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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-05-21
lighting Fire with fire.

One of the great achievements of the
future is to be the utilization of an
tagonistic bacilli in stamping out dis
eases of various grades. 10 is thought
that there will in time be discovered
germs that will act as spiders do upon
flies and cats upon mice. They will
simply grapple with and destroy them.
In a number of instances accidental in
oculation of patients suffering from
malignant disease with the germ of
some other equally serious malady has
resulted in the restoration of the pa
tient to health. just how this is done.
just why it is, no ore seems able to un-
derstand, but facts justify this conclu-
sion. In one case the patient was con-
sidered hopelessl,' i'll with an incur-
able disease. A careless physician
brought from another patient the
bacilli of an equally serious ailment
with which the sufferer was shortly at
tackled. After a number of weeks of
extreme exhaustion and suffering, to
the establishment Of everybody who
knew the circumstances, the man be-
gan TO mend and ultimately recovered.
bearing no evidence of either disease,
which seemed to have spent their force
on each other and left the system al
most clean. Il will be an interesting
day for medical science when doctors
can bring out an army of erysipelas or
other bacilli to fight the germs of
equally malignant diseases.--N. Y.
Ledger.
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engaged in removing guns from Coles
island TO James island, returned to
Charleston. That night all of the Off
GERS went ashore and slept in the city,
leaving on board crew of eight men,
all colored. Among them was Robert
Smalls, who was virtually the pilot of
the boat, although he was only called
wheelman, because at that time no col
ored mnn could have, in fact, been
made pilot. For some time previous
he had been watching for an oppor-
tunity TO carry into execution plan he
had conceived to take the Planter to
the federal fleet. This, he saw, was
obout as good a chance as he would
ever have to do so, and therefore he
determined not to lose it. Consulting
with the balance of the crew, Smalls
found that they were willing to CO.
operate with him, although two of
them afterward concluded to remain
behind. The design was hazardous in
the extreme.
The boat would have to pass beneath
the guns of the forts in the harbor.
Failure and detection would have been
certain death. Fearful was the VEN
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the flag of truce. AS soon a. TIE
vessels came within hailing distance of
each other, the Planters errand was
explained. Capt. Nichols then boarded
her, and Smalls delivered the Planter
to him. From the Planter Smalls was
transferred 20 the Augusta, the flag
ship off the bar, under the command OF
Capt. PARROT, by whom the Planter,
with Smals and her crew, were sent to
Port Royal 10 Rear Admiral Dupont,
then in command of the southern
squadron.
Smalls continued to distinguish him
self in number of naval engagements,
and upon one occasion, in December, 1869,
while the Planter, then under Capt.
Nickerson, was sailing through Folly
Island creek the confederate batteries
at Secessionville opened a very hot fire
upon her. Capt. Niclxerson became
demoralized and left the pilot house
and secured himself in the coal bunker.
Smalls was on the deck, and finding
out that the captain had deserted his
command of the boat and carried her
safely out of the reach of the guns. For
this conduct he was promoted by order
of Gen. Gilmore, commanding the de-
partment of the south, to the rank of
captain, and was ordered to act as cap
tain of the Planter, which was used as
supply boat along the coast until the
end of the war. In September, 1866, he
carried his boat 10 Baltimore where she
was put out of commission and sold.
Congressman Amos j. Cummings, of
New York, who has been voluminous
writer for many years, gave me a good
war story from one of his scrap books.
1t is concerning the celebrated New
York LAWYER, Roger A. Pryor, who for
merly resided in Virginia, and was a con-
federate brigadier general Exon
gresham Byron NJ. Cutcheon, of Michi-
gan, told the story. He said: "In
November, 1864, was commanding a
brigade in the Ninth corps, before
Petersburg We had just heard of
Lincoln's second election. / was in
specting my division and noticed con-
federate officer apparently on the same
duty with his line. He waved news
paper towards me, and went out to
meet him. / knew that ne wanted TO
exchange newspapers with me. We
knew that the confederate congress had
Just assembled, and wanted the Rich
mond newspapers. The rebels were
anxious to learn the news from our cleo
tions.
"When we met and saluted, the con-
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An Apt Quotation.

The old Tate and Brady version of
the Psalms used to lie as familiar to
q former generation aS was the Cate
chism. A good story was told not long
sgo of two noted Englishmen, Lord
PalmeTston and Bishop Wilberforce, in
which the .once-popular Psalnl-book
plays an important part: These two
eminent peTsonages were visiting at
country Louise. On the morning of
departure they were told that carriages
were ready 10 take the departing guests
10 the railway station. Palmerston set
tied down in one of these carriages.
as he feare1 there would be rain; but
the bishop, who was great pedestrian.
preferred to walk. Before he had pro-
oeeded half way to the station heavy
shower of rain came on. when the car
rage containing Lord Palmerston over.
took him, snd his lordship called out
from ITS windows a part of the first
verse of the Tate and Brady version
of the First Psalm:
How blest is he WI ne'er consents
BY III advice to walk"
But Bishop Wherefore, with the usual
twinkle in lis eye, replied with the rest
of the verse.
Nor stands in sinners ways. nor sits
Where men profanely talk"
And the bishop drew to one side, and
proceeded 10 walk on.-Youth's Com
panion
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AMONG THE POULTRY.

There is no other poultry meat that
can be raised so cheaply as duck meat.
Fowls that have free range find their
own feather-making food.
Provide busting boxes and keep them
well-filled with loose dirt.
Coal ashes should not be thrown into
the dust bath until the cinders an
sifted out.
Setting hens should not be fed while
on the nests. They need all the exer-
else they will take.
The pullet that begins TO lay earliest
is the one that will lay the largest num-
Der of eggs during its life.
Have the hen houses thoroughly
whitewashed inside and out frequently
ard the droppings should be removed.
Families who have plenty of milk will
find it most valuable adjunct in feed
ing young poultry of all kinds.
Turkeys must have a good range to be
profitable. They are good foragers and
insect destroyers if given the opportuni-
ty.
One of the important items in secur
ing the best results with ducks is no.
to allow them to get wet.-St. Louis
Republic.
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RIGHTS OF EXPLORERS.
MIR. Labouchere Fails to See Why Savages
May Not BE Exclusive.

MIR. LabOuchere Falls to See Why Savages
May Not lie Exclusive.
Among the few spots on the face of
the earth which have managed to keep
themselves out of the grip of European
aggression is the plateau of Thibet.
This the Thibetans have so far achieved
by absolutely forbidding any foreigner
to enter their country. They foresee,
take II, that, once admit the explorer"
and you will find coming behind him
the missionary, behind the missionary
the trader, and behind the trader the
soldier.
They judge from what they see and
hear that the only way to preserve polit-
zeal independence against the en-
croachments of the "civiIized" for
eigner-Briton, Russian, or whoever he
may be--is to prevent him from getting
footing in the country under any pre-
text. That they are right in this. the
history of every "non-ciyilized" people
abundantly proves.
Before the Royal Geographical 30
ciety recently Mr.. st. George r. Little
dale recounted to an admiring audience
the result of an organized attempt on
his part to break through the exclu-
siseness of the Thibetans, and pene-
trate to Lhassa, despite the objections
of the people. For this purpose he
fitted out an amateur expeditionary
force. His party entered Thibet IS
strong, among them being a party of
Pathans armed with rifles and re-
yolvers.
When they reached the more thickly
populated region of Thibet they were
officially ordered to retire, but persisted
In advancing. The Thibetans were
evidently afraid to attack, but parties
armed with swords and matchlocks
rode alongside of the invaders. At
river ford the Thibetans made show of
resistance. "A MISUNDERSTANDING in
dividual' laid his hand on Mr.. Little
dale's bride. The latter whipped out
his revolver" and ordered his men to
load, but, on seeing that they meant to
fight. the Thibetans again gave way.
The invaders pressed on to within
two marches of Lhassa. where the
Lamas came out in force with about 500
men and ordered them to retire. So
tiiCh was tlC touhtil tlldt dll tHc
bridges between this point and the capt.
tai were destroyed. At this point, how
ever, Mrs. Littledale, who had accom-
panied the party, was taken i'll, and her
husband withdrew the minimum de.
mand" which he had formulated. that
he should be allowed to enter Lhassa,
and partly by threats and partly by
diplomacy succeeded in getting permits
sion and assistance to pass through to
Kashmir.
I would respectfully ask what right
has any private individual to fit out an
armed expedition of this kind and at
tempt to force his way into country
the rulers and people of which. for ex-
cellent reasons, order him to withdraw?
1t sounds very fine and plucl<y, no
doubt-though to all appearances 20
resolute and well-armed Englishmen
might subdue all Thibet in few weeks.
london Truth.
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lie shnn,ed and Got IL.

Foreigners say that Americans are
remarkable for suffering, without pro-
test. the rule of social tyrants-land-
lords, car conductors, walters and other
public servants. Few Americans would
have done what Sir Francis johnson
once did He was chief justice of the
superior court of the province of Que
bee, and on one of his circuits in the
eastern townships during the winter
put up ~ country hotel. The night
was very cold, and the hotel proprietor
was not extravaganza in his fuel supply
or in the weight of his blankets. The
judge put over his bed coverings his
heavy coat and other clothes, but still
found il impossible to sleep. 1t was
after midnight, and no one around to
make fire. The judge arose, aud put
ting on his slippers and dressing gown.
went into the passage and shouted, with
FL his power: Fire, fire. fire!" In
few seconds the whole hotel was
aroused, and the proprietor. painting and
scared, ran to the judge and screamed:
where is the fire? Where is it?' Ths
iddge. with twinkle in his eye, replied:
That's what | am trying to find" A
good fire was soon made in the hall, and
the rest of the night was passed in COM
fort.-Youth's Companion
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RoseBERY.s QUEER pENsloNER.
Fought Duel with n Servant and Wanted
to Conceal IL.

to Conceal IL.
There has just died in Paris, in the
suburb of Passy, an old man who for
the last 80 or 40 years has been drawing
steadily an annuity of some 1000 francs
a year from the estates of Lord Rose
berry. The story of the manner in which
he came to receive this annuity is rather
an odd one. 1t appears that the late
Lord Rosebery, father of the present
earl, used to spend good deal of his
time i'm Paris during the reign of King
Louis Philippe. One day he called upon
a member of the cabinet with whom he
was acquainted and asked to be received
at once. The attendant, who did not
know who Lord Rosebery WAS. declared
that this would be impossible unless he
vance for an audience.
Lord Rosbery, however. insisted and
handed the man his card. The latter
took il somewhat reluctantly and
stopped to read the name. when the old
peer, who is of very choleric tempera-
ment, Immediately broke forth in a
torrent of abuse, assailing the attend
ant with all kinds of opprobrious cpl
thets. TO which the man replied in an
angry and indignant manner. So loud
did the noise of the dispute become that
the minister opened the door, and, on
hearing Lord Rosebery's complaint, inn
mediately dismissed the usher.
Two days later the earl received
call from the man, who addressed him
as follows: THE other day when you
assailed me with all kinds of insulting
epithets | was acting as a servant and
therefore unable TO resent them as l
should have wished. To-day am free
man no longer in service, and / came as
former cavalry officer TO ask you to
give me satisfaction for the indignity
which you have put upon me-"
After some hesitation Lord Rosebery
accepted the challenge and the duel
took place at Lonchamps, several shots
being exchanged without either party
being injured. On returning to Paris
and thinking over the whole matter
Lord Rosebery came TO the conclusion
that it would be disagreeable If il were
to become known that he, one of the
most aristocratic men of his day. had
been guilty of fighting with lackey.
And il was with view of ayerting this
and of placing his adversary above
the necessity of ever being obliged to
revert to domestic service for a living
that he settled upon him the annuity
above mentioned.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Recent experiments show that steer
can be made TO gain as much as three
pounds a day when young for a short
period, and two pounds a day is not
unusual for three months. The cost of
the food is from ten to fifteen cents per
day, which is nearly equal to the cost
of the gain. Apparently there is no
profit in steers unless prices are high.
but when IL is considered that much
of the food consists of corn fodder and
other foods that cannot be sold except
in the form of beef, the feeding of steers
is really profitable, because it enables
the farmer TO sell large share of his
produce which could not be otherwise
sold at all. A waste of food because it
cannot be utilized is loss of profit.
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A WESTERN GIRL.

Her eyes
VIII match the western skies
When western skies are bluest:
Her heart
VIII always take its part
Where western hearts are truest.
Her cheeks.
When admiration speaks.
Are fair as western roses:
Bright pearls.
The gems Of western girls.
Her winning smile disclosea
Her hair
Is soft as cioudlets fair
That fieck the skies Of morning
A crown
A wealth Of golden brown,
This pearl OF girls adornins.
Her voice.
BY nature and oy choice.
Zen those who know her slightest.
VIII find
Soft as the western wind
When zephyrs whisper lightest
Her laugh
Is light as wine, or chaff,
Or footballs soft or fairies.
or brooks
That bubble through the hooks
OF all those western prairies-
She'll be.
While rivers reach the sea,
Or blue skies bend above her,
The pearl.
The sweetest. dearest girl
That ever won a lover.
Her youth.
With all it's winsOme truth.
Alas. how Well know III
VIII claim
A song of love and fame
From some young western poet
But she.
In other days. maybe.
My secret will discover,
And then
She n know the best of men
Was her own truest lover.
N. Y. Sun.
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1t is possible to find occasion for
thankfulness under the most adverse
circumstances. An old organ-blower
was diving The curate was visiting
him.
Would you mind. sir, asking our
organist to play the Dead March over
me?' asked the sick man.
Certainly l will. jones'" said the
curate.
''Thankee. sir; none of that ere
tNveedledum Beethoven, you know, sir.
only Handlers"
Il am sure he viii do it" responded
she curate.
The oid man lay placidly for awhile.
and then exclaimed, with fervor:
: ''IEow thankful l be that I sha'n't
have TO blow for him when he plays the
.oud part az the end."-Chureh Ii4ae ).
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federate introduced himself as Capt.
Brown, First Virginia. l replied; Col.
Cutcheon, of the Twentieth Michigan
lie gave me two Richmond papers, and
gave him the Washington Chronicle
and Philadelphia Inquirer We chatted
for few moments. as though we were
friends, and then rode to our respective
lines. When / met my commanding
officer, Gen. Hartranft, and gave him
the Richmond papers, he noticed the
penciled words, upon one of the papers:
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, Petersburg Gen.
Hartranft said that he knew of the
Pryor family, and that they lived in
that neighborhood.
II heard nothing more about it until
the next Sunday morning. Then had
occasion TO go up to headquarters with
Gen. Albert II. Potter, who commanded
the second division of our army corps.
l was in his tent when a guard came to
the loor and raped upon the tent pole.
1.-THE general called out: Come in
''Iwo guards wheeled around and
brought in prisoner. sat on one side
of the tent. | recognized the prisoner
as Capt. Brown. He was tail and COM
handing. His head was erect, his hair
was long, and his ses black and pierre
ing. He seemed highly indignant.
lis this Gen. Potter?' he asked.
at is replied the union general.
al am Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of the
confederate service, the prisoner re-
piled. i have been basely trapped
II start q in astonishInent.
"How is thatg asked Gen. Potter.
"'Well, said Pryor, Il was invited out
between the lines TO exchange newspa-
pers. The pickets covered me with
their rifles, and was brought in here
prisoner. deTland that be released
Il don't know, general replied Pot
ter, that can afford you any relief. /
think | will have to refer this up to
headquarters
80 to headquarters Gen. Pryor went.
The rest only know from history. He
was taken to Gen. Meade. Gen. Meade
sent him TO Gen. Grant. Gen. Grant
sent him to Washington, and he was
confined for time in the Old Capitol
prison. Then be wrote a note to John
". Forney, an old friend of his in con-
gress. Forney became sponsor for his
good behavior. used his influence with
the president. and got him out.
I'm the tent. when he said that he was
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, he turned and
looked at me. / arose and saluted him,
and said Good morning, Capt. Brown
"He smiled and turned, and we shook
hands. He recognized me at once as
the officer with whom he had ex-
changed papers on the preceding FRI
day morning. l suppose he called him
self Capt. Brown on that morning to
avoid recognition" SMITH ID. Fay.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CEMENT srAsLE FLOORS.
when Properly Constructed They Are q
Good, Permanent Investment.

when Properly Constructed They Are a
Good, Permanent Investment.
A reader recently asked for directions
for making cement floor for horse
stable. Such a floor is excellent for
horses and cattle. In Scotland, all up
to-date farmers have these floors.
Excavate the inside Is inches below
the floor level. Dig drain to the point
3 in the cut, and give il a good fall TO
prevent choking. Fill up the entire
floor with stone / foot deep. The
stones should be broken up so that the
pieces viii pass through pinch ring.
Level aud beat down. a garden roller
IL useful in packing the stones. Make
an incline of 3 inches from manager.
Make the stone foundation inch lower
along the urine groove. Drive three or
four wooden pins through the stones,
letting the tops stick up inches above.
Give little ipcline-h inch to drain.
Then build up cement from the drain
pipe inches above the level of the
stones. Then fit on the CRATE or drain
top; have il about 6 inches square. c.
ment the urine groove first. Provide
dII fItH DOdit4s y Nfut vi upper
side and inches on lower side, and nail
il to the four wooden pins. Then ce-
ment all the rest to the level of the
board.
Get the cleanest sand you can find,
free from clay. etc. Nothing will do
but pure sand. Mix 3 of sand and / of
cement. Go over all the stone with this
inch deep. Press the cement down
between the stones and be careful not TO
raise any of them. Then mix of sand
and / of ccment-enough at a time for
one stall. If only two men are at work
and put this on top, 3 inches deep.
Sprinkle little of the pure cenent-10
or 10 pounds 10 the stall-over the top.
Take piece of plank that you can
handle and bed the cement well in with
plenty of water. Then make the
grooves "a inch deep. Nail a V-shaped
piece of wood on a board; make the
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Down near Jonesport the hulk of a
schooner lies high and dry on the shore.
1t is slightly careened and the tim
bers are not sound enough to take a
swim in the surge. Yet they can stiffly
breast the wind and the sweep of the
rain. The schooner is stranded in
lonely cove, and doesn't look very in
viting, set the family of a lobster fish
erman dwells here IN great comfort.
They have converted IL into sort of
seaside rudder grange. 'Tween-decks
has been partitioned off, windows have
been cut through the hull and tunnels
protruding through the deck carry
away the smoke from the two stoves.
Within, this extemporized home is fair
" coy, even If the floors do have tilt
to starboard. The children have lots of
fun rolling marbles down the incline.
and as the lady of the house always
sweeps ''down hill" her work is greatly
lightened.- (Me.) Journal.
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cost o. Harre.tlng sugar seet..

A record of all labor put on digging
the beets was kept with the following
result: Five and one-half days team
work, at IS cents per day, s4.12; % days
man labor, at $3.50 per day, s33, making
a total cost of S37.12 for digging 22.44
tons of beets, or s1.65 per ton. The
beets were taken from the ground by
blowing a deep furrow with the land
slide as near the beets as possible with
out cutting them. They were then cas-
ily thrown in piles.-Colorado Expert
ment Station.
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sMALLs STOOD IN THE PILOT HOUSE.
Dor, at the risk of his life. The conf
mittee on war claims has made favor
able report on the bill, and the report
gives the history of the heroism of
Smalls.
On May Is. 1862, the confederate
steamboat PLANTER" the special dis
patch boat of Gen. Ripley, the confed-
crate post commander at Charleston,
S. c., was taken by Robert Smalls under
the following circumstances from the
wharf at which she was lying. carried
safely out of Charleston harbor, and de-
livered to one of the vessels of the fed
eral fleet then blockading the port.
On the day previous, May 10, the
Planter which had for two weeks been
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A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion TO a single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
ehinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line. il is
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders. rear'rs and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
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board whatever width you want be-
tween the grooves-about Q inches
think the best-and cross them at the
ends of the partitions to prevent the
horses from slipping. as shown in the
cut. Cover the floor with bags or old
carpet TO prevent too rapid drying, and
remove the board and pins, and cement
the holes. Don't use the floor for three
weeks. i always use the best Portland
cement. Some put a square stone under
the horses hind feet, but there is no use
of that if the cement is properly put
down; it will last as long as a stone
VILLA. Mitchell, in Ohio Farmer.