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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
Sun Spots and Great Storms.

Des Moines special to New York Sun
Prof. Couch publishes card in the
State Leader, in which he says that
1881 is the maximum year of the H.
years sun.spot period, and also the
maximum year of two other periods
long and a very short period; and the
same degree of energy that gives the
maximum sun-spot period, also gives
the American continent maximum
rainfall and a marked degree of force
in the effects of its storms; and the end
is not yet. Those living in exposed
places, he says. would do well to build
cellars or caves, and when the sky
looks threatening from the south or
west, and the heat is oppressive, pru-
dence should not make anyone asham-
ed to seek proper shelter. The proper
name for these storms, he says, is tor
nado, not cyclone. The cyclone is an
other thing, large area of atmos-
phere moving as mass across the con-
tinent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20

years, the contrast would not be so
marked. Her face has more wrinkles
than yours, far more; and yet, if you
were sick that face would appear to
you to be far more beautiful than an
angels as it lowered over you, watching
every opportunity to minister to your
comfort. and every one of those wrin-
kles would seem to be bright wayelets
of sunshine chasing eacn other over
the dear old face. She will leave you
one of these DAYS. Those burdens, if
not lifted from her shoulders, will break
her down. Those rough, hard hands
that have done so many unnecessary
things for you, will be crossed upon
her lifeless breast. Those neglected
lips that gave you your first baby kiss
will be forever closed, and those sad,
tired eyes will have opened in eterni-
ty, and then you will appreciate your
mother, but it will be to late, There,
there, don't cry; she has not left you
yet. She is down in the kitchen
stringing beans for dinner, and if you
feel so badly you might 60 down and
finish them, and let her change her
dress and rest an hour before dinner.
After dinner you might do up the
dishes while she takes little nap.
Then you might take down her hair
and do it up for her. You need not
wind it over your fngure and fuss to
Elake little spit curls as you do with
yours, but give 1t a good brushing and
wind it up gently and tenderly, as If
you enjoyed doing it for her. The
young man down in the parlor can
wait until you have performer these
duties. If he expresses any Impotence,
you may explain to him that you feel
under more obligations to your mother
than you do to him. If this does not
satisfy him, ask him how maay times
he hasbeen up in the middle of the night
to warm peppermint for you when you
were dying with the collie, or how many
times he has carried you up and down
the room just because you would not
be Quoted in any other way? Ask
him to repeat Mother Hubbard back
wards, and il he is unable to do it, it
will be proof positive that ne is not
the one that has repeated it and ex-
planned it to you 1,700 times. Cate
chise him to find out if he is the one
who gave the black silk dress, and sat
up at night to make it while you were
off having good time. Corner him up
and make him admit that he went with
out new bonnet last winter that you
might enjoy $12 one that you admir-
ed so much. Wiring from him an &C
acknowledgements that there is a stitch in
his side, brought there by doing up
your finery week after week. Then
show him out the front door, put on a
calico apron and go out and help your
mother pick currants for jelly, and |
guarantee you will think more of your
self, and the world will think more of
you, and you will be happier and better
for having done So"
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A Buckeye Romance.

Troy Times: Buena Vista in Ohio
has its idyl. Two or three years ago a
Mr.. Farney took charge of the high
school there. Ole OF his pupils was
Miss Woolftan, and almost instantly
teacher and pupil fell in love, and be-
came engaged. Old Mr.. Woolftan
proved wolf indeed, and refused to
consent to their union. Farney re-
signed the school, but before he left
town called, with the Woolftan's con-
sent, for the last interview with the
beautiful brunette. At his request
she sang the sadful song of Burns,
"Had we never loved sac kindly, had
we never loved sac blindly," they
wouldn't have come to grief. Then
Mr.. Farney went away in the darkness
and tears, and three days aiterward his
body was found in the Ohio river six
miles above Cincinnati, and buried.
The girl was inconsolable, of course,
but last June she married gentleman
who consented to take her with the
perfect understanding that she did not,
could not, would not, and should not
love him. In December the husband
was killed in railroad accident on the
Cincinnati Southern, near Lexington.
The widow withdrew entirely from So
ciety, but in March gentleman pre-
sented himself for acceptance, and ina
twinkling was accepted. 1t was Mr..
Farney, who was not dead, and never
had been, the man drowned above Gin
cinnati being another party altogether,
whose identity will never be known;
and when the June roses break into
blossoms again the wedding bells of
Buena Vista will break into joyous
peals once more in behalf of the
Woolftan girl.
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seen old men of sixty or seventy with
sets of teeth small and pearly white
and polished and healthy as those of
toe handsomest American girl of six
teen. Decay and suffering and I'M
sightliness and loss are actually I'M
known. A physician of Yakutsk tells
me that he believes the reason of that
phenomenon is to be found in tn habits
and the kind Of food eaten by the ma
tives, as well as to a certain care taken
by them from childhood up. In the
first place the Yakuts do not touch su.
gar in any form, for the simple reason
that they can not afford to purchase it.
Secondly, that they are IN the habit
of drinking daily large quantities of
fermented sour milk, summer and
winter, which acts as an antiscorbutic
and is beneficial in preserving the
teeth. And lastly, they have the habit
of chewing a preparation Of the resin of
the fir tree, piece of which, tasting
like tar, they masiicate after every
meal, in order to specially clean the teeth
and gums Of particles of food that may
remain after meals. The gum of resin
is prepared and used by Russian ladies.
The fermented milk is said to be not
a very savory drink. First the milk is
cooked and then put into a large
shaped utensil made of frozen dung,
in which it is allowed to ferment until
the winter, when it is broken up into
blocks and preserved for use in the
cellars all the year round, Now, if DIR.
Ledyard would make an exhaustive
study on this subject and publish the
results of his observation, he would
confer lasting benefit on suffering
humanity
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
wouldn't Throw the Race.

Two brothers living on the wild
frontier were out in the field one day
blowing with team Of mules. They
heard red devil, bald nine
months war whoop just over the d.
vide, and coGcluded that the healthiest
thing for them, right then, would be to
get out of there and go for tall timber,
so they cut loose from the pillow, mount
ed mule each and lit out. One of the
animals was better goer than the
other, but so long as danger seemed to
be long ways off the two men rode to-
gether. By and by they heard rifle
shots, and the leaden missiles began to
sing little death meaning solos about
their heads, and they cut the harness
off in order that they might get away
in better shape still. The brother on
the slow mule saved a tug to whip with
and the Indians drew nearer. The fast
mule had been given the rein and was
leading off quite lively. When about
100 yards ahead of the other its rider
looked back at his brother, who was
then peeling hide from that mule at
every jump with the tug, and yelled at
him to "come on" and in answer the
brother angrily sang out, "Ol you d-m
fool, do look like man who wants
to throw this race ?''--KdnS0S City
Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
MOTHERS READ.

GENTs:-About nine years ago had a child
two years old and almost dead. The doctor
had attending her could not tell what allied
her. l asked him If he did not think Il was
worms. He said no. However, this did not
satisfy me, as / felt convinced in my own
mind that she had. i obtained bottle or
DIR. G. McLANE,S CELEBRATED YER
MIFUGE (genuinel. i gave her a teaspoon
full in the morning and another at night, after
which she passed seventy-two worms and
was well child. Since then have never
been without il in my family. The health OF
my children remained SO good that had
neglected watching their actions until about
three weeks ago, when two of them presented
the same sickly appearance that Fanny did
nine years ago. So ! thought it must be
worms, and went TO work at once with a bot
tie of DIR. G. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE be-
tween four of my children, their ages being as
follows: Alice, s years; Charley, years;
Emma, years; John, 8 years. Now comes
the result: Alice and Emma came out all
right, but Charley passed forty-five and
Johnny about sixty worms. The result was
SO gratifying that spent two days in show
ing the wonderful effect of your Nermtfugc
around Utica, and now have the worms on
exhibition in my store.
Yours truly, JOHN PIPER.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
How the Judge Crossed the Stream.


1--WE were riding along the road one
chilly day in November" and General
James Craig, talking about court bust
ness and legal talent, when we struck
a small stream that appeared TO be
about thirty yards wide. Hello said
Judge Norton of Missouri, this IS new
stream to me. How shall we cross it?'
Taking advantage of his ignorance, |
pretended to survey the situation, and
after emerging from the thicket l
solemnly inquired: Judge can you
swim?' Like fish, he replied, while
his eyes twinkled in the expectation
of displaying his ability in that
direction. I can't said l, so suppose
you strip off and swim across, testing
the depth as you so and give me the
advantage of your experience All
right he said, dismoun.ing from his
horse. Then he removed all his clothes,
tied them together, placed them safely
between his teeth and started cautiously
into the creek. choked my handker-
chief into my mouth to keep from
laughing, while the Judge gravely
waded across through exactly four
inches of water; but you would have
died to see his look of unutterable dis
gust wheM he reached the opposite
bank. His feet were blue with mud,
but his ankles were scarcely touched by
the water. 1t was three straight days
before he spoke to me again.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
A "HOSS,, TrAkA.

The gypsies were travelling through
this country and traded horses, with q
farmer, and, as matter of fast, cheat
ed the farmer. The Justice was shoe
maker and held CCart, in his shoe-shop.
The farmer got out warrant and had
the gypsies arrested for swindling. The
Constable got posse of men and ar
rested the gypsies and returned with
them just at dark. They wanted a hear
ing that night, so the Justice opened up
his shoe.shop and lit a tallow candle.
After hearing the evidence he was
looking up the law in the case, when
he happened to raise his head and saw
stranger in the room from Lima,
Ohio, who was there buying horses. The
Justice said:
Stranger, you are in the horse bust
ness. Perhaps you can inform
the Court what the law is on the horse
trading"
The stranger replied ne could.
The Court said please do so.
The stranger said: "Well, when a
man makes q good horse-trade, he
sticks to it."
The Court said: "Well, what if man
makes bad trader
The stranger replied: "As a matter
of course, he would stick the closer
to it"
The Curt studied few minutes,
and said he could not find any law on
the subject; but he thought it was a
game of chance, and came under the
Gambling Act, and therefore it would
not stand in law, and he would have to
declare the trade void.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
$4,000 Reward |!

Will be paid for the detection and ccnvic-
ton of any person selling or dealing in
any hogus, counterfeit or imitation Hop
B1rTERs, especially Biiters or preparations
with the word HoP or HoPs in their name
or connected Herewith, that is intended
to misead and cheat the public, or for any
preparation put in any form, pretending
10 be the same as HOP BiTTERs. The
genuine have a cluster of GREEN HoPs
notice this) printed on the white label,
and are the purest and best medicine on
earth. especially for Kidney, Liver and
Nervous Diseases. Beware of all others.
and all pretended formulas or recipes of
HOP BiTTERs published in papers or for
sale, SO they are frauds and sBindles.
Whoever deals in any but the genuine
will be prosecuted.
HoP BITTERs MFG. Co.
Rochester. n Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
~ SUMMER DAYS.

In summer days, when birds we're trilling,
plucked rose that was fair to view;
Its beautiful tint my heart was thrilling
And fragrance fioated the woodlands through.
The summer waned, and the autumn dreary
Came with its sleet and deadly chill;
l sighed with dread, for my heart was weary;
Alas that the winds my rose should kill.
But springtime came, with its blooms and
thrushes,
And To- bud that was fair to see
Sprang from the mold and its dainty bushes
Whipered message Of joy to Inc.
And through the meadows a countless number
Smiled from hedges by murmuring streams,
Ana glad cried Y ou'ye walked from slumber,
Ye cherished children Of poets dreams"
Oh never again when fros. il finging
A whitening mantle across the flower,
viii teardrops fall, for magical singing
Sweetly W Il whisper Of summertime hours.
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A Quiet Talk.
Peck's Sun.

Come here, Sis, and sit down beside
me and let me give you little talking
to. That is right. Sit clear at the
other end of the sofa. 1t makes more
room for my govt and corns, besides
being a good habit for young lady to
become addicted to. Always pander
to this habit, and you will in time
find yourself walking in green
meadows and beside the still
waters of self respect. You may be
walking alone, to be sure, but will have
fewer lawn dresses to do up on Mon
day morning. | wish to speak to you
of your mother. 1t may be you have
noticed careworn look upon her face
lately. OF course it has not been
brought there by any act Of yours, still
it is your duty to chase it away.
don't mean for you TO run at it and
shake your skirts and tell it to ''shoo"
as you would hen, nor do expect to
get on the other side of the fence and
throw oyster cans and barrel slaves at
it, as you did at the COW the other day.
But want you to get up tomorrow
morning and get breakfast, and when
your mother con es down and begins
TO express surprise, go right up to her
and kiss her on the mouth. You don't
imagine how it will brighten up her dear
face. Besides, you owe her a kiss or two.
Away back when you were little girl,
she had kissed you when no one
else was tempted by your fever-tainted
breath and swollen face. You were
not as attractive then as you are now.
And along through those years OF
childish sunshine and shadows she was
always ready to cure. by the magic OF
mothers kiss, the little, dirty, club
by hands whenever they were injured
in those first skirmishes with this rough
old world. And then the midnight
kisses with which she has routed SO
many bad dreams, as she leaned above
your restless pillow, have all been on
interest these long, long years. o.
course she is not so pretty and kissable
as you are, but if you had done your
share of the work during these last ter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
A Collar-ButtOn's Odd History.
Eatonton Chronicle.

A romantic history of collar-button
was related to us the other day. Several
years ago Mr.. p w. Walton, of Eaton
ton, Ga, lost gold collar button. After
a long and vain search he sighed heav-
lily and braved himself to bear this sad,
untimely parting from long and useful
companion. It's absence was accounted
for in different ways, when in about
two years it returned to its owner after
a journey fraught with many weary
apprehension. Mr.. Walton had fattened
a pet COW, and upon butchering the
animal was surprised to find his COM
panion of gold snugly, and, to all APP
pearances, happily resting in the fat OF
the digestive organs. He at once recog-
Missed the button as the one he lost two
years before, renewed the pleasant
association which was so wantonly ter
minated, and is to-day in daily COM
partnership with the button. 1t appear
ed that while feeding the COW the button
dropped from his shirt-collar into the
feed, ard in that way started on his
toric journey.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
WEATHER--OR NOT.

We admire the philosophy of the unfortunate
man, who, when everything had been ,swepl
away said, Well, therell be weather and taxes
left at any rate" Alasl weather is the yellow
dog" of all subjects; everyone thinks it his
special right to try to better the weather, and
hurls his anathemas against Old Probabilities,
and all who endeavor TO assist him in regulating
the weather Tie following communication is
from Prof Tice, of st. Louis. Mo, the renowned
meteorologist and weather prophet OF the west
1t does not discuss the weather but something
surely of more importance to those who suffer
with that painful malady he speaks of: The
day after conclnding my lectures at Burlington.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20
phiIadelnbia wedding has

A Philadelphia wedding has been
postponed. A society belle was engaged
to real Prince in France, and came
home to prepare for the wedding. The
day was fixed and the guests invited,
but the Prince came not. The telegraph
has been resorted to, but he cannot be
found. The friends of the bride think
some accident has befallen him, but it
is more than probable that he has been
unable to raise the money required to
paw his passage.
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Owed A. L. Stewart Seventy Cents.

Walking down past Stewards dry
goods store, the other day, met a
bright young newspaper man of my
acquaintance emerging from the mar
BILE pile. Looking up bargains T" /
inquired. "Guess not" was the reply.
give been in to take a look at the first
place / ever earned a dollar in, and l
suppose it's rather imprudent, as | owe
the firm money for dozen years
back"
This piqued my curiosity. and | was
treated to the following amusing ex-
PLANTATION from my journalistic friend:
"When | was cub of thirteen or
fourteen, | was much more ambitious
to get into business than to remain at
school. One fine morning A. T. Stew
art advertised for cash boys. / pre-
scented myself and was engaged. |
have been looking at the youngsters
inside now, and they have gay time
of it compared with me and my con-
temporaries. The old man was q rigid
disciplinarian, and you could hardly
look crooked under his regime without
mourning fine. Of course the yoke
did not sit easily on my neck, and was
frequently called to order. In the first
week | earned the proud distinction of
catching the old mans eye no less than
four times for some prank or inatten-
ton. At the end of the week l went
up for my pay-two dollars-and was
paralyzed to be informed that my fines
amounted to exactly 1910, leaving me
nothing to get, and owing the firm 20
cents moreover | bolted for home,
with the spectre of bankruptcy behind
me, and tried to think where this sort
of thing would land me at the end of
year. Well, didn't 60 back to the
dry goods business, and if you believe
me, always avoided that neighbor-
hood for fully year after, lest should
suddenly be seized on for the 20 cents
marked against me on the books. -
N. Y. Star.
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More Bad Hanging,
New York Herald.
-, l.nstnnn IsnI L.


As even Guiteau died by straugula-
lation and without broken neck it
begins to look as if execution by hang
ing had no certainty in it whatever.
In a case like this it is reasonable
to suppose that every precaution was
taken which experience could suggest,
vet the vertible bones were found in
their normal condition at the autopsy,
and the usual seeEes of torture only
failed, we believe, because the strangu-
lation was more than commonly eff
fective, through the rupture of muscles
that often protect the respiratory pas
sages. Guiteau was alive fourteen
minutes after he fell. yet he was plung-
ed downward through trap in accord
ance with the most approved theories.
His body was not heavy enough to
snap the ligameuts that sold the YER
tebral bones in position. But the
worst of all recent cases of hanging Is
one reported from the west, in which
also the culprit was plunged through
a trap, but was so little injured by the
accident that he was able to get his
hands and feet free and struggle to re-
gain his footing on the scaffold. He
was beaten back by the executioner.
Such a battle between a hangman and
his slightly hanged victim presents
a picture that one might suppose would
excite the people to reform our meth
cd of administering capital punish
ment.
Russell Sage is estimated TO have
81 10000 per annum income, Jay
Gould 5000, eco, and Vanderbilt &c.
0OO 900
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Fall of a Shower of Sulphur.
Port Jarvis Gazette.

A phenomenon is reported from the
Town of Olive, N. Y. In common with
other parts of of the country, the farm
ing districts around Shokan have been
visited during the past months with
thunder storms. On two occasions q
fine powder resem bling sulphur in smell
and color fell. Those who witnessed the
occurrence say that just previous to
the storm the atmosphere was very
clear. Suddenly the sky became
cloudy and threatening, and then follow
ed thunder and the sulphur showers"
The Courier is informed that one or
two farmers gathered some of the fine
yellow powder, and it is held at PIE
MUM.
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Mr.. II. C. G. Brandt, the head of the
German department of the John Hop
kins university since 1876, has resigned
and accepted call to hamilton college,
Clinton, N. Y, as professor of the Ger
man and French languages and philol-
ogy. He has years leave of absence
for study abroad
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A young lady at Newport recently
slipped upon the wsxed floor of the
dancing hall, got herself tangled up in
falling, and broke her arm. She was
carried home as if she were martyr,
and all Newport has been sending her
flowers and notes of confidence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-07-20

Being entirely vegetable no particular care is
required while using DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets" They operate without disturb
ance to the constitution, diet, or occupation. Fer
sick headache, constipation, impure blood, dzzi-
ness, sour quotations from the stomach, bad
taste in mouth bilious attacks, pain in region Of
kidney internal fever, bloated feeling about
stomach rush of blood to the head, take Dr.
Pierce,s anelletsn By druggists.