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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
The News Condensed.

The post office at Elvers, Dane coun-
ty, has been discontinued.
Gov. ScofeId has appointed Harry D..
Boston, of Stevens Point, coroner OF
Portage county, to succeed Paul Roett-
ger, resigned.
Adam Spangler, a pioneer citizen of
Jefferson, died at the age of 67 years.
He was at different times assessor,
treasurer, fire chief and mayor.
Rev. f. II. Wright, of Sparta, will go
to Rome to take charge of the Methodist
book department and of other interests
of the church in Italy.
A reward of $500 has been offered by
Gov Scofeld for the arrest of the muir
derer or murderers of Patrick Null
chrome, who was robbed and killed at
his home in Franklin, Vernon county,
August 26.
The fiftieth annual fair of the Wal
worth County association was held in
EIkhorn.
The remains of an Indian, buried
many years ago, were dug up while ex
cavating for a cellar under the Mari.
nette house in Marinette.
The receipts of the state fair will ag,
gregate about $4,000 and the expenses
about $1,000 less.
Edwin Luessen, well-known and
popular young man, was killed in Osh-
kosh by a live wire while repairing the
roof OF a building in which social club
of which he is q member, is located.
John d. Roberts died in Delafield
after an illness of several weeks, aged
60. He was one of the most prominent
of the Welsh residents of Waukesha
county.
Martin L. Reed, aged so, residing near
Pigeon Falls, pleaded guilty in Trem
peleau on the charge of criminal assault
upon his 12-year-old daughter and was
sentenced to 2h years at Waupun.
The large lumber and grain ware
house belonging to John Young was
burned in Muscoda with a large amount
of grain and flour.
The recruiting office of the regular
army closed at Portage with six en-
listments.
j. j. Mcdonnell, an old resident, was
hlllCu On tuE III Ills
horse ran away and he was thrown vio-
lently to the ground.
L. w. Alex, instructor in fencing and
teacher of languages, committed sui
eide in Racine by shooting himself
while respondent.
Thieves drove up to granary in APP
pie Creek and stole a wagon load of
wheat and oats belonging to Karl Krue-
ger, getting away without being de-
tected.
The marshal and sheriff had an ex
citing encounter with three desperate
tramps in Mansion, in which several
shots were exchanged, but no one was
seriously hurt. The tramps were ar.
rested.
+. NJ. Palmer. veteran of the re-
bellion and a wealthy farmer of the
town of Verona, fell into the HANDS
of Chicago confidence men and was in
duced to sign a draft for $500, but pay
ment was stopped.
Burglars entered the saloon of Au-
gust Jost in Alma and secured $50 in
cash. Cigars valued at the same amount
were also taken
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A suit to recover 25 cents occupied
the attention of the court in Geneva,
\. u, for two days.
In New York law case the other day
it was shown that one of the parties
had paid $1,000 for a husband.
A fatal bed is pointed out to visitors
in an engine house in Macon. Ga. Four
men died soon after occupying it, and
one of its latest occupants declares that
the ghost of one of the dead firemen
laid his icy hand upon him. and he
believes that he is soon to join him.
In % days not scrap of food or
nourishment of any kind passed the
lips of Milton Rathbun. of Mount Yer
non. \. Y. When he began his volun-
tary fast he weighed 2l0 pounds; his
abstinence caused the loss OF - pounds
and it has caused him no apparent in
jury.
Mrs. j. Washburn. of WATERFOWL.
Mass, put some lime in bottle TO slake
ii. and. after pouring hot water upon
it. tightly closed the bottle. In few
minutes there was laundering explo-
sion, cutting her face with the flying
glass, and burning her eyes with the
lime water.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
DESTROY FILIPINO BATTERY.
BOmbarded by American Warships
-AguinaIdo to Release
American Prisoners.

Manila, Sept. 25.-The United States
cruiser Charleston, the monitor Mon
terey and the gunboats Concord
and Zafiro, with marines and bluejack-
cts rom the cruiser Baltimore, left
Cavite September IS and proceeded TO
Subig bay to destroy an insurgent can
non there. Owing to the bad weather
the operation was postponed until Sat
urday, when the warships for three
hours bombarded the town Of Olangapo
and the intrenchments where the gun
was situated. Men from the Charleston,
Concord and Zafiro were then landed
under a heavy insurgent fire, proceed
ing to the cannon, which was utterly
destroyed by guncotton, and then re-
turning TO the warships. The Amer
leans had one man wounded during the
engagement.
Manila, Sept. 26.-Two Englishmen,
who had been held by the insurgents
since June, have arrived at Angeles.
They report that the Filipino congress
has resolved that IA American prison
ers shall be surrendered on Wednesday
or Thursday. They have. however, no
information as TO the whereabouts of
Capt. Charles NJ. Rockefeller, of the
Nineteenth infantry, who disappeared
in April last, and of whom no trace has
been discovered. They assert that three
Americans who were captured by the
rebels are acting as officers in the in
surgent army.
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A FINANCIAL EXPERT.
He Got Busy with the Managing Edi-
tor to That Gentleman's
Discontinue.

There is gentleman in Chicago-and the
boom of cannon fired in front of the
Times Herald office would easily carry to
him as he sits at his desk-who has made
study of economies and who writes financial
editorials
A few weeks ago the managing editor took
vacation and the financial expert was left
in general charge of the paper. One morn
ing recently he received a letter from the
managing editor, who wrote:
II am stranded over here in Canada. /
have been buying a lot Of stuff that may be
useful to me some time, and need $50. VIII
you please send me a draft for the sum
named"
OF course he would. It would be pleas
ure to accommodate the managing editor
So thp great financial expert hurried over
to the First national bank, in which he kept
his account and asked for draft for $50 to
send to his friend. The bank officer gave
him paper to sign, and after giving direc-
tons where to send the draft the writer re
turned to his desk.
Two or three uneventful days passed, and
there came another letter from the managing
editor.
Dear sir" he wrote, 81 asked you to
send me some money, and / told you ! was
strapped What do you mean by drawing
on me for $50? | have telegraphed to a
friend, who has sent money to pay my way
home. Chicago Times Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
REPLY is SENT.
Great Britain's Answer to the Trans
vanl-Says II Cannot Recede
from Its Position.

London, Sept. 26.-The officials of the
foreign office Monday evening gave out
the text of the letter of the secretary
of state for the colonies, Mr.. Chamber
lain, to the British high commissioner
in South Africa, Sir Alfred Miner,
dated September %. The British reply
expresses regret that her majesty's Of
fer. No. 5. of September s, had been re-
fused, and says:
THE object her majesty's government
had In view In the recent negotiations has
been stated in a manner which cannot ad-
NIT of misapprehension, viz. 10 obtain such
substantial and immediate representation
for the outlanders as will enable them to
secure for themselves that fair and just
treatment which was formally promised
them in 1881 and which her majesty in
tended TO secure for them when she granted
privileges Of self-government TO the Trans
vaal. No conditions less comprehensive
than those contained In the telegram of
September S can be relied on to effect this
object The refusal of the South African
government to entertain the offer thus
made, coming as II does after four months
OF protracted negotiations. themselves the
climax of five years OF extended agitation,
makes ii useless TO further pursue the dis
cussion on the lines hitherto followed and
the imperial government is now compelled
TO consider the situation afresh and formu-
late its own proposals for final settlement
of the issues which have been created in
South Africa by the policy constantly fol-
lowed for many years by the government
of South Africa. They will communicate
the result of their deliberations in later
dispatch"
London, Sept. 26.-The Brussels cor
respondent of the Standard says that
DR.. Leyd, British representative of the
South African republic, now recognizes
the hopelessness of any attempt to OBJ
tain European Intervention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
Slain by Robbers.

Cumberland, Md, Sept. 23.-The resi-
dence of Absalom Kesler, misery
farmer, aged so, living on the West Vir-
ginia side of the river, near Pawpaw,
was discovered on fire at one o'clock
Friday morning. Neighbors who hur-
ried to the scene found Kesler. and AL
bert Gross, his hired man, lifeless in the
yard. The housekeeper, Anna DOMAIN,
had also been murdered, but her body
was consumed in the flames. The OBJ
iect of the crime was evidently robbery.
Kesler had kept large sum of money
in the house, but few weeks ago he
put most of his money in bank here.
The robbers secured about $500, il is
thought. The two men were beaten
to death and the house set on fire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
HAS CASH TO SPARE.
The Hawaiian Treasury Holds n BAL
ance of 81 500, 900 and the Islands
Are Out of Debt.

Honolulu, Sept. IS, via San Francisco,
Sept. 25.-There is a cash balance in the
public treasury of $1,500,o0o, with no
debt. Taxes come in December and
January, which will increase the bal
ance on hand, after all bills are paid, to
nearly $2,5oo,oOo. Already people are
asking what shall be done with this inn
mense surplus. The population is only
100000 people, half of whom are coolies.
Several things are responsible for the
large surplus. One is the vast increase
in property valuations since annexa-
ton. 1t is now estimated that with the
increase of the number of plantations
and of population the amount of taxes
collected in January will exceed that of
the last period by $25O,00o.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28

first, cutting it down two feet in depth.
as shown in illustration, which forms a
shoulder upon which to build the brick
top. This top is necessary in order to
guard against frost chipping the ce-
ment, and also to allow a smaller focus
at top, which allows the cistern to be
kept in better sanitary condition.
After the clay wall has become some
what dry, take mallet and chisel and
chip numerous crevices into the clay.
1t is now ready to trowel on the cement.
After the walls are well troweled down,
erect the brick top, laying each brick
with good cement mortar, cementing
and troweling down both inside and out
side of wall until top is reached, then
erect sewer tile as shown in illustration,
cementing it well. Fill excavation,
mounding up slightly, and you have a
cistern that is pure. clean and sanitary
and will undoubtedly give you no
trouble as long as you live. Make it
large enough to hold bountiful supply
of water.-George w. Brown, in Ohio
Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
NO SIGN OF REACTION.
Demand for Products Continues
Heavy and Prices Keep on
the Rise.

New York, Sept PR. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says: THE reac-
ton in the stock market Is not a sign OF
anything outside that market, but has set
many to look for signs of reaction else
where. Such signs have been hard to find.
IL has been for months a wonder that the
demand for products was sustained a rates
exceeding past consumption In any year,
Notwithstanding the general raise In prices.
But the demand does not appear to abate,
and the rise in prices continues. par
tial explanation is that scarcely any class
of products directly consumed by individu-
ais has advanced as much as the wages
and employment of labor. With more
hands at work more hours, and at ten to
fifteen per cent. higher wages. the gain in
purchasing power has been quite beyond
the rise OF four per cent. in boots and shoes
this year, or eight per cent. In leather. SO
per cent. In wooden goods or 1913 per cent. in
wool, and even beyond the rise of II per cent
In cotton goods. mainly due to the rise of Is
per cent in cotton But products used in
manufacturing and transporting have adj
vanced much more because of the enor-
nous Increase in volume of business DONE
and in anticipated business for the future
Higher prices cause shrinking demand,
other things being equal, but this year 9TH
er things are not equal.
When men pay three to five dollars
per ton more than the latest quoted price
for iron products in order to get early de-
liveries, it is because delay is threatened
on works or railroads or bridges. vessels
or machinery. promising net profit many
times the cost of a small fraction of the
material. In such circumstances as in
much of the reconstruction and expansion
now going on. present cost counts for lit
tie compared with the earning power of the
finished product in time like this
Failures for the week have been 154 in
the United States, against us last year, and
is in Canada, against 16 last year"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
GOD KNOWS.
often ] wonder and questlon 8

Often wonder and question so
About the how and the why:
There is so much should like to know,
But God knows better than 1.
Oh! why do some have all the bright hours
Always cloudless sky?
Ever rainbow after the showers?
only God knows better than l.
There are others whose lives are warped
with pain,
Who would so willingly die:
Why doesn't Death come? 1t would be
their gain:
All! God knows better than l.
Some lives are hare. though watered with
tears,
There's failure each time they try;
Others ripen and mellow. and know few
fears.
Why? God knows better than /.
Many lives are mixed with bitter and sweet.
Sometimes a smile, then a sigh;
Twill all be right some day when we meet
God who knows better than l.
Heart of mine. cease questioning Gods
plan
Trust for the how and the why;
He is wiser far than any man,
This God who knows better than I.
-Serina Clarke, in n. Y. Observer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
Charge Against a Soldier.

New York, Sept. 23.-In the uniform
of a soldier of the United States, Clar.
ence Il. Brittou was handcuffed to two
detectives on Governors island Friday,
marched to the boat, carried to this city
and locked up at police headquarters.
Capt. McClusky had received word from
the chief of police of Chicago that Brit
ton was wanted on the charge of arson
and homicide. According to the Chi
cago authorities, the Melrose apartment
house there was burned on December
%, 1898, and woman lost her life in
consequence. Britton is alleged to have
set fire to the building The detectives
found Britton making preparations for
his journey to the Philippines. He de-
MES his guilt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
FEEDING FARM HORSES.
A Canadian Farmer Tells of a System
Which Has Produced Very Sat-
isfactory Results.

/ have always believed that we farm
Certainly we feed fully twice as much
as our friends in the city, and only about
half as much grain as horse-owners in
the city feed. Since June /, have been
feeding my horses by novel method,
which find eminently satisfactory. At
the end of May, this year, found my
self without hay for my horses, and a
large amount of work TO do. / could
procure hay from some of my neigh
bors, but of very poor quality. This
kind of hay did not want.
Up to this time the grass pasture was
very poor, but along toward June it be-
gan to be fair. / therefore decided to
get along without hay, and depend en-
tirely on pasture and grain. On the
evening of June 1, / turned my work
horses to pasture. In the morning |
took them up and gave them feed of
oats and bran, about five quarts per
horse. That is all they got for break
fast, in addition to what grass they had
eaten. AT noon they were fed no hay.
only a feed of oats and bran - six
quarts per animal, and nothing else. At
four o'clock, as is usual with us, we took
them up for tea, watered them and fed
another feed of oats. At shutdown, when
we knock off work, the horses were
turned out to pasture. This has been
and is still the bill of fare" for my
horses-grass during the night, and
grain (about a half-bushel of oats, in
three feeds) during the day. As re-
suit, my horses are doing splendidly
and gaining all the time.
am greatly pleased with this method
of feeding horses-hay or pasture at
night, and grain during the day. A.
Macdonald, in County Gentleman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
OZARK AGRICULTURE.
How Farmers Practice Rotation of
Crops In That Prolific
Region.

Ozark humor appreciates the story that
scientist was quite amazed the other day at
observing a farmer, after killing nest Of
snakes turned up by the plow, arrange the
dead snakes in the furrow before he went
back to the pillow.
why did you do that, my good man."
the scientist asked.
The farmer looked curiously at the
scientist, and, seeing that he was really III
search of information, replied
Il do that so the pillow will cover the
snakes on the next round"
Seeing that the scientist was still mysti-
fed, the farmer continued:
Il cover the snakes so that they will de.
compose. That is what you call it, isn't ity"
"Yes?" said the scientist, with rising IN
fiectien.
WELL" continued the farmer, "the de-
composition of animal matter furnishes
nourishment for plant life, believer?
"Yes?" again said the scientist.
Then, snakes viii make corn grow, won't
they?" triumphantly asked the farmer
"Ies?" said the scientist
"And more corn will make more whisky,
won't it?' said the farmer.
Yes" said the scientist.
and whisky will make more snakes,
won't it? Mister, that is what we call rota-
ton in the agriculture of this region. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
Death of a Noted Physician.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Sept. 25. - DR..
George a. Hendricks, professor OF
anatomy in the University of Minneso-
ia, died Sunday night of acute Bright's
disease. DR.. Hendricks came to Min
nesota in 1889 from the University of
Michigan, where for Is years he was
assistant to DR.. Corydon ID. Ford, who
occupied the chair of anatomy in that
institution. He introduced the graded
course in anatomy, of which he was the
originator, in the university here, and
it has been adopted by many other med.
ical colleges. DR.. Hendricks was one
of the best known physicians in Min
neapolis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
The Right Kind of Reef.

In regard to the kinds of beef which
the killer and eater demand writer in
Se Southern Planter says: "Give spe-
cial attention to well-deyeloped loins,
backs and hips, for it is upon these of
a fat steer the buyer puts the value of
the steer when he stands in the mar
ket as beef. 1t is not simply the fat
ness of a steer that puts the highest
price upon him in the market, but it is
the steer that is fat at the right places
on his carcass that makes him top the
market. ] once sold car load Of Short
horn grades in the Philadelphia masket
which topped the market that day of
10000 beeves, and the buyer took as
much pains in examining those cattle
as many people would do in buying a
horse
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28
verdict IN oarterrille Rlot case.

Springfield. H., Sept. ga Carter
vile special to the State Journal says
that the secret verdict of the coroner's
jury in the Carterville riot case is in
two sections. The first states that Huse
Bradley, John Black, Il. L. Floyd and
Henry Branum came to their deaths by
gunshot wounds inflicted during a riot,
and charges Wesley Shadowen, Willis
Shadowen, Elmer James, Lem Shad-
owen, Willis Carney, VIII Kelly and
others unknown to the jurors with be-
ing engaged in the riot The jury states
that it is unable to say which of the
accused men killed the negroes. In the
second section of the verdict the jury
finds that the fifth negro killed, Sim
Cummings, was shot by Elmer James
and others, thus making direct charge
of homicide against James.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-28

What will the inventive brain of man
do next? This is a question some one
asks almost daily. There is one, though,
who leaCs all others, who for quarter
of a century has been making fine laun-
dry starch, and to-day is Offering the
public the finest starch ever placed on
the market.
Ask your grocer for coupon book
which will enable you to get the first
two packages of this new starch, RED
CROSS" (trade mark brandt also two
chiIdren's Shakespeare pictures. paint
ed in twelv, beautiful colors. natural as
life, or the twentieth Century Girl Cal
endar. all aosolutely free. All grocers
are a, thorized to give ten large pack
ages of RED CROSS STARCH" with
twenty of the Shakespeare pictures or
ten of the Twentieth Century Girl Cal
endars to the first five purchasers of the
ENDLESS CHAIN STARCH BOOK.
This is one of the greatest offers ever
made to introduce RED CROSS laun-
dry starch, J. G.. Hubinger's latest in
yentiOn
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Some of the weeds can be used for
food ii prejudice against them did not
exist. The dandelion is cultivated in
France. but is regarded as pest here
Succorv is raised in European gardens
Pigweed is a delicacy TO the Chinese
and young pokeweed has long been
known in the southern states as edible.
The common nettle, miinweed and mai
low are used in Europe. Purslaine, one
of the most persistent and despised
pests in this country. is cultivated in
Europe, being regarded as very valu-
able plant
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WASHINGTON'S WEDDING.
A Suitable Match and an Occasion
That Was Full of Hope and
Happiness.

1t was a crystalline day, the eth of
January-old style-1759. Up to colo
NAL mansion, the white House," in
New Kent county, Va, a spanking team
of horses clattered and stopped, puff
ing clouds of breath on the frosty
air. From the great coach brisk
faced, slow, important gentleman in
scarlet dress stepped out, British from
forehead to foot-his excellency. Lieut..
Gov. Fauquier, come with his wife to
grace the wedding party of young Col.
George Washington, a new burgess in
the Virginia assembly. The lieuten-
ant governor assisted the lady to alight.
His sword clanking as he followed her,
removing his belaced cooked hat, he
entered, to add to festive brilliance
within. The dark eyes of the comely
little bride, 1.-THE widow GUSTS that
was" were bright. She greeted them
with dignity, softened by a desire to
please into the graciousness that is
southern. In white satin threaded with
silver. and quilted petticoat, she wore
pearls entwined in her soft brown hair.
Her little feet in high-heeled slippers,
"the smallest fives.' twinkled with
buckles of brilIiants. Point-lace ruff
fles fell about plump tapering arms and
bosom. and adorned with bracelets and
necklace of pearls she looked tiny be-
side the tall bridegroom. in costume of
blue lined with red silk, embroidered
white satin waistcoat, gold knee and
shoe buckles, and sword. Happiness
beamed in his glance and movement.
He was the handsomest man of the
handsome assemblage, it is said, and he
had the quality that most quickly
makes a woman masterfulness
unmixed with tyranny. He was p, she
but three months younger. Her charms
were such that on the day they met he
knew that he wished TO marry her. He
had seen her but four times before mar
riage; each time. however, was day or
more. or little less. IT was a hopeful
wedding. a suitable match.-Leila Her
bert, in Harper's Magazine