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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25


You whom love. TIL life itself exhaleth
Like the spent perfume OF a sua-klssed
flower,
You whese cold hand q. this last hour availeth
To make me mistress OF the mastering
hour
Best hope OF life-to teach you how to love me;
Werst pain Of death-to know you still
heart-free;
Yet am glad, though dark waves close above
For you lose nothing dear. in losing me
Pail Mall Budget
wilt Thou Re Long:
Wat thou BE- longl The workful day IS oeri
The wind croons softly to the sleeping sea;
AT the old spot. upon the lonely shore.
wait for thee.
Home to his nest the swift gray gull ia
wingins;
Through the stiI dusk I hear the sailors
song;
Night TO the weary rest from toll is bringing
Wilt thou be longs
wilt thou be loas' The darkness gathers
fast:
The daisies fold their fringes on the lea;
Time is so fleetlng ana youth will not last
on, come to mel
In the clear west silver star is burning.
But sad r..sSiyings all my bosom thronz;
With anxious heart / watch for thy re-
turning
wilt thou be long'
-E- Matheson, II Cham oers' Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25
Lost Their Nets.

Deputy Game Warden Lawrence cap
tured 600 feet OF gill nets containing
fifty pickerel, set in Lake Monona by
illegal fishermen. The owners fired
several shots at him from shore while
he was taking up the nets but failed
to hit him. They escaped in the dark
ness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25
go rnr,n I'D nreaLuater

4 100000 bre3lSwater, with con-
c5ved face to turn the waves back on
themselves. thereby breaking their
force, is to be built at Marquette, Lake
Superior 1t is tho first of the kind on
the lakes, and but Pew have been built
anywhere.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

Constar.inople's ancient walls are to
be restored; two commissions have been
appointed to superintend the work.
The Turkish government also proposes
to establish a school Of architecture in
Constantinople.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

WIFE Ito unhappy husband) 81 wouldn't
worry, John; it doesn't do any good TO Dor
row trouble" Husband Borrow trouble!
Great Caesar, my dear, / amt borrowing
trouble; / have it to lend - Colorado Sun
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

If the readers of this paper viii look for
theloch they will find a secure way of reduc-
ing their shoe bills, by buying the Security
School Shoes, which are only sold for cash
at one price, the lowest ever made for 50
good a shoe. Look for lock in this paper.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25
nj. ,ylea,s Interest.

Clark Is Muchworks wife inter
ested in his business?
Cutler-Yes: shes always asking him
why he doesn't try something there's
more money in. Luck
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

..4ou say we must Try and get along
with only necessities, 81 here you
came home from Your club in cab
"Tllas necessity. Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

A LAPsUs .-Friend-'sYour own
health is excellent. isn't it, doctorl' Doctor
YES, indeed. / can almost say that 1
don't know what Sickness is."-Harsem
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25
The skill and knowledge

Essential to the production OF the most per-
feet ard popular laxative remedy known,
have enabled the California Fig Syrup Co.
TO achieve a great success IN the reputation OF
It's remedy, Syrup of Figs, as il is conceded
TO be the universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

THE jefferson County Exposition, Pine
Bluff, Ark, solicits correspondence as to her
lovely climate and unequalled oppC rtunities
for investment in farm or timber land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

WILLIE SLrAIsoS-''M Mamma says she feels
so sorry for youn Mrs. in'erbloom-
s'Why, Willie.n Willie-"Because YOU are
going to have your reception tie same day
as hers. "-Harper's Bazar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

A CoNvERT-Visitor lin Aiainel-"lt's
against the law to sell this stuff, isn't il ~
Drug Clerk-ssA es." Visitor who has just
had some)- at ought to be- Smith, Gray
& Co 3 Monthly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

81 SHOULD have you know, sir, that ] am
a LOndoner, as ! was born in London. I"
'But /, sir, was born in Cork, and am a
Corl1er l''-Boston Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

II DON'T think your arguments against
Wagner are sound .'Well, if they are not,
that's where they differ from Wagner mu-
sic.'-Harper's Bazaar.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

A PATH may look pleasant and yet be
filed with footprints made by the cloven
hoof Rams Horn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

MISS OLDAcRE who has still got skittish
ways)-"Isn't 1t sad, captain, when WON
an perceives that she's grown oider!" The
Captain-"Yes; but it : more sad when she
doesn't perceive it. Judy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

AFTER physicians had given me up, was
saved by Piso's Cure-RALPH ERIEG, VIII
Transport, Pa, Nov. p, 1888
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

IT takes some people whole lifetime to
find out that no dollar is big enough t. give
an hours happiness.-Ram's Horn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

HANGING and wiving go by destiny
Shakespeare.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

SER happiness before you as an end, no
matter in what g,Iise of wealth. on fame, or
oblivion even, and you viii not attain it
A. $. Hardy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25
RA ERCURIAL
w POISON

Is the result of the usual treatment Of blood
disorders. The system is flied with Mercury and
Potash remedies-more TO be dreaded than the
disease-and in q short while is in far worse
condition than before. The common result 10
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-04-25

Wit thou be long? The workful day IS o'eri
The wind croons softly TO the sleeping sea;
At the old spot. upon the lonely shore.
l wait for thee.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
Dramatic Dreams.

A curious example Of the dramatic
and mythopoetic quality in dreams,
and of the power Of COMPRISING
time, was once related to me by a
lady, says Andrew Lang, in Illus
trdted London Ne,os. She, in her
dream, was sitting in her room look
ing out on beautiful, clear autumn
twilight. She heard a knock, her.
aiding visitors, and, going down
stairs. found two strangers in her
parlor. One she recognized-a rela-
tive who had died in her childhood.
He was a little old gentleman, in a
brown dress of the early part of the
century. With him was a handsome
lady in a Spanish mantilla. They
had on the table before them a small,
ancient iron-bound chest. At this
moment (still in the dreamy q SER
want entered with tea or some such
freshment, and, 10! the visitors van
ished. The servant went out, and
there were the visitors again. They
had opened the Golfer, and displayed
two set of yellow old documents
One was list of securities, one a
list of names. The lady in the man
tilla explained, while the old gentle
man nodded assent, that he and she
had been betrothed, and that she had
died before their marriage. The old
gentleman had gone abroad at the
peace of Amiens, had been caught
and detained on the outbreak of Wal,
and this had led to some accident in
his affairs by which the Golfer and its
contents had been neglected, and the
securities were still lying unclaimed.
"They are" said the lady of the
Mantilla, "now in the keeping of
Messrs. -" A knock at the door.
Enter the maid with tea, the maid in
flesh and blood; disappearance of
the dream. The solicitors names
were never communicated.
Now, the dream-mind clearly
started from the maids first tap at
the door. This was the knock an
nouncing the arrival of the visitors
in the dream. All the rest of the
scenes were q myth, invented by the
dream-mind to account for the first
half:heard tap. The dream mind
created :he person of the old for
gotten relative, and invented, with
out any assistance from conscious
memory, the lady of the mantilla,
and her love story, and her death
The box, the securities, all the dI usses
ana properties, we're improvised by
the dream-:nind and placed on the
stage Of vision.
All this was done, all this drama
performed, merely as a myth ac-
counting for the first tap; and every
thing was invented, staged and acted
in the moment between the first tap
at the door and the second.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

SAYINGS OF OLIVER WENDELL
HOLMEs.--Travelers change their
guineas, not their characters.
Put not your trust in money, but
put your money in trust.
With most men life Is like back
gam mmon--half skill and half luck.
Controversy equalizes fools and
wise men in the same way-and the
fools know it.
Sin has many tools, but lie il the
handle which fits them all.
Faith always implies the disbelief
of lesser fact in favor of a greater.
The scientific study of man is the
most difficult Of all branches of
knowledge.
A person is always startled when
he hears himself called old for
the first time.
God bless all good women! To
their soft hands and plying hearts
we must all come at last.
You may set it down as a truth
which admits Of few exceptions that
those who ask your opinion really
want your praise.
When strong brain is weighing
with true heart, it seems like bal.
ancing bubble against wedge OF
gold.
There are a good many real mis-
cries in life that we cannot heir
smiling at, but they are smiles tha,
make wrinkles and not dimples.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
POETRY.
THE WIVES COMMANDMENTS,

Ii unere are new commandments ten
witch wires now make for married
men. ''o'
i-Kemember that am thy wife
whom thou must cherish all thy life.
2-Thou shalt not stay out late at niobt
when lodges, clubs or friends invite.
nou shalt not smoke, indoors or out.
Nor chew tobacco round about.
4-Inou shalt with praise receive nv
N0i pastry made by me despise.
5.My mother thou shalt strive to pIease
ana let her live with us In ease.
6-Rem berber It's thy duty clear
10 dress me well throughout the
year. viz
Thou shalt, in manner mild and
meek ''''
Give me thy wages every week.
S-Thou shalt not be drinking man
But live on Prohibition plan.
S-Ihou shalt not tlirt, but must allow
Ihy wife such freedom anyhow.
lO-Thou shalt get up when baby cries.
And try the child to tranqulize.
These my commands, from day to day.
Implicitly thou shalt obey.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
How Peters Love Was Tested.

She was as fair as the day and as
stately as the night, and beautiful
beyond the dream Of any poet.
He was strong and brave as any
knight that ever jOusted on the plain,
suberb and handsome as the sculp-
tured gods Of Greece.
1t happened by proDitious fate,
that sometimes brings the brave and
beautiful together, that these two
mortal paragOns each had a fashiona-
BILE suite of rooms in the most fash
ionable hotel of the most fashiona-
bic city of all the land.
1t is really not much use to finish
this story. The reader is shrewd,
and knows thing or two, and has
read novels before, and knows al
ready how this thing is Coming out.
But suffice it to say they met, and
they loved with an unutterable and
infinite devotion.
Darling" said he-not at once
OF course, he was no grump like
that-but like to get at the denoue-
ment Of "A story at the beginning,
and get 1t out of the way. "Dar-
ling" said he, when the proper
time had arrived, - love you be-
yond expression. with a devotion
that can never end. Be mine oh,
say that you will be mine ~
A look of ineffable sadness, of in
finite grief came into her azure
eyes.
Peter" she said, "you know
not what you ask. There is dead
secret in my life, which if you
knew you would spurn ME from
thee like deadly thing"
"Tell me the secret, darling" :"
said he, "and | swear by my honor
| will love thee all the more"
Peter, my own. will be frank
and tell thee. I'LL owe a three
months bill for my suite of rooms
in this hotel"
He looked into her lustrOus eyes
with an expression Of increased en-.
dearment.
"Sibyl, my darling," said he,
$50 do 4. We owe the sordid land.
lord two large bills. Let us wed
and make the two bills 0ne.n
"Oh, my hearts love 7" she cried
"Oh, my hero, my tinancier." and
she threw herself into his arms.
Thus two loving hearts and two
growing hotel bills were beautifully
united.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
NUMBER 81.

MARRIAGE RULEs,-Let her meet
him with kiss-nOt f'rown.
Let each realize the fact that they
are one.
Let the husband frequent his
home-nOt the club.
Let him assist her in beautifying
the home.
Let him not narrate Mrs. Next
Doors gossip.
Let her not worry him with petty
troubles.
Let him speak to his wife-not
yell "say" at her.
Let her make home more pleasant
than the club.
Let her sympathize with him in
business cares.
Let him be as courteous after mar
riage as before.
Let his latchkey gather unto itself
rust from disuse.
Let her dress as tastefully for him
as for strangers.
Let him confide In his wife; their
interests are equal.
Let her not fret because Mrs.
NeighbOr has rich dress.
Let her home mean love and rest
not strife and noise.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
Almost a Tragedy.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I.
George?"
Eyes, dear"
DO you see this scrap Of pink
silk ?"
"Yes, dear"
81 want ten yards just like It,"
"All right, dear; go and get it,"
But l want you to stop on your
way down and have it sent up.
Take a good look so you will be sure
to get the correct thing"
CHAPTER III.
"Got any pink silk ?"
eyes, SIR"
Well, want ten yards"
What kind, sir"
"Pink, pink, pink, of course.
You didn't think wanted blue or
green pink, did you?"
"No. sir but it varies in price and
quality"
"Send me up the best you have
and charge 1t to me. She won't
take it If isn't right"
"Thank you, sir. Anything else
to-day, sir ?"
That's all. Good day."
CHAPTER III.
"George ?"
Yes, dear"
Pm so glad you didn't forget to
send up the silk"
Pm all right, dear.
$50 you are, George, but the silk
didn't match"
{" Is that so?n
"Quite so. That you sent cost s.
yard, and the kind l wanted il
only 80 cents, reduced from 70
But you needn't worry. I've pu
the dress-maker on it and you car
get the other as you go down to
morrow"
Red fire and curtain.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

THE USE OF Mothers
with sons approaching manhood will
find their desire to persuade them
from yielding to what seems as in
sti0c:ive fondness for tobacco,
strengthened and upheld by some sta
tistics recently set forth by J. M.
French. "ln an experimental OBJ
servation of thirty eight boys of all
classes Of society who had been U.s.
ing tobacco for periods ranging from
two months to two years, twenty
seven showed severe injury to the
constitution and insufficient growth,
and thirty-two showed irregularity
Of the hearts action, discrdered
stomachs, cough and a craving for
alcohol. Within six months after
they had abandoned the use of to-
bacco one-half were free from all
their former symptoms and the re-
mainder recovered by the end of the
year."
1t Is significant, too, that in the
public schools of France the use of
tobacco is prohibited, and in our own
Government schools at Annapolis
and West Point.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

SAYS Robert J. Burdette: "Peo-
pie will tell you to be ambitious;
soar high. Don't soar too high. Peo-
pie will tell you there is plenty of
room at the top; so there is-at the
hotel, just where you don't want to
go, and WHARF you always get. You
stay down near the bottom! There
isn't much room at the top of pyra-
mid. AT the top of this country
there is room enough for just one
President, and every time you notice
him you see him teetering to keep
his balance, and trying to hold him
self there for few years longer If
possible; but fate always shoves him
off at the expiration of four years.
His position is just high enough to
be draughty and breezy, and to make
him good target for people to throw
brick at and call him names.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
VIRGINIA. THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY z 1895.

time wrote: elf you intend to re-
side In this country and wish to do
your part in the restoration of your
State and in the government of your
country, which | think is the duty
OF every citizen to do, 1 know of no
objection to your taking the amnesty
Oath.n
PEACE AND HARMONY.
Later he wrote: 81 think it is the
duty of every citizen, in the present
condition of the country, to do all in
his power to aid in the restoration of
peace and harmony, and in no way
oppose the policy of the State or gen
eral government directed to that OBJ
Ject." His earnest desire to see the
litter ap; y ositieS Of war supplanted
by peace and good will finds q sim
pie though fitting expression in his
admonition 10 the students of Wash
ington College when missing them
for the last time at the holiday sea-
son Of 1869. While enjoying these
privileges with grateful hearts, all
are urged TO do or countenance moth
ing which may disturb the peace,
harmony and happiness that should
pervade christian community"
Thus did the early teachings of a
pious mother bear fruit an hundred
fold in the thoughts, words and deeds
of this soldier who had the strong
courage of man united with the
loving heart of woman" OF him
it may fittingly be said, using his
own language when he mourned the
death of his brave cavalry leader, j.
r.. b. Stuart: "To military capacity
of high order and to the nobler
virtues of the soldier he added the
brighter graces of pure life, guided
and sustained by the Christians faith
and hope."-J. Il. g., in Richmond
Dispatch.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

A DRUMMER was called on to say
grace, and not being used to the ex-
ercise, said: 1--WE acknowledge
the receipt of your favor of this
date, and hope to get many more
good orders from you in the future.
Yours respectfully, Amen. ."-Er-
change.
This suggests to our mind the
story told on a good old farmer of
Gilmer county. He was always In
a hurry and scarcely had time to do
anything. 1t Is related of him,
however. that he always said grace,
and invariably did so after this
fashion: 80 Lord, bless this food
Jim, pass the bread around. Amen.0
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
POET RY.
KISSING-TIM

'Tis when the lark goes soaring,
And the bee is at the bud,
When lightly dancing zephyrs
Sing over field and flood
When everything IN Nature
Seems jOyfully a-chime-
'Tis then l wake my darling,
For it is kissing-time!
Go, pretty lark, a.soaring,
And suck your sweets, oh bee;
Sing, oh, ye winds of summer,
Your songs to mine and me;
For with your song and rapture
Cometh the moment when
It's half-past kissing time
And time to kiss again!
$3.50 the days go feeting
Like golden fancies free,
And every day that cometh
Is full of sweets for me!
And sweetest are those moments
My darling comes to climb
Into my lap to mind me
That it is kissing-time
Sometimes, maybe, he wanders
A needless, aimless way
Sometimes, maybe, he loiters
In pretty, prattling play
But presently bethinks him,
And hastens to me then:
For it's half-past kissing-time
And time to kiss again!
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

OF course, there Is great deal of
what is called luck in life, but there
is less of 1t than most men like to
admit. The man who works hard
and plays easily, who has reasonably
good habits, and who keeps his
weather eye open, even when he does
not expect any weather, is apt to
have pretty good luck. To be strictly
honest has never been quite 80 fash
ionable al could be wished, but there
Is conviction that 1t pays best In
the long run. Unhappily, the pro-
fessorship of good habits Is vacant
in most colleges.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

Not EXPECTING IMPossIBILITIEs.
" And you say you would die for
me, George ?"
"Die for you! Yes, a thousand
Deaths"
"YOu are noble man, George"
"My darling, you do not know
me yet."
Well, dear, I do not wish you to
die for me, but l will tell you what
you can do for me to show your af.
fection."
"What Is it? Shall 1 pluck the
stars from the cerulean dome? Shall
] say TO the sea, 'Ha! ha cease to
flow, for my love wills it?' Shall
tell yon bright and inconstant noon
that is glinting the hilltops with her
light, that she must not shine on thy
face too rOughly-ha J"
No, George, no." she smilingly
said. i do not wish you to attem pi
such impossibilities. All ask OF
you is this-don't call again."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

THE race of mankind would per-
ish did they cease to ard each other.
From the time that the mother binds
the child's head till the moment that
some kind assistant wipes the death
damp from the brows of the dying,
we cannot exist without mutual
help. All, therefore, that need aid
have a right to ask it Of their fell
low-mOrtals. No one who has the
power of granting can refuse 1t
without guilt.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

Young Sharpshins- Dad, can you
explain to me what faith is? Old
Sharpshins- Faith, my son, is an
abnormal power of belief. For In
stance, when your elder brother
comes down In the morning with a
black eye, and tells me he got 1t by
knocking up against the bedpost In
the dark, especially as I know that
his bed has no posts, If I believe
him that would be an act Of faith.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07

BORING AN EDIToR.-" Are there
not times" said man, entering the
Office Of busy editor, "when you
can write better than at other
times ?"
"Yes."
"Ah, / thought sol That men
who write must consult their c0nd.-
tion have no doubt. Now, tell me,
when can you write best ?"
When l am alone" the editor
replied,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-02-07
WoNAN's TRUE KINDLINEss.-

WoMAN's TRUE KINDLINEss.-
4 n":Ig all nations, women are ever
inclined to he cheerful and modest.
They do not hesitate, like rnan, to
perform a hospitable or generous
action: not naughty, nor arro-
CANT, nor supercilious, but full
of courtesy and affection; indus
trious, economical, ingenious; more
virtuous, and performing more good
actions than man. Inever addressed
myself in the language of decency
and friendship to woman, whether
civilized or savage, without receiv-
ing a decent and friendly answer,
says recent writer.
In wandering over the barren
plains of inhospitable Denmark,
through honest Sweden, frozen Lap
land, rude and churlish Finland, un-
principled Russia, and the wide
spread regions of the wandering
Tartar, if hungry, dry, cold wet, or
sick, woman has ever been friendly
to me, and uniformly so; and, tu
add to this virtue, so worthy
the appellation of benevolence,
these actions have been performed
in so free and kind a manner that
if / was dry, l drank the sweet
draught, and if hungry, ate the
coarse morsel with double relish.