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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-10

1.-THE sun-the ar" he cried delight
edly, '.hits powerful good, Pap"
Hits mighty peart," said tho old
man, sympathetically.
But now. his little strength exhaust
ed, Jack lay in state OF collapse that his
father mistook for sleep. with the sun
shining full into his face, though he did
not seem to know it.
"Wake up. Jackie" said old Pigby
cheerfully. 1--WE air out er Canton now,
EN- gwine in ermong the mountains.
Look at EN-"
The sick man reused up. and with his
fathers assistance raised himself so as
to look out of the window. As far as
the eve could see, range after range of
mountains met the view rising one
above the other. The invalid gazed
upon them as if he could never get his
fill, and drank in the mountain air as if
it was an elixir.
THAR. thar Jackie" said his father.
'I'm afeared you'll cotch cole"
THE sight er them is good for sore
eyes" said the released prisoner. And
language could go no farther in his case.
Old Bigby laughed. "Whatn We say
when We see Baldface, en- that thar big
pine thet's crowd on the tip top er hit
war we use ter go coon huntin'?"
"Ef ever gifts able ter clombup thar,
I'll never wanter TO come down agin,"
said Jack.
Again his father laughed. as thet
thar ole pine all ye're hanlSerin' arter,
sonny?" he asked.
I'm course | wanter see ma and the
gals" said the sick man. ''When / see
ma agin L" his voice failed him and
he broke down.
Thar, thar" said the old man hasti-
~, don't bother bout ma en- the gals
not but what they'll hev' er shout en- go
roun' when they see We. Lie down en-
res now.
He laid his son back on the seat, and
Jack YEARLY closed his eyes and seemed
to sleep. Absorbed with his unaccus-
toned surroundings old Bigby did not
notice his heavy breathing which was
deadened by the noise of the train. At
last glancing out the window, familiar
objects came in view.
Jackie" said the old man. Jackie,
wake up, honey. Thar's ole Baldface.
Look up. En- thar's yam pine.
The sick man Enclosed this eyes, but
they wore strange look. Il see no
pine" he said, fecbly.
Old Bixby grew frightened. He
passed his arms around his son and
lifted him by main force; terror gave
him strength. Look, look" he cried
anxiously.
But his sons head fell back against
his shoulder, the cool mountain breeze
played with his hair, the sunshine
beamed in his face. but the dying
mountaiEeer saw nothing. In vain his
glazing eyes turned toward the distant
mountains.
Il KANT see hit" said he, feebly, I'm
going fas'. Bury me on top er ole Bald
face, pap, yander pine-thar I'll sleep
free forever"
His struggling breath ceased. No
more his darkening eyes could see the
sun for which he so craved. The Judges
suspended sentence now awaited him
naught Summoned before greater
Judge, the moonshiner was free.-Paul
Grant. in Atlanta Cons titution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-04-10
LIFE IN LARGE CITIES.
1t Deadens the Body. Deadens the Mil
and Deadens the Soul.

1t Deadens the Body. Deadens the Mind
and Deadens the Soul.
All town mea who spend a month or
two in the CO. 1try every year know
well the difference between the buoy
ant and cheerful energy of the country
holiday time and the frequent languor
depression and irresolution of the nine
or ten months spent in the smoky and
impure atmosphere of the large town.
Unhappily, no illustration lies ready t,
hand which will as clearly show the de-
bilitating effect of town life upon the
mental and moral parts of man. Yet
that the average of mental energy is
greatly lowered may be readily UNDER
stood from the exceedingly small num-
Der of independent intellects of suf-
ticient energy TO impress themselves on
their contemporaries, compared with
the much larger proportion of such in
tellects that were found in the
small populations OF the Crock
cities in the five or six cent
uries Immediately preceding the
Christian era. The truth is, whether
men will believe it or not, that town life
deadens the body, deadens the mind
mental powers equal to the occasion
clearly see and strongly desire some
means of defense against this too
urgent pressure. The most effectual
means is, of course, 'flight'-the method
of the hare when hard pressed by the
superior speed and threatening teeth of
the greyhound. But for the majority
flight is not possible. We must stand
at bay, with our backs against some
friendly wall, and meet our various
enemies face to face. Standing thus
we become wildly conscious of the i'm
measurable advantage of stored re-
sources, of physical energy, mental readi-
ness and capacity and clear moral pur-
pose-in short, of that all round health
which is the natural and necessary COM
pliment of our all round charac-
ter and position in the scale
of being. Charged and energized
with this threefold health, we can fight
steadily, strongly, calmly and enduring
lv. The battle in these times is usually
both long and strong, and victory fire.
quently delays her approach. Thou
sands go down and disappear for want
of the power of physical endurance.
Quite as many thousands fail for lack
of steadily improving brain capacity.
But, perhaps, most of all are smitten,
crushed and routed because of their
poverty of clear and steadfast moral
purpose. The real strength of man,
we repeat, is his fealth-his three-fold
health; and without this no start, how
ever good; no advantages on the way,
however great: no stroke of luck, how
ever wonderful, can save him from de-
feat. Like all other creatures his
means of defense must be commensurate
with every possible occasion, or final
victory can never crown his brow
London Hospital.
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PlTH AND POINT.

Poverty is in want of much, but
avarice demands the earth.--Texas
Siftings.
The man who knows every thing
may be satisfactory TO himself, but he
is nuisance to other people.
Poor people with too many naughty
boys in their families should send some
Of them to nautical school.-N. o.
Picayune.
1T is curious fact in the run OF
things that it is easier to be thoroughly
orthodox than to be thoroughly good
Elmira Telegram.
Somehow or other the man who is
always wishing he was dead doesn't find
many to disagree with him.-Somer-
Vile journal.
Hope is the soothing strip of ad-
versitY, enabling US to bear present
pains, while looking forward to brighter
and happier days. Ed Il. Pritchard.
Men change in their opinions, and,
therefore, in their behavior, as they be-
come broadened under the influence OF
contact with the world. A recluse al
Patience and responsiveness are
beautiful virtues in dealing with chill
dren and Predetermined adults, but with
those who have the gift of reason and
understand the principles of justice, 1T
is our duty TO compel them to act up to
the highest light that is in them, and as
promptly as possible. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton.
Il never had any faith in luck at all.
except that believe good luck Will car
ry man over a ditch if he jumps Wet,
and put bit of bacon into his pot, if he
looks after his garden and keeps pig.
Luck generally comes to those who
look after it, and my notion is, it taps
once in lifetime at every body's door,
and if industry does not open 1t, away
it goes.-Spurgeon.
"A question of duty is to be settled
in accordance with the standard of abb
solute right, not in accordance with the
sweep of public sentiment. 1t is often
the case that man ought to do that
which ''every body" thinks he is un-
wise to do and that he ought not to do
that which "every body" thinks is the
very thing for him to do. A man can
never be depended on for right doing,
unless he is ready to do right all by
himself, in spite of the example and the
entreaties of every body else TO the
contrary.-S. s. Times.
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a Few Don'ts for Men.

Don't neglect your business.
Don't misrepresent any thing.
Don't forget you are gentleman.
Don't tell every body your business.
Don't say one thing and mean another.
Don't join society for business pur-
poses.
Don't make any promises you can not
fulfill.
Don't send man TO do work you can
do yourself.
Don't forget that the poor have feel
ings as we'll as the rich.
Don't 90 off on frolic when you have
business to attend TO.
Don't fail to keep yourself well posted
in every detail of your business.
Don't buy bill of goods you don't
want because a drummer asks you to.
Don't forget to be kind to the chill
dren. They will be men and women
one of these daYs.-N. Y. Mail and Elk
press.
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WOMANLY CHARMS.
The Evolution of Modern Grace. Health
and Beauty.

The Evolution of Modern Grace. Health
and Beauty.
All people agree that beauty les in
health and proper vigorous proportion,
TO speak roughly, and yet women as
fragile as thistle-down. and consumed
with a wasting disease, have at times a
beauty more potent than that of the
rosiest young maiden. Helen, the daugh-
ter of the gods, was most divinely tall
and fair, and Cleopatra was little and
black" it is said, and kingdoms were
thrown away for both of them. There
is one thing very certain: The amount
of feminine beauty in the world has i'm
creased enormously since the days Of
Helen and the Serpent of Old Nile.
Men do not leave their homes and fight
ten years for even the most radiant
beauty to-day; nor do the great con
querors think the world well lost for any
modern smile.
In the days Of Helen, and even OF
Cleopatra, beauty was very probably far
more rare than now. Women in all but
the wealthiest classes were lilly protect
ed from the discomforts that destroy
beauty and harden and coarsen femi-
nine loveliness. They did heavy man
ual labor, were poorly fed or protected
from wind and weather, and, like the
peasants of many of the Latin nations
to-day, while they may have had GER
tain beaute du diable in the first flush
of youth, the radiance quickly died and
left them ugly servants and beasts of
burden. Therefore, when woman
srh hn frrn
that age can not wither nor custom
stale, men went mad after her, fought to
possess her, and possessing her thought
the world but bubble in comparison.
Selection of this sort was, Of course,
constantly at work improving the type,
and the survival of the fittest, age by
age, lifted up the general plane
of beauty. As civilization grew
women no longer trudged with
heavy burdens through rain and
binding heat after nomad husbands,
and their feet grew delicate and highly
arched. The richer wives resigned the
coarser labors to their servants, and
used their fingers only to spin delicate
threads, to make rich needle work. to
knit, to thrum the strings of mandolin
and lutte, to curl the silken tresses of
their infants and smooth the brows and
bind the wounds of their lovers and war
riors. The palms grew, like Des-
demona's, moist and tender; the nails,
no longer broken with coarse labor,
CLEANED like the delicate, transparent
nacre of a she'll The skin, protected
from the sun and wind, grew fair and
clear as rose leaves the lin, ruddv and
soft. Their hair, carefully washed and
tended, wound itself into vine-like
curls, and took the smooth CLEAN of
silk Sufficient food gave rounded con-
tours; long hours of soft slumber
sprinkled the dew in the violets of
their eyes, and the movements of dance
and gay motion made their limbs slender
and supple, and at last the modern
beauty was evolved. Elizabeth Bisland,
in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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I've never seen her. yet. know,
Her hair has caught the sanbetm's glow;
I've never looked into teT eyes.
Yet they ar blue a summer SKIES
Thert's magie in her ditnpled chin,
And in her pure transparent ska.
I've never gazcd upon her face.
And, Yet. know il lacks no grace
Her teeth are white a angels wings.
There lives NOS any bird that sings
Whose note j. swccteF thaB her laugh;
Nor do, the Wild bee ever quad
such nectar rs the honey-dew
That lies upon the crimson hue
of lips as perfect a. the sun
In al his course has snune upon.
Y-tI have never seen the smile
That. on her rcd lips. can beguiie
My heart unto her dainty feei.
And bind IL in Loves fefteTs sweet
Nor had we e-er the fond delight
OF strOlling meath pale Luna's light;
Nor have I ever felt the bliss
That thrills ia her electric Kiss.
I've never held her hand IN mine;
I've never clasHed her form divine;
I've never y asspered in her ears
MY sale 81 Iove-fny hopes and fears.
And vet. know L On ms breast
Her head l. uId for moment rest
Earth would ssut hold a Joy than mine
More ropt-Eol4s-m0rc ike DIVINE.
She lives not in the fertile vale.
Nor mid the mountains snow and hail;
NOT By the rivers flowing tide.
Nor near ths desert. bare and wide.
She lives not 'mid the cIty's whirl.
Nor does the country hold nay pt Rrl.
She brighteus not the solitude
That fingers in the l-ioOmsome wood
Nor does she oceans thunder beat
In loud puisatiuus It her feet
Her little e. Z. VA re as the swan,
And lighter than birds az dawn.
Who j. the maid TO whom j. gwen
To hold my soul 'twIxt earth and Heaveni
Where j. this 90 sitieus d not start
Sue dwcIls in DEestmltnd and my heart.
Mrs W Leslie Collins. IN Louisville COu-
rier-JOurnal
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ANCIENT HUMAN EYRIES.
The Queer Homes of the Cliff DweIIers in
the Far West.

The Queer Homes of the Cliff DweIlers i'm
the Far West.
Here and there on that portion of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, near Es-
pamela, or along the romantic branch
TO the mining region OF Silyerton, bor-
dering the San Juan Valley, glimpses
may be caught of ancient human eyries
perched high up on the face of what APP
pear to be inaccessible cliffs. II looks
as if no animal except the sure footed
goat or the chamois could reach them.
Leaving the line at Durango, drive
of twenty miles through magnificent
scenery opens IN near view of one of
the most celebrated groups of cliff
dwellings. The perpendicular buttress-
like walls of the deep valley contract
and furnish an impregnable castle.
Access from above is impossible. From
below there's narrow zigzag path that
conducts to some lodges high up the
side
On these lodges, partly clinging to the
surface, partly built within shallow
assures of the rock, sometimes sever
hundred feet or more above the ground
are the remains of the dwellings of the
early denizens of the valley. They are
usually of two stories. They are built
of the contiguous sandstone. Each block
is about fourteen inches by six, care
fully cut and accurately fitted. The
cement is now harder than the rock
itself.
On the ground foor-if that be not a
msnomer when the building is half
poised in the air-are usually two or
three rooms, from six to nine feet square,
with partition walls of faced stone. The
upper story was originally divided from
tho lower by wooden floor, portions of
which are sometimes found, and also re-
mains of the cedar beams over the doors
and windows.
The rooms are about six feet in height.
They are roughly plastered, the color
being dull red. No traces of stairways
have been found, and the upper cham
bers must have been entered from with
out. The wi Idows are square openings,
with no appearance of shutters. They
are so placed as to command a view of
the valley.
Outside, on the rocky ledge, suitable
little inches are built into slopes re-
sembling modern cupboards. Water
reservoirs, holding two or three hogs
heads, are formed in convenient angles
and recesscs. Sometimes the natural
ledge is widened or strengthened by ar
tificial means In other cases an abut-
ment of masonry is constructed on
smooth piece of rock at an acute angle.
Many of these cliif-dwellings have
never been entered within living mem
ory nor are they likely to be reached.
In the slow trituration of time the lodges
have crumbled away, or the narrow
tracks leading to them have been COW
cred. 1t is not easy, even with power
full glass, to define some of these old
habitations. The glare of the sunshine.
the rarefaction of the atmosphere and
the identity of color with the rocks in
crease the difficulty caused by the alti-
tude.
Such dwellings are invariably found
with full eastern aspect, so as to catch
the first beams of the morning sum.
Y. journal.
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

The sun is a wonderful purifier:
hang the dish cloths and towels out in
it every time it is possible.
1t is the duty of every parent to
isolate rs far as possible any case OF
throat disease in the household until
the patient is we'll Adults with sore
Threats should refrain from kissing the
little ones.
--Escalloped fish is prepared by ar
ranging fish and bread crumbs in layers.
Over each layer of crumbs pour the egg
sauce that was left Have crumbs for
the upper layer.
Heat water scalding hot; make
strong suds of it; add one teaspoonful
of kerosene oil to each pailful; stir thor
oughly. When lukewarm put the soiled
white cotton clothes 10 soak over night
in it. They will wash very easily after
ward.
Baked Eggs with Gravy: Arrange
on platter slices of toast dipped in hot,
allied water and buttered. Break an
gg on each slice, pour any gravy over
them and bake in a hot oven until the
eggs are set. Use white sauce or cream
in place of gravy, if you prefer.
Naples Biscuit: Beat six eggs sepa-
rately, then add half pound of sugar
and one-fourth of a pound of butter,
half teaspoonful of salt, and a small
quantity of soda dissolved in a little
cream. Work in sufficient flour to roll
out. Put them in pans and bake quick
ly.-Ohio Farmer
Meat Pudding: Melt one heaping
tablespoonful of butter, stir in one cup
Of -four, stirring until quite hot: take
from the fire and add one cup of milk,
two unbeaten eggs, two cups of chopped
meat Bake one hour and serve hot.
The recipe calls for one-half cup Of
raisins chopped and dredged with flour
il you like the combination.
Baked Veal Cutlets: Remove all
skin from the edge, wash and wipe dry,
sprinkle with salt and pepper, place a
sheet of white paper in the bottom of a
shallow baking tin, butter it well, lay
the meat on it, place the bits of butter
on top of the meat and very thin slices
Of onion, place in moderate oven, haste
frequently with butter, bake until a
nice brown; remove from the pan, place
on a hot platter, pour over it little to-
mato sauce and garnish with sliced
lemon.
Fish Pie: Cut two pounds of Goldfish
in small pieces, and lay in sailed cold
water while you peel and boil one quart
of potatoes, mash them through a col
ander and season with salt and pepper.
Soak one pound of stale bread in cold
water, and wiring dry in towel, season
ing it well with salt, pepper and minced
parsley. Put the fish and bread in al
ternate layers in pudding dish, put the
mashed potatoes over in the form of a
crust, and bake an hour in moderate
oven.
"A hat-rack which will be found con-
venience where hall space is limited,
may be made at home, by covering a
large shield-shaped form with plush of
suitable color, for the foundation.
Fasten the plush securely on the back
of the board with tacks. Along the
edges place row of brass-headed nails
at an equal distance apart. Six or eight
large hooks are to be screwed in, and il
is then ready to hang upon the wall. If
desired, it may be decorated near the
top with vine in autumn coloring
done in Kensington painting.-IIome-
Maker
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a CANNIBAL BISHOP.
How He Surprised and Startled
Queen of Denmark.

How He Surprised and Startled the
Queen of Denmark.
Every one knows the story Of the
Frenchman who, while sitting with his
face close to the open window of an En-
glish railway car, heard a sudden shout
of Look out!' and popping out his head
accordingly, received a tremendous
bump on the forehead from the project
ing pole of scatfolding which the train
was just passing; whereupon monsieur
exclaimed, Indignantly: ''Inglisman big
fool! He say look QUIT when he mean
look I'M "
A similar misconception occurred dur.
ing the siege of Sebastopol, when ar
English guardsman was brought up
tor having given a severe thrashing tC
a French gernadier, the Englishman's
only explanation being that The aoouh
ave il, and so just 'ad TO give it him. y
1t appeared on inquiry that the gusrds-
man had accosted the other in y hat h
supposed to be French, and that The
puzzled Frenchman had exclaimed il
bewilderment: Comment" (How?
which John Bull mistook for Come
on "Come on yourself, then" ht
roared, IF you ,rtN ave it," and forth
with the fstlcuffs began in earnest.
But more startling than all was the
mistake made by a Queen of Denmark
during her visit to the Danish colony G
Iceland, where the good old Bishop ex,
erted himself TO the utmost to show hel
every thing that was worth seeing. The
Queen paid many compliments to hel
host, and having learned that he was a
family man, graciously inquired how
many children he had.
Now, it happened that the Danish
word for children" was almost linden
teal in sound with the Icelandic word
for sheep" so the worthy Bishop
whose knowledge of Danish was not 81
complete as it might have been-under
stood Her Majesty to ask how many sdeel
he owned, and promptly answered
ssTwo hundred"
1.-Two hundred children" cried the
Queen, astounded. "How can you posi-
bly, maintain such a NUMBER"
Easily enough. please your Majesty,
replied the byperborean prelate, with a
cheerful smile. I'm the summer | turn
them out upon the hills to Craze, and
when winter con rs | kill and eat them!'
David her. in Harper's Magazine.
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THE STATE OF FRANKLIN.
An Interesting and obstructive Bit Of
ElrIy American History.

An Interesting and obstructive Bit of
Early American History.
The story of the State of Franklin
goes back to full century ago. In the
Colonial A ssembly of North Carolina in
1T76, the territory now embraced in the
State of Tennessee, was represented by
deputies as the District of Washington,
and in the struggle for independence
the settlers there promptly espoused the
cause OF the colonists as against En-
gland. From 1777 to 1884 the territory
constituted portion of North Carolina.
In 1884 the settlers became very much
dissatisfied with what they believed to
be the unjust and ungenerous treatment
they had received from the government
of North Carolina. Conventions were
held and State government was organ
lied. which is called yariously Frank
land and Franklin in the documents
that have come down to us. The Con-
stitution was ratified by popular vote, a
Legislature and Governor were chosen,
and il looked for time as though there
would be bloodshed between the new
State and that of North Carolina. John
Sewer was the first Governor elected.
The State of Franklin was maintained
for several years, or until what was
known as the North Carolina party pre-
vailed. which overthrow in l7sS the
Franklin administration. Then there
were certain acts of paeiication passed
by North Carolina, which in 1890 ceded
Tennessee to the United States. provid
ing that the inhabitants were to have all
the benefits of the Ordinance of 1877.
except that slavery was never to be
abolished. After that event the growth
OF Tennessee was assured. Chicago In
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