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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-08

lance of all claims, and with the
French avocat who had accompanied
him, took his leave.
In ID hours he was in London. The
business had developed into romance,
and Peter Whitney was as eager as a
boy.
Then you do not think the place will
suit me, . said Mr.. Barnstone, after
/ talking the matter over 1T is dull,
/ quiet. not near the sea. No; | will let
/ it to some young couple who want to
I live and love alone. They may have
/ it for a song. It's no use to me, and
| only a farmhouse after all!'
''May-I-have the-refusal sirp"
asked Peter timidly.
/ You, Whitney, you? are you going
/ to be a Benedict, after all? Well, | am
surprised. Ny good sir, certainly.
You are faithful good fellow. Take
| it as a wedding present. 1t will cost
me little, remember, and may do you
good, he added hastily. mo thanks
please.
Miss Mallais wants TO see you, sir, -
said lad ut this iuncture.
Let her come up" said Mr.. Barn
stone. my charming French client, .
he added; you shall see her. She is
connected with this very house-my
tenant Ali here she is. =
As he finished speaking, Mademois-
ellie Pulcherie entered with little wo-
man, whom she called INA tante'
She at once greeted Peter Whitney, and
in broken English and more voluable
| French, explained TO Mr. Barnstone and
her aunt alternately, how she had be-
come acquainted with the monsieur.
Then you actually directed mad
emoiselle here?" said Mr.. Barnstone
''If you had known, you might have
saved yourself the journey. Have you
any news of your nephew, Madame?"
'Alas! no; he was in Africa in the
Hath of the line. He will come and
find it desolate-our home We must
return, monsieur to Dieppe. You have
been an angel to us, indeed. .
Not a bit, madame, only doing my
duty, in this instance positive pleas
ure. Have you-pardon me-all neces-
saries for your journey?'
Madame need take no journey to
see her nephew, said Peter in French.
How, monsieur? Is it possible-he
is-he is dead?'
No, madame; alive, well, and in
London. He returned with me; l will
take you to him. / met him near the
old home yonder."
Then Peter. in his plain but sympa-
thetic way, told his story, and the
ladies' eyes filled with tears of Joy and
happiness.
60" said Mr.. Barnstone, wiping
his spectacles. Run away, good peo-
pie; ] am busy.
So they went and found Antoine, as
had been promised and after a while
the three returned to Dieppe. The fol-
lowing month, plain, good Peter Whit
ney again crossed the Channel, and
spent three weeks in France near his
new friends. 10 and behold! the year
after the old farmhouse is again in
habited not by Antoine, who had gone
away on promotion to a commission
AN officer; not by the kind aunt, for
she lay in the village churchy ard; but
by m. and Madame Veetnee," as they
are now called, who have come for
their honeymoon.
SO Peter Whitney, the ''old bache-
lor, met his fate-a charming wife
and some fortune-in Pulcherie Malais
all, as some think, "by the merest
accident but you and know better.
- CdSSGU' s Fan1jiB MQgdzi3le
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-10-08
WittfcISnls.

On Witnessing the performance of
Voltaire's "Edipe,' the Regent Duke
of Orleans was so delighted with the
piece that its author, then a prisoner in
the Bastile for libel, was, by his orders
Immediately set at liberty. As mat
ter of course, the youthful Arouet pre-
scented himself at court, and expressed
his gratitude for the favor. "Be more
circumspect IN future, said the
regent, land | will take care of your
Il thank your royal highness," re-
piled Voltaire, land | shall feel doubly
obliged if henceforth | may be gra-
ciously allowed to choose my own
lodging.
While Judge Walton was holding a
term of the Supreme Court, at Augusta,
Me-, he sentenced man to seven years
in prison for grave crime. The re-
spondent's counsel asked for a mitiga-
ton of the sentence on the ground that
the prisoner health was very poor.
your honor" said he, II am satisfied
that my client cannot live out half that
term, and | beg of you to change the
sentence " ''Well, under those circum-
stances" said the judge, 81 will change
the sentence. | will make it for life
instead of seven years. =
At last we know why "uneasy lies
the head that wears a crown. A
newly arrived chiropodist from the old
country announces himself as late corn
doctor to the court of Germany, and
tells us he has removed corns from
several of the crowned heads of Europe.
-CLttc.
A young poet, after putting the fin
ishing stroke to two sonnets, brought
them to Piron. and solicited permits
sion to read them to him. When he
had finished the first, he inquired OF
his auditor what he thought of it. Ode
cidedly," said the author of La Me-
tromanie, 81 prefer the other.
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True Heroisn.

A general in the English army, the
army having halted for the night,
having lost his baggage, lay down tired
and sick without any blanket. An Off
Ger came up and said, ''Why you have
no blanket. III 90 and get you a blank
ct. He departed for few moments
and then came back and covered the
general up with a very warm blanket.
the general said, "Whose blanket is
this?' The officer replied, 81 got it
from a private soldier in the Scotch
regiment, Ralf Mcdonald 'Now''
said the general, You take this blank
ct right back to the soldier. He can
no more do without it than | can do
without it, Never bring to me the
blanket of a private soldier" How
many men like that general would it
take to warm the world up? The vast
majority of us are anxious to get more
blanket whether anybody else is blank
eted or not.
Recently an engineer in the South
west, on a locomotive, saw a train COM
ing with which he must collide. He
resolved to stand at his post and slow
up the train uutil the last minute, for
there were passengers behind. The
enginere said to the fireman, Jump!
one man is enough on this engine!
iump!n The fireman jumped and was
saved The crash came. The engineer
died at his post. How many men like
that engineer would it take to warm
this cold world up? A vessel struck
on rocky island. The passengers and
the crew were without food and a
sailor had shell fish under
his coat. He was saving it
for his last morsel. He heard a little
child cry to her mother, ''Oh, mother,
| am so hungry; give me something to
eat-I am so hungry The sailor took
the shellfsh from under his coat and
said, Here, take that. How many
men like that sailor would it take to
warm the cold world up? XerXes fee
ing from his enemy got on board boat.
A great many Persians leaped into the
same boat and the boat was sinking.
Some one said: care you not willing
to make a sacrifice for your hingP
and the majority of those who were in
the boat leaped overheard and drowned
to save their king. How many men
like that would it take to warm up this
cold world? Elizabeth Fry went into
the horrors of Newgate Prison, and she
turned the imprecatiOn and the OBJ
scenity and the filth into prayers and
repentance and reformed life. The
Sisters of Charity, in 1868, on Northern
and Southern battle-fields, came to the
boys in blue and gray while they were
bleeding to death The black bonnet
with the sides pinned back and the
white bandage on the brow, may not
have answered all the demands of ele-
giant taste, but you could not persuade
that soldier dying thousand miles
from home that it was anything but an
angel that looked him in the face. Oh,
with CHEEKY look, with helpful word,
with kind action, try to make the world
warmi
Count that day lost whose low descending
Views from Thy hand no generous action
done"
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More About Grants Final Resting Place.

More About Grants Final Resting Place.
Ex-senator j. B. Chaflee says that at
the time Gen. Grant had the sinking
spell and was expected to die at the
Sixty-sixth street house, before his re
moval to Mount McGregor, the mat
ter of his burial was all talked over.
Gen. Sheridan came over from Wash
ington and advocated the selection of a
knoll at the Soldiers Home, Washing
ton. The General talked of three
places-West Point, Galena and Wash
ington. He dropped West Point as
conflicting with the wishes of the vol
unteer soldiery. Galena was also
dropped after some discussion because
il was not sufficiently public. 1t was
agreed that he should be buried in
Washington. if Gen. Sheridan could
get the consent of the governors of the
Soldiers Home for Mrs. Grants inter-
obtained The decision met the APP
prevail of all of Gen. Grant 5 old friends
Sherman, Badeau, Beale. George w.
Childs. and others. When Gen.
Grants death occurred Mr.. Chatfee
Z was IN Denver ana tren. SneTluan WAS
in the West. Col Fred Grant was in
duced by Mayor Grace and others to
secure his mothers consent to bury the
remains in Riverside Park. When she
first went there after the funeral she
found apple and pie-venders. picture
sellers, photograph and shooting gall
leries, and other surroundings taking
away the sacredness of the place, and
was sadly shocked. The failure TO
raise funds here for a monument
which is due to the local belief that a
lot of land Spectators secured the
Riverside park selection and theexpres-
sions of dissatisfaction from the country,
has effected a wish on her part that the
Generals original desire might be car
ried out 1t IS probable that congress
will request her to allow the removal
of the remains to Washington. The
request viii be backed by the influence
Of all the Generals friends. and Mr.
Chaffee SAYS will be complied with. He
saws $1,000, 600 can be raised for a
monument in Washington in ten days.
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THE MAIDEN.

No blushing daughter of the morn
Can vie with her of woman born;
No face at windows of the spring
L. like virgin blossoming-
Betwixt the blue lids OF the sky,
No orbs there mates the maiden's eye,
Not mighty Mars unfailing lance,
Can match the mischief of its glance.
Nature how weak art thou to harm,
AS does dear unsleeved arm
The rocks would trickle INTO sand,
With tingles of dimpled hand.
What swaying shapes of sun or shade
Approach the motion of maid.
What snowy curve by winter traced
Can take the taper of her waist.
And that soft darkness of her hair,
The twilight shades-ah, their despair
Not all the striving stars beguile
As may one memory of her smile.
That foolish lips should speak so wise;
Makes merriment from earth to skies:
Nay, Nature, drop dewy tear
For solemn knowledge bought so dear.
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what isthe Clearing Honseq

In reply to a correspondent 5 inquiry
as to the object and business of a clear
ing house the journal of Commerce
says: There are upward of sixty banks
in this city. Without clearing house
each of these would be obliged to make
a settlement with all the rest. Suppose
the A bank has checks and drafts on 90
banks, making a balance in its favor
amounting in the aggregate to $500, 900,
but owes the 6Ist bank the sum of S501, -
600; without this general clearance it
must send all over the city to collect
this half a million dollars, and then
adding one thousand dollars to it must
pay its debt. But with a clearing
house all it has to do is to find out
whether ii is debtor or creditor on the
whole and pay that sum over. In the
case above described, after the eX-
change had gone around the room, it
would be found that the A bank had
nothing to collect, and had only 81 600
to pay. Instead of handling 81 .00l 900
by receiving $500, 600, and paying out
S501 COO, it handles only one thousand
dollars. The representatives (clerks)
of all banks meetin large room. Each
has Little desk with an outside ticket
hole. The managers then start on
their rounds and each exchanges slips
with all the others. When through, it
is found who is debtor and creditor in
relation to the whole body, and exactly
how much. Those who are debtors
then pay in what they owe, and the
clearing house pays it out to the cred
itors, and not cent is left on the
counter. The sum Of three or four mil
lions as the resulting balance will set
tie daily exchanges Tor one hundred
million dollars, as only those who owe
balance on final settlement are called
upon to pay anything, and only those
who have credit on final settlement
will receive anything, and one must eX-
actly balance the other.
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The Moral of Whistlin e.

1t is a prevalent notion that a pro-
pensity to whistle indicates an indolent
or trivial nature. When we are indulg-
ing in it by way of solilOquy , and some
meets us, we stop short, swapping the
whistle in two, as though we had been
doing something disreputable. THERE'S,
nothing more healthful than this exer-
else. The faculty has been granted to
those of us who cannot sing much.
Though we might lose our way in a
tune if we attempted the customary
soprano or bass, we revel in the sounds
which, without any skill, rush with the
breath through the contracted lips.
Grumblers seldom, if ever whistle.
The art is left only for the blithe and
cheerful Whether it is the whistle
that makes the good cheer or the good
cheer that makes the whistle, we have
now no time to analyze. This kind of
music is an inspiring accompaniment
of work. Let two masons be busy on
the scaffolding. their strength alike,
their hods and trOwels alike, the one
who whistles will better set the bricks
and rear the truest wall. Do not rob
us of any of our helps. What the
world wants is an augmentation of di-
versions and entertainments; not less
skip and romp and curveting. but more.
God has no objections to it, or He
would not fill the kitten with play. and
the lamb with frisk, and the dog with
facetious bark, and send the night-wind
around the gable with mouth full of
whistle. We know not why women.
with all their cares, should be denied
this exercise, and vet an ungallant
rhyme has for ages forbidden it. Do
tell us something that women may do?
You do not want them to skate, or
lecture, or preach, or walk too fast, or
laugh very loud, and you finish your
long list of prohibitions by saving:
Wv histling girls aud growing hens
Always come to some bad end
There are times in a woman's life
when a psalm-tune does not seem par
ticularly appropriate, and a carol
seems too formidable too attack; the
former is too grave and the latter too
iubilant. and nothing on earth is consO-
nant with the circumstances but
whistle. That privilege she shall not
be denied if we have anything to say
about it.
Soon after going on board the steam
er, we noticed a little pewter instru-
ment that hung to the boatswain ; jack
ct. On such simple thing you would
not suppose man could make more
than one or two sounds, but that little
instrument can play hundred tunes,
and at its call cables, cordage, rigging.
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A Wife's Devotion.

A Galveston man is in the habit OF
getting up very early and going in bath
ing. One morning at the breakfast
table his wife said:
George, am so anxious while you
are away bathing in the morning that
l can sleep wink until you get back. "
George felt somewhat fiattered that
his wife cared so much for his safety
and being DESTROYS of allaying her APP
prehensions, he replied:
Don't let that worry you. ! know
how to swim, 50 there is no danger OF
my getting drowned. p"
Il wasn't thinking about you getting
drowned, but ! am afraid that some
thief, seeing you leave the house early
in the morning, may sneak in while
you are away, and steal the silver
spoons. y 1eras Sittinqs.
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A gentleman, accompanied by his
wife and child, says the New York Her
aid, took a seat at piazza at a hotel
at West Brighton Beach the other day,
and called for two oyster soups. clam
chowder, and two glasses of beer, as a
little luncheon for the three. In large
black letters conspicuously printed
across the bill of fare was an announce
ment reading something like this:
''See that the waiter does not over
charge YOU and that the amount of
Your check corresponds with the prices
on this bill of fare
The assurance of not being sWindled
by the very petty larceny sometime
committed at Coney Island was novel
ty, and although the waiter was most
exasperatingly stupid Teuton, the visi-
tor, with benevolent confidence in hui
man nature, resolved to give him an
undeserved tip. But when the waiter
made out the check he charged Is cents
too much by comparison with the
price of this bill of fare When this
with much labor, was explained to the
thick-witted servitor he smiled heavy
German smile and said:
yah, das vas right. Feefdeen zends
for nepkins!'
''Oh, does the bill of fare say SOP
"Nein, bud id vas all right.
''Any charge for wooden tooth
pick?"
Mem
For a glass of W aterP'
''Nein.
How much for breathing the sea
air?"
''Nein?"
"How much for asking the waiter a
question:"
'Nein.
But this whitening sarcasm was vast
ed upon the wooden-visaged waiter,
and the gentleman gave it up.
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a serious blow has been inflicted on
the stock IN trade of the novelist From
he DAYS of Pcrseus and Andromeda,
through Scott, down to the latest three
volume novel, the touching picture of
a pair OF lovers caught by the rising
tide lit the foot Of inaccessible cliffs has
been a situation full of sentiment and
pathos But the situation was repeated
1T Ramsgate last week in way which
viii forever damn it in the eyes of the
man or woman of sentiment. A lady
and gentleman, strangers to the place,
were 50 interested in each other that
they failed to observe the rising tide
until they were knee-deep in water,
when. happily, they were seen from
Ramsgate pier, and boat was put off
and rescued them, in spite OF consider
able danger from the strong wind blow
ING; in fact, a steam-tug had to be sent
TO rescue the reseuerS. when the whole
party were safely landed on Ramsgate
pier Bul instead of the warm greet
iug- Of their friends they were received
with "a great deal of chat" as they
walked down the pier. followed by q
crowd Of spectators The situation. in
fact, is tIrashed out. and only the chaif
remains -LoHdon Truth.
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TRICKS ON THE TRACKS.
Dangers From Which Engineers Save the
Public and Themselves.


Public and Themselves.
The Railway Review.
One who is accustomed to railway
travelling can scarcely realize how
much he is dependent for safety upon
the engineer. Added to the response
bility of their station, engineers are
also in constant danger Of accidents
caused by the tricks of jealous rivals.
This rivalry, it is said, sometimes
prompts to the doing of utterly mean
tricks. A Nickel Plate engineer after
his very first trip was laid off because
he had "cut out all the bearings of
his engine. He was re-instated, how
ever, after he proved that some rival
had flied has oii,qg can Nth emery.
Another new engineer was suspended
or burning out the flues of his boiler.
Through grief at the loss of his position
he died, and then a conscience-stricken
rival confessed that ne had PIT oil IN
the tank so that it foamed and showed
water at the top gauge, when in reality
there was scarcely a quart in the
boiler!
These intense jealousies, together
with the terrible anxiety incident to
their work. has a terribly straining
effect on the nerve, and statistics tell
us that. though Locomotive Engineers
may look strong and vigorous, they
are not all hearty class. EX-Chief
Engineer A. S. Hampton, indianapolis,
Ind, Div. 143) was one of those APP
parently hearty men, but he says
The anxiety, strain and jolting came,
near finishing me- His sufferings
loc Ilized in catarrh of the bladder, but
he used Warmers safe cure faithfully
for twenty weeks and now exclaims
81 am a well man. T. S. Ingraham,
of Cleveland, Ohio, Assistant Chief
engineer, and other prominent men,
beers are also emphatic in its praise.
The Locomotive Engineers Brother
hood has 1900 members and 240
divisions. Its headquarters is in
Cleveland, Ohio, where Chief Engineer
Arthur for twenty years has exercised
almost dIctatorial sway. 1t was or
ganized in August, 1868, oy the en-
ployees of the Michigan Central. 1t
has given nearly two million dollars to
the widows and orphans of deceased
members.
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4 LESSON TO LOVERS.
She, with milk pail on her arm,
Turns aside with her Young cheeks q

She, with milk pail on her arm,
Turns aside with her young cheeks glow
ing,
And sees down the lane the slow, duh TREAD
Or the drove of cows that are homeware
going.
Bessie, he said; at the sound she turned
Her blue eyes full of childish wonder;
My mother is feeble, and lame, ard old =
need wife at my farmhouse yonder
And it is always so, Earth's joys grow
Like waning moons they slowly disap
pear:
Our heavenly joys fill up the widening
brim,
Ever more dep and fun, more sweet and
clear.
Ny heart is lonely my home is drear.
! need your presence ever near me,
Will you be my guardian angel, dear,
Queen of my household to guide and cheer
meg
1T has pleasant sound" She said,
"A household queen, guiding spirit,
TO warm Your heart and cheer your home,
And keep the sunshine ever near it.
But | am only Il simple child,
So my mother says in her daily chidings
And what must guardian angel do
When she first begins her work of guId-
ing.n
" eIi' III u, 'ettr nessle, asiliiilhS lace
Is ueaTef I1f IMAM tne fdFest beauty
ana "a n my mother IretIuI' iaine, ana old,
~ LII; Tgqllre q iaQ a l9vlns auIF
GU VIII see 20 hef H&hheIs' drops, ana tea
r, ana talk with her e oi lungs ana nEef'
etET neI o5iI sel ice,
Won viii SOC that NV braal,fae+ i ,.i,;r,.
hot ~ - p .
And NH tba clothes 10 q s,,o,,-,. ,,-,,;4o
ness '' - . 'No"' me-
wo,.o 1,o1'io,. l,,,.+o,. - ,rl,.,.,, Ill.
u',Ne 9ot 3:ti 0ut'eI anu Snowy IONS,
~ oLiSn mn = 70 slllhIhS DIlRhIhess
- uaIh my STOCKINGS ana mehd my
SoaIs, -
ana see ihaU the buttons are seWed on
You Will keep things cheerful and neat and
sweet
mat nome aItaf nres may sui burn
brightly.
You viii read me at evening the daily news
The tedious winter nights beguillng:
And never forget that the sweetest face
Is cheerful face that is always smiling
In snort YOU II arrange III q general way
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How In.ects nreathe.

II we take any moderately large
insect, say a wasp or a hornet, we can
see even with the naked eye, that
series of small spot-like marks run
along either side of the body. These
apparent spots. which are generally
eighteen or twenty in number, are in
TACT the apcrtures through which air is
admitted into the system, and are gen
orally formed in such manner that
no eNtraneous matter can by any pos
-ibil.ty find entrance Sometimes they
ARE furnished with pair of horny lbs,
which can be opened or closed at the
viii of the insect; in other eases they
are densely fringed with stiff interlac-
inc bristles, forming a filter, which
allows ain. and air alone. tn pass But
the apparatus, of whatever charac-
ter it may be. is always SO wonderfully
perfect in its action that it has been
found impossible to inject the body of
I, dead insect with even so subtle
medium rs spirits of wine, although
the subject was first immersed in the
fluid aud then placed beneath the re-
ceiyer of an airpipe. The apertures in
question, which are technically known
as ''splracles, communicate with two
large breathing tubes, or '.trachc8,
which extend through the entire length
of the body. From these main tubes
are given off innumeTablc branches,
which run in all directions and con
iinually divide and subdivide until
wonderfully intricate network is
formed, pervading every part of the
structure and penetrating even to the
antenna and claws. Good HT0rdS.