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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-16
PITH AND POINT.


MIR. Boodles-"You began life az
barefooted boy. VI derstand?' New
Clerk-"Yes. sir; was born without
shoes."-N. Y Herald.
-Hunker--Stagg has a pretty
easy time of it, Spatts-"In wha;
way?" Hunker!.IIis wife drives him
to drink, and cabnan drives him
home. Town Topics.
Nothing Else TO Do.-Husband-'1
see Jorlzins has been scheming with
other peoples money again. Wife
We'll. poor fellow, he hasn't any of his
own."-Detroit Free Press.
FIRST Doctor-"I ordered him an ice
cold bath every morning" Second Doc.
tor-"What, when he had influenza?'
First Doctor-"Yes. 1t will give him
pneumonia, and made my whole repu
tation curing that."-Punch.
Dolly hear Marie Antiq'e was
a great belle at the dance the other even
ing. She told me she danced every
dance" Polly-"Oh, yes. Mary's just
the kind of girl to be belle at leap.
year dance."-Harper's Bazaar.
-Expressive.--Mrs De Tong-"Tm
going out, Nanette." Nanette-"Oui,
madame" Mrs. DE Tong-"And want
you to be sure and take care of the
baby" Nanette-"Oui, madame. I
bottle it at seek o'clock. Up.
King Cophetua addressed the beg
gar maid kindly. 'Is that real?" he
asked, pointing 70 the color of her
cheek. YES" answered the maid"
shat is a straight flush" well, that
beats met" exclaimed his majesty, d.
recting flourish of trumpets by way
Of ending the parley.-Detroit Tribune.
AT a Hotel.-Guest Ito waiter)-
az can't eat this soup!" Waiter takes
il away and brings another kind of
soup. Guest-'I can't eat this soupl"
Waiter, angrily, but silently, for the
third time brings another kind. Guest
(again)-'I can't eat this SOUP" Watt
er, furious, calls the hotel proprietor.
Proprietor Ito guest)-'Why can't you
eat this soup?" Guest (quietly)-"Be-
cause / have no spoon!"-Texas Sift-
fpnc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
GOOD MILK TANK.
Homemade Device That Can Be Used
Wilh or Without Lee.

Home-Made Device That Can Be Used
with Without Ice.
Some one asked for plans for home
made milk tank or crearaer for six or
eight cows, to be used with OR without
ice. 1 describe one that we have used
with good satisfaction with water only.
1t is simple, convenient. durable and
cheap.
Any kind of cans can be used. Com
mon cans, holding IA quarts, can be had
of timer for about rs cents, with
cover. Have them made to order, with
fiange all around the bottom and a
bail like pail to lift by. A round can
of this description. Sc inches in diam
eter and Is inches deep, will hold about
3h gallons. 1t is nice size. convent
ent to handle, and in my Judgment
preferable to an oblong can.
To accommodate four cans of this
size the tank ought TO be about AXIS
inches inside, and is inches deep. By
making II 20 inches longer il will hold
two extra cans, and il viii be good
place in which to keep the cream cans
in hot weather. The additional cost
will be but little.
The tank can be made of two-inch
material, well fitted and firmly bolted;
it can be made of lighter boards and
lined with galvanized iron. 1t should
have tight-fitting hinged cover. and if
unprotected from the direct rays of the
sun, the cover ought to be double, with
an air space between. The tank should
be placed near the pump. and be con-
nected with il by three-quarter-inch
pipe, or larger if the tank is much
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brave; and the specimen referred to

brave; and the specimen referred Ia
on Capitol hill is an exception.
You must not infer that the negro and
Eegress are types of their race in the
rational capital. But the quarreling
couple, who began their fight over a
bottle of gin, represents a ma jority Of
their race in this city. and a large ma.
iority of IL, too. But there are some
splendid specimens of the negro race in
Washington, and a number of them
are of superior intelligence. There is o
large Roman Catholic church on Fit.
teenth street maintained by colored
people. and their choir is an aggrega-
ton of excellent musical talent. On
the same street, near the white house,
there is Presbyterian church main
tanned by the same race of people, and
some of it's commitments are quite
wealthy. many of them being promi-
Eent in the political world.
Then, at the foot of Capitol hill. not
far from the Botanical gardens, there
is Methodist church where revivals
are held four or five times each year.
hut this church Is contiguous to the
lower regions of South Washington,
and numerous scenes of disorder have
occurred there during recent years.
But the majority of the negroes are ig-
norant, poor and vicious. There are
dist,nct classes of them. and they are
as readily divided and discerned as are
the currents of the ocean. Some of them
come from the old families of Washing
ton, others from the old homes and plan
tations of Virginia and Maryland. and
few from the better classes in states
more remote. These are quiet, docile,
gentlemanly and well-bred people.
They have as much pride in their fam
lilies and family histories as the blue
hoods of the cavaliers Of the southern
states.
When the union armies converged
here Mt the close of the civil war they
brought with them the riffraff of the
colored population of the south. The
negro camp followers did not represent
the better element of their enslaved
race. The good negroes were loyal TO
their masters and mistresses. Tens of
thousands of them declined to accept
freedom, preferring to live upon the
old plantations with their white folks.
Only the worthless and vagabond classes
ran away and followed the armies Con-
sequently, when they were sloughed
off here by the disbanding of the
armies, they became our permanent
laazaroni. They have propagated their
kind, and fully 10000 negroes of the
lower order are numbered with the
total population of the District of Co
lumbia. They drink, carouse, steal,
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NO PLACE LIKE THE OLD HOME.

the beautiful grounds surrounding that
splendid legislative temple. When the
woman dropped, the city policeman APP
peared block away. He was called to
by the assembled crowd. Everyone
beckoned to him, but he walked uncon-
cernedly down the street, as though he
were merely out for a promenade.
There might have been a murder com
mitted; but il seemed to make no diff
ference to that alleged guardian of the
law. lie was in no hurry. If any WON
an Of ordinary physique had fallen as
that negress fell, it must surely have
fractured her skull. But she arose and
went after the man again, and, long be-
fore the policeman reached the original
scene, the woman caught the negro a
block away and again began to assault
him.
The policeman now saw what was GO
ing or, md he leisurely walked towards
the fighting couple. Somebody must
have told them that a policeman was
coming, for they desisted from strug-
Cling, and ran away. Still the police
man walked slowly along down New
Jersey avenue, and he looked as pretty
a picture of the majesty of the law as
one would care to see.
The crowd dispersed, the majority
going into the capitol building; but, SC
far as was observed, no arrest was made
The policeman was in no hurry.
The capitol grounds are not properly
policed. Numerous outrages have been
committed there at night. and the rec
crds of the police court show that sey-
eral murders have occurred. Probably
the fault is with congress. 1t is certain
that the superintendent of police for
years pass has made annual recon-
mendations for appropriations which
would enable him to employ additional
policemen, but the appropriations have
not been made
At the foot of Capitol hill, on the west
side of the grounds, are the botanical
gardens, and beyond them for fully a
mile are the arsenal, Smithsonian, ag-
ricultural and monument grounds,
forming a continuous park, continuing
numerous old trees with widespreading
branches. There is an excellent drive
way along the entire distance and there
are numerous pretty walks within the
parks. But no part of this beauty spot
is safe at night, because the police force
is inadequate. II may be said that, as n
general rule, the members of our metro
politan police force are diligent and
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ARRIVING AT CONCLUSIONS.
Unique Methods of Reasoning which
Sor,e People Adopt.

Unique Methods of Reasoning which
Sor,e People Adopt.
Charles Daniels, member of con-
gress from Buffalo. served % years on
the New York supreme court bench
before he was elected to congress. Re-
Gently, in talking over old law cases
Troy Times, he told story which was
q dazzling illustration of the unique
methods pursued by some people
to arrive at conclusions. The case
in question was that of a man named
Greenfield, living in Oswego county,
who mad been convicted in the lower
court of the murder of his WIFE The
case was carried to the court of ap'
peals, which reversed the finding of the
lower court. A special hearing was
ordered by the governor. This was
held at Syracuse, and Judge Daniels
was called upon to preside. In examin-
ing the jurors, one man said that he
was prejudiced in the matter. When
asked if he had CLEANED his prejudice
from the papers or by talking with in
terested parties or by hearsay, he re-
piled to every question that he didn't
know thing about the case, but that
he was nevertheless prejudiced. He
was excused, but Judge Daniels was
not satisfied, and he sent the sheriff
end had the juror brought to him. He
asked him where he had gained his
prejudice. The fellow replied: IL
don't know anything about the case,
but the lawyers made such idiots Of
themselves in examining the jurors
that I knew the man must be guilty"
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Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There is
only one way TO cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed You have a riImbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when il is
entirely closed deafness is the result. and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored To its normal con-
dition. hearing viii 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 tcaused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
<. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. zoe.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The oueen.s Photorranher

The man whose proud privilege it is
occasionally to photograph Queen Vic
toria. attributes his success with royalty
to being perfectly natural, and avoid-
ing all fuss" That, he added, is what
her majesty likes best. ''When sh,
honors me with sitting. she tells me at
once how many minutes she has to
spare. and, although the time is gener-
ally brief, the sitting is always success
full. On one occasion 1 remember the
queen had just five minutes to spare.
and in that time l had to take her alone,
and also with two of the princesses of
Hesse. The result was perfectly salts
factory."-Detroit Free Press.
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violate all of the ten commandments,
and ignore all human law. Their chief
cause of continued crime and degrade
ton is the bottle. Like the redmen who
originally inhabited this entire con
tinent, they have fallen victims to the
demon of the still. 1t is the prime
cause of their woes and crimes.
"You have no idea how the faithful
negroes loved their masters and homes
before the war;" says Senator-elect
fernando ID. Money, of Mississippi.
mo book ever had such sale, at that
period of our history, as Uncle Toms
Cabin and yet it was dreadful ex-
aggera ion of facts and conditions. 1t
was really political pamphlet; and it
produced its effect. The worst scenes
depicted by Mrs. Stowe were not ex-
aggerated; but the book conveyed the
impression that those worst scenes
were of daily occurrence in the land
where slavery existed; but in reality
they were the exception.
"You must remember that the black
people were regarded by their owners
as chattels, and they were valuable. No
man in the north who possessed horse
worth 1880 would beat him to death.
No man owning q calf worth 500 would
flay 1t alive. y gu " understand that
such man old Uncie Tom, faithful,
valuable aid honest, would have been
easily worth $1,000; and his owner
" ould not carelessly drive that piece of
property to death, after horrible tor
ture. On the contrary, he would keep
him well fed and well clad, and look
after his health.
"Well, no matter about that now; for
slavery has gone. What was going to
tell you was about the faithfulness OF
the negroes to their masters and mis-
tresses. An old negro who had belonged
to MY father, remained on the planta-
ton until after the war, and then said
he would like to go north. and see how
ii was to be free. OF course, no obstacle
was placed in his way, for he was free:
and off he went to sec the world. He
was gone nearly year, and one morn
ing l found him sitting on the front
doorstep, looking very woebegone and
poor.
II Immediately spoke to him very
severely, telling him that we didn'twent
any free niggers about our plantation,
especially the free niggers from the
north.
",rhe old man looked at me pitiably,
and said: 'Marse Nando, please let me
come back. / been way up to Canady,
an in Ohio, an lots O. places; but there's
no place like de old home
"Still looking severely at him. said:
Get UP off of that doorstep He slowly
arose, and then gave him a shoveRnd
a little kick, not enough to hurt him,
hut just to appear severe. and told him
to go around to the kitchen and get
something to eat.
.sAs the old fellow felt the tip toe of
NV boot, he fell on his knees, raised his
hands, and shouted: Glory Hallelujah.
Use wild my friends again. And he
never wanted to go away from the old
place again as long as he lived"
SMITH d. FRY.
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couple o. points. He didn't fetch deep
enough, an hit old Liz a welt tha'd
like to rip the keel of her. That set
tied the busine $, too. We looked over
the rail an seen some bloody water,
then a fiipper and soon a big black
body floated up alongside. There was
our whale. sir, dead as hunk o. salt
pork. with the top o. his head half tore
off. He was blue whale, Doc, ard he
measured close to CO feet. What be-
come o. the Dutchman? Why, the boat
slowed down when the whale rammed
us an the other boat took him off.
Hurt? No. He went TO work cuttin'
up that whale along with the rest of
EN-. 1 did hear afterward that he was
grumblin' cause twas his bucket
throwed at him an il warn't picked up.
Right lively whale, warn't il, Doc?"
Right lively" repeated the doctor.
absently.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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EFFORT.


IT'S not enough to tune the Tyre
And wait for harmonies TO come
Cod sendeth not CELESTIAL FIRE
When human hearts are cold and numb.
IT'S not enough TO calmly wait
That qufclxening dew should on US fall
To vaguely long for what Is great
While stin pursuing what is small
IT'S not enough with tears OF woe
To weep for all the worlds distress.
The drops that from inaction flow
Nor us. nor other lives. win bless
IT'S not enough the love to take
That other hearts on ours outpOur:
The soul is only kept awake
BY giving something from its store.
lis not enough with dropping wing
And aimless feet to walk this earth:
Effort alone can blessing bring
And crown the soul with sovereign
worth
Inter Ocean
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grounds they were surprised to see a
negro and ncgress eng aged in wrestling
over a pint bottle of gin. The negro
finally wrcstcd it from the woman and
started to run away with it.
Nobody intertcred. There was not u
policeman in sight. The capitol police
force is made up of politicians, who re-
ceive $1,000 each per annum. and who
do nothing but walk around the capitol
building III beautiful blue uniforms.
Not one of them was out in the capitol
grounds to prevent the disgraceful
scene.
There ought to have been one of our
city policemen somewhere in the vicin-
ity; but none appeared, and the fight
went on. The woman grabbed the negro
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yards the mate took big breath and
let fly:
Jump. you Dutch huber. or you're
a dead man.
"But he didn't jump. an / could see
him gittin' ready for another dive under
old Liz
II grabbed up a bucket, climbed on
the rail, an when the boat come near
enough l let drive at Frank, hopin' to
knock him overheard If hit him. He
seen il comm. lodged, an just as the
boat went tail up again yelled:
II can't swim.'
"Down went the boat like a soundin'
lead, an this time Ne all slid over to
starboard to see her come up. Seven
or eight seconds passed. maybe. an
then about Is fathoms off our beam
up come the boat, bottom up. oh,
Lordi' groaned the cook. he's a goner!
But he warn't. No. sir. The boat
hadn't Travelled 20 yeard afore she
righted. an we seen Franks head bob
mp over the gunnel. Well. old whale
didn't run so far this time, for he broke
water few hundred fathom off. In
a00ht a ht oClAt a VI
blood. l seen then that the harpoon
was a good throw, an he wasn't goin' to
fight long.
Il sent the second boat out after him,
but they didn't git far fore down goes
whale for the third time, an in sec
ond the little boat slowed again an we
knew he was comm at us. There warn't
no way TO make the Dutchman lump,
an there warn't no way to stop the
whale. 80 we just waited again while the
little boat made tracks for us like she
was goin' to ram. Just when / reck-
oned by the line out that the whale was
gassin' under us there was a tremen-
dous bang an every mothers son was
throwed fat. Old Liz rolled to star
beard an then back to port an lay
roclxin' while we got up. Reckon you
guess what happened, Doc? That whale
miscalkilated. He laid his course fine
as silk, but his elevation was off n
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Maj. Sl,utah (of kentuckyJ-Iti is said
that a camel has seven stomachs.
kuhnel.
Col Bourbon-Whati nthe world floes
majah?
kerry watah in them, suh.'
"Watah? Well, that accounts for
the blame-fool expression, sub. hev
always noticed on camel's face
Judge.
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Graham PuRs.

Beat together vigorously until full of
air bubbles, one pint of unskiinmed
milk, the yolk of one egg, and one pint
and three or four tablespoonfuls OF
graham flour. added little at time.
When the mixture is light and foamy
throughout, stir in lightly and evenly
the white of an egg, beaten TO a stiff
froth; turn into heated irons. and bake
in rather a quick oven. Instead of all
graham, one-third white -four may be
used If preferred.-Good Health.
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made known to all Americans, through
the tongue and eye of the pen and the
camera.
"Jf We only had such roads at home.
has been the wish, and FROM it has
come efforts that have served to set
the people thinking and doing. Amer
leans, who excel in so many of the arts
and sciences, will sometime attain their
proper place as the builders of perfect
highways.5Good Roads.
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Chop fine ten ounces of washed butter
with one pound of pastry flour. six
ounces of sugar, one tablespoonful of
pie seasoning. then mix with three
eggs into light paste. This paste IS very
extensively use1 as crust for the deli
cious large fruit and cream tarts so
common in Europe. If convenient. use
six yolks of eggs in place of three whole
eggs. as this makes the paste more
smooth.-Good Housekeeping.
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rrnit nnmnIinrx

Put one pint of -four in bowl. add
to ii half pint chopped suet, mix well,
add teaspoonful salt, and sufficient
water to just moisten. knead and roll
out, cut into rounds with cutter. Place
n center of each round mixture of
chopped candied fruit or stoned raisins;
fold over and make into a round ball,
place in e steamer on plate and steam
ia hours. Serve hot with foamy sauce.
Boston Globe.
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1--WE have called TO beseech your aid
in a movement for the publication of
politics" said the spokeswoman of the
delegation of high browed. lean WASTED
ladies and gentlemen.
well. my friends" said the practical
statesman. Il don't know but politics is
in need of good deal of publication
right now"
"Ahi We thought you would see
-Yes. It is getting so mixed up with
reform and economy and one thing ard
another here lately that there is hardly
any Of the good. old-fsshioned. pure pol
itics at all any Z ore."-Cincinnat. En-
quirer.
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WOMEN AS PHARMACISTS.
Nearly Five Hundred in the United States
Have Taken Their Degree.


Have Taken Their Degree.
To-day the pharmacist is a trained
scientist. and pharmacy has been ele-
waited to a profession. In its present
form il has no unclean and unpleasant
features, and is therefore liked by
women. Nevertheless il is only of late
years that they have overcome the
former prejudices and crossed the
threshold of the calling.
They have a natural aptitude for the
trade on account of their constitutional
caution, dizziness and delicacy of touch.
The first woman to enter the profess
sion in our country was Mrs. Jane Lor-
ing. of Boston, in $500. She was a
grandaunt of the famous congressman.
Under the old system there was no
state supervision of tho profession, and
anyone could take il up who desired
without any legal iInpediments. Under
this system over I 200 women became
pharmacists. OF late years. however.
there has been a profound change in
the industry. Partly to prevent COM
petition-or, rather, to restrict il; part
" TO raise the professional standard,
and partly to protect the public, col
leges of pharmacy have been started
in various places in the country, and
laws passed requiring all candidates
for the profession to pass examinations
almost as strict and difficult as those
laid down for physicians and lawyers.
The new system has cut down the num-
Der of candidates, both male and fe-
male. In Massachusetts, not more than
score of women have passed the eX-
animation in the past Is years. In New
York the number is said to be nearly
so. and in the various states in the
union the entire total is below 500.
Many marry and leave the calling;
few have retired. and a few have
continued their studies and have be-
come physicians or chemists. At the
present time the total number of wom-
en- who practice pharmacy either as
proprietors. clerks or apprentices is
estimated at about 1,5O0.--N. Y. Mail
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POOR POLICE FORCE.
The National Capital Is But Indif-
ferent4y Guarded.
a CHASTITY Morning Scene on Capitol Hin
The Colored Population of WASH
ington Is a Source of Con-
slant Trial.


Strange sight sometimes greet the
eyes of dlligeIt observers in this city;
but something unusual occurred this
morning which will be as surprising to
the reading public as it was startling
to the witnesses.
The customary crowd of statesmen,
rewspapcr men. visitors from affair and
local habitues of The capitol were crowd
ed into the cable cars which assembled
Capitol hill shortly before noon. The
car stopped at the top of the hill. and
% its occupants entered the capitol