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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-30
THE ROOT OF EVIL
Fable of the Farmer ana Hfs Few-Found
Riches.


One day, states the Detroit Free
Press, a farmer, who lived for years in
peace and quietness and was well
spoken of by all who knew him, found
a pot of gold as be was digging in q
field. In great rejoicing he carried the
treasure to bis house and told his wife
the news, and in a day his good luck
was known to 100 people. His wife
promptly decided to buy piano and
have a new house. and when the old
man didn't think much of this scheme
she upbraided him for his selfishness,
and went about In the sulks. His three
sons suddenly decided that they would
blossom out as Jim-dandies and work
no more. and his two daughters howle'l
for diamonds and silks. A deacon
called and wanted him to give $500 to
the African heather; he was asked to
establish a foundlings' home; his
mother-in-law demanded brick hous
and new carpets and his ten sisters and
brothers arrived and wanted the spon-
dulix to make trip to Europe. Neigh
bors who had loved him now referred
to him as stingy old varmint, and
men who had asked him to be a candi-
date for town supervisor sent him word
that they'd snow him under IL ever he
ran for Office. In fortnight he found
himself without friends and mixed up
in a score of broils. and. taking the
gold 10 the river. he dumped it in ard
exclaimed:
"That over which I rejoiced has
brought me only sorrow. and durn my
pictur' If want any more of it'll"
Moral-Riches do not bring happi.
ness, but he ought to have licked the
whole crowd and invested that money
In four per cents.
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WHAT SPAIN CALLS SPANISH VICTORIES AND CUBAN LOSSES
Laborers Killed and reported Rebel Losses

publication extracts from speeches
which have been made in the past, and
sometimes these permanent records
prove to be very embarrassing to states
Inen who would like to be on both sides
of the political fence and make pre-
tense of great progress in Statesman
ship.
At the beginning of the session of
congress on the first Monday in Decem-
Der, 1913. stenographic reporters were
employed and given positions upon the
floor of the senate to make accurate re-
ports of the debates for the organs of
the two leading political parties. The
Union and the National Intelligencer
were the names of the papers printed
In Washington, and these stenographic
reports were ordered by the senate to
be taken by stenographers at the ex-
pense Of the papers publishing them.
II was not until 1873 that &c publica-
ton of shorthand notes of the pro-
ceedings of congress received authorize
ton by joint resolution.
In 1s4s Dennis F. Murphy, late chief
stenographer of the senate, began work
as a shorthand reporter in the senate,
being in the employ of the National In
telligencer. lie also worked for the Con-
gressional Globe until the publication
of the Congressional Record was au-
thorized by congress in 1873, and then
Mr.. Murphy yvns made chief stenograph-
er OF toe senate at salary of 5000 a
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FAITHFULNESS OF A DOG.
Saved the Life of . Seriously Wounded
O0lcer.

Omcer.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, in her
story of THE Guard" a body of young
men who followed THE Pathfinder"
into the civil war and made brilliant
record for their courage and gallantry,
tells a pathetic story of a dumb beast
who also was loyal and courageous:
While the guards body of cavalry
was drilling one day near St Louis, a
little fox-terrier followed one of the
men, Herr Visa, q Hungarian officer,
going with him to camp. He could not
be driven away.
The men oil made a pet of him, and
named him 1.-THE corporal" but though
he was affable to them all. he made the
Hungarian soldier his companion and
friend, sleeping at his feet at night,
and following him by day.
When the guard made their memoir
able charge at Springfield. Mo-. the
Corporal charged with them, keeping
beside his masters horse throughout
the battle. Herr Visa was wounded,
and fell, apparently dead, in q thicket.
The corps swept past. his horse fed,
wild with terror. but the little Corporal
nestled close beside him, licking his
face and trying to rouse him.
There the dog remained through the
bitter cold night. When morning came
he ran to the distant road, and by his
frantic banks and cries induced a pass
er-by TO enter the thicket.
The man, seeing only cold. stiff
body, supposed the soldier TO be dead.
and would have hurried on: but the
Corporal furiously drove him back, and
would not be silenced until be saw his
master move and speak, when he
crouched. dumb and contented, at his
feet
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Congressional Globe" About 20
years ago. however. the art of stenog-
raphy had been so developed by Isaac
and Bonn Pitman that it became
possible for correct stenographic re-
ports to be taken of all of the proceed
ings in the senate and the house; and
the work of tall<-rcproduction has pro-
crossed so rapidly that at the present
time we have the work of expert SEN
ographers whereby every public utter
ance is taken down and verified in such
amanner that the statesmen themselves
cannot in the future deny their words.
1t very frequently happens in debate,
when member of the house or of the
senate who has been long in service
makes speech upon some important
topic, that the senators or representa-
tives in the opposition send to the Con-
gressional library for copies of the Con-
gressional Record. and read from that
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itol are given free access to this room,
and the stenographers and transcribers
have hard time of IL while they are pre-
pairing this original work for the public
printer. The newspe per correspondents
have access to all of the papers, and
some of them are very careless. Mr..
Gensler, who is a very good-natured but
nervous hn,I aggressive fellow, keeps an
eye on al of the papers which are
handled by the newspaper men In order
that they may not become mixed or ir-
retrievably lost. If this room should
ever be closed to the newspaper corr
respondents their best avenue of orig
inal newsgetting would be taken away
from them.
1t Is in the Office of the chief STEM
ographer of the senate that the speeches
of senators are transcribed In order that
they may be given to the press. For ex-
ample, when n senator from Minnesota
or Iowa, Wisconsin or Michigan. Indi-
ana or Illinois, delivers a speech on an
important subject, all of the leading
newspapers of the city of Chicago de-
sire to have full reports of the speech.
IL senator from New York, Pennsyi.
vania, New Jersey or any of the New
England states delivers a speech of any
Importance to that section, all of tho
leading papers Of the city of New York
desire full reports of the speech.
Only the briefest mention is made OF
speeches of statesmen upon ordinary
occasions by the press associations; and
the leading newspapers are therefore
obliged to depend upon their special
correspondents for full reports of
speeches of special Importance either
locally or nationally.
In the office of the chief stenographer
the speeches are reproduced in the
photograph, printed on the typewriter,
and duplicate copies made with carbon
paper for distribution among the news
paper men. Thus 1t is that the utter.
ances made upon the floor of the senate
are rapidly transcribed and placed upon
the Geographic wires us early as nine or
ten o'clock in the evening, in order that
they may be reproduced in print hun
dreds Of miles away on the following
morning. SMITH ID. Fry.
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after the manner and the methods 80
long IN vogue under the direction Of the
late chief stenographer. They will
have as assistants Mr.. f. C. Monkey,
a young man Of superior stenographic
requirements, who gives his entire at
tention to the senate work and has been
employed there for IA years; Mr.. Henry
]. Gensler, who in addition to his
stenographic work at the senate is and
has been for many years private secre-
tary for Senator j. Donald Cameron,
of Pennsylvania; Dan p. Lloyd and NJ.
w. Blumenburg, both young men Civ
ing their entire attention to the sem
ate stenographic work.
During the past so years great strides
have been made In stenography, and
particularly in the methods of tran
scriptipn of stenograph'c work. For a
long time Mr.. Murphy AID his chief as
sistant required the services of rapid
long-hand writers, to whom they
would read their notes for tran
scription, in order that they might
be sent to the public printer be-
in the Congressional Record of the fol-
lowing day. Some years ago type
writer's were invented, and to-day it
would almost be impossible to tran
scribe the senate reports if it were not
for these instruments.
The invention of the photograph and
the graphophone have also tended 70
simplify the work OF transcription and
Enable the chief stenographers to give
more of their personal time and attcn-
ton to the work of accurately report.
ing the debates. AS soon as sufficient
amount of space has been consumed
III their shorthand work on the floor
OF the senate, Mr.. Murphy or Mr.. Sbuey
relieves his colleague, and the transcript
ton is carried on in large room on the
east front of the capitol, which is set
aside for that purpose. There either
Mr.. Shuey or Mr.. Murphy will use the
photograph and will read into that ma
chime, more rapidly than any senator
has talked. the very words which were
uttered upon the floors OF the senate.
Several rapid typewriter operators al
then put to work at the Photographs,
and they transcribe the work with great
reridity.
In the Office of the secretary of the
senate, at the other end of the senate
wing of the capitol, far away from the
room occupied by the stenographers for
their work of transcription, there is a
long table where the bills, petitions
and resolutions daily introduced are
handled under direction of Mr.. Gensler.
Between one and two o'clock every after
noon 1t is very busy place indeed. The
newspaper correspondents Of the cap
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year; and he held that position until
his death In this city, March 2e. 1896.
When Mr.. Murphy began his work in
the senate he was only IA years old,
upd a great deal of attention was ex-
cited by the spectacle of a small, fat
boy taking notes in shorthand of stir
ling debates in the senate. At that
time young Murphy took down short
hand reports of the speeches of John
c. Calhoun, Daniel Webster. Thomas H.
Benton and other statesmen of that
great class. From the beginning to
the end of his career as stenographer
of the senate he was regarded as the
most reliable and accurate stenographer
In this country; and during the past
Is or 20 years he has been regarded as
the foremost stenographer of the world.
AS the stenographer of the electoral
commission, during the winter of
1861, Mr.. Murphy gained a world
wide reputation for the rapidity and
accuracy of his stenographic work. He
was frequently engaged during con-
gressional vacations in making accu-
rate reports of law cases in various
large cities; and his services were in
such demand that he could not comply
with one-tenth of the invitations which
were sent to him for work in important
cases. James j. McElhone was FOR
many years chief stenographev of the
house of representatives and during MS
lifetime he was regarded as the peer of
Mr.. Murphy. the chief stenographer of
the senate. Mr.. McElhone died about
five years ago, and now M. Murphy has
gone beyond the stars.
The principal assistants of the late
Stenographer Murphy were Theodore
+. Shuey and Edward V. Murphy, the
younger brother Of the famous short
hand writer. The senate. by recent
unanimous vote, elected Mr.. Shuey and
Mr.. Murphy TO take charge of the stem
cgraphic work of the senate, and il will
be carried on under their direction
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FOOTBALL PLAYED Ar HOME.
An Egg Shell ts Used and Broken Bones
Are Thus Avoided.

An Egg Shell fs Used and Broken Bones
Are Thus Avoided.
A friend of mine. who recently re-
turned from England and brought
back with him a very interesting little
game which he calls football at home"
Ii is very simple, though highly excit-
ing, and has this advantage over many
other games that the necessaries for 1t
are within the reach of all, the poor
as well as the rich. The only apparatus
required consists of an ordinary COW
cred table, four tumblers and an
empty egg shell. Table is the field and
the shell is the ball.
Any number of players can take part,
though the best number is five on a
side. The two captains kneel, one at
the head of the table by the right-hand
corner, and the other at the foot by
the left-hand corner. The players line
up on their knees by the sides of the
table.
At each end of the field, and foot or
so from the edge, are placed a couple of
tumblers or something else that would
serve for goal posts. and across the top
is stretched strip of paper or a ribbon.
Everything being ready, the egg
shell is placed In the center of the table,
and put into play by both captains
blowing at il. When IL is fairly going
the other players tackle il with their
whistling apparatus, and each side en-
beavers to blow the bali through the
others goal.
The repid succession of tangents
which the shell takes under this treat
nent causes great fun, and the game
soon wakes very exciting. IL the ball
IS blown through a goal IL scores a
touchdown, which counts four points
for the victorious side. The captain
of this side then takes the ball back to
The opposite goal and blows II across
the table. the object being 10 pass IL
through the same goal again. II he sue
ceeds in this, il counts two more points
for his side.
Thirty minutes is the time limit of
the game. and at the expiration of the
first IS minutes the two teams ex-
change positions. The writer has tried
this game and found itextremely anus
inU-0utlCOk
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THINGS GIRLS DON'T KNOW.
Their Discussion Sometimes Very Anus
Ing to n Matron.

Their Discussion Sometimes Very Anus
Ing to Matron.
When was a young married woman
did not much care for the company of
young girls. Truth to tell they bored
me horribly, and there were SO many
things that one wanted to say that had
no harm in them, but that were not
quite suitable" to say to seedlin,,
minds, who du reste would not have
understood what one meant.
But now that / am growing old l
rather like the company of girls; am
amused and edited at their freshness
and naivete, and / am fattered to find
that they like my company, and though,
OF course. they don't think much of my
opinion, they like to give me theirs.
The other day two delightful speci-
mems came to lunch with me. After
.he meal they placed themselves on a
low couch and proceeded to discuss the
marriage problem.
Clarisse said SIZE could marry on ST..
zoo a year and be content, but her more
enthusiastic sister exclaimed that with
man she really loved she could be
5lissfully happy on $3.50 year.
limited that in these days ii would
not be exactly easy to find man who
' ould be content TO marry on love and
$3.50 a year, but my little friend was SURE
that z a man really cared all would be
well.
After awhile 1 watched them drive
away in their fathers grand carriage
and a powdered footman on the box,
and then | sat down and laughed to
myself. Existence on $3.50 a year 70
girl who never even put on her own
stockings. 1t was sublime, Only pro-
found ignorance of the male sex and
their ideas of the necessaries Of life
would make such a suggestion possible
-Gentlewoman-
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ELOPERS STOPPED.
Brides Father Didn't Want the Expen,
of q Town Trim.

Brides Father Didn't Want the Expense
of . Town Trip.
Riding along a West Virginia road
was interested in seeing a young man
and young woman on horseback com.
ing down the road on gallop. Not faI
behind them was an old man giving
chase. BY cutting through the woods
at one place he succeeded in heading
them off and caught hold of the brides
just as l drove up, said C. z. Ward.
leigh TO Washington Star reporter
"Whar yo' all goin' % he demanded.
"You can't stop us now but weIl get
married." answered the young man, de
family.
II hain't tryin' ter stop yo' all. FL
yo' is boun' ter marry yer kin, but |
wanted n talk. Yo' all's gwine ter
town. How long yo' spose YOU stay -
1.-TWO or three days." answered the
groom.
AT Sc q day." said the father, 'sbc-
sides boss feed an boss hire, for III
make yo' pay for them horses. shore
Then SIS fer preacher. WANTED Lindy
Ger marry Sam, fer I owed him IS an
he wouldn't say nothin' bout il ef she'd
hev i'm. Parson Long owes me an he'll
marry yer fer nothin'; thar won't be nc
board bill an boss feed. II would cost
$50 ter make the trip an give me $40 SO
kin pay Sam an hev suthin' fer war
an t'sf of the bosses. an we kin go
home an hev a bigger time than at
towu."
Tbs proposition was accepted. the
money paid, and the three turned their
horses heads homeward.
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AERATION OF MILK.
Some of the Reasons why It is Necessary
I'm Cold weather.

Some of the Reasons why It is Necessary
I'm Cold Weather.
1t is remarkable that many dairy
men who are very particular about
airing the milk during the summer be
come careless on the approach of cold
weather. While the milk will not spoil
so readily at this season, it is just as
necessary to rid it of the animal heat
by airing it as soon as taken from the
COW. Neglect of this gives the milk
that peculiar animal odor of which
housekeepers often complain, and which
they overcome in part by pouring the
milk into a shallow vessel and placing
1t in a current of air. Besides creating
a prejudice against the use of milk the
odor affects the flavor.
Airing is, in some respects, even more
necessary in winter than in summer.
Not merely is the COW kept under more
confined conditions, but the food is diff
ferent. Instead of the tender, juicy and
insipid grass, she partakes of stronger
tasting food which must inevitably inn
part a foreign flavor to the milk. This
is, of course, very objectionable; but 1t
can be taken out by thorough airing
directly after milking.
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INDIGESTION.
AS a Result OF It, There Were
Many Disorders.
The Disease VIII Create the symptoms
of Heart Disease. Kidney Dis
ease, Etc.

From the Standard linton, Brooklyn, W T.
Few women have had a more miserable
existence and lived to tell the tale than Mrs.
Anna l.. Smith of 81 Pulaski Avenue,
Brooklyn. With all the comforts that money
affords, with all the happiness that many
loving friends can give, the JOY of Mrs.
Smiths life was blasted for years by the
terrible ravages of sickness. The story is
most interesting as told to reporter:
II was an invalid for years, suffering first
with one complaint and then with another
My case was truly that of a complication of
diseases, due to an accident which received
some years ago. The thing which caused me
the most discomfort and made me offensive
to my family was the worst case of indiges-
ton imaginable ] made all around me
miserable by my sufferings, and was most
miserable myself. had the best physician
we could find, and occasionally his pre-
scriptions relieved me temporarily. But
the pains and misery would all soon return
again. l became desperate, and started in
to try remedies of which l read. Among
them were the Pink Pills Their appear
ance captivated me instantly, for / am a
great CLEVER in the beautiful. took the
pills and followed out the directions to the
letter, and before many days began to feel
like different woman. For six weeks
took the pills regularly, and can truthfuIly
add after that was as well as any one in
The family. This change for the better in my
condition has caused my relatives and
friends to take the pills. We buy them all
from the drug store of John Duryea, at the
corner Of Dc Kalb and Summer Avenues.
81 assure you it was impossible for me TO
verse; my household for three years. Now
visit my kitchen every day, do my own
marketing and shopping: in n word, look
,fter everything connected with my home
md family.
"Oh, yes, I still keep taking the pills.
AXE one daily after dinner. Prevention.
you know, is better ard cheaper than cure.
I verify believe one half of the women
who are suffering from the ills which our
,ex are heir to would be up and well if they
Gould be induced to give the Pink Pills q
lair trial ! certainly recommend them
heartily and feel grateful to the physician
who put them on the market"
Mrs Smith is woman of some means
and standing in the community and, there
tore. her testimony will be accepted with
,ut question by all thoughtful people.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
SHADED HIGHWAYS.

Why Every Progressive Citizen should
Encourage Tree Planting.
II all the road supervisors of the
land were wheelmen. more attention
would be paid to the planting of trees
along the public highways.
The pleasure of summer day ride
is greatly heightened if the road leads
where the friendly shade of trees may
fall across it.
The cool fragrance of the woods Is
made enjoyable because of the contrast
between its beautiful archways and
the sunny stretches beyond. But were
all the roads through woodlands, the
surroundings would become monoto-
nous, but not so painfully SO as where
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the way is wholly in the glare Of the
sun.
The ideal road is that one wherein
sun and shadow happily blend and in
termingle. Such highways can be pro-
vided If sufficient attention is given to
the planting and care of trees. Wheel.
men should use their influence to en-
courage tree planting.-L. A. w. Bull
lefin
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For Grand Army Men

A splendid battlefield map in four colors,
showing sll the most famous battlefields of
the Virginias and omplete list of 450 bat
ties and skirmishes, with dates, compiled
from the official war cords, will be mailed
to any address on receipt of p cents in
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