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Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13
TRIPOLl IN TWILIGHT.
The Turkish Town as Seen From
the Harbor at Sunset.

the HarbOr at sunset.
At twilight, Tripoli, the last Turkish
town Of Northern Africa, outlines itself
family then disappears in duslly haze.
One by one the stars come into lu-
minous life until the heavens are all a
,twinkling blaze; the sea, murmuring
ever her soft and vague refrain, sleeps
with the Transparency OF mirror,
tlecked here and there with fugitive
traces of phosphorescence. In the
morning we enter an open space pomp-
ously called harbor: no forest OF masts,
hardly three or four ships at anchor.
and involuntarily our thoughts travel
to far away natal lands and contrast
their busy scenes with this African
torpor. In the profound silence, the
most trifling sounds of earth are heard
with perfect distirctness. At few
cables lengths Tripoli, shimmering in a
luminous atmosphere, smiles at us in
her matinal parure; she is clrcled with
an oasis OF palms studded with hundreds
OF domes and minarets that the rising
sun kindles into dots OF scintillating
light: behind old Spanish walls the
houses stand forth white and delicate
against sky OF amethyst: the slight
est details are visible. and all touches
one with penetrating charm. 1t is
the eternal enchantment OF the cities
of the Orient seen at distance; but.
alas! set foot within them. the illusion
vanishes and disgust seizes you. They
are like beautiful bodies having the
appearance OF lie but within which
the worm of death and decay eats
ceaselessly. 1t is related of dilet-
tante that, during his sojourn at Con-
stantinople, he contented himself with
admiring the marvellous aspect of the
city from the deck of bis yacht, refus-
ing TO go ashore, lest closer acquaint-
ance would bring disillusions too
cruel. He was right; the Orient Of
dreams and poesy is not the Orient OF
reality; magic appearances conceal the
desolate spectacle OF a society arrived
at the last limits OF decadence. From
''Tripoli Of Barbary, "A. F. Jacassy,
in January Scribner.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

IL inhabited and ell gospelised Oh, what
tears Of repentance when nations begin to
wsspi Oh, what supplication when
joicins when hemispheres begin to singi
Churches will worship on the places
where this very hour smokes the
blood Of human sacrifice, and wander
ing through the snake infested jungles
Of Africa Christ's hesl will bruiss
the serpent's head. Oh, when the trumpet
Of salvation shall bs sounded everywhares
and the nations are redeemed, . light viii
fall upon every town brighter than that
which fell upon Bethlehem, and more
overwhelming than the song that fell
on the pasture fields where the
focks fed, there will be . song louder
than the voice Of the storm lifted
oceans, '1ilory to God In the highest" and
from Ill nations and kindred and people
and tongues will come the response. "And
on earth peace, good will toward menp
On this Christmas eve bring you good It'd
ings Of great Joy. Pardon for all Gin. COM
fort for all trouble and life for the dead.
Shall we now take this Christ into our
heartsi The time Is passing. This is the
by. Put your hand on yeur heart-one, two,
three. Three times less 1t will beat Life
Ia passing like gazelles over the plain
Sorrows hover like petrels over the sea.
Death swoops like q vulture from the
mountains Mistery rolls up to our ears
like waves. Heavenly songs fall to us like
starA
wish you merry Christmas, not with
worldly dissipations, but merry with Cos
pei gladness, merry with pardoned sin.
merry with hope Of reunion In the skies
with all your loved ones who have preceded
you. In that grandest and best sense q
merry Christmas.
And God grant that in our final moment
we may have as bright u vision as did the
dying girl when she said: "M0ther'-
pointing with her thin white hand through
the window--"Mother, what is that beauti-
full land out yonder beyond the mountains,
the high mountains!" "Oh," said the
mother, my darling, there are no noun
taius within sight of our home" "Oh,
beautiful land beyond the mountains out
there, Just beyond the high mountains.
The mother lookel down into the face OF
her dying child and said: "My dear, i think
that must be heayen that you see." "Well,
then." she said, father, you come, and
with your strong arms carry me over those
mountains into that beautiful land
beyond the high mountains" "No,"
said the weeping father, my darling, I
can't go with YOU" "Well," she said,
clapping her hands, never mind, never
mind; see yonder shining one coming.
He Is coming now, in his strong arms to
carry me over the mountains to tho beauti-
full land--over the mountains, over the
high mountainsw
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13
ssvsALlova


Ths .vailows ~ high, the swallows fly
low,
And summer wisds come. and summer
They are building nests meath the cottage
1hsy dream not of Autumn or fading
leayeA
The soft showers are falling, the wet winds
blow;
The swallows ay high, the swallows ay
low.
But summer IL passing, and golden sheaves
Are whispering Of winter and withsred
TIA woodlands are ringing the whole day
Ths swallows are singing their farewell
song;
they slns Of land where they long to be,
OF endless summers far over the sea-.
o suushinei-O swallows! Sweet summer
Ys sing 70 my heart of youths golden
And distance and death, and long years be
Recede with their joys and their sorrows
keen:
And tender eyes lingeringly rest on me
Loved eyes that ON earth ! shall no more
| see.
For spring brings the swallows to last
years nest.
And world d-weary hearts wander home to
| rest.
No home like the old Of sunshine and dew
No faces 90 dear, no heart 30 true!
Whenever, wherever my feet may roam,
My heart turns with lovet to my childhood's
| home
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

While discussing venomous reptiles,
says Forest and Stream, it will per-
haps not be out Of place to al a little
information, which seems to me re-
markable and which will be news to
nearly all who live east OF the mount
aims. When ! arrived on Puget
Sound I was informed that there
were neither poisonous serpents, in-
sects nor plants on the shores or
islands Of the Sound. Having never
seen place entirely devoid of poison
Gus animal or vegetable life was
rather inclined to doubt the assertion,
though assured by many old settlers,
rs we'll as new, that such was the
case. However, a careful investiga-
tion since then has convinced me that
1t is true. In all my hunting and
fishing expeditions I have never seen
u specimen Of poisonous reptile. in
sect or plant I notice an entire alb
sence Of both poison oak and ivy.
which have heretofore encountered
wherever have been. As far rs I
can learn, what l have said In regard
TO Puget Sound also holds true Of all
the country lying west Of the Cascade
rAnp0.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

THE Cinnamon in New York are
threatening to depart utterly out Of
the great Babel and TO form new
community just on the outskirts, be-
cause their landlords in Mott street are
raising their rents They are quito
capable Of carrying out their threat
and establishing town Of several
thousand persons ''heathen Chinee"
IL everything.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

IT is undeniable that, outside of a
certain limited class OF scholarly and
thoughtful people, the great majority
OF all who read anything except the
newspapers. read books Of this descrip-
tion. The statistics Of popular and
circulating libraries show that seventy
1--WE per cent OF all the books taken
out are novels OF recent production.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13
Smart CQllaRa YQnths.

The college boys have been having
little fun with new instructor, who
tried to discipline them by hurting
their pride. Their composition were
not OF the high literary merit that he
desired. 90 one day a package OF finish
ed productions was handed them for
careful examination and upon which
to model their future efforts. The
compositions were by students In o
western college. When they were re-
turned they bore annotations, as for
instance: ''Oh, rats" "Chestuuts,
Professor" etc. Teaching by object
lessons has been discarded In this de.
partment New Haven Palladium.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

RUSSIA. although in many respects a
semi-barbarous nation. is making steady
progress in civilization. The announce
ment is made that the infiction OF cor
poral punishment on peasants is to bo
abolished in the Baltic provinces. It
has been the custom to employ the
lash for petty offenses or as means of
extracting rent or taxes.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

FORTUNE hunting is not confined to
the male branch of humanity. 1t is
equally failure with the gentler sex.
And it must be confessed, If the OBJ
server Of the drift Of society is to record
the truth, that women carry fortune
and title hunting to a greater extreme
than their brethren.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

The terror has made an unsuccess-
ful attempt TO climb up the chimney.
and his father discovers him covered
with SCOT He grssts him after tha
following formula.
"You young rasoall What In tho
world have you been up 70 now"
"Up the chimney. papa"
"Up The ohimneyW
'Yee, papa ] wanted 10 put this
sisa (sxhiblls sign, bearing ths ioI.
lowine, 'ples mr. oaatsr Claws don
iseged Lltsl willie .pepsr sais I N A
lesver but meanes llh6e ny q tor
q ~ shlnasS. sS."-lAllAASlDhia q.
ou1goN
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

THERE is conflict Of petitions in
China The authorities Of Annoy for
bade the killing OF pigs for three days
to propitiate the gods and induce them
to send rain, but without avail Then
they stopped the killing OF fowls for
three davs.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

The popular but highly erroneous
notion that nut trees are very difficult
g transplant has been the bugbear
thafas kept back many from planting,
nuts: Nut trees may be trapsplanted
ss safely and as readily as any other
tree with ordinary care but it is better
to grow your own trees in the nursery
than to transplant wild trees from the
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

IT would seem impossible for any
candid mind to discover in service of
five years In our army, sufficient cause
for the discomfort that would account
for the numerous desertions constantly
taking place, and, in truth. it does not
lie with the army, but rather with the
man
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

The peculiar kind Of talent that is
always available when anything es-
pecially base is to be defended.is is quite
able TO make the remedy Of the plan
till much worse than tho injury COM
planned Of, and no man resorts to it
fwina
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

THERE has been so much smuggling
into New York Of late by vessels COM
ing through He'll Gate and along the
sound that Uncle Sam is going to patrol
the sound with two revenue cutters
He'll Gate has long needed patrol.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

IT is probable that all other causes
put together IRE not so prolific OF d.
vorce among the class in which it
commonly takes place, as the fact that
its women are brought up on novels Of
a low grade as their habitual and
almost only reading.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

Nothing can be happier and more
peaceful than the life at Sandringham,
and whether alone or entertaining
their friends The Prince and Princess
of Wales are IN ideal host and no 1t. /.
ess. They do not, as q rule, appear
at breakiast; but shortly after eleven
O'Clock they come down and spend the
rest Of the day with their guests. In
winter luncheon Ia generally taken ut
some cottage nsar where skating IL
going on, and the rrincess and guests
loin 1hc slntegs and walk with them
.aftor luncheon 10 over. yoM 10 always
rsa1y IN no hall at live o'clock, and
svery oae appear tho mon In velvet
ealAs anA knlsksrboukert, and the
ln6lee n ~ sowns. Dinner Ia nt
slGjt o'cloek, and ths evening In
p6eoe1 ellher n dancing or games.
- nAout lwelss o'clock tho Prince
- psIneoos aivs We signal for retir.
~. ~ lhess who 70 70 bed enrly
- ~ - soslt ~ W. aa:orlty Of Tho
1no60o - - ~ smokipg room NlI 9n
6nel5 Nm n w. aesnlag.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

STANLEY discovered an extension OF
. lake, q range Of mountains, an al
most impenetrable forest numerous
tribes Of hostile Africans, and tons OF
elephant tusks in the heart Of the dark
continent The tusks are valuable.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

A SUCCESSFUL dairyman for many
years gives It as his conclusion that q
well-fed COW that does not earn her en-
tire value In q single year is not
worth keeping in the dairy.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13
THE steward Of . New York club hes
inveated . AsU aaadvich. Il 10 feared
that 1t is IN Infringement on the Good
year patents.

In nearlv al the European countries
The government has either an entire
monopoly Of ths tobacco business or
else raise large sums by way Of excess
and customs dutiea p s-.ss
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13
TO BE CONTINUED.
Periodic Headache.

The causes OF many forms OF head
ache are as yet little understood. tits
claimed, however, by DIR. A. Haig.
that one variety Of periodic headache
is directly due to the retention Of uric
acid in the system. He describes tho
usual sequence Of events as follows:
There Is time (say seven to ten
.days) Of good general health, active
nutrition and bodily activity, with
plus formation Of uric acid and urea,
and concomitant rise In acidity. As
acidity rises, uric acid comes to be re-
tanned and at the end Of four or five
days several grains may be regarded
as stored up in the liver Or spleen.
Then come. dyspepsia, gastro-intesti-
nal catarrh. and hepatic congestion.
These quickly result in general dim
mutton Of absorption and nutritive
changes, with lessened formation OF
uric acid and urea and q fall in acid
ity, there comes rush of the stored
uric acid into the blood, and the head
ache begins.
Such sequence explains the peri
odicity Of this kind OF headache and
the way in which it comes to occur
every week or ten days for many
years, varying only In degree with
the corresponding variations in nutri-
ton, 1t is also evident that any
causes which affect digestion will in
fuence the attack in one OF the above
ways; while all causes OF debility, by
weakening the nerve center on which
the uric acid acts, will render 1t more
sensitive (the reverse OF the action OF
bromides) and the attacks more fre-
quent.
The good e~e,ts Of salicylic acid
and the salicylates generally in this
variety Of headache are due to the
circumstance that they facilitate the
excretion OF uric acid, aud thus pre-
vent the retention Of excessive amounts
within the body.
Marble Hill press., 1890-02-13

butchered enemies on the table lands once
fragrant with vanilla and covered over
with groves Of Towering cacao. There
goes the great Frenchman, leading his
army down through Egypt like one Of its
plaques, and up through Egypt like one Of
its own icy blasts Yonder is the grave
trench under the shadow Of Sebastopol
There are the ruins Of Delhi and Allahabad.
and yonder are the inhuman Sepoys and
the brave regiments under Havelock
avenging the insulted flag Of Britain while
cut right through the heart of my native
land 10 trench In which there lie one
million northern and southern dead.
oh, the tears Oh, the blood Oh. the
long marches! Oh, the hospital wounds
on, the death! But brighter than the
light which flashed on all these shields and
musketry is the light that fell on Bethelem,
and louder than the bray Of the trumpets,
and the nelRhing Of tho chargers, and the
crash Of the walls, and the grosninR Of
the dying armies, 10 the song that
unrolls this moment from the sky,
sweet % though oil the bells Of heaven
rung jubilee. "Poace on earth, good will
toward men," Oh, when will the day come
--God hasten itl-when tho swords ehsll bo
turned into plowshares, and the fortresses
shall be remodled Into churchsA end ths
mon OF blood battling for reuownshall -
come good soldiers Of Jesus Christ and the
cannon now striking down whole columns
truth.
Whom wo think Of the whels world saved
we arc opt y thiuk Of tho few psop,s that
now lnhnhlk IL Onlv a v,npv ea,S -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23

Congressman Haugen, in an inter-
view with the Minneapolis Tribune
representative, effectually answers the
criticisms of the Ashland lumbermen
on his bill TO declare a forfeiture of
the Wisconsin Central grant from Ash.
land TO Superior. He says what is true,
that there is not land grant in Wis.,
consin that ought not to be closed up,
when earned, or, when not earned,
that ought not TO be forfeited and the
lands restored to actual settlers. F"
That is good horse sense, and will
receive the endorsement of the people
of northern Wisconsin, where most of
the unearned lands lie. The Inter
Ocean is distinctively single tax Re-
publican paper, and believes that all
public lands should be leased and not
sold; but inasmuch as the policy of
the country has not yet reached such
advanced opinions, it believes that
Mr.. Haugen's plan is the best that can
be done. Certainly there can be no
sense in permitting an unearned grant
to tie up thousands of acres of land in
a country where hundreds of poor men
are looking for lands upon which TO
make home. The fact that there
are settlers upon these lands is the
strongest possible reason for declaring
their forfeiture. for settlers are just
what this county and its adjoining
neighbors are crying for Go IN. Air.
Haugen; the boys will stand behind
you.-.Superior Inter Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
Farmers Insurance.

My communI .atlonS upon farmers
insurance, i'll order To show advanta-
g-s, must necessarily compare sys
tens, quote statistics, results, etc.; but
in setting forth the advantages Of oul
farmers system, for farmers, as con.
Quoted By farmers, l wish To avoid
unfair criticisms or comparisons, as
well as undue freedom with the very
liberal columns Of the JOURNAL.
Having more or less 10 do all the
time myself, with stock COMPANIES,
AIN satisfied that their charges OF laJe
years are as reasonable as can be
afforded under the system. But hav-
ing abundant evidence that isolated
farm property is much less hazardous
than mills, manufactures, stores, no.
tells and city property Ill general, ami
being sincere advocate OF farmers
organizations for the purpose of ac
curing strength TO better their cJndl-
ton, | want to call attention to this
chance of saving a trihe; for verify
stagnatlon and depression is upon us;
good beef selling at two cents on foot,
and thrifty young steers at one and "a
quarter at the scales; and all TAI III
products nearly proportionately low;
there is no alternative but the most
rigid saving of the few pennies that
come in orr way. We have our taxes
to pay, and many OF US, far too many,
interest on Indebtedness; and these
blazen factors in the makeup of ouI
annually recurring besetments don t
sink with the price of steers. but all
the time retain the same fearful apti-
tude. for certainty. of time and d.
mansions.
/ set out to state some of the why's
and wherefores, but Will have to de-
fer that.
OSBORN STRAHL, President.
River Falls, Wis. Jan. 81, 1920.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-23
Personal.

Miss Eva Nelson returned Tuesday
from visit to Wilson, Wis.
Mrs. w. S. Dodge of Ellsworth is
visiting in the city this week. Wen
dell spent Sunday here.
Frank Howe left Tuesday morning
for Madison, his mother who resides
there being very low from a recent
paralytic stroke.
Geo. Pratt returned last evening
from st. Anthony Park, MINI. He is
slightly "under the weather" and will
remain here few days to recuperate.
Charles Stevenson and family have
moved to Council Bluffs, iowa. They
were among our most respected citi-
zens and their departure is source
of general regret.
F. l.. Perrin and family returned
from Madison the first of the week.
1t transpired that it was not diph.
iberia that Mrs. p. was afflicted with,
but a severe attack of quinsy, from
which she is now nearly recovered.
j. w. Bradshaw of River Falls, a
brother of Hon. Peter E. Bradshaw
of this city, is here to attend his
bIother's severe illness. Grave fears
are entertained of his recovery.-Su
perior Inter Ocean.
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BOR-S..
DIED.

MckEE.-At her home in Kinnickinnic,
St Croix Co., Wis, on the Dist day of
JAN, 1890, Mrs. Chas. Mckee, aged AZ
years, III months and days.
The death of Mrs. Mckee SO soon
after her husbands, and quite as unex-
pectedly, brings fresh sorrow to large
circle of friends and acquaintance.
She was a woman beloved by all who
knew her,-kind, generous, self-sacrific.
ing and devoted to her husband and
family. She bore the burdens of life
without complaint and with quiet res
| ignation that was truly beautiful.
Seventeen years ago she united with
the Congregational church of this place
and has ed consistent Christian life.
Mrs. Mckee was the eldest daughter
of Mrs. Lyman Powell. She was born in
Madrid, st. Lawrence Co., n. Y, Feb.
10, 1S47. She came to this place with
her parents when child seven years of
age. She obtained her education here
and taught school for short time.
On the 22d of Oct, 1865, she became
the wife of the late Charles Mckee.
Her home was first in Clifton where her
husband had charge of a mill. His
health failing they moved to the farm
| now owned by Albert Currier, and later
to their home in Kinnickinnie, near Riv-
| er Falls. The new and beautiful home
lately erected ON their farm and newly
occupied, is doubly bereaved by her un-
| timely death, but her friends may have
comfort in the thought that it is ex-
changed for much brighter home in
| heaven.
She leaves two sons, Fred. and Lutte,
four sisters, one brother and her mother
and many friends to mourn her loss.
| The prostratlon occasioned by the su
| den death of her husband followed by :
severe attack of la grippe resulting in
heart failure was the final cause of her
DEATH
The funeral will take place from the
house Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
REYNoLDs.-At his home in Kinniokin-
mic, Jan. 20, 1890, MIR. Philander Rey-
nolds, aged 81 years.
| MIR. Reynolds was born sept. SUN,
1922, in st. Lawrence Co, n. Y, where
| he lived until 1913. He then came west
with his fathers family and settled in
Jefferson county, Wis. There he married
Miss Margaret Miles, April q, lS4S, who
still survives him. They have raised a
family of six children who are highly
respected, all living in this vicinity ex-
| cepting the second son who resides in
Washington. They came to their present
home in 1876 Mr.. Reynolds was kind
husband, an indulgent father and good
and oblIging neighbor, and leaves a host
OF friends who will mourn and miss him
/ ''Earth's transitory things decay.
| Its pomps It's pleasures pass away;
| But the sweet memory OF the good
| survives i'll the ylclssitude" -