less well known th1n any other
part of their history. Yet when we
consider that animal life. though in
some species of great duration, is nat
uraily brief and liable to an indefinite
number of accidents without remedy
and sudden dangers unforeseen. the sub
ject CT the last days of tina nobler sort
of beasts has a certain pathetic inter
est No doubt all animals, from the
healthy and natural lives they lead.
have strange powers of self-cure in
case of accident. Those whose profess
sion it is to prepare the skeletons of
wild beasts, large and small. for mu-
seams and laboratories, speak with sur
PRISE of the number of injuries and
fractures which the bones exhibit but
which have set themselves in rough
bnt effective fashion.
But the chapter of accidents" in
animal life spares none, from the stays
which die with horns locked together
on the mountain side to the locusts
which impale themselves upon the
ba,bed wire of the Transvaal farms or
the cicades which rend their wings
upon the thorns of the mimosa. Death
by violence seems to be the rule in the
lower forms of animal life, except in
the case of sudden plaques or changes
of season. Only to the largest quad
rupeds has human fancy conceded the
boon of natural and perhaps painless
death and the remote. untrodden jun
gle. where the elephants go to die, lies
still among the undiscovered coun-
tries. London Spectator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05

ne bottom of nearly every bit of mis-
hief that happened in his neighbOr-
OOd-
In due time ne came TO the farm. He
elpcd Uncle Gopher aud his two boys,
Oe and Albert, about the place. and
occasion he rendered assistance in
ne kitchen. where dOughnuts and the
uappiest kind of gingersnaps were sure
be found at any hour.
Alec declared that life on the farm
Gas "a ndy fun lie played a few
ranks now and then, but as a rule he
'ept well within bounds the sharpness
or which he was famed in his little
ircle in the city. He seemed TO know
Fhen he was well off
Uncle Gopher was an easy-going soul
N every point but one. and that was
lis shop-a little shanty built off the
,arn. where he did his repairs on rainy
avs
was his firm and fond conviction
hat Il il had not been his lot to be a
armer he would have made very ex-
client mechanic. The big grindstone
and all the little whetstOnes and glue
,OtS aud carpenters tools of various
Sinds were the JOY of Uncle ZOpher's
heart Hitherto no one had been bold
enough TO NEEDLE with them.
Among the treasures of the shop W as
a stone bottle, without stopper. filled
with sweet oil. IL stood on a broad
shelf beneath the window. One morn
ing this bottle was found to be empty.
Only the night before it had been new
iy filled As the shop door was always
kept locked. and the key to it cleverly
concealed behind the kitchen door, it
was clear that some one OF the house
hold was the offender.
Somebody's been tamperin' with my
ile." announced Uncle 'pher. looking
severely over the tops Of his spectacles
straight at Alec.
Alec anxiOusly undertook 70 clear
himself of this awful charge
There. lad. careful.' said Uncle
Gopher, my boys didn't take II. know.
for they've said 50. and what they say
is sure To be true; but you-I don't
know about you"
Alec made the most frenzied protes-
tations Of innocence. Perhaps no one
believed him. but. for the time being,
the matter was dropped
Alas. the contents of the fat stone
bottle in the shop disappeared again,
and Uncle Zopher's face grew stern
If you'd only tell the truth. Alec
dear entreated Aunt Phebe, with
tears in her eyes Come. now, just
for mischief. didn't you do ito"
Nope maintained Alec, stOutly.
No confession could be wrung from
him
Meantime the oil continued TO disap-
pear. until finally Uncle Gopher de-
eIared that Alec certainly must be the |
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
THEIR FACES THEIR FORTUNES.
Many Pretty Girls That Are Employ ed for
Looks Only.

Many Pretty Girls That Are Employ ed for
Looks Only.
Many employers find it better
paying investment to hire pretty
women who are really incompetent in
certain capacities than to pay for more
skilled hands. yet who are plain look
ing. The girls need not be a bit fiirta-
tious, but their pretty faces attract
custom that would drive elsewhere If
there were not some such strong mag
net to attract il in certain direction.
Cashiers in drug stores where n soda
fountain is the principal avenue of
wealth are nearly always sweet-faced,
as their dainty appearance makes a man
feel thirsty for the sake of word or a
smile, when sour-visaged creature in
the same place would cause the throng
to flock elsewhere FOR their libations
Barmaids are always as good looking
as can be obtained for the money
offered, salesgirls are selected with
reference to their pleasing appearance,
mattresses command better wages
when they are neat and pretty--in fact,
in every branch of the business beauty
is great factor.
In those lines in which trade is TO be
attracted, woman's looks are re-
garded as paramount even to her
ability. In one instance that has come
directly under our personal know ledge,
a radiantly lovely cashier knew so
much about her business that she an.
nounced the result of adding twenty
and thirty-five together as eightv-five.
but she was not discharged. owing TO
her pretty face. and maybe because
the error was in favor rather than
against her employer.
Be that as it may, it is no reflection
on the girls because they are chosen
for their attractive appearance. They
are simply pleasing bits of prettiness in
spots unaccustomed to the light of the
countenance feminine. Therefore, men
flock thither to contemplate and to adj
mire, and would rather buy of such or
pay their checks in through little
cage that holds pretty birding than
to be greeted by some coarse man or
unattractive female.
These pretty girls in business need
not be fiirts. They need not be the
least bit giddy, but they can please by
their ensemble, a fact which the en-
ployer realizes when he sizes up the APP
plicants for a vacant position and
chooses the loveliest and best form
among them. -Philadelphia Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
BuIwer-s opiaron.

One day. when calling at a beautiful
villa on the Thames. the autho! of
Pelham" found its mistress on the
sofa, deeply engaged in a book.
What have you got there that inter
ests You so much?" said Bulwer
The school for Husbands" she
answered
you don't mea n to saw" ne replied,
that you consider life long enough to
waste on such unmitigated trash.''
''Oh. but ! assure you. Sir Edward, I
consider it very Gle er. very smart and
witty. You should look at il again and
YOU would discover that you have quite
misappreciated it"
mo. thank you; | have neither read,
nor do intend to read that wretched
book; and, you may rely upon it, ifyOu
have found any sense within its covers
those pages are not by tine sOidisant
author"
The author in question was Lady
Bulwer. -Waverlv Magazine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
BATTLES IN THE OCEAN.


The Warfare of Lower Animals Similar to
That oi Wan.
Recently lecture was delivered at
the Royal Normal college for the
blind before the Upper Norwood Lii
brary and Scientific society Sy DIR.
Benham, of Oxford. on "War and It's
Effects as Seen in Marine Organisms"
At its close DIR. Conan Doyle, who is
the president, in proposing a vote of
thanks to the lecturer. remarked that
DIR. Benham had spoken of the struggle
which is continually going on between
animals, as, for instance, between shark
and shark and macherel and maclerel,
and so it was in cur own daily lives.
just as in animal life the weakest
went to the bottom and nothing more
was heard of them. 1t was only now
and again that they had some idea of
how strange a power life was. He re-
membered reading that of one thou
sand students that matriculated on one
occa sion eight hundred and ninety
were uanccounted for. Life with MS
was Just as strange a power as in the
lowest animals. Although we do not
learn to develop spicules, as in the
case of some of the fish which had been
illustrated by the lecturer, we do try
to improve and better ourselves. Curl
Gus as it might seem to some. just as
with the lower a nimals we are work
ing to some glorious goal. As we de-
velop IL was possible. he humorously
remarked, men would be as far above
us as we are above the jellyfish. but
not in our time. Pail Mall Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05

young woman has been taught a
lesson against all communications by
signs There were unexpected visitors
at dinner the other night. and her
younger sister sat on one side of the
table beside one of them. The sister
was extremely communicative. and the
older one became very nervous as reve-
lation after revelation concerning fam
lily affairs was made. She finally took
to nudging the offender beneath the
table. but foot pressures, however
forcible and frequent. failed to stop
the chatter. After dinner the much
annoyed yonng woman demanded
fiercely:
''What did you mean by not paying
any attention tn my signals? How
dared you TO go on when kept kick
ing you to make you stop?'
WhereupOn the younger sister looked
mystifed.
signals? Kicls?" said she. But,
my dear. you didn't kick me-"
And the family disciplinarian sank
back Imply as she gaspei: ''0h,
Sarah. dOn't-dOn't tell me | was kick
ing that man. "-Tid-B Bits
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05

strip. The shaded part is the felt strip
gsued in the corner.
The piece cut away in the right
hand corner of Fig. is a small place
ut out in the middle of the stake to
receive part of the piece ID, shown in
Fig 1. This piece ID may be either
wood or iron, as desired. and reaches
up little beyond the lower panel in
the middle of the door. 1t is held
close to the door by the two clamps
BIB, shown by the section view in Fig.
g. These clamps may be easily made
out of ribbons of iron, such as are used
to fasten bundles of shingles. The up
right ID is fully illustrated in Figs. 3
and 4. A cross piece is placed at the
bottom to fasten it to &C, and about
two-thirds the way up are two projec-
tions, shown in Figs. 3 and 4. If the
piece ID is OF iron, they may be of one
piece only, but if wood is used, two
screws may be used.
Between these two projections is the
end of the latch L. which plays on
piv ot f. and is kept from the door
and on level with the front of ID by
smi u washer. See Fig. T. The part
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
THUNDER LORE.

Some of the sayings aud Notions of Differ
ent Peoples In Regards to storms.
The natives of the Sandwich islands
considered thunder as being Mauna
Loa's echo from the clouds. This curl
GUS notion has crystallized a weather
provcrb which is now current among
many Of the white residents of the
islands, viz: ut will rain to-day;
Mauna Loa shakes the clouds" In this
connection it may be remarked that
the early Scandinavian settlers Of Ice
land believed that there was some mys-
FERROUS and supernatural connections
between the roarings of Hecla and the
"angry mutterings of Joye." In En-
gland many of the peasantry still plant
the house leek, "Jupiter's Beard" on
their house roofs as prevention
against thunder, lightning and evil
spirits, custom which reminds one of
Charlemagne's edict; ''Et habeat
quisque supra domum sum Jovis bar
bam." Another widespread supersti-
ton, and one that has been noted
among the tribes and nations from
China to England, and from Cape Hat
teras to the Golden Gate. tell us that If
the ''claps" or reports of thunder come
in even numbers the storm will be of
short duration and very mild. But, on
the other hand. If they come in uneven
numbers. especially if the reports be a
series of Ave, nine or thirteen distinct
claps, much loss of life and property
will result For hundreds of years
thunder accompanied by hail, or thun-
der in the north or west, was thought
to portend evil to all British subjects,
During the time when this superstition
was rife the great bell at Maimesbury
abbey. England. the one known as ST.
Adelm's bell. was ALWAYS rung for the
purpose of driving away the thunder
and lightning.-St Louis Republic
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-05
WHY rnE HAT is NECESSARY.
Expoturc of the Head Endangers the Ele-
walton of the Human Rrce

VI thtt fhuhhu F-%-&f.
Perhaps no article of clothing has
been more freely criticised in respect to
its utility than that which lexicogra-
pliers desc ribe as "a covering of the
heat" Some, instructed by the ex-
ample ~ savage races and of others
widely different in various ways, among
them the leaders of feminine fashions,
whose crowns of gossamer may prac-
tically be disregarded. would have it
that the hatless condition is that most
characteristic of mar kind. Against
their opinion we find arrayed the COM
bined force of civilized usage in every
climate.
From pole to pole we find that man.
IL he dresses at all. dresses his head.
Even If bootless and guiltless of such
! minor trifes as waistcoat and collar. he
covers the head with some form of
clothing. Nay, the very savage, thorgh
he may know nothing of silk or felt,
will often so decorate his verteX with
feathers or so weave its own natural
wool that not even the conventional
European cylinder could protect il more
effectually. Surely there must be rea-
son in all this.
There is p clearly conscious need
which exists not merely in the imagina-
tion. 1t is thus practically admitted
that though the head, like any other
part of the body, may. after having suf-
fered the attrition of atmospheric varia-
tions. become Injured to their action. it
still loses somewhat in the process.
In the first place Il is evident
that in this conflict only the fittest
can hope to survive. Civilized man will
not endanger his chance of survival
by rislxing the experiment. Further.
he finds that the inferior animals TINS
which do not often. IL ever. tend in the
direction of refinement. and instinct
lively he shuns the possible return of
coarseness and barbarism He also
recognizes the fact that given
wholesome custom in head clothing,
the consequent effect will be as healthy
as Il is becoming.
Foremost among the sanitary prin-
ciples which ought to control usage in
this matter are two-the avoidance of
any but the lightest pressure and the
admission through the texture worn or
by special apertures of sufficient air FOR
free ventilation of the head. If these
elementary considerations be duly re-
garded and sufficient protection be pro-
vided against changes of weather we
shall find man the better. not the
worse, for wearing his covering for
the head. London Lancet.