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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-11-21
A Day of Family Reunion.

Thanksgiving should mean to every
family reunion. Each year 1t should
be the one day that shuts all the world
out but the family. II should be the day
In the year which records the new weav-
ing OF loves pattern in family life. II
threads are broken, il is the time to
pick them up. There is no grave so
deep as that in which love lies buried
in indifference, in anger. or in unex-
planned arrangement.
Let love rise TO her glory and live
anew in the family life on this day
when the minds of men are turned to
the years gone and passing; when the
heart is tender with thoughts OF
childhood and the memories of it's
wealth of love, when poverty even had
no sting. and love and the daily express
sion of il made wealth.
No home is so small or poor that Ii
cannot, on this day. do something TO
add to the family life; and she is wise
who makes this day the exclamation
point of family love. day when life
tends to divert the interest of the fam
lily for a common center. The men
who have done most for their country
and themselves invariably attribute
the impulse, the influences, that con-
trolled them to their childhood's home
and training. And If their character
has stood the test of time, we find that
they are noblest who have kept alivn
the sentiment for that home. Lowell
says: II believe il one of the most hap
Ply things in the world. as we grow old
er, to have as many ties as possible
with whatever is best in our own past,
and to be deeply pledged as may be to
our own youth. Mary Willis, in Out.
look.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-11-21
What Gave uim Away.

A story is told in the India Rubber
World of meek-looking stranger. with
a distinctly ministerial air, who applied
for permission TO look over a large rub
Der factory. He knew nothing at all
about the rubber business. 10 said,
and, after little hesitation. he was ad-
mitted. The superintendent showed
him about in person, and the mans
questions and comments seemed to
come from the densest ignorance.
Finally, when the grinding-room was
reached, he fingered little. and asked,
in hesitating way: Couldn't l have
a specimen Of that curious stuff for my
cabinet?" Certainly" replied the
superintendent. although it was com
pound the secret Of which was worth
thousands of dollars: certainly. cut off
as much as you wish" With eager step
the visitor approached the roll of gum,
took out his knife, wet the blade in
his mouth, and stop right where
you are!" said the superintendent. lay
Ing heavy hand upon the stranger;
"you are a fraud and a thief. You
didn't learn in pulpit that dry knife
won't cut rubber" So saying, he
showed the impostor TO the door, and
the secret was still safe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-11-21
BY ELEVATOR.
IL Seemed as ~ Meeting Would be Quite
Impossible.

It Seemed as ~ a Meeting Would be Quite
impossible
A well-dresSed woman walked into
the Croker building the other day and
took an elevator. Her husband saw
her from across the street and hurry
ing ove- took the next elevator. lie
went to the Office where he knew his
wife had business. and found that she
had stepped in and out again and went
down in the next elevator
In the meantime his wife had gone
down. and the elevator dispatcher said
Your husband just went up in the
elevator. ] think he is looking for
you"
The lady took the next elevator up
Just then her husband came down. He
looked all around and then inquired of
the elevator man:
'liave you seen my wife here?"
'Yes, she just went up this mimi te.'
The man took the next elevator and
he was no more than out of sight till:
his wife came down again.
Your husband has just gone up
again." said the elevator man.
81 guess he'll wait for me this time,
so III go up" And up she went.
Down came her husband second
afterward.
did my wife come down againP" he
inquired.
Yes, and just went up again. She
thought you would wait for her"
well, I'll wait here"
lie waited about five minutes, and
then, growing impatient, took an ele
vstor up stairs. She had been waiting
for him and came down again just as
he disappeared.
"Well. will wait for and catch him
this time" said she.
After standing in the corridor sever
al minutes she decided to go upstairs
and find him. As she was whisked out
of sight he stepped out of another ele.
vator.
Your wife has just gone up" said
the elevator man.
The husband swore little under
his breath and started to leave the
building. At the door he hesitated,
changed his mind and took the next
elevator up. Down came his wife at
the same moment
Hes just gone up again" was the
elevator mans answer to her weary
look of inquiry, land he's mad as a
hornet"
"rhen had better go right up and
catch him." said she.
Up she went and down he came.
Just went up" remarked the eleva-
tor man.
I'm demmed If I'm going up again"
said he. "l'll wait right here" and
he sat down on the stairs. Half an
hour later he was still sitting there,
and his wife, equally determined, was
waiting for him up stairs.
~ hope they'll meet in heaven" re-
marked the elevator man.-San Fran
cisco Post
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AA+Aa4 anu EltAs
The singing children OF the woods have
The hermit thrush's golden chime Is stfl.
The happy haunters Of the grass are dead
The world is hushed with numb $OveIn-
ber's chill
But in the spacious farmhouse. 10, the
glare
OF the hospitable hearth. and on the
board
The year-long savings Of the housewives
A harvest-home. though all the fields are
bare
Here sits the graybeard sire. and at his
The Youngest Of his line. prsttling
child.
And there the husband by the avw-made
bride.
And next the Iow-browee lily maiden
mild.
The soldier son. stern-featured. eagle-eyed-
From far they come by many parted ways
To meet once more beneath the ancient
Dear ever with the love Of chiIdhood's days.
And here again life's severed warp and
woOf
are Joined. and times swift wing a mo
ment stays
And memory makes the OH man young
again.
He tells the oft-toId tale. the outworn
jest.
Outdoor the snow falls fast on hill and
plain.
The distant church-clock tolls the hour
OF rest,
And thanks are offered Heaven - not in
vain.
Charles l. HHdreth. in Demorest's Mag
Ezine
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place. Though why she couldn't he
content ON the neatesJ little forty
acres in all Blair county. that poor
Silas shaved so hard for and left her
when he died of typhus. Is. as told
Eleanor Winner. when we was tallSin'
1t over at the mite society. the day il
met at your house. Mis- Williams, a
mystery to me. and allus will be. For
nv part never was one O them rovin'
kind. and there amt a citizen in all
Brownsville thai has stuck any closer
thanMethetabelBrOw for the past sixty
odd wears. if 1 can't vote and do say il
as shouldn't
The browns never was OF that I'M
stable disposition. There was my
great grandfather, Ebenezer Brown;
he settled on that eighty just south OF
the meetin' house when there wasn't a
white man nearer than fifteen miles
1Ie come 10 stay and he stayed. When
NE died my grandfather took the same
place and I've hea ri him say he never
went beyond the county line but once
in thirty years, and that was in lookiu'
after some stray cattle. Then there
was my father. Jacob Brown. no one
can say he was any hand 10 be sky
larkin' over the country. lie was one
% them peaceabIe. hometown men. and
liked To took fit when he was sub
pornied on the jury 10 Millersburg the
time Nat Williams stole them sheep.
AS for Lindy and me. YOU know as well
as do, we amt slept outside this house
I'm forty year. eNceptia' the time wher
Cousin Emily was married, and uothiu'
would do but we must so TO the wtd-
din IL was all fuss and fiutter. We
never got to bed Till near midnight.
and like "a never closed my ewes to
sleep a wink the whole night. Indy
come home next day with a nervous
headache that lasted her until Sunday
mornin'. and she Won lGIl't have gone out
then only it was communion. But.
poor girl. she's sleepin' quiet enough
under the snow this winter" and Miss
NehetaI'eI drew a long sigh -.dbrushed
aside another tear
As I was sayin', " 5 Williams. what
with all these changes. IL say nothin'
of the beisry BLOWN cfY the meetin'
house and maxim IL look 50 sort o.
squatty, this has ben the longest.
dreariest year of all my life. To be
sure amt got anything to complain OF
so far as creature comforts is con
cerned." glancing approvingly around
the tidy kitchen. and through the open
door at the spotless dimity curtains of
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giving. But therel I've an idee. Why
not have 'em all over here to dinner.
and YOU and Mr.. Williams come. too?
That would make-let me see-twelvc
besides myself. The best china wouldn't
hardly go round. But that doesn't
matter. | can eat off one o. them blue
plates just as well. Two turkeys ought
TO do. with plenty of mince pies and
cranberry sauce. I've got EN-, too. as
fat. sleek turkeys as ever was put on
platter. We could talk il over then,
sort o quiet, while the children played.
IL wouldn't he so lonesome as TO look
feel more CHEEKY already. But dear,
dear how have run on! It's quarter TO
twelve this minute, and these potatoes
only half cooked. and you settin' BY
starvin' for your dinner"
Thanksgiving morning dawned clear
and cold without, but within the snug
home of Miss Mehetabel Brown there
vas warmth and comfort. This was 10
be a great day in her quiet. uneventful
life. Preparations had been makiI.. for
DAYS.
Miss Mehetabel had taken from the
upper bureau drawer in the spare bed
room that very morning sundry knitted
tides and mats. together with pair OF
highly-colored and embroidered pillow
shams that never saw the light except
ing upon state occasions. These. with
a huge beaded pincushion. purchased
10y Miss Mehetabers grandmother from
n genuine Indian princess. and which
now rested primly upon the old-fash-
toned dresser. showed that the occasion
in her eyes was one of great and I'M
usual interest.
In the snug pantry all was in readi-
ness. There were rows of mince and
pumpkin pies. tender and toothsome;
dainty preserves and jellies all ready TO
set on" while from the over of the
bright little range in the kitchen pro-
see" 7 savOry Odors wondrously sug.
gest',e.
Miss Mehetabel herself was arrayed
IN her best brown merIno. carefully pro
iceted by neat white apron. She had
hesitated in making CT toilet between
the ordinary gold b0east-pin to fasteu
her linen collars and a pale green rib
hon bow with white lace at the ends.
which had been her one piece ofextrav-
ngarce at Cousin Emiiy's we,lJ ing.
1T isn't out of kecpin' with this occa-
sion." she murmured softly to herself
81 last, as the balance turned in favor
of the latter. 1t brightens me up
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PRESENCE OF MIND.
Hugged q Horse, Saved q Neck and Caught
a Bloomer Girl.


That subtle thing known as ''pres-
ence of mind" is credited with a good
many noble deeds and hair breadth es-
capes Men who up to critical occa-
sion were never suspected of having
any mind have suddenly developed I'M
der pressure, to the astonishnent of
their critical friends. There was a
distinct case of this sort chronicled on
the Boulevard the other day.
The bicycle brigade were out in
force. A young man with the vacuous
bicycle expression came bowling along
on the wrong side of the parkway,
closely followed by blonde in bloom
ers, while a brunette bloomer kept
pace on the other side. The blonde
bloomer was crowding the young una i
somewhat, when he heard her utter
sharp cry of alarm. He turned to see
her frantic gesture, and almost at the
same moment he was dashed into
four-horse team attached to a great
beer wagon.
The two boomers screamed in uni
son, and the driver of the wagon, a
coarse grained individual, with an in
famed nose, ripped out few familiar
oaths and drew up. All that was seen
at the moment was a riderless BIZ
cycle trundling off down along the
curb. Then the quickly gathered
crowd looked breathlessly under the
wagon and beneath the iron-shod
hoofs There was nobody there. The
young man had leaped from his wheel
and grabbed horse around the neck,
and there he still hung by both legs
and arms. Instead of being trampled
to death he was at that moment en-
dsngering the life of a valuable an
imai by strangulation. No man ever
elung to his best girl with such a
lively grip. The women looked on ad-
miringly.
at was just splendid" said the
blonde bloomer. What made you
think of dong it3'
YOU" said he
There was a perceptible wriggle in
her wheel as they rode away together.
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A THANKSGIVING VENTURE.
John Brsdford's Special Reason for Be-
ing Thankfully Thankful

ing Thankfully Thankful
There is pretty story told in verse,
with vivid illustrations, of youth
named John Bradford who attended a
Thanksgiving dinner two hundred years
ago. This same youth was in love with
a prim and pious Puritan maiden
named Alice Flynt. but he could not gain
a fair and square answer from the
maiden, who is described at church in
this quaint and delightful fashion:
Fair Alice Flynt had sat delnure
And meek the service through.
The sweetest maiden ever shut
In solemn. straight-backed pew.
Q. meek-faced Puritan,
For all your humble looks.
You know a thousand ways and wiles
Not learned from spelling booksr'
After these goodly folks hid said
their prayers in church there was
merry company invited to dine with
Squire Flynt, father of the fair Alice.
The governor was there. and John Brad
ford, who found more favor with the
old foll1s than with his coquettish
sweetheart. At the moment when the
Thanksgiving dinner was served in true
New England style, the governor arose
and said:
Good friends, II seemeth well
That each give thanks for some great gift,
And special blessings tell"
Two hundred years ago a more CRATE
full spirit existed in men than now, and
each guest rose, and in a spirit IF pious
gratitude gave his or her special reason
for being thankfully thankful on
Thanksgiving day. When John Brad
ford's turn came, a happy conceit came
to his assistance. He was a goodly
youth TO look upon in his Powered
waistcoat and powdered cue, and he sat
opposite the girl he loved, and who he
felt pretty sure loved him. So he con-
cluded to lay his fate on one daring
| chance.
"I thank my God he said aloud,
For health. and strength. and life,
But most for this: that Alice Flynt
Has chose TO be my wife"
The daring of the deed surprised the
guests into admiration of the brave
youth. who sat down nearly suffocated
by the beating of his heart. AS for tho
young lady, the history is not authentic
in the matter. but the ballad ends in
this suggestive and non-committal way:
What said the pretty Puritan.
And did she speak or no7
Well. history saith that girls were girls
Two hundred years ago"
Detroit Free Press.
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GAINED HIS FREEDOM.
The Fetters of Pain Were Broken.
A Marvellous Change-How q Future of
Gloom Was Averted-The Present
Full of Joy and Hope.
From the Herald. Helena. Mont.

A Marvellous Change-How a Future of
Gloom Was Averted-The Present
Full of Joy and Hope.
From the Herald Helena, Mont.
AS rugged and hardy as one OF the pines
which grow in the rocky mountain region is
G.. L. Ticknor, of Helena, Montana For
twenty-four years he has resided in the
mountain country. but his vigor is not due
altogether TO the bracing air of Montana.
Last fall Mr.. Ticknor was what might well
be termed a physical wreck. For eight
weeks he lay on his bed suffering from
severe attack of sciatic rheumatism in one
of his hips. Physicians and medicines gave
him no relief and the future looked gloomy.
Added TO his troubles was the anxiety con-
corning the care of a large family. By
chance one day Mr.. Ticknor saw an account
of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
He said to Herald reporter that he was not
in favor of proprietary remedies, but in this
instance something in the article caught his
attention and he determined TO give the pills
a trial. In the interview with the Herald
representative the ether day, Mr.. Ticknor
spoke in the most emphatic terms of the
marvellous change in his condition. "Before
a week had gone by,n he said, 81 was able
to get out of bed and move about. / had
hardly used one box of the pills. BY the
time l had taken three boxes / felt
twenty years younger. In fact l was a
new man and have been perfectly well ever
since. l can't say too much for Pink Pills
and never miss an opportunity TO praise
them"
When the Herald representative saw MIR
Ticknor he was making some repairs on the
school building on Boulder Avenue. He
swung his carpenters hammer with all the
vigor of lnsty young man and looked as
hale and hearty as any man of his years to
be found in the entire rocky mountain coun-
try. He is fifty-niue years old and is able
TO do days work at his trade of carpenter.
Pink Pills can always be found in his house.
Mr.. Ticknor lives at 1919 Boulder Avenue,
near the American Biscuit Manufacturing
COmpany's plant, where he will be glad TO
see anyone who wishes to verify this ac-
count of his experience with DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary 70
give new life and richness to the blood anc
restore shattered nerves. They are also
specific for troubles peculiar TO females,
such as suppressions, irreg ularltles and all
forms of weakness. They build up the
blood, and restore the glow of health to pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect
radical cure in all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excuses OF whatever
nature Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never
in loose bulk at 80 cents box or six boxes
for $50, and may be had of all druggists, or
direct by mail from DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y.
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PITH AND POINT.

Miss Quizzer-"Do you believe all
the disagreeable things you read in
the newspapers Miss Buzbuz--'I do
if they're about people know. "-Rox-
bury Gazette.
Daughter - Mamma, IL must
write to Mr.. Bray about this extor-
tionate bill. should I say Dear MIR.
Bray?'" Mamma-''Certainly, under
the circumstances" -Iit-IBits.
mo. Willie dear" said mamma
mo more cakes tonight. Don't you
know you can not sleep on a full stom-
ach?r WELL" replied Willie, Il can
sleep on my back."-Ilarper's Round
Table
Prospective Lodger-"Yes, think
the rooms will do. By-the-wsy. Hope
Prospective landlady-"My youngest,
SIR. but she's only beginner. The
Sketch.
Smith, see that Jones was at
that dinner the other night. What did
he think of the speeches?" Brown
when I saw him he was just going to
read them in a morning paper
Brooklyn Life
On a Yacht-Miss Ingenue-'ls
there really cable in the ocean,"
sailor-"Yes, num- Miss Ingenue
with conviction. after study ing the
man at the wheel-''Then that must
be the gripman. "-Brooklyn Life.
She Who beat at golf p He
1.-THE other follow beat me three
games" Il should think you'd be
ashamed to tell it." I'm not; I'm
proud of it. It's English, you know,
to be beaten. "-Yonkers Statesman.
ANY insanity in your family?"
asked the examining physician.
"Well," said the man who was apply
ing for life insurance, my wife says
she must have been crazy To have ever
married me. indianapolis journal.
Miss Rehabilitation ridiculous
force of habit may becomew Miss
Bloomfield Gpquiringly)-"Yes?' Miss
Bellefield-"Even when | was at that
seaside hotel last summer | always
looked to see il there was man under
the bed. "-Pittsbur Chronicle Tele-
graph.
"A Hustling Contractor You'll
have to hurry up on this buildiug.'
said the boss of gang of laborers.
"We're ahead of time now, amt we?"
suggested one of the men. Yes But
the contractor wants to hurry and get
it all up before it falls down. Wash
ington Star.
-Teacher-"If one servant girl could
clean two rooms in two hours, how
long would it take two servant girls to
DO it?" Little Girl-"Four hours"
Teacher-"Wrong. 1t would only take
one hour" Little Chiffon, didn't
know you was talkin' about servant
girls that wasn't on speaking terms. -
Tit-Bits.
The Fait' full Wife. Magistrate
whats the charge against this man?"
ohicer-"Beating his wife, your wor-
ship But here's statement from his
wife that ne didn't hurt her" Magis-
trate-"Why isn't she here to testify in
oerson." Officer--''She doesn't like to
come into court, with two black eyes
aud a broken nose, your honor. It'd
Bits.
1t has been proved" said IIawley.
that men have larger brains than
women, hence their superior intel
,ectual powers" "Much that provost
snapped Dobson. Everyone knows
men have larger tongues than women,
yet l never heard of anyone who was
fool enough to try and argue mans
superiority in the talking line over
women. -Harper's Bazaar.
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Or 10 cents per ben. twill be seen by
these figures that wheat, kerosene and
bone meal were used literally, while
corn and Indian meal were used moder.
ately. When you figure that hen cos, 5
you as cents year you may safely SAY
thai she will lay in eggs twice what she
eats. Most any hen, with good care and
management, will average $50 eggs a
year, and il is a very poor hen indeed
that will not lay rs eggs I'm year. In
approXimating the value of eggs we are
apt TO treat them too much from the
market standpoint. One hundred and
worth 1s5 "store" eggs, for the differ
ence is easily made up in the added and
packed eggs we get from the store
three-fourths of the year. Fresh'eggs
in a city like Kansas City are a treat
that our country friends do not fully
appreciate.
A word about the disposition to com
plain when hens do not lay well. espe-
cially in winter. 1t may be your fault,
and il may be the hens fault. Have
patience; you cannot judge a hen by
one week or one month, and if you
doubt her ability to pay for her keep
ing start an account, charging her with
all she eats and crediting her with all
she produces. If you DO this you will
find that there is scarcely hen in your
yard that in years time cannot have
the balance on her side of the account.
have seen a slightly complete record
of a poor laying individual hen which
was as follows: Started to laying
March 10; commenced TO moult and
quit laying September 2S; broken up
from setting seven times; eggs pro-
duced, 80. This shows that q poor layer,
persistent setter, and hen that never
laid at all from September 2s 10 the
following spring laid 100 eggs; or, at
my figures for keeping hen, gave 20
pc. tent. profit.
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That fields have yielded ample store
of fruit and wheat and corn,
That nights OF restful blessedness
Have followed each new morn:
That flowers have blossomed by the
paths
That thread our working days.
That love has filled us with delight.
We offer heartfelt praise.
What shall we say Of sorrows hours.
OF hunger and denial.
OF tears. and loneliness. and loss.
OF long and bitter trial?
oh. In the darkness have not We
Seen new. respondent stars?
Have we not learned some song OF faith
Within our prison bars?
Not only for the earth's rich gifts,
Strewn thick along our way.
Her looks Of constant loneliness.
We thank our God to-day:
But for the spirits subtle growth.
The higher. better part.
The treasures gathered in the soul
The harvest Of the heart.
Mary r. Butts. in Youths Companion.