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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
POLITICAL DRIFT.

CEWanted-To know who the mis-
chief-making democratic meddler was
that induced Grover Cleveland to write
the Wilson letter.
sF-The republican party is the only
political party in America that has
ever given any encouragement to
profit sharing as the solution of the
labor problem in our country. Profit
sharing can be formulated into a
statute, whereby all parties may be
protected and all rights preserved.
The republican party is ready to lead
in this great movement Dodge, as a
republican, stands prominent in this
movement in the United States.
sE-In thirteen years, under the
policy of protection and republican
management, the United States sold
the rest of the world an aggregate of
81, 95s, $50 worth of merchandise
more than it purchased. This excess
of merchandise produced and sold
gave employment that has produced
great good in the centers of our popu-
lation, while it has kept very large
stock of gold and silver at home that
otherwise would have gone abroad to
pay for the excess of purchases.
sEThe administra tions indictment
of the senate as guilty of party per-
fidy and party dishonor" for taxing coal
and iron applies equally to the entire
democratic press. All the clamor
finally developed against the senate
bill prior to Mr.. Geveland's joining in
was directed.on the sugar tax. and never
a word about coal and iron. The pres
ident's approval of sugar, and defiance
of coal and iron, condemns the main
body of the democratic press as We
hemently as it condemns the senators.
OF course the mugwumps like tn
" sun.
sT-The chief cause which has OPP
Grated to reduce the wages of the
working people of the United States
is the new tariff law, which is now the
source of so much contention In con-
gress- Looking at it from every
standpoint, every declaration made
confirms the opinion expressed that
wages must still be reduced below
what they have been during the past
six months under the stress of fnan-
cial panic. The working people seem
not 10 realize this. but believe that by
closing up their organizations they
can maintain the wage rate of 1892.
Politics has something do do with
wages.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
The Pose OF a Moose's Head.

have Just returned from the head
waters nf the Penobscot. where
fished for four seasons. | wish to call
attention t. what I have concluded,
from personal observation. Is a piOnu-
mental hlunder on the part OF illus
traitors. aud especially Of taxid@rmists,
in the position given TO the head of
the moose. Last year and this year
! saw seven moose standing quietly il
the open. aud took especial pains in
each instance 70 note he position of
the head Instead of fhrusting il for
ward. a j. invar ably shown. neither
OF these moose hell its head in any
such position. Five Of the seven were
bulls. one Of these a patriarch. AT Of
their heads were erect; not 50 erect a
deer'S. but far from the horizontal
position usually SHOWN. After the
moose gets in motion he does thrust
his head forward in the manner and
attitude shown. bur he does not do so
when sta ading. Tie same NAV be said
Of the cariho4- II : manifestly absurd
10 mount tie head of any animal in
any other position than that of rest,
and taNidcrmists would do we'll TO
take notice Of the fact and govern
themselves aecordingly.-Forest and
Stream
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
AN ARMLESS NIMROD.
Bags More Game Than Any other Hunter
in the Same County.

Days uoTe oafnc man <tuy othcf
in tho Same County.
An armless Nimrod is the wonder OF
the people and the envy of the sports
men of Bucks county, says the Phila-
delphia Record. He is John Simon, of
Zion Hill, and his prowess is some
thing marvellous. Simon's arms were
ground off above the elbows in ma
chinery few years ago, but his love
of hunting spurred his ingenuity. and
he overcame his seeming insurmounta-
BILE obstacle. He straps his single-bar-
rel, breech-loading hammerless gun to
his right arm, and when he sights
game he swings the piece over the
stump of his left arm, takes quick aim
and fires, generally with telling effect.
His mode of loading is as uniqe as his
shooting. He carries the shells in his
hat, and when he wants one bows low,
drops his hat on the ground. pulls out
the empty shell with his teeth and in a
similar manner loads, then pushing
his head into his hat to recover his
head. Despite his affection, Simon
has done some of the best shooting In
Bucks county the past year, his record
standing: Sixteen opossums, five
pheasants, five dozen blackbirds, thirty
seven rabbits and twenty-one quail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
TOO HAsTY.
An Tnwarrantsd Uproar at an lnterDs-
tionai Gathering.

Recent events have afforded no bet
ter and no more conspicuous illustra-
ton of the value of tolerance with re-
speet To the utterances of others than
was furnished at the late int, national
congress of miners in Berlin.
The poIyglot character of the assem-
blage is indicated bv the fact that an
EngliShman. a Frenchman and Ger
man had been selected as presiding of
ficers for the day. The Frenchman
refused To serve. and his refusal was
translated To the delegates by the in
terpreters.
When his remarks had been turned
INTO the various tongues they were of
fensive To many of the delegates, 4nt,
many of them. each in MS own Ian
guagc, shouted angry remonstrance.
In the uprOar Dot only nationality,
but politics and religion became the
subjects of violent harangues, and
the session closed at the dinner hour
with chaos predominating.
After dinner the delegates were IN
better moods. They discovered that
the remarks of the Frenchman who
did not want to preside were not so
irritating as the interpreters had made
them. Apologies were offered and ac-
cepted all around. and even the French
delegate whose talk had started the
confusion made a polite speech and
took his seat with the other presidents.
Youths Companion.
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Obedience to the Letter.

A story is told in central Maine of a
young woman who distanced pater-
familias. so to speak, in matter of
parental authority: Now, Mary
lane" said the stern parent. Il will
consent to your going to the dance at
the Corner tonight only under one
condition" What is that?' asked
Mary Jane, mcelIly, her eyclids droop-
ing pathetically. 1T is" said the
father, that you won't let that young
scapegrace, -, bring you home.
''I'll promise" said the maid, and she
went to the dance.
Scene next morning: II thought you
promised me not to let that fellow
bring you homc?" said the angry par
ent. with fire flashing from his eyes.
'He didn't bring me home" said Mary
Jane, archly. but he came home with
you. for | saw him" ''Yes. but he
didn't bring me. | told him what / had
promised, so we walked home and he
led the horse. Lewiston Journal.
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THE BADGE OF DEMOCRACY.
Solid Plea for the Furtherance of
Trust Interests.


President Cleveland's appeal for
"the genuine democratic badge" in
his letter to Chairman Wilson, is al
most mockesy of the working men
and farmers of the United States, who
now more generally than ever before
display 1.-The genuine democratic
badge" every time they remove their
coats, or the wind blows their coat
tails awry. Here is the sentence in
the letter to Chairman Wilson in which
he appeals for the continuation of
1.-THE genuine democratic badge" upon
the seat of the trousers of every farmer,
coal and iron miner, and laboring man
in the north:
1T must be admitted that no tariff measure
can accord with democratic principles or prom
ises and bear the genuine democratic badge
that does not provide for free raw materials"
That sentence was preceded by the
following assertion of the pledges
made by the democratic bosses TO the
monopolies and trusts and combines:
1--WE have in our platform and every way
possible declared in favor OF the free importa-
lion OF raw materials. We again and again
promised this should be accorded our people
and our manufacturers as soon as tine demo-
cratic party was invested with power to deter
mine the tariff policy of the country. The
party now has the power"
He demands that iron and coal be
placed on the free list with 1.-The wool
of the farmer" but that ''in taxing
sugar for proper purposes and within
reasonable bounds, whatever else may
be said of our action, we are in no
danger of running counter to the DEM
ocratic principles" That is solid
plea for the sugar trust, of which 1t 10
charged and generally believed that
Grover Cleveland is a stockholderl 1t
is plea for free raw materials which
most greatly compete with the prod
ucts OF American labor. 1t is plea
for a tax to protect the most brazen
monopoly that manufactures foreign
practically contemplating raw ma
terial within the United States! The
president has shown greatly more
courage in behalf of the monopolistic
manufacturers and the trusts and COM
bines than he did in behalf of the gov
eminent during the war of the re-
bellion, but no intelligent person can
read his two letters to Chairman Will
son, read in the house July 10, and be-
iieve that Grover Cleveland is an
honest and pa triotic American citizen.
The object of these letters appears to
be mainly desire to increase the pro-
ection aud profits of the sugar trust
monopolv.-IowaS State Register.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
"A PARTY OF FREE TRADERS.
The Perversity Manifested by the Demo.
cratic Senate.


Day by day it is becoming more and
more apparent that the democratic
party is swinging back into the free
trade principles it aroused before the
rebellion, and which it has SO loudly
denied for years past. The following
extracts from the Washington Post
show the force of the drift:
The free trade element in the house
Is feeling pretty good over the present
status of the tariff fight, which is
causing them but little discomfort of
mind. If the senate persists in its
spirit of perversity. they say. and the
tariff bill fails in conference there is
still time to formulate a new measure.
According 10 Mr.. De Witt Warner
(democrat), of New York, they are
making converts among the conserva-
tive element of the house, who are
daily hearing from the people in the
shape of advice to stick to democratic
principles and force the senate to come
to terms. The longer the deadlock
continues" said Mr.. Warner, 1.-THE
more the people of the country will
become aroused, and time alone Is re-
quired to teach the senate that it is
hopelessly in the minority in this
fight.
The house has been nearer to a
surrender" he said, than it will ever
be again. Do / think that the house
will finally triumph? do emphatically.
All over the country the county pa
pers-and they represent the people
are coming out editorially against the
position taken by the senate. That
body could not have chosen a more in
opportune time to go against the
wishes of the great bulk of the demo-
cratic masses than the present. 1t is
in no position to maintain fight. But
if the bill should fail, why congress Is
still in session. 1t might not be good
policy for us now to take up a new bill
or to pass a series of bills to revise the
tariff 1t would seem too much like a
desire on our part 20 add to the COM
plications, but in my opinion this will
be done before tariff reform is aban-
doned. When that time comes the
tenate will be called upon to deal with
measure or with measures, as the
case may be, that will oe far more
radical than the Wilson bill.
Representative Champ Clark dem
spoke in the same vein. 1.-The Wilson
bill did not go far enough to suit most
democrats" said Mr.. Clark, but we
thought when we passed that that we
had gone to the limit of concession.
| The action of the senate, If 1t means
to deadlock proceedings, viii leave us
ample time to pass new bill. There
are sever ty-niae free traders in the
house, and it was their work that
made the Wilson bill as liberal as it
is. I'll tell you what could be done
readily proceed on the Springer plan
and instruct the ways and means com
mittee to bring in separate bills in the
direction of tariff reform. If this pol
icy had been followed from the start
there would havs been none of this
wrangling and the Mckinley bill
would have been reformed just the
same. Something of this sort may
happen yet before congress adjourns.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
A REASONABLE REQUEST.
She Thought She Would Take Her Illus.
bands Advice.

She Thought She Would Take Her uus-
bsnd's Advice.
u don't see as this butter we get
from the creaInatory is much better
than cows butter" said Mrs. Van
cover one morning at the breakfast
table
What" calculated Mr.. Vancouver,
excitedlv.
Il say ! don't think the creamatory
butter Is bit better than any other"
My dear. replied Mr.. Vancouver,
trying Ia calm himself, do you know
what a crematory is?"
No; not unless it is where they
make oleomargarin@.
Well my love. viii inform you.
A crematory is q place where dead
bodies"
-. gracious"
a pace where dead bodies are
burned 10 ashes, and the ashes carried
home in a jar and stored away among
tn, family archives.
You are thinking of a pickle cream
cry. darling. but don't for heavens
sake ever get on this subject again in
the presence of any OF our friends.
Don't do it for my sake. viii you,
love-"
An. she said she would be etcrnally
crrmateI if she would. Tammauy
Tines
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
"Palace Cars"

Under this head are comprised sleeping,
hotel, dining, drawing room. private, hunt
ing and composite cars. As long ago as
1896, the first attempt TO provide sleeping
accommodations on train was made on
the Cumberland Valley railroad. in Penn
sylvania. The train from Harrisburg ar
rived at Chambersburg at night. and many
travellers desired to 20 Immediately through
to Philadelphia. A car was fitted up with
stationary hunks, such as are in use on
steamboats,. and was divided into four sec
tions, each having three berths, upper, mid
die and lower. Each passenger was ex-
pected to furnish his own bedding. The
first regular sleeping car, built according
TO present ideas, was constructed by a man
named Thompson. at Springfield, Mass, in
1857 or 1858. This car was bought from
Thompson by the late Webster Wagner,
then a wagon maker, and from this has de-
veloped the great Wagner Palace Car COM
pany. Geo. NJ. Pullman is another of the
pioneers in the business of making travel
luxurious, and his cars are known all over
the world. Another early inventor was
Woodruff. who made considerable money
on his patents, by royalties paid by both
the Pullman and Wagner companies. Sleep
ing cars were first used in the state of New
York in 1859 The Burlington Route
trains contain the finest products of the
Pullman company in the way of sleeping
cars of the most modern kind. and as to
dining cars, they long since had the title OF
peerless bestowed on them by the delighted
public. For tickets, maps and time tables
OF this route apply to your home agent, or
address W. }. G. KENYON, Gen. Pass.
Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
Tramping for q Purpose.

An amusing story is told of the late
Prof. Henry Morley. Some years ago
when the stunning" boom was occu-
plying general attention he was ac-
costed one day by peculiarly emaciat-
ed and ragged individual, who solicited
aid in moving terms. Prof. Morley,
who was never proof against such Pc
titions, responded with a silver coin.
THANK you, Prof. Morley; I'm much
obliged" said the man. "You know
me, eh?" Eyes, l attended your lee
lures at Kings College in 1890" Dear,
dear, I'm sorry to see you in this state"
mot at all. my dear professor, l am
doing some articles for my paper, and
the editor insists ON my making my re-
searches in character. win you dine
with me tonight" and he handed a
card bearing well-known name.
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TOLD OVER THE BACK FENCE.

A WOMAN living In Trenton, Mo-, is
described as IAN amorous, athletic am
AEON, agile as acatamount and fierce as
q tigEess-"
A NEBRASKA paper missed publica-
ton one day lately on account Of the
editors wife, who did the typesetting,
being away on visit.
To BE beautiful woman must have
sweet looks, sweet speech, sweet smiles,
sweet voice. lovely eyes, a comedy head
and graceful figure. That is what
Walter Besant says.
AN Elmira lady recently agreed to
shave her husband ten times for a
dollar, the proceeds to be given to her
church. The husband thinks that a
church ought not TO raise money by in
fiicting cruel and unusual punishment
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement ana
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant T. the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction 10 millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD.

THERE are 1 ZOO, 900 volumes credited
to the British museum, giving it Sec
ond place.
FIRST on the list in point of size is
the Bibliotheque Rationale in Paris,
with ACES, 600 volumes.
THE Berlin library and the Imperial
library of Russia are about equal, each
owning 1000, 900 volumes.
The library Of congress contains
6s5,000 bound volumes and 900. 900
pamphlets, being the fifth largest in
the world.
THE new national library building
at Washington, to be completed in three
years, will cost SO, 900, 900. Forty miles
of shelves of steel, costing 500, 600. will
be used.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
BREAD EATERS OF THE WORLD.

A PORTUGUESE consumes In a year
about 176 pounds of bread.
A SPASIARD. just across the border,
requires Alb pounds per annum.
A NATIVE OF Hungary uses on an
average Dol pounds during the year.
AN Austrian gets along with 1877
pounds, while his German cousin only
cares for 143 pounds
A DANE eats 165 pounds. GO pounds
more than that of the car, and 213
pounds less than what a Belgian con-
siders proper.
AN American disposes of 557 pounds
a year, the Surfer AIS pounds, an
Italian 30 pounds, a Dutchman 2s3
pounds, an Englishman, 352 pounds
and the Frenchman, the greatest bread
eater, 705 pounds.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
Under false Pretenses.

The heiress glowcd. did you not
declare that you could never love an-
other?r she demanded. YES" fall
tered her husband. And yet | catch
you in the act of issing the hired
girl" lie stood silent with bowed
head. Aren't you ashamed of your
self?-her eyes flashed with scorn-to
get money under false pretenses that
way?'-Detroit Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
QUA TRIALS.


We never conquer our trials
BY Waging war II We yield,
Their menace or frown cannot drag rs Gown:
Submitting Is winning the feld-
They are only the scouts who are testing
The scheuing OF man, and his might:
They are only the ghosts % invlncibie hosts
Who conquer in every fight
But they never assail the purpose
And g-ace % duty done
While Worry and fret are always met
With a victory. easily Won
We never conquer our trials
Hv fighting he steadf asst and wait:
For the soul that f. grand. by a higher COM
mand
Iriumphs over all time. and al fate.
-Emma p. Selbury. in Chautauquan
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Broke IL Too Snhdr,IY.

us this the proprieSo=?"
Yes, SIR
Your men did a job of plumbing at
my house last week"
''Ycs?"
And there was ( mistake in the
bill
Il hope not, sir. 1"
There was a mistake, sir, of one dol
lar in adding up the figures. Here's
the dollar. | always-good Heavens
What's the matter? Boy, come here,
quick. Hes in a Git. chicago Tribune
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GREAT PRoTECTIoNISTS.
National Leaders who Were In Favor OF
a High Tariff.

Why should oppose system which
during its time was earnestly sup
ported by such true Americans as Lin
coin, Grant. Garfield Randall, Blaine
and others in both political parties?
Why should / overthrow system of
which the revered Washington, speak
ing of free people, said in his second
annual message:
"And their safety and interest require that
they should promote such manufactures as
tend to render them independent Tor essential
particularly military-supplieS'
He it was, too. who approved the
first tariff act, which set forth that:
Whereas it is necessary for the support OF
the government for the discharge of the debts
of the United States and the encouragement
and protection Of raanufactures that duties be
laid on goods, wares aud merchandise i'm
ported"
In that congress there were present
when the act was passed fifteen of the
thirty-nine signers of the constitution
of the United States.
jefferson said in 1915:
Experience has taught me that rla1ufac-
lures are now as necessary to our fadepS ndence
: TO our comfort"
Madison said:
There may be some manufactures which be-
ing once formed can advance toward perfection
without any adventitlous aid, while others for
want Of the fostering hand Of govc-ament will
be n-able 70 go on at all
Gen. 4 drew Jackson said:
an short. sir, we have bee too long subject
TO the policy OF the Britis b merchants. II IS
time We should become s little more Amer
icanized, ana instead Of feeding the paupers
and laborers Of Europe. fet d cur own. or else in
a short time by continuing our present policy.
We shall all be paupers ours lives
The immortal Lincoln said:
lam in favor Of the interLSi improvement
system and high protective tariff.
Hon. Binger Herman. of Oregon.
President Cleveland once said. in
speaking of burdens, that he had "a
.nncrross or, his hands . We desire TO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
Hay Fever Sufferers

Do You know that
The Greatest Hay Fever Resort
In the West is Bayfield, WIS.
On the Southern Shore of Lake Superiori
And that the best way TO reach this resort
Is via 1.-THE North Western Line''-
C., st. p, NJ. a. o R'yl
For excursion rates TO Lake Superior Cities
Aud via steamer lines for short trips
To Port Arthur and around Isle Royale
The Gem Isle of the Great Uns Ilted : .a''
Apply to your local agent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-08-23
Taking Down a Noble.

Not long since certain noble peer
in Yorkshire who is fond of Boosting
of his Norman descent thus addressed
one of his tenants, who, he thought,
was not speaking to him with proper
respect:
do you know that my ancestors
came over with William the Con-
guerrero
And mayhap," replied the noble
Saxon. nothing daunted, they found
mine here when they came"
The noble felt he had the worst of it.
Spare Moments.