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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
PLuMS AND PRUDENCE.
An AliegoricaI Tale Of Two Small Boys,
Pudding and Some Philosophy.

An Aliegoricai Tale ef Two Small Boys, q
Pudding and Some Philosophy.
A wide and deep philosophy lies in
this true little story: A few DAYS ago
some children were eating dinner at
the house of a friend, who gave them
rice pudding for desert-rice pudding
with raisins In it. Now, one of these
| little boys didn't love rice, but did love
raisins, and beng a CONSCIENTIOUS a nd
well-trained youngster, with a pru
dence that he had no business with,
considering his years, he first ate care
fully all the pudding, saving all the
plums and making of them a circle
around the rim of his plate. When he
had paid penance for the pudding he
meant to reward himself by eating all
the raisins.
| Opposite to him sat another little boy
who had the same decided preference
| for raisins over rice. But this little boy
wasn't prudent, he was only boy, the
promptings of whose stomach were bet
| ter than those of his brain. And the
| first thing he did was to eat up all his
| plums. That being done it suddenly
occurred to him that there was nothing
L lclb lOf Nun W live AOAs h'o ht AlbCu up
his voice and wept aloud. And when
the lxind-hearted hostess said: ''Why,
Davy. what are you crying for?'' he
howled: II amt got any more raisins."
] Then the good lady glanced down at
| the plate of the other little boy who sat
at her side, and said: "Well, here is a
| little boy who doesn't like raisins and
who has put every one of his aside, and
II you won't cry you shall have every
one of his raisins."
And the other little boy, being cow
ardly. as prudent people are-for COW
ardce is what makes people prudent
said nothing, while the hostess filliped
off every one of his cherished plums to
the other plate. And there he had to
sit, full of pudding and prudence, and
see the other boy fill himself with the
plums he himself had meant to eat.
Suppose these two little boys to be
grown-up men and the plums to be the
desirable things of this earth. and the
pudding to be the undesirable things
that come along with the desirable.
Here You have an epitome of life You
also have some suggestions, if you are
wise enough TO dig them out, as to the
propriety of eating your plums as you
come along to them. The plums are
not yours till you've eaten them. Chi
cago News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
The WHEAT NUDGE.
Appearance of the Pest the Ohio r.
nerimenf Sfafinn Farm.

Appearance of the Pest ON the Ohio Ell
pertinent station Farm.
Wheat midge-diplosis tritici: ta)male.
% female; ta) natural size; (c) wing,
greatly enlarged; (d) antennal joints of
male; tel ditto of female; 81 ovipositor;
Cd eggs, greatly magnified; (h) flower
of wheat, showing larvae on kernel; G)
larva in repose; ID ditto, crawling;
ID natural size; (lS) enlarged view of
anterior end when moving; Cd posterior
end, with teeth protruding to aid in
motion. tAfter Fitch.l
This insect is known also as the red
weevil. on account of the color of the
maggots or young, and under this name
will be best recognized by farmers, es-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Imagination goes long way in re-
lieving peoples ailments A lady of
this city has for the past six months
regulated the air of her room by glass
transom- When the room was too
close, she opened the transon. to admit
air, closing it at night to prevent
draughts and exclude noise. II worked
like a charm until she discovered that
there had never been any glass in the
tranSoul -Det-oit F-sA psass
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Live up to the level of your best
thought; keep the line of your life tense
and true; it is but a thread; but it be-
longs to the great republican warp
where time is weaving a nation. You
can not alter its attachment yonder to
the past-no yonder to the unrolling
years =. And if you would broider
ouch thing there as will stand fast, and
carry your name worthily upon the roll
of history, you will have need of all
your energy to dare; all your cultivation
10 refine; all your charity to ennoble.-
Thomas HuNhese
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
HANDY SOIL MARKER.

Useful for Neat. Quick Work IN Sowing
and Transplanting.
The device illustrated | find quite
useful for neat, quick work in sowing,
pricking out and transplanting. Take
piece of board an inch thick and two
inches wide and of any desired length;
draw line down the center of each
side and one edge, and with plane or
sharp knife pare it down to sharp
edge; fasten a handle of convenient
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

The danger of attempting to translate
from one language into another. unless
one is reasonably familiar with the lam
guage he is using, was illustrated by a
mistake recently made by a young
f'renchwoman.
She had come from Paris, and wished
to establish herself in this country as a
teacher of the French language. She
accordingly inserted the following adj
vertisement in one of the papers:
"A young Partisan lady desires to
show her tongue to classes of American
ladies' Address. etc. Youths Com
naninn
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
Natural History.

Studious Boy-Frogs an fishes is just
ike birds.
Little Girl-They amt bit.
Eyes, they's just like birds. cause
they come from eggs.
''Do they? Amt that queer OUCH
Where does mosquitoes come FROM"
They come from Jersey. food
tvs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

Whether on pleasure bent or business,
should take on every trip bottle of Syrup
of Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and ef-
fectually on the kidneys, liver and bowels
preventing fevers, headaches and other
forms of sickness. For sale in SOC and 81 OF
bottles by all leading druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
.oh. That Day Would Comet

Is the prayer of many sleepless invalid
who losses the night outupon couch whose
comfort might well induce slumber. The
finest inductive of Notwithstanding, refresh
ing sleep is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
since it invigorates the nerves, allays their
super-sensitiveness and renovates falling
digestion. 1t is Incompatible also in ma
laria, constipation, rheumatism, neuralgia,
liver and kidney complaint
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

The supreme court of Indiana has af-
frmed point of railroad law that is
important in all agricultural commune
ties. A farmers COW strayed on the
railroad track and was killed by train.
He sued the company for the value of
his COW. and the company sued him for
damages to the locomotive. The suit
has gone through all the courts, until
now the supreme court of the state has
decided, in effect, that it is as much the
farmers business to keep hrs cows off
the railroad track as il was the bust
ness of the railroad company to keep
its locomotives out of his pasture lots,
and that if either strayed On the prop
erty of the other their owner was liza
BILE for the damage caused. Conse
quently the farmer pays for the dam
age to the locomotive. and the company
does not pay for the cow.--National
Stoekman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is 8 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week,
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent" on everything
they make and publish Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return YOU book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one OF Carter's Little Liver Pills immedl-
stely after dinner. Don't forget this.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

September 18th and Goth the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad Company win sell
Harvest Excursion tickets to all points
South at one fare for the round trip. Tickets
good 30 DAYS from date OF sale
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

THAT breaks the long, hot spell" said the
printer when he pied the weather bulletin
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
August
Flower

How does he feeI?-He feels
blue, deep, dark, unfading, dyed
in-the- wool, eternal blue, and he
makes everybody feel the same way
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels a
headache, generally dull and con-
slant, but sometimes excruciating-
August Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels a
violent hiccoughing or jumping of
the stomach after a meal, raising
bitter-tasting matter or what he has
eaten or drunk-August Flower
the Remedy.
How does he feel Pie feels
the gradual decay of vital power !;
he feels miserable, melancholy,
hopeless, and longs for death and
peace-August Flower the Rem
edy.
How does he feeI?-He feels so
full after eating a meal that he can
hardly walk-AuguSt Flower the
Remedy. %
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. S. A.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
One Fare for the Round Trip to All Points


~ GET your views" said the sheriff as he
proceeded to seize the photographers stock
In trade.-Ruffalo ENQUIRER.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

'MY pet, want quick lunch to-day"
every well. dearest; I'll give you hasty
puddin y"-Baltimore American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

1T is perhaps cheaper to pasture the
cows where land is cheap, and on large
farms. but it will not pay ON valuable
small farms. To use five acres instead
of one is 10 lose the use of four acres
The soiling system will at some future
time revolutionize the present methods,
the discovery of the preservation OF
green foods in the sllo being the first
step in that direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

TIE person VINO Is chased by bear has
proof positive that trouble Is orewin'.-
lowell Courier
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

THE knife grinder ought not 10 be out OF
work In dull times-N. o. Picayune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

A CLOCK Is n ways an appropriate wed
ding gift IL means on its face that there
is no time like the present Baltimore
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

THE ram should have good form
and good fleece. even if he is not as
large as one might wish. In other
words small ram of good form and
fleece is better than large ram with.
out these characteristics
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
relief is sure in Carriers Little Liver Pills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

This is a regular skin game" remarked
the banana peel 10 the sprawiing pedestrian.
-Binghamton Republican.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17
DONALD KENNEDY
Of ROxbury, Mass, says

Kennedy's Medical Discovery
cures Horrid Old Sores, Deep
Seated Ulcers of 40 years
standing, Inward Tumors, and
every disease of the skin, ex-
cept Thunder tIumor, and
Cancer that has taken root.
Price, $3.50. Sold by every
Druggist in the u. S. and
Canada.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

PEOPLE Are Killed by Coughs that Hale's
Honey of HorehoGnd and Tar would cure.
Pixies Toothache drops Cure in one minute
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

BEST, easiest TO use and cheapest Piso's
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. PC.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-09-17

WHEN you see q rattlesnalle with ten rat
ties and a button, YOU touch the button and
the snake will do the rest.--Topeka journal
The advocate., 1891-06-17

enCe Of Che past. "The old political
schemers" have succeeded in the
instances cited above simply because
the members Of the Alliance have at-
tempted TO accomplish their pur-
poses within the lines Of the old
party; and Che politicians being with
them, have beat them at their own
game. South Dakota tried the same
method within the Republican party
and with the same result. Profting
by that experience the brethren Of
that state tried the new way and sue
ceeded. Kansas tried no expert
ments, being satisfied to profit by the
experience of others. The world
knows the result. Come out in the
middle Of the road, brethren, and do
not be found in bad company any
longer. IL the Democratic party
should adopt the principles Of the
Alliance, il would have to abandon
everything that ever belonged to il
but its name; and true Alliance
man will at once feel that he has
gained in responsibility when that
name no longer attaches to him.
The advocate., 1891-06-17
No more humiliating exhibition OF

No more humiliating exhibition of
political cowsrdice was ever wit
messed upon the American continent
than was seen in this city last week
in the frantic effort of the Republi-
can ring to prevent the promotion of
Chief Justice Horton in order to es-
cape state contest with the Peoples
party this year. Of course the Peo-
ple's party is all going to pieces; but
then it is better not to give it a
chance to show what its strength re-
ally is in an off year. So says the
ring, and the president Of this great
nation listens to this gang and
truckles to it's cowardly schemes, con-
trary to the wishes of the best ele-
ment of his own party. This confes-
sion of weakness will be found more
demoralizing than an honorable de-
feat. The whole country will know
how to interpret it.
The advocate., 1891-06-17

G. WOOD DAVIS, the farmer economist Of
SedgwlCk county, says that the present wheat
crop will sell for from SLIGO to $2OO bushel II
the farmers do not sell too early. This is
probably the worst prophecy that the calamity
hOwlers have encountered Laurence Journal.
@. Wood Davis also says that the
destitution among the laboring classes
is owing to intempersnce, and denies
that any person who is willing to
work needs to want in this country
at the present time. Such prophets
as g. Wood Davis are abundant in
the Republican party.
The advocate., 1891-06-17

who have guided the deStlnies OF the Demo-
cratic craft In Kansas do not propose that such
mistakes shall again be made, and that the party
may be advised of the situation meeting OK the
state central cOmmitte and leading Democrats
was held yesterday to take such steps as might
seem necessary at this time. Among those pres
ent were Colonel VIC. Jones, chairman; b. j.
Sheridan, secretary; Colonel II. B. Morris, ex-
Governor George w. Click and Colonel A. A.
Harris. Tne meeting was representative, and
prominent members Of the party from all Sec
tiOns Of the state were present. Strong reSOlu-
GiOnS were adopted expressing the sentiment
that the Democrats Of the various counties Of
the state should preserve the party organization
intact and be In readiness for the great political
battle of 1892 These resolutions were signed by
the chairman and secretary and will be sent to
the chairman Of every county cOmmitte In the
state, with the further instruction to make the
fight for county officers In every county this fall.
1t Is beIiepCd that In counties tOhcro the ALI
dncc has m0jOyitv there iS disposition TO unite
the OppOSitiUR and defcdt this nel0 organization.
IN such a combination iCOuld DC found Republi-
cans, Democrats, business men. and Gll good citi
zeBs lOlIO arc in fdUOr Of paying their honest
debts, against repltdidtiOR, aud lOhO desire 10
repair Gnd rc-GStGbIiSb the good name and credit
of Kansas, iOhicb lOGs seriously damaged by the
temporary victOry Of the calamity and alGFmiSt
party last NOUGmber.
The advocate., 1891-06-17

THE Argentine Republic owes debt Of &S,-
265, 900 and there is treasury deficit OF $75,
OOO.OOO And yet money (iiat legal tender paper
money, such as is demanded by refOrmers In
this Country) is as plentiful as leaves-and about
as valuable -EmportG Republican,.
There is not a dollar in circulation
in the Argentine Republic "SuCh as
is demanded by reformers in this
country" and the editor of the Re
publican knows it il he knowg any
thing about il. This is the kind Of
logic with which the Republican con-
siders it "easy to overthrow the doc
trines of the Alliance" It is the
logic of falsehood and misrepresents-
tion, and this is all that has ever yet
been brought to bear against these
visionary doctrines"
The advocate., 1891-06-17
THEY DO NOT TAKE ANY STOCK In HIM.

MOUND VALLEY, KAN, June 8, 1891.
EDITOR ADVOCATE Our boys were In this
morning and desired me to write you and asCer-
tain II It is fact that our board has employed
Mr.. @. Wood Davis to prepare pamphlet on
transportation and crop statistics, etc. Our
people do not take any stock In Mr.. Davis. The
Republicans have kept him and his statistics be-
fore the country until sOme who do noe know
him, 1t seems, place confidence In his state
mentS. Mr. Davis, Ia company with Hobart IL
Condor, built the Frisco railroad from OSwegOtO
Halstead, and induced the people along this line
to vote bonds and take stock In the road to the
amount OF e5G5, 900, and then cheated che people
out of It, He also came 10 the aid OF the RepUb-
lican party last year, and showed by his statis-
tics that the low price OF agricultural products
was owing 10 OVer-productiOn, and there would
have TO be al entire failure In crops for three
years, In order for consumption TO Overtake pro-
ductlOn. This article appeared In the Wichita
Eagle of February IS, 1880, and TO prove the un-
reliability Of his statistics It Is only necessary 10
know that partial failure for one year entirely
does away with the surplus. g. CAMPBRLL.
The above is offered as q sample of
the inquiries received at this Office
since the announcement which ap-
peared in the daily press q few days
ago. Il is not our understanding
that the executive board has made
any contract with Mr.. Davis Of the
character stated in the press dis
patches; but we believe he has asked
and received the Endorsement of q
part Of the board, of certain articles
presented for their consideration.
It would seem that q writer who
had implicit confidence in the cor
rectness Of his views, and the sound
ness of his arguments, would be
willing to place his productions be-
fore the people upon their merits,
without asking the indorSement Of
any one. Asking Endorsement betrsys
a weakness which is apparent to the
reader upon the perusal Of the arti-
cles Of this writer. He has written
some very good things, and some
that are exceedingly foolish, un-
reliable and deceptive. It is not our
present purpose 10 enter upon a dis
cussion Of these, but it is our opinion
that it will require something more
than the Endorsement Of a part Of the
State Alliance executive board TO
make the writings Of @. Wood Davis,
or any other Republican author, le-
gal tender with the members Of the
order to any extent beyond that to
which their merit entities them.
The advocate., 1891-06-17


THOSE poor fools who are airing their igDOr-
ance by prating about the alleged arrangements
to form a coalition between the Republican and
Democratic parties this fall to defeat the Alliance
are unworthy Of the name of refOrmers and are
the worst enemies Of the Peoples party, No
greater insult can he offered TO true Democrat
than to accuse him Of Joining with his enemy, the
Republican party.-CldU Center Critic.
Has the editor of the Critic heard
anything about the tifty-one Demo
cratic clubs Of South Carolina that
sent regularly accredited delegates to
the Republican League at its meeting
in Cincinnati on the Goth of April? I?
Has he read anything Of the proceed
ing of the Kansas Democratic state
central committee at it's recent meet
ing in this city, and the gleeful tone
of the Capitals comments! We ad-
wise you to get your eyes open.
The advocate., 1891-06-17
PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION CALLED
In OHIO,

A convention of delegates of the
Peoples party has been called to
meet at Springfield, Ohio, on the 9th
and 9Th of August for the purpose Of
adopting a platform and placing q
state ticket in the field. Thus the joy
of the old parties at the defeat of the
resolution favoring the new party by
the Farmers U4ion, was q little pre-
mature. When the GA negative votes
come to be divided between the Re-
publican, the Democratic and the
Prohibition parties, which composed
the Farmers Union, the 63 will have
a plurality; and OHIO papers are OF
the opinion that the proportions will
hold good among the voters Of the
state.
Goodbye old party, goodbye.
The advocate., 1891-06-17
THE POWER OF THE POLITICIAN.

It really seems that the people are helpless In
the hands Of the politicians. Even the men So
lected to represent them from their own ranks
win betray them. In Florida, Call, Ike Gordon
In Georgia, and Vance In North Carolina, were
elected by Alliance votes. We cannot be too
particular In selecting our officers. We must
take only men on whose word and honor we can
rely The corupting use OF money is mighty
power, and 1t will be laVshly used In the future
fights against the Alliance. The old political
schemers have many ways to secure their ends
Even after the farmers 30 to work and win VIC
tory, there are generally enough traitors In our
camp 10 sell 1t to the enemy. Let US, In our fu-
ture battles, profit by The past. II you have the
slightest doubt Of mans loyalty, don't support
him.-SOttthcTR Alliance Farmer.
We cannot refrain from suggesting
to our friends Of the south what We
regard as the cause Of their failure,
and the method by which they may
most certainly profit by the expert
The advocate., 1891-06-17

IT is said since the Cincinnati convention that
Jerry Simpson will regard himself Democrat
and act accordingly from the beginning OF the
next COngress.-TI Times Republican Hutchinson,
Who said it? The rotten Republi-
can press of Kansas, and nobody else.
Jerry Simpson has never said any
thing of the kind; neither is it true.
The reputation gained to Hutchinson
by Fletcher Meredith, it seems, is to
be sustained by other members of the
press.
The advocate., 1891-06-17

THE Capital publishes replies from
the district clerks of forty-three
counties reporting 1,1O3 farms sold
at sheriff's sale in the past six months,
and adds:
If the other slxty-three counties make the
same average exhibit, the number Of fOreclos-
ures in Kansas during the first six months OF the
present year was about $780,
Two thousand six hundred and
fifty farms sold in six months, $500
in a year, 26,5OO people turned from
their homes in year, and this the
Capital heads, "a Cheering Exhibit"
The advocate., 1891-06-17

THE next grand lodge Of the Knights of Reel
prOclty will meet at Hutchinson. Times Reput'
Icon.
This is proper. The order should
reciprocate for services rendered by
Meredith. He exhibits, or could do
so, the marks of an adept at the
methods of the party to whose inter
ests the organization is devoted.
The advocate., 1891-06-17
THEY PROPOSE TO FUSE.

The following from the Capital Of
the 18th is offered as another evidence
of the tendency of the times indicat-
ing a union of Republican and Demo
cratic plutocrats against the Alliance.
It will be the classes against the
masses in 1892:
There Is no prospect Of fusion Of Kansas
Democracy with the calamity outfit. The men