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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-10-10
The ROsesOf Eden.
ARABIC LEGEND.


FAN Eve knelt close by the guarded gate, in
the glow of the Eastern Spring,
she saw the flash of the angels sword, and
the sheen Of the angels wing;
She thought as she held her sobbing breath
she could hear the happy signs
vi the tiny Tivulets that fed the moses oil
Paradise;
She knew how the birds were futtering,
among the clustured flowers,
And gorgeous blooms and arching trees, that
snaddUwed Eden's bowers.
And she cried aloud in agony of wild remorse.
full prayer,
Give me one bud, but one, from the thousands
that blossom sherepo
He turned as he heard her piteous voice, in
his grave angelic grace,
And he looked with wistful tenderness on
the beautiful woman's face,
And because il was so beautiful and because
she could not see
How fair were the pure white cyclamen,
crushed dying at her knee;
ana because he knew this punishment
through the weary years must burn.
That thfougl all things sweet and good on
earth, her heart would for Eden yearn
lie gathered q rich red rose that grew where
the four great rivers met,
And flung it to the frail, fatal hands, that
clasped imploring yet.
And though for many cycle past, that rose
in dust has lain,
With her who wore it on her breast, when she
passed from life and pain.
There is never q daughter Of Eve but once, ere
the tale of her day is done,
She will know the scent Of the Eden rose, Just
once beneath the sum
And whatever else she may win or lose, en-
dure, or do, or dare,
She will never forget the enchantment it gave
to the common air;
For the wsrld may give her content or joy,
fame, sorrow or sacrifice,
But the hour that brought the scent of the
rose, she lived it in Paradisei
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ed temple, brought from the remote East
relic, perchance, of "Tadmor's marble
waste" and certainly most solemn
memorial of the morning twilight of time.
Broken arch, storm stained pillar, and
shattered column are here shrouded with
moss and ivy; and, should you chance to
see them as the evening shadows deepen
and the evening wind signs mournfully
in the grass, your fancy will not fail to
drink in the perfect illusion that one of
the stateliest structures of antiquity has
slowly crumbled where now its frag-
ments remain.
Quaint is a descriptive epithet that has
been much abused; but it may, with alb
solute propriety, be applied to Windsor.
The devious little streets there visible,
and the carved and timber crossed build
ings. often of great age, are uncommon
ly rich in the expressiveness of magma
tive character. The emotions and the
fancy, equally with the sense of necessity
and instinct of use, have exercised infu-
ence and uttered their spirits in the
shape and adornment of the town. While
it constantly feeds the eye-with that
pleasing irregularity of lines and forms
which is so delicious and refreshing-it
quite as constantly nurtures the sense of
romance which ought to play so large
part in all our lives, redeeming us from
the tyranny of the common place and in
tcnsfying all the high feelings and noble
aspirations that are possible TO human ma
ture. England contains many places like
Windsor, some that blend, in even richer
amplitude, the elements of quaintness
ioveliness, and magnifcence. The mean
ing of them all, as 1t seemed to me, is the
same that romance, beauty, and gentle
ness are not effete, but forever vital; that
their forces are within our own souls, and
ready and eager to find their way into
all our thoughts and actions and circum-
stances, and to brighten for every one of
us the face of every day; that they
ought neither to be regulated to the dis
tant and the past nor kept for our books
aud day-dreams alone-but, in a calmer
and higher mood than is usual in this age
Of universal mediocrity, critical skepti-
cism, and miscellaneous tumult, should be
permitted to flow out into our architecture
and costumes, to hallow and
preserve our antiquities, to soften our
to give us tranquility, patience,
ard tolerance, to make our country low
able for our own hearts, aud so to enable
Us to bequeath it, sure Of love and reyer
ence, to succeeding ages.
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SMeditatiOn,o

Through the interlacing vines are golden
sunbeams sitting;
Around her, wrapped in happy dreams, the
sweet, coy zephyrs play,
A thousand faint and perfumed SCENTS upon
their pinionc drifting
From lilied gardens near her and from
meadows far away.
Unheeded on her dainty lap the open page is
lying
That often wooes her loving eyes to its de.
vices quaint,
Though now her wandering thoughts have
gone, like silver doves a-fying,
Remote from monkish legend and from
medieval saint
While the dear old missal held her did she list
to convent bells,
Lifting pure and sacred voices, calling hal
lowed souls to prayer?
Or did soft Proyencal songs, rhythmic in de-
lieious swells
Float in tender-cadenced music through the
palpitatlng air?
Rose before her, grand and stately, castles off
brave renowns
Did she hear the bugle's pealng, did she
thrill at warder's cry,
As they hasted, loyal-hearted, lowered tn an
tique draw bridge down,
While the knight, with gay plumes sweep
ing, rode to meet his lady's eye?
Nay, of gallant knight and lady were her gen
tie thoughts, in sooth,
But the knight poured not in battle blood
to make the roses pale.
OF the lady fair and gracious only this We
know IN truth:
She is strong TO hide her passion under
prides thrice-armored mail
And the flower within her fingers, closely
clasped, will never tell
That she kissed it when he left her, sitting
quietly apart,
Bending eyes and ruby lips DER that missal
wrought in cell
BY some patient gifted one who had heav-
en- within his heart.
If in tolls of gossamer have lissom fancies
bound her,
And glide before her days to come, rich
and splendid train,
The while that mornings tranquil peace
folds shimmering around her,
Such airy musings well befit maiden's
busy brain.
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The HoOsIer Printer.

* printer tells this story: At one time
| worked on country newspaper One
day a green looking hooiser wandered
up stairs and looked sheepishly around
him. He said he 'jest wanted to know
how the thing was done. he was always
sot on larnin' how TO print the news and
things" He watched carefully the pro-
cess &c setting the type, and thought he
jess knew where to put his fingers on
the letters / informed him that 1t
would take years to get perfect at 1t, at
which he laughed me to scorn, and said
he could do it as fast as you kin after
larnin' the places where the letters come
from. and that he could learn that IN a
half m hour | offered to bet him V
green5ack, that l could fill the stick
three times 10 his once, at which he re-
marked; wal, sonny, | amt got no
scrip about jes' now, but if you will al
low this ere timer to lay along with your
flyer, ] don't mind tryin' to take the con
safe cater you" After some preiiminar-
les, bet of the above nature was eject
ed, and greeny spent one solid half hour
'larnin' the places where they belonged,
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Peat Men and women in Shetland.

TIE lives Of these people are simple
and uneventful enough. The chain is a
very short one and the links are not scat
tered. They 60 forth TO their daily work
ana return to their daily rest, and have
no thought or ambition beyond. Their
aspl ct, l have said, is picturesque. They
are all ages, some young, others bending
under the weight of years. There they
90 one after the other, with their baskets
or k,shes, as they IRE called, fastened up
on the back by means of a strap over
each shoulder, rising above their heads.
and piled up with squares of black peat
This naturally gives them all STOPPING
position suggestive ofhard work and fem
mime weakness, that quickly appeals to
the svmpathies. MANY of them wear
shoes made out of cowhide, strong and
cheap, but perhaps without form, and
with small pretentions to neatness and
cleanliness. And these they often "save'
by carving them IN their hands. Many,
too, are without stockings, and they trudge
along bare-footed and ban e-legged, and
Onlv look in consequence the more pow
ert7 stricken. Their petticoats are short,
and generally of some dark, coarse ma
terial, with the color of which the peat
getting sufficiently harmonizes. Upon
their mead they wear the inevitable kerr
chief Of thick Shetland wool, generally
gray. ahd sometimes red. Their faces are
sunburned and weather beaten. Those
of the old women are often strangely
and gsonderfully wrinkled, which, with
their attitude, gives them look of ex-
IRENE age, and almost descripitude. The
Younger women are many of them hand
some, saw few really beautiful faces.
As they go along the road nearly all are
knitting stockings or some other article
of wear. They appear to knit by instinct
an hereditary gift Their heavy loads
and somewhat difficult progress in no way
seem to interfere with the flying needles.
These never arrest their motion as their
owners for moment raise their heads as
YOU pass and wish you good-day; or, II
may be turn round to look after the
ranger or the gun-no doulst the gun
f-su.1St5
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When our Tom was six years old,
he went into the forest one afternoon to
meet the hired man, who was coming
home with load of wood. The man
placed master Tommy on top of the load,
and drove homeward. Just before reach
ing the farm the team went pretty brisk
ly down a steep hill. When Tommy en-
tered the house his mother said:
Tommy, my dear, were you not
frightened when the horses went trottin6
so swiftly down Crow hilll"
eyes, mother, little replied Tommy
honestly, "but asked God to help me,
and hung on like a beaver"
Sensible Tom! Why sensiblel Be-
cause he joined work to praying. Let
his words teach the life lesson; in all
troubles pray and hang on ike beaver,
by which | mean that, while you ask
God to help you, you must help yourself
with all YOUR might
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too credulous and confding com
On a Sheet OF Blank Paper.

virgin page, untouched, unstained,
Without line, without a blot,
Thou cream-laid blank-faced mystery
Of untold thoughts, of unsung songs;
Who can foresee thy end, thy lot,
Who tell thy future history?
Perchanee thou art reserved to bear
The record of lofty mind,
Whose echo shall defy Times wave,
Or in the rubbish basket near
Some cruel hand may bid thee find
Oblivion, and wicker grave.
Or shall, upon thy vacant face
Some poet write a stirring ode,
Some wonderous lay, some graceful sonnets
Or shall Miss Jones' fingers trae&
Some lines to Madame la Mode
About the color of her bonnet?
Thou mayst some doctors mandate bear
For horrid drugs or an emetic;
Or serve to write an Q y;
Some love-sick swain to Dulcinea,
In hating doggerel most pathetic,
MAY send thee as biltet-d0zer.
Or on thee, haply, shall be wrought
Some picture, TO for aye remain,
A masterpiece of tint and hne?
Or shall the baser pen and thought
OF Thomas, or of Sarah Jane.
Degrade the to valentine?
empty blank that only Graves
A touch, a word, in paint or rhyme;
Thou silent monument of shame
On towards, idlers, fashions slaves,
On brains that have no thoughts sublime,
On hands that cannot give the fame.
What i'll destroyed, what good abused!
so ready thou to cheer or pain,
So prompt for blessing or for curse
And here, half-conscious as | unused,
| took the paper up again,
And scrubbed off this idle yerSe
Chambers Journal
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The Heart is delicate organ and must be
kept in perfect health that the blood may cir.
cuate properly and promote the growth OF
every organ of the body; therefore If you b I'VE
any symptoms of Heart Disease, do not de-
Law, but procure a suitable remedy, such as we
fer YOU in D. Graves HEART REGULA-
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dan gerous.
Among the many forms of Heart Disease
are Palpitation, Enlargement, Spasms of the
Heart. Stoppage of the Action of the Heart
Trembling all over and about the Heart,
Rheumatism, General Debility and Sinking OF
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Concord n. H.. for a pamphlet containing
list of testimonials of cures. &c.
The HEART REGULATOR is garanteed TO
cure all sym toms of Heart Disease, organic
or sympathetic, and can be procured of your
druggist at 80 cents and 81 per bottle.
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Dean Swift and the BOOtmaker.

A friend having told Dean Swift that
an excellent Dublin bootmaker, Bamerick,
was very deslrous of the honor of his
custom, the dean ordered pair of bOo,s
OF him, and asked when they would be
ready. B4merick named the day, and his
new customer told him, that he didn't
want to hurry him, but that he must not
fail to send them on the day named. Ba-
merck assured him this should be done.
The day arrived, but no boots. Swift
went to the shop and received ample
apologies from Bamerick, with the assur-
ance that it was one of his men who was
to blame. WELL the dean re oined, 81
was to have been at Sir A. Acheson's, in
the north, to-day, but this has prevented
me. They will be done on Monday, you
say bring them up in the afternoon your
self, and III pay the bill" Bamerick
duly arrived with the boots, and found
the dean very affa5le. "By the way, Mr..
Bamerick," he presently said, II don't
think you've ever seen my garden; come
along" After the dean had walked the
boot maker round bit, he excused him.
self and returned to the house, locking
the door behind him. Bamerick waited
and waited, the sun went down md the
evening closed in dark and chill. The
garden was surrounded by high wall,
and there was no way of getting out. At
length the dean rose from his writing-ta-
BILE, took pistol ana drew OUT the bullets
and then called up his butler. "Robert,"
he said, II am sure there is some fellow,
probably thief, in the garden. Call the
other men and come with me-" With
that the dean went to the garden gate and
opened i, stealthilY. Poor Bamerick
rushed forward, There's the villain,
seize him Y SAID the dean. firing off the
powder. The unhappy Bamerick shrek
I'd out, ''For Gods sake, don't shoot! it's
only me, Bamerick" ''Mr. Bamerick,
exclaimed Swift in tones of the utmost
establishment, ewbat is the meaning of
this9" why, sir you've left me here
since five o'clock. You must have forgot
ten all about me-" "Ah dear me. to be
sure" said the dean, lust as you did
about the boots" Then he told the but
tier to give Bamerick some hot wine and
see him safe home. Who hasn't met
with a Bamerick2 How many tradesnen
are not daily disappointing their custom
ers, as he did, Unfortunately, however,
there are no Swifts to give these recaici-
fraDtS wholesome lessons in punctualIty.
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Is generated by the action of the suns rays
upon damp decaying vegetation, stagnant
pools, and marshy, low lying tracts. The
true nature Of this miasma is by no means
clearly understood, but there are two facts in
relation to it that are. The first is, that the
periodical fevers which it breeds are of the
most virulent type; the second is, that these
maladies are rarely cured, although they may
be ameliorated, by the ordinary remedies
employed to overcome them. The true anti
dote to the effects of mIasma is Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. This medicine is one of the
most popular remedies OF an age of successful
proprietary specifics, and is in immense de-
mand wherever on this continent fever and
ague exists. A wineglassful three times a
day is the best possible preparative for en-
counteriug a malarious atmosphere, regulat
ing the liver, and invigorating the stomach.
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when be professed to know where every
letter was as | well as did. | handed
him some reprint copy, a stick and iule,
showed him how to hold the stick, and
we started. In just seventeen minutes,
amid the opened mouthed wonderment
of the rest of the boys, greeney dumped
a stick of sohd BREWER, and was sold.
He was only poor tramp that wanted
a lift ON the road, and chose this as a
means to satisfy the demands of the rail
road
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The Fat NAN. convention.

We can see some pleasure, if no reason, in
the converting of baby show, but we con-
fess we could never see the slightest cause,
reasonable or otherwise, for a fat mans con-
vention, unless it be the fact that misery
loves company For fifty or hundred men,
whose several weights rang from two hun
dred to three hundred pounds, to hold con-
vention simply because of so much surplus
avoirdupois, is absurd to say the least. 1t be-
comes doubly so when we reflect that obes-
ity is a desease. What would we think OF as
many persons emaeiated by consumption
holding a convention to compare their rela-
tive weights There is but one ground upon
which we would advocate another fat mans
convention, and that is that they will meet
to discuss the merits of Allan's Anti-Fat, the
only known remedy for obesity. 1t is safe
and reliable Sold BY druggists.
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Familiarity with the writings of the great
poets is a necessity to any one who wishes to
appear well in company. For 10c. we will send
book of 100 selections from the beautiful
melodies of Moore, the grand poems of Byron,
and the unequaled songs of Burns, and 80
and popular songs. Desmond & Co.. 9l5 Race
PhiIa
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Around the Melon.

There is always crowd of people at
the laying of a corner stone, at boat
race, trotting match or military parade,
but no countenance wears thar look of
intense interest which is visible when
twenty-five or thirty citizens gather
around a two shilling watermelon and
discuss the awful mystery concealed be-
meath the rind. After the melon has
been "hefted," thumped, pressed, and
squeezed by each one of the group in
turn, the man who has crossed the Alps,
shot tigers in India, me- the Gar OF
Russia, and cleaned out sitting Bull on
the plains of America, declares his can
did belief that it Is a ripe mellon. Then
the man who has owned nineteen differ
ent farms, married four different wives,
written two books ON agriculture, and
raised melons by the million, asserts that
the specimen before them is green The
crowed divide off. yea and, nay, and the
owner of the mellon pulls out his knife
and proceeds slowly to perform the oper-
alton of plugging" The silence is so
deep that the ticking of watch
sounds like q fire alarm. Men can be
seen to shut their jaws and grow pale.
Not 8 word-not whisper till the old
jnck- knife has performed itsswork- When
the s.plug1 is pulled out to view every eye
is turned upon it, every heart gives a
throb. and the silence is broken by a
general yell of:
aDidn't we say soaf-Detroit Free
Press.
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Another very handsome fabric is velvet Ia
mine or with tlnsel groundwork, showing
brilliant lines or dashes of color amid the rich
black pile. There are dashes and dots of gilt.
silver, or cardinal red, of pale blue, and OF
green, Tightening the black velvet very effect
lively, without giving the tawdry appearance
tinsel produces when used in large masses.
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It will sp edy in healthy flesh and muscle IL
will the vital power. 1t will stop tendency to
ton 1t will give appetite, II regner-
tn whole system IL talzes the blood, supply
ing such ingredients aybe required II promotes
gor in the organs which 'epend for health on the
involuntary muscular action, viz; the Liver, lungs
Heart sch and Genitals. 1t Will cure Consnmp-
tiop. II will cure Fever ard que, Central Debility
and Nervous Prostitution.
endless chain Of good effects follows the use of
DR. Judges A NTI-LEAE and we sac In saving,
from long experience In medicine its virtues are not
nossessed by any other c. mbiDation This has been
used my practice years. and has not In single
Instance fasle4 when used directed 1t will I'll a
long felt, there having been an article OF
this kind before offered to the puf tic. -
1t has been demonstrated, and proved beyond all
doubt, taat postmortsm examination Of different
tersols advanced in life. and who have died from an
affection Of other organic sease than Con
ou at at certain periods of life they were afiieted
with tuberculosis pu monary consumption and have
recovered ncrease OF ad tissue ofhesh. and
consequently 70 med a eicatrix the lung and arres
ed ali depo it, and saving the healthy tissue
and mucuous membrane OF the langs, has restored
thousands who have lived TO a good old age
Price 81 so per bottle by all druggists,
or $ Mt by express receipt of rrice-
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IMPORTAS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Fam
iies and Others purchase Remedy equal TO DIR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN LINIMENT for the cure of
Cholera Diarrhooea, Dysentary Group, Collie, and Sea
sickness taken internally(it is perfectly harmless
oath ACCOMMODATING each bottle1 and externally TO
chronic Rheumatism Headache, toothache, Sore
Throat Cuts Burns Swellings, Bruises Mosquito
Bites Pains In the limbs back and Chest he
VENETI N LINEMENT was introduced in 1874, and
no one who used 1t but continues to do many
stating that if 1t ten dollars bottle they would
not be without IT, Thousands Of certificates can be
the Depot speaking OF its wonderful curative
properties Sold by the Druggists at 80 ess. Depot AZ
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Fellows Compound Syrup of
Hypophosphites.

By its union with the blood and its effect upon the
muscles re-establshng the one and toning the other
is capable of efecting the following results:
1t will cure Consumption.
BY increasing Nervous and Muscular Vigor, IT will
Dyspepsia. feeble interrupted action OF the
Heart and Palpitaion weakness of Intellect, caused
by gTef worry overtax OF brain irregular habits.
Bronchitis Acute Chronic Congestion of the Lungs
even in the most alarming stages.
1t Asthma Loss of Voice, Neuralgia St Vitus'
Dance, Epileptic Fits Whooping Cough Nervousness,
and sustains life during the process of Diphtheria.
No other preparation IS substitute for this under
any circumstances
Look out for the name and address,. l. FELLOWS,
St. john N. b., the yellow wrapper in watermark,
which by holding up the paper before the light
Price $3.50 per bottle-SIx for 80 so.
"a Sold by all Druggists
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Thirty of the best organ makers of the
world are competitors at the Paris exposition
A cable dispatch to the Associated Press says
two highest awards have been awarded to the
American makers, Mason & Hamlin.
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THE PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT which
has been accorded by leading medical men in
various parts Of the country to DR.. WIN. HALL s
BALsAM FOR THE LUSGs, is a sufficient guar.
antv for its efficacy in Graduating diseases Of
the breathing organs. These gentlemen have
thoroughly tested the remedy. and their con
current testimony is to the effect that il is a
positive specific for lung. bron HAL and throat
affections of every description, aud most re-
liable preventive of that dreaded scourge,
consumption. Druggists sell il.