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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
PITH AND POINT,
People fatter us because they can
depend on our credulity. -Tacitus.

People fatter us because they can
depend on our credulity. -Tacitus.
Enthusiasm is good to raise men
upon. but discipline is the Only thing
to fight on -Beecher.
Affection goes into bankruptcy
when it marries for money and fails
to get it-N. o. Picayune.
To know how to be silent is more
difficult and more profitable than TO
know how to speak.-Lee.
Good manners include not merely
pleasant things said and done. b t I'M
pleasant ones left undone.
1t is generally the idle who com
plain that they can not find time to do
that which they fancy they wish. -
Once Week.
There is no more objection to
poking bit of wisdom in between a
mans ribs than pounding it in through
his skull"
in this world the young man who
is always intending TO do something
becomes the old man who wonders why
he never reached success.
No state can be more destitute than
that of person who. when the delights
of sense forsake him, has no pleasures
of the mind. -Burgh.
in all evils which admit a remedy.
impatience should be avoided, because
it wastes that time and attention in
complaints which, if properly applied,
might remove the cause.-Johnson.
The water that flows from a spring
doesn't CONCEAL In winter. So those
sentiments of friendship which flow
from the heart can not be frozen in adj
versity.-N. Y. Ledger.
1T is hard for naughty man ever
to forgive one that has caught him in
fault, and whom he knows has rea-
son to complain of him; his resent
ment never subsidies till he has re-
gained the advantage he has lost, and
found means to make the other do him
equal wrong.-Bruyere.
There are great things and little
things-as men see things; but the
greatness and the littleness are oftener
in the seeing than in the seen. Little
things rec often great to little minds
in little way; but little things are
great to great minds-in a great way.
Trifing is trivial only to him who is
so trivial as to be triAer.-S. 5.
Times.
Lots of Fun.-Visitor-" you
have any amusements out hereP" Kan
san-"I should say. Had a fight over
the county seat last week, and three
men were killed; hung four horse
thieves yesterday. and tonight we are
going to take couple Of fellows out
and whip the hide off of them. / guess
we have our share of amusements,
taking it the year through. Drake
Magazine.
1t is the busy men who keep the
world moving 1t is the busy men
who sustain society, and the busy men
are the projectors of the progress and
improvement. The lazy man is al
ways full of trouble. He is never con-
tent with himself. He never succeeds.
He has fault to find with every one
but himself Besides being burden
to himself, he is pest to society; for
when he is too lazy TO earn for him
self, he then begs for charity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
The Most Efficient Fertilizer.

The experiments at stations and by
individuals continue to confirm the old
opinion that barn manure is more uni
versally useful and efficient under all
circumstances than any of the special
fertilizers. In rating its value by
analysis, the carbonaceous matter
which It contains is not commonly
taken into account, but its abundant
presence is one reason why it is so
generally beneficial to all soils. 1t
operates in several ways, among them
in the mechanical condition given to
land, and in promoting the absorption
of moisture and essential ingredients
of fertilizers. 1t greatly assists in i'm
proving the texture of many soils.
With these qualities, it is well TO mix
with yard manure various other sub
stances. Inquiry is often made for the
best way to apply bone dust, plaster.
mari. air-slaked lime. superphosphate,
etc. In most cases. the easiest way is
to mix them through heaps of manure,
in their alternating layers; and il there
is plenty of the manure. and the guam
tity of the other ingredients is small.
the more perfect the intermixture can
be made. The thinner and more numer-
GUS the layers, the more perfectly they
will be diffused through the manure,
and the less labor will be required in
working over the pile of manure =
Chicago Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
Only + sAsY.s HAND.


B - time to-nighss the drummers said
A. 20 supper they sat them down;
Tomorrow Sunday, and now's our chancs
To illuminate the town"
'Gocdr' cries Biu Barnes. the ioliiest-
The fave rite o. all;
Yes. lets forget our troubles now
And hold high carnival
The supper dous. the mail arrives.
Each man his letters scanning,
With fresh quotations-up or down
His busy brain IS examining.
Bgt Z why. what's come over him
Why turned 50 quick ab0uts"
He says-iust as his pards start forth:
Il guess won't go out"
His letter bore no written word
No prayer from vice TO fee.
ORiy tracing Of a hand
A baby's hand-of three
What picture comes before his mind
What does his memory paints
A ably at her mothers knee
His little. white-r0bed saint
What cares a man for ridicuie
Who wins a victory grands
Bill slept in peace, his brow was sH OOthed
By shadOUy little hand.
Nought like the weak things OF this world
The power % SIN Withstand.
No shield between mans zaul and wrong
Ike = little, baby hand.
f-h--aoo Jor,rral
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
WOMEN DRUG CLERKS
According to Male Authority They Give
Satisfaction to Employers.


Satisfaction to Employers.
"Why don't you employ female drug
clerks?" asked Washington reporter
Of druggist the other day.
THAT has been tried in some cities"
was the reply. land has worked very
we'll; but somehow female drug clerks
have not yet become fixture in Wash
ington. never had but one applica-
ton for a position by woman, and
she was graduate of Chicago coll
lege of pharmacy. Idin't employ her.
not because Ihad any objection to taxi
ing female clerk, but because | had
no vacancy. / don't know of but one
druggist in the city who has employed
woman behind his counter, and she
was at the soda fountain"
"Is she still there?" asked the re-
porter.
mo, / don't think she was a sue
cess. I've no doubt she attended to
her duties. but you know men are pc
culiar. Some like 90 kick and swear
at the clerk. and they can't do that at
a woman"
''But the regular business of COM
pounding prescriptions" said the re-
porter. Cant a woman do that as
well as a manP"
II see no reason why she shouldn't
| She is quick and apt to acquire knowl-
edge, she has good memory, is care
| full in making her measures and can
certainly mix the pills, powders or so
buttons that may be ordered. A wom-
an, too, is naturally neat and would be
OF value so far as the fancy articles
usually for sale in a drugstore go.
But don't you know a drug clerks life
is an awful hard onep stay in this
store from nine o'clock in the morn
ing until after midnight, and l am on
my feet ne'rly all the time. Now,
that would BE- very wearing on a wom-
an, and / doubt If many of them have
the physical endurance to stand such q
tour of duty day in and day out right
through the year.
"Still,n he continued, as the reporter
| jotted down some notes, II have no
doubt that many women, if they should
graduate in pharmacy. could manage
a drug store as successfully as a man
more so than a good many men-but
then she would have male clerk, and
don't you forget it."
"Why SOP"
Because she would put more con-
fidence in man than she would in one
of her own sex. That's the way with
women. But there is one other diff
ficulty that stands in the way of a
woman's success as a drug clerk. BY
great many people we are considered
in the light of physician, and men
and women, too, consult us Just the
same as they would a regular doctor.
The majority of women have not as
much confidence In a female as in a
male physician, even in regard to their
own peculiar ailments. / don't know
that this should be. but lis. and you
see how it would operate against q
female drug clerk so far as her own
sex is concerned, while men, of course,
would not consult her at all. All these
obstacles may be removed in time, and
we may have many female drug clerks,
but it will not be this year. WASH
/ ington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
THE PUMPKIN PLANT.
80 Wonderful Possibilities as Revealed
by Careful Examination.

49, Wonderful Possibilities Revealed
by Careful Examination.
1t is profitable for us to pause occa-
sionally and look at the products OF
the field in another light than that of
their food or money value. God made
nothing common or uninteresting. The
despised weeds have their uses, and
even the humblest plants are so COM
pick in structure and functions that the
life history of a single one OF them is
not yet fully understood. Take the
pumpkin-vine, for example, with its
wonderful possibilities Gas shown in
the Nebraska Corn Palace" exhibit
last fall, loaded with hundreds of gold
en- sphere, from three to seven feet in
circumference-Or was il diameter0
Who can help excl aiming; ''How is
this possibleP" Only the little seed,
the brown earth, the air, the sunshine,
and little brains to enrich and pull
verize the soil. Let us see what the
thoughtful observer finds in this home
ly friend. A slight examination of the
flowers of the pumpkin show that they
are of two kinds-pistilate and STAN
mate; the former have three club
shaped, almost sessile stigmas, the lat
ter have five stamens united into a col
umn an inch and half in length; the
anthers or pollen-boxes are arranged
around this column and furnish gen.
erous supply of the fertilizing dust.
The flower opens but once, for few
hours in the morning. The bees.
knowing it's bountiful nature, hasten
to avail themselves of its sweets;
humping around within the yellow
dell they soon become well-dusted with
pollen; in their travels from flower to
flower they visit staminate and pistil-
ate alike; the moist, glutinous surface
of the stigmas in the pistilate flowers
retain the grains of pollen, and thus,
through the unconscious aid Of the
busy bee" and probably other in
sects, the perpetuation of the plant be-
comes possible. The regularity of the
distribution of the seeds in the fruit is
wonderful when their number is con-
sidered. Each seed grows on a string
of spiral vessels, and each seed has to
be fertilized in the embryo state by
grain of pollen before it can grow into
a perfect seed. The tendrils of the
vine have peculiar way of changing
their direction. After some ten or if
teen turns to the right they stop and
turn to the left; this probably is done
in their effort TO find a support. The
vine was evidently climber in its ma
tive Asia. The stem of the pumpkin
is full of sap, and drop under mag
nifying glass shows some fine crystals.
N. Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
TRIUMPHANT LOVE,
Ii Thrilling Bicycle Romance of the Crol
of 1889,

OfISS9.
Rachel, you sob in vain. Never
again shall the young man darken the
doors of this palatial dwelling. A
monster in human form who will go to
church in his bicycle pants and add to
the proclamation by taking up the col
lection in that attire can never be a fit
companion for my daughter. Go to
your chamber, Rachel, and try to for
get him, and may take you to the cir
Gus in leafy August"
A shudder shook the young girl S
frame, and with a moan she crept from
the room. 'An6 must we then be
wrenched apart" she asker of the
serene moon three hours later. 'Must
Eugenio's life and mine pursue differ
emit destinies? Must / glide swiftly
down the gloomy, turbid tide of baf-
fed hope, thwarted love and unrequited
trustfulness to the ocean of despair"
A shrill sound smote upon her ear.
II came nearer. She saw the pale
moonlight against the wan metal
''Histr
''Sshr'
''Darlingf"
"Eugenior
"Come, fly with me-"
"Oh, Eugenio!"
There's not a moment to lose; yon
bright moon will soon sink into the
bosom of the mere; haste, then, dar-
ling Rachel"'
''Shall bring trunkP'
Heavens, no. my angel; ! have only
my tandem here; bring shawl strap
The whispered words smote upon the
vibrant air and made the innocent
moonbeams CULVER in weird ecstasy. In
ten minutes the beautiful creature was
prepared. She put her golden head out
Of the window and the mOOnbeams
made an aureola round her crown
''Eugenio," she said, in a whisper liz
the dying cadences of an Aeolian hap.
''shall / slide down the water-spout or
go down the stairP"
"Are the stairs clear, love?"
"Yes, but"
Then come down the stair; why tn
Water-spout?'
ut would be so romantic, Eugenio.
''Oh, that's all right Rachel; we will
write your father that you climbed out
The window. Gomez
A moment later the door of the man
sion opened, the girl tripped down the
marble stairs, fastened her shawl-strap
on the machilc, and an instant later
the betrothed had leaped on to the
tandem bicycle and were fast speeding
towards the dawn and Clarence, where
Eugenio had ordered the wedding
breakfast Buffalo Courier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

An Alabama man charged with
stealing a calf made the following
statement: Il was always teached to
be honest, an most always have been.
but when l seed the calf 1 caved.
never wanted calf so bad in all my
life, an you all know that when a man
wants a calf he wants him." The jury
returned the following verdict: I'VE,
the jury, are satisfied that Steve stold
the calf. but, as the fellow that owned
the animal is considerable of p. sleueh
we agrees to clear Steve and mako the
SLOUGH pay the costs"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
ORCHIDS THE LATEST.
The Most Recent and Interesting Floral
Fad in England.

Inc MOST recent ana interesting tiOrdl
Fad in England.
When the history of English horti
culture in the nineteenth century
comes to be written its remarkable
feature will be the position held by the
orchid family. In a period of less
than fifty years the cultivation Of
orchids has developed into almost a
passion, and has become an important
commercial industry. There are mill
ions of pounds invested in orchids in
England alone. Collectors are in all
parts of the world searching for them.
They are objects of interest to all
classes of the community.
There are few horticutlurists who
profess to despise orchids, and who
constantly discover that reaction
against them is setting in But these
plants are more popular now than
ever, and this popularity seems on the
increase. And yet there is no orchid
society in England. Such plants as
chrysanthemums, carnations, auricu-
las and roses have each their own So
ciety. Weak efforts to start an orchid
society have been made, but they came
to nothing. There is, however, special
representation promised for orchids
now, the Royal horticultural Society
having decided to appoint committee
of specialists to adjudicate ca orchids
alone. That such a committee is
wanted is abundantly evident. The
number of men who possess a knowl-
edge sufficient to enable them to decide
which orchids are good and which bad,
what is new and what is simply an old
plant under new name, is quite linn
tied. When one remembers that at
the present time there are close upon
two thousand species in cultivation,
not to mention the most countless va
rieties and hybrids, the necessity for
the step which the Royal Horticultural
Society is about to take must be ap.
,,oront Eardap opd Enract
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
THE EARL OF ZETLAND.
short Biographical sketch of the New
ViceroY of Ireland.


ViceroY of Ireland.
Ireland's new Viceroy, Lawrence
Dundas, third Earl of Zetland. and
Baron Dundas in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom, and Baronet, was
born August 10, 1914. He is the eldest
son of the late John Charles Dundas,
fourth son of the first Earl and some
time Liberal member of Parliament.
His mother, who is still living. is the
daughter of John Talbot of Talbot
Hail, County Wexford. He was edu-
Gated at Harrow and at Trinity Col
lege. Cambridge. He was formerly a
Lieutenant in the Royal Horse-Guards
Blue and Captain in the Yorkshire
Hussar Yeoman Cavalry. In 1872
and 1878 he sat in Parliament
as a Liberal member for Rich
mond In the latter year he sue
ceeded to the titles of his uncle, the
second Earl. He is Justice of the
peace for North Yorkshire. and Col
onel Commandant Of the Sixth Volun-
teer Brigade. North Division, ROYAL
Artillery. In esS0 he was a lord in
waiting to the Queen. In 1871 he mar
ried Lady Lillian Selma Elizabeth
Lumley, daughter of the ninth Earl OF
Scarborough. He has four children
Lord Dumas. born in 1876; George
Hemaga Lawrence. born in 1892; Lady
Rfida Mary. born In 1872, and Lady
Maud Frederick Elizabeth, born in
1877 The Earl Is a mernher of savaraI
London clubs He owns considerable
property In Yorkshire aud Stirling
shire. The seat in Parliament for
Richmond has been held almost con-
tinuously by some member OF the fam
III since ISlS.-Chieago Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
PROFIT SHARING.
Its Educational Eject on Workmen Whose
Minds Need Broadening.

Its Educational Effect on Workmen Whose
Minds Need Broadening.
The question is how to broaden the
view of the working man, arouse in him
personal interest in his employment
and to discipline him in the plain prn-
ciples of political economy The
method OF proht-sharing is one of the
most, if not the most, fertile means to
this end. The fact that it compels an
annual, semi-annual or quarterly
statement of the business OF the estab-
lishment in which he is employed
gives him food for thought and materi-
al for calculation and comparison.
The fact, also, that some years the
business may result disastriously and
there remain no profits to divide may
be the most valuable discipline of all
by proving to the working man that
business is not always profitable. and
suggesting the question how far this
result may be due TO his own lack OF
skill and persistence.
ANY thing which will prompt the
working man to think, which will
awaken in him an interest in his work,
which will substitute an active con-
Germ for the sodden share he so often
takes in his employment, and which
will bring him and his employer into
closer and more sympathetic relations,
ought TO be heartily encouraged. The
profit-sharing method of accomplish
ing these objects has been tried with
success in other industries, and the re-
suit of its introduction in the Bourne
mills, in Fall River, will be watched
with keen interest by every friend OF
labor. II it can be made to succeed in
that hive of industry, where there are
thirty-five mills. SIS, 1879. 600 capital in
vested, 500. 900. 600 yards of cotton pro-
duced annually, 1850 employees and
the weekly payroll reaches s105, 900,
there will be no reason why it can
not be done elsewhere. Philadelphia
Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

On the deck Of the steamer, or on board The
train that Is 10 bear YOU away from those
dear 10 you, you viii, II you are wise, have
safely slowed away in your luggage sum
Gent supply of that safeguard against i'll
ness Hostetter's Stomach Buffers. Com
mercial travellers, tourists and pioneer
emigrauts concur in testifying 10 the forti
flying and saving properties Of the great
tonic. Use for constipation, biliousness
malarial and kidney complaints and nerv.
business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

Near Chicago recently a house
caught fire, and big Irish setter wa:
burned to death in it, because it could
not be persuaded that tho three chill
dren OF the family, its especial play.
mates, were safe. The dog thrice rush
ed into the burning building anc
searched for them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

For "a years Dobbins' Electric Soap has
been initiated by soap makers. Whyf Be
cause it IS best Of all ana has an immense
sale. Be sure and get Dobbins' and take nc
other. Your grocer has it, or will get il.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

ALL cases of weak or lame back, backache,
rheumatism, will find relief by we airing one
OF CarteISs Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price 25 cents. Try them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

THE slave trade may be accounted extinct
in Egypt During the last sixteen months
only four slaves have been imported into
that country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

What pretty children you haver'
said the new minister to the proud
mother Of three little ones. Tell me.
my little dear. taking little girl of
five upon his lap-''are you the oldest
of the family?" No. sir" responded
the little miss, with the usual accuracy
Of childhood; my pas oldsr'n me-"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
Oregon. the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
in theworld. Fullinformstion free. Address
Oregon Immig ration Board, Portland, Oregon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

TIE authorities in Holland have decreed
that women can not serve on a school
board. In Sweden IL has been decided that
they can.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

HALF-CURED eruptio1s will return. Eradi-
cate them with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

HTHAT is an echol" asked the teacher Of
the infant class. ats what you hear when
you shout" replied a youugster. sis It
caused by bill or a hoLowf again asked
How so?n ssThe hill throws back the
hollern
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

PROBABILITIES of red and green cloth came
into fashion at the close of the fifteenth
century,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

NEVER appear Indifferent when others are
talking. Listen politely TO every thing, and
don't interrupt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

TEE sumptuary laws of Richard IL pro-
hibited collars from being worn The law
was never enforced.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

ASAN Francisco firm has built the largest
wine cellar in the world II IS capable OF
holding 100000 gallons of wine. Its cost
was S25O,O0O.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
Relative Conditions of Strength.

My dear. an estimate here in the
paper declares that II a man were rela-
lively as strong as beetle lie could
lift 1873, 600 pounds"
lis that SOP" asked Mrs. Bromley, as
she dropped her left eye-lid. 'TlL look
for beetle in the morning"
why. dear?n
MAY be he'll carry the stove into the
simmer kitchen I've asked you about
dozen times to do it"-Detroit Tree
pf-acc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

Excuse haste and a bad pen.
vas the message left behind by con-
vict on escaping from Western State
prison
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Ere the Farewell Is spoken

NEVER whisper in company. II what you
wish to say can not be spoken aloud, reserve
Il until another time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04

GRAY hair is by universal custom prohib-
tied in Persia and is never seen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-07-04
I aNOfft9 prescription ~ the thfEE
70 save her ureciuus life

DIR. Pierce's Pcllets-gently laxative or
actively cathartic according 10 dose. 25 cents.