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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

Miss Dashaway, that there lives in
this age a man stupid enough to eX-
pect a woman to look in a book for
proposal?"
But that happened a quarter of a
century ago" laughed Mrs. Pentland.
True" said Betram, 'and the poor
lout supposed that the girl had eagerly
devoured every word UNDERSIGNED,
while she naturally laid the volume
away and never looked at it again until
Hillhouse opened it and babe her read
the lines which embodied his proposal.
Not having heard from her, he went
away in a moment of pique and never
returned From time TO time he heard
of her conquests, but it seems they were
but hirtations which he strove in vain
TO forget. Youth passed away, as did
her family ties, until she was left alone
in the world, with mere pittance that
cut her off from the gay circle in which
she was once so brilliant an ornament"
We'll, she must be a moss-grown
foxgloye," laughed Miss Dashaway, Il
thought the species extinct. Fancy
modern woman pining over a deIin-
quent lover, burying herself in hall
room with an Angora cat and window
garden!"
How does it come, Betram," said
Pentland, that your quasi-Austen hero
inc escaped clubdom?"
no reflection on club women, re-
proved the hostess. ITO forget history
there is nothing like helping to make
it."
Bravo" cried the telegraph editor.
81 can understand Miss Foxglove,"
said Mrs Wetherell, giving the story
teller a sympathetic smile. she was
born too early to grasp the spirit OF
the new movement and adjust herself
to its exactions. Being an offspring
of the old order of things, she chung
instinctively to a belief that her hearts
desire would some day be fulfilled.
AS she waited, opportunity slipped by"
IF | recollect rightly said Froth-
ingham everything had plenty of time
to slip by in a Jane Austen story"
But isn't it time for the cleric?"
smiled Mrs Wetherell. Jane Austen
without the clergy is Hamlet without
the prince"
Betrams glowing eyes took in the
guests who had followed his story with
the bantering old friendship admits.
"To-morrow at high noon" said he,
"Rev. DIR. Broughton will await you at
the Red Brick church, and after the
ceremony Lavinia and will be at home
at the studio-its latch string, you
know is always out-where we hope
to dispense Christmas cheer through
out the year."
The deuce!" cried the city editor.
You said the chaps name was Hill
house"
And so il is" smiled the sculptor
Return Hillhouse Betram." Ida
Ross McCabe. in Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

after a man has proved that he knows
his hair. 'io" ne eoIhos
a woman who never weeps is Of no more
youht IMAM a pump without a handle
!, II IS better 10 have a consistent ener,,,,
than friend who doubts you.
ne VINO hesliates Is lost if he has written
Great expectations have made an ;dI.r
OF many a man with good stuff in him
Men who build up their own fortunes oftan
forget to MT themselves Tor the posifions
INTO which their money lifts them.-Cleye.
land Leader ~'0'e-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22
Mig Chance for Hypnotist..

Achers-You say hypnotism can be
used 20 deaden pain. do you?
Undoubtedly sir, undoubt-
eddy. Why, sir, at one of my recent ex-
hibitions ] thrust a needle into a mans
arm again and again, and he positively
enjoyed it.
Hump. How much do you make a
year On hypnotic exhibitions?"
.'Well-er-not very much as yet; but
then, you know. hypnotism is new
thing. and"
ayes. I know. Why don't you drop
it?"
'Eh? Why should ?"
"You could make your everlasting
fortune as a dentist. y. Y. Weekly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

erell has given him the cue | wager
choice public is about to be supplied
with a revised, annotated. up-to-date
edition of Jane Austen"
Imagine Jane Austen of the Latin
quarter!" smiled Mrs. Pentland, with
an encouraging nod.
For once the clever Mrs. Pentland is
in error said the sculptor, settling
in his chair with the ease of a raconteur
sure of one telling arrow in his culver
Nothing could be more remote from
the Latin quarter than this story which
the drift Of the conversation makes so
timely To be candid. my chief pur-
pose in accepting Mrs. Pentland's hos
pitality was to recount Hillhouse's ro-
nance"
He was my best friend" continued
Betram encircling the table with a
second significant twinkle; Il may say
lifelong friend. About a year ago
Hillhouse was called TO harrington to
work on the equestrian statue of which
YOU may have heard. He took a studio
in a back bay house that had outliyed
not only prosperity but gentility. The
studio confronted a formda bic row of
dwellings in a very similar state. These
houses were occupied for the most part
by dodgers and mealers of various ages
and colors and conditions of seryitude.
IN intervals of inspiration, and they
were not infrequent with Hillhouse, he
fell, between whiffs of his pipe. to spec
ulating on the daily occupation and the
heart stories of mis- heterogeneous
neighbors. One of his studio windows
looked almost impertinentIy into a
ballroom of the most imposing house
in the row To Hillhouse's surprise,
his mirror one day reflected its occu-
pant, who invited his attention with
a fascination almost as irresistible as
that which wrought the ruin of Paul
Pry." Betram paused. The interest
in his auditors eyes urged him on.
"She was frail little woman" he
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22
HELPFUL DAIRY NOTES.

We want persistent all-year mixers
The first year tells the story
If the cows are home grown" ano
are not gentle il is apt to be the owner
fault
You cannot afford 10 have your butter
machines left idle from four to SIX
months.
1t never increases the milk supply TO
pitch milk stools at the cows or swear
at them.
Perhaps one Of the things needed
about your place this winter is an &C
house; if so, do not wait until the crop
is ripe and wasted before building he
house-build it ow-Western Plow-
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

tell, this grotesque representative OF
the missing link was restored 10 its
pristine agility.
"'IIow can thank you?'
"'By telling me some day said lin-
house. that your young friends en-
joyment Of the toy has been greater
than ours.
Some days elapsed before Iiillhouse
had the courage to knock i second time
at his neighbours door In the inter
val he had learned a little of her his
tory 1t was not without purpose that
he scanned The bookcase until his eyes
lighted on a strangely familiar volume.
." i see Miss Foxglove is an admirer
of Lucille. remarked Hillhouse.
1T belongs to the past
Then it has not been opened for
some timer
Miss Foxglove's gray eyes turned
within.
"'A quarter of century, she said.
'He took the volume from the shelf,
and with strange misgiving turned the
leaves until arrested by a much under
scored canto. from which fell faded
foxglovc.
4" With a smile whose dlvinely deep sweet
ness disclosed
Some depths in her nature be never had
THE eyes of Lat MIA Foxglove met
his.
1.-The volume has never been opened
she said sudden pallor in her queenly
presence-'since an old, old friend bor-
rowed it, returned it-and then
then
What happened?'
"'He went away.
"'And thenY
1.-The world changed
she took the volume Hillhouse hand
ed her to read in the lines the foXglove
had stained the confession she had
waited in vain to hear from the lips Of
the borrower SO long ago"
You don't mean TO tell US" cried
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

Yes, I've made up my mind to have ms
life insured" my
Any particular reason for it?"
Going to be married neA. week"
Let's see, you're one of these popuIar
fellows. aren't your"
Why, l fancy I'm pretty web known "
Well, We can't insure you until aiser Inc
wedding is over" '''N
"Why not?"
Because there's no telling what your foo
friends viii DO to you before YOU get out o.
town. cleveland Plain Dealer
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Greek Girls Betrothed In Infancy.


Girls in Greece are betrothed when
they are mere infants. In that country
it is disgrace to be an old maid Mar
riages for love are unknown. but
Greek father is very stern in regard to
young man having ample provision
to support a wife. A girls dowry con
sists of household furniture and linen
rather than money. Although most
Greek girls are naturally very pretty
they begin to paint and powder from a
very early age-the cheeks bright red,
the eyebrows and lashes deepest black,
and veins delicately blue. The result
is that they are withered old women IT
40. and thus nowhere are uglier females
to be found than beneath the blue skies
of this classic land Every Greek fam
lily who can afford it keeps a French
nurse or maid. for French is almost
universally spoken in society. Paint
ing and music are quite unnecessary,
but girls are carefully trained in dane
ing and drilled to conduct themselves
with elegance Household duties are
taught, such as how to make ose jam
Turkish coffee and various delicate
sweetmeats.-N. Y. Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

The readers OF this paper Will lie pleased
- earn that there Is at least one dreaded
a. ~ lts stages, and that Is Catarrh Hop,s
Sa l ufe Is the only positive sure
SHOWN 70 ne medical fraternity. Catarrh
oelns constitutional disease, requires a
SSS 'l5 treatment Halls Catarrh
Nule y tqSeh internally. acting directly
Gton the pIood md mucous surfaces of the
sls.InI' theIeoy Destroying the foundation
- -. si,e u H. anu giving the patient
assisting nature in dong its Vol TLa
propretors have SO niue, faitb In is r,,rs-
i've powers that they orar one Hnnjre5
Dollars Tor any ease that fails ~ crre
Send for list OF testimonials. N'' &
sAd idiree T J. Cheney & Co, I.ledo, o.
Halls Family Pills are the best
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rags before them
II is really quite difficult TO follow
this process. Our torcedor spreads a
strip of "capa" before him and flashes
a cleaning knife about it. The eye
ours, at least-cannot follow the move
ment, but almost instantly, with no 9th.
er measurement than that of the eye,
he has carved the leaf with mathemat-
ical exactness. Then with equal preci.
sion and swiftness he grabs the neces-
sary amount of filling from the Pile.
places il on the capa and rolls the cigar
into shape. The whole process is one
of Hey, presto!-Your cigar. senior"
It is more than mere expert work-it
is positive jugglery, because for all his
infinite CELEBRITY his cigars never vary
a fraction in size or weight, accord
ing to the class he may be making
Born instinct as well as experience is
necessary for his work, which is second
only to that of the escojedor He is not,
therefore, overpaid at five dollars day
any more than is the escojedor at seven.
whilst the subordinates at the large
tables earn from three to four dollars.
Our havana" is now made-and we
will enjoy it all the more for having wit
messed its creation from the green leaf
in the vega to the fingers of the cour.
teous torcedor. But we must not smoke
it yet. To get the full flavor we should
allow it to mature through the sorting
room, where we next witness its elias.
sification, counting in and doing UP
into a bundle of 25, to be boxed under
one of he numerous brands known tc
the trade.
When one thinks of the greatness at
tanned by this industry under the
sitting restrictions of Spanish policy
he begins to appreciate the possibilities
that open up TO it under Cuba libre'
controlled by an American protectorate
r =. PORTER.
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icler Of the Lone Star, the Pentlands
had met loved, married and contln-
ned to work side by side until their
Joint earnings enabled them 10 build
this pretty Queen Anne Cottage; and
10 the house-warming had been hidden
their Christmas eve friends tried and
tue. Elizabeth Peutland's ambition
was achieved; she possessed home.
As She surveyed the table snowy in
white linen, glistening in silver and cut
glass, and caught through the holly
and mistIctoe the approving coo of the
infant heir to Pcntland affections and
goodwill" and the congratuatory
smiles of their guests, her happy face
lifted in gratitude.
Thank Cod" said Mrs Pentland,
"this is one social event ! am not called
upon to chronicle"
amen" said the city editor.
GLOW like story" said Mrs. Wealth
rrelI. zone If those good old fashioned,
wholesome love stories am SO hungry
to read BY the way, can anybody tell
rs what has become of the old-fash
toned love story?'
Like the day of miracles my dear,
it has passed" Elizabeth Pentland's
cyuicism was acquired before she met
the city editor.
The telling you mean; but love
not a bit of it. It's as young and as
full Of vitality as this King of Love
Fcasts-C Christmas itself"
Mrs Weatherell was one Of those rare
women a peace with self and the world,
despite the fact that the latter per
sisted In believing her wretchedly un-
happy. As pretty a woman as one
meets in a long days walk was Mrs,
Wetherell: nature and art fitted her to
shine in brilliant society But Mrs
WetherelIs beauty was of the spirit as
well as the flesh. Never was She known
to complain The husband whom the
world dubbed a miserable failure was
still to her the Prince Charming who
won her heart when she was toasted
the loveliest girl in her set
At five and forty Mrs Wetheren
Judged all marital relations from her
own vantage ground the love that is
eternal. 1t was this refreshing, Ar
cadian strain in her nature that at
traeted and held the affection of Eliza
beth Penuand, whose knowledge Of
men and things" had come from hard
knocks with the world
i am sick unto nausea" sighed Mrs
Wetherell. of the problems involved in
the modern love story. How refreshing
il would seem to meet once more in
print love on the old familiar grounds"
Fancy" laughed Miss Dashaway.
sketch artist Of Good Form. "the tag
end Of this century wading through
Jane Austeui"
Notwithstanding the speed and
spirit of the mes" said Return Be
tram. a sculptor who had outlived his
contemporaries. consequently his fame,
material for Jane Austen stories is not
wanting in cur own day"
mo, moi while you are with us, Be
tram" chuckled the city editor replen-
ishing the patriarchal chiseler's glass.
The ox-like eyes of the sturdy little
sculptor diIating with the youth that
n art is never old, blinked knowingly
"Betram has a story he is bursting 10
tell" cried the city editor. Mrs. Weth-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22
Very Low Rates Via the Missouri
Kansas 4 Towns HALLWAY.

west The greatest opportunity to visit
Texas, the Empire state Of the Union, I'M
paraileled as 10 resources and products and
with an area exceeding all the Eastern and
Middle States. The statistical reports OF
products, as compiled by the commissioners
of Texas, indicate this section as having the
greatest possible advantages in its mild and
equable climate and in the variety and pro
ductiveness of its soil. For further inior.
nation, descriptive pamphlets and dates OF
excursions, apply to T. B. Cookery, Dist. r.
A., Des Moines, Ia.
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LAW, you know, you may celebrate
Christmas as best you know how, " said
the superciHous Englishman, but YOU
cawn't come up TO the old English plum
pudding you know.
Sir" said the patriotic American.
with asperity, "eur homemade, or stili
more the bakery made. mince pies can
produce as fine line Of nightmare as
any English plum pudding ever boiled. F"
indianapolis Journal
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The worlds supply of wheat,

An English expert prophesies universal
dearth IN the wheat supply He claims thai
the wheat producing soll is unequal 10 tbs
STRAIN that viii be put upon it. Even now
when the food supply Of the world is annie
thousands die because their disordered st6m,
achs iaIi to properly assimilate the food thev
take. hostetter''s Stomach Bitters strength
gu ana tone up the stomach and digestive or.
gans, and enable them to perform Their
proper functions. This great remedy cures
yer and ague anu 1e
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Books i'm the british Museum.

People often ask how many books
there are in the British museum, but
nobody seems to know. In fact, there
are so many that it is impossible 10
count them. Some years ago it was
estimated by measurement that there
We're 100000 books there. Since that
estimate was made the number has con-
siderably increased, so that at the
present time the total is probably near
er 5000, 0oO-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Chance to CT Even.

A Kentucky man recently married the
granddaughter of a woman who once re-
fused him.
Gracious; what vengeance he will be
able to wreak.'
Il don't see where the vengeance is to
come in
"Why, he will be able to address the WON
an who had once refused him as grand
mother cleveland Plain Dealer
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A material IN which cork figures
largely is said to be excellent for pave
ments. According to the Carriage
Monthly, ''fhe ideal road Of he future
will be Of cork. The bricks are com
posed mainly Of bifumen and cork,
which, mixed with certain other matt-
rials and subjected 10 pressure forms
durab bic. practically noiseless. non
absorbent and perfectly sanitary pave
ment. The material being Of an elias ic
nature and nonslippery. gives a scene
foothold to horses in all sorts Of weafh
eT The cork bricks are also applies ole
to stables and stable yards
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-12-22

BEt Ll4EE A8$Q ~ ~
Where the parsdn and MS fanny an '''
Sunday meeting 1resl, -.
OF the presents hung upon II away > ia
the most and best!
Where the sittIe ragged urchlh' Win nus
face clad in regret
Can look with wide-eyed wonder az the
things he'll never get!
There were no velvet cushions on our
nineteenth century chairs;
No fine and padded tapestry where We
ku=it 10 say our prayets:
no costly paintings on the walls tnat some
how always stay
In sort Of hooking elegance When the
guests have gone away.
No gaslight throwing diamonds 10 your
eyes at every turn,
Nor frappe from the punch bowl, tea from
costly silver urn;
10 praucing steeds and butler, with furs
and furbelOws.
To shield the rose-clad maidens from the
pryiug winter sroWsi
But the Old log house 10 Herman, that vas
such a coy home
With its shingle-coyered arches that 70
us was heavens dome;
Its bassw God floor Of puncheon. the pegs
beside he door.
Just enough 70 hang the wardrobe OF the
family and no more.
The rifle and the powder flask, with It's
curious catch and spring,
The belt with sheath knife IN t., bullet
mods and everything.
Hung upon the dry cracked rafter out OF
reach Of careless hands,
But ready opportunity, when sudden car
demands.
Along m first December when the woods
and fields were white.
And the owls were holding concerts OF the
hooting kind at night,
There were hints Of coming Christmas, and
a half unconscious awe
Settled NBut HiIi features 10 a way
YOU never saw,
Six OF us N that household well may cal!
4 seven,
But that one. a little three-year-old had
strayed away to Heaven;
Six make even numbers, If We count Il two
by TWO.
But I'll put the other In II for complete
ness; wouldn't you?
We were tod to hang our stockings and
then 10 quickly leave
This was early IN the evening Of that IA
nous Christmas eve
And we scrambled up the ladder to the
chamber overhead
To whisper specuations on the things
that had been said
Outside ne storm was dancing in fantas-
tic flights amaiu,
Sowing crystal stars In showers against
the window pane;
Yet sheltered ia that household we little
cared for his,
When no hagm would dare TO venture be
tween Us and mothers kiss
Very cary in Inc morning, while the stars
were shining bright
For the clouds had ned The scandal of dis
rohiug ia the night
We soagut our hanging stockings on the
backs Of every chair
The ones we wore the day before, for we
had no more Ia spare!
Compared with what we have to-day u
would be counted small
But the Sits were rtch il kindness; for
each one gave his all;
The apples were like spheres of gold and
ali the little things
Were more to us than diadems from
crowns OF ancient kings
The hands that flied our stockings on that
night so long ago
The hearts that beat for those they loved,
are whittier now than snow
That scatters on this Christmas eve its
crystal fleece Of white.
Reminder Of shat household where in
dreams We live at night.
Edward William butcher. in Banner Of
Gold
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We'll Trained.

You're too old a man TO play foot
ball; what makes you think you can
kick?"
I'm the father Of seven manageable
daughters"
by George, You can have the best
place on the team. N. Y. World.
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BLOOD.

The duke was beside himself with rage.
"Your family have only plebeian blood in
their veins" Kissed his grace.
"Well, you ought to know; you've bled
them enough, replied the duchess the fair
American-ber mien quite in keeping with
the naughty legend, "Non Cura, Non
Merces." upon the trademark of her fa-
theirs justly celebrated Combined Hair
Vigor and Stove Polish.-Detroit journal.
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GET RID OF STUMPS.
How the work Can BE Done CheaplS
mt a Time when Duties Are
Not Very Heavy.

In many localities are items of work
that can be done to good advantage dur
ing the winter in the clearing of the
land of stumps. 1t is hardly good econ
olny to pillow and walk around stumps
during all of the years required for
them to rot out, when, with the aid of
dynamite, they may be taken out at
such small cost. Using dynamite is
cheaper than grubbiug. while in nearly
all cases the stumps will be split up SC
that they can be handled much more
readily.
After trying two or three plans we
found il saved time and trouble to use
a good, sharp-pointed crowbar. With it
make a hole directly under the stump
so that the stick of dynamite will be as
nearly under the center as possible.
The bar should make a hole little
larger than the stick of dynamite so
that the latter will slip readily into the
place made for it. In many cases a
half stick will answer as well as whole
one. In cutting use sharp knife that
will readily cut through the soiled pa
per. Use care so as not 10 cut into the
dynamite with the knife Our plan was
to prepare number of sticks all ready,
putting the fuse into the cap and in
sertirg the cap in the fuse Use plenty
of fuse as it is cheaper to do this than
to run the risk of injury from not hay
ing ample time to get away, When the
dynamite is put in place fill up the
hole to the top, tamping slightly TAX
ing care not 10 jar, as II is the jar given
that causes the dynamite to explode.
Then light the fuse and run to safe
distance.
Dynamite should not be handled
when frozen. should be handled care
fully. and don't let 1t falI 1t can be
set on fire and will burn up without ex-
ploding. Be careful all Of the time, that
is the only safe rule. We cleared ten
acres Of stumps without an accident
at an average cost Of about ten cents
each. and certainly found the work
proftable.-N. j. Shepherd, in Farmers
Voice.
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IAe for Skunks.

The much-despised and maligned
skunk has at last found friends. who
respect. cherish and encourage him.
They are the hop growers of New York
state, who find the skunk their main
reliance in keeping down a very de-
structive grub which otherwise would
ruin their crops.-N. Y, Sun.