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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
MONEY WITHOUT OWNERS,

Singular Incidents that Come to the
Notice of the Dead Letter Officials
Washington Letter in the Cleveland Herald
While was in the "Desd-Letter" De.
partment the other day one of the
clerks engaged in opening letters-at a
table near bv-called to the gentleman
who was entertaining me. He went to
him and Immediately beckoned for me Il
follow.
Now, what can be donein this case?'
he says. Here is letter, this instant
opened, and you see what it contaIns2'
There is a clean, new twenfy-doilal
bill, neatly folded and wrapped in q
piece Of perfectly blank brown paper
not a mark of pen or pencil to show
from whom ii was sent. The letter had
been advertised as unclaimed and was
dead, and the examination of its con-
tents made it more completely dead
than before.
We have nothing but the postmark
and even that is almost obliterated, but
our expert will take hold of it and do
the best he can with it. There'sa pretty
slim chance in this case guess Uncle
Sam VIII get the money! This reminds
me Of something IN my own experience
A--few years ago. when was opening
letters, | found one just like this ex.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Work Bags.

Very convenient workbags for art
needle-workers are of ecru pongee a
yard square, hemmed on the edges, and
lined with either fine white cambria or
white pongee. If the latter is used, have
the lining exa tly the same size as the
outside, and work sprays in silk en-
broidery on all four corners. Stitch cas-
ings around in circle inside the square,
and run in ribbon strings, so that the
bag may be drawn up or lie fat on the
lap with pleasure. If desired, pockets
for silk, needle book, ETC., can be stitched
on the lining before it is sewed in.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
"Cold Tea" At Washington.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
In the course of a debate in the
Senate at Washington yesterday on the
Joint rule which prohibits the sale OF
s'spirituous or malt liquor" within the
Capitol building Senator Frye OF Maine,
made something of sensation by
"giving away" the "cold tea" dodge
in the restaurants. "Why. Mr.. Presi-
dent" he Indignantly exclaimed" /
have seen restaurant of one of these
houses become low miserable grog-
gerry. | have seen man with his
trousers in his boots and a blouse
on standing up at connter
in one of these restaurants, drinking
low, mean whisky out of a cup, out of a
crockery cup-and any man, a member
of Congress, clerk or man from the
town. can order his liquor and have il
brought to him, provided he calls
tea The Senate was startled. So
likewise was the House, as soon as the
intelligence reached it. So, too, the
correspondents who hurried to the
telegraph instruments and proceeded
to convulse the country with it. Every
body was taken aback. Not at the fact
itself that "mean whisky in a crockery
cup" was sold in the Capitol restaurants
everybody knew that before but
at the publication of it in this
broad and general way. There are
doubtless several million persons in this
country who have called for cold tea IN
the Capitol and have been served with
mean whisky in a erockery cup. There
may have been here and there an occa-
sional Presbyterian deacon who, when
he called for cold tea actually expected
tea. Even these have submitted with
cheerful resignation to their fate, and
smacked their lips over it, not wickedly,
but wonderingly.
And everybody who has taken his
"cold tea" ia this way has chuckled over
il as one of the neatest and cunningesi
devices by which parched and thirsty
soul clandestinely refreshed itself.
No man ever Or anK
this mean whiskey out Of a crockery cup
without Involuntary winking into the
saucer at the thought OF what sly dog
he was to s'get on to the racket" Whis-
Nv, we are told, as a rule does not taste
so nice out of crockery cup-some oil
the reports make Mr.. FRYE say cheap
crockery cup which is worse-as Out
of a glass; and mean whisky out ofa
cheap crockery cup must be bad indeed,
But the human mind is strangely constr
tuted. Most citizens would enjoy thai
kind of whisky in that way simply be-
cause they have a sneaking notion thai
they are doing something uncommonly
siv. Senator Frye has demol-
shed neat little fiction which Ameri-
can citizens have enjoyed these many
years. From this time forth the man
who calls for "cold tea" in the Capitol
restaurants win be known as drinking
mean whisky cut of cheap crocke ~.
II IA bad enough to drink whisky, any.
way, worse to drink mean whisky still
worse to drink it out Of cup; an ont.
rage to drink it ont OF a crockery cup
and ont of a cheap crockery cup It ough
10 be considered crime. We suspect,
though, that one of the most prolific
sources OF supply for the Congressional
Record is the cheap crockerv cup"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Drying Fern Leaves for Windows.

When the fern leaves are required for
windows, il is necessary to give them
an artificial tint of green as nearly like
their natural tint as you can make it,
because exposure to strong light destroys
coloring matter not being supplied to
the flower or frond after it has been
gathered. What there is in the plant
must be stored" in it by burning the
end of the stalk before It is laid in blot
screen would not be exposed to strong
sunlight The different tints required
are mixed. and the frond is either laid
fiat on paper or table, and one coat
given by means of large yet fine paint
frush, or else they are dipped into the
mixture When it has dried on the
frond, they must be laid between papers
to f1atten and re-dry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

The cigar and tobacco world says:
"The encroachments which smoking
have made within the last few years are
many and we'll defined. The smoker
has the right to smoke in the palace car,
the sleeping car, the common car, the
horse car; he can smoke on the ferry
boat, and on the steamer deck, fore, aft
and midships; he smokes in hotel CORR
doris, in all public buildings; in fact, near
ly everywhere except churches"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

The ship canal between the Baltic Sea
and the German Ocean will, it is esti-
mated, save journey of elk hundred
miles for a vessel making trip between
either of those waters, as the eircum-
navigation of tae peninsula of Jutland
will be unnecessary. In all, the pro.
posed canal will be only some fifty miles
-or about half that of the Suez Canal
extending from Gluckstadt to Kell.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

I believe Swift'sSpecifc mas saved my life.
had virtually lost use of the upper part of
my body and my arms from the poisonous
effects of large cancer on my neck, from
which mad suffered for 20 years. S. s. s. has
relieved me of all soreness, and the poison
is being forced out of my system. l will soon
be well. W. r. Robson, Davisboro, Ga.
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Punch denies that there have beer
any strange sunsets, asserting that in the
British empire the sun never sets.
John w. Garrett, of Baltimore, has
sent his check for 81, coo as Christmas
gift to the poor Association" of that
city.
Adjutant- General Elliot of Illinois is
collecting the pattle flags of that state
and will put them in a glass case which
will cost $4,000
When pneumonia gets hold of the
hard drinker it never lets go until it has
him dead sure.
The recently elected mayor of Boston
was teamster less than thirty years
ago, it is stated.
The United States is land that flows
with milk and honey. 1t has 15,000,C 00
COWS and swarms with bees.
The Boston Herald says that while
money is circulating necessity" it is
a greater necessity when it doesn't cir
culate.
No man who was not a lawyer or a
soldier ever became President of the
United States.
Statistics show that there are at pres
ent almost million people in Great
Britain who receive charitable relief.
The Paul Mali Gazette says, "Amer-
lean girls have deserved reputation for
general courage above all their sisters
elsewhere"
Russia, with the calmness of an old
angler, says sne caught 500, 900 tons of
fish last year.
Maj. William Myers, one of the pio-
neers of Dubuque, is dead.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Mensman's Pcptonzed Beef Tonic, the only
preparation OF beef containing its entire nutritious
properties. 1t contains bloodmaking to.ce-genera-
ting and DEMONSTRATING properties; invaluable for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. nervous pPostration, and
all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebled
conditions. whether the result of exhaustion
prostration, overwork, acute disease particularly
if resulting from pulmonary complaints. CAswELL,
HAZARD Co., Proprietors, New York Sold by
Drc oil
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Grear Excitement.

The label on every bottle OF the genaine
Aliens sTron Tonic Bitters," bears the sig
nature OF ]. p. Allen. ST. Paul, Mimi. This
Is the article that hiss caused 50 much ex-
element, on account of the great cures =
hss performed on persons suffering Tor years
With Dyspepsia. Torpidity efthe Liver ana
Impurities of the Blood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Young Men, Middle Aged Men and Al
Mea who suffer from early indiscretions will
find Aliens Brain Food the most powerful
invigorant ever introduced; once restored by
it there is no RELAPSE. Try it; it never fails.
81; for SIS AT druggists or by mail from
]. II. Allen-315 First ave-, New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Diving Persons Unconsciousness

"a dying man may be burned with 8
red-hot iron and not feel pain" DR..
Crawford said to reporter of the Mail,
of Stockton, Cal. consciousness may
remain to the dying almost to the disso-
luton, but generally they lose the pow.
err of thought long before actual death
In cases of death in which there seems
to be suffering the writing and spasms
are due to reflex muscular action. Fear
weakens the nervous system, and, con-
sequently, hastens death; and the re-
verse of fear may prolong life" The
doctor cited medical report concerning
Methodist minister. He lay on the
verge of death, cold and pulseless, and
friends around his bed sang his favorite
hymn. AS they ceased, and while the
ply sicians stood timeing the death the
minister's hands moved, and he whis-
pered, "Glory" Restoratlves we're ad-
ministered, and an hour later the man
had recovered. He lived many years
after that. He said he understood every
word spoken at his bedside. Under the
nervous excitement and enthusiasm
wrought by the hymn, ne had exerted
his muscular strength, and lived.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
NV VIE and ChiIfren

Bev. L. a. DuuIap, of Noun Vernon, Mo-,
says: My children were afflicted VITA a
cough resulting from measles my wife with
cough that had prevented her from sleep
ing, more or less, for years, and your White
Wine of Tar syrup has cured them all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
49, Ven Aware

t,st : Simple Cough often terminates 10
Consumption2 Why not be wise in time and
nse Aliens Lung Balsam. which viii stor
the disease and prevent the fatal conse'
quences. n.,a.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

A leading photographer of New Yori
says enough money has been spent tbs
past eight years by insurance men, pat
ent medicine dealers, theatrical men
and merchants in the lithographic and
chrome line to more than twice nav the
national debt. 1t is estimated $3.50, 00(
would not pay for the calendars giver
away by the insurance companies thi,
year, many of which cost as high as 81
cents piece at wholesale.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Home Items.
All your own fault
II you remain sick when you can
Get Hop Bitters that never-Fail.

-"All your own fault
II you remain sick when you can
Get Hop Bitters that never-Fail.
The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickast invalid can uss Hop Bitters with
safety and great COED.
old men lettering around from Rheu-
matism, kidney trouble or any weakness
will be almost new by using Hop Bitters.
My wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of Hop Bitters and Irec-
ommend them to my people, Methodist
Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor If Hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
On earth.
-Malarial fever, Asue and Billiousness.
will leave every Reighborhood as sooR as
Hop Bitters arrive.
MY mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgis all out of her system with Hop
Bitters. Ed. Oswego Sun.
Keep the kidneys healthy with Hop
Bitters and you need not fear sickness.
ice water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing and reviying with Hop Bit
tiers in each draught.
The vigsr OF youth for the aged and in
firm in Hop Bittersi
AT the change of life nothing equals
Hop Bitters TO allsy all troubles Incl
dent thereto
AC bccb pGIAOOtCoA lOA AauAOo W thhC
monthly and from which they will receive
the greatest benefit is Hon Bitters"
Mothers with sickly iretful, nursing
children, will cure the children and benefit
themselves by taking Hop Bitters daily.
Thousands die annually from some form
of kidney disease that might have been pre-.
vented by timely use oil Hop Bitters.
Indigestion, weak stomach, Irregular
ties of the bowels, cannot exist when Hop
Bitters are used.
A timely use Of Hop
Bitters win keen whole family
In robust health year at a little cost:
To produce real genuine sleep and
cbild-ltke repose all night, take little Hop
BIlters on retiring
That Indigestion or stomach gas at
night, preventing rest ana sleep, will disap-
pesr by using Hop Bitters.
--Paralytic, nervous, tremulous old ladies
are made perfectly quiet and sprightly by
using Hop Bitters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

An invaluable article. An article like
Elv's Cream Balm had long been desired,
and now that it is within the reach Of suf-
ferers from Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold IN
head, there is every reason to believe they
will make the most it. DR.. w. +. Buck
man, w. E. Hamman, druggist. and Other
Fsstonians have given it a trial, and all re
commend it In the highest terms.-Easton
1Pal Daily Argus price so c.
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Hair. dressings saould be free from ram
cidity, should neither gum nor dry the hair,
and should be OF such nature that the
hair bulbs would receive strength. Carbo-
line is the only one that seems to fill the
1,;II
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: p,e,s ,.T,iI...' 70 Recommend Il.

We take pleasure in recommending Ut.
warmers White Wine OF Tar Syrup to any
pubIic speaker that may be troubled with
throat or lung disease.
Rev NJ. L. Booher,
Pastor Presbyterian Church, Reading,
Rev. J. T. Iddings, Albion, Mich.
Rev. v. L. Lockwood, Ann Ar
hor Mich
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
BUSINESS MEa

Who reluctantly pay forty to fifty dollars for suit
of clothes are cordially invited to ss their dealer
to see one Of tho "Boz Suits" They rival the finest
custom work, and arc sold at about half the price
They are perfect fitting and the cloth and all ma
tcrias that enter into their construction are OF tho
finest We make all grades and sizes for men and
boys and all of clothing Is devoid Of that ready
made appearance that marks most goods.
TUCKER, CALDER & Co, UTICA, n. Y.
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Current Notes.

| Artists are said to be peculiar. A
young lady who is somewhat proficient
with brush and pencil wrote to Ruskin
n relation to the best training for artists
The great critic, without giving her any
aint as TO the right course to pursue, told
aer it would be better to write less and
| cultivate a good and beautiful handwrit-
| ing. No one who writes as you do could
make a good artist" 1t took FIVE people
% decipher the hieroglyphics in which
Foung lady framed this curious produc-
ion and hung it in her studio.
Near the mouth of Little cheyenne
river, in Dakota. is rock twelve feet
ong by seven or eight wide, and rises
lbove the surface of the ground about
| eighteen inches. Its edges are angular,
lis surface fiat and it shows little effect
Of ice action. 1t appears to be magnes-
| an limestone, and its whiteness makes
{ conspicuous object. On the surface
are several deep and perfect footprints,
IS though made by the left moccasined
DOT of woman or boy. 1t is known to
he Indians as a religious rock, and
they worship it.
The Scientific American, in a recent
lssue, says: paper cannot be made
| soluble in water. 1t can be reduced to q
pulp or the same condition it was in be-
| lore being made into paper. 1t can be
made plastic, as in the celluloid process.
0y macerating with camphor and alco-
hol. 1t then becomes transparent under
pressure, but does not return to its or
lginal consistence by exposure to air.
u 1t
sion in nitro-sulphuric acid, washed
dried and dissolved in ether. This is
The eollodion of the druggists"
The Burmans believe that when a
man is critically sick the best thing to
do is to give the patient mixture of
everything in the medicine chest. The
result of this theory is that protracted
| illnesses are not common in Burmah.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

PERsoNAL--G. Fl. There have been sever
al cases OF Scrofula in its worst forms entire
ly cured by Burdock Blood Bitters. 1t drives
the disease entirely from the system.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

No Safer Remedy can be had for coughs
and colds, or any trouble of the throat. than
Browns Bronchial Troches." Price Is cts.
Sold only in boxes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Wells May Apple (L;ver) Pills. 10c.
Rough on Toothache, instant relief. 15c,
TIE Rough on" Tooth Powder. elegant. 15c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
When and what win the End Be?


Under this head the New England
Farmer has to say of the high prices for
Jersey cattle:
A good many persons are wondering
what will be the end of the excitement
in prices of Jersey cattle, for to claim
that there is no excitement among
buyers when thev are anxious to pay
e.. 900 or s., 900 fora single animal would
be claiming what no one believes. An
observant reader in New York state
who was present at recent auction sale
of Jerseys in New York city, writes US,
chat unless the price of that kind oil
stock keeps up number of years some
body will get stuck. | saw a yearling
heifer, Jennie Pogis, sold for SIS 600, and
Daisy Pogis for $1,000. / have not the
courage to try my luck in Jerseys
at these prices, though if they
would keep up for the next 10 years il
would do to buy few calves at moder-
ate price, such as we're sold at from $3.50
to $l65, looking to be worth about 5000,
though hardly that"
But if So 600 seems high price to pay
for single animal, what shall we say oil
i
good authority that one of the farmers
who is anxious TO secure some good
Jersey COWS has recently visited Mr.
Fullers herd in Hamilton, Ont, and of
.fered 900 for Mary Ann of st. Lam
'berts? And what shall we say of the re-
fusal of such an offer? That two unwise
men met? The same mail that brings
the news of this great offer and refusal
also brings the sad story of the death by
milk fever of one of the noted butter
cows, Valhalla $500, COW that had
made "a pounds of butter in IA days and
was expected to beat her own record
next summer. Mr.. Fariee, the owner,
in reporting his loss to the Breeders
Gazette says: This seems to be the fate,
earlier or later, of great mixers and but
ter makers"
Men who have $40, 600 to offer or re-
fuse for any single animals, and who can
afford to take all the risks of carrying
such property, may perhaps well spend
their money in that way. II will bene-
fit somebody probably. But farmers
who don't make their money easily, or
who have to borrow money for such
speculation, had better stand back, keep
cool, and look on. The public good calls
for no sacrifice from such men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

'Buchu-paiba," Great Kidney and Urinary Cure. 81
CROUCH on Corns, for Corns, Warts, Bunions. l5c
Wells Health Remover cures Dyspepsia, Impotence
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OF course the peach, pear, and apple
buds are ali killed again.
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PERsoNAL.-Bruce Turner. 344 Parliament
street, Toronto, Canada, cured of kidney trou-
Bile with one bottle of Burdock Blood Bit
tiers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

In Sweden there is doctor assigned
to every thirty-two miles of railway.
Trough on Rats, clears out Rats Mice. 15o.
Mother Swans Worm Syrup, tasteless. 25c.
Trough on Coughs" Troches. &c., liquid, sec
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14

Miss Lsngridge and w. F. Taylor, her ai
famed, died few days apart in Balsimon
recently, both Of consumptioz.
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PERSONAL My address is Wharton, Ont.
/ was cured OF Hereditary Scrofula by Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Shall be pleased to cor
respond with any person affected with any
scrofulous trouble, and tell them how was
cured. REV. j. sToUr.,
yKy;nxta., Onk.
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CONSUMPTION.
CANCER

The experience in the treatment Of Cancer with
sx1ift,s Specific Is s. 81 would seem TO warrant US
p sasir that ii will cure this much dreaded scourgs
Persons So afflicted are invited to correspond with rs
Ibeleige swift's Specific has saved my life had
i1tYay lost use Of the upper part OF my body ana
nv arms from the poisonous effects OF large cancer
-, my neck from which had suffered for ~ years
& = has relieved me Of all soreness, ana the Dol
son is being forced out Of my system VIII soon DC
well. N.ftt ssSSAsos' "a $1,000 -
months aro my attention was called to the case
~ woman afflicted with cancer on her shoniaer %
sas, iTri1ss m circumference angry, painful, and
siving the patient rest day 9r night Tor months
fofteired supply OF Swifts SPECIFIC Tor ner. s1e
e ts.e 4 bottles and the ulcer IS entirely healed
only 4 very small scab remaining and her neatn
3 tatfe than for years past seems 70 be perfectly
r,,s.s5 REv JRssE II. CAMPBELL, Columbus, Ga,
Ihaxs seen remarkable results from use q swifts
rss On 4 cancer. A Young man near here mas been
stssietaa i've years with the most angry eatl1t
e.-,csy I ever saw. and was nearly dead The nrst
sttis wonderful change. and after 1--WE bottles
sys. taEen he Is nearly quite wen. Il is truly
wonderful III F. CRuNLET, n. d., Ogiethorpe, Ga,
treatise ou Blood and skin diseases mailed free.
THr SWIFT SPECIFIC Co. Drawer 5. Atlanta Ga
4 y once. I59 W. 23d St., bet. 9Th 7th Avs.