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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-03

another prosperous merchant, and all
OF the ladies are worthy and winsome.
The Lingans are nearly all gone. One
of them, McCubbin Lingan, is an excel
lent newspaper writer. He was here
several years as the correspondent Of
some prominent papers, but went to
Michigan to reside.
The Office of collector of customs has
never been discontinued since the date
of its establishment. The Office of post
master has been abolished already, and
is merged into the Office of the post
master of Washington. That is to say.
it is merely a sub-station of the Wash
ington post office. When this official ac.
ton was taken there was weeping and
wailing in Georgetown. The good peo-
pie there were always jealous of the
growth of Washington, and entertained
no patriotic pride in the development
of the national capital, because they re-
allied that he growth of Washington
would minimize their city. The oldest
inhabitants actually shed tears when
the post Office was merged into the
Washington office. 1t was a palpabIa
town was either in decadence or at a
standstill, while the business world was
marching along in progressive process
sion.
And now the Office of collector OF
customs is to be abolished. The orig
inal commission given to Collector Lin
gan recites the fact that whereas, dur
ing the revolutionary war, he had
served without salary, he Should receive
an annual salary of 5000 from the date
of his commission. The Coleman mu-
scum of Georgetown college shows his
gorgeous snuff-colored suit and satin
waistcoat with real gold buttons, and
evidently he was a man of high rank
in those days. He was -four inspector
as well as collector of customs. In 1902
Collector Lingan and all of the Office
holders appointed by President Wash
Ington, were required 10 repeat and
sign the following religious test oath:
Il. -, do declare that I believe that
there is no transubstantiation in the Sac
rament of the Lords Supper or in the eIe-
ments of bread and wine at or after the
conservation thereof ~ any person whatso-
ever"
So it appears that there were ex-
tremists on religion in those days as
well as in our times, and religious
declaration was necessary to the proper
performance of public duty. Nobody
to-day seems to know whether George
Washington made this form of oath a
prerequisite to Office holding, or wheth-
er it was required by congressional
enactment. But the original oath is on
file here in the office of the surveyor of
the District of Columbia.
The original custom house overwhich
the bewigged and powdered aristocratic
Lingan presided still stands on Con-
gress street, and looks very much as
it used to look. but for the fact that
time has placed upon it the marks of
decay, and neglect has permitted the
unrestrained raw shments of the wealth.
er. just little bit of oil and paint
would make the quaint and curious lit
tie frame building look quite preten-
tious again.
Directly ecross the street is thu
substantial government building which
was erected in 1856 and in which the
dwindling business of the Office is trans.
acted. 1t is substantial granite struc-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-12-03

But all the land east of Rock creek
was occupied by the children of the
forest, the noble red men. There the
rel deer wandered and the children of
tie red men played, nature lowering
near the heart of aboriginal man, and
the savage living close to the heart of
nature. The people of Georgetown
went hunting over these hills, for there
was plenty of game for all, and the
Analostans were at peace with all the
world, including the white men.
Georgetown grew and waxed strong
long after the seat of government was
located here, and many a statesman
lived in the quaint and aristocratic old
Town, although their daily duties were
in the new city. In 1870 the federal
government established Offices in
Georgetown, and that was before the
capital had been located. On Febru-
airy lG, 1890, William b. Magruder was
appointed postmaster, and en- October
/, 1900, James MeCubbin Lingan was
appointed collector of customs. The
descendants of those worthless are a.
proud of their ancestry as ever Clara
We're de We're dared to be of hers. and
she was 'the daughter of hundred
earls." They are good people until
this day and there Is no record of
black sheep in either family. one Of
the Magruders Is successful doctor,
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GEORGETOwN IN EARLY DAYS.
the city of Georgetown; and the new
national capital has grown up and alb
sorbed the old village and corporation
Of Georgetown, SO that it is now called
West Washington. But the landmarks
of the ancient and honorable municipal
ity have remained untouched, and will
so continue as long as they may last
But the government is about to invade
one of the most sacred precincts of an
Gent Georgetown.
The customs port of Georgetown is
about to be abolished. There is no
longer any necessity for the continu-
ance of the Office, but it is a relic of
the days when Georgetown had large
place on the map. when her people
were prosperous, and when the minds
of her business men were filled with
visions of the development of a new
Liverpool, city greater than any in
the old world. Nobody ia those days
feared rivalry with New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston or any other city in
the new republic. Cincinnati, Cleve-
land, Chicago. st. Paul, and the magnifi-
cence and wealth of and beyond the
great American desert, were all I'M
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Application Of Wood Ashes,

1t is difficult to procure wood ashes
that have their full strength of potash.
Ashes absorb moisture, which adds to
their weight, and in buying them this
should not be overlooked. The fact that
ashes have caustic qualities and indicate
potash when placed to the tongue is no
indication that they have not been
leached by rains, as a portion of the
potash always remains. One of the sub
stances which largely predominant in
ashes is lime, and ashes will give salts
factory results sometimes due TO the
lime, which is often credited to potash
through mistake, but it does not pay to
use ashes for the lime contained, as the
lime can be more cheaply obtained from
other sources.
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ture with a frontage of 60 feet. 1t sits
back in the yard 90 feet from the side
walk and is surmounted by trees as old
as the hills and as large and widespread
ing as the tree beneath which the viii
lage smithy stood. 1t is an aristocrat-
ic-looking building, and if the govern
nent will sell it, after the Office is re-
moved, it would make a palatial resi-
dence for some rich man. The lawns
are large and well kept. 1t is not very
far from the aqueduct bridge and is
within short distance of the home of
Francis Scott Key, the author of "The
Star Spangled Banner"
During these latter years we hear con-
siderable of the extravagant river and
harbor appropriation bills. One of the
first appropriations of that character
was made in 1898, when congress set
aside the sum OF S150,O00 for the pur-
pose of clearing the channel of the
Potomac. Briggs and other large YES
sells could not reach Georgetown on ac-
count of the gradual filling of the
stream. The appropriation was neces-
sary. Since then many millions have
been expended on the Potomac. If the
government had not cleared the channel
of the Potomac a grand canal. would
have Leen built fro N Washington to the
Ohio river.
The grand canal was practically set
tied favorably in public opinion, and on
July 4, 1928, President John Quincy
Adams, the members of his cabinet,
members of the diplomatic corps and
heads of the corporations of the three
cities of the District of Columbia,
namely. Georgetown, Washington and
Alexandria, assembled in Georgetown
and formed a procession which
marched TO the custom house wharf,
and there embarked on the Surprise,
revenue boat, and went down the river
TO the place where the new canal was TO
be started. There President Adams
with a spade turned the first sod in the
proposed canal, reverently saying:
BE fruitful, replenish the earth and
subdue it," But the canal project was
finally abandoned. it is well. Very
soon thereafter the locomotive began
the career which rendered canals I'M
necessary, and which have almost
driven traffic from our internal streams.
In 1884 the supervising officer of the
coasting trade at Georgetown made
record of the fact that 1000 vessels
anchored at the wharves and there was
an annual tonnage of 100000. For that
day and age of the new world that was
an immense business. and IL is not TO
be wondered that the government lib
orally provided for keeping open the
channel of the river.
Blu. all that is past and gone. The
port of Georgetown has languished,
and will soon be a thing of the record
and memory only. Very few large
ships now come TO Georgetown. More
over there is soon to be built grand
memorial bridge oven he Potomac and
il will not be marred by span for COM
merce. The ships which come thus
far Up the Potomac must land at Wash
ington, and the collector of customs for
this city will transact all federal bnsi-
ness with such ships. Poor old George
town. SMITH D. FRY.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
RuTcHeRING TIME.


DFcSsfh8 % ho8bs
Butchering time is near at hand;
have plenty of dry wood up, kettles and
scalding tub ready, the old gun ready to
shoot, and the knives sharpened. Meat
killed in moderately cool weather will
take salt better and keep sweeter than
that killed IN severely cold weather.
Under latter conditions it is liable to
freeze or chill before the animal heat
aud smell leaves the carcass.
Water heated with hot limestone
rock will clean hog better than water
heated in kettles. If you heat in ket-
ties, put shovelful of ashes in the
scalding tub; 100 degrees is scaldina
heat, but water at ITS to $50 degrees
will do the work much quicker, but
with more danger of setting the hair
The thermometer is the best test of the
proper heat, but old butchers readily
test it by the feel of the water on the
hands.
Shoot your hogs down before sticking
them. it is more humane and even if ii
was not, shot hog will bleed more
freely than one stuck alive. The proper
place to shoot is where lines drawn from
each eye TO the opposite ear would cross.
Use small charge of powder, or if you
use breech-loading gun. use short cart.
ridges. AS soon as the hog drops stick
him. Roll him on his back, put the
point of your knife, which should moi
be more than six inches long. right in
front of the breast bore, direct il toward
the root of the tail, thrust il in and with.
draw it quickly TO prevent shoulder
sticking from the struggles of the dying
animal. Scald the front end first, and
when the hog is clean hang it on tn,
gallows pole and scrape down. Use hot
water at first, and finish it Up with
bucket or two of cold water.
Take the insides out of the hog jus
as soon as you can after it is hung up
Put your knife in at the hole made in
sticking and rip up through the breas'
bone and ribs; this will allow any blood
that has settled in the lungs to run out
while you finish the job. Split down be
tween the hams and cut around tn,
vent; pull and cut until you have tn,
bung gut loose for six inches. Tie
string around il and push it back into
the carcass. Finish cutting down in
front, and put your left hand under the
intestines as they roll out; with the
right hand tear everything loose from
the back bone, using the knife with
care, SO as to avoid cutting the entrails
Cut the gullet in front of the stomach
and take the stomach out with the rest
of the entrails. Remove the liver, lungs
and heart after the rest is done. Ii the
og is not bloody inside, use no water
to clean It, but wipe 1t dry with a cloth
Even il the inside of the hog is rather
bloody, 1t may be wiped clean with little
trouble; the meat will take salt better
if kept drY-C. ID. LYON. in Rural World.
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TENDERNESS.

Not unto every heart Is Gods good gift
of simple tenderness allowed we meet
With love IN many fashions hen WELT
First TO our lips Hfe's waters. litter
sweet.
Love comes upon us with resistless power
OF curbless passion and with headstrong
viii:
II plays around like ApriI's breeze and
shower.
or calmly flows. a rapid stream. and stiII
II comes with blessedness unto the heart
That welcomes IL Alright. or-bitter fates-
II Wrtugs the bosom with so fierce smart
That love, we cry, is crueler than hate.
And then. an me- When love has ceased TO
bless,
Our broken hearts cry out for tendernesst
We long FOR tenderness like that which
hung
About Us. lyir- on our mothers breast:
A selfish feeling. that nc pen or tongue
Can praise Alright. since silence sings IL
best:
A love As far removed from passions heat
IS from the chillness OF its dying fire;
A love 20 lean on when the falling feet
Begin TO tOtrer. and eyes to tire
In youths bright heyday hottest love We
seek.
The reddest rose We grssp-but when it
dies.
God grant that later blossoms. viOlets
meek,
May spring for us he-eath Ilfe's autumn
skies;
God grant some loving one be near 10 bless
Our weary way with simple tenderness!
San Francisco ArgOna=I
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INEXPENSIVE HOUSE FRAME.

accompanying sketch. which very near
ly explains itself. Instead of heavy
sill, two-inch plank is laid upon the
stone foundation, bedded into the ce.
ment. Upon this are laid the planks
that are to support the floor boards.
These are spiked to the uprights, which
are themselves spiked to the sill plank.
The same plan of spiking the frame can
be carried out in the upper portion OF
the building. In this way all the frame
is made of plank, and no mortising OF
tenoning is required. This plan is
highly useful for small buildings, while
there are plans to use a somewhat SINH
lar construction in the framing of barns
american Agriculturist.
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Feather pulling is vice that comes
from confinement and idleness; there is
no remedy. but it may be prevented in
a measure by so feeding the fowls that
they will be compelled to scratch. It
is contagious. to degree if one or two
fowls become addicted they are apt to
teach the others. For this reason, pre-
ventive measures in the way of giving
the fowls something to do should be
adopted, but IL any of the hens acquire
the habit. the quicker they are killed
and marketed the better. or soon tbs
whole flock viii be OF II, and this means
xuination 10 su.--Rurs, World.
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The statements made by some promi-
nent men when asked for their views on
the political future of the country give
rise 10 the suspicion that they have
adopted the policy once recommended
by western politician. His son was
nominated for a state office, and the
father proceeded TO give him some adj
vice. Now. Thomas he said, earnest
~, do you lean a little toward every
thing, but don't commit yourself TO
anything. BE round, Thomas; be per-
factly round, like junlS-bottle. and just
dark enough so that nobody can see
what's in you-and you'll get along
Youths Companion.
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Deyfpes. Cannot BE cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There h
Caly one way 10 cure deafness, and that is
Ky constitutional remedies. Deafness j.
caused by an infiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachiau Tube When
this tube gets infiamed you have a rumhling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
snd this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrhl that
cannot be cured by Halls Cat rrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
f. j. CHENEY 4 Co, Toledo, o.
Sold By Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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Uis Fxperience.

An old Scotchman, on the occasion of
his marriage to young woman of %.
was rallied at by some Of his friends on
the disparity between his age and that
Of his bride.
"Aweel." he responded. TRANQUILITY,
'she viii be near me 10 close my cen"
III may be-" remarked an old neigh
Dor. SCI cautiously, but I've had twa
wives. and they opened my ecu."-
Youths Companion.
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POOR OLD GEORGETOWN.
A Century Ago 1t Was a Most
Prosperous Little City.
Now IL IL Merely an Insignificant Suburb
of the National Capital and of No
Commercial Importance
Whatever.
Especial washIngton Letter. /

lGptNld& w dHitlhE A-IlNtE+l
The poet scarcely guessed all the wis
dom he expressed when be wrote the
"0ne-Hoss Shay" and penned the lines:
Little of all we value here
Wakes on the morn of it's hundredth year
Without both looking and feeling queer.
Old things pass away and all things be-
come new, for the progress of the eter-
nal plan of the universe involves in its
maximum procedure the principle of
decay. individuals, clans, tribes and
whole nations pass away in orderly pro-
cession in order that the new may have
the room of the old. Every man is the
intelligent artificer of work that is
not his own. We do our blasting. NOR
tar-malSing, stone dressing or spire
building, but none of us understands
the fullness of the design of the archi-
tect who planned the whole.
Ninian Beall, the Scotchman who
came across the trackless Atlantic
wastes and settled upon the rock of
Oumbarton in this new world, founded
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Fortune Seeking Em,prapts.

Many poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds in the hope of winning fortune,
is preserved from that insidious foe of the
emigrant and front.ersman-clIills and fe-
VERIFY Hostetter Stomach Bitters. So
effectually does that Incompatible medici-
nal defense fortify the system against he
combined influence of a malarious atmos-
phere and miasma tainted water. that pro-
tect d by it the pioneer, the miner or the
tourist provided with 1t, may safely en-
counter the danger
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Texas.

Ia the Agricultural line, Texas leads all
other states in the variety of its prod lcts.
Cotton, coru and the cereals grow aud are
raised in every section of the state and 10
the central and southern portions sugar
cane and sorghum are profitably cultivated.
On the Gulf Coast two and three crops of
vegetables are raised each year. Berries are
shipped six weeks n advance OF the home
crop in tho north. Pears, peaches. plums.
oranges, figs, olives and nuts all grow abun-
dainty and can be marketed from two 20
three weeks in advance of the California
crops Large quantities of rice are now
grown.
IL the land seeker, the home seeker and
the settler desires 10 secure a farm larger
than the one he occupies, on vastly more
reasonable terms; if he wants more land 10
cultivate a greater variety o. crops 10
harry est with proportiOnately increased re-
munerdtion. at a less outlay for cost o: pro
ductiou; If he wants an carrier season with
correspondingly higher prices; u he wants
milder winters, all the year pasturage Ter
his stock, improved health, increased bodily
comforts and wealth and prosperity, be
should go to Texas.
Send for pamphlet descriptive OF the re-
sources of this great state lmailed freel
Low rate HomeseelSers excursions via the
Missouri, Kansas q Texas Railway on Nov
Bird and 18th. Dec. LIST and 18th, lSso. ii a
CHERRIER. Northern Passenger Agent $40
Marquette Building, Chicago.
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"Pink Pills certainly have a great deal of
merit. They have cured me of my sick
headaches aud have built me up generally,
and l cannot speak too highly of this medi-
cine. l shall at all times speak in highest
terms of Pink Pills to my friends aud
neighbors. Mrs. EUGENE WILCOX"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood cuilder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 80 cents a
box, or six boxes for $3.50 they are never
Williams Med. Co Schenectady, n. "
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SIMPLE HOUSE FRAME.

Mode of Construction Highly Useful for
Small Buildings.
There has been a wonderful change
in recent years in the manner of framing
buildings, reducing the size of timbers
used and doing much less cutting of
mortiees and lemons. But there are
still other changes in the direction of
that are not commonly
known. One of these is shown in the
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The Proper Care of sheen.

Sheep are not robust animals and a
drive of 80 miles on a warm day is al
together too much for them. The eff
feet would be to tire them and develop
disease in the lungs, but most especially
by the overheating produce congestion
of the skin, and by injury to the wool
cause the dropping off of it. This, how
ever, is only temporary trouble. which
the sheep will get over in short time,
but it will not save the wool already on
the sheep. 1t will surely cause the loss
of lambs at weaving time.-American
Sheep Breeder.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life


If you want TO quit tobacco using easily
and forever, be ade well, strong, magnetic
full of new life and yigOr, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy NO-To-Bac from
your own druggist, who will guarantee a
cure. Booklet and sample mailed free. Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
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Through c.llfornl. service VI. 9Th. MIL

A fine Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car now
leaves Minneapolis al S:35 and ST. Paul al
S:35 every Saturday morning and runs
through to Los Angeles, Cal, via Kansas
City and the Santa Fe System, without
change arriving destination :25 p NJ. fol
lowing Wednesday.
The Journey, via this route, is through
very interesting portion of America, ana
the hardship Incident to winter travel
through the more northeriy climate is
avoided.
Rate per double berth $500 through. For
berth reservations. further information as
10 rates, etc. apply To s.THE MILWAUKEE
agents. or address }. L. CoSLEY, Asst Gen'l.
Pass. Agent, ST. Paul, Mum.
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HOW TO CLEAN CARPETS AND.
RUGS

Shave four bars of Ivory soap (which
contains nc rosin), and put in kettle
with one gallon of water. Let boil un-
til dissolved. Spread the carpets or
rugs on the floor. Add quart of the
mixture to gallon of warm water. Dip
a flannel cloth in it. and go over the sr-
ticle TO be cleaned. being careful to rub
the soiled spots. Then rinse in clear
water, and let dry.