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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-08
NOT AN uNMlxED EVIL.
safety Lies In the Difficulty of Mas
tering Languages.

In Lord Salisbury's view, the difficult
" which different races have found in
mastering each others language has
not been by any means an unmiXed evil.
1t has served as a kind of nouconduct-
ing medium to limit the mischief which
irresponsible and mischievous talk so
often produces. st. James has told VS.
that 1.-The tongue no man can tame"
But what no man can tame may yet to
some extent be deprived of its poison
Gus influence through the difficulty il
finds in penetrating the speech of an
other people of quite different race.
For example, we Englishmen have no
doubt missed the point of perhaps nine
tenths of the French witticlsms pro-
duced at our expense, while the French
have missed the point of even greater
number of foolishly contemptuous
phrases in which Englishmen have
poured forth their ill-advised conviction
of their own immense superiority to
/ Frenchmen Had this nonconducting
medium never existed. can il be doubted
/ that the irritation of France against
/ England and of England against France
I MOuiu oAAttt bttiA lttA EANaf'A IMAM
/ it has been? And can it be doubted
that If Dickens had written his Change
| for American Notes" and his Martin
| Chuzzlewit" in language which the
masses of the United States could not
have understood. there would have been
| far less angry feeling between the two
| peoples? Let English become some
thing like a universal language and we
shall soon find the velocity with which
either clever or ignorant ill-nature
propagates its mischievous influence
over the world will be indefinitely in
creased.
With the electric telegraph working
in a speech universally understood,
words of hasty wrath still have far
more deadly effect than they have now.
and we find ourselves at war before we
have had time either to define our pur-
poses or explain our meaning. In
short, as Lord Salisbury truly said, the
universal currency of the English
tongue will produce either good or
bad effect. just in proportion to the wis
dom or the folly. the self-control or the
| license of the Euglish-speakin races.
If there were a Mr.. Bayard in every Eng
lish colony or dependency and every
| American state, and if the people of
every English colony or dependency and
of every American state had the good
feeling and the good taste 10 look up TO
him for counsel aud follow his lead, the
universal spread of the English tongue
would prove to be the greatest security
for order and peace which had ever been
known in the history of the world. But
| if Englishmen learn TO scream, and
| Americans to buster, and public opin-
ion to discharge itself violently in mud
dy geysers of boiling passion in every
separate colony and state, then the uni
versaI spread of English may prove a
great calamity and may some day issue
i'm great tastrophe.-London Spec
tator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-08
THE POPE WRITES A POEM.
Head of the Catholic Church Tell
How and what to Eat.


The pope has Just completed Latin
poem of so stanzas. pointing out the du-
ties of frugality and the evils of glut-
tony. The poem, says London ex-
change, is full of charm and quiet hui
NOR. His holiness says pay attention
before all 10 cleanliness: that the table
appointments be spotless: the glass
bright aud napery immaculate. and
that from the cellar comes the purest
wine of the Albanian hills, which eN-
hilarates the spirits and keeps away
trouble. but don't trust Bacchus. so
don't be frugal in diluting wine with
water"
He continues: obtain from healthy
grain well-cooked bread. Eat sparing-
" of chicken. lamb aud beef. which
are most nourishing to the body. Meat
should he tender and without abundant
sauces or root vegetables, which spoil it.
Fresh eggs are excellent. whether
raw or slightly cooked. Drink an
abundant quantity of foaming milk.
Ii uourishes infants and assists old age.
Also honey. that celestial gift But of
this frugally Add 70 these sweet
herbs. fresh vegetables and garden sup
plies Add ripe fruit according to sea
son. especially tender apples, which
with their pink tints, brighten the ban
quet."
The pope adds that by following
these precepts man may live to a
healthy. strong and good old age.
The second part of the poem consists
in graphic description of a banquet
wLich is largely composed of oysters
highly spiced venison. foie de gras. etc
at the end of which there is sometimes
strife and contention and almost al
ways bodily disorders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-08

clerks who draw salaries of $500 or
So 900 each; and there are about 1000
clerks who draw salaries of s1,400 o.
81 500 each. There are plenty of intelli-
gent young men and women through
out the country who would be glad to
live in Washington. and work from nine
o'clock in the morning until four
o'clock in the afternoon, for 5000 per
annum; and you know of several good
and competent men in your own neigh
borhood who would gladly accept such
position for 5000 per annum. Well,
there is nothing difficult in the work of
these clerks. and there are plenty of
good men and women who would be
glad to take the places at greatly re-
duced salaries. figure il that there are
about 5000 clerks In Washington alone
who are receiving each 81 900 more than
should be paid them. Do you realize
what that means? II means that the
oyer-taxed people of this country are
annually paying at least So. O00, 900 more
than ought to be paid for clerical serv-
ices in Washington city.
| Look az the postal system. There are
postmassers in every town of 1000 or
more inhabitants. who are drawing
salaries ranging from $1,000 up to &c.
| 600 per annum; and in other business
| lines those gentlemen would find 1t
difficult TO earn more than 5000 per an
mum. Just think of i'll There are TO-
| 600 post Offices: and in at least 10000
of those post offices we are paying an
I
we should pay. That shows a total
waste of about 500. OOo. 900 each year.
without going more into detail as TO
| figures, IL may be said that any man of
experience can sit down and demon
strate to his friends in the parlor, or
in the schoolhouse. that the people have
been robbed of not less than $50,000,-
600 each year. for at least ten years;
and in that period alone there has been
a waste of the enormous sum of $780,
/ 600. 900.
Then there is our peculiarly-con-
structed civil service law, which is
building up an office-holding aris-
tocracy. which will continue this state
of affairs, unless some apostle With
courage shall come along and tell the
truth, the whole truth, and awaken the
people.
"Great God, Mr.. Secretary. can you do
nothing for me at all?"
The tears came despite her strong eff
fort to control her feelings as she stood
beside the desk of the cabinet minister
of the nation. Her whole frame trem-
bled with emotion as she said:
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ard that those who have remained in
public life longest have been most
often tempted TO better their coudi-
tions, no matter how.
/ think il is time for the men who
run the government of the United
States to come to judgment. 1t is time
TO tell at least enough of the truth TO
set the people to thinking on right lines.
They do no need revision of the tariff
every four years. They do not need to
disturb a monetary system which has
been stable for more than generation.
There was nothing the matter with the
monetary system of this country until
men high in public life began deliber-
ately to rob the treasury right before
the eyes of patient people.
If the people of the United States
had now in their possession the total
sum of $500, 100000 or more. of which
they have been plundered. they would
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-08
Roses fn the Garden.

Roses, to succeed the best. should be
planted out in the open, never under the
shade of trees. or in any place where the
roots of trees can reach them to monopo-
lie any of their food. Roses are gross
livers and require large amount OF
good food, accordingly they do better
placed where nothing will have a chance
to encroach upon their rights. When
one has a chance to prepare a bed for
them Just as il should be, the better
way is TO remove the upper soil and dig
out the subsoil to the depth of two feet.
Take a pick and mellow up what is pos
sible of the bottom of the pit, then fill
in with a mixture of good soil and old.
thoroughly rotted manure. These beds
may be made of any desired size or
shape, and should always he provided
with good drainage, as roses will never
endure having to Stand in water. They
like water, goodly quantity. when It
can be administered according to their
fancy Baths of soapsuds are beneficial,
as we'll as being fine preventive against
insect life.-Washington Home Maya
zine
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not be crying about hard times. No
one who studies the annual appropria-
ton bills which are passed by both
houses of congress, and approved by
the president; no one who takes the
Blue Book and studies the list of sal
aries which are paid for clerical serv-
ices: no one who can be sufficiently non
partisan TO make comparison between
tie appropriations and expenditures of
the government, and who will contrast
the official salaries of men with those
of the business world. will fail TO see
that the extravaganza of the govern
Inent of the United States is simply APP
palliug.
He will be a very narrow-miuded man
who will view these things from a
partisan standpoint. and seek to place
the blame upon the political party 10
W hich he does not belong. While the
politicians are inducing the people TO
"blame il on the other fellow" they
are the most successful in plundering
their deluded hearers.
To be practical, let instances be cited.
We'll, there are six auditors of the treas
ury, each of whom receives salary of
s., 900. You have right in your own
town several bright young men who
are well educated. aud perfectly cap
able of performing the functions of a
treasury authorship as well as any
ward polit' sian on earth; and any one
of those young men would be glad to
fill the position of an auditor. and have
four years of residence in Washington.
even If the salary were only $1,000. in
stead OF $1,000 per annum. Now that
being the case. why should the govern
Inent pay each of those auditors 5000
per annum? Is il not sheer waste of
sis 900 per apuum? Would any BUSH
ness man pay more for salaries than is
absolutely necessary?
Why then does the go-eT nment pay
these excessive salaries to the auditors :?
/ Simply because the senators and mem
hers of congress who make the spPro-
priations want their political friends
I rewarded for party services; and they
Z give them fancy salaries. but the over
taxed people have to pay the money.
I II is simply highway robbery. and moth
/ ing else. But these six auditors of the
treasury are Insignificant as compared
with the whole story.
In this city alone there are over 1000
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when the colonel died. he said to
me, almost with his last breath: 'Mollie,
| believe that have left you in comfort
able circumstances. But if you ever
become poor and needy, go to Gen.
Sherman or Gen. Sheridan, and tell
them that you are my widow. You
will be well cared for, rest assured OF
that. Teach the children to remember
that their father was a soldier. and that
he died of the wounds received at Cham
pion hills, i'm Chickamauga, and at Five
Forks. The doctors say that the last
wound in the lungs is what has
brought me TO this gasping close of life.
But the country will care for you,
Mollie, and you need never fear
And so believing, MIR. Secretary, he
died. And now you tell me that the re-
public has no power to help me? Gen.
Sheridan is dead, but have Gen. Sher-
mans letter telling about the colonefs
services before Nicksburg in December,
1862. and later at Missionary Ridge. Gen.
Rosecrans writes of his galIantry at
Chickamauga. But Sheridan is dead
and cannot tell of Five Forks. | wrote
to him about il, but the next day the
newspapers said that Sheridan was dy-
ing. Mr. Secretary. ! am in absolute
want. must have something to do;
please make place for me in the de-
partment."
MY dear madam" replied the secre-
tary, 1.-The civil service law is in the
way, and can do nothing unless it is
to appoint you as a charwoman, at $40
per month. Will you accept that?"
"Yes, Mr.. Secretary, will accept any
thing to keep away the pangs of hun
ger, to give me roof to shelter me,
and to keep me from sin and shame.
The appointment was made. The
talented, beautiful girl-bride of the
soldier who had fought so well is u
gray-haired charwoman in the depart
ment. la the same building is the wild
ow of confederate general. She got
into the department under the last ad.
minisrration, no matter how. She got
there, and her salary is $1,000 per an.
rum. She has S133 per month. She gets
3d., per week, and works with a pen
| The widow of the union soldier gets
only 900 per month, and she works with
| a broom, scruhbing brush and feather
/ buster, after the other lady has gone tC
her elegant rooms TO dress in silks and
satins, laces and ribbons for the opera
| The soldiers widow wears calico. eats
crackers and cheese. and in winter
shivers in freless room with bare
| floors and hard bed; for $40 per month
does not buy luxuries in the capital OF
/ the nation which was saved by the
prowess and self-abnegation of mau
| like her noble husband.
SMITH u FRY
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Looks like a big box" one Of the


Looks like a big box" one of the
girls replied.
''Yes. know. but there must be some
thing in it,
"Oh, ! reckon it's just to put the
wheat in when he threshes. heard
him say he woull need one"
Hi. ther." SHRIMP shouted. "Clar
outten the road an open her gate thar.
| gotter drive inside with this ere box.
Here. sou boys. fly erroun'. you ras-
Gals. an help ter gil Ibis out" And
Skrimp tried his best to appear as sour
and cross as possible. but made miser-
able failure of the effort.
What have you got. Slime ?" the wife
asked.
"Nuther box fer ther wheat. jest
Their thing need"
Feels mighty heavy" one of the boys
remarked, after lifting at an end of it.
''Must he something in it,"
Simon was unable to hold back the
smiles any longer. for his happiness
kept bubbling up, and refused to be
kept down.
Its pianer," the boy shouted. ats
pianer!"
And it was n piano. as they soon dis
covered when the great box was rolled
out and opened. For moment they all
stood about speechless. motionless,
while Simon watched them, smile
playing about his features. Then one
| by one they came aud kissed him-the
good patient wife and the uncomplain-
[ ing daughters. and Simon was so happy
that be actually cried.
"Ther is more things" Simon said at
/ last.
/ And a search revealed a new carpet
for the best room. and some dress pat
terms, and some clothing for the boys.
/ How did you come TO do it, Sine ?"
the wife asked as they were retiring
/ that night.
wall, Liza. ii WIZ them Herringtons,
an what | seed yistidy. I've been a
ponderin' over matters, an concluded
/ I've done enuff for Bob Herrington's
/ folks, an il wus time to do somethin'
/ fer my own family. So | determint
ter turn over err new leaf, an frum
this on I'm in fer enjoyin' some NV
what we earn, Std o. lettin' other peo-
! pie hev il all. while you an Their chill
/ dren work an slave and git nothin'.
I've found power of happiness in that
/ pianer. Liza-mor'n ! ever found in all
( the lam | ever bought, an it hain't
nigh over yit."-Noman's Journal
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WATCH YOUR CALVES.
Feed Them Well 10 obtain Satisfnc-
tory Results Quickly.

tory Results Quickly.
The calfs foot is golden now. Calves
which went begging for buyers few
years ago are now worth ten dollars
almost as soon as they are dropped.
There is a great shortage of feeding
steers all over the corn and grass states.
This shortage is temporarily supplied
by the enormous importations from
every point in the country. 1t is, how
ever, only a shifting of cattle from one
point to another, and there is no addi-
ton made to the cattle stock by such a
movement, except to the extent that
they come from Canada. aud even this
is no real addition, for the reason that
the beef from these cattle is supplied
in the United States instead of Canada,
and has no effect whatever on the beef
markets of the world. Any increase
of cattle stock must come through the
growing of calves, and the farmer has
a dead sure market at profitable price
for his calves for a year or two to come.
Hence, the calf should be watched not
for the sake of watching and thinking
of the pleasing prospect of good price,
but for the purpose of securing as much
thrifty growth and as good form as
possible, for the better the form the
higher the price per pound it will bring,
and the larger the calf the greater num-
Der of pounds there is to sell at price
fixed by the quality. How to feed that
calf to produce the best results is one
of the important questions just now.
Here, as in everything else, it pays to
take lessons from nature. Dame Ma
ture feeds the calf often. feeds the milk
sweet and feeds il warm. The calf that
has bellyful of cold milk in the morn
ing and another at night, with no drink
during the day, and is exposed to the
hot sun, will not bring big price.
Nature feeds The calf bala need ra-
ton. Ii il is fed skim-milk that ration
is unbalanced by the withdrawal of the
butter fat. and this must be supplied in
some way. The chea, est substitute for
the first few weeks is a Jelly made by
boiling oil meal. After the first three
or four weeks oat meal should be sub
stituted gradually, and corn meal as
gradually substituted, in part at least,
for the oats. Corn at 10 cents per BUSH
ell, and oats at the same price, will
furnish the proper balance at much
lower rate than butter fat. There are a
thousand little things in connection
with calf growing that can be learned
only by experience, but the man who
observes, thinks, reads and practices
will very soon catch on and become an
expert. There is a very solid bottom
under this business now, and the farm
er that has a strain of native cattle COM
bining milk and beef forms is the man
who can fill the demand to the best adj
ysntage.-Journal of Agriculture.
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"FlIES" ON VESSELS.
Not the Little Insect, But a Weather

vane 10 Aid in Steering.
The "fiy' at the masthead is often
used as a sign to steer by. 1t revolves
on pivot, and hence, like a weather
vane, shows the direction from which
the wind is blowing; whereas. flag
attached to a halyard streams direct
ly astern, or at an angle more or less
affected by the speed and course of the
vessel. A glance at the fly having shown
the winds direction, glance at the
pinnacle shows from what point of the
compass it comes. Then, by watching
the fly, and thus keeping the ship al
ways at the same angle to the wind,
you arc able to keep her on her course.
The ships of different nations have
distinctive flies. The American and
the English fly is little triangular
pennon. German ships often have a
small tapering bag at the masthead,
and French vessels "dog-vane"-a line
of corks with colored feathers on a
wire. The steamers of the French line
from New York to Havre have dog
yane at each masthead-it is one of
their distinguishing marks.
Steering by the fly is one way of
stee ring by the wind, but there are
other tricks for finding the wind-point.
A sailor can find the point of stiff
breeze by simply letting it blow against
mis- face. In light air, almost calm,
he lifts his hat and turns his head until
he feels the cool breath on his moist
brow, which is far more sensitive than
his sun-tanned face; or he moistens the
end of his hand, and turning it toward
the wind, waves ii gently back and
forth and to and fro, until the GOODNESS
of the air is felt on one side of that
narrow surface and not on the other.
In heavier airs he will moisten the palm
of the hand and hold i. fiat to the wind.
The wind-point being found, the ship
is sailed as close to the wind as pos
sible, the belmsman keeping his eye on
the sail-leech. The least culver, and
a turn of the wheel keeps her off
enough to fill her sails; but with an ex-
perienced hand on the wheel there will
he no quiver along the leech. For an "A.
B." can tell by the feel of the helm
when the ship is about to come up into
the wind. As vessel 'comes up" the
strain on the rudder is lessened, and by
quickly checking her, he keeps the
sails rap full and asleep"-keeps them
from quivering holds her on her
course without so much as glance at
the compassionate Kobbe, In St.
Nicholas.
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and in a very few years are producing
excellent crops.
Purchased by the hundred dwarf
pear trees are inexpensive-from six
to eleven dollars being charged at
the nurseries for two-year-old trees
from three TO four feet in height. Care
should be taken in setting the trees to
put the point where the pear and ounce
stock joins two inches at least below
the surface of the ground. Dwarf pear
trees, being small, can be set out in
places where larger trees could not
well grow. A very excellent arrange
ment is to set them in a hedge-row
along the sides of ones orchard or gar
den. They can be set as closely as
Az feet apart, provided they have
plenty of space on either side to let in
sunshine and air. a row of these lit
tie trees in full bloom is a sight TO be
remembered.
Not all varieties of pears are suited
to the dwarf habit of growth. Those
/ that do well as standards viii not al
ways give satisfaction as dwarfs, but
! it is fortunate that some of the very
/
dwarfs, do as well as the standards, if
not better. Thus among the summer
varieties that give excellent results is
the dwarf form one may mention the
Bartlett and Clapp's Favorite; among
autumn varieties the Seckel and Ouch
esse, and among winter varieties that
modest Roman of them ALL" the Anjou,
\ md tho laurence
There are other good pears that do
well as dwarfs, but this gives a good
selection for home use. Every spring
before the leaves start let a third of
| last seasons growth be cut away, as
severe pruning is essential for heavy
| fruiting.
In localities where the winters are
severe, a little mulching, at least for the
/ first season, should be put about the
/ trees in winter, and remember that
/ pear trees, as we'll as all fruit trees, for
/ that matter. are greatly benefited by a
liberal application of wood ashes to the
SOIL Give them other fertilizers, too.
but don't neglect to supply plenty of
potash.
Set out few dwarf pear trees, and
/ the chances are that you win like them
so well that you will set out as many
more year from this spring.-N. Y.
/ Tribune.