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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-02

covery after the steamer had left Pal
ermo. She had found in the folds of her
dress, as IL IL had been dropped there.
an antique rIng-a curious arrange
ment of ancient gems. set in silver,
which she had noticed on TIE hand OF
the Americah, Mr.. Nef. Her first inn
pulse was to snow IL TO her aunt, her
rext, TO keep il as bond between them
until she could forward il 70 him. Then
the idea occurred to her that he might
have given 1t to her purposely-but no,
she did not think he would have ven
tured to do such thing-yet love was
daring, and Marion ended the matter by
forgetting il until she reached home.
After that she wore il as souvenir OF
travel, intending TO return il when e.
owner came home.
But strange thing happened before
that time During the Lenten season
Marion had devoted herself to chart
table work. She had gone into the
sIums to rescue the most wretched and
degraded. She had visited the charity
wsrdsof the hospitals, and in St. Mary
she had found a young creature who
Z
most cruel to her. She lad helped this
poor soul up into the blessed sunlight
of divine peace, and knowing that she
had cruelty suffered. had sought to win
from her the story of her life. But her
lips were scaled. She admitted that
she was n wife abandoned by her h,Is-
hand. Since she had lost love she would
have nothing else, and had stO m away
to die in fit Of Jealous despair.
1t happened one DAY that Marion wore
the souvenir ring, ana as she bent over
the sick girl, who was known only as
Mabel, the eyes of the latter rested
upon II. She gave great cry.
MY husbands riDg!" she exclaimed,
and tainted.
IL was days before she rallied, during
which time the ring reposed on her
own finger; then she proved her right
to it by naming the letters engraved
en- the inside.
Marion did not at once return to her
charge. Easter Sunday was drawing
rear. and she had arranged that the
Young minister who assisted a: st.
Jude's should conduct service in the
hospital ward.
She had looked forward to the day
with unspeakabie longing. The stran-
ger who had made such an impression
upon her young heart in that far-oif
Sicilian town would present himself
no longer stranger. but almost u
friend, for she had received letters and
credentials, and soon he would speak
for himself. Their was nothing TO
fear. but all things TO expect. and
now
Philip Neff s my husband"
These we're the words spoken by the
pale lips of the sick girl, and Marion
knew that they were true.
But she had seen anger and jealousy
in the eyes of the woman she had be-
friended, and, cruelty hurt, she had
withdraw from any contact with her
until Mabel had sent for her to come
and make a full explanation.
What was there to explain? The ring
had dropped from the hand of Neff
when he laid the flowers in the lap of
Marion, as he explained in answer to
her letter of inquiry. He Lad asked
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-02

We know some farmers who are do
ing profitable business breeding pedi-
greed dogs for sports and city dudes
This business has mostly been monoy-
olized by fanciers in cities, on small
town lots, but there is no reason why
the farmer, wsth lots Of range and room,
can't do the work more scientifically
and profitably. A little judicious adj
vertising would soon create a demand
for farm-raised and farm-trained
CANNES, that would bring more profit
than any other stock brought up on the
farm. This is not all theory. We know
n few instances where this work is be-
ing done in most satisfactory manner
to all parties concerned.-Crabtree's
Farmer.
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points as to the disposition of her gar
ments when on the wheel that she often
thanks him for afterward when he is
not around. He adjusts the saddle and
handle bar so that her arms are
stretched out to their full extent when
she holds the handles and her feet reach
the pedals without any length of limb
to spare. Should he fail to do this and
let her wheel go without proper adjust
ment she would present most awk-
ward appearance, with her arms crooked
and her back bent over, while her knees
would threaten at every revolution of
the pedals to knock against the handle.
Thus, with good teaching, good roads,
good company and good climate, it
is no wonder that the girls become
graceful, healthful, strong and wholly
ignorant of the meaning of that tired
feeling" of which the parlor plants
pirate all through life.
The girl who is parlor plant can
never know the real happiness which
is the companion of health and strength.
There is no ilnmodesty in exercise, but
there is supreme folly in laziness and
shiftlessness. Every girl should be
cultured and ladylil<e, always gentle
and affectionate; but no girl should
be sickly, weak and helpless, for lack
of proper exercise. Bicycling is COM
mendable, because it is sensible and
beneficial 1t is better than dancing,
and equal to horsewomanship. Try it.
SMITH ID. FRY.
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nre more lady riders in Washington
than in any other city in the country.
The riding of bicycles by women was
a few years ago regarded as one of the
wonderful things to come in the goth
century; one of those events that are
TO precede and foreshadow the coming
of the millennium. The ease with which
the world has accepted this advance of
progress, contrary to the general ex-
pectation, is. perhaps, but character
istio of the present civilization, which
takes everything that comes as a mat
ter of course, and simply wonders what
the next move will be. Washington has
the honor of having harbored the mind
that conceived the idea of making a BIZ
cycle suitable for a lady's use, as well as
of owning, as one of its fair citizens,
the first lady who had the courage TO
brave the world and push pedals from
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BOTH SIDES.
Uncle Ichabod Answered Himself Quite as
Well as Another Could.

Uncle Ichsbod Answered Himself Quite ss
Well as Another Could.
Mrs. Savage was woman greatly
fixed and respected in the beighbor-
hood in which she lived, and her even
disposition was often praised by her
i.eighbors, who were apt to be rather
rlain-spoken in regard to her hus-
lands irritable temper. Il don't see
how it is, Aunt Temperance, that You
are always so quiet. when Uncle Icha
bod begins to fret about useless things.
You never say word" remarked her
niece, who had been staying at the
farmhouse for several weeks, and had
heard Ichabod's frequent complain
! ings.
Mrs. Savage smiled placidly as she
answered:
I'm most afeared, Miranda. that
YOU haven't paid strict attention to
what your uncle was saying at the
times you raention; because. if you
lad. you'd "a seen that he didn't need
any body to reply to him; he reasons
" it'll himself, so to speak, and presents
nv views a sight better than | coul !.
You just give attention the next time
you near him a-disputing, and you'll
see that I've no occasion to distuIb
myself"
The opportunity for listening to Mr..
Savage was soon given.
faint no place to put a chair out
on that back stoop," began Uncle Icha
bod.
But it's a kind of a pleasant place TO
sit" he went on in n milder tone; and
then, raising his voice:
Il don't care if tits; the chair ii he
spoiled; it'll BE left out in all kinds Of
weather, and won't have il there"
Then, with n suggestion of n pause,
his voice fell again, and he continued:
"A wooden chair don't spoil very
easy, and that's one of the kitchen
chairs that never was painted"
''Never was painted" he repeated,
in louder tone. There 'tisl just be-
cause anything amt fixed up to kill
'tain't any use-"and he lifted the chair
and moved IL to the other side of the
stoop.
perhaps ii it's over this side it VIII
lie more sheltered" came in his milder
tones. and then:
"All the talking 10 don't do a specl;
of good, not a speck. / might just as
we'll never say a word" and, sitting
down In the offending chair, Uncle
Ichabod began tanning himself with
his big straw hat. while Miranda AM.
her aunt exchanged glances o under
standing.-Youth's Companion.
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Glass Of Fifty Years Ago.

"The glazier of so years ago." said a
Maine man of experience in the BUSH
ness, worked differently from what we
do to-day. Glass was very costly then
compared with present prices and much
of it was so warped and crooked it
would be a curiosity in these times.
Owing to the cost we had to be very
careful in setting it and the glazier of
that day had to be a woodcaryer as well
as a man of putty. The warped panes
had to be laid into the sash and their
shape 'scribed on the wood underneath.
This was then cut away so as to make
the glass fit into place. Nowadays the
glass is tolerably true, and besides il is
so cheap that we never stand for fit
1t is sprung into place and if it breaks
it is thrown aside. The old crooked
glass was. some of it, of superior quail.
ty. This was known as Boston crown
glass or Berkshire crystal. 1t was
clearer and more brilliant than most
modern glass. Only the better quality
of houses had this kind, but there are
still many old residences throughout
Maine in which it may be found
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
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STRANGE, BUT TRUE.
Wonderful Things That Happen to Men
Who Shoot


A well-known naturalist and sports
man was shooting quail one day near
the Pyramids, says Parsons Weekly.
Sighting an owl, he raised his gun. and
was about to pull the trigger when,
Judge of his surprise, the bird suddenly
twisted in it's fight as II shot, and came
fluttering to his feet. On examination
he discovered that the bird. although
in midair, had broken its wing through
the mere exertion OF its fight.
When shooting on the moors in York
shire an unlucky sportsman had his one
solitary chance during the beat spoiled
by an extraordinary accident. Jus,
as he was shooting at grouse flying
about 40 yards away, another bird,
which had evidently lost its presence
of mind, fluttered in front of his gun
receiving the whole of the charge in its
body. 1t was literally blown 10 pieces
Booth. the well-known collector OF
Brighton, once did the very same thing
He was firing at a small flock of com
mon pochard when the charge hung
fire, in consequence of which rare
specimen had time 10 fly into the line
of shot. 1t is now in the Brighton miI-
scum.
Apropos. a strange freak of par
tridges may be mentioned Upon GER
tain occasions they will fly far out to
sea and settle on the top of the waves
with as much unconcern as if they were
on turnip field. although it means
certain death TO cve-v one of the covey.
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a saddle hung between two wheels in
stead of three. Women on wheels had
then long been an ordinary sight on the
streets, but there were always more
than two wheels to each woman.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, Mt one time a
candidate for the presidency, rode a
bicycle in this city for several years
before any other woman In the country
dared to do so. She used a very heavy
machine, and did not present n very
graceful figure on the public highway,
but she was fearless, independent
character and pursued the even tenor
of her way regardless of the gibes and
sneers of youths who gazed at her
with wondering eyes as she traversed
our streets.
When wome first began to use the
wheels, many physicians looked lugu-
briously at them and made all sorts of
predictions indicative of disasters not
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AN UNDERGROUND CITY.
Russians Discover "a Town Hid In the
Bowels of the Earth.

Russians Discover Town Hid In the
Bowels of the Earth.
The Russians have made singular
discovery in Central Asia In Turkes-
tan, on the right bank of the Amou
Daria, is chain of rocky hills near the
Bokharan town of Karki, and number
of large caves, which upon examination
were found to lead to an underground
city, built apparently long before the
Christian era. In Popular Science
News we find the following description
of this singular city:
According to effigies, Inscriptions and
designs upon the gold and silver money
unearthed from among the ruins, the
existence of the town dates back to
some two centuries before the birth of
Christ.
The underground Bokharan city is q
little over a mile long, and is composed
of an enormous labyrinth of corridors
streets and squares, surrounded by
houses and other buildings two or three
stories high. The edifices contain all
kinds of domestic utensils, pots, urns
vases and the like. In some of the
streets falls of earth and rock have OBJ
structed the passages, but generally the
visitor can walk about without so much
as lowering his head.
The high degree of civilization at.
tanned by the inhabitants of the city !,
shown by the fact that they built In
several stories. by the symmetry of the
streets and squares, and by the beauty
of the baked clay and metal utensils
and of the ornaments and coins which
have been found.
1t is supposed that long centuries age
this city. SO carefully concealed in the
bowels of the earth. provided an entire
population with refuge from the in
cursions of nomadic savages and rob-
bers.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
wAsfEFuL pAlRYMEN.
Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing Do
scrIbed and Illustrated.

Two Ways of Doing the Same Thing De-
scribed and Illustrated.
This article is respectfully dedicated
to the dairymen of the country, re-
marking by the way that the illustra.
ton of Peter TumbleIown's barn is a
little exaggerated, but not beyond 9
condition all are liable to reach who
pursue his method Rain from the
caves is conveying his manure down
into the nearest ravine. This will save
him the labor of carting it to the fields
just now the poor man is having hare
time. There is a depression in the
barnyard where he has to walk wher
coming to the barn or returning from
il. IL is filled with black solution o.
cow manure. lie has to drain it away
or wade through it. The latter woulo
be the easier way and he would con
tinue to do so were il not for the fear
of his patient wife, Nancy, who has
said so many times: Now. Peter, just
look at your nasty boots." This part
of the picture is not overdrawn. The
"Peters" are very numerous. The rents
in his barn covering furnish plenty OF
fresh air and sunshine for his cows, ano
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-04-02
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

An open-headed tree grows the finest
fruit.
A low-headed tree gives less purchase
to the wind.
In setting out an orchard set all of
a variety together.
The old canes should be cut off the
raspberry bushes in order to give the
young canes better stano to grow.
One good treatment TO keep ont bor-
ers and destroy bark lice is 70 wash
the tree thoroughly with strong soft
soap water, using one gallon of soft
soap with two gallons of water.-St.
Louis Republic.
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BETTER THAN TAKING a CITY.
A Curious Story Told of an Ancient Chi
nese Emperor.

A Curious Story Told OF an Ancient Chi
nese Emperor.
What in an ordinary mortal wou Il
pass for a bit of decent behavior e
1 often taken for an act of extraordinary
and shining virtue when il isperformed
by some great man, say king or an
emperor. If such potentate, in old
times, at least, got angry without cut
ting off somebody's head. he was cs
teemed model of gentleness and Tor
| bearance!
An emperor of the dynasty of the
Liangs, according to n Chinese writer,
was out shooting one day, and saw a
flock of ducks settle in field not far
ahead of him. Like President Harm
son and President Cleveland. as it AZ
pears. this Chinese emperor was par
| ticularly fond of killing ducks, though
he was obliged to do it with a bow and
arrow instead of shotgun. In the
present case he stepped forward. drew
his bow and was just ready to let iiy.
when peasant happened TO cross tue
reid directly between him and tie
| birds.
u
him. but meantime the ducks took
alarm and were off. The emperor WAS
very angry. and vowed he would shoot
the peasant. Then one of his minis
| tiers did brave and noble thing.
"Your majesty" said he. do not kill
man because game is wanting. 4
king must not he as savage as the beas t
| that he hunts"
Ii was excellent advice; and tine best
part of the story is that the emperor
accepted it, and neither shot the peas
ant nor cut off his minister's head. He
recovered from his anger, and when he
reached his palace, he said:
II have had very successful dai .
for instead of bringing home good
bag. have had good lesson"
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ouToRoWN FRIENDSHIPS.
Sad Changes In the Sunny Fields of Com
radeship.

radeship.
Is there anything more distressing
in life than friendship outgrown
This doesn't mean one that has been
broken off through some difference of
opinion, some misunderstanding that
a few words could have set right, OF
an estrangement the result of hasty
temper tina prompted ugly words and
untruthful, hitter sentiments; no, q
friendship OF grown is the unhappy
product of too much worldliness on
one side or the other. Perhaps educa.
ton would be the better word. or q
knowledge of the world a more comely
phrase, but whichever pleases most the
outcome of the same never varies.
Take two girls ct school, says the
Philadelphia Times, chums they have
been through all the years of study
and fun they have passed together.
they separate at graduation swearing
eternal friendship, letters ny back and
forth for O time, and then one pays the
other visit. All, how many illusions
have been dispelled in that reunion
Life has changed one, perhaps. from
the girl of year ago into a woman,
while it has left the other where she
was. After the first good talk over old
times they cannot help seeing that
there is something different in the at
mosphere that was once so thorough
" congenial. The visit over. few more
letters, then silence and another friend
ship lost in that great labyrinth OF
change that has grown up on the sunny
fields of comradeship.
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too hot for cycling. Consequently
the girls emily themselves RS .her
choose, in coteries, groups or clubs: dis
well as singly. They traverse the miles
and miles of smooth asphalt streets
of the city, and also travel the country
roads over the historic heights sur
rounding Washington; and very often
they wheel across the Aqueduct bridge.
over into Virginia, to Arlington ceme-
terry, where they draw from the depths
Of the well in the rear of the Lee man
sion the pure cool water, and drink
from the rim of the old oaken bucket,
the iron bound bucket, the moss COW
cred bucket. which hangs in that WELL
Our pretty girls are brave, and do not
want long to suffer the humiliating
presence of mans hand on the rear
mud guard, to steady the machines.
1t is some little trouble TO learn to ride,
but the girls become very independent
when once they feel that they have
mastered the wheel When first ventur-
ing to ride the treacherous steel steed
a girl feels that if she could only wear
trousers she could easily learn to ride;
but she wears dresses, and dresses she
must continue TO wear Moreover, she
cannot ride on side saddle. She must
bestride the bicycle like an Amazonian
and fight her own battle for success. II
she would not have the wheel eating UP
whole yards of fiounces and furbelows
she must have a dres made for hi.
cycling and for nothing else, in order to
attain the greatest proficiency. There
is nothing as constant as failure and ac-
cident to beginner, whether on BIZ
cycle or off of it, and the more a lady
observes the rule never TO go to the
bicycle school in her street dress, but to
have special costume for the purpose
of being torn to pieces by the raging
wheel, the quicker she will learn and
the more graceful she will look when
she has fully mastered the art of sit
ting upright on wheels saddle. Our
girls very speedily learn this fact, and
therefore very speedily learn to ride like
Centaurs.
With many miles of smooth paved
streets, which are kept scrupulously
clean, our girls have plenty of room for
tiitll SAtiNicC aAio tiJoy intIlt, White tItt
roads contiguous to the city are al
always kept in excellent condition.
Therefore it is that our girls are ex-
ceptionally graceful riders. They do
not lean forward and become round
shouldered. In our riding schools the
teacher does not try to impart very
much grace TO his pupil at first. He hui
Inors his patient, as it were, and let's
her have about her own way. When she
has learned to make her wheels go
round without tumbling and can man
age the machine without help, then he
begins to tell her things about style in
riding that makes her blush little,
perhaps, but which are wholesome
truths. He shows her how TO sit on the
saddle without having more than half
her dress skirt on one side, and then
he gives her modest and respectful
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"them book fellers" say these are
necessary to prevent tuberculosis. But
not all Peters are just like this one
There are many grades of them.
Cows pass half the year in the stable
and here is where they are fed all the
grain they get. The quality of the
manure, of course, depends much upor
the amount of grain fed. l think any
observing farmer would indorse me ir
saying that on the average where man.
ure is thrown under the caves, as in
Peters case, there is easily an annual
loss of fertility by teaching as much in
value as five dollars per COW. A root
to cover the manure as represented in
one of the illustrations can be erected
for so cents COW. Now 20-cow
dairyman who throws the manure
under the caves loses nearly 500 year
by his shiftlessness. Is not this seri.
Gus leak? One might just as well throw
so much money in the fire. Attention
is called to this matter now because
il is the most suitable time to get few
logs out of the woods and have them
manufactured into suitable lumber for
a shed. In such case all the cash a shed
wonld cost would be the price of few
nails and the saving bill. Ordinary
dairymen have a dread of contracting
any unnecessary expense. A shed is
looked upon as involving more expendi-
ture to construct than is necessary. A
man having "a cows and no shed re.
fused to subscribe for farm paper be-
cause he "could not afford it." 1t is
hoped this win set some such manure
wssters to thinking.
Persons who have not been on tours
of observation through dairy sections
can have nut faint idea of how ex-
tensive the waste is in this respect.
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"Ohl" exclaimed Neff. stepping TO rhe
side of the narrow white bed; "thcy
you are the wife of my Cousin Philip.
He is in South America, and he gave me
that ring Before he left"
: sic& girl frowned and turned her
head aside. The pain-distoried soul
was almost at peace, and resented the
intrusion Of either earthly love or hate.
The compassion in Philip Neff's face
and voice were alike lost on her now.
The solemn tones OF the young minister
broke the stiffness. He was singing a
canticle of Easter:
The strife is DER, the battle done
The victory of life is won.
The song OF triumph has begun.
Alleluia."
Philip Neff knelt by the side of the
dying girl and gently chafed her cold
hands. She smiled. and her liIs faint
~ responded: "Alleluia." Then one of
the sisters approached, and Philip drew
Marion away. She was crying softly,
and he said:
'She has found her Easter, and our
Sunday of JOY dawns. Alleluia."--
Mrs. NJ. l.. Rayne, in Detroit Free Press.