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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-03
EARLY CAMP MEETINGS.
Aroused the keenest Interest and
Were Led by Ministers of Vari-
GUS Denominations.

The first camp-meeting in America
vas held on the banks of the Muddy
river, in Kentucky, in August, 1899,
and was conducted by the McGee broth
ers, two eloquent evangelists. 1t lasted
for little more than a week, and the
novelty of it and the success which at
tended it were so marked that there
arose an immediate demand for a con-
tinuance of this form of worship. Ac-
cerdingly, the meeting was speedily
followed by a large number of camp
meetings throughout the west. So
great was the interest they excited that
in some instances single meeting was
attended by two or three thousand per-
sons, resulting in the complete deser-
ton of the neighboring towns and set
Elements for the time being. The first
camp-meeting marked the beginning of
q revival of religion which assumed
such proportions and wrought such
widespread good that it has passed into
history as the great revival" 1t was
the reaction following the period of
doubt and unbelief, that swept through
the cour try in a glorious wave of fri
umph. The earlier camp-meetings
were not heI6 under the auspices of any
particular denomination. People of all
churches and all phases of belief at
tended them and took an interest in
their management. Baptist, Presby-
terrain, Methodist and other ministers
conducted the services. Denominations
al differences were cast aside. All
churches were merged into one in the
tide of revivalism. But after the first
excitement reused by the great re-
viyar died away, this particular form
of worship became Methodist institu-
ton. Other denominations gradually
abandoned it and left it to the Method
lists, who have maintained it to this
dav, and continue to find in it source
of good and no less worthy means of
salvation than on the occasion of its es-
tablishment 100 years ago.-Clifford
Howard, in Ladies' Home Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-03
ABOUT SCABBY SHEEP.
why the Ordinary Farmer Cannot
Afford to Buy Them Even RtR
Great Bargain.

The states of the west are now well
stocked with sheep scab, says the
Farmer. Many, perhaps most, of the
focks are as yet free, but in almost
every county, and frequently in many
places in the same county, there are
focks of sheep that have either been
brought in from the west or have been
in contact with sheep brought in from
the west that are affected with the
scab. The ordinary man cannot af-
ford to take scabby sheep as gift
The well posted, careful farmer can
afford to take them, provided he has
no sheep of his own, at low price, be-
cause he can by great care and twice
dipping cure them, but he would have
to buy them at much less than their
value to be justified in going to the ex-
pense, labor and risk. Farmers, there
fore. who are wishing to stock up with
sheep will need to keep their eyes
open, and if they keep their ears open
to the gossip of the stockmen of the
neighborhood it viii not be to their
disadvantage. No man ever gets scab
in his flock without bitterly regretring
it, and the inexperienced farmer had
better have no sheep than have sheep
even at half price that have been in
contact with scabby sheep. Every
flock brought in from the west in the
last year is liable to suspicion, and tie
same liability to suspicion attaches TO
every flock with which any individual
western sheep has been even for an
hour in contact.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-03
A "HoTn COLD BANQUET.
sDme inside Information by "A Waiter
from the Bowery who Helped
Serve 1t.

One OF the walters at a popular local res
taurant is a bird of passage from the Bow
cry and was a member of the small army
that served the famous dollar Dinner" in
New York last April A good many stories
have been told of that memorable event,
but none OF them surpass his own in point
OF plcturesqueness and inside detail. 1T
was the funniest push | was ever in in me
life, he says, confidentally. "The Kitchen
was so small they had to cook everything
on the outside, and when il got there it was
dead cold. The second course was haddock,
and each fish come served in a linen bag,
so we could put EN- in tubs of hot water
and warm 'em up-see! Well, some Of the
boys got ratified and served EN- bags and
all, with egg sauce over tn outside. Say,
you'd of died laughing seeing them fellers
tryin TO carve their fish. This is the tough
est auld haddock | liver tackled in me life,
says one Iammany man at the head table I;
its got a skin like a rhinoceris, says he.
In the kitchen there was riot all night
long. 1t was so small the walters couldn' t
reach the dishers,up and they got to scrap
ping for front places in the line. One man
was knocked stiff with a turkey, and when
they picked hun up | thought he was dead.
l did, on the level. But it wasn't blood 1t
was only cranberry sauce. Another turnkey
fell into the salad and one Of the cooks put
can of ice cream in the oven, thinking it
was brown gravy for the beef That's on
the squarejust as I'm telhn' you! But the
worst OF all was when we came to the wine.
1t was Merican champagne in half pints
without ice, and of all the kicking and hol.
leringl One fresh gent told me It was the
only thing he had had that night that was
good and warm, and he had hardly said il
when a waiter that was a little jagged ac.
cidentally poured about quart OF boilin'
coffee down the back of his neck. Say, YOU
ought of heard him cussl Between you and
me, good many walters got to hitting the
wine, and they found one of EN- with Is
empty bottles in his pants leg That's hon
est. ] saw it myself. 1t was the hottest ban
quet | was ever at."-N. o. Times. Demo
Graf
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Mrs. Col. Richardson
SAVED BY MRS. PINKHAM.
[1ErrrR TO MRS. rINrHAM no. 7z,s96I

"You have saved my life, snatched
me from the brink of the grave almost,
and l wish to thank you. About eigh-
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physically. had been troubled with
leucorrhna for some time, but had given
hardly any attention to the trouble.
eat last Inflammation of the womb
and ovaries resulted and then / suf-
fered agonies, had to give up my pro-
fession musician and piano player,
was confined to my bed and life became
a terrible cross. My husband sum
moned the best physicians, but their
benefit was but temporary at best. l
believe / should have contracted the
morphine habit under their care, If my
common sense had not interviewed.
lone day my husband noticed the adj
vertisement of your remedies and i'm
mediately bought me full trial. Soon
the pain in my ovaries was gone. am
now well, strong and robust, walk,
ride wheel, and feel like a girl in her
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story. Mas. Col. E. p. RICHARDSON,
RB1SELANDER, Wis.
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The Battle Field Route.

The Veterans of sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going to attend the
BIRD G. A. X. Annual Eneampment at Phila-
delphia in September, could not select bet
ter nor more historic route than the Big
Four, Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
on the Big Four, all connecting at Indian
apolis or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region of Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: Waynesboro, Gordonsyile, Cedar
Mountain, Rappahannock, Kettle Run,
Manassas, Bull Run, Fairfax, and a score of
others nearly as prominent. Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsylvania Line
direct to Philadelphia There viii be three
rates in effect for this business; LIST. Contin-
uous passage, with no stop-over privilege;
2nd. Going and coming same route with one
stop-over in each direction; Sd. Clrcutous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-over in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates, etc, adj
dress j. c. Tucker, G. N. A., ga Clark St.,
Chicago
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SMALLEST store In the world.

Nicholas Hazleboom, for 40 years a
man-o'-war's man in the United States
navy, is now the proprietor of the small
est store in the world. His diminutive
place of business is located on Milk
street in Boston. The store room is
one foot and three-quarters broad and
two feet deep and seven feet high. Pro-
prietor Hazleboom deals in candy,
which is made by his good wife. Sew
enty years ago he sailed away from
Boston on the sloop-of-war Concord, "a
guns. At that time the ancient mariner
was 10 years old. The Concord was
bound for Russia and carried Randolph,
of Virginia, to the court of the car as
minister from the United States. He
was accompanied, as the old salt re-
members, by two slaves, and when the
voyage was over he declared that he
had seen more men logged on the Con-
cord than he had ever seen on his plan
tation in Virginia, where he had 500
slaves.-Troy Times.
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and then went on to say that when that
commission had made its report the
United States should resist by every
means in its power, as willful aggres-
sion upon its rights and interests, the
appropriation of any lands or The eXer-
else of governmental jurisdiction over
any territory which, after investiga-
ton, we have determined of right be-
long to Venezuela" Continuing, he
said: I'm making these recommends
tions l am fully alive to the response
bilities incurred and keenly realize all
the consequences that may follow"
The congress responded patriotically
to the presidents message, and com
mission to determine the boundary in
dispute was appointed, consisting of
Justice Brewer, Andrew ID. White,
Frederic Il. Coudert, ID. c. Gilman and
IL. II. Alvey. For short time war be-
tween the United States and Great Brit
ain seemed inevitable, but eventually
the London jingo element subsidized,
and the American commission con-
tinued its labors until February %,
1897, when, through the instrumental
ity of the United States, a treaty was
concluded between Great Britain and
Venezuela for arbitrating the subject
in dispute. This treaty stipulated that
the arbitration tribunal should consist
of five members-two to be selected by
Great Britain; one by the president of
the United States of Venezuela and one
by the justices of the supreme court of
the United States, the four to select a
fifth member who should be the presi-
dent of the tribunal The British rep
resentatives are Chief Justice Russell
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ruling was made by the authorities of
British Guiana.
In 1871 the British government sent
Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Ger
man geographer and botanist, to the
South American continent to survey
boundary line between British Guiana
and Venezuela. Without even the sem
blance of authority, Schomburgk took
the mouth of the 0rinoco as starting
point, instead of the Esequibo, and ran
an uncertain line in a southerly direc-
ton, giving to the British colony 10000
or more square miles of territory and
the right bank of the 0rinoco delta.
Venezuela declined to recognize the
survey made by the German botanist,
and protested vigorously against it. In
1874 a new British line was run from
Point on the coast east of Schom-
burgk's line, leaving the mouth of the
Orinoco in Venezuela, but DETECTING
far to the westward in the interior, so
that the new claim covered really more
territory than the old.
The boundary established after
Schomburgk's survey is known as the
Aberdeen line. 1t started on the west
bank of the Maraca river and embraced
large tracts of mining country in the
southeastern section of Venezuela. An
other survey made in 1881, created the
Granville line" 1t added over 100
miles of coast line to the British claims.
Afterward, and until 1887, new claims
were filed by Great Britain, until, at
the beginning of 1898, England includ-
ed all the territory on the right bank of
the Orinoco near its mouth and its
course southerly for nearly 300 miles
in her demands. This strip of land in
cludes the famous Yuruari gold mines,
whose riches, according to the reports
of prospectors, are incalculable. There
is no doubt that it was the discovery of
these mines which determined Great
Britain to demand of Venezuela a re-
linquishment of territorial claims
whose justice had never been seriously
disputed. G. w. WEIPPIERT.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-03
HE WAS REJECTED.
but He stuck to His job and by n
Lucky Hit Won the Coveted
Prize.

at was such a good joke on me, said the
girl in the gray velvet toque 10 the girl in
the blue velvet shoulder cape, as they
stirred their hot chocolate, that | must tell
you.
You know how John has been proposing
to me at regular intervals ever since he was
out of knickerbockers Well, he did it again
the other night, and, with his usual facility
chose an occasion when was very cross.
He did it a little more awkwardly than
usual, too, deliberately choosing the old
fashioned method of offering me his hand
and heart
Here she paused to drink some chocolate
and the girl in blue asked breathlessly what
she said
oh" remarked the other, in the tone Of
one relating an event Of no importance, 81
told him that / believed / was already pro
vided with the full quota of bodily organs
and that | wouldn't deprive him. /"
And what did he say?'
well, Belle, that the funny thing He
seemed to brace up, and said, politely, that
at any rate there was no doubt about my
having my full share of cheek And | was
so delighted to find a man capable of even
that much repartee on being rejected-that
| accepted him. Cincinnati Enquirer
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FILINGS AT WoMANKIND.
Some of Which Smack just a Lit
tie Dit of the Truth-SOme
Are Cnlumnies.

A girl is visiting in town who has dress
trimmed with four miles of lace, and her
hostess is thinking of giving reception
for it.
A woman who knows how easily the men
can be fooled tells everyone who kisses her
that it is the first time she was ever kissed
by man.
1t occurs to a man with some wonder that
his wife never got up as much enthusiasm
over him when she was bride as she gets up
over the new little red baby.
When a woman doesn't know of anything
else nice to say about another woman she
says she has such cute little ways
Every unhappy woman takes pleasure in
thinking of the time when he viii come
back, and it will be too late.
A good many girls have the notion that
some day they may be compelled to sell their
hair and pay off the mortgage on the family
homestead, as the story books relate. An
Atchison girl who had very beautiful hair
became very poor and agreed to sell it for
three dollars. After the hair had been cut
off the purchaser refused to take il, saying
she could get a switch for two dollars in
Kansas City that would answer.-Atchison
Clohe
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SIT CORRECTLY.
- So Doing You VIII DO Much To-
wards Warding on
Dyspepsia.

Schools for physical culture are
nov claiming that we as nation do
not know how to sit correctly. Amer
leans, they say, pay less attention to
the hygiene of attitude in sitting than
do other nations, and the consequence is
that we are degenerating into nation
of dyspeptics.
In France and in Germany school chill
dren get regular course of instruction
us to the correct attitude to be adopted
in sitting, and in those countries stom-
ach troubles are far less prevalent than
in countries where no precautions are
taken to teach children to sit without
relaxing themselves.
A relaxed position in sitting, it is
said, causes the stomach to lse crowded
out of position. After time the mis-
placement becomes chronic. When the
stomach is proiapsed the food cannot
readily find its way out of it, and, be-
ing retained there longer than il should
be, undergoes fermentation, and putre-
faction processes are set up whereby
the system is not-only robbed of the nu-
TRENT elements necessary for the prop
er nourishment of the blood and repair
of the tissues, but, through the con-
version of the food into ptomaines and
other poisonous substances, the whole
body is contaminated.
On these grounds, physicians who
teach physical culture assert that it is
not the ice water that we drink nor the
soda water, nor the amount of smoking
that men folk indulge in, that cause us
to be a nation of dyspeptics, but the bad
postures that we adopt when sitting.
A correct attitude in sitting requires
proper height and width of seat, desk
or table of the proper height when
desk work IS required, and proportion
ate amount of care upon the part of the
pupil to sit upon his seat in a proper
position.
The height of the chair you sit in
while writing and that of the desk you
write at are matters of the greatest inn
portance. The seat of the chair should
be exactly one-quarter of your height
from the floor Thus if you are five feet
high the chair seat should be Is inches.
The width of the seat should exactly
CHudl It's anu II SiiChiA ShoPC
backward three-quarters of an incH to
the foot The back should be trifle
higher than the seat and sloped slight
ly, but not too much.
Finally, your desk should be two
thirds as high again as the seat of your
chair. Thus, if your chair seat is IS
inches, the desk should be 30 inches in
height.
The relation of the person to the seat
should be such that while the hips and
shoulders touch the back of the seat,
the other portions of the back remain
clear. The center of the back cannot
touch the back of the seat without re-
taxation of the muscles and resulting
fairness of the chest, and perhaps of the
stomach, provided, of course, the seat
back has backward curvature.-St.
Louis Republic
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YIidSummer Hats.

There are countless new hats and
there are very few women now who
cannot boast of at least one French hat
in their summer outfit. The hats in
tended for midsummer wear are most
attractive and the coloring is exquisite.
Flowers are used in reckless profusion
and there are some very odd combina-
tons of coloring due to having both rib
bon and flowers on the same hat. One
very smart hat, intended for wear at
Newport, is of pink straw, trimmed
with deeper pink roses and taffeta bow
of shade of heliotrope. There is also
yelling of a very pale shade of hello
trope that shades both the bow and the
flowers and makes them tone together
in the most artistic fashion.
Roses are the favorite flowers this
summer, and in every possible and
many impossible shades. Masses of
them are put together on the rough yell
low straws, or one single rose will be
seen on the fine white straw bonnets.
For everyday wear the old-fashioned
panama hat is again fashionable. 1t is
trimmed with black velvet and black
cock feathers and is on the shape of the
sailor hat and of light weight-Cincin-
matt Enquirer
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WILL ARM TRANSPORTS.
Fear That FiIipinos Might Attack Our
Troop-Laden ships Causes Prompt
Action to he Taken.

1t has been found advisable, on ac-
count of information received by the
Washington authorities, to arm gov
eminent transports used in the carry
ing of troops TO the Philippines. These
ships have not carried any means of de-
Tense, and are at the mercy of the
smallest craft equipped with one rapid
fire gun. The latter would be able to
sink the largest of the transports,
which is nothing but a shipload of peo-
pie, whose weapons would avail nothing
in an attack at sea.
The authorities decline to confirm
the rumor that the war department has
had advices of plan of the Filipinos
to establish a small navy for depreda-
ton purposes, as a means of getting
materials of war landed at convenient
ports and as a system of attack upon
our army transports. They admit the
transports are to be armed at once, and
the equipment will be furnished with
such promptness that the navy will be
called upon to supply the guns and am
munition. 1t is planned to place one
OF TWO SlA-pOuHQtES Ou SdcH lEdlSpOI L,
and these will serve to resist the attack
of anything the Filipinos are likely to
bring against the ships.
The emergency with which the war
department has been confronted in this
equipment of the transports has en-
barrassed the officials, who found the
ordnance department possessed no
guns which could be utilized for this
purpose. Only Is six-pounders will be
needed, but the army ordnance officers
reported they could not furnish them,
and did not know when they could.
Contractors who held orders for such
guns and ammunition have failed to de-
liver the material, and no amount of
threatening correspondence has pro-
duced results. 1t became necessary to
borrow from the navy the 16 guns, and
the guns have been shipped from the
Brooklyn navy yard to the Washington
gun shops, where they will be fitted for
service.
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Dangers of REORGANIZATION.

Landlady-I s'pose you noticed that
long-whiskered old gentleman who sat
opposite you at dinner to-day? That
is Prof. Driebones, and you can have
scientific exploration-str angest thing
you ever heard.
New Boarder-W What is?
Landlady-The object of his tour
He has been told that prehistoric
cave has been discovered out west, and
in it sat ten skeletons around petri-
fed table.
New Boarder-Well. well, Why
didn't the fools change their boarding
house sooner?- Y. Weekly.
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up by the Dutch government included
the provinces of Demarara. Berhice
and Esequibo, the river of the latter
name being claimed as the correct
boundary by Venezuela. However, the
boundary between Guiana and Nene-
zuela and between Guiana and Brazil
was never accurately established, and
this fact was the ostensible cause of
the dispute which is now being settled
by the Paris tribunal. incidentally ii
might be mentioned that similar mis-
understanding, based ON the same
cause, is now awaiting settlement be-
tween France and Brazil.
Venezuela's claim that the Esequibo
is the legal boundary has been re-
peatedly acknowledged by England,
notably in 1871, when a British court
in Demarara recognized the South
American republics jurisdiction over
the Maraca river, which is located but
a short distance west of the Esequibo
river; and again in 1874, when a similar