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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28
(First publication December %, 1897
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

GTATE OF WISCONSIN County Court for
- Pierce County. In probate.
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
county, at the County Court room in the village
of Ellsworth in said county, on the first Tues
day, (being the 9Th day. of February, A. ID.
1850, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following matters
will be held and considered:
The application of R MeGregor, administra-
tor or the estate Of Jay E.. Loucks, late of the
city of River Falls, in said county, deceased,
for the examination and allowance of his final
account, of his administration and for the as
signment of the residue of the estate of jay E.
LOucks, deceased, to such other persons as are
by law entitled to the same.
Dated December 10, A. d. 1899.
By order OF the Court,
ALLEN T. WELD,
(3aW3) County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28

Missouri has sold mules, mostly for
war purposes, the past year, to the
amount Of IS, 200, coo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28

Pains in the chest when a person
has a cold indicate a tendency toward
pneumonia. A piece Of flannel
dampened with Chamberlain's Pain
Balm and bound on TO the chest over
the seat of pain will promptly relieve
the pain and prevent the threatened
attack of pneumonia. This same
treatment will cure a lame back in a
few hours. Sold by r. S. Freeman &
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28
(First publication Dec, II, 1897
OFFICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT

CTAIE OF WISCONSIN COUNT COURT
y for Pierce county. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at q regular term
of the County Court to be held i'll and for said
county at the county court room in the village
Tuesday, (being the 9th day. of February, A
D. 1900, at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following matters
will be held and considered:
The application of Theodore A. Bake, ex.
ecutor OF the will of Helle Bake, late of the
town of Martell. in said county, deceased
for the examination and allowance of his ina
account of his administration and for the as
signment of the residue of the estate of Helle
Bake. deceased. to such other persons az
are by law entitled tothe same.
Dated December II, A. d. 1899.
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p. WELD,
Nils T. HAUGEN, County Judge.
AttOrT ey for Executor. 36w3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28
Of the CONGREGATIONAL Church.

VI tHO OUHJI CJNtb'OHWI
Pres, WILLIAM MARTIN,
Vice Pres, Roy NICHOLS,
Sec'y, LAURA BURR,
Treas, ANNIE WATSON,
Chairman of Lookout Com, Philip GLASS
/" " Prayer Meeting Com. b DEANS
" T" Missionary Com, Mr.. MCINTOSH,
Flower Com, LAURA WELD,
" Social Com, SARAH POWELL,
I" "Press and Good Lit, Il. ADAMS,
Meetings every Sunday evening at TOO
O'Clock in church parlOrs.
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ONO.

We wish you all a Happy New Year
There was a Xmas tree in the Salem
school house Thursday evening and one
in the Harrison school house Saturday
night.
Nj. Thomas is still on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uri Martin Of Maiden
Rock visited relatives here Friday.
viii Young was in Maiden Rock Fri
day.
Mr.. Grunde is building an addition to
his blacksmith shop.
Miss Mabel Stevens has a new organ.
Miss Managal will have a weeks vaca-
ton in her school.
Frank Sanford and Dave Ainidon went
to Hartford, Wis, Saturday to visit rela-
tiyes.
Jas. McNeal and family left for Ian
sing, Iowa, Friday on a visit to relatives.
Misses Grace Marsh, Edith Holt and
Mable Marsh are home from Ellsworth
for a two weeks vacation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28

New Orleans has shipped 3,000,000
bushels of corr the past season. The
most of this is said to have been pur-
chased by the Beers of the Transvaal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28

The number of gallons of brandy
made in France last year was ] zoo, 000
but there were exported 1900, 900
gallons. What was added to the
l 600. 900 gallons to make the increase?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-12-28

Since 1873 New Zealand has export
ed more than 100000, 600 rabbit skins.
The people of that country are deyel-
oping a new industry from the result
of the rabbit pests that destroy their
crops. They can the flesh and send it
to Europe where it finds a ready sale.
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TI||!Ill1pee
m%FFRAlND@Fa AFQPI
By RoBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
w By ROBERT LOUIS 5TEvEN5(
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

quite a stranger to him, had the eyes
of an old friend or an old enemy. And
the boy would give him no peace; he
seemed profoundly Indifferent to what
al going on, o r rather abstraeted
from 1t in a superior contemplation,
beating gently with his feet against
the bars OF the chair, and holding his
hands folded on his lap. But, for4aH
that, his eyes kept following the Doc
tor about the room with as%houghtful
fxity Of gaze. Desprez coald not tell
or the boy was fascinating him. He
busted himself over the sick man: he
put questions, he felt mis- pulse, he
TESTED, he grew a little BOT and swore:
and still, whenever he looked round,
there were the brown e3es waiting for
his with the same induiring, melan-
choly gaze.
At last the Doctor hit on the solu-
ton at a leap. He remembered the
look now. The little fellow, although
he was as straight as s dart, had tho
eyes that go usually with a crooked
back; he was not at all deformed, and
yet a deformed person seemed to be
looking at you from below his brows.
The Doctor drew a long breath, he was
so much relieved to find a theory (for
he loved theories) and to explain away
his interest.
For all that, he despatched the in
valid with unusual haste, and, still
Enna1inn nyfth - l-nna an tho Annr
turned a little round and looked the
boy over at his leisure. The boy was
not in the least put out, but looked
placidly back at the Doctor.
"Is this your father?" asked Des-
PREF.
ooh, no." returned the boy; my
master"
Are you fond of him?" continued
the Doctor.
mo, sir" said the boy.
Madame Tentaillon and Desprez ex-
changed expressive glances.
THAT is bad, my man." resumed the
latter, with a shade Of sternness
Every one should be fond of the dy-
ing, or conceal their sentiments: and
your master hsre is dying. II / have
watched a bird a little while stealing
my cherries, / have q thought Of dis
appointment when he flies away over
my garden wall, and I see him steer ful
the forest and vanish How much more
a creature such as this, so strong.
so astute, so richly endowed with faeul-
ties! When I think that, in a few
hours, the speech will be silenced, the
breath e~xtirct, and ven the shadow
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his feet dangling. These three were the
only occupants, except the shadows.
But the shadows were a company in
themselves; the extent of the room
exaggerated them to a gigantic size,
and from the low position of the candle
he light struck upward and produced
deformed foreshortenings. The mounte-
banks profile was enlarged upon the
wall in caricature, and it was strange
TO see his 1os shorten and lengthen
as the flame was blown about by
draughts. AS for Madame Tentaillon,
her shadow vas no more than a gross
hump OF shoulders, with now and again
. hemisphere of head. The chair legs
were spindled out as long as stills, and
the boy sat perched atop of them, like
q cloud, in the corner of the roof.
1t was the boy who took the Doctors
fancy. He had a great arched skull,
the forehead and the hands of a musi-
clan, and a pair of haunting eyes. 1t
was not merely that these eyes were
large, or steady, or the softest ruddy
brown. There was a look in them, be.
sides, which thrilled ths Doctor, and
made him half uneasy. He was sure
he had seen such a look before, and
yet he could not remember how or
where. It was as if this boy, who was
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vanished from the wall, I who never
saw him, this lady who knew him
only as a guest, are touched with some
affection"
The boy was silent for a little, and
appeared to be rejecting.
You did not know him." he replied
at last. "He was a bad man."
He is a little pagan" said the land
lady. For that matter, they are all the
same, these mountebanks, tumblers.
artists, and what not. They have no
interior"
But the Doctor was still scrutinizing
the little pagan, his eyebrows knotted
and uplifted.
What is your name?" he asked.
"Jean-Marie," said the lad.
Desprez leaped upon him with one
OF his sudden flashes of excitement,
n felt his head all over from an
chronological point of view.
Celtic, Celtic!!" he said.
"Celtic!" cried Madame Tentaillon.
who had perhaps COMPOUNDED the word
with hydrocephalous. poor lad! is
it dangerous?"
That depends" returned the Doctor,
grimly. And then once more address
ing the boy: And what do you do for
your living, Jean-Marie?" he inquired,
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and they made off again in dudgeon.
BY ten Madame Tentaillon was gravely
alarmed, and had sent down the street
for Doctor Desprez.
The Doctor vas at work over his
manuscripts in n corner OF the little
dining-room, and his wife was asleep
over the fire in another, when the mes
ssenger arrived.
"Sapristi!'' said the Doctor, "you
should have sent for me before. 1t was
q case for hurry" And he followed
the messenger as he was, in his Slip
pers and sku1l-cap.
The inn was not thirty yards away,
but the messenger did not stop there;
he went in at one door and out by an
other into the court, and then led the
way by a flight of steps beside the
stable, to the loft where the mounte-
bank lay sick. If Doctor Desprez were
to live a thousand years, he would never
forget his arrival in that room; for not
only was the cen picturesque, but
the moment made a date in his exist
ence. We reckon our lives, / hardly
0A0" hOyy IL A1N VA w AASS
sorry appearance in society, as if from
q first humiliation; for no actor can
come upon the stage with a worse
grace. Not to. go further back, which
would be judged too curious, there are
subsequently many moving and decis-
i've accidents in the lives of all which
would make as logical a period as this
Gf birth. And here, for instance,
Doctor Desprez, a man past forty, who
had made what is called a failure in
life, and was moreover married, found
himself at a new point Of departure
when he opened the door Of the loft
above Tentaillon's stable.
1t was a large place, lighted only by
o single candle set upon the floor. The
-mountebank lay on his back upon a
pallet; q large man, with a Quixotic
nos infiamed with drinking. Madame
Tentaillon stopped W him, applying
n hot water and mustard e~mbrocation
TO his feet; and on a chair close by sat
a little fellow Of eleven or twelve, with
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IT tumble" was the answer.

$50! Tumble?" repeated Desprez.
Probably healthful. I hazard the
guess. Madame Tentaillon, that tumb-
ling is a healthful way Of life. And
have you never done anything else
but tumble?'
Before I learned that, I used to
steal," answered Jean-Marie gravely.
Upon my word!' cried the Doctor.
"fou are a nice little nan for your
age. Madame, when my confrere
comes from Bourron, you will COM
municate my unfavorable opinion. I
leave the case in his hands; but of
course, on any alarming symptom,
o all If there should be a sign Of
rally, do not hesitate to knock me up.
l am a doctor no longer, I thank God;
but | have been one. Good night,
madame Good sleep to you. jean
Marie"
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-02
Arc You Using Aliens Foot-Ease7

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Z.
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II.
ocrOR


always rose early.
Before the smoke
arose, before the
first cart ratified
over the bridge to
the days labor in
the fields, he was to
be found wandering
in his garden. Now
he would pick a
bunch of grapes;
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They Don't waste Much.

one / had yesterday"
'It is, sir. Oh, how stupid of them;
I'm afraid they've given you the same
one again."-Ally Sloper.
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Till the Well Rams Dry. ,


Profanity" said the long-haired pas
senger, sis SO utterly useless"
Wrong" said the short-haired pas
senger. II can make my wife hopping
mad any time by swearing a little."-
indianapolis Journal.
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In Kentucky travellers say a general
store is usually kept by a colonel. This
is true in the major portion of the
state, If private information can be re-
lied upon.-Somerville Journal.
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CHAPTER I.

HEY had sent for
the doctor from
lBourron before six.
About eight some
villagers C a M e
round for the per-
Torrance and were
told how matters
stood. It seemed a
liberty for a
mountebank to fall
i'll like real people,
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Hush! Don't You Hear the Baby CryY
The only safe medicine for sour curd collie in
nursing babies is Cascarets Candy Cathartic.
Make mothers milk mildly purgative. Drug
gists. 1occ, 25c, SOC.
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PATENTS.


List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern InventOrs.
Anton T.. Anderson and G.. M. Roland,
st. Hilaire, Mimi, rope clamp; William
H. Baker, Deadwood, s. D., separating
precious METALS from ores; Andrew L..
Ellingson, Austin, Mimi. car coupling;
Alfred Johnson, Minneapolis, Mimi,
wheat dryer; Godfried Laube, Huron,
s. d., Dreaming can; Joseph L. Ny
lander, Duluth, Minn., roller attach
ment for sleds; Otto Treibel and G. A..
Nier, st. Paul, Mimi, indicating fun
mel.
Merwin. Lothrop & Johnson Patent At.
torneys. 010 Pioneer Press Bldg. st. Paul
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. SAILORS STORY
OLD SALT ON WAVES 100 FEET
HIGH.

Would Crush a Ship II They Fell on
Her Deck-No Wave Higher Than
so Feet Ever HAS Been Seen, So 1t is
Averred. "
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Jonah's experience was an example
of prophet and loss.
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The office of liberality consists In
giving with judgment.-Cicero.
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Every brave man shuns, more than
death, the shame of lying.-Corneille.
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Our worst m~isfortunes hover on the
brink Of our apprehensions.
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God shines after the storm, and the
raindrops of tears beco1ae diamonds.
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Fools love the martyrdom of fame
Byron.
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An Excellent Combination.


The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF Figs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA Ere SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. Il
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effeetually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitua1 constipation per-
m~anently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and SUBJ
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating thems make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process OF manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
FIG r Co
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
| Ky. NEW YORK N. z.
For sale by all Druggasts.-Price SOC. per hefne
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Unfortunate

Eichenstein-Dat vas an awful ting
happened to Isaacs.
SolomnS-Vat dat vas?
Eichenstein-Had a fire und lost his
insurance bolicy In de excitement
Ohio State Journal.
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Light Is the symbol Of truth.-Low-
ell.
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.
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When asked IL he had ever seer a
wave 100 feet high, the old sea captain
smut his weather Eye, whistled low and
long and, looking up at the masthead,
ron1do1.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-06-22
TO GET MORE PRACTICE.
Efficiency OF the Artil he rists Manning
the shore Batteries to BE
Greatly Increased.

With a view to increasing the eff
cheney of the artillerists manning the
batteries protecting the shores of the
United States instructions have been
given by the war department for addi-
tional practice with the great guns.
Each battery of heavy artillery is au-
thorized beginning July /, to fire year
ly, in addition to its present allowance,
ten rounds of eight-inch ammunition
and five rounds of ten-inch ammuni-
ton. The ammunition expended under
previous orders limited the rounds to
Is for the three-inch breech-loading
rifle, ten for the eight-inch muzzle-
loading converted rifle, three each for
the eight-inch breech-loading rifle, ten
inch breech-loading rifle and the -
inch breech-loading rife; ten for the
ten-inch smooth bore and eight for the
15-inch smooth bore.
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army, which is sure TO be productive
of much good for both the army and
the national guard, from which the
great majority of the volunteers were
drawn.
The most notable case of rapid pro-
motion coming to an army officer in
the volunteers is that of Mai Gen.
Wood. AT the breaking out of the war
Gen. Wood was captain in the medi-
cal department of the army, on duty al
Washington. His first appointment as
colonel of the rough riders came as a
reward for valuable service performed
on the frontier, and later promotions
have been more than earned.
+ There are many other notable eases
of rapid promotion, coming either all
at one time or step by step. For in
stance, the colonel of the First Wash
ington infantry, which has given such
good account of itself, is first lieu
tenant of the Twenty-fourth regular
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CHILD WITH A GIANTS LIMB.
Remarkable Operation by Phila-
deJphia SurReon-DefOrmed
Leg Pared Down.

The Philadelphia County Medical So
ciety had a remarkable case of ortho-
pedic surgery presented to it the other
day when DR.. James Z. Mann exhibited
the successful results of an operation
he had recently performed. The pa
tient was IA l2-year-old boy whose right
leg and foot were of normal size. but
the left leg was as large as full-grown
mans, while the foot was so big that
Il mans No. IA shoe was necessary to
incase it, The foot was IL inches long
and the three smaller toes measured
six inches in circumference and So
inches in length. A remarkable fea-
ture was that the bony as well as the
soft tissues were enlarged. DR.. Mann,
after subjectOg the foot to the X rays,
made deep missions and pared down
the bones, besides cutting away the soft
tissues. The lads foot was then in
cased in plaster of paris.
The plaster was removed in the pres
cnce of a number of medical men, when
it was found that the operation had
been entirely successful, and that not
only was the foot of normal size, but
within a few days the boy will be able
to walk with it.
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infantry. Another first lieutenant who
commanded regiment of volunteers is
Walter II. Gordon. who commanded
the First Delaware infantry. Still an
other promotion. equally as great. was
that of Roy B. Harper, a Junior second
lieutenant of the Seventh cavalry in
the regular establishment, and who
was mustered out of the volunteer serv-
ice last fall as lieutenant colonel of the
First Illinois cavalry. He was the only
second lieutenant who reached so high
a rank in the volunteer service.
There were several captains of the
regular service commanding regiments
of volunteers, or serving with equally
high rank in the staff departments, and
so it went through every grade of the
army. Many officers in this way Sc
cured the coveted opportunity to dis
play their ability and win recognition
MAX OWEN.
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THE ARMY OFFICERS
OPPORTUNITY
MANY OF THEr FOUND 1T IN THE vol
UNTEER SERVICE

From this table it can be seen that
every department of the army and
every regiment of the line contributed
to the volunteer service. These army
officers were found in all branches and
DEPARTMENTS of the volunteer service,
and in almost every case their assist
ance to the volunteers was valuable.
In some cases these commissions at
an increased rank in the volunteer serv-
ice came came as a reward for duty
well done ia the regular service, and
were the presidents appointments. In
other cases in the state volunteers the
commissions were given to army OIL
GERS originally from the states in which
they were appointed, or those who had
served with the national guard of the
states. Some of these commissions
were sought for and some were not,
but in practically every case the trust
reDosed in the men who received them
was proved TO be well placed.
Because of this intermingling OF
army and volunteer officers there is to-
day a better appreciation of the regu-
lar army on the part of the general
public. and better appreciation of the
volunteers on the part OF the regular
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country needed trained men, and it
turned to the army to get them to a
great extent Not only was this true
of the national government, but of the
states as well, and ON the roster of the
volunteer officers appointed by the gov
ernors of states were hundreds of reg
ular army officers whose training and
intelligence had secured for them pro-
motion for time at least, and pro-
motion at such time meant in
creased opportunities.
A glance through the Army Register
of this year shows to what extent this
practice of utilizing army officers for
important positions in the volunteer
army was carried. The following table
shows the number of officers of each
grade in the army and the total of all
grades. and also the number of officers
of each grade in the army holding vol
unteer commissions of grade higher
than their regular army rank. These
figures include all branches of the serv-
ice and both staff and line.