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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09
AGIRL WHO NEARLY THREW
AWAY AHUSBAND.

Alice Crawford stops on the stair and
listens. She hears the sound of singing
in the parIor, and one of the voices
thrills her aS no voice has ever done
Kingsley Durham voice
lie is singing with her." She says.
AMI i shadow crosses her face and set
ties in her eyes, making them look as if
tears are not far away. She puts out a
hand with a gesture Of rrpul~ion, as if
To put away fate. ..Shc does not need
his love AZ do. She cries. with bit
ter rcbclliou~ feeling at her heart. II
more Than half believe She does not
care for it. But he thinks she does.
And She viii accept it, while |, vino
would value it more than all the world.
on thousand worlds. am left to re-
member ana regret that the only man ;
love | ever cared for was not for me.
Then the outstretched, rebellious
hand drops heavily at her side. and
tears come. Hot passionate tears, fresh
from the heart that is full Of the dumb
ache That comes to those who believe
that her love is valued as Lightly as
wal-idc flower would be by the man to
whom it is given.
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like in its sweetness, but il makes no
.a..h mn.ir rs fhaf other voice does.
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OF that voice viii Iin@er there forever.
Her heart viii he haunted by the ghost
If =, Istd Inns uYfargaftcn love. Hers
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HI. .L.. thirE. &. .ba hears KINGSLEY
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

| American publishers are always
| complaining, says the St. james Ga
/ zette, that they do not deserve the evil
reputation given them by English auth
ors. But such a tale as that told by
smart writer of John Bull ct son
Ile," is decidedly damaging. When q
great firm of transatlantic publishers
| brought out translation of Mr..
O'Rells book, he wrote suggesting the
propriety of pecuniary compensation,
promising myself" he says, "at the
same time that if | received n check
from an American publisher | would
put it in my scTap-book among other
curiosities. But the check never
came, and nothing ut all has the auth
or OF book which must have sold by
scores of thousands in America receiv-
ed from across the Atlantic. Mr..
o Rel, however, is not wholly without
his revenge Americas a country pos
sessing 1S9 religions Ohus beating
England by -, and is, it appears, no
other than the tribe of Manassch. 1t
is not wonderful that such a Christian
land, in constant search after truth,
should not yet have come across the
great precept given on Mount Sinai
Thou shalt not steal?' 1t is worth
paying something in order to be able TO
write like this about your enemies, and
| know that you can not very well be
contradicted
In response to the above a correspond
ent writes the Gazette:
Ii the ingenious NJ Max O'Rell
would take walk down, not Fleet
street, but Booksellers row, he might
see another side of the copyright ques-
ton. He might notice popular
American work called Democracy,
published by three British publishers at
the exceedingly low price of pence, or
- pence cash. Compared with the 40
cents q shilling pence), or even 20
cents 90 PENCE, the American pub
fishers charge for their work, this viii
show him the gratifying fact that he is
more appreciated in America, than the
author OF "Democracy" in this country;
for, reduced to u least common multiple,
he is worth nearly pence more, or 100
per cent, than his similarly placed
anonymous American. A yard or so
further on he might see the bad Boys
Diary, published by the same three
eager enthusiasts for the diffusion of
American literature; and of Don't
and Never" and always he may
see at least four copyright editions
pirated-I beg pardon, ''reissued"-
in this country And then, if he desir-
ed further enlightenment on the sub
iect he might find out how many
English checks were in the scrap
books of the American authors OF these
works
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concerning IacU.

The nobler creature man vet lacks
one or two points of being perfect, and
among these may be counted rather
general absence of tact. To most wo-
men tact is Unborn; to very few men is
it even possible to acquire it. The fem
mime mind, it is true, delights over
much, us general thing, in crooked
speech. An evasion is a delight and a
white lie a fearful joy. Man, on the
contrary-man al nQt2tret-is painfully
blunt and honest. 1t might almost be
said indeed, that the very best men
cannot possess tact. 1t is an impOssi-
bility to their natures. The habit Of
thought before speech cannot be ac-
quired. A hearty and genial college
professor, most well-intentioned and
tactless of men, was requested by his
wife to entertain lady visitor until
the hostess herself had finished her
toilette. Descending to the reception
room our professor beamed upon the
guest with a smile whose kindly
warmth must have gone far to over
come the effects of the wild storm that
ragged outside. "a terrible day, pro-
fessor," began the lady with q pleas
ant smile. Indeed it is, madam, the
honest gentleman rejoined; "a wild
day. was just saying to my wife that
those who had homes to-day had better
stay in them" A sudden rigidity set
tied upon the countenancc of the lady,
and the professor could not understand
why she listened so coldly to his descrip-
ton of a new variety of fern which lie
had discovered.
Rather worse than the professor was
mild old pastor with a small and
pepperv wife. So small was she that
if she wanted to touch his toe ut the
dining table, in coniugal warning, she
was obliged to slip far down in her
chair, almost disappearing from view.
At the same instant a corresponding
rise might be observed in the pastor
He also betrayed himself by hurried
"Eh, my dear? What? Upon being
admonished that this would not do, he
promised TO mend. Very soon broth
err clergyman dined with him and, alb
sorbed in discussion of the lost tribes,
he unconsciously served to his guest
nearly all of dish of rare and early
peas. At this iuncturo the wife sank
almost from view below the tables no.
rizon. The minister was like a reverend
Jack-in-the-box, and began ''Eh?"
Then recollecting instructions he sub
sided, and remarked blandly, 81 think
they will go round, my dearr' Either
of these men was capable of almost any
heroic act and it is, to be sure, not q
vital failing, this want of tact.
Many things, however, which in
themselves are far enough from vital,
do mIlch 10 affect our lives. and many
a worried woman would become placid,
and many home free from unpleasant
contretemps if only the master could
be gifted with bit of that divine pos
session, tact. Boston Courier.
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Curious Work of a Stream.

The vagaries of a river-the Recca,
of Hungary described in recent
publication as follows: a chalk form
alton nearly 40 feet high crosses the
river bed. The water has overcome
this wall and eaten a way through. 1t
passes 4 chimney-shaped shaft in this
mountain which extends to the top of
the mountain and has an opening 80
feet in diameter. After another hun
dred yards the stream crosses the floor
of doline Tor sinkhole) 400 feet broad
and then, after crossing narrow ledge
enters the great doline of st. Canzian.
Here the steep, frequently impending,
rocks on three sides form a gigantic
kettle, the western wall of which falls
perpendicularly more than 500 feet.
On the southern side n turf-covered
slope descends toward the bed of the
river, to end abruptly in a precipice of
nearly $50 feet. Having twice bored
the hills for relatively short distances,
the Recca continues its course till it
meets the rock-wall third time and
excavates third subteranean chan
mel, this time of thirty-five kilometres,
or TWENTY-FIVE miles. This is the Rccca
Cave proper, and from it the stream
energies near San Giovanni di Dunno
into the important river, through a
short one, the Timayo, the mystery of
the origin of which has been solved by
this tracing of the course of its main
affluent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

When the French troops made their
first and unsuccessful advance against
Sontay, some importance was attached
by the special correspondents OF the
English papers TO the circumstance
that the Black Flags apparently fired
low. 1t was pointed out that most of
the bullet-wounds received by the
French soldiers were fodnd in the legs
and lower parts of their bodies.
OF course the practice of firing low
is one strongly urged upon the troops,
a shower of bullets being much more
effective if fired low, even if it strikes
the ground in front of the advancing
hostile forces, than it would be if sent
into the air over the heads of the APP
preaching enemy. But we heard
rather interesting experience of the
reason why the Black Flags and their
allies fire low, expressed the other day
by one who has had great amount of
experience with Chinese troops. He
said that the bulk OF the Chinese had
no idea of the use of the sights on the
rifles, and it was almost useless to at
tempt to teach them the use of such
contrivances.
Thus, n Chinese soldier armed with
a modern rife would never think of
raising the sight Of his weapon when
he was called upon TO use it, especially
in the face of an enemy. He would fire
at an object six hundred yards off with
the sight down, the consequence being
that the muzzle of the rifle not receiv-
ing he necessary elevation to carry the
bullet over long distance, the ball
would strike or descend very close 10
the ground before it reached its desti-
nation. 1t was also asserted that some
of the Chinese soldiers actually
knocked the sights off their rifles us
being entirely useless.
We need hardly TO say that the
Chinese can never become effective
soldiers until they appreciate the value
of sighting their rifles; and the cjrcum-
stances we have narrated will go as
future proof OF the miserable condition
of the Chinese forces; the supineness
and incompetency of the officers, and
the ill-prcpared state Of Chinese armies
to resist European troops. -Jupa"
E119Jf1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

A paper called Nature, published in
Paris, has picked up a story recently
almost eclipsing that of the cock and
the bull,fo which it cites as an authori-
ty the director of glass factory in the
district of Anichc. This gentleman
had a dog and this dog was turned out
to play with other dogs in the open
field behind the factory. 1t was the
time of hard weather, shortly after
the recent snow-storm, and the dog
who was a rough-haired terrier, had
not finished his gambol when he was
attacked BY whole flock Of birds, des-
cribcd by the French paper as crows.
BY this probably rocks are ment, for
the crow, as Yarrell informs rs, is Il
solitary bird. found only alone or in
pairs, where as the glass manufacturer
writes that there were one hundred of
the black birds in question in the field
where the dog was, out of which only
about thirty joined in the onslaught.
However, the battle. once begun.
proved one-sided affair, half the at
/ lacking squadron keeping in front of
the wretched quadruped and the other
/ half behind him on the flank. The
former, lowering at a height of about
six feet, made dashcs from time to time
at the head of the victim, aiming their
/ beaks at his eyes and at a particular
/ spot in his neck, where they soon es-
/ tablished an open wound. The I'M
/ fortunate beast, who in vain attempted
| TO flee. would have been actually picked
to pieces on the spot had it moi been
carried off by a boy who came to the
rescue and brought him home in his
arms, while the detachment of perse-
cutors lowered with angry movements
over his head. The dogs life was
saved for the time, but the narrator
adds that day or two afterward his
wounds became so dangerous that he
was obliged to have the poor wretch
executed After this we may expect
soon to hear of fox assaulted and
done to death by a confraternity of
/ reese. Il OudOn Globe.
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Manipulating Cocur-d'AIcners.

A Helena man left that place for the
Occur Aiene few weeks AGO. He
carried with him ten-gallon keg Of
whisky, which he packed all the way
to the mines on his back In this ven
turc he invested his little all. But his
enterprise was crowned with the sue
cess which some OF the free spirits at
the mines evidently believed it de-
served for he is said to have made
$1,000, and to be preparing to return
to the mines with Il large quantity Of
whisky, purchased with the profits OF
his first investment / have seen $50
a quart paid for vile stuff that
wouldn't drink for $50 4 gill. There
is nothing out here like the sale of
something to drink to put a man be-
yond the reach of want, and finally
land him among the millionaires.
A couple Of enterprising Swedos
have developed a new transportation
scheme which is nearly as profitable as
whisky for the present They have 4
number of dogs which they brought
from Sweden and have started dog
train from Trout Greek to Eagle City,
by which articles are transported at
prices which even for new mining
country NAV be characterized as
''iiendish. But their rates are suJ-
mitted to without a murmur and they
are fast becoming rich. Mics Gig
(M0Ht) Letter.
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better than 4 French woman; in every
thing she is audacious. The hab., of
absolute command leaves its impress.
upon her. She has never said 10
a servant, Please give me this or
that" but at 2 years of age will order
her nurse to be beaten if veXed with
her. Loves dogs, truilies and cham
payne. Eats ike n man. Has n Ink
urious room carpeted with fur rugs
TRANSLATED from Pnris FIaaro.
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KEENAN'S CHARGE.
Charlottesville. May, 1868

Charlottesville, May, 1863.
The sun had set;
The leaves with dew were wet:
Down fell a bloody dusk
Ou the woods. that second of Nav,
Where StonewalI's corps, like beast OF
prey,
Tore through with angry tusk.
They've trapped US, boysr'
Rose from our flank a voice
With a rush Of steel and smoke
ON came the rebels straight,
Eager as love and wild as hate;
And our line reeled and broke;
Broke and fled
No one staid-but the dead,
With curses, shrieks and cries.
Horses, wagons and men
Tumbled back through the shuddering
glen.
And above us the fading skies.
There's one hope still
Those battcrie5 parked on the hill.
Battery. wheel. ~ f'mid the roar
Pass pieces; fix prolou@e to fire
Retiring. Trutt" In the panic dire
A bugle rings -Trot and no more.
The horses plunged,
The cannon Iurched and hinged,
To Join the hopeless rout.
i 6af sqd4 e. f1oI r9df f a. i4 b, sto,
a.
e" i'H d stern eoililii''h''lus Shout'
ssAIigu those o,,net.-
eve knew i was Pleasouton'sj.
H., ils '.,tLlli,'.','.-r# belt % obsy
An I'M RIM, IN ,,,a.4 NC II U.alad
l,'r ii''''- 2 'iiia NOV 90 "9 u ~ i''''
But ain. the dread delay!
e., ,-.tft j. crime.
on odd d. for u ten Il'i minutes, timer,
Tier e keenan, n 9@ sat- ike iiot'' Stone
Jy-itl, Ill +Ir.s. hundred borsa alone
Le,s shaken than tie Ground.
,.NTaior. your men a.
Are soldiers. General" Then.
Charee. Major, DO you. hest.
lif'i' ,,- 'iial ~ az an U.s.
f,s =
~ -. a. ,,.r,,
| Gu 'l'o 90 save Tue rest
Nv the sbrou,Ied CLEAN of the western
sL-ies
Brave keenan, looked in Pleasanton's
ewes
For an nstaut-cIear, and cool, and
etiU-
Then. with a smile he said. Il will"
s.t,.t,4Il-, f.harg,. Not n man of them
~brank.
Their sharp. full cheer, from rank on
rank.
Rose jpyously, with a willing breath
Rose like a greeting hail 10 death
Then forward they sprang, aud spurred
shouted the officers crimson sash'd:
Rode well the men, each brave as his
In their faded coats of blue and yellow;
.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

A Bradford young lady who was very
eager for the company OF a certain
young man sent him 4 note asking him
to accompany her 10 a friends house
on certain evening When he re-
sponded she naiyely remarked: II
wouldn't have bothered sending for
you, but my earrings are realdiamonds,
and I'm afraid to be out on the street
at night without having some one to
guard them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

A Comstocker. writing from Eagle
City to the Virginia (Nev) Enterprise,
says: "The CeJr a'Aiene liar is the
boss liar Of the Western world.
Neither the Arizona liar. tie Colorado
liar, the New Mexican liar, nor the
Nevada liar can stand before n C@ur
d'Alene liar half round. He has q
cold, hard cheek Of marble mule and
the eye OF a basilisk When be goes
for the poor pilgrim it is equal to a
stroke Of paralysis. Z
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

The fatty-humped cattle Of Asia,
called Brahmins. introduced into Flori
da some years ago, are said to be re-
cognizable in the Southern portion of
the state through their defendants
crossed with the native cows of that
region.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

General Robert f. Lee left three or
four sons. The elder, George Wash
ingtou Parke Gusts Lee, is President
OF WASHINGTON and Lee University, at
Lexington, Va. the institution prcsid-
ed over by his father at the time of his
death. lie was Major General in the
Confederate army. The university
over which he prcsides had some life
and impetus given ii By the heated sem
timent that prevailed in the South i'm
mediatcy after the close Of tile war,
but lattcriy it has not prospered, and,
like Virginia University itself, school
that held q first place so long, and ,hat
was founded ty the great Jefferson,
whose homestead overlooks ii from q
distant hill, it seems TO have partaken
Of the general blight and decay that
have fallen uTon the once proud and
magnificent State of Virginia. Gener-
al Runey Lee, another son of the great
Confederate commander, leads the life
OF a quiet Virginia farmer, caring
more for fat calves and green mead
ows tnan for a life Of public service to
which the whole lee family, by an in
ex0raDle fate is denied admission. Bob
Lee, as he is famiiiarly called, is the
Youngest son of General r. +. Lee. and
he is also q quiet farmer. His home is
on the james, near Richmond
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-07-09

Frank Crosby. Of Boston, has pat
ent electric taIlying machine for ballot
boxes. He wants Congress to use it,
b. il a yea or nay vote can be taken,
he claims, III a minute and a half.
There are 20 be on each members desk
two buttons, one marked yea and the
other nay; by electric wires these are
to be connected with the Clerks desk.
A touch Of the button causes the name
Of the man touching it to be printed on
q piece OF paper
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THE RUSSIAN.

She is beautiful, intelligent and in
different to the opinion of the world.
Promises herself many admirers. Goes
to the watering places. and is reign
ing belle. She plays for high stakes.
and gets angry when she loses. Wears
Paris costumes in q way which makes
them doubly charming. Her hair
grows IN luxurlant waves. SIN, has =
nature which casts aside all wells, il
fascinating and good natured. Talks
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Hate in her heart; love in her eyes.
The pride OF a great lady with q sordid
nature. Loves money and pleasure.
Ambitious, vet servile if her interests
require it. She has an attractive per-
son and knows how to dress herself in
a material which perhaps is hardly cut
out. Grapes or wraps herself in a
scarf, arranges her hair with a pin
and adorns herself with pearl. Her
voice. which has discords when She
speaks, becomes harmonious when she
sings. She almost always marries an
Italian and does not seek strangers I'M
til after marriage. Credulous and su-
perstitious, she believes in omens and
bad signs, fearing the evil eye, two
knives crossed and the point of a straw.
She has a luxurious chamber, SPLEEN
didly adorned with painting, statues,
mosaics and fine chandeliers. The bed
is a work of art, the satin curtains are
held up by little Cupids apparently at
play. They would be hard to satisfy
if they were not content with their sur
roundings.
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Three years have gone. Alice Craw-
ford is again visitor at her cousin 5
home.
Mary is married, but not to Kingsley
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If there Is anything to hope.
KINGSLEY DUNHAM.
Alice Crawford reads the letter
through with dry eyes She has been
so near to Heaveni So near! But her
own hand has barred the door against
her entrance. The sense of what She
had lost. Of the fatal result of her guilty
act. benumbs her.
go away, please. She says by-and-
| by. Il want to be alone.
When morning comes she tells them
She is going away, and at once.
you shall not 60 Mary cries.
| You must not
i must. she answers. Il could
not see him after reading that letter.
/ Don t urge me to stay, for it will do no
/ good.
An hour later she is being borne New
I Englandward. and She carries with her
/ the letter that tells her how Kingsley
Durham loved her. 1t is a terrible
/ thing to read, but she would not part
with it for the world.
/ Back again in the old home, full OF
/ the awful loneliness clinging to familiar
/ places after the death of those we love.
I 1t seems to her as if years have passed
since she went out over its threshold
two weeks ago. In these two weeks
she has found out how sin brings its
own punishment. And surely sin
never had bitterer punishment than
hers has had.
1t is the second night since her return,
She sits alone. What she is thinking
about you know as well as |. 1t seems
to her that there is but one thing to
think about for the rest of her lifetime.
Every day will repeat the thoughts Of
yesterday.
The gate opens. She hears step on
the path--a mans step. She knows
whose it is-she would know it any
where.
How can see him?" she cries. Il
cannot, | viii not But her feet refuse
to obey her when she wills to fly.
/ He comes in and looks about in the
! twilight.