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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-23
PlTH AND POINT.

Friendship is golden coin that
Jrightens with the using.
TO rise from an easy place you
must make il a hard place. 1t is work
ing above inclination that counts.
Rural young ladies, when out
promenading with their best belored,
prefer the bridal path to the public
highway.
"A baby's life is a constant series
Of surprises both to the baby him
self and to the people who have him
in charge ~ Somereuie Journal.
"A boy in his composition affirmed
that pins frequently saved peoples
lives-by not being swallowed Sc
many political theories may save our
cOuntry-by not being swallowed -
Western PloWman
Keep your promise to the letter,
be prompt and exact, and it will save
you much trouble and care through
life, and win you the respect and trust
Of your friends.
The ambitious youth who achieves
a measure OF fame never hides his
light under bushel, but he frequent
ly gets himself into a peck OF trouble.
Boston gazette.
Mems lives should be like the days
more beautiful in the evening; or. like
the seasons, aglow with promise. anG
the autumn rich with golden sheaves,
where good deeds and words have
ripened on the field.
Husband (hurriedly swallowing
his breakfast) ANY thing new in the
paper this morning, dear?" Wife
Yes. There was terrible riot on the
Polo grounds yesterday" Husband
Choking with excitemenO You
don't say so! What was it?" Wife
During ball game they knocked the
pitcher out of the box and pounded
him all over the field. finally injurina
a player so he died on third. Time.
The person of wide experience and
culture is likely to be distinguished by
a broad liberation of those whose man.
ner Of life may be different from his
own. Personalities are the ruin of the
best conversation, but many people are
driven TO indulgence in them by their
conviction that people who do or say
any thing out of the common course
are so very odd. Every body is queer.
but thee and me, said an old Friend
to his wife, land sometimes | think
thee is a little queer. = Standard.
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cases might be cited wherein the ex-
pense of American over European
labor does increase prices TO some ex-
tent, but that fact can be left to the
equalizing work Of competition and
the general laws of business to settle
In 1860 pig-iron was worth in Phila-
delphia $22. Is ton. In 1888, with a
protective tariff of 1912 to protect the
American miner, the price is only SIS
Under a tariff of 80 cents foot on
plate glass the price of that article has
declined from 81. so a foot in 1866 to IS
cents a foot in 1888. Steel rails have
declined in price under tariff of from
$2S to sl7 ton from S166 in 1867 to
$3l in 1888.
In 1860 salt was on the free list just
where the Mills bill proposes TO put it
now, and sold about s. q barrel. Now
the tariff on salt is about 30 cents "a
barrel and it sells for about one-half of
the old free-trade price. The same
general tendency to cheapness is no.
ticeable in nearly every protected arti-
Gle. The conditions that brought
about this condition had nothing to do
with the tariff. The situation stands
about this way: Under the operation
of the tariff. competition regulates
prices. Under the Democratic notion
of free trade, foreign impertations
would regulate our markets for u.s.
Sacramento Bee
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THIRD-PARTY MEN.
They Are Leading Nothing Less Than a
Anti-RepubIican Movement.

They Are Leading Nothing Less Than an
Anti-RepubIican Movement.
The Prohibition candidates for the
Presidency and Vice-Presidcncy in
their letters Of acceptance devote the
greater part Of their attention TO abuse
Of the Republican party and the Repub-
lican platform.
If they are not playing into the
hands of the Democracy they should
take down their signs. General Fisk,
We are sorry to say, is carried away
either by unreasoning prejudice or in
sane fanaticism. Naturally a good
man, with a military record that he
can afford 10 be proud Of, he has be
come imbued with the idea that the
Republican party is the deadly enemy
Of the temperance cause, when. in fact,
it has been its mainstay and total de-
pendence for years.
The other party. Brooks. confesses
that he has been a rebel at heart; that
he was a traitor to his country, that
while pretending to be in sympathy
with the Union cause his - shes and
l4is hopes were with the South, but
thanks God that he has never been a
Republican.
This is a pleasant statement coming
from a candidate for the Nice-Presi-
dency Of the United States How do
the loyal and patriotic Prohibigionists
OF Iowa and Kansas like it2 How do
the temperance people Of the North in
general like it?- Chicago Mail
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A Political Sensation.

Some thing of political sensation
was caused here by the action of the
W. j. Hart Club in deserving the Dem
ocratic party. 1t was formed about
three years ago of prominent Demo-
cratic Israelites in the First ward. 1t
held a meeting recently and resolved
to desert the Democratic ranks. II.
Levy, the president of the club, ex-
pressed the sentiment of the members
when ne said he had looked the ground
all over and came to the conclusion
that the Republican party is the party
for the Israelites. IL was decided to
form a First ward Harrison and
Morton Club of the members of the
club and a committee was formed TO
draft constitution for the new or
ganization. The Hart Club was named
after a Democratic justice of the peace.
1t numbered about fifty members and
all but about ten were at the meeting
and changed their politics. ~ Cleveland
(O.0 Letter.
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DEMOCRATIC LIES.
Facts showing That Protection Does Not
Increase the Cost of Necessaries.

Facts showing That Protection Does Not
Increase the Cost of Necessaries.
II persistency and pertinacity can do
it the Democrats propose to convince
the majority OF American voters that
they are fools. The means in use are
the old reliable Bourbon methods of
falsehood and deception. In general
terms and with all the crushing force
Of deception the cry Is eternally pro-
mulgated that the tariff is a tax upon
American labor, and in their anxiety
for its welfare propose to take away
the tariff and submit their charge to
the benevolent mercies Of the wretched
labor Of Europe. OF course the basis
for the proposition lies in the allega-
ton that tariff increases the cost of
the wares that it protects. II makes
no difference that that is true only in
n limited degree. As a broad PROPOSE
lion ii is false. Mr.. Kelley. of Pennsyl-
vania. exploded the pet Democratic de
ceptiOn when he declared in the House
during the great tariff debate that
When the Republican party came into power
in he House It found calico a Is cents a yard
and wh'sky - ceats gallon, aud when Il went
put OF power 3 years afterwards IL left cal co 81
cents yard and whisky taxed az 81 a gallon.
The able Pennsylvania might have
gone much further in his comparison
10 show that protection does not in
crease the price Of any thing save goods
made in foreign countries. OF course.
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The Mother at HON

The mother is the heart OF the home.
She it is who determines its character
istics and diifuses through it that
subtle atmosphere which every sensi.
tive person can feel when introduced
into the home circle, and from which
can quickly be inferred the ruling
spirit Of the home. There can be no
doubt that the most effective training
for children is the training Of exam
pie, and this truth the mother needs
constantly to bear in mind How can
the impatient. querulous. fault-fnding
mother teach patience, and kindness,
and good temper How can the vain
mother teach humility How can the
mother greatly absorbed in keeping up
with the pomps and vanitie5 Of life,
eager for place and show. teach her
children the true principles of happy
life? How can the selfish mother
teach generosity or kindness, or he
discontinued mother teach content
ment?-H0ntc
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FORMS OF SALUTATlONS.
How Persons Greet Each Other In Al
Parts of the World.

How Persons Greet Each Other in All
Parts of the World.
The most common form OF saluta =
ton among the Anglo-SaxOns is shak-
ing hands.
Men usually greet women by raising
the hat, but no two men were ever
found who observed the courtesy in the
same manner. =
There is no authorized man ner for G
lady to return a mans salute. Novelty
Us what the fair sex seeks. and eacE
one has her own little way.
Peasants in Spain greet strangers
they meet by generously Offering hin
one-half the bread he carries. 1t is
never accepted without great astonish.
ment TO the donnor.
Among the French. and especially
with the Belgians, mon think nothing
OF embracing each other in public 4
father and son, or other near relations
often kiss in public.
The Japanese show respect on meet.
ing by bending the knee, though in the
street they only make a feint of so do.
ing This is the general salute. but
there are many others which are re-
quired from interiors on encountering
those of higher positions.
In India the Buddhists salute by low.
ering the palm of the right hand an6
bringing it up toward the face, al the
same time saying: Ram, ram chair.
The Mohammedans do the same, but
simply say: "Salaam.n This Is only
done in either ease by members of the
same faith. The salutation is always
made, too, with the right hand, to USE
the left being considered an insult
The Chinese have a regular code OF
salutations, eight in number, which
define the proper amount of respect tc
be paid to different individuals. The
one which is most familiar to San
Franciscans is that when at the new
year the Chinaman clasps his hands
together. and, gently bowling, wishes
his friend the compliments of the seu-
son. Two curious greetings which
these people have among themselves
are those of asking each other: Have
you eaten rice?" and lis our stomach
in good order?'
A stranger coming among the AIoOrs
for the first time would perhaps, be
',etOnished and little frightened by
seeing one Of them riding at full gall
lop toward him. as if he were intend
ing TO execute a cavalry charge. His
Sears might, perhaps, be increased
when this horseman, when almost close
to his apparent victim, suddenly refined
up and discharged his pistol over his
head. Recovering from his astonish-
ment, however, he would find that this
is the Moorish way of welcoming
stranger.
In Germany. however. the regllla-
tons are somewhat more stringent. A
soldier, on meeting the Emperor, has
to stand still, face about. and remain
with hand raised for from ten to twenty
PAGES before His Majesty approaches to
til same distance after he has passed.
ia Belgium an officer has to do the
same thing for the King, and subalterns
for Generals, though ten PAGES only
are required for the latter case. Sol
diers carrying any thing so that their
hands are occupied. salute with their
eyes-that is, they turn their heads in
the direction of the person coming and
going Chicago NeWS.
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ELEPHANTS FEET.
How They Are Trimmed by the Attaches
of MenaEeries.

How They Are Trimmed by the Attaches
of NIenageries.
The operation of trimming the feet
Of circus elephants has to be performed
three times a yeaI>-once on the road,
once in the fall and again in the
spring
The sole OF the elephants foot is
heavily covered with a thick. horny
substance of material similar to the
three toe-nails upon each foot, and as
il grows thicker and thicker. it tends
To contract and crack. often tanning the
animal. When the work Of trimming
is undertaken the elephant stands up
on three legs and places the foot to be
operated upon across a big tub Two
men hold the leg down. and one stands
at the animals head to prevent him
from turning. Then the chief oper-
aior with fwo-fOot drawiug-knife.
proceeds 70 shave off great pieces Of
horn from the sole of the foot. SHAY
ings Of horn six inches by four and a
quarter of an inch thick are rapidly
cut. the edges Of the foot being care
fully trimmed. often pieces Of glass.
wire. nails. etc which have been
picked up during street parades. are
found Imbedded in the foot Some
times these irritating objects work up
into the leg and produce fostering
sore.
When the feet of the elephant Pallas
We're trimmed. AT Bridgeport, some
time ago. a large nail was found i'm
bcdded in the foot, over three inches
from the bottom. 1t was pulled out.
and the wound syringed with warm
water and covered with lar Pallas
apparently suffered great pain, but
seemed to know that the operation
would give relief. He held the foot
high and quietly of his own accord I'M
nj all were finished. then tiourished
his trunk. and expressed almost in
words his sincere thanks
After pairing the foot, each toe-nail
Is cut between and then filed down.
giving each foot a white. clean look,
with is settings Of polished nails. 1t
takes six hours 10 finish dressing an
elephants feet. and it is said to be one
OF the hardest bits of work the men
have 70 do Golden Days.
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The people of New York are
favored above all other citics accord
ing to the story of an ice company Of
fetal. I'm New York. he says. 1.-The
ice man has to ta'7e the ice into the
house. at any rate and the chances ara
that he has to clean it nicely and
stow it away in the box for the servant.
In Boston. Philadelphia and other
cities they simply hack OF a chunk,
give il a sling across the sidewalk. and
drive on. Its your ice, and if you
don't care enough about it to come and
take it in, why let it melt a man de-
liyering ice that way can cover twice
the ground in the same time that a
man can cover delivering in New York
fashion, but competition in New York
has made the rival dealers so eager for
custom that they viii take almost any
trouble TO satisfy a customer who
threatens to change If he isn't suited. .
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A Democratic lie Nailed.

Rev. r. S. Storrs is 4 conspicuous
citizen of New York, and one of the
best-known and most eloquent clergy
men of the United States. A few weeks
ago the Democratic papers, with a
great flourish, declared that he had
left the Republican party on account Of
its platform. and would support Cleye-
land and Thurman. DR. Storrs was
taking his vacation in the Adirondacks
at the time. and either did not have an
opportunity to contradict these tales or
did not dream them worthy of notice.
Now, however. he has written letter
announcing adherence to the Repub-
lican party. He viii support Harrison
and Morton as he supported every
other Presidential ticket nominated By
the Republicans from the establish
ment Of the party. The Democratic
papers which have placed him in a
false light By their reports viii not say
a word about this letter. though. -St.
Louis Globe-DemocraL
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Senator Quay as a Soldier.

Comrade Matthew 5. Quay, who
now has National reputation. was
in 1862 private secretary to Hon.
Andrew G. Curtin, the war Govern
or of Pennsylvania, and he sacri-
feed that position to go to the front as
Colonel of the One hundred and thirty
fourth Pennsylvania infantry. He
served only five months on the field,
but in that short time made a record
more brilliant than many who served
through the war. From October to
December. 1852. he was i'll of typhoid
fever, and, under orders from the sur
geons, resigned his command. His
resignation had been accepted, he had
relinquished control Of his regiment,
and was on the point of leaving camp
for home when preparations for the
battle Of Fredericksburg began. He
determined to remain and have part
in the fight. The surgeons protested,
and his brigade commander, General
Tyler, said he was risking his life like
a fool "All right, responded Quay.
quietly, II would rather die like fool
than live like a coward He went
through the fight with a haversack
swung over his shoulder containing
$35. 600 belonging to the men in his old
regiment. which they had intrusted
20 him to take home. Pittsburgh Dis
match
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PATRIOTISM REVIVED
Beneficent Effects of John A. Brook
Reasonable Harangues.

Reasonable Harangues.
In the nomination of John A. Brooks
for Vice-President the Prohibitionists
unwillingly contributed largely to the
awakening OF patriotic sentiment
However ii should be, the fact remains
that there is a strong feeling in patri-
otto hearts against the representatives
Of the old South. Treason is not so
soon to be forgotten that one of its
representatives can be placed on Ma
tional ticket without strong protest
and earnest condemnation. The Pro-
hibitiOnists may feel that they are the
special instruments to awaken new
things, but they are not There are
other parties as wise and liberal as
they, but none have yet felt that they
dared go so far even where inclination
so to do is stronger. Others had the
wisdom better to measure the state of
popular feeling and fathom the depths
of patriotic sentiment. True, almost a
quarter of a century divides the scenes
of peace to-day from the scenes of war,
the Grape has been taken from the
door-latch, and the graves have grown
green, but the spirit OF patriotism
does not slumber, and treason is not to
be rewarded. The recognition of it,
however remotely and unthinkingly it
may be done, stirs the depths of the
patriotic sentiment to an active re-
monstrance and public rebuke Not
content with the sentiment his nomi-
nation aroused, the candidate must
further awaken this spirit by speech
In his words, Il have been rebel, a
Shareholder and a fre-eating Demo
crat, but, thank God, | have never
been Republican. and have not that
sin TO answer for is found "a senti-
ment that viii be denounced not by
Republicans as a party, but by the
sentiment of patriotism that is above,
beyond and stronger than all parties.
When the attitude of the Republican
party toward rebellion is remembered,
not in "A partisan. but actual sense, pa
thence itself becomes exhausted in
hearing the declaration that rebellion
is a less sin than Republicanism. This
does not come from man whose words
may be egarded as the idle vaporings
of buffoon or the boast of a braggart,
but from one whose personality as
merged into his party, of which he is,
TO a degree, the embodiment The
source of this utterance is authorita-
tive enough to awaken that sentiment
of PATRIOTS IN which materialized into
armies when Mr.. Brooks was under
the flag Of secession. A candidate for
a high office can afford to antagonize
party and partisan policies, but no man
who seeks popular favor or personal
respect can with immunity antagonize
that patriotic sentiment which is not
partisan but National. This sentiment
is in all parties, and the words of Mr..
Brooks will create antagonism against
him even in his own party. His words
will not be interpreted as a fling at the
Republican party. but will be accepted
as a sheer at patriotism. Mr.. Brooks
may regard this sentiment as lightly
now as he did in 1S61-5, but the rebel
lion was accepted as no jest, and the
sentiment that crushed it then will not
brook its boastfulness now. Chicago
CIR rent (IRd.).
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MINNIE VS.. MINERVA.

'sTove me and viii bring you as my dover
knowledge and Wis ION and perpetual power.
50 speaks Minerva 81 the azIre eyes,
WoOiuE me- boldly 70 he orerwise
Now. Minnie. who is not a Grcrian myth,
But a young lady b- tie name % smith,
Never SAYS Love me 81 % bold way.
But when rise 20 leave her begs me stay;
BIushe-- or paIe- little. and lets down
Her long bIacS lashes Der her eyes % brown.
And so : linrcr, though I must admit
Delicious nonsense : her highest wit:
And what she doesn't know would an more
books
Than B1ston's hprary holds in al lis hooks.
Yet the good huuor Of her turucd-up face
Outshiucs Minerva mass o. marble grace:
And ~ the race Tor this weak heart % mine
Between fair Minnie and Minerva fine.
Although - IiIt a goddess we're a sin
n very U-uch afraid that M.nuiell win.
-H-lry ~. 4HssEa. g. Tie fss'fry
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Safe and Effective.

BRASDRETH's Pills are the safest and
most effective remedy for Indigestion, Ir-
regularity Of the Bowels, Constipation,
Blllousness, Headache, Dizziness, Malaria,
or any disease arising from an impure
state Of the blood. They have been in use
IN this country for over fifty years, and the
thousands of unimpeachable testimonials
from those who have used them, and their
constantly increasing sale, is ineontrovert-
ible evidence that they perform all that Is
claimed for them.
bRANDRETH' 5 Pills are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless and safe 10 take at any
time.
Sold il every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar-coated.
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ARTICLES.
JGCO 1884

Salt, nails, groceries, clothing and
every other necessity entering into and
supplying essential demands of our
people have lowered in like proper
ton under the competition that has
been fostered.
Free trade never gave our people as
low prices as they have to-day, and
yet while all the necessities are lower
in price. wages are much better than
they were in free-trade years.
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INDISPUTABLE FIGURES.
Tables Showing That Protection Has Low
cred Prices on All Commodities.

Tables Showing That Protection Has Low
cred Prices on All Commodities.
Pains have been taken to gather the
prices of many articles and necessities
in this country and to compare them,
with a view to determining whether
the protective tariff we have had in
force for many years has resulted
benelicially or disastrously to the pur-
chasing power of our people
The following tables, containing a
few of them, will be Endorsed by all
whose recollection or experience has
given them acquaintance with the ar
ticles named, and which have been col
lected from most authentic sources:
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An Inopportune Declaration.

Miss Guiless DO you know why !
have always taken a fancy 70 you, Mr..
Bashful?
Mr. Bashful (who has at last nerved
himself up to the occasion and is about
to declare his undying love)-I am sure
] should ike 70 know
Miss G-Well. its because you're
not one Of those soft fellows who think,
because 1 am polite 70 them. that am
in love. They're such bores. you
know. declaration indefinitely post
poned. Judge.
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FIGURES FOR FARMERS.

How the Agricultural Glass Has Been
Helped by the Protective Policy.
In an interesting letter published in
the New York Herald in 1882, respect
ing the stock-raising of the country,
the author introduced for comparison
the following prices of farm produce
and stock as found in paper pub
lished n the interior of the State Of
New York in 1916, and the prices of
the same at the present time:
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Imers during the interval:

That is to say, the average increase
in the price of farm produce during the
last sixty-six years has been from 800
to 400 per cent. while the average de-
crease OF the price of manufactured
goods during the same period has been
from 20 to 80 per cent. All of which
is due to the introduction of the diver
sifed industries engaged in manu-
features and fostered by a protective
tariff. Boston Journal.