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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-27

the streets and looking al ovsr for
Him, and lie was right here all the
time. Now We'll have the medicine
and a good fire ard something to eatl
You said there was Lord, butt
="
What does he meanP" asked the
high-roller.
"Why, sir, told him that the Lord
might raise mp friend fer as. as was
50 i'll and we were so poor thitt he
doubted il the Lord watched over the
poor"
One by one he counted the bills into
her hand-just three hundred dollars.
and put on his hat to go.
why. sir--but you see-you don't
mean all this for me?r
Get medicine. doctor, coal. pro
visions-save Toms lifer' he said, As
he went out
She sat down in a chair, dazed and
wondering If she had not passed from
earth to Heaven. and as he clattered
downstairs and out into the cold and
the night he muttered:
"Old man. you've made a beginning,
and now see il you can't keep il up. -
Detroit Free Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-27
WIT AND WISDOM.

Mrs. Raftery-Why is ut, Pat, that
oysters do be out af sayson during the
summer? Mr.. Raftery-Sure / am sur
proised at We that We don't know that
The oysters are alternating during
the summer, af constellation Life.
-'Ah, goo! All, gahl Bglb GLIB bah,
ham, said the baby. "By jove, isn't
that wonderfully exclaimed the de-
lighted father. ''If he hasn't got our
old college yell of 81, I'm a ghostE-
Cincinnati Tribune.
Marrying It.-She-Why doesn't
Mr.. De Spud marry? He-IIe is watt
ing to become rich to get married.
She-He isn't like most of them, is he?
Te-How is that? She-They are watt
ing to get married to become rich
Detroit Free Press.
-Stranger-P Policeman, how often
do the electric cars pass this corner?
Policeman Well, if you are trying 10
take nap, they go by every two min
utes; but if you want to go somewhere.
Won have to wait half an hour.-Smith,
GRAY & CO. IS Monthly.
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THE LITTLE THINGS.
They Sometimes Transform the Woman
Who Wears thPm.

They Sometimes Transform the Woman
Who Wears Them.
Never before in the history of fashion
has there been such variety in the
little accessories of dress. Just at
present the stores are literally filed
with collars, capes, berthas, rufus and
fchus of every imaginab bic description,
and they seem to be there for the sole
purpose of filling up the space vacated
by the irrepressible shirt waist, bat
they decorate it and occupy it with an
air of elegance which their predecessor
could never assume Tuck bands OF
ribbon, lace, chiffron and sprangled net
in all colors are swallowed up in large
rosettes and outstanding bows, but
here they are made up in the latest APP
proved fashion, ready to fasten around
the neck.
Collarettes and movable berthas OF
the same variety of materials are in all
shapes and sizes, and as plenty and
pretty as fancy can picture. These are
made for both high and low-neckee
dresses, and are very convenient to
give a dressy appearance to one gown
and take away little of the too dressy
look of the other
One of the fancies is a collar of Law
ender ribbon Ornamented with a jet
buckle and three ostrich feathers on
either side, and another consists of
draped band of green velvet. which is
made into three loops on each side,
held by a buckle, from which two
pointed loops hang down on the bodice.
1t is impossible to describe in detail
these varied fads of fashion. They
must be seen to be appreciated. 1t is
enough that the possession of one col
larette transforms a plain waist into a
iressy modern GOWN. y. sun.
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BOOK PICKINGS.

LAFcADIo HEARN, the American nov
elist, has emerged from his seclusion
in the interior of Japan, and is editing
an English newspaper at Kobe.
HARRIS, in his book "Hermes," says
that all the nations of the earth, an
cient and modern, have aseribed to the
sun a masculine and to the moon a
feminine gender.
PIERRE LORI, who is well known to
have a dislike TO any kind of society,
is extremely attached to a yellow
tabby cat, which travels about with
him whenever and wherever he goes.
BRET HARTF, who was a miner. ex-
press messenger, schoolmaster and ed
itor. and always poor, before he be-
came literary celebrity, is regarded
as one of the habdsomest and best
dressed authors in London nowadays.
. THE venerable DIR. Bartol. still living
in retirement at his old home in Bos-
ton. is almost the only survivor of the
famous writers and thinkers of old
days and the last one of the Tran
scendental club. which included Alcott,
Emerson, Hawthorne and others.
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DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

-Housekeepers who have lamented
the fact that the first cleaning of their
pretty oxidized silver spoon and fork
handles spoils their beauty. viii be
glad TO know that all that is necessary
TO clean oxidized articles is to wash
them with soap and water, and polish
them with channels or a dry flannel.
Mullins: Two cups of corn meal.
two cups of milk, two eggs, one-haH
teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Mix the baking pow
der with the meal. beat the eggs and
add to the milk; stir in the meal and
salt quickly AMI bake Requires baking
about twenty minutes. Farm, Field
and Fireside.
Fried Plartains: A favorite New
Orleans dish. Select fine plantains,
not too ripe, slice lengthwise. and fry
in hot lard. Lay each piece, when
nicely Drowned on both sides, on a nap
kin TO absorb the extra grease. then
lay them carefully on dish and place
in the oven minute. Serve hot. Some
prefer them powdered with sugar after
frying. -Housekeeper.
Stuffed Potatoes: Bake six medium
sized potatoes until perfectly done; cut
in halves and carefully remove the in
side; mash with two tablespoonfuls of
cream. a tablespoonful of chopped pars-
ley and the whites of two eggs; season
with salt and pepper. Rub the beaten
yoll1s of the eggs over the tops and
place in the oven again until nicely
Drowned. Ohio Farmer.
-German Apple Soup: In two quarts
of water put two tablespoonful of
washed rice, a teaspOonful of salt, and
six tart apples cut fine. but not peeled.
After cooking for half an hour, rub
through sieve, then return to the fira,
adding half teaspoonful of cinnamon,
cupful of sugar and a handful of fne-
ly-cut citron. Boil again for three
minutes, when it is ready to serve
Good Housekeeping.
"A Vegetable Soup Without Meat:
Soak a pint of dried green peas over
night in cold water Place two quarts
of cold water in a stewpan, and when
it boils throw in two carrots, three tur-
nips, one young cauliflower, one onion,
all nicely washed and cut very small.
Add two ounces of tapioca or pearl bar
ley, and season with pepper and salt.
Two ounces OF good dripping should be
added just before serving. Tine re-
quired for cooking, three hours. ii pre-
ferred. all may be run through hair
sieve.
flashed Meat on Toast: Use a pint
of meat, half a pint of stock, a gener-
Gus teaspoonful of salt little pepper.
a tablespoonful of -four, tablespoon
full of butter and six small slices of
toast. Put the meat on the chopping
tray and sprinkle over il the salt, pep
per and flour, then chop it rather
course. Now put it in a small stew
pan with the stock. Cover and sim
mer for half an hour, then add the
butter. Toast the bread and arrange
it on warm dish. Spread the hash
upon it and serve at once.-Christian
Inquirer.
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week. anyhow. Il VIII be the death Of
Tom 70 be carried out Its too cold in
the room here. but I've only a little
coal and have - uSe it more carefully
than You do gold"
you can talk 20 the cOnstables
when they come; I'm sick and tired of
hearing these yarns"
Before the week Is out I may End
work. II Tom was well / vouI Init say
a word, tut don't set n ont with him
So badly off that the Doctor"
Talk u the cunsta ules," shouted
the man Is he turned To "a.
But, SIR. il YOU would only let us
stay another week I'm sure you
wouldn't lose 10y it. There's such a
thing as the Lord raising up friend
for the widow and the fatherlesS just
as they are ready 20 give up"
Cant stop talk 10 the constable
two months back rent or ont you go. ="
That was the way the year opened
FOR Widow Flint and her boy Tom.
II was hard times all around Plenty
OF energetic. skillful mechanics were
out OF work ami behind in their rent.
and dealers and manufacturers who
generally had plenty of work To give
out were holding back u watch the
business outlook Tom might have
kept his place At three dollsrs per
week in the box factory. but the want
of proper food and clothing had made
him susceptible To- exposure and
brought him low. There wasn't money
enough in the house 10 get the doe
tors prescription filed ut a drug store,
and il was well that the boys fever
blunted his appetite, a a Loaf of bread
was the only palatable thing in the
kouSe. Neighbors, les. plenty Of
them There were forsy families
under that roof. but most of them had
little else but bread When poverty
begins u hunger their poverty Is self
ish.
II makes people selfish L. herd them
tOgethe-. The sight Of each others
restitution biunts all sentiment
But Hes like the mayor amt he
never noticing anybody but weli-off
sOIks"
Tom. the Lord looks down upon Us
sll-the poor a well as the rich We
are all in lis keeping Don't doubt
His goodness It's hard work To be
sick and freez ny and hunger NJ. but
IL it's our burden 10 bear We must to
# You must have med enc. Tom. I'm
going out - see If can pawn nv
shawl"
And then you can't 60 ont to look
for work"
But il may save YOU
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broken. There, now, tell me straight
You know / can't understand that sort
Of talk. Now you are getting at it,
4 was out walking and | met Mr..
Spears"
The Tounr one or old one""
''Uld Mr.. Spears"
~ met old Mr.. Spears" she went on,
''and he told me that Bob should not
marry the daughter of distiller."
"Hahr' The old man lifted her head
from his breast and looked into her
eyes. "Hah," he repeated, and then
eased her head back upon his breast.
"IIe said that he liked me and
thought the world of YOU" the girl
continued, but that the time was
gone even in Kentucky when a breeder
of fine horses could allow one of his
children to marry into the family of a
distiller."
'IIe did, eh? Well, I'll go over there
and take a fall out of him.
mo, you won't" she cried, clutching
him.
THE family of distiller, eli? Why,
cadfound his ugly hide, I've owned
more fine horses than he ever did, and
l CAD, l make whisky because my
father and grandfather made it. But
what does Bob say to all this? He
loves you and you love him, and that
ought TO settle IT,"
1T would settle It," she said. but l
couldn't marry him after his father has
talked like that. He's got to take it
back before l marry Bob"
''0f course he has, and III make him
take it back"
That afternoon old man Spears was
walking about in his dooryard when
John Bradd rode up to the fence.
Light and look at your saddle"
Spears called.
mo; haven't hardly got time. Come
out here a minute, | want to see you"
Spears came 70 the fence. How are
you getting along?" Bradd asked.
''Obl just tolerable. How IS it with
you?~
Pretty fair. by the way. Spears,
our people have been neighbora for a
long time, haven't they?''
We'll, should say they have. But
what are you trying to get at?' he
asked, eying Bradd closely.
Nothing; only wanted to ask IA
vor of you"
You can do that, you know, without
any preliminaries."
Yes, that's so; but resolved some
time ago not to ask favor of my
neighbors without putting up some
thing as security. The truth is. am
little pushed for money and / want a
thousand dollars"
''You can have the money. Bradd,
hut you astonish me nightly. thought
you had more money than you knew
what to do with"
Yes. that's what the majority of
folks believe, but the truth is / need a
thousand this morning"
''All right; III go in and write you
check for it"
well; but l don't want it exactly
that way. | want to give you mort
gage"
That's unnecessary, Bradd.
Yes; but / have resolved 10 do
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With his tattered hood drawn over his face
And his thread-hare garments flying.
The Old Year softly steals away.
Through the pines 50 sally signing.
He casts one glance on his kingdom fair.
And thinks with a tender sorrow
That his reign Is DER and he comes no more,
For new king rules Tomorrow.
- Full many a gift have brought TO you,
world. that your hearts are scorningi
Yet the Crown OF Thorns may prove at last
More dear than a king adOruing-
e VIII the gay young prince to his people
bring
More JOY than I've been giving'
VIII they all forget, as the days go By,
The dead king for the livingg
A." f5ay. whatsoever the New Year brings.
Some hearts will still be yearning
For joys gone by; and with sorrow deep
To the Old Year will be turning
" So. fare thee well. both friends and fees,
MAY all your burdens tighten!
And DAY by day. along your way,
The path forever brighten"
Dora Annls Chase in Boston Budget
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PICKED UP.

4 GALLON of milk makes pound of
cheese.
ORNITHoLoGIsTs have discovered sixty
five species of humming birds.
AN ostrich can kick with the force of
a mule, and it always kicks forward.
RICE paper is not made from rice, but
from the membranes of the bread-fruit
tree.
WHALES are supposed to live any
where from three hundred to four hum
dred years.
THE weather vane on the aquarium
at Castle Garden is appropriately in the
shape of fish. 1t is of copper, thirty
inches long, and gold gilt.
NEARLY two-thirds of all the letters
carried by the postal service of the
world are written, sent to and read by
English-speaking people.
MARRIAGE portions after twenty
years service is what the female tel
egraph operators in England now ask
of the postmaster general They will
all be forty or over then.
THE chance TO turn dishonest penny
lately came, through the mail, to the
Kansas City chief of police. A ''green
goods" firm in New York city offered
him the agency for their bogus money.
They were unaware Of his official posi-
fiop
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a ROSE WHIST PARTY.
Novel idea for a Social Evening-Dain
Prizes Given Pertaining to the Rose.

Novel idea for Social Evening-Dainty
Prizes Given Pertaining to the Rose.
Any novel idea which will help to
solve that difficult question of how to
entertain a number of guests is always
a welcome suggestion, and one very
pretty form of entertainment is a rose
whist party.
To begin with, the invitations are
sent out on pale pink paper, and an
nounce that rose whist is to be the or
der of the evening. The game played
is that familiar one of progressive
whist. with the exception that each
player keeps account for herself of all
the red cards which are taken, and
nothing else is counted. When the
time is up for the fortunate player who
holds the most red cards takes the first
prize, while the one who has the least
gets the bloody"
The prizes should all be something
pertaining to the rose. Numerous ar
ticles can be thought of, such as rose
bowls, rose candlesticks, rose sachets,
bottles of rose perfume, bonbonnieres
with candied rose leaves, etc. Upon
each table are placed four full-grown
stems and green leaves, as well as
dainty dish filled with pink and white
bonbons. Each player also has a
tally card of pink paper and pink
pencil attached for keeping the
score.
The ices served are pink and white,
and the supper table should be grace
fully draped with pink ribbons, with
rose petals strewn about on the cover.
In fact, roses in profusion should be
everywhere, and the lights should be
softly shaded in pink.
This can be made very pretty form
of amusement, and ones own ingenui-
ty could suggest many more features
to make it a great success. 1t would
he an added attraction if the hostess
were dressed in a rosepink gown
Chicago Times.
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II am going to have something new
next week" said Aunt May, the day
after Chr .stmas.
"A new dress?" questioned Daisy.
"A new book?f asked Fred.
"a new guitar?' guessed Hattie
"lou haven't come within mile of
it," said auntie. Its a great deal
more important than any of those
things. You all know about it, too.
Just think a minute"
So they all pulled their thinking caps
clear down to their eyes, as DAISY said.
and pretty soon Fred asked: ''Nil we
have il, 600. auntie?"
Yes, she said, well all have it.
"Will Mr. Hills folks have it?' And
Fred's eyes began to twinkle.
"Yes." said auntie, everybody viii
have it."
Then Daisy and Hattie began to
twinkle, too. and Fred shouted: Its
the New Year auntier And the girls
cried: Happy New Year for every
YOUTHS Companion
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A MIRACLE IN TEXAS.
estigated by the Texas Chris.
tan Advocate and Vouched
for by DR. @. n. Stans-
bury.
fFrom the Texas Christian Adyocatel


Our representative has made careful In
vestigation of the III. e Spaulding case at
Longview, which is hero published for the
first time, and which win be read with great
interest by medical men everywhere In
reply 10 the Christian Advocates questions
MIR Spaulding said: About eight years ago
while running a locomotive l contracted
sciatic rheumatism in my left fside from
my hip down. IL came on slow but sure
and in a few months lost control en-,
tirely of that member, it was just the same
as if it was paralyzed, l was totally unable
TO move out of my room for year and
half, six months of which time was bed
ridden. j tried every remedy suggested,
and had regular physicians in constant at
tendance on me. l was bundled up and sent
to Hot Springs where / spent three months
under tue treatment of the most eminent
specialists, all of which did me no good.
and came back from the springs in worse
condition than when l went. l came
home and laid fiat on my back and
suffered the most excruciating agonjes,
screaming in pain every time any
body walked across the room, the only case
1 obtained being from the constant use Of
opiates. After three months of this kind
OF agony, during which time my entire left
leg persisted away to the very bone, my at
tentiOn was called TO new remedy called
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. BY
Mr.. Allison who is now train dispatC her at
Texarkana, and who was relieved of loco
motor ataxia of twenty years duration. At
his urgent and repeated solicitation I con-
scented to give them a trial, after taking
few doses l began to improve. i continued
taking the pills and kept right on improving
until was finally cured. My leg is just the
same size now as the other one, and l am
sure that Pink Pills not only cured me but
saved life.
The reporter next visited DR. G. h Stans-
bury, a graduate of one of the medical
schools of Kentucky, and a man who en-
joys the confidence of everybody in Long
view. He said: ~ know that Mr. SDaulding
had terribly severe attack of sciatic rheu-
matism of which tried to cure him; used
everything known to my profession in vain
and finally recomm ended him to go TO Hot
Springs. He came back from the springs
worse than when he went and i thought it
was only matter of time until his heart
would be affected and he would die. ] also
know that his cure is the direct result of
the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
THAT is rather an unusual statement for
a regular physician to make, doctor"
II know it is, but fact is a fact, and
there are hundreds of people right here in
LOngview who know what | say is the
truth. l also know Mr.. Allison and know
that he was relieved of a genuine and severe
case of locomotor ataxia of twenty years
standinQu
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MAPLE SUGAR PATnES.
They Are Possible Even to the Dwell
Away from Vermont Roads.


Away from Vermont Roads.
One can give maple sugar party
even if Vermont roads and farmhouses
are inaccessible. A block of pure
sugar, little butter and some cracked
ice are the necessities.
In the first place you should crack a
quantity of the sugar, but not very
much, for il increases wonderfully as
il melts. The young people who are to
enjoy the treat have been, of course,
previously invited; and when you are
breaking the sugar they are sitting
around the dining table playing coun-
try games and waiting to be called in
to the kitchen, where the feast is
served.
Put the sugar in shallow pan. in
which there is not quite enough water
to cover the bottom of The pan, and add
a lump of butter in the proportion of a
butternut to a heaping cup of the bro
ken sugar.
Now let the sugar melt and gradual
ly begin to bubble over the fire, but be
careful that i: does not burn. a dou-
BILE boiler is an excellent thing for
cooking sugar of all kinds, as it pre-
vents sticking. When the sugar has
boiled few minutes, take a teaspoon
of it and drop it into a glass of ice-wa-
ter. If it stays in a mass and even re-
tains little shape it is ready to be
eaten.
Now comes the beauty of the feast.
The improved. up-to-date part, as it
were. Take from the kitchen shelves
as many pie-tins as there are young
people to sit around the kitchen table.
Fill the tins full of cracked ice, made
very fine, and place silver fork at the
side of each dish of ice.
At the signal the young people come
trooping in. They seat themselves, all
wondering, at the dishes of ice, and, of
course. they can not imaging what is
to come next. Can it be oysters or
what? Then with a big spoon the
sugar is dropped in little amber heaps
in the middle of each dish of pulver-
lied ice, and minute later all the
forks are winding and twisting the
sugar Jumps into cool, sweet mouth
fuls. This can be repeated as often as
the tastes of the company will permit,
and if all do not declare it the ideal
sugar boiling, then the latest inven-
tion of the pleasure-loving young peo-
pie of New York amounts to nothing
at alI.-N. Y. World.
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A BUSINESS AFFAIR.
How John Bradd Cot Ahead of
His Old Noighbor.
A Diplomatic Coup. the Execution OF
Which Was Pardonable Only Because IL
Resulted In an Oid-Fashioned
Kentucky Wedding.
Especial Letter.l

Along a shady lane walked a grace
full girl. Flowers grew by the way
side, but she needed them not; a quail
sat upon a fence post, whistling, but
she gave IL not a loook. She walked
with downcast eyes and her hands
were clasped in a sort of heroic de-
spair as though in her sorrow she was
influenced by unity that she fancied
must be in grief-the propriety OF doing
the proper thing. She was mana
some creature, blue grass girl. She
wore no hat, and the breeze had
gnarled her hair, until in it there were
kinks and swarls like the grain of
bird's-eye maple. She halted at "A gate
where blooded horses were standing,
and a colt came forward TO touch her
with his lips, but she waved him back.
"Go away, Bruce" she said. MY
heart is broken and am going to die"
She passed through the gate and in
her haste almost ran along pathway
that led to an old stone house. Some
one called her, and she halted and
looked about. A sturdy man, bare
headed and in his shirt sleeves, sat
under an apple tree.
(which way, Nell?"
She answered not, but slowly APP
preached him. whats the matter?"
he asked as she drew near. She made
no reply until She reached the hickory
rocking chair in which he sat- and then
she sobbed an answer
''Hah!" exclaimed the old man. rous-
ing himself. whats the trouble now?
Bee sting you on the fnger?'
NO, SIR" she answered, sobbing,
fate has stung me on the heart"
Whats that? | CAD you didn't
find no such talk as that in a demo-
cratic paper. Sit down here" he
added, drawing her to him and lifting
her upon his lap. You looked like a
lark this morning. but now you look
like an owl Out with il now and tell
me the truth" She put her head on
his bosom and he rocked her as be hid
done when she was child. "Now,
tell me all about it."
1t was some time before she could
speak, and when she did her voice was