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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
KINGS FAILURE.
An Authoritative statement From
the AerOnaut.

the AerOnaut.
1--WE landed in COW pasturep were
words that came in a tone of disgust
from Prof Samuel A. King, the aero
naut, to Philadelphia Times reporter,
and were descriptive of the much-ad-
vertised balloon ascension from the
Minneapolis fair grounds September
II. AS he spoke he fumbled over q
pile of stereoscopic views at his home,
1882 Ogden street, and failing for a
moment to find what he wanted, hand
ed out several views. A group of I'M
civilized looking men attracted the re-
porter's attention? "That," said the
professor, 'is picture Of those jour
alists and myself just after we landed
in the COW pasture, six miles from our
starting point. The ascension was de-
layed," said he, "until the day after
the fair and was the salvation of
COL Bill Kings exhibition of Mime
sofa enterprise and products. The
day, Monday, September II, opened
with dead calm and, | might add,
continued with dead calm until the
the sinking sun. 1t was hot, too, but
we made start, and when away above
the city we struck breath of air and
drifted slowly over in the direction of
Fort Smelling. We hung for an hour
over one particular spot and the thing
became so monotonous that we landed
in COW pasture to wait for breeze.
1t came. BY Tuesday morning it was
blowing a gale from the southwest and
to make an ascension was totally out
of the question, although the newspa-
per men were wild to go on. In two
days the wind changed and blew from
the northwest, and all the time there
was heavy rain. In fact, | may say
it rained every day for three weeks
while ] was out in that country. You
see there were two currents of air blow
ing while we were anchored in the COW
pasture. The lower one was very
thin, and ran at rapid, and unsettled
rate, two days in one direction and the
rest of the time in another. The upper
current was about three-3uarters of
mile above ground and scurried away
to the northeast. Now, the reason
why [ didn't want to continue the voy-
age with those currents were just
these. If we went up at all we would
have been compelled to travel with
drag-rope and we would have become
entangled and killed, as sure as shoot
ing. II we didn't use the drag-rope we
would have shot up into the upper cur
rent and sailed over into the Lake Su-
perior country, with doubtful chances
of ever being alive to tell the story
afterwards"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
PARSON BIGGs.
A Man Who Passed Terrible Night.
Jf4tle Rock Gayefte


The other day Parson Biggs, an old
time preacher from "away in the coun-
try" paid his first visit to Little Rock.
He went to the residence of old Squire
Muckle, who at one time had lived in
the parsons neighborhood. The squire's
family were exceedingly glad to see the
parson, for years ago he had taken of
his saddle at the 'squire's gate; had
eaten corn-bread and cabbage with the
family, and had sung and prayed urt til
the boys, who had plowed all day, fell
asleep. After singing the old familiar
songs, and praying the old familiar
prayer, the squire conducted the par
son to the bedroom designed for the
rest of the good old servant.
"What do call this ~ asked the par
son, regarding with an air of interest
mosquito-bar suspended over the
bed.
"Why, that is mosquito bar"
What account is it?'
"To keep off mosquitoes"
Brother Muckle, thought that you
were too sensible man 10 give way to
these town fixins. You told me that
when came to see you we would have
revival of the old days. Now you
want to hang that thing over me. Take
ii down, please. I'm afraid that the
vanity that I've alters heard lurked
about these towns is taking hold ofyou."
The bar was taken down and the old
man blew out his candle, which he al
ways carried in his saddle-bags, with
puff" and retired
The squire and Mrs. Muckle slept in
an adjoining room. They had been in
bed but few moments when Mrs.
Muckle remarked:
''What was that noise?"
"Pow-pang !" came from the adjoin-
ing room.
II don't know what it is" answered
the squire, stuffing the corner of the
pillow into his mouth.
"Slap !" came from the next room.
"Did you hear that?" exclaimed Mrs.
Muckle.
It's nothing" said the squire.
Something is shaking this bed, Mr..
Muckle."
"Slap, slap p
go in there and see what's the mat
ter with the parson, Mr.. Muckle."
"Chuch, chuck, chuck" was all that
Muckle could say.
"You act like man that hasn't got
any sense. You'd lay here and see
man die in the next ROOM"
elbow can lay here and (chuck)
see man in the (chuck) next room ?
The doors shut and the lights out"
"Slap, bang p
"You must go in there, Mr.. Muckle. "
"Why don't you go?
think I'm going into a mans room ?
All right; if the old man dies it amt
my fault" and Mrs. Sfuckle turned
over, and Muckle chuckled himself to
sleep.
Next morning when the parson APP
peared at the breakfast table he pre-
scented a swollen appearance. His face
was covered with bumps, and his hands
looked as though they had the nettle
rash.
II lay there and fit them things all
night" he said solemnly. Reckon
you'd better put up that thin-lookiDg
Sheet" and bowling over his plate, he
said: Gracious Lord, make us thank
full for these, Thy many blessings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
THE BLONDE BRONCHO.
How He Took the style Ont of an An
Virginia City Enterprise.


Virginia City Enterprise.
"Did you ever see them buckskir
bronchos of mine that | used to drive
named Yeller and Yaller?' asked Buck
Bramel the other day of Gen. Worth
while he looked out across the green
billowy divide toward the eternal white
ness of the snowy range.
"Why, no; never heard of EN-"
"Wel," said Buck, as tender light
came in his blue eyes, and three-cor-
nered nugget of tin-tag tobacco was
slowed away in his cheek, both oil
them same cavuse plugs could scoot
over more NJ fountain road between sun
and sun than anything in the line OF
boss | ever see.
Weller was pretty middlin' rapid,
but Yaller WAS an imported terror.
You ought to see him gather up his
limbs in wad and vanish. One day
was out on board of Yaller, tryin' to
round up an American COW that had
strayed away from the corral, and over
west of the divide | worked up long
legged buck antelope.
II made q little shassay over toward
the antelope to see him light out, but
he first pranced along kind of careless
like, as much as to say, Il guess won't
give you no 2:13 gait this morning.
Life is too brief. can't run that way
Just to amuse ever snooZer that comes
this way on blonde plug like that
II touched up old Yaller with the
quirt, and sailed over toward the ante
lope, thinkin' I'd stir him up a little.
''The antelope trotted along q few
rods, and then looked back over his
shoulder and smiled sardonic smile
that made old Yaller as mad as wet
hen.
"Then he got UP and got Jewhilli-
kins, how he paved the gravel De-
casionally the antelope would look
around and snort, and jump stiff-legged,
and laugh. Then old WALLER would
consume some more space.
"The antelope turned himself loose,
and for a while all | could see was a
little cloud of dust and the white speck
that is always behind this amusing lit
tie animal.
CATER q while, however, could see
that the white patch got bigger Yaller
was gainin'; / jabbed the Mexican
spurs lIltO MIN W encourage IluI. LIS
tongue hung out so that he stepped on
it every little while.
"He didn't laugh any more then. 1t
was terrible reality. He seemed to
think that we had imposed on him
somehow. Every little while he'd look
at old Yaller kind of Ieproachful, as il
we'd taken advantage of him.
"By'n by reached over and took
him by the ears and laid him across
the saddle ahead of me and took him
home. / kept him for years, but he
never rallied.
"He seemed to lose all hope, and
would walk around the corral like an
old billygoat that had been betrayed
some time. Life for him seemed tC
be nothing but wide, shoreless waste
of bitter disappointment and regret.
81 tell you, general, it takes the hope
and Joy and pride all out of an antelope
to be scooped by a $15 buckskir
broncho."
YES" said the general, 81 should
think it would. If | was a broken-leg-
ged antelope, with foot done up in a
gum overshoe, and couldn't outrur
any bucksKin boss l ever saw, I'd &c
away to some lonely spot and stick my
head into prairie-dog's hole and die
of remorse."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
Senator Jones, Career

President Arthur has confined his
attention at Washington to his host,
Senator Jones-a man of>various views
on every question that any senator has
put forward in limited space of time.
Jones originated at Cleveland, Ohio, as
little English boy He set sail from
that city on vessel called the Eureka,
which sailed down the lakes and the
st. Lawrence to the ocean. He went
around Cape Horn, and landed at San
Francisco somewhere about 1850.
There he became a miner, working
with pick and shovel and as mining
superintendent He had a good deal
of time for reading. and a vigorous
curiosity and taste. He married into a
successful family on that coast, and as
matters developed on the Connstock
lode he became possesser of certain
mines which yielded SO enormously
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
The man from the country.

Mr.WN. Reynolds. the postmaster
at the Exposition building, relates the
following incident: Last Wednesday
afternoon large, pompous man was
seen walking leisurely around the foun-
tain, who evidently thought he was at
tracing fully as much attention fIom
the throng of people as was the foun-
tain itself. Soon, with measured steps,
he made his way to the little inclosure
in which the telegraph operator was
seated, busy at his instrument. He
opened the door or gate, walked in, and
struck an attitude by thrusting his
hands up to his elbows into his panta,
looms pockets and elevatipg his head UNI
il his eyes rested on the skylights a.
bove. He then called out in grand,
eloquent voice: Now letter 60" This
was the first intimation to the operator
of the intrusion, who demanded to know
the fellows business there. The ans
were came. "Why don't yon letter 60
up?" The operator saw that the fellow
thought he vas in an elevator, and in
formed hiy~ of his mistake. The trans
formation was instantaneous and ludi-
crous. The stranger appeared to
shrink tc about half his former size, and
his eyes were lowered from the sky
lights above to the floor beneath him,
where he seemed to be looking for a
hole through which to disappear. See
ing no other avenue of escape, he
gathered himself up and at a single
bound cleared the railing, and was soon
lost to view among the machinery at
the extreme north end of the hall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20

toward whom have done wrong, and
/ should not dare to look him in the
face" For some time Sarah was silent
AT length she raised her lips to her hus-
bands face and kissed him.
forgive me-" she whispered, for il
was who did this wrong. Oh, forgive
me, Arthur, ] was blind-foolish. i
was envious. Oh, would rather live
in the meanest rags of penury and
husbands dishonesty l shall never
again think of bartering sweet content
Tor my neighbours plenty. 1t was
who wronged you. Forgive nae"
1t was a scene of mutual forgiveness
that followed, and that night both hus-
band and wife prayed that they might
not heed the voice of the tempter again.
On the next morning the first person
who came into the store after Arthur
arrived, was the man to whom the cloth
had been sold the day before. The
young merchant felt a sudden trembling
coming to his limbs and the worst fears
sprang to his mind. He feared that
his wickedness had been detected, and
to make free restitution. But he was
mistaken. The gentleman had only
come for some stuff for Innings and fac
ings to the pants he was going to have
made. Arthur's heart leaped again, for
be should have the opportunity he had
hoped for.
"Ah, sir" he said, after the article
Just called for had been rolled up. Il
fear there was a small mistake made
yesterday, and am glad you called,
for wish it rectified."
II was not aware of any" returned
the stranger, wonderingly.
"Step this way SIR" Arthur led the
way to the counter where the sale of
the day before had been made, and lay
ing his hand upon the piece of cloth
from which he had cut three yards he
continued:
"You took a pattern from this piece?"
eyes, sir"
'And paid me 81 per yard ?"
Eyes, Sir"
"Well, sir,-I was very nervous
very uncomfortable at the time, and |
made sad mistake. | should have
asked you but AZ cents per yard for it.
II is part cotton. You may return it
and take another piece, or | will pay
you back the difference, just as you
please"
He chose to keep the cloth, and Ar
thur paid him back $1.74 cents. He
was very thankful for the restitution
thus made, and he remained a long
time and chatted with the merchant,
often making remark upon the charm
which he always experienced when
doing business with one in whom he
could confide. He proved afterwards
to be not only a good customer, but a
valuable friend to the young mer
chant.
That night Arthur Leeman was hap
ply; and his sweet wife was never hap
pier in her life, for she had learned the
real value of the blessing she possessed,
and she had gained once more the
treasure she had well nigh thrown from
her-the sweetest treasure of life
content.
manned strict in his integrity. One by
one, customers of William Sharping
dropped into his store. They had
learned the real character of the dis
honest merchant, and they fled from
his counter. In course of time Sharp
ing was deeply in debt-his great house
was put UP for sale. Arthur Leeman
bought it, and when he paid for it he
had the sweet, holy satisfaction that
every dollar of the purchase money
had been honestly earned by fair and
virtuous dealing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
Tall Stories of Old Age.

From Brazil comes story of mu-
latto women having died at the age of
1877 years. Just as the Goth was Clutch
cred to make Roman holiday, so this
unfortunate old colored lady seems to
have been killed to furnish forth a
newspaper paragraph. This is a pity,
because she would have answered the
purpose just as well in couple of hun
dred years time, if the newspapers
telling the tale could have had patience
to wait. She is said to have lost her
sight at the age of 100, but to have re-
covered it somewhat later. Her death
was brought about by fall from a
bench. so that there is really no know
ing how long she might have lived if
the Brazil paper had not arranged the
fatal fall. The subject of longevity is
always being disputed, some persons
being credulous of all sorts of wonders
and others being as skeptical as the
late Sir g. Cornwall Lewis. The case
of the Brazilian mulatto is put in the
shade by that of one Johannes de Tenn
poribus, who, according to Stow, died
in the year 1014, at the age of SOL.
Unfortunately, that was not an age of
statistics, and marvellous statements
were supplied. A native of Bengal is
said to have died in 1906 at the age OF
800; bat here again distance or place is
as important an element as distance OF
time in the other instance. In 1858 a
native of Evercreech, Somerset, is re-
ported to have died aged 200. In the
latter part of the last century death at
the age of US or thereabout seems not
to have been uncommon, but as we
come nearer to our own times the rec
ords are fewer, until now we are oblig-
ed TO go to Brazil for a striking instance
of extreme age. The moral would APP
pear to be that if in time of registra-
ton and research this class of wonders
has become extinct, the former state
ments with regard to them were myths.
Perhaps life was so dull In those slow
times that man put his sensations into
figures, and thought he had lived two
hundred years instead of seventy
liverpool Posi-.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
A RUNAWAY LOCOMOTIVE.
Two Telegraph Operators on the
Pennsylvania Road Prevent Catas-
fra a
PHILADELPHIA News.


The vigilance and promptitude of
two Pennsylvania railroad telegraph
operators, at Cornwell's and Holmes
burg Junction, on the New York divi-
sicn, prevented probable catastrophe
on Sunday While an engine was
standing alone near Cornwells, train
struck it, and the shock opened the
Unbelievable and started the engine
off at splashing speed down the track,
without an engineer. The Cornwell's
operator telegraphed to his Holmes
burg Junction comrade, John Mead, to
open the switch, so as to throw the
engine upon the siding. The runaway
monster however, jumped the switch,
and smashed into a freight train near
Tacony, telescoping some of the cars
and bringing itself to a standstili,
badly shattered. The road was blocked
for several hours. But for the tele-
gram the engine would have kept the
west-bound track and crashed into the
Washington express, which was close
ahead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
He Got 1t.

One of the most touching things we
have read in long time is that story of
robber and a poor lone woman near
Franklin, Ohio. The robbef came to
her house at night and demanded her
money or her life. She hadn't much
money or life either, but she preferred
giving up the former rather than the
latter; so she brought her little store
and placed it in his hand. He looked
it over carefully, to see that she didn't
palm off any twenty cent peices for
quarters, and facetiously told her that
he could credit her for only ninety-four
cents on the trade dollars, Gliding her
for taking them at their face value.
Haven't you anything else of value?
inquired the bold, bad burglar, looking
about the scantily furnished apartment,
"a child's bracelet, ring, anything will
be thankfully received. She had moth
ing more, she replied with sigh. A
thought struck him.
"Your husband was soldier, was he
not?" She acknowledge that he was,
and was killed in the war.
"Then he must have had a revolver"
he continued, searching her counte-
ndlCG. an 3Ou SiON COhIuoCN; JOu
stammer; your manner has betrayed
you. Get that revolver at once and
give it to me-"
In vain the woman implored him to
spare that harmless trinket, almost the
sole memorial of the husband she had
lost. She had pawned away many
things when in distress, but had always
hung on to that. But the robber was
unrelenting. Sobbing bitterly, she went
to bureau drawer and removed the
precious relic, around which clustered
so many tender recollections.
"Must you have it," said she, as she
advanced with trembling steps toward
him.
ayes, must" said the lrobber, ex-
tending his hand. "Well, then, take
it," said she, gently pressing the rigger
Jor the last time. There was loud
report, and the robber tumbled over
dead. The community ought to pension
that woman.-Cincinnai Saturday
Night.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20

Consumption in its early stages is readily cured
by the use Of Dr. Piarces Golden Medical Dis
eovery,n though, if the lungs are wasted no medi-
cine will effect a cure. No known remedy pos
sesses such soothing and healing influence over all
scrofulous, tuberculous and pulmonary affections
as the Discovery John Willis, of Elyria Ohio
writes: "The Golden Medical Discovery does
positively cure consumption as after trying every
other medicine in vain, this succeeded" Mr.. z.
I. Phelps, of Cuthbert Ga. writes: 1.-THE Golden
Medical Discovery has cured my wife of bronchi-
tbs and incipient consumption Sold by drug
gists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
A FRIGHTENED MARQUIS.
The Marquis OF LOrpe. Startled Out of
His sleep by the Railway Accident,
Thinks He is Slaughtered by Fee


His sleep by the Railway Accident,
Thinks He is Slaughtered by Fee
mans.
The Sioux City Meas tells the follow
ing story of the accident to its vice-re-
gal train: The Marquis of Lorne had
Just retired, and, singularly enough, he
and his suite had few minutes previ-
ously been discussing the terrible dyna-
mite explosion at Council Bluffs the
week before. They had also read that
afternoon of the sailing from Queens
town for New York of Parnell, Eagan
and number of ether anti English
government agitators, and incidentally
the subject had been discussed that out
of their visit and the outrages perpe-
trated by the police and soldiers in Ire
land curing the evictions of the last
week, that some hot-headed Fenian
might desire to immortalize himself by
wreaking vengeance on the marquis.
Retiring to his sleeping berth with his
mind filed with this kind of foreboding,
it may readily be imagined that he
thought his time had come when his
train was so suddenly, and soon after
brought to standstill, and he had his
body doubled up in the berth by the
conclusion. His first exclamation was:
"My God, we're slaughtered and then
recovering from the stupor of a partial
sleep and the conclusion, he hastily
rolled out of his bunk and hurriedly
asked: is there danger?" BY this
time the train had come to standstill,
and several of the servants jumped
from the train, and realizing the situa-
ton, and that all danger was over,
quickly reported the situation. The
first acc of the marquis was to dispatch
two servants, one to Sargent's Bluffs
and the other here, with kilograms to
his wife, Louise, and to Queen Victo-
ria, assuring them of his personal safe
ty. When they found that the catas-
trophe had all passed over the party
again retired to their berths and slept
until this morning. The debris of the
wreck was cleared, and the noon pass
enger train arrived on time, bringing
the coach of the Lorne party to the
city, where their car is now side tracked,
waiting for to-night's st. Paul train.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20

Silks, pushes, velvets, black cash
meres, fine dress goods, dress trimmings,
table linens. millinery, dolmans, hosiery,
shawls, embroideries, fiannels, blan-
kets, and everything in first-class dry
goods can be obtained at James Nor
gan's Milwaukee, at the lowest prices.
He refunds money when goods are not
satisfactory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20
Whatg WhO2

Morrilton State.
Falling, What is fallingl
Pretty poems by the peck,
The editorial cares are CALLING,
The editors full up to the neck.
Going What is gOingl
In the basket neat and clean,
Measured lines 50 sweetly flowing
Where they never viii be seen.
Swearing WIS is swearingl
The editor, with all his might.
lie is swearing at the glaring
Cheek Of those who verses write.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20

Mrs. Thackara, General Sherman's
daughter, is to live in Philadelphia
hereafter, as her husband has accepted
a share in his fathers business and will
resign his post in the navy. General
Sherman has now q sixth grandehild-
the fifth child Of his daughter, Mrs
Fitch
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-20

The funeral Of the late Hon. Enoch
r. Nudge took place at Lynn, Mass,
on Tuesday afternoon. Only the day
before his death he made the last pur-
chase necessary for the completion OF
the costly church he had erected as a
memorial to his children, and congrat-
ulated himself and the rector that the
work was done.