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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
THREW HIS MONEY AWAY.
The story Of a Physician Who Was the
Victim to Circumstances.

The story of Physician Who Was the
Victim to Circumstances.
When the doctors, in a jovial mood,
get together they invariably tell stories
if they have any time on their hands.
Half a dozen Rochester physicians were
feeling particularly happy and exultant
few days ago. They had passed a
delightful hour in making an examina-
ton of the body of a man killed in an
accident, and were well pleased with
each other and the gentleman who had
1 furnished them with their scientific
amusement. When they were through
their work they adjourned to the office
of one of their number and began tell
/ ing experiences and "reminiscences.
They told of exciting amputations and
exhilarating operations until it came
the turn of the oldest man present to
speak. Then such tale was unfolded
as brought tears to the eyes of many
present
when l was young man." said the
old physician, II practieed in a west
ern city. This was about thirty years
ago. 1t was not a great while after
had my first case that | was called one
! day to attend young man who had a
most peculiarly shaped head. Under
my care the fellow soon got well, but
cultivated his acquaintance to serve
certain ends that had in view.
"When | came to know the young
man pretty well told him frankly that
/ i wanted his head. You all know that
/ 1 have always made brain diseases a
speciality, and thought that the mans
I head, with its abnormal development,
would be a splendid subject for stu dy.
The chap fell in with my proposal.
! gave him three hundred dollars. and he
made a VIII in which he mentioned me
as the heir to his head. To be sure, the
fellow was young, but so was /, and 1
was willing to wait.
"We1, gentlemen, within less than a
year after we had completed arrange
ments the young fellow was killed"
Lucky man." said one of the listen
ers. and all the others gave evidence
that they thought the doctor was for
/ tunate.
But, gentlemen" continued the old
/ physician, 1.-The fellow was struck on
the head by a safe that fell to the side
walk while being taken in the third
story window of block" and the old
/ fellows voice choked with emotion at
the remembrance of the wrong that
had been done him.
''Saddest thing ever heard of, said
/ one of the listeners, while others
walked up and shook the victim 5 hand,
too full for Observation-Disclosures Dem
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
KNOW THE INSECTS.
Farmers Destroy Many which Are of Ii
naIcnIahla Ranefif.

Farmers Destroy Many which Are of In
caIculable Benefit.
/ often receive specimens of black
ground beetles accompanied with the
question: How can | best destroy these
bugs? These beetles kill immense
numbers of cutworms, white grubs,
ETC., and so do us only good This
year have received scores of pupae of
our lady beetles, hanging to plums or
leaves. In every case came the ques-
ton: What new insect is this that is at
lacking our plums, and how can we
kill it? This pupa was the resting
stage between the larva and adult lady
beetle. Both larva and adult feed ex-
clusively on plant lice. Plant lice are
terribly destructive to our plum and
other trees. Thus to kill single one
of these pupa is To destroy a friend. A
long ichneumon fly with Hat, long, com
pressed abdomen, and very long, hair
like ovipositor, is found caught in or
boring into a maple tree. The insect
is sent to me with the question: How
can we kill this insect and save our
naples? The truth is this insect is a
parasite, and was boring into the tree
to lay its eggs on or near borer. Thus
it is the borer that is killing the tree;
to prevent the borer from its work was
the purpose of the ichneumon; the way
to save the tree is not to kill or disturb
this insect. We see, then, that it is
very necessary to know the habits of
insects, les: we kill our friends and
protect our enemies. These friends,
though often very small, are very
numerous. This year the grain aphis
would have ruined the wheat and oat
crops, except for minute parasite that
quickly destroyed the aphis.-Prof. A
j. Cook, in n. Y. Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
PITH AND POINT.

Marriage may be a civil contract,
but some people behave in very un-
civil manner after entering it.-Texas
siftings.
Lightning struck New Jersey
mule the other day. 1t is only fair to
say that the mule wasn't looking
Philadelphia Times.
-Wooden-"Now have an idea that
! would like 60 have you help carry
out" Miss Smilax-"Oh, should hard
~ think it would need two. Boston
Courier.
-Theater manager to departing spec
tator-''Beg pardon, sir. but there are
two more acts" Eyes, / know it.
That's why I'm going. Fliegende
Blaetter.
"A woman would think as much of
her husband as she does of her dog if
the former always showed that he is as
glad to see her as the latter does Mil
waulxee Journal.
How lie Caught Her.-Brefogle-
''You took this picture of my wife by
the instantaneous process, ! suppose"'
Artist-"Yes; how could you tell?"
Breyfogle-"IIer mouth is closed. -
Town Topics.
She Was Beautiful. -" Bridget, do
you know that to wash the face in soap
and water Will make you beautiful
at will? Sure, it's a wonder you niver
tried it, ma IN. Brooklyn Eagle.
Attorney Ito Witness) You know
this MANI" Witness-''Yes, sir" At
torney-"What is his reputation for
truth and veracity?" Witness-"Well,
he writes obituary verses. Epoch.
Really, sir, You call on me with
times" "Ah, indeed Pray when will
be an opportune time?" ''When it's
/ outlawed. Kate Fields Washington.
If you will but notice it, there are
more learned fools in this world than
ignorant ones; or is it because they
have better facilities for exhibiting
4 their Observation-Disclosures Transcript.
Reasonable to Suppose. City Man
What did you mean by saying there
/ was no malaria here?" Countryman-
/ "Wa-al, you see | reckoned the first
/ batch of boarders had taken it nearly
all away with them. Judge.
The non-literary woman lets her
I learned sisters read papers when and
/ where they will. The one subject upon
which her own thoughts run is: Money
and How to Spend It," and the paper
for her money is well-proportioned
/ cheek-Boston Commonwealth.
"A Piano in the House.-Little One
MA, does it break peoples bones TO
play on the piano?" Ma-"Why, no,
my child" Little 0ne-"Amy Smith
says Jack Whiznuckle played at her
house for two hours without a single
break" Pa (savagely) IF he tries
that here he can rely on getting some
bones broken. "-Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

&NCtftftJ CtRfc Cc otfttS
in favor of the best medicine In the
world that may not be said of the
most worthless. In one case, it's
true; in the other, it isn't;-but how
can you distinguish?
Judge by what is done. There's
only one blood-purifier that's guar
anteed. It's DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery-and this is what
is done with it if it doesn't benefit
Q, cure, n every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as well at one
time as another, Il cleanses and pur-
ifies the system. All blood-poisons
must go. For Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, letter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint or dis
order, it is an unequaled remedy.
It's the cheapest, too. With this,
you pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is "iust as good"
1t may be better-for the dealer.
But he isn't the one that's to be
helped.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
Stsy-at-Homes.

On Basket island three years ago
there were seen a poor little house. an
old fisherman and his wife, the latter
OF whom had not left the island for
seventeen years, and o sixteen-year-
old daughter who never had got even a
glimpse of life on the main and, but
who went barefoote6 and helped her
mother care for the COW ana cut and
store thu hay for il. Not even plat
of potatoes reminded one of a garden
and the girl had never been to school,
but she had somewhere obtained an ac-
Gordon and picked out on il the airs of
several popular tunes caught from
bands on passing steamers. The one
bit of modern times seen in the house
was a pair OF pillow shams. a present
from an older half sister of the girl,
who lived 'out west"-that is, in Ken
nebunkport. Now the island home is
deserted to the field mice and the girl S
broken accordion lies in a corner.
Were those pillow shams the one dis
cordant note that made the girl dissat-
isfied with her primitive existence and
then broke up the family, or was there,
as there would be in the common sort
of novel, love story between the for
mer life and the now deserted home?-
Lewiston journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
he READ HEB HAND,
And the Line She Needed Most Was Lack
Ing.

And the Line She Needed Most Was Lack
Ing.
She was crazy about palmistry. She
had bought half dozen books and
studied the lines and the mounts and
the islands and the crosses and the
stars, and she had read her Henry s
fortune time and again. So he under
took to read her hand one night, with
her help.
This is my heart line, dear" she
said, as she traced her fingers across
the palm.
Eyes, your heart line"
you see how well defined and strong
It ISL
Eyes, beloved. but it is not quite
straight, and this book says that those
little lines running out of it are evil
dences of previous affections"
'Oh, but this great big break is you.
Then there's my head line"
Yes darling. If your heart were as
level as your head mean in palmistry
Il would not be SO jealous.
But you mustn't read it like that.
What are you looking for?"
He was very anxiously scanning the
book and the hand.
Dearest, 1 love you. You have a
magnificent life line and a splendid
heart line and level head line, but
"Well?"
81 am poor, and if you could only
show me the kitchen line, the future
would be an unbroken dream of happi-
ness Albany Argus.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

"'And be they any more wolves,
SOS kin git a shot at EN-? queried
Bill.
"'Old Spot has fixed two of EN-
sad J.
And there's the other three eating
poor Whitley over there, exclaimed Ted
dy, pointing at a snarliug knot of crea-
lures two or three hundred yards across
the intervale.
"Sure enough, they had dragged
down poor Whitley and were making a
fine meal OFF her carcass. But Bill
rode over and spoiled their fun lie
shot two of them, while the other left
like gray streak. And that's the Last
Ire seen of wolves in this part of the
country
THAT was a close shave" said I,
land the cattle showed great grit. I've
heard before of them adopting tactics
like that"
Well" said the old farmer. getting
down from the fence rail and picking
up his tin can, Il must be moving.
Good day TO You" Before he had taken
half dozen steps he turned round and
remarked: Il suppose, now. If those
had been Norway wolves, or Roossian
wolves, the critters would have had
4 no showi''
VERY little. ! imagine" was my an
/ swer.-Charles q. ID. Roberts, in n. y.
I IndeDendeut
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
MARKER FOR SMALL BEDS.

size and length at center of strip on
the upper edge and the device is com
pleted.
Grasp the handle firmly, press the
sharp edge into the earth and you
have a straight even drill of uniform
depth for sowing. BY marking and
cross marking, as in corn planting, you
have even spacing for pricl1ing or trans
planting To mark off the distance to
next row you might also put on a run
ner at one side fastened to rod of iron
passing through the marker, as shown
i in lower figure. This runner can be
adjusted any distance and do perfect
work. OF course, handle and marking
strips can be made any length, from a
few inches to several feet. | think
that after trying one you will make
several of different sizes. - Popular
GARDENING
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
ADAM NEVER WAS A BOY.

OF all the men the world has seen
Since Time his rounds began,
There's one pity every day
E.arth's first and foremost man:
I'D then think what fun he missed
y i4.aE 90 enjoy
Wild delights o. youth time. for
.le never was boy.
He never stabbef his naked tos
Against . root OF stone,
He nc. n Nth a pin hook fshed
Along The brook alone.
He never sought the bEmbIebee
Among the daisies coy.
Nor felt its busiaess-eud- because
He never Was a boy.
He never hockey played, nor tied
The ever ready pail
Down in the alley all alone,
To trusting FidO's tail
Aud when he home from swimmin' came
His happiness 20 cloy
No slipper fnterfered. because
He never was a boy
He might refer 10 splendid times
'Moug Eden's bowers, yet,
He never acted Romeo
To six-year Juliet
He never sent a valentine.
Intended % annoy
A good but maiden aunt. because
He never was a boy.
He never cut a kite-string, not
Nor hid an Easter egg.
He never ruined his pantalo0ls
APPLYING humble peg.
He never from the attic stole
a coon hunt 70 enjoy,
To find ''the Old man watching, for
He never was a boy
pity him Why should I notg
even drop a tear.
He did not know how much he missed;
He never VIII. fear
And when the scenes OF other days
Ny growing mind employ.
] think % him. earth's only man
WHO never was a boy
#. g. Harbaugh. in Texas Siftings-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
How Peanuts GROW.

"Did you ever see peanuts growing?"
asked well-known produce dealer.
"Well. down in Georgia you can see
them grow, and they do say that if you
listen right hard you can hear them
grow. But, do you know, they raise
the biggest kind of COOLERS down in
southern Illinois. The Egyptians have
no use for the word peanut, though.
They call them 'goober peas 1t has
been my business to buy COOLERS in the
field, and in pulling up three or four
vines you can estimate the entire yield
of the patch very fairly. The fiue
fbers of the roots are crowded with
peanuts. just as the small roots of the
potato vine are filled with little pota.
toes. have met numberless persons
who supposed that peanuts grew on
trees, and others who thought they
came from large bush. In fact, there
Is a direful amount of ignorance extant
about the little nut."-St Louis Re-
public
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
THEY ALWAYS WEAR "PANTS."
Feminine Scarecrows Are Never Popular
with the Farmers.

Feminine scarecrows Are Never Popular
with the Farmers.
The scarecrow usually wears
''pants."
The feminine scarecrow doesn't seem
TO be very popular Occasionally a ia
ded print wrapper is seen Tapping dis
consolately about gaunt form and
bedraggled sun bonnet lops above. But
the bifurcated underpinning prevails.
Now this isn't because the Maine farm
er has poor idea of women as holy
terror.
Ask his wife!
The truth is the good matron of the
Maine farm house is reluctant about
furnishing the required makeup. Did
You ever know the time when a farm
er's wife was really prepared to yield
up a gown exclusively for the robing of
a scarecrow?
The gown is destined to a career too
great for such sacrifice. First, it is
new; then it is washed; tIen IT'S turned;
then ripped up, washed and made over;
afterward few sections are carefully
laid aside in the rag-bag ana the re-
mainder is made up with some other
Then Hattie or Jane or some other of
the children has it for a school dress,
and lastly its remaining fabric is inn
peratively demanded by an unfinished
hooked rug.
Now, if you see any nook or Gran
in this closely-woven chain of event
where the scare-crow can Slip in and
claim a share, please point it out
Then, too, some women do not like
to see their clothes upon nybody else,
even a scarecrow. Such woman
doesn't like to give the neighbors a
chance to say: There's that 12-cent
plaid gingham o. Miss Simplins' out
there soaring the crows offn the ten
acre lot. Twas allus an awful lookin'
old dud an guess it's got in the right
place at larst."
Women can be spiteful, you know.
Therefore the gowned scarecrow is a
scarce article, and if the farmer wants
guardian for his corn-piece he must
fall TO and construct a man in his own
image. Lewiston Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
A Name That Had Hair on It.

One of the stables at Garfield park is
owned by Mr.. Curly, the Kentucky dis
tiller A gentleman who was out there
few days ago asked colored boy who
was in the vicinity who owned the
horses. He replied that Mr.. Beard was
the owner. In the course of the day
the gentleman who had made the in
quiry learned better, and meeting the
boy, took him to task for misleading
him on the name, and asked him what
he meant by it.
Il told you it was Mr.. Beard, didn't
I?' asked the boy.
"Yes, you did," replied the gentle
man.
well. amt it?" asked the boy.
"No, it isn't"
''Well, what is it, then?"
at is Curly"
WELL" said the boy. on whose face
there was a broad grin by this time, Il
lxnowed it was something that had hair
on it. Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
NIAGARA RIVER.
Glacial Action Instrumental In Forming
Its Channel.

Glacial Action Instrumental In Forming
Its Channel.
Prof G. w. Haley dissents from
Prof Gilbert's theory of the history of
Niagara river, and believes that glacial
action was an agent in the formation
of the channel. In 1870, he said, a
large surface of rock on the bank of
the river was removed az different
points for the purpose OF making GER
tain improvements. and was found to
be deeply scored, while the vicinity
furnished many granite powders.
Three branches of drift stone and
gravel are developed at Lewiston, and
the evidences of glacial action are abun-
dant These and other facts which the
author mentioned point, in his opinion,
10 the existence aud progress of a grand
terminal moraine, which was once the
boundary of an immense inland sea.
So far from the Niagara river carrying
no sediment, as Prof Gilbert assumes,
and as one who visits it i'm summer
might b. justified in supposing, one
who lives near it many years may see
its waters running for ten days at a
time with a dirty chocolate or dark
amber color, and charged with great
quantities of sand, gravel and silt; and
can hear in the rapids the gravel and
pebbles grinding and scratching their
way along the rough bottom. The
vast dense bar at the mouth of the
river on Lake Ontario is overwhelming
proof of its immense securing proper
tics N. \. Observer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
THAT NAUGHTY BOY.
He Gives His Mother Lots of Trouble. Blu
aonaa Day LIS Il SMeat RecnIIectinn-

He Gives His Mother Lots of Trouble, But
Some Day It's Sweet Recollection.
Looking over an old box the other
day, / came upon a handful of Tony's
buttons, writes Florence Alden. call
them Tony's buttons, for they are
relics of past shirt-waists and little
pants long since worn out or laid aside
that Tony used to wear. Reverently
picked them out from the collection in
the box, and holding them in my hand,
looked long and earnestly at those sim
pie reminders of my little curly-headed
boy. Nearly every button was pulled
out with piece of the garment from
with it came sewed fast to it. Well /
remember how annoyed I often felt
with Tony because his buttons were al
ways off.
One waist in particular / recall, a
dark blue with Kate Greenaway figures
Several buttons in my hand brought
wildly to mind the last time Tony wore
that waist. The image of my pretty
little boy came back to me as / looked
at those well worn buttons, his bright,
animated face, eyes sparkling in antici-
patton of the fun he would have at the
picnic he was going to attend; his long
beautiful curls floating around as
sweet face as God ever gave a child
The little blue pants and waist, broad
collar, finished at the neck with a blue
and white tie. Surely Tony was sweet
that day.
As kissed him good-by I said, (what
made me do sop: Now, Tony, don
pull off your buttons"
mo mamma" and he was gone.
He didn't mean to. / knew it then.
know it better now, but the unrelia-
BILE buttons came off in spite of boyish
resolutions, and at night Tony came
home looking quite demoralized. l did
not scold him. am glad didn't l
only said: Naughty boy, your buttons
are gone"
mo, mamma, l have got them all :"
And out from the little pocket came re-
bellious buttons, with unfortunate Kate
Greenaway figures hanging to them in
doleful tatters.
] sighed as looked at the wreck, and
Tony said, Mamma, l can't help it,
they win come off, but some day I'll
grow big and shan't wear shirt waists.
Then you won't have to sew on the but
tons. Won't that be nice?"
Nice! Oh, Tony, Tony, if you could
only come back and pull off the buttons
once more. would not ask for greater
happiness. Mothers, don't scold the
little fellows because they get the but
tons off and bits of garments with them.
At best the time is short that you will
have the privilege of sewing them on,
for our little boys soon grow up and go
away from us; then some one besides
mamma has the buttons TO sew on.
And some, ah! some only use the but
tons few years. Then the Father who
gave their sweet faces to us for little
time takes them back again, and we
we only wait, hoping some day to see
them once more.-Detroit Free Press.
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pecially those who witnessed its ravages
in 1854. Others will readily understand
the nature of the pest 10y its occurrence
in the heads of wheat, under the chaff,
giving these, when very abundant, a
reddish appearance somewhat resembl-
ing rust.
The pest has this season appeared in
wheat on the grounds in the expert
ment station in such numbers as to be
noticeable, and seems to warrant an
inquiry as TO its occurrence in other
portions of the state.-Report of Ohio
Experiment Station.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
Counterfeit Goodness.

Anyone is dl,cdys worse by Stimulating
goodness, for that means assuming
the appearance of it without the reali-
ty. Not only is he no more virtuous
than before, but his vice has acquired an
additional sneaking quality, which
makes man more contemplate per Sc,
and infinitely more dangerous to the
community. Imitation is the tribute
which vice pays TO virtue, doubtless,
but the vice is none the less
vicious. In the case of patriotism
it is doubtless true that exaggerated
statements of the virtues and great
ness of the past do little harm and
often good, but it is rather far-fetched
to endeavor to class such aggregations
as hypocrisy The hypocrite is not
anxious to exalt others, but himself;
even if in exalting himself, he pulls
down others. But, waving this confu-
sion of terms, does anyone suppose
that myth is more elevating to a people
than sober historical fact? 1t ii were
true, we had better find some way of
suppressing future Grotes, Bancrofts
and Motleys. DIR. X. w. Conant, in
Popular Science Monthly.