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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-06-05
WOMAN'S DEVOTION.
Everywhere She sheds n Bright Ray of
Neyer-Fading Beauty.

Neyer-Fading Beauty.
Who can realize the depth of wom-
ans love-her untiring devotion to the
object Of that love? Trial only strength
ems her affection; sorrow purifies and
hallows it, making 1t shine forth in all
its effulgent sweetness, like beautiful
vision, clothed in the sympathetic form
of a true womanhood.
Let us take, for example, the hospital
nurse, leaving home and friends, giving
up every thing; thinking not of herself
nor the hardships she may endure, dedi-
eating her life and talents to the mitiga-
tion of suffering, not with the hope Of
recompense or reward, but for love
love of humanity
In the soldiers hospital. on the field
of battle, there we find woman as an
angel of mercy, supreme in her work OF
devotion. ministering to the wants of
the sick and wounded, smoothing the
pillows of the dying. The veteran who
has taken part in the last campaign he
will ever witness feels, as he nears the
dark river, restful spirit OF peace and
happiness come over him as the gentle
hand bathes his fevered brow, and
hardening to that little hymn sung in
the softening twilight, the thoughtless
past is blotted out He is no more
wounded warrior whose fight is DER, but
a child lisping that same little song of
praise at his mothers knee; he has no
fear of death and the unknown; he only
knows he is boy once more in all the
fullness Of simple faith.
The beardless youth entering on the
first flush of manhood, mangled wreck
in the city hospital, sick unto death, an
unknown wanderer staring into the deep
abyss of a hopeless future in his help
lessness and despair. In the presence
of that sympathetic woman at his
bedside, waiting, watching and tend
ing, caring for his wounds and
speaking words of kindness and hope
into his ear, the cloak of bitterness and
skepticism falls away. His heart is
filled and he learns, as he looks into
the sweet young face, glowing with
earnest feelings of pity and sorrow, that
there is some goodness and love in the
midst of all the misery and wickedness
of this world, and at last a new pulse of
gratitude and longing fills his soul.
Not only in the hospital does woman
show her loving devotion and teach the
gentle lesson of faith, but in every walk
of life and under many circumstances
she carries with her the sunshine of an
elevating influence.
When misfortune overtakcs MS and
throws its mantle of misery and dispair
around our shoulders, when all the
world seems dark ard without ray of
light, tits then woman's love shines out
in all its sympathetic splendor, cheer
ing the weary, succoring the distressed,
helping the afflicted and shedding
around life's thorny pathway ray of
never fading beauty. Free
Press.
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THEY MUST NOT MARRY.
Young Men Upon Whom Society Lays
Heavy Law.

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The receiving of young men who fol-
low any branch of art into fashionable
society is, of course, not confined to
Boston, but it is to be doubted if there
is any other city in the country where
the practice is carried TO so great an ex-
treme and where it has consequences so
marked. The painter, the musician,
the writer, the sculptor and the player
may be devoid of either money or of
family, but if he is in the ordinary ac-
ceptance of the phrase at all presentable
he may almost go where he likes. If
he chances to be of attractive exterior
and of more than ordinary gifts of pleas
ing he ay quickly become something
of a society favorite if he choose.
This is distinctly to the credit of
society in way, since it is manifestly
more to the credit of that tickle body to
take up men on account of their personal
attainments and gifts than for their
mere blood or money; and it is not often
that in this city the confidence implied
in this acceptance of artists by the
l, aders of fashionable Boston has been
mi placed There is necessarily a diff
ference in men, and there are swinish
ears out of which no society could make
silk purses; but artists, of whatever
branch of the service of beauty, are apt
to be of refined possibilities at least,
and even more are they likely to be
men who are of guickness and adaptable
ity. There are half score of clever
and most pleasing young men who to-
day are always counted in with the
IL f-.,
of having overmuch to show in the way
of pedigree beyond respectable ances-
tors, and who are by no means over-well
supplied with this worlds goods. They
go and come, follow their art conscien-
tiously, and in their recreation belong
to the great world, or, to speak more
exactly, to the inner circle of the great
world.
The thing which they can not do, how
ever, is, in general terms, to marry. As
long as they are single men, with no
establishments to keep up and no women
folk by whom their income is to be
measured, they do excellently we'll. If
they marry. their wealthy and fashion
able acquaintances have the real differ
ences of station forced upon them. A
WIG 10 W Dt Ouf ohC 10 q eAAhS
whose gowns afford a more or less ac-
curate index of the husbands fortunes.
1t is, moreover, only those who have
long established and deeply-grounded
social position who are allowed to go
without entertaining. AS long as man
is single it is all right; since, except in
the case of pseudo-Russian counts and
few men with sisters, it is not the habit
in Boston for the bachelors to entertain
ladies much. When there is wife it of
course becomes imperative that social
favors shall be returned in kind if the
account is to be long one.-Bostor
J,etter in CHICAGO Tribune
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AN AWAKENED CONSCIENCE.

Through my open window. summer breczes
straying
Bring the shouts Of school-boys with their mar
bles playing.
Merry little urchins, full Of fun and noise,
Not care of trouble Happy little boysi
Watch that little fellow; hear him gaily Jest;
He IS very lucky, winning from the rest.
hear girls voice saying: .Tom, you must
not play
And keep the marbles that you win. What viii
mamma says'
"oh. replies young Tommy. with happy smile,
As he adds more marbles 10 his growing pile
-Nobody's a-cheatin'. we re all a playin' fair
And I'm almost certain mamma would MT care :"
So the game continues. Tommy still is winning.
And he never questions whether he is SHINING.
Tommy's luck is changing, and the happy smile
Leaves his face as quickly as the marbles leave
his pile
Now the game is ended and he counts the cost:
Crockeries mibs. and agates all oh all are lost
give me back my marblesr' Tommy wildly
weeps
'fIamma says it s wicked when you play for
keepst'
-Nettie H. Pelham. in St. Nicholas.
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The EAST.


ON the s7th the Presbyterian General
Assembly at Saratoga. y. V, adjourned
to meet at Detroit next year
THE Legislature of Rhode Island on
the 9th elected the following State Of
ficers: John w. Davis, Governor: w
C. +. Wariwell, Lieutenant-Governor
Ziba o. Slocum, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; L.
ID. McGuiEess, Secretary of State, and
John G. Perry. Treasurer.
On the 2Tth the Congregational Sun
day-schoOl and Publication Society held
its annual meeting at Boston. 1t was
reported that 531 new Sunday-schOols
had been organized during the year.
The accounts of c. A. Thompson,
cashier of tho insOlvent Owego IN. W
National Bank. we're on the 9th said to
be short about $4,000.
OK the 18th four generations of her
descendants joined in celebrating the
Tooth birthday of Mrs. Charlotte Smith
at the house Of her grandson in Brook
lyn, y. Y. The celebration was wound
up with music and dancing, and in the
latter Mrs. Smith participated.
Four men were killed by the cars at
Putnam. Conn, on the 3Oth ult.
THE death of Rev. Father Jacob
Nagel, who was known as the oldest
priest in America, occurred at Buffalo,
y. ". on the Goth ult. 500 So years.
VERMONT Democrats met in State
convention at Burlington, Vt, on the
eth ult and nominated ii. ID. Brig
ham for Governor.
Fox the week ended on the 31st ult
- I Il.
the Players League were: Boston, $50;
Brooklyn, .6I7; New York. SIS; Phila-
delphia, .53l; Chicago. .517; Cleveland,
42s; Pittsburgh, .S44; Buffalo. 1888.
The clubs in the National League stood:
Philadelphia, .625; Brooklyn, 600; Gin
cinnati. 600; Chicago, .5l7; New York,
500; Boston. .46S; Cleveland, $40; Pitts
burgh. 800.
On the 31st ult. Thomas NJ. Bayne
was renOminated for Congress by the
Republicans of the Twenty-third Penn
sylvania district.
THE death of John Thompson, mem
Der of Congress from New York in 1857
IS, occurred in New Hamburg, n. Y, on
the lst. aged 81 years.
AT New Haven, Conn, Mrs. Peter
Lovetsen and her three children were
fatally burned on the LIST by a fire
caused by the explosion of a lamp.
Is the Hampton wooden mills at Phil
adelphia flames caused a loss of 500, OOG
on the 3Ist ult. and the death of Frank
Mangelstrafs.
IL the churches of Johnstown, Pa,
memorial services we're held on the 3lsr
nit. commemorative of the awful flood
of year ago.
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A Prodigy of Memory.

Prof Henkle. writing in the Journal
of Speculative Philosophy, makes men
ton of a remarkable character whom
he met at Salem, Mass, in 1869, Daniel
Mccartney by name. Mccartney was
fifty-one years of age at the time. but
proved to the satisfaction of Mr.. Henkle
that he could remember where he had
been. the state of the weather, etc, for
each day and hour since he was nine
years old; dates covering period OF
forty-two years. These remarkable
feats were proved and verified by
weather records and newspaper files
kept in the city. and of the hundreds Of
tests resorted to to try his powers he
never failed of proving himself won
der Of wonders in single instance.
This prodigy of memory worked at the
Salem Republican Office, and naturally
one would think him able to furnish
brains for half dozen papers. but on
the contrary, they could make no use
of him whatever, except to turn the
press twice each week.-S~ Louis Re-
public.
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ask If you have any extra mnsKets Lot
in use? We need some down the line"
YES said the General, 1--WE have a
thousand stand of new Springfield
muskets boxed and lying near the rail-
road down there"
Il will make a note of that" said
the Major, as he followed the group to
headquarters. When this was reached,
the General turned to Mike, the orderly,
and said: ''Call Whipple to take your
place and you come in and wait on the
table, Mike. We have company at din
ner to-day. Lay an extra plate, and
don't forget to count noses as you did
when Stoneman took dinner with me
last week"
Mike looked carefully at the visitor
and replied: ''Yis, sor. Owe he'd me
two Dyes on the gintleman ever since
he ken into camp. Niyer fear but 0i'll
reminder him.
Major White turned and looked at
Mike. Then he looked across the sp4ees
of Franklin, and slowly followed the
General into the tent. The dinner
served on that occasion was triumph
of army cuisine. Army beefsteak, army
coffee and army bread were followed by
the inevitable black bottle from the
mess-chest, and all were happy. Mike
was handy man at all camp duties.
Plates were promptly changed, glasses
duly rinsed, and then Mike stood at
attention in the corner of the tent,
where the swords which the officers had
laid aside were standing. While wit
and the black bottle passed around
Mike handled the swords with light
touch. lie took up Major Whites. It
was nice, silver-mounte affair. Mike
laid il softly back among the rest and
stepped out OF the door. He was gone
about ten minutes, and was not missed.
The attention of the group at table was
attracted shortly after Mike returned by
the tramp of a squad of soldiers, and by
the cries which halted them at the door
of the Generals tent
HALT, Order arms! Restr'
"What is that, Mike?" said the Com
eral, sharply. Z
Mike hesitated and turned very red.
Then he slowly took up Major Whites
sword, held it under the Generals eye,
and pointing to an inscription cut be-
meath the hilt said: ''Plaze, sor, read
thotr'
The General read slowly. but so that
all could hear: Colonel James Peyton,
First Tennessee Infantry. c. 5. A.
Major White sprang to his feet, but
dozen muskets covered him from the
lifted flap of the tert-door. Then he
coolly thrust his hands into his trous-
ers' pockets and said: What an over
sight"
Give me that diagram and your pa
pers, :" said the General
Major White took out his papers and
laid them on the table. Then he asked
leave to write some personal letters
This was granted. Meanwhile two dis
patches went over the wires instantly
One was in these words: Have taken a
confessed spy. Had on Union uniform
Had made diagram of works. How
shall we dispose of him?"
This is the answer: Convene drum
head court-martiaL If guilty, act in
SANITY according to law"
When the relief brigade marched into
| Franklin the next morning they saw
near the station temporary gallows
and a newly-made grave. They related
to what was only an incident in the
great rebellion. He was young and
brave and noble, and he would have
been successful hut for a little over
sight.-A. T. Worden, in n. Y. Tribune.
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AT Geneva, o., James Clinton Waite,
charged with having married six
women in the past three years, all of
whom are living, was arrested on the
2sth for bigamy.
package house under the late decision
of the United States supreme Court was
opened on the 2sth.
OK the 2sth C. l.. Lind, of Hillsboro,
Wis, VINO recently failed in business.
shot his wife fatally and afterward COM
mitted suicide.
A TRAIN went through an open draw
of a bridge at Oakland. Cal, on the S0th
ult., and thirty people were drowned.
OVER 20, 900 Confederates marched in
line at Richmond, Va, on the Goth ult,
on the occasion of the dedication of the
monument to General Lee.
AT Marion. Ind, Mrs. o. j. Stone and
her two children and Mrs. Poe VIM
mer were killed on the 29th ult by an
express train on the Panhandle rail-
road. They attempted to cross the
track ahead of the train in buggy.
FIRE destroyed the Laclede -four
mills at ST. Louis on the Goth ult. Loss,
SIPS, 900.
A WIND and rain-storm swept over Lin
coin. Neb, and vicinity on the 29th ult.,
breaking down trees, Overturning light
buildings and demolishing fences and
chimneys.
THE Spring Palace at Fort Worth,
Tex, was burned on the 30th ult., caus-
ing a loss of $500, 900. Two persons were
killed and twenty were injured.
In Chicago four fatal cases of sun
stroke occurred on the 3Oth ult.
FIVE blocks of buildings at Middle
borough, Ky, we're destroyed by an in
cen iiary fire on the s1st ult, with a
loss of So O,000. Two thousand families
were left homeless.
A KEROSENE oil can exploded on the
3lst ult at Denver, Col, and Mrs. A.
Morrow and her little boy and girl were
burned to death.
A wIND-sroRM passed over Dinwiddie
County, Va, on the S1st ult, wrecking
barns, fences and timber and destroying
the crops.
NEAR Albuquerque, n. NJ, a stock
train was wrecked on the 3lst ult., and
/, 600 sheep were killed.
DEMOCRATS in State convention on
3lst ult., at Montgomery, Ala, nomin-
ated Thomas G. Jones for Governor.
THE death of Mrs. Fannie j. McPher-
son occurred on the 31st ult at Freder-
ick City, Md, aged Ill years. She was
born the night George Washington died.
A FIRE on the S1st ult in Duponts
paper-mill at Louisville, KY, destroyed
machinery and material valued at
SIPS, 900.
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PlTH AND POINT.

Those who get through the world by
making the worst of it, work hard for
poor pay.
Life is long enough for him who
knows how to use it Working and
thinking extend its limits
C-Before getting into the swim"
man should be reasonably sure that he
can keep his head above water.-Boston
Courier.
Stupidity is TO the mind what clum-
siness is to the body. 1t exhibits just
the same fatal power of mischief in its
own way.-Once a Week.
1T is remarkable how little man
likes work when he does it himself and
how much he likes it when some body
else is doing it for him.-Washington
Post
The art of putting the right men in
the right places is first in the science of
government, but that of finding places
for the discontinued is the most diff
cult
Whenever a man becomes rich by
merely acting rs custodian of other
peoples money, look out for him. In
suthin ded up the creek" Memphis
Appeal.
Poor human nature. II is weak,
selfish and mean! If the other fellow
crosses our pathway we call him any
thing but gentleman. III he goes the
same way we go, and keeps a little be-
hind us, we love him.-Westt,rn Rural
- Of nd
not to be rummaged for among old
parchments or musty records. They are
written by sunbeam, in the whole vol
ume of human nature, by the hand of
divinity itself.-Alexander Hamilton.
mo true and permanent fame" says
Charles Sumner, can be founded, ex-
cept in labors which promote the hap
piness of mankind" This is but an
other form of the old truth: "He that
would be great let him be servant"
There is no greatness apart from useful
ness.
1t is one of the strangest of all
strange things in life that people are not
kinder TO one another. And IL is be-
yond ali understanding why one trudger
along life's highway should care to go
out of his way to stab another, who is
doubtless having all he can do to keep
up the march and tug his gripsack
along. Boston Commonwealth.
Almost every one cherishes de-
sire, upon occasion, of doing a par
ticularly good thing. But it is possible
to so concentrate the thoughts upon the
single desire to do well, that it seems
impossible to decide what it would be
we'll to do. No good is likely to be &C
complished by the mere wish to be a
well-doer. 1t is the work of the we'll
doer to know just what it would be well
to do-and to do it. A particularly good
thing is more likely to be done in that
way than in any other way.-Exchange.
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BEFORE THE WEDDING.
The Thoughts of a Bridegroom While He
Is Waiting at the Chancel.

The Thoughts of Bridegroom While He
Is Waiting at the Chancel.
The thoughts of a bridegroom, as he
awaits at the altar the arrival of his
bride, may be supposed By the romantic
to be filled with sublimity and rapture,
while, if the truth were known, in most
cases they run something like this:
Now, where's Emily? l thought she
was to come in at the church door as /
came out Of the vestry; of course, brides
are generally late, but she made me
promise to be punctual. don't doubt
the best man has got me out here full
fifteen minutes too soon. That is what
the matter is; well. at least, he has got
TO stand it as well as /.
What lot Of people! all looking at
me, of course, to see how ! appear! /
declare, have lively feeling Tor the
lion in the circus show.
There, / caught Mrs. Blenkinsop's
eye; l suppose / mustn't bow. But
where the deuce am ! to look and not
catch peoples eyes? Emily, Emily, the
first thing / do after we're married will
be to teach you punctuality. / think it
must be twenty minutes since came
out here.
''There's an awful drought, froIu the
vestry door, and there is the best man
sneezing. Hang it! what does he do
that for? Every one is laughing.
'Seems to me the people are smiling
at me, too. / wonder if there is any
thing wrong about me? My collar is
awfully uncom Portable; perhaps it has
=, 4
over my coat / don't like to put up my
hand and feel; I'll nod my head, and
perhaps the darned thing will settle into
place.
Gracious, there is Mrs. BlenkinsOp
nodding, too; she thought / bowed to
her this time. Heavens! if Emily don't
come in about a second, ! shall begin to
wish had never started to go through
this sort of thing.
There's Rose Mathews; / used to be
a good deal of spoons on her once; see
her taught OF course, it is at the figure
cut up here; now she is whispering
She is looking mighty pretty; l wonder
if she would serve man this way?
"What in the world shall J do with
my hands? The best man has his be-
hind him; it looks rather easy and
graceful. I'll try that; but, here, we
can't stand here just alike, like the
Siamese twins. The rector has his
hands clasped in front; I'll see how that
goes; it won't do, it's more awkward
than ever.
mo Emily yeti I'll read over the
commandments behind the altar. Well,
/ shall break the third one in just a
minute; and as for the fifth, certainly
shall not honor my parents-in-law for
bringing Emily up no better than this.
I'll read the fourth: it's long one, and
will distract me quite awhile. (Best
man pinohes him. What under Heaven
is the matter? Oh, the bridal party at
last! Now, if don't mistake one of the
bridesmaids for the bride! (But he
doesn't, and the service begins Puck.
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A ROMANTIC CAREER
The Notable Deeds or William, Earl of
Craven. i'm the Sixteenth Century.

The Notable Deeds OF william. Earl of
Craven. in the Sixteenth Century.
William, Earl of Craven, had q
notable career, and the story of his life,
could it be told in detail, would be
fascinating one. His father was born
in Yorkshire, his parents being poor
peasants, When a mere boy he de-
termined to seek his fortune in London.
He tramped all the way from his native
town to the metropolis, where ne found
employment with a draper. Bright and
industrious, ne quickly learned the
business, and before many years had
gone by set up for himself He pros
pered exceedingly acquiring great
wealth, and finally being chosen Lord
Mayor of London. When he died he
left great Torture to his son William
This, however, did not satisfy the young
man, whose ambition was to shine in
society, because wealth without pedi-
gree in those days was not held in as
high esteem as it now IS
Military renown was the only thing
whicl made up for lack OF gentle birth.
Cra7 IN consequently became soldier
of fortune, first joining the army of
Va OAaA1Cs anu al AAb-
ing himself with honor and distinction.
Then he fought under Gustavus
Adolphus, and led the forlorn hope at
the storming of Crentznach. Though
the first assault was repulsed, Craven
with determined bravery led a second.
which proved gloriously successful. He
was severely wounded, and Gustavus
knighted him as he lay on the ground
When he had had enough of war he re-
turned to England. He at ono time
gave Charles III no less than ESQ, 600 in
one sun, and after the restoration he
was rewarded by having conferred upon
him the title of Earl. During the great
plague in London in 1865 Craven re-
NAMED in London to help the poor. en-
courage the timid, and preserve order.
Whenever fire took place he was sure
TO be present, so it became a common
saying that his horse could smell fire
before it happened. His city birth,
warlike fame, and his romantic connec-
ton with Elizabeth, Queen of bohemia,
rendered him the most popular man in
London, and his protest was more eff
fective in dispensing a mob than
regiment of soldiers. He died April 2,
1896, at the age Of eighty -eight-Chicag0
Eewa