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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
HORSE SENSE.
An Instance Which shows Wonderful
Sagacity In Two Animals.

An Instance Which Shows Wonderful
Sagaeity In Two Animals.
A writer in Nature from the Ruslin
museum, Sheffield. records an instance
of sagacity in horses. From the wins
dow opposite, he says. have just wit.
messed an interesting performance on
the part of two horses. Bordering the
park is a strip of land. doomed to be
built upon, but meanwhile lying waste
and used for common pasturage, on
which the horses under notice were
leisurely grazing. A pony in cart,
having been unwisely left by the
owner for a time unattended on the
grass, suddenly started off, galloping
over the uneven ground at the risk of
overturning the cart. The two horses,
upon seeing this, Immediately Joined
in pursuit with evident zest. My first
superstition, that they were merely
joining in the escapade in a frolicsome
spirit, was at once disproved by the
methodical and businesS-lilxe manner
of their procedure. They soon reached
the runaway, by this time on the road,
one on one side of the cart and one on
the other; then. by regulating their
pace, they cleverly contrived to inter.
cept his progress by gradually coming
together in advance of him, thus
stopping him Immediately in the tri
angular corner they formed. Until
the men came up to the pony's head
they remained standing thus together
quite still; then the two horses, evil
IDENTIFY satisfied that all was now right,
without any fuss trotted back again
together to their grass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17

Col h., a well-known gentleman, had
been sick in Washington for some
days and the local reporters had made
daily inquiries concerning him after
the first announcement. One day a re-
porter for an evening paper called at
the hotel to inquire.
Flows Col. B.?'' he asked of the
clerk.
1.-The colonel has gone TO the spirit
land" was the reply.
The reporter made note of it.
The next mornings paper had an ac-
count of his death at poon the day be-
fore.
"Hows this" said the city editor to
the reporter. "You didn't get anything
about Col. b. in yesterday evenings
paper"
Eyes, did, replied the innocent re
porter, as he hunted up the item.
Here it is
The city editor looked it over and
swore. The item read as follows:
Col r., who has been quite sick for
several days at the Blank hotel, has re-
covered sufficiently to go to Kentucky"
Detroit Free Press.
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NO REST IN RETIREMENT.
He Had Cast on business Cares, but Was
Glad 10 Resume Them.

lie HAD Cast On BUSINESS cares, nut was
Glad to Resume Them.
The other day | thought would take
trip out to Mendham to enjoy a
change of air. And when | got into
the stage at Morristown | was quite
astonished TO meet an old friend who
appeared to be returning from bust
ness. As knew he had retired from
active life some years before. ! said:
''You have not returned to business
life, have you?"
THAT is just what / have done, he
replied. land intend to stick to bust
ness as long as live
Il thought" continued. in my SUR
prise, that you began to dislike COM
ment you longed for the time that
would see you at liberty to go fishing
or shooting every day"
This is precisely the way felt, re-
piled my friend, politely, but when
came to face the music couldn't do it.
In fact, couldn't find the time TO en-
Joy myself at all.
How was that?" asked, with some
curiosity.
Here my friend held his hands aloft,
like an inspired person in the act Of
duplication. and drew deep sigh,
after which he continued:
''Alas, the dream of my life was rude
ly shattered before | had been at home
a month. DO you know that | could
not enjoys moment in peace? Whenever
stretched out in the hammock to smoke
cigar or read a book my wife would
call me to do something drive a pic.
ture nail in the wall or carry trunk up
stairs or run to the store for pound
of starch or something of that sort.
And finally, they had so many things
for me to do that before | could finish
one they would direct me to another.
] have frequently stopped making a
fire to go to the village for Yeast
cake, and before | had travelled three
hundred feet in the direction of the
grocery would be called back to go
down in the cellar to bring up ham
and cut slice or two, and then before
had the first slice cut some one would
call me upstairs to help roll up a rug
10 be thrown out of the window for a
beating"
! expressed my sympathy and sur
prise, and my friend, whose feelings
seemed TO be thoroughly aroused,
clinched his hands around his umbre1
la and said with great feeling.
'At that period of my life when
was absent at business all day was
never asked to do anything but when
my time became my own il all belonged
to some one else There was never a
moment that there wasn't something
for me to do. If the man employed to
cut the grass disappointed US had to
step out and do il myself, and before ]
got it done | would be called off to put
down a carpet. ! have been called
away from the lawn while cutting the
grass so frequently that I Gould never
guess how many times it happened in
til counted the different lengths Of
grass. which grew very rapidly. In
fact. was worked so hard and so in
cessantly after my retirement from
business that had to return to active
life to get rest and recreation
Amsterdam Democrat.
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to watch with the greatest care all
that we eat and drink, and to see that
none but the safest and best methods
are employed in the preparation of our
food? To me it seems - though there
could be but one answer to questions
like these.
have shown the danger of using
the yeast raised bread, and with this |
have shown how that danger may be
avoided. The ounce of prevention
which in this case is neither diff
ficult nor expensive is certain
ly worth many pounds of cure,
and the best thing about it is
that il may be relied on almost abso-
lutely. Those who during the coming
summer eat bread or biscuits or rolls
made at home with Royal baking
powder may be sure they have abso-
lutely stopped one channel through
which disease may reach them.
Neutrality-suspicious. desiring infofma.
ton in regard 10 the preparation of the
bread which DIR. Edison for sanitary reasons
so strongly urges for ger eral use. should
write to the Royal Baking Powder Com
pany, New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
MAKING HISTORY.
Amusing BIunders of European Writers
on American Affairs.

Amusing BIunders of European Writers
on American Affairs.
1t is always amusing to note the
blunders made by European writer's in
treating of American affairs, and inter-
esting To speculate as to how much of
the worlds history has been based upon
similar errots. French almanac, for
instance, has the following en- try oppo-
site the date April IL: 1851, declar-
alton of war between North and South
AmerlA."
This recalls the fact, that, during the
civil war, Partisan journal contained
the astonishing news that "a decisive
engagement is momentarily expected
between the northern fleet, drawn up
on the Mississippi river, and the south
ern fleet, drawn up on the Amazon!"
How much great American reputation
amounts to in France may be inferred
from the announce ment made by the
Paris Figaro, in connection with the re-
cent marriage of Miss Mcclellan at
Paris, that the bride was "the daughter
of Gen. George Mcclellan, who for
certain time commanded the confeder-
ate army in the American civil war"
1t is not alone in France, however,
that similar blunders are made. Not
long ago Life of Admiral Farragut"
having been published notice of the
book was published in the London
Atheneum. one of the leading literary
papers of England, In which it was
stated that 1.-The Life of Farragut' had
been compiled from documents belong
ing to the family OF this celebrated adj
miral of the confederate states."-
Youths Companion.
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DON'T SLEEP I'M LINEN.
1t IS Not Exactly the Ideal Bed Dressing
After All.

1t Is Not Exactly the Ideal Bed Dressing
After All.
The world, or this part of it, at least.
is full of housekeepers who think that
there is no material for sheets and pill
low cases comparable to linen.
They don't always have it, - be sure
because ii is expensive. but they always
eovet II and finger the shining breadths
lovingly and wonder if the time will
ever come when all these things shall
be added unto them.
But the truth about linen is that il
isn't the ideal dressing for beds after
all. 1t is cold and slippery and insures
sensitive persons the dream of sleeping
on an iceberg. which does well enough
for an occasional experience. like sea
sickness. but which pals on too fire.
quent repetition.
Besides that IL wrinkles and tumbles
in spite of its heavier body much more
than cotton does, giving bed after one
nights use most slovenly and unin-
viting appearance.
Nobody recommends linen for body
wear. Its firm texture and hard sur
face make it wholly non-absorbent. IT
allows the body to become chilled by
refusing the perspiration, and so has
been known TO bring ON serious illness
For outside wear in summer linen may
be tolerated as closhing, but nowhere
else.
Where. however II is. at its most,
useful and best, is in household uses
For table service, for the toilet and fol
minor ornamental details il is simply
invalua ble-its smoothness of texture
its brilliancy, which laundering even
increases, its exquisite freshness. makes
it the one fabric fit to drape the dining
table and To use in the toilet. while its
suitability for needlework decoration
makes it admirable for all kinds of
fancy work And here it is rightfully
used, but to wear next the skin and
sleep in-no.-Chicago Times.
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vision and growth. This Is equivalent
To saying that we must rely on heat To
kill these germs, because il Is almost
certain that they viii be there. Now,
undculone or doughty bread i a form
which every man and woman has seen.
1t Is a belief a old as the hills that
urderione bread i uuheaithful. This
reputation has been earned for il bv
the experience of countless genera
tiOns. and no careful mother will wish
her children To eat bread that has not
been thoroughly cooked. The reason
given for I recognized unhealthful
ness has been that the uucooked Yeast
dough Is very difficult to digest. and
this reason has value. No one but
physician would be apt % think Of dis
ease germs which have not been killed
during the process Of baking as a
cause Of the sickness following the
use Of uncooked Yeast bread. Yet this
result from this cause Is more than
probable I have not the slightest
doubt that could we trace back some
OF the eases of illness which we meet
in our practice we would fnd that
germs collected by the baker have
found their way into the Yeast bread.
that the heat has not been sufficient 10
destroy them, that the uncOulled Yeast
bread has been eaten and with 1t the
colonies of germs. that they have
found their way into the blood and
that the call for Jur services which
followed. has rounded of this sequence
of events.
/ have already pointed out that the
germs of disease are To be found in
the air and dust. The longer any sub
stance 10 be eaten j. exposed to the
air. the greater the chance that germs
will be deposited on IL. Bread raised
with yeast Is worked down or lSneaded
twice before being baked and this pro-
cess may take anywhere from four
hours To ten II has. then. the chance
OF collecting disease germs during this
process of raising and il has two peri
DDS of working down or kneaiing dur
ing each Of winch il may gather the
dirt containing the germs from the
bakers hands rs no bread save that
raised with yeast, goes through this
yong process Of raising and kneading
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
HOW INSECTS MAKE MUSIC.
Katydids Rub Their shoulder Blades and
lsrasshnnners Strike Their Wings.

Katydids Rub Their Shoulder Blades and
GrasshOppers Strike Their Wings.
Everybody is familiar with the music
of the katydid. Here, again, says the
Washington Star, it is the male that
has the voice. At the base of each
wing cover is a thin membraneous
plate. He elevates the wing covers
and rubs the two plates together IL
you could rub your shoulder blades to-
gether you could initiate the operation
very nicely.
Certain grasshoppers make sound
when flying that is like watchman's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., very rapidly re-
peated. There are also some moths
and butterflies which have voices. The
deaths head" moth makes a noise
when frightened that strikingly re-
sembles the crying of young baby.
How it is produced is not known,
though volumes have been written on
the subject. The mourning cloak"
butterfly dark species with light
border in its wings-makes a cry o.
alarm by rubbing its wings together.
The katydids, crickets, grasshoppers
and other musical insects are all ex-
aggerated in the tropics, assuming
giant forms. Thus their cries are pro-
portionately louder. There is an East
Indian cicada which makes a remark
ably loud noise. 1t is called by the
natives ''dundub," which means drum.
From this name comes that of the
genus, which is known as dundubia.
This is one of the few scientific terms
derived from the Sanskrit.
The ''deathwatch" lisa popular name
applied to certain beetles which bore
into the walls and floors of old houses.
They make ticking sound by stand
ing on their hind legs and knocking
their heads against the wood quickly
and forcibly. 1t is a sexual call. Many
superstitions have been entertained re-
speeding the noise produced by these
insects, which is sometimes imagined
to be warning of death.
Entomologists have succeeded in re-
cording the cries of many insects by
the ordinary system of musical nota-
ton. But this method does not show
the actual pitch, which is usually sew
eral octaves above the staff. 1t mere
~ serves to express the musical inter
walls. 1t is known with reasonable GER
tainty that many insects have voices
so highly pitched that they cannot be
heard by the human ear. One evidence
of this fact is that some people can dis
tinguish cries of insects which are not
audible to others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
An Inhuman Practice.

Some Grabbed philosopher once ex.
pressed the wish that boys between the
ages of twelve and twenty might be
kept in a barrel and fed through the
bung-hole thereof He has had = to
the credit of mankind be it said - few
sympathizers with his declaration,
though among certain people, if the
report speaks truthfully, practical
test of the value of the same idea has
been made. In New Britain, an island
of the Pacific. it is said that all female
children are shut mp in cages until they
come of age. These cages are con
structed of palm leaves, and when two
or three years old the girls are shut
up in them: nor are they permitted
to go out on any pretext except once a
day. when they are taken to be washed
Notwithstanding this forced seclusion.
the authority states that the young la.
dies grow up strong and healthy -
Uarper's Young People.
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so no bread save that raised with yeast
mas 50 good q chance of gathering
germs
What Is meant by raising" bread is
worth a few words. The introduction
Of the Yeast into the moist dough and
the addition of heat when the pan is
placed near the fire produces an eDor-
nous growth Of the yeast fungi-the
Yeast germ in other words. These
fungi effect de truetive fermentation
of a portion of the starchy matter of
the flour-one of the most valuable
nutrient elements in the flour. The
fermentation produces carbOnic acid
gas. and this, having its origin in
every little particle of the starch
which is itself everywhere in the -four.
pushes aside the particles of the dough
To give itself room. This is what is
called raising the bread.
II needs but glance to see that it
is, in its effects ON the dough, purely
mechanical. The dough, which was
before a close-grained mass. is now
full of little holes. and when cooked in
this condition is what we ordinarily
call light. This porous quality of
bread enables the stomach to rapidly
and easily digest it, for the gastric
juices quickly soak into and attack il
from all sides. The fermentation of
the dough, however, uses up portion
of the nutrient elements of the loaf.
IL IL be possible, therefore. to produce
a light porous loaf without this de-
structiOn and without the ''knsading'
process. which fills the dough with
germs and filth. and without the long
period during which the raising process
goes on, the gain in food and the gain
in the avoidance of the germs is ex-
ceedingly plain.
But while we can easily see the dan
gers which attend the use of yeast il is
certain that the vesiculating effect
produced by il on the dough is 10 the
last degree perfect. BY this | mean
that every particle of gluten produces
its little bubble of gas and that there
fore the bread is properly raised that
is. il is raised everywhere. IL is APP
parent that if we are to substitute any
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THE SCENIC oBuRLISGroN."
The Opinion of Prominent Foreign Jour
uaIist About 1t.

CHICAGO, III, July -, ls93.-W. J. C..
Kenyon, Esq. Gen. Pass. Agent. c. Il. 81
y. r r, ST. Paul, Minn.-Dear Sir. Allow
me TO conn .iment your company through
these lines for the perfect comfort, the
beautiful scenery, the smOOthness Of its
rOadbed and the great speed. which make
travelling on your lines a pleasure of the
highest order.
/ have travelled a good deal for the last
year. both in Europe and America, but do
not know that have ever enjoyed trip on
q railroad more than a recent trip from
Minneapolis TO Lacrosse.
The scenery along the great Father Of
Waters is such magnificent and such a
varied Que, that one forgets il late or never.
The reclining chairs and the well equipped
cars are all of tue best that ever met with.
The usual smoke, dust and dirt, which make
travelling a hardship on most roads, are en-
tirely absent on yours. | remain, yours
very truly. DIR. FRED. Noss MONK.
Representing "Bergen's Aftenblad." Ber-
gen, Norway, at Columbian Exposition,
Chicago, 1893.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
The Emperor's Horse.

The favorite horse of the Chinese
Emperor Isl having died through neg
ligence on the part of the master of the
horse. the emperor. in his rage, would
have run that funetionary through
with his sword. The mandarin Vent
Sc. however, parried the blow, saying:
"Sire. this man is not yet convicted of
the crime for which he deserves to die.
well, then, tell him what it is
Listen. you scoundrel.' said the min
lister. First. you have allowed a horse
TO perish which the emperor had in
trusted 10 your safe keeping. More
over, it is owing to you that our SOW
ereign became so exasperated that he
was on the point Of killing you with
his own hand. Lastly, it e your fault
that he was about to disgrace himself
in the ewes of everybody by killing a
man for horse" Let him go" inter-
rupted TIE emperor, no understood the
lesson. Il pardon him - LIE Monde
Illustre.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17
SCI. SIT. LAY.
Some of the Complications of Our Much
Abused Mother Tongue.

Abused Mother Tongue.
The Graphic thus amusingly sets
forth some of the peculiarities of the
English language, which apparently
justify a spelling reform:
Father, does hen set?"
"No. my child, the best authorities
on notification now declare that the
hen sits
do you sit chair for company"
"oh, no, sonny, you set chair"
''Well-then-do you set copy, OF
sit copy?"
''Why-I-I-It think make a copy
and the sun sets, does hep"
mot at all-the sun sits"
"Does a court set, father?"
ooh, no; you say of coat that it sits
well or ILL.,"
Court, l said"
"Well, don't you snap me up. A court
sets, guess"
docs vinegar set or sit your teeth
ON edge?"
''Why-you ought to know that it.
lists EN-. think, Joseph"
"Does dog set?"
'Well-that-dep what sort
of dog it's, Josie. But / am sure you
set bean poles and tunes"
''And what do you lay, father?
Do you lay on bed, lay taxes, and
lay"
Joseph, you hear me! You go right
out and chop up some o. that brush"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-08-17

raise large bread perfectly. It's use
avoids the long period during which
the yeast made dough must stand in
order that the starch may ferment and
there is also no l1neading necessary.
The two materials used in the ROYAL,
cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly
harlnle - even when eaten. But they
are combined in exact compromising
weights, 50 that when chemical action
begins between them they practically
disappear, the substance of both hav-
ing been taken up to form the carbonic
acid gas. More than this, the proper
method of using the powder insures
the most thorough mixing with the
flour. The proper quantity being
taken, II Is mixed with the flour and
stirred around in IL. The mixture is
then sifted several times and This in
sures that in every part of the flour
there shall be few particles of the
powder. The salt and milk or water
being added, the dough is made up as
quickly as possible and moulded into
the loaves-
These are placed in the oven and
baked. But the very moment the
warmth and moisture attack the mix
ture Of cream of tartar and soda, these
two ingredients chemically combine
and carbonic acid or leavening gas is
evolved. The consequence may be
seen at a glance. the bread is raised
during the time K Is baking in the
oven. and this is the most perfect of
al conceivable methods of raising it.
Here. then. there is no chance for
germs of disease to get into the dough
and thence into the stomach. more
than that the bread is necessarily as
sweet as possible. there having been
no time during which it could sour.
This involves the fact that the bread
50 made viii keep longer. as it is less
likely To be contaminated by the germs
that affect the souring process
II viii be strange if the crowds of
visitors To the worlds fair do not great
~ increase the number of contagious
disease. which we will have to treat.
Under these circumstances is il not
folly of follies To open single chan
mel through which these germs may
reach u.s. Is it not the part of wisdom