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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04
In Wide Awake for June

Perhaps the most enjoyable thing is
that story with the Edward Bellamy
touch, 1.-THE Pursuit of Happiness" by
Tudor Jenks-a quizzieal look into the
future for boys. A beautiful romance
IS contributed by Annie Bronson King,
under the title, This Way Went the
Lady Mary to Paradise" A good old
time article, "A Vermont Boys Trip to
Boston in 1885, is from the pen of John
L. Heaton of the Brooklyn Times.
Amanda Jinkum's Burdens" by Oliver
Howard, has its serious lesson for eld-
est daughters. All the girls might take
some tender teaching from sweet.
bright, true Polly Pepper in Margaret
Sidney's Five Little Peppers Grown
Up serial, which has never been more
interesting than in the present number
Quite different little girl from Phron-
sic Pepper, but a charmingly quaint
child, makes her curtesy to Wide
Awake's readers in the new serial,
Miss Matilda Archambeau Van Dorm
in the third serial, "Marietta's Good
Times" we get delightful glimpses of
the free open air life of Italian children.
woman recalling her childhood. Good
things are as thick as roses in June;
articles, beautiful illustrated poems;
pictures, some fine, some funny; four
pages of sparkling original anecdotes;
''Tangles," and three pages of letters
from the children crowd the number
full
Wide Awake is $40 a year, S1.2O a
vol. (6 mos 20 cents No. d. Lothrop
Company, Boston, Publishers.
"a FoREGosIE conclusion r. sighed the
dog, as he dug a hole in the ground and bur
led the tail his master had cut oh.-Travel-
er's Budget
IT would take moro nerve than money 10
get sin the swim at the north pole.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04
cHILDHooD.S HOUR.

I-have two boys. two beautiful boys,
And they are my souls delight.
Nv heart i swayed By their griefs anc Joys
From earliest morn TIL night
My dreams are rife with ioveliest hues
To be woven deep within
The warp and woof u the good they choose
z To keep their souls from sin
And when each night 10 their bed consigned
By a mothers loving hand.
Their childish prattIe with ? rayer combined
In reverence bid me stand
In sweetest tones that an angel throng
Might pause and list 10 hear.
Their musical voices Join IL song
As II Heaven indeed were near
The prayer mat nv oEn dear mother taught.
By ms beautiful boys Is said,
And, 4 lay me down 20 sleep Is frauEht
With memories % the dead
81 pray the Lord my soul 20 keep
Brings childhood's hour once more,
And tears 10 eyes unused to weep.
And voice from the other shore.
Eff should die before wake"
Comes soft On the listening air.
- pray the Lord my soul 70 take
And this j. their nightly prayer.
j" God bless You papa and mamma dearr'
by each n turn j. said;
" Good night Good night r is the last we
hear
A. they scOodle doom in bed
They close their weary eyes in sleep
UntrsmmeIed by earthly cares:
!" i pray the Lord their souls TO keep"
A. I echo again their prayers.
On when on my dim and closing eyes
This earth s. fading away.
May those loving tones around me rise
Like a sunsets parting ray.
Tor the sweetest picture my hour glass
sands
UnveIl tn this world % care
j. my beautiful boys. with folded hans
Lisping their baby prayer.
w. N Rogers in Good housekeeping.
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49,
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

Paint stains on carpets, furniture
or clothes, can be taken off by first
greasing the spots, and then washing
them off with chloroform.
Chocolate Macaroons: Make FROST
ing as for cake, stir in two ounces of
grated chocolate, drop on buttered pa
per, bake in quick oven. - House
keeper.
Salt mackerel should be well
washed in tepid water, the thin, black
skin on the inside scraped out, the
head and tail cut off, and the fish
soaked skin side up over night in q
large pan full of cold water.
Boiled Leg of Lamb: Allow ono
hour and half for five pounds; soak in
warm water one hour, roll in cloth
and boil in sailed water; serve gar
nished with border of turnips. car
rots and cauliflower; serve a parsley
sauce also.-Boston Herald.
"A good plan for keeping butter cool
and sweet in summer is to fill a box
with sand to within an inch or two of
the top; sink the butter jars in the sand,
then thoroughly wet the sand with cold
water. Cover the box air-tight. The
box may be kept in the kitchen and
used as table.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Potato Salad: Take one pint cold
boiled potatoes, cut in dice, two hard
boiled eggs, cut fine; one teaspoonful
finely-minced onion, one tablespoonful
chopped parsley, mixed together; dress
with three tablespoonfuls oil, three of
x~sp F,,1
half saltspoonful pepper, mixed togeth-
er.-Boston Globe.
Dark Cake: One and one-half cups
sugar, one-half cup molasses, one cup
butter, one cup of milk, three eggs
beaten before added, and four cups of
-four. Dissolve one teaspoonful soda
in the milk. Take of cloves, cinnamon,
allspice and nutmeg each one teaspoon
full. If fruit cake is desired add one cup
of each.-Boston Budget.
Orange Float: Two lemons, juice
and pulp; one quart water, one cup
coffee cup) of sugar. When boiling hot
add four tablespoons cornstarch. Let
boil fifteen minutes, stirring all the
time. When cold pour it over four or
five oranges that have been sliced into
glass dish, and over the top place the
beaten whites of three eggs, sweetened
and favored with vanilla. Free
Press.
Light Breakfast Bread: One quart
of milk, three-fourths of a quart of
-four, half yeast cake, dissolved; heat
one-third of the milk and scald with it
half pint of the flour and dessert
spoonful of butter; when this batter be-
comes cool add the remainder of the
yeast, half tablespoonful of sugar and
-four enough to make it quite stiff; knead
it smooth and leave it to rise all night.
This quantity will make two small
loaves and pan of small biscuit.-In-
dianapolis Sentinel.
Stoves should be kept in dry place
when not in use. Stove-pipe hues and
elbows must be well cared for, or they
will rust out in single season. If there
is no dry place for them, they should
be well rubbed over with tallow or
other grease, which will do much to
keep them in good condition. When
stoves are taken down in the spring
each should have all of its pieces put
together, and those that are small
enough placed inside of tie stove; large
pieces may be attached by wire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

the fate 81 the twenty acres that al
ways seemed upperInost in her mind.
So. when Luke Daniels came counting.
and boldly asked the hand Of Mary
Jane, the wrath Of the good woman
knew no bounds
The Dauiel>es. though highly respect
able, were. ii must be confessed. a
somewhat improvident set While
Luke's occupation thus far had been
that Of mere farm hand. he was a
manly. Industrious Young fellow. and
was looked upon with no small degree
Of favor by Mary Jane herself
MIA. sam Grants come 70 look at
them pigs. Mary Jane called from the
buttery
Mrs Kalometer busted the -four from
her hands and. tucking her skirts t. the
tops II her calfskin shoes, hurried ont
into the yard. where sam Grant stood
In the drilling rain. The two picked
their way across the barnyard 10 the
pens. where several sIeelx-looking pork
ers were Illustrating in their native ele-
ment After considerable talking ?
price was fixed and Sam agreed 70 take
The pigs.
Tom LiSeo's got back from Ne
brasEy." he announced. as they walked
back % the house
whats he count on dom here?"
''He cackilates on buyin' stock about
hare. Il be can get place 70 suit him =
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CONCEiTED DISCLAIMERS.
Thsy Generally Capture the Crowd In
spite Of Their Ignorance.

Thsy Generally Capture the Crowd In
Spite of Their Ignorance.
yolubility bears about the same re-
lation to eloquence that soft-solder
jewelry bears to ornaments of virgin
gold. Still, what is vulgarly called
1.-THE gift of the CAB" is not to be de-
talk down a well-reas man, whose
tongue is but stammering interpreter
of his thoughts. II is said that a vul-
gar and ignorant member of debating
society somewhere in the backwoods of
Kentucky once obtained a complete
victory over gentleman and a
scholar" who broke down in an at
tempt to define the meaning of the
word Happiness. Happiness" said
the educated dummy, between whose
mind and tongue there seemed to be no
was his diffidence would not permit him
to express, and he sat down, blushing
and confused.
Thereupon a voluble backwoodsman,
whose education had been neglected,
but whose self-confdence was unlimit-
ed, took the floor" and volunteered a
definition. Happiness, Mr.. President"
said he, SIS like sportive crow situated
on some far distant mountain which the
eager huntsman endeavors in vain, and
to no purpose, to reproach. The happy
man, Mr.. President. reclines beneath
the shadow of some far-spreading and
outrageous tree, and calling his wife
and all her infant prodigy around him,
bids their thoughts inspire to scenes be-
yond the skies scenes, Mr.. President
thick sot with those glorious orbs of the
tournament which it was the lot of the
immortal Newton fust to depreciate and
afterwards TO deplore."
The audience, if not instructed, was
electrified, and-so the story goes-the
Thanks of the meeting" were voted to
the speaker for his splendid effort.
There is magic in rounded periods
when generously delivered. 1t may be
that they have neither force or peril
hence; that in hundred of them there
is not as much argument as a man who
weighs his words before he utters them
could put into one short sentence; b I
the public ear is tickled, nevertheless /,
with their harmonious cadences. and it
is only when subjected TO the review of
sober second thought that they lose
their charm and sink to the level of
mere declamatory clap-trap. Three
fourths of us, however, do not take the
trouble to analyze the fiorid stuff that
is talked at us by the spread-eagle
speech-makers of the day, and hence
men with a superfuity of words and
few ideas sometimes live and die
with the reputation of orators.-N. Y.
Ledger.
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a HUMOROUS BIRD.
An Incident Illustrative of the Crows
Iaya of FINN.

An Incident Illustrative of the Crows
Love of Fun.
There is some fun in a crow, even If
Il be love of mischief In Calcutta,
says a writer, had large garden sur
rounded by shade trees, in whose
branches many crows used to roost at
night. AS soon as daylight appeared
they all flew off to their favorite re-
sorts, where they lived upon the gar
bage of the city; and it must be adj
mitted in their favor that they are the
most useful scavengers. But, when
sunset came, they used to return to
their roosting place, and sometimes
they gave me an unwelcome evening
serenade.
Coming home late and tired from the
Office, used to sit out on my lawn, and
a very large white Persian cat would
come out TO keep me company. Then
the cat and the crows used to have a
little game of their own. The cat would
stretch itself out and flick its long,
furry tail about. Some twenty or
thirty crows promptly accepted the
challenge, and quickly alighted round
the cat, with the intention of pulling
his tail. Some of them hoped up in
front, as near as they could with safe
ty from the cats fore paws, others stood
at the side, and several of the best
players took their position behind the
cat. They evidently acted in concert.
The crows in front crept up as close as
they dared, to secure the cats atten-
ton. and then one of the crows behind
the cat made dash at the tail, which
the cat skillfully guarded by flirting it
from one side to the other. 1t was very
seldom that a crow succeeded in getting
a mouthful of the cats fur. The cat,
meanwhile, had really an eye to bust
ness, and if one of the birds in front
him came within practicable distance,
he made spring that sometimes had
fatal result, and the game terminated
among the terrified cawing and clamor
of the survivors, who saw their unlucky
comrade torn to pieces before their
eyes. But in the course of twenty-four
hours they seemed to have forgotten
the mishap of their brother, and they
came again to renew their diversion
with the cat, who was always ready to
play the game, in which it might be
said that his motto was: Heads
win, tails you loose. "-Longman's Mag
aZine-
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Some of his meals he would take down
town: therefore he would ask her to
charge to him the meals he took, cred
iting him with those he missed. TAX
ing blank book from his pocket, he
began to explain more deliberately his
meaning. As he did so. he cast furtive
glances toward the corner where Mary
Jane stood looking on in apparent indif-
ference.
mo, won't tell her" she muttered
TO herself; shed tell me to mind my
own business; besides / reckon she's
got to learn some way"
In spite of the advent of the exquis-
lite Mr.. Tyson, prospects did not brighten
greatly. July came, bringing unusual
heat. To the two women. accustomed,
as they were. to the pure country air,
each day was fresh horror. To her
dismav. Mrs. Kalometer found that she
was growing weak and hysterical.
The house was well-nigh deserted.
The real-estate young man still came
with tolerable regularity, consumi:.g
fresh fruits. milk and ices galore.
Its powerful expensive" Mrs Ka;o-
meter complained; but a bargains 2
bargain, an as long as he's willin to
pay double price, we can't afford to
lose him.
He amt paid none yet" Mary Jane
responded, dryly.
No. but I've got it all down in the
little book"
It'll he foUr weeks next Wednesday
since he come here, an il you don't tell
him he's got to settle, | will"
That afternoon Mary Jane wrote a
letter. We'll, Luke, poor mas about
beat ont, il ran, land | hope you'll
get here in time to settle that rascal.
guess mall be glad enough to see
You"
Ready to settle? Why, certainly"
Mr.. Tyson was saying. as he slipped his
mocha You have the bool<?''
Yes. Jest forty meals. That makes
twenty dollars
..Ah. yes" making a note with his
pencil And the creditS?''
The credits2 @. YES, To be sure. l.
I've maidstone mistake" her eyes
growing wild.
'.Forty-four credits, believer
Yes"
Quite right: twenty-five dollars
credit against twenty, a balance of two
dollars in my favor"
But that amt right; it can't be-
she shriel1ed. I've spent nigh my last
cent a-buyin' yer high-toned truck"
Il believe you agreed to this,
madam"
Yes: but
Il was under the impression. madam.
that you were a woman of your word;
and"
4 woman of her word? Who had
ever dared say she was not, An ashy
color overspread the old woman's face,
she set her teeth grim ly. and. taking a
bill from her pocketboolz, flung il down
upon the table. Mr.. Tyson arose,
stuffed the bill into his vest pocket and
walked .eisurely out of the house. At
that moment the rear door opened and
Luke Daniels rushed into the room.
Mrs Kalometer sprang up and, grasp
ing LulSe's arm. began TO cry in an in
coherent fashion Whatever Luke had
expected, he was certainly not prepared
for this. Indeed. think. had he not
already heard the story she tried 10 tell,
he coul scarcely haee grasped its
meaning. As il was. five minutes later
he was taking rapid strides toward the
real estate office on the corner: and
when he returned it was with the ex-
quisite Mr.. Tyson in tow
There he exclaimed. breathlessly,
shaking the young man much after the
manner of an angry dog, give that
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

Whilst almost everything seems to
have changed and improved during the
last twenty years. one has only to jour
ney few miles by train to discover
that the demednor of the average trav-
eler is Just the same as when his father
took his first ride.
Every man or woman wants to occu-
DIV a whole seat Every man or woman
wants the window up.
Every man puts his head out when
the whistle blows. IL the train stops
for over two minutes everybody Won
ders what is the matter, and il the
speed is twenty miles an hour the man
with the e.o-- ---a'"h is heard calling out
tina. tilv -. hl... va. la4Sc in exactly
. laiDute.-Jury.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
AIDS TO BETTER ROADS.

rwo Cheap and seryiceable Devices suit
able for Universal Use.
Were it not for the cost of handling
by the expensive process of slow SHOW
cling. gravel would be employed much
more extensively in road making. Two
:heap devices suitable for universal use
commend themselves to the road build
sr In practice they save twenty to
twenty-five per cent. of the time re-
luired for shoveling, while men and
cams experience less fatigue than by
she old time process. The first help,
shown in Fig. |, is merely platform
Of boards with cleats beneath, like
door, six feet long, having wings at the
ends, which are held in an upright POI
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

In the sheep, the stretching out" is
a cardinal symptom of collie Drench
with sulphate of magnesium six ounces,
dissolved in one pint of water; after
the medicine has acted, which will be
in from eighteen to twenty-four hours,
follow up with drench of hyposul-
phite of sodium, one dram dissolved
in a half pint of water. If 1t is after
wards thought necessary, dose of the
latter medicine may be given occasion
ally TO correct acidity of the stomach,
as this condition is the cause of the
colic.-Western Rural
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Poetry and Fact.

AZ love all that is beautiful in art and
nature she was saying to her aesthetic
admirer. Il revel in the green fields,
the babbling brooks and the little way
side flowers. | feast on the beauties of
earth and sky and air: they are my
daily life and food, and"
"Maudie." cried out the mother from
kitchen, not knowing that her daugh-
ter's beau was in the parlor. "Maudie,
what made you go and eat that big dish
of potatoes that was left over from din
ner? l told you we wanted them
warmed for supper. declare, if your
appetite isn't enough to bankrupt y our
Philadelphia Post.
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Some horses have such sociable dis
positions as to be restless when left
alone Gilbert White, the famous nat
ura list, had such horse. 1t would not
stay by itself when at home, nor re-
main in a strange stable without
struggling impatiently to break the
rack and manager with its fore feet
ore than once it leaped out at win
tow through which manure was usual
ly thrown in search of company. Yet
under other circumstances the creature
was rem arkably quiet-School and
Home
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ThoroughbretIs

Have "staying qualities That is, com
petition does not discourage them. Foremost
in the race for popular favor, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters took the lead and kept it
The people of America recognize it as the
champion winner in all contests with those
vicious nags, malaria, dyspepsia, liver com
plant, constipation, rheumatism and kidney
trouble. 1t always wins.
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Nothinr Essential Omitted.

The telegraph operator rapidly ran
his pencil over the message handed him
by the lady:
Dearest John. / got here safely.
Send me fifty dollars and kiss"
Mine cents more. madam" he said.
There are three words too many"
Then leave out the last three" re-
piled the lady, promptly. = Chicago
Tribune
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Mr.. Whitegoods = Really. Mrs.
Goldman, your table seems To be get
ting poorer every day. Now. this
chicken is quite spoiled" Mrs Cold
ham-"Never mind, my dear sir, you
can have twice as much of it on that
account America
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Had Him There.

Col Yerger-Clearing up my desk,
are you? Only tore up the papers that
had writing on them. You're fool-a
perfect donkey! All you lack is ears
Sam Johnsing-Huh, boss! Eff lacks
de ears i KANT be puffec donkey, kin
Io-Texas Siftinps
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Mr. Maiferst-''Truekma do you
agree to pay for all the furniture you
break?" Truckman-''Certain sir. J"
Mr.. Maiferst-''Then, if you must break
anything. be kind enough TO give the
preference to this old table. Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04
A BUSINESS VENTURE.
Nancy Kalometer's Experience in
a Boston Boarding House.

DON'T see how
I'm to get Ia
I d e sch oOl-
houst
Nj : Tall
stepped 10 the
door and gaze1
dismal down
the taWny, vel
low roa,l. IL
was rain ing.
and the mass of
sir h and mud
out in the road
waS Slfuryrs.s.fiye
of anything but
terra firfAtI.
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She 0verdressed the Part-Mrs.
Bryde-"You used to call me your
angel, John, but you never do now"
Mr.. Bryde-"No. The size of your
millinery bills have convinced me of
my mistake. Saturday Evening Her
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Rall-Poom Conversation

-Ball-Room Conversation.-"Myd dear
madam, why is il that we so seldom
meet at the skating-ground? Is it be-
cause / do not go, or because you do
Batter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

THE advantage of Matching guineas
under common hens is, that properly
managed, they are usually more gentle
than if the guinea hens are allowed to
hatch them out and raise them.-St.
Louis Republic
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

THE Connecticut board of agriculture,
through the oranges, is collecting a list
of fruits, grapes and vegetables best
suited to the soil and climate of that
state. This Is a good idea.
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Obiacttons to the Use of Koumyss.

Careful observation has convinced me
that xoumyss is an article of so-called
invalid food which is usually better
avoided than used. / have found by
analysis that it often contains twice as
much alcohol, bulk for bulk, as lager
beer, an amount fully equal to that
found in hard cider. | have known
patients to become addicted to the use
of lxoumyss. When they are in the habit
of using two or three bottles a day
they might as well drink two or three
schooners of lager beer instead. From
experience ! have determined that all
the benefit which is supposed to pertain
to the use of koumyss can be derived
from fresh, sweet buttermilk, which is
open to no objections, as it contains no
alcohol.-Dr. J. II. kellogg.
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A curious accident occurred at Jud

A curious accident occurred at Jud-
sonia, Ark. A physician, who was wear
ing a pair of celluloid cuffs, undertook
to stir up the fire in his room, when the
cuff suddenly took fire and burned with
great fierceness. In using the second
hand to extinguish the flame, the other
cuff caught, and both burned like tar
or turpentine A nephew who was
present extinguished the fire by wrap
ping his coat firmly about both arms.
but not until the skin of both wrists
and hands was terribly burned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-06-04

DUCKS do not have the cholera, Group
or gapes, and hawks do not bother
them; they will lay more eggs and the
eggs viii hatch better than hen eggs
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PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
2earty eating is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immedi-
ately after dinner. Don't forget this.