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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
a CONDUCTORS NERVE.
He Subdues Two BLUM Passengers i'm
Capital Manner.

He Subdues Two BLUM Passengers i'm "a
Capital Manner.
1t was on Texas railroad. Itdoesn't
make any particular difference what
road it was, as all have the same gauge
and charge the same rate per mile. On
front seat in one of the coaches was
a representative Texan. 1t doesn't
make suv difference about his name,
as ali representative Texans answer to
most any name you choose to call them
by. Naturally enough he was armed
with two guns and a knife. 1t was
also quite the thing that a pale-faced
young man, who seemed to be dying of
consumption, should be sitting behind
him.
Tickets, please!' shouted the con-
ductor as he entered the car.
''Sir!" said the pale-iaced young man
as the official hand was extended, II
am sorry to say that / have neither
ticket nor money. / must appeal to
your sympathies."
Ticket or cash." heartlessly replied
the conductor.
But have neither"
''Then you must ger off"
Conductor, / am slowing dying. l
want to see my dear old mother before
I'm laid away. appeal"
"Off you go"'
And then, of course, the representa-
tive Texan rose up and drew his weapon
and declared that the.pale-faced pas
senger should not be put off except
over his dead body. He had been slow
ly dying several times, and he also had
dear old mother, and he knew just
how hard il was himself. And, of
course, the passengers cheered, the
conductor didn't interfere and the dy-
ing man was carried forward to his
mothers arms
That was what was expected: but |
don't know how it happened, in this
case IL didn't work quite that way.
The conductor leaned forward and hit
the representative on the chin, and
then threw his arsenal out of the win
dow and stopped the traia. While the
representative was wondering what
was going on, the young man was put
off. While this was taking place.
he swore and cursed, and was hardly
on the ground before he shook a roll of
bills with one hand, a knife with the
other, and said his dear mother had
been in Heaven for seventeen years,
but before he Joined her he'd have the
conductors hearts blood. We were all
soriy-very sorry. We'd read in the
papers that the conductor was bluffed
down, and that the representative put
up his pistols with satisfied grin, and
that the pale-faeed young man shed
tears of joy. and to have everything
turn out so different upset everybody
On top of all that the conductor w.
mean enough 10 say:
That young fellow has played that
game all over Texas, and it is time to
quit IL you folks felt sorry for him
why in blazes didn't you shake in few
shillings apiece and pay his fare? As
for you, you old blowhard, you keep
mighty quiet or I'll spread you all over
the state"
And the representative bowed his
head, and didn't even dare to draw a
long breath for the lszt twenty nailes.
Detroit Free R.esa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
CoREAN ARMY EQUIPMENT.
Guns Tied Together with Strings, Rusty
Bayonets, and Armor-Cisd Cavalry.

Guns Tied Together with Strings, Rusty
Bayonets, and Armor-Cisd Cavalry.
The true comicality of the Corean
court can only be properly estimated
upon one of TIE occasions, somewhat
rare in occurrence, when the king goes
in state through the city to visit some
temple or tomb OF one sucn function
| was the interested witness. From an
early hour in the morning the streets
were guarded by military OF species
unique in the world. The infantry
held the roadway, and were for the
most part lying asleep upon the
ground. They had almost as many
flags as men. and their muskets, which
| examined as they stood piled
together, We're commonly destitute
of either hammer. trigger, or
plate, sometimes of all three, and
were frequently only held together by
strings, while the bayonets were bent
and rusty. Infinitely more remarlxa.
BILE, however, were the cavalry. These
We're clad in uniforms pro badly some
three hundred years old, consisting of
a battered helmet with a spike and Of
a cuirass of black leather studded with
brass bosses and worn over "a heavy
jerkin of moth-eaten brocade. Enor-
nous jack boots completed the costume
and rendered it difficult for the men
to mount their steeds, even though
these were rarely more than eleven
hands high. Banners of yellow. red,
and green. with a tuft of pheasant
feathers at the top, and stacks of ar
rows were carried in front of the Off
GERS, who were with difficulty sup.
ported by'squares upon their pyramidal
saddles.-Pall Mall Gazette.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
SHOOTING MOLECULES.
A New Theory of the Suns Flee rical In
fiuenees Upon the Earth.

fuenees Upon the Earth.
Every year additional proof is OBJ
tanned of the suns influence in produc-
ing magnetic storms and displays of
the aurora borealis on the earth. The
solar disturbances whose energy is
thus felt nearly ninety-three million
miles away are usually accompanied by
conspicuous spots on the sun. But it is
still question whether the earth feels
the disturbance when the spots are
near the meridian of the sun, as seen
from the earth, or when they are just
coming around the suns eastern edge.
On the supposition that it is when
they are on the meridian that the solar
disturbances make their power felt by
the earth, VI. Ricco has shown that the
velocity W tin which the solar influence
travels toward our planet is not much
more than six hundred miles a second,
or less than one three-hundredth of the
velocity of light. But the most recent
experiments have shown that electric
waves travel with practically the same
speed as the undulations of light.
1t would seem to follow, therefore, If
Mr.. Ricco's calculations are correct,
that the solar outbreaks do not send
electromagnetic wave II the earth to
set our skies afiame with pickering
lights, but that the influence is trans
mitted through some more slowly NOV
ing agency.
1t has been suggested that this may
be discharge of electrified molecules
from the sun, like those which have
been thought to constitute the tails of
comets. When these molecules enter
the atmosphere they Immediately affect
its electrical condition.
This is, at present, nothing more
than an interesting suggestion, but
supposing it should turn out to be true,
then we should have to think of the
sun in an entirely new aspect In adj
dition to sending to us through the
ether undulations which furnish us
with daylight and preserve us from
freezing, we should recognize that il
bombards us with electrified particles
shot from its surface with sort of vol
canic fury.
1t would be very interesting TO can
ture some of the solar molecules thus
hurled at us, but they are undoubtedly
too small for that. We might breathe
them, but could not see tnem. 1t is
just possible. however, that we pos
ssess some solicited pieces of the sun
among the meteorites that adorn our
museums. for among the conceivable
sources of those strange bodies which
come plunging out of space upon the
earth are the explosions that occur in
the sun.-Youth's Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
IRONING LINEN EMBROIDERY.
Helpful Suggestions for the Benefit of
Young Housewives.

Linen embroidery must be very
lightly starched and as smooth as pos
sible when drying. 1t must be damped
down and left until every thread is
limp, but not wet.
Spread an extra blanket upon the
ironing table, and over that LAYER OF
soft muslin. Give the thing to be
ironed a vigorous shaking to free il
of folds and wrinkles. lay it wrong
side up and smooth il out with both
your hands.
With an iron just below scorching
heat press all the plain part smooth
If there is hem hold it with the left
hand so that the threads will be ex.
actly square before the iron. If the
edge is wrought press outward. making
each scallop or point lie in true form.
Then with fresh iron of the same heat
go with firm, even pressure over all TIE
embroidered part. If by chance a
wrinkle forms or rough 'cat face
damp IL 9Th a clean cloth and iron
afresh. Next Ike little hotter iron
and , rapidly over the whole surface
pulling with the left hand so that
wrinkles may not form. Press until
perfectly dry, taking care to be swift
enough not to yellow what you iron.
Tn if a glossy finish is preferred turn
right side up and go over it with pol
ishing iron that has been rubbed on
with bit of white soap.-Queen OF
Fashion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
MUSIC IN AN EMERGENCY.
Josquin Jogs the Kings Memory I'm
Unique Manner.

Josquin Jogs the Kings Memory I'm a
Unique Manner.
When Josquin de Pres, ehapelmaster
to Louis Mi. of France, wanted his
earnings increased he did not straight
way compose gigantic symphony, a
trilogy. or even a siclxly sentimental
ballad with an unctuous refrain-the
latter sure means to good royalty
but he took the liberty of refreshing
his masters memory with finished but
unambitious motel.
Josquiu was an ecclesiastic as well as
musician, and his excellent prince
had long promised him beneiee.
This pledge, however, was forgotten,
and Josquin, Inconvenience by the
shortness of the kings memory, ven
tured publicly to remind him of
his word. Being under command
to compose a motel for the
royal chapel, he selected part
of the one hundred and nineteenth
psalm for his subject: "0h! think upon
Thy servant as concerning Thy word
which words he set SO exquisitely
and plaintively that his master took
the hint and bestowed upon him the
preferment.
Josquin had keen hand. With
much felicity he took advantage of
the occasion and composed hymn of
gratitude to the words from the same
psalm: 30 Lord, Thou hast dealt
graciously with Thy servant''-which
it is to be hoped his majesty appreci-
ated. An inappreciative wag would
say that Josquin might more appro-
priately have selected the passage:
20 Lord, Thou hast searched me out
and known me!'-Gentleman's Maya
zine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Material for Paper.

Paper can be manufactured out of al.
most anything that can be pounded in.
to pulp. Over fifty kinds of bark are
said to be used, and banana skins, bean
stalks, pea vines, cocoanut fiber, clover
and timothy hay, straw, sea and fresh
water weeds and many kinds of grass
IRE all applicable. 1t has also beer
made from hair, fur and wool, from
asbestos, which furnishes an article in.
destructible by fire; from hop plants,
from husl1s of any and every kind OF
grain. Leaves make a good, strong
paper, while the huslls ana stems OF
Indian corn have also been tried, and
almost every kind of moss can be made
into paper. There are patents for max.
ing paper from sawdust, from thistles
and thistledown, from tobacco stalks
and tanbark. IT is said that there are
over two thousand patents in this coun
try covering the manufacture of paper.
Chicago Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

He had been for some time trying to
get his courage up to the proposing
point. but had not yet succeeded. Dur
ing his call Que evening, the converse
ton turned upon fraternal insurance
companies, in which he was interested.
Tell me" said she, ''can any one be-
come member"
Amy one who is acceptable an
swered he; aud then, a sudden thought
occurring to him. he added: you see,
it is Ike other things; you must be ac-
copied first, and then"
"But, no." she shyly interrupted;
isn't it different in that if you are ae-
ceDted you become brother?"
The cards are now out.-PuclS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
1nE coLoEN wEnnINa.

Tie folks VIII gather seen. ny dear.
GAe-eu be crowd. you SHoW,
To celebrate our EeddinS Cay
or Fifty years Ego.
Ert ere they eosEe want 70 have
tals alone with You:
Ter. wife. yon're desrer far n when
Tour wedding ring vas aeE.
IIow nice tAe dre-s you = ore that dag.
How handsome yUu were. too.
Bat. wife sou re bsitec booking now
Than vhel yous rug ~as new.
md nowadays often thiak
And wonster EEs ii's So,
That girls don't ct as handsome aow.
- Atty ytars aso.
! thought I coaidn't love you uore,
TT mother. Acw love grew
Wen precious lin = began IL lind
Nr closer, Gcsr. q you.
ksS babies voices E!ied our hone,
AaJ babies nxinss. too.
We iittle crcamed CT all OF this.
when your Old ring was new.
And closer, stir, our hearts were drawn.
By s0-rJws that NC Jore,
when thrice We Isid our b8 bcs 10 rest
20 see ther1 here no Iaore
4sst s'-iEsEtf4 I4A q E-sEtaAa = Mart
Their forms ae'sr fade away;
and angel chisLrca celebrate
Cur golden wesi4iI4g Gay.
Ana vita ogr shis1ran gathered round
Aud vi their children, too,
Tle faces Gear that a-E not here
WI come 70 ne aui you.
"a lest our teacs Should din their 10Y
Before the toar1 = spread.
We take little precious time
To visit with Cur dead
FIT bark, they come. they're al the door
Ny heart rei5iccS. 80
10 celebrate our welding day
~: fifty years ago,
BE- let them wait uatn ] spesl,
Another wort q son.
o. gife, ] ioFe you more thar when
Your wedding ring was new,
ev frank y Dexter. in Chicago Advance
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
Old London Bridge.

New London bridge was opened in
1881. Old London bridge was a mon
strosity. 1t dated back to the year 1867
A. d.. and at least three wooden bridges
are known to have occupied the same
site prior to that date. The old bridge
was slightly over nine hundred feet in
length, and had eighteen solid stone
piers, varying in thickness from TWEEN
ty-five to thirty-four feet, thus confin-
ing the flow of the river to less than
half its natural channel The entire
surface of the bridge was occupied by
blocks of brick and stone buildings
(erected on arches. with the roadway
running tunnel-like beneath), some of
them four stories high. All of these
bridge buildings were densely packed
with human beings (at one time esti-
mated at seventeen hundred), carrying
on all the trades and other vocations of
life. Spanning the two center piers
was huge church building dedicated
to st. Thomas of Canterbury, but
usually styled ''St. Peters of the
Bridge" In very early time the arch
opening from the bridge toward the
city was called Traitors Gate" and it
was no unusual thing to see the heads
of dozen executed criminals hanging
over it.-St. Louis Republic.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
NEGRO SUGGESTIONS.
Some Curious Things which Are Believed
by the Southern Blacks.

did you ever hear of picking up
tracks," Congressman John Allen. of
mississippi asked group of southern
members 1t was something new to all
of them.
We'll, explained Mr.. Allen. 1t was
new to me until short time before !
left home to come here for this extraor-
binary session of congress. ! went into
the country visiting some of my people.
When got there | found great excite
ment prevailing. A young negro woman
had been picking up tracks, and it had
broken up one family. Everybody was
afraid. Nobody knew whose tracks
might be picked up next.
1T seems the young woman had a
grudge of some kind against man and
a woman. She had followed them and
had picked up their tracks Then she
had gone off and buried the tracks she
had picked up. She had put dogs hair
with the tracks of the man and eats
hair with the tracks of the woman.
After that the man and the woman
couldn I livG together any more than
a cat and dog could. They had sep
arated and the whole community was
in a state of uproar when / arrived.
They were about to send off some thirty
miles for negro preacher. 1t seemed
that he was gifted with the power TO
break the spell. One woman said
she never gave the voodoo WON
an any chance to pick up her
tracks. Whenever she saw her coming
she sat right down wherever she might
be and waited until the voodoo woman
was out of sight"
Picking up tracks," continued Mr..
Allen, seems to be a new idea among
the negroes. You've heard of people
perishing with lizards and snakes I'M
der the skin? / had little experience
" it'll case of that kind. A justice of
the peace actually bound a man under
one thousand dollars to go before court
for putting lizards under the skin of
another man. / had the prosecuting
witness up in my room. and put him
through an examination for the benefit
of my fellow-lawyers. The negro had
his arms tied tightly with strings. /
asked him what that was for, and he
said it was to keep the lizards from
getting together. lie actually be-
lieved he could feel the lizards moving
about. After few questions he for
got that he had the lizards confined
by the bandages. and told a story that
didn't agree with il. He said that
whenever he ate anything he could
feel the lizards coming down from his
shoulders under his chest to Lis
stomach to get their part. I put all
kinds of questions to him and couldn't
shake his belief in his affliction. That
man died of lizards under the skin.
Then it was found out that some
lizards had been buried at the foot of
a tree. If these buried lizards had
been discovered earlier the life of the
afflicted man could have been saved,
but his friends didn't know where the
lizards We're until it was too late.
That was what the negroes said st.
Louis Globe Democrat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
AN AMUSING Ere.
Lots of Historical Personages Were
TrundIed out in a hurry.

TrundIed Out in a hurry.
Barnum's museum. destroyed July IS.
1865, was one of the most amusing fires
that ever occurred in New York city.
IL occurred in the daytime. Chief
John Decker was in charge, assisted by
Orr. Bates. Lamt. Cleary. Everett and
Sullivan. Thousands crowded Broad
way clear mp to Park place, as well as
Park row. while ae park in front was
black with pee. .e. II was fun TO see
the boys at he outset of the fire bring
ing out Barnum's old stuffed images and
wax figures. One fellow rar out with
Henry Clay under one arm and Gen.
Winfield Scott under the Other. Queen
Victoria was dragged out by the hair
of her head Mary Queen of Scots was
tossed out of the second-story window.
followed by Hicks. the pirate. Head
Carpenter Walker of the theater. who
was also a member of Engine No. IS.
that lay in Ann street. got 50 excited
that he fell headlong down the main
entrance stairway with Napoleon Ia
one hand and Walker, the filibuster. in
the other Andy Purtcn. the old fore
man of Engine No. u. brought out two
monkeys. one that gave him mark
that he carries u this day.
The happy family that attracted 50
much attention in those DAYS were de-
termined not to leave. the cage door
was thrown wide open and the birds
and animals punched with sticks. t.
drive them out. but few would accept
their liberty and were burned TO death.
All of the one hundred thousand curl
osities were destroyed Western Tire
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Suet Pudding: Two and half cup
fuls -four, one cupful milk, one cupful
chopped beef suet, one cupful molasses,
one cupful fruit, one teaspoonful soda
and salt. Boil in cloth or buttered
mold three hours. Country Gentleman.
Cranberry Sauce: Wash and pick
the berries. removing all imperfect
ones. Put them in a porcelain kettle;
to quart of berries allow pint of
water and pint of sugar Boil ten or
fifteen minutes, taking care not 10 mash
the berries. Pour into deep dish or a
mold. Detroit Free Press.
Splendid Ginger-snaps: Scald ono
cupful of molasses, stir in one teaspoon
full of soda and pour it, while foaming.
over one cupful of sugar; add one egg
and one tablespoonful of ginger and
beat well together; then add one u BILE
spoonful of vinegar and -four enough
to roll.-Farm and Fireside.
-Stewed oysters, Baltimore style,
will go straight to the heart of hun
cry man. Take, as needed, three dozen
large oysters, drain and place in a
saucepan with one ounce of good but
ter; cover the pan and cook two min
utes; season, add a gill of cream, a few
drops of lemon juice, half an ounce of
butter, and a little minced parsley. As
soon as thoroughly hot. send to table
American Agriculturist.
Corn Mullins: One and half cups
meal, half cup sifted -four, two and
quarter cups buttermilk, two table
spoons melted lard, one beaten egg, a
rounded teaspoon sugar. level tea
spoon each of salt and soda, little less
soda if the milk is not very sour Bake
quickly in hot. CREASED muffin-rings or
gem pans. The rings should not be
more than half full. Serve with but
ter as soon as baked. Detroit Free
Press.
Simple Variations in Rice Dishes:
There are wonderful possibilities in a
dish of cooked rice. Try cutting up a
few figs and dates in the rice pudding
in place of raisins The flavor is de-
licious. Stir an egg into one and a
half cupful of cooked rice which has
been mashed fine. Dip spoonful at a
time on hot buttered griddle. Fry
on both sides and eat hot with sirup;
or cook the egg in the boiled rice and
set away to get cold. Then form into
cylinders; dip first in beaten egg, then
in bread or cracker crumbs. and fry
like doughnuts. Rural New Yorker.
To Glace Fruits and Nuts: Let boil
in a porcelain-lined kettle for between
ten and fifteen minutes, without STIR
ring, one pound of graduated sugar
and half cup of water. At the end of
this time test by taking a small por.
ton upon the end of spoon, dipping
into cold water and breaking quickly
off. When it is brittle. without being
sticky, it is ready for use. Remove
from the fire, add a tablespoonful of
lemon juice and stand in Z bowl of hot
water. immense sections of oranges.
or white grapes, which are perfectly
dry, and set aside to dry upon oiled
paper in warm, dry place Dip al
monds, walnuts or pecans in the same
way.-Ladies' Home Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11
The Origin OF starchinr.

The course of history carries us back
no further than the year 1864 for the
origin of starching in London. 1t was
in that year that Mrs Van der Plasse
came with her husband from Flanders
to the English metropolis for their
greater safety" and there protested
herself starcher. The best house
wives of the time were not long in dis
covering the excellent wilderness OF
the Clutch linen" as it was called.
and Mrs. Plasse soon had plenty OF
good-paying clients. Some of these
began to send her rufus of lawn to
starch, which she did so excellently
we'll that it became a saying that II
anyone sent her a ruff made of spi-
der's-web she would be able to starch
it. So greatly did her reputation grow
that fashionable DANES went to her to
learn the art md my stery of starching,
for which they gladly paid a premium
Of four pounds or five pounds. and for
the secret of seething starch they paid
gladly further sum of twenty shill.
ings.-N \. World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-01-11

Not any sort of linen will do for fancy
work, and even the fineness of the ma.
'terial is not the only thing to be con-
sidered. At certain large linen stores
they keep a variety that is the exact
thing required for the beautiful work
now fashionable in this material. 1t
should be sought and obtained here. or
else some sapient worker therein should
be advised with before purchasing, as
a good deal depends upon the well-be.
gun, which in this instance, as in most
others, is half done N. Y. World