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Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

A Hartford Comm lady tells this true
relation concerning her ancestor, wao was
q direct descendant Of John Eliot, the great
missionary and scholar. Thi. lady lived in.
New Haven, and had occasion to send Il
Boston for number OF kegs Of nails, Nes
Haven at that time (about 1861 not pro
dacing these necessaries. In duo time the
kegs arrived, and, on opening them, il was
discovered that one was filed with Spanish
dollars The family wrote 20 the Boston
merchant, telling him that Que Of the Kegs
held something more valuable than nails.
He replied taat be had bought them for
nails, and his respons oility herewith end
cd Well, they were kept among the fam
uy treasures for many years untouched and
unclaimed until the death Of the head os
the hous., who, in her Will, ordered that
they be melted and cast into a communion
service for the New Haven church. which
was done, and 1t IS still probably in use.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

The poiypus, lao the tabled hydra. re
ceives new life from the knife lifted 10 de
stroy t. The fly SPIDER Lays an egg as long
- itself There ara four thou sand ssd
foTfy-one muscles i'm the caterpillar. Hook
q sCoveret fourteen thousand mirrors in the
eve of a droue; and 20 effect the respiration
o. carp, thirteen tAossaud three hundred
arteries. vessels. veins, bones. etc, are
necessary. The BODY Of every spider con
tains foar little masses pierced with a mu[
ti.ude u mpercepti0le holes. each hole per
hitting tho passage OF a single thread, a.
she threads 70 the amount ~ thousand -
each mass, join together when they come
cut. and make the single thread wlta
lich the spider spins Us wen. 50 mas
what We cal ta8 spider thread consists oi
mere than folr ehonsa-d ari-ea-
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
4 Mlssoual ROMANCE.



prvtty AEiAs rczs4zls J. rouaSlaz iass
sa4gs j. lbs cr1eS II "a lnsestl,szlt e-zl--
p4sy j. tz2s c4tgs s.ys TIC k2as~s Clsy
llzes. A handsome sG3 worthy yo-Ig 10y
typsgFriteF al . seaug zlzn u szisst&n.-zl
t4siaess sLaaalng, Of sd habits .ni peas
-at B4ce, 4re tle p4rrles - T. "A zgoa
A. 4 r4lher sel-tor - ssa1osger, Nke LIKES IA
as05a-aan te8l, E41 goed Ge4i II pasl-
ues. .lta the izvesr meat company 41a Nss
f4ger4oly tzzen vita tue = typewriter leftsrs
tass he Ia froA tie coEpssg. These
Lhlags are goELen Up Ia good sAzps, sad
-, .-.4a4 i'c Ike 70 ses tas enc TAX cola-
poses 'e2. Tney are easy % Te4c anc Sro
~ tae pUl2t" TIE old gent.S1l@L sons ~
say u ioks. It'd Ais father that a hand
sel1e young woman prepared the leIte-ss
End Jh4t she Yzs the sweetest aid Nest
pract.cal girl ca earth. TIE oli niaa
sAid hIlls, bgt Began - investigated. al
~ tie one cr the company was alreclea
y q rOug-sa yo1Hg w9uL4l, who admitted
tas authorship u the letters The ca
u 1n meant business and very promptly
2ad poiatetly tsld Ler that sic would
wiz good home aud = slag fortune by
marry ~ hia- The young woman would
not maze : positive reply, Out 10 carry ca
the loke gave taclt assent 10 tie Cd boy ;
suit About tuls time word VS. conveyed
10 the son Who had sOus hr 10 be funny with
his father that tbe Old gentleman and the
young woman had really serious intenu0us.
he then sci a5Ogt 10 stop it. Going 70 the
young woman, &c said u her ia his matter
oI-f2ct way that be was decidedly opposed
10 a marriage between her and his father;
that he had money Of his own and would
gladly contribute any reasonable sum that
81. might name rather than have the mar
rage take place. This was the first intima
ton that the young woman had that the al
fair was growing serious enough 10 be
looked upon - "a certainty by the old gen
tlenlan's family. She very frankly con
fesscd 10 the sOlicitous son OF the aged
swain that she had only been romancing
and that he need not fear that she would
take the Office OF step-mother 10 him. In
this interview both were characterize ly
pleasant and frank, and they parted good
friends and 80 on. The young man found II
necessary 10 call again and again, and the
young typewriter welcomed him cordially
each time. And so visits have gone on, and
the friendship has grown INTO love between
them, and here is the romance. This ex
plains why wealthy young man is soon u
marry pretty typewriter girl.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
a BRAiNY BRAKEMAN.
How - Green Country Boy Made HIS Way
in The World.

II was only few years ago, says the
Washington Post, that green country boy
applied 10 Division Superintendent Hitch
cock, of the GaiesbGrg division Of the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, for
work Mr.. Hitchcock could set him at
nothing but braking on freight train, and
disliAed 10 give such work to him because
OF the lads youthful appearance and the
dangers besetting that vocation. The boy,
however, plcade! until he secured the en-
ployment On one of his first trips, il not
indeed the very first, it chanced that his
train met another freight tram at station
where the side-trs.ca was not long enough
To accommodate either. The conductors
were discussing the question which train
should back up 20 point where they could
pass, when the green boy yeptured to sug-
get that neither need back up; that they
could pass by means Of the short side track
if they worked it right This occasioaed u
good deal Of laughter on the part OF the
older and more experienced Wainmen, but
the boy insisted he could work the trains
by each other.
"Well, how would you 20 about itP'
asked one of the conductors, confident that
the lad would soon be up a stump. The boy
took up Il stick and traced in the sand q di-
agram Of how he wOcld do 1t.
by thunder, "or worse, said the conduct
or. II believe that Will do it,"
They tried it a.d it did do it. To-day
every tranman in America probably kIpws
how To ''saw by' two long trains on a sho =.
side track, but until that inexperienced
country boy worked it out of his noddle the
practice on the old so road had been for
trains either TO avoid meeting at such
points or, when they chanccd TO meet, for
one Of them 10 run back to a longer side
track.
That boy IS C. II. Chappall, and be is gen
eral manager Of the Chicago, Alton 6S 81.
Louis road, which wheS be took hold Of it a
few years ago was little more two streaks
Of rust and right Of way, but which is
now one of the best equirged and success
full lines in the West.
We don't know what has become OF the
trainmen who laughed at the green country
boy. We don't know whether they are
watching crossings or have given up rail-
roading altogether.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

The wei known Dr. Pbupotts, Bishop
~ Exes-r in rhr course ~ conversation As
= dinner party. mentioned chat on one oc-
rs-sirn. wears sfnce. whtls trour fshinE he
lost ~ watch aud chain. which He sup
posed ast been pv sd from his pocket y
The bo,fah 10 = fraa some tfu-e sftsrva -
when staying in che ssFue neigh horacod
he ts-ok q stroll bv ttS side ~ she river
sud rsms 20 rhe -eri rcas spot where h-
supposed be hsd lost his vsiD1oie~ snd
thers. a. his surprise and 5el ght, be found
snena 1nder a bush The snecrfot-. ronch-f
- bv The vert " = hfsbop. sstcn ish s,i
sE,e company. bus fhis wss carn.ed %
-rsu@srneat hv bis sos 2 iaQuirin Z Teefhsr
the w.tch, when it vas found, vas S1inE
NO ren8ei tae hishep the Souder
~ss shsE 1yas naf gone
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

n, not carry your umsr~ils Or csr- 40
thsf the person sehfnd Vou e threatened
vith the ioss 0f a eye, or must todE. %
svosd a rhrIss ia ths fsce or r.Us b
e~p~cisi'F careful - 20 carry lt anfsr ths
srra - Az sosis 81 soStT ave degrees going
rp stslrNaT&
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

I1aiN- Al others aaly except sunday.
Taxing eject slklaaN. JHls rs. isoa
riVrfthH ears rob uH Rasllo Aua Atlantic IA
PRESSES - ana tfuH Detfoil flgor eArs ran
on baN lAFrcss and Grand Aapius tNprcSS -
aha iisih lFtiftlil Direct con 4Fg ioiis mace ~
btlfvit viii a. throueh trains last l-Ilckcts
oh atle a NAioa Ticket once. Z. Moafsc 81.
and al l nl0u depot
tnn NJ hHGas. Gen1 Agg 81 Monroe st.
Q. v kUeoits. "a. J.. and Aet. gllcsEs
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

Iht sunrIFSI Inc y fttTUlf and IHsf- DE
CANT paIiar ears between Detroit asd aFand
Rapids: Trains leaving Detroit l-1l in AID
Grand Rapids DO y ga ruD daily. other trains
daily except sunday.
A. AiaQt ISL. 1icAet Agent. Depot. GFa. W.
MJNsn>. lnion Ticket Ageuf. ~ Monroe st.
$50. 4. ~N1H. Ten. Art.. Grand Rapids 81 a.
CAErr,uH. Tsfnc Manager. ). j.. Mpi4alEs.
Nfner.l Nanagnr.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

A train leaves Grand Rapids for Allogau al
l.lu p ~. arriving there "a s-1
lhfouGh ickeis sold 10 principal points en-
the United states. Mexico aud Canada - r siaa
Ickci once. AL ~ufrt..
6. +. A.. Cleveland. Ohio.
THE popt LAR sTEANER. THOS FRgtNT.
IS making daily trips IRON Pctoskey -
East Jordan and return.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12
CmcAGo wEsT MicnaAN TRAlNs

from Nanlsler, Lud hgton IaldWlui ~ , In
bailN- fLaiiy cAcrFi sunday 'bailA ca
Nal hftat- It'iilN eNcsnf Monday
Through coaches 10 Chic.tlo on SO IA
tfaih. Through pafior coach to thisag0 ~n
-, ~ ifain At IRA charge iar als-
iheN-li a. IA train consisting 81 GaN coaches
anu smoker fuhs through ID Chicago solid.
ihfVHkh cpIubi nation sleeping aHa siittr
ears to And ifom Indianapolis Oh igbl IA
press trains
Through sleepers 10 and from Chicago on
night Ia ApT'Ns frafns-
". A. fsrrfsTn Trsmc MGuaver.
WILLIAM a. hskrig. As tt,.u. i'ass. Agent.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-12

pEToSkFY, .ESCANABA AND GLADSTONE
sTEAMEE LINE
The shortest ard cheapest route 10 Fseana
ba, ritd STONE. NHgauncf aud ishDfiniue
Boat leaves Pciustey every Monday N eaues
DAY and FRIDAY
iof ifelGDt 0r Passenger rates apply 70
Z. ". if>kfh. Nanaver
leiosEey NfrA
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-24
COMMON-SeNSE MAxIMS.
Some Things of wh'cha Wise Man should
Never Re Chilly


Never BE Guilty.
Never. unless you are an expert
hOrseman. attempt to show off spir-
tied animal before your friends, else
you may be made to kiss the dust; for
the horse is a sagaciOus brute, and
soon discovers the incapacity of his
rider.
Never indorse a promissory note.
for when once ION the ice, it is inn
possible to predict the result
Never laugh at your own jokes, at
least until the visibility of the company
has been excited, when etiquette may
perhaps permit you to give a gentle
guffaw by way of accompaniment.
Never, in talking TO your next
neighbOr, vociferate as il you were
hailing ship at sea; it is the custom
of uneducated Doors, with whom you
stand a chance of being classed.
Never condemn your neighbor uu-
heard, however many accusations
which may DC preferred against him;
every story has two ways of being
told, and justice requires that you
shall hear the defense as well as the
accusation; and remember that the
malignity of enemies may place yOu
in similar predicament.
Never get into a passion because
others will not agree with you in opin-
ion; you are not infallible, and, more
over, diversity of opinion is the very
life and soul of conversation; at the
same time, we confess that there are
some dogmatists who never speak
rhyme nor reason" and who sadly
try the temper.
Never trouble others with the recital
of your misfortune: communications of
this description are very pleasing; and,
at all events, sympathy can not conn-
teract the DEGREES of fate; and, more
over, If your are given to such dis
closures, you will be dubbed knight
of the rueful countenance" "a person.
age who is no favorite at convivial
meetings, or, indeed, anywhere,
Never harbor luminosity towards a
friend for a mere hasty expression;
forgiveness is gOdlike quality and a
true friend is so scarce q commodity,
that he should not be repudiated on
slight grounds; but those who injure
you from malice prepense" should be
stunned as you would avoid tiger. -
n. Y. Ledger.
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THE LoUNGER ON DUTY.
How Personal Paragraphs arc Prepared
for Society Papers.


Scene 1-Office of Society Topics.
Enter brisk odor OF red behring's
and lager beer, followed by seedy In
dividual in decollete broadcloth, with
dried beer trimmings.)
Proprietor Society Topics-Hello.
Rola, dye want to make a stamp?
Seedy Individual promptly Well,
! should relax my facial expression!
Proprietor Society Topics-Well.
just take in few of the hotel registers
this morning and see who's in town.
Scene 2-Front OF st. Mare Hotel
Seedy Individual (humbly approach
ing desk) Beg pardon, sir. but can |
glance over your register for one mo-
ment?
Clerk (haughtily)-HeyP
Seedy Individual (meekly)-I asked
whether / could glance over your reg
lister for one moment Hope, sir. you
have no objection, sir!
Clerk with magnificent scorn)-
Well, rush it! I'll give you just two
minutes 10 look over the list and fling
yourself out into the sidewalk again.
Timei
Scene 3-Odice of Society Topics.
(Se1iy individual hard at work as
follows on the Lounger paragraphs):
while CHANGING lsnguidly over the
register in the lobby Of the St Marc
yesterday almost dropped my cheroot
Ga Renaissance. by the way, Of a de-
lightful evening spent with Sir Lionel
Wes'gate. OF Her Majesty's Lies, and
a select little set Of club-men), as / re-
marked, almost dropped my cheroot
in surprise to run across the autograph
Of my old chum, the Count de la
FrummbOsi0 80 the Count is once
more Jasking in the sunlight and chic
of Gotham society. Well! we'll! as we
would say on the Bourse: &c monde
est plein de fous.' If ! remember
Alright. | first met the Count at Baden.
where we were both taking the waters.
His persistent attentions to Miss Made
line X, a fair young bud of two
seasons. was the talk of the cluba
Many we're the rumors. etc."-Jour-
naliS.
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EXERCISE OF DISCRETION.
why va.or without Consideration Is a
dangerous Quality.

why va:or without Consideration Is a
dangerous Quality.
The discretion" which is said to
be ''the better part of valOr" is not
usually understood to be a quality of
which the possessor has any particu-
lar reason to feel proud; it is looked
upon. indeed. as an indication of
something very like cowardice. Cow
ardice in a man, fortunately for this
country, is looked upon by all classes,
from the ragged vendor of evening
newspapers to a prime minister, as
the one social sin for which there is no
forgiveness, hence the imputation be-
comes a serious one. As a matter of
fact, however, it is pre-eminently true
that discretion is the better part of
valor.n Valor without discretion. so
far from being a useful quality, is art
to be a very dangerous one The
valor OF our private soldiers is beyond
question, but the exercise of the dis
erection which controls it Is fortunately
not left to them; if it we're We should
have splendid Instances Of bravery. no
doubt. but our army as an effective
weapon of war would soon cease to
exist.
Discretion is the tie which binds to-
gether ali the faculties OF the mind;
without it, they have no more cohesion
than a loose bundle OF sticks. He who
enjoys the proper exercise OF this
faculty enjoys il. unfortunately. to the
exclusion OF countless numbers OF his
fellow-beings. 1t is a faculty which
can be developed by practice, and it
can be lost by disuse, following in
his respect the Darwinian order OF
things. Soldiers taught 10 perform
their different evolutions at the word
of command. act mechanically at last,
depending upon the voition of some
body else instead Of their own. Re.
lieved from the necessity Of consider
ing what course they would. under
particular circumstances, adopt, they
cease to consider about it altogether.
and if at some supreme crisis they are
deprived of those who have done the
thinking for them. they are as incapa-
BILE of intelligent and co7Boined actich
as flock of sheep.-Chambers' Jour-
nal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-24
PITH AND POINT.


People who call each other liars
often get hurt for telling the truth. =
Merchant Traveller.
"A wife owes duty to her hus-
band, and the husband. as in courtesy
bound, pays the debt.-Binghamton
Leader.
Man will never be a free agent so
long as woman chooses either to rule
or bamboozle him Milwaukee jour
nal.
There is a great deal of poetry
about poverty. no doubt but it takes
the poor mans well-to-do neighbor to
discover it.-Somerville Journal
The man who keeps a secret from
his wife may be a discreet man, but he
teaches his wife TO keep secret from
him by doing it. -Atchison Globe.
"A man who can not distinguish
between right and wrong. can not dis
tinguish himself. unless he mistakes
notoriety for distinction. Texas Sift-
ings.
The conversation of women in So
ciety resembles the straw used in
packing china: it is nothing, yet with
out it every thing would be broken
Nine. de Salm.
"A friend, in the true sense of the
term, is one to whom you would not
hesitate to speak your inmost thoughts.
but one does not make such friend in
u week.-Church Union.
Each human life is crystal, rather
than a surface; it has many faces, and
each face seems to him who sees it n
complete life; and yet ali the faces
depths are concealed from sight.
There are some men who make a
name for themselves in public life less
because of any conspicuous talent for
affairs than because of certain afflu-
ence of human sympathy, and ca
pacity for making themselves under
stood by people of all grades of intelli-
gence. The Epoch.
When you find man who thinks
that all he lacks of success is a good
l OPpOA bAhAbS " hAopldS MS ubAAltyg
you find a man who has let slip a
great many good opportunities, and
who is likely to let another slip while
he is complaining of a lack OF such
opening for good work on his part.
5. S. Times
Not to return one good Office for
another, is inhuman; but to return evil
tor good is diabolical. There are too
many even of this sort, who, the more
they owe, the more they hate. There
is nothing more dangerous than TO
oblige those people; for when they are
conscious of not paying the debt, they
wish the creditor out of the way
Seneca.
An optimist is likely to be attract
i've, and people usually speak good
words of him, while the pessimist. so
gloomy-lOoking and full OF despair.
gets nothing but blame and criticism.
And yet the former is as much out OF
place in the world as the latter He
who sees every thing good and right is
preaching one OF the most vicious of
fal5ehOods. United Presbyterian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-24
THE OLD STORY.

Tell yea sioryf Ny gracious sakesI
Tiers nothing literary
Bout me, ! guess ! couldn't invent
Any yarn that wud be wuth q cent;
lneyer knew what romances meant
Or a goblin from fairy.
To be sure. I remember long ago.
Whea I was a rough miner.
And come 70 this coast 20 hunt for gold;
But then. that story's Bsen told and told
TInit's got 10 be a chestnut old
To every ger
What! Tel you THAR All right; here goes:
Twas in the spring Of City
That sale from POrtlaud-Portland. Maine
The WIND due east BY Ia town hall vane,
With gOsty show rs OF sleet and rain,
n the clipper ship, the Thrifty.
We rounded the Horn in a bowling rale
Aud into the Pacific;
Though why so called beats me. I must say,
For till We sailed into Frisco bay
IL blew q hurricane eV'ry day
In way that was terrible
Iwes much fresher then. young man,
A tritie green and iaunty.
knew u al tho't so, az least
First day on shore buckcd the beast;
Thzt's slang Tor faro. got roundly heecd.
And lost ev'ry cent At monty.
That taught me . lesson, and afterward
1 felt IS meek as Moses.
Itramped % the N mes, went all alone
WalSdtiil was worn 10 skin aud bone,
slept Jac0b-like with pillow stone
And a log IRE al my tOeses.
twas killing work. tho, and one hot day.
In the Sacramento valley.
Iplum GIN ont: my head went round.
AuC I flung myself on the parched ground,
Too weak % utter a single sound
Or make another rally.
Jest then a man with 8 mule came IN,
Both in q perfect Ilther.
case q bust guess, h srufiy said,
But teudertv lifted my aching head
And br0't me outer the vale Of the dead;
That man, sir, vas your father.
Wal. We was partners from that time on.
Friends, yes ami more than brothers.
We worIx'd together through thin and thick.
WOrk'd az the cradle, world with the pick:
We work when we'll, WORKED when sick,
and what was one was ;other's.
Wal, a last one day we struck il rich,
-Four ounces 20 pan. sir;
Aud i KEEP like that Tor sixteen days,
TIL a fortune came to Us two Jays.
TIL We had a sOrter golden craze,
regular bOuanzer.
Then your dad vent back 20 Illinois,
To see the ole folks faces,
And there he found his old sweetheart,
Yor nav that is L0w. Miss Cla-y Bart:
He drove her 10 church 90 h.s fathers cart
And 20 got n the traces.
But marriage IS too risky work
For your TIL death 70 try IL.
You folks friendship IS all I crave,
And .hing how nigh 70 a case OF cave
Twas hat day your father come to save
ale from nameIess and uROless'd grave,
And, well. you wont lose by II.
san Francisco Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-10-24
A BENEVOLENT RAILROAD
Conductors 60 BE Trained to Extract Gin
ders From Ives


Conductors 60 BE Trained to Extract Gin
ders From Ives.
1t is reported that the Old Colony
railroad is about to adopt a new idea,
not less original in its conception than
humane in the object it is intended TO
accomplish. The notion is simply that
every conductor in the employ of the
road shall acquire through as many
lessons from first-rate oculist as may
be necessary. a knowledge of the best
process for extracting a cinder from
the eye. The amount of real misery
arising from this cause on passenger
trains in the course Of year is posi-
/ lively incalculable. Think how many
people there are who endure hours OF
torture thus occasioned before they can
| get to the end of their journey and take
measures for obtaining relief Is there
single person who reads this letter
| who has not been through at least one
experience Of the sort?
But now something is to be done. on
the Cd Colony road at least, to miti-
gate the pangs of the cinder-crushed
unfortunate. IN future, it is said, the
passenger thus sadly afflicted will be
able to appeal with confidence to the
conductor, who will say in reply: IF
you please, sir" or MADAM" "loox
down q moment"
Whereupon the impromptu patient
will have the lid of his eye turned
quickly inside-out, by means OF lead
pencil and a delicate grasp upon the
lashes, and the ticxet-punch expert will
cast an investigating glance over the
| exposed connective membrane through
a small but powerful magnifying glass
Having ascertained the precise location
Of the cinder, he will deity remove it
with a corner of his handkerchief, or
with the moistened end of toothpick,
il the obstruction is particularly OBJ
stinate. and the victim will experience
relief the intensity OF which only
those who have endured such torments
can appreciate. To the conductor also
it will be doubtless most gratifying to
apply benefcent ministrations of the
kind to the people whose bodily safety
while travelling is entrusted TO his care.
The cinder that makes trouble is al
most invariably caught in the little
folds beneath the upper lid of the eye.
Unless so detained. any foreign sub
stance is at once "winked out, - nature
having constructed the organ apparent
/ ly with a view to accomplishing this
object A sharp. jagged thing like a
minute scrap of burned coal, however,
Is apt to lodge in the folds aforesaid,
and then there is distress at once. even
the most microscopic bit of cGlcined
carbon occasioning immediate and vio-
lent Inflammation, the only cure for
which is the removal OF the disturbing
cause. In big factories there is usually
one man who is a skilled amateur in
this art. and any employe who gets
something in his eye goes to him for
help. As rule such assistance is well
rendered, for the matter is simple
enough when once derstood. ANY
way. it is much better than using the So
called "eye-stones" which are always
dangerous and seldom do good. Boston
| Letter.