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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
Japanese Temple.

In a magnificent temple in Kioto.
Japan, there is a mammoth image OF
the goddess of Kwannon. having ons
thousand hands and eleven faces. ano
on each side of this goddess are five
hundred other gilded images standing
ten rows on a side, each five feet iu
height, one thousand in all, and each
image has ten small images on its heac
and ten on each hand. The building
containing this renar kable army il
four hundred feet in length. II is calico
The Thirty Thousand-God Temple
The correspondent sending this item
from beautiful Japan adds: pray foi
Japan. aud give the Gospel to Asia a
any cost and delay not"-gsrpsrt
BsEsr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
DIPLOMATIC FORMS.
A Forced Departure from the Methods In
Vogue.


A question of considerable interest
to al ladies, and especially those who
are in any way connected with the
diplomatic body in London, has been
for some time past agitating the minds
of the queen and the court The custom
has been that presentations from the
diplomatic circle at drawing-rooms
should invariably be made by the wife
of the foreign secretary, which is. in
deed. the natural and obvious course.
1t happens, however, that the present
foreign secretary. the earl of Rosebery.
is widower, and a difficulty therefore
arises.
Ii would almost seem as IL there
were some intimate connection be-
tween foreign affairs and matrimony,
for, with the exception of Lord Rose
berry, all Queen Victoria's foreign Sec
retaries have been blessed with
spouses. and it is necessary to go back
TO the reign of William ". to find
case akin TO the present one. During
that reign Lord Palmerston filed the
office of foreign secretary. and the
course pursued then will probably be
accepted as precedent-N Y. Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
HOMELY WRINKLES.
u the bright side.

LOOK on the bright side.
IL the kitchen table has no casters
buy a set and have them put in. II viii
save deal of strength.
MASHED potatoes are much improved
by being well beaten with fork or
wire spoon after they are mashed fine,
and seasoned with salt and milk.
WOODEN underwear has a sweeter,
more delicate odor, If left rough dry
and pulled into shape. II saves the
shrinkage caused by ironing, as well.
DIP dishes in hot water and wipe.
rather than set them in the oven to be-
come fire cracked and brown, or on the
stove shelf to grow dusty and soil the
tablecloth.
HAVE pair of erocheted bedroom
shoes coming high up the ankle with
which to patter around the room at
night. or to slip on when getting up in
the morning to start the fire.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

the rear station by the rounda bout
route over which he had SO recently
come.
The party at the rear station. hasten
ing after the bear, saw tine great lum-
boring brute pause near the transit as
if She suspected the bright, three
legged brass machine; then she turned
into the bushes. and was seen no more.
The party hurried onward hoping to
find Ephraim. But he was not To be
seen, and again they called and searched
for him in vain.
The instrument had remained undis-
turbed through all the commotion. At
the rear station the party. before re-
turning. had set the staff upright be-
hind the point,
IN take look through the transit"
said johnson. 'and get my back sight
before another bear comes along to up
set the rear staff .
He sighted a moment through the
tube. slightly turned the horizontal
screws. and looked again.
well. boys" he shouted, "if there
isn't Ephraim back again at the staff. :"
Sure enough the boy was there. Ar
irving breathless and muddy at the
rear station only TO find it deserted, be
had felt that the situation was too
much FOR him. He did not like the as
sOciations of the place, but it seemed
quite in vain to hope 10 join his com
panions or avoid the bear by running
away. He deciied he could do no bet
ter than fall TO his duties and hold the
staff at the point, until the transit man
should motion him to come ahead.
This signal duly came, and then.
keeping a sharp lookout To left and
right, he Travelled at no slow rate down
the line to the transit party
The bear did not again interrupt the
running of the survey. She had evil
IDENTIFY taken to flight.
Jim Labree's shou lder. though rough
ly wrenehed, was not seriously injured,
and his scratches soon healed. So the
adventure that AT one time seemed
likely to be serious was, in the end a
matter of laughing remi~ iscence.-
Clarence Pullen, in Youths Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
DO AMERICANS HATE ENGLAND =?
Some Amusing Letters on the Question II
4

Some Amusing Letters on the Question In
the London Papers.
docs America hate England?" A
discussion of this pleasant question has
been the natural consequence, albeit
the connection is not perceived by
Englishmen, of the fit of sulks which
seized John Bull when the worlds
fair celebration forced the latest as
poets of American grandeur and
greatness upon his attention. Accord
ing to his own notion, as expressed in
print, uerica docs hate Britain with
a robust and hearty hatred The wish
IS father To the thought, for otherwise
John Bull could find no justification
for the feeling which animates his own
breast when he turns his eyes west
ward. Not that he would confess to
entertaining So vulgar an emotion
toward his american cousin. lie
would scorn the suggestion. He seeks
merely a salve for his private con-
science when he ascribes to America
an enmity which he scarcely resents.
Having declared TO his own satisfac-
ton, therefore. that the sight of the
British flag always arouses in an
American a violent species of human
rabies, John Bull has wrapped him
self in great cloud of ineffable
contempt Poor Boston viii surely
suffcr bad 50 turn which the
weather clerk won't be able to ac-
count for the next time the wind is
east Johns authority for this con-
clusion is a series % letters from ian
Englishman who has lived in America"
nj Eufr1se H.. IL
in the states" etc. These letters de-
pict a condition of popular English
hating insanity on the other side truly
appalling. The only representative OF
America in the controversy is a bogus
one, an editor of the St James Ga
zette, familiar with the "Spoopendyke
Papers," who has written a burlesque
letter. signed ''Michigander and Wife,"
to that journal, in which he says:
England is one of the peslxiest. gosh
darnedest. measlY old bit of territory
on this almighty planet, and although
there are some good people in England,
take them ali round, they are about as
poor a lot as the tinpot country that
gave them birth. Americans are some
times called blowhards over here, but,
great snakes, we've got something to
blow about on our side of the herring
pond. Englishmen are always slxiting,
but they have absolutely nothing to
sxite about. You haven't got a river
Ia the dodgasted island that would
drown an American mule, and. for
your mountains, we have ants out
where ! Ia from that would not find
them commodious enough for ant hills.
No. stree; we answer your query right
on the spot We 90 despise your
water-logged. viee-laden, wind broken
old territory 1t amt worth putty
CHICAGO Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

iikc a shot in a moment. expecting
every il slant 20 fee. sharp claws in his
rear.
In his excitement he tried TO run be-
tween two trees connected BIZ inter
lacing vines. and was brought mp with
q round turn Looking bacl, in terror.
as he struggled 20 release himself and
resume his flight. he saw that the bear.
instead Of following him, had upset the
basket and WAS knocking the dishes
about in = playful way. as she de-
vOured greedily the few sweet things
Il cor. aimed.
While Ephraim was excitedly trying
70 free himself from the tangle Of wild
vines which detained him. the transit
man decided TO take baei-sight pre-
paratory 20 making point ahead. Re
verSing the telescope and signaling
rod up" by joining his hands above
his head. Johnson sighted through the
tube 10 the rear point
The glass showed the red and white
staff standing upright about where II
should be. but he could see no Ephrain
behind L.
'-Coaf0@1d that rear stafmau." he
mRtteFsd, angri.y, hes never on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
PoRPoisE SKIN.
It Is Valuable on Account of Its Various
Uses.


Uses
Leather dealers down in the swamp
say that if the people who catch por-
poises off the coast of Hatteras could
put the raw skins on the market at
cheaper rates the world would have
better shoes. As the case now stands
porpoise leather fetches nearly twice as
much as any other leather in use for
shoemaking.
Its wholesale price is from one dollar
to one dollar and half more than that
of French calf 1t is higher than cor
dovan. the trade name for horse leath-
er, and much costlier than kangaroo
leather or alligator skin. Porpoise hide
has been on the leather market for
good many years and long before Il
began to figure in the swamp it was
made up into various articles of wear
by fishermen on the coast.
Porpoise-hide boots We're in high re-
pute on the Maryland coast one hum
dred years ago The porpoise is caught
in considerable numbers all along the
coast from New York to Florida, and is
sometimes seen in the upper part of
this harbor. Old fishermen have a
semi-comic attitude toward the por-
poise and have a curious superstition
touching its appearance on the coast.
Small schools of porpoises are seen
from the coast below New York bay
moving north or south, a few miles at
sea. and leaping one after another into
the air. The fishermen who catch
them follow up schools of small fish
-
A full grown porpoise yields skin
from five to six and one-half feet long
and from two feet TO thirty inches
wide. The process of curing and tam
ming has been expedited within few
years so that the skins are much more
promptly brought to market than they
once were.
Wholesalers sell the skins either in
''sides." two to a hide, or cut into
vamps for shoes. All old fishermen be
lieve that the porpoise skin is water
proof, and the belief has gradually
crept into the popular mind, though it
is matter of doubt whether the skin
will long resist water.
1t does, however, make the best pos
sible hunting boots. since it is very
plant. is perhaps the strongest leather
made, and is not easily penetrated by
moisture under ordinary conditions.
Thus far the demand for porpoise
leather has come from the custom shoe
makers 1t has never made its way to
the shoe factories as kangaroo leather
has. and people in the swamp say thai
porpoise leather can never be IN great
demand until il shall have reached
the factories.
On the other hand. the fact that the
skins are small, and the cost of catching
the porpoises is considera BILE, makes il
difficult for the manufacturer of shoes
70 introduce il.
Many custom shoemakers use it for
expensive shoes, and it is to some ex-
tent in use for machinery betting, when
the belts are not very large. 1t is also
| used in some parts of the photograph.
The porpoise shoe laces are made
from the scraps of the leather, and it is
especially adapted to such uses, because
of its extreme toughnessand elasticity.
N Y. Sun.
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nE WOULDN'T EAT BUTTER.
1t Was the Landlords Only Luxury, but
the Drummer Refused 1t.

Hotel keepin' pay?'
"Well, yes. sorter. Heap err trouble
'tached to it though"
'Drummers pertielSlar?"
Eyes. dem 'em, they be-"
The landlord OF the Southern hotel
bit viciously into twist of homespun
tobacco.
"No. they don't kick bout the price.
but Their always a-wantin' somethin'
extra though. Now, that chap ct come
IN on the ten-thirty last night kicked
eos he couldn't get a room to hisself
with a stove in il. Said the fire in the
fireplace burned his shins while mis-
back was freezin'.
Kicked cos the winder wouldn't she.
tight. hadter have a clean towel and
said he'd be burned if he was gwine TO
use soft soap. Then he raised Cain cos
Their want split fire clean piller slips
and sheets on the bed.
Gle kept me en- Sam on the trot for
an hour, en- then couldn't satisfy him.
He jest sat in a chair and Gust like a
pirut.
This morain' he kim dowd to break
fust loolsin' like he'd tuck dost of
persimrIons afore the frost teched EN-,
en- tuuk he's seat.
1.-THE fust thing he asst fer was a nap
kin. / tole him we was jest out of n ip-
kins, but jes make hissef ter home an
wipe his mouth on the table cloth
sam fotched hitn his coffee.
"'cup err koker, please; | CAN'T drink
,offee,' says he, sorter snappin' like.
"'rermorer's our lzoker day. says l.
Try some poke en- CON bread: it's pow
erful good these cold mornin's.'
Thanks says he, but he didn't
tech 'em.
"'Let me have couple err rolls en- err
cup er tea says he ter Sam.
'Sassafack tea or sto' tea saws
Sam.
"'Sto' tea
"'Black or greene
"'Either will do says he.
"'Haint got emmy says Sam.
"'Gimme the other kind, then says
he.
"'Haint got emmy of that either,
boss
"'Well, the rolls en- a glass err water. >
"'Ther's bislzit, sab, better'n rolls,
says Sam.
"Well, the blamed fool groaned Jest
for all the worP like he was gettin'
religion.
Then he tuck a biskit. en- pintin' ter
the butter, says:
"'Pass me the smearcase, please
"Sam had ter explain ter him that
twas butter, fresh country butter.
Then he wouldn't have it.
81 was thet mad thet if it hadn't bin
Ter fear I'd hurt the repy tation of the
house, I'd a tuck an freiled him right
there.
"Whad charge him?
'Dollarn quartah fer bed an break
fast" And with sigh for mans inhu-
manitv to man the landlord arose from
his split-bottomed chair and sauutered
to the depot to meet the noon train. =
N. y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
The Farmer
and the Grocer.

A grocer would not pay farmer the price of ten
pound turkey for one that weighed but pounds
Why should farmer pay grocer the price of the
Royal Baking Powder for baking powder with II
per cent. less leavening strength?
The Royal Baking Powder is proven by actual tests
to be 81 per stronger than any other brand the
market Better not buy the others, for they mostly
contain alum lime and suphuric acid but if they
forced upon you, that you charged corespon
dinghy lower price for them
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
PEACE

Calm OF the autumn night
With the glow o. . primruse sky
Drowned IN n sea " golden I-ht
From the harvest moon On Ll-Ai
Against the rose % the sky
WinEing tEeir silent sag
Darby the Vulls 70 floating ~
In The glow o. the dying dag.
Infuite peace and cain
In the breast o. the ocean wide,
In the air like delicate balm
In thy faint sweet lapse o. the tide
With the ericket's pensive sound
With the breath Of the late. lass rose,
Come a sense OF toF profound
And bliss o. deep repose-
What Is thy mystic charm.
o beautiful autumn nights
Not the sigh o. the south Wind warm,
MOI thy harvest moons pure liehLs
Not the calm OF the CLASSY sea,
Rejecting thy stars above.
Nor the perfumes borne 10 re
On the baimy air ! love:
But the soul OF all thou art
Calls % the soul ia me.
Speaks 70 my quiet heart
Win TIE voices o. sh-T and sea
And thy peace Is also mine.
And the patience that comes with years
Is The touch o. a Hand divne
Leading cut from e4rIh's grjefs ard tears
Celia Thaxter, IN y I. Independent
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WOKE THE SENTRIES UP.
A Spaniel which Refused TO Recognize q
Soldier In Civilian Attire.

A Spaniel which Refused to Recognize .
Soldier In Civilian Attire.
Speaking of queer dogs" said Mr..
Lawrence, manager of the post traders
store at Spaulding. to Pioneer Press
man, there was one at Fort Sulley
that aroused the interest and wonder
of verybody in the west. He belonged
TO no one. He was not bad-looking
water spaniel, but appeared to know a
thing or two. Every member of every
company treated him royalty, and he
was continually around them. The
minute any of hls friends appeared in
citizens dress the dog refused to recog-
nize him, and no amount of persuasion
could induce him to make up. 1t
was often tried by the men for fun,
but in every single instance the dog
showed his teeth and trotted away.
He seem med to have a particular affini-
ty for the boys of Co. A, and many
one he saved from trouble. There was
a certain guard post III the fort that
was not looked upon as being particu-
larry important, but you know how
strict regular army officers are. and
should a guard be caught mapping it
would go hard with him. At this post
the dog would be found every night as
regular as cloclSwork. He stayed right
with the sentinel, and his presence
often gave the soldiers an opportunity
to catch a little rest They could
go TO sleep during the late hours of
the night, but the minute the old
dog heard the least sound of footsteps
he would scratch the guard roughly on
the shoulder and wake him up in time
to meet the intruder, be he officer or
otherwise. l do not know of single
instance wi ere sentinel on this post
was caught mapping, though the
officers tried it again and again. The
ssntiuels on the other posts did not
fare so well. Co. A could not do too
mach for that animal and is caring for
hin yet, though believe it is required
that he be locked up at night This
WIS sad blow TO the men. for they
were seldom very much fatigued from
gdard duty when the dog was with
tn.sr1 st pauI Piouaer Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

lie Following pretty experiment. /
suggested by Charles Wetterer in tbs
American Machinist: If iron or stee
filings be corroded in damp atmos
phere. and this rust added little at {
time tn jar of diluted sulphuric acid
the crystalline carbon particles thai
existed in the metal unite to form
large crystals; these same will be o.
the hard diamond form.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

The young professor of philology wa
doing great deal of talking for small
man.
"Ah," he said. after burst of elo
quence, ''there is nothing l love Sc
much as the study of words"
"What sort of words?" asked anothef
man who had, until now. had nothing
to say.
"Oh.' any kind of words-all words
language in general"
ugh" grunted the old man. -
guess you haven't got wife. "-Detroii
Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
At the End Of the string

school-Teacher : Tommy Wilkins
what is bob?
Tommy W.-Anything that play
loosely at the end of a string.
Teacher-Correct Now give me
sentence using the word in that sense
Tommy Why sister Nellie has |
beau named Bob.-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
-Fog and rain have given a BOOM {

Fog and rain have given a boom t.
London electric lighting companies re
Gently. Forty miles of wire for incan.
descent electric lights have been run IL
Smithfield markets and the current
was turned on for the first time not
long ago. The lord mayor was pres
ent. and the inaugural ceremony va
quite Imposing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

"change Of life"; for women expect
ing to become mothers; for mothers
who are nursing and exhausted for
erery woman who is rundown, delicate,
or overworked.
For all the disorders. diseases, and
weaknesses of women, "Favorite Pre-
scription" is the only remedy so unfail-
ing that it can be guaranteed. II it
doesn't benefit or cure. in every case,
the money will be returned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

she-Whst do you mean by telling
Everyone we are engaged? l did not
say Yes"
He-True; but you said "No-nor'
and two negatives make an affirmative,
you know.-Truth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
Tantalizing.

He-I beg your pardon-might ask
your name?
She-Smith-
He Would not you like to change it?
She-Yes; what is yours?
He-Smith. Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

Diris FTper via the Suwsuee River Route.
Double daily sleeping car service from CHI,
cago, 81. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville and
Evansville, via Nashville, Chattanooga, At
lanta, Lake City, Jacksonville TO Tampa
For rates and sleepng car write b. F. Ne
vile, 1e4 Clark street, Chicago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
A. Sure as the sun shines on Clear Day.

As Sure as the sun shines on a Clear Day,
Just so surely win neglected attack Of liver
complaint multiply other bodily troubles.
70 the prompt, certain relief Of this ailment,
Hosletser's Stomach Bitters is particularly
adapted, as well as to the indigestion, con
Situation and sick headache, of winch il is
the parent The liver is always affected in
malarial complaints. These are cured and
prevented by the BItters, potent too IN rheu-
matte, nervous and kidney disorder.
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price ne PAID for Peace.

Husband (impatiently)-Is it posi-
bic, my dear. that you can not keep
those children quiet for a moment?
Wife (soothingly)-Now, John, don't
be harsh with the poor little Innocent
things; it is natural for them to De full
of spirits. and they're doing the best
they can.
Hush nd-well. if / could have a
moments peace | would sit down and
write that check you've been bothering
me for.
Wife tsternly)-Children, upstairs at
once, II hear another word from you
to-night I'll punish you severely.
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FULToN-"Did he leave any provision in
his W II for his wifet' Husker-"No, but
he left her plenty OF money TO get the best
the market affords Inter Ocean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

''YoU were out again playing poker last
night" said the father. NO, faIher,n re-
Piled the truthful young man, Il was in just
Ii. "-Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

'.REMEMBER that in Garfield Tea you have
an unfailing remedy for Indigestion, Sick
Headache, and every attending i'll that an
abused stomach can make you suffer. Every
druggist sells il. 25c, soc and SI00."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26

Capt PerlSes of the steamship
Loosok, voyaging between Hongkong
AID Shanghai, witnessed during the
recent gales in that quarter the phe-
nomenon (which has often been
described) of thousands of birds and
insects which had got into the vortex
of the storm and were being driven
hither and thither. apparently stunned
and senseless with the buffeting they
had received. Many Of the birds fell
senseless on the deck and lay quite
still, while the insects, though alive.
seemed to have lost the power to sting
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-26
HOW TO GET THE COINS:

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