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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
CHIEF TWO STRIKE.
How the Old Indian Chief Came BY His
Queer Name.

How the Old Indian Chief Came BY His
Queer Name.
The early arrivals though, all but
Two Strike, the little old chief who is
third in rank of the Sioux nation. have
now adopted the garb of civilization for
the most part. They cling to their
moccasins, though and several of them
refused to put their feet into shoes.
Two Strikes only concession to civil
lied notions of dress is to wear pair
of black trousers. Wrapped in a gay
blanket, his long, shiny hair hanging
in two plaits down the two sides of his
shriveled gelloe-ish face, he sits close
beside the big stove in the parlor of the
clearinghouse on Third street and de-
votes his attention to keeping warm.
The origin of Two Strikes name is
interesting The facetious suggestion
that it comes from the national game
of baseball is. of course, erroneous.
The appellation is as proud one as an
Indian could bear. from an Indian point
of view. For an Indian to kill an
enemy is commonplace. But an espe-
cially brave Indian viii, after he has
killed his enemy, dismount from his
pony and strike his dead enemy's body
with his open hand or feather, as if to
say: IF you were alive, | could kill
you again" This easily, boasting blow
is often given at great risk, as the
dead Indians friends always try to kill
the particular enemy that killed him.
The second strike is often given at
greater risk than the first had been and
an Ino-an is always very proud of hav-
ing given it.
The Sioux language has ITS numerals,
one, two, three. but nothing corre-
spending to our first. second, third. etc,
so what should be second strike in the
Indian tongue, becomes Two Strike,
the old warriors name. He is famous
for the number of times he has given
the two strike Washington Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
a KID EDITION.
she Had Been Reared in the shakespearean
Tongue.

she Had Been Reared in the Shakespearean
Tongue.
On Howard street the other day Q
benevolent old gentleman beheld a lit
tie six-year-old girl walking gravely
along with a basket on her arm. Pat
ting the chubby tot under the chin, he
said:
"And where are are you gong, my
pretty maid?"
Give thee good-day. graybeard," re-
piled the midget. MY father babe me
to the shambles HE for fat haunch."
"Ww-hat" CALCULATED the old party.
"Haply thou knowest him-the good
man Skidmore?'' inquired the tiny daple.
Moo" said the gentleman, much
puzzled. You're quaint little thing.
Come with me and I'll buy you some
candy"
"Alaek, / am forbid to tarry, gentle
sir. need be. swift Their patience
stays upon my coming"
"Good-by, .hen, said the old gentle
man.
Rest you, merry master" and Dip
ping little courtesy the mite trotted
off.
Bless me. what an extraordinary
child" said the gentleman to a by
stander.
.'Oh. that's nothing, replied the 9TH
er. You see, she's the daughter of the
heavy tragedian at Moroseo's theater,
and | suppose they talk so much of that
kind of lingo in the family that it comes
natural to her. Don't hear anything
else, you see. San Francisco Chron-
ic1e
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
MY OTHER CLo'ES.

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
THE WRONG CAR.
How TImid Passenger Got Rid of
Booty Bore.

How a TImid Passenger Got Rid of -.
Booty Bore.
1t was in the busy hours of the even
ing when the days labor is over and up
town people are hurrying to their
homes. The city hall station of the
elevated road was crowded with people.
distributed in dense thrOngs at those
openings of the railing through which
passengers enter the cars. A train was
just coming into the station and every
body was preparing himself for rush
to get a seat.
Meanwhile a man of huge proper
tions, with staggering gait and pc
culiar look in his half-closed eyes. saun-
tered slowly up to the first opening, and
before the train had come to a standstill
he had made his way to the front. The
crowd did not object to bis intrusion.
On the contrary, everybody gave him a
wide berth and let him by without a
murmur.
The big man managed to find a seat
in a corner that suited him, and there he
quietly deposited his three hundred
avoirdupois. His eyes soon closed gem
thy, his large fat head fell gradually to
one side until it found a soft pillow on
the shoulder of an elderly gentleman
wearing spectacles, who sat next to
him. This gentleman showed much
discomfort as the result of such indeco-
rouS behaviour, and seemed at a loss
what 70 do. He certainly could not ride
all the way up town with that booty
man using him as pillow, and he was
apparently too timid to awaken his un-
ceremonious neighbor and request him
to place his head in another place.
Men looked at him over their papers
and smiled at his predicament. and the
girls giggled continually. He was in
despair.
At last the old gentlemans face
beamed with a hopeful light He whis-
pered something in the sleeper's ear,
but that gentleman dozed on. Then he
talked louder.
Mister. you're in the wrong carr
Still no effect.
You're in the wrong car" he cried
again, this time loud enough for the
whole ear to hear.
The sleepy man suddenly opened his
eyes and glared in establishment at the
plu man Win the spcCtdcASS-
What's that you (hic) said?'
Il said you were in the wrong car"
Holy smolxe!' cried the big man, "let
me out! Stop the train
The kind old gentleman took him by
the arm and led him safely out just as
the bell rang for the train to start, and
as the train began slowly to move the
old gentleman cried out:
You made a mistake; you want to
take the sleeper. This isn't the sleeper"
file returned to his seat wreathed in
smiles. That's an old dodge" said he,
but somehow or other it always
works"
He rested himself comfortably in his
seat and read his paper in contentment
until he reached his destination. and for
all know the booty man may still be
looking for the sleeper.-N. Y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
Handling Insecticides.

A report of the Maine experiment
station contains the following useful
cautions to those who handle insecti-
eide poisons: /. They should always
be carefully and distinctly labeled Poe
sen, and kept out of the reach of children.
,. They should never be handled with
bare hands, and without oiiing the
hands or covering any sores with court
plaster, or still better using gloves. 3.
While spraying, keep to the windward
of tire trees: wash thoroughly after
wards, and keep children out of the
orchard 4. Exclude animals until a
heavy RAIN falls. 5. Avoid spraying on
the windward side of dwelling or any
yard for animals. To these precautions
we may add that it is specially impor-
tant to mix the materials very thorough
ly, so as to make more efficient action,
and to prevent the danger of any I'M
diluted portions.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

OPEN SHED FOR FEEDING CATTLE.
fork, but not too deeply, in such dense
ly packed hay, and start up. Go slow
ly when the forkful nears the end of
track above the wagon. Trip it with
the trip rope and turn the team around
for another load. In this way two men
and team can put on ton in twenty
to twenty-five minutes without sweat
ing like southern negro on a cane
plantation. Two of my men have spent
an hour with hand forks doing the same
work
As many barns are comparatively
low, an open shed extension-see the
cut-with feeding hay rack in the
center, would greatly economic hand
ling uncut hay, and would, further
more, save the droppings from ex-
posture to rain and snow. The hay
could be dropped from the horse fork
into the feeding rack directly under
meath and save considerable labor.
n. Muncey, in Rural New Yorker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
Night work in the Hive.

Bees work all night whenever there
is work to be done, says Gleanings,
and there is always more or less to be
done during almost every month in the
year. Brood is fed at night as much as
in the daytime. Cells are prepared for
the queen to lay in, and the queen goes
on with egg laying just the same. Dur
ing the honey season more comb is built
during the night than at any other
time, and both pollen and honey are
taken from the cells where the work
ers deposit it during the day, placed
where wanted, properly packed aSas
and sealed over.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Mrs. Oldtymes-These new notions
about feeding babies nothing but
sterlized milk and boiled water are all
nonsense. They make heap of work
all for nothing. | had eleven babies
and ought to know something about
It, The old ways are good enough.
Young Mother-And did you children
all grow up to maturity?
Mrs. 0ldtyEes- Two of them did
Jury.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
R00ST PoLfSi2fEeT
CROSS SECTION OF ROOF, FLOOR AND
TROUGH.

off all lice. The lime and cinders are
devoured by the hens and the ashes
make one of the best dust baths TO kill
vermin. have used nothing else for
insects of any kind. My arrangement
of roosts is a very simple but effective
one A board trough foot wide by six
inches high stands one foot above
ground on blocks. The flooring is faced
to edge OF trough to side of wall at an
angle of forty-five degrees. Roosts are
placed crosswise of trough, throwing
droppings into the trough, which is
thus easily cleaned. The sketch here.
with shows the plan have adopted
Cor. Orange Judd Farmer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
Good Reading,

On recei pit of IA cents in stamps or cur
rency, we will send to any address in the
United States or Canada, postage prepaid,
any one Of the following named books:
The Last Days of Pompeii. -. by Lord Lytton.
John Halifax. Gentleman -. by Miss Muloek.
In Darkest England. -. $3.50. by Gen. Booth.
Love, The Greatest Thing in the
World /. by III. Drummond.
Address Chas l. Stone, Gen. Pass. 81
Tiki Agt Chicago - Eastern Illinois Rail-
road, room sol First Nat. Bank Building
Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

A Caribou physician recently took an
exciting ride that illustrates the extent
of Names unsettled domain in the
north. The doctor was called to a
lumber camp, above the Allegah. one
day. to perform a surgical operation
upon lumberman. Hd started at ten
o'clock. a. m, and beyond Grand isle
found four teams stationed at different
points awaiting him. He arrived at his
destination at midnight. having made
the distance of one hundred and two
miles in fourteen hours. The drive was
all the more remarkable because of
the condition of the roads, which was
not favorable for fast time Portland
(sie Advertiser.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Far more immutable than the laws Of the
Modes and Persians is this, Health IS the
blessing, priceless, above all others With
out it who shall succeed7 Small ailments,
temporary indigestion, construction of the
bowels, a chill. inactivity of the kidneys
NAV. ave, do eliminate disastrously. Hos
letters Stomach Bitters checkmate these in
short order
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
COMFORT FOR HENS.

How One Farmer Makes His Poultry
Yard Profitable.
keep about sixty fowls, whose prod
uct last year sold for enough to nearly
pay the family grocery bill, besides
what chickens and eggs were used in
the family. / have comfortable quar-
tiers for them, with yard. Have learned
from my own experience that coal
ashes spread in the hennery will keep
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Whether on pleasure bent or business
should take on every trip a bottle OF Syrup
of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and eff
fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale in SOC and s.. 0(
bottles by all leading druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
He Ought 10 Have known.

Cochran-I suppose that your name
on this umbrella indicates that it be-
longs 10 you?
Gilroy Which. the name or the um-
brella?
Coehran-The name, of course
PUCK
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

DoBBINs' Electric Soap is cheaper for you
10 use, if you f9UolC directions, than any 9TH
er soaps would be if gfuen to you, for by its
use clothes are sdUed Clothes cost more
than soap. Ask your grocer for Dobbins'
Take no other.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
CHAPTER IT

MANS EXTREMITY + COPS oPPoRTU-
STTY.
About three months after the event
recorded in he first chapter, Ruth's
mother, In order to tighten expenses.
decided, after much persuasion, to rent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pills. They are a positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

~ viii do the best l know" was
the answer a Laurel bride recently
gave the minister when asked il she
would love, honor and obey" her hus
band Philadelphia Record
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

THE melon trust has been squashed and
the soda water apparatus trust has fzzled
out -Philadelphia Ledger
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

For THROAT DISEASES, CoUGHs, COLDS,
etc, eSectual relief is found in the use of
"Bro,Cn's Bronchial TToches." Price % cts.
Sold only ia b0Ies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

THERE is one thing woman can never do
she can't make man tell her where no has
been -Atehison Globe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Mr. Joyce .ool at that man across
he street; the poor fellow looks as if he
were too weak to walk.
Mr.. Joyee-Yes; that Is Hogg, the
inventor of Hogg's Elixir Of Life.-N.
Y. Spirit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

PLEASANT, Wholesome, SPEEDY. for coughs
is Hale's Honey Of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The prosperity of the tailor opens large
field for theorizing on the survival Of the
misfittest.-Wa shington Post
THOSE who wish 10 practice economy
should buy Carter Little Liver Pills. Forty
pills in vial; only one pill dose.
AN inquirer wishes 10 know what viii
cure felon. The penitentiary or death
St Joseph News.
Best, easiest TO use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. 25c.
WY is q new moon like sick babyi Be
cause it is pale ''yeller.n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

THE man who is a long time making up
his mind may arrive at correct judgment;
but It is generally too late to be Of any use
to him.-Puck
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
One Mighty Truth,

IT would be a most unreasonable woman
who should demand II her policeman lover
that he should give UP his club.-Boston
Transcript
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

DoS'T try too hard to make a reputation.
A mans reputation, like q woman's dress,
never suits its owne.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

NEVER kick an electric light wire when
it's down.-Buffalo Express
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

MARRIAGES are called matches" because
they are sometimes followed by scratching.
N n Natv Delta
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As the contents Of their message was
made known t. Ruth she felt for mo-
rnent her strength leaving her. for She
realized that from their decision there
was no appeal, and that all had been
done for her in the three previous trials;
that She must ever be helpless cripple.
O. had tiod forgotten her in6eed2 She
did not wish u talk about il m0yv, she
could not cry and She could only half
think She tried 70 he brave for her
mothers sake. for She saw that she, too.
was suffering. but as the time passed
tie awfuIneSs of her condition seemed
70 ne forcing itself more and mere upon
her, and for days she seemed ike one
stunned ~ some heavy external blow.
All efforts to interest her were nm
availiug until at last her brother. re-
memberinE her fondness Of certain
flowers. threw a bunch of water-llies
into her lap, saying. 'ChiclS. would you
like some flowers ! gathered them all
for you. see. Are they not beautiful?
And Just think. they came from the
blaclsest place IN the river strange.
isn't it,
Looking az them moment a though
they were old friends from dead past,
for the first time She lost control of her
feelings. and the storm that shook her
frail person was in proportion u the
time during which it had been gather
ing; but with its subsistence a change
was noticed in Ruth a change that he
came more marked A. the weeks passed
and one which told the ever-watchful
mother that battle was being fought
by her child and Oh. how earnestly that
mother prayed for her afflicted daughter.
1T Is an interesting question. says
some one. when human soul thus
finds its way II life hedged. in 70 see
what course il viii pursue. 1t i more
thar an interesting question il j. a test
question for the bitterness or the great
ness 81 that saul viii show itself al this
point. and a vast number Of lives are
brought - some such test or trial
Again he SAYS. When a soul reaches
such point in life a. this. ii i met by
one uniform and powerful temptation.
VIZ, the temptation L. sit and brood
over the calamity, 10 shut ones self up
from the sunshine ~ the outer world
and - live in an unhealthy atmosphere
Of grief and complaint. Sometimes the
temptation results in a simple moping
melancholy. sometimes il produces a
fierce rebellion against God who allows
such unequa, chances If outward life +
Mrs KyIrr. fearing that Ruth ; great
disappointment might cause her - L..
re1eihOus Or Respondent, putforth every
effort in her power 70 convince Ruth
that God really loved her. and allows
no sparrow T. fall To the ground with
out Ills notice
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Patent medicines differ
One has reasonableness, an
other has not. One has repu-
tation--another has not. One
has confidence, born of sue
cess - another has only
"hopes."
Don't take it for granted
that all patent medicines are
alike. They are not.
Let the years of uninter-
rupted success and the tens
of thousands of cured and
happy men and women, place
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
on the side of the comparison
they belong.
And there isn't a state or
territory, no nor hardly a
country in the world, whether
its people realize it or not,
but have men and women
in them that're happier be-
cause of their discovery and
their effects.
Think of this in health.
Think of it in sickness. And
then think whether you can
afford to make the trial if
the makers can afford to take
the risk to give your money
back as they do if they do
not benefit or cure you.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02
RUTH KYLER.
a Story Showing That Truth Is
Stranger Than Fiction
CHATTER

4
'.Whosoever hath any thing fixed in
his person that doth induce contempt.
hath also perpetual spur in himself 10
rescue and deliver himself from scorn. =
Rut5 Ryler. d girl Of seventeen, sat
in her wheel chair. restless and uneasy
as people Of spirit who are physically
disabled are apt 10 be. until the ques-
tion as to whether or not they are in
durable is settled beyond doubt
NO letter from the surgeon vt,
mother What does it mean2T said
Ruth. as she turned her head to hide the
hot. seaIiing tears and quivering lips
do you think il Is part Of Gods plan
that / should h. as ann You say my
condition is not the result Of careless
ness. ignorance or sin I believe ]
might accomplish a great deal if | were
well
Ruth. ID not know Gods plans re
garding such things. hut this DO know.
His plans for making you Christian
and for your happiness are perfect.
Whether or not this i a means 70 ac-
c0mplish that end, can not tell. You
think you might accomplish much if
You were well. but pehaps vou viii be
able - 10 more good now than you
would Or could under other circum-
stances. Possibly We who are to care
for you need this t. make n what lie
would have us be- But Nse viii CON
tinue to h9pc that you will vet be able
TO walk However, If that can not be,
The sentence was not finished. as
their conversation was interrupted 10y
callers
Their home which was in one Of the
central States in the small college town
of o.. overlooked black. sluggish
stream noted only for its blacllness and
its beautiful vater-lilies which Ruth
watched. studied and admired
The injuries that She had received
during terrific storm when child
were Of sue. . nature a. ~ cripple her
hands and feet. and partially stop the
growth IT her limbs. She could not
walk and had hut slight use of her
hands Is constant effort. however
she had learned 70 write hv holding her
zen between her hands She could also
grasp and hold any small light object
en- the same manner. but farther than
this her hands were useless; bat al
though crippled in body. Ruth was not
crippled in mind rs people with original
deformity arr sometimes She had a
quick. clear intellect. suffered and en-
joyed lSeeuly and had a strong will.
which at this time was bent upon re-
gaining the u>e IF her hands, ifpossible.
She had i fair education and was sell
dom idle She read tire latest medical
authorities touching eases like her own.
and often talked with hermother, as we
found her doing to-day. about her con
djtion and what She would DO when She
was well but alas, for the castles she
was building They were destroyed in
an instant bv a few lines which said.
DEAR NH- kYIEH- We reEEet p say that we
can not relieve your daughter. We Gear her
case is hopeless You have our heartfelt
sympathy. ycry respectfully yours,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

-Full-bloom-the conviviatlly -eolored
nose.-Washingto Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Don't take it for granted
that all patent medicines are
alike. They are not.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

Patent medicines differ
One has reasonableness, an
other has not. One has repu-
Il o.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-04-02

They did get my thought, ;" said she.
''and perhaps others will see it, too. O
my dear mother and father. For my.
self il does not matter. twill soon be
over
A. was feared. the excitement was
too great for her. She sank rapidly
and in three days had passed beyond
the help Of human hands Yet she
lives in the hearts Of those who knew
her. and her life will ever be an inspira-
ton 70 the many students who attend
the college and hear the story of her
life.
Who can measure the influence OF
such life2-Laura l. Bartlett. in Chris
tian Evangelist.