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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-11-13
FARM AND GARDEN.
CLIMB AND PICK,

An Excellent Device for Picking Fruit
Here are two convenient fruit ladders
Of my own invention that are not pat
ented. No. / is a common ladder with
tongue. The dotted lines represent
guards or tenders. Their use is to pre-
vent the tree limbs from catching on the
end of the ladder. They are made of
the stiffest wire. The upper ends
are stapled to the tongue and the
lower ends terminate in hooks which
fasten into staples driven into the
side pieces on the outside. The up
permost two rounds are close together
and are made to slip out Two CORE
spending holes in the lower end of the
tongue receive these rounds when put
in place. Pins of wire with bent heads
are put through the movable rounds
and one of the side pieces, also through
the second round and tongue, to hold
all in place. The tongue can be taken
out when the ladder is required for COM
mon use.
No is made on the same prin ciple,
but is shorter. In this the lowest round
is We feet long and the tongue is re-
versed 1t rests on the under side of
the topmost round, the second round
passing through the second hole. The
tongue is then drawn back until it
cramps between the rounds, and it is
fastened there by hooking the wires to
staples driven into the side pieces at
the proper distance down. The wires
then act as braces. When standing,
the ladder forms tripod. A piece of
IN hn fac To no
side of the tongue where it touches the
top round, to give sufficient spread. II
these ladders do not stand too slanting,
a twig the size of ones finger project
ing from a ilmb is sufficient to hold
them in place. The short ladder will
not stand we'll if over eight feet long.
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WHAT CURES z
Editorial Difference of Opinion on m I'm
uortant Subject.


portant Subject.
What is the force that Gusts disease; and
which is the most convenient apparatus for
applying it! How far is the regular physi-
sian useful to us because we believe in him,
and how far are his pills and powders and
tonics only the material representatives OF
his personal influence on our healthl
The regular doctors cure; the homeopathic
doctors cure; the Hahnemannites cure; and
so do the faith cures and the mind cures,
and the so-called Christian scientists, and
the four-dollar- and a-half advertising itin-
Grants, and the patent medicine men. They
all hit, and they all miss, and the great
difference-one great difference-in the re-
suit is that when the regular doctors lose a
patient no one grumbles, and when the irreg-
ular doctors lose one the community stands
on end and howls.-Rochester Union and
Advertiser.
Nature cures, but nature can be aided,
hindered or defeated in the curative pro-
cess. And the Commercials contention is
that it is the part of rational beings to seek
and trust the advice of men of good charac-
ter who have studied the human system and
learned, as far as modern science lights the
way, how far they can aid nature and how
they can best avoid obstructing her.-Buf-
falo Commercial.
1t is not our purpose to consider the evils
that result from employing the unscrupu-
lous, the ignorant, charlatans and quacks to
prescribe for the maladies that af1iict the
human family. We simply declare that the
physician who knows something is better
than the physician who knows nothing, or
very little indeed about the structure and the
conditions of the human system. OF course
she does not know it all. Rochester Morn
ing Herald.
have used Warmers Safe Cure and but
for its timely use would have been, verify
believe, in my grave from what the doctors
termed Bright's Disease.-D. +. Shriner,
senior Editor Scioto Gazette, Chillicothe,
Ohio, in a letter dated June 80, 1890
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a THIEF DETECTOR.
An Electric battery wrings = Confession
from Dishonest Lad.

An Electric battery wrings a Confession
from Dishonest Lad.
''When we started noticed, said one
of party of jewellers who recently
camped in the wilds of Canada, that
one of our number was encumb ered with
large box. The second day in camp
two watches disappeared, and each
member OF the party began to look upon
the others with silent suspicion. Final
", as the thefts were repeated, meet
ing was called and every man pleaded
not guilty. No one up to that time
suspected the honest French Canadian
lad we had engaged as servant He
was questioned and also entered a
prompt and emphatic denial We all
believed his protestations of innocence
except the man with tho box.
Gentlemen,' said he, somebody in
the party took those watches, and pro-
pose to find out who. have hero a
battery and winking AT the crowd. III
there is a thief among us this will point
him out Every ran took his turn at
the battery. The boy watched the per-
Torrance in wonder. He had never
seen such queer arrangement before.
but as everybody who touched the coils
escaped without harm he stepped
bravely to the front when it came to his
turn and took hold. A sudden change
came over him. I he owner of the battery
had turned on its full force and the vic
tim gave yell of pain and horror, and
fell to the ground screaming: Save me!
cara mo- I took tcu, Inns ;si1 M. A 10
again. Jewellers Weekly.
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This seems a paradox, but it is ex-
planned by one of New York's richest
men. 81 don't count my wealth in
dollars" he said. "What are all my
possessions to me, since i am a victim
of consumption MY doctor tells me
that / have but a few months TO live,
for the disease is ineurable. / am poor
er than that beggar yonder." but"
interrupted the friend TO whom he spoke,
consumption can be cured. If taken
in time, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will eradicate every vestige
of the disease from your system" "fll
try it, said the millionaire, and he did;
and to-day there is not a healthier,
happier man to be found anywhere.
The" Discovery" strikes at the seat of
the complaint. Consumption is a dis
ease of the blood-is nothing more nor
less than lung -scrof nla-and it must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
Golden Medical Discovery" is not
only an acknowledged remedy for that
terribly fatal malay, when taken in
time and given q fair trial, but also for
all forms of Scrofulols, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease, Salt rheum,
letter, Eczema, Boils, Carbuncles, cry
sipelas and kindred ailments.
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AN HONEST LAWYER.
He Would Rather Go Back to Barberins
Than Resort to Crooked Work.

He Would Rather Go Back to Barberins
Than Resort to Crooked Work.
There is good material in that man, "
said Assistant States Attorney Elliott
not long since, as he sat in the court
room listening to the arguments of an ate
torney. The lawyer addressing the court
is well-known about the criminal court
and his energetic work in the line of
his professior has commended the
recognition of attorneys much above
him in the practice of law. But this
man has history.
IF he had been given the opportuni-
ties many of us have enjoyed he might
have did us all at the bar" continued
Mr.. Elliott "You don't know that
twenty years ago. when he could
neither read nor write, he decided to
read law. 1t is true. At the age OF
eighteen years this man-then coun-
try boy-went with the three-month
soldiers to the war He heard the first
and tho last shot of the civil war fired.
When he enlisted he was afraid to sign
his name. L can't write, said he.
Neither could he read. But he made a
good soldier, and when he came out of
the army had been promoted. During
the time Uncle Sam did not need him
to keep the 'rebs' in order this lad
learned the BARRIERS trade and made
some extra money by shaving the boys.
after the war he began to study,
and eventually took up law. Between
barbering and studying he has put in
the last twenty or more years. Several
years ago, at the age of forty, he was
admitted to the bar of Illinois He is
honest to fault. When passing his
examination he was asked il he believed
in the law of our country. There was
one thing about the jury system which
he did not like, and he said so, although
he called forth sarcastic retort from
one of the judges Judge Horton, know
ing this mans character for honesty,
said to him one day: Don't you know
you are too honest-too scrupulous-to
make a success at criminal practice?
This man replied: Then I'll begin bar
boring again. Judge Horton now tells
that story, and adds that he would there
were more lawyers who would rather go
to barbering than to be dishonest in the
practice of criminal law."-Chicago
News
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WIT AND WISDOM.

DO not inquire so much into affairs
Of others as your own
The more the people know the less
they brag about it.-Ram's Horn.
"A man who is not ashamed Of him
self need not be afraid Of his early con-
dition.
He who goes into the world with
censure on his lips will pass through life
. friendless mzn.-Atchison Globe.
A man never knows how much he
can do til be tries-nor how badly he
can do II, either.-Washington Post.
You are heartless. Ethel" said he.
''How can be if, as you claim. have
your hearth" said -Harper's Bazaar.
You get no butter from cream until
you work i'll II is some thing that way
with free lunch route.-Texas Sift-
ings.
joy travels alone and makes short
calls; grief brings along a large fam
lily and stops all summer.-Ashland
Press
We have forgotten the name of the
was he rose by the force of his own
genius. nllauelpnla freSs.
Man is advised to act on the square,
and woman TO keepin her sphere. When
they get married, the problem is some.
thing like squaring the circle.-Puck.
If we spend less than We make we
are on the road to wealth. Perhaps
We shall not last long enough 10 reach
the destination, but it is the right
road.
tive got good dog I'd like to
sell yvu," said fancier to Fangle.
mot muchl" replied Fangle; why,
I've got four manageable daughters. +"
Epoch.
DO you think that a poet is in
sane?' asked young woman of PEN
nington. 81 do il he tries to make a
living writing poetry" was the prompt
reply.-Washington Post.
IF my wife was (hic) here, she'd say
(hic) dis ish nice state (hicl to come
home in. It's what (hic) call (hic)
ice-elated condition, cos (hic) I'm all
lone chic. )"-Boston Herald.
City Friend-Jack, why in thunder
do you push that dreadful machine over
the grass when you come home tired
out? Suburbanite-It is not because /
love my leisure less, but my lawn
mower.-Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Only that soul can be my friend
which / encounter on the line of my
own march; that soul to which do not
decline, and which does not decline TO
me- but, native Of the same celestial
latitude, repeats in its own all my ex-
perience.
Was ever a comforting thought ex-
pressed more delicately than by CHEEKY
girl, who said to one who was sad over
the falling leaves, Just think how
much more room it gives you to see the
beautiful blue sky beyond" True of
other things besides leaves.
Why Is 1t Thus:
The things you don't wish for you always can
get;
Those folks like you best, whom you cordially
hate;
The more fun you're having the louder you
fret;
Iha GREATER you hurry, the longer you wait
Texas SlftinQa
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NOT A LUCKY TRIO.
They Only Drew Thirty Days and Dis.
charge Among Them.

They Only Drew Thirty Days and a Dis.
charge Among Them.
A man standing almost anywhere in
Newspaper row could throw a stone and
break a window in the barber shop
where l am in the habit of getting
shaved.
1t is like lot of other shops in the
neighborhood as far as the marble floor
and big array of mugs without any
owners go. and is peculiar only from the
fact that my barber actually told me a
story the other day which interested me.
ibid you ever buy lottery ticket.
sir?" he began. Surprising that he had
discovered something about the forna-
ton of my head that Indicated paresis,
| replied with some warmth in the neg
alive.
That's where you showed your good
sense, sir" he continued me and a
couple of fellows in the shop where i
worked before coming here made a pool
and put in 81 week each and spent the
money for lottery tickets.
Tho understanding was that We were
to divide equally in case we drew any
thing We watched the drawings regu-
larly, and bought tickets every week
for over three years. and in all that
time we never drew a cent, though we
had put in over 81, 900.
Zone day. however, our turn came
and we drew a prize of five dollars. We
debated for some time what to do with
the money, and finally decided to bIy
keg of beer.
1.-The result was that we drank so
much that we got pretty drunk and
ended by getting into a fight. The fight
began in the house where one of us
boarded and ended on the sidewalk.
my two partners were both arrested
and sent up for thirty days, and was in
such shape that | did not go near the
shop for a week, and was then promptly
discharged by my employer, though my
wife was i'll at the time.
THAT made me think that l was not
specially lucky, and | haven't bought
any tickets since; because there don't
seem to be nothing in it."-N. Y. Herald.
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them than he could have restrained the
fierce fury of mountain food.
"Linnet" he cried hoarsely, Il love
you'll Marry mel"
30" she whispered. and shrank back
trembling. He had stopped the team. He
turned in his seat and faced hes. Their
eyes met. There was that in his im-
perious, steady, feryent, thatcompelled
surrender. Linnet's lashes dropped.
Rob bent and kissed her That broke
the mad spell that was upon them both.
"Don'tI" she said go on. / could
care for you-yes But the disloyalty
would be more wicked than-than keep
ing my word"
Bonnell snatched out the whip. He
gave the horses a lash. He drove
straight on towards Belleville. There
be left Linnet at the hotel He then
went straight to the Office He found
Dreier alone. and in high spirits
WELL" ne cried, shat elevator bust
ness was fixed to-day. We've come out
matter? You look like ghostl"
do ~" with wan smile. II ought
to look like scoundreL I've fallen in
love with your sweetheart Henry.
asked her to marry me. kissed her"
Dreier said not a word for several mo-
ments. When he spoke il was in his
ordinary bland and drawing voice:
''If Linnet likes you better than me,
it's all right Mistakes shouldn't be
made in matrimony any more than in
business. Mistakes are poor policy.
They don't pay. Anyhow, Bob Saw
yer's widow would suit me nearly as
we'll. She isn't pretty, like Linnet, but
she owns a half-section over in Logan
County that joins mine"
Such an unexpected reply, Such a
delightful unromantic reply! Bob
burst into a boyish and ecstatic shout of
laughter. He felt he could afford to
laugh.
He married Linnet Rumor says the
Sawyer and Dreier half-ssction in Lo-
gan County will soon be consolidated in
one farm.-Chicago Tribune.
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Corn Hu.k Cloth and Papsr.

1t is stated that one of the best util-
lied waste products in Australia is that
of corn husks for the production of cloth
and paper. The husks are boiled with
an alkali in tubular boilers, the glutin-
GUS matter being pressed out from the
fiber by hydraulic apparatus, leaving
the fbers in the shape of a mass or
CT lin o. longitudinal threads. inter
spersed with a dense mass of short
fibers The fiber is easily worked
either alone or in combination with
rags, into the finest writing or printing
papers. and it also very readily takes
any tint or color. IL the gluten is left
in the pulp. in the process OF manufact-
ure. the paper can be made extremely
transparent Farm, Field and Stock.
man,
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UNCLE EPHRAIM.

Ny Uncle EphraIm was a man who did not live
In vain.
And yet ~hy he succeeded 50 I never e0sid ex-
plain;
by nature ne was not endowed Win VII 70
legrsc.
But folks allowed there nowhere lived better
man than he;
He started poor but soon got rich; he went to
Congress then
And held that post Of honor long against much
brainier men.
He never made q famous speech or did thing
Of note
And yet the praise Of Uncle Eph weIIed up
from every throat-
recuIIect I never heard him say bitter word.
lie never carried 10 and fro unpleasant things
he heard:
He always dosed his hat and spoke 70 every
one he knew.
He tipped 20 poor and rich alike genial how
dydO.'
He kissed the babies. praised their looks. and
said: That child viii grow
To be a Daniel Webster or our President,
know
His voice was 50 znsllihuous, his smile so fuIl
That folks declared be was the best and sraartest
man on earthi
Row father was smarter man. and yet be never
won
Such wealth and lame as Uncle Epns the
deestrik's favorite SON.
He had convictions and he was not lOath 20
speak his mind
He went his yay and said his say as he might
be Inclined.
Yes. Re was brsiny; yet his life vs. hardly a
success
He was too honest and too smar. for this vain
world guess.
Al any rate. wondered he was unsuccessful
When
Ny Uncle Eph. duIler man. was so revered Of
meni
When Uncle Eph was dying he called me TO his
bed
Aud in tone Of confidence inTiolate he said:
Dear Willyum. ere / seek repose In yOnder
blissful sphere,
faiu would brt athe q secret in your adolescent
ear;
Strive not 70 hew your way through nie-it
really doesn't pay;
BE sure the salve q fattery soaps all you do
and say,
Herein the only royal road to fame and fortune
lies.
Put not your trust in vinegar-aolassss catches
flies -
Eugene Field. IN Chicago News
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1t is used to pick fruit from the lower
branches, and the tongue can be ex-
tended or folded. as most convenient.
1t is a good step-ladder for any purpose.
With both d-one-half-story
house can be painted without marring
the fresh paint or erecting scaffold.
To paint the gable ends the tongue of
the long ladder can rest on the shingles
at the edge of the roof and it will
stand square, but an ordinary ladder
will not. The painting can proceed
down until the siding can be reached
by standing on the short ladder as a
tripod. Farm and Home.
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CHOW to Make Money"

And Chow TO Succeed in Life' are absorb
ing themes to everyone. In this connection
the readers attention is called to an adver-
tisement lin this paper of The Burrows
Brothers Company OF Cleveland, Ohio, one
of the largest and bestknown book houses
IN the United States. Any representation
they make can be relied upon, and there
need be no hesitation in sending them
money. For sl.00 they propose to send a
book giving large amount of valuable in
formation. Better read the ad pretty care
fully and see if you do not want it.
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Tho Porter's Plant.

Mr.. Piexo-rs gittin' tired OBJ d. rail-
road persuasion, gentlemen.
Mr.. Renders-So's l.
Mr.. Bates-Whad's yo' magnates
a-growlin' bout.
Mr.. Piexo-A Teller on d. train comm
down CUB me quahter wiz hole into
1t, an when kicked, he took back d.
quahter, an tole me { use d hole t
bury mahseff in.-Judge.
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A HOG is hog. writes correspon-
dent That is true. whether he has
two legs or four. But our correspon-
dent uses the expression by way of
proving or attempting to, that hog de-
lights in filth. Well. IL that is true.
then it is the duty of the hogs owner to
keep it out of the filth. But just try
once giving the animal clean quarters
and clean food. and see IL 1t will not
leave filthy quarters for the former and
filthy food for the latter. Western
Rural.
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Not of worldly goods, but of all earthly
comfort, is the poor wretch tormented by
malaria. The fell scourge is. however, shorn
of its thong in advance by Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, its only sure preventive and
remedy. Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipa-
ton, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney
complaints are also among the bodily Attic
tions which this beneficent medicine over
comes with certainty. Use il systematically.
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with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can not
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure il you have TO take internal rene
dies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is
no quack medicine. Ii was prescribed by
one OF the best physicians in this country
for years, and is regular prescription. II
is composed of the best tonics known, COM
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The per-
feet combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results -
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
+; J: CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
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November 18th and 18th the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad Evansville Route
will sell tickets from Chicago and other
points TO Florence, Ala, and return at one
fare for the round trip, good fifteen days
Solid trains and Pullman Buffet Sleeper to
Nashville. For time tables and informa-
ton, address c. l. Stone, Asst Gen. Pass
& Tkt. Ag't, c. q E. /. r. R., Chicago.
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the frmer it will be. 1t is useless to
explain how the timbers should be put
together, and where every door should
be cut out, when one glance at the illus
tration will answer. Fig. 2 represents
the double doors made to correspond
with the entrance of the shed. The
doors, when shut, are fastened to a piece
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AN OHIO CORN CRIB.

ThIB ApDtHrt % DC u TFetty VUUu oUft Uf
Building
We give an illustration Gig. y of a
very convenient and substantial double
corn crib, wi n wagon shed between.
Such a crib can be built any size and
filled with grain, without the least sign
of weakness. One is a brace for the
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Some people toss up their heads
and sheer whenever it is intimsted that
the world is becoming more bulky in
the brow; but the fact can not be lodged
that the small boy OF to-day thinks BE
knows good deal moro than his father
Rams Horn.
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of scantling. standing perpendicular
one entering the beam, the other enter
ing block put in the ground. The
foundation can be of wood or stone, as
suits best. This is what we call the
"Ohio Dutch Yankee corn crib."-Ohio
Farmer.
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The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which the ladies may use the liquid
fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all con-
dtions make it their favorite remedy. 1t IS
pleasing TO the eye and to the taste, gentle,
yet effectual in acting on the kidneys, liver
and bowels.
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Tho Ladies' Delighted.

IT seems as though the literary worker
ought to have pen sion or an ink-um OF
some kind.-Binghamton Leader.
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WE may differ in this world, but when we
get TO the cemetery we are all on dead
level indianapolis journal.
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The decline of literature-The printed
blank that accompanies rejected manu-
script-St. Joseph News