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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
VIRTUE REWARDED.
How n Canvasser for Religious Paper
Captured Jersey Town.

How Canvasser for a Religious Paper
Captured Jersey Town.
Benevolence beamed from his eyes. His
nose had piety in its straightness Of con
hur. over his lips language gently triellled
% honey from an oyerfun hive. In snort.
/ e ysas first-class canvasser for q relig-
lous newspaper, ana this is the story he
told the Topical Talzer of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch: last summer l was pushing a
New York religious journal in the becalred
villages Of Central New Jersey. One after
noon reached little place which can very
appropriately be called Sleepyvllle. 1t was
the drowsiest collection of houses. human
beings and cows, especially COWS that had
encountered al that summer. But it was
prosperity, plenty to cat and drink, plenty
Of time TO do both, which made the village
close its eyes half the day and all night.
Il went straight To the minister's house.
Never think Of going anywhere else first,
my boy, if you are a canvassing for a relig-
ious paper. The minister was q nice fel-
low, and booked HIM early in the day He
pressed me to stay TO supper. 1t was warm,
the minister was entertaining his quarters
corr fortable, so l stayed. After supper the
u mister had to go TO prayer meeting. He
asked me TO go along. 1t was not my cue
&c refuse. l went.
and hymn had been sung the minister
rose and, looking at NE, said: We viii
now ask Brother - meaning me, 'to
lead in prayer
Il Thought mighty quick for about ten
seconds; my thinking flywheel few around.
II was question Of policy was debating
in that interval Then l said; For rea-
son which l shall be very glad TO explain
after the meeting is over, / must beg to be
excused from leading the prayers
The pastor accepted my dcelination
gracefully and called upon somebody else.
After the meeting was over / went up to
the minister and said: The reason l did
not accept your kind invitation to lead in
prayer was that / was afraid my motives
might be misunderstood. You see ny bust
ness is TO obtain subscriptions for certain
religious paper. If l had led in prayer
some members Of your congregation would
have been sure to have suspected me of
trying to advertise my paper in church.
Neither L nor my employers would toll
crate such suspicion for moment
" The minister was profuse in his praise
Of my straightforward methods. think he
must have said something about the matter
TO his congregation, for with hardly an ex-
ccpuon they subscribed for the paper.
Verify virtue has its own reward"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
RAILROAD ENGINEERS.
An Old Knight of the Throttle TalKs
About HIS Colleagues.

An Old Knight of the Throttle TalKs
About HIS Colleagues.
There is a a general belief among the
uninitIated that all good enginecs are
practical machinists. This belief is
en.iteiy erroneous. for the rule has al
ways been that the best engineers come
up from the ranks Of the firemen and
not from the machine shops While
an engineer of experience can repair q
break in the machinery of his charge
he could not build a locomotive or any
part of it at all intricate in construc-
ton. Instances can be cited where
machinists have totally lacked the
nerve, gain "a by long experience. to
run an express train ut the high rate
of speed necessary to make schedule
time. and in the majority of cases
where a man is taken from the shops
and placed on a locomotive he makes
a better freight engine driver than
when put in charge Of passenger. l
once knew a popular engineer who
had worked in the machine shops until
into middle-life, and had then been
given desirab run on the limited
express. His train was always behind
time. and in a few months he looked
terribly aged. One day he threw up
his job, and none too soon, for he
would inevitably have lost the place
anyw ". and lie afterward told me
that ne lacked the nerve to pull the
throttle out and give her the full head
way needed to make the time on mis- run.
He said that when running at a rapid
rate he felt like man gazing down
ward from a dizzy height and nothing
could induce him TO step within the
cab again. He went back to the
shops. There are exceptions, of
course, but they are few and ia be
tween.-.Sk. Louis Globe democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
Grace looked up at the handsome ola face

Grace looked up at the handsome old face
through a mist of tears. Was this the
stern, cold grand parent whom she had al
most learned to hatel Yes, but stern and
cold no longer; the first look into Holly's
face so like the enc he had loved so tender
", had broken down the last shred Of preju-
dice and completed the work which tho
loneliness of old age aud the desolation Of
his splendid home had commenced in his
heart. And Grace, IS she saw the tender
light in the eyes looking down at
her so pityingly, felt all her hard feelings
toward him melting away, and longed TO
weep out the griefs which she had borne so
patiently alone upon his friendly bosom.
docs he come in peace or in anger"
asked the widow, TREMENDOUSLY, when Grace
suddenly broke the unexpected news TO her.
"In peace, laughter, and anxious to
make atonement for the long years Of Bit
terness and neglect in the past. " replied the
old man. who la heard the question and
answered for himself
This was the beginning of better days
for the Emily; the mothers disease had
progressed so far that her case was kopo-
less, but every thing which wealth and
love cosld procure was provided 70 allevi-
vate her sufferings, and when at last
her spirit took its fight, Holroyd Graham's
the weary hands over the breast which
would never more be disturbed by earthly
prejudices, or life's stern necessities.
They laid her beside her soldier husband
in Green Brookside, and then the orphans
were made ready for long trip among tho
mountains to recover from the effects OF
the long confinement and the griefs anI
anxieties of the past; and il was nearly
autumn before the old home mansion was
reached, and the great house echoed once
more with young voices, and was br ght-
ened by loves warming atmosphere
The children became the very darlings
of their grsndfather's heart, and their
education, which poverty had seriously in
terfered with. was resumed with renewed
zeal, and Gracie's musical talent in partic-
ular was carefully cultivated, though no
longer necessity as a means of support.
There is only one drawback to the COM
pletencss OF their happiness, and that is the
thought that the dear mother can not share
it, and Holroyd Graham sighs as he thinks
of the many years of happiness which, in
his cruel prejudice and unforgiving spirit
he has deprived himself of, and also thinks
of the many years of privation and suffer-
ing he caused the gentle woman whom 10
came to love so well, before she left him,
and the hard and unaccustomcd tasks
which, through his neglect the feeble
hands were forced TO perform, when a
1.-THE of the wealth which he would never
have missed, and little of his love, which
should have been hers by right, could havo
made her life an easy and happy one.
Mrs F. NJ HOWARD.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
TVRANNICAL COWS.
Dehoruin. the Only Means of Conquer
LII IL.

Dehoruing the Only Means of Conquer
ing Their Evil Disposition.
About ten years ago we bought "a
Devon cow that proved to be an extra
butter COW. and rs consequences we
valued her calves. This COW ma 10
two pounds of butter per day. but she
was also the most tyrannical brute we
ever saw. never letting a chance pass
by when she could use her hOrus on
weaker animals. Much as we valued
her. we were compelled TO fatten her
for beef on account of those cruel
horns. Her heif;r calves all proved
TO be good butter-cows. but they also
inherited tyrannical disposition, and
from little caves up they appeared 10
be filled with n spirit of cussedness.
Nearly all the stock we own are de-
scendants from the older COW. and it
was something unusual if we did not
have some of the weaker ones below.
ing with pain. Frequently the fences
around our barn-yard were broken
down by the cows hooking each other
through them, and aborions were fire.
fall we concluded to turn three Of
them dry and fatten them for
beef One stormy night we put our
cows in the stable and fastened them
all securely, rs we supposed. but later
i'm the evening we heard that some
thing was wrong in our constable
and on going out we found our boss
COW loose. As the result Of her labor5
one COW was on her back in the mau-
ger, another was down in her stall.
and the third was on her knees beg
ring for mercy We had been re adj
ing up the subject of dehorning. but
thought it cruel and barbarous. and
we had been told that if we sawed %
a horn the animal would almost bleed
to death, etc. but this cows peIf )rm.
aucc decided the question ut once.
Early next morning we dehorned two.
We concluded to dehorn no more until
we saw what effect it had on those.
expecting. rs a matter Of course, that
one, or. perhaps both would die. But
they did no such thing. The frs.
thing they did after getting out Of tho
trap was to fight with some animal.
that before was their inferior. and get
whipped. After waiting few days
we dehorned the rest Of our cattle. and
ever since peace has reigneI supreme
in our btra-yard There IS no
more believing with pain, and no
broken down fences. and the smallest
cali. or a sheep. is perfectly safe in the
yarl. Il has entirely changed the
nature and disposition Of my cattle.
So far my sheep have hal The run Of
the yard (something ] dare not lot
them do before dehorning my catde)
and not one has been hurt. have
seen thirteen Of my cattle standing
quietly together in a shed. 15x20 feet
where. before dehorning. il was I'M
usual to see more than two. The
animals we dehorned ate corn in less
than two minutes after we were
through with them. Our COWS gave
Just as much milk the first evening
after they were dehorncd rs they did
before. Since being dehorned they
have done better on less feed than
ever before. We d. not believe our
cattle lost, on an average. more than
an ounce of blood. and the InOre we
see of dehorned cattle the more we
are convinced that vc can not afford
TO have horns on our cattle. and for
US, We willnof Cor. Farm aud Fire
stde
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
OUR DAILY WORRIES.
Why We Ought to Dismiss Them Wifl,oI
Even "A Formal Good-Isye.

Even a Formal Goodbye.
None of US needs definition of worry"
II enters so largely into the unpleasant
daily experiences of nearly all of US, and
il defines itself so legibly and so durably
upon the tablets of our memories, that we
are not likely to forget it as long as any
thing pertaining TO this life is remembered.
And so, with the simple statement that this
grievously affective and constant worry
which delights in combining itself to very
small, entirely imaginary and intensely dis
agreeable things, which seem 10 US very
large and very real, we come TO the conclu-
sion that it is both a disagreeable and an
Improbable travelling companion, which
ought to be dismissed without even a for
mal goodbye. Every worrying soul will
agree to this, and then PROFOUND the abrupt
questions: How is this thing to be done {!
how are we to get a radiance from this
friend who has stuck to US so closely and
so long that it has almost become a part OF
/ Ourselvesi Well, in some cases entire free
dom may not be secured, and nothing but
pleasant things be seen, nothing but cheer
, ing activities be witnessed and none but
what seems to be pleasant words be heard.
This worrying disposition may be hered-
itary, or the result of disease, TO such an
extent that the acts done and words spoken
are perverted and our life songs are all
sung in minor keys, but even such cases of
worry are not hopeless. They may be made
| far brighter and more hopeful, and the sill
yer lining of the cloud may distinctly APP
pear. If we will be as prompt to note and
to remember the blessings-the little and
unuoticed blessing-which the Heavenly
Father has daily bestowed upon us, as we
are to note and to remember the supposed
occasions for our worries, we will be sur
prised to see how much the former outnum-
bers the latter and how comparatively
small the latter really are. The worries of
life which so mar our peace can in this way
be largely alleviated, If not entirely thrown
behind us, and when we add to all this the
consideration that the Heavenly Father is
faithful to His promises and that His hand
has not waxed short, we shall arise from
the dust with increased strength and tread
our pilgrim paths more firmly and with
fresh and sweeter songs Interior.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

This IS funny phrase TO the uninitiated
but all the brokers understand il. They MS,
IL when a person gives a certain per cent
for the option of buying or selling stock OF
a fixed day, AT price stated on the day IN,
option Is given. IL IS often u serious opera
ton TO the dealer, but there IS a more seri
Gus ''put and call than this when YOU are
put 10 bed with severe cold and your
friends ''call - physician. Avoid all this
by keeping in the house Dr.. pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the great cure for puI
mOnary and blood diseases. It's action Is
marvellous. 1t cures the worst cough
whether acute, lingering or chronic. For
Weak Lungs, Splitting OF Blood, Short
Breath, Consumption, Night-sweats and
kindred affections II surpasses all other
medicines
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

IuE idea Of putting pictures on the backs
4 National bank notes originated with s.
II. Clark, Chief Of the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing at Washington. The plan was
to use the pictures in the rotunda Of the
Sapitoi Al Washington. The denomination
Of the note was 10 be fixed b. the picture.
II was hoped that children, or pOorly-edu-
cated people, or foreigners, would thus learn
20 know the difference of values.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
which Opens in Cincinnati July 4.


No event of the past decade has created
as much interest in the whole country as
the coming of the Centennial Exposition Of
the Ohio Valley and Central States, which
opens its doors in Cincinnati on the nations
birthday duly =, TO continue for one hun
dred days and nights-a celebration in honor
OF the one hundredth anniversary of the
settlement of the Northwest Territory.
Unlimited means have been placed at the
disposal OF the managers by the entcrpris-
ing business element Of the Queen City, and
nothing is being left undoue that will con-
duce TO the success Of the undertaking In
stead Of local-as some suppose--it is
National event, made so by the hearty CO.
operation on the part Of dozen of the chief
States in the Union and the announcement
given II by the fact that "Uncle SAM in
tends 10 make an exhibit Of his own Of the
treasures stored away in Washington City
an appropriation for the moving and care
of which has been recommended by a Con-
gressional Committee to whom the matter
was referred
The guarantee fund of one million and
fifty thousand dollars which the Board OF
commissioners have at their command. has
enabled them to provide magnificent quar-
tiers in which to display the mass of articles
already offered, and these, in conjunction
with the permanent building in which uu-
merOus EXpOsitiOns on a smaller scale have
been held, and which cost over one million
dollars, will give to this affair better facili-
blI9 tlAaii FNAN 1tEt SilltS III ~ dtlS tLiilE u
the kind ever held in this country, not ex-
cepting the famous Exposition in Philadel-
phia in 1876 The area of exhibiting space
will be about % 10 re feet. The tenn
pOrary bu' -eady for occu-
pancv. will Z cyst no less than a quarter
of a million of dollars. and are models of
architecture, combining all the elements
necessary for the uses to which they will
be put
The Exposition has been advertised for
a
there is no section of the country that has
failed to hear of the great event. Applica-
tons for exhibiting space have been re-
ceived in abundance from every cline, and
there seems to be no reason to doubt its en-
tire success, both artiStically ar finan-
cially,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
VALUABLE FIGURES.
Statistics of Interest to he Found in tine
Annual Report of ChicagO's Board OF
Trade.


CmcAGo May 25.-Secretary Stone, Of
the Board of Trade, has made public his
report for 1851, the thirteenth annual report
of that institution. IL is commercial
record Of the past year, and its conclusions,
unlike those of most writers, are based
on facts and figures. While the corn crop
was below that Of its immediate prcdecas-
sor, its valuation exceeded the former by
some $4,000, 900, the average price per
bushel being "a cents, against $50 cents
in 1886. The wheat record IS not so good,
IS il was $3.613,000 short Of the previous
year. The cat crop was an increase, both
as regards volume and value, over 1885.
The live stock valuation was Sl76, GA, Ag1, as
against S166, al, 754 for the previous twelve
months. Mr. Stone has no fears Of colupe-
tition with India, but has serious regrets
that only IA per cent Of our foreign Trade
is transported in American vessels while
81 per cent, are foreign bottoms, recalling
as he does, the fact that in 1856 % per cent
Of our foreign commerce was under the
protection of our own flag.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

Catarrh IS not simply an inconvenience
unpleasant to the sufferer and disgusting I'd
others-lt IS an advanced OUTPOST of ap-
preaching disease of worst type. Do not
neglect its warning; il brings deadlv evils
IN its train. Before it is too late, use DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 1t reaches the seat
OF the ailment, and is the only thing that
VIII. You may dose yourself with auack
medicines IT'LL il is too late-'till the stream
let becomes a resistless torrent Il is the
matured invention of 4 scientific physician
"A word To the wise is sufficient y
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

There is no better way Of promoting one's
own interests than by being unselfish. He
who is always looking out for the welfare
OF others viii be sure 70 have others look
ing out for his welfare: while he who is al
ways looking out for himself viii be left By
others 20 take care Of himself. In this
sense there IS wisdom IS well as grace in
unselfshness. 5 IS the Son OF Sirach :
:. He that requitel good turns is mindful
Of that which may come reafter; and
when he falleth he shall find stay But
as practical matter, one viii not be IN
selfish in order 70 promote his own inter-
ests; for. 50 long as he has himself In mind,
unselhshness is impossible 10 him.-S. s.
Ifnex
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

THERE IS surely nothing new under tho
sun. Il IS now learned that the gambling
game in which the players place coins On
the ground before them and bet on the
probability Of fly lighting on particular
coin has been known 70 the people Of Cen
traI Asia for centuries and is probably a
heritage that they have received from their
pre- historic ancestors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
An Icy Invasion

OF the back and shoulders announces the
approach of chills and fever. You 20 10
bed. If lucky enough 10 sleep, you awake in
a furnace, or fancy 50. Fierce is the heat
that consumes Won. Then comes profuse
sweating. This over you resemble q limp
damp rag. After the first paroxysm, pre-
vent another with HOstetter's Stomach Bit
tiers. which knocks out mala ia, biliousness,
constipation aud kidney con plants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

A novel and excellent feature has
been introduced in the high school at
Caldwell. Kan. which keeps a file of
all the leading county papers. with
magazines and papers for young peo-
pie, all Of which are aceessiblo to the
students at unemployed moments
Every afternoon portion Of the time
is devoted to live topics of the day.
On a recent Friday one Of the students
gave an extended account OF the rail-
road strike. another the death of En-
peror William. and his successor;
Others of the life Of Miss Alcott, of the
Eastern blizzard, Oklahoma. etc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31
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keep IN their homes line oC ART SAMPLES o. those
who viii keep and simply show
VIII send. free, the hsf sewing Machine
IN the world with all the hu-ts This
aCr patents r.sfrafs
out ths style machine vih te attachments s1Idf3r
81 VOW sells for $50 header rnGy you most
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home and show 20 those who call set q elegant and
egused art samples hc d. ask chow
pes or than months. and
own pr1Feuy Tie samples you ABSOLUTELY
fie oeou
81 a. much as sou or 3 IN trade from small plsre
amer our samples have remained where
month or We need each 16a1iT
tie country and take This securing thea
Those who write once viii secure.
Sewing Machine manufactured aud the
neni % works q hIgh together All
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know all should you conclude further
done Wonderful a. H you need curifasli nee
Address a. Gaze. TkLi- CO, AuGCsTA, MALsE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

Henry CLAY was known as the ''M1l Bow
Of the Slashes." He was called by this name
because he was born near place in Han
over County, Va, known as the Sla5hes, a
low, swampy country, where there was a
mill TO which, as . boy, he was often sentc on
errands.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

The Lewiston tMel journal remarks I.
zone Of the smartest little women in the
town is she who weighs less than a hun
dred. takes care Of three little children and
keeps ten boH ders. besides worrying about
a worthless husband Who says the AMER
lean girl is not plucky!"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-31

There IS an old man out in Mound Valley
who has been adopted by a lot of JACK rab-
bits, writes a New York San correspondent
from Carson City, New Their friendlfness
and good feeling have become so obtrusive
that the old fellow would be thankful if
something would happen to ALLEVIATE their
affections. He is a sort of hermit living all
alone on his ranch, where he devOtes all his
time to cattle and horse raising. As he
doesn't try to raise vegetables the rabbits
could do him no harm, and so he has never
tried to drive them away They soon be-
came very tame, and. as the Jack rabbit is
rather an affectionate animal any way, they
kept making more advances and trials of
friendship until they and the old man have
become quite sociable. When he goes out
after his cows two or three dozen rabbits
win come troOping along after him, leaping
around him, running between his legs and
nibbling his fingers.
Very often drove Of them viii gather
around his cabin and cut up all sort of
pranks in front CT his door. leap on his bed.
jump into the chair-if he isn't occupying
the only one hjmsclf-and nose around
among his kettles and dishes for something
to cat. Several Of the most intelligent he
has singled out for special fayors. He has
taught them a number OF tricks, such as
jumping over bar or through a ring,
walking on their hind legs and jumping
over one another like a leap frog. But the
rabbits have developed such a liking for
civilization that they are about to take pos
session of his house, and have even begun
to rear their broods in it, so that the old
man hardly knows now whether he owns the
house or SIMPLY lives there with the rabbits