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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
Bedroom In a Summer House.

One of our millionaires has had hii
little daughters bedroom in their sum
mer house decorated after peculiarly
simple style. 1t would look austerely
plain for cold weather use, but for the
hot months it has charmingly fresh
sweet look. The floor is of Georgis
pine. with white goatslSin rugs lais
about The furniture is brass bed
stead, a whitening dressing table and
washstand, with chairs that are all OF
wickerwork. The mantel, drapes with
the same dotted swiss, has a marble
statuette, some glass vases and a white
picture frame or two. The toilet SCI
Is of unadorned delicate white china,
and the dresser bottles, cushions and
the rest are unrelieved by color. The
combs aud bushes are all of ivory. As
will be seen there is nothing expensive
in this furnishing, although it was
done for girl who will inherit an i'm.
mense fortune some day. The same
scheme may be carried out by a very
meager purse. Philadelphia Press.
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A HOMEMADE WIRE FENCE.

on the other side of the lower wire to
be tied. II one wish his fence wires
to be tied every six feet. begin
three feet from the post, and tie the two
top wires; then skip one space, and
fasten the next wires, and so on until
the ground is reached. The stick may
be moved over three feet, and the two
wires skipped the first time be fastened
as in cut. These tie pieces are fastened
to the wire with piece of fat steel
six inches long and one inch wide, bent
and filed hook shaped. To fasten the
top of the tie, hang it close to the
notched stick thave che wires drawn
tight, take this piece of steel in my
right hand, hang it on the fence wire
to the right of the tie, turn it over the
fence wire until the notch in the steel
catches in the short end of the tie, and
wind it around the fence wire without
any trouble. The lower end hangs
ON the other side of the lower wire.
Catch the end of the tie that hangs
below the wire IN the bend of the steel,
with the notch in the steel against the
fence wire; give the tie bend around
the wire, and finish the job the same as
for the upper end of the tie. This
makes the best and cheapest fence of
which | know without any exception.
| use Pinch staple one half finch wide.
and when fasten the wire. l am care
full to place the points of the staple so
that they will not split the post. 1t
will give a half stronger job than
stainless of the same length bent for
round wire. Outside of my own work
on my tools for my fence, lpaid 10 cents
to blacksmith. | have put on the
ties of a five-wire fence AZ rods long in
a half day.-Rural New Yorker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
FREDERICKSBURG.

never pick = pc up hut that IN IL see
That some one rOke a record"-and Il truly
seems 70 Lac
It's VERY strange the world Is not OF records
quite bereft.
They've broken up so many that there 5 hardly
any left
For instance. t'other morning, in the Every
Day KazoO.
read The wArmest tenth OF June that ever
mortal knew:
Twas ninety-nine az i've o'clock. and Mr.. Dunn
doth state
Last year al ave o'clock that day twas only
ninety -eight-"
Next day another record went. We learn
from Mr.. Dunn
That yesterday was cooler than June leventh.
si1ty-one.
Which held the June cold record undisturbed
for AL these ye-rs
Al four D N 'tvas twenty-eigh; and frozs our
f0rez,au's ears"
And all the ocean steamers that pretend TO
be o. X
Are breaking records all the time. some sec
onds every day
They break EN- going north or sou.h- and go
ing east or west
At smashing records seamen never seem 20
take q rest
And horses trot old records just completely out
Of sight.
And bikers TOO. put miles away, as on their
rapid 4 Eht
They spin across the country roads: from
TArrytowL TO Quoqus.
The other day. understand. a b.ker heat a
dog
And 80 IL g0es-slI do it-even I've the fever
caught.
And Try to beat my records and it's really
Jolly sport
I wrote this poem In less zine by seconds two
three
b. me
-Harpers BaEar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08

no time an struck suit fur the Sweet
Grass hills long before daylight
Next day, bein' guided by the on
grateful Injuns, you chaps did find
WhoOp Up, a lot of mighty sick
warriors on what whisky war left.
The redskins must have given us bad
name, likely; fur a squad of perleece
sot right out on our trail; but our e<it-
tiers bein' light-loaded-thar war
eighty OF EN-, besides the nineteen we
war ridin-we got to the bound'ry
line fust.
Don't you rek'lect when you come
up we war sittin' round that pile of
stones on Milk river. jist inside of Mon
tana. a-pokin' fun at you? But you
dassent come one foot on Uncle Sans
ranch, an had to bid us a sorrerful
adoo. II trooly war gelorious timei
az amt bearin' no malice gains. the
redcoats. / s'pose they've got to arm
ther grub. But il war low-down mean
on 'em to hold up Tom Higgins when
he war a-comin' back from Benton ea
innocent an unsuspectin' ez a tender
foot Chinee. An then to spill out all
Nhab NhAohN hC AotA aAohk war ONho
ciously foolish. Why. you might have
gone in pardners with Tom an
made a little fortin outen I'll But
Britishers is too bull-headed for any
thing" With which sage remark
Four-Ace Pete turned away in disgust
and crawled into his bunk again. He
was at this time in durance vile at
Fort Walsh. having been at last cap
tured and convicted of bringing spir-
ituous liquors into the northwest ter
ritories of Canada, where, after twenty
years of police supervision, 1t is now
rather more difficult to get drink Of
whisky than in Kansas drug store.
Some of these old-time whisky
traders did really reform, however.
and became honest citizens. One is
now a member of the Manitoba legis-
lature. and several others are respect
able business men in Montana; but all,
on occasion. enjoy telling of that
eventful night at Whoop Up when Joe
johnson became so suddenly pious on
the strength of 1.-The worlds Dustin
up."-N. Y. Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
DICKENS PLAYING A PART.
The Authors Son Tells How . Murder
Scene Was Written.

The Authors Son Tells How . Murder
Scene Was Written.
We were alone together al Gadshill,
! remember, and | was sitting, with
doors and windows open, one bright,
clear, still, warm autumn day, in the
library, engaged upon a mass of pa
pers, as to which had to report to my
father later in the day, says Charles
Dickens the younger. Where he was
did not know, but, supposing him to
be in the Swiss chalet, over in the
shrubbery, across the road, took adj
vantage of having the place to myself
and went steadily on with my work.
Presently i heard noise as If a tre-
mendous row were going on outside
and as if two people were engaged in a
violent alteration or quarrel, which
threatened serious results to some
body. Ours being a country infested
with tramps. l looked upon the dis
turbance at first as merely one of the
usual domestic incidents of tramp life
arising out of some nomadic gentleman
beating his wife up our lane, as was
quite the common custom, and gave it
hardly a moments attention.
Presently the noise came again, and
vet again, worse than before, until l
thought it was really necessary to
ascertain what was going on. Step-
ping out of the door on to the lawn at
the back, / soon discovered the cause
of the disturbance. There at the other
end of the meadow was my father,
stridiDg up and down, gesticulating
wildly, and, in the character of Mr..
Skies, numbering Nancy, with every
circ instance of the most aggravated
bru -ality. After dinner l told him
what l had seen and he resd me the
murder-it was rather a STARTER for an
audience of one-and asked NE what l
thought about IL. THE finest thing /
have ever heard" was my verdict; but
don't do it," IL there was one thing
more than another that my father re-
sented, 1t was any suggestion from
anybody else that his health was fail
ing or that he was undertaking any
thing 1eyond his strength, SD when I
was pressed for reasons l would give
none and merely stuck to ny point
without any explanation or argument.
North American Review.
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He PULLED THE BOX.
But He Didn't Know How to Turn 10

But He Didn't Know How to Turn In an
Alarm of Fire.
Two men came out of cafe in
Broadway and paused moment in
that contented, irresolute manner Of
persons who have dined well They
looked up and down the street, and
wondered what TO do with the hour
that interviewed before the play began.
One of them caught sight of the red
glass In d street lamp on the opposite
corner and tried to read the plainly
printed directions 1t was too far
away.
suppose there were a fire in your
fat" he said to his companion, ''and
you wanted to turn in an alarm How
would You do it?"
''oh, that's easy. I'd go to the near
est box and pull it"
What box is nearest your flat?''
II don't know, but there is q card in
the front hail that has the direction,
printed very plainly"
Lights in your front hall all night?"
mo, but I've got matches-got
matches to burn, my boy. Why, what
are you trying TO do?"
Trying TO see what you would do in
case of fire. Now. when you discove red
your fat is on fire-say in the middle
of the night-you will rush madly
down stairs in your night clothes and
slrppvES-
And trousers. / don't go abroad
without my trousers"
"All right. When you get down TO
that printed card you find you can't
read 1t in the dark, so for the first time
you think of a match. But you have
none with you. We don't carry matches
in our trousers pocket So you bound
lightly back upstairs"
Screaming fire every step"
Never mind about that. am let
ting you turn in this alarm. You come
back. break three or four matches in
your effort to hurry. light the last one,
read the directions, find the nearest
alarm box is two blocks away and
chase madly down there. You make
good time running; I admit that.
When you come to the box what do
you do?"
Pull it."
'But how? Now. there is box just
across the street. How would you pull
1t II we Shout suddenly see flames
bursting from those windows over
there?"
"Darned II know, but the directions
are painted plainly right up there in
sight I suppose could read them.
Or might meet a policeman.
''Oh, yes; or the fire might go out
Stick to the text"
well. now, what would you do?
How would you pull the box?"
II don't know. Let's go over and
see"
So they went across and read:
Turn handle TO right until door
opens; then pull inside hook only once,
and shut the door"
That's easy, isn't itY'
Yes, but I suppose l have passed
those red lamps that mark Inc location
of alarm boxes-say IN zee thousand
times in the past year. And yet it
never occurred to me to read the direc-
tions. / would have been almost help
less in case of fire. l wonder if there
are many more men in New York
who know no more than we dor
Not more than a million, / think.
Let's walk"
And If they don't forget it they have
learned valuable lesson.-N. Y. Her
aid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
A DENIM HAMMOCK.
Directions for Making a Swing Hammocl
for the Baby's Use.

~
for the Baby's Use.
Denim is constantly invading new
fields and taking fresh uses. Its las
is as the constructing ia brio of child's
hammock. Two yards of denim of g
brownish tone were purchased and
pattern one and one-quarter yards long
by twenty-seven inches wide was cut
out of newspaper as a preliminary
step toward making the hammock
Then the denim was folded length
wise and crosswise, so as to quarter il
and find its center, and this was mark
ed with a pin thrust through it, after
which the paper pattern was
folded in the same way, the
center found, and laid over the spread
out denim so that the two material,
would be exactly conferred together
lengthwise with each other. This left
a strip of denim uncovered on each
side of the paper pattern four and one
half inches wide, while the ends wer
completely uncovered. A pencil lin,
was then drawn so as to continue the
sides of the denim in two long strip
from end to end, making the strips two
yards long by four and one-half inche;
wide. Inside of these strips was lef'
at each end an untouched piece o.
denim a little more than thirteen
inches long by twenty seven inche,
wide as the cloth runs. These Ions
side strips must not be cut, as they
make the swing pieces for the ham
mock, but the end blocks are cut ou'
along the pencil line as far as the pa
per and across the end of the paper. Sc
as to make a huge capital ii of tn,
denim. You must next cut one littl,
slit an inch deep into the extrem,
corners of the bar of the III along
the pencil line, so as to enable
you to run up hem on the toI
and bottom of the bar. After finishing
this, fold the long side strips length
wise and run them up smooth, so a,
to make of them two long straps at
tached to the crossbar of the ii. Now
you must take a pillow, lay it dovr
on the denim, as you would if the
hammock were in use as bed. ana
lay a V plat in each side of the cross
bar to bunch it into pocket or vesse
shape. Plat until you get the ar
raDgement you wish; stick in few
pins and double stitch through the
plat along its edges. You will nov
have the hammock shaped, and the
next step is to run piece of the waste
denim across each end all Of the width
as a stay to prevent the side strips
from pulling off
After placing the stays on the ends
the side straps may be firmly sewed
together to make hanging loops, to
which light line may he added a.
pleasure when needed. If the pillow
and bedding will not keep apart, light
round sticks may be inserted any
where across the loops by working .
large eyelet in the strips to hold the
stick ends. domestic Monthly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
The wedding Presents Were Useful

At wedding in little New Eng
land town the other day. the village
doctor, who is the village joker. con-
tributed to the hilarity of the occasion
in his wedding present 1t was bot
tie containing one thousand two grain
quinine tablets, with the advice to the
bride To take two when tempted to
scold her husband. the desire being, it
was asserted, sure sign of malaria.
Unfortunately, no prophylactic for the
CIstemper, should it attack the hus-
band, was provided-an obviously most
unfair distinction. The list of pres
ents as published in the village paper,
further included: One breakfast
caster, FIVE pairs of linen towels, six
ty-two yards bleaehed cotton cloth, a
painted fire screen in three sections, a
set of silver buttons for shirt waist
and sleeves, two embroidered table
covers, table mats, pincushions, stock
ing bag. dust shovel, gem tins and
various other articles. - Boston Ga
LsttA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
MILK COOLER.

1t does not matter how much or how
little water is pumped into the vat at
once, as it holds itself with the top of
the hose all the time. There is no
danger of overlooking or drowning the
cans. OF course, there should be
enough cold water pumped into the
vat to keep the milk cool. ! find that
when my milk is at the same tempera-
ture as the water coming from the
well, il is about right to raise all of
the cream. | used piece of two-inch
hose, and bored two inch hole in the
box and inserted the hose. Then in
order to make the hose and box water
tight. bored hole through stick,
which ! drove inside of the hose where
il passes through the tank. j had
good sweet milk and good buttermilk
aud fine, hard butter all summer. |
shipped my butter to Omaha, and re-
ceived for it at the depot four and FIVE
cents per pound more than we could
get at the store at home. also grew
in my garden after July s, 1894 lat
which time was hailed out and lost
my entire crop, poll .oIaeteeo, one
bushel of turnips. eleven cabbages,
four bushels of radishes, one-half peck
of beans, lots of lettuce and few
onions, by irrigation from our tank. =
George Hallock, in Farm and Fireside.
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An Uncertain Dinner,

One needs more faith than seasoning
to dine on "a bird in the BUSH or a
fish in the water. But a landlord as
thoughtful as the one mentioned be-
low would probably End some way to
feed his guests. In Rev. Edward Ev-
erett Hale's "reminiscences of his boy
hood. he tells this story of an old tav-
ern on the Merrimac, where he once
stayed: Mr.. Isaac z. Davis, who was,
/ think. one of the proprietors of the
locks and canals which made Lowell,
went to this same hotel with a party,
aud inquired what they were to have
for inner. The keeper said that q
good salmon had come up the river the
night before, and he proposed to serve
him-with which answer Mr.. Davis was
well pleased. Later in the morning he
said he should like to see the salmon.
But the man only expressed his
amazement at such folly on the part OF
Boston man. You don't suppose 1
would take him out of the water, do
you? He is in the water at the foot of
the falls. aud has been there since last
night. When it is time to cook him
shall go out and catch him. Youths
Companion.
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STORY OF THE PRESSGANG.
A TaIkatIve Child Gives Away tho Score,
of His Fathers Hiding Place.

A TalkatIve Child Gives Away tn. Secret
of His Fathers Hiding Place.
One of the most touching incidents
that occurred in Orkney in pressgang
times was in connection with the cap
ture of David Cromarty, Northhouse,
Deerness. He was sitting smoking one
day when his wife gave the alarm that
the pressgang was approaching. David
was prepared for such an eyentuality,
and had SO constructed the shelves of
press that they came out on hinges
and gave sufficient room behind as a
hiding place. When the pressgang
entered the house, Mrs. Cromarty was
busily engaged at her spinning wheel,
and she put on such bold front that
the constables began to suspect that
their man had made good his escape.
Her three-year-old child, David, was
playing at her feet on the fioor, VIII. q
the pressgang was searching the
italian" and the peat-neuk" for his
father; and the little fellow clapped
his hands in glee as he saw them go
ing everywhere but the right place.
At last, when they were on the point
of leaving. the child, evidently think
ing he was witnessing game of hide
and-seek, innocently shouted: "Da's in
the press!" The mother tried to drown
his voice. but this only made him the
more determined to let himself be
heard. and he finished up by pointing
TO his fathers place of concealment.
Who can describe the anguish of the
poor woman as she saw the constables,
by accepting the information so inno-
Gently given, capture her husband?-
y. Y. Post.
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were coming through the narrow pas
sage between the stone piers of the
bridge the boat capsized. He was an
excellent swimmer. There was not
enough water In the Potomac to drown
him, unless he was seized with cramp
and that was not likely. for the water
was warm. She sanb and so did he.
before assistance Geld reach them.
The distance from tlS lighthouses was
such that no rescuT could possibly
reach them In time to save them. The
little boat went floating down the
stream. II was overturned, but would
have sustained beth with ease, If they
had chung to it. One of her wrists was
badly bruised, as though 1t had been
wrenched from the goat. Her fingers
were also bruised aId the skin upon
them broken. 1t IS generally supposed
that he deliberately sapsized the boat,
wrenched the fair aspd of the woman
he loved from its grasp upon the boat,
and thus drowned her. That having
been accomplished it Is believed that he
deliberately permitted himself to sink
with her. When theirsDodies were found
his arm encircled her svaist. She would
not marry him, but they died together.
There is an octette choir here which
takes nightly rides on the Potomac.
They row far aboSe the Aqueduct
bridge, and then floSt down past the
lighthouses singing gongs which float
over the placid watess and are echoed
from hill to hill, in Chorus sweet and
clear. All of them ace young men and
members of the ch2ir of one of our
leading churches. They sing snatches
from operas, popular ballads and
Georgian chants. 0Se Saturday even
ing they gave rehearsal of all the mu-
sic which was to be rendered in church
on the morrow, and 1t was indescriba-
bly, delightful. ThSir basso secundo
sang the part of TIL king, in the can.
tata of Esther. and Che tenor sang the
songs of Mordecai. The song more
Wine" by the kingswas more enter
tanning, coming as il did over the wa.
tiers, than any of thetorgan-like intona-
tions of Whitney or Root.
is not an unco&mon ramble for
these young gentle .nen and their lady
friends to leisurely fllmb the George
town heights, and wander through
Lovers Lane, an hoer or two before
going to the river Tor their rowing or
sailing. The canoeists are having de-
lightful time with thtir light and airy
craft, and mahy of sie girls fearlessly
enter the treacherobIs tippy boats and
paddle as speedily as Pocahontas and
the duslSy maidcns Of the forest used to
silently skim over these same waters,
long before modera alright canoes
were dr. lmed of conceived by the
inventive genius of; man. The exer-
else gives glow iand color to their
cheeks which cannoS be duplicated by
artificial applications. 1t is the real
genuine peach-blowt bloom of health.
But we have sailof lads and lassies
as well as manipug ators of the oars.
There are some magnificent yachts
here, and quite number of little
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-08-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
SIMPLE WIRE FENCE.


The One Here Illustrated Was Made by
an Eastern Farmer.
The trouble with all woven-w wire
fences is that they will wrinkle in GO
ing over hills or through hollows. l
use No. 9 annealed galvanized wire,
strung the distance apart | wish the
wires TO be. use on the end of each
wire an iron spool. The wires go
through the end post and are wound
on the spool. / use long. broad sta
Piles. but do not drive them home, SO
that the wire is loose from one end to
the other end. To keep the wires from
spreading so that animals can crawl
through, fasten them together with
pieces of the same wire cut three
inches longer than wish the wires in
the fence to be apart. One end of
these wires is bent in the shape of a
letter U, by bending it in a hole bored
one and one-half inch deep, in a one
half inch round iron. Unless one use
something to keep the wires in place
when these tie pieces are f. stoned on,
the fence wires will be drawn together.
use piece of hardwood board, one
half by one inch, four feet long, with
fat piece of iron screwed TO one side
of il. This stick has notches filed
three-eighths inches deep in the wood
and iron, to correspond with the
wires, so that when l place he stick
against the fence, one wire goes in
each notch. My stick is four feet long,
and has notches cut in it every six
inches. Where l wish my fence wires
to be tied together, place my uotched
stick. and hang tie with hook on
the other side OF the fence from me,
and the lower end of the tie hanging