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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-06-03
PERRY s. HEATH.

CTirst Assistant Postmaster-GeneraI)
ors. Yet, to the actual public servant,
life spent in the government EN-
ploy has not a spirituele attractivencss.
Ii is q whited sepulcher. There is es-
pionyge upon every individual, and it
is 50 inquisitorial and shrewd that its
depth, breadth and thickness are abyss
NAL, boundless. Hope and ambition are
choked, and their roots extracted and
Killed.
An elderly gentleman recently dared
10 tell his experience to one who'p he
knew to be a trusty friend. He said:
II am wondering now whether il is
better TO be a pauper or puppy. |
came into this place IL years ago, with
high aspirations. ! knew that | was
active and energetic. and believed that
! could attain almost any enhance in
government life. believed that could
reach the position of postmaster
general. But in less than a
wear concluded that If could
only become chief OF my di-
vision ! would be happy. ! did more
work than any other man here. Hugh
Nesbit Was alive and working then,
and he was splendid clerk. We
were rivals. We both worked night and
day TO make good records.
AVE were rot thanked for our ef-
forts. Our ambition. energy, inielii-
gence aud faithfulness only caused US
TO be men marked for the slaughter.
Our fellow clerks were envious of US.
We outstripped them. Our superiors
were our bitter enemies, for we chal-
lenged their superiority. They hated
us because they feared us. The post
mssier-general was not permitted tosee
US or know us. and We dared not APP
proaeh him. We worked so bard that
we were in danger. Finally our aged
principal clerk died We were receiv-
ing $1,000 per annHm. and promotion
was then available. for one Of us. TO
$500. Which of us should get IL?
Mark the result.
~ man who was drunken. disrepu-
table. every way unworthy, received the
promotion. Since then he has been en-
vious OF us. and domineering. lie makes
lite burden. " ! resign, as he wishes
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wrest from him his self-consciousness,
and lay bare his secret thoughts of the
surroundings which make life sheol.
Yet he has within his hearts hot cells
shut up. wrongs, bitter, burning
wrongs, withered hopes, crushed amb.-
tions, annihilated manhood" Over the
archel doorways of the departments
at Washington it might well be written
in letters of rugged iron: Manhood
quickly killed for all who enter here"
This only to the scrfs. No matter
whether the iegaIized disregard for the
constitution. yclept "the civil service
commission" or the executive mandate
of the wielder of the spoils system.
shall send him thither, ne who enters a
government department at Washington
dies the death.
This is no more true of the post
Office department than of the others.
That branch of the executive division
of the government is selected for de-
scription because the writer is an eX-
serf emancipnted from that prison.
These are to you strange sayings. You
have never considered anything con
nected with the civil service of the gov
eminent in any but it's most roseate col
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CONVENIENT eRAnARY.
Lumber and other Material Required


Lumber and other Material Required
VIII Cost SIS.
This building is IA by 20 feet, and II
feet high TO the caves. the lower part
Is ia feet high. The bins are slanting
as shown. Grain is put in above and
drawn out at S. The steps of stair
way S w, are seven inches high, so that
il is easy to carry grain up and empty
il into the bins in each side. To get the
grain out is always hardest, but in this
granary it is the easiest work,.as all you
have to do is hold the bag under the
spout Isl. turn the shut-off. and the grain
does the rest. 1t is only play TO sack
load of grain, One man can do il as
fast as two with half-bushel.
There are three bins on each side in
my granary, each of 200 bushels capac-
ity. The space on upper floor between
bins, back of the stairway. is five by
eleven feet, and high enough for any
man 10 walk and work in. Lower floor
mostly used for storing seed and grain
in sacks, such as fiaxseed, clover, tim
uthy, etc. They are packed under tn
slant Of the bins, out of the way. The
middle space is used for cleaning grain,
and a good tanning mill is always in
readiness, and good platform scales
upon which everything is weighed.
1 The carpenter says this style of bin
is easier on the building, as most of the
pressure is on the inside, drawing the
frame together instead of pressing it
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SOME HELPFUL HINTS.


Scatter manure as fast as it is
hauled out.
Breeding from immature stock has a
strong tendency to degenerate the of
spring.
One object in pruning is 10 lessen
tie amount of fruit and increase its
quality.
Feed the growing pigs good ration
of ship-stuif wet up with skim-milk
twice daily.
Clean, well-ftting harness for the
work teams will often save having sore
shoulders.
In order that the horses may get the
fun benefit of their rest at noon, al
ways remove the harness.
With pigs it is always best TO push
the growth and sell young, and in that
way lessen the risk of loss.
Stops made of bran and midd!ings
with skim-milll makes one of the vei J
best fools ior sucking sows.
The aim Ia breeding should I've "a
build up vital ", standing and capa-
Oilty for rapid Development.
Commence cultiyating as soon as
possible after planting. This is the
easiest way of keeping in a good con-
dition.-Earmers Union.
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GEN. SCHoFIEuD'S MISSION.
secret History Concerning tho
French Tn Mexico.

secret INV
French I'm Mexico.
Gen. John NJ. Schotield contributes
a chapter of secret history relative TO
the withdrawal of French troops from
Mexico. Gen. Schofield was fast asked
to take command of Mexican troops TO
fight the French, but afterwards was
given a pacific mission. Gen. Schotieid
saws: On August %, 1865, the secretary
OF war sent a letter to the secretary of
state, accrediting me as an officer of
the army, in which capacity, and unof-
ficially, was 10 be understood by the
public as visiting Europe. a copy of this
letter, inelosed i'm one from The state
department, was sent 10 Mr.. Bigelcw.
United States minister at Paris; and
similar letters were sent to several
other United States ministers in Eu-
rope. But time passed until November
1, and thus more than two months
elapsed before the secretary of state was
ready for me to start for Europe. Mr..
Seward then gave me confidential let
ter, dated November, 4, 1865. addressed
to Mr.. Bigelow, and a letter Of credit
on the Earrings, aud requested me TO
proceed on my mission.
In his letter TO Mr.. Bigelow he said:
Gen. Schofield proceeds % Paris.
lie is, l believe, fully Informed of The
feelings and sentiments. not only of TINS
government, but of The American peo-
pie. commend him to your confidence"
etc. Mr.. Seward explained TO me sew
eraI times during this period of delay
that correspondence then going on
with the French government rendered
il advisable that my visit be delayed
until he should receive eXpe, ed an
swers from that government. The At
lantic cable did not then exist, and
hence correspondence across the ocean
was necessarily slow. The expected DIS
patch-viz.. that from the French fer
eign Office to their minister al Washing
ton. dated October IS, 1865, and COM
municated 10 Mr.. Seward on the Goth Of
the same month vas no more satisfac-
tory, though in better tone, than those
winch had preceuea. In eTtect II de-
handed a recognition by the United
States of the government of MaNimiisn
in Mexico as a condition preceudent to
the recall of the French army.
The time had evidently arrived when
Napoleon must be informed in Lam
guage which could not be misunder-
stood what was the real sentiment of
the government and people of the
United States on the Mexican question.
II was difficult, perhaps impossible, to
express that sentiment in official dipio-
matte language that a. emperor could
afford to receive from friendly power.
1t vas therefore desirable that the dis
agreeable information be conveyed 10
Napoleon in a way which would com
mand his full credence, and which he
vet need not regard as offensive. MIR.
Stewards explanation and instructions
to me. after several long conversations
on this subject. were summed up in the
words: II want you o get your legs
under Napoleon's mahogany. and tell
him he must get out of MeNico. Cen
fury.
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wouId No, Bur-, for Hawthorn.

His sister, Ebie Hawthorne. gave me
a bust of John Wesley, in clerical white
bib and of countenance much resem-
bling Alcott's, even to the long, hite,
waving hair. Its very aspect cried out,
though never so mercifully: "My SER
mon is endless" Aunt Ebie, hunch-
irg her shoulders in mirthtul apprec.a-
ton. said: Nathaniel always hated
IT," Why not? At four years OF age he
had already had enough of Wesley;
and my aunt, with a rejoicing laugh. de-
scribed how. not being able to induce
his elders TO act upon his adherence of
the melancholy. tinted object, at last.
in dead OF winter, he filled il with water
through a hole in the pedestal. which
had revealed its hollowness. He then
stood the bust upside down against the
wall in a cold place. confidently await
ing for the freezing Of the water, in
which event il was To be hoped that
the puppet sermonizer would burst,
like a pitcher under similar odds. But
John Wesley never burst, to the dis
gust of a broader mind and the offended
y onder of childish eyes.-Rose Haw-
thorue Lathrop's Memories of law
thorne"
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ArricuIturnI cducation.

Prof. Henry Il. Armsby. dean of the
school OF agriculture of the Penns1 T.
snnia state college. SAYS that the agri-
cultural products Of Pennsylvania eN-
coed the total iron ore. coal and oil
products OF the state by S3.000,000. lie
also makes 9 strong plea for agricul-
tural educa ton. Whether we like il or
not" he says, ''we are face to face with
new problems and new conditions. In
this process of evolution. by which agri-
culture is adjusting itself TO its new
environment. as in every other process
ofevolution, the fttest will survive. The
community or the individual farmer
that can successfully readjust its agri-
culture to these new conditions will con-
tinue to prosper, while the farmer or
the community which fails to do this
viii be borne down by forces as pitiIess
and as irresistible as gravitation."
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me to do, | know no other business than
this and shall be pauper. If | re-
main where | am ! am treated like a
puppy. have no incentive to be elf
cient, diligent. faithfully ambitious to
do well. The fates are against me; /
must be puppy.
His experience is not exceptional.
The true story has never been told. The
intelligent reporters have seen but the
epidermis, and have never diagnosed the
case.
An old clerk ir the appointment di-
Vision says: when the democratic adj
ministration came in We were over
whelmed with letters. petitions, recon-
mendations and all sorts of correspond
ence concerning $4,000 post Offices. The
work had to be done. After working all
I day we were ordered 10 come back al
night aud work until ten o'clock. Ne
were driven like lambs to the slaughter.
/ None of as dared to 90 to the first as
/ sistant, or 10 the postmaster-general
/ Our superiors would not speak for us.
! We had 10 bear the brunt of il all, and
| get no credit fer it. Two hundred other
clerks in the second and third assists
ants offices would put on their hats
aud saunter gaily forth into the sun
shine at four o'clock every afternoon.
Ii never occurred TO the powers above us
that those 200 men might have stayed
one hour longer and assisted us, there
by dividing the work equally and saw
| ing our eyes, brains and general health.
No, we received neither sympathy nor
| thanks.
Hitherto we had been accustomed
TO a vacation when the heated term
came upon us in this southern town.
But we were seoffed at when we spoke
of rest. For twelve days the thermom-
eter registered 100 degrees in the
shade constantly, and we had TO work
under the heat of the chandelier and
droplight until we almost sank in our
places. Talk about soldering. I've
been there. I'd rather make a forced
march of two weeks duration any day
than to repeat the experience of that
summer.
Fortunately for us, one of our num-
Der resigned He could not stand the
strain and live; and, when he was
emancipated, he went to the postnas-
er-general and told him how things
were going 1t was all news to him,
and he Immediately issued an order
dispensing with the night work. He
said that the office-seekers could wait
for a more convenient season."
Then go to the clerk of the stamp
division. He says: Here we have to
make out orders for an average of
100000 worth of stamps for the post
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quest grew urgent, and the ola man
abandon n the argument. and wore to
the field such miscellaneous garments
as he could gather together.
Prince was a-iayin' on my clo'es."
he explained 10 the hired man on such
occasions. and there dismissed the SUBJ
ject. as though that we're all the cN-
PLANTATION that could possibly be needed.
And the nearest approach thai
Princes master ever came TO injurinsy
any human being was when. on one of
these occasions. the hired man re-
marked, in gruff voice, that II the dog
was his bed break his neck. The old
man turned pale and lifted the hoe
above his head. The next moment he
lowered the hoe aud he went on work.
ing. The dog amt your'n," he said.
And yet il was this same hired man
no carried TO the OUTSIDE world the
news of the last night spent by old
Gabe Carter.
The ole man was a-wanderln' pretty
much all that evenin'." he said, medi-
tatiyely whiting a silver from a white
pine box at the grocery store. Il set up
with i'm. cause il didn't seem quite
right to leave i'm all alone; an he was
a-talkin' about all kinds o. fool things
rabbits, an birds, an sech truck-tell
YOU couldn't see. thought may be be
wanted somethin' to eat, an | asked
I'm eff he wanted me TO git rabbit fun
is supper; an blamed eff he didn't
mighty nigh eat me up. he was so mad
An he was a-talking all the rest of the
night about waterin' the flowers, an
not botherin' that birds mes in is coat
pocket. an takin' keer o'the cat an the
dog-jes' a-wanderin' all night. An
along when mornin' was jes' beginnin
he says all of student: The birds is
a-singin' fur day. An then he turned
over an went TO sleep, jes' like he'd beer
a-waitin' fur that. was mighty sorry
/ lie was a-wanderin' on that las night.
But no matter. since the wander
/ ings" had led the gentle soul across int
the land of sunrise.-Ladies' Home
I InurpaI
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offices of the country every day. IL
there is an error made of one single
cent look out for your official head.
Yet the department compels two men
to do the work which not less than five
men ought TO be engaged upon. 1t is
hurry, hurry. hurry all the time; but
Lord help the villain who makes an err
ror in a single column. Our chief is
gentleman. but he is under orders from
unsympathetic superiors."
In the railway mail service il is the
same. The government pays good sal
cries to few men. 1t pays more than
they ought to have. But the men who
do the actual work are paid less than
81 900 per annum. The government is
stingy, niggardly, mean. Promotion
does not come by merit 1t goes by
pol u, favor now as much as under
lie spoils system. For example: In
February. 1856. a gentleman of fair
clerical ability came into the depart
meut through the civil service com
mission. He is gentlemanly, and has
seen better days. None of his fellow
eli ks blame him for what was done
afterwards. But they hate the system.
The new clerk was promoted to 81 400
per year in July, 1886. He happened TO
have congressional influence. The men
over whom he was elevated were older,
more experienced, more capable, ex-
necessitate rel. but they had no polite
al influence. Do you imagine that adj
ministration of that kind tends to ell
e,ate the quality and character of the
work, or that it dignifies the laborer?
You must remember all the time that
these paintings are not the work of
a dauber who has been rejected by the
haut-ton of the profession. They are
the simple truth telling of one of the
serfs who emancipatcd himself. and is
free TO tell what none has dared to
say before, and the only object in view
is that young men may profit by the
statement of the facts, and seek any
ether avenue of bread-winning rather
than enter upon quest for govern
mcnt employment at Washington.
SMITH ID. FRY.
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sIoo Reward sIoo.

The readers of this paper viii be pleased
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh. Hall S
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system thereby destroying the foundation
of tho disease, and giving the patient
streni tn by building up the constitution and
assis ing nature IN doing its work. The
pre- )rietors have so much faith in its eura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it falls to cure.
Send for list of testimonials
Address +. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The society Romance.

This is the approved style of the
romance of social conditions:
YES" said the duchess, leaning back
in her chair. and observing with quick
flicker of her eyelids the limpid mag
nolia in Lord Eusiace's bu;tonhole. Il
have often noticed that the subfuse is
the mother of atheism"
Possibly" replied the young peer,
with a slight curl of his nostril. but
moss .cumuiates round the rolling
stone"
What rot" interrupted Daisy as
she crossed her feet on the ;nantelpiece.
~ black sheep always makes the
gamiest mutton, and you don't want
itlly."-Pan Mail Gazette.
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In the Department. store.

Customer (who has purchased a pair OF
kid eloves)-They will do very well, though
they are a trihe large.
Saleswoman-But then, your hands are
so SMALL Is there anything else?
eyes; there are a few things | wanted.
Let me see-oh, yes; a gallon of molasses, a
pound of tenpenny nails and hindquarter
of lamb"
"Will you take them with you or have
them sent!'
"Perhaps YOU nav as well send them, as
am not going directly home. Boston
Transcript.
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at
following Pkha Whitney
o
M till was
troubled with of the kidneys terrible when monthly
periods mind Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable
Compound and relieved After married the doctor said
would full living child,
andi
health child gratitude
expected blessing Praise God for Lydia E. nkhu Vegetable
did relief
homes be frightened mine has beenMRs WHITNEY,
George St, E
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Patronized by the Government.

The q. 5. Government IS a Dig Gus
toner of the Winchester Repeating Arms
Co. New Haven, CT. The authorities
appreciate that Winchester rifles and am
munition are the best made. The 10000
rifles lust made for the Navy by the W n
ehesters are the best military arm IN tire
world. The Government is constantly buy
ins large quantities of all kinds of am
munition of the Winchesters on account OF
its superiority. In buying guns OF ammuni-
ton it is safe to follow the Government ex-
perts as they know which make is the best
Send for a Winchester catalogue. They
are sent free
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His snd ELY.

eyes, sir. | repeat that in my opinion
Jonathan Doxey is ruined man, and that
he is merely keeping up appearances IN
order to try TO find some way OF getting out
OF his present difficulties
you surprise me! What has LED you
to this conclusion
Il asked him for his daughters hand in
marriage yesterday. and he gave his con-
sent without a murmur. What would you
do If you were in my place-run away, or
stay here and try to live it down:"-Cieve-
land Leader.
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THEY ARE MERE sERFs.
The Life of Government Clerk
Is Not a Happy One.
Young Men should Seek Any other
Avenue of Bread-MinntnE Rnth-
err Than Work I'm the De-
partments.
rspec,al Washington Letter.l

Many pens. welded by descriptive
artists of superior ability have been
devoted TO meritorious etchings of the
great postal machinery of the United
States. They have painted with
winged words the gilded pages and de-
picted the exterior portions of the
white SEP ulchers. Yet they have never
seen the inner life, aud hence have
never presented TO popular gaze the
serf of the republic. And the voice of
the serf has never been raised concern
ing himself, or the labors imposed
upon him. by government which has
for hiLa less consideration than was
shown to the slaves of an effete re-
gime.
The serf knows that he can little
grace his cause by speaking ol IT. lie
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The following epitaph is copied from
a tomb in the vicinity OF Port Royal.
Jamaica:
Here Iieth the body of Louis Ca!dy,
ESQ. a native of Montpelier. in France.
which country he left on account Of the
revocation. He was swallowed up by
the earthquake which occurred at that
place in 1892. but by the great provi-
dence of God was. by second shock.
iung into the sea. where he continued
swimming till rescued by boat. aud
lived 40 years afterward."- Nuggets.
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small Farms pnv ne.t

Large farms are not the ones that
pay best. A farm of p acres that pro-
duces 60 bushels of corn per acre will
give profit, when a farm of 50 acres,
producing only so bushels ner acre. is
operated at loss; yet the total guam
THY of corn is the same for both farms.
The reason the smaller farm may pay
is that less labor IN proportion 10 yield
is required. The larger farm viii de
mand twice as much blowing. cuItivat-
ing and narrowing as the smaller one.
ard the expense of hauling and spre d.
ing the manure. harvesting the crop,
etc, is much greater.
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pnrenfnI DinIomncx.

Father. did not Mr.. Bithers ask you
for my hand last week.
"He did"
"And have not heard from him
since. Did you insult him?"
"Me? Great Scott, no. | shook his
hand and told him | was highly pleased
with your choice, as was getting tired
of working for my own living."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
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IL Mcnnt Something.

"Nuw," said the fussy old gentleman, put
ting one of the biggest berries in his mouth
and picking up another, what is the sense
of having that sign read fresh strawber-
ries for sale: Don't you know that fresh
Strawberries would be enough? Don't YOU
suppose everybody knows they are for
sales"
Il dunno" answered the grocer. Some
folks seem TO think | am givin them away,
and then the old gentleman put the berry
back in the box.-IndianapOls journal.