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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-04
UNCLE JlM'S PERPLExITY
Found His Room Lighted with a Bottle
Tied to the End of String.

Found His Room Lighted with Bottle
Tied to the End of String.
Uncle Jim Hendricks, Rockland
county hermit, paid his first visit to
the metropolis a few weeks ago as a
witness in an important lawsuit. The
parties who summoned him looked
carefully after his welfare and secured
him rooms in one of the finest hotels.
Though for years a recluse, the eS-
element induced by Uncle Jim's adj
ventures was so great that he was per-
suaded to stop in at the village store
on his way home and narratc them.
Being asked what was the most won
derful thing he had seen, he said:
"Waal, / don't know bout its bcin
the most wonderful, but the curiosest
thing seen wuz darn thing they put
in my room to light it. Yer see, them
fellers thot they'd play a smart trick
on yer uncle, and what dyer think
they give me to light my room with?
"Haw, Haw! 'Twant nuthin more'n
a leetle glass bottle tied on to the end
of string. Wall, inside of that ere
little bottle wuz couple of wires that
looked cz though they were red-hot,
tho the bottle didn't het up bit. How
the wires ever got het up so give it
up. They didn't cool off all the even
ing, and when j cum to go to bed jest
says I'll pour some water out of that
ere pitcher on 'em, so kin 60 to sleep.
But, b'gosh, couldn't find no hole in
that ere bottle nowhere. Says to m'self:
Guess I'll hev to smash the tarnal
thing, and wuz a-lool<in' in the bed for
a bed Stat to do il with, when ] says to
myself: Guess | know trick with
two err that. I'll jest show them fell
lers they can't fool yer Uncle Jim
$50 jest takes the dressin' case and
pushes il up under that ere thing, and
! takes that bottle and puts it inside
one NV the drawers and shcts the
drawer up. No flies to speak NV on
yer Uncle Jim,' says !. Then | goes TO
bed. When opens the drawer in the
mornin' the darned thing had burned
ont N " Herald
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HE SPOKE OUT IN MEETING.
Ind "a Was the Cause IN After Years Of
Another's Doing IiksMlse.

And "a Was the Cause IN After Years Of
AnOther's Doing Likewise.
\ pleasing story of Rufus King as 2
Young man. told 10y one of his friends
to another many years ago, has re-
Gently been retold.
II seems that Mr.. King. then young
lawyer in th, practice Of his profession
i'm Boston. had been detained over
ease which called him To Plymouth un-
til late one Saturday evening II was
necessary that he should be back IN
Boston Monday morning. SO he mounted
his horse early ON SUNDAY and began y
leiSurely journey hOmeward
After several hours travel ne camo
To plain little wooden building on =
roadside knoll. through the doors anc
windows of which, open TO admit the
balmy air % summer. he could see an
assembled congregation apparently en-
gagged in religious services.
Alighting. out of Difference tn the
day Mr.. King Quietly hitched his hors..
To a tree. entered and sat down, eX-
pectiug To be presently edited 10y hymn
or sermon. Much To mis- surprise
neither was forthcoming. and he pres
entity perceived that he was attend ng
a Quaker meeting in season when
TN spirit did not move any of the
worthy brethren to discourse.
Dead silence prevailed and continued,
with no prospect of a break. as long as
the unexpected guest could endure it.
Then he rose in his place. and. without
explanation or introduction. delivered
4 ~
most excellent impromptu sermon, in
fact to which. COED as il was in mat
ter. his manner. which was that of the
born orator his youth. his dress ot
1.-The worlds people, his handsome
presence and the surprise of his auditors
lent still further effect
He spoke for some twenty minutes
and then slipped ont as unobtrusively
as he had entered. leaving behind him
an astonished and delighted congre "a
tion and a mystery that employed the
tongues of the village gossips for months
to cone.
II was at length solved to the sur
prise ~ Mr.. King and a very different
kind of audience some years later,
when the young lawyer. then die.
tinguished man, rose during a session
of the Massachusetts, constitutional
convention tn make motion. He was
no sooner upon his feet and facing his
houora bic colleagues than a Quaker
member in back seat came Students
10 his feet also. forgetful of time ana
place. and cried. in an irrepressible ous-
burst:
''Ttdrs the man that spoke /, our
mectin' !---N outh's Companion
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FARM AND GARDEN.
SENSIBLE MRS. EvERTs.
She Tells why Women should Advocate
Better Country Roads.

She Tells Why Women should Advocate
Better Country Roads.
Was ever a reform agitated and
moved forward TO success in which
women were not either the leaders or
else that power behind the throne"
which steadily and quietly melted the
aggressive ones. helping on to victory?
So in the present movement. or rather
feeling, pervading the entire country
concerning good roads. women must
help if the sentiment being manifested
is ever To eliminate into any decided
action that will prove advantageous.
Usually we leave road making and
kindred things entirely to the men.
What is the result? In what condition
are our roads?
While there is not a woman in the
land that is not more or less affected
by the condition of the roads, those re-
siding in rural districts and small
towns are the ones most interested,
and to such especially is this little
article written in the hope of causing
them to think ON the subject, and to
decide what their responsibility in the
ma .ter is.
While women cannot go onto the
road and work with shovel and grader,
they can do effective work in other
ways. They can think and plan for
others TO execute, which is, after all,
the highest kind of generalship. They
can by united effort so use their in
fiuence that only the best posted men
shall be elected for road supervisors.
They can agitate the subject at home
and abroad, helping father, husband,
brothers and neighbors to see what is
needed in making better roads. They
can have the question discussed in the
public schools. thus interesting even
the children and teaching them to
think and plan for improvement. They
can bring it before the institute, the
alliance, the literary and debating
clubs, as well as women's clubs.
Who has not had their business or
social plans sadly married or entirely
ruined by bad roads? While in remote
districts more than one life has gone
out, more than one soul passed over
into the mysterious beyond. because
bad roads prevented obtaining medical
aid.
Many of our readers know what it
means to be debarred from church or
social privileges for weeks at time on
account of the roads. and more than
one earnest, Woodworking pastor
knows that the low-spirited condition
of his church is due as much to bad
roads as to other causes Indeed, !
don't know but road making might he
Incorporated into some practical ser
mon, and | am sure it might well come
within the limits of home missionary
discussions and work,
We have seen business lag; have had
our children kept at home from school,
all for nothing but bad roads Now
what shall we do about the matter?
Surely as women we need to do some
serious thinking on this subject: for
usually with woman to think is to
plan, and to plan Is to execute. Shall
we have better roads?-Clara Sensi-
baugh Everts, in Farm, Field and Fire
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DID NOT SIT UP FOR NOTHING.
The Mississippi Landlord Saw His Guest
on According 20 fromise.

The Mississippi Landlord Saw His Guest
on According to Promise.
| had funny experience in a little
town on the lower Mississippi, said a
travelling salesman recently. The place
had but one hotel, the landlord of
which conducted everything except the
cooking and housekeeping, which his
wife attended TO. was the only guest,
and when l tod MIN that l wanted to
go mp the river on a packet. due any
where between midnight and three
o'clock in the morning. ] was shown to
a room Immediately over the Office. and
going to sleep when l heard a shrill
feminine voice call:
"John. YOU c-me to bed"
"SaIlie, you know / KANT go to he'd.
Got TO wake that blamed drummer"
enjoyed the situation and laughed
myself wide awake, not getting sleepy
again for two hours. Then the fcmi-
nine voice called again:
John, say come to bed"
II KANT go TO bed"
LET that peskv drummer wake his
self
''Tain't no way TO run hotel" and
there was silence again. Finally
went to sleep and was soon awakened
by the most unearthly racket The old
man was pounding on the office cell
ing with broom handle.
I'm awake ] answered IL don't
believe I'll go on that boat. I'm too
tired. I'll wait until tomorrow"
Il reckon you won't. You he down
hyar in two minutes or I'll he arter
you. amt goin' to set up for moth
in"
| caught the boat Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
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true. that another ace had been

true. that another ace had been
worked in.
"Tain't my fault said Green; 4
didn't put it in
And. sure enough, he didn't. For
we searched him and every other man
in the house. and found three more aces
in feller's pocket who went broke
early in the game and fell asleep. Then
! saw that Green was straight, and
pulled the dagger out of his hands and
apologized. We all took drinks with
Green. and after finding that he was
fifty thousand dollars ahead of the
game I went TO the hotel across the
street stark naked and went to bed,
and tell You was pretty sleepy.
Well. about eleven o'clock that
night 1 hadn't got up yet somebody
came up and raped at nv door.
Who's there I asked.
ITS Green came the answer.
What do you want?' inquired.
. i want YOU
81 got up then and went 10 the door,
and there found Green.
Well said Green. come on
"'Come on where?'
Anywhere, he said, don't you be-
long to me?'
And then / commenced thinking
about betting my life in that poker
game
There was big crowd Of cowboys
with Green. and I knew il | refused tn
let Green take me they would XIII me
on the spot. ! thought about the mat
ter. and decided that | had as well let
Green take my life as anyone else. I
dressed myself in blanket and went
with the mob. There was plenty of
rope in the crowd, too. Young fellow.
They took me TO a mountain about
/ FIVE miles from the town, and Green
came up and talked TO me.
Your life belongs to me, don't it,
said Green.
Yes said; what do You want
with ito
why. said Green. 4 want to take
it. Surely it's mine: want it
Eyes. / said: take it
Then they put n rope around my
neck. threw one end over limb of
tree. and were in the act of pulling i
when | yelled: stop!
What's up?' said Green.
"'Why.' I said. IL my life IS yours
YOU can take IL. but this crowd can't:
ii don't belong to them
Well. then. said Green. I'll take it
Then he took hold of the rope ana
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and | do not see any chance to get out
of debt: and if he is ever going to help
me, now is the time
After awhile this travelling man felt
like taking a drink, and he invited
Johns brother out to take drink with
him. When the drink began to have
its effect, the man said: SO you know
my brother John out in Texas? Wei.
when you go out there, say that am
getting along tolerably well. that |
amt making any great money, but
am doing pretty we'll
They sauntered around awhile. and
the travelling man asked his acquaint-
snce to take another drink. Then the
fellow began 10 warm up. He said:
so you know LIy brother John out in
Kaufman county. Tex. Well. if you
are out there at any time, Just tell him
that l am making good living and am
getting along first rate.
Late in the evening my friend met
the fellow again; he had meanwhile
had two or three more drinks and was
pretty mellow. so he said: You arc the
gentleman that lxnowed my brother
John ont in Kaufman county. Well, If
you should go back TO Kaufman county
and see anything of John. tell lSra if
he needs anything, just TO draw on me-
Now under the influence of one of
these New York banquets. with all
that they have good to eat and the ac-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-04
Origin ~ the Blouse.

After the fall of The Roman empire
the sexes started about fair In tho
matter of clothes. : Our Teutonic an
cestors adopted costume which was
almost the same for men and women,
and consisted Of two main garments,
the Roman tunica aud toga. The
tunica was virtually shirt with long
sleeves, and was bucl1led at the waist.
The men wore it reaching to the knee
and the women 10 the ankles. In
colder northern latiiu es the men, as
great innovation. added trousers. but
these were looked upon in the light of
a distinct extra. and were not consid-
cred obligatory in hot weather. There
seems TO be no doubt that the blouse of
the modern peasant is direct descend
ant of the tunics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-04

Albert W. Peak aud Trena II. Greer,
now of South Bend. Ind. were married
in Milwaukee December IL, 1892, by
Justice Harrington. Mrs. Peak recent
ly wrote to the register of deeds in Mil
waukee for copy of the record of the
marriage. There was no such record,
and Justice Hayden, who succeeded
Justice Harrington. made a search
through his predecessors papers. lie
found $50 marriage certificates which
had never been recorded, among them
Mrs. Peaks.
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THREE SHIPS.


Three ships there Be a-saiiing
Betwixt the sea and sky.
And one Is Now. and one Is Then,
And one IS By and By.
The first little ship Is all for YOU
It's ruasts are gold. its sails are blue.
And this is the cargo II brings
joyful DAYS with sunlight glowing. s.
NIGHTS where dreams like stars are growing.
Take them. sweet. or they'll be going!
For they every one have wings
The second ship il IS all for me-
A-saiiing or misty sea
And out across the twilight gray.
What II brought II gift and blessing
Would not stay for my earessing-
Was toe dear for my possessing.
SO !; sails and sails away.
The last ship. riding FAIR and high
Upon the sea, is By and By.
o Wind. he kind and gently blovi
Not TOO swiftly hasten hither.
When she turns. sweet. you II 20 with her
Sailing. floating. hither. thither-
To what port may not know
Harriet T. BIodgett, in St Nicholas
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PlTH AND POINT.

She-"Don't talk nonsensei I'm
an old woman now. Look at my
wrinkles He wrinkles? Why,
they're only incrusted smiles."
-Saybcy--'I want to make a match
with Madge." Gayboy-"Why don't
you do it?' Sayboy-"Her father says
1t takes money to start match fac
tory on his premises. r-Philade, phia
Inquirer.
Practical Father-'If he says he
loves you, | suppose he does; but can
he support you?" Daughter-"Why,
papa. You must know that it wasn't
his fault that the chair broke. Dem
orcsts.
-Plankington-'I understand that
you had to go to law about that prop
erty that was left you. Have You a
smart lawyer" Won Bloomer-"yo
bet ] have. He owns the property
."-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Houser-" There's leak in the
bathroom aud I've got to send for
plumber" liouser-"For heavens
sake, send for one that's got a house of
his own, or he'll take ours. "-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
DO you think girl ought to learn
TO cook before she gets married?" asked
the practical man. YES" replied his
dyspeptic friend. Either that, or else
she ought to be willing not to try" =
Washington Star.
~ saw De Castro, the magician,
make a twenty-dollar gold piece dis
appear in three minutes" "That'1
nothing. You ought to see my wife
with twenty-dollar bill at church
bazaar. Atlanta Journal.
-''Iiit am err good ting" said Uncle
Eben, ''foh folks ter try ter be satisfy
wifi whut dey kin un' stan. IF dab WIS
less hypnotism goin' on an mo bap-
tism, dab wouldn't be so much trouble
at the presen' time. Washington Star.
Posted. -Armorv Core suppose
Won know the formation on the second
day at Gcttysburg?" Garnicht twho
has heard him tell the story one hun
bred and eight timesl-''I ought to;
that was where was killed. brook
lyn Life.
Madam Bleach has invented a
cVWDltAiOu IttutuN lhub 10 w
bring an immense fortune to her. !"
"Does it make one as fair as a lily in
one application" Pooh! no; il makes
YOU look as sunburned and frcclkled as
if you'd been away for the whole sum
mer."
"A Sufferer. Here's fcller," said
Flooding Pete, who had been INDUCING
in literature, "wot says dere's too much
labor agitation in dis country" Oats
wot dere is" replied Meandering Mike.
II suffers from it meself. Every time
i think of labor it agitates me. Wash
ington Star.
Fatty Woggs-"It'sa terrible thing
to be so fat" Thiny Goggs-"Eluci-
date Fatty Woggs-''Well, you see,
I'm SO big that / have to get off street
car backwards and the conductor often
jerks me aboard and carries me two or
three blocks past my street, thinking
am just trying to get on. "-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Wisconsin Banks Report.

Seventy-seven national banks IN
Wisconsin, being all those in the state
excepting those in Milwaukee, reported
to the comptroller of the currency that
on March their individual deposits
aggregated se2. 49,. 81; government de-
posits, 1929. lO2; loans and discounts.
500, SOS. si2; gold coin on hand, 81 $780,
PSI; gold certificates. So. 900; silver cur
rency, s157,75s: silver certificates.
sl39,7l6; legal tender notes. s565, AGO.
The banks reported reserve fund of
30 SO per cent
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TELLS GOOD STORIES.
The Cause of Congressman Aliens
Great Popularity.
Whenever Tie Opens His Mouth His Cob
leagues Expect to Hear Something
Paf-His Idea of Late Elnau-
cial Legislation.
special Washington Letter. !

Congressman John Allen, of the First
Mississippi district, IS regarded as one
Of the brightest, wittIcst and most en-
tertainirg orators in the house of rep
resentatives. Whenever he is accorded
the floor he has large audience in the
galleries, and the members always con-
gregate about his scat and pay the
closest attention to his remarks. This
Is not only because Mr.. Allen is an able
and fluent tallSer, but because every
one who ever heard him knows his un-
common power of illustration. lie
holds the attention of his auditors, and
they have learned to expect good
aneedote from him whenever he speaks
And they usually hear at least one
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Did as She Said She Would.

The fire tug Cataract turned mp the
body of woman il the Kinnickinnic
river which was identified as that of
Mrs Maggie Stirn, of Milwaukee. Mrs.
Stirn disappeared last December. She
was suspected of shoplifting, and a
search was made of her house, result
ing in the finding of stolen goods. Mrs.
Stirn left the house and ran to that Of
Frank Mass. a block away, and after
Kissing the children left, saying she in
tended TO drown herself
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his life on the plains Of that state and
New Mexico. West. in his day. was
one Of the most wideIy-known all
round sporting men in the west, and
delights in telling the story of how
he lost his life.
n guess" the old man muttered.
that I'm the only man living that
ever lost hi life but I did il. and I'll
tell Won how il was. II was about
thirty years ago and all the big sport
ing men of the west were emigratinC
toward Butte CITY 4 crowd If US cow
boys left northwest Texas one day tn
20 mp To Butte for little gambling
spree When we got up to Butte and
were all settled down. we got in with
all the gamblers. and in less time than
il takes to tell about it we were mum
bered among the toughest set u men
in the community.
''Butte was all aglow one Saturday
night. The mines mad Just paid off and
every gambling house in the town was
filed with miners who came TO try
their luck. ! played unusually lucky
this day, and toward night | had some
thing like $4,000 won. Now that was
pretty large sum. but in those days il
wasn't counted 50 much. specially
when everything was 50 high. Well. /
was feelin in pretty good spirits, and
when a crowd of cowboys from Colora-
do came mp and asked me If ] wanted
20 get in game If poker I told them
] didn't care II ! did got into the
game. and for awhile things wer, com
ing pretty much INV own way. Them
boys had money. and said they'd play
till HI went broke. We PLAYED and
Kept a-p4aviug- II was agreed that
every man who won game was
To pay for the drinks In those DAYS
every body drank whisky. and IL nat
urallv came about that we all got
drunk before morning Well. when
started I didnt have but $1,000. hut
by four o'clock next morning Il was
trailing near on Ia $4,000. Then
lost my trail and h-gan to lose by
five o'clock my pile was down To $1,000
again. We were all drunk and making
a good deal of uoise. and every table
in the house closed down to come over
and see US lpay. IL was poker Hand
after hand came tough and every one
came tougher lou might knew how
tough they were when a pair Of jacks
t.'Ok a jack pot of $1,000. II was get
ting daylight. and when got down to
$4,000 ] picked mp my fivr cards. and
what do YOU think were under them?
Four kings Yes. sir, four kings
Wouldn't / bct that? You can net l
would
There was five ~ rs in the game
The ante was 8. and il took - more To
make 1t good. II was my time 10 say
and stayed. The next Teller stayed.
and 81 did every body. \ Teller named
Green said he didn't have much Of a
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FASTENING CATTLE.

Humane and Cheap Tie Used by Dairy
men In the East.
The method shown below of fasten-
ing cattle is quite common in the barns
of eastern dairymen where wooden or
iron stanchions are not in use. In the
west, it is doubtful if more satisfac-
tory, cheaper or humane method of
cattle fastening can be provided. For
the neck. an easily fitting leather strap
with light iron ring permanently at
tached is worn continuously. \ light
chain feet long has a ring at one end
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Towns Money stolen.

j. A. Hines, treasurer of the town Of
Armstrong, was going from John Fo-
ley's home at Mountain. distance of
miles. when he was waylaid by tive
highwa .men, who shot him in the leg
and robbed him of over 5000 belonging
10 the town. The robbers escaped. On
account of the litigation which the
town has against the Taxpayers asso
citation Hines had been ordered not to
deposit the money and was obliged &c
carry it.
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''wHAT Goop's YOUR LIFE ANYWAY"

WHAT GOopS YOUR LIFE ANYWAY"
began pulling. could feel the cords
in nv neck stretching. and I knew well
that my time had come.
He hoisted me way up in the air.
and then yelled from the bottom: You
can get pretty good view of the town
from there. can't you?' / didn't answer
didn't have time to-the rope broke
and I fell to the ground, lighting on
my feet.
Green got little sympathetic then,
and coming MP to me said: What
goods your life, anyway
Its durn little TO you,' said, but
it's whole lot to me-
Well then said Green, You can
keep IL. hut, young man, don't you
never pin mans hands down t. q
table before you know what YOU are
doing.
Il was glad to get off like did. and
left for Texas next day; but | tell
yosi- yOucg man. I'm living, but as sure
as you're knee-high 10 a duck. ! loss
my life once. -Globe-Democrat