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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
PITH AND POINT.

The best way to punish those We
really love is 70 50 conduct ourselves
hat our friends will be sad 70 think
they have not always acted toward US
as We have toward them. Sunday
Ereniag Talks.
Nothing makes so much noise as
rickety wagon. with nothing in it. un-
less il BE- man who insists on talking
when he has nothing TO ay.-foungs-
torn EUeHtag Telegram.
-Genius is like barrel on the top
Of hill; it will not indeed move I'M
less pushed. bat once pushed il goes OF
/ itself. Talent is like a load on the
roadway; it viii not go forward unless
dragged.
The only thing that can down true
genius and curb genuine inspiration is
a pen that catches in the paper and ex.
ecutes design in splatter-work at
every third stroke. Merchant TrGU-
eler.
"A thorough critic is sort of Puri-
tan in the polite world. As an en-
thusiast in religion stumbles at the or
binary occurrences of life. il he can
not quote Scripture examples on the
occasion, so the critic is never safe In
his speech or writing. without he mas,
among the celebrated writers, an au.
thority for the truth of his sentence
SIR r. Steele.
Dress and the way 1t is worn are
indications of character, says an eX-
change. II the heels of the boots are
BACKED, you may be pretty sure that
the boy or man is thorough in what
ever he undertakes He learns his
lessons not because he must, but be-
cause he desires to learn. When he is
sent to clean up the garden he rakes
the dead roots and vines in a pile for
Fburning; there are no stray piles hid.
den in the bushes near the fence. He
blacks the heels of his boots.
Every body has a mission nova.
days, or is trying to find one, and it is
always intended for somebody's bene-
fit, like the old stories with moral,
! which were the only kind considered
fit for Sunday reading. although any
sort of trash was good enough for the
other six days. But let us say, for the
consolation of those who have not yet
found their particular object in life,
that perhaps the very best thing they
can do for the benefit of others is sim.
ply to be healthful and happy them
| selves.
These "aguostics" are a queer
| kind of folk, aren't they? All about
mature" in general, and human nat
IRE in particular. and history, and
literature, and art, and philosophy,
aud every thing else they see as plain
rs a pikestaff and talk of loud and
long. with full assurance. 1t is only
when they come to truths that are OF
the very first practical Importance to
4 men, essential to the souls welfare,
growth. aud usefulness; truths as to
which. therefore. infinite love has
made the clearest revelations in the
most positive terms-that these men
"don't know" and cant say. "-Bost0H
/ Congre0QfiORdliSs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
RAILWAY RUMBLE.

RAnwATs are sald TO consume more than
one-had the worlds. production of iron, the
car wheels required in the United States
alone taking more than two million tons.
TnE largest continuous sleeping car serv-
ice 10 the world Is that on the Santa Fe sys-
TEN, which runs through sleepers from San
Diego Cal, 70 Chicago, q distance Of 2,Sl1
miles.
The practice Of running trains on the left
hand track is now being largely put in force
by railroad corporations throughout the
United States. The custom originated in
England and affords the engineer q better
and fuller view o. the tracks ahead.
THx Lehigh Valley railroad now has
twelve trains equipped with Geographic in
strGnents for transmitting messages along
the road while the trains are in motion.
The system has been used with particular
success b. the wrecking trains on the road
THE longest through car service OF any
railroad line in the world is said 70 be on
the Southern Pacific road, between New
Orleans an6 san Francisco, :, 49, miles. The
fastest through train on the road Is timed
st li3 hours, - minutes, or AZ the rate OF
- miles an hour.
AT acertain hour every day-frOm five q
/ six o'clock p. m.-from 5000 TO 5000 per
I sons leave New York City by railroad. Be
/ tween 0,O00, 600 and 100000 persons en-
I ter and leave the city every year. Nearly
/ Loo regular passenger trains enter aud
! leave the depots Of New YORK and her sister
cities daily, exclusive Of excursion trains
Ten years ago there were not 500.
| A REMARKABLE invention is an electric
/ car brake recently devised by Edward Back
I US, of Rochester. y. Y THIS brake, as It.
/ name indicates, is operated by clectrici Y
/ Il can be attached TO any car in either
| freight or passenger service By the use o.
/ q small galvanic battery and a wire run
ming the length OF the trains both the con
ductor and engineer have fuli control o
/ every car
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
The Close of the Week.


Blessed be Saturday night when the
labors of the week are ended. and
humanity takes. or should take, one
long breath of repose; when the noise
of the anvil and loom is still, and
silence reigns for one day where Nam
mon and busy care have sat enthroned.
With the dust washed from his brow.
the son of toll sits a king, with his
baby subjects on his knee. All the
week he has o5eHed orders; this day he
gires them. Here By the hearthstone,
master and operative stand in sense
independent and equal. Il is blessed
and soul-saving that the latter has
time TO cherish this soothing influence
one day in seven. With these heart
ties and responsibilities, he takes those
dependent upon him BY the hand. and
walks proudly forth with the proudest,
on this blessed day OF rest. Ones
satisfied eyes follow such little home
groups with a benediction. J.
.I~rr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
CURIOUS FIGURE S.
Two Mathematical Wonders Which VIII
Interest Every Reader.

Two Mathematical wonders WHICH Will
Interest Every Reader.
A very curious number is l42, 857,
which multiplied by /, ,. 3. 4, or 6.
gives the figures in the same order,
beginning at different point; but if
multiplied by gives all 9's. Multi
piled by II equals l42, SjJ, multiplied
by 2 equals 2sj.714. multiplied by
equals 42S, 75l, multiplied by equals
57I, 1928, multiplied by equals 7I4,2Sj,
multiplied by equals $50. l42, multi
piled by equals 999, 999. Multiply
l42, S57 by and you have l,142, $50.
Then add the first figure to the last
Won have 1928 the original num-
Der. the figures exactly the same as at
the start.
Another mathematical wonder is the
following: 1t is discovered that the
multiplication of 81 4 3 by IS
gives 4. a.. -, Al. A. 45. Reversing
the order of the digits and multiplying
S4567s9 by 45 we get a result
equally curious. sos. sos. sos. II
we take 67s9 rs the multi.
plicand. and interchangiug the figures
of Is take 81 as the multiplier, 6, 666,
Coo. COS. Returning to the multiple
cand. 765432 l. and taking 81 as
the nultiplier again. we get 53, SSS
1888. Stall SIS except the first and
last figures, which together read 81 r
the multiplier. Taking the same
multiplicand and p. the half of 81. as
the multiplier. we get product of 20.
Coo. Coo. co.. all SIS except the first and
last figures. which together read p.
the multiplier Now interchaRgine
the order OF the figures = and using
~ as the multipller and . 5 Z t 5 p
as the multiplicsnd. We get a produc,
of II. III. Ill. l12-all Is. except the
first and last figures. which read
together -. the multiplier. Journal q
EC'ucntf05a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

Among the true stories of this week
Is that Of an Irish witness evidence
in London police court. who mas per-
petrafed as fine specimen OF the Irish
bull as the literature Of the Hiberui-
cisns win afford. II was a question Of
revolver shooting. and the witness was
called upon 20 give details OF the at
tempt made upon him by his assault
ant.
"Yoa made a judicious bob when the
prisoner fred the revolver said the
adrocafe.
Faith I did. sir" answered Paddy.
What did you think? Isn't It better
to be a coward for fre minutes than
TO be dead al yJur His-tins7N-W izsb-
iisg.0n Fusk
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
SAFER THAN INSANITY.
A Boston Paper Calls Sun-Stroke the L egal
Amulet of Our Day.

A Boston Paper Calls Sun-Stroke the Legal
Amulet of Our Day.
The plea of insanity as a defense in
criminal actions is becoming pretty
threadbare, but device by which the
sameeffec is are secured seems to be
working admirably. Nowadays it is
the fashion to claim that the criminal
in any action, whether it be theft,
blackmail, murder or what not. is the
victim of sun-stroke. Apparently a
sun-stroke is the most convenient thing
a person eau possibly have. 1t allows
him to continue his ordinary course of
life uninterrupedly, but conlers upon
him the privilege of doing any thing
his vagrant fancy may suggest, quite
unhampered by moral or legal restric-
tons.
The Irishman who described "child
of fancy" as a child who did whatever
he fancied was not very far out of the
way In describing the condition of q
man who-has been so fortunate us to
have sunstroze. That lucky acci-
dent places him above responsibility.
A man iT a Western city amused him
self recently by firing revolver into
8 crowd. wounding three persons, one
II them fatally. A physicians certifi-
cate was produced, stating that, owing
to the effect OF a sunstro1e received in
India, the prisoner We at times ire
sponsible for his actions. OF course
here was nothing to be said after
that, and even the idea of shutting the
man up seemed to his intelligent and
impartial judges a superiluous precau-
ton. He was allowed 10 60 at large
on the strength of his lucid intervals,
the inference being that the officials
themselves were not troubled by any.
thing Of that sort.
Il would not be difficult TO multiply
instances, although it is hardly neces-
sary; whoever has thought of the mat
ter must have recognized the con-
vincing natare OF tho argument from
sunstroke when properly applied to
the average jury. To one who has any
inclination toward disregard OF the
laws OF sunstroke would seem to be of
the greatest possible benefit. 1t is a
thing. moreover. so easy to have, so
difficult to disprove, and so admirably
flexible in its effects, that il would
seem a matter OF the most obvious
policy for whoever is likely ever to
find himself at variance with authority
10 provide himself wits a certificate
of sunstroke ut once.-BoStOn Coarier.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
INDIANS IN FLORIDA.
IndoIent Red Men Who Employ Negroes
to Till Their Lands.


to Till Their Lands.
Way down on Indian river is an en-
teTprising colony. which two years ago
had to depend on a forty-mile sail-boat
route for their mail, and all freight. as
we'll. Their pretty little town is two
miles from the Atlantic coast, and has
line Of steamers and Geographic com
municatiou.
Two miles from town one can hear
the call of the panther. wildcat and
cry of the sand-hiu crane. and there is
an eagles nest in the top of dead
pine tree. The nest is about fifteen
feet in circumference.
1t Is not an unusual thing for man
at work on hishomestead in this vi
entity 10 feel the nearness of n human
presence, and look up TO find a Semin-
ole Indian standing before him. When
sSluted the Indian says: ''Iiow. how. "
II IN mood for talking he
Will answer questions for awhile
IN broken English. but will
generally leave you In the midst OF
your sentences. These Indians often
bring IN venisOu. ana few days since
one suddenly confronted u with a
good supply. Among other questions
no was asked II Charlie Osceola was
now their chief
"No-have no chief-he sleep lorg
sleep"
They live IN the everglades and as
pond Oh, hunting aud agriculture tar
subsistence. fhis section of Florida Is
moi swamp, ~ some imagine. but q
low plane covered with hillocks and
ranges of hummocx land. The soil is
very rich. The Indians raise corn,
hogs, cattle. potatoes. bees-in short,
they live on the fat of the land Fresh
FISH, oysters. bear meat and venison
are free to them. They celebrate the
maturing of the crops by the green
corn dance If white is present at
this feast hOnOrs are heaped upon him.
The Indian says: white man first,
Indian next. my dog next, negro last. "
They have negroes who do their farm
work. and this is. perhaps. the secret
Of their success in agriculture. They
are not under the care of the Govern
ment. tor. Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

| couple Of dollars 10 meet any expenses
you may have.
Shortly after midnight the young
man appeared in the city editors
room. He looked as If he had been
principal in a prize fight.
"WeIl?" said the city editor.
81 couldn't get in" remarked the
young man HAS Mr. Slade brought
any thing?'
YES. a first-rate excuse like yours. 4"
Il tried to pass the guards but they
flung me down stairs. That's how
got this, pointing TO his cut and swol-
len lip.
That's all right. l didn't expect
you'd get ill.,"
Il bribed a fellow for a dollar TO let
me in the back way. They found me
out and dropped me out of the back
window. That's how got this, " point
ing to his closed right eye.
well. you mustn't feel discour-
aged"
81 felt little cast down when they
dropped me out the window"
That's not bad. You ought TO APP
ply for position in the paragraph de-
partment."
Il climbed up TO the roof on the
rear fire escape. got into the top story
through the trap door. went down to
the room above them by the stair and
found that the stove pipe came up
through the floor
'Yes. said the city editor. with in
creasing interest.
They were having such a stormy
time below that / removed the stove
pipe without any one het ring and held
the lower pipe from falling with M
left hand
Yes
II could move it aside and see all
wanted 20 and hear every thing"
"YEs
They have resolved to go on strike
on all the lines at nine tomorrow
morning and every one is sworn to
secrecy
Great Scott" cried the city editor,
jumping To his feet. Write that up.
Give Us all you can of it."
1T IS written up. You see. the
electric light opposite made the room
/ light enough to write by, aud had to
stay there and hold the stOvepipe till
every one was gone and 1T it up again
so they wouldn't suspect. Good scheme
for next meeting. So l wrote It up "a
lay there.
Great head" said the city editor.
That young man Is now managing
one of the biggests papers in the West,
and all because his rule was;
"Ncrer hare good excuse. detroit
E-~a.s ngsayr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
POINTS ON FAMOUS POEMS.

GRAY's immortal "Elegy" occupied him
for seven years.
BRYANT wrote "Thanatopsis" IN the shade
of grand old forest-a fitting spot for such
a theme.
CowrER wrote one of the drollest and
ouaintcst English ballads, 'John Gnpin's
Ride" when r. was under one of those
terrible fits of depression so common TO
him.
GENERAL LYLE wrote his beautiful COM
position, "Antony and Cleopatra which
begins, ~ am dying, Egypt, dying" on the
night before his death. He had preGoni-
ton that he was going to die the next day.
The noted poem, ''The Falls of Niagara"
was written by its author, j. q. G. Brain
erd, the editor of a small paper IN Connect
cut, in fifteen minutes. He wrote II under
pressure in response TO a call for more
copy"
LATTER THE BALL" the little poem which
made the name OF Nora Perry known in the
world of letters; was iotted down on the
back OF an old letter, with no idea Of the
popularity it was to achieve in the pages Of
"a noted magazine.
PoE first thought Of "The Bells" when
Walking the streets of Baltimore on win
ter's night He rang the bell of q lawyers
house "a stranger TO HIM. walked into the
gentleman's library, shut himself up and
the next morning presented the lawyer with
q COPY of his celebrated poem
THOMAS MOORE, while writing Italia
Rookh," spent so many months in reading
up Greek and Persian works that he be
came an accomplished Oriental scholar, and
people found it difficult to believe that its
scenes were not penned on the spot instead
of in a retired dwelling IN Derbyshire.
OLD GRIMES" that familiar ''iittle fehc-
ity in verse; which caught the popular
fancy as far back as 1928 was a sudden in
SEPARATION Of the late Judge Albert g.
Greene, Of Providence, r. l., who found the
first verse in collection of old English bal
lads. and, enjoying its humor, built up the
remainder of the poem in the same conceit.
1T is now definitely settled that the ro-
mantle incidents narrated in Whittier
Barbara Fritchien had little foundation IN
fact. but that the story chiefly emanated
from the fertile brain of the popular novel
ist. Mrs. E. D. n. Southworth, is not gen
orally known. That such was the case,
however, we have Mr.. Winters own as.
surance.
The verses which lifted Brete Harte into
notice were carelessly written, aud thrown
into drawer of his editorial desk IN San
Francisco as unworthy of publication. One
day. in search of copy for the magazine
he was then editing, be, found the forgotten
lines which as The Heather Chinee, made
one of the most remarkable hits in American
literature
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
Twins Once m Ninety Births

There Is q wonderful lack Of stati--
6 in this country. particularly in
births. and some steps should be taken
Il retuedy t. Statistics are dull
things at best. to be sure. but they
have their value. especially in COM
plrisoas. In the old countries. for in
s. ance. j. has been ascertained that
twins are bora once out Of % births.
u bile triple.s are l 20 $3.50. This we
can scarcely believe. Il does not seem
possible thai twins are IS frequent as
oae 70 ninety. but Il has been found 70
b. the case in census after census
just IN the same way triplets seem 70
be more numerous than 20 s.SS9. but
that they are not has been equally well
proven Here we know wha, the birth
rate IS compared 70 the population.
out We can't tell II we have as many
double and triple births rs they do in
the old country. / believe We have.
though / have broughs more than
ninety children into the world. an6
have never even had any experience
with twins. The next physician y0,
meet however, may have has one q
two in twenty-five. -.fiasraPois - 2
Lne.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
FIeHTlNe RAILROADS
IN Oriental story Told for the Benefit of
Boston's CITY Fathers


Boston's City Fathers.
Certain very respectable citizens OF
Boston, minute minority, it is true
and the adjoining enlightened region,
awe recently declared against per-
hitting any vehicles in the streets for
public travel except such as are drawn
81 horses. After the streets have
been thickly lined with huge masts for
telegraph and telephone wires bear
ng scores of crowding wires, these
conservatives raise objections to the
llim iron posts and the single wires
required to drive street cars by the
new motor, electricity. The same
Kind of directors were clamerous
against the first steam railroad; the
disagreement, the dangers, the de-
struction of stage-coach aud tavern in
serests were eloquently and earnestly
Urged. This is hardly credible. but it
actually took place within the memory
of men still living. That it may be
more adequately realized, it is inter
esting TO note what is occurring in
Oriental countries to-day. When It
was proposed to construct the
first railroad in Persia, the
Persian conservatives protested.
They said that the ancient
glory OF Persia was in no way con-
lected with the railroad; that what
was good enough for their grand
fathers was good enough for the Per-
slams Of to-day; besides that, the rail-
roads would brighten horses and kill
people. The railroad came, and in
certain respects it has verified the
predictions of the Persian conserva-
lives. it has also furnished the occa-
sion for a demonstration of Persian
conservatism in its militant form. On
the Sd of November in the station at
Teheran. a man jumped off a train
before it had come to full stop. This
action was clearly indicative of the
possession of Western ideas on his
part He was killed, and Persian
spectators, who did not pause to reflect
that his death was an accident mot an
incident-of the railroad, Made a
charge upon the engineer. The en-
gineer defended himself with a re-
volver. killing one man and severely
wounding another. Then the train
hands took TO their heels and the Per-
sian conservatives took to the con-
genial occupation of wrecking the
train. The military were called out
and the crowd was dispersed, to the
- r -. H.
that by destroying all the locomotives
they could put an end to railroads.
Boston Transcript.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
The Plot Misearried.

Winks (cheerillyl-Hello. Jinks
how did that little plot OF yours worl
yeStscIiAys
links (savsgely)-What little plot
"Why. old fellow, you know yoc
suspected Mrs. j. rather liked Mr.
Dashaway's society. and 70 satisf,
yourself you had arranged for them :,
go 20 the theater together, and the-
you intended 70 slip in uuobserved and
see whether she gave attention to The
play or to him.
les. / remam Der"
Well. did ron co itPN
70; she Iss tie rurse 90 OF. and
aas > - hrrna aa1 nind the baby
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
The Little Boston Girl.

She was a very little Boston CIR
only six years old and had been out L
a small party. II was quite late ans
she was very tired, and on going Il
bed she almost forgot to say her pray
erS-
Shy, Mary" said her mamma
you've forgotten something, haven
yous'
What is il, mammal"
Your prayers, my dear"
On, mamma. Tn so tired. Yo,
commence and I'll switch on!"-Ds
ty0i. Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10
a vnInahle Frnnchise secnred.

The franchise Of easy digestiOn-one OF the
most valuable in the GIFT Of medical science
can be secured by any person wise enough
to use HOstetter's Stomach Bitters, either
10 suppress growing dyspepsia, or TO uprooi
it at maturity. Bilious, rheumatic and fever
and ague sufferers, persons troubled with
nervousness and the c0nstipated, should
also secure the health franchise by the
same means.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

USED one bottle of Mothers Friend" be-
fore my first confinement II il a icgndeTJttl
remedy. Looked and felt so well afterwards
friends remarked It. Would not be without
Mothers Friend for any consideration.
Mas Jos. =. ANDERSON, OchoOpee. Ga
Write Bradfieid Reg. Co, Atlanta, Ga, for
further particulars Sold by all druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

IT is said that the Sultan Of Turkey
aspires to a literary career, and has ordered
the poet-laureate Of the Empire TO afix the
royal signature TO his poems hereafter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

SKYE terrier in New York gave birth
lately to one pup and soon after died. The
pup was too young to drink milk and was in
danger of starving The young dogs mas
ter owned cat that had seven kittens
when the dog was born. All attempts 20
have the cat nurse the unfortunate caniae
with the kittens failed until tho kite -
were taken away. when the old cat at one
took kindly 10 the pup and cared for IL
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

WHEN Queen Victoria went recently
from Windsor to Osborne she took num-
Der Of her favorite cats with her, aud now
every English lady takes her cats with her
from town 70 country. or country 20 town.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

FoR "a Cough or Sore Throat the best medi-
cine is H1le's Honey Of HOrehonud and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-01-10

SUDDEN Changes of Weather cause throat
Diseases. There is no more effectual rem
edy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than BEowS :
BRONCHIAL TROCHEs. sid only ia boIes.
s'rice p cts.