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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14
HUMeLING A FATHER.
An Instructive Tale of IN Ola Merchant,
Happy Parent and had Boy.

| An Instructive Tale of IN oid Merchant, q
Happy Parent and a had Boy.
As soon a. father and son sat down
il was evident there was going to be
trouble. The youngster Immediately
examined infinitely everything on the
table within reach. lie took the stop
per out of the oil bottle and asked his
father TO smell it.
Funny vinegar. amt ito" he ex-
claimed.
you mustn't do that" said the IA
Their. timidly. you are bad boy and
| shan't take you out again"
When the waiter brought bread and a
napkin the father gently tucked the
latter under the sons chin. Then the
elder gave his order He asked the
youngster what he would have, and for
the answer he blurted out:
"Ice cream"
There was no MISLEADING his order, for
he gave it in such loud, shrill voice
that everybody in the room looked
around.
/ The waiter departed. and paterfamilias
again demonstrated with the dear little
fellow in the conventional manner and
/ again informed him that he was bad
boy, CHANGING at an old merchant sit
ting near as if expecting an approving
smile.
But the merchant didn't smile. He
! tried to eat his dinner and read his pa
per. In the meantime the good little
boy had his napkin out two or three
times and was trying to kill flies with
IT, The dinner came, while papa from
time TO time repeated the assertion,
which he felt sure was untrue, that his
offspring was bad boy.
They got through, and the little one
was using his napkin for a handl1er-
chief and was hopping his brow with
il. The stout business man was slipping
his coffee and putting on his cigar.
/ The merchant had been looking in the
direction of the child, who at that mo-
ment had left his chair and was in
1ustriously trying TO climb up his
/ fathers back.
'lIow old is your SOM" inquired the
merchant of the proud father.
You could see the father was proud.
( His face was bundle of smiles-if any
one ever saw such parcel.
Tell the gentleman how old you are,
/ Alfred" he ordered the boy.
NO. won't"
Come, now. won't take you ont
/ again" Shakes him a little and tries
to look severe. Hes nearly six"
Il should like to adopt him, " the mer-
chant continued
Hear that, Alfredo" remarked Al
fred's pa TO the youth. This gentle
man wants TO adopt you. Will you go to
him?"
Nav Hes got whiskers. This was
spoken very violently.
Paterfamilias looked tired. and his
cheeks burned after this unexpected ont
burst. He tried to shake Alfred again,
but the boy evaded him.
What makes you fancy him?" in
quircd the proud father.
Fancy him?" echoed the business
man. Il did not say that"
But you wanted to adopt him"
"Yes-to give me authority to spank
him.
The symposium dispersed, paterfamil
las scowled at tho merchant, grasped
Alfred by the hand and made hasty
exist. The walters smiled, the guests
laughed and the merchant continued
smoking his after-dinner cigar.-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14

livery traveller who stODs at a Paris
lodging house" said n woman the
other day, has candle story. and
here is mine: We were served with two
candles every morning which we
never half used up; these would be
taken out, however, and fresh ones APP
pear ia their places. knowing that we
were being charged for every candle.
we determined at least to enjoy added
illumination. and my husband looked
around for place to hide them during
the daily doing MP of the apartment.
On the top shelf Of cabinet arrange
ment in corner stood large Japan
ese vase, wide and deep. Up to this
Mr.. - climbed. to discover that we
had been fOrestalled. for in Us capacious
hollow we found seventeen candles.
every one burned down perhaps an
inch Some former lOdger had resented
the candle swindle, like ourselves. and
had pat his daily allowance where it
would do the proprietor no good. That
night brilliant illumination of nine
teen candles. each set IN its own grease
on the marble-top table, gave Us some
thing like light. During our stay we
hid the accumulated candles so that
we had always enough to read by and
when we left we deposited our over
stock in the vase for the benefit of
some searching successor. ". Y
Times
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Mr.. Marsh says he often finds fam
iIy of six or eight Tennessee crack
ers' living in one or two rooms lie
says, as rule, they are shiftless
and lazy. and that ITO be content is
their natural desire. They ask no an
gels wing or seraph's fire" lie is
amazed at the number of mere chill
dren who marry there-boys of seven
teen marrying girls of fourteen! The
ueighbors fix them up a house of one
room and give them an acre of corn.
Possibly the father of one can give a
pig TO be fatted for next years meat,
ami perhaps the father of the other can
spare heifer calf to share the
'.sclaps' aud swill with the granting
pig Somehow. we know. the brid g.
groom's mother must spare a chicken
or two to provide her sons wife with
fresh eggs now and then for batter
bread for breakfast; and the bride
mother, il possibl,. will provide u
feather bed. maue of careful savings of
chicken feathers. and a fancy patch
work quilt or two. Mr.. Marsh says
these children brides and grOons begin
lie with all its stern realities in this
miserably-provided sort of way. and
that the children born unto them SCI
dom laugh and romp ioyously like other
children. but look as if they were born
tired and were in a hard world; that
married women at twenty look as old
as their more fortunate American sis
ters or Englishwomen at thirty-five or
forty.-Atlanta Constitution.
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" MOTHER WOULD LISTEN.

II mother would listen to me. dears.
she would freshen that faded gown
She would some times take an hours rest
And sometimes "Trip 70 town
And Il shouldn't be al FOR the cEiidrn
The fun. and the cheer and the play:
With the patient dr0oD on the tired month.
And the Mother has had her day
True. mother has had her day. dears.
When you were babies three
And she stepped about the farm and the house,
As busy as ever bee.
When she rocked you all 20 sleep. dears.
Auc sent you al TO school
And -vcre herself cut. ard did without
And lived by the golden rule
And 50. your turn has come. Gears,
Her hair is groEins white.
And her eyes are gaining the far-away lcoF
That peers beyond the night
One OF these days in the morning.
Mother viii rot be here.
She viii fade away into silence;
The mother 80 true and dear
Then. shat win you DO in the Daylight
And what 10 the g.OumiuE dim,
And father. tired and lonesome then.
Pray what vill you do for himt
II you want 70 keep your mother.
You must make her rest 10 day:
Must give her snare ia the frOlic.
And draw her into the play.
And. II mother would listen 70 me. dearA
Shed buy her gown q silk.
Wi.h buttons Of royal velvet
And rufies as white as milk
And she'd let you do the trotting.
Waile she sa. stiil in her chair.
II ~ mother should have i hard al through
II strikes me. isn't fair
Margaret z SanEster IN Interior.
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$40 YOU know" said the monkey
man at the Zoo. that few people ever
saw a monkey asleep suppose there
are people who imagine they never do
sleep, as they are usually alert in the
presence of visitors" 1t was on an
afternoon when the drowsy Sep
TENDER air had exerted its influence
upon sleepy mustached monkey. and
the delegate had good view of the
sleeping beast He lay upon his shelf
upon his back, with his arms thrown
carelessly about; but the pretty fea-
ture was the position of the long tail
1t was curled abous the body, and just
under the head it made a double curl.
and upon this soft roll rested tic
monkeys head-a pillow tit for king
when alone they always use their
tails for pillows said the keeper, but
If two or more sleep at the same lime
they huddle close together, resting
their heads upon one another. Gin
cinnati Times-Star
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horses fust took to gallopin', an there
were a pistol shot, an the stage
stopped SO quick we was all in a heap.
an its piller an laid 'em both on the
seat an hung over them. jest then the
door of the stage few open an head
was stuck in. II were tibet of a man
with mask on an he had pistol pint
ed ahead of him
Get out you fellers. he says, in a
low voice. bat as plain as We ever heard
in Ter life; he Lively, now. We're in
urry. we amt goin' 10 hurt yer, if
SO We obey orders
a. 'Sh-sh-sh.' said the leetle woman
who was hanging over her young un,
her face down close to its lips Gentle
men. my poor child is going; let it die
in peace
Bother the brat SAYS the man,
brutally; we amt emmy business with
wimmen an children. This way. fel.
lers-'
when we got out there was three
highwaymen an they had the driver
an the young Teller with the overcoat
covered with their pistols. an were
swearin' like troopers cause they didn't
find any money; that IS, not the big haul
they expected They took what we had,
an after abusin' rs all they dared an
tearin' our clothes off to search us they
let Us go, firm a regular fusillade after
rs an emptyin' their revolvers.
might have bin very differently situated
il ! hadn't met with such misfortune,
but il can't be helped now"
Lose much?" asked the Bible ped
der as he lighted his pipe at the stove.
All | had and the cracker-box
man sighed heavily. an bulls eve
revolutionary war
Did the baoy die. an what become
of the young feller and the money!"
asked the clothes-reel man.
The baby died right there an then.
The mother were a fannin' il when the
stage We're started up again and we
weren't more'n out of sight o them
robbers when she began to scream.
and SAYS She: My baby's dead" and
she drew the shawl over its face and
wouldn't allow one of Us to lay fin
ger on it.
Then the Teller ON the outside, who
had been putty roughly handled. came
in, and it 'peared that he was her
brother. tho why lie didn't show NJ
afore was kind o queer. Howsumever.
ne says. saws he:
= Its all over. is it. sis?'
And she looks up kind of strange
al goes off into hit of highstrikes.
that scared us most as bad as the other
performance did
What became OF the money!" asked
the BiOle peddler
I'm comin' To tibet. When we got
To- Decatur l stopped OFF, cause I'd got
home. an 80 did some of the others.
Eat the leetle woman kept on, an
heered later that the baby wasn't no
baby at all. but bogus one, made of
wax. an the cry was put into it. and so
were the money. every dollar of il, an
the Young Teller were loaded too, so il
the robbers had touched the kid
there'd had bin some sharp shootin'. Ii
was a shame. low. to work on our
ieelin's a that leetle woman did,
Eeepiu' rs al anxious as revival
neetin'. bu. she got the funds through
safe an .sOund. when there wasn't no
banks nor express offices in that part
% the country She were the wife of
the man that were building the bridge.
II We're a sharp racket. though, an she
worked it for all il were worth. That's
the stage now humpin' itself. G 'night,
gentlemen Mrs. NJ. L. Rayne, in De-
trOit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
MODEL POULTRY HOUSES.
They Are Easily Cleaned and Put Up
Without Much Trouble.


They Are Easily Cleaned and Put Up
Without Much Trouble.
One of the most successful poultry
men we know of has houses (see cut)
IL feet wide by 40 feet long and 8 feet
high, having shingled roof with a l
foot in feet pitch. The sides and
ends are double boarded, SO as to break
joints, with tarred paper between.
The plates, sleepers, etc, are of 2x4-
inch scantling. Each house is divided
the long way by partition into two
equal compartments each, and has a
yard adjoining which accommodates
go fowls The two perches, which are
along the north side of the house, are
placed Is inches apart and Is inches
above the platform which catches the
droppings, and also serve as cover to
the nest boxes. Everything in the
building is easily removable. The floor
is cleaned once a week and the parti-
ton rnder the perches is cleaned
twice a week and plastered daily.
Cleaning under the nests is accom-
plished by lifting the perches and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14

All this took but moment. but that
was long enough for some lively scenes
to be transacted on land. The appar-
emily dead gator was the smallest of the
three, but he was the liveliest corpse /
ever saw.
One of the men landed to examine
him and inadvertently got within reach
of his tail, which appeared suddenly to
become possessed of extraordinary life,
and in an instant he was lying sense
less on his back a dozen feet away.
The blow was light one, however, as,
under ordinary circumstances, il is suf-
ficient TO break the legs of horse.
A second shot finished him. The i'm
jured man gave place to another at the
rifle and the sport continued until long
after midnight. Five gators in all
were killed, the skins of which, when
cured, represented about S75-not a bad
nights work.
An alligator is naturally timid, but a
mother in defense of her eggs or Young
is one of the most furious animals inn
aginable, After the eggs are deposited
in the spring they are covered with dirt
and debris of various sorts, the whole
forming a mound about two feet high
and four feet long; over this the female
watches for weeks until the young APP
pear, when her vigilance redoubles.
Clumsy in appearance they can, when
occasion requires, get over the ground
with remarkable swiftness. progress
ing in long leaps. Under these eircum-
stances the best thing is TO take to a
tree and call for help Escape can also
be made by turning quickly, care being
taken to keep out of reach of the tail
No man has any business alone in the
swamps; he can never tell at what mo-
ment he may need help, and that, too,
when miles away from any human be-
ing. and where, perchance, months
afterward another hunter may come
upon his bleaching bones to tell the
tale. This is why two men invariably
hunt together in the great wilderness
of the south and Why 80 few scrioua
accidents occur. Washington Star.
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A DOMESTIC EPlsopE.

She stood at the glass with glowing cheek,
And looked at the face reflected there,
And i thought that the mirror, II IL could
speak,
Would say she was very sweet and fair.
AS she turned with a smile TO her husband he
Remarked. and his tones conveyed sheer;
1t pleases you very much, 1 see,
To look at yourself Ia the glass. my dear"
She had learned the art OF keeping cool,
So she answered him in gentle tone:
81 am glad 10 know / am beautiful
For my husbands sake, and not my own"
flush OF shame his face o'erspread,
And crossing over TO where she stood
He kissed her warmly, and gently said:
"You are more than beautiful-you're good
Cape Cod Item.
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Influence of Language on Character.

am quite certain that il to-day
France and Germany Were suddenly
and miraculously to interchange
tongues. the two nations would shortly
undergo some un-looked-for altera-
tons | have known several people
whose superficial characteristics were
quite different according as they spoke
French or English, although they were
as fluent in the one as in the other.
know of one woman who is common
and ill-bred as an Englishwoman, but
who, when she speaks French, which
she knows well, is apparently we'll
hammered and rather attractive Nor,
as we reflect. does this seem altogether
strange when we consider how much
national character has to do with the
evolution of language, and how impos-
sible exact translation is | have
heard man say that to read or speal,
French made him feel CAV, and that
the effect of like uses of German was
auieting. DIR Weir Mitchell. in Cen
tury.
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Readers curious in culinary matters
will be interested in the following des.
cription Of favorite dish in eastern
harems- II consists Of lamb roasted
whole after the manner of chest of
Chinese boxes each smaller than the
other, the lamb being stuffed with a
whole turkey. the turkey with a whole
chicken. the chicken with pigeon. the
pigeon with a quail. the quail with a
becafico, which is the smallest bird ex-
cept the humming bird Such a dish
might be considered especially suita-
BILE to occasions when all the members
of a family meet together. as there is
something 10 suit everyone's taste and,
what is more. there IS sure to be plea'
~ Of it-St Louis Republic
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Curious ORIGIN of a Nnme

ON the Peoria e Eastern there is a
station known as Carlos City. Possibly
there are few of its inhabitants who
know how it received that name. The
town was originally called Bloomings-
port, and there were several places OF
the same name in this country. The
result was that many cars of freight
intended for some of the other places
would go to this poiut. 1t became a
proverb on the road that when a car
was lost and could not be found any
where else it would be sure to turn mp
at Bloomingsport. Superintendent
" ilson, then in charge of the road, was
greatly annoyed and announced one
day that he proposed to change the
name of the town. But what to call
it-ah! happy thought. Every lost
car is found at this place. I'll just call
il Carlost City" And Carlost City il
was for long time. The t was
dropped out. and now it is Carlos City
-Indianapolis News
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anInsnIted AIherman.

Contractor-D Did you offer that alder
man five hundred dollars, as directed?
Secretary-Yes, sir.
How did he act?'
HE looked insulted.
What did he say?"
"He said ought to be in the peni
Tertiary"
What did he do?'
He took the money."-N Y.
Weekly
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lenslike seeds. They grow best in dry,
warm, light soils. As green food for
stock. SOW broadcast. but for seed SOW
in drills IL to 10 inches apart, the last
of April or first of May. The common
lentil is superior in flavor TO any of the
other varieties. though it does not pro-
duce so largely as the large lentiL
Lentils are highly priced for food in
several European countries. and there
is quite a market here for them
Orange Judd Farmer.
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partment. More glass would make
the house colder at night and warmer
during the day, owing to the rapidity
with which glass radiates heat No
other ventilation is provided, except as
the windows are opened by sliding
The floor is laid without an air space
over q bottom of fine stone and gravel
and is made practically air tight by
the dirt which fills the cracks. Well
drained earth floors were first tried.
but proved unsatisfactory, because Of
the moist condition of the soil, which
kept the floor cold aud damp and made
it necessary to remove the soil fire.
quently, replacing it with new earth.
The yards are 2xs rods and contain
10 thrifty plum trees set in row
through the middle. Every two weeks
during the summer the halves of the
yards are alternately plowed. The
fence is feet high and is made by
wiring two chestnut posts panels made
by mailing piekets ia inches wide the
same distance apart. The entire cost
Of each building, including the fence,
did not exceed 500. The fence alone
cost for material zoe per rod. Farm
aud Home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1892-01-14
An Ancient Disease.

DIR. Perkins is noted linguist He
knows all the dead languages, and is al
ways telling the derivation of words.
Not long since, Hostetter MeGinnis,
feeling unwell. applied to DIR. Perkins
for advice, detailing his symptoms
You are suffering from dyspepsia, y
said tie doctor.
Dyspepsia, What does that come
from?"
Dyspepsia? Why, that comes from
the Greek, of course; thought every
body knew that. Texas Siftings.
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cHEsEaRoUcH MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

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 efectually, 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 &C
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 Doc
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.
SAY FRANCISCO. csL.
InfueVTfF ~ NEW YORK. M
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Fangle-What are you cutting thai
piece out of the paper for?
Cumso-I'm going TO take the paper
home. and I'm very anxious for my
wife to read the article, as it is or
economy in dress If merely take the
uncut paper home, she won't see it
Fangle-But don't see how she's go
ing to see it if You take the paper with
the item cut out.
Cumso-Well, when she sees the place
where the article was she'll be so curl
Gus TO know what was cut out tha'
she'll send and get another copy.-N. y
Sun
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury.

As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell aud completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the ma
cOus surfaces. Such articles should never
tie USED except on prescriptions from repl,-
table physicians. as The damage they will do
Is ten fold 70 the good yOu can possibly de-
rive from them Halls Caiarrh Cure. man
ufactured by f. J. Cheney a Co. Toledo,
o., contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system Ia buying
Halls Catarrh Cure he sure you get the
genuine. II is taken internally. and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by + J. Cheney q Co. Tes-
ti'nonials free
- sold b. Drugg SITS. price 75c. per bottle.
TowARD twilight you want to keep your
own counsel, since il Is about then that YOU
may expect the eve's-drOpplug. - Boston
ttouripr
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She-He says he hasn't proposed to
her. as his father desired. because she
Is too rich for him.
He-Well. she is pretty well sea-
scued. She's been through twelve
Judge
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Small Boy. Gimme a bottle OF
rerve tonic
Clerk-'.For YOURSELF"
Small Boy.-"Yep, for myself"
CIerl1.-YOu don't look as il you
needed nerve tonic
Small Boy.-"Nop, guess not but ex'
pect TO in less'n week. You see, I've
taken. lately. to hckin' every boy in
our part o'town, and ma says the very
next boy I fight, she'll shut me up in a
room by myself where I'll have to be
civil That time Is sure to come pretty
soon. and with sigh ] expect il TO be
awful wearin' on me. "-PharmaceUticaI
Era
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The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find
the Word?

There is a 5 inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week. which has no two
words alike except one word. The same Is
true of each new one appearing each week.
from The DIR. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places a Crescent" on everything
they make and publish Look for il, send
them the name of the word and they will
samples free.