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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
A Missing Eertune.

DuBuQUE. Ia, sept. Arthur o. Nal.
ley. the wealthiest saloankeeper in
the city, died two weeks ago nis
estate was valued at 100000. aud
james Harrigan. bank cashier, was
appointed administrator. The most
diligent search has failed to reveal
any Of this money. and Harrigaa has
gone to Chicago to search the safety
vaults there.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

RECENT experiments indicate that
separate tiuts IN the spectrum, but
that the beautifully delicate green
tint of brand new ten dollar bill can
be seen farthest and with the greatest
distinctnesS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
A WATERMELON TRAGEDY.
Three Men Poisoned and the Prisoner Is
Murdered.

Murdered.
MAGNOLIA. Ark, Sept. s.-Near
Dyl1esville. La, just across the Arkan-
sas state line, Clinton Thompson, a
farmer, has fine melon crop. Raids
by boys became so frequent the
old man put poison in some OF
the finest melons and awaited the
results. Thursday morning his son
Felix. George Bridges, a neighbor's
son, and a man named Jocob Muir
were found dead in the patch. The
neigh Dor whose son was among the
victims was the first to discover the
de id bodies and called Thompson out
to show him the corpses. When
Bridges learned that Thompson had
poisoned the melons and caused the
death of his son he drew his revolver
and shot him dead
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

The total number of newspapers pub
lished in the world at present is esti
mated at about $4,000. distributed as
follows: United States and Canada.
20.g34. Germany, 5000; Great Britain,
5000, France, $500; Japan, 1000; Italy,
1900; Austria-IIungary, 1900; Asia.
exclusive Of Japan, 1000; Spain. $50;
Russia. 500: Australia. 500; Greece. Goo,
Switzerland. $50. Holland, 800; Bel
GUM. 500; all others. 1000. OF these.
more than half are printed in the Eng
liSh lnuEnEre
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

HENRY C. WCRS. the author of
"sIarching Through Georgia was a
p inter-, who brought his first song.
Kingdom Coming" TO DIR. George +.
Root, then member OF music pub
fishing firm in Chicago. Ii pleased the
latter 50 well that he induced the com
poser n give up his trade and devote
az las time 10 writing songs. lie ce-
came a prosperous business man in Chi
eaga. but lost all he had in she great
TIRE. tie lived the last years of his life
Ia Hartford. Conn. and died there. and.
though he was not soldier, the Grand
Army is making an effort 10 slsst
eaonument 10 his memory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
THE ELEMENTS.
Wind, Rain, Lightning and Hail
Cause Much Damage.
The Storm in Chicago-A Cyclone Makes
Itself Felt Near HuntIey, IIi.-several
Fatal Accidents Are Reported
Sioudburst la the East.
HEAVY RAINFALL.


CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-Another heavy
rainfall was experienced in this city
Sunday at $3.50 p. m. During the past
week arly eight inches of rain has
fallen in this vicinity. The recent
storms lave been accompanied by cleo
trical disturbances, and considera BILE
damage has been done to property by
lightning. One man was killed and
several others are reported injured by
lightning Saturday night. Fro mall
parts of Illinois come stories of dam
age by wind and rain.
Live stock Killed.
Near Huntley. ILL.,, the storm was in the
nature Of cyclone A path miles in
width was swept by the wind and
many barns and windmills were leveled
to the ground. Great fields of corn
were leveled to the earth as though by
a roller Farmers turned their
cattle from the stables and
thus saved hundreds of head of stock.
ON the Schroeder farm the barn was
wrecked and ten head of horses were
found in the fields attached to frag-
ments of the hangers which
they had dragged loose in their
fright. Louis Gamon's barn fell
and buried eight horses in the
ruins. Five horses were killed in
the wreck of John Hooker's barn.
John Conover lost several cows by
lightning. The roof of the house of
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

THE ls.test thing in scientific con-
crosses IS the Atmospheric Science
congress organized By the Antwerp
Society Of Geography. which has just
held a meeting. The principal sub
jcc;s set down for discussion were air
Currents, their causes and effects, and
he means taken 70 record them. and
nerod vnamics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

IL South Dakota there have been
B.361, $50 acres of officially pronounced
arid lands reclaimed and brought under
cost Of this work of reclamation IS
given at $4,000, 900. and the value of
the irriEating system some three
times as much. Before irrigating
these lands were valued at So. 900. 600,
while they are now said to be worth
nearly s300. 000. GOO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

ACCORDING to The annual report of
Librarian Spofford the congressional
library contains COS, $50 volumes. ex-
elusive of 222 900 pamphlets. These
figures indica e that the congressional
library still keeps its place at the
States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
STRIKE CASES DISMISSED.
Federal Indictments at Minneapolis Held
to he Defective.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Sept. Eft
teen Great Northern strikers, who
have been under federal indictment
for obstructing the mails since
the A. r. q. strike last April,
were dismissed in Judge Nelson's
court Monday morning. The trial of
George Carruthers was in progress,
when the point was made that tie in
dictments did not allege sufficient evil
dence as to what particular way the
mails had been obstrncted. The Judge
took the case from the jury and dis
missed the defendants. The conspir-
acy cases against the strikers were
continued.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

\ WATER COOLER has been patented
which does not require ice. Ii is a
covered receptacle of cellular brick
ware. manufactured clay, sawdust and
asbestos fiber. In the process the saw
dust i burned ont. leaving the prod
net porous The receptacle. with the
water to be kept cool within. stands in
4 tray Of galvanized iron, which holds
water to a depth of two or three
inches By reason of the porosity Of
the cooler and the forces OF capillary
attraction the water in the tray con
stantly rises through the cellular walls
and evaporates. thereby keeping the
water inside cool
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

MAEsHALLTowS, Ia. Sept Near
~ the entire business portion of Con-
rad, u miles south of here, was burned
Thursday, causing loss of over $780,
Coo. with but SIS. coo insurance. Stark
bros. general merchants, are the
greatest sufferers. Their loss is S20,-
coo. with c.,ly g. 600 insurance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

time two of the fishermen had sue
cumbed, and their bodies were left on
the island. The rescued were in a pitt
liable condition. Several of them were
unconscious when found. and it is
feared some of them will die.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
t,rop,,e,i Dea,t.

PEORIA, Ill, sept s.-Henry r.
Ayres, treasurer Of TIE dime savings
bank, and who has been associated
with the banking business in this city
for nearly twenty years, on Thursday
dropped dead at White Bear lake.
while returning from a three weeks
business trip to Dakota and the north
west.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

Two Swiss scientists declare that
they have at last found the connect
ing link between man and ape They
have spent several years in Ceylon
studying a race of pygmies called the
Neddas. who. they say, are a distinct
race and are more like apes than any
other human beings They hunt in
the forests, live in rocks and grOttOes.
recognize no chiefs, have no laws and
are quite. destitute of ideas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
sant 10 an Asylum.

KoKoMo, Ind. Sept. s. Horace
Loomis, who last week murdered his
cousin, James Gregory, near here,
while the latter was up at midnight
administering medicine to the assas-
sins sick mother, has been ordered
taken to the insane asylum.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

OvER fifty kinds of bark are now
used in the manufacture of paper.
Even human skins, pea vines, cocoanut
fibers. hay. straw. water weeds. leaves,
shavinEs. corn huslzs and hop plants
are used for the same purpose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

THE railroad bridge across the firth
Of Forth, Scotland. is being reprinted.
This !. NJ light urdrI taking 80 vast
Is its structure that l. takes fifty tons
of paint to give il one coat" a.,d the
area dealt with is something like
40 acres
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

MOTHER EARTH furnishes a cure for
all ailments that flesh is heir 10, and.
If man could but discover II, there
is a remedy in nature Cor all dis
ease. Recent experiments in Massa-
chusetts. where typhoid fever has
prevailed extensively OF late. have
proved that water can be thor
nughly cleanSed Of all impurities
b. altering it through clean sand.
aud a marked Improvement in the
healthfulness Of the community has
been the result. sand can be easily
had. and there is no reason Why u
family should be without a perfect
water filter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

WAYNE. Ill, Sept. r. During the
storm Sunday night lightning fired
one of the barns on Mark W. Durham )
Oakland stock farm. Five thorough
bred Norman Percheron horses in the
barn were cremated. Loss, $4,000; no
Insurance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

An association OF cyclone survivors
IS being formed in a western town.
Only those who have passed safely
through a genuine cyclone - have
lived a year with a stormy wife are
eligible to membership.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

THE Toronto Globe notes the return
of good many French Canadians from
the United States A Boston 4 Maine
raih cad man IS responsible for the
statement that since last May their
household effects have been pouring
into Canada at the rate OF fifteen car
loads day This means that about
forty thousand people have reerossed
the border in three months. The tide
Of emigration is plainly setting against
this country for the present. Shiploads
OF steerage passengers still continue
10 cross the Atlantic. returning to
their old homes. and enticed by the
low fares
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

u the ground. Isaac Thompson,
b idge-tender at Muscoda, was stand
ing on the bridge when it was blown
dow. He received fatal injuries. A
number of other serious accidents have
bee rerprfad
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
Fires Break out Again.

NEGAuNEE, Mich. Sept FOREST
fires have started on the north and
east side of this city. The damage is
confined to standing timber and farm
crops A strong breeze is blowing and
the ire is Spreading rapidly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
vx..,-hv stockfn.n Drowned.

EMroEIA, Kan. Sept. Y Word was
received here that Frank Martell. a
wealthy stock ranch owner OF Green
wood county. was drowned in the Ne
osho river, near Burlington, % miles
south of here, Saturday evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

ION authority AYERS are 70 be the cor
rect thing for men the coming season
To many a ehappie they viii be sin
guiarlv appropriate.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
Arizona Protests.

PREscoTr, Ari-, Sept. ll.-Ex-Gov.
Zulick, of Arizona, has protested
against the removal of Geronimo and
his Apaches to their former reserva-
ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

A PAPER down in Texas advertises
for "a frst-class driving he rse Cor d
lady that must he young and gentle
and easy e manage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

a DISTINGUISHED French spe sialist is
now claiming that a hypoderu.ic in
lection of nitrate of strvchniue will
cure alcoholism
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
Ieft tie party.

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. Louisiana
sugar planters in convention in this
city decided to vote with the republic
ans in national elections.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

MEXICAN authorities place anarchists
ard cholera on exactly the same foot
ing and treat them alike.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
Death Of a Famous Banker.

BERLIN. sept IA dispatch from
Genoa announces the death in that
city of Baron Emile Erlanger, the we'll
known German banker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
IOWA SOLDIERS, MONUMENT AT DIES MONIES.

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Small meaIi TO he nm o . W fa SCI o fpori the Isl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

AND now the roarof Niagara has
been Photographed and may be heard
in any part of America for a small fee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

LIVERY man has an agreeable side TO
him. but II is sometimes necessary to
&c entirely around him 20 get to It
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13

Howard White. bicycle dealer of
Trenton, \. j.. is missing, and is said
to have absconded with big SUM
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-09-13
The Vermont Election.

BURLINGTON, VT, Sept. Addition
al returns from all the towns in the
state except fifteen show that the ma
jority for Woodbury. for governor viii
be nearly, if not quite, 5000. This
will be gain over the republican ma
jority of 1892, the last official election,
and 10, 600 over the majority given Full
Ter three years ago. The returns indi-
cate that the next house of representa-
tives win contain 204 members, and all
Of these viii berepublican except nine.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-19
EUROPEAN MoNAsTIcIsM.
Said to Have Begun on the Little Island
 Of St. Honorat.

To the student of ecclesiastical his tory the little island of St. Honorat is one of the most impressive spots in Enrope, says the Thinker. Almost in visible on the map, it ct one time oc- cupied a most conspicuous position in the eyes of the world as one of it's great historical sights. As a center of intellectual and moral influence it had, as Montalembert truly says, a greater effect upon the progress of humanity than any famous isle of the Grecian archipelago. It may well be called the Iona of the south. It is remark able circumstance that two little in significant islands, one in the far north, amid the dark louds and mists of the wild Atlantic, and the other in the far south, under the brilliant blue sky, and laved by the bluer waters of the Mediterranean, should have formed the centers which drew to them, and from whence were dispersed, all the spirituala intellectual forces of Chris tendon during it's darkest ages.
 Meeting one day one of those wretched lepers, who were as common in Europe in the early Christian cen turies as they are now in Asia, Hon. orat took him home to his own room and began to anoint his terrible sores Suddenly the dreadful mask of deform- ity fell off, and the scared face burst out into overpowering radiance; and in the transfgured leper he beheld with inexpressible awe no other tn an the Lord Jesus Himself.
 When St. Honorat left his northern home he was accompanied by his sister, who was devotedly attached to him. The strict rules of monastic life would not allow the presence of a woman within the precincts. The gentle and beautiful girl, who at her baptism as a Christian received the name of Margaret, was consequently sent to reside in the neighboring isle Of Lero, where she was completely separated from her brother. By her entreaties she at last prevailed upon him to promise to come and sec her once year. Let me know said she, tat what time 1 may look for your com ing, for that season will be to me the only season of the year" The saint replied that he would come when the almond trees were in blossom. Where upon the legend says the forsaken Margaret assailed all the saints with her prayers and tears until she got her wish, that the almond trees in her island should miraculously blossom once a month; and sending each month a branch with the significant flowers on it to her brothers retreat, he duti- fully came to her at once, and her heart was thus made glad by the sight of her brother no less than twelve times every year.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-19
ANTS IN FLORIDA.
More of Them There Than in Any Other
 Part of the World.


 There are more ants to the square mile in Florida than in any other coun- try in the world, says Q writer in the Savannah News. There are ants which will measure more than half an inch in length, and then there are ants so small that they can scarcely be seen to move with the unaided eye. There are red ants and black ants, and trouble some ants. But as bad as they are, I have never heard of them eating out the seat of mans trousers, as mis- sionary, Rev. Mr. Wilson. once told the writer he saw the army ants doin India while the man was sitting on the earth for few minutes beside him.
 But the Florida ants will take out the lettuce and other minute seeds from the soil in which they are planted and actually destroy the bed. They will suck the life out of acres of young cucunbers and melon plants, uproot strawberry plants or cover the buds with earth to such an extent as to kill them. They will get into pie, pickle, sauce, sirup, sugar, on meat, in hash, will riddle a cake or fill a loaf of bakers bread till it is worthless. All remedies failing, I took to batting them near their nests with slices of meat, bones, apple and pear parings, and when I had from fifty to one hundred thousand out turned kettle of boiling water on them. 1 have killed in one week over one million in the space of quarter acre lot, and ' ,I- T I lo1 fo do this to secure any lettuce plants, and many unobservant farmers com- plain of seedsmen when they should at- tribute their troubles to insects.
 It is very curious and instructive to see how promptly the ants which es- cape the scalding will go to work taking out the dead, and, after piling them outside first, then go to exc avat- ing again and rebuilding their cells and runways. This being done very quickly the next work on hand is the laying i1 of a supply of food, by haul ing the dead bodies of the hot-water victims into their storehouses. You may see a small black ant hauling and tugging at the carcass of red ant twenty times it's own weight, and he always succeeds, in the end, in land ing it in the warehouse of the colony. Next you may see a sort of ambulance corps searching for the disabled. These are taken carefully to the underground house, where the surgeons and nurses are in waiting. Then, too, you may see the timekeepers and bosses direct ing this one, or turning another back on some errand or to some other duty. There is not moments delay, no halt ing feet, no idle hands, but all move as if it was their last day on earth, and this was the only hour left in which to redeem a misspcnt life. For lessons in industry and perfect government go to the ants.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-19
Tho Roman Consul.

The most honorable office in the RO- man republic was that of consul. There were always two elected every year. one each from the patricians and plebeians. Tie consul must be at least forty-tlree years old and must have held the office of quaestor, aedile praetor. The consuls were the heads of the republic, discharging all public functions. such as receiving ambassa- dors or assembling the senate. Their insignia were those of Q king except a crown. They were always attended each by twelve lictOrs or servants, bearing the boxes or bundles of rods with an ax in the center. The lie tors, however, proceeded only one at a time. the lictors of the other following him. The year was named after them, and any laws passed at their recom- mendation also went by their names. They commanded the armies of the re- public, and when both were with the same army they commanded on alter nate days Under the emp.rors the of flee became an empty honor, though surrounded with much greater state.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-19
The Salt or the Sea.

According to computation of the Berg und Huettenmaennische Zeitung the amount of salt in the sea waters of the globe, if extracted, would be great CT in mass than the land. so far as it appears above the surface. The seas, it says, cover 73 per cent. of the earth's surface. estimated at 9,2e0,000 Ger man) square miles. The percentage of chlornatrium in the sea is the same at all depths. Assuming that the av- craze depth of the sea is half Ger man) mile there are then 3,400, 600 cu- bic miles of sea water. A cubic mile of sea water contains, on the average, about 9 kilograms of salt. The 3,40O,- eco cubic miles Of sea water would, therefore, contain S5,OG0 cubic miles of distilled pure salt. There is, there fore, little danger of q salt famine-is the rather logical deduction of the writer
The St. Johns herald., 1894-04-19
THE eREYEourD.
Dcss Used for tie Chase by English
 Sovereigns and Nobles.

Sovere;Gns and Nobles.
 Greyhounds have existed in very much the same form as we find them to-day for more than three thousand years, as we find them pictured on Egyptian monuments Of that remote period. The name probably came from their general color in England when King Canute decrced that none but princes and nobles should keep them. The color now, in either smooth or rough coated greyhounds. is very sell dom grey, but more often fawn.. red, brindled (eitner red and black mixed or fawn and blue), or black.
 The smooth coated dog is known as the English greyhound, and the rough coated as the Scotch deerhound. In conformation they are very much the same. They are the fastest run ners of any Of the canine race. On level ground they can go as fast as a race horse, and over hilly grog,nd they can unquestionably beat even the feet footed thoroughbred. Formerly the English dog was used in chasing the red and fallow deer, and it is related that on ono occasion Queen Elizabeth witnessed the pulling down of sixteen bucks. The dogs of that day must have -hee7l- stranger than those now found in England. When the master of the royal buc'1hounds now has, q meet in the royal forests Of England it is a sorry sight. for the deerare themselves more than half domesticated, and do not know how to get away.
 The greyhound is used, however, in coursing hares, and it is one of the na- tional sports of Great Britain. IT Texas and some other parts of America where jack rabbits abound grey hounds are kept to chase them. The English greyhound is q beautiful, graceful and aristocratic looking dog but the Scotch deerhound is more dig nifed in appearance. These dogs ar trained 10 hunt game by the eye alone. They have good noses, however, and if permitted to do so will also hunt by scent