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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
FATHER COCKROACH
How Queer Character Brought Joy
to an American Bride in
Paris.

I
"Don't imagine for an instant be-
cause / came straight to Paris from
the altar that have been in the sew
Icnth heaven of bliss ever since" said
la pretty little American bride who
/ had just settled down in Paris apart
ment. THE days of my bonnie and my
market people were amusing at first
and Ted and / came to the conclu-
sion that housekeeping in gay Luz
tetia was dolls play, and decided we
would live here forever and aye-or
until our letter of credit was exhaust
led, anyway Even we thought it
would be fun to try roughing it in the
4 Quarcher Latang for the strides Har-
Ivy is making in his painting are some
thing wonderful. My enthusiasm was
|damped when I found that summer
and cockroaches and cholera and tour
lists all came at the same time in
Paris. We contrived to evade the two
latter, but the cockroaches were sim
lply terrifying. They came in hordes
Hike an invading army. / took to get
ting up in my sleep and brandishing
broom.
Then a telegram came from
friend who has a studio and lots Of
Experience in this part of the city 1t
lis said Father Cockroach will call on
YOU tomorrow He came He carried
la fishing rod and a small black box.
| Ted talked to him. He said he had
lFtarted in life as a baker, but having
been ruined by cockroaches he estab-
hfr,,aDlf s
1T is he who clears the hospitals
and public buildings, and the state
trays him about 10000 francs a year
He has hundreds of private customers
and many assistants, but to 10 one
has he ever impaired the secret OF
ais melange. Another valuable bit of
information he bestowed upon us was
that in Russia these pests are called
Prussians, while the Germans. in order
to return the compliment, call them
Russians.
eve escorted him to the kitchen,
where he inspected every tiny hole
| in the wall and marked it with chalk
He then stuck small spatuid at the
end of the fishing rod, dipped it in the
box containing the melange and
meared it over the holes. He then
made If a courtly bow, saying that
ais present visit was only for the
parents and that in a few days he
would return and attend 10 the chill
Idren. The following morning the
lGitchen floor was strewn with dead
l,ockroaches. In three days my spe-
I;ialist came back, and as he walked
toward the kitchen he spoke these ter
Irible words: Now for the orphans,'
lie repeated the same operation, fol-
owed by the same result. and since
Ithat day we have not seen a single
Ieockroach. He charged so francs, but /
said he would not sell an ounce of his
mixture for a million. The only insect .
je breads is the analyst, who may some /.
lay detect his secret I tried 10
vheedle him into giving me the re-
eipe to send to my compatriots. but
he would not be wheedled. He sug-
gested, however. that my eompatriots
bring their reaches over for him to .
KILN. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

In 1897 we had thousands of requests
from teachers and scholars for Wonder
land % The editiou-a large one-was
exhausted long before the end of the year
Wonderland 9S can now not only be sup
piled to those unable to secure the former,
but also to others. II is entirely different,
however, from the first named book II has
a chapter on The Agricultural Northwest,
crammed full of valuable information; one
on Yellowstone Park, written especially
for teachers another on Alaska and klon-
dixie, and one ON A Canoe Lake Trip, that
will be of interest TO schools. The book has
high art cover designed by Leyendecker,
and it is profusely illustrated from new
photographs The Northern Pacific Rail
way viii send the boo!, and revised folder
map of Yellowstone Park, upon receipt OF
six cents in stamps or postal order. Send
to Chas. s. Fee gen. Pass. Agent, st. Paul,
Mimi Write address plainly, and state
where you saw the advertisement.
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he came back ghost Of the self that an
swered to- President Lincoln s call for '300,.
600 more"
To-day he is an alert, active man and tells
The story Of his recovery as follows
] was a great sufferer from sciatica rheu-
nlatism almost from the time Of my dis
charge from the army. Most OF the time
was united Tor manual labor Of any kind,
and my spfferngs were at all times intense.
At times ! was bent almost double, and got
around only with the greatest difficulty.
Nothing seemed TO give me permanent re
let nail three years ago, when my atten-
ton was called TO some If the wonderful
cures effected by Dr. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale PEOPLE. ! had nos taken more than
half box when | noticed an improvement
IN my condition, and / kept on improving
steadily. / took three boxes Of the pills,
and a the end Of that time was in better con
ditlon than at any time since the close Of my
army service Since then have never been
bothered with rheumatism. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People is the only rem
cdy that ever did me any good, and TO them
/ owe my restoration to comparative health.
] hey are a grand remedy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAI.

DIR. Mavrogenis, 100 years of age, is
the last survivor of the men who
fought in the Greek war of independ-
ence. He lives with a sister, den years
older than himself.
A certain Welsh clergyman excused
| himself for bringing notes into the
pulpit by saying: Il know that you
cannot put fire on paper, but you can
use paper to light a fire"
Rear Admiral Schley is not notice
ably tall, but his legs are wondrously
long, and it is said that he could run
like deer in his younger days, but
has long ago forgotten how.
The one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Field Marshal Count Won
Moltke, on October 26, 1900, will be
marked by the erection of a public
monument to him in Berlin.
By a curious chance the descendants
of Col. Knowlton, who sent Nathan
Hale, the young revolutionary hero, on
his fatal mission, are now living next
door to the descendants of the young
patriots family in Chicago
Emile Carolus Duran, the great
French portrait painter, names as the
three most beautiful women in the
world the countess of Warwick of
England, Countess de PourtaIes of
France and Miss Mamie Letter, of
Chicago.
A soldier on the way to the front
threw a rhyme from the car window at
a pretty girl on a station platform
Later he received a letter from her
and now it is announced that they are
to be married. Of course, it was
risky business, but it is seldom as fatal
as this.
A Canadian butcher found a mug
get of gold in the crop of a goose a
farm sold to him. He decided that
the goose must have picked it up in
little stream that flowed through the
farmers land. Therefore he bought
the farm. Now he is kicking himself
and trying to sell it again.
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which follows a
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and
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MRS. PIX STANDING INVITATION.
invited
All
freely
established
the which
Pinkham Medicine Co.
Pnkhams
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His HusiDPSa.

A lawyer trying To serve his client by
throwing suspicion on witness in the ease
IN the course at bis cross examination. said:
''Nou lave admitted that YOU were at The
prisoner S house every evening during all
ths time
''YcS, Sir, replied the witness.
Were You and he interested in any bust
ness together"
Yes, SIR, answered the man, unhesitat
ingIy
Ah! Now, viii Won be gooteuough to tel
as how and 20 what extent and what the
nature Of tins business was i'm which yoU
and he we're Iuterc>tedt"
We'll. ! have no. objection to telling
was counting his daughter st Louis
{ lobe Democrat
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in tatters and rags,
, oroSen IN Dody nut
OF dauiitiess spirit
swung INTO me iHr
the last grand re
view ana tHen
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Rich Uncle You might as well stop
incoming about Mis-, Beauty She hasn't
been IN love with YOU, after all. Shes been
after the money she thought you would in
herit from me.
Nephew-ImpossibIe! Why do You think
soy
II have proposed to her myself and been
accepted. N \ Weekly.
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mistaken Confidence.

Its always. pretty safe to judge man by
the company he keeps"
ooh, | don't know. There are exceptions.
My Uncle Johns business makes it neces-
sary for him to associate with aldermen a
good deal, and still Id trust him with every
dollar I've got in the world.-Chicago Even
inc News
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He INDIGNANTLY hope l know my own
mind
She (swectly)-Yes! You surely ought 10
know as much as that.-Piek-Me-U TIP.
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NOTICE
General Election
CouNrY CLERK,s orFIcn:

Ellsworth, Wis. August H. 1898
NOTICE IS hereby given that al the General
- election TO be held in the several towns.
wards, villages and election districts OF the
county OF Pierce on the Tuesday succeediT z the
hrst Monday, being the stu day Of Novem Der.
ed, to-wit;
governor. in place of Edward Scofeld.
whose term of office viii expire on the
hrst Monday of January. A. u. 1893.
A lieutenant governor. in place of Emil
Baensch, whose term OF office will expire
on the first Monday Of January, A. d.
a secretary Of state. in place of Henry
Casson, whose term of Office viii expire
on the hrst Monday Of January, A. D..
A state treasurer in place of Sewall A
Peterson, whose term Of Office win expire
on the first Monday Of January A. d.
An attorney general. in place of William
h. Mylrea, whose term Of Office viii ex-
5. 1855 '''o '''s -io''e-aS - '''''I"' =
A state superintendent, in place of John
=. Emery, whose term OF Office will ex-
D. 1899.
A railroad commissioner in place Of
Duncan J. Mckenzie. whose term Of office
VIII expire on the first Monday of
January A. j.. 1893
A commissioner of insurance. in place
of William A. Fricke, whose term Of
office will expire on the first Monday of
January A. d. 1899.
a ReprcSt tatlVe IN congress IN place OF JOhn
J. Jenkins. for the Teath Congressional Dis
trict, consisting OF the Counties Of Bayfield,,
Douglas, Burnett, Sawyer, Washburn, Z TX,
Barron Chippewa, St CrolX, Dunn and Pie =.
4 Member OF Assembly Tor Pierce county n
place Of George f. Pratt, whose term Of office
viii expire on the first Monday Of January, A
D. 1899
A County Clerk in place OF J. B. Jensen. hose
term OF onice will expire on the first Monday OF
January, A .. 1899.
A County Treasurer in place Of George F.
Wtesemaun, whose term OF Office win expire on
the first Monday Of January, a. D. 1899.
A Sheriff IN place OF Robert :. Robson whose
term Of ofllce will expire on the first Monday
Of January, a. ID. 1899.
A Coroner ia place OF J. 8. Coplcy, whose
term Of office vii expire on the first Monday Of
January, A. d. 1853
A Clerk OF the Circuit Court in place Of L. L.
Richardson, whose term Of Office will expire on
the first Monday Of January, A D. 1899
A District Attorney in place OF Albert Com
hacker, whose term OF office will expire on the
first Monday OF January, AID. 1899.
A Register of Deeds in place of w w. Wal
singham whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday Of January. A. d. 1899.
A County Surveyor in place Of Bcldon Eaton,
whose term Of Ofice VIII expire on the first
Monday Of January. A. d. 1899.
A Superintendent Of Schools in place OF j. +.
shaw whose term Of office will expire on the
first Monday of IaUUaTg A
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

For Whooping Cough Piso's Cure is a
Ave, Brooklyn, n Y, Nov IA, a.
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Gle that maketh haste to be rich shall not
be innocent" even though he isn't out a
cent. 4. w. Bulletin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

1t is more hattering to have people won
Ter why we are not famous than why we
are.-Town Topics,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

There are some people so afraid they will
be fooled that they refuse to believe the
truth.-Atchison Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

Maud-"You don't seem to find time to
get married" Mane-"No. | am kept en-
gagged all the time Town Topics.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

DO people kick harder because Of too
much rain than they kick because of too
much dry weather!-Atchison Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06
A SOLDIERS ESCAPE.

From the Message. Mt. sterl-
ing, Ill
When Richmond had fallen and the great
commanders had met beneath the historic
apple tree at Appomattoz, the s3d Penn
sylvania Volunteers, prematureIy aged. clad
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-06

A great deal Of ability is necessary to
properly manage $40 bil.-Atchison Globe
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Reporter Can you substantatc that
statement
McLubberty-N sorr; but OF can
prove vcry dom wor rud Oi how said
Puck.
We are ANNOYED until we are 80 by the
Example we should follow and ANNOYED
after that time till death gets us OF the ,'ex-
ample We are setting others.-Atchlson
Globe.
When a man who does know patiently lis
tens 90 a fool who doesn't know its a sure
sign the latter has much money or a very
handsome sister. l.. A. W. Bulletin.
Pip ibid YOU suppose the good really dc
die youug Mp" Don't know, IN sure;
but nm perfectly convinced none but the
young ever die good Town Topics.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price Use.
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CHAPTER "

Section /. Any number Of persons, not
less than twenty, nor more than NIFTY.
an association to receive on deposit the
savings Of laborers. mechanics farmers.
servants minors and others; and 10 loan
ira same Far the benefit Of such deposit
ors. three-fourths OF such number Of
naTsons or coTporators shall reside ia the
county where the proposed association IS
to be located.
Section 2 Every such association may.
at any annual meeting. b. majority Of
at least two-thirds Of those present. eleet
wherein the association IS loceted or Of
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To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c
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CHAPTER VI
zFFcFsE7r ANE0TG

Section l. The term bank. as used IN
this act, shall be construed to mean any
incorporated banking institution, WHICH
shall have been incorporated under the
10 the passage of this act. and to such
banking institutions as shall hereafter
become incorporated under the provisions
..nrfvate bank or the plural of
such terms. shall be construed TO
mean any person, firm, association
words bank" thanking" or banking
house. banker" or the plural Of any
such words upon any sign, advertise
ment or designation Of any place Of busi-
ness in this state upon any poster. bill
head draft check note or bill Of ex-
change or on any form Of commercial
ton or who shall receive money or
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REVISION or THE BANKING LAW

Notice IS further given that at said
general election the following PROPOSE
ton is to be submitted t. the people in
pursuance OF the requirements Of Chapter
BOB. OF the laws of 1897 which chapter
reads as follows.
CHAPTER 303, LAWS 1897
An Act to revise the laws authorizing
the business of banking.
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Section l. Every person, co-partner-
shin or corporation doing business in this
state. or that may hereafter be doing
business in this state. which shall adj
vertise as a bank or as doing a banking
business either by signs circulars. letter
heads or printed matter of any descTip-
fion: or any such person. CO-p8rtnership
or CORPORATION. who snail receive money
or funds for deposit OF safe keeping as
q regular business, or who shall buy or
sell exchange as a regular business shall
be deemed 20 be doing banking bust
ness and snail be known as "a private
bank ard as such shall be subject to the
provisions of this act 50 far as the same
son co-nartnerShip or corporation shall
make rPU9rts and be subject to eXamiua-
tion the same as banks under this act.
And every such person, so-partnership or
required of any bank under similar con-
dition and shall Keep q separate set of
hooks Of account relating 10 such bank
ing business. and no entries shall be made
UPON said books relating 10 any other
class Of business. Such set Of books
soaIi he subject at ali times to examina-
Ton ny the bank commissioner his
denuty or person appointed by him. Up
on the refusal of any SGcn person. CO.
partnership or corporation 10 Keep tae re-
refusal TO keep the separate books Of
account rs required hereunder, or upon
fhe refusal 10 make the reports required
nv this act or upon the refusal TO sub
NIT the hooks. OF account papers SCI
ctirities and cash to the examination here
in rao4irad shall forfeit not less than
twcnty-five dollars and not more than
one hundred dollars for each Gay OF any
such refusal The banking business OF
sb..Il ~ si1btect to The limitations. powers
aud regulations Of this act. In so Tar as
the same may be appil-~Htr.
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CHAPTER v.
UNLAWFUL USE OF TERM BANK.

Section l. It shall he unlawful for any
nerson. co-partnership or corporation to
use the word bank. banking or
banker" or the plural Of any such
words in any other business. or in con-
nection with any other business than that
OF the business of banks private banks
and savings associations Any person
co-nartership or corporation so unlaw-
fully using said words. or either Of them,
shall forfeit the sum Of twenty-five dol
lars for each and every day said person,
co-partuership or corporation shall so
unlawfully use said words. or either OF
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: : ; = I1II7V7 OF N, " IS August IT, Ifas-l
NOTICE is hereby given that al the general
- election 10 be held in the several towns
wards, villages and election districts OF the
county OF Pierce on the Tuesday succeeding the
hrst Monday, being the stu day OF November
A; d. 1888, the following officers are TO be elect
ed, to-Wit;
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CHAPTER VII.

Section l. All acts and parts of acts
2 of which this act is amendatory, and all
acts or laws inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby repealed
CHAPTER VIII
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ITO be C%ontinued.)

Many old soldiers now feel the effects
of the hard service they endured during
the war. Mr.. Geo. $. Anderson, of
Rossvile, York county, Penn, who saw
the hardest kind of service at the front,
is now frequently troubled with rheu-
matism. II had a severe attack lately
he says, land procured a bottle of
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. 1t did so
much good that | would like to know
what you would charge me for one
dozen bottles" Mr. Anderson wanted
it both for his own use and to supply it
to his friends and neighbors, as every
family should have a bottle of 1t in their
home, not only for rheumatism, but
lame back, sprains, swellings, cuts,
bruises and burns, for which it is un.
equalled. For sale by A. c. Ireland.
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The Burlngton's New Trains.

Railroad men who have had the privi-
lege of examining the four new trains
which the Burlington Route, on the 1st
of May, placed in service between Denver
and Chicago say they are as magnifi-
Gently equipped as any in the country
that even the famous limited expresses
between Chicago and New York are
not handsomer or more luxurious.
Every car is wide v~estibuled, and was
built especially for the Burlington
Route.
The four trains are identical in
appearance and arrangement. Each is
composed of a buffet-smoking-library car
with bath and barber-shop), a palace
s%leeping-car, a dining-car, and two
reclining-chair cars. The buffet-smok-
ing-library car is something new for a
Denver-Chicago line. 1t is a veritable
club house on wheels, where one may
read, write, smoke, talk, or play cards,
while travelling at the rate of fifty miles
an hour. 1t is handsomely carpeted
and furnished with s%ettees, cushioned
easy chairs, a lavatory, a w~riting-desk,
a compartment for card-players, and
well-stocked buffet. The current
periodicals and newspapers are on file.
and a carefully selected library is
provided for the free use of passengers.
The s%leeping-car is a gem, and the chair
and dining-cars are in every way worthy
of the train of which they form an i'm
portant part.
The Burlington Route takes these
palatial trains through to Omaha and
Chicago in marvelously quick time.
Leaving Denver at $3.50 a. m. today on
one of them you are landed in Chicago
at 2:15 tomorrow afternoon, there max
ing close connections with trains for all
points east. The running time from
Denver to Chicago is only twenty-seven
and three-quarter hours. just how
fast that is will be best understood when
it is stated that it is almost five hours
faster than the fastest schedule in effect
prior to February 9th, 1898.
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wal found in moments OF 6xaltation
that lifted him above the universal con-
demnation Of his course into a brief
sense Of we'll doing, in striking his fee
BILE blows at a gigantic wrong, be drag
ged earthward by the driveling Of an
old dotard who in the days Of his pam
pered bondage had quite looked down
upon the overseer's boys? Was the rev
erential homage of this poor freedman
all the substitute destiny had to proffer
him in exchange for the love and conf
dence Of his best beloved ones?
Old Dolbear's r~hapsodies reduced the
abstract principle for which he had
been %contending to the pitiably narrow
limitations Of a personal obligation.
Liberty for the human race was a grand
idea, well worth a human holocaust,
but the thing liberated was a poor,
mean ~groveler, with whom personal
contact was distinctly disagreeable. 1t
was not easy to maintain a footing on
the aerial heights Of a sublime theory
when the mire Of its practical illustra-
ton clogged ones feet heavily. After
all, was the game worth the candle?
He preferred taking Dolbear from a
different point Of view. As a citizen he
had his limitations. As a link between
him and those he loved he would be al
together acceptable. He made haste to
bring his visitor down from his forensic
perch.
Individually you have nothing to
thank me for, old man. Accident has
located me here with a handful of men
to keep in order. Yes, you are free.
You are no mans slave any longer. You
are free to come and 90 when you please.
You are free to leave Sans Souci forev-
er tomorrow morning if you have a
mind to. You are free to care for your
self and your family and to select your
own way Of making a living. You are
free to work or to starve. I wish you
Joy Of the privilege"
"Thankee, sub. The same to you,
boss"
There was a soft, scraping sound on
the balcony step as Dolbear punctuated
his gratitude with a backward sweep Of
one foot.