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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.


sS"The sugar trust and the whisky
ring are shakiI g hands over the new
tariff law.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
TEA democrat engaged in search
ing for his principles smiles when he
see a mugwump occupied in the same
way.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
o." L nder the new democratic free
trade scheme the Canadians will saw
their own logs into lumber and the
American workman must hustle else
where for his board.-Chicago j Journal.
s5S American workingmen who find
they are not rs well off under mongrel
democratic tariff as they were under a
republican tariff can move ont of the
country, you know.-Chicago Tribune.
la Congressman Wilson says that
the democratic party mus now decide
what step IS next to be taken. A most
appropriate determination in view of
recent events would be to pull the hole
az after it.-Chicago Record.
~ I'VE have said good evening to
the Mckinley law and its unbounded
prosperity, and good morning to tariff
reform" and ''perfidy and dishonor."
If ''periidy" should do as well by the
people as ''robber," the "dishonor"
will be borne. The people are accus-
toned to make the best of the situa-
tion.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
.SY At a recent democratic county
convention in Wisconsin much trouble
was found in the framing of suitable
platform. One of the faithful suggest
a in lar. IN oh lot
difficulty the Chicago platform of 1892
be adopted, as Que that was just as
good as new, never having been used
since the election.
sEy The Wilson-Gorman bill now
having gone into effect, and the prom
ises of the democratic party being full
filled, the farmers may now get ready
to sell their wheat at one dollar
bushel, as promised in 1892. No fail
ure this time, gentlemenl Bring on
your wheat! The money is ready just
as soon as Mr.. Carlisle can negotiate
another fifty million dollars!
rS~ There is but one notable fea-
ture of the Wilson-Gorman tariff which
is purely equitable. Southern demo-
Gratis, in the framing of the bill, en-
deavored TO tax every body but them
selves. In view of the many mistakes
and errors which have erept into the
bill, it is not exactly known whether
they intended to insert the clause inn
posing a tax of two cents on every
pack of playing cards. This revenue.
which, according to the treasury esti-
mates, viii amount to about two mill
lion dollars annually, viii come largely
from tho South
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AN INDELlBLE STAIN.
Record of the Democrats in the Rscen
Tariff IepisIafIOn.

Record OF the Democrats in the Recent
Tarifr Legislation.
President Cleveland in his national
apology for winking at the great
fraud which was eliminated on the
evening of August %, the record of
which shall stand as the dark spot in
the tariff history of the United States,
while feeling the sting of the infamy
of which he had become a copartner,
utters the following sentences:
Il Go not claim to be better than the masses
of my party. nor do / wish to avoid any re-
sponsibility which. on account OF the passage
of this law, 1 ought to bear as a member Of the
democratic organization. Neither will | per-
NIT myself to be separated from my party to
such an extent as might be implied by my
veto Of tariff legislation, which, though dis
appointing, is still chargeable to democratic
effort"
This confession of Grover Cleveland
is one of the most marked among the
sayings of men who nave been ex-
allied into high places by the suffrage
of the people. 1t is 90 be construed as
meaning that because Grover Cleve-
land has not the moral courage to
sign an infamous, Disappointing tariff
bill, full of inaccuracies and crudities,
he therefore declares that he is nc
better than the masses of his party,
or, in other words, he declares that the
democratic party has no man in it
who is capable of rising above the in
famous trickery of the trusts and com
bines who barter with democratic SEN
ators in tariff revision.
Oh, Shades of the Hermitage! Could
voice from the unseen rea Inns be
heard this day, it would bring to mind
that there was once time when the
democratic party had in it one man
who dared to speak for the right in
the face of a confessed wrong
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surplus or Deficiency ?

On August % Chairman Wilson, OF
the committee on ways and means in
the house of representatives. stated
that the revenue bill would produce
surplus of forty million dollars for the
fiscal year. The indications make it
seem more likely that deficiency of
forty million dollars viii be shown. 1t
NAV be that the amount viii be some
what less, but the fact that the
whisky men are withdrawing from
bond all that they can carry prior TO
the time when the law shall go into
effect gives reason for the belief that
very little viii be withdrawn from
bond during the fiscal year, ard the
consequence viii be loss of revenue.
1t is very certain that little or nothing
will tie collected under the income
provisions. and as there is admittedly
large deficiency from the customs
and revenues, il seems well nigh im-
possible that there should not be a
large deficiency resulting from the bill
as whole.
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FoRTiFYINc HERSELF.
She Gently Let Fred I'm on the Groun
Floor of Hor Intentions.

She Gently Let Fred In on the Ground
Floor of Her Intentions
The day had been set, and now the
pair of turtle doves were talking over
the arrangements for their married
life.
Erred. dear she said.
"Yes. love-.
''From my reading l have imbibed
the idea that young husbands are pi one
TO criticise their wives cookery, and 10
make invidious comparisons betw cen
that and the cooking they We're decus-
toned to at home"
''oh, I think that's all q joke, my
own"
I'm afraid not, Fred. Besides, l am
free to admit that l don't know much
about cooking"
"Oh, you'll learn. Never fear"
"Now, know your mother is a good
cook
''That is true"
so is mine"
''She is"
when you have dined with US.
Fred, you ! We sometimes praised
mothers cooking, and occasionally ~
timated that it was better thar you
own mother was capable of n some
particular lines"
yes. Her pies, for instance
Exactly. Well, Fred. my )Oint IS
this: To prevent any disappc ntment
on your part about the cookUg in our
happy little family, l havu decided
that mother, dear, shall make her
home with us and superinte'.d the eul-
mary arrangements. Don you think
that is a good idea?"
And Fred replied fe bly, that he
thought it was. Then ne went home
earlier than usual II think il over in
the seclusion of his own chamber
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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ENGLISH ROYALTY.

AMONG his many accomplishments
the duke of Edinburgh can speak seven
languages.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD said the other day
that he indorsed remark once made
by Chauncey NJ Depew: Fame de-
ponds on being civil to interviewers.
THE duke Of York has never con
quered his tendency to seasickness, and
although he does great deal of yacht
ing with his father it is not all plain
sailing for him.
LORD ABERDEEN first met his wife on
Guisachan, her fathers estate, when
he was lad, and, having lost himself
on the hills, begged shelter at the lodge
for himself and his pony.
HERE is a good story which is told
of Sir Arthur Sullivan: 1t was at din
ner. and young lady inquired of Sir
Arthur whether Bach was composing
anything at present. NO" he replied;
lat present he is decomposing
THE duke of York, who is an enthusi-
astic stamp collector, recently applied
to the agent general of the colonies for
specimens of the issues of their coun-
tries. In reply stamps have been sent
TO him by the sheet. and in some cases
issues withdrawn have been reprinted
fnr him
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27

thought was a detective was none
other than the burglar he pretended TO
be after, and that. instead of trying to
catch criminal, he was robbing the
house while kept watch outside. and
warned him by my loud whistles of
the arrival of the police.
Il was remanded for inquiries TO be
made. and, they being found satisfac-
tory, ! was brought up again this
morning and discharged.
But hope the fellow keeps out q
my path, for I shall certainly De
brought mp for assault or manslaughter
if ever ! clap my eyes on him."
Having ordered fresh glass of the
foaming beverage for my innocent ac.
quaintance. I left him apparently
quite comfortable.
But heard him mutter, as | turned
away:
Wait till meet him-Ill break
every bone in mis- body"'--N. Y. Week
liz.
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sight O. me in those grounds at mid
night@
well the little gent replied.
laughing, you've only TO give the POI
lice signal, three loud whistles, and
tell them Detective Dawker has en-
gagged you
Il was rather doubtful even then,
but the little gents quick tongue soon
smoothed il over, and agreed - go in
for share Of the reward.
i've left the saloon together and
parted just outside. promising to meet
at the house he had described TO me.
on Washington Heights. at twelve
o'clock the same night
lie cautioned mt again not to
breathe word about the arrange
inent. AMI further IN .nsionel that
when he met me at mig NJ be would be
disguised.
Twelve O'Clock came. / reached
the meeting place on TIM. and found
the detective waiting for me.
lie was dressed in clothes some
thing like nv own. and looked the
fash gentleman no longer.
He seemed rather impatient, and
hastily pulled me into the garden and
into part of it where thick shrubs
grew, making a capital hiding place,
from which You could look up and
down the street quite plainly without
being visible yourself.
Now. mind he said, quickly. if
YOU see the burglar run. chase MIN; If
a policeman comes, give three loud
whistles must be of, or I shall
lose my chance. shall be back in an
hour. II w4a' assistance | viii give
you the tire wills ties
With the se parting words the man
disappeared
II stood waiting there for quite half
on the s.ill night air the heavy tramp
OF 4 poll ;eman
He vas coming my way, fancied,
and was right
SLOWLY he DIRE y nearer and nearer.
until ne stopped right abreast o the
very Place where l was hiding, close
. 20 the garden gate.
"IIe put his hand and tried the gate
fastening. IL opened: he came inside
and flashed his lantern full on the very
bush behind which was standin'.
Quick as possible gave three very
loud. shrill whistles. but instead of
the policeman being awed by the
sound ne dashed at me and caught me
by the throat. in about half a minute
nearly choking me. and stopping me
from explaining why I was their.
Finding didn't resist, he loosened
his hold and questioned me.
Il told him plump and plain that De
tcctive Dawker mad engaged me-that
/ was doing to my duty and that he
had not better spoil our game.
lie only gripped my arm the tight
er and laughed, telling me not to try
il on him and blew his whistle.
In a few minutes another officer
arrived, and between the two of EN-.
what. with their laughing and theft
I questions. had lively time of it.
This was another of that Dawker's
schemes. they said. and / was put
down as an accOmplice. trying on the
Z innocent humbug' with 'em.
1T was IN vain I declared my limo
/ cence If any scheme besides that for
the capture IF notorious burglar.
1t was no 20. was taken to the
nearest police station dnd held on sus-
picion.
! The next morning, when brought
/ before the police justice. / learned, 10
] my great surprise, that the man
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27
WHY AND WHEREFORE.

CLOUDS that move in direction op-
posite to that of the surface current
indicate a change of weather, because
they prove the existence of two air
currents, one warm and the other cold,
and the mingling of these often causes
rain.
THE strongest muscle is in the calf of
the leg, because locomotion is one of
the most necessary functions The
great muscle of the calf has been found,
by actual experiment, to be capable of
sustaining seven times the weight of
the body.
MANY persons lay poker across the
top of a CRATE to make the fire burn,
because Of a popular superstition, once
credited. that a stubborn FIRE was due
to the devil. Two pokers were used,
and were laid across the fire in the
form of a cross.
THE human system can endure heat
of two hundred and twelve degrees.
the boiling point Of water, because the
skin is a bad conductor and because
the perspiration cools the body. Men
have withstood without injury heat
Of three hundred degrees for several
minutes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27
ExoRBITANT APPROPRIATIONS.
The Record Broken by the Second Session
of the Fifty Third Congress.


The session just closed is a record
breaker in the matter of appropria-
tions, which are 500. 200, 600, more by
S27, 600, 900 than was appropriated by
the Fifty-first congress in its first ses.
sion, which has been advertised to all
the world as the "billion-dollar con-
gress," or the Reed congress-" Not
withstanding the democrats took from
the deserving soldiers of this country
500, 600. 900 in order TO make this show
ing, they now stand charged with
making the most exorbitant appro-
priatiors for sectional purposes ever
known in the history of the govern.
ment. The river and harbor bill is in.
creased more than sl1, 900. TO be
expended largely in the south. The
diplomatic aud consular bill. for the
support of e. oonfederates abroad. is
increased more than $4,000 The forti.
fication bill. in order to find fat places
for democratic employees in coast de.
Tense construction, is increased S2l6,.
600. The Indian bill, by which mora
democratic employees are fed and
clothed and housed, in violation c.
civil service rules and civil service
methods than under all other bills
combined. is increased S1,475, 900.
Anyone who goes to the agencies in
the northwest will find the agent with
all his family nicely housed and shell
tered under civil service, his bonds
men and the friends thereof carried
and taken care of, while all the old
familiar and tried employees of the In
dian school and Indian reform service
have been sent adrift The post office
bill is increased S3, 232. 600, most of
which comes from northern people, as
the south has failed to pay its proper
tionate share of the expenre of run
ming the postal department since the
establishment of the government. tc
the amount of from s.. 000,0 900 to S..
100000 per annum. The naval bill is
increased So, 225, 900, because the navy
yards have been used as places of ref
uge for democratic strikers, who 9TH
erwise must have had To march with
Coxey's army"
OF the reductions il is needless to say
much. They are found to be of such a
character as to take away employment
from worthy people who during these
stringent times are unable to find EN-
plOyment elsewhere. Two thousand
have been turned loose in the city of
Washington by reason of democratic
economy" and intriguing. BY the
time the campaign is closed, and the
people have assembled at the polls, the
investigation of appropriations in the
closed session of congress will have
been SO thoroughly made, and the
understood that it will be hard for
their orators to endorse them before
the people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-27
FARM AND GARDEN.
ELECTRICAL PROGRESS.
1t Is Expected to Make Life on Farms
Less Laborlous.

1t Is Expected to Make Lite on Farms
Less Laborlous.
Part of the growing difficulties oc-
easioned by the desertion of the coun-
Try and the crowding of the cities viii
be remedied, perhaps, by six years
henee-in that wonderful year 1901,
which electricians set as a mile post
of human progress-by the browning
of steam's rival Machinery is rapidly
taking the deadening drudgery out of
farm work, is making it more profit
able when conducted scientifically
and on large scale, and is causing it
TO attract the attention of city people
who long for she healthful fields.
Only the bodily discomforts of farm
work have prevented an exodus from
the cities to the country. Already
electricity is turning its attention TO
the long elected farm work, and has
discovered profitable results TO be had
by subjeeting crops TO currents of
electricity. 1t is beginning to simplify
the ponderous farm machinery, and
as soon as the storage battery has re-
ceived its finishing touches and can
be applied to tightening the farmers
toll and increasing his profits, the
farmer viii be looked upon with envy
by the prisoners of city streets
and counting house walls. Those par
ticular effects of electricity upon farm
machinery and farm life are, how
ever, visible chiefly in the imagination
at present, and are not at all likely co
be realized in six years; but one great
change may be looked for in this di-
rection in the immediate future, and
that is the improvement of the farm
ers condition by means of good roads
and the rapid transit which electricity
as almost ready to bring, thus greatly
enlarging his market and bringing
him higher prices for fresher products,
and also bringing him closer to the
life and pleasure and stimulating eff
feet of the city. There is to be a
wonderful change in farm life in the
more thickly-settled parts of the couu-
try in a few years, and rapid transit
will be largely responsible for it
The cheap transmission of electrical
power must bring soon many changes
that will be felt in the city household,
and perhaps the chief of them viii be
the abolition of the cook stove, as it is
known at present. The small electric
heater has already begun to take its
place, and it is almost certain that
even in six years coal will be banished
from a majority of the kitchens in
cities adjacent to water power. from
which electricity IS generated. When
heat is wanted for cooking purposes it
xyil ha haA NJ mo NV
the pressing of button N. Y. Press.
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BLAZER THAN irIs PAINTED.
The Demo, Party Deserving of Com
plete Obliterstion.


plete obliterstIon.
Fnm the letter f President Cleve-
land to Mr.. Catchings, Of Mississippi
bear. ~ date Al ust %, it seems that
the democratic Iarty is indeed
meauer organ Eat on at its most bit
to e.emles have ever accused il of be-
uig. The president uses the following
paragraph in his letter:
The trusts and combinatioGs-the commu-
nism OF pelf-whose Vaccinations have pre-
vented us from reaching the success We deserv-
ed. should not b forgotten or forgiven We
81 II recover from our astonishment az their
exhibition Of power, aad II then the question
Is forced upon Us whether they shall sabmit To
the fee legislative viii OF the peoples repre-
sentatiyes or shall dictate the laws
which the peOpl must obey. we will accept
and settle that issue as one involving the in
tegrity and safety Of American institutions"
In a careful analysis of the forego-
Ing one cannot avoid seeing veritable
JekyI and ! yde duality. The presi-
dent in this sentence arraigns the dem
ocrats of the senate as guilty of maehi-
nations and combinations deserving of
such terrible consequences that they
shall never be forgotten or forgiven.
The crime committed by these demo-
Gratis of the senate is none other than
an agreement upon schedule of rates
Ieh divides among them the
4uities, the sugar trust thrown in.
Perhaps no living person knows more
about how the combines and trusts
managed this dicker with democratic
senators than does President Cleve-
land himself. BE that as it may, how
ha IN Dc that n apf
committed. and he so states in the
foregoing paragraph We understand
the president. under the constitution,
has the prerogative of correcting
wrongs and preventing frauds from
being practiced upon the people
through ! gislation, in the right of
veto, which was placed in his hands
by the fathers of the country. The
knotty pro lem to the reader of this
paragraph W II be this: If the senate
is guilty of ssing the law, how can
the president escape just censure for
allowing such an enactmentto become
operative, when he has the power by a
single stroke of the pen to send it
back to congress for correction. amend
ment, etc?
nt VI NilC present.
law as it goes upon the statute books,
carrying with it great crime and its
consequences, the resulting indict-
ment must include the name of Grover
Cleveland as an accessory after the
fact.
1t was fairly to be presumed that
Grover Clevelaad's six years of execu-
tive authority would have taught MIN
the impossibility of fooling oil the
people all the time. though he may be
able to fool part of the people part
of the time; but this letter, which is in
the form of an apology for his own
action in allowing this bill to become
law. only shows him as deserving a
greater degree of condemnation, for in
il he presents clear analysis of the
crime committed, and of the evil re-
suits which will necessarily attend
the execution of the democratic tariff
law.
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The Eskimo and the waIrus.

To the Eskimo the walrus is the same
all-in-all that the buffalo was to tie
Indian, that the camel is to the Arab,
and the reindeer to the Korak. It's
flesh feeds him; its tough hide covers
his boats, his shell-like kayak. and his
big, clumsy bidarrah, and cut into
strips it makes his harpoon lines and
dog harness; its oil furnishes him light
and fire, its ivory tusl1s are legal ten
der for all sorts of civilized luxuries,
such as iron and steel for spear-heads,
knives, and even guns; certain tissues
make good mackintoshes for Mr.. and
Mrs. Inn ait, and the fiipper-bottoms of
the walrus make good sole-leather for
the hunter also. st. Nicholas.
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THE HIGHEST AWARD.
Royal Baking Powder in Strength and
Value 20 Per Cent. Above Its Nearest
Cnmn NET Ifor.

noyai Baking Powder in Strength and
Value 20 Per Cent. Above Its Nearest
Competition.
The Royal Baking Powder has the en-.
viable record of having received the
highest award for articles of its class
greatest strength, plnest ingredients
most perfectly eonbined-wherevere x-
hibited in competition with others. In
the exhibitions of former years, at the
Centennial, at Paris, Vienna and at the
various State and Indus trial fairs. where
it has been exhibited, judges have in
variably awarded the Royal Baking
Powder the highest honors.
At the recent Worlds Fair the ex
aminations for the baking powder
awards were made by the experts OF
the chemical division of the Agricul
tural Department of Washington. the
official report of the tests of the baking
powders which were made by this de.
partment for the specific purpose of as
certaining which was the best. and
which has been made public, shows the
leavening strength of the Royal to be 16C
cubic inches of carbonic gas per ounce
of powder OF the cream of tartar
baking powders exhibited at the Fair,
the next highest in strength thus tested
contained but 1873 cubic inches of leaven-
ing gas. The other powders gave an
average of Ill. The Royal, therefore,
was found of copper cent. greater heaven.
ing strength than its nearest COMPETE
tor, and A per cent. above the average
of all the other tests. Its superiority
in other respects, however, in the
quality of food it makes as to fineness,
delicacy and wholesomeness, could not
be measured by figures.
1t is these high qualities, known and
appreciated by the women of the coun-
try for SO many years. that have caused
the sales of the Royal Baking Powder,
as shown by statistics, TO exceed the
sales of all other baking powders com.
bined