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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
HE GOT DISCOURAGED.
lee Water "a Poor Reward for q Lie
Well Told as This.

lee Water Poor Reward for a Lie
Well Told as This.
pretty rough, this Oklahoma bust
ness, but no rougher than Texas was
when first went out there" said the
man with the sandy goatee, as he laid
aside his paper
Were you ranching?" asked one of
the group.
"No. sir; l was railroad station
agent"
Must have seen great deal of law
lessness?"
Oceans of it, sir; oceans of it. /
had to kill five men in the year 1866. "
you didr'
"Yes, sir, and wound as many more.
Didn't want to do it, you know, but it
was kill or be killed. The crowd let
me alone after awhile, but the Indians
were great nuisance. / was just
counting up how many l killed in
twenty-eight months, and was great
~ disappointed"
How many did you make out?"
''Only thirty-four. but i am satisfied
that | have left out seven or eight
somehow. When such a thing as that
is once off your mind it is hard TO re-
call exact figures"
"You have had some narrow es-
capes."
lover a hundred, sir, and been
wounded sixteen different times. The
boys once put up rattlesnake job on
me to try my nerve"
''How was it?''
''They caught five big fellows, and
turned 'em loose in my Office while /
was at supper. When returned / was
very busy thinking, and so walked
right in on them without warning"
mercy on me, And then? -"
Il got seated at my desk, and the
serpents began to rattle and menace
me. Three of the boys were looking
in at the window, and | was deter
mined not to show a sign of weak
ness
but you might have been bitten"
IL was bitten. Three of the snakes
struck me in the left leg"
''And you didn't die?"
'As you see"
But-yOu-you--"
Il had a quart Of whisky, and drank
it and counte racted the poison. 1t
wasn't quite enough, however, and
there are days now and then when /
feel very queer"
"What is the exact sensation"
Very dry in my throat, and al
WAYS make bold to ask any gentleman
near me if he carries flask. II any
of you gents happens to have such an
article with you / shall be ever so
grateful / think / feel the premoui-
tory symptoms.
.'But we haven't We are all dele
gates TO the temperance convention at
Dubuque
you are. Well. took my chances
and lost. That's the last time tell
that lie unless I see the bulge of
flask in some ones pocket before i
begin. That's the third time to-day.
and haven't got the first smell of any
thing but ice water."-N. Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
No-wHEN AND NOWHERE.

" It happened so that felt inclined.
And nobody hindered me OF my mind.
Shall tell you what would do. my dearf
IvoulI ind some lost. forgotten old Year
Some dun old Year all dead and dry,
With nothing in I 70 remember IL by;
some Year uncalendared, lost 10 fame,
That nobody lived in % give Il . name,
That went unrec0rded from green 70 sere,
Aud never knew that Il was 4 Year;
And ont OF that Year would take Day,
Not too rosy and not too gray
some Day when Fate. aweary OF doom,
Fen fast asleep By the side OF her loom.
ana left 10 mere tam shed circle OF sun,
Without chance in il 70 trip upon
And or that Day OF a dateless Year,
should not hate you, nor hold you dear.
Tshould GO On . journey and none should know
where,
No one should ask, and no one should care.
would find some ship that had lain alone,
Long becalmed in a Sea unknown,
And the ship in a lazy course should run,
To some Land that is nowhere under the sun.
would have no wind TO fret the sail.
I would have no oar when the wind should fail
But tide should ripple along the keel,
A slow, warm tide that she scarce could feel.
And so we should float, in nob0dy's sight,
Wrap in a wavering sort OF light,
That Is neither sunlight, starlight nor shade,
But just the kind that never was made.
And when we had come 70 that Doubtful Land,
The Land that is nowhere, you understand,
How long should linger, or what should do,
Or Whistler ever should come back 10 you,
In that long Day OF a dateless Year,
Why, how can tell you all that my dearf
Helen Thaycr HutchesOn. in St Nicholas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
TO TELL THE WEATHER.
Prof. Draper Tells What He Knows About
Practical Indications.

Prof. Draper Tells What He Knows About
Practical Indications.
Benjamin Franklin was the first to
discover that storms in this country
travel from west to east He was in.
terested in observing an eclipse, and
found that while the observations were
spoiled in Philadelphia by rain
storm that came on just at the
beginning of the eclipse, the sky was
clear at Boston until after the eclipse
was over. BY communicating with in
tervening towns he learned that the
storm travelled eastward at a uniform
rate. Simultaneous observations taken
in all parts of the country show thai
nearly all great storms follow the same
general direction-frOm the west to
the east. The same is true of cold OF
hot waves. Therefore, to tell wha
the weather will be, in advance, We
have only to find out the conditions
that prevail west of us. This is prac.
tically the course pursued by the sig.
nal service.
The directions of storm is frequent.
ly dive.'ted by some local cause. A
moisture in the air, attracts a storm,
and may either change its course en-
tirely or hasten its advance. The rate
at which storm travels between two
points is, in fact, calculated by the gra.
dent or decline of the barometer from
one point OF the other. When storm is
advancing the wind blows to meet it.
Thus wind blowing from the east or
southeast indicates the approach of a
storm from the west, When the storm
center has passed, however, the wind
changes and follows the storm. III q
person has a good barometer and q
wind gauge he can tell pretty correctly
when n storm is coming. Without the
instruments the clouds may be watched.
and when seen TO be moving rapidly
from the southeast, and there are indi-
cations of the presence of much moist
ure in the air, storm is not far away.
The old Scotch saying that
red sky at night is the sheperd's delight,
warning
is partially true in this country. The
red sky in the morning indicates an
excess of moisture in the air, and a
storm is therefore likely to occur be-
fore many days.
The circle around the moon, or lunar
rainbow, shows the presence of moist
ure in the air. Moisture at high alti-
tude produces a large bow and at a
low altitude small bow. The small
er the bow. therefore. the nearer is
the moisture. and, consequently, the
sooner viii the storm develop. The
old saying that the number of stars to
be seen inside of the circle indicates
the number Of days before the arrival
of the storm is not reliable, as the
position Of the moon in the heavens
may make the number great or small
without regard to the storm condi-
tons. All attempts at predicting the
weather for months in advance are
mere guess-work. Such suppersti-
tions as trying to foretell the severity
OF winter by the thickness OF the
breast-bone of the goose or the fur oil
animals originate in some obscure
quarter and are not worth the circu-
lation and attention that they receive.
Prof Daniel Draper, in Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

Why should DR. Pierce's medicines not
distance all competitors in amount of sales
as they are doing, since they are the only
medicines sold by druggists possessed oil
such wonderful curative properties as to war
rant their manufacturers in guaranteeing
them to cure the diseases for which they
are recommended. You get cure or money
maid for them returned. The Doctor s
sGoldCn Medical Discovery" cures all dis
eases caused by arrangement of the liver,
as biliousness, Indigestion or dyspepsia
also all blood, skin and scalp diseases,
letter, salt-rheum, scrOfulous sores ana
swellings and kindred ailments.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
-iic dostetter Stomach Bitter People
Score Another pint

In the United States Circuit Court for the
outhern District Of New York, Judge Ship
IAN handed down an opinion a few days
ago in the suit Of the owners Of the trade
marks covering Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
against Arnold Theller and Cornell Theller,
the compounders located on Vesey street,
New York City, in which it was decided
that, although the defendants made use OF
their own names on the labels affixed to the
bottles containing bitters prepared by them,
yet as they were evidently designed to imi-
.@.e The H0stetter labels, they were in
fringers, and a perpetual injunction was
granted and an accounting of damages or
dered, together with the costs of the suit
II is the evident intention of the Hostetter
people 70 protect their valuable trade mark
against all infringers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
pidn,, Wan, the dob. Anyhsr.

John. wake up! hear noise in
the kitchen. There's somebody in the
house,
dumping out Of bed.) "Don't be
afraid. Maria. I'll drive him out. Be
calm, darling"
Don't so down that steep stairway
with your revolver cooked. John. 1t
might go off before you are ready"
(Crawling back into bed.) Mrs.
Billus. il you haven't any confidence in
my management of burglars you can
take the revolver and &C down your
self Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

"A puzzling fact. noted BY the New
York Tribune, is that multitudes of
people. who are impeled by their hum
ger for land to leave Europe and come
to this country, appear to lose their
land hunger as soon as they arrive
They settle for life in the crowded ten
ement districts OF our large cities.
where their condition is little better
than what it was in their old homes.
and absolutely refuse to go West.
where they caa have good land for
nothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

ExTRAoRDISARY but nevertheless true.
We refer 20 the announcement of b. F. john
son & Co, of Richmond, Va, in which they
propose 10 show working and energetic men
how TO make from SO TO $50 amOnth above
exDeuseS.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

- Santa Cruz (Cal.) man recently
found two-headed snake about fool
long. The heads we're distinctly sepa.
rate and both were perfect, zach one
being little over an inch In length.
When aroused. the snake would ihrow
a forked tongue out Of each head
simultaneously. as IL they were oze-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
AMERICAN FABLES.
Three Little stories with Morals for the
Young and the Old.

Young ana tine Otd.
THE GOOSE AND THE EAGLE
The Goose Whose Heart was Fired
with Ambition decided to become an
Eagle, and She left the Farm Yard one
Morning and Wandered off into tho
Hills as Starter. She was presently
Espied by an Eagle. who bounced down
and Seized upon her as prize.
what Means this Treatmentr' de-
manded the goose. Il Came here TO
be one of your
"As Fowl at Home you were Sue
cess" replied the Eagle, "but as a
goose abroad you are n. g., except TO
furSsh dinner I or some Bird with
More Sense"
MoRAL-When a Mechanic quits his
job to become politician it is not the
politician who is Eaten.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some
lowland, often carries in its folds the seeds
of malaria. Where malarial fever prevails
no one is safe, unless protected by some
efficient medicinal safeguard Hostetter'
Stomach Bitters is both protection and
remedy. No person who inhabi's, or so
iourns IN a masmatic region - country
should omit TO procure this terrifying agent
which is also the finest known remedy foI
dyspepsia. consumption, kidney trouble and
Rheumatism.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

A COMMON saying in England is: Happy
is the corpse that rain falls on" This belief
exists also in the United States. Thus, il
is said that If rain falls at the time of the
funeral. 1t is u sign that the dead has gone
to Heaven
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

WHEN an article has been sold for "a
years, in spite Of competition and cheap i'm
itations, it aust have superior quality. Dob
bins Electric Soap has been constantly
made aud sold since 1855. Ask POUR grocer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

HAVE no equal as prompt and positive
cure for sick headache, biliOusness, cOnsti-
patton, pain in the side, and all liver troub-
les. Carriers Little Liver Pills. Try them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

Plenty OF men can tell you wha
the score Of to-day's ball game was
and be at the same time utterly unable
to say any thing about their own score
at the corner grocery. MerehaH
Traycler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

There are nearly 100000 Indians
in the United States. not including
Alaska. and about 1900 OF them are in
New York State. living on eight
reservations set apart for their use
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

HoS. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott, of Abbots-
ford, il preparing for the press some I'M
published journals Of her great-grandfs-
Their, Sir Waiter Scott.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

MISS MAxsE, a girl of sixteen, the
daughter of Admiral Maxse of the English
navy, was the first lady to ascend to the top
Of the Eiffel tower in Paris
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

Do not purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile. A perfect
liver correcter. Carter's Little Liver Pills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

Mid, eouable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit grain, grass, stock country
In heworid. Fullinformation free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

The woman who has the fewest number
Of confidential friends IS always the hap
pest
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

G1Exx's Sulphur Soap is genuine RENE
DIV for Skin Diseases
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
THE FARMFR AND THE JIG,

A Farmer who had filled a jug with
Cider and taken it into the Field with
him tore up the soil for awhile and
broke both suspenders, and then went
over to the jug in anticipation of a
Refreshing draught But when he
came to lift the vessel to his lips he
found that every drop of Cider had
Leaked out and been Absorbed by the
dry Earth.
"Ah! but this is the Basess Ingrati-
tudem he exclaimed, as he flung the
jug from him.
But behold!' replied the jug as il
split open and Revealed long-lost.Will
made by the Farmers grandfather,
and leaving him $4,000 worth of real
estate in Chicago.
MORALE your House Burns down
and is not Insured you may, in Poking
around Among the Ashes, find twice
its value in Diamond Pins lost by the
Plasterers when the house was Built
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

THE best way TO mark table linen: Leave
the baby and blackberry pie alone at the
table for three minutes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow. blow, dis
gushing every body, but use DIR. Sage
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

CLOVES came TO US from the Indies, and
take their name from the Latin clauVus,
meaning nail, TO which thew have a re-
semblance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

liz afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Doc
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

GINGER is a native of the East and West
Indies
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

IT is the easiest thing in the world for the
people Of Vanity Fair to make fools of them
selves.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

LOUISA NJ. ALcoTT wrote the only hymn OF
her life, 'My Kingdom at thirteen years
of age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

CHARLES f. a. HENDRICKS began as O
clerk and now has s., 000,OO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

BELFAST, ireland, is the center Of real n.
en- making, as Dundee, in Scotland, is Of
hempen fabricatinn-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

MOI every one who has the gin OF
speech understands the value Of 81
lence. Siftings.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13

WOMEN who have TO attract attention
by improprieties are always last in the pro-
caaeiOu
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
THE FROG AND THE TRAVELLER.


A Frog who had his Home in a Pud-
die by the Wayside Made such ar Ado
one night as Traveller passed that
way that the Man was Fain to stop and
Inquire the Occasion of it.
Had | not made such Noise you
would not have known of my Pres
ence," replied the Frog.
'.But now that / do know, what Of
it?" queried the Man.
"Why, l am here"
Eyes, but what are the odds to me
where you areP You are but Frog,
place yourself where you will"
MoRAL-The Man whose Mouth
makes his Presence known is seldom
worth minding. Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-06-13
A WORD OF WARNING.

each represented be Just good al; the IVORY
they NOT all coune lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
the genuine Ask for Ivory Soap and insist getting it.
Copyright BY Proctor Gamble
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-06
Convincing Proof,

In many instances it has been proven
that B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balm, made
by Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga, will cure
blood poison in it's worst phase, ever
when all other treatment fails.
A. P. Brunson, Atlanta, Ga, writes: 81
rad "a running ulcers on one leg and on
the other, and felt greatly Frustrated.
believe l actually swallowed barrel of
medicine, in vain efforts to cure the dis
ease. With little hope 1 finally acted on
the urgent advice of friend, and got a
bottle of B. B. B. Experienced change,
and my dependency was somewhat dis
PEELED. l kept using it until had taken
sixteen bottles, and all the ulcers, rheuma-
tism and all other horrors of blood poison
have disappeared, and at last am sound
and we'll again, after an experience of
twenty years of tor Sure."
Robt Ward, Maxey, Ga, writes: "My
disease was pronounced tertiary form of
blood poison. My face, head and shout
ders were a mass of corruption, and final
ly the disease began eating my skull bones.
My bones ached; my kidneys were de-
ranged; l lost flesh and strength, and life
became burden. All said l must surely
die, but nevertheless, when 1 had used ten
bottles of B. B. B. was pronounced we'll
Hundreds of scars can now be seen on me
l have now been well over twelve months
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-06

Her husband had given her warning,
and he hoped against hoped that it would
be sufficient He would not take the
next step unless she compelled him to it;
but he was resolved (and she partly felt
it) that the next step would be final
How much he actually knew of her fir
tation with Percy she could Of course
only conjecture, She had taken supper
with him in private roomlof fash
ionable restaurant the night before, They
had not been alone; there had also been
present another young married woman,
and young man not married. But the
two couples had not been in each others
way; they had rather helped each other
out. 1t was certainly not an affair which
Sylvia would have wished to have gen
orally known-least of all to be suspected
by her husband Did he know about it?
or had his questions been only the result
of chance? She wished to believe the
latter, but she could not.
After all, she did not seriously care for
Percy Nolen. 1t had been a mere firta-
ton for pastime. She had not supposed
that her husband would care much, even
if he knew. He had not of late betrayed
any very passionate affection for her. If
he loved her, why did he not accompany
her on her social rounds? 1t was ridicu-
lous to say that he was obliged to attend
to his business. They had plenty of
money without any business. There was
nothing except his own obstinacy to pre-
vent him from retiring tomorrow and
never going near his Office again. But
If he preferred his business to his wife,,
why could he not allow his wife her
preferences? 1t was unjust and tyran-
meal.
Nevertheless, if he was determined to
be ugly about It, of course there must be
no scandal. She would tell Percy, the
next time she saw him, that the &C
quaintance must cease. 1t was not worth
while to run any risks on his account.
Having made up her mind to this, she
was more at ease.
After the second act at the theatre,
Percy Nolen came into her box. She
greeted him coldly, but he sat down be-
side her, and began to make various pro-
positions She repulsed him, but not
very vigorously. AT last she whispered:
"You must really be more CAREFUL Peo-
pie are beginning to observe u.s. If any
thing should happen, would never for
give you'll"
II will take every precaution, butt
love you" he replied In her ear. He had
never said so much before, and she
turned pale and gave him look.
The curtain went up on the next act,
showing how the hero, by combination
Of circumstances, was arrested and taken
to police headquarters,
CONTINUED next week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-06-06
THE NEW CENSUS.

The attention of our physicians Is d.
rected to a circular letter issued from the
department of the interior at Washinton
by the superintendent of census, Robert r
Porter, and printed in another column
this morning. 1t is self explanatory and
calls for the voluntary and free gratis as
sistance of our physicians in gathering
together very important data for the new
census. Accompanying this letter is a
request from Mr.. Porter that the press, by
calling the attention of the physicians to
the subject, aid the department in collect
ing this matter, and the request also sug
gests that the press direct the attention OF
the farmers to an important matter, in
the following
1t is equally important to the country
that the returns in relation to farm pro-
ducts and livestock should be full and cor
rect. TIE enumerator ia the house to
house visit he will make during the month
of June, 1880, is constantly met with the
fact that farmers keep no books, and
hence returns are not infrequently guess
work. The census year begins June i,
and ends May l, 1890. If farmers
throughout the country would note this
fact and keep account of the products of
their farms during the census year it
would be of material aid in securing relia
BILE returns for the eleventh census.
There has been much discussion OF the
forthcoming census under the supervision
of Mr.. Porter, and grave charges have
been made as to what false discrimina-
tions it will make. 1t is certainly to be
desired that these fears will prove ground
less. At all events our physicians and
farmers can at least do their part toward
seeing that the report concerning Texas,
in 30 far as tn ey hav been asked to as
sist in its preparation, is thoroughly cor
rect