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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
MOVING UP.
One of the Important Trifies of American
City Life.


One of the important tribes OF
metropolitan life is moving up.
1t seems very trifling thing, in
deed, but it is trifie that wears ou,
patience and trousers.
You enter a street ear and sit down
IF you are in luck. just as you be-
come distracted in the scene without
or within somebody requests you to
move up.
The tendency of the public is to fill
the seats nearest the door and compel
those above them to move up. Did
you ever notice this?
In women this tendency is e. pecially
conspicuous. Instead of coming for
ward and taking a vacant seat above
you almost any woman will stand and
hang on to a strap and look around
helplessly for moment.
The nearest considerate individual
will lean over, and, seeing the vacancy
above, will push along a little. where
upon the next individual, feeling
crowded. will also look above and move
up. compelling like movement of the
next.
by this time the general forward mo-
ton reaches you about four or five seats
along, and you do as you are expected
to do-close the gap. The woman in
the meantime has become comfortably
settled.
When you think you are settled
somebody gets up from above you and
the next woman nearest the door, in
stead Of coming forward and taking the
nearest seat, will edge in below in the
same manner, and the process of NOV
ing up begins all over again.
BY the time you reach the end of
the trip you will have moved up thus
three or four times. Nothing but the
possible fact that you have finally
reached the limit of the furthest corner
and can't move up any more will save
you from the move up movement
A refusal to join in this movement
at any stage will be looked upon as an
evidence of lack of politeness, of a
churlishness to be frowned upon by
your fellow passengers.
In other words, it is considered more
gracious and accommodating to disturb
the comfort of half dozen people than
to compel single selfish individual to
take step or two in order to reach a
seat.
This performance is going on in every
street car and stage in the city and
every hour in the day. And it doesn' t
make any difference that the ear is but
half full-you are expected to move up
as long as people are coming in and
any vacant places remain above.
1t is silly, aggravating, unneces-
sary and altogether ineXcusable Gus
tom.-N. Y. Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
lie Died in Misery.

"Barnaby Rndge." as a literary crea-
ton. will never die. but his human
prototype has passed away. The at
tention of the late Charles Dickens was
once drawn TO a peculiarly eccentric
young man % the name of Walter de
Brisac. who lived in Chatham When
the novelist first saw hin he WAS wear
ing q suit Of clothes suggestive of a re-
mote period Of antiquity. and when he
died few days ago the imaginary
participator an the Gordon riots was
still clad in the same garments, though
their identity was obscured 10y much
patchwork. lie was sixty-eight years
of age and died in wretcAedness and
restitution in miserably dilaPidated
cottage Ills death was the subject of
an inquest AZ Chatham HIS father is
said 10 have held a commission il the
British army. Cardiff Mail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

There used to be man day after day
in the gardens of the Tuileries at Paris
who was just as well known to the
birds frequenting the place as if he
had been one of themselves. AS soon
as he appeared in the open spaces
everything with wings near and far,
fioclxed to him, hoped upon his boots,
'erched upon his arms and shoulders.
5 even on the top of his cap, perfect
ly arless and friendly. while they
wa ted joyously for the crumbs or seed
which he was sure to have in his pocket
for them. There was lady also, re-
siding every summer in the highlands
of Scotland. who had in the same way,
by steadfast kindness to all the feath-
cred world about her, gained their
complete confidence. Morning after
morning. as soon as she went out on
the lawn, every kind of bird in the
vicinity would come az the sound of her
voice. betraying not the slightest timid-
ity, the very widest of them taking
food from her hands. II is a pathetic
thought TO reflect how willing the lower
animals are to make friendly alliance
with man. who. being, as it were. a god
to them. asks from Heaven that mercy
and compassion of which he shows Sc
little to the living beings committed to
his care. London Telegraph.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
ODDITIES AND NOVELTIES.

PAPER can be made from the stand
ing tree in the space of twenty-four
hours.
IT is said that the human hair will
turn white during violent emotion il
the hand is laid upon it.
AN armless boy of Middletown, Conn,
named William MyleLreet has com
pleted the painting Of wagon. His
feet did the work.
THE roots of a tree in Tombstone,
A. T., clasped a water pipe, and in
time exerted such pressure that the
pipe was crushed.
In southern California there is an
immense mass of hardened lava that
looks exactly like an inverted cup in
an enormous saucer.
A CHURCH in Asbury Park recently
gave an entertainment, the admission
to which was one potato. Some gen
erous people gave two, and thus col
lection of food was secured for the poor.
AN Illinois sharper advertises to
furnish for ore dollar an infallible
cure for drunkenness. When he re
ceives the dollar he sends this valuable
information: Don't drink anything
but water"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
TAKING OUT A PATENT.
Hints to Inventors Who Seriously Think
of Doing So.


Persons who are likely to apply for
patent would do well to cut out and
preserve the following instructions:
(D Write to the commissioner of
patents, Washington, ID. c., requesting
copy of the Rules of Practice, I"
which ne will send free. Then care
fully read from page 9 to page II.
about the articles which may be patent
ed, and the form of application and
drawings. In another part of the pam
phlet there are specimen applications
and drawings.
(2) Prepare an application in accord
ance with the rules. make or procure
drawings such as the patent Office re-
quires, make oath to your papers and
send to The commissioner of patents
with fifteen dollars. This is the first
government fee. Later, if you receive
notice that patent will be issued
then a second government fee of TWEEN
ty dollars must be paid.
(3l Some people are able to prepare
their own papers and drawings prop
erly: but those who are not consult a
lawyer and employ draughtsman.
Patent lawyers charges vary according
to the Importance of the case; but they
seldom ask less than twenty or thirty
dollars. and sometimes more, besides
the cost of the drawings.
(4) lfan inventor is afraid that some
one will steal his idea before he can
put it in shape he can protect himself
in two ways. First, he can make out
a paper called "Caveat," and send to
the commissioner of patents. This
document briefly describes his inven-
ton, and declares that he has not yet
perfected ii. 1t will be good for year,
if no one else has gotten ahead of him;
and it may be renewed for another
year. The eaveat is described on pages
50 and So of Rules of Practice" and a
specimen caveat is given further along
in that publication. A fee of ten dol
lars must be paid to Uncle Sam for
each year a caveat is in force An
other way to guard ones rights
is to tell trusty friend about
the exact nature of the pro-
posed invention, and have that friend
make a record of the date, so that, if
necessary, he can swear to it, and
thus prove priority of Invention, if
some one else wrongfully claims the
credit. This plan is as good as any
other.
% Some inventors take the precau-
ton to have an expert in Washington
search the patent office files. to discov-
er whether anybody has already pat
ented his idea. Such experts can be
hired for between two dollars and five
dollars.
(6) If person can not easily raise the
money to pay the government and his
attorney, he can sometimes sell quar-
ter or a half of his right to a manufac-
turer or other person for enough to
cover the necessary outlay. In order
to perfect the invention, some expense
for material and experiment is often
incurred; and this, perhaps, can be
met in the same way. If no lawyer or
manufacturer is willing to advance a
cent for this purpose, the inventor may
well doubt the value of his idea. Money
is often wasted by patenting worth
I less article N Y Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
IN SHADOW-LAND.

The pennon a. his prov to float
No breeze along the islet sweeps;
But r0uEd and round the svaying boat
The INDECENT slow eddy creeps-
If yester eve or yester year
He drifted OF this idle strand
Who knows: Time has no measure here
In ShadowLand
For one perpetual season flowers,
And knows 40 change OF sun or moon
To MARI the uever-varying hours
From dawn 20 dusk. from night 70 noon
Nor song Of bird, nor breath 81 rose
But stu and far. on either hand,
The lily blows. the water flows.
In ShadOW-Laud
That soft. unceasiug ripple rocks
The keel that with il seems 10 glide,
And 10 his dreaming fancy mocks
The motion Of an onward tide.
Din shapes his half shut eyelids III,
He hears the wave wash on the sand,
Nor guesses that he fingers still
In Shadow Land.
Awake. o dallier with a dream
That only in thy fancy dWeilsi
Push out into thy open stream
Beyond these poisoned honey-belis!
Let the strong wind 1suuder rift.
The droWsy fragrance round thee famed
Or perish Of its deadly drift
In ShadJW-Laud'
kate Putnam Oszood, in y Y Independent
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
ROYALTY IN GRACIOUS ASPECT.
Accomplishment OF the Princess OF Wales
and Her Unaffected Goodness.


and Her Unaffected Goodness.
The princess of Wales must have
more accomplishments of the tradi-
tional feminine order than other wom-
en- in the United Kingdom if all the
pretty incidents are true that one reads
of her. Perhaps the latest is that of a
call the gentle daughter of the Danes
made on an old protegee of hers living
in one of the cottages at Sandringham.
The good dame was knitting "a stocix-
ing, and the princess took il out of her
hand, saying: You can't do the heel
as fast as | can" And as she sat and
chatted this queen-to-be knitted the
nattiest heel possible. 1t is needless to
say that sacred stocking has since re-
manned in status quo and treasured in
drawer with the needles just as the
princess left them.
Particularly since her sons death the
princess has seemed to enjoy herself
best when quietly occupied in some of
the womanly arts she learned to turn
her hand to in her girlhood days when
she fashioned her own gowns and
trimmed her own bonnets, to say moth
ing of doing" her own fine laces She
is very fond of piano playing. and
holds an honorary degree as doctor of
music. When her sister, the empress
of Russia, is with her, they spend
many happy mornings playing eight
handed duets together with the Prin-
cesses Victoria and Maude. All kinds
of fine needlework the gentle lady re-
ioices in, and spends happy hours like
other grandmothers, not royal, stitch
ing on the little frocks for her grand
baby. Besides her many other ac-
complishments the princess can cut "A
gown to perfection and even give hints
to her Paris designer which result in
her being accounted the best-dressed
woman in England.-N. Y Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
TRUTH IN THE HOME.
How Mothers Otter Undermine Their Chill
dren'- Regard for Truth.

dren'= Regard for Truth.
The foundation of life is truth.
Truth is the foundation of home life,
business life, church life, society.
without it there is no stability. be-
cause there is no confidence. Even
careless thinkers admit this; and the
one who least regards it in practice.
sometimes in his innermost soul values
it most. While the value of truth as a
basis of living is acknowledged, too
frequently mothers are the ones who
first introduce a child to falsehood.
The other day little child was
brought into kindergarten for the
first time She absolutely refused
to remain without her mother, a
woman of wealth, and one who
might have commanded leisure
had she wished, but who preferred
filing her time with charitable and
social engagements. The timid little
girl held her mother a prisoner the en-
tire morning. The second morning
the child was "a little more accustomed
to her surroundings, and did not cling
so tightly TO her mothers dress. The
mother took advantage of this, and
said: "If you let me go out for little
while, | will come back and bring you
box of candy" mo. you won't"
said the little girl, looking in her
mothers face with perfect fearless
ness: II know you won't" "Oh, yes, /
WILL" responded the young mother;
IF you just let me go for a little while,
| will come back with a box of candy
for you" The child consented, but
her expression made it very plain
to the teachers in charge that she had
very little confidence that her mother
would keep that engagement She sat
by and watched her little companions,
and after time Joined in the games
ard work. When her nurse came for
her, she was overheard to say: mann
ma said she would come back and
bring me a box of candy. but | know'd
she wouldn't" And the nurse rave no
evidence of surprise. The mother APP
pcared the next day apparently with
not the slightest recollection of the
stain which she had put upon her own
character the day before. How can
that child have any regard for truth,
when the being whom she loves most
on earth cares so little for it?-Oat-
look.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

TIE average age of widowers when
remarrying is AZ, of widows 80.
IN eighty-five years there have been
In France %, SOS, 900 marriages.
IN all countries January, June and
July are the favorite months for mar
riage.
SEvES-TESTHs of the marriages in
every country take place between the
ages of 20 and 80.
THE meanest reason ever given by a
man for marrying was assigned by an
Englishman forty years ago. He mar
ried because he wanted somebody to
part his hair straight.
In Franco divorce is common among
all classes. During forty years there
were 1875 divorces granted to profess
sional people, 1880 to merchants, r.
060 to farmers, 81 1915 to laborers.
ACCORDING to Wright, drunkenness
of the husband as a cause of divorce is
most frequent in Illinois, Ohio and
Massachusetts; drunken wives are
most numerous in Pennsylvania.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

By the will of Mrs. Kate johnson, Of
San Francisco, widow of K. @. John
son, that city, under directions of the
Catholic church, gets nearly one mil
lion dollars for free hospital.
THE public graphophone that works
for a nickel can be used by the infa-
nous for RECALLING the filthy minded
with the vilest of conversations. A
New York reporter discovered case
of the kind in that city.
LIEUT.. S. S. BUMsTEAD, senior inspec-
tor of rifle practice in the Massachu-
sets militia, has resigned. He was a
member of the American rifle team
which went to Europe, and ranks
among the first rifle shots of the world.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

Where ere the monuments around
Baltimore?
Answer.-The Washington monu-
ment, on Mount Vernon place: Battle
monument, in Monument square: the
fancy statue, in Washington places;
the Peabody statue, in Mount Vernon
place; the Wells and McComas monu-
ment, at the intersection of Gay and
Aisquith streets; the Armistead monu-
ment in Federal Hill park; the Edgar
Allen Poe monument, in the West
minister churchyard, corner of Fayette
and Greene streets; the McDonough
statue, in Greenmount cemetery;
the Christopher Columbus shaft,
the first in America, on the
grounds of the Samuel Ready
asylum. North and Hartford avenues:
the Columbus monument, in Druid
Hill park: the Wildey monument on
Broadway; the Ridgely statue, in Har-
lem park; the confederate monument,
in Loudon Park cemetery; the Murray
association monument, the Giimor
and the Herbert monuments. all in the
same London Park cemetery; the mon
umeut at North Point. near where
Wells and McComas shot Gen. Ross, on
the North Point road; the Ferguson
monument the William Prescott
smith statue and the Creery monu-
ment, all in Greenmount cemetery;
the Gleeson monument. in Bonnie
Brae cemetery and the Wallace statue,
in Druid Hill park. Baltimore Amer
lean
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot rea III
thediseased portion of theear. There is only
one way to cure Deafn ess, and that Is by con
stitutional remedies. Deafness iscaused by
an infiamed condition of the mucous lining
of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube
gets inflamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
ETs-Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills, % cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

THE Northrup, Braslan, Goodwin Com
pany, the growers Of garden and field seeds,
Minneapolis, have row ready for distrIbu-
ton their catalo ue for 1894. This they send
free TO seed bu- RS who apply for II, some
thing unusual with seed houses. Very few
have an idN Of the amount Of business done
by this firm. As an example, during the
past year they sold alone Of onion seeds
81, 6S5 pounds. Their seeds have all been
cultivated for special use in this section and
have invariably given the best results.
Their catalogue is particularly strong in
farm seeds, and is very attractive book in
other respects, giving much valuable infor-
nation and suggestions 10 the farmer, gar
dener and housewife. Remember, the cata-
logue is free 10 any seed buyer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
lao Bushels Potatoes Per Acre. In

This astonishing yield was reported
by Abr. Hahn, of Wisconsin, but Sal
zer's potatoes always get there. The
editor of the Rural New Yorker reports
yield of 7S6 bushels and pounds per
acre from one of Saizer's early pota-
toes. Above lao bushels are from
Salzer's new Seeding Hundredfold
His new early potato, Lightning Elk
press, has a record of SOB bushels per
acre. He offers potatoes as low as 81. sc
barrel, and the best potato planter in
the world for but 81.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND II
with &c postage to the John A. Salzel
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will re
ceive free his mammoth potato cata
logue and a package of sixteen-daJ
Get There. Eli" radish. GKl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
How r. V,urn Their Heads.

Miss Smith, are You going to the
ball tomorrow night?" asked Koseius-
lo Jones
''Of course ] am
II supposed as much, Why is IL
that you are so fond of dancing?a
You see it's the easiest way to turp
. mems heads, Texas Siftings
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
The Critics HumbIed.

Manageable critics say that in the
play "A Wronged Wife," you do not
e hibit enough emotion when your
husband leaves you, never to return.
Popular Actress-0h, don't. don't +?
Well. I've had two or three husbands
leave me, never to return. and guess
/ know as much about how to act un-
der those circumstances as anybody
Puck
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

Handel and Bach were contempt
raries. Born about the same time, in
houses almost in sight of each other,
devoted TO the same branch of the same
art and each famous and justly so in
his professor, these two great men
never met
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

EMBARRASSMENT. -Borrower-'.Im tenn
porarily embarrassed this morning. VIII
you lend me tenl' Broker -"Don't mention
it. l should think you would be en-
barrassed asking me for ten when You
haven paid the five you i've me. Detroit
Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

The register of a country hotel in
Maine one day recently Contained
names of Mongolians. Russians, Prus-
SLAMS, Italians, Turks, Greeks. Can't
dian French and Germans, each writ
ten IN the owners language.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

Farm Renters May Become Farm Owners
If they move to Nebraska before the price
of land climbs out of sight. Write To j.
Francis, G.. p. & I. A, Burlington Route,
Omaha, Neb., for free pamphlet. il tells
all about everything you need to know.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22
I6O Worlds Fair Photos for 81.

These beautiful pictures are now ready for
delivery in ten complete parts-lO pictures
cor nIt- 'ng each part-and the whole set can
be 'r : by the payment of One Dollar,
81 r. o. }. II. HEAFFoRn, General Passen-
g Chicago, Alilwau6 81 st. Paul
l Chicago, H., and the portfolios of
p will be sent, free of expense, by
nl..-. 60 subscribers.
Remittances should be made by draft.
money order, or registered letter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

A CHICAGO man who had just surrendered
his watch TO footpad was moved 20 re
mark that he didn't know when he had been
so pressed for tlme.-Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

AFAIR Proposition.-She (doubtfully)-
81 believe you want TO marry me for my
money" he Confidently me and
see. Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

IN the English wooden mills female
employees. though doing the same kind
of work as the men. and often doing it
better, receive only one-half the pay.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

ACTORS, Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

"HIT's mighty hahd ter set good ex-
ample,' remarked Uncle Eben, who was IN
rather gloomy mood; s'an' when yoh gifts
through yoh ain got no 'surance of hatchin'
anything. Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

THE DETECTED ONE-"Jack, don't know
what to do. Here are a lot of bills, and
haven't got ceut. Can't you suggest some
way to raise the windl" Jack-'How would
draft dol"-Princeton Tiger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

A SOUTH ATcHIsoN woman carries of the
banner for cold feet; they recently froze In
bed.-Atchison (kan.) Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

No SAFER REMEDY can be had for Coughs
and Colds, or any trouble of the Throat, than
'sBrolCh's Bronc hal IrOches." Price, % cts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

sHAs Jones new quarters recentlyP' 'Oh
yes; he borrowed several from Miggs last
night."-Inter Ocean
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

GIVE love the power, and it viii always
help.-Ram's Horn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-02-22

WHEN a man invests his money in the
iron trade he naturally expects to do a
heavy business from the start.-Iroy Press.