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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
FAMILY TIES IN GERMANY.
Distant Relatives and Servants Included in
the FatherIands Sacred Circle.

Distant Relatives and Servants Included in
the Fatherland's Sacred Circle.
The family tie is sacred in Germany,
and extends also to the larger family.
Members of the same name, especially
among the nobility, meet from time to
time for conferences (Famlientag), and
have generally friends to assist the
poorer members of the family. The
German is sure to find an open hand
and house wherever he meets even a
distant relative. The relation of chill
dren to their parents, though it has
lost much of the old rigidity, is still
one of respect, and this is certainly a
good founda ton for the state, as Luz
Their in his admirable small catechism
explains the fifth commandment to re-
fer also to teachers, employees, and all
in authority. Also grown up children
respect parental authority. As long as
father or mother lives the house re-
mains the center of the family, also
for the married children.
But the household does not only
comprise the family, the servants are
part of the German home. Though al
so in this respect much of the good old
habit is done away with in the present
age, especially in the larger towns,
where the family does not occupy, like
in the United States and England, a
house of its own, but only fiat, with
sometimes very insufficient accommo-
dation for the servants, yet we find
many who look back on service of
forty or fifty years in the same family.
r. IL. - 1.
is Christmas eve, when all the house
hold gathers .round the fir tree with
its shining lights. The German Christ
mas tree, which has now found its
way into many other countries, is a
very old institution, and deeply rooted
in the hearts of the people. Even the
poor man would spare his last
cent to buy tree. Wherever
Germans are together at Christ
mas the tree must not be wanting.
The writer of these lines remembers a
Christmas spent on the Atlantic on one
of the North German Lloyd steamers.
The weather was very rough, but the
Christmas tree was nevertheless light
ed. People will remember to their
oldest ages the joyful excitement of
their childhood, when the bell of the
father called them into the room
where the presents were laid out for
them under the lighted tree. Also the
servants are called in and receive their
gifts. Even in houses where there are
no children the Christmas tree is light
ed, and wealthy people often invite
the children CT one or more poor fami-
lies to give them presents on the day
which commentaries that God so loved
the world THAI He gave His only bego
ten Son. everybody wishes to show loN
to his neighbour Omaha Bee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
ALL BY HAND.
A Fine Piano So Complex That Machinery
is Useless.

Fine Piano So Complex That Machinery
is Useless.
Those persons who grumble at the
enormous expense of pianofortes should
be initiated into the complications and
mysteries of their completion.
An instrument, say parlor grand
weighing a thousand pounds, looks t.
be solid mass. but what would you
say when you learned that the whole
frame and all of the wonderful curves
and semi-circles of wood and the in
terror Innings are made Of tiny strips OF
woods, laid together sometimes TWEEN
ty layers thicl1-like jelly cake, glued
tightly and vcneered? Then, too
these layers are put together in a GER
tain way; namely, the grain of the
wood in each layer must lie at right
angles to the one below and above it.
This prevents the ribs and bones and
sinews of the instrument from crack
ing and warping.
Indeed, the entire anatomy is a mod
ell and a wonder OF nice calculation.
delicate workmanship, and fineness OF
finish. In the first place the wood has
to be carefully selected, cut into sheets
as thin as paper, and seasoned for
many months, both in the sunshine
and in the heat ed rooms, and after this
is done six months is occupied in max.
ing a single pianoforte. Every part is
finished separately, numbered and put
together. The enormous metal plate
is also costly, and So are the hammers
of felt which for all choice pianofortes
comes from Paris.
No machinery is employed ina piano
manufactorv for everything must be
trusted to the skilled eye and trained
fingers, and when at last the case is
fastened over the network of wires and
bank of softly-padded hammers, and
the ivory keys are pushed into theii
places, the instrument is equipped for
its worldly experiences, to be the medi
um of an artists expression, a toy in
fashionable houses, or a creature to be
cruelty treated and tortured by the ig.
norant-always, wherever it goes a liv
ing presence, ready to respond in ex
| quisitc tones to the musicians fond
touch, or to disguise its delicate voice
in discordant accents when abused. -
| Washington Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
THE BUSINESS MANS LUNCH
Hard Work and Indigestion go
Hand in Hand.

Concentrated thought, continued in, robs
the stomach of necessary blood, and this is
also true of hard physical labor.
When FIVE horsepower engine is made
TO do ten horse power work something IS
going to break. Very often the hard
worked man coming from the field or the
Office will "bolt . his food in few min
utes which will take hours to digest. Then
too. many foods are about as useful i'll the
stomach as a key of nails would be in a
fire under boiler. The i'll used stomach
refuses TO do it's work without the proper
stimulus which il gets from the blood and
nerves The nerves are weak and ready
to break" because they do not get The
nourislimeut they require from the blood,
finally the ill-used brain is Inorbidly wide
awake when the overwoTked man at
tempts to find rest i'll bed.
The application of common sense in the
treatment of the stomach and the whole
system brings TO the busy man the full en-
iovnent of life and healthy digestion when
he takes DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to
relieve a bilious stomach or after too
hearty meal, and DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery TO purify, enrich and
vitalize the blood The Pellets are tiny
sugar-coated pills made of highly concen-
trated vegetable ingredients which relieve
the stomach of all offending matters easily
and thoroughly They need only be taken
for a short time TO cure the biliousness,
constipation and slOthiulnesS, or toTpor, OF
the liver; then the Medical Discovery
should be taken in teaspOonflll doses 10 in
crease the blood and enrich it. II has a
peculiar effect upon the lining membranes
of the stomach and bowels, toniug up and
strengthening them for all time. The
whole system feels the effect OF the pure
blood coursing through the body and the
nerves are vitalized and strengthened, not
deadened, or put to sleep, as the sO-oalled
celery compounds and nerve mixtures do
but refreshed and fed on the food they
need for health. IF you suffer from indi-
gestion. dyspepsia, nervousness, and any
OF the ills which come from impure blood
and disordered stomach, you can 6Hye
YoHyselT with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery which can be obtained at any
drug store i'm the country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13

Or. Barrow and the profligate Lord
Rochester meeting one day at court
while Barrow was kings chaplain in
ordinary. Rochester. thinking to ban
ter him. accosted him with a tiippant
air and low, formal bow, saying:
Doctor, | am yours to my shoe-tie."
Barrow returned the salute with: My
lord. | am yours to the ground. "
Rochester. improving on this, quickly
returned it with: doctor, l am yours
to the center" which was as smartly
followed up by Barrow with: m
lord. l am yours to the anti odes.
Upon which Rochester, piqued at be-
ing foiled by one he called "a musty
old piece of divinity, exclaimed: Doc
tor. | am yours 10 the lowest pit OF
he'll" upon which Barrow, turning
upon his heel. dryly replied: There,
my lord. leave you San Francisco
Argonaut.
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PITH AND POINT.


--Powell-"Henpec feels sure that
his wife went to better world" Nit
ford-'How do You know Powell
.He has started IN to be tough. "-Har e
lem Life.
-Chawler-''Did yer go inter see de
snake charmer?" Hengoutt-''Yes, an
it's question to me mind wedder she
charms de snakes or PARALLELS dem
Boston Courier.
-Watts-"So you don't believe that
the good die young?" Potts-"That
used to bother me a good deal when |
was a boy. but know better now
Indianapolis Journal.
-Agnes-"What are you writing,
Minnie-your will?" Minnie-"No, I'm
writing my won't. George proposed
last night aud told him I'd answer to-
day. London It'd Bits.
-Figg-"Yes, / allow that her sing
log is something terrible; but | guess
we shall live drought it," Fogg-
THAT is the most terrible thing about
it."-Boston Transcript.
NO." said the busy merchant; 81
don't care for no dictionaries to-day.
'Thsnk you," returned the fair book
agent from Boston; chow many shall
put You down for?'-Smith e Grays
Monthly.
Wages Cmeditativelyl-"It might
be considered additional proof that
time is money" Wiggs-"What
might?" Waggs-''The fact that SO
many people take no note of it."--Buf-
falo Courier.
Mr. Aust look at that dolt OF
a man. What charming wife he has.
How true it is that the biggest fool al
ways marry the prettiest girls" Mrs.
40, you flatterer. boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
-Amy-"Why did yo-, lnarry Harry,
who never sent you any presents,
while Won refused Jack, who was al
ways giving you jewelry, candy, books
and the iile?" Mabel-"Jack had
spent all his money. "-liarper's Bazaar.
Mother" sobbed the young bride,
she is just as mean as he can be. -
"No. he isn't, dear" said the mother
soothingly. "A man can't really de-
velop all his meanness till he has been
married four or five years. "-Indianap'
oils Journal.
"A Gentle Hint.-Jones Injecting
Brown smolxing)-''I don't like to see
a man smoking on the street" Brown
why, what difference does if
make?" Jones-"A great deal. II
makes me want to DO the same, and
haven't anything to moke."-Detroit
Free Press.
-Manager-''Thei idea in your play
is as old as the hills. 1t has been done
before" ywright-"What's it been
done imp" Manager-''Well, it occurs
in one of the tragedies of Kschylus
Playw~ight-"Tha all right. / may
have got my copyright in ahead of him.
There is a chance for suit. Brook
Ign Life.
-Daughter-''What do you think
mamma! That strange gentleman who
Just got out when we were going
through the tunnel kissed me-" Mother
But, my child, why didn't you to-
me at once, so that ] could call him 70
account for ito" aughter-'Why, you
see. mamma. | thought thought
that we were coming to another tun-
nel,''-F liegende Blaetter
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
Some of the Oddities That Are Recon-
mended TO the Public by the Press.

mended to the Public by the Press.
To some of those masculine mortals,
whose lot it is to foot the bills
of their feminine kindred, it ap-
pears as if many of those persons
who are supplying out-of-town
newspapers with information up to
date do not intend to shoot over
the heads of their fair readers. Not a
few of these writer's prattle with child
like simplicity. In fact, some of it is
so simple that child in the ''goo-goo"
stage of mental development might al
most understand it. Anyway, they
go right along from day to day. Who
knows but that the persons who are
spluttering their information are men,
not women. If such is the case, they
may be excused for the lackadasical
fashion in which they handle it. This,
however, is, as Lord Dundreary was
won't to say, zone of the things no fell
low can find out"
For instance, this helpful Informal
ton for women appears in a Chicago
newspaper:
Partly worn sleeves may be made as
good as new by cutting off the lower
portions"
One in Dubuque instructs trunk pack
err. in this fashion:
Roll tightly all smaller undergar-
ments, nightdresses, towels, etc, thus
securing much more room"
A St. Louis print gravely says: ''To
remove candy from plush chair very
hot water may be used, care being
taken not to wet the plush"
The person who gives household hints
in a Seattle daily announces: Thou
sands of superb heads of hair are never
put in water. People who are averse
to washing their wigs maintain that
water rots the hair, browns out the
oil glands and gives the head a moldy
smell that is certainly unpleasant.
The scalp may be kept in excellent
condition and the tresses clean and
beautiful by the frequent use of bar
Der or military brushes"
Touching the time when straw hats
may be called in, a Leavenworth paper
says: Coarse black rough and ready
straw will be worn through the
autumn. Indeed, it is not unusual TO
see these hats until holiday time"
This is helpful hint culled from n
Wheeling newspaper: Veal, properly
cooked, is a most toothsome meat and
seems to be gaining in popularity"
From Baltimore daily comes this
happy thought: Use the blanket in
preference to the comfortable"
Feminine readers of certain paper
published in Boston may have an ach-
ing void filled by this news:
Linen stuffs in delightful colors are
now to be found in the large stores"
This may cause modish women of
Philadelphia to jump for joy:
'Capes will be much worn again this
season, both long and short, double
and single"
What wohld the girls of st. Paul do
if Minneapolis girls, instead of them
selves, had a newspaper containing
gems like this?
For hanging photographs in a
young girls room, ribbons of her favor
lite color are quite recherche"
housewives prompter, writing for
a (Neb.) paper, sagely says:
when, from any cause, wall paper
shows a spot CT grease or oil, it is GER
tain that the grease has penetrated to
the wall beneath. 1t is useless to re-
paper. TN. y. Advertiser.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
HuFFs TELEPHONE SHOCK.
Wilson, Eighty Miles Away. Confessed that
lie Had Married His Daughter.

just when Papa Huff, of Atlanta,
Ga, was in a most wrathful spell,
brought on by the news that Eliza
beth. his pretty daughter, had eloped
with Edward Wilson and gone to Crit
fin, boy ran in saying, Mr. Huff,
somebody's ringing like fury for you
on McIIeath's telephone" Thinking
it was a customer who wanted to order
lumber, Huff corked up his rage and
went to the wire.
"Hello!" he said; "I'm Huff. Who
wants me?"
This is Ed" said the fellow on the
Griffin end of the wire eighty miles
away.
ed who?"
ed Wilson, and I've married your
Lizzie. Thought I'd let you know an
see what you are going to do about it. .
In moment the telephone girl
thought Huff was going to drop. Then
he began shooting ugly words over the
wire so fast that the current couldn't
carry them. "Now, what have you got
to say to that?" he won nd up. Laugh
in, by gum. and | hear Lizzie smoker
in. too" This Modified the old man
ard in rather repentant tones he shout
ed: Say, Eddie, | reckon you an Liz
zic had better come home on the first
train. N Y. Advertiser"
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Ionr-nisrance signals.

Seventy miles seem a long distance
to send signals by photographs, but this
has been accomplished many times.
But this is entirely eclipsed by the re-
cent performances of the officers of the
United States signal corps operating in
the northwest. Messages have been
sent and received between Mount Tn
eompahre. in Colorado, and Mount
Ellen, in Utah, distance from peak to
peak of one hundred and eighty-three
miles. Experiments are in progress
with view to increasing this distance
and breaking all previous records.-N.
Y. Ledger.
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''Sairy Ann" he said with a touch OF
asperity in his voice.
What is it?" asked the president OF
the Bingviue Association of Emanci-
pated Women.
ANY woman that can't sew On sus.
bender baton ans hstteFn yon aid this
ane eGulaat dIsehlisFa She daties Of
Aherilf nnhari Al iln aaPnea IF III
rpte TIT ys, Is Washington STAR
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Ruther Filling.

They stood beneath the stars. The
waters dir1pled at their feet street
lamp sputtered. Darling" ne whis-
pered. does joy fill your hearth de
Waldo" she answered, promptly, lit
does. Yes. Ny heart" There was SUBJ
tie emphasis upon the last word she
ss6ke . lingering stress, as lt WsgeE7
which lmraaaa hin 10 ssh her what
saRas she - tafgsd GIAsssn't T'sihar"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
Easy to Drive.

Little Boy-Uncle George, may drive
your horse?
Uncle George never learned to
drive.
Its easy. You just pull his head
which ever way yoH want him to go,
that's all"
'sBut suppose he gets stubborn or
scared, and begins to baels?'
num~sghy. lili bapk him MpHnd tll
he was hapssRg In the dlisoii0a ]
wanted him 10 20. sna thea les bio 81
ensssklHs. i~zResa News
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13
Keep Your Mind on

Aliens Lung Balsam, as this is the season
for Coughs and Colds. Its expectOrant and
healing qualities, and being free from all
combinations Of opium, places it at the head
of all Cough remedies. II approaches SC
nearly a specific for Consumption that q
per cent. Of cases which are taken in time
are cured.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13

II don't believe in opposing the pref
erences of son in the matter of choos-
ing profession" said an indulgent
father.
Nor T." said another father.
"Has your son chosen his profess
sion?'
well. in a way.
what is it?n
"Why he was stage-struck, and in
sisted that he was born for the
boards as he expressed it; and so APP
prenticed him to carpenter. = Youths
Companion.
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Wall Paper.

Ne, Goods just received, only cents
per ~oll. Best White Paper sc per roll Ele-
giant Gold Parlor Paper, Zoe per roll. Best
lngrains, Ice per roll. Better goods at just
about half u+u prices Semi 10 cents for
postage on 100 Samples by mail OF all grades
M t ) 81 cents per roll Tue 10 cents may
be deducted from first order for W all Paper
amounting to sl.0O or more. Complete Cat
a'ogue an S o3png Guds led Free,
Add ess >. E. OLSON, Minneapolis, MINI.
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5000 To California

Is price of double berth in Tourist Sleeping
Car from Minneapolis on the famous
''Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Excursions y
Through cars on fast trains leave Minneap-
oils Tuesdays via Kansas City, Fl Worth
and FL Paso. superb southern route.
Write for particulars to A. PHILLIPS & Co,
1l3S Guaranty Loan Bldg. Minneapolis
JoHN SEBASTIAN, q. p. A, Chicago.
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SUNSHINE AND. SHADOW.
NsIA

Could We know the pain and sorrow
That the coming days may bring.
Would our hearts keep up their courages
Would We ever care 70 $ -ngs
Nauy a voice with grief w01ld falter,
Many an eye with tears grow din;
And our nussc catch the cadence
o. sad and m0urnful hymn
Could We see TIE th0rns AMI briers
Waiting for Us by the way
We would quite forget the flowers
We might q ther day by day.
But n nix sod the clouds are hidden
That The coming days NAV bring.
In the SUNSHINE 81 the p-e,,zt
Let Us journey on and sing.
Let Us bridge life : suares AM pitfalls,
With q faith both brave and strong,
Cheering those who journey sikh rs
b the measures 90 our SOlG
Many q voice may lose it, -lalucss
IN the minor notes of p 3d..
But remember. after shl ovS.
Sunshine floods the world again
-Ebea r EexI0rd. In lioldcn Days
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Shoot Folly as II Flies.

Saws the bard. The difficulty is that the
folly of some folks don't fly, it sticks. We
cite, as a forcible illustration, the folly of
people who keep on dosing themselves with
Objectionable drugs for disorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels, easily and pleas
antly durable with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters which not only remedies these, but
also restores vigor and strength, and ban
ishes malaria, rheumatism and nervousness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13

Teacher-Now, Jimmy, do you re-
member your first teacher?
Jimny-Yes, momi
Teacher-WelI, don't you love her
better as the years go on for what sho
did for you?
Jimmy-Yes. mom-she's dead now.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Not Entirely Useless.

City Editor tsavagely)-Mr. Liner, l
shall have to let you go. You are al
ways behind and delaying the paper.
What use are You, anyway?
p, Liner lmeeklyl-To make paper
weight.-Judge.
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HE-sThis ring, you know, is the EN- blem
of eternity" She-"Yes, and the diamond
on top is heavenly" He-"But the ring
that comes later will have no diamond
She-'N-o l suppose the heavenly part VIII
be over by that time. Kate Fields Wash
inOtOn
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Nov Goth, Dec. 4th and 18th the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas ny. Will sell tickets at
greatly reduced rates to all points in Texas,
Eddy, New Mexico, and Lake Charles, La
For particulars address IL. A. Chemir, Room
II The ROOkery, Chicago, III.
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WIFE-''The price of the clock was $40,
hut got discount. so it only cost me $50
Husband-'Yes, but you could have got the
same thing at Beetles for 50" Wife-''That
nay be, but then Beetle wouldn't have
taken off anything. Boston Transcript.
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KITTY-''W hat do you suppose her age
is.i Toni don't know. But woman's
age doesn't matter so much as how long she
has been that age. Puck.
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FATHER-''I do not require that the man
who marries my daughter shall be rich. All
that | ask is that he be able To keep out Of
debt" Suitor-"Would you consider man
in debt who bOrrows money from his IA
ther-in law 2'-Life.
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- spgHste fpmta spent Q consider,
abba pert o; lis iiHs sl pne peFiaA q
his iiir Ia at sss liiEn To- the iasaaA
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"DrD that uncle Of yours leave you any
money9n s'He isn't dead yet" ION
Doesn't he hang on a long timer lie
does" ssWhy don't you present him with
foldi. ? bed !''-W ashingtOn Star.
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WE have not been without Piso's Cure
for Consumption for p years.-LIZzIE FIR
REL, Camp St, Harrisburg, Pa, May /, ~.
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FORTIFY Feeble Lungs Against Winter
with Hale's Honey Of H0rehOund and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
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OLD STAGER says that they used to hunt
with horns. but they fish with them now
Philadelphia Record.
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FALL sTnEs-the ones pigs are in.-Phila-
delphia Record.
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LID Mrs. Barui-
colt sat in the
front room Of
her house in
Trafa lga r
row. a single
row of houses
sta nding on
the sideof the
steep hill
which looks
4 own upon
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-13

SWELL, how are you dcingl" asked the
passenger. Fare" replied the conductor.
Philadelphia Record.
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Harvest EXCLUSIONS.

Mis- HOUsER-'.W is stage business,
anyway, doarF HOuser-"Er- getting di-
vorces, principally, 1 believe. = buffalo