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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

SUDDEN CHANGES OF WEATHER cause
Throat Diseases. There is no more effect
ual remedy for Coughs, Colds, etc, than
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Sold only IN
bOres Price p cts
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
n Rsmote from ,Iedical HeIp.

WHFS a man is injured in railroad
wree,1 the managers Of the road know that
if ne fails TO recover his relatives viii try
IN -AfchisOu Globe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05
A BACHELORS OPINION.

OOH, poohl its non
sense, boys. / say,
To think the birds
should choose this
day
For billing and
for cooling.
lis only silly folk,
like you,
Who have no bet
ter work TO do,
That waste their
time, and money,
tol,
In such a sense
less wooing.
You'd better save
your prec lou 5
dfr,aS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

B.W. Baldwin, Gainesville, Tenn,
writes: / have used your German
Syrup in my family, and find it the
best medicine ever tried for coughs
and colds. recommend it to every
one for these troubles
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05
German
Syrup
For Coughs & Colds.

John F. Jones, Edorn, Tex. writes.
/ have used German Syrup for the
past six years, for Sore Throat,
Cough, Colds, Pains in the Chest
and Lungs, and let me say to any
one wanting such medicine
German Syrup is the best.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05
Z0E'S VALENTINE.

The Happy Ending of Disastrous
Beginning.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

"WHAT a frightfully decollete animalr'
exclaimed Miss BuddingtOn. as she looked
at the giraffe -WashingtOn Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

R. Schmalhausen, Druggist, of
Charleston, Ill. writes: After trying
scores of prescriptions and prepare
lions had on my files and shelves,
without relief for a very severe cold,
which had settled on my lungs, /
tried your German SyrIip. 1t gave
me immediate relief and a perma-
nent cure. O
G. G. GREEN, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., New Jersey, U. 5. A.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05
DON'T DO 1T.

From the Medical Rerietr.'' upon tbs
first symptoms of Liver Complaint the mis-
guided sufferer applies blue pill. calouer
and other mineral poisOns, in the delusive
hope of obtaining relief, whereas these pow
erfuI purgatiyes but aggravate the disease
and debilitate the constitute IN. DIR. Tut
has had the courage to ignore this killing
practice of the old school. His remedies.
drawn from the vegetable kingdom, al
most miraculous in renovating the broken
down body. The letters of cured patients in
the Doctors possession are a tribute OF graf
ttude to his genius and skill which but few
can Exhibit His Liver Pills are sent all over
the world. They can be found in every town
and hamlet In the United States.n
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated- Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well Dose, one pill.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

PLAYS second hddle-the man in sue o
chestra Mail and Express
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

IKE CHARLES a. VOeeLEa CO.. sartInor.. Nd.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

EVERY father thinks there's no baby like
his baby, and all the other fathers are glad
of t-Binghamton Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

THE man who lives beyond his means doe
not mean well-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-05

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pike Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
Japanese Pipes,

To be quite Japanese we will begin
by taking from our girdle the little
brass pipes and silken tobacco bags.
filing the Kiseru. and inhaling one or
two fragrant whiffs of the delicate JAP
anese tobacco. In their use of the
nicotian herb. as in very many other
things, the japanese display a supreme
refinement The rudest coolie, the
coarsest farm-laborer, equally with the
lady OF rank, the pretty geiSha, and the
minister of state. are content with this
to make even Queen Nab sneeze. They
stuff a little rolled pill of the fine-cut
leaf into bowl smaller than the small
est acorn cup, thrust it in the glowing
charcoal, and inhale deep into lungs
just one fragrant Whit of the blue
smoke, which they expel by mouth and
nostrils. Then they shake out the lit
tie burning plug into the bamboo re-
ceptacle and load up again for Sec
ond ippuku; valuing only the first sweet
purity of the light luxury, and always
wondering how we can smoke 81 great
pipeful to the ''bitter end" or suck for
half an hour at largo Havana puro.
"EiSerW no shito nj doku arinaas !"
they say-''At the bottom of o pipe
there lives poison" Much fancy and
fashion are displayed in the appur-
tenances of the pipe. Ladies carry
them in little, long, embroidered silk
cases, with silken pouches attached,
fastened by an ivory, bronze, silver, or
iewelled clasp. Men wear, stuck in
their girdies, a pipe-sheath of carved
ivory bone or bamboo; and the pipe it.
self may be a small commonplace arti-
Gle Of reed and brass, or an exquisite
object in bronze, silver, or gold, worked
up with lovely ornament in lacquer or
enamel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
WHO ARE THE HAPPIEST?
One Authority Says People Whose Live
Are Devoted to Science.

One Authority Says People Whose Lives
Are Devoted to Science.
The earl of Derby answered this
question recently in an address to the
Scientific and Techno,ogical School of
Liverpool. an institution of which he
was one of the founders. He said:
Having known men of many pro-
fessions, should say that the happiest
, lives are those which have been de-
voted to science. Every step is inter-
esting. and the success OF those who
! do succeed is lasting.
/ What general. what orator, what
! statesman. what man of letters can
hope to leave memory like that of
! Darwin? An invalid in health, a man
/ who seldom stirred from home, a man
until his later years very little known
| to the olier world. but who from his
quiet study revolutionized the thought
of Europe and will be remembered as
! long as Newton and Bacon.
/ IF fame is worth working for-I do
! not say it is-that kind Of fame is sure
iy the most durable and the most de-
/ Sirabio 0r all"
| These words are true of the disinter-
ested men of science. We have never
/ had in his country men more uniform
ly CT e""ful and good tempered than
/ Franklin, Rittenhouse and Jefferson,
! who spent most Of the leisure Of their
! lives in the pursuit Of knowledge; and
i Professor Agas-N was noted for the
/ buoyancy Of his spirits in every COM
pany where he felt at home. But we
! can say something similar of every
person who has pursuit suited to his
! talents and circumstances.
! The happy people are they who have
! an ocI npation which they love. apart
from any advantage it may bring them.
one that they can pursue with gener-
Gus ardor. 1t is tho element of disin-
terestedness that cheers their lives.
whether they are engaged in ordinary
or extraordinary vocations; and this is
the reason why earnest students have
such keen enjoyment of existence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
A Glass Of Cold Water.

In the following manner j. B. Cough
rCcltGd the virtues of mans natural
beverage: Where is the liquor which
God the eternal brews for all his child
rem? Not in the simmering still, over
smoky fires cho,Ied with poisonous
gases, and surrounded with the stencil
Of sickening odOrs and rank cCrrup-
tiOns, doth your Father in heaven pre-
pare the precious essence of life, tho
pure cold water. But in the green
glade and CLASSY dell, where the red
deer wanders and the child loves to
play; there God brews it. And down,
low down, in the lowest valleys, where
the fountains murmur and the rills
sing; and high upon the tall mountain
tops, where the naked granite glitters
like gold in the sun; where the storm
cloud brOod5 and the thunder storms
crash and away far out upon the wide
wild sea, where the hurricane bowls
music, and the big waves roar: tho
chorus sweeping the march of God;
there he breWs it-that beverage Of
life and health giving water. And
everywhere it is thing of beauty,
cleaning in the dew drop; singing in
the summer rain; shining in the ico-
gem, till the leaves seem to turn to
living jewels; spreading a golden veil
over the setting sun; or white gauze
around the midnight moon.
Sporting in the cataract; sleeping in
the glacier; dancing in the h;sil-show-
er; folding its bright snow curtains
softly about the wintry world; and
waving the many-colored iris, that
seraph's zone of the sky. whose warp
is the rain-drop of earth, whose woof
is the sunbeam Of heaven; all checker
ed over with celestial flowers by tho
mystic hand Of refraction.
Still always it is beautiful, that life
giving water; no poison bubbles on it's
brink; its foam brings not madness and
murder; no blood stains its liquid
glass; pale widows and starving
orphans weep no burning tears in its
depth, no drunken, shrieking ghost
from the gravo curses it in the words
of eternal despair; speak on, my
friends, would you exchange for it
demons drink, alcohol?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10

the floor in a perfectly straight line.
A man may cross his legs if he is sit
ting in an Office chair discussing some
proposition with another man. but the
instant he becomes really in earnest
and perceives something to be gained.
he bends forward toward his neighbor
and begins to use his hands
But these observations are madc of
mankind in genera There arc par
ticular cases that are otherwise
There are certain mon of distinguished
talents who, when engaged in literary
work, twist their legs into intricate
coils. One of the most eminent dram
atists in this country never abandons
himself to deep thought without con-
torting his limbs. which arc long and
slender, into kind of angular SCROLL
work under the table. Another man,
whose poems appear most frequently
in the magazines, Seems actually to
wiring his emotions ont Of his legs as
if they were sponges sopped in the
affiatus. However these are excep-
tional mannerisms by which particular
men Of brains are iusensibly affected.
Some men twist their boards when
they are in deep thought. others
scratch their heads abstractedly, while
others, again, chew their finger nails.
To this absent-minded genus belongs
now and then man who cannot pom
der severely without making his legs
express all the emotions of thought -
New York Recorder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
who Are the Canadfans7

There is much nonsense written
about the Canadian distinctive nation
al type q am now abiding to the
French Canadians) as different from
the American. AS a matter OF fact
says writer in the New England
Magazine. only a person gifted with
microscopic powers of observation can
discover any essential difference be-
tween Canadians. in the English
speaking progressive provinces, and
Americans-that is. dissimilarities
which are not equally marked between
the inhabitants of different sections of
any country There is not. for iu-
stance. the striking contrast that ex-
lists between the people of Massachu-
sets and Virginia. It is worthy OF
remark also that that there is more
in common between an average Can
adam from the East or West. and an
acreage American hailing from the
same quarter than there is between a
Londoner and genuine Yorkshire
man or Cornishman. as the former do
speak the same tongue. and the latter
do not. A genuine Yorkshire farmer
in London is to all intents and pur-
poses a foreigner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
Gen. NIeics on Gen. Lee.

A great deal has been said about
Robert E. Lees dignity said Gen.
Meigs, 1t is true that when a young
man he was dignifed and during the
time | was his assistant | never saw
the time when | felt warranted in
taking liberties with him. OEce, how
ever, lie unbent Ny brother-in-law,
Gen. Macomb was walking down
Penns- lvania avenue, near what is
know as the Riggs House, forty or
fifty Years ago, when Lee asked him TO
take a ride with him. MacomD leaped
on the horse behind Lee. When they
got along in front Of the Wnite House
Secretary of War Marcy CHANGED TO
pass by. Suddenly he caught sight of
the two young men and halted as if
stupefed. They gravely salutcd him
ana passed on, but they were greatly
mortified over their exposure. Was
Lee a great general? Yes a very
great general. OF it would not have
taken nearly two millions of men to
have conquered him-GIobe Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10

door when the postman came and take
the letters from his hand and deliver
thelu to its master. One day the door
bell rang and when it was opened
messenger-boy came in instead Of the
expected letter-carr.er. Without SHOW
ing the least temper the poodle spra1g
against the swinging door, and by its
weight slammed it in the face of The
astonished boy. 1t appears that once
a measenger-boy offended the poodle
and he took this method of Kidding the
studio of his presence.
Some dogs have a wonderful bump
of locality. This is more developed in
some dogs than in others. and those
that possess it to a marked degree can
easily be taught tricks in fetching and
carrying that would almost seem
miraculous. | have known of dog
going ouv hunting with his master.
They vent distance of more than 100
miles from home. While they were
there the master lost his dog and went
homo without him. A day later the
truant made his appearance. He had
boarded train and ridden home. |
myself have lost my dog in Jersey City,
and he has got GA a ferryboat by him
self and come home without losing his
way or being helped.
A W rd or two of COOL advice to con-
clude: Do not begin training your dog
to do tricks until he is ten months or q
year old. After you have taught him
one trick go on to another but no! be-
fore he has mastered it thoroughly. In
rehearsing him in his tricks always
observe the same order. Do not begin
with jumping to-day and with standing
up and walking tomorrow. Be order
ly and precise, and so also will your
dog be.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
He Knew the kurnel.

Six or eight Of us sat on the veranda
of a South Carolina hotel one Sunday
forenoon when the porter, who had
come out for something, shaded his
eyes with his hand and took long look
down the road. Very naturally we all
turned our faces in the same direction,
The only thing moving was u man on
horseback coming toward us at slow
canter.
'Gem'len," said the porter, as no
turned to u.s. 'dat's Kurnel Wharton
fur suah.'
well what Of ftp" asked ono.
'Tm - tellin' you, gemlen, dat
Kurnel Wharton'S a COMMIT" continued
tho porter, growing excited.
And | ask you what of it?'
''Ebery one of you all which doan'
want to happen to git shot skip fur dc
back yard! OATS what of it!'
whats the matter with him?"
''Doan' know what's crossed him dis
time, but know by de way he sots dat
boss he's goin' to make de chips fly!
lived wild him fur fo'teen Vars and |
know lis how to read him.
We vacated tho veranda and wo
minutes later the colonel rode up
glared around to get sight of some
one, and then pulled a big revolver,
and banged six bullets into the front
of the house, accompanying each shot
with a whoop to be heard half a mile
away. Then he put up his gun, dug
his heels into his horse, and rode Off
shouting:
''Shuck my hide but that ere niger
Bill must have gone and rung the fire
bell on me again!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
HE KNEW JUNGLE BILLIE
Bet Him First in War Times and The
at a Reunion.


There was big celebration b. the
Grand Army in Philadelphia, and as a
ipecial train full of members from New
York passed Elizabeth, n. J., tall,
gray headed man entered one of the
rear cars and took u seat next to a
com mitteeman, who was decorated
with more badges and medals than q
French field marshal
Going down to the jamboree, COM
rade?" asked tie committeeman.
i Is. sir. y said the tall man.
la the war eh?"
"All through it." replied the new
conner, with a smile.
"Of course you were with Grant :"
said the New York member, with Il
humorous wink
Part of the time"
We'll. was with Observation-Disclosures
to the sea, you know. Many's the Jolly
night I've spent playing poker with
old Tecump He couldn't play worth
a dern, though"
Couldn't, eh?'' said the gray haired
! veteran, with interest.
NO: it was like finding money. I've
a great mind to tell the boys of a little
incident that occurred during the great
march, but as the old man is to be
here himself tonight | guess it
wouldn't do"
Il shouldn't mind that"
We'll, dunno. You sec it was like
| this: Just after we struck the Weldon
railroad we had the devil of a fight.
About noon it let up a little and Sher-
man and | borrowed drum from the
band for a table and went into the
bushes for a little game of draw -
Queer time for poker"
20. you see, fighting was a chestnut
to us in those days, while poker was a
good deal Well. l horsed the old
man pretty bad, and when at last he
opened a jackpot he was about cleaned
out, so he wrote out his pay receipt
| for the next month and threw it in the
pot. | raised him 5000 just then a
bullet ripped through the drum and
! the action was under way again. The
/ old man jumped up. Pete he says
! Tecump always called me Pete-'Pete,
we can't play this hand just now, but
we'll finish it after the scrimmage.
Here I'll put my hand under this
stone and you put yours in that hollow
log We did so and rushed for our
/ horses
Hot fight that" said the tall veter-
an refectvely.
You bet. Every time l got near
the general he'd stand up in his stir
rups wave his sword and yell, A hun
dred better, Pete and I'd boiler back,
A hundred better nor you 1t was
most night before he called me, and
! then the pot was a couple Of thousand.
After supper he went out, hunted up
! the cards and showed EN- down.
had three aces ard two kings, and Te-
cump had four kings and an ace. Sin.
gular wasn't it?"
Remarkable How did you &C.
count for it?"
Account for it? Why somebody
had been monkeying with the gen rails
hand, that's what I don't insinuate
anything, mind, but you can bet your
boots | never played Tecump again
But here's the junction-let's go out
and have a drink What might your
! name be, comrade?"
William T. Sherman"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
a Pair nf GTrnoS.

A curious shoe has been found in an
old house at Newburyport Mass, re-
Gently demolished, which was built in
100 Tho upper is of calf-skin and
closed with wax thread. The sole
and heel are of one piece and made
of wood. The upper is fastened to
the sole with common tacks the edge
of the sole being mortised the thick
ness of the upper leather to receive it,
Across the toe tho lacks are brass.
On the under edge of the sole from
the shank is band Of iron like a
horseshoe channelcd to receive the
nails. The shoe is fastened by an
iron clasp. which in its day was some
what ornamental.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
SITS.

shall not come to the heavenly court
As | enter your ball tonight,
In tissues wreathed with fowery sport
And Jewels of naughty light.
Bearing on shoulders stiff and straight
The marble of my face,
Moving with high and measured gait
To claim my yielded place.
Poor narrow souls. your easy spite
Moves this enforced disdain,
I cannot vanish from the fight
Other than crowned or slain.
Cnloose, unloose your chains of pride,
Set my vexed spirit free,
That l may follow my angel guide
In glad humility.
For ] would bearken the sentence deep,
Abide the lifted rod,
And sink, like accustomed child, to SLEEP
In the fatherhood of God.
Julia Ward Howe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
Does Wood Absorb Disease Gerrns'

A celebrated physician has remarked
that every house ought to be pulled
down at the end OF the SiXtieth year.
as it has by that time absorbed all OF
the diseases of those that have lived in
it. This idea is based on the theory
that wood and plaster absorb gases,
foul air and fcverish eXhalation as
readily as milk or water does. But
as it is not practicable to tear down
houses every half-century or so, some
eminent authorities claim that all
wood used in the interior construction
OF houses, and all of the surface OF
plaster should be thoroughly oiled or
vanished, so that the power of alb
sorption would be almost entirely de-
stroycd. In the latter event the de-
struction OF houses on sanitary grounds
would no longer be desirable. st
Louis Republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
Making Fish-EOoxs.

There is a little machine which
turns out ish-hooks in six stro es.
Stroke number one bites off a morsel
of steel wire; number two makes the
loop where you fasten your line; num-
Der three hacks the other end; number
four f1aftens AID bends back the barb:
number five makes the point; number
six bends the wire and your fish-hock
drops into little bucket ready 10 be
finished. Then it is either japanned-
these are the common black tish-hook
Or they are tempered to the delicate
blue yOn sometimes see in cutlrey.
For this finish they are heated redhot-
and then cooled in oil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-10
Telephones in Sweden.

Of all European countries Sweden
has proportionatcly to its population
the most extensive telephone system.
For the further perfection OF tho
service the general telephone COM
pany. in Stockholm, now offers to
put apparatus in subscribers houses
for $275 per year each The tariff
for each call will be q cents extra.
The lowncss of the price is the result
Of competition between the govern
ment telephone system ana the general
telephone company.