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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Within the last decade the population of
Europe has increased by about 100000, of
whom Russia contributed 12,510,000 and
France only $1,000.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Sixty thousand fire balloons, each costing
8 francs, are to be used in one fete in the
Trocadero in honor of the cars Paris visit.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The paramount remedy for all our finanI
cial evils IS return to the system %
bimetaIlism which existed prior to 1873!
David b. HILL Speech in United States
Senate, 1899
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Ii you could enter the homes of this ma
tion and see how hope deferred has made
the heart sick, you could see the parents,
who, in hopes of better days, have planned
for the higher education of tn cir children,
in order that the children might begin the
battle of life with greater advantages than
their parents, but who have been compelled
to keep tho children at home in order to
keep the wolf from the door. you would
understand what the gold standard means.
1t means a lower order of civilization, and,
if continued, we Will sink down where the
few own all the wealth, and the many are
simply dependent tenants.-Mr. Bryan at
Charlotte, N. e.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money if it fails to cure 25c
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Our opponents try to divide the tOiling
masses and set the laboring men In oppo-
sition to the farmer. warn the laborers
not to desert the farmers who have been
the friends of labor in every struggle to
better their condition. The very people
who to-day are attempting to use the la
boring men to defeat the farmers in their
lust cause are the same people who have
oppressed labor from the beginning of
the world, and will do SO again the mo-
ment they have an opportunity. Gap
pIause).-Mr. Bryan at Charlotte, n. &.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

In bicycle ride OF $50 miles through
Chic. Indiana and Illinois a party of
three Chicago bank employees found but
two farmers who would vote for Mckin-
ley
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The moneyed classes first array them
selves against the masses, but the
masses mustn' tsqueal about it and array
themselves against the classes. That's
high treason.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Harvesting has been taking place by
in Lincolnshire, England.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

Mrs. NVinsIoW's Soothing Syrup
or children teething softens thegums reduces infam
nation alays pain wind collie Is cents bottle
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The republican goldbug papers have
already begun to fear that, as one of
them prints, Sin the event of McKin-
ley's election, the republican political
managers will find themselves handi-
capped with expectations which can
not be easily realized" 1t is entirely
unnecessary that McKinley's hackers
should again, either now or later.
pave the way for their utter failure
to redeem any of the extravaganza prom
ises they have been making the coun-
try of great prosperity and good times
in the event of McKinley's election,
for that contingency will never arise,
and they will have no occasion after
the election to explain.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20

The London Spectator says thousand or
the Irish constabulary with rifles would re-
store the worst mob of Constantinople to
comparative sanity in ten minutes.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-20
NOT A FORGERY.
The Famous London Financial News Arti-
Gle Proven to Be Genuine.


Gle Proven to Be Genuine.
Chicago, Oct. Especial 1.-The fol-
lowing cablegram from London APP
peared in the Chicago Tribune, the
most partisan goldbug newspaper in
America and should forever set at rest
any doubt as to the authenticity of the
celebrated London Financial News ar
ticle, which has been SO vigorously de-
MED by the goldbug press:
'Tondon, Oct. 2.-[Copyrighted. 1896. nv
the Press Publishing company, New York
World 1.-The World correspondent ex-
ahmed to-day file of the London Finan-
cial News in it's Office, and quotes the fol-
lowing extract from an editorial in its
issue of April 80, 1894:
:" There can be no doubt about it, that
if the United States were to adopt a silver
basis tomorrow, British trade would be
ruined before a year was out, because
American industry would be protected not
only at home, but in every other market "
In addition to the above proof, the
following affidavit has been received by
the national democratic press bureau
at national headquarters:
1 William Durant, proprietor Of the
Press Cutting agency, of 81 Holborn via
duet, in the county of London, do solemnly
the file of Financial News newspapers at
the British museum Londom and that
the article attached hereto, now produced
and shown TO me marked: a., and head
ed England and the Silver Question: ap-
peared in that journal on the Goth day of
April, 1894 and that the reprint attached
as aforesaid is an exact copy.
"And l make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously, believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of the provisions of
the statutory declarations act of 1885.
.'(SignedO w. DURANT."
Declared ut Giltspur Chambers, Hol-
born viaduct in the city of London, the
25tE day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six, before me,
ROBERT H. HUMPHREY"
"A Commissioner for Oath, !"
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Chicago Tribune printed the above ca
bleeram from London in its news col
umns, its editorial columns to-day de-
nounce the London Financial News
articles as a democratic forgery. 1t
only shows the Tribune's capacity for
lying is only exceeded by it's love for
British gold power. If the Chicago
Tribune can lie so egregiously in this
instance, what confidence can the pub
lie place in any statement made by
that mendacious sheet?
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ASS9SI NE TALE OF LATTER-DAY
VSNgs#I WITCHCRAFT IN WHICH
E2Ss@ THE POSSESSOR OF A
FEATF1ER-BED WAS HAUNTED

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interesting found
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pened but the third night
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night Mrs Bins returned hcme fury
@ e told their troubles and said ne and his
ny The wizard asked
Have anything of hers2'
had peace
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slssSs HALE AND WEALTH
NsasE COUPLE WHO ARE LIFE
&s~s0 BOARDERS AT THE FRENCH
HOSPITAL IN THIS CITY

hospital appliances
sku doctors place that associate
of all
enabled
this
able called forth ills to which subject
couple subject t occasional
who have voluntarily
lives.
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wife they plain
had relatives flint
days sickness sometimes
Domestic
comfort sickness supposed
Aough they
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ln mace
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attendance when
Mr. Henry is quite old Henry latter
panen but she quickly one Pos
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sometimes bannened vban wa sue epalns.
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were both sick together place like thus
help could come notice. )
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She led the Hoor the row Of those a.
private PATIENTS They and
mas
ana bureau Bits of
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You @ said Mrs her knitting
bos
ke our meals in our and
meals need only the rope on
the wall and the heater
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| attractive stranger by several OF the other
members Of the family they both dis
appeared and were seen little later by the
disconsolate, bereaved ones in the basket
cart, with Bathsheba Florence in her Wild
est moods, pursuing an imaginary goat.
Our host took kodak view of the party,
which was faint retribution.
Perhaps it would be profitable literature
to detail the incidents of each day, Mrs.
Whitehall being an inexhaustible theme
for the poet ana the artist. My humble
pen fails me. Mr.. BIanke developed a
latent talent and began sonnet ad-
dressed TO her, the first ringing line of
which haunts my memory:
AsI went humping down the mellow lea
On the last day of the stay her spirits
rose to a degree; she volunteered to carry
the cage with the doves or to put the kit
tens little Tommy was secreting under his
apron in her travelling bag. She over
whelmed our host with expressions of
gratitude for his charming hospitality
and almost wept tears of passionate regret
| over her own bitter fate that she had not
been born to the country.
When the departure was actually ac-
complished she INDUCED in wild and ir-
represslble gayety, bursting into song az
the gate closed, "Sumer is icumen in"
She sang and waved her hands at con-
valescent lunatic, who promptly had
relapse.
We caught last glimpse OF Willow
mere as we descended to the station. 1t
was late in the afternoon, the cottage was
bathed in a luminous glow, the flowers in
the garden seemed to have melted to-
gether in masses c. brilliant bloom, the
purple heather ran down the hills like
fame and Bathsheba Florence stood
against the sunset sky with the rollicking
breeze blowing her hair across her eyes.
VAE DYcK BROWN.
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mediate ancestor must have been a cat
She shows the most remarkable capacity
Tor clim bing trees. Then, further. terrier
dog. We were crossing the heather re-
Gently, a lonely moor on which pensive
billygoat was straying. 'Sheba' gave a
snort. MY long lost brother, she seemed
to calculate, kicked out her legs in every
direction and fed in hot pursuit. The
billygoat treated her with scorn and con-
tumely and fed likewise. Sheba was only
stopped in her wild career by the appear
ance of rabbit, on which her tanner in
stincts awoke, and she stopped as sud-
denly as clock. to brood over the hole in
which the bunny had taken refuge. The
men push the basket and the donkey
up all the hills and the legend that Bath
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while savage miaows proceeded from
those upon whose tails he was always
stepping or from their'infuriated parent
George was the name of The infuriated
parent. His history was an appalling
record. He was regarded with some dis
favor and was not considered by his fam
lily 10 have properly lived up to his yoca-
tion IN life. He had been fine kitten in
his youth-the hopes entertained for his
personal appearance had been rudely
dashed by his growing up decidedly
plain cat.
He had also been credited with gentle.
manly feeling, and his continual habis of
having on an average four families year
could not fail to be grief to his would-be
admirers. His first family, which (perhaps
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Being the Further Experiences Of Mrs. Whitehall in
Merry Old England

| terest scattered over the wide valley, in
closed by an irregular line of low hills that
melted into the sky. He also dilated upon
the absolute peace and quiet of the life to
which he was about to introduce US, the
uninterrupted placidity of the day.
Mrs. Whitehall looked out dreamily over
the hills dotted here and there with
ancestral castles, she had no doubt in the
world. This was the proper background
for those lawn parties and Irritation teas
and country balls and other rustic enter
tainments she could have written about
with such eloquence.
''You have many neighbors?" she in
quired tentatively.
Yes replied Mr.. Graves, "that is Lord
Sandhill's place Behind those trees
Mrs. Whitehall hastily Strengthened her
hat, she looked very cheerful indeed.
SIT must be rather bore, )" she remarked,
"to have to continue all your social duties
when you come down in order 20 get rid
of them-to-to lie fallow, so to speak
and-and rest-and have real country
pleasures, cows and croquet and sunrises.
misunderstanding cheese and things"
"Yes,'' laughed our host, ''that is just
my view of 1t. We never call and the
neighpors never call on US. There is an
asylum for convaescent lunatics in the
neighborhood, sometimes they come wan
derng ln.'
Mrs. Whitehall relapsed into melan-
choly silence.
The cottage was called Willowmere and
it certainly verified her representations
1t was large and old, with quaint window
and hospitahle doors. A riotous, garden,
full of old fashioned flowers and cats, sur
rounded 1.-THE old-fashioned flowers
were gay rosemary and rue and phlox
and geranium and stick roses, dropping
leaves and Ieavings on the crisp grass.
The cats were joy, too, chiefly to little
Tommy, who could be seen at any time
on the terrace, amicably COMPRISING two
sprawling kittens on his infant chest,
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elucidation, in which the invitation had
been addressed individually to her. Mrs.
Whitehall explained that the term scot
tage" in England was not to be taken too
literally; it was not of necessity modestly
limited to one room, hvin room, a
settin'-room, a drawin' room and dinin'-
room, with an attic in which a corner
would have to be Clipped from each article
of furniture in order to close the doors and
windows.
Mrs. Whitehall had cuIled her informa-
ton from the most reliable sources. Her
literary associations were of the most re-
fined and highbred character ''The
Duchess" had established an unalterable
bucolic ideal in her mind, from which no
self-respecting country house could depart
The party assem- bled at the station con-
sisted of Mr.. and Mrs. Blanke, Master
Tommy, Master Tommy's 1nseparable
playmates, two doves in a capac:ous
wicker cage; Master Tommy's maid
"Mariep called THE Bun" by Mrs.
Whitehall, who had spent a week in Paris:
Mrs. Whitehall herself and the unscrupu-
lous journalist. The luggage consisted of
six trunks, four satchels, the above
mentioned doves, black bottle with milk
for Tommy, paper bag of soft crackers
and sundry packages containing articles
that had been gathered up at the last mo-
ment.
Our host, Mr.. Langham Graves, arrived
a few moments before the departure of
the train. His attire was meat but not
gaudy," and his modest handbag and an
overcoat suggested, perhaps, an elegant
simplicity, but not that multiplicity of
tennis and boating and dinner costumes
Mrs. Whitehat had implied from his gen.
eral appearance and had insisted upon
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makes reckless puns and his laughter is
unfailing and loud-his prediction for
his lawful spouse and little, little angel
Tommy is no less evident. Mrs. White
hat does not consider him mamie is q
creature.
The new arrival rings the bell with an
admirable courage, all unconscious of his
impending doom. Mrs. Whitehall. with
white roses In her hair, leans against the
piano. She has hastily left the window;
her muslin gown floats about her, stiff and
crisp against the blackness of the piano;
her eyes have a far-away expression; they
shine with an inward light; she sees moth
ing-nothing of this mundane world
hears no sound of the young man falling
over an um mbrella in the hall, or of his en-
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Mrs. Whitehat hid an acute disap-
pointment in the stolidity of the
"yeomanry,' as she had already termed
them in the letter she was mentally en-
gagged in sending home to an impress
sionable and loquacious friend.
"They all dropped curtsey as we
passed" was the wording she would have
chosen, "and pulled their foreIocks with
the deepest respect"
In reality one or two of the boIdest and
least bow-legged Of the children ran after
US with feeble bowls and most disrespect-
ful remarks addressed to Bathsheba
Florence, the patient donkey, who dragged
the basket cart with little Tommy cheering
and squawking like cockatoo.
Our host pointed out the places of in
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watchfulness in her manner. It is i'm
possible to her idea that none of the
neighbors will call; that all these bucolic
merry-makings of which the standard
authors give such accurate descriptions
should be fictitious. Why doesn't the
curate call? And the vicar or the wears
unattractive daughters, who bring into
greater prominence the radiance OF the
heroine2 Where is the young lad with
magnificent estate and an insane wife con-
ceaied about the premises? Where is the
Dock who blesses everybody in facetious
and familiar terms in the last chapter?
Alas! Mrs. Whitehead sits in the garden
and waits, or at the window and watches,
but no one comes except one brainless,
copvalescent lunatic who is attracted by
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the capssrings OF 'the bun" and little
Tommy's innocent glee.'
On Sunday, however, she is rewarded at
last. A young man is seen in the distance
the silver CLEAN of his bicycle may be
perceived leaning against the doorway to
"The Dog and Pheasant Inn." where he
pauses to see the curious interior, the
quaint. dark, picturesque interior, full of
cider-iu jugs and beer
He is not Dock nor a curate, but Mrs.
Whitehall cares not for that. He is the
first male man she has seen for five davs.
with the exception of our host, on whom
her simple and unaffected gayety has had
soporific effect, and the silent Mr..
Blanke, who is stepped in idleness and OBJ
livious enjoyment of nothing at all. He
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sheba in moments of excitement has ac-
quired the habit of falling fat on her face
lends a pleasing uncertainty to the situa-
ton. All! we spend our time in riotous
living! The country is interesting; there
is lovely little cottage that dates back to
Edward VIII or some body, and mum Der
of houses where somebody wrote some
thing or other, and other exciting bits of
inform alton.
'The house itself is lovely. A maid
brings tea at an unearthIy hour and drags
in a green and white footbath and two
cans OF hot water. You can tell her ap-
proach by the 'clashing of cymbals.
The water is of bright red. 1t is sup
posed to have healing powers. You take
it off with a towel. You have no idea
how fresh the air is and how enjoy the
simple life, the calmness and the absence
of fatigue -- Ny dear, hastily wrote
this sentiment, for our host was hunting
for pen. l could hold my hand carefully
over the top of the letter, but thought it
better not to pause
I hesitate to go further with this
veracious chronicle.
The days pass. Mrs. Whitehat peryades
sho SaAucno anu WdihS. aer pose Is one
OF artless simplicity, in keeping with the
romantic solitude. She wears wreaths of
roses in her hair and carries a volume of
poems in her hand (and Ouida's latest in
her pocketD She strokes the cats and
holds one arm about little Tommy and
speaks only In words of one syllable. She
sings as she walks very old English song:
Sumer is icumen in
Shude sing cuccu,
Groweth sed and bioweth med
And springth the VIDE nu,
Sing cuccu.
In spite of her simulated repose /
imagined something expectant-a slight
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| owing to his education) seemed to come
as an unpleasant surprise to him, were con-
cealed by him with commendable tact in
remote corner of the wash'us, and were
there left TO expire. After the first shock
ne seemed to get accustomed to.the idea,
and subsequent families met with gender
treatment. But the confidence Of Georges
owners was shaken, and on the survival of
small male kitten it was instantly
christened Jane Stella to prevent disap-
pointment.
Mrs. Whitehat settled herself to the
contemplation OF the scenery with COM
mendable cheerfulness. She inspected
the gardens and the stables and the pig
gerry and the hennery, and asked intelli-
gent questions about the crops and the
cultivation of beans. She regarded the
cows with interest and listened to their
lowing as to sweetest music.
/ grieye to have to quote again from an
unpublished letter to her friend:
The place is tenanted bylanlmals; the
COWS never stop-they bray from morn till
dewy eve and from dewy eve till dawn.
We play croquet on the lawn by ourselves
and change partners to add to the excite
ment. We smile at each other, but could
crack those balls into the next yard-if
there was yard-as we go senselessly
hammering them about the lawn, Little
Tommy rolls about, and my only diversion
is when he and one of million cats and
the croquet-balls come into violent col.
lision. We go out for carriage exercise in
the afternoons; the carriage is basket
with room for two Bathsheba Florence
is donkey. Her family tree would be
quite an interesting document. Her i'm.
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WILLOWMERE, ENGLAND, Aug. T.
The invitation was the first source OF
contention. The envelope was addressed
to Mrs. Blanke; the letter within was
couched in terms to be accepted, we were
sure, in the widest and most liberal sense.
-'Of course" said Mrs. Blanke to ner
husband, "he includes you; and he can
not expect me to leave Tommy at home
and if Tommy goes l can't be bothered
with him, and l must have Marie"
He was our host, and the owner of a
cottage in Surrey; he had once suggested
visit upon some nebulous future occa-
sion, and had been deiicately reminded of
1t at every opportunity. The result was
not entirely satisfactory.
Every member of the heterogeneous
family could call to mind moments of