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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

who dwelt in his palatial mansion, and
exchanged cheap beads, gaudy ribbons
and deadly whisky for the products OF
the chase which the simple people Of
the land brought to him. In those days
the furs which were sent to Europe
from America brought almost fabulous
sums; and the wealthy ladies of the
courts of the world wore beaver, coon,
opossum and muskrat furs. They
came high, but they had to have them.
just as the modern daughters of Eve
must have the fur of the seal, even
though the determination of that Arc
tic beauty must surely follow the ex-
tinction of the buffalo OF the plains.
The big brick chimneys are crumbling.
The river front is not a fashionable Sec
ton, and the wharves of commerce are
nearly a mile lower down the river,
near the arsenal. The land is, how
ever. held at exorbitant figures.
Out in the middle of the Potomac
river. during the past century. alluvial
accretlons formed an island. which
was submerged at low tide. Grasses,
weed and tiny trees grew upon it, and
sportsmen found rich harvests of pleas
ure and profit in quest of the reed
birds, ducks and geese which make the
place their fall and winter dwelling
PLACE. Ten years ago the engineers of
the war department, making use of
liberal congressional appropriations,
began what was called the "reclan,a-
ton of the Potomac flats" With scows
and dredges they scooped the alluvial
deposits and conce1tered them. They
surrounded them with stone walls,
and filled them with earth taLen from
various points in the city where build
ing operations were going on. To-
day the old Potomac fats are almost
forgotten and in their place is an arti-
fetal island about a mile in length, and
nearly half a mile wide. 1t is covered
with trees of many varieties, and
skilled landscape gardeners arc trans
forming il intoa park and pleasure drive
which bids fair TO become justly cele-
brated for picturesqnencss and beauty.
When the great civil engineer, Maj.
L'Enfant, prepared the plan upon
which the capital city was built, and
out of which it has already grown far
beyond the expectation or imagination
of the designer, the village of Ham
burg still existed. The people there
complained bitterly that Goth street
should run right through their hamlet,
regardless of their property rights.
They expected London or Paris to
Immediately grow upon them, and were
indignant with the engineer who pre-
pared the plans. They protested
against their approval. But they have
long since been gathered unto their
fathers, and the village of Hamburg
is almost faded "reminiscences. Their
rights were never disturbed, and they
lived to the ends of their days upon
the lands which they had acquired by
priority of settlement. Their heirs
moved into the more popular portions
of the new city, and their property is
now, by purchase and sale, in the hands
of men and women whose grandfathers
were then unborn. They could not dip
into the future and see all the wonders
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

George Bird Grinnell in his THE
Story of the Indian" gives n bit of
savage ceremonial and folk lore attrib-
uted to the salmon-eating Indians of
the Pacific side of our continent. With
the first run of the salmon certain
solemn rites were carried out As the
Jews gave the first fruits to the Deity,
so did the Indian. The first salmon
was not eaten by its captor. but taken
TO the medicine man. Then young
girl was stripped naked and her body
was painted with red stripes initiative
of the nieshes OF a net. Next she was
taken 10 the river side. the paint was
washed of, and then il was supposed
that the nets would be fortunate. Once
tribe was starving. The salmon did
not run. All the dried fish had been
consumed, when a woman caught a
salmon. Instead of carrying ii to the
high priest she ate up the whole. For
the crime the Deity changed her into
a great rock, and that rock may be seen
to-day below the canyon on the Fraser.
near Yale, in British Columbian. Y.
Times.
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Easy If You Know How.

A sporting gentleman, who had the
reputation of being n very bad shot,
invited rome of his friends to dine with
him. Before dinner he showed them a
target painted on barn door, with
bullet right in the bullseye. This he
claimed to have shot at 1000 yards
distance. As nobody believed him he
offered to bet tine price of an oyster sup
per on it. On enc of his guests accept
ing the wager he produced two wit
nesses whose ,eracity could not be
doubted to prove his assertion. Since
they both stated that he had done what
he claimed he won his bet. During
dinner the loser of Il wager inquired
how the host had ma aged to fire such
an excellent shot. The host answered:
"Well, l shot the bullet at the door at
a distance of 900 yards and then l
painte the target round it."-Tit-Bits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

The inventive gcniis who discovered
that tiny bits of chilled steel were m ore
CffNtive than sand as a material for
cutting granite and stone, struck an
idea that is to revolutionize these in
dustries. The new material is called
"crushite," and takes its name because
it simply brushes and grinds .he
surfaces with which il comes in con
tact. Very small particles OF this
steel are used in place of sand in the
sand-blast apparatus, and also in Dor
ing and drilling in place OF diamond
drills. 1t is said that IL will require
roo tons of the best sand to do as mach
work as one ton of crushite. The par
ticles are tempered TO the most intense
hardness, without being made brittle,
and will sharply indent an anvil when
struck with hammer. The particles
of crushite are spherical, and roll back
ward and forward under the blade with
which they are used, by their intense
hardness disintegrating the surface,
and enabling the work to be pushed
with much more rapidity than when
sand was used, rs has heretofore been
the custOm.-N. Y. Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30

which should grow around their pris-
tine habitation. They never saw the
Potomac flats, nor heard the hills re-
sound with the whistles of palatial
steamers plying the placid stream on
which their shallops floated. | have
often imagined how the man whom
Pocahontas saved would rub his eyes
and pinch himself to realize that he
was the same John Smith. if he could
row his heavy boat up the Potomac
from Norfolk to-day and gaze upon the
transformation scene.
But Analostan castle is no longer
known by that name, and Observatory
hill IS no longer the place where scicn-
lists study the heavens and WELD the
ponderous telescope. The entire
plant of the naval observatory has
been transferred to the heights back of
old Georgetown, that former suburb of
Washington, which is now very inn
portant part of the city proper; that
wonderful elevation which the original
lord of the domain called the Rock of
Dumbarton;" for that splendid and
vast elevated acreage was originally
granted to a Scotchman named Miriam
Beall, who came here from the vicinity
of the medieval Dumbarton castle,
which is celebrated in the interesting
fiction of the Scottish Chiefs" by Jane
Porter. Everything has changed and
is constantly changing, so that the
student of current local history is in
voluntarily reminded of the saying of
the Apostle Paul: "Old things have
passed away. Behold! All things
have become new"
Twenty years ago the eminence be-
yond the street called the Boundary was
farming land, and little village called
Mount Pleasant was Just being formed.
Fifteen years ago that eminence called
Kalorama heights was purchased by
a syndicate and laid out in town lots.
Ten years ago the horse cars on 14th
street were started up the hill. Five
years ago a cable line was begun And
now there are 10000 people in Mount
Pleasant, while $4,000 more have set
tied along the heights from Seventh to
25th street. The old Boundary is
called Florida avenue, and circuits The
northern part of the city with beau
tiful boulevard. lie visitor of 20
years ago would search in vain for the
farmhouses and stumps along the
county road. All have passed asay.
Time works wonders in this progress
sive age. The city is extended out in
to the country. and the boundary will
soon be near the long neglected grave
of L'Enfant, the designer of the city
which has grown so great within a
generation. SMITH ID. Fay.
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country, and most convenient for hab-
itation. The 27th of June manned my
shallop. We had not rowed above three
miles. but we might hear the falls to
roar about six miles distant. The In
dams occupying this territory in the
delta of the two rivers were called Ma
costines or Anocostians The river
aboundeth with all manner of fish. The
Indians in one night commonly will
catch 90 sturgeon in a place where
the river is not above 10 fathoms broad
And as for deer, buffaloes. bears, tur-
keys, the woods do swarm with them"
One mile from Analostan castle was
a little stream which also abounded
by the people who came here during
the century following the advent of
Fleet. And when the capital city , as
located here it was given the name of
Tiber, in memory of the river of an
Glen Rome. Thomas Moore, in sar-
casm wrote of IL: ..What was Goose
creek once, is Tiber now" Gottlieb
tranmer. an early settler, wrote that
"tiic valley of Goose creek has for in
Vulnerable years been periodically Wis
tied by the Indians, who called il their
fishing ground, and they assembled
there in great numbers in the spring
months to procure fish. a point. now
called Greenleafs Point, was the prin-
cipzl camp and the residence of their
cl-iefs. where councils were held among
the various tribes thus gathered there"
There is to-day nothing left Of the
ancient hamlet of Hamburg but two
brick ehimneys, standing near toe river
front. like sentinels of the past. help
lessly watching the growth of city
and the destruction Of tie land marks
which were once dear 20 the rich trader
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-30
PlIh AND POINT.

you never told me Miss Fairgirl
was an athlete. well, is she p"
"Yes, she has thrown me ov,r.n-Tit-
Bits.
Pussy Old Lady-"Now, don't for
get, conductor. want the Bank of
England" Conductor = "AI right.
mum. ASIDE She don't want much.
90 she, mace punch.
She lingering the keys of the pi-
ano)--'Do you play much, Mr.. Kaw-
ler?" He--"No; not under the new
racing laws-er. that is, yes; 1 play the
flute some."-Town Topics.
Final Arrangements. - Friend
"Have you signed the contract?" Ac-
tress-"Yes. The manager agrees 10
allow the expense of two diamond rob-
berries md one divorce. brooklyn
Life.
THAT" exclaimed the Zig fish to
the little fish, lis the fish who slipped
off the hook just as they were pulling
him out of the water. They tell great
stories about him."-Detroit Tribune.
--Maude-"You wouldn't know nv
beau now if you met him" Nell
"Why, has he changed so much as
that?" Maude-''That isn't IL exactly.
I've changed im."-Phi'adelphia Rec
ord.
-Thoughtfulness. Magistrate
"If you broke into the house with hon.
cradle intentions, as you sag you did,
why did you take off your boots in the
hall?" Burglar-'I was told by my
mate that the master was living i'll in
bed" (Six months. )-Dorfl,arbier.
"A Home Thrust Herr Becker
"Marie, it strikes me you wnste a lot
of precious time with your poodle!"
Frau Becker-"Poor creature. / often
feel sorry for him. lie has no club to
60 to of an evening and amuse himself
four or five hours at a stretch
Deutscher Soldatenhort.
81 suppose" said the preacher, a
little out of patience, "that when the
last trump blows it will find good
many of my congregation asleep"
We'll" replied one of the deacons,
Il reckon il all depends on who is do
iiS NhC az ludt
oment."-Yonkers Statesman.
-Neighbor-"What beautiful hens
you have, Mrs. Stuckup." Mrs. Stuck
up-"Yes, they are all imported fowls"
Neighbor-"You don't tell me so. /
suppose they lay eggs every day?'
Mrs. Stuckup Cproudly)-"They could
30 so if they saw proper, but our cir
oumstances are such that my hens are
not required to lay eggs every day.
Texas Siftings.
-Dumley = "Townley was looking
for you to-day, Brownley. He sails for
Australia tomorrow, where he intends
settling, and he wanted to collect five
pounds you owe him" Rrownley-
Yes; | saw him little while ago. l
promised 10 forward him the money
by the next mail Dumley-'In what
part of Australia does he expect to set
tle?" Brownley-"Well, really, j don't
know; / didn't ask him. "-'rit-Bits.
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ton and then in the other. To each
half of shaft is rigidly secured a
blade or sail, in such a manner that
when one of the pair stands upright
the other will be lying down. A simple
and ingenious attachment rocks these
shafts and automatically raises and
lowers the blades, according to the re-
quirements of the service. The sails
are "feathered" as skillful boatman's
oars are.
An important feature of the latter
wind engine is that he has provided
for the storage of power. The force
developed by his machine operates so
as to lift heavily weighted platform.
Any expenditure of this force tends
to lower the burden. Elevation of the
latter to it's full height involves about
half days work. Grist mills, pumps,
dynamos and other mechanical or cleo
trical devices dependent on the wind
engine for power can be run for a few
hours during calm if the storage plat
form has been previously raised to the
top notch, say, during the night.-N. Y.
Tribune
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1t Is of the utmost Importance that
we maintain the quality of our live
stock, and the only way to do this is
10 strive hard to improve it, Good beef
never lacks demand either at home or
abroad. In fact il is potent infiu-
ence in creating that "felow feeling
which makes a mortal wondrous kline"
The Britisher has warm spot in his
heart for good bit of American roast,
though he may not tell about it, and
the American epicure keenly relishes
a bit of English mutton, well prepared,
though he may not tell about ii either
Our export trade in live stock and
meats has reached enormous proper
tons. Our products. however. have to
stand sharp competition in the worlds
markets, and in order to hold our own
we have got to give close attention TO
the healthiness of our live stock and to
its quality.-Farmers' Review.
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During this season there have been a
very large number of complaints of leg
Weakness in fowls. Heretofore il has
been very unusual. There are several
causes of leg weakness, among them
the feeding of sulphur. If sulphur is
given in damp weather it acts almost as
a poison, and affects the bones, causing
pains in the limbs similar to rheuma-
tism. We have experimental with its
use and found the results as stated.
Then again, dampness of the quarters
coDduces to leg weakness, and so will
orerfeeding. When the hens have good
appetites, and appear we'll except I'M
able to move freely, remove them from
the male, as often his attentions are the
cause of the difiiculty.-Prairie Farmer.
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SNUFF

The New Vice of Factory and shop
Girls.
The popular belief has been that
'snuff-dippingr is confined almost en-
tirely to the negroes and the poor
whites down south, but this old-fash-
Toned practice is INDUCED in to re-
markablc extent in this section of the
country. Within the last two or three
years ii has been taken up by shop and
factory girls, and there is hardly
manufacturing town in New York
state or in the east where the dealers
do not sell hundreds of pounds of dip
ping snuff weekly.
The girls are using it now in prefer
ence to gum, and those who do not al
ready know the trick are being taught
it by their companions. The old
fashioned snuff that pleasurably it'll
lated the nostrils of our ancestors is
going more and more out of use each
year, and to-day seven-tcnths of the
snuff manufactured in America is
snuh for DIPPING. Approximately
about Co,ooo.oOo pounds come out of
the mill each year. 1t is sold in little
tin cans holding one ounce, or fire.
quently girl prefers to buy it in small
paper packages, which she can carry
about more easily. An ounce costs
five cents. With some girls this guam
tity will hardly last more than a couple
of days.
The dipping" process is simple
one. The old-iashioned method was
to rub the gums with the powdered to-
bacco by means of stick of soft wood.
whose end haG been chewed into
sort of brush, but the factory girl
pours about half teaspoonful on a
card or bit of paper, and, tipping this,
shakes out the snuff into her mouth
against her closed teeth.
The amount of the consumption can
be judged best from the fact that one
dealer in this city sends barrel of
dipping snuff weekly to dealer in
Troy. The collar and cuff girls of that
city. it is said, have large number of
snuif-dippers among them. Fall River,
Mass, and Lynn are also stronghoids
of snutf-dipping, and in fact this
article finds customers in every city
and town along the AtlaGtic seaboard.
The negro and poor white trade of the
south is a comparatively small factor
nowadays. There are ten dipping
snuff manufacturers in the country,
the majority Of them in New Jersey,
though Baltimore has two or three
and Philadelphia at least one.-N. Y.
World
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river of splendid proportions and re-
markable meanderings through coun-
try of boundless fertility and beauty,
was formerly the home of the proud
and peerless Analostan Indians, and
from its heights the front ranks Of the
invading Susquehannas were driven
in defeat when they undertook the con-
quest of the south. The hill remains
where it was reared by omnipotence,
but il is no longer the thing of grandeur
and beauty which nature created. For
many years the naval observatory was
located there, and therefore il retains
and will ever retain the name of OBJ
servatory hill, although the original
owners called it Analostan castle in
cultural tongue which is now extinct.
Long before the most poetic dreamer
of state craft or prognosticator of the
future of the new world conceived the
idea of an independent republic, and
many years before George Washington
had selected the site of the capital city
of the Dew nation which grew from the
point of his puissant sword, little
village of Indian traders was located on
the river front below Analostan castle
1t was called Hamburg, and was at the
headwaters of the "Powtowmacly
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river" 1t was at this point that Ger.
Braddoek landed his troops, and upon
this hill that he organized his forces
for that disastrous march towards Fort
DuQuesne, where Pittsburgh, Ia, is
now located. Braddock and the ma
jority of his men fell before the allied
French and Indians: and Col. George
Washington. saved the little remnant II
the misguided and unfortunate eNpedi-
tion. The so-called western frontier
has gradually moved towards the set
ting sun since that day, until at last
there is no western frontier; and the
war department mas recognized that
fact by recently abolishing many of the
forts and barracks in the western sec
ton of our country.
One of the earliest settlers upon the
ground which is now the national cap
ital was Fleet, an English fur trader,
Wa grew very rich out of his -raffic
with the Analostans and other indian
tribes. lie kept a journal, or diary.
and it contains the first description of
the virgin state of the wonderful and
beautiful city of Washington. Fleet
wrote: Monday, June IS, 1871. This
place, without all question, is the most
pleasant ard healthful place in all the
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THE PACE THAT KILLS.
Fast Work and Fast Eating Make Three
Score Years and Ten Ripe Old
Age These Days.
Ernm the c.ncfnnntf Enn.irer


The American people live too fast eat TOO
upon many of us a train of nervous and
stomach orders that are very difficult to
manage Investigation and chemical anal
ysis to discover such compounds as will
help those suffering from such ills has re-
suited in the discovery of DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, which mas taken
very high rank as a specific remedy.
II. y. Owens, a travelling man thirty
years OF age, who Is well-known in this
community and generally liked because he
Is bright, energetic young fellow, resides
with his mother at 335 Central Avenue.
Cincinnati, Ohio. He has been victim of
dyspepsia which took the form OF continu-
Gus constipation, and, strangely enough,
his mother suffered from the same trouble.
Mr.. Owens testified to the merits of Pink
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TO the Enquirer reporter:
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did not have to use more than box of them
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When appealed to Mrs. Owens answered !:
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Mr.. Owens continued: al believe that
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When I had my stomach troubles l was
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all that were claimed for them. You can
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see fit.n
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