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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23

ranged along the dining tables ia their
quaint brass candlesticks, il is u place
to inspire the poet and the romancer
with fresh visions of the days when
romance was the commonplace reality.
To realize that the dog catcher is an
unknown parsonage in Savanna, one
has only to take a glimpse at the space
behind the stations kitchen, where the
entire canine population of the north
west, so it would seem, congregates
each morning to fight over the food
which the hurried travellers leave be-
hind them.
In this howiing, yeiping and raven
Gus pacl; are dogs of every degree, color
and shape. From q hasty census of the
motley aggregation l estimated that
every human inhabitant of Savanna
must have at least five dogs-with q
liberal surplus remaining for distribu-
ton among the rowing Indian populace
on the outskirts. The Latter would
certainly be able to pass through five
wear famine and not know what il is to
be without meat i'm the pot, if the dogs
which assemble in the req of the Gran,
kitchen should not make sudden and
discre, immigration
There is but one inhabitant of the
village who lords it over the dogs
He is half-grown Lear cub who guards
the door of the Hudson Bay company's
warehouse. There is scarcely cur
within the limits of Savanna which has
not felt the sting of bow from jacks
paw. and not a few of them have been
permanently put to sleep through this
benign agency.
OF course no man who has escaped
from the walls of city and goes out
upon an inviting expal'se of snow such
as surrounds this place could think OF
foregoing a dog sledge excursion. But
from sad experience let me offer all
who may find themse YES confronted
with this temptation the advice so fire.
quently proffered to those about tc
marry: Don't do it,
My experience was this. ] deter
mined to visit Lake Ka-pi-si-ka-ri-ka
On. max and it's famous painted rocks
This lake is about 200 miles north
east of Savanna, and l was told that a
good dog team would haul me there in
two davs, and that il would be !. most
delightful journey. A-micl (The Beav.
| err who was said to own the best dog
team in Savanna, encouraged this pleas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23

ant fiction and agreed to make the trip
for five dollars. He was engaged and
we set out early one morning. A light
weight buckskin-colored dog named
Windigoob was in the lead, followed
by four sober-faced dogs, each of which
was nearly twice his weight. The path
breaker started off with an eager
yelp, which quite won my heart, and
| marked him for favorite. Had
known that Windigoob is choice Indian
slang for q worthless, Sinking cur
| might have suspected the crafty de
ceiver, but l was blissfully ignorant
CT the meaning of the word.
The first five miles over the hard
snow was eXhilarating sport, and
anticipated the entire Journey. Then
the sledge began to slacken its speed
and | noticed that the traces between
Windigoob and the next dog were limp
A-mick also recognized this fact, and
the lash OF his whip shot out with a
singing crack in the direction of Windi.
GOODS back. The tawny cur heard the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23
WIDE TIRES AGAIN.
For Many Farm Purposes They Are of
Positive Advantage.

For Many Farm Purposes They Are of
Positive Advantage.
A few days ago l was talking with a
man who had given wide tires thor
ough trial, aud he was loud in their
praise, though he did not claim as
much for them as some people do. He
said that he found them of no advan-
tage in time of very soft roads, as the
wheels would sink into the road at such
times il they were a foot wide, and the
larger amount of mud they would
carry would make up for any difference
in the depth they would cut.
When the weather IS very dry and
the ground hard, they are of no par
ticular benefit, either; but at all other
times they save horse-flesh and time,
by allowing heavier loads and requir-
ing less power.
This man told me that for nine
months in the year he finds the wide
tire positive benefit, and for the other
three il is about an even thing. For
hauling over meadows and corn fields
the wide tire is very much superior
to narrow ones; and at times when
the ro9ds are soft enough for the or
binary tire to sink from six to eight
inches into the road-bed, he can go
along easily with his wide tires.
i asked him if he thought the roads
would ever get as bad as they do if
everyone used wide tires. His reply
was that the roads in the country dis
tricts of Illinois would be bad if 10
one drove over them in soft weather,
but narrow tires, no doubt, made them
worse.
'"rhey suit me-" he said in conclu-
sion, land a good many of my neigh
bors are getting over to my way Of
thinking; for | can haul as big loads
as any of them when the roads are at
their worst, and much larger ones at
almost any other time."-Farm and
Preside.
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INOCuLATED BY SNAKE POISON.
Explanation of the Peculiar Immunity
from Harm Enjoyed by "Charmers."

Explanation of the Peculiar Immunity
from Harm Enjoyed by "Charmers."
AS a result of recent Investigations,
II would seem that science had at last
unearthed the strang secret of the
ake-charmcr. For years it has been
mystery how certain individuals
could handle the most venomous SER
penis with in.punity, suffering not the
slightest harmful effects, even if bitten
repeatedly. Some time since it was
suggested that this immunity from the
evil effects of the poison might be due
to the fact that the charmers have fire.
quently been accidently bitten by
cobras ard ;larits, and, having survived
the first attack, experienced no evilef-
tect from subsequent bites. Much at
tentiol has been directed in India 10
the experiments which have lately been
made with a view to determining the
value of this theory, and it has been
clearly shown that when the venom is
introduced into the system in gradually
increasing doses the subject need not
fear the vicious fangs OF the reptile.
Cases of immunity from scorpion
dIc disD Wei n ktiiiif-
man iii India. hearing of Mahometan
fakir, who lad established a reputation
Tor himself in this respect, determined
10 investigate the case and Danish, il
possible, all chance of trickery. lie
therefore dug up the scorpions HIM
self. and these formidable creatures he
describes as being from five TO seven
inches long, with claws like those Of
Holsters.
These scorpions the fakir was told to
iIritatc. but TO avoid adopting the
course usually pursued by the fak;rs
for this purpose, namely. by pinchiag
the end of the tail. This is almost
sure way of preventing the scorpion
from singing. BY touching them on
the part of thc body indicated, each
one of them stang him strongly enough
TO draw blood, but he man was appar-
emily none the worse. There could be
no doubt as 10 the genuineness of the
exhibition, and the fallir was believed
when he said that he had frequently
been the victim of a scorpions sting
y. Y World.
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WHERE BABY IS KING.
Pretty super-titions surrounding the DIM

Pretty Superstitions su rounding the DIM
pied Creature in Other Lands.
The superstitions attaching to new
born babes are numerous. A Yorkshire
(Englapd) rotion Is that the infant
should be always placed in the arms of
a maiden before being touched by any
one else, and in some instances its
right hand is bound in a cloth during
the first day of its existence, in order
that il may gather riches when grown
to manhood or vomanhcod.
In England, France, Germany and
many parts of this country it is con sid
cred essential that an infant should
''go up" before IL goes down in the
world. Thus, if child is born in The
lower story of house it is instantly
bundled up and carried upstairs; if
the event occurs in an upper chamber,
then the woman in charge is supposed
to climb on a table, chair, or other
article of furniture with the baby.
In the north of England, wher a
child is taken from n house for the
first time, it is given an egg some salt
and a small loaf of bread, and occasion
ally piece of money, these gifts being
supposed to insure the child against
its ever standing in need of the necessi-
ties of life. Yorkshire people a6d
matches to light the child TO
Heaven" In this country, as well as
in many others, book, a piece of
money. and bottle of liquor are PLACED
before the infant the day il is one year
old. the object being to ascertain its
bent IN life.
The Manx people have a number OF
curious superstitions concerning ha-
biea. Hall Caine tells us no one is al
lowed 10 step over it or walk entirely
around il lest il become dwarfed and
wizened. Until baptized all babies are
supposed to be quite at the mercy of
the fairies. The baby will remain
lucky through life If Il first handles n
spoon with its left hand, but it VIII
come to perfect estate if it shall ha,e
repeated falls cut of its mothers arms,
cradle or bed before it reaches its first
birthday. One of The p-ettiest of the
Manx euperstitions is the custom of
retiring early on stormy nights. so
that the good fairies may enter unob-
served to find place Of shelter and re-
pose.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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stranger who is safely housed under
the hospitable roof of the old Scotch
mans big. rambling log house, with its
cavernous fireplaces. heaped with
blazing logs and itswalls hung With ant
lers and other trophies of the chase.
Fancy could not picture more ideal
spot in which the lover of winter might
spend his favorite, season and enjoy
the full force of its wild sublimity.
The house, although built entirely of
logs, is a palace in comparison with
most of the dwellings of this section. 1t
is a story and half in height, has q
broad expanse of -oof which slants up
from the ends as well as the sides of the
structure, and contains more room
than one could possibly credit it with
at first sight.
The big dining-room. in which the
overland passengers are Toasted on
venison, bear meat, wild fowl, caribou,
ptarmigan and other products of the
country, is the most 2retentious part
of the house and is almost medieval in
it's picturesqueness
When lighted by the flaming pine
logs In the fireplace and by tsl.ow dips
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23
Feeding Cabbage to Cows

have never had experience feeding
cabbage except to very small extent,
but i have known of men making a
large use of cabbage to feed milk cows,
and they consider il excellent food for
milk production. Some parties who
make business of raising cabbage for
market carefully save all the refuse,
such as leaves, stems and small, loose
heads, and sometimes, when the price
is low, nearly all their crop to feed to
their cows, and they report very large
flow of milk in consequence. Some add
this caution: "The favor of the milk
may be injured if you feed too much; ii
surely will be if the cabbage is partly
decayed."-C. p. Goodrich, in Prairie
Farmer
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nuRRAH FOR PENNSYLVANIA.

The farmers of Pennsylvania are to
be congratulated. NJ. NJ. Luther, East
Troy, Pa, grew over 200 Bushels Sal
zer's Silver Mine Oats on one measured
acre. Think of il. Now there are
thirty thousand farmers going to try
and beat Mr.. Luther and win $500 in
goldl and they'll it. viii you?
Then there is Silver King Barley
cropped on poor soil 116 bus. per acre
in 1895. Isn't that wonderful--and
corn 23O bus. and potatoes aud grasses
and clovers, fodder plants, etc., etc
Freight is cheap to all points.
Ii voc WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEM
it with 10c postage to the John a. Sal
ger Seed CO., La Crosse, Wis. you will
receive their mammoth catalogue and
ten packages grains and grasses, in
Guiding above oats, free. (K.)
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-01-23
An Oriental Love Test.

This tale is told in the orient: A
lady one day found man following
her, and she asked him why he did so.
His reply was:
You are very beautiful, and am in
love with YOU"
"Oh. YOU think me beautiful, do you?
There is my sister over there. You will
find her much more beautiful than
am. Go and make love to her."
On hearing this the man went to see
the sister, but round she was very ugly,
so he came back in an angry mood and
asked the lady why she had told him
a falsehood. She then answered:
slyhy did you tell me falsehood?'
The man was surprised at this ac-
cusation and asked when he had done
so. Her answer was:
"You said you loved me. If that had
Teen true you would not have gone TO
make love TO another -Phila-
delphia Record.
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a North Dakota freight train may think
that he knows something about wealth
er, but & day on this table-land in mid
winter would disabuse him of this idea.
There is much about the place that
is keenly interesting. both in its his
toric and contemporary life. Not a
furlong from the railway station, on
the banks of the Savanna river, the
skeleton remains of four huge bateaux
are lifting their gaunt oaken ribs to
the blasts-ironical reminders of the
days when Sir Garnet Wolseley, the
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BEYOND.
WIS

The cries and means of the fallen
From the stricken field hear.
And my soul Is stirred TO answer,
To shout them a word OF cheer;
For i see how the Lord OF Battle
Points on with a guiding hand
To where beyond the failure
There Is still happy land
Look up. look forth TO the future.
Though your eyes are dim and weak.
Though the storms that beat about you
Hide the light Of the hope you seek:
Arise meath the beat of the tempest.
To the height Of your manhood stand
And you'n see that beyond the failure
There is still happy land
Through the battle ye win to conquest.
BY the pain and the woe ye s-s blest
For only the children Of sorroW
Can win TO the gates OF rest.
Long since by the Lord of Battle
Tine strife was nObly planned
For the brave beyond the failure
There is still a happy land
p Macarthur. in ". Y. Independent.
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lit looks like iain, "td you are shiver-
ing" He tenderly wrapped shawl
around her, and STOPPING, kissed the
piquant face-blooming with the clear
pink and white which the one under tie
earth by their side had so striven Cor
and longed for--for his sake. But they
did not know. They only walked quick
~ away without a backward glance.
And the rain beat down on Mahala's
grave, and the thunders burst over 1t.
New bohemian.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
TYPICAL FRENCH ROAD.
A Thing of Beauty and JOY to Travellers
and Tourists.

A Thing of Beauty and JOY to Travellers
and Tourists.
The illustration accompanying this
article is one that shows the admirable
qualities of the average public highway
in France.
The picture from which this cut was
made is photograph taken by ths vet
eran wheel tourist, Marriott c. Morris,
of Philadelphia, and shows bit of
road between Tours and Vichy, near
Chaleauroux, France.
At the roadside is heap of stone
ready to be used for instantly repair
ing any defect in the road, for the
French have learned the important
lesson that the way to have good Dads
is to keep the roads good. "A stitch in
time vesnine," and the cost of keeping
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ncafness Cannnt me Curnd

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way TO cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases ont Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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+: Mahala Goodenow.
: Act % Years. Months. Days.

the few withered flowers, the unbroken
clods, the one little tree set out by some
friendly hand, bnt dying-its leaves
yellow and ourled-gave an air of I'M
utterable drearinesS TO the scene. A
chipmunk had already made hole at
the foot of tie grave, and the earth
had caved in around il.
poor Mahalal She was a schoolmafe
of niue" he said. gently. Il had not
thought of her for yeas, and yet be
lieve was IL. love with her once He
smiled a little. Il ~onier why mother
was so anxious for us 70 walk over here
tonight" They y ere silent. and gazed
with forced solelnnity, as people VIII,
at the lonely mound.
let Is 20 nrw." be said. after little,
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansingthe system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval OF the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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ON THE SAVANNA RIVER.
Interesting Relics OF the First
"Riel Rebellion"
Where Sir Garnet wolseley Did Not Win
Laurels - A Country Where The
Mercury Freezes Very Often
I'm Winter.
special Savanna - I,nt,er

1t is doubtful if any place on the
American continent is better calculated
20 frlpress the spectator with the ter
rible grandeur of winter than is this
halfway mouse" on the Canadian Pa
cific railway, midway between Rat
Portage and Port Arthur. It's location
is on the height of land where the
waters divide and flow to their final
destination in widely divergen.sections
of the continent and the terrible north
ern gales sweep down in unobstructed
and terrific force. The brakeman on
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APlausible Explanation.

"This patent medicine seems to have
lost its strength" said Farmer Clover's
wife, as she took pull at musty bot
tie of some cure-all concoction.
perhaps the patent has expired"
suggested her husband.-To Date.
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The GIFT of a Good stomach

Is one Of the most beneficent donations
vouchsafed to us by nature. How often il
is grossly abused Whether the stomach is
naturally weak, or has been rendered SO by
imprudence in eating or drinking, Hostel
ter,s Stomach Bitters is the best agent for
its restoration to vigor and activity. Both
digestion and appetite are renewed by this
fine tonic, which also Overcomes constipa-
ton, biliousness, malarial, kidney and
rheumatic ailments and nervousness.
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A rsesuI Question,

She-Those two men alone in the box
are father and son2 Which is the ia
Their?
He-The one who is peering over this
way with his glasses.
She-And now which is the SOM
Judge
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ohserrin- Youth.

Little Clarence (who reads and profits
thereby)-Pa?
Mr.. Callipers-Well, my son?
Little Clarence-1sn't it singular, pa,
that it takes about ten times as much
identification to cash a check as it does
to get lynched Puck.
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HANDY MILK STOOL.

A Suggestion Which May Prove of Value
to Many Readers.
The seat of the stool shown in the ac.
companying illustration is made of a
one-inch board 12 inches wide and Ii
inches long. The two front legs are
made of inch boards; the other is a
round piece of wood. A hoop on the
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A sermon and an appeal.

Good roads mean new opportunities
which will broaden and sweeten life.
They mean education; and just as ig-
norance is the root of falsity and dis
order, so education means knowledge
and love of law and order. the nations
only hope for the adjustment OF
crime--Clara Louise Burnham.
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"CRIPPLE CREEK. !"
CThe Land of Gold.)

III you are thinking of going to Cripple
Creek, Colorado, the greatest gold fields in
the world, and wish to know how 10 get
there quickest and at lowest rates, please
address 7. w. Teasdale. &. p. A, e. st. p.
NJ. a. D. R'y. st. Paul, MINI.
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Brown - Big failure OF Smith'A
wasn't it? Any preferences,
Jones - None whatever. Borrowed
wherever be could brooklyn Life,
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HE feeling his way to knowledge of
her accomplishmentsl ''Can you darn
stockings, Arabellan' She with distant
frigidity)-"I don't expect TO marry man
who needs to wear darned stocking5."-
Illustrated Bits.
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FITs.-All Fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No Fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and s.
trial Jottle free to Fit cases. Send to DIR.
Ilin, 93l Arch St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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You've BUSINESS MAS-''When do you
think is the best time to ADVERTISED" Old
Business Man-"All the time, young man. u
-Someryille journal.
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IAN entirely cured of hemOrrhace of lungs
by Piso's Cure for Consumption.-LoUI
LINDAMAN, Bethany, No. Jan. s, 81
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front end holds the pail in position,
while a projection on one of the front
legs prevents it from slipping down.
4. L. Shippy, in Orange Judd Farmer.
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BEEcHAM's PILLS for constipation 10c and
25c Get the book (free) at your druggists
and go by it. Annual sales 6,000,00 boxes.
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The share of land falling to each
inhabitant of the globe. in the event of
partition, might be set down at 23is
acres.
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SELr-coSTRoL is promoted by humility.
Pride is fruitful source of uneasiness. ii
keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is
the antidote to this evil.-Mrs. Sigourney.
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The potato is mostly water, and what
is not water is starch, which will indi
cate that it should not be fed foe
generously.