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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
BUTTER MAKING HINTS.
Every Part of the Operation, from
the Milking to the Packing,
Requires Great Care.

The ability to make good butter is
worth money to the farmers wife in
these days when so much of an inferior
quality is thrust upon the market.
Every part of the work requires care
and cleanliness, from the time the milk
ing is done in the barnyard to the mo-
ment when the golden rolls are deliy-
cred to the city customers. Use only
the best quality of table salt, the
amount required usually being one
ounce to a pound of butter. Work it
Just enough to take out every particle
of buttermilk, and keep it in cool
place to insure its keeping perfectly
fresh.
A great deal depends upon the care
of the crooks, cans or pans in which the
milk is kept They should be washed
as soon as possible after being used,
and kept clean and free from rust.
Rinse first with cold water, then wash
thoroughly inside and outside with hot
water, in which enough pearline has
been dissolved to make good suds.
Give particular attention to the seams
if you use cans. Finish by rinsing with
scalding water, wipe dry, then set them
right side up in the fresh air and sun
shine and they will be clean and sweet.
1t is an error to turn them upside down
on table, or TO hang them in that po-
sition on a stake, for hot air or steam
rises and has no way of escape, conse-
quently condenses in the cans and
causes them to sour. A great deal of
milk is tainted in this way. A rusty
can should never be used, as it imparts
a foreign flavor to the milk.
If you have running spring of clear,
cold water have a little house built over
it, and set your milk cans in the water.
1t is an ideal place for a dairy, and it
will cost very little to build the spring
house.-Prairie Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
THE IMPERATIVE MANDATE.

ga struts around about the farm and plans
what he will do
SEE he'll pillow up the garden patch and the
alfalfa, too;
He SEE he's goin' to run this ranch jest
Ike his Uncle Bill
Did a place he was tenant on back yon In
Central, Ill.
Pa SEE he'll plant the place in corn, and
reap the yeller grain,
An then he'll plow it up again, and wait
for springtime's rain;
He'll crib the corn and hold 1t all, jest
like his Uncle Joe,
Who rented land for years and years, back
in the state of Mo.
The mex year after that, pa sez he'll SOW
the land in wheat
He'll bet he'll raise crop o grain no man
round here kin beat.
He'll build bin to put il in, the same as
Cousin Ben
Use to when he was rentin' dirt, way back
in hilly Penn.
BY that time he will have enough. pa SEE.
to buy this farm,
Pervidin' sile don't peter out an things
don't lose their charm;
He may want then to move along, jes'
like his old chum Dan
Did when he leased a township, most,
back in the state of Kan.
Las night heard mas quiet voice a ar
gum with pa,
An I'll jest bet my Berkshire pig them
words will be the law
She told him movin' on must stop an
she'd also tell him this,
That IL he didn't git to work, why, she'd
go back TO Miss
An ma says pan run this ranch the way
they run farms here;
She's tired of hearin' bout the men that
rent from year to year;
She SEE we'll own a place here yit an
when my ma SEE SHALL"
There's very little doubt but what well
settle down in Cal.
Los Angeles Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
SHE PREFERRED DEATH FIRST
Before She Would Make "a Fright
of Herself with Life Preserver.

She was very plump woman. There
are people who say they would like to be
just as plump. but the woman herself is al.
ways thinking Of ways and means by which
her appearance of diameter and circumfer.
ence may be reduced, and anything that will
apparently increase she regards with dis
like that is little short of abhorrenee But
IT there is one thing that she dlsAkes more
than her comfortable plumpness, 1t is the
water. So, when one day, on a steamer in
fog, there was a collision, she was even
more unhappy than most people are under
such circumstances. though 1t was related
afterward that she behaved with great cool
ness. There was fortunately no more seri.
Gus result from the collision than several
hours delay, but no one was quite sure in
that time what the next minute would bring
forth The husband of the woman with the
comfortable plumpness, like the good hus.
band that he was, Immediately after the ae.
cident found life preservers, and in mat
ter OF fact way started to assist his wife to
put one on. But she recoiled with such hor.
ror that for moment he was not sure but
the shock had deprived her Of her senses.
Put on one of those things" she almost
shrieked Never! just look at that fat
woman over there with one Of them on.
She looks a perfect sight"
And she didn't put the life preserver on,
and 1t was her good fortune that she had
no reason TO regret tn. Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
HOW DIAMONDS ARE "NIPPED"
Thieves Have n Handy Little Instru-
ment That Makes the steal
ing Easy.

"When we speak of crook 'nippilg'
diamond stud, we use the word adj
visedly," said a central station detec-
tive. ITS not a case of idle slang. In
fact, nearly all the words used in a
slang way by thieves and police officers
come nearer to expressing the exact
idea of what we mean to illustrate than
most people think. Take, for instance,
the phrase, stole a diamond Now
that's all right in its way, but there's a
hundred or more ways in which dia-
monds may be stolen, so it gives us no
clew as to the particular method of
operation. But when we are told that
some crook has 'nipped' a spark, we
know exactly how he did it, and have a
fair sort of lead to work on.
'To nip spark means to cut off a
diamond from a mans shirt front.
The phrase originated in the style of
the instrument used by the thief. Dia-
monds lost in this way are not un-
screwed or pulled out from a shirt
front, as some people believe. The dia-
mond nipper carries a small instrument
made like a pair of nippers. 1t can be
carried between the fingers and kept
concealed in that way, and has little
cup into which the diamond falls when
cut from the gold mounting. When the
nipper sees stone that pleases his
fancy, he simply slips his little instru-
ment to the front, jostles and shoves
past his victim, perhaps curses him for
'treading on his toes and having dis
tracted his attention, slips one hand
close to his bosom. A simple move, a
pressure of the finger, the sharp jaws
clutch the shank of the pin or stud, the
diamond drops into the cup-like recep-
tacle, and the nipper is gone. So is the
diamond. Chicago Inter Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
HONORS FOR DEWEY.
Entire Nation Will Unite in We'll
coming the Brave Admiral.
The People 10 Present Him with n
Handsome Residence mt wash
ington-A Talk About Ma
rIDe Architecture.
Tsnecial washington Letter. ]


Admiral Dewey is coming home on
pia. He will take several months to
make the trip, because it is trip
for recreation, for health and for
pleasure rather than a hurry-up
business trip. He has earned right
to four months of leisure; and the
American people would probably vote
him perfect leisure for the remain
der if his lifetime, if he desired it,.
Speaking of the "first-rate protected
cruiser" reminds us that, outside of
men of the navy, probably few people
understand what are meant by the
terms "battleship," "armored cruis-
err" protected cruiser" and gun yes
SELL" or ''gunboat," as used in describ-
ing types and classes of naval vessels.
They are not strictly limited in their
scope of significance. Generally speak
ing the term "battleship" is applied to
type or class of vessels which are
protected by as heavy armor and armed
with as heavy guns as they can carry
on given displacement and at the
same time leave sufficient fotation to
enable them to carry machinery pow
erful enough to drive them at fair
speed, usually about Is knots per hour,
with good supply of coal and stores.
The "armored cruiser" is a vessel also
protected by armor and having its guns
mounted in turrets or shields. The es-
sential difference between battleships
and armored cruisers is that in the
latter the armor is much thinner and
the guns smaller and lighter. and the
ship itself is much more highly pow
cred for greater speed, and also has
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
Her Great need.

Tell him to wait" Mrs. Golddecker
waved aside the maid, and, rising
anXiously, looked out on upper Fifth
Avenue from the window of her just
completed nineteenth century palace.
She was wondering whether this man,
for whom she had sent, possessed at
last the one secret that could make her
happy. She paused for a moment, nery-
ing herself inwardly to encounter dis
appointment in case il should come,
and then, in full control of herself. she
prepared to descend. Leaving her bou-
doir. with its hundred-thousand-d dollar
bedstead. she passed the diamond and
sapphire inlaid bathroom, with its rold
faucets glittering in the electric light,
and. stepping into the cut-glass ele-
yator. was whirled rapidly downward
to the first floor. Stepping lightly over
the miIlion-dollar rug in the reception
hall. and brushing abstractedly against
the two-million-dollar tapestries in the
drawing-room. she passed through a
long passage into the waiting-room in
the rear of the house. where tail, dig.
nified foreigner stood up and bowed re.
spcctfully as she entered. Can you
make good bread ?" she asked.-Crite-
rion
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chase a splendid residence for the adj
miral, but that there will be left over
handsome sum for investment, so
that his every want will be well sup
piled.
Already scores of real estate agents
have begun besieging the committee,
offering sites and complete houses;
and each of them expects TO profit by
real estate speculations, because the
land in the vicinity of the Dewey resi-
dence will Immediately increase in
value.
One member of the committee to-day
said: I'VE have decided to receive and
| file all these applications, but we will
not buy or build until the admiral ar
rives. If he wants any particular house,
already completed, we will buy ii and
give him the deed. If he wants SUBJ
urban place near Arlington, or on the
| Maryland heights, we will buy such
ground as he indicates, and build such
a house as may meet with his approval
We are simply the custodians of the
| funds, and we know that the people
/ illSt vi an uCSilN iHat tLit tdhiii ~ Shuii
be satisfied and pleased with their gen.
erous offering, and on that theory the
committee will proceed. Therefore the
spectators who would go TO vulgar
money-making by gambling on Dew
| ey's fame and choice of a home, will ac-
complish absolutely nothing"
/ Sentimental people here affect to be
lieye that they could pick out man
sion which Admiral Dewey would like
TO have, without consulting him
There is a splendid home about two
blocks from the white house, which
was occupied, during his later years, BY
Judge Lowery, one of the most popular
and prosperous citizens of the nationa
capital. One of his frequent callers
was an obscure captain in the navy. who
was spoken of as "a clever little fellow
quite dressy and refined in his manners
but not a man of much force. He like:
the old mans daughter"
That was Capt. George Dewey, ant
he was undoubtedly fond of Miss Vir
| ginia Lowery. But she fell in love will
a handsome attache of the Spanish lie
cation, Juan Brunetti. Ultimately she
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
GARDEN MARKER IN DETAIL

strip has two bolts with thumb-screws
so it may be fastened anywhere along
the strip, a. The strip, a, has bolt holes
two inches apart, along its entire
length.
The runners may be set 10 mark rows
as wide as four feet apart, and as mar
row as four inches, and between these
extremes, at any distance in an even
number of inches. The outside run
ners in the illustration are set just
even with the ends of the strip, a. The
rows are then three feet apart. But
each runner may be set at least foot
farther from the center, by means OF
the bar shown at +, and still lap enough
to fasten. When the rows are to be
less than 21a feet apart the runners
must change places with each other
put d at e's end and at DIS end. Then
the rows may be narrowed down to
four inches.
The advantage of having the center
runner on the tongue is this: BY rails
ing and lowering the tongue, as need
ed, all the runners may be made to
touch the ground all the time, even
though the ground is uneven. This
marker is made of light material
throughout, so it is no task to drag it
along with one hand.-Orange Judd
Farmer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
Habits of the Mun-Eating King of
Beasts-A Passion for
Carnage.

"When lions become man-eaters,
these inert and treacherous brutes take
no unnecessary trouble to catch men,
and while human beings are plentiful
none of them undertake perilous enter
prises or proceed on any haphazard ex-
petitions. They know what to do and
where to go in order that prey may be
procured with the least amount of risk
or exertion. Such lion is well aware of
who tills this cornfield or that mealie
patch. He has informed himself of how
many men accompany the village herds,
where any outlying camps are situated,
and how they are guarded. There is no
route by which travellers proceed or
traffic is carried on, that such animals
have not studied with reference to the
facilities for attack they afford and
their own bodily powers. If otherwise
good stategic positions present natural
difficulties, the lion not only considers
how these can be overcome, but, per-
haps, practices his part beforehand. At
all events, he has been watched while
engaged in exercises that can only be
explained in this way.
so puny creature as man is, when
unprovided with effective implements
for offense, stands little chance against
such foe-an assailant having 40
times his own strength, backed by
marvellous activity and an intense pas
sion for carnage. Under these circum-
stances savages can only shut them
selves up. or assault their enemy in
large masses. On the other hand, those
precautions taken by murderous lion
might not seem to comport with that
bold and often reckless temper at
tributed to this species. But such dis
crepancy has no real existence; it only
appears when a judgment is made with
out taking all the facts into considera-
ton This animals intelligence, devel-
oped in man-eaters to its highest point,
together with an organic stealthiness
of nature and proclivity toward unex-
pected attacks and stratagems, fully
accounts for everything lion does in
the way of guarding against failure. -
Outing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
Curiou. Proposals.

Only a few weeks ago it was record
ed that famous performer on the
trapeze proposed to his wife when they
were swinging in midair from the same
bar; and in recent shipwreck an Aus
tralian. named Hannen, was so much
struck by the courage and beauty of a
young governess who escaped in the
same boat as himself that before they
were rescued he had secured her prom
Use to be his wife. One of the most in
genious devices ever resorted to by a
bashful swain secured charming wife
for Prince fafterward czar) Nicholas of
Russia. The young prince was so smit-
ten By the beauty of Princess Charlotte,
daughter of his host, Frederick William
III. of Prussia, that he determined to
lose no time in making her his wife.
During a court dinner. when he was
seated next to his prospective bride, he
took ring from his finger and. burying
it in piece of bread, passed il to her
unseen. The hidden messenger of
cupid did its work well. for when the
Young princess rose from the table she
was wearing the ring which pledged her
to the future car. San Francisco
Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
Diamonds In a Volcano.

An interesting discovery from geo.
logical view point has latterly been
made in the Witries Hook mountains,
in Natal. On the summit of an ex-
tinct volcano near the edge of lake
filling the former crater, soundings
Ihave established the presence of a
sand layer containing small diamonds.
1t would be instructive to know
whether these diamonds were there
accidentally ar whether the find is
connected with a diamond field, for
the said mountains are not situated in
district known to be diamantiferous.
Considering the later supposition, the
presence of precious stones in the
crater of a volcano will doubtless throw
some light upon the formation of
precious stones in nature.-Edeimetal
Ipdustrip
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15

WEDDINGS IN WESTMINSTER.
Henry NJ. Stanley and Christine Nils
son Were the Predecessors of
Earl of Crewe.

1t isn't everybody who can be mar
ried in Westminster Abbey. The re-
cent wedding there of Lady Peggy"
Primrose to the earl of Crewe is the
occasion of recalling some of the note
worthy ceremonies that have occurred
in the honored old pile. In the first
place, it is an expensive matter, mar
riage there. Then, too, wise discre-
ton guides the dean, DIR. Bradley, in
the replies he makes to fair and gal
liant aspirants to the lifelong fame at
taching TO an abbey wedding, although
he is very we'll known to be pleased
with the laudable desire of English
men and women to be joined together
in holy matrimony in their countrys
most exquisite church. Thus West
minister Abbey wedding, while still
rare, is not now the exceptionally I'M
common occurrence it used to be.
One of the deans own daughters was
married there. Another famous we'd
ding was that of III. M. Stanley, the
African explorer, and Miss Dorothy
Tenant, an occasion that excited
some interest, occurring as it did at
X
popularity as a hero of marvellous adj
ventures and exploits. The little
great man." on his way to the altar,
may have stepped over the fiat stone
on which the name of his illustrious
forerunner, Livingstone, is engraved
1t lies just in the center of the nave,
almost in the direct line between the
west door and the choir.
Christine Nilsson, the Swedish night
ingale, was at the zenith of her power
on the English operate stage when
she was married in the abbey. The
occasion was graced by fashionable
throng, and the music provided was
an artistic feast.
There is no better place from which
TO obtain coup d'oeil of a wedding in
the abbey than the organ gallery,
which, as all the world knows, stretch
es right across the choir as massive
screen. But there is another part of
the abbey that contains a very favor
lite and reverently loved altar for the
marriage service. 1t is Henry VII.'s
chapel.
1t must not be a grand wedding at
which half fashionable London is to be
accommodated that is solemnized
there, for Henry Wis chapel covers
but comparatively small area. Sir
Henry Primrose, cousin of Lord
Rosebery, was married in Henry
Wis chapel.
Royalty does not wed in the abbey,
but in the Chapel Royal, st. James
palace, and occasionally Gas in the case
of the duke and duchess of Fife i'll
the private chapel of buckingham pal
ace This was once conservatory,
and even now has garish unbeeoming
air of modernism about it that does not
make it a picturesque locale for
wedding. The Chapel Royal, st.
James, is a rather somber and quite
small chamber.
Not another church in London can
offer the attractions of Westminster
Abbey. The stately choir, the many
steps leading to the chancel and the
wide area within the rails make it ideal
for the accommodation of the contract
ing parties and the attendant brides
maids.-Chicago Times-Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
THE WEDDING FEAST.
suggestions for Serving Large Conn
panies Comfortably and In
Good Style.

When formal seating at large tablesis
not practicable by reason of space, there
is always the small-table expedient to
which one may resort. These tables;
seating four, may be placed in every
available nook through the rooms
halls, piazzas; and if there be any over
flow, what is more delightful than to
place them under the trees? BY this
means very large company may be
comfortably served without great
trouble. Each of these small tables
must. of course, be covered with cloth,
and since one spares no trouble in wed.
ding preparations, a few flowers should
be ready for each, also a pretty little
dish of CONNECTIONS. In serving the
substantials it is very nice to place on
each side of the tables plate of sand
witches, which later, when the ices are
served, may be replaced with plate
filled with assorted cut cakes.
In serving guests at an evening wed.
ding the buffet plan solves the problem
of room. This plan prescribes table
of ordinary size Ground or square),
beautifully laid with finest cloth, and
containing the brides cake, other cut
cake, sailed almonds. choice confec-
tions in pretty holders, and perhaps
fruit with a centerpiece of flowers and
decorations of ribbons. An appro-
pirate arrangement for a June we'd
ding feast would be very tall, slender
cut-glass vase holding long-stemmed
roses in sufficient quantity to bend in
graceful arch above. Such center
piece does not obstruct the view across
the table because of it slimness. If
any caution is necessary in regard to
the use of flowers as table decoration,
it is to avoid overriding that feature,
and never to select those with heavy
odor. Chairs are placed around the
four sides of the room, and the guests
are served from the pantry and kitchen,
only the articles above named being
served from the table. The bridal party
and as many more as can be seated go
in first, all the guests being served in
succession as space permits.-Ella Nor
ris Kretschmar, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-06-15
WHEN A MONKEY is A DOG.
How auckland, the Naturalist, Got
Some Good Pointers on
AnImnlM.

A good story of an amusing alteration
which once took place between Mr.. Frank
auckland and a booking clerk is revived
The naturalist had been in France, and was
returning via Southampton with an over
coat stuffed with specimens of all sorts dead
and alive. Among them was monkey
which was domiciled in a large breast pocket
As Buckland was taking his ticket, joke
thrust up his head and attracted the atten
tion Of the booking clerk, who Immediately
and very properly-said: You must have
ticket for that dog, if it's going with you
'Dog?" said Buckland, Indignantly; it.
no dog, it's monkey"
Its dog" replied the clerk.
Its a monkey" retorted auckland, and
proceeded to show the whole animal, but
without convincing the clerk, who insisted
on five shillings for the dog ticket to London
Naturally nettled at this, Buckland
plunged his hand into another pocket anc
produced tortoise, and, laying it on tht
sill of the ticket window, said: perhaps
you'll call that dog, too?"
The clerk inspected the tortoise "No,
said he, I'VE make no charge for them
they're insects "-Windsor Magazine.