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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Farmers and others desiring gen.
teel. lucrative agency business, by
which SIS to $40 a day can be earned,
send address at once, on postal. to ii.
g. WILKINSON & Co., 1875 and 1877 Full
ION Street, New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

For lame Back. Side or Chest use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price Is
cents. For sale by G. E. Davis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Young Pierce whose mysterious
disappearance at st. Paul few weeks
ago created such an excitement, has
been found in a numbering camp in
explanation for his abrupt de parture
has yet been given.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

The ladies of the Baptist church
win give an oyster supper at
Brackets Hall, next Tuesday evening
from to 8 o'clock.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Mrs. Joseph Thurston, one of the
early settlers of the town of Trim
belle, and highly respected by all her
acquaintance, was buried on Tuesday
last.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

The Musical Convention" under
the leadership of Prof L. c. Vine, of
Chicago, closes tonight with con-
cert at Brackets Hall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

j. L. Moody. of Ellsworth, tarried
in town over Monday night. He re.
ports Mrs. NJ, who has been very sick
for some time past, as improving.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.

Senator Warner spent Sunday at his
home in Ellsworth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

You can buy Stereoscopic Views at
A. NJ. Youells & Co.'S store for cents
each. 32tf
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

See advertisement of Dr. Sozinskey's great
book, Scare and Culture of Children in
another column.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Mr.. II. A. Shaw, bingham, says:
Browns Iron Bitters renewed my
failing appetite.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Estimates place the number of Wis
consin people who have settled in
Dakota within the last three years at
thirty-fiye Thousand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Railroad matters are improving.
and the st. Paul train is making bet
ter time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

A large stock of clothing just re-
ceived at R. N. Jenson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Those desiring dental work at the
hands of DIR. Crary should call at once,
as he will close his visit here this
week. lie will come again in May
next.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

"It is boss" is what smokers say of
s'Tansill's Punch" sc. cigar. For sale
at C. Z. Davis drug store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Willard Wilson, formerly of this
town, died at Neillsville, this state,
on the Both nit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

The st. Croix county Sunday School
Institute will be held at Hudson next
Tuesday and Wednesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

For SALE OR RENT.-A house and
lot on west side. Inquire at this office.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Regular meeting of the w. G. L. U.
Friday afternoon at the usual time
and place.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
OLE II. BANG,
Merchant Tailor.

Afull line of Cloths kept constantly on
st.. River Falls. Wis. n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
Literary Curiosifias.

A l0c. cigar for c.-"Tansill's
Punch Ate. E. Davis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Smoke the best-s'Tansills Punch
SC. cigar. At @. E. Davis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Hon. J. d. Putnam spent Saturday
and Sunday with his family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
Annual Meeting Of the Rock Elm ms. Co.

Rock ELM. Jan ID, 1883.
Meeting called to order by the President,
P. Thomas.
REPORT OF OFFICERS.
The Secretary made the following report of
the business tor the past year:
Jan. 25th, 1882. Company notified of
damage by fire, by G. W. Merrill, policy
No Ill.
Feb. 4th The directors met and APP
pointed committee OF three to adjust the
loss of G. W. Merrill
Committee appointed: J. M. johnson,
Edmund Holt, P. Thomas.
Thirty.hve dollars damage was allowed G.
w. Merrill.
Feb. 4th. Company notified of damage by
fire by James Alexander.
Committee appointed TO adjust the loss OF
James Alexander: D. w. butcher, P. Thorn
az, C. c. Holt The committee awarded
James Alexander $40 damage.
An assessment of $50 was made to pay said
losses aud expenses.
Amount of stock at last meeting,. ST., 55s
Amount Jan. I'd, 1888. ....... SO, 2S4
No. OF Policies cancelled ...... 6
No. OF Policies re-issued .. 81
New Policies issued . SO
C C. HoLr, Secretary.
Report Of the Seen etary was adopted.
REPORT OF TREASURER.
Amount received during past year :. .sl05.I7
Amount paid out on losses. -. SAT 90
All other expenses. ........... 1902
Total. SO OF
Money on hand - s22. 10
EDMUND HoIT, Treasurer.
Report OF Treasurer adopted.
Motion made that the Secretary notify all
those that have not paid their assessment
Carried
Moved Ivy ] b. Meehan. that the By Laws
be so amended as to allow members OF this
company to employ steam threshing ma
chimes at risk of Company, they paying
greater per cent.
After discussion, withdrawn.
The meeting then proceeded to elect Di-
rectors for the ensuing year. The following
were elected: G.. G.. Holt, Union; ] Nee
han, FL Paso; Edmund Holt, Rock Elm; P
Thomas, Salem; Charles Vanschoonhoven,
Rock Elm.
Motion made that there be one or more
agents appointed in each Town. Carried.
AGENTS.
Union. C. W. Britton, A. G. Sanford.
Rock Elm. ID. w butcher.
Spring Lake. ID. w. butcher
~ faso. ...,.. --...-.-....;9 %. i 1nsen
Ullman. - M. Johnson
Salem. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. e. Sanford
Motion made that the proceedings and
standing of the Company be published.
Motion made that we have a Picnic Dinner
at our next meeting, the Secretary to so no.
tify each member.
OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR:
President. ...........P Thomas.
Treasurer .. C. Van Sehoonhoven.
Moved that the meeting be adjourned.
Carried.
p THOMAS, President.
G. C HoLT, Secretary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Rev. VIM. Gill arrived in town on
the train Monday evening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Clover and timothy seed for sale at
r. n. Jenson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

If you have cold or cough of any
kind buy bottle of Hills Peerless
Cough Syrup. Use it all. Ii not sat
isfied return the empty bottle and we
will refund your money. We also sell
the Peerless Worm Specific on the
same terms. No cure. no pay. Cobb's
Little Podophyllin Pills will cure
headache or no pay.
BCRHYTE & JOHNSON.
River Falls, Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Exchange: A writer in an eastern
paper cries out: 81 have become so
disguised with the hollowness and
treachery of the world that L would to
God l could find some secluded place
where the foot of man never treads,
where / could dream away my life in
solitude" Has the poor fellow ever
tried the store of merchant who
does not ADVERTISED
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
February, 1888.

Great reduction on ali kinds of win
ter goods at JenSon's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15
Letter from Madison.

A full line of fresh groceries at
r. n. Jenson's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Mrs. II. A. Wilson died on Sunday
last at ner residence in st. Paul of
pneumonia. Mrs. Wilson was daugh-
ter of DIR. Otis Hoyt. of Hudson. and
wife of Fl. A. Wilson, Esq, who is
we'll known to many of our readers.
Tie funeral services were held in st.
Paul on Wednesday, Feb. 14th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

In this climate, where such sudden
changes occur in the weather, under
mining the health of so many, med
icine that will prove itself capable of
coping with the various forms of
throat and lung diseases, will prove
itself great benefactor to the human
race. Such medicine we are pleased
to announce has been prepared by Mr..
Nathan Coy of this town, and has
proven an effective remedy for colds,
coughs, and all lung complaints. Try
a bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Hon. IL. b. Warner has introduced
q bill into the Senate providing for
the furnishing of teachers and employ
es of the State with Webster's Die
tionary at cost. If it becomes law
there will be a good opportunity for
teachers to furnish themselves with
this useful work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

Rock ELM. Jan ID, 1883
Meeting called to order by the President,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-02-15

A. S. 0TIs, cn;..ss
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-12-08
Farragut COnquering Himself.

Farragut's own story of his self-con-
quest is exceedingly interesting. "When
l was about ten years DID," he says,
"when 1 accompanied my father as
cabin boy to New Orleans with the little
navy we then had to look after the
treason of Aaron Burr, / had some
qualities that thought made man of
me- i could swear like an old sailor. I
could drink as stiff glass of grog as II
/ had sailed round Cape Horn, and
could smoke like locomotive. | was
great at cards, and fond of gambling in
every shape. At the close of the dinner
one day my father turned everybody
out of the cabin, locked the door, and
said to me: David, what do you mean
to bep" Il mean to follow the sea. '
FOLLOW the sea! Yes, be poor, miser-
able, drunken sailor before the mast,
kicked and cuffed about the world, and
die in some fever hospital in foreign
land. No. / said, I'll tread the
quarterback and command, as you do. ,
mo, David, my boy; no boy ever trod
the quarterback with such principles
and habits as you have. You'll have to
change your whole course of life If you
ever become man. My father left me
and went on deck. l was stunned by
the rebuke. Apoor, miserable, drunken
sailor before the mast! kicked and cuffed
about the world, and to die in some fever
hospital! That's my fate, is itp I'll
change my life, and change it at once.
] will never utter another oath. will
never drink another drop of intoxicating
liquors; will never gamble; and, al
God is my witness, have kept thost
three resolutions to this hour"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-12-08
How Long Will 1t Last

The calculations about the British
coal-fields have set statisticians at work
to determine how long the anthracite
coal of this country will last. Our soft
or bituminous coal is practically mex
,haustible, but east of the Rocky Noun
tians, 90 far as known, hard or anthra-
cite coal is confined to limited area in
the State of Pennsylvania. There are
$780, 900 square miles of hard coal coun-
try in that State. Estimating hundred
tons to the acre in depth, would give
32O,000,000 tons. AS the various strata
of coal would average thirty feet in
depth, q grand total of 1000, 900, 900 rep
resents the total production. As the
present consumption is 100000 600 tons
per annum, it will be over three hundred
years before the Pennsylvania supply
will be exhausted. Some very fine an
thracite coal has been found in Colorado,
and other strata of it will doubtless be
uncovered in parts of the extreme west
ern country, but with our vast stores Of
bituminous coal, our wood, and petrO-
Ieum, there is no danger of a want OF
fuel for thousand years ahead, no
matter how dense our population. Then
it is not unreasonable to believe that
chemistry may give us new heat pro-
.ducing combinations which will dispense
with the use of our present fuels.-Den,-
orests MonthIy.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-12-08
He Wouldn't Have Ii.

A squatty little man, very corpulent,
very stiff-necked, and very much out OF
sorts halted policeman at the corner OF
Jefferson avenue and Wayne street yes
terday and said
"Ha, sir! but what kind of a city is
this, sirp Ha! Glowing his nose) IT
strikes me that you're queer SET"
''Anything wrongs"
ssHa! sir! yes (blow), sir! / came
from -, with the excursion. l had
scarcely put foot on the street when
boy called me caravan, sir! la!
GLOW caravan!"
s'He shouldn' have done it,"
Sand stranger slapped me on the
back and yelleI hello, pard! in my ear!
Yes, sir, (blowl he did, sir-in my ear,
STRIP
THAT was wrong"
Sand a boot black, sir (blow), had
the impudence to call my feet freight
cars, and to ask me what line run on!
Yes Cblew), sir-what line l run on!
Ha! SIR"
'.He deserved arrest:''
ssHa! he (blow) did, sir. want the
people of Detroit to understand that I'm
worth $4,000, sir, mostly in cash
mostly In cash, SIR"
Yes"
"And I've been Justice of the Peace
for twenty-five years, sir! Ha! (blow)
SIR"
Eyes, sir. CA long blow.) And when
one of your villains calls out to shoot
this nat, sir, want him to understand
that I'm also postmaster"
"You aren'
ayes, sir, and when any one sneers at
my clothes, sir, let him remember that
I've run for the LeGislature-the Legis-
lature, sir! Ha! (blow) and was almost
elected I won't have this undue
familiarity, sir! Why, no man in my
town would dare TO call me pard, let
alone slapping me on the back! Why,
sir (blow), why-but l want this
stopped; .,,
81 won't put up with itr'
eyes, sir"
81 am entitled to respect, sir! Yes
(bloN), ha. ha! am, sir!
Eyes, SIR"
He walked up Jefferson avenue, but
had not gone block when truckman,
who was tossing watermelons to man
on the walk, made miss, but hit the
$40 man in the back with a twenty
pouhder, and cried out:
Look out, Shorty, or you'll be
counted in and sold for quarter. -
Detroit Free Press.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-12-08

A horse baked with man in Buffalo
the other day, and he sat there in his
buggy for nine hours before the animal
moved on. He was house painter,
working by the day, and would have
put in another hour If necessary.-De-
troit Free Press.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-12-08

Plaster Cacne Plaster Cement Shingles &c Agents iof '
following line of steamers,
Mackinaw the popular steamers AT
anc Capt Nicholson Maser Flora Capt jones' Master llcke
sale to Cleveland, Toledo and intermediate points o,.
Northern Michigan consisting OF the hne steamers .
M Capt Casey Masters Lawrence, Geo. Thorpe Master Tickets
~ for sale to Chicago Milwaukee and intermediate ports
Smith Adams Shore Line consisting OF the elegant steamer
Messenger Capt E. Boucard Masters A. o. Van laale Oa "
Brown Master. H..
received forwarded by each OF these
llines,p promptly to destination.
Lime Plaster Cacine Plaster &S
will the lowest ~ an"
nprc efOre
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-27
A Hen HatchcS Snakes.

On the farm of George Logan, near
Lebanon, in the county Of Warren,
Ohio, hen has long evinced an ardent
desire to become mother, by persis-
tent efforts to hatch door-knobs and
anything else that bore the remotest
resemblance to an egg, that her owner
finally had pity on her, and placed in
her fayorite barrel fourteen curious
eggs that he had discovered in turning
a furrow. Then he went off to camp
meeting and thought no more about
the matter until his return, when he
was amazed to find that the hen had
hatched into this wicked world four
teen little snakes for which she was
caring with the utmost affection and
solicitude and from which she received
constant demonstrations of flial affec.
tion. Next.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-27

stores seemed the proper way of begin
ming, and these stores were partly tim
ned-meat, jams, etc, and partly drugs.
Having greedily devoured the former,
the plunderers duly fell upon the latter
finishing off the jalap, castor-oil, salts,
and so forth, as part Of the ceremony.
The result may be guessed. The
mana" of the missionaries began TO
work nightly. and with grovelling
supplicat ons the anguished Maoris re-
leased their prisoners and sought re-
lief. The whole tribe was converted.
How could they help it? Had not the
gods of the stranger proved their
superior might by utterly disabling
those who had stood forth rs the
avengers of their own insulted deities ?
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-27
HUMOROUS.


Green corn-a young bunion.
High-toned-The screech of an
eagle.
When does a tree feel contented?
When its sappy.
The only difference between one
yard and two is a fence.
Just so long as woman retains her
maiden name, her maiden aim is to
change it.
Emile" asked the teacher, (which
animal attaches himself most to man?"
Emile, after some rehection-"The
leech, sir
The tailor's apprentice, when COM
mencing his trade, finds there is truth
in the text that What a man sews he
shall also rip"
Simpson says that when he asked
the girl who is now his wife to marry
him she said, 81 don't mind" and she
never has minded.
a Lowell man had his head frac-
tured by bath tub falling upon him.
This will teach him hereafter not to
fool around contrivance that he is
not familiar with.
"Yes," said the father, 81 like to
tave my daughter have beau on the
score of economy. If she didn't, some
one of the family would occupy the
parlor and burn the gas"
A young man who went into the
kitchen, where he saw his girl baking.
and inadvertently sat down on hot
pie just from the oven, now boasts
that he descended from the upper
crust"
What are you going to do when
you grow up if you don't know how
to cipher?" asked teacher of slow
boy. "I'm going to be a school teach
er and make the boys do the cipher
ing," was the reply.
The Popular Science Monthly ask:
"What are crowds?" 1t is not quite
certain how science will handle this
question, but the average common
sense educated man knows that under
some circumstances three is consid-
cred a crowd.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-27
Wonderful PreeOcity.

Oliver MADDOX Brown, a son Of the
well-known artist, was born in 1855.
He seems to have been a precocious
child, though his precosity never took
the form of book-learning in any shape,
and it was not till he was six that he
began to read. But if backward with
his books he was born artist, with
pencil and paint-brush first, as after
ward with his pen. When he was
eight he had completed his first picture
in water-colors, and when he was four
teen he exhibited "ChIrOn Receiving
the Infant Jason from the Slave at
the Dudley gallery. He painted three
other notable pictures: "Obstinacy," )"
''Prospero and Miranda" and "Silas
Mariner" But Oliver MADDOX Brown
was beginning to show himself as an
artist in the world Of letters. Before
he was fourteen he had written some
sonnets Of singular beauty, and at sew
enteen he had written tale called
THE Black Swan" which was first
given TO the world as Gabriel Den
YER" The history of this book is
rather curious. Oliver had shown it
to Mr. Williams, who was connected
with the firm of SmCn, Elder q Co.,
and Mr.. Williams had been much i'm
pressed with it and was anxious to as
sist in its publication. Nothing could
have been kinder, but nothing less ju-
dicious, than Mr.. Williams's conduct
He first insisted on the singularly pic
turesque name of THE Black Swan"
being altered into the very unmeaning
one of Gabriel Denver" He then in
sisted on the beginning of the story
being altered; on a deserted wife being
changed, on grounds of propriety, into
a deserted cousin, and on the terrible
tragedy at the end becoming a com
Portable marriage in short. with the
best intentions, he did everything pos
sible to spoil the book. He watered it
and toned it down, but the strange,
fierce power of the plot and the vigor
of the writing still remained. 1t was
greatly injured as work of art, but
as work of imagination it was re-
markable production. 1t was not, how
ever-it could never bean agreeable
book. 1t was too crude and violent.
Some of the scenes were simply horri-
bic, and some of the incidental re
marks seemed to show astrange knowl
edge which repelled sympathy. But
when it was known that this was the
work of a mere boy the feeling of dis
like passed off into stronger feeling
of wonder and admiration. What was
painful and repulsive was the fault of
an unfortunate story. The essential
matter was the literary power, which
might prove itself equal to very great
efforts and might produce works of
lasting value.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-09-27
Sending Their Dead Back to China.

Sending Their Dead BACK 10 Chlnas
Wong Foo, the editor of the Chines(
American, published in New York, ex
plains why Cinnamon wish to be
buried in their own country. He says:
"If any one going back to the old
country has dead friends here he takes
them along. 1 do not believe that
more than five per cent. of the China
men who die in the United States are
permanently buried here. Friendless
Celestials are left here, and no one
cares whether they go to heaven or
not" Cannot one of your race get
into Paradise unless his bones rest in
Chinese soil?" mo, sir; Cinnamon
believe that the only road to heaven
lies through their country" "But if
good, virtuous Chinaman who has
kept his pigtail and his conscience in
tact dies in strange land, will he be
excluded from heaven because he is
poor and friendless % "That's the
doctrine" said Mr.. Wong. accord.
ing to Christians, no man can be saved
except through a certain belief, no
matter how good he is; according to
Cinnamon, there is no salvation outside
of China. One belief is about as
rational as the other" ''When you dig
up the remains of your countrymen do
you have any services at the graveY
ave burn little incense-paper, maybe,
and take drink, just as Americans do
on all occasions" "What does the
drink signify?" "It's what you would
call toast. We drink peace to the
soul Of the departed, and prosperous
Journey to the body. We use any
liquor that comes handy. Sometimes
tea, or whisky, or in extreme cases,
water" "How are the bodies pre-
pared for shipment?" ''They are en-
balmed if they are fresh enough. If
not, the meat is scraped off and the
bones only are carried away