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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Catholic Church Items.

On Christmas night at IL o'clock
divine service will be held at River
Fails With High Mass and sermon.
The subject of the sermon will be
1.-THE Reasons Why Christ Qualified
His Church with Indestructibility
The second service with low Mass
at River Falls will be at 6 a. M. on
Christmas morning.
At 1870 on Christmas Day divine
service will begin at Ell Paso.
On Sunday, Dec. Goth, divine service
will be held at River Falls at 1870
a. m. The sermon in the morning
will be on the "Prayers and Cere-
monies of the Mass" In the evening
"There is a God-Proved from the
Human Heart and Scriptures"
New Years Day is a holy day of
obligation, it being the Circumcision
of our Lord. Divine Service will be
held at El Paso at 1920.
Every body is respectfully invited
to attend these and all of our divine
services at all times. Seats to
strangers are always free.
All who wish to keep posted on our
church matters will have to read our
local newspapers.
STEPHEN DUREN, Pastor
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Linderman.

Our blacksmith, Gus Swanson,
is very busy now.
Born.-To Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry
Race, Dec. 6, 1897. a daughter.
Glen Gilmore has gone to Iowa.
Frank johnson and Leslie Wi
berg have returned from Nebraska.
P. j. Johnson recently lost a
valuable COW. She became en-
tangled in the rope by which she
was tied and strangled.
A very pleasant dinner party
was given Friday, Dec. 10, by
Mrs. Henry Gilmore in honor of
Mr.. Gilmore 60th birthday. Be-
sides relatives, few old friends
were present. The dinner was
bountiful and delicious, and a
very pleasant time was spent.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
BeldenvilIe.

Emma Blodgett is staying at
Larson s.
Rev. Bewick of River Falls
preached here Sunday.
Mrs. L. L. Larson has been on
the sick list for several days.
If you want to buy Christmas
presents go to Larson Bros.
Mr.. Edwards has improved the
looks of his house by putting on
new siding.
The dance at Mr.. Goldsmith s
last Thursday night was not
largely attended.
The |. O. G.. T. lodge is having
a literary contest. A number of
visitors were present at the last
meeting.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Plum City.


Misses Ellen and Eva VALID
vogel returned from ST. Paul last
week.
Miss Nellie lstas visited several
days with the Misses Cotter on
Plum Greek.
Henry Schwedes and Mr..
Marquardt from Wabasha, Mimi,
were seen on our streets last
Wednesday.
Henry Fritz and Mr.. Loomis
came over from Durand Oh their
wheels last Sunday. Rather late
in the season for bicycles.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Oak Grove.

Zero weather.
John Lewis has obtained a po-
sition in Minneapolis.
Born.-To Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Russ, a daughter.
Many of our people attended
court at Ellsworth last week.
The Pie Social at Mr.. F. Bliss
OF Friday evening last was quite
well attended.
District Attorney Combacker of
Ellsworth passed through town
last week on his way to Prescott.
Henry Eichman Of this place,
and Mrs. Clara Schultz of Trim
belle were married Dec. II, 1897,
by Rev. Obenhaus of Prescott.
No-To-F8 BAG for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. soc, 81 All druggists
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
EVERYBODY Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery of the age. pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
and biiiousness. Please buy and try q box
OF e. G. c.. to-day; 10, %, 80 cents. Sold AND
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
RAND. MCNALLY & co.

16O-174 Adams Street. CHICAGO.
HELP WANTED.-Secure general agency
for the new Universal Atlas, 456 pages and
200 maps. Send 10 cents for pros pectus con-
tanning fine colored map of the world, and
We will send terms to agents. Our canvassers
clear from $500 to $500 weekly, and are
never idle.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

lAIANTED-TRUSTWO GRITTY AND ACTIVE
Wgentlemen or ladies to travel for respon-
sibIe tabIished house in Wisconsin,.
Monthly SIS 90 aud expenses. POSITION
steady Reference. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope. The Dominion Com
pany, Dept. Chicago.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

NJ. G. Johnson is buying cattle
sheep and hogs and will pay the
highest market price for same.
Call on or leave orders at john
son & Ellertson's hardware store.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

Don't forget that one of those
sweeperetts saves your wife as we'll
as the carpet a great deal of wear.
@. W. Newcomb & Co. have them.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

To close out-A line of chairs
and rockers at half price at New
comb & Co.'S.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
NEIGHBORING NEWS.

Correspondents will confer a favor by
sending news every week. This page should
be full. Notify US two weeks before station
ry is exhausted,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, SOC or ST. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Smoke the Red Snapper.

Newcomb & Co. are closing out
a line Of chairs and rockers very
cheap.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

Christmas presents of all kinds
at bottom prices at Rasmussen s.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
l0c. If G. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

well enon%h provided do lose you
our stock OF Silver you'll only but
goeh opportunity we'll Lost time neither
can lost opportunities purchase our filled watches will
ehae yo I" keep time correctly and you oppo
nnltles 10 Watches admire them Time flies
myers don make good ythngs the matter your
attention and lose no time inspecting our stock
RIVER FALLS WIS. 'N' ~ - v AD1'''
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21
Big River.

Is It cold enough for you!
The holidays are approaching
fast.
Jacob Maiar of Graceville,
Mimi, is home visiting his par
ents.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 10c or 25c.
t G. G. G. fail, druggists refund money.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

To the Farmers OF Pierce and st. CrOix
Counties.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-12-21

No-To-T8ac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. soc, 81. All druggists.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

Goodbye, Dick said Kate, her
voice positively ringing with cousinly
affection. II am awfully sorry l can't
go with you and see Cousin Bess; and
be sure to give my love to Aunt
Katie;;" and, tiptoeing a little, she
pulled his face down to hers and kissed
him straight on the mouth.
For moment the universe seemed
to reel about Dicks head. Then he
sank into the seat and pulled Kate
down beside him.
''You will be carried by-O, Dick"
and Kate was almost sobbing in an
agony of bushes.
81 think I'll change my mind, and so
on to Pinnerr remarked Dick, cheer
fully, taking in at glance the too
interested observer on the opposite
seat. your father-er-Uncle John
might not meet you, you know; and,
besides both her hands
against him as he bent over her in
blissful moment when their fellow pas
senger was looking the other way
besides, you have not told me when
you will marry me. Folks at Home.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

that IL she did love him she ha aken
every precaution TO conceal the fact
from herself, and Dick, and every one
else. "And don't you,' conscience
went on, don't you treat almost every
fellow you know better than you treat
Dick? And didn't you this very after
noon refuse even to talk about mar
rying him?"
The train was flying now, and Kath-
arine found herself listening frantical-
" to the measured double slam of the
wheels, that brought nearer every in
slant the time when Dick would go.
Il know he'll never look at me or
speak to me again. / don't blame him.
can't ask him to forgive me. because
/ should certainly cry, and-Ow Her
heart almost choked her with its beat
ing, for the train had begun to slow
up, and Dick was putting on his coat
Suddenly voice pitched in girlish
Soprano fell on her ear.
Goodbye, WILL" it said, land please
write to us at once, won't you? You
know mamma always worries SO about
you Goodbye kiss-"good- byew
That was all, but it was enough: not
q minute for reflection, but Katherine
needed none.
Dick was beside her, hat and cane
in hand. but Kate was already on her
feet.
II will" she said to herself, with a
swift glance around, while the pink
in her cheeks changed to red and
famed clear up to her hair; II willw
The man at the other side of the car
riage was docking out of the window.
mo one will ever know the differ
ence," she went on, "and' can't bear
to have him 60"
IL telegraphed your father to meet
this train" Dick was saying. II real
b must hurry"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
CRIME IN LITERATURE.
y Significant Fact That Deserves a
Little Consideration.

Little Consideration.
An article in the Westminster Re-
view deals with Crime in Current
Literature" the anonymous author as
sorting that never were there so many
pens engaged in dealing with crime
and criminals as at the present time;
the few, seriously and solemnly; the
many, lightly and irreverently, and
unwilling of the moral mischief they
thereby engender." He refers especi-
ally to the fondness for detective
Stories" most of which, he finds, are
written by individuals who have not
and never had the remotest connec-
ton with the police" On this head
the writer furnishes the following sta
tistics:
The number of newspapers, strictly
so-called, published weekly in Great
Britain and containing serial stories
Of one kind or another is nearly 500.
OF these 500 are published in England
and Wales, 113 in Scotland and so in
Ireland. Out of this total it has been
ascertained that in the year 1898 no
fewer than 240 published complete, or
portions of, detective stories-stories
of all phases and forms of criminal
ity, describing the details thereof with
greater or less degrees of minuteness:
here making the criminal sort of
Claude Duval, or highway hero worthy
of emulation, and there rightly brand
ing him as an iniquitous scoundrel fit
only for the clutch of Jack Ketch, but
almost invariably depicting the hide
BUSINESS of crime as it certainly ought
not to be depicted. Many such week
ly newspapers as are published in pop
ulous centers have long ago recognized
the Importance of this factor in help
ing to increase their circulation, and
they cannot be blamed for it. But it is
somewhat remarkable fact, which
the inquiry into this phase of the sub
ject has made evident, that in newspa-
pers of the class indicated which are
published in Ireland the general char
like enough still is, much above that
of the stories published in the same
place in English or Scottish newspa-
pers. On an average, there are fewer
by far that make the same literary spe-
cialty in story or experience" form,
of the subject of crime and its detec-
ton. In the light of the past, or even
of present, events in Ireland this evil
dence may be taken for what it is
worth; but it is none the less a sig
nificant fact deserving of little con-
sideration by those whom it may hap
pen to concern.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
AT MONTE CARLO.
Characteristics About Those Who Tiay
at This Famous Resort.


at This Famous Resort.
From letter on the present season
at Monte Carlo, the famous resort and
gambling place, which is published in
Paris paper, the following extract is
not without interest to American read
ers, says the Baltimore Sun. In the
Salon de Jeux each afternoon and
evening there is great crowd just now
and considerable sensation is being
created by the playing of some OF the
more determined punters. Most re-
marked among the boldest Is an
American artist, a painter, recently
decorated with the cross of the Legion
Of Honor. He bets large sums with
out moments hesitation, and fire.
quently makes enormous wins. II is
all done SO rapidly as to astonish look
ers-on. The gentleman in question
wins or loses with but little show of
excitement and is certainly and en-
phatically what the French style beau
joueur. He seldom sits at a table al
ways plays roulette and walks about
from table to table, attracting much
attention by his impetuous play. In
marked contrast to his style is that of
a stout gentleman, who never PLAYS
except when seated, and who. having
made selection of number upon the
roulette table, remains faithful to it,
and, with an air of amending patience.
covers il with gold until, having made
q large win, he slowly retires, all the
while having remained in his seat
impassive-not even the most marvel
Gus good fortune causing his vacant ex-
preston to alter in the least. II is
curious to note that, while the other
player seems TO be SO popular and gen
orally liked, the stout party, whose
good or bad fortune seems to have so
little effect upon him, is decidedly I'M
popular. People appear to dislike see
ing him so unaffected by his phenome-
nal good luck. "C'est pas I'm homme."
exclaimed yivacious little French
lady, after the punter had so phleg-
matically put into his pocket the 90
900 francs he had won in a single coup.
"c'est une machine" And that those
standing around felt as she did was
evinced by their approving laughter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
Deep Diving to Recover Treasure.

The greatest diving feat ever at
tempted was that of the raising OF
treasure that sank with the steamer
near Seal Rocks, New South Wales.
News has been received that every box
of sovereigns that went to the bottom
has been saved by the men who work
ed under the sea at depth OF twenty
seven fathoms. The names Of the div
ers are Briggs and May. At times they
were subject to a pressure OF seventy
to seventy-fye pounds to the square
inch, causing them great suffering.
The Catterthun was wrecked in Au-
gust, 1895, while on the voyage from
Sydney to Hong Kong. Fifty-four OF
her crew and passengers lost their
lives, including brave Captain Shan
non. The vessels cargo consisted OF
produce and 100000 in sovereigns.-
San Francisco Examiner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

cane, umbrella, and the bundle
some fruit of days shopping
in town; had exerted himself in
every possible way to secure the COM
fort and amusement of his companloa'
and then, having failed 10 elicit the
slightest response, had gone into per-
manent retirement behind the even
ing paper.
But Miss Katharine Trent failed to
find anything interesting in the new
magazines, and was now leaning dis
cOnsolately back in her seat, wrapped
in penitent contemplation of the half
inch Of Dicks forehead and smoothly
parted brown hair visible above the
edge of the paper. A box of choco-
lates and big bunch of violets in her
lap seemed equally unregarded.
u suppose" she thought, drawing
together her pretty brows, eff news
papers were made of glass, could see
Dicks eyes; but it's a good thing they
aren't, for | should certainly feel in
clined to break that one into a thou
sand pieces"
The train was going at fair speed
now, and murmurs of contented con-
yersation reached her ear.
Dick" she said suddenly. sitting
bolt upright. there we are almost to
Bushey. Are you really going to go
as far as Watford with me?"
Il am afraid must" and Dick laid
down his paper with grave courtesy,
and looked for moment straight into
her eyes. Mother is down there with
Bessie. you know, and / telegraphed
them to expect me out to dinner. /
never like to disappoint Bess."
But Kate had dropped her eyes
when Dick looked at her; the smile
and the I'm so glad!" with which
she meant to begin her overtures of
peace had died on her lips, and she
stared with burning cheeks out into
the darkness. while Dick, with hard
ly depressed sigh, again took refuge
in his paper. But he read line after
line without catching word of the
sense.
Il suppose was an ass to think she
cared for me-" he was thinking. ITS
never did," and Dick spread out his
paper and refolded it with a vicious
punch.
The truth was that Miss Katharine
Trent was bundle of startling contra
dictions. That she had tender heart,
or that she was thoughtful and earn
est, no one who looked for moment
into her big, serious blue eyes could
doubt. Yet often, IL not indeed gen.
srally. she acted without moments
reflection. Her little Italian singing
master was fond Of calling her his
beautiful chord Of the NINTH" and
said that everything depended upon
her proper resolution.
Ii had begun to rain. A few drops
zigZagged their downward career
across the pane with most fascinating
unexpected movements; but Katharine
did not even see them. She was think
ing desperately of that look in Dicks
eyes. OF course he loved her. She
knew that. Didn't she love him just
as much? But here her conscience
awoke with start, and informed her
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

GET plnu quickly Send for 1900 live ons Wanted
VI Nun Edgar Tate u Co.. 245 Broadway Newly or<.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
500 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
OF Weakness In Men They Treat and
Fall to Cure.


An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public MAGICAL TREAT
MENr for the cure Of Lost Vitality, Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration OF
Life Force in old and young men. No
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who are suffering from a weakness that
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send You absolutely FREE, a valuebl4
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Of their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. Thous'
ands Of men, who have lost all hope of q
cure, are being restored by them to per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or thoy will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go there for treatment, IL they
fail to cure. They are perfectly reliable;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or G. o. ID. fake. They have
$3.50, 900 capital, and guarantee to cure
every case they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited In q
bank to be paid to them when a cure 10
effected. Write them TODAY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
EIGN NOTES.

The monkey colony at Gibraltar-the
only wild melkeys in Europe-include
about twenty individuals at present.
A Scottish railway company has en-
gagged a flrst-class speaker to give free
illustrated lectures in cities and towns
descriptive of the beautiful summer re-
sorts in Scotland.
Three hundred unpublished letters
by Hofer, Haspinger and others. valu-
able documents to historians of the Ty-
rol. were lately discovered in dilapi-
dated drug store at Bozer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

In Oregon there are $4,000 acres Of
prune orchards.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08

In the way of practical relief for all
disadvantages and all woes, the only
voice that Is worth listening to on this
subject is the voice of Christianity,
which is the voice Of Almighty God.
Whether l have mentioned the par
ticular disadvantage under which you
labor or not, distinctly declare, in the
name Of God, that there is a way out
and way up for all of you. You can
not be any worse off than that Chris
tian young woman who was in the
Pemberton mills when they fell some
years ago. and from under the fallen
timbers she was heard singing: Il am
going home to die no MORE
Take good courage from that Bible,
all of whose promises are for those in
bad predicament. There are better days
for you, either on earth or in heaven.
l put my hand under your chin, and
lift your face into the light of the COM
ing dawn. Have God on your side, and
then you have for reserve troops all the
armies OF heaven, the smallest company
Of which Is twenty thousand chariots,
and the smallest brigade one hundred
and forty -four thousand, the lightuings
of heaven their drawn sword.
An ancient warrior saw an overpow-
ering host come down upon his small
company of armed men, and mounting
his horse he threw handful of sand
in the air, crying, LET their faces be
covered with confusion!" And both
armies heard his voice, and history
says it seemed as though the dust
thrown in the air had become so many
angels Of supernatural deliverance. and
the weak overcame the mighty, and the
immense host fell back, and the small
number marched on. Have faith in
God, and though all the allied forces of
Encouragement seem to come against
you in battle array, and their laugh of
definance and contempt resounds
through all the valleys and mountains,
you might by faith in God, and impor-
tunate prayer, pick up handful of the
very dust of your humiliation, and
throw it into the air, and it shall be-
come angels Of victory over all the
armies of earth and hell. The voices
of your adversaries, human and satan
ic. shall be covered with confusion.
while you shall be not only conqueror.
but more than conqueror, through that
grace which has so often made the
fallen helmet Of an overthrow antag-
onist the footstool of Christian vic.
tory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
PATENTS, trade MARKS

Examination and Advice as TO Patentability OF In.
vention Send for Inventors Guide or How to Geta
Patent" O'FARRELL d SON. Washington. d. @
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
CONTRARY WINDS" THE S.s-
JECT LAST SUNDAY.
From the Following Text, Tho Wind
Was CSntrary"-Mat 14:.4-The
Voice of Christianity the Only Alter
native in Misfortune.

S I we'll know by
experience on Lake
Galilee, one hour
all may be calm
and the next hour
the winds and
viii be so
boisterous that you
are in doubt as to
whether you will
land on the shore
or on the bottom of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-08
KATHARINE
TRENT.
III T W.

T WAS half-past 5,
and almost dark.
Most of the seats
were occupied, Ell
Their by the passen-
gers in person or
by their represen-
tative luggage, and
the lamplighter
had just completed
his tour. Dick had
disposed of wraps,
- +ho 1n1t,N nj To-