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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08

The exhibits which form the feature
of the ninth annual exposition are now
in perfect order for the opening next
Wednesday, when Gilmore's band with
100 pieces will give a grand concert,
which will be attended not only by
thousands of visitors. but also by the
governors of Missouri and other states,
each accompanied by large suite. As
Gilmore's New York engagement does
not terminate until Tuesday morning, it
has been necessary to charter special
train to bring him here in time for the
opening on the evening of September
:. The train will bring the largest as
we'll as the finest band ever heard IN
the west, and it is safe to say that the
playing of one hundred skilled must
clans under the leadership of the great
est band master of the day will afford
a musical treat such as has never been
attempted heretofore in the west.
The general attractions of the Expo
sition will be more numerous and gen
erally speaking much grander than IN
the past. In each OF the eight success
full seasons of the St. Louis Exposition
new features have been introduced
but the number of novelties this veal
is much greater than usual and ar
immense increase in attendance i
anticipated. The art display is a very
grand one, and the electrical and
mechanical departments also promise
unwonted attractions. The manage
ment announces that an inclusive fee O
25 cents will admit to all parts of the
exposition, including the great Gilmore
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08
August.
Flower

liam ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower l should have died before
this. Eight years ago l was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
a dyspeptic can. l employed three
of our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that l had
heart, kidney, and liver tI0uble.
Everything l ate distressed ME so
that l had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it." LORENZO F.
SLEEPER, Appleton, Maine. Q
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
A REGlNnsR.s BARN.
Its Construction Required Only Two
Thousand Feet of Boards.

Its Construction Required Only Two
Thousand Feet Of Boards.
Thousands begin farming for them
selves erery year on few acres, in
creasing their area by purchases as
they lay up money. Frequently the
land has no buildings. and, after erect
ing a modest cottage, there is little left
to build a barn or other shelter for
stock and implements. Ii does not pay
to leave these things 10 the mercy OF
the elements. Rude, unsightly struet-
ures detract from the appearance of a
home, if not from its intrinsic value.
by the properly directed expenditure of
like amount of money and muscle, a
neat barn may be built, which, with
additions as needed, viii prove service
able for years, until larger, better
buildings can be afforded
A beginner, with whom ! am ac-
quainted, built, with his own hands, a
small barn on a sidehill, requiring only
1000 feet Of boards. The farming tim
bers were cut in the woods and hewed
on one or more sides, as required.
Some of the partitions, standards and
ioists are made of slabs bought at a
neighboring sawmill at two dollars per
cord. Fifty dollars covered the entire
money cost of the completed building,
although, of course, the labor was not
estimated with the material. II is
twenty feet square with ten foot posts.
and the roof projecting two feet on all
sides gives it comfortable, permanent
appearance. The basement is for stab.
ling and the upper part for hay,
wagons and tools. The hay Is thrown
in at the top doors, and the mower and
wagons run in on board tracks at the
open door. This passage is only six
feet wide. The tracks guide the wheels
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SECTION OF ROOF.

of each sheet at a right angle, making
wing an inch high. Serve the right
side in the same way, only have it two
inches high and turn back half of it to
form an inverted V. After dipping
these in crude petroleum the first
course Is begun at the right lower
corner of the roof Each sheet is
Tapped half an inch over the one below
it and firmly held in place by two
shingle nails driven, not at the sides or
ends, but in the center of the sheet and
two inches apart, the nail heads being
puttied over. This gives the expansion
and contraction of the metal no chance
to cut off the nails nor make holes in
the roof, as it would do were they wide
apart. No snow nor rain can enter,
and Il will last indefinitely if kept
painted or oiled with crude oil. This
roof is recon mended for all farm build
ings.
Close behind the barn the stacks of
hay and corn fodder are built out of
sight from the house. When the
provender in the barn is exhausted a
stack is opened and entirely pitched
under cover, so no part of il is dam
aged by storms. If stack should be
too large TO admit of this the portion
left out is fed first A perspective
view of this barn Is seen in Fig. 1 and
a cross section of the finished roof is
shown in Fig. Is. Hollister, in Amer
lean Agriculturist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08
ROMANCE OF A DOCTOR.
HIS Debt Which Was Cancelled and How
IL Was PaId.


It Was Paid.
A London medical man relates a d.
cidedly romantic experience which ha >
pened to him recently, A patient WI b
owed him fifty pounds failed in bus"
ness and the debt had long been cav
celed and forgotten, when, on the evea+
ing referred to, two strangers, a lads
and gentleman, presented themselves
in the medical mans consultation roors
Il think, SIR" said the male visitcs,
speaking with an American accena
"that you attended Mr.. -- and his
family?"
THAT is so, +" replied the medical gee.
tleman.
We'll, continued the visitor, II al',.
under considerable obligation TO them.
as when my wife here was left an orpha Y
they were very kind to her. Now, the
other night ! went there to supper. ana,
as had been out all day, was consi'l-
erably tired out. and in the evening l
was resting ON the sofa, and have no
doubt they thought / was asleep. ]
heard all their conversation, and Miss
- was telling my wife of your atten-
ton and kindness. Well, sir,
they talked so much about it that be-
fore got off that sofa | said to myself;
That doctor shall be paid.
Thereupon the visitor presented a
malacca cana, the handle OF which was
inclosed in "A morocco case. On open
ing this the recipient of the gift found
the cane had a beautifully carved ivory
handle, which was studded with jewels,
consisting of small rose diamonds,
eighty or ninety in number, worked
into fanciful shapes representing small
birds. fish and other objects. and here
and there "A ruby, emerald and anne
thyst. The writer expresses the pleas
ure it will afford him to show the editor
the jeweled cane. This. however, was
not all; for the Am eriean visitor in
sisted on supplementing his present
with a plot of land in America, with
the remark: ut is worth a hundred
now. and if you tick to it it will soon
be worth double. London Lancet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
All Arrangements Complete for the
Grand Opening on Wednesday.
Gilmore's Band to Open the Exposition
and Give Four Concerts Daily-Con-
tinued Success of the street llluml-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Daily.

ST.. LOUIS, Sept 1, 1s92.-The grand
street Examinations were repeated to-
night, and the throngs on the streets
were larger than ever. The electrical
panorama proved perfect success, all
necessary power being now available.
and the street arches and clusters were
regarded generally as brilliant beyond
description. Visitors are arriving daily
from all sections. and an unusually
large number of European tourists are
making St. Louis their objective point.
Excursions are being run from large
number of cities, and everything points
to sustained interest in the carnival
right through the entire forty days OF
the festivities. The city will be IL
Illuminated again on Saturday evening,
and also on Monday, the other dates an
nounced including September 10, % and
20, and October l, 4, 6, Is and 20.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08
What in creation" he began

What in creation" he began II
believe the ilnps are in that stove"
The kitchen was full of smoke, which
poured out from the oven; ham fat was
swapping over the red-hot covers; the
handle had melted from the coifee-pot,
and one side of the oven lining had
fallen. sending n shower of SCOT over
the potatoes. This lining fitted into a
groove on the bottom of the oven, and
was fastened at the top by sliding bar
which had a vexatious habit of slip
ping back at unreasonable times. Many
pie had been ruined by the fall of this
lining in spite of Silurah's watchful
care.
This mishap cost Mr.. Arrowshooter
two burned fingers and total loss of
patience. lie went for tools and in the
next half hour he did a job that would
have rejciced Silurah's heart. for that
stove had been the plague of her life.
a sadly demoralized man sank into an
easy-chair Two hours later after
another wrestle with dishes. chores and
milk-pails He was too tired to read;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08

he was glad of place of refuge QUIZ
side of that terrible kitchen.
I'D rather hoe corn all day" he NUT
tered. Il feel clean beat out II Silurr
had many such days no wonder she was
discouraged"
Sleep overpowered his meditations
and held him fast till midnight, when
he awoke stiff and sore and crawled of
to bed.
Space forbids a description of the
days that ensue d--the spells of anger.
alternating with sympathy for Silurao
and ending with warming hear~
sickness for wife and child.
When human nature could endure ne
more the editor Of the Daily News
ehuckled over another advertisement:
"If Silurah Arrow shooter Will return to her
husband all viii be forgiven"
Coming around" observed the ed
itor. Another week of hope and fear,
but no Silurah. Then another appeali
ar Silurah Arrowshooter will return 70 her
husband matters can be compromised"
'fIis pride dies hard" said the ed
itor. Still no response. The loneli-
ness grow more intense till Mr.. Arrow
shooter broke down, and, yielding up
the last atom of selfishness, wrote:
"If Silurah Arrowshooter will hold conmuni-
cation with her husband al her demands shall
be granted"
Conquered at lat! said the editor.
81 shall have to 80 Cousin Amelia"
SAT- Silurah. Il didn't think he would
hold ost so long IL has been rather
hard for the poor man, but judge it
has not hurt him. I'll send for him and
have matters in black and white before
leave YOU"
But the mullins and mutton chopsl"
sighed Cousin Amelia.
Il anticipated this" said Silurah.
Il expected matters would come to a
crisis, and have taught your Mary to
cook as well as l can. Now, you must
look for a table girl"
Abijah Anonadab Arrowshooter wait
ed for no prelminaries. The day after
his wife's response found him by her
side, and that her terms were fully ac-
cepted and that ample provision was
made for the education of her son
| both Cousin Amelia and her lawyer
can testify. The strike was a success.
The victory of labor over capital was
liectual and complete.
Mrs - i RI-CKIIS
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since he was married, and If Silury
hadn't taken boardcrs and shaved her
self most 10 death, she aud her son would
have had pretty slim piclSin's. AnOna-
dab owns a good farm and Is layin' NJ
mo 1ey. but SIIurv won't have much OF
it. Squire Parchment saws Anonadab
has willed it mostly 10 his relations"
That's downright mean" said Miss
Chirp. Scripture SAYS: lie that doth
not provide for his own house is worse
than an infidei'"
''Silury's borne more than ! would"
resumed Mrs. Fairplay. shes paid
her hired girl and the butcher. bought
her own clothes and her sons. besides
bedding and table linen, and shes paid
for repairs on the house Anonadab
was continually finding fault and
fiingin' out that bOarders didn't put
dollar into his pocket
Hell fiud ont what Silury's done.
observed Miss Chirp- shes been
scrimpin' herself and putin by every
cent she could save 20 educate her boy
He's f,.il Of music Just like his mother,
but Anonadab won't help him because
he don't take To farming. Anonadab
haAES AlAu>AC- Ale won let NlAuEN NUN a
tune If he Is IN the kitchen. She never
dares To touch the pi+nO when he's
around Silury believes in educating a
boy accoriin' to his bent. but Anonadab
thinks "A deeStrict school Is good
enough for a farmers son. lie saws a
college education is time and money
thrown away. Silury's good woman"
continued Miss Chirp. and her hus-
band hasn't done the fair thing by her.
No said Mrs. Fairplay- "Anona-
dab saws he'd share his last dollar with
her: but when il comes 20 the ease in
hand he isn't 50 ready 70 do IL The
fact is he want brought mp 10 do for
people. Bein' an only son everybody
did for him. and that makes children
selfish Silury was brought mp Il fer
emily Her father was old Parsou
GOldbury. one of the best men youevcr
see. Seems as If he lived At Heavens
gate, and only staid out TO help sinners
in don't see how Silury came 20
fine ands with Anonadab, but she
SAYS she loved him. ami perhaps she
did. reckon she got tired IF knOelSin'
round In boaTdin' schools and wanted
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so the hut cannot strike the siding,
and vehicle may be run in on dark
night. If one preferred, the remainder
of the upper floor could be used for
stock, and the basement for poultry. 1t
could be left an open shed until the
owner was able to inclose IL. From
time to time, as he prospered, the
building could be made longer, and the
roof to the opposite side extended for
a shed.
The owner avoided the expense of
buying shingles by gift of a quantity
of secondhand tin. Instead of putting
this on in common squatter style, en-
tire. he unlocked each sheet, flattened
t carefully on block with mallet
and stopped every hole with putty
made of sand and white lead in equal
quantities These were then put on in
courses up and down the roof, making
a series of shallow cutters that look
neat. Anybody may do this in the fol-
lowing manner: Turn up the left side
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GLOVER.

: lst AZ The south side q or house, beside the
cisteru.
IN clover grew as nowhere else II grew.
Eoluing ITS triple leaves together clos. at even
ing.
Turning its silver lining 10 the dew.
There drOwsy bees came. hummiug and wen
laden
Went e the hive 18th amber-csvcred thighs.
II was 50 green - s. Uttered ard 50 peaceful
of recall the spot, 'nea-h distant skies
And there I'VE Oh. lren~ p-ayed with nelghbor-
inc comrluicus-
How time goes by--dead now OF scattered
Wide.
All then 50 glad and guEeless Those that love
them
Say now q some. .'Twere better they had
died.
Yet surely, though that childish band IS broken.
And Innocence Is gone and youth il over.
Each heart has, ike the bees. hived some sweet
treasure,
And mem'ry wakes stu a. tie breath of
clover
C y Gregory. in y. Y. Independent
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Wisconsin, through its Worlds fair
board, has asked that May 20, 1898, be
designated as wisconsin day" at the
exposition That date is the forty-fifth
anniversary of the admission of the
state into the Union, and it desires to
celebrate it in an appropriate manner
1t the fair. 1t is expected that each
state will have a day set apart upon
which 70 rIonopolize public attention
" far as possible.
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THE TRIUMPH WAS HERS.
A ResoIute Little Woman Who Humble
n Haughty Glass.Setter.

A Resolute Little Woman VINO humDled
Hsughty Glass-Setter.
There just now triumphant little
lady on '.arborn avenue, near Chicago
avenue, and only a block away is a
glazier Who is suffering the horrors OF
defeat.
In the Dearborn avenue house Were
two broken window panes. One of these
was entirely destroyed and the other
had only a small corner broken off. The
glazier was sent for to replace them.
Now the lady had two small pictures
in need of glass and the big pane was
just the thing. She would have 1t cut
to fit them and would be so much ahead.
But when she had paid the workman
the big pane of glass was gone.
She sent the domestic over for it, but
the glazier refused to give it up. III
vhas der rules of der shop" he ex'
planned, blandly Then the little woman
went over.
''See here, paid you what you asked
for putting in those panes, and you've
carried off my own glass and l want
that glass now"
"vhell, you pays feefty cents DeI
rules of der shop say So"
II don't care anything about the
rules of the shop, You've taken my
glass and / want it,
''Vhell, you ged oudt," he returned,
and the little woman retreated.
Later in the evening she went back,
accompanied by her husband. The
husband, without any preface, walked
up to the counter, took up the window
pane and stated out with it.
Police! Policel' shrieked the excited
workmen, rushing out on the sidewalk.
The husband laid the glass down as
two officers from the Chicago avenue
station hurried up. The situation was
explained, and the police told the hus-
band to take the glass if he was certain
of the property. When he looked
around, however. it had disappeared
They were outwitted. Justice Kers'
ten was appealed to to recover the
property under a criminal warrant.
1t wouldn't stick Then the little
woman decided to bide her time. II
came.
Three mornings later the GLACIERS
boy rung the bell Did the glazier leave
a hammer there the other day?
..oh, yes" replied the laudlady,
stoutly.
The glazier needed it very badly.
That's all right. Tell him it's the
rules of this house that we keep all the
tools left here Il he wants his ham
mer tell him to return my glass"
Ten minutes later the boy was at the
door with the pane of glass. The land
lady took it.
Tell your boss l was mistaken-ht
didn't leave his hammer here" And
the door closed with a bang.
Later il was learned that the ham
mer was left next door.-Chicago News
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the commissioners of Eagle Point town
ship, ogle county, H. The same plan
of putting down joists ahJ floor plank
is used in both. BY the new plan only
a little timber comes in contact with
the rock work, and there are no sills to
rot. This is no new device. 1t is used
upon all iron truss bridges, and has for
years been used upon wooden bridges
in this township. The iron rods will
outlast several sets of timber. On
streams that rise and fall rapidly it is a
good plan to anchor a low bridge to
heavy rock work and let the floods pass
over it. There are many places where
it is expensive to grade up to high
bridge, and where the floods overflow
the lands on both banks. For such
places the low-water bridge has
worked well here. being cheap and
durable -Orange Judd Farmer.
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business Looked Good.

When Lord Thurlow first opened a
lawyers Office in London, he took a
basement room which had previously
been occupied by a cobbler. He was
somewhat annoyed by the previous oc-
cupants callers, and irritated by the
fact that he had few of his own. One
day an Irishman entered. The cob
bler's gone, see" he said.
81 shonld think he had" tartly re-
sponded the lawyer
"And what do We sellP" inquired the
Irishman, looking at the solitary table
and few law books.
''Blockheads," responded Thurlow.
"Begorra," said Pat, "Ye must be do
ing mighty fine business; We amt got
but one left"-Once a Week.
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MAKING SMALL BRIDGES.
Iro.. Rods Far Cheaper Than the Proverb-
ial Timber Sticks.


Our farmers no longer split cows
tail and insert salt and pepper as sure
cure for the hollow-horn. Few go to
the moon to make soap, or plant pota-
toes in the dark of the moon. The
country school director does not deem
it economy to get the lowest priced
teacher as in years gone by; and the
highway commissioner no longer thinks
that any kind of soft rock is good
enough for bridge work; but why does
he still persist in placing two long
sticks of pine timber from abutment TO
abutment in the bridges that span our
small streams? Six to eight years is
the length of time a sappy pine stick
will last in bridge, and as the only
use to which the long sticks can be
put is to hold the truss braces from
spreading, the same can be done
cheaper and better with iron rods.
The accompanying sketches are of the
old style and the style now in use by
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-09-08

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy aud agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAW FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. IN. NEW YoRS. NV
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FUNERALS ON THE CONTINENT.
In Paris Every Spectator Takes on His
Hat as the Cortege Passes.


Funerals in Continental Europe
iiffer as widely from those in this coun-
try as one can imagine" said d. ID.
Quincy, of Philadelphia, at the Southern.
More outward ma nifcstations of re-
spect are paid to the dead in Paris than
in any other city that has come under
my observation. When a funeral pro-
eession passes through the streets of
Paris every man takes off his hat and
bows his head until the rear of the cor
tege gets past him. The women stop
and express their conventional sorrow
by courtesying. In Germany the
hearses are peculiar A common style,
such as | have often seen in Hospital
strasse in Lepsic, is sort of combina-
ton hearse and hack. A place in the
forward part is constructed to contain
the caslxet. while in the rear are seats
for the near relatives. Another style
which have seen there consists of a
low, long wagon. with squatty little
wheels. and the body of the contrivance
is like fiat car, with no covering.
There is no rush or hurry about getting
10 the cemetery. and | have seen large
professions blockade all business for
hours. SO slowly did they move.
''Fhe biggest corteges l have ever
seen were at St Petersburg. There a
funeral is quite a jolly affair, and the
city is full Of professional mourners.
The richer the man the bigger the flu
neral, because the more mourners his
family can hire. The employment of
these professionals is recognized GUS
tom. aud many men and women at the
cars gay capital make a good living
out of their curious business. The sti-
pend of ST. Petersburg mourner varies
according to the length of time their
services are required and the character
Of costumes they are required to wear.
They are also expected to make the
church hideous with their means and
walls. and at the grave they engage to
scream and yell as if in wild paroxysms
of grief II they discharge their duties
with proper JUNCTION they are treated to
a banquet after the funeral Louis
Globe Democrat