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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-29
MONEY I'M A sCALPED HEAD.
A Nebraska Man Who VIII BE Well Paid
for Exhibiting at the Fair.

A. w. Edwards, of Elk Creek, Neb.
is regarded by the Omaha Bee as the
luckiest man that ever lost his scalp.
About thirty years ago he hired out as
a teamster in a wagon train going from
Nebraska City to Fort Laramie to take
supplies to the fort. He was then a
youth of sixteen. When near Fort
Laramie the train separated, about
twenty wagons going to the fort and
the remainder of the train going to
other points west. Young Edwards
was with those going to the fort, and
when within less than two miles of
their destination they were surprised
by the Indians. Wholly unprepared
for the attack, it was an easy matter
for the Indians TO kill the men and
plumber the train. Edwards was using
his revolver to the best advantage when
an arrow struck his arm, and. passing
through the flesh, stuck fast in his side.
At the same time his pony was shot and
fell upon him, and an Indian took his
scalp. Inconsistencies then followed.
When consciousness returned he found
himself lying on the ground face down
ward and the pony lying upon him. He
raised his head and looked around.
Another man was lying near him, with
the blood still flowing from his scalp
less head He wondered if his head was
/ in the same condition. He had little
time to ascertain. for, hearing the In
dams coming back, he resolved to feign
death. Burying his face in the dirt he
remained motionless. The Indians
came up and rolled the pony off him
and, to make sure that he was dead,
thrust an arrow into each heel. As he
remained perfectly motionless they
passed on. The firing called the at
tention of the soldiers at the fort and
they came to the rescue, but not until
every man in the caravan was stretched
upon the prairie and the wagons plum
dered.
Young Edwards was found to be the
only survivor. He was taken to the
fort. and. after a severe illness of six
months. recovered. He is living on
farm at Elk Creek, Neb.. with his wife
and five children. He is to go to the
worlds fair to show the people of the
whole world the only living man that
has had his scalp taken by the Indians.
and for his he is TO receive ten thousand
{ dollars and his expenses during the
fair. He is an excellent talker and will
be able to tell his story well and answer
the numerous questions that will be
asked him. Ten thousand dollars
seems a good price for scalp-lock, but
there are few people who would take
the risk or have the nerve to feign
death in such trying ordeal even for
ten thousand dollars
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The oldest Merchant vessel.

Among the many ancient coasters
that regularly visit the port of Bangor
is small craft which has the honor OF
being the oldest merchant vessel in
actual service in the United States
There are vessels which are said to be
older, but they are not in service non
registered in the record of the bureau
of navigation. This is the schooner
Good Intent, Capt. Watson Wardwell
of Rockland. The Good Intent is
twenty-three tons register, and was
launched at Braintree, Mass, in 1918,
making her eighty years old. She has
been repaired and rebuilt, with hun
dreds of spars and acres of canvas. till,
like the Irishman's jack-knife, she is
the same old original, and her skipper
claims that there are still in the hull
two or three white oak planks that
were in her when she was launched
Lewiston journal.
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ceipts will place the mammoth enter
prise on very substantial footing The
average daily attendance is now very
close TO the COMMUNICATIONS
mark and gaining steadily.
Those of the foreign countries whose
exhibits have been delayed by accidents
at sea are now on the ground and are
furnishing some rare surprises by the
magnificence of their displays The
Russians among others are distinguish
ing themselves in their section in the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts build
ing, their arrival all but completing
the grand central avenue in that
leviathan of buildings. Germany,
France and many other nations have
been in place for some time and are
dividing among them the wonder and
admiration of the visiting hosts each
day.
A great many people come to visit the
fair who expect to do the whole thing
up in few days, or a week at most
These invariably go away unsatisfied
or conc that their business else
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-29
GO INTO THE GALLERIES.
People Who DO Not Climb the Stairs Mis-
Many Fine Exhibits.


Many Fine Exhibits.
Up to the present time it has ap-
peared as if there was some danger that
in the immensity of space that the
sightseer has to cover at the fair, the
galleries of the big buildings would be
neglected. Since the crowds have be-
gun to arrive and the attendance has
run up to the hundred thousand mark,
people have found out that there is
much to be seen above ground, and
have climbed the stairs in search of new
marvels with as much energy as they
have displayed in going from one build
ing to another.
Still exhibitors in the galleries are in
them by. and ask for better means OF
transportation from the floors to the
galleries. They suggest signs pointing
out the way and stating what can be
found above. The chief of the trans
portation department has promised his
exhibitors more elevators and the adj
ditional attraction of band on wet
afternoons.
These people who hurry through a
building without diverging from the
main avenue on the floor make great
mistake. In the assignment of space il
was impossible to place all the best ex-
hibits in the most prominent parts of
the buildings, and in most of the ex-
hibit halls as much can be seen by TAX
ing a side aisle or walking through the
gallery, as in the crush of visitors on
the main avenues. Especially is this
true in the Transportation building,
where the whole of the bicycle exhibit
is installed in the gallery, and a vast
number of models of engineering works,
and curious examples of boats and car
riages can be found.
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The castle of Hohenzollern is the
cradle of the German imperial family.
1t stands on a solitary erag overlook
ing the Danube in the widest and rug
gedest part of its course. The great
old ruins of Kallenberg, Waldenstein,
Falkenstein and dozen others are
perched on the cliffs within few hun
dred miles of Hohenzollern, for mill.
tary castle rose on every point Oh
vantage along the noble Danube in the
ages when knights and battles were
the order of the day. Hohenzollern
commands view of the country for
miles and miles on every side of it. and
aside from sentiment which makes the
German emperors carefully keep up the
home of their race, the castle is an inn
portant military citadel overlooking
southern Germany, and is Away heavi-
ly garrisoned. The original castle was
built in $50 A. d., almost one thousand
years ago. 1t has been twice destroyed,
and was occupied by the Austrians in
1866. The present castle was begun in
1850. The German emperor has not
visited ii since his coronation, and the
imperial family seldom live in it, be
cause it is so great distance from Ber-
Gn.-Philadelphia Press.
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AMERICAN CITES.

THERE are 10000 Hollanders in the
chief cities of the United States-more
than half of them, $500, in Chicago.
THERE are l.400 Mexicans in San
Francisco There are 1890 Cubans IN
New York city and 1900 in Brooklyn.
THERE are $4,000 Hungarians in the
chief American cities-l2.20O Of them
in New York and 5000 in Cleveland.
THERE are 1000 Welshmen in the
chief American cities-2. 500 in Pitts
burgh, 1000 in Chicago. 1900 in Cleye-
land and 600 in New York and Phila-
delphia.
THERE are sixteen American cities
having more than 100000 popula-
ton. OF these sixteen Cleveland has
the largest proportion of foreign-bora
inhabitants. Washington has the small
est.
THERE are 60, 600 Bohemians in the
chief American cities-25. 900 of them
in Chicago, 5000 in Cleveland. 5000 in
New York. $500 in St. Louis and 1,4OO
in Milwaukee,.
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THE GUARD is woRsTeD.
MIR. Trotter Asks a Question and Is
Brought Up sharp


''Can this be love?''
Tenderly gazing down into the limpid
eyes of Agatha Swoggles, whose fluffy
bang rose and fell regularly on her
throbbing temples, Vernon Trotter
asked himself this question while he
took a clandestine hitch at his suspend
ers.
About the couple lay the strange vii
lagos of the Midway Plaisance, simmer
ingin the moonlight. Low songs of night
birds came to their ears in dreamy ca
dences, mellowed by distance and the
warm night wind which greatly stirred
the leaves above their heads. Happy
in sweet soul communion, Agatha and
Vernon gave no thought to their en-
vironments nor to the depressing fact
that the morrow would bring toll,
wheat cakes and bad Sixty-third street
coffee. A long-drawn sigh was the
only answer from the girl to the muir
INJURED query of her idol.
Words could not express the sweet
restfulness which overflowed her heart
as she trustingly burrowed her little
head into his shirt front No word es-
capped her lips and for some moments
the youth gazed at her with eyes in
which the love lights shone, straining
his cars to catch sound. But his ears
stood the strain and returned to their
normal position, for the girl spoke not.
An awful fear beset the heart of YER
non, causing him to start and gasp,
while he clasped still closer to him the
beloved burden within his arms. Could
it be, he thought, that he had been mis-
taken? No, that could not be, for he
was Columbian guard. Why. then,
this silence which echoed across TIE
Plaisance and died away into the sum
mer night? Again the youth leaned
down close to her face-so close that
her face-powder made delicate tracery
upon his ear Gazing into her eyes, he
said again: "Cau this be lover
At this the young girl started. A
CLEAN shot into her eyes, lighting up
the darkness for eleven feet around,
and she said: well. it seems to that il
/ had been moukeying around as long
as you have I'd know whether it was OF
not, without asking any foolish ques-
tons Chicago News.
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The Grandson Of a Statesman.

At booth in the worlds fair, called
the Booth OF the Sunshine league, there
is a little boy in attendance who at
tracts a great deal of attention from
visitors. The boy is James G. Blaine,
Sd, and he is a grandson of the great
James G. Blaine who died last January
in Washington. Jamie" Blaine has
been very sick with scarlet fever all the
spring, and be is now far from strong.
But his pretty young mamma thought il
would amuse him to spend few hours
a day in the Sunshine booth, and might
make him stronger; so he is there every
day selling things and assisting ia the
work of the booth. He is only six OF
seven years old, but he is tall and has
the same grave expression which you
see in the pictures of the great states
man who was his grandfather.
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IN DEFENSE OF CHICAGO.
Worlds Fair Visitor Kesutes the Chargel
of Extortion and Imposition.

A Worlds Fair Visitor xesutes the Charges
of Extortion and Imposition.
| lately came from Australia with
the double purpose of settling in Chr
cago and seeing the worlds fair. Some
people advised me not to visit your city
at present and told me tales about ex-
tortion, imposition and robbery that
would alarm anybody. But / took it
for granted that such a notie city as
Chicago was not built upon a structure
of fraud nor sustained by imposition,
and that justice was very necessary
element of greatness; so l determined
to come right along.
l confess that ! had some very Sc
rious misgivings. But what was my
surprise on landing in your marvellous
city when | found everything ut most
moderate prices. The cabman charged
me fifty cents to drive me TO my botel
and was accommodated in a very adj
mirable manner with room and board
at four dollars per day, and if it were
necessary | could have lived for one
dollar and fifty cents day. The the
aters give magnificent performances
for very reasonable rates. The BARRIERS
are treating everybody fairly In fact
all the necessities and luxuries Of life
are surprisingly CHEAP. ! do not know
If Chicago has raised rs prices since
the opening of the fair; if it has, then
things must have been phenomenally
low prior TO that date.
The world is ringing with all kinds
of rumors regarding Chicago and its
general extortion, and surely some
means ought to be used by which this
injustice TO your people may be
checked. IL only tends to defer the
success of the big exposition, for when
people discover that they have been I'M
necessarily alarmed by false and mali
cious reports they will flock here from
all parts of the civilized world by hum
dreds of thousands. What amazes me
is to find some American cities so ridic-
ulously shortsighted as to disparage the
wonderful fair. They must surely
know that the success of the fair will
be benefit to the entire country, while
its failure VIII not only injure your
city, but the whole OF the United
States. But the fair will be a success
in spite of the petty malice of one or
two cities that are mad with jealousy.
Alfred Williams, in Chicago Tribune.
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Pardonab,e onen.e.

When Columbian guards do wrong
they have to write a full explanation
of their wrong doing on formidable
paper bearing printed questions that
are designed to extort the truth from
the erring Columbian. When one of
them sat down while on duty one
dreary night recently he was discov-
cred in his heinous offense and was duly
given the printed blank and ordered to
tell his shame il ink. The questions to
be answered read:
'.what was the nature of the of.
fense?''
The guard wrote:
''Settin' down"
what was the cause?'
Tired wrote the culprit.
Have you any explanation to offer?A
said the merciless blank.
.'Hevvy body. small feat, was the
triumphant answer.
Naive and to the point, to say ths
least of it.
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The White City is now in truth the
Mecca of all nations, and here we may
behold each day wonderful mingling
of strange races.
There are now but few drawbacks to
the complete success of the fair, and
these will. it is believed, be done away
with in due season 70 permit of full
and satisfactory return foz the i'm
mense outlay of labor and money. One
of the disturbing elements is the failure
of the railroads to make special fair
rates. There is tendency on the part
of some roads to reduce their fare and
we may look for general move in that
direction very soon. Many prospective
visitors are awaiting this move. and
when the reductions are made there
viii in all probability be great rush
TO our city.
The financial report for the month of
MAY shows a profit of nearly quarter
of a million dollars. which is far in ex-
cess of all expectations and very en-
couraging TO heavy stockholders. Dur
ing the rest of the season the expenses
of running the fair will be greatly
lightened, and with the Increasing re-
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rrueaI Rulearian LegisIator..

The most frugal and matter-of-fact
government of Europe is probably that
of Bulgaria, which, when the national
Legislature does not happen to be in
parliamentary chamber for theatrical
entertainments. The national repre-.
sentatives are mostly farmers in a
small way. and they are very regular
in their attendance since. If they are
not on hand to answer the roll-call,
they forfeit their daily stipend of three
dollars.-N. Y. Tribune
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mold, could quito compare with il. and
il was by some sort of wonderful
chance that he had become its pos
SCISSOR. Conn wondered and admired
with him 70 his hearts content Then
came breakfast. and then the marching
Of the Brighton Blues. This was a
company of boys in blue uniform
handsome. healthy, wide-awake boys,
from fourteen 70 seventeen years old
every one Of them the pride of mothers,
aud sisters and cousins They were to
march into Boston. and parade the
streets. and dine at restaurant, and
see the fireworks in the evening, and I
don't know what other wonderful
things.
Jack was in the highest spirits He
was sure he and his pistol were neces-
sary part of the day; and he sincerely
pitied Conn, because she was girl, and
must stay at home.
Bang vh4ng. whzng goes the drum, tOOtle-te-
tootle the ofe;
Oh, the DAY in the city square-there is no such
pleasure ia life"
ne quoted; and then he called back TO
her from the gate:
Its too bad, Conn. that there's no
fun for you. but keep your courage up.
and I'll bring you something"
And So they marched away in the
CAV. glad morning sunshine, following
their band Of music-a boys band that
was. too.
Conn stood and watched them with a
wistful. longing look in her great blue
eyes, and the soft. bright color coming
and going on her girlish cheeks. At
/ last she gathered a bunch of late red
roses. and put them in her bosom, and
went into the house. She sewed lit
/ tie. and then she tossed her work aside.
/ for who cares TO work on holidays?
Then she took up her new book; out
the tale it told seemed dull and cold be-
side the warm throbbing life of which
the outside world was full. She wished
| over and over that she were "a boy -
that she might have marched away
with the rest Then she wondered IL
she could not go into town and see
them from somewhere, in all their
glory. Very little idea had she of a
Boston crowd on Fourth of July. She
had been into town often enough with
her aunt or her uncle, and walked
through the quiet streets; and she
thought she should have little trouble
in doing the same now She looked in
her purse; she had not much money
but enough so that she could ride if she
/ got tired, and she would be sure "a
save some TO come home. She called
her Aunt Sarah's one servant, and made
her promise to keep the secret as long
as she could. and then tell Aunt Sarah
] that she had gone 10 Boston to find
l Jack. and see him march with the rest.
The girl was a goOd-natured creature
not bright enough TO know-that it was
her duty to interfere, and easily per
suaded by Conn's entreatIeS and the
bit of blue ribbon with which they
were enforced.
And so Conn started off. as the boy:
had done before her, and went on hel
way. But she had no music to which
TO march, and for company she had only
her own thoughtS-her own hopes
Still she marched bravely on.
There were plenty of other people
going the same way-indeed il seemed
70 Conn as If everybody must be going
into Boston. Excitement upheld her
and she trudged along, mile after mile
across the pleasant mill dam, and a,
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.Inhnnr.. Cnnfe.sinn-

Last thuv July / plade A trik wot
orter bee A shaimd NV. WIZ upp in
owr attick wen lookt owt of the side
winder & sor over ministir sittin inn
the shaid clost tn over howse torlSin tn
mar on the tempy Rants Kwestshin.
The topp of His funny borld he'd wus
shining round like A full Moon & i
throde hanfull of big torpy doze on
lit ia c if tina wood maik him jump.
Thay Did. they maid mar jump tn &
Jus skipt inn time tn shape A regguler
wippin wot dizervd.
think A boy orter no bettir than 10
pla eny trik like that onn A minister.
sum da hele hav a borld he'd him self &
how wood hee like lit.
Iwunder wen over minister wuz A
littil Teller il hee did thoze playful ak.
III. c. Dodge, in Goodall's sun.
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SELLING The FAIR INDth DlFfltOls1ifS-
where is not so pressing as they at first
thought il was. After spending a
whole day in one corner of one of the
vast buildings they begin to realize the
magnitude of their task and resolve to
forego a minute inspection of the exhib-
its, unless they can arrange for a
lengthy stay, and bestir themselves to
get over as much ground as possible,
contenting themselves with only a
cursory glance at objects of superior
interest while on the wing.
There is one portion of the fair, how
ever, that sticks them. That is Mid
way Plaisance In spite Of all their
plans they find it an utter impossibility
to get through that marvellous aggrega-
ton of wonders on schedule time. Its
attractions are all too potent for the
strength of their resolutions and they
linger in spite of themselves amidst the
destinations of the Kaleidoscope thor
oughfare.
In this connection it might be well TO
impart little advice, which is con-
tanned in the words of an honest old
lady from the back districts, who,
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think of scolding.
1t was six years after that, that in
the battle of Malvern Hills. July 1.
1862. Jack. a real soldier then. and no
longer boy playing at the mimicry of
war, was wounded; and next day the
news came TO the quiet Brighton home.
Conn had grown To be a young lady
in the sweet grace of her twenty sum
mers, and she was her Aunt Sarah's
help and comfort. To these two wom-
en- came the news of Jacks peril. The
mother cried little. helplessly; but
there were no tears in Conn's eyes
Aunt Sarah" she said, quietly, II
am going 20 find Jack. =
And that day she was off for the Pen
insula II was the Fourth of July
when she reached the hospital in
which her Cousin Jack had been
placed. She asked about him, trem-
bling: but the news, which treasured
her, was favorable. lie was wounded,
but not dangerously. IL was girlish
instinct, which every girl will under
stand. that made Conn put on fresh.
white gown before she used the per-
MISSION she Hdu GtEElNtl " Aht
hospital She ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jack
remember also?--that other Fourth of
July on which they found each other
six years before. As If nothing should
be wanting of the old attire, she met,
as she passed along the street, boy
with flowers to sell-for flowers
! bloomed, rjust as the careless birds
sang, even amid the horrors of those
dreadful days-and bought of him
bunch of late red roses, and fastened
them, as she had done that other day,
upon her breast
The sun was low when she entered
the hospital. and its last rays kindled
the hair. golden still as In the years
| long past, till il looked like saints
aureole about her fair and tender face.
She walked on among the suffering.
until. at last, before she knew that she
had come near the object of her search,
she heard her name called. ust as she
had called Jacks name six years be-
fore:
''Oh, Conn, Conn.,
And then she sank upon her knees
beside low bed, and two feeble arms
reached round her neck and drew her
head down.
II was waiting for you, Conn.
knew you would come. lay here
waiting till | should see you, as you
were that day long ago-all in white,
and with red roses on your breast-my
one love in all the world"
And the girls white face grew Grim
+. son with swift, sweet JOY. for never
/ before had such words blessed her.
She did not speak; and Jack, full o.
mans Impotence, now that at last he
had uttered the words left unsaid so
/ long, held her fast, and whispered:
Tell me, Conn, tell me that you are
mine. come life or death. Surely you
would not have sought me here if you
had not meant it to be so! You are
nv Conn-tell me so"
And suppose Conn satisfied him, for
two years after that she was his wife,
and twelve years later he gave the old
pistol of that first Fourth of July to a
young ten-year-old Jack Richmord to