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The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

bly, on account of the late spell of warm
weather They can be seen in many parts
OF the State flying over the marshes in
large fonks ready for the hunters, who
are likewise ready for them. From the
outlook it is likely that shooting will be
good this year. Ducks are plentiful and
the weather promises to be just the right
kind to make it pleasant to go after them.
But there is no telling what week will
bring forth. and it may be by that time
the game will have all gone to some other
locality.
For the last two weeks the hunters have
been visiting their arks. cabins and lodges
putting things in readiness for the open
ing of the season. The methods OF going
after ducks vary with the different local
tiles. In the San Joaquin and Suisun
marshes arks are used, while in the Alviso
and other marshes along the bay shore
the hunters camp in small cabins built
and maintained for the purpose.
For the last six months these places
have been deserted by their owners The
frying pans have rusted on the walls and
rats have run about as they pleased. The
big arks were towed from the marshes in
eAc spring dnO 1dlu up IA oOLlO PAaSS
where they could be taken care of.
Numbers of these were in Stockton and
Sacramento harbors and at the cities along
the bay shore. There they lay, drying up
in the hot summer sun, and all the while
their owners were waiting anxlously for
the season to reopen. The real duck
hunter does not care much for any other
sport He may take sort of interest in
almost anything else, but his heart is on
the marshes. He longs for the crisp morn
ing air that gives such steady nerves, and
the beautiful fat birds that look so tempt
ing when served broiled, fried, stewed, or,
in fact, any way.
Nearly all of the Stockton arks have
been towed to the shooting grounds,
where they are being put in order for the
season. They are generally laid up in
some good" place, not far from town, so
the owners can get to and from them
without much trouble. Many of these
arks are as cozy as big ocean steamer and
are, of course, not likely to be shaken
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11

around in such way as 10 destroy all ap-
petite for ducks. But duck hunters usually
have good appetites, and no case is known
of where man failed to take one with
him.
The most popular duck-shooting grounds
around San Francisco are on the Aiviso
and Suisun marshes along the bay shore.
The former is, of course, the easiest to get
to and must be considered one of the most
unique places of its kind in the country.
1t Is really a duck-shooting village as
there is no other business carried on there,
and no inhabitants except hunters and the
men VINO watch the cabins.
The Alviso marsh duck-shooting village
is known as "The Bridges for it is close
to the bay shore, three miles from Atviso,
and the railroad crosses numerous
sloughs at that point over trestles and
other structures of similar kind. In all
there are twenty houses, owned by men in
this City except two, which belong to San
Jose people. 1t is here that the duck
shooters go for good days sport They
are sure to get it because nobody in
terferes with them. In fact, every induce
ment is held out for them to go there.
The syndicate that owns the marsh allows
anybody to shoot over it, and the owners
OF the cabins have to pay only 81 year
ground rent. Special trains are run for
their benefit, and on many occasions last
year there were over 200 men on the
grounds. Everybody respects everybody
else, and if man fixes place for himself
he can feel sure that nobody else will in
terfere with it. At least, such thing has
never happened so far as known.
The Aiviso shooting village is located
in such a position that it is not far from
the bay shore, and is on a slough that
empties into that body of water about one
mile from the place. 1t is very handy. and
makes thing equally convenient for hunters
who have boats and those who prefer to
walk over the marsh land and shoot what
ever they can see.
All during the summer the cabins at
this place have been vacant, but within
the last week have been occupied by those
who were putting them in shape for the
coming season. This made things quite
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
You May Shoot Ducks Next THURSDAY

The wild ducks on the marshes in differ
ent parts of the State have only few davs
more to fly about at their own sweet wills.
for on next Thursday the shooting season
opens-that is. for sportsmen. The mar
ket hunters will have to wait another
month, and so will all people with duck
appetites who are not hunters and have
no friends who kill duck and are willing
TO send them few.
All through the valleys of the interior
and the marshes along the bay shore
preparations are going on to give the
ducks warm reception. Early Thursday
morning shotguns will commence to
"bang" and the ducks to fall. The bang
ing will be kept up as long as there is a
duck in sight, and when night falls there
is likely to be big decrease in the duck
census.
There is also likely to be sport of an
other kind. 1t will all be the result of the
old feud between the sportsmen who think
1t their right to hunt wherever they can
ind ducks and the men who lease por-
tion of land and preserve the game on
1t, Both are right according to their own
ways OF reasoning and non-shooters can
only hope the others will not use their
shotguns on one another.
There is possibility, though, that the
peace will not be kept. for both sides are
determined. As if to beard the lion in his
den" big ark has been towed from Ala
media to the Suisun marshes, and all sports
men are invited to come and have days
shooting 1t is said there VIII be arrests
and lawsuits and an awful lot of trouble,
but all OF which will in no way interfere
with the sportsmen who go only to places
where they are welcome. And there are
plenty of such places not far from San
Z Francisco where good sport can be had
without the danger of unpleasantness. 1t
Is true that many sportsmen think it their
duty to Uphold their rights and will go to
the place of trouble. They are lighting for
a principle, and according to history
they should come ont victorious. Men
1eeI the same whether they are battling
Tor ducks or battling for nation.
The ducks have arrived on the marshes
this year little earlier than usual, possi-
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
Patents Issued.

list Of patents issued last week to
Northwestern inventors:
Hans Bake and Ole Nordley, st.
Paul, pillow; Henry S. Blood, Park Rap
ids, Mimi, planter; Richard d. Cody,
Winona, Mimi, washer for tool posts;
Walter H. Gripman, Sioux Falls, s. D.,
lathe attachment; Harris X. Harrison,
Pomme de Terre, Mimi, potato plant
er; julius Henning, Minneapolis, Mimi,
fire proof shutter; Alfred A. Kline,
Minneapolis, Mimi. oil stove; Eugene
Lemay, Mendoza. Mimi, potato dig
ger; Philip r. Martin, Buffalo, n. D.,
tension device for grain binding ma
chine; Thomas H. Williams, Doland, S.
D.. check row potato planter.
Z. D. Merwin. Patent Lawyer, 910,
OIL and 912 Pioneer Press Building St
Paul Mimi and Washington, d. c.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages, and that is Catarrb.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity. Ca.
tarrh being a constitutional disease re,
quires a constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving tho
patient strength by building up the consti.
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials. Ad-
dress f. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, Toe.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
The Location OF He'll.

Hon. Francis A. Walker, in his ad-
dress at the annual meeting Of the
bimetallic league held in London, July
13, 1896. said:
Were the city of London to give its
consent, bimetallism might at once be
established on a broad and enduring
basis. Of all the vast expanse of the
globe. one square mile alone blocks the
way to the adoption of a worlds
money as wide as the worlds trade.
The veto of this city rests upon a
monetary policy which has approved
itself by long and beneficent operation;
a monetary policy, the economic valid
ity and practical efficiency of which
have been admitted with absolute
unanimity by the most distinguished
commission which since the great in
quests on the bank charter, fifty and
sixty years ago, has been assembled in
this country monetary policy which
the nations of the earth never needed
so greatly as today
Behold the nations of the globe bow
ing in humble submission to the de-
CAGE of a den Of thieves one mile
square. How long, oh, Lord, how long
will great nations cling to their nurs.
ing bottles?
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
| Gettysburg Survivor.
From the Journal-Press, st. Cloud
MINI.

From the Journal-PreSS, st. Cloud,
MINI.
Each day, each month, each year
the Grand Army of the Republic is
growing smaller. Almost each hour
is some veteran soldier of the Rebel
lion responding to the call of the Great
Commander and joining the army Of
the silent majority. At such an alarm
ing rate is the death rate increasing
among the army membership that
statisticians tell US that it will be but
a few years before the Veterans will
be but a memory. 1t is for this rea-
son that the entire public is interested
to hear of the recovery from sickness
of comrade.
James M. McKelvy Post G. A. R.,
of st. Cloud, Minnesota, contains one
such, Milton F. Sweet. No man stands
higher in the community than does he
and. through his strict integrity and
honesty of conviction he has ION the
respect of all who know him Mr..
Sweet has for many years been resi-
dent of Minnesota, and for the post ten
years has resided in this city, where
he is engaged in the manufacture OF
carpets He is now f1fty-one years OF
age. He served in the war three years
and seven months, with Company G.,
New York, participating in sixty bat
ties, including Gettysburg.
During the war Mr. Sweet contracted
heart disease, which was accompanied
by excessive nervousness. AS age in
creased his symptoms grew worse and
many were the remedies resOrted to
by him without the slightest relief.
We will let Mr.. Sweet tell the story
In his own words:
six months ago, at the suggestion
A. I0 hopofffod
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, / began
their use, and l very cheerfully state
that they have invigorated and built
I'D my nervous system in wonderful
way They have done me a world of
good and 7 have been greatly benefit
ed by their use, where everything else
took failed to give me the relief |
sought for. / have recommended
them to q large number of my old
comrades and 1t is a pleasure for me
IN do so. for I feel that the manufact-
urers are deserving of any good that
I can do them in saying a good word
for their product, in return for the
GOOD they have done me. I will gladly
recommend these pills to any one writ
ing me II they DOUBT the SenulnesS OF
this statement"
When interviewed, Mr.. Sweet felt so
grateful for the good that he had re-
cefved through DR.. Williams Pink
pills that he did not have the slightest
hesitancy in going on record. His
word is considered his bond by all who
know him throughout this section. Mr..
Sweet is not the only one in Stearns
County who is using this celebrated
medicine and with equally good re-
suits.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of June, 1896.
LANES r. JERRARD, Notary Public,
Stearns County, Minnesota.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain in
a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers. or will be sent postpaid on receipt
re nrice so cents a box, or six boxes for
$3.50, by addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Western men know more about the
east than eastern. men know about the
west. The western man is cosmo-
nolitan, the eastern man provincial.
Most of the western men came origi-
naIlv from the east, they have de-
yeloped a new empire and grown them
selves intellectually-whil the man
nlanted in an eastern pot has been
dwarfed and deprived of sunshine and
rain-yet the east is shocked at the
Ignorance" of the west.
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He may publicly grit his teeth in we'll
feigned anger and talk glibly about
the horrors that is to follow upon this
adoption OF cheap money and the
contraction of the currency that will
certainly follow in the taking of gold
money out of the channels of trade.
He may do all this and much more.
publicly-bankers are such cute fell
lows, you know-but secretly he will
certainly do something indicating a
radically different belief from that
which he chooses to express in public.
Bankers, more than any other class OF
business men, have holy horror of
dead capital" and that is exactly
what Mr.. Smiths $4,000 worth of gold
bullion would be. More than that he
would know at once that the prem
ium" on his gold would never be high
er than it was when the silver policy
of the government was first adopted,
but, on the contrary, must steadily
and rapidly fall as the people realized
that it was not needed in their bust
ness. What would follow? AS natur-
ally as day follows night and harvest
follows seed-time it follows that Mr..
Smith, even while publicly gritting his
teeth and bewailing "cheap money"
would secretly be looking for the best
market in which to dispose of his
dead capital" And when he had DIS
posed of it, at the premium supposed
above, instead of having 10000 gold
dollars or $4,000 worth of gold bullion
he would have $4,000 in live capital
to use in his business, and his cur
rency, instead of being contracted,
would be expanded to the extent OF
$4,000.
But perhaps some reader may not
understand how this valuable" gold
money could ever become dead capt.
tal'' and would like to have that point
further explained. Dead capital is
the term usually applied to property
which pays no income. Mr. Smiths
$4,000 in gold would pay no income
because he couldn't afford to lend it
to Tom, Dick and Harry at the usual
banking rate of interest and Tom,
Dick and Harry could not afford to
pay any higher rate of interest for The
gold money than for silver money be-
cause they could not use it in their
business so as to recoup themselves for
the excess. One Of Mr.. Smiths $40
gold pieces wouldn't buy an ounce
more of sugar, coffee, or tea or yard
more of calico, muslin or denimG, or
pay cent more of debt than ten silver
dollars would Hence 1t follows that
Mr.. Smiths $4,000 in gold would be
dead" from sheer excess of "fat,
as it were. Their blood would be too
rich" to mingle with that of proletar-
lat silver, and however aristocratic
and exclusive the banker himself may
be you can rest assured that the dol
lar" he is after is the one that is not
tCo aristocratic to circulate among the
plebian producers. For this reason
Mr.. Smith would convert his dead bull
lion into live money as speedily as
possible.
If the $60O,0OO,OO0 worth of gold said
to be in circulation in this country
could be disposed of on the same
terms, instead of it's disappearance
contracting our volume Of money it
would be increased to $900,00O,0OO.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
Peace on Earth.

This is once more enjoyed by the rheu-
matte wise enough to counteract their pro-
gressive malady with HOstetterS Stomach
Bitters No testimony is stronger than
that which indicates it as a source of relief
in this complaint 1t is also eminently eff
fective as a treatment for kidney trouble,
dyspepsia, debility, liver complaint and
constipation. Use it with persistence for
the above
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
Don't Tobacco Spit sndSm9ks YourLif3AWaY

If you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever, regain lost manhood, be made we'll.
strong, magnetic, full of new life and Vgor,
tnke No-To-Bac, the wonder worker that makes
weak strong. Many gain ten pounds in
ten days. Over 400 600 cured Buy No-To- Bac
from your druggist, who will guarantee a
cure Booklet and sample mailed free. Adj
dress. Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago New
York.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Pawnbrokers thrive best when the
neople are "broke" and have to borrow
money. That is why the money-loan-
ers want money to be scarce. When
the people are out of debt, the money
loaners are compelled to economize CT
their turtle soup and champagne.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
a Hou.ehoId Necessitv

Cascarets Candy Cathartic. the most wonder
full medical discovery of the age; pleasant and
refreshing to the taste; acts gently and posi-
lively kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing
the entire system, dispels colds cures head
ache, fever. habitual constipation and bilious
ness. Please buy and try q box of G.. Z. e..
to-day; 10, 25 so cents. Sold and guaranteed
to cure by all druggists
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

''North Star" fur coats are made by the
oldest and most experienced manufacturers
in the Northwest, and are guaranteed for
one year. Lampher, Finch x Skinner. St.
Paul, Mimi.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Teacher-What is meant by Opaque?
Pupil-There isn't any such thing
now, teacher. since the Y rays were
discovered. Puck.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
Differentiated.

"Ostriches swallow rocks to help
grind their food"
Eyes. And poor, doWn-trodden man
grinds his own food and gives the
rocks 70 the landlady. Detroit Free
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

care you still the walking gent in
your company, Thunderlyw
"Oh, yes. l walked from Oshkosh to
Chicago last season" Detroit Free
Press
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

For lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.-Mrs. ].
L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

'North Star" fur coats are made from
selected skins, dressed and cut by first-class
workmen, and if they prove defective the
manufacturers will repair them without
charge. Made by Lanpher, Finch Skin
ner, st. Paul.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

''De Simbe is very polished"
'Yes, you see, he has rubbed up
against the best people. Philadelphia
North American.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

The query now with sound money
democrats is, which ticket they will
vote, for Mckinley or the other yell
low hammer ticket
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Fur coats made by unknown manu-
facturers are usually poor garments, but
every merchant in the Northwest knows
the makers of the celebrated North Star"
fur coats. Lampher, Finch & Skinner. st.
Paul, Mimi.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

There are about 200 wealthy gentlemen
and ladies in England who keep wild anil
mails like lions and panthers as pets.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Mrs. Winslovv's Soothing Syrup
'or chlen teething softens thegums, reduces infam
nation allays pain cures wind collie Is cents bottle
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

4 diver reports that in the depths o
Lake Quanapaug, Conn, are multitudes o
fishes of incredible size.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

Among the recent accessions to the Brit
ish Museum library is a series Of liturgies
Of the Church of Scotland.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

He Gave Her Up.
McGinnis-How is the ould woman,
Pat?
OR ourke-Worse? She's dead
Cleveland Leader.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

West Woolwich, Me-, is perhaps unique
in not having a dog within the village linn
it's.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

A London physician has announced thu
discovery that hard cider is sure cure fol
rheumatism.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

There are g. county jails in this State
a workhouse and house of correction.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06

There may be some way out Of this,
But | cannot discern it;
For if / wish to keep her love
How dare l, then, return it?-Puck.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
Unlike the Machines.

'Think we'll have successful flying
machine?"
Cant tell The idea has been in the
air for a long time"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
He Gave Her Up.

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels
Never sicken, weaken or gri3e.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-10-06
In Al Quandary.

Just try 10c box of Cascarets, the finest liver
and bowel regulator made.
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THE GOLD STANDARD.
SOME ARGU MENTS USED TO
UPHOLD 1T EXPOSED.

Free Coinage of Silver Would Benefit
Others Than Mine Owners, and In
stead of Contracting the Money Vol
ume, Will Expand 1t.