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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
was old Mrs. Mccullough who settled

was old Mrs. Mccullough who settled
the matter.
We'll" she interrupted. do come
and sit down. I'm sure / don't know
how you got here, but we're glad
enough TO see you. I'll play with Mr..
Mccullough because ! am used to him.
You can play with nay partner.
Were wasting lot of precious
time" said Mr.. Mccullough, and the
handsome woman came forward from
the doorway and picked up the cards
that lay at her place.
Richmond seated himself opposite
and for ten minutes not n word was
spoken. She did play well-one of
those intelligent pliable games which
show science. memory and comprehen-
sion Richmond was delighted with
her If at a critical point he planned a
brilliant stroke she caught his inten-'
tion instantly and cooperated. He
was not curious concerning her per-
sonally; he had barely looked at her;
she was simply his skillful comrade.
IL was her deal, and as she picked up
the cards she shufiied them once. Rich
mOnd's eyes were on her fingers and
III star AEAA a A&AAAE- tic
by an odd bit of manipulation. lie
had never seen but one other person
do it. The next time he watched her;
then he glanced from her fingers to her
face in sudden, sharp inquiry. Her
eyes We're on his; they wore a look
that might have been triumph. The
game went on. The low tones of the
young people were almost whispers.
IF you had that ace you We're long
time playing it, Charlotte" said Mr..
Mccullough at the end of hand.
Zone doesn't win by being in hur-
~" she answered easily.
NO" said the stranger. speaking
for almost the first time, lone does
not
The words were simple, but to Rich
mond's ear they were emphatic. lie
looked at her with a certain air of sus-
pense, and again she me- his look. An
other hand was played.
You did it that time" said Rich
mond AZ tine end of it, as he scored three
tricks
Yes" said she. smiling. II thought
it was time took matters into my own
hands"
lie NuEneu Il lilllc pst4c anu bctlI Tue
cards with his eyes on her face. The
evening slipped on; the game was close
and interesting
That play of yours was an unusual
one said Riehmand, but successful"
Yes" she answered, slowly; II
brolae all rules to do it. 1t was forced
lead. but there seemed nothing else TO
do"
There were bright red spots in her
cheeks, and She held her handsome
head very high as she spoke. lie laid
down his cards as if to stop playing;
then
1T saved the game, he said, concise
", as he picked them mp again.
Il thought You had that queen.
Charlotte" said Mr.. Mccullough, in ire
full reproach, from the way you
played before"
1T IS dangerous to draw differences,
said Richmond quickly, looking across
the table.
Not usually" she answered, lightly,
If one knows ones partner"
At ten o'clock Richmond, instead OF
taking up the hand she had just dealt
him, put both his arms on the table
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
a Good Shepherd.

An instance of DIR. Brooks noble
sympathy and greatregard for the poor
aud distressed is told by Rev. DIR. Me-
Vickar, his devoted friend. A poor
woman, living in the parish, was sick.
DR. Brooks visited her frequently, and,
besides ministering to her spiritual
wants, provided in a substantial way
for her ply needs. One day the
doctor found her more than usually
pale and miserable in appearance.
Believing that outdoor exercise
would benefit her, he advised her
to go out in the air for recreation.
She replied that she could not leave her
sickly babe behind, and she was too
weak to carry il. ''Then go out for q
while and will mind the baby, urged
the doctor. The grateful woman pro-
tested against such a seeming indignity
to a clergyman, but he insisted. and
while sh. enjoyed for several hours the
sunlight and purer air of the park the
great hearted, generous doctor, un-
mindful of his position as rector of a
wealthy and fashionable church, sat i'm
a dingy, meanly-furnished room in
back alley, rocking the cradle in which
lay the peevish infant, until its mothers
return. Y. Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
A Whala In RaffIa-

Approaching a whale at all times is
like going into battle, Notwithstanding
the abandon of The fishermen. Have
no fear that the ight whale will swal-
low you; he could not do SO even if he
were so disposed, as his gullet is only
large enough to admit a good-sized her.
ring. The sperm whale could swallow
a man if he desired to do so; but he is
no more inclined TO swallow man.
particularly with his clothes on, than
you would be to swallow a small bird
with its feathers. PC b y viii crush
you in his ponderous jaws, if he is
fighting bull, and eject you in detail
lie will also chew up and spit out
pieces of the demolished boat, break up
the wooden utensils floating upon the
water, and fight every piece of wood
until more than seven baskets of frag-
ments may be taken up; and having
tired himself out in this way, he will
lay off. angrily slapping the water
with his fins, and challenge some other
boats, or perhaps, in rare cases, attack
the vessel Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
oLO-TIME HOSPITALITY.
A Trait which Is Prominent In Old yir-
clafa.

Ciaia.
ION a bright summer morning early
in the eighties, with my father / left
Berryvillc, in Clarke county, and drove
east across the Shenandoah river, up
the road to Smokers gap, in the Blue
Ridge. There we turned south to visit
point where n shooting affair had oc-
Cured, in which my father was inter-
cstcd as an attorney. On account of
the many winding roads we became
lost and drove beyond the place we ex-
pected to reach. In short time, how
ever. we heard rooster growing, and
going a short distance saw a mountain
farm.
1--WE drove up. and were greeted by
an old gentleman who was as least four
scores and two. Ills home was simple
one. but the right royal welcome he
gave US was as cheering as "a rock in a
weary land and rs free from decep-
ton as dross is foreign TO tempered
steel. The patriot was a great admircr
of "Old Hickory, and had strong views
about the affairs of the day.
There hung his rusty rifle over the
door. and everything showed a sign of
rural independence. 4 large dagger
was sticking between the upper floor
and one of the joists.
- Il had that made lac said, for some
of our soldiers, but il was never used.
The women folks got hold of it here
last spring and chopped pea sticks with
it and dulled it up. just like 'em,
though ''The next morning when we
arose we were unable TO find comb or
brush.
When we asked our friend about it
he said: "Why. can't you find it?
bought comb directly after the war.
but I reckon the women have been
usin' it, and there's no tellin' where il
is. Women are heap o trouble about
such things"
Despite these facts. that afternoon
dinner. supper by early candle-light,
and breakfast near the rising of the
sun will long be remembered That
old ham, oven-baled biscuits. solid but
ter. clover honey, rich milk, blackberry
preserves, ice-cold water from the
mountain spring. and those kind hearts
have ever since been tempting us TO re-
turn once again TO the spot where we
learned that Old Virginia Hospitality"
is as native to our humble homes as il
is to our richly-furnished mansions
with their marble halls Richmond
Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
INTERESTING TO SOLDIERS.

THE Prussians were the first to divide
their pontoons into compartments.
ONE HUNDRED AND sIxTY-FIvE confed.
crate army generals yet survive. TWEEN
ty-nine died last year.
THE German navy now possesses
eighty-si vessels, either afioat or ready
for combat, representing total of 219,-
063 tons.
GENERAL statistics prove that, since
the Trojan war, three thousand years
ago-that is, since the beginning of his
tory-not a single year has elapsed in
which some war has not killed large
number of men.
FIFTY-FIvE of the survivors of the last
war with Great Britain have formed an
association under the name of the $50
ciety of the War of 1872" The Oldest
member is David Mccoy, of San Ber-
nardino, Cal. His age is 102.
Ice one to two inches thick win bear
men. Two inches thick is estimated fit
to bear infantry; four inches thick to
bear cavalry or light guns; six inches
to bear teams with moderate loads or
heavy field guns; eight inches, teams
with heavy loads
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
NO MORE KNOCKING DOWN.
The Old and the New Relations of Con
ductors to the Railroads.

The Old and the New Relations of Con-
ductors to the Railroads.
Time was that passenger conductor
on a railroad running out of Philadel-
phia used to drive to the depot in fine
carriage, with drive in livery, when
ever he was going to take out his train.
lie returned small fortune when he
was investigated. Those were the days
when conductors had a chance to steal
the fares that were paid to them by
passengers who did not have tickets
Very many of them did steal. Sums as
great as seventy-five thousand dollars
have been recovered from thieving con-
ductors. 1t is told of one of these
conductors that he once collected
fare from man who was one cent
short of the full amount The passen-
ger made good the shortage in a few
DAYS and said to the conductor: II
oppose you have turned in my fare and
now you will keep this penny?" The
conductor looked at him. "0h, no."
said he, II poclseted the fare and am
going to turn this penny in to the COM
pany.
All this business is thing Of tho
past Today conductors get rev
chances to profit unduly. Not only are
passengers obliged to have their tickets
punched at the depots in the principal
towns, but far closer watch than that
is kept upon the tickets. On the great
roads the numbers of the tickets sold
for each tram are charger against that
train. If a man buys ticket and car.
ries ii several days without using it,
that ticket is still charged against the
train il was sold for. If several tickets
thus charged are not turned in, the
company looks into the case. If con-
ductor should take tickets, as used to
be done, and turn them in to friendly
agent, unpunched, to be sold again,
his accounts would not agree with the
station agents or the general passenger
agents records. and he would be called
upon to explain the irregularity. Al
most the only chance a dishonest con-
ductor has to NIP" a fare now is when
a man at a flag station has not been
able to buy ticket The conductor
is pretty certain to give him a rebate
check, becasse stray passenger may
be a spotter. Y. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

The New York Electric club, once SO
conspicuous among the fraternal elec.
trical associations of the country, has
voted to disband and wind up its affairs.
A MARvELoUsLY effective tableau
curtain made of crystal prisms, held to
getber by wire and illuminated by cleo.
trio lights, is one of the scenic novelties
in a London pantomime.
THE manufacture of aluminium by an
electrolytic process is to be undertaken,
it Is said, on an extensive scale at
FORCES, France. The falls of the Praa
river are TO be utilized and the plant
erected forthwith.
An improved electric snow sweeper is
constructed to move along the track al
any desired rate of speed, and at the
same time, with an independent set OF
motors, drive n set of rotary steel
brushes with any amount of power.
A USEFUL application of the electric
motor is that of giving easily controlled
power to the invalid tricycle. chair. A
storage battery under the seat supplies.
it is claimed, force sufficient for fifty
miles, without recharging, at speed OF
eight miles an hour.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
JouRNEYINGs OF ROYALTY.


DURING her visit to Florence Queen
Victoria will occupy the Villa Palmieri,
where Boccaccio once lived.
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE CoLERIDGE, of
England, will probably visit this coun-
try during the worlds fair.
THE Archduke Francis Ferdinand, of
Austria, has been Hospitality enter
tanned at Calcutta by Sir Charles Elliott,
the lieutenant governor of Bengal.
KING CHRISTIAN and Queen Louise of
Denmark have announced their inten-
ton OF spending couple of weeks in
London with the prince and princess of
Wales after Easter.
The shah of Persia, who has 10,O00,-
900 sterling stored in his palace, has
been borrowing a sum from the state TO
defray the cost of his summer outing to
the distant provinces of his empire. His
suite comprises 10000 people, including
800 wives.
THE duchess of Edinburg will soon go
TO st. Petersburg for few weeks visit
to the emperor and empress of Russia
and in the spring will go on to Bucha-
rest, where she will stay for some time
with Prince and Princess Ferdinand of
Rournania
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
WILL MAKE YOU SMILE.

FIRST STRANGER-"It seems 10 me ]
have seen your face before" Second
Stranger-''Quite likely. That's where
carry it.--Tid-Bits.
JAcKsoN-''I met a man on the street
yesterday who reminded me of you"
Jenkins-"Is that so. How?" Jackson
He. too, has owed me ten dollars for
more than month. "-Browning King
& Co.'S Monthly.
MoTHER-"You naughty boy! You've
been fighting" Little Son-.'No, ma. -
''How did your clothes get torn and
your face get scratched?" Il was tryin'
TO keep bad boy from hurting a good
little boy" THAT was noble. Who
was the good little boy?' ''Me.''-Tid-
Bits.
REV. SnAs SoFrEY-"Ah. Thomas,
that man tried TO take me in about that
wretched screw of horse; but I'm not
such fool as ! look, eh?" Thomas
(the groom)-''Noa, sir, that ye're not. !"
Rev. Silas-"Eh, what?" Thomas
BEG pardon, sir, mean we're hadn't
need to bea. Punch.
BIG MAN (ferociously)-'I'm pleased
to have met you, sir. hear, sir, that you
alluded TO me last night as an indiyid-
ual.'" Little Man Seeing his way out
of a row)-''That's where you are mis-
informed. ] alluded to you as an indi-
vidualist.' I'm 'collectivist,' you
lSnow."-Funnv Folks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23

A very artistic and attractive corner
bookcase is made in antique oak, with
a low casing containing three cur
tanned shelves, surrounding recepta-
Gle in the base for holding pamphlets,
etc, and capped by an over-structure
of paneled wood, extending from the
extreme sides of the bookcase in to the
angle. the corner itself being filed by
little cupboard with glass doors and
shelves for bric'abrae. The whole eff
feet is very pretty. and offers novel
method of filling the unsightly corner
so hard to dispose of in modern dwell
ings. The panels are SOMETIMES COM
pleted by oil paintings on the wood APP
propriate to the situation, and the
spaces between filed with semicircular
brackets for holding vases or statuettes.
The superstrueture may be capped by
narrow molding just wide enough to
support plaque in the angle and on
the two sides. in terror Decorator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
NO MORE DRAGGING.
How Old Uncio Sahum Had His Conc,
CompiefeIy lssn,, Ont

How Old Uneio NAHUM Had His Conceit
Completely 1sssr, Out.
1.-THE brightest minds hev been
known to git astray onct in awhile. "
began Uncle Nahum Leavitt, IAN the
fact that ! stopped over onct is jest as
much n sign of genius as It's of fool.
Fur's know, it seems so" His neigh
Dor, who sat with him in the great
barn door, nodded his head very vigor-
ously, as much as to say that Uncle
Nahum's sage remark was far too
weighty for immediate discussion.
The time clipped mp the elm trees
front the house was an awful upsetter
to me"
'How's that?' said the neighbor,
whose conversational powers lay most
~ in the line of the Interrogation.
Well don't mind relatin' an expe-
rience that was putty good lesson ter
me, an that did more toward reduein'
my self-esteem than most anything
ever tackled"
He rose cautiously and peefed round
the corner of the barn to assure him.
self they were not overheard; then sat
isfied that no one was near, he NOV ed
the small lxeg which served as seat
nearer to his listeners, and began:
"Well, one mornin' / says ter Mary:
Them elm-trees front the house ought
err be trimmed up. That parlor has
got the chill an damp o the tomb in it,
says l."
'.Moldy?"
"Yis. twas. Well, l hunted up a
Al II
ter the lower limbs. Jest as / got set
tied Mary come ter tn door an says,
Now, father-she alters called me
father after the children come-'now
don't be too venturesome fur you amt
so young as you was once, and you
can't do as the boys do
well, il alters riled me ter be called
old, an spoke up putty sharp an says:
I'm old 'nough ter tend ter my own
affairs an not meddler says i never
hev threw yer age in yer face yit,
though it be apparent to all!'
ut was putty sarcastic, / know, an
she went in an shet the door. She
didn't slam it, but jest shet it easy, like
she could bide her time.
II s'pose l was kinder frustrated by it
an upset. an begun sawin' like any
thing an not noticin' what ! was dom.
till heard big crack, an fust knew
i was hangin' by my vest ter the stub
end of limb bout ten feet from the
ground. he'd sawed off the limb was
a-settin' on.
MARY heard the crash an come rum
MIN out lively, but when she saw
want in no close danger she says, Pull
yerself right up ter the next limb, the
way the boys do
Il says, pretty hasty, j amt no boy.
Run an git LADDER!
I'm most too infirm ter rum says
she, but I'll call some one
Putty soon she come back with a
man an ladder, an when | was a
steppin' down she says, mighty perlite:
There, now, don't play any of them
boyish tricks again and scare me- My
nerves amt SO strong as You young
people'sy'
well, sir, whilst / were a-hangin'
there the coneeit Jest dripped off my
boot legs. / was glad 'nough ter feel
the ground agin, can tell We, an sense
then ] amt never believed in braggin'."
Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
GET OUT The WAY.

I climbed the hill one wintry day.
And unused my meditative way,
And lost in various thought profound.
ObliviOus 10 all around,
heard shout ring loud and clear
And sInite in terror on my ear
a shout that filed NJ with dismay:
hi. Mister there Get out the way"
looked and saw there iu my road
A double-ruuner with its load
OF shouting, laughing. hooting boys-
\ solid freight OF solid noise.
Hi! Mister. there, Get out the way
= most undiplOmatie bray.
A bold command without the stress
OF any courteous finesse-
I did not make a long delay
But well, ! got out ihs way"
Ny FIRST thought was not one OF peace,
But one OF vengeance and police.
But then those boys. thought again.
Are like al other sons o. men,
AL mount their sleds and ~ out each day:
> HI, Mister, there. Get out the way
We haze ambitions shod with steel.
Too swift 10 see. too hard 70 feel
We mount them IN the hope 20 glide
Dew destiny's steep mountain side,
Ana Ley. nl swift through frosty CLEANS
Dart the 81 runners 81 our dreams
And loud we shout. q raucous bray:
- Iii, Mister, there Get out the way"
We do not tgrn our coasters back
But warn all people OF the track
We claim an uuimpeded slope
Down all the highways Of our hope
So. that our doubIe-runners glide
Let other men find room one side.
And they can stand there in the snow
Ard have the fun % see Us go
And so we shout day after day
ri Mister. there, Get out the way"
And 50 stood there in the snow
ard watched the boys glide far below,
And swift my thoughts were thoughts 0
peace
had no use for the police.
DO not shout myself each DAY:
Iii. Mister. there, Get out TIE was
$ W Foss. in Yankee Blade.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

The emperor of Germany has had a
piano built for him, the case of which
is made out of bits of stays horns.
William was always fons of his horn.
The first horn in England or Amer
lea was blown by Frenchman, name
unknown, and the instrument has
since, for that reason, been generally
called the French horn.
The most cunning art, as well as the
highest scientific use to which wood
can be twisted, turned, wreathed,
warped or carved is that when fash
toned into an ideal violin.
A MUSICIAN named Saroni, of Park
ersburg, Va, has just perfected and
patented novel musicSl instrument,
which he calls key zither." 1t is, in
its simplicity, either played with
keys, and it is said to be "a revelation
in the way of musical instrument"
Dir. ALFRED SPRINGER, of Cincinnati,
has shown new application of the
mental aluminium. He has made a
violin of it, and the instrument,
which was given public test at con-
cert before q number of musical ex-
perts, has been pronounced emiDently
satisfactory in the purity and sweetness
Of its tone
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-03-23
WORKING ON MOUNTAIN Tops.
Neither Men nor Animals DO as Efflcient
Work as at the sea Level.


Work at the sea LeveL
Some practical facts are furnished by
the experience of the workmen engaged
in the construction of the Central rail-
way over the main range of mountains
in Peru. The line starts from Lima. ia
latitude IL deg The summit tunnel of
this line at Galeria is at the height Of
IS. 645 feet, or little under the height
of Mont Blanc, but it must be remem-
bered that the climate conditions are
very different and more unfavorablc
in Peru than in Europe. Mr.. f. Lane
the engineer in chief, finds that the
workmen up to an altitude Of 5000 70
10, 000 feet do about the same relative
quantity of work IS at sea level, pro-
vided they have been Injured to the
height or brought up in the country.
A 12,e00 feet the amount OF work de-
teriorates, and at 100000 TO 10000
full third has to be deducted from the
amount that the same man could per-
form at sea level.
Owing to the absence of malaria the
percentage of efficient labor at the
greatest elevation is n very high one.
Men coming from the coast are not
found capab BILE of doing efficient work
for about two weeks on an average
when taken to high elevations. The
capacity increases and reaches its
maximum in few weeks or months,
according to the constitution of the in
dividual. The majority Of the laborers
are ''Cholos," or Indians born in the
Sierra. They are found incapable of
doing efficient work on the coasts or in
the warmer attitudes without long
course of acclimatization. If gangs of
these 'Cholos' have for special pur-
poses been taken down suddenly from
the Sierra to work at attitudes of from
., 900 to 5000 feet. sickness and fever
have resulted from the change.
Mules and horses are found to do
about the same efficient work proper
tionately as human beings up to about
II, 900 feet in this district Mules stand
the climate best, but, again, require
some weeks for administration, and if
urged to undue exertion at great alti-
tudes they are liable TO drop dead sud-
denly 1t may be remarked that the
region of perpetual snow In the district
begins at about is, 900 feet Nineteenth
Century