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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-05

people think. Id ra' her see a cooked re.
vover pointed at me thar candle
flame; a revolver sometimes misses, but
q candle flame is sure to kill when it
starts toward a man.
Z" must start for my shift now Don't
give my name to anybody. There are
some who would laugh at me-
The man here picked up bis bucket
and walked away. There are plenty of
miners on the Comstock who have just
such superstitions, Some nail up horse
shoes over the entrance OF drift "for
luck" Others believe that good and bad
luck come in streaks just as quartz and
porphyry. For three years past there had
been no accident in the North Consoli
dated Virginia until few days ago,
when Champion had his thigh crushed.
The miners said at once that "bad
streak had been str ok, and more acct
dents MIGHT be expected. Yesterday two
more men were injured by falling thirty
feet into the stump. This was caused
by the breaking of two-inch plank that
seemed able 10 bear dozen men.
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Singular SuperStiti0ns.

Virginia, New, Chronicle.
Sailors are generally considered the
most superstitious men of any calling, and
indeed it would be strange if in the mys
ferrous ways of the deep, with its wonder
full phenomena, somethir q was not found
to base superstition upon. 1t is the same
way with miners. There are wonderful
things to be studied in the vast laborato-
ry where Nature has stored her treasures.
The men who toll in the caverns of the
ground and tread the endless windings Of
the drifts have their presentiments of
coming calamity, and at times feel the
touch of death in the very air.
4 Chronicle reporter was talking with
an old miner a few days ago, who inn
plicitly believed that no death ever took
place in the mines without warning of
some kind.
you see" said he. "Jeath never comes
cf a sudden upon the men in the mines.
You reporters write up accidents, and tell
how something gave way or fell quick
and killed somebody Now, this amt
50. There's always some warning. When
| see my lantern begin to burn low down
anu blue, know that there is danger
ahead. If it keeps on for few days, and
then begins to waver and flicker, Ill
watch it close to see where 1t points.
Now, you may set me up for fool, but
what I'm tellin' is gospel truth. When
the flame leans over, as if its being work
cd py blow-pipe, and points to man,
death has marked him.
Some years ago when Bill Hendricks
was killed in the Savage, the flames of
my lantern pointed right to him tor over
an hour, and when he moved the flames
would turn just as if Bill was loadstone
and the flames was a mariners needle.
| knew he WAS gone. and told him to be
careful about the blast. Well, he got
throught that all right and got on the
cage. As We went I'D the candle kept
acting strangely, and at times the flame
would stretch out long and thin toward
Bill. At length it gave sudden flicker,
and Bill reeled to one side and was
caught in the timbers. heard his dread
full cry as he disappeared down the shaft,
and while he was bounding from side to
side, dashing out his BRAINS and scatter
ing his flesh down to the bottom, IN
light went out.
ii never lit that lantern again. I;
hangs up in my cabin now, and il always
will. There's more in acandle flame than
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-05

DIR. r. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, the pro-
prietor ef DR.. PIerce's Family Medicines, and
also of the Inyalids and Tourists Hotel. of
that city, has recently been elected TO Con-
CESS by the very flattering majority of nearly
5000. He has already served his constituency
as State Senator, and this renewed indorse-
ment signifies that his services have been
highly satisfactory. His extensive practice
in the treatment of Chronic Diseases will
not we are informed, be neglected or suffer
in the least when the time arrives for him to
take his seat in Congress, it being intrusted
to his brother and other experienced medical
gentlemen who have long been associated
with the Doctor in The Medical Department of
his celebrated Worlds Dispensary and In
valid's Hotel. Besides, as the Forty sixth Con-
gress does not convene until December, 1879,
Dr.. Pierce's patients will not lose his person
al attention for some months yet.
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for evening wear bags of velvet and silk,
which depend from the arm by means OF
ribbon or cordelleres.
The lizard and serpent porte bouquets
are to be replaced in Paris by butterflies,
bees, and birds of diamonds. These are
very much handsomer than the first
named. The Princess of Wales wears as
bouquet-holder 6 devils darning nee
die" with sapphire wings. The Prin-
cesses de Sagan has white rose il the
beak of bird, breasted and winged
with rubies. The ex- Empress Eugene
has just presented to Princess Thyra a
topaz butterfly. The Duchess of Teck
fastens her daisies in porte bouquet
in the shape of bee. Some aristocratic
Partisan ladies wear their coat of arms on
their porte bouquets, or small lions in
diamonds.
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"These | bore with the with the stoi
cism of an Indian, until finally the fiery
monster and its train of cars were lost in
the darkness, and | knew that God had
granted us our life.
"Had single log or stick of any size
come in contact with my body, / must
have been hurled under the wheels
What my fate would then have been was
impressively shown by Xavier's fowl
ing piece, which we afterward recovered
with stock broken and barrel fiattened.
"0n regaining the entrance 10 the tun-
mel, to which | was compelled to support
my companion, found my face bathed
in blood, each separate twig having cut
the flesh like the sweep of sharp razor.
II think, gentlemen the ducks had a
holiday after that little affair. "--0 Charles
II. Eden, in Youths Comipauoa.
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asked, putting her arm round her broth
er's neck, az II to keep him with her.
II cannot live withonten himt' Her
mouth quivered, and the tears welled up
big ana bright into her eyes.
MY child" the spirit answered softly
"you connol come with your brother now
the time is not yet Some day | will
come for you, and he will come with me to
welcome sou. But now, my sister wants
you still, and has work for YOU to do.n
The girl turned and looked timidly up
at the sad-eyed spirit, who said, Eyes,
my child, you belong to me; my sister
has called your brother from me. In
that, he is happier than you. But | will
love you too. You need not fear me, if
you will only trust me and be brave.
Will you Gomez" She held out her arms to
her; and the girl, touched and attracted
by the sad face, went towards her and
said, still holding her brothers hand
tightly clasped in her own, II am not
afeard o. 20, an will trust 20, but I
cannot give up my boyw
But you mustl" the sister spirit an
swered.
In spite IF her glowing beauty, the
children felt that her will was memorable.
"Sister, said the boy, "yo mum let me go.
/ feel her drawing me, an cannot stay.
wull be so happy. And yo wull come
to me. Kiss me, an let me gol' She
sobbed; shut ii be so hard so hard. We
was so happy together"
81 be so tired! Y he murmured as he
leaned supported in her arms, with his
lips close TO hers.
The radiant-eyed spirit approached
them and took the boy by the hand.
"Come! = she said gently. Il will take
You home"
"My boy my boy p cried the girl pite-
ously and for moment, as she held him
fast in her strcng young arms, it seemed
as though her love were enough TO keep
him in spite of the spirits call.
Sister, let me go. wull come to yo
an fetch yo.'
Then with a moan, she loosened her
arms and kissed him and let him go.
Then the spirit wrapped the boy in her
garments, and kissed him solemnly on
brow and eyes and mouth, and be-
hold beneath the power of that embrace
his face frightened into health and life
and beauty; and the immortal radiance
that breathed from the spirits form fell
upon him and gloritied him. And as his
sister gazed wonderingly at him, the
spirit took him by the hand, and disap-
pearcd from her sight, Then she with
saddened eyes came TO the girl and bent
over her as she wept, and whispered, lay
ing her hand on her brow: "Be brave,
and fear nOt2" and then she too vanish
cd.
In he morning. the sun was peering
curiously in at the window of the queer
house i'll Mile end And
this was the sight it saw.
The father was still breathing heavily
on the floor; and on the bed, the brother
and sister still lay close clasped in each
others aims. Her breathing was soft
and regular, and her checks were wet
with tears On his face shone radiant
smile, for his was the sleep Ct death!
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Wit and Humor.

Wax figures do not lie.
| Made of awl workshops.
A taking person-The policeman.
| Who can understand a cornstalk2
The chap with the glass sigh-The to-
per.
Fruit for the poor house-The paw
paw.
| TIE tramps favorite sweetening-Loa
sugar.
Man proposes, but--he is not always
accepted
Purple and fine linen uckleberries
and napkin.
Mr.. - was son struck yesterday
weight, 8 pounds.
An orange peel--the yell of crowd of
Orangemen.
Song of the cheese: "Will you love
me when / mould2"
Dumas has written 800 novels. He
must have large ink-come.
What is il that man with two eyes
cannot see with onef T'other eye.
Puck thinks that the dollars of the noy-
ellsts should be called stored earns.
Any American in Paris may well say.
" was stranger, and ye took me in.'
Why is it, do you suppose, that COW
always laughs when she meets milk
MANI
Positive, want; comparative, waiter
sGperative, get it yourself Boston Tran
script
If classical Greek were Illad be like
ly to Troy homeopathic physician,
would't he2
Now let the wild charge on the oyster
beds begin. Hip! hip!-a rawl Men
HaUen Register.
A Western paper advises lightning-rod
agents and book-canvassers to try their
luck in Memphis.
When may mans friends naturally
suppose that be has gone amissing?-
When he has gone counting.
A Louisville reporter of the old school
once wrote of man who had been "over-
taken by the bitter pill of adversely"
Young SWell- al should like to have
my moustache dyed" Polite Barber
"Certainly; did you bring it with your"
A Hartford man says he started thirty
years ago to make 100000. He has
got the fourteen, but the ciphers bother
him.
Irish innkeepers Ito boots, etc. al"
where's Biddie? Quits she2 Bad luck to
the hussY She'll go out twinty tonnes
for once she'll come inr'
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problem Long since Solved.

How to remedy those prolific causes OF dis
ease, an Impoverished circulation and an inn
parted digestion, was a problem the solution
of which had often baffied medical skill. but
which was solved over quarter of century
ago by the introduction of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters to public and professional notice
Since That time, which may well be said to
have initiated a new epoch in the history OF
medicine, the remedy and preventive referred
to has obtained a foothold in the confidence
of the American people that each succeeding
year has only served to strengthen. 1t is rec
ognized throughout the Union as a tonic OF
the first order, remedy for and sure means
Of preventing fever and ague, and disorders OF
the stomach and bowels; as a reliable Imeans
of reforming disordered state of the liver
and Of counteracting a tendency to rheuma-
tism, govt urinary and uterine disorders.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-05
sion Drinking Vinegar.

How many young women who have in
herted predisposition to enlbonpoint have
ruined their health by drinking vinegar TO re-
duce their forms to graceful proportions.
Allan's Anti-Fat is absolutely harmless. 1t
promotes digestion, and accomplishes It's work
simply by preventing an undue assimilation
Of the fatty ingredients of the food. Excessive
fairness is a'vexatious burden, and there is no
longer any excuse for enduring it, since
Adams Anti-Fat is an effectual remedy for
this abnormal condition,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Colo, July 18Th, 1878
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co, Buffalo, N. Y:
Geatleniefa-I lost three pounds while taking
one bottle of Allan's Ant-Fat. Yours truly,
Mrs. NJ b. MYERS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-05
Brief Biography of a Clergyman and
Soldier.

From the Pittsburg Post.
The sad intelligence was received in
the city last evening, that Rev. Father
Richard c. Christy. the well-known Cath
Ole clergyman, had died at Columbus,
Ohio, yesterday. The announcement of
his death will cast gloom over Western
Pennsylvania, throughout which he was
so well known as the fighting chaplain.
He was attached to the Seventy. eigh
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, com
manded bv Col. VIM. Sirwell, of Kittan-
ming, which belonged TO Nogley's Brigade
in the army of the Cumberland. Well
does the writer remember the day that
the brigade embarked from the wharf of
this city on steam boat, and the crowd at
tracted to witness their departure. Much
to their horror the hurricane deck of one
of the boats broke and a number of sol
diers were injured. The Catholics on that
occasion were proud to know that the faith
fal priest was on hand to give spiritual
consolation TO the wounded, and cheer the
afflicted. Through the entire war Father
Christy was devoted to the cause of the
Union, always on hand to give religious
counsel to the wounded. and equally
ready to take his gun to make common
cause against the enemies of his country.
When the war was over the fighting
chaplain" returned with the Seventy
seventh, Seventy ninth and Seventy. eighth
Regiments, and resumed charge OF
his old congregation near Kittanning.
When the annual reunion of the heroes
of the war was held throughout the
country the fighting chaplain occupied a
prominent place in the front ranks with his
comrades, Gen. Phil. Sheridan and othels,
and has on several occasions enlivened the
assemblage with his happy anecdotes of
camp life and the trials attendant upon
long sicges.
After a short stay at Kittanning, Faith
er Christy took charge of the church at
Ebensburg, the county seat of Cambria,
where he was stationed for many years,
and built fine church and PASTORAL resi-
dence and established a PASTORAL school
or young children. A few years ago he
was assistant at ST. Patrick's, where his
health failed, and for time was stationed
at Mercy Hospital. Afterwards he was
called to take charge of church at Col
umbus, and thus he hands over his flock
to the keeping of the Lord, who has re-
lieved him of his good work.
Father Christy's life IS lesson for the
rising generation. He was one of the
five brothers and two sisters, viz: Or.
Christy. of Oil City, John A. Christy,
Mrs. Andrew Butler and Mrs. VIM. j.
Bonner, whose ancestors are among the
pioneers of CAMBRIA County. Father
Christy was about so years of age, and
during the half century he lived he con-
tributed as much of the milk OF human
kindness to those he came in contact
with as the most noted philanthropists.
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With q Present.

The index to a book is small
Compared with what the book contains;
The Head, though but little ball,
Incloses ardent, thoughtful brains
And drops OF rain are little things
That point TO oceans in the sky;
And bridegrooms deal in little rings
As symbols of the strongest tie
And little blades of grass, though small,
All point to life within the earth
That life, that in this great round BAH
Gives Spring its sweetest, freshest Dlrlh'
A woman's eye is but bead
Set clear and fair meath snowy brow,
And vet it shows the fairest creed
Before which men on earth may ooW
And words are little weakling notes
THAT vanish like passing sigh,
And vet they tell our sweetest thoughts,
Aud have told thoughts that will not die
So this send is but mark
OF grateful thoughts and warm esteem
Is but little way'rins spark
Dropped down from t-iendship's glowi
beami
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SPEEDY QUIETUs is given to a hacking
cough by that inestimable specific for pull
monary, throat, and bronchial complaints,
HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS, which cures
consumption, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy,
labored breathing and other disorers OF the
respiratory organs. When cough manifests
itself the early use of this beneficnt medicine
is earnestly recommended, as the difficulty is
more easily overcome in its incipient stage
than later on Sold by all Druggists.
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For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WINS
LOWS SHOOTING SYRUP has been used
for children with never-failing success. 1t
corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowls, cures dysentcry
and diarrhea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well-tried rem
edy Or cts a bottle
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Dealers will, OF course, often recommend
an organ as best because they have it to sell,
or can make more on it. But it has been dem
onstrated ut all worlds exhibitions for
twelve years that those made by the Mason
and Hamlin Organ Co excel al others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-12-05

A one-cent reyenIe stamp is about all the
value there is to the large packs Of horse and
cattle powders now sold. If you want
strictly pure article get Sheridan's. They are
immensely value BILE.
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ESnnples. FreckIes, Etc.

The most wonderful discovery yet known.
Mrs. Dr. L. X. shaw's Moth and Freckle
Lotion. May be had of your drug gist. Price
only 81 90 For particulars address Mrs. DR..
L. X Shaw, $40 East 2Sth Street, New York.
Mrs. Shaw's Liver Pill. Best in the world.
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Hon. C. Z. Parsons, mayor of Rochester
was radically cured of Bright's Disease by
Craig's Kidney Cure. Depot AZ University
pI N
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The Importance and value Of Johnson's Ano-
dsne LiniBae1st to a family cannot be estimated
in dollars and cents II is both for internal
and external use and will prevent and cure
diphtheria and all dangerous throat and lung
troubles,
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,hew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy To aeco

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Camphorated Sapona-
ceeus Dentifrice. TWENTY-FIVE cents bottle.
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FRANK LESLlES
CHIMNEY CORNER

Occupies field that no other journal
attempts to fill. It is essentially a paper
for families. Avoiding all politics and
questions OF the day, it devotes its
columns to healthy fiction for the enter
tainment of its readers, and written,
agreeably-instructive articles for the
home circle, biographies of the good and
great, anecdotes, art, invention, travels,
curiosities of foreign life, the tastes Of the
day. thu marvellous in nature ana art,
essays, attractive reading for the little
ones ct their mothers knee, and for those
of larger growth, combined with pictures
that attract the eye and fix impressions
wildly on the mind. 1t is issued every
Monday, and can be had at all news
depots price 10 cents. Annual subscrlp-
ton, 81. Three months, 81. Postpaid.
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ACCENTS. READ THIS.
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Throat Affections sind HOarseness. IL
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Yourselves wiz be agreeably surpI ised at the
almost Immediate relief afforded By the use Of
"Bg9lca's Bronchial Y,oehes." p cts. d box.
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the he's. ~ for only sG5 Splendid $50 g ef5
}er 1860 e4DN Organs, A1I0 aud et2O Elegant pipo
tened nsrieia than en- n bought q any otAeF hogs:
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he ba5gr Warranted six years. More unsolicited testlL o
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no such offers as these were.syer me-
INC that their irftrCdncticsl ygili repay
] dffer them - readers 81 TINS IaF'eF z
~ Hoildays. order direct from. q
which viii not appear again. and y
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World. D5a't miss these VERY s,aiiianie
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Pianos new ard perfect rceaFfctsd o0
from SI15 r. S2zt. usually SOLD ~
refunded end freight paid both Ways
TItals now on file than any Bssi1Elsaett
Large Newspaper, cont Iiili,fs iiias !
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