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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02
A BROKEN STRING.

Sing, and to you? No -uo-wltn one note
Jared,
The harmony of lifes long chord is broken;
Your words were light and by light lips were
spoken,
And yet the music that YOU loved is marred
One string, my friend, is dumb beneath your
hand,
Strike and it throbs and vibrates at your
will,
Falters upon the verge of sound, and still
Falls back as sea waves shattered on the
strand.
Touch it no more for you shall not regain
The sweet lost tone. Take what is left, or
Life's music sleep to death. Let us forget
The perfect melody we seek in vain
And yet, per chance, some day before we die
As half IN dreams we hear the night-wind
sweep
Around our windows when we fain would
sleep,
Laden with one long, sobbing, moaning cry,
One faint. far tone will waken and will rise
Above the great wave voice OF mortal pain;
Hand will touch hand and lips touch lips
again,
AS in the darkness it recedes and dies
Or lingering in the summers evening glow.
Then when the passion Of the crimson West,
Burning like some great heart that cannot
rest,
Stains as with blood the waters as they flow,
Some old, forgotten tones may rise and wake
Our dying youth and set our hearts aflame
With their old sweetness-to our lips the
name
OF love steal softly for the old loves sake
--CornhiN Magazine
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02
LAID ASIDE

We say them very oft, the two small words;
Thinking of some. who, lying still,
May watch the reapers at their work,
May only wait 10 know their fathers will,
But, by what right do we in Judgment stand
And, looking DER the harvest field so wide,
Say Of those lives whose ways we cannot
know,
These hath the Fathers wisdom laid aside
They may not toll, their waiting hands lie
still
And cannot CLEAN the sheayes SO wide and
fair;
But shall we say that they are "laid aside"
When Gods own hand hath touched and
placed them there?
Because their feet no longer come and go
Among the sheayes that ripen meath the
Because their hands can neither SOW nor
CLEAN,
Is this the sign that work for them is done ?
All, no, God does not count them laid aside
Because his voice has babe them to be still;
For, though they only wait with folded hands.
II is enough that so they do His will
How shall We judge what task on earth is
God does not measure by our human sight;
The work We count as nothing, in His
hands,
May some day shine in radience of light
A life of waiting, lived as for the Lord
Shall never in His sight be lost
Dost find it hard to wait. remember this
Our wills opposing Gods will make the
cross.
Gods plans are great and deep, His ways are
wide;
We strive in vain His will to understand,
Till, looking upward through the mist Of
doubt,
We hear His loving voice, and clasp His
hand.
lie holds us then, no harm our souls need
fear
If in life's toilsome field He makes our
place;
Or, if He bids us lay as de our work,
And wait unquestioning little space.
And though dare not Judge anothers work,
This do / KNOWN all Gods kingdom
wide,
Where'er their place, however small the task,
None of Gods children can be laid aside.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02
THE wIND-swEPT WHEAT.

Faint, faint and clear
Faint as the music that in dreams we hear
Shaking the curtaiH-fold Of sleep
That shuts away
The worlds hoarse voice-the sights ;-ns
sounds of day,
Her sorry Joys, her phantoms false and feet
So softly, softly stirs
The winds low, murmur in the ripplet
wheat.
From West to East
The warm breath blows, the slender heads
drop low,
As if In prayer.
Again, more lightly tossed In merry play,
They bend and bow and sway,
With measured beat,
But never rest Through shadow and through
Goes on the tender rustic of the wheat.
Dreams, more than sleep,
Fall on the listening heart, and lull its care
Dead years send back
Some treasured, half forgotten time.
All, long ago,
When sun and sky were sweet,
In happy noon,
We stood, breast-high, mid waves Of ripened
grain,
And heard the wind make music is the
wheat,
Not for to-day
Not fer this hour alone-the melody,
So soft and ceaseless, thrills the dreamers
earl
Ot all that was and is, of all that yet shall
be,
II holds part
Love. sorrow longing, pain;
The restIessness that yearns;
The thirst that burns;
The bliss that like fountain. oyerfiows:
The deep repose;
Good that We might have known, but shall
not know;
The hope God took, the joy He made COM
piete-
LIES chords all answer from the wind-swept
wheat
Mary Air.ge De We're, in Christian Union.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02
The Use of Pain.

The power which rules the universe,
this great, tender power, uses pain as a
signal of danger. Just, generous, beau
tiful Nature never strikes a foul blow !;
never attacks us behind our backs; never
digs pitfalls or lays ambUscades; never
wears smiles upon her face when there
is vengeance in her heart. Patiently she
teaohes us her laws; plainly she writes
her warnings; tenderly she graduates
their fopce- Long before the fierce red
danger-light of pain is flashed, she pleads
with US, as if for her own sake, not ours,
to be meTciful to ourselves and to each
other She makes the overwCrked brain
to wander from the subject of its labors ;
she turns the over-indulged body against
the delights of Yesterday. These are her
caution signals, SEQ slow She stands
in the filthy courts and alleys that we
pass daily, and beckons us to enter
and realize with our senses what
we allow to exist in the midst
of the culture of which we brag.
Ana what do we do for ourselves? We
ply whip and spur on the iaded brain as
though it were a iibing horse-force it
back into the road which leads TO mad
ness, and go on tull gallop. We drug the
rebellious body with stlmulants; we hide
the signal and think we have escaped the
danger, and are very festive before night.
We turn aside, as the Pharisee did of old,
and pass on the other side with our hand
| kerchief to our nose. At last, having
broken Natures laws, and dlsregarded
her warnings, forth she 'comes-drums
beating, colors flying right in front to
punish US. Then we go down on our
knees and whimper about it having pleas
ed God Almighty TO send this affection
upon US, and pray him to work mira
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02

est In the army, was stationed some ff.
teen miles from Petersburg, and between
that city and Richmond. In the orde,
from Gen. Lee before referred to. and
which Gen. Pickett had received in fulI
time for Gordon's exigency, he was in.
structed to amuse the enemy by feint
along his skirmlsh line, whilst with the
strength of his division he was 10 f1y. as
it were, in trains awaiting him. to the
the help of the gallant Gordon. The
flint was made, the enemy aroused
and deceived, while Pickett. with his
main force was hurying, as fast as steam
could propel them, toward Fort Stead
man and Petersburg. A few more min
utes and Gordon's mastery stroke would
become great victory, Grants right
flank completely turned, and his line of
communication broken. Minutes Grew
into hours as the heroic Gordon and b,s
brave men strained their ears to
hear the roar of Pickett's an.
preaching trains, or the rattle of
his invinoible rifles upon the rear
Of the fast recovering enemy. "Why
does Pickett delay?' ran spontaneously
along the watching and waiting lines
Alas consummate bravery and intre-
pidity could avail nothing against the
DEGREES Of heavenl The rapidly moving
train bearing Picket ahd his brave men,
all burning for the fray, had proceeded
but few miles from the point of de.
parture, when many of the wheels of the
advanced train suddenly went down with
a crash, piling upon the track an insu-
perable barrier to all further progress till
1t was useless to move at all in the dircc-
ton of Petersburg. AT the last nom ent
Gordon withdrew sullenly before the
gathering foe, leaving many a gallant
soldier either dead or wounded in his
hands. Thus ended the last aggressive
movement of the confederates. 1t was
the will Of heaven. j. H. LOGAN.
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checked I'm Their Advance.

By the speedy action of Hostelter's Bitters
| dyspepsia, nervous indisposition, constipation
and bilious complaints cease to harass the in
/ valid. That they win instantly give ground is
| not pretended, butno meiical fact is more GER
tain, or ayouched by more competent testi-
mony, than that these maladies and Others to
which 1t is adapted, entirely suecumb to the in
| iluence of the medicine, If it be given fair
trial. Their total If not instant rout, is certain
| to ensue. Losses of strength are repaired, and
| failure ofappetite and nerve quietude are rem
edied by the Bitters; and as the stomach
grows stronger and assimilation is aided by its
action, a gain in flesh will follow Ladies in
delicate health, aged persons and conyale-
scents, derive bodily and mental solace from its
use and experience none of the repugnanee
which ordinary tonics frequently inspire. The
emphatic recommendation of physicians CON
firms the verdict in its favor.
Experience has conclusively shown that for
cutaneous eruptions, open sores, leprous ex-
foliations. and rheumatic complaints, Henrys
Carbolic Salye is more efficatious than any
ointment, lotion or embroeation that has ever
been devised. Physicians admit this, and the
popular verdict confirms and ratities the pro
fessional dictum, and assigns this salve the
foremost place among remedies of its class.
Sold by all druggists.
Read advertisement in another column OF
principal triumphs oftheiMason q Hamlin Or
gan Co, all over the world II certainly
1
superiority of their organs. The record is un
paralleled among makers OF instruments.
An article Of true merit. Browns Bronchial
Troches" are the most popular article in this
country or Europe for Throat Diseases and
Coughs, and this popularity is based upon
real merit % cts. a box.
One pair of boots or shoes can be saved every
year by using Lyons Patent Heel Stiffener.
Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
For Economy use G.. Gilberts Starches.
Cba.r Ianlannfc host Guaat Narv T,laoro
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02

Among the tourists who returned from
Europe this week are DIR. E. b. Foote, of
the Heath Monthly, and Mr.. Dana, of
the Sun. Attaches of his establishment
state that DR.. Foote has combined busI-
ness and pleasure by attending to pub
fishing interests abroad, his ''Home
Talk" Medical Common Sense" and
other works being translated and repub-
lished at Berlin and elsewhere. Nesc
York Local Reporter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02

A weIl-known BostonIan was trying a
horse one day, in company with the own
er, professional Jockey Having driv-
en- him mile or two, the gentleman.
who noticed that he pulled pretty hard
and showed a good deal of spirit, requir-
ing constant watching and a steady rein,
said, ado you think that is just the horse
for a woman to driver well, SIR an
swere5 the jockey, Il must say that
shouldn't want TO marry the woman that
could drive that horse.n
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rs that an Alderny GOVT" the young
man from town asked old Mr.. Thistlepod
out on the agency road. The old man is
little near-sighted in his hearing, and
he looked at the youth in amazement.
wall, he replied, ''she amt so ALFRED
elderly, only two years last spring; what
might be your idea of an old cow, young
maR7"
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Daughter.. wives and Mothers.

DR. ANARCHISTS UTERINE CATHoLICoS will
positively Female Weakness. such Failing of
theWomb, Whites hronc In Hsmmation or liberation
of the Womb. Incidental Hemorrhage Flooding,
Painful Suppressed and Irregular Menstruation &c.
An old and reliable remedy Send postal card for a
pamphlet with treatment cures and certificates from
phys cians and patients, to HOWARTH 4 BALLARD,
UTICA n. Y Sold by all druggists ST. 90 per bottle.
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Upham's FreekIe, Tan and PImpIe Ba' :
fsher. few applications of this preparation viii
freokles tan. sunburn, pimp;ss botehes on
the face and render the complexion clea- and fair
For softening AID beautying the skin it has equal
Price so cents. sent by mail postpaid, for rs cts
Address JOHN n. HENRY, CURRAN a co.
"a College Place, Now York.
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Gle in order to reverse the natural conse-
quences of our disobedience, or save us
from the trouble of doing our duty. In
other words, we put our finger in the fire,
and bag that it may not hurt.
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way that day, taking care that the other
| scholars should not suspect my motives.
When came In sight of her she was
standing motionless by the roadside, at
tentlvely watching yellow-jacket buzz
ing for sweets in the downy heart of a
white Canada thistle.
Years after, when miles and miles
away from that spot, could shut my eyes
on hazy afternoon, with tive-o clock sun
dipping towards the tree-tsps, and see a
little girl, lovely as the blush of the sun
set, gazing pensively at a bee upon COM
mon roadside flower.
ibid it sting you2" l asked, assuming
very sympathetic air.
'No; bees never sting me, and I've
watched them dance on the thistle-heads
all summer"
81 did not know that you loved them.
Most girls are afraid of bees.n
Yes, but l am not"
She turned from the rank patch of
thistles, and slowly resumed her walk
homeward. When we came to the lane
where our paths separated, she put up
her little arms to be taken and kissed
before leaving me, as she said, eto come
back no more"
"Be good to yourself, Eddie, aud next
winter, if any little lonely Adelials come,
cold and frightened, to the little red
school-house yonder, be kind to them as
you were to me-"
Something choked in my throat, and I
could not say word; but / kissed her
more than once; and after she had slipped
from my arms, and was twenty rods away
from me, | sat down and cried like a
baby, because I was never to see AIDE
lima again.
1t was not long before the rumor was
rife in the neighborhood that Mrs. La
grange had married a middle-aged city
millionaire, and that the young widow
and her child had found new protector
in place of the one death had taken from
them
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yrysT our THE VOICE as a MUSICAL fN5ThU
MINT by q n. q DAVE. NJ. y. ~ cts-i An inyHlus,
Bls treatise this construction ana rnAnage"entot
tue Vocal Organs, With Plates
JrEr arr The Jas number OF ths MrsTc Al IKE =
c,tgRD Send g for number, ~ for ths YEAR
Wouldn't be Without q Tor nVe titneH VI prize
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u EADER Have you been hnmbuxged by retired
IA ministers, unreliable doctors, ard free presesis
tions all private diseasess II 10 would Hfs
TO have you try DR.. f. Is. Haldays reraedjes II ssg
will call address ms, will take I'd
warrant cure. l do not what yeu have got -
the shape Of private disease will CURE you ~ ~
fuad the money Now, If don't do all say sisl.
SHOW in this paper. and will pay for the a1ver
tlsefnent. Call address S. BLACKFORD. lti
West Third street. St. Pau linn.
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JusT our ETUDESTS' LIFE IN SONG. (Sl.6l
sith lat reduction by CHARLES DUDLEY WARsER. n5
Of the iolEiess ~ College Songs. capital book for
to.lAl singing.
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Chew Jackson's best Sweet Navy Tobacc,
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One pair of boots or shoes can be saved every
year by using Lyons Patent Heel Stitfener.
Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
For Economy use G. (iilbert's Starches.
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OLIVER DITSoH & CO., Boston.
A. ma nt,noys a Co.. y. Il. D4tson a 30.
49,. Ns.. York a2Chsstuut g.. PhFaos
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WANT .sD--A gents to sell new Eclipse Lamp Ex
w nngSaher, Trimmer, Wick Saver and Kerosene
Burner copsbined Prevents all explosions, smell or
smoke; trn and eEtinguishes itself common cotton
wick Taste Aye years Every family will buy six to
dozen at Sat make SIS day easy; Si5 If smart;
exclusive tNrritory given Nickel plated Samples BY
mail 2S coats. eud TOR circular and terms, ECIiPSB
EXTINGI .aHIER co. LIS Wash ngton ST, Boston.
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ggenernbar ALTO TIE VOICE CT WORSHIP, 5000
p.r dozsn& rs,centIy adveTtsed JOHgFoEE NEW
NJ FrHOD FOR SISGuSG CLAssEs, an excellent book,
sf 90 per dokeu3 and L., o. Emetaon's ONWARD $3.50
per dt kenl Sehd for specimens, Catalogues. or Cir
cuisre.
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Mason & HamIjn Cabinet 0rganS

uenons t9teI pesi ~ HhE5I HWNY ~ II NJ II
via at PARIS 1867 vienna, 1873; SASTIAGo, 1875 PHI
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GOLD MEDAL. 1878 Only American Organs ever award
cd such tsod for cash or installments ILLUSTRATED
CATALOGUES and Circulars with styles and prices
sent free MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN Co. BOSTON
NEW YORK or CHICAGO
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THE SINGING CLASS SEASON.
ETHE TEMPLE ,.ooo 80,

Jusr or. sEHL IEMT IL. 1890 per dozen)
srlendid new Singing school eonygntioqi ard choir
10 any Of the latgest ones As Singing School Book,
better thaB th"cheaper and smaller once, since IL has
much more m0se: that Is 10 pages % Songs and
9lees and l5a pages ~ the best Msrical Tunes aud
anthems Sprsirnen copies mailed, postfree for SlO0
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TRANGER. F.rm sGn Want isad any Rgi; soG ID
inquire of LEONARD b. HODGES. ST Paul, Mins
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~ MALE COMPLAINTS. No physician neeo
lie called in for tina ma ority Of female Diseases,
II the txtract be used. Full directions accom-
panv eaeh bottle
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22

The Forty sixth Congress met in
regular session on the first Monday in
December. Since then it adjourned
over one day at the time of the death
of Representative Lay of Missouri. The
average member, who had not spoken a
word or written a report of any kind or
character during the seventeen days in
which Congress had been in session,
became wearied with his labor, and was
missing at roll call last Saturday Less
!. than a quorum of Senators, and barely
a quorum OF Representative were pres
'aent, and both Houses. adjourned until
January 9th. This is no new depart
ure from the usual custom Of Congress.
The members always claimed the priv
i.ege of taking recess at this season of
the year, and drawing their pay for
doing nothing when they reassembled
in January. In view OF these facts it
has been suggested that the time for the
regular meeting of Congress ought to be
changed from the first Monday OF De-
Gambler to the second Monday in Jan
nary. As a general thing no business
o: Importance is transacted until after
the holiday recess, and the present
session has been no exception to the
lie. Human naknre is alike in both par
ties; and it makes no difference whether
Democrats or Republicans are in the
majority, Congress does nothing except
to organize before the holidays
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22

last Saturday, pleaded guilty. WALL
after the robbery, fled to Texas, thence
went 10 New York, where he assumed
the name Of Robert Smith, married, ana
finally settled down in Chicago, where
he was arrested.
The New York Commercial Bulletin
says of the Nicaragua Canal: The pro-
motors of this scheme have been using
certain Journals to practice on the cred
ulity of tile public and Congress. They
have neither capital, concession nor
grant-all of which it has been affirmed
they had and as, in addition to these
lacks, they have not a practical scheme,
they may be properly dismissed flom
public attention.
Steps tor procuring a writ OF error in
the case OF the Arthur Tielibourne
claimant, were taken by Lord Rivers
and Guild Lord Breslaw, under advice
Of Dr. kenealy. who applied for similar
writ in 1874, bat it was then refused.
1t is stated that the case will be taken
to the House OF Lords for final decision,
and that DIR. kenealy will exercise his
right, as member OF the Irish bar, TO
appear f6s Orton before that tribunal.
.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22
sroREs C.sUxTY.

The Grand Jury Of Storey county has
made comprehensive and intelligent
report Of the affairs of the county. The
jury made a thorough and apparently
an impartial examination of the books
Of the several county and township Of
tcers aud of the management of the
public institutions, and shows that the
offices of the Justices of the Peace and
Constabes Of Virginia are more remun-
crative than those of the State officers.
The fees of some of the Justices and
Constables were found to have been in
creased by Illegal charges, Instances
are given where Constables had charged
the county for serving warrants on de-
PENDANTS arrested by the police, and in
that manner materially increased their
fees at the expense. of the tax, payers,
who have to foot the bills. The Jury
is particularly severe on the County
Recorder and Auditor, and the gentle
man who occupies these important po-
sitions is handled without gloves. Gross
!, errors, some of which might be the
cause of endless trouble and litigation,
are found in the records; and the Au-
ditor's books show them to be in worse
condition, if that were possible, than
those of the Recorder. The jury
finds it impossible to ascertain from
them any information of the finances
of the county. An attempt at a trial
balance ON the ID instant, gave debts
to the amount of s., 597, Sl7. so in ex-
cess of the credits. The jury finds that
the Commissioners have been allowing
illegal claims against the county to the
amount of hundreds and perhaps thou
sands of dollars.
The receipts of the county for the
eleven months ending November 30th,
1879, amounted TO 1854, $50 81, and the
expenditures for the same PERIOD
amounted to $3.50. 1885 SO. t.y
The report was submitted to the
Court last week, but as yet the resigna-
tions OF the R,cord.r AMI Auditor and
the County Commissioners are not re-
ported
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22

1t is decree1 by the Prussian military
authorities that any officer who shall be
struck by aciviian must forthwith draw
upon that civilian, though the latter is
unarined and defenseless, and cnt him
down upon the spot. An officer neglect
ing to perform this duty is liable to be
elsAiered.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22

The Russian Press is very Violent in
It's criticisms of affairs IN Afghanistan-
The Gazette de st. Petersburg says
eve most eandidly confess that Russia
would not break her heart i'll the prob
able event Of General Roberts, column
sharing the fate of Cavargnie's En-
bassY."
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22
P9sTPONLslENT.

The sale Of delinquent stock Of the above
named Company Is hereby postponed until
MONDAY, October 10th, 1879, ut tie same
hour and place. BY order Of the Board OF
Directors.
ABRAHAM HALSEY, Secretary
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-12-22
ResIPOAENENT.
occretary.

The sale of delinquent stock Of the above
named Company is hereby postponed until
THURSDAY, August u, 1919, at the same hour
and place. ~. order OF the Beard Of Directors.
ABRAHAM HALsEY, Secretary