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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
NEBRASKA.
Future Development of the state
Crop Prospects, Railroad Matters
Miscellaneous Notes.
Correspondence of the Evening Journal.

Correspondence Of the Evening Journal.
Many people who come to Nebraska
imagine that all they have to do to
make money is to squat on piece of
land and play the gentleman, and that
the cash will come in sorting ofsponta-
neously, and everything be lovely in
few years. This is false impression;
in fact this is an impression that should
at once be rooted from the minds of all
those who contemplate a residence in
any of the western states. The OAR
win theory II the same here as else
where, ''the fttest survive in the
truggle." 1t requires work to succeed
anywhere, and. usually hard work. At
the present time there is probably not
a state in the Union more generally
prospectus than Nebraska. Ithas made
wonderful strides in wealth and popu-
lation within the last few years. How
we'll the state will "pan OUT in the end
remains to beseen. Sometimes a state
reaches a certain point of prospe ity
and then begins to slide back. 1t may
be so with Nebraska. | am, however
not alone in the opinion that it will
not. Every honest effort Is being made
to develop the resources of the stete.
The near future will bring manufacto-
ries of different kinds, the full question
will be solved either by the discovery
of coal in the state or in some other
way, and variety of new industries
will be introduced from time to time.
| am inclined to believe that there
will be large immigration here this
year Quite a crop of settlers will
come from Canada and other cold
points belodging to John Butt. Several
large colonies of Germans and Swedes
are being organized to come to this
country, and q good deal more than
three-fourths of these people will settle
in Nebraska. A large number of ex-
cursions are being projected in the
eastern states, and thousands will avail
themselves of these opportunities to
visit the state | think it is safe to say
there will be larger immigration here
this year than any year previous in the
history of the state. 1t looks that way
at least.
The railroads of the state are very
quiet Just now; they have had all they
could do lately to keep a-going in con-
sequence of washouts and floods. After
awhile it is likely they will be looking
around for fresh fields to explore. At
present there is nothing new in railroad
circles.
Everybody says crops will be good
this year, and what everybody says
must be true. The ground has been
so thoroughly soaked all winter that
should we not have any rain all sum-
mer, it is believed that there will be
good crops. There will not be much
wheat planted this spring; corn will be
the great crop, and if appearances do
not deceive, Nebraska will Guido her
self this year in the matter of corn.
The Platte bottoms are perfectly
black with wild geese, and thousands
of them are killed every day by local
spOrtsmen. Goose grease is therefore
a drug on the market.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Counterfeit Tree Agents.

The Country Gentleman, in dealing
with this familiar form of fraud, says;
Every year our exchanges about this
time Of the year teen with accounts oil
the vigilant impostors IN the field under
the name Of tree agents. Purchasers
are yariously imposed on to some ex-
tent by them, but they do more harm
to the genuine and trustworthy agents
of reliable nurseries They prevent
sales az valuable trees to those who
do not discriminate between the gen.
uine and the counterfeit The Prarie
Farmer has nearly a column describing
the operations of some of those i'm
posters, one of whom has strawberry
ona Canada brier: Pear trees on
French stocks, which never blight;
plum trees warranted to bear heavy
crop the year after planting, which viii
be proof against the curculio; besides
Utah hybrid cherries, Strawberries grow
ing on bushes, blue roses, &c. These
men would meet with no success it
purchasers would take the pains to in
form themselves on fruits and flowers.
and be willing to read periodicals de-
voted to the subject, attend horticu-
sural meetings, and order the cata-
logues ofreputable nurseries for prices
and selections"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
llur RnarheI..

When he first came to lis | did not
like him at ALL | thought him ugly
and ill-favored; but did not know him
then. ! did not know what perfect
gentleman he was. He was weary, too,
that night, travelstained, and seemed
dull and inert. | was sure / should not
like him. But after few days, when
l became more thoroughly acquainted
with him, | began to realize what he
was in reality, and to appreciate his
many excellent qualities
As | said, he proved himself to be a
perfect gentleman, being proud, stately
and truly high-bred in character and
department. He was also graceful in
his movements; in fact, there was also
altogether peculiar style about him
but | must confess | thought he carried
his head rather high, which was occa-
sined perhaps by his having a long
neck-much longer than is generally
allotted IL mankind. Some silly peo-
pie have ridiculed him on this account;
but we, who have grown accustomed
to mis- very few failings, like him so well
that we should exceedingly regret his
departure from ms.
Although not of the clerical profes
sion, he always wears the same suit of
black, which is perfect fit; in fact he
has but the one suit winter and sum
mer, from which you may infer that he
is not blessed with the riches of this
world; no, poor fellow and although
he has been with us over two years he
has never paid cent for his board. In
truth, we consider ourselves fully re
compensed by his services, which are
many and diversified. But one thing
j must confess in regard to him, al
though his morals seem to be all that
one could desire, and he goes to church
regularly every Sabbath, | am very
much afraid that none of those beauti-
full and interesting sermons to which
we delight to listen ever do him the
least bit of good Yet we always thought
him amis BILE and accommodating; until
one day, contrary to my advice, my
husband desired his assistance in plow-
ing the vegetable garden. must say
that | never saw any man SO angry in
my life. His Indignation was terrible.
He threw himself into perfect fury.
His eyes flashed fire, his nostrils dilated
like a wild beasts, and the way he did
gyrate around that garden, dragging
my husband with him, was most alarm
ing. Strange to say, mad as he was,
he never spoke a word 1t seemed as
if he couldn't.
Since that incident, the thoughts OF
which often make me smile, our friends
behavior has been remarkably gentle
manly, and care has been taken not to
permit the history of that day to re-
peat itself. Bearing the name tai
though belive no relation) ofthe great
poet, Longfellow, he is naturally proud
of it, | presume Although our boarder
he does not eat at our table; he has to
be both served and lodged separately
He eats out of a manger and sleeps in
stable. He is, if you have not al
ready discovered it, our favorite morse
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
4 GREAT TRAVELLER.
a Nan " no Has CFaVeIC Il One Million
five Hundred Thousand Miles.

Charles w. Poulson, publicly ac-
knowledged to be the greatest traveller
in the world" was in town yesterday.
He spent some time with Sol. Vile,
whose deceased brother he met and be-
came acquainted with in Florida Mr.
Poulson, although he is yet quite a
young man, had travelled, at the last
resume he made, 1,5G0,000 miles He
is prominently connected with several
metropolitan steamboat lines, and
spends his winters in Florida, both tor
the sake of pleasure and his health.
He told the reporter that he was trav-
cling most of the time, and had become
SO used to it that he could sleep better
in sleeping-car berth than in a bed.
He travelled around the world with
General Grant, and has been i'll Europe
four or five times. He has been in
San Francisco half dozen times. He
is Just on his way hGme from a little
trip to the west. He first went to San
Francisco, then to New Orleans, and
by way of the Mississippi and the Ohio
to Louisville and Cincinnati. He made
various excursions from Cincinnati
taking in Pittsburg and other places,
and thence came to Rochester. He
was on board the steamer Paris c.
Brown, Captain Halliday, which came
so near going over the falls at Louis
vile, with 100 passengers on board
Mr.. Poulson was also on board the
Narragansett when her fatal collision
with the Stonington took place, and
was among those reported lost, thus
having the satisfaction of seeing his
own obituary in the New York, Phila-
delphia and other papers. He gener
ally travels with a Scotch terrier dog
of his. This og has been in Cincin'
natl four times, in other places IN pro-
portion, and has been f.anked tc
twenty-seven different cities. So wei
is he acquainted with his masters usual
route that he is often left to himself in
the baggage cars for a distance Of 1905
miles, but he generally manages tc
turn I'D in the end. Mr.. Poulson and
his dog have met with many accidents,
but, as he himself says, they have new
er vet been killed. This celebrated
traveller has an inexhaustable fund o.
anecdotes about southern and foreign
life. all of which are both interesting
and instructive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
frage. y said MI. Lincoln VIA 4 smile As

! frage,'' said Mr. Lincoln with a smile as
he passed ON to his office.
President Lincoln once said that the
best story he ever read in the papers
about himself was this: Two Quaker
esses were travelling ON the railroad,
and were heard discussing the proba-
bic result Of the war. Il think" said
one, chat Jefferson will succeed y
why does thee think so2" asked the
other. Because Jefferson is a PRAYING
man" "And so is Abraham a praying
man" "Yes, but the Lord viii think
Abraham is only joking" doubtfully
replied the first.
After State election in New York,
in which the Republican party was de-
feated, Mr. Lincoln was asked how he
felt after having heard the news. He
replied Somewhat like the boy in
Kentucky who stubbed his toe while
running to see his sweetheart. He said
he was too big to cry, and too badly
hurt to laugh"
During the spring of 1864, friend
in conversation with Mr.. Lincoln about
the approaching Presidential election,
said that nothing could defeat him but
Grants capture of Richmond, followed
by his nomination and acceptance.
"Well, said the President, II feel very
much like the man who said he didn't
want TO die particularly, but if he had
got to die that was precisely the disease
he would like to die of
In the summer of 1862, Gen. McClel-
I'm wrote from the Peninsula long
letter to the President, giving him adj
vice as to the general politics of the
country, and how to carry on the affairs
of the Nation. What did you reply?7
asked someone of Mr.. Lincoln. Moth
ing, but it made me think of the Irish
man whose horse kicked up and caught
his foot in the stirrup. 'Arrah' said
he, 'if you are going to get on | will
get Off"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
ANOTHER CAST OF STARVATION.
4 Lady of Battle Greek Who Has Taken
No Food for III DAYS

Last October, Mrs Ingram, of Battle
Creek, Mich, visited a dentists office
and had a large double tooth pulled,
which was very painful from a small
cavity. At that time she was the very
picture of health, weighing $50 pounds.
The extraction was very difficult and
painful one, and Mrs. Ingram became
terribly excited and finally had a ner-
vous shock. She was taken immedi-
ately with severe pain in the bowels,
which has continued night and day
since that time, accompanied by ter
rlble sickness and nausea. She at
tempted to eat to sustain life, but the
presence Of food only produced loath-
ing and deadly sickness. Ihe exper-
iment was repeatedly made with the
same result, and until it became tor
ment and was given up.
Since Oct II, 1880, she has lain in
bed, unable to take food or drink and
retain it on her stomach. No sooner
is a particle of food admitted to that
organ than the sickness returns, and
unable to eject anything by vomiting, a
paroxysm Of retehing comes on that
leaves her in a totally exhausted con-
dition. 1t is not necessary that food
be presented to produce it. In fact
these paroxysms occur every hour or
so, perhaps oftener As soon as it be-
came certain to her attending pbysi-
clans that all attempts at keeping her
alive by introducing food to her.stom-
ach by the natural method resulted in
in a failure, he began giving her injec-
tons, thereby sustaining life by pro-
cess of absorption through the walls of
the intestines.
Since she first became i'll, this process
has been resorted to daily, the food be-
ing beef tea, milk, and such nutritious
substances. She has lived thus far on
these liquids, in addition to the call on
her accumulated flesh, the latter being
so great that she is now reduced to
about eighty pounds. The body j.
much .emaciated, but her face still
bears healthy appearance, and does
not strike one as apparently belonging
to a person who has subsisted FOR SO
long in this unnatural manner, and suf-
fered such continued and excruciating
pain.
Her nerves are at such nigh tension
that she is able to sleep but very little,
not over two hours in the twenty-four.
a ftfrll. restless dream is all her neT-
yous state will allow. This short rest Is
generally taken toward morning. when
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
SLATERyILLE'S PLUCKY MINISTER
Kescuing Lad from Browning in a
swollen Creek.


Frank, twelve-year-Ol son OF
Matthew Bull, stood on the foot-bridge
at the rear of the Magnetic Springs
House in Statewide on Thursday play
ing with the torrent of high water
which is Six-Mile Creek when it reaches
Ithaca. The Ithaca Journal says that
he took a board, and reaching down,
attempted to stop the pieces of ice that
were whirling by under him. The
first large cake" that came dragged
the youngster into the swift running
waters. He was carried away over the
falls and fifty rods away jostled by the
ice and debris of the stream in the
time it takes to write it. Rev. III. B.
Cook, pastor of the Methodist Church
at Statewide, a slight built man of 30,
and as frail in health as in physique,
stood in the rear of Mr.. Bulls barn
watching the swift running current OF
high water, and finding in it perhaps a
text, when his quick eye noted the
body of boy being hurried on to GER
tain death The clergyman jumped
down three or four feet from the bank
into the muddy, eddying current and
struck out for the boy, whom he soon
reached and seized. His burden was
entirely senseless and helpless, and the
banks being high, the question for inn
mediate solution was how to get out.
After the pair had been carried fifteen
rods further the self-possession and
nerve of the minister solved the ques-
ton, and he dragged his half dead
charge to land, to find himself bruised
and cut by floating ice.
Mr. Cook is the hero of the hour and
the pride of the town to-day. and he
merits all the kind words said of him.
He hesitated not at practicing at least
one of the precepts he breaches. He
did indeed II brave deed by throwing
his own life in the scale with that OF
an unknown boy. He was not afraid
of wetting his ministerial necktie. His
flock are to be congratulated upon hav-
ing brave as well as able teacher.
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WHITE VIOLETs,

The ch Id ren of her Sabbath-school
Plucked them in valleys green and cool.
Before the dew was dry
And now beside her book Of prayer,
Famed softly by the April air,
The tender blossoms lie.
How fresh they are how fit to rest
Upon her happy sirlish breast,
To nestle in her hair;
Whit symbols Of her sheltered life,
That blooms untouched by worldly strife
Uncrossed by worldly care.
They seem to cling with conscious love
To broidered kerchief dainty glove,
Dropped in her Pretty haste
TO greet the w0rld-w0rn weary man,
Who. lingering near her for a span,
Dost purest pleasure taste.
watch her guide with tendance sweet
Her aged fathers lettering feet
Along the terraced way
watch her tace-and sigh the while
The candid brow. the frank. free smile
Of maidenin her May.
The peacock screams his quaint delight,
The hound bounds forward in her sight
The kitten follows nigh,
The doves coo softly at her call,
Dear queen and lady Of them all
Now wherefore do | sign
1t were as meet that | should take
These yiolets white and strive to -lake
A furnace with their dew,
A. seek to link into my life
of passionate unrest and strife
This maiden sweet and true
Itwere as meet that | should ask
a saint to share my worldly task,
As speak Of love To her.
Within whose spirit clean and white.
Attun ID to innocent delight
The chiiiieh pulses stir.
/ touch her kerchicf and her glove
! might have power to fill with love
Her young untainted heart
Pass on, my white wood violet
God give the love without regret,
Aud give joy without smart.
For not with me 10 these abide,
A life so wrecked by passions tide
| dare not offer thee
Fulfill your life with happy hours.
At peace among the birds and flowers,
Thou art too pure for me.
An u, Nra1,. D..t.I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05
Nour Mind Will asrnw sfrnns

and great not by what you reject, but by
what you cordially except and believe.
Your health will improve, just in proper
lion as YOU obey Natures laws. Ii youf
mind is diseased refresh il with suitable
relaxation. If the two great organs OF
your body, the kidney and liver, are out
of order, restore them by using Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. The mind
can be kept clear by care and the kidneys
and liver by the great remedy above men.
toned.
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rs it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by SO simple a
remedy"
Il assure you it is true that he is en-
tirely cured, and with nothing but Hop
Bitters; and only ten days ago his doc
tors gave him up and said he must diel'
"Well-a-day! Tit is REMARKABLE !
will go this day and get some for my
poor George know hops are good. ''
Salem Post.
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A Nihilist Trick.
London Telegraph.


The trick of the nihilists inscribed by
the Prose- is rather an old strategem,
but it has seldom been played on a large
scale. The nihilists knew that the Rus
sian government we're aware that a
consignment of dynamite was arriving
at the frontier. They therefore dis
guised themselves as police. confiscated
the dynamite, and took it away to one
Of their hiding places. Then the gen.
uine police came up, and when they
asked to be allowed to inspect the
dynamite, found they had been antici
pated. The scene might be added to
Michael Strogofl with comic effect.
The idea is that of the colonial bishop
and diamond ring trick as played in
Bond street. A customer, dressed as a
colonial bishop, enters a jewelers., asks
for diamond ting. and gives in ex-
change a fI00 note. As he is leaving
the shop he is arrested by a detective,
who asks the shopkeeper to hand over
the presumably forged fl00 note and
fellow to the police office. The trades
man prepares to obey, but meanwhile
the sham detective has disappeared in
a swift hansome with the sham bishop,
the diamond ring, the s100 note, and
the change received for that document.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

A Philadelphia man has perfected a
plan for bringing coal out of the cellar
without exerting any of his muscle
He makes his wife cart it UP.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

After fifty years of married life, Mrs.
Currier, of North Troy, VT, wants to
be divorced from husband to whom
she was married in 1881.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

EXTENDED, patronage. and expressions Of ap-
probation received from all classes of the com
munity have induced JAMES MORGAN to purchase
a much finer class of Goods for each ofthe - De-
partmeuts, Of his Dry Goods House $50 and 38S
East Water ST, Milwaukee, than heretofore.
He invites inspection and comparison with any
other house in the U. 5.
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II Am All PLAYED Ont.

is common complaint. If you feel
so, get package of kidney-Wort and
take it and you will at once feel its
tonic power. 1t renews the healthy
action Of the kidneys, bowels and liver,
and thus restores the natural life and
strength to the weary body. 1t can
now be had in either dry or liquid form,
and in either way is always prompt
and efficient in action.-New Bedford
Standard.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

BE wise; simply call on your druggist for DR.
Sellers cough Syrup" when you have a cold or
cough. Zoe bottle.
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TIL.

An exchange says: "a young lady
resembles ammunition, because the
nOMder is needed before the ball"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-05-05

Mr.. Edward 4. Freeman, the EGG
fish historian. Is coming TO this coun-
try in the autumn, p.-rtly to see the
great republic and partly for the good
of his health.
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The Ladies

ministration from WAsHTyeroy 10 tie present
Personal and Private history never before
BRADLEY & CO.. 90 N. Nourtl
70 which IL added . sketch and portrait
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against young lady who was ascend
ing, her hands full of budding ferns and
moses. 4 bow and smile of mutual
recognition took place, and then the
young girl, after passing, addressed
him.
Il have left Brand outside, she said :;
"and as he doesn't know you, and /
don't see Dennis anywhere, | viii my
self see you safe beyond the outer
gate"
And SO it happened that Mr. Robert
Norwood. with his heart all in glow OF
happiness and wonder at his good for
iune, found himself walking and talk
ing with the girl OF whom be had
dreamed ever since the day when he
had first seen her fair face, and heard
her sweet, girlish voice thanking him
for the lorget-me-nots.
He had still twig of the flowers,
preserved between the leaves of the
Bible which his mother had givea him
on pairing.
Brand, hugh mastiff, growled lit
tie on seeing the intruder upon his
masters premises; but word from his
3 NOQEiE AnAokt 90 NttAtNNNN AAAtas- -N-%
then. with a graceful womanly dignity
she bade him good evening; and he
saw her tripping back to the house with
her hand on Brands huge neck TO keep
him quiet.
The young tutor, as he retraced his
steps over the heath, pretended not to
see the figure lurking behind the viii
| low, 81 the heads Of the two disobedi-
| ent ones in the long gorse.
He smiled TO himself, thinking Of
their disappointment in seeing him re-
turn rom his visit thus honorably es-
corted, instead Of with Brand AZ his
heels and old Orig with q blunderbus,
and the young lady probably laughing
At his discontinue, as the plotters had
doubtless delightedly pictured to them
selves.
Punctually On saturday afternoon he
was again at the Inanor-house, and one
/ delightful hour was passed in reading