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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-16
A WONDERFUL DOG.
How lie Saved Four Boys from Almost
Certain Death.

Certain Death.
Nit is big iet-black Newfoundland
dog who lives in the northern part of
New York City, and is supposed to be
jointly owned by Oscar and George
Smith. One Saturday afternoon the
brothers, with two other boys, tramped
up to the Bronx river to a disused mill
dam, determined to have some fun, and
of course Nit was along. Presently
they found an old boat, twelve feet
long, fastened by rusty chain to a
stake. They climbed in, and were
amusing themselves by rocking it, when
the chain broke and the boat drifted out
from the shore. Hardly more than
fifty yards down the river the water runs
over the dam and falls twenty feet on
the Jagged rocks. There were no oars
in the boat and nothing to use as
substitute. In the middle of the
river the boat swung lazily around
until the prov pointed toward the dam,
and then it began to drift slowly down
stream. Nit had stood on the shore with
ears and tail erect, watching the boat
drift away, and apparently considering
it good joke. But when the boat be-
gan TO move toward the dam Nit became
i'll at ease, and ran barking and whining
up and down the bank. The boys were
thoroughly alarmed by this time. too.
They cried out for help, and Nit, telling
them by a sharp, short bark to wait for
him. sprang into the water and beat his
way toward the boat, now dangerously
near the dam. Nit swan right in front
of the boat and tied 10 stop it with his
body. but the current swung the stern
around. Finding that this wouldn't do,
Nit swan around the boat twice, think
ing very earnestly all the time. Having
solved the difficulty, as he thought, he
sprang up on the gunwale and seized it
with his teeth. This lifted him so far
out of the water that he couldn't swim.
Then he let go his hold and went around
the boat once more for another idea. He
got it, and then the question arose how
TO convey it to the frightened youngsters.
Nit swan close to the boat, and sticking
his head over the gunwhale, looked i'm
ploringly into little Oscars face, and
whimpered. Oscar misunderstood, and
thought Nit was tired and wanted to
come in for a rest. He seized the leatn-
er strap and tried TO lift him in. But
Nit instantly dropped back into the
water. and pointing his head toward the
shore. began swimming for all he was
worth. Gradually the downward course
of the boat was stopped. 1t swung
around in answer 10 Nit's powerful legs,
and slowly drew near the shore. 1t
grounded within few feet of the dam,
and the boys sprang out as happy lot
of yougs.ers as lived. They started
homeward on run, with Nit barking
and ,rolieking around them.-Golden
Days
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-01-16
NOT a NEW IDEA.
A Suggestion of the Photograph in a Sew
enteenth Century Fable.

enteenth Century Fable.
The idea of the magnetic telegraph is
said to be certainly three hundred years
old. But the photograph was believed
to be comparatively a new notion.
Mary SOmerville, indeed. predicted that
before the end of the present century
we should probably possess a means of
recording and reproducing speech; but
the like connection turns out to be far
older than that.
In the middle of the seventeenth cent
ury VI. de Bergerac,a well-known French
writer of his day, and forerunner of
Jules Verne. published a fabulous ac-
count of visit to the moon, which con-
tains an account of two mechanical
books left in a city of the moon by
visitor from the sun. In opening one of
these books the narrator states that he
found somewhat of metal almoss like
to our clocks, fun of | know not what
little springs and imperceptible engines.
1T was a book. indeed, but strange
and wonderful book that had neither
leaves nor letters. In fine it was book
made wholly for the ears and not the
eyes. so that when any body has mine
to read it he winds up that machine
with a great many little springs; ther
he turns his hand TO the chapter which
he desires to hear and straight as from
the mouth of man or musical instru
ment proceed all the distinct and differ
ent sounds which the lunar grandees
make use of for expressing theil
thoughts instead of language. l ne
longer wondered that the young men o
that country were more knowing at six
teen or eighteen years, d than the gray
boards OF our climate. ,JA knowing how
to read as soon as speak they are neSe.
without lectures"
A suggestion of the electric light i
also contained in the same work. wher'
one OF the charact srs appears with tw'
bowls on fire so sparkling that all won
dered he burnt not his fingers" Th'
philosopher of the sun who composes
one OF these speaking books is thus de
scribed:
HE proves in il THE bookl that al
things are rue, and shows the way
uniting physically the truths Of ever.
contradiction; as, for example, tina
white is black and black is white; tina
one may be and may not be at the sam
time. proving all these unheard-of para
doxes without any captious or sophistics
argument" Y. Times
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PITH AND POINT.

"A little learning is a dangerous
thing; but the danger is not in the
learning but the littleness.
Whatever you or your friends do is
never wholly wrong; whatever your
enemy or his friends do is never wholly
right.
The man who doesn't know where
bis next dollar is to come from always
sends it where his last went.-Phila-
phia Times.
When you can induce man to hold
your horse in the rain, how natural it is
to tarry around the fire on the inside
Atchison Globe.
Praise never gives us much pleasure
unless it concurs with our own opinion,
and extol us for those qualities in which
we chiefly excel.-Hume.
AS / know more of mankind ex-
pect less of them, and am reader to
call 9. man good on easier terms than
was tormerly.-Dr. johnson.
Common courtesy is quite distinct
from a matter of common curtesy, but
some people don't seem to know it
Merchant Traveller.
He who bears failure with patience
is as much of philosopher as he who
succeeds; for to put up with the world
needs as much wisdom as to control it.
Most natures are insolvent-can not
satisfy their own wants, have an ambi-
ton out of all proportion to their prac-
teal force, and so do lean and beg day
and night continually.-Emerson.
"A slight divergence at the outstart
carries the arrow far out of the way at
the end, just as false step in starting
gives life a result that is disastrously
wide of the mark. To begin well is to
begin true, and with a sure aim.-United
Presbyterian.
Every one who suffers punishment,
If the punishment has been rightly dealt
him by another, must needs either him
self be made better and thus benefit
thereby, or else serve as an example to
others, that they. seeing the sufferings
which he endures, may be made better
through dread of them.
The man whose conversation is
habitually chaste and pure, from whose
lips mo corrupt communication" pro-
ceeds, and whose words tend to minis
ter grace unto the hearers" krows how
to talk and what to say. One is always
in good company when in the company
of such man. His society is worth
having, and contact with him will tend
to make one better.
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a TOOTH EPISODE.
The Gas Was Low But 1t Deadened the
Patients Pain.

The Gas was Low But It Dcadencd the
Patients Pain.
II was about two o'clock OF a chill
morning when Mr.. Y. presented himself
at the door of a doctor in the village of
W., after series of laundering knocks
at the door with good deal of vigorous
exercise upon the bell handle, succeeded
in bringing that gentleman to the win
dow overhead.
what is it?" asked the doctor
''Do you pull teeth?" Mr.. X. de-
handed
Yes, when l have to-" was the reply.
''Then l want tooth pulled"
''All right. Come back in the morn
ing and I'll take it out for you"
Come back in tho morningl'' ejacu-
lated Mr. Y. "What do you take me
for. Here I've been in torment for
these two days, and for the last two
hours I've been hunting all over this
COMPOUNDED town after dentist, and
now I'd like to have the job done at once
if there is any way TO fix it"
The dentist at first demurred, but at
last he consented to come down and get
the tooth out at once; and after due
interval in which he made his hasty
toilet, Mr.. Y. was admitted to the
house. The chill of the night was
everywhere, but y. was too intent upon
getting rid of the troublesome molar to
mind that, and he was duly installed in
the operating chair and an examination
made.
Hold on there" X. said, as the dem
tist, having satisfied himself which was
Il. IL
forceps and prepared for work. 81 want
to take gas This tooth has given me
about all the pain l can stand from it,"
"Well," the dentist answered, "the
gas is little low, but, if you insist will
give you what there is. 1t will deaden
the pain, though very likely you viii
feel it some"
The conventional breathing tube OF
black rubber was produced, and Y pro-
ceeded to inhale for dear life. For a
moment the dentist allowed him to
pump his lungs full from the gas reser-
voir, and then, taking the breathing
tube away, he quickly whipped in his
forceps and whipped out the tooth.
Il did feel it some," X. observed,
when he was able to get his mouth in
condition which allowed him to speak.
did you?" the dentist asked, sympa-
thetically. Not much, / hope?"
Not so very much" Y. replied. ''Still,
| knew when it came"
When, moment later, Y. prepared to
pay his bill, and asked the price, he was
surprised to be told sum which was so
small that it seemed that mistake m asst
have been made
''But is that all you ask for admins
tering gas?" he asked.
"0h, bless you,' was the smiling an
swer, ''there wasn't any gas there.
only let you breathe into the tube
little to satisfy your imagination"
Y. did not at first know whether to be
vexed or amused, but wisely concluding
that the latter was the better policy, he
wendell his way home, chuckling, and
got himself TO bed as the first streaks OF
the coming dawn began to show in the
sky.-Boston Courier.
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THREE GOOD SUGGESTIONS.

WoOD ashes, even if they are dry,
should never be used as a dust bath for
your fowls, as they contain lye to GER
tain extent, and it has a tendency to
bleach the legs of the fowls and destroy
the luster of the plumage. Nothing is
better than road dust and fine coal
ashes, and supply should be kept on
hand in dry place to which the birds
have access at all times.
If egg production is your principal
object in keeping poultry, do not keep a
lot of useless males or ten-year-old hens
to feed. The farmer need not
fear that the market for either
eggs or poultry will soon
become overstocked. The demand for
both is always on the increase, and the
number of eggs and pounds of poultry
consumed by each family throughout
the land is growing very great.
QUICK growth and development must
come from nutriment. Feed often and
enough to be relished. Fast-growing
animals, like fast-growing youths, need
food oftener than adults. Growth and
development require corresponding
quantity and quality of food to build up
a large, solid frame, and give strength
and vitality to the constitutional organs
so that they may perform their funo-
tions actively and usefui1y. A well-fed
and well-cared-for fowl is always in
prime condition, and little extra feed
ing at any time will fit it for the table.
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"You was hust. somehow" the woods
man answered, ''but you'll be all right
in a day or two. I'll Jest raise We up
little-there, amt that better?''
Eyes, that's easier. Tom, do yot
think mothers safe?"
Il know she is. She's as safe as
am
And Sam, he's safe. too?"
.Yes."
And Maggie and little Fan?'
''I}oth safe"
Then it's all right; and tell 'em.
Tom, not to feel sorry for me-not tc
feel sorry at all. Tell 'em I'm glad !
did it-tell 'em I'm real glad, Tom, and
tell 'em-tell-"
Then the faint voice stopped. the
young head fell back upon the strong
arm of the lumberman, and Paul Prince
was dead. For few moments not a
word was said, and the solemn quiet
was only disturbed by the half-re-
pressed sobs of the lumbermen.
Logan's Camp had known several fatal
accidents. but it had never before beer
so pathetically stirred, so tenderly
touched, as by the loss of its heroic
chore-boy, and for weeks after his death.
whenever the lumbermen spoke of him.
il was with softened and often tremu.
lous voices.
Paul was laid to rest in a quiet little
graveyard by the log school-house where
he had attended school when too young
to work, and over his grave was erected
modest headstone purchased by the
men. Tom Dolan gave the orders re
garding tie inscription, which read:
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F,ounce. for winter Use.

Flounces have appeared upon dressy
winter toilets, dinner costumes and tea
gowns. At house where the lates
Partisan toilets are always to be found
is. for example, exhibited costume of
Eiffel red heather cloth trimmed with
heavy satin ribbon of a darker shade.
There are similar narrow ribbons put
on the flounce in straight rows. An
other toilet of black armure silk for
evening wear has the founces trimmed
with English pink MORE veined with
iet A dress of pink and silver shot
surah is made with narrow pinked
fiounees- A toilet for a wealthy South
erner who will spend the winter at OLD
Point Comfort is made OF pale COLDER
shade of terracotta poult de sole
trimmed with lace founces of deeps
tone. The cuirass bodice of terracoti
velvet the shade of the lace opens in
point front and back. 1t has graceful
jabot drapery Of lace on one side OF the
corsage, and upon the opposite side are
bands and costly ornaments Of gold gall
loon heavily veined with terracotta.-
D. Y. Sun
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a DRESS SUITS TALE.
Difficulties Which Attended "a Young Law
yer's Entree to Society.

-
yer's Entree to Society.
A case recently decided before Judge
Fallon, of the Ninth District Court, de-
veloped some unusually picturesque
features. Daniel Bradley, tailor at
NJ. 5 West Twenty-sixth street. OPP
posite Delmonico's, was the plaintiff.
and John L. 0'Connor, a lawyer at 1877
Broadway, VS. The defendant
Philip Carpenter, of the Potter Build
ing, brought the suit for Bradley and
carried it (the lawsuit-not the dress
suit to successful issue.
Attorney Killsheimer. of No. 1917
Broadway. represented the somewhat
rocky case of Mr.. O'Connor. The evil
dence brought out these peculiar points:
Lawyer 0'Cosnor one day found him.
self the recipient of an invitation to a
swell social affair uptown. This seemed
to be a somewhat unusual event in his
career. as it found him without dress
suit He hurried off to Mr.. Bradley, the
tailor. where he sought to negotiate the
loan of a spike-tail coat and the other
personal adornments necessary to a sue
ceSSful entree TO the social swim.
Bradley didn't keep dress suits 70 hire,
but having desire to help a struggling
man along in she world he introduced
Lawyer 0'Connor TO Dennis Shea,
dealer whose speciality is dress suits to
loan for a fair consideration. In this
case the consideration was fised at s.. 50
for the evening. O'Connor didn't have
the '.four-ffty," and Mr.. Shea did cash
business, and hence the negotiations
were blocked.
Bradley's kindness OF heart again
came 10 the rescue, and he consented to
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CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.

ease has reached, it will subdue it, IL
taken according TO directions for rea-
sonable length of time. One or two
of DIR. Pierce's Pellets taken with the
Discovery will add to its efficacy in
case the liver is very torpid and the
bowels constipated.
The "Golden Medical Discovery is
the only medicine guaranteed to
benefit or cure in every case of Catarrh
of tho Stomach, or money paid for il
will be promptly refunded. The dis
covery" acts specifically upon the af-
fected lining membranes of the stom-
ach, subduing the morbid conditions
existing therein and preventing their
degenerating into liberation or posi-
bly, cancerous disease. 1t contains no
alcohol to inebriate no sugar or syrup
to ferment and further derange diges-
ton. AS wonderful in its curative re-
suits as it is peculiar in its chemical
composition. 1t stands alone-incOn-
parable as a remedy for the above
described, distressing and dangerous
malady which affiicts so many of our
people in all stations of life.
WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL As
ISOLATION, Manufacturers, 663 Main
Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
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THE VOLUNTEER ORGANISE.


The grct big church wuz crowded full NV
brOadeloth an ~ six.
An satins rich a cream tibet grows on our
OF brindicTs milk:
shined boots. billed shirts. six diekeys an
stove pipc hats were there.
An dootis 18th trou-erloons 50 tight they
couldn't kucei down in prayer
The elder in his poolplt high. said. as he
slowly rizs
"Our orsanist is KEEP to hum. laid up 18th
roonatiz,
An as we hev no su5stitoot. as brother
Moore ain't here,
VIII some 'un in the congregation be so
kinds 20 volunteer"
An then a rel -rosed drunken tramp.of low
toned. rows style.
Give an inter-.Ietpry hiccup. an then stag
gered up re aisle.
Then thro' trr' holy atmosphere there crep'
sense er-'r.
An thro' tibet air q ssnct'ty the odor NV OF
GIN
Then Deacon burlington he yelled, his teeth
This man purfanes the house er Godi Wy
this is sacrilcEet'
The tramp didn' hear a word he saId, but
slouched 18th stumblin' feet,
An sprawied su' staggered up the steps, an
gained the organ seat.
He then went pawrin' thro' the keys. an soon
there rose "A strain
Thet seemed to Jest bulge out the heart, an
'lectrify the brain;
An then ne slapped down on the thing it'll
hands an head an knees.
He slam -dashed his hull body down keTllOp
upon the keys
The organ roared. the music food went
sweepin' high an dry.
IL sweileu into the rlfttr~. an butged out into
the sky.
The OF church shook an staggered. an
seemed 20 reel an sway.
An the elder shouted Glory an yelled
out "IiOorJy,'
An then he tried a tender strain tibet melted
ia our ears,
Thet brought up blessed memories and
drcnched 'em down it'll tears
An We dreamed NV ol-time kitchens, 'ith
Tabby on tlie mat.
Tn home an Iuv an baby days, an mother.
an ali that,
an then he struck "A streak NV hope-a song
from souls forgiven
Thet bus-t from prison bars NV sin, an
stormtd the gates Wv Heaven.
The mornin' stars they sung tOgether-nO
soul wuZ left alone
We felt tine universe wuz safe, an sod wuz
on His thrOnet
An then vail uv deep despair an darkness
come again.
An long. black grape hung on the doors nv
all the homes Of men
No iuv, IA" lizhl, no jos, ne hope, no songs Of
glad delight
An then-tIe tramp. he staggered down an
Teeled into the night!
But we knew he'd toll BIS story, tho he
never spoke > word
An il wuz the saiiest story tibet our ears
had ever heard
He he'd tot as Owu life history, an no eye
was dss Ghet dav.
Wen the elder rose an simply said: "My
brethren, Iet as pray"
- ". Foss. in Yankee Blade.
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W\NAVASyoW

Do you suffer from dull, heavy pain
or oppression in the stomach shortly
after eating, accompanied by forma-
ton of gas and belching of wind?
Does your stomach become tender or
painful under pressure, and feel cold,
as if it contained lump of ice, or one
was being held against it? Is your
breath offensive, and do you expert
ence an ugly, bitter, Shiny taste in the
mouth, especially in the morning? Do
you often have headaches, and are
YOU troubled with dizziness at times?
Do you suffer from palpitation, or a
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which the sheep pass their heads for the
fodder in the rack; b are the long
boards; c, fiat bottom; d d, inclined bot
tom, and e G, Stats The fiat boards are
about inches wide, and the inclined
ones, q d, are IL inches. The length of
this rack will correspond with the length
of the boards used in constructing it,
and it will feed about two small sheep
for every foot of running length, but
for large sheep about 16 inches are re-
quired.
A modification of this rack is made by
covering tight with boards the part of
the Stats over the heads of the sheep.
thus preventing the hay-seed from
dropping down on their heads and wool.
An advantage is likewise gained by
separating the spaces for the sheep
from each other by mailing an inch
board upright for each space, leaving
seven inches opening for each sheep,
and thus allowing sixteen inches for
each, which would be required for large
breeds. (The upright boards at each end
would of course be only half as wide as
the others.)
Fig. represents another rack. having
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FARM AND GARDEN.
WINTER FEEDING.

Some Excellent Racks for Feeding sheep.
Those who feed their animals in
sheltered yards or under sheds may
employ racks for retaining the fodder,
which may also be provided with
troughs for holding grain or meal when
1t is fed separately. Those who appre-
ciate neatness will desire TO construct
such racks as present neat appear
ance. Such a one is represented in Fig.
/ of rack for feeding sheep. The
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Fancy Fruit.

Choice fruit, says the American Gar
den, is the product not only of science,
but of practical skill and untiring atten-
tion. Eternal vigilance" alone can
reap the desired reward in this industry.
In many places this does not pay" ex-
cept in the pleasure afforded to the in
terested grower. Many such admit that
their choice fruit costs them very dear,
unless large allowance is made for salts
factions that bring no pecuniary return.
/ would not deny the weary business ruan
these satisfactions, where his tastes run
that way; but there is hardly one in
twenty who cares for the garden II he
can get the fruit. To the others we
must look for the patronage which will
make fancy fruit-growing pay.
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posts may be of hemlock or other tim
Der, 2 by 4 inches and 3 feet long. The
boards must be planned on the edges, so
as not to catch the wool. The end
pieces may be boards few inches wide
and 81 inches long. The long bottom
boards will make tight bottom, and
the posts will be about 3 feet long. The
Stats are % inches long and ~ wide.
All the feed that drops through the
Stats is caught in the trough, and after
wards eaten by the sheep.
Fig. 2 is a cross-section of this trough,
showing the 12-inch space at a, through
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Fig. 8 re

some advantages over the one just de-
scribed The front, from which the
sheep feeds. is vertical, so that the hay
seed can not fall into the wool.
The back side is boarded tight, and
has slope for the hay to fall down
against the rack. The feeding trough
is in front and separate, 50 as to be
turned over for cleaning. The attendant
walks behind and fills the space with
hay.
Another and more elaborate sheep
rack is represented by Fig. 4, the con-
struction of which is shown in sections
by Figs. and 8. In both these cross
sections A A are the feed boxes; b and
d ID the timbers receiving each ends of
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trembling or fiuttering sensation in the
region of the heart? Do you suffer
from constipation? Do you feel dull,
languid, listless, and low-spirited, or
hypochondrical Are you easily fa-
tigued and disinclined to take exer-
else? Do you suffer from drowsiness
after meals, and is your sleep unre-
freshing?
If you have all or any considerable
number of these symptoms, you are
suffering from what is usually misun-
derstood and taken to be dyspepsia,
but which is really