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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

The mind is but barren soil soil which
is soon exhausted, and will produce 20
crop, or only one, unless il he contip dally
fortified and enriched with foreign mat
ter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

During the cold snap and snow storm in
Florida the unsophisticated chickens greed
lily snapped up the first snow flakes that
fell, suppOsing them TO be new species OF
food.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

We notice that in going about that these
men who are SO very clever 10 other peO-
pie are not so to their own families. We
notice this particularly when going about
our own home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Economical Mrs. Lighthead; OF course,
DIR. Scripture, we were very sorry to have
to give up our pew in your Church, but 1t
cost US so much for the chiliren's dancing
lessons this winter that we had To give up
something
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

No cut rates about this. Only TO answer
the constant call for good and low priced
cough and Group remedy do we now intro
duce our Aliens Lung Balsam IN three
sizes, pc, zoe, and Sl.OO bottle at all
drnggiSts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Break-pin Plow Clevis anu Horse Equal
izer combined. Saves PlOw, Harness, Horses,
Time, Money. AgtS. waated kyour deal
err Davis Hook and Clevis Co. Madison,
Wis.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

look here, Judge" said burglar, u
amt So bad as YOU think am. Only give
me time and IN reform" And the judge
gave him fifteen wears.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

What ignorant people some folks are, to
be sure, When Countryman was asked
what was the waist of dress, he Teckoued
it was the part that dragged ON the pave
mont
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Use the great specific for ''cold in headn
aud catarrh-Dr. Sage's CatarTh Remedy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
Hogs.

AS toilet luxury, Halls Hair Remover
never fails to give satisfaction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Tourists 10 Yellowstone Park next season
might encounter Northwestern blizzard.
If they are wise men they will take sup
ply Of the famons DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

The best ankle Boot and Collar Pads are
made If zinc and leather. Try Them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
sinnihnance Of EarIes.

Red Star Cough Cure does not poison the
blood. 1t does not leave narcotic reaction.
| 1t is safe, il cures at once. Price, . cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

Sufferers from Bronchitis will find speedy
relief by taking Ayers Cherry Pectoral
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
THE


WOaAHS i f1 aa I Psscrip %6sP
EnhTTilnF sand could get into two miles
0hRilOoAs 70 neighbors. had able 70 walk
- out IA the dOor-yard for SIX months. using
the Fayorite Prescription TWO weeks, a ten
miles; neigbors all surprised ana going
about and helping to do hOlsgForll after
with thirteen OF the best ysicianS could get
told husband he able
70 do homework more l thankful TO
had
i had almost given in despair"
TERRIBLE l.9diaS SHi5i
L Hk.H the smah Of back and pit of the stomach
4 Three prescrip-
- ton acted ike charm, and cured
IN rnya F..af fo.yr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25
BITTERS,

bII EIAC,
n you wish to be relieved Of those terrible SICK
Headaches and that miserable Sour stona'
aeh. It viii, when taken according 70 arr C.
Hons, cure any csss OF Sick Heads ehs
or Sour stomach. 10 cleans the liz .ng OF
stomach and bowels, promotes healthy
action and sweet secretiona IL MAKES pure
blood and gives Il free low. thus nding
nufrlaena to every part. IL is the 50 Test
speedfest and surest Vegetable Remedy
ever invented for ell diseases OF the stomach
and liver.
NJ Moore Of Pennington. Mich. says: Ny
suffering from sick Headache and Sour
Stomach terrible. One bctue OF HOln
and Malt Btters cured me.
DO net get Hops and Malt Bitte-z con.
founded 9Th inferior preparations OF similar
aauae For sale by all draggists-
HOPS L WALT BITTERS Co, DEnsr, Efa
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

A little child is the telephone that con
meets man with God.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-03-25

nAnuWRnLs
Strong-TIackett Hardware Go.
FarweII, Ozmun jackson.
Adam Decker
IRON. STEEL AND HEAVY HARDWARE.
Sfcols & Dean.
Rhodes Morton
DRY GOCDS AND NOTIONS.
AuerbAeh Finch q Van SIyck.
Lindekes. Warner - Irmeier-
Powers Dry Goods Co
NOTIONS AND FURNISHING GOODS.
BIabOn. Warren = ChIpley.
Arthur. Warren q Abbott.
6ROCERS.
p H. Kelly Mercantile co.
Allen, Moon & Co.
Maxtieid q seabury.
Reaupre. keOEh A Co
NanK, Grigc- 4 Howes
TEAS. COfeEES AND SPICES.
Berkey, TaIImadgs Co.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
G. GotzIan 8 CO.
Kellogg. Johns ia & Co.
FODte. SchuIze q co.
y. Is. TsrbON & Co
HATS, caps AND FURS.
Gordon 4 Fers son.
Isnpher. Pinch s skinner.
Streissguth s. Drake
DRU6S.
Noyes Bros 4 Cutler.
Ryan Drug Co
CHINA. CROcgeRY AND GLASSWARE.
Craig. LarkIa a smith.
INonaIds a Ogden
LEATHER. SHOE FINDINGS AND SkDDLeRH
HARDWARE.
PRL. Hardenbergh Co.
SchenssJ 4 RoSsum
PAPER AND STATIONERY.
Averiu, Carpenter 4 Co
ward. Hin Is Mcclellan.
Pioneer Press 40.
BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY.
-. Paul Book & Stationery Co.
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS'
n. q. burbank.
NEWS FURNISHING 6OODS.
GuitermAn Bros.
TEILORS' TRIMMINGS AND WOOLEkS.
YaIIop. DE GrOot 8 Co
RUBBER GOODS AND BEITIE6.
81. Paul Rubber 60.
Goodyear Rubber Go.
CIGARS AND I0BACG0S,
whitemsn Bros
q. NJ. McLala.
NOTIONS AND COUNTER SUPPLIES.
b. sommers 5 Co.
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Prescription and Pellets the
properties needed and which We believe will bring
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
Musk.

Musk is an animal substance, obtained
from an abdominal sac of the male of the
moschus moschatus, small hornle 8
deer inhabiting the higher mountains of
Central Asia, ranging from Thibct to
China and into Asiatic Russia. The con-
tents of the musk sac arc Il solid, brown
ish, granulated o"oid mass. exceedingly
strong anu tenacious in odor, and vary
ing in size from that of walnut to that
of hens egg. There are four varieties
of musk, viz: Tonquin, from China, re-
rardcd as the best and which is looked
upon as the most recherche; Iunnan,
from the frontiers of Jndo China; Assam,
or Bengalee, and, least .alucd Of all, ha-
bartin, from Tartary and Siberia. Musk
is very expensive, the price at present
rang ng from eight to twenty dollars per
ounce, in the pods or bags, according to
grade. This high price is the cause OF
much adultcration, in this country as
we'll as at the place of production; so
that there is vciy little in the market
that can be considered pure. The prin-
cipat aduItcrants arc lead, iron, coagu-
lated blood, leather, stones, and even pa
per and rags. The aduferant is inserted
in the bag and the opening closed in such
manner as to defy detection. About
five hundred pounds of musk arc used
annually in the United States, of which
nincty.fve per cent. goes into toilet
soaps and perfumery, the rest being used
for medicinal purposes.-AnaIyst.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
SwindlIng Country People.

The ways of making living are as
multifarious as the road to heaven, and
many of them arc as unorthodox. A
Tribune reporter came across an ingen-
ious scheme the other day, which was
being worked with considerable success
in the country towns of Illinois. -Four
fellows composed the business partner
ship. Some bright morning they de-
scend upon the peaceful country village
and soon the streets are flooded with cir
culars announcing that Professor John
Smith will deliver lecture that evening
on The Shakers, their Religion, Habits
and Pcculiarities. " There is nothing
new in the idea of lecture, but the cir
cular goes on to say that the lecturer was
adopted at an early age by this peculiar
people, and finally became an elder
among them; that genuine Shaker
dance will be performed, and that Pro-
fessor Jones, Brown and Robinson, un-
excelled artists in their way, will sing
plantation melodies, with guitar, ban o
and tambourinc accompan;m Mt. This
is quite in the beaten track; but the
final announcement catches all eyes.
Prizes will be given to the la lest man,
the prettiest girl, the most popular mar
ried woman and tn homelicst man, the
prizes to be awarded ythe popular vote
at ten cents vote. Of course every
b.dy turns out, including the young
men with their best girls. The lecture
is stuff cribbcd from the encyclopedia,
the Shaker dance is travesty on any
, thing in the heavens above or the earth
beneath, and the plantation melodies arc
not much better.
Then comes the voting. The cheap,
SNOWY prizes arc exhibited from the plat
form, where distance lends enchantment.
Some enthusiastic youth casts vote for
q VILLAGE belle. Another chap starts a
rival beauty, and the contest grows in
teresting. At this juncturc some village
; loafer, hired for the purpose by the lee
turcr and his partners, steps up and casts
q heavy vote for colored woman. This
knocks the boys silly for moment, and
then they join forces and proceed to out
vote the latest candidate for popularity.
The upshot of the matter is that the COL
! orcd woman is beaten, but only after
the bows have expended their last dime.
The prizes are then awarded, and for a
fifty-cent album the schcmers take In
! anywhere from SEQ to $40 in dimes, to
say nothing of the vote on the other
prizes. Of course they lose no time in
getting out in time. The country boy
my be slow to see that he has been vic
timized, but when his eyes are opened he
, is apt to use vigorous measures, and the
, lecturer and his partner are we'll aware
= of the fact. Next day the same pro-
grammc is repeated in another town.
and barring rough experience now and
then, when their scheme is seen through,
the quartet make an easy and coMforta'
bic living Chicago Tribune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
A Big Hob Country.


Few farmers in the country can tell of
such wonderful crops as are raised in
Washington Territory. 1t would open
the eyes of some of the Eastern farmers
to know that with but little labor the
owner Of a small farm can clear $500 per
acre every year, and more than this when
the weather conditions hold good. In q
talk with hop farmer of the White
River valley yesterday, hesaid: 81 raised
from / 600 to 1900 pounds of hops per
acre, on five acres of my land this year,
for which I received thirty-five cents q
pound. There is big boom for Wash
ington T,rritory hops this year. The
California crop is failure, and the East
ern people have come to Puget Sound to
get their hops. The crops in the Puyal-
lup and White River valleys have been
larger at times than this year, but the
quality has never been equale hereto
fore. There appears to be more gum in
tic hops this year than ever before. The
cost Of raising hops is about seven cents
pound on tie average. This includes
the curing and the packing. We got 81
per pound for hops in 1882"
The farmer then enthusiastically said
that he believed the White River valley
to be the finest piece of land on Gods
footstool. He had lived thtrc twenty
wears and the conditions of farming were
so superior to the country in the East
and South that it was a wonder to him
that people did not fairly swarm into the
territory.
Look at it." he continued. "There
are no fierce storms here to sweep over
our land and drown out or blow down
our crops. There is no thunder and
lightning, no great snowstorms and no
insects to eat up our crops. The winter
is short, the summer long and mild, and
the intervening seasons pleasant. Why,
would not 60 back to farming again in
Missouri for any consideration. - Taco
ma " IT, Telegraph.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
A Celebrated Calf Case.

The famous Jones County calf case has
Just been disposed of by the Supreme
Court of Iowa. This is one of the most
remarkable cases on the records OF
American courts, and furnishes strik-
ing illustration of what an expensive
luxury little satisfaction obtained in
legal fo,m may prove to br. Twelve
years ago q Green County farmer went
to Jones County and bought some calves
of a man named johnson. They were
probably stolen, but johnson claimed to
have bought them flom a third party.
johnson was prosecuted by the Anti
Holse Thief Association, but was ac-
Quilted. H. sued for $40, 600 damages,
and the case has been tried five times,
and each time, except one, he has re-
ceived Il verdict for from 81, 900 to ST.
zoe, which was always set aide. He
a, pcalcd to the Supreme Court, md the
verdict has been revised, giving him no
damn gcs. The court costs are now So,
zoo, While the expenses on both sides
amount to at least s. 0,000, and several
persons have Leen ruined by the expenses
of the case.
The value of the calves was fifty dollars.
-MinntGgliS Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

There are 40, 900 women belonging to
oranges in the United States.
Ocean steamers burn from fifty to 800
tons of coal per day, according to their
size and speed.
Mark Lane in London was originally
called Mart Lane, from the privileges
of fare accorded by Edward l. to Sir
Thomas Ross, of Hamlake.
Out of the 702, 444 words composing
the revised Bible, 721,G are the same
found in the received edition issued in
1911. Only nine per cent, 70,772, have
been changed; 65,5Os have been ex-
cluded.
The Mary Rose, British man-of-war,
| was sunk off the coast of France in 1545,
owing to the weight of the armament
she carried. 1t is said that brecch-luad-
ING cannon have been recovered from
the wreck.
The oldest merchant vessel adoat is
said to be the bark True Love, which was
built in Philadelphia in 1164, and is
therefore 122 y>ars old. Sheis still in
active service. and is owned by j. S.
Ward, of London.
The real Scots were in fact Irish. In
the olden time Ireland or part of Ire
| land was called Scotia, and the Irish
| people were called Scots. A great
many of these had crossed over the mar
row sea which divides the two countries,
and had settled in the nothern part of
what we now call Scotland.
The Chinese celebrate the ''festival of
the moon" with a peculiar sort Of ID bic
called moon cakes. The cake is in imi-
tation of the sha Of the moon, or of a
beast or fish waiting for the moon to ap-
pear. Almonds, sweet spices and minced
| pork form the contents of the cake,
| which is covered with q crust of finest
Paste.
| NJ. Lesscnne claims that certain sign
of death is the permanent gaping of the
wound made in the skin by puncturiug
| it with a needle. If the person be liv-
ing, blood will usually follow the with
drawal of the needle: but whether it does
or not, the wound will close at once.
The puncture made in the skin of dead
person will remain open, as if made in
leather.
A paper published in Mexico AYERS
that it is customary among the Indians
of the Jonacatepec district of that coun-
try to exchange wives. Occasionally
these trades are permanent, but more Of
ten they are for a stipulated length of
time, at the expirat on of which each
woman returns to her former husband,
and the event is celebrated in each FAM
lily by feast, at which the pulque flows
freely. Where the wives cannot be
traded even dog, cat or pig is added
on one side tc make the barter fair. In
the district of Tenango, at Tescaliacac,
the still more novel custom exists of
selling or trading off mothers in-law. A
very fair article of mother-in-law can be
bought fc- lamb o, sucking pig.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
Oddities of Noted Men.

Charles II. of England was very fond
of hunting insects, and it is related by
ce tain historians that he was hunting a
moth in the >upper-room at Whitehall
when the Dutch fleet sailed up the
Thames and bu ned Shccrness.
Frederick the Great in his youth was
noted for his stubbornness and tashful-
ness, and, we are told, showed this at
his sisters marriags. Instead of appear
ing at the ceremony in court attire he
came with the servants dressed as one OF
their number.
Rossini, the composer of 'The Barber,
when engaged with any great compo-
sition, invariably shaved himself in a
most fantastic way to prevent his going
out of doors.
George w., King of England, was
very feminine in his habits: he possessed
scores of embroidered shirts. which were
considered by him to be the best depart,
ment of his wardrobe, and were accord.
ingly displayed with great pomp to any
particular friend of his Ma. ..esty.
Napoleon habitually watched certain
star, which he declared was his, for it
never abandont him, but was always in
sight commanding m to go forward,
giving as a reason for his success its OWL
appearance.
Augustus Hare, one Of the clevcrest di
vines in the lnglish Church, when he
had ended train of hard thinking,
would rise from the desk and spin around
on his heel few seconds and then re-
SHINE his st les.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
Fiye.Cent Restaurants.

The very newest thing in New York is
the Cleveland Restaurant on Chatham
street. 1t is on the same block with
three lively rivals. First came the Boss
Tweed Restaurant, with an offer Of beef
steak ior ten cents; then was established
the Jim Fisk, which sells a Hamburger
steak for eight cents or coffee or pie for
seven cents. This was left in the dis
tanc, by the Gladstone, which offered
the public corn-becf hash for five cents,
and now the newest one is the Cleveland
Restaurant, with flaming announcements
of -four crullers and cup of coffee for
five cents" With such opportunities one
must be very poor to be obliged to 60
hungry.
Two of these establishments arc large
and busy places wherein two good dishes
can be had for dime 1t is said that the
walters are all athletics and skilled
bounccrs, who are more respected by the
public than any walters ever were before.
1t is like trihing with dynamite to try
and beat one of these places out of din
ner, and the hummer who does so is de-
scribed as looking and feeling as if he
had been through rolling mill when his
waiter has tired of toying with him.
There is general boom in the New
York restaurant business. An enter
prising man in Fourteenth street has
Started an eating house of immense di-
mensions which he calls "dairy
Kitchen" 1t is in the heart of the shop
ping district and to attract the ladies he
employs string band to play in the front
of it all day while cooks prepare bon bons
and pastry, in the big front window. But
the biggest restaurants in America are
two that face Washington Market. One
feeds ten thousand persons dap and the
other serves eight thousand. The aver
age cost of a meal in one Of these NAM
moth dining rooms is twenty-five cents.
-PhiLalelDkia Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
Rodent Against Reptile.

An interesting battle recently took
place between rat and a garter snake
at Visalia, Cal. A laborer first saw the
combatants and called crowd of wit
nesses, who formed ring about them
and watched the fight to the finish. The
rat was cautious but quick, splinging
with lightning jumps upon the snake
and burying its teeth through the ser
pcnt's scales. The latter would coil and
dart forward frequently, knocking the
rat over on its back. Once the rat caught
the snakes head and held it until the
latter, coling about its body, squeezed
it so tightly that it was forced to let 60.
The rat growled and tho snake Missed ali
the while. Finally tbs rat, by biting its
antagonist through the neck several
times, severed its head, and dragged its
long body in victory away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17
Peasant Life in Italy.

An English lady, the Hon. Margaret
Collier, has written book, "Our Home
by the Adriatic, in which she gives some
very curious accounts of peasant life in
Italy. Cleanliress is not one of the vlr-
tues of Italian peasants. Miss Collier
found that TO ask for bath is to create
alarm regarding the state of ones health.
One old man who worked on the farm
being asked If he had ever been washed,
replied, after some reflection, that he be-
lievcd scme one had washed him when
he was q small child. In the rich houses
they have great boards of linen, which
enables them to hold only one washing q
year. The dirty linen is slowed away in
cuL boards until the tine comes round
for the annual wash. Then is seen a
procession of carts, fling down to the
near est stream. The poor Italian babies
have hard time of it. Their legs are
still bandagcd with the fascia, like the
limbs of mummics. Education is not
cxccssi, ely indulgcd in. A young lady
who had received her education in con-
vent asked Miss Collier if it was really
necessary to cross the ocean to get to
England, and she did not know wat an
island is. TO animals the lower Italians
arc exceedingly cruel, yet otherwise
they take better GALE of them than of
their own FAM lilies, and when doctor is
consulted it is almo.t always regarding
sick animal. The italian country gen
tleman does not hesitate to beat the fe-
male members Of his family. Marriages
arc arranged after the French method.
A young lady who came to be corgratu-
lated by Miss Collier on her approaching
marriage, was nsked the name of her
chosen husband. "Oh, I don't know, u
she answered; ''papa has not yet told me
that -