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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21
LONGER LIFE.
The Span of Existence is Gradually In
creasing.

The Span of Existence Is Gradually In
creasing.
1t has often been asserted that the
average life of mankind is much longer
nowadays, in the great cities, than
formerly, before medical science had
so greatly enlarged its boundaries and
consequent sphere of usefulness.
Whether this is the case or not, it
seems to be an undoubted fact that the
period which used to be relegated to
old age in the average lifetime of men
and women has in our time moved fur
Their on, especially among people of the
world who naturally do not give up the
fight as easily as those whose lives are
passed in monotony, and with par
ticular interest in their own genera
zion. To demonstrate that this is the
ease, we have only to turn to the
authors. No one, for instance, would
dispute that the average age of the in
tellects that dominate mankind in our
generation would be between fifty and
sixty years; and vet we find Mon
taigne arguing that tine services
Of knights should not he dis
pensed with at forty-five, ''they
should not be retired" he thinks.
''before fifty-fve." an age that we
should regard as being in the prime of
ripe intellect. Shakespeare, too, gives
rs a rather short tether TO our rope
when he explicitly fixes upon period
for a woman's old age that would put
many of our acknowledged beauties,
both in private life and on the stage.
out Of the running:
When forty winters shall besiege thy brow.
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field.
Thy youths bright livery, so gazei on now,
viii be a tattered weed OF small worth held.
Who shall say in these days, when
we number among our octogenarians
such men as Gladstone, Bismarck,
Holmes and Whittier. when we con-
slider the ages OF our famous actresses
and prima-donne, and Of the women
who hold "ndisputedly the palm Of
beauty in society on both sides of the
Atlantic. that age. after all. is not be-
coming simply an idea-dependent. it is
true. upon the infirmities of the body
but that practically there arc no de-
fined limits of time TO an ever-youthful
spirit-N V Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21
PITH AND POINT.
People with empty heads generally
have TONNES that rattle


People with empty heads generally
have tongues that rattle.
Never borrow trouble If you can
avoid doing so. But If you must borrow
IL, try and get it without interest
Texas Siftings
THAT" said the editor. as the
youth with the rhymes slid down the
stairway, lis the motion of poetry
Washington Star.
I'll see you later" said the slangy
young man. mo, George" she muir
INJURED, don't say that. It's nearly
twelve o'clock now" - Washington
Star.
II think it must somewhere be writ
ten that the virtues of the mothers shall
occasionally be visited on the children,
as well as the sins of the fathers :
Dickens.
Only For Visitors. -Miss Breezy (of
Chicago) -"How many times have you
been TO the top OF Bunker Hill monu-
ment?" Miss Beaconhiil-"I was never
there; ] live in Boston. Jester.
Acquired. -Biggs-'What a sweet
tempered woman your wife is" Diggs
Yes She was Central" in a tele-
phone Office for eight years before |
married her. "-Somerville journal.
This man has been ogling women.
your honor" said the policeman. "Ahr'
returned his honor; "a sort of stare
case, eh?" Whereat the prisoner
laughed so heartily that the case against
him was dismissed.
-Bride-"Don't you remember that
as children we used TO play house in
three or four packing boxes? All. those
days were too happy to lastr Groom
20, ] don't know; aren't we living in
n fiat?"-Broolxlyn Life.
-Servant-''This room will be rented
only to an artist" Eoom-Hunter-
'And why not TO another man?" Ser
vant-''Because artists are less trouble
some-they never want their room put
in order. "-Fliegende Batter.
Miss Shoddy introducing caller)-
"You know Mr.. Sweet, don't YOU, pa?
He wrote those verses you KNOWN
the book with the cover that harmon
ICES so beautifully with the crimson
rocker. philadelphia Upholsterer.
Not Love Story. -Caller-"Can
you use this story?" Editor-"What's
the name of it?'' Caller-"The Golden
Marriage" Editor-''We don't use
love stories" Caller-"This isn't a
love-story. She married him for his
money."-Yanllee Blade.
He Was No Society Journal
Weary Watkins-"Boss, can't you
gimme dime? Me room rent is doc
an / can't stay no longer" Mr.. Got
rox-"My friend. ! really can see no
reason why l should give currency to
an idle, discredited roomer. "-Indianap-
oils Journal.
What Carried Him Away. Weeping
Widow Ito whom the news is brought
of her husbands death in the west)-
'P-poor James! And-did he-boo-hoo!
die of his own free will and ac-cord?"
Pampas Philip (who has brought the
sad tidings )-"Well, mum, yaas, he-er
he did die of cord, might say
Boston News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21
FUMIGATING FOR LICE.
How to Rid Poultry House of A
Kinds Of Nermin.

How to Rid a Poultry House of All
Kinds Of Nermin.
Sulphur destroys everything that con-
tains life No living creature can eX-
list in the presence of the sulphurous
acid gas if in a closed room. 1t is use
less to fumigate, however, unless all
the cracks in the poultry house are
closed. and the fumes of the sulphur
IRE confined. The gas is much heavier
than the air, and though it rises when
warm, finally sinks, and peuetrates
into every hole in the soor; hence.
there is no escape for lice or rats. Yer
min live during the winter by seeking
the places that protect them; hence,
when attempting to rid house of lice
the fact must be kept in view that
something must be done TO reach those
parts not on the surface of the walls.
TO fumigate house, melt some sui
phur and draw a lamp-wick through
the melted sulphur first saturating the
wick with coal oiL) Then light the
wick. and the sulphur will burn. The
reason sulphur ceases to burn Is that II
melts and smothers the flame. A bet
ter plan is to sprinkle half pound OF
sulphur on red-hot sheet-iron support
ed on brieksl, with an oil lamp under
the iron; but one must get outside
quickly, or the result may be fatal
The large lice may be destroyed by
greasinp the heads and neclxs of the
hens with melted lard. Farm and
Fireside.
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Doesn't "look" as she ought

the weak, nervous and ailing wo-
man. As long as she suffers from
the aches, pains, and arrangements
peculiar to her sex, she can't ex-
pect to.
But there's only herself to blame.
With DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, she's a different woman.
And it's a change that can be seen
as well as felt. The system is in
vigorated, the blood enriched, di-
gestion improved, melancholy and
nervousness dispelled.
With the "Favorite Prescription"
all the proper functions are restored
to healthy action. Periodical pains,
weak back, bearing-down sensations,
nervous prostration, all female
complaints are cured by it. It's
the only medicine for woman's
weaknesses and ailments that's
guaranteed to do what is claimed
for it. If it doesn't give satisfac-
ton, in every case for which it's rec
commended, the money is returned.
Can something else offered by
the dealer, though it may pay him
better, be "just as good"?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21
THE GOLDEN MEAN.
lie Not Untidy. Nor Yet Too Painfully Pre-

lie Not Untidy. Nor Yet Too Painfully Pre-
else.
What quality, or what want of quail
ity. is it that makes il impossible for
certain people to maintain an appear
unce of tidiness in the rooms where
they live, and while in some houses
everything looks as if il grew in its
place and could not be uprooted, in
their houses everything looks as if tum-
bled into confusion, and were only
waiting for whirlwind to give il an
other turn? The covers are half off and
half on the furniture; the books are
open, face open perhaps, on the table,
perhaps on the sofas, perhaps
on the floor; the flowers are
faded in the glasses where the
the lamp shade is awry; the rug is
tossed up at the corner; the photo
graphs are fallen pell-mell; the cushions
are scattered: the chairs seem 10 have
been arrested in a waltz; a piece of
fancy work is left where it happened to
be dropped; hassoelSs are anywhere
where they can trip up the unwary;
even the pictures on the wall are ont of
line, and there is not a straight path to
be followed anywhere in the room.
The bees and the ants put this house
mistress to shame, and so do the birds,
who make their nests in old trees in
distinguishable with lichens. If she
tried to make order out of the chaos,
she would only achieve another urn
of disorder. 81 have seen p tidy to-
day." said the little hero of A
Short Life, meaning an officers order.
", and he had possibly more correct
idea of the word than the mistress of
this house of confusion has. Yet, after
all, it is TO be questioned if there is not
as much comfort in the midst of all this
amazing disorder as in house of prim
and methodical geometrical rule, where
n crumb is a crime, where nothing is
out of place, and if you take a book
you feel you must replace it to within
a hairs breadth of where it was be-
fore, and the neatness is such as to put
the indweller in bonds. golden mean
is desirable in all things; something
that is neither too precise nor too disor-
derby Yet there seems to be an easy
going element of sweet temper in the
disorder that promises, on the whole,
more happiness than may belong where
everything is done by line and meas
ure. with sort of Grabbed and acrid
acidity of flavor in the very air you
breathe. IIarper's Bazp.
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Eortnne. In England.

Americans who are troubled by
visions of vast English estates should
remember few points of The properly
law of that country. No action to re-
cover land can be brought after twelve
years from the time when the right ac-
rrued. In case of disabilities, such as
infancy, thirty years is the maximum.
II the claim arises under a will the ac'
ton must be against the trustees OF
that. In case where the person en-.
titled TO the estate can not be found II
Is passed over to the ehancery division
Of the high court of justice. As mat
ter of fact all the unclaimed funds held
in chancery scarcely exceed five hun
dred thousand dollars, AID the most
of that sum is in amounts of five hun
dred dollars and six hundred dollars
Before venturing too much on castles
in England" it is worth while to con
slider these faets.-Chicagn News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21

''wuY SIf, CLD CARE WHAT I'VE DONE2"
the way and for days I struggled alone.
not meeting a team for forty-eighs hours
at time That Is all 1t is not much
like what we planned back by the
Maine coast. Is it2''
No; and my own life has been as dis
similar 70 my ideal was 10 be min
istcr. You remember
And John m editor"
Instead I went To West Point. then
20 a Montana post and now for two
years have been here
There was 4 sound As of woman's
sobbing; then the mans voice went on.
.'But YOUR fate has been harder than
YOU deserved. Mary. - has Johns. and
il seems TO me 1 could never have lived
under H.
Cumler knew now who was talking
Abuer jayne and he had been rivals
for the hard Of the brave little woman
he had made his wife lie had thought
sometimes that Jayne was preferred,
bat finally himself was chOsen-and
now they had met 50 strangely. Ii was
indeed different from what they had
planned in the days when all three
were children in the little fishing vii
lage-
Cumler shut his eyes and stopped his
ears with the bed clothing He Law
back among the pillows and thought.
They were talking over the past out
there in the haInmocks- Was Mary
sorry that she had chosen him? Did
she wish her lot had been with the
handsome (he felt sure Jayne was good
lOCszingl army officer instead OF with
the broken-down adventurer2 II had
been a hard life he had led her. but
somehow in spite of himself everything
had gone wrong.
A. ne iay there he reviewed il ali and
cursed himself and his luck. a. he
called Il, while the low hum Of voices
from the porch almost maddened him.
And then q pity for himself followed
and jealousy came ia it, wake lie
vowed vengeance on the more prosper
Gus rivai-au6 then deifted of to sleep.
y % not understand Jean. said III.
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wagon, some timbers and among them
body wrapped in charred canvas.
II was Lieut.. Jayne. lie had
met death as calmly as he would have
done on the field of battle. A small
testament was found in his clothing.
In it were two photographs-one was
that of a gray-haired New England
woman, his mother. The other every
man in the group recognized as that of
the emigE ants wife, Mary Cumler.
CHARLES MoREAU HARGER.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is
only one way 10 cure Deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infiamed you have arumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when il IS
entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF Deafness caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free
+. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Is Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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plains, so far that the blue peaks Of the
Rockies could be discerned,and IL was a
common halting place for emigrants,
outward or homeward bound
Hence it caused no surprise when a
wkite-topped prairie schooner was
seen crawlisg out Of the west In an
hour II was nst apparently nearer
Pretty Wei tired out evidently" said
Lieut.. Jayne, watching il through his
gisss.
Another hour and the voyagers had
not arrived, but Just at twilight the out
fit appeared in the barracks ward, a -
lorn and dila riJatcd-loo.5ing object. a
woman sat alone on the front seat guild
ing the weary horses Even jolly Cor
poral Doyle was awed into forgetting
his usual joke by her appearance
BE you alone, ma amp" he asked
NO. he's back in the wagon. came
from the piuchcd, but determined lips
Of the driver as she stepped 70 the
ground My husband was taken sick
two days ago. was alone, but l did
the best l could for him. He needs
care.
The men, who had half expected to
lift a corpse from the wagon. were re-
lieved To find il was only a sick man.
though his appearance was that Of one
almost dead
Thus they came 10 the fort. For a
week the sick stranger fingered be-
tween life and death, and when at last
life conquered II was nearly a month
before strength returned sufficiently TO
allow him to leave MS bed. The wife
too. was not well and the troops saw
little OF their guests
Mrs. Cumler, as She gave her name,
recovered first. and the husband when
he awolSe one day in July To a knowl-
edge of his renewed strength aroused
also 20 the realization Of a fact which
nearly threw him into relapse
1t came about tins way There was
a wide porch with many hammocls
outside the guests chamber and his bed
being near the window brought him
within hearing Of conversation.
80 sc al, our best To- three years.
Abner, but 1t could not succeed"
Cumler started II was his wife's
voice; hut who was Abner?
And You left New Mexico when?''
He had heard that voice somewhere.
Three months ago, as soon as spring
came. We had raised three crops only
20 see them baked by the furnace-like
south winds, and then at the last the
baby, too, grew weary of the lonely
land Of adobe huts and scorching suns.
We laid her in a pretty spot near Sig
nal mountains, and putting all we had
into the wagon started FOR Gods coHn-
try 1t seems more like home here and
we viii stop now where we can find a
way 10 live John was taken sick on
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NOT THE RING.
a STORY That Was Not Remarkable. But
simply Truthful.

when / was a young man" said
Bodkins, II was employed in a large
house in the city. and fell in love with
a young woman, to whom | became
engaged. About two months before
we were to be married l was sent TO
Australia on important business. occa-
stoned by the death of one of the firm
in that country. l took an affection
ate leave of my intended, and prom
ised 10 write TO her often.
Il was detained longer than | ex-
pected. but just before sailed for
home bought a VARIABLE ring, intend
ing il as present for my sweetheart
LAS | was nearing the shore and
reading the paper which the pilot had
brought ON board l saw an announce
ment of her marriage with another. a
man knew very well. which so en-
ragged me that / threw the ring over
board.
"A few days afterward as I was
dining. fish was served. and in eating a
portion I bit into something hard, and
what do you suppose it was?"
THE diamond ringr' exclaimed sew
eraL
NO. said the merry Bodkins; lit
was a fish bone. Jewellers Cir cular.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21

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-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of It's 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 and 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 SOC
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 wAo
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA i-IG SYRUP co.
saw FRANCISCO. cAt.
LOUISVILLE. NJ. NEW YORK. nv
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wire through loops upon poles to the
windmill. These poles may be any
height desired. Pass the wire over a
pulley attached to the windmill tower
and to the end attach a heavy weight.
To this weight also attach the wire
which throws the mill out of gear.
When it is desired to have the mill
work. pull the long end of the lever
down and fasten it, thus lifting the
weight and letting the mill into the
wind. To stop it, let the lever back
and the weight will pull it out of gear.
Orange Judd Farmer.
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August
Flower

81 have been afflicted with bilious
sand constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which hold it. 1t has given
me a new lease of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should bemade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt, Kas. o
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FARM AND GARDEN.
FOR GREASING POULTRY.
A Device which May BE Called "Ths
Poulterer's Friend"

n Device Mntch May TT thitu "Iha
Poulterer's Friend"
Among the many enemies with which
the poultryman has to contend none
are SO subtle as the parasites which
suck awav the life-blood of his flock.
depriving them first of graceful mo-
ton, then of glossy plumage, growth.
activity, and finally of existence itself
Il they be not removed. No flock is ex-
empt from their attacks, however we'll
bred and handsomely housed il NAV be,
and whether owned by laborer or lord.
These insect foes are no respecter Of
persons, and viii creep in and multiply
in unlooked-for ways Worst of all,
the amateur seldom knows what causes
his flock to droop, and administers
drugs and condition powders without
effect The old poultry keeper notes
the first symptoms; in fact is likely to
attribute any difficulty among his birds
to these insidious pests, and to get out
the lard and kerosene with which to
RIB the heads and under the wings of
his charges. Bat the owner of several
hundred birds breads the task and, al
though knowing well its Importance,
II prone 10 put IL Olls believing nlinSelI
unable to spare the time required to
catch and anoint every individual in
the yards Not infrequently it is a
process of several days during which
time other things must wait and suffer.
Anything to hasten the work he should
regard with interest 1t was with Just
this object in view that the simple
foot-power continuance shown was in
vented. BY its use and the aid of two
attendants a hundred fowls of any age
may be thoroughly ''doctored" in a
few minutes. 1t is light and portable,
and may be carried from one roosting
room to another, over all the premises
in one short evening. The machine may
be quickly constructed by any person
at all accustomed to the use of tools
A carpenters horse is the first requis-
lite. to which two pieces of four-inch
board four feet long are nailed. Next
a disc of wood eighteen inches in diam.
eter is made. with a grooved edge, and
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Too Much.

Oculist-There is nothing whatever
the matter with this eye. 1t suffer:
only through sympathy with the Other
eye.
Sufferer wouldn't mind its sympa
thizing little. doctor but il makes sis
tired TO have it shedding "
all the .ime chieasv IribUne.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-04-21

Ever discovered is the mine of health that
is found in bottle of HosteIter's Stomach
Bitters. Its 'output" is unprecedented.
Richly does it ''pan out'' in the paying ores
of vitality and regularity of organic action.
The debilitated should work this mine fOt
sail it is worth" So also should the consti-
pated, the bilious, the dyspeptic, the rheu-
matte, and persons troubled with inactivity
of the kidneys or bladder and la grippe.
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If farm were as careful to get rid
of poor S as to get rid of the weeds
there We id be a great advantage
gained. A scrub animal is on a par
with & weed. II takes nourishment
from better stock, and occupies room
that could be used more proitably
with something else.
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WINDMILL DEVICE.

How to Control n min Situated Some
Distance from the House.
A simple, easily constructed device
for regulating a windmill situated
some distance from the buildings is
made thus: Attach a pole about II
feet long to the side or end of the
building, 10 or more feet above the
ground, by means of bolt or pin
passing through a hole feet from one
end Fasten one end of wire to the
upper end of the pole or lever, run the