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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-12
LOOKED WORSE THAN HE WAS.
IL Was Only His Clothes That Made People
Think lie Was Terror.

II Was onlN fdlS clothes Ilat Made BeOple
Think lie Was Terror.
He had on a cowboys hat-he had
long hair and fierce black eyes-there
was a claw from the foot of grizzly
bear dangling from his watch chain.
You could size him up only in one way
he had killed his man, or perhaps half
dozen of them. If he hadn't fought
Indians and stood up to the bad, bad
men of the far west, then his looks be-
lied him. lie was quiet, unostenta-
tious man, as all nervy men are. lie
was reading time novel, as all game
men do when they travel. Now and
then he felt down the back of his neck
to see if his bowie-knife was cuddling
up to his spine in proper manner, and
now and then lie reached down to his
boot legs to see that his cargo Of revolt
vers hadn't shifted
Three or four of us after taking
plenty of time to size him up, decided
to ask him how and where he got the
wound which had left the scar clear
across his check 1t looked like the
work of Sitting Bulls tomahawlx, but
we wanted the particulars. So it was
agreed That should work him up to
tell his story. and after quarter of an
hour of diplomacy had shaped matters
so ! dared observe:
THAT is a bad scar you have on your
cheek. and there is no doubt a story
with it?''
"Yes, sir, there is. he replied.
eve should like to hear the particu-
lars, if you have no objection"
"Oh. the story don't amount to much,"
he modestly remarked
But you certainly had close call.
How many Indians were around you?"
Indians? 1 didn't see no Indians"
"Ohl Perhaps sou were in a western
gtage when it was held up, and you
got that scar in fighting off the road
lqents?"
Never saw a road agent in my life,
ne said.
Tackled by bad man out in Ion-
tana?"
Never was out in Montana, and
never saw a bad man"
But you had a fight2" persisted.
"No, didn't"
"Wen. perhaps you'll be kind enough
to explain how you got that scar?''
Il Will. | went into a restaurant in
Toledo and ordered a pumpkin pic.
The waiter brought me a squash pie
instead. | kicked. The owner of the
place. who was woman, got mad and
slashed me with an old case-knife. |
afterwards settled with her for three
dollars in cash That's the story. sir"
But why-why are you wearing
those things belonging 10 n western ter
ror?" ! asked.
These things? oh, | got EN- of an
actor for four dol.ars. He had to sell
out or walk home. and as the walking
wasn't good he sold. y
And may ask who You are?' | in
CURED. as an awful silence fell upon our
crowd.
Certainly you can. I've been work
ing for a farmer near Monroe all sum
mer for 'leven dollars a month, but
quit the other day, and am going to
Toledo to get stock Of stomach bitters
to sell on the road. Needn't be afraid
of me: | amt loaded. and if / was |
haven't got the sand to go off. Never
tackled but one man. and | amt got
through running away yet"
Thee we went to the other end of the
car and tried to call the convention to
order and do some resolving, but it was
failure.-Detroit Free Press.
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SiIF LutGED Down - 40 THE VALLEY
have brought the eat Just Is well as
not and 'swould have been a sight q
company ! know shes old lut she al
WavS caught ANYTHING she thought
with chasing I wonder what they
done with herr" She stopped u think
of the great fat Tabhy. but soon She
broke ont afrcsh: ..TheuRcse's room. I
ought to hav said goud-by 70 that. She
died there. bat I never thought I
couldn't ever 70 back there. IL didn't
seem IL IL could j,c fnrcyer-forcver.
Tears and soj,S came together. now.
and the thin face was covered by still
thinner hands. and the worn body
rocked itself "a and fro. Jessie tried 10
comfort hcr and cried i'm sympathy, but
childhood wall never b. able 70 under
stand the >orrowS Of old age; and
as She had never known any other
home She didn't see why anybody
should make such a fuss about living
there She surely had plenty 70 eat.
and some one u take care of her II she
was sick. and clothes 20 wear.
Jessie STAYED but q short time, and
went ~ ~ go MIA l1lsEN N-A- l-Asa. Gtt4Ga-
pauiouship, The sky grew more laden.
and the darkness of despair settled over
Hannah Is she sat watching the hills.
Oh. if She could only see beyond them,
1t does seems If I could 90 over
therein back fore dark. faint such
a dreadful ways. when you come To
think Of il
Then she looked ont eagerly both
WAYS. mp and down the road. Il do -
want 10 20: maybe III git ride part
Of the way I'm good min To-
She rose and took from peg IN the
corner her brown shawl, aud from q
box under It tbs black straw bonnet
which some one bIu kiuGlv trimmed for
her with black ribbon and spray IF
let. and ARIA, ing herself in thsse So
crept down tie stairs AMI au- at the
side. door. sac evs~ svrc trst ao uue
had seen her. and probably IL ole lad,
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ARRANGING DECORATIONS.
Absolute Order and Regularity Is Me-
Desirable.

Desirable.
''It's all very well for specialists TO
talk about mathematical arrangements
of ornament said a lady noted for her
taste in the arrangement of her furnish
ings, but there is nothing that l can
imagine more tiresome than the abso-
lutte regularity with which many ,peo-
pie distribute the bric-a-brack and
fancy articles abount their apartments.
/ always feel an almost irresistible de-
sire to push something out of place, 20
disarrange something; to break up
that, to me, dreadful sameness of h.lv-
ing a short article equi-distant on
either side of tall article, and then
two other tall articles relatively stu
ated somewhere between the last
named objects and the corners of the
room. | can distinctly remember, when
was little girl, friend who visited us
who used to take special pains, when
our backs were turned, to slide some
thing out of the regular lines in which
the housemaid had arranged them
She used To say that they reminded her
of the figures in the sums she used to
do when she was a school-child, and
that the suggestions were consequent
", anything but pleasant There is a
good deal said and written about the
artistic in decoration and the science of
putting things precisely where they be-
long, but when this so-called science
runs to fixing things just certain dis
tance apart, it strikes me that all of
the beauty and grace and brightness OF
IA f,.B l. al IL ~,
the act. | never yet found natural
landscape where the trees were set
certain distance from each
other, or where one plant
eighteen inches high had plants
at its elbows which were only
twelve inches high, and this is about
the scheme on which a good deal of the
so-called artistic arranging is done. 1t
seems to me that all this talk about
lines and angles is simply another name
for lack of real artistic taste. do not
believe that any acknowledged author
ity in creation would approve of some
Of the mantels and cabinets seen in
what we consider first-class houses.
The great difficulty is that, for lack of
a high artistic taste, people turn to the
arithmetic, and attempt to apply the
principles of geometry where they
should use those of grace and pictur-
esque grouping. OF course, this form
of arrangement comes to be merely
fad-indeed. il could not well be con-
sidered anything else-and, like all fads,
has a short life, even though that short
ness may be merry and popular. MY.
Ledger.
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for Mr.. Paine and his wife had driven
into the city, and Jessie had gone to
the barn TO find Uncle Peter and ask
him to talk with her.
Mrs. Gardner hurried on, and in a
short time was climbing the hill which
she thought the only barrier between
herself and the old life. Il knew
'twouldn't take me long ter come, an
I'll git back long fore dark"
Out Of breath and clutching her shawl
lest the wind should snatch il from her.
She reached the top of the hill and
looked down on what was to her the
promised land. II was a land she could
never hope to abide in; but. oh, she
might see its beauties and rest her
hOmesick soul by looking az the little
house in the valley. Did she expect to
see the summer land which she
had left? Who can tell whether
she thought the leaves had STAYED
bright, or if the sky here had always
been blue while her life had been so
shadowed2 But none of US ever go
back and find things just as we left
them The dreams have faded, the
hopes have flown, the flowers have
withered, and we are keenly disap-
pointed.
As She looked down into the valley,
this feeling took possession of her, and
with "A gasp she felt that the last Of her
world had gone \ wide veranda
stretched out around the house. stone
steps led TO the door, a fine graveled
driveway, with big stone posts To guard
il, and only the elms looked just as
they used 10 look. II was now 4 fine
summer residence left in the care Of
Mr. Hunt. his wife and daughter, while
its owners went back 10 the city for the
winter How little they dreamed that
in tearing this old house 10 pieces they
had torn a human heart The dwelling
mi Fht be mended. but the wounded
heart would still bleed.
III go down an look in the wei.
'TaiI't likely they'd do anything with
that"
She was growing very tired and her
hands We're cold; the wind was sharper
ana more piercing. Yearly she turned
in at the gateway and went around 10
the side door and leaned over TO look
into the well Did She fancy Heaven
iurkcd there when clouds covered the
sky overhead? Alas. Heaven would
never again be seen in its depths. for a
fanciful pavilion had been built, and
She saw only the reflection of the roof
The old tin dipper was replaced by a
glass which stood on a carved shelf by
the side. She had no strength TO draw
the bucket, and She could not drink
from a new glass; it would not taste
the same as from the old-fashiOned dip
per
She had said to herself that she would
Just 90 aud look ut her old home, and
then would be content to return after
the good-by had been said; but though
she had reached the place, all was new
and strange. How she wished she had
stayed at the farm and kept the mem
DRY Of the place that she left Then it
was So pretty IN the spring sunshine,
with the grass and the birds that she
remembered so well She thought of
the sweet messages the elms had given
her in happier days; how they had sung
her to sleep in the soft summer nights;
how. that winter after Rose died. they
had seemed To shrek in their distress,
and now were they groaning because
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-05-12
a PARTISAN TOILET.
How to Get Rested and Refreshed-The
Value of the bath.


Value of the Bath.
/. A tepid bath of twenty minutes
and shower bath of five.
2. A rest of thirty minutes
8. Face, throat and neck subjected to
q gentle friction of elder flower water,
mixed with half a goblet of warm
water This removes all impurities
from the pores and gives the surface a
clear, ivory hue.
i. Scented oris powder rubbed in the
hair and brushed out again, being care
full to remove all traces of il from the
temples and nape of the neck.
$. A delicate cream, similar TO cold
cream-the juice of lettuce being the
chief ingredient-laid over the face,
neck and hands. After ten minutes re-
move with a fine linen cloth. This IS
said to obliterate traces of the contrac-
ton and WEAKNESS of the features inci-
dent to society on stage life. 1t is
delicate operation neither to roughen
the surface nor make it red 1t should
leave the complexion polished and
whitened.
6. Voloutine Ia mixture of rice powder
and bismuth, the latter giving perma-
nency and the former delicacy to the
preparation applied with great care,
producing clear, alabaster wilderness,
with trace of luster, yet showing no
sign of any foreign substance.
Z. The eyebrows are smoothed with
q small, soft brush, leaving a trace of
farde Indien, and with a leather es-
tampe a soft shadow is laid under the
eyes to increase their brilliancy.
To follow the foregoing directions
literally, under all circumstances, would
be difficult says a Paris an exchange.
II is quoted here to give some idea of
the manner in which age is concealed
by people who have made concealment
: fine art To practical person this
may be simplified. We know that a
bath is to refresh as well as to make
clean the person. A sponge bath with
a little bay rum or alcohol added to the
water will both cleanse and refresh.
The shower bath creates a glow; this
can be obtained Uy the sudden applica-
ton, after the bath, of a large towel
wet with cold water, followed by fric-
ton and gentle exercise. Some peo-
pie are too delicately organized for
such heroic treatment The half-hour
rest is no inconsiderable factor in the
restoring process and deserves special
attention. If rightly taken it is mag
ic rejuvenator Chicago Mail
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Tired Woman lin railway carl
Please. sir, viii you please hold my
baby awhile? He's crying so l can do
nothing with him.
Male Passenger-Um-what is he
crying for?
Nothing at all, sir
"Well-er-what good viii it do for
me take him?n
Then he'll have something to cry
about"
"Oh, he will?'
''Yes, sir. He'll be crying for me
then, and the longer you hold him the
louder he'll YELL
Il presume so.
"Yes. sir. Then. when he is real
sure it is only me he Is crying for, III
AXE him and he'll stop. Good Nova
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oehind which Law the Old home that she
bad know Tor years TIL they brought
her here ami told her She had no longer
any home. and she must stay here till
death. old. tired, poor and, harder
than r" the rest. home~icl5. the world
seen q - barren ~ II hooked. last
spring her son lad died. the mortgage
- the little place was foreclosed and
she, poor woman. had been taken in
charge by the poor master.
Mrs. Dean said: II would keep her
little while, but the children are 50
many / fear she couldn't stand the
noise" One after another the neigh
bors said they might take her for
few weeks hut all agreed that If she
must 20 10 the farm in the end She
might as well 20 now. Mrs. Lane cried
and told how good Hannah had been
when her baby was sick; and Alice Bat
telle said she never cou,d forget how
she helped her mother; and Deacon
Greene said it was too bad. and every
body was sorry; but nobody had money
To more than meet the wants of his own
little ones, and SO Hannah went beyond
the hills to the town farm, and the
house she had lived ia for 50 many years
was sold. ana man from the city came
and commenced 10 tear down, and raise
up, and build on, and extend. til he
poor old woman could scarcely have
known the place.
She had climbed the garnet stairs 70
look away over the hills. bat not even
the tops of thc hir clns which stood be-
fore the door Of hev old home could be
seen. aud DISCOURAGED She cried little
and crept down again more homcsicz
than before.
Jessie. the farm cripple, had haa5ied
up To sit with h.r FOR awhile, hoping 10
hear her tell ot Co.. rIories of the old
place. Many an afternoon had She
spent in TELLING stories of the long ago
% the listen ny carcr chilG.
The tears ram down Mrs Gur5ncr's
face a. She told over and over the
scenes and incidents ~ past days.
but She quickly came back To the day
If cou,d ualv 70 baeiz and look at
the place. jos, loo,, no It. III be content
20 come back and never ask To go ont
till they carried me. When they come
for me wa, 50 upset didn't take no
good-by OF anything didn't even
take last ds.Hiz aut o tine oId we'll, and
/ am 50 thirsty for the cold, clear water
II could have Jest looked down and
seen Heaven In 81 once murc-but it
was all 80 dark wIcu they told me I'd
got 70 go 70 the poorhOu>e. might
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Family ouarrels.

If parents would bring up cir chill
dren to look upon family quarrels as
equally impossible and disgraeeful-if
tale-bearing were promptly discouraged
by cold inattention and contempt, and
a higher sense of generosity and fair
play inculcated, even in the nursery-it
would domuch TO soften and ward off the
many little rubs that are sure to come
in family life later on.-Once Week
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In the place Of q acon1Gra
who's weak, ailing, and miserable,
why not be a woman who's healthy,
happy, and strong? You can be.
You needn't experiment. The
change is made, safely and surely,
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It's matter that rests with you.
Here is the medicine-the only one
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and diseases that's guaranteed to
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you're a new woman. You can af-
ford to make the trial, for you've
nothing to lose.
But do you need to be urged?
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SCOTS Emulsion of cod
liver oil is an easy food-it is
more than food, if you please;
but it is a food-to bring
back plumpness to those who
have lost it.
Do you know what it is to
be plump?
Thinness is poverty, living
from hand to mouth. To be
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than enough, a reserve.
Do you want a reserve OF
health? Let us send you a
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scorr s BowsE. Chemists, Iss South 9Th Avenue,
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Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod-liver
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Prornosticate his coming. Mental depres-
sion and perturbation. a sensation of Ian
guor By day and unrest upon getting up In
the morning, heartburn, occasional head
aches. undue sensitiyeness to slight noises,
furred tongue-these mean that you need
preventive tonic medication. Neglect u
and tho hideous colossus of disease will
speedily stare YOU out OF countenance and
wrest health from you. Seek preventive
aid from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters which
check!nates dyspepsia, biiiousness, rheu-
matism, constipation and malaria
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pIan.t know aim br Name.

When the average eolored man talks
on any subject as a general II Ig his
mouth fails TO connect with hls brain.
Here is a case in point.
DO you know Col. Yerger?" asked a
gentleman of an Austin TEX darby.
Il don't know him by name, sab;
only knows him by sight. Texas Sift-
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where sheneed never say good-by. Who
shall Doubt that she found home and all
those hearts that make a heaven. await
ing her when She said good-by to Roses
room. = Mrs. \. \. NJ. Roe, in Good
HOuselz eepinr.
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The only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the WOrd2

There is q 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper. this week, which has no two
worls alike except one word The same IS
true Of each new one appearing each week,
from The Ir Harter Medicine Co. This
house laces q Crescent on everything
thew make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name OF the word and they Will
retrlrn Won book. beautiful Autographs or
samples free
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
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We the undersigned, have known r. ..
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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
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IYErr. it my duty TO write you in reg ard TO
the benefit YOUR Bradycrotine has been to
nv wife Ever since child she has been
subject 10 the most dreadful headaches,
usually several times a mouth she mas
tried doctors from Maine to California, 9ut
I flna corld nrevent these spells running
/ the course. Bradycroune has not failed
/ 10 eli Il a cure in a single instance. one
/ dose u.,,ally being sufficient Oscar +.
\ FROST, MCrnouth Maine. All druggists.
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THE man who is Swallowed is necessarily
under cloud.-W ashington Star.
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SICK HEADACHE, chills, loss Of appetite,
and all nervous trembling sensations quick
ly cured by Beecham's Pills, . cents a box.
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THERE was fire in a lawyer office here
the other day that was caused by SCOT III
the chimneV.-Loweli Courier.
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For strengthening and clearing the voice,
use s.BR0wNs BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. -
have commended them 10 friends who were
public speakers. and they have proved ex-
tremely serviceable Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher.
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You don't want size in a pill-it
means disturbance. You want re-
suits. With DIR. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, smallest, cheapest, easiest to
take, you get the best results. Sick
Headache, Biliousness, Constipation,
Indigestion, and all arrangements
of the Liver, Stomach and Bowels
are prevented, relieved, and cured.
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MANS first in high spirits and next in the
gutter.-GalvestOn News.
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People overlooked the i'm i9rtance Of perma-
nently beneficial enects ant were satisfied
generally known thar Syrup e Figs will
permanently cure habicual coIstipation,
well-informed people will not bl- other
laxatives. which act for a time, but flally
iniure the system
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Az athletic record is the only thing that
improves by breaking. -Binghamton Re
mn hifcau
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GOING HOME.
WOrld-Weary Hannah Gart.ner's
Last Pilgrimage.

[ was a cold.
bleak. cherries
day with no
snow on the
ground and the
earth. which
was froze II
hard. looked as
If no efforts Of
spring sun and
shower could
ever soften II
for the grass
and flowers. At
the window Of
the town farm
stood Hannah
Gardner and
looked out to-
I'm
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OSE may screw ap his courage and have
his attention riVeted.-Texas Slftlngs.
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THE wonderful cheek of man sometimes
covers three Or four achers.-Galveston
Naxrs
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-"Remember, my child, kind words
can never die" Maybe so, says the
suffering woman; but they can 60 OF
and stay Tor years and be given UP for
lost"
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In OIdt. T,r,cs

CUE KIoUa -Podge-s SAYS that his baby
cish peat any e-aert bill .rd player-he can
oaWl without C kings Jester.
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CURE your cough with Hale's Honey OF
Horchound and Tar.
Pixies ToOthaehe Drops Cure in one minute
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ODDsTICK calls his girl Revenge becau.
she is so sweet.-BostOn Transcript.