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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
NEW SHORT STORIES.
How Bryan wus Introduced - The
Trooper and General BuIler-Ba-
den-PoweII Was Frightened.

"That story that Senator Towne told
on w. J. Bryan the other day reminds
me Of one that Mr.. Bryan told in q
company where l was guest" said
Representative Dave Mercer. "Short-
ly after Bryan had arrived in Lincoln
and begun the practice of law it got
noised about that he was good speak
er, and he was somewhat in demand
at meetings in the small places.
zone night he was asked to speak at
a schoolhouse 10 miles from Lincoln.
He drove over. The night was bitterly
cold, and Bryan fastened to the big
stove when he got into the room. While
he was thawing out a little, wizened
Irishman came up to him and intro
duced himself as the chairman of the
meeting.
"'Now, I'll tell you what want you
to do said Mr.. Bryan to the chair
man after they had exchanged greet
ings. L have driven 10 miles to talk
for your people. OF course do not
expect any fee, but when you introduce
me wish you would say, Ladies' and
gentlemen, you win now be addressed
by w. ]. Bryan, the rising young at
torney of Lincoln" l think the little
advertisement / shall get is no more
than my due
"The chairman agreed, and they re-
hearsed the introduction several times
until the chairman was sure he had it
letter perfect. Then the meeting was
called to order. When Bryan's turn
came, the chairman rose, started to
speak, stopped, started again and then
looked at Bryan in a helpless sort of
way. Go on whispered Bryan.
1.-THE chairman took a long breath
and blurted, Ladies and gentlemen,
Misthur O'Brien will shpake.' "-Cleve-
land World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Baden-Powem Was Frightened.

A Cape correspondent at Pretoria
says that when Baden-Powen was on
the point of embarking upon the south
bound train plump, pleasant looking
little woman tapped him on the arm.
"Good morning, sir" she said. "Are you
not General Baden-Powell? I am Mrs.
Sarel Eloff."
Baden Powell looked little scared.
"You know you took my husband
prisoner at Mafeking."
"Oh, yes" said Baden-Powell, still
nervous. you see, he came and tried
to kill us, so we took him prisoner"
"Oh, know" said Mrs Eloff, accept
ing the apology, and then after some
conversation they parted, Baden-Pow-
ell saying as he entered the train:
"Your husband was very brave man.
I don't think he bore me any malice,
and hope you don't" And the CHEEKY
little person, who, by the way, was by
no means In anything approaching
mourning, replied brightly:
mo; of course not. You were very
kind to him."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Old people Have Their Troubles.

Mr.. Francis Little of Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, is over eighty years Of age.
Since 1865 he has been troubled more
or less with indigestion and constlpa-
tion and has tried almost everything
Ia use for those ailments. Last Aug
ust he began using Chamberlain
Stomach and Liver Tablets and was
soon feeling much better. In recent
letter he says, II have used three boxes
of the Tablets and now think l am
we'll" These Tablets improve the APP
petite and inyigorate the stomach,
liver and bowels. For sale by R. S.
Freeman & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

The new town of Ridgeland, in
Dunn county, plated little over a
year ago, already has newspaper
the Ridgeland Record-the first mum.
Der OF which was issued Oct. II. 1t is
a slx-column sheet. The railroad
reached the place last October, and
already it boasts three general stores,
a hardware store, hotel, barber shop,
blacksmith shop, lumber yard, livery
stable, grain warehouse, cheese fac
tory, agricultural and machinery
building and saloon. 1t is OF course
supplied with the indispensable pro-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, lawyer, preach
er, teacher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
''wEIr. MAKE THINGS HOWL"

er end of the gangway, smoking CT
gar, a tail trooper of Strathcona's
horse. As the general stepped on board
the troope touched his bi G cowboy hat
and shouted, "Waal, gooGiby, general"
The general looked up and smiled and,
at the same time recognt Eing the uni
form. said. "Oh, Strathc ona's horse"
The trooper said, "You be T." The gen.
eral put out his hand, shook hands
with the trooper and saiti, 81 hope to
see your regiment In England" To
which the man replied. 81 guess Wen
get there all right, and tell the queen
we're coming, and Wen make, things
howl too" Our correspondent. adds:
This shows what fine general he Isl
not proud and white man ever. inch
Of him. We have been with him since
we came olEt here and, like all his
troops. woul follow him anywhere -
London Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Fall Term in Progress.
Second Term Opens Nov. 4.
Students Admitted at Any Time

English, Latin and German Courses
of Four Years. These lead up to
the Diploma which becomes a
Life State Certificate.
Elementary Course of Two Years.
This leads up to a Five Years
State Certificate.
No Tuition to those who enter these
with intention to teach in Wis
consin.
Tuition by the quarter in Prepare
tory, $3.50; Grammar Grades, SO;
intermediate 81; Primary, $3.50;
Kindergarten is Free; The Model
Schools are MODEL and merit the
excellent patronage they have al
ways received.
For other information address the
President, w. J. BRIER.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

The farmers are shipping sugar
beets to the factory at ST. Paul. There
was quite an acreage planted In this
vicinity, much in the nature OF an
experiment. We have not learned
what the result Of this experiment is
except in a few cases. Reports of the
yield to the acre vary from seven to
fourteen tons TO the acre. The season
was against the best results. Some
farmers say the crop does not pay,
as the cost Of labor to care for them
takes off the profits.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Bids for County Funds Depository
Wanted.

In compliance with section sos of the Revised
Statutes, all banks, banking institutions and
the annual meeting of the county board of
Pierce County to convene on the 18th day of
November, 1901, there win be placed before said
board for its action and approval any and all
bids from any such bank, banking inititution or
trust company for the deposits OF the funds of
said county, for the year commencing January
county clerk at least one day before the meet
ing of said board and must state the rate OF in
terest the bidder win pay on daily balances,
such interest being computed and credited to
the county at the end of each month, and such
deposits and accrued interest being held subject
to draft and payment at all times on demand.
Dated Ellsworth, Oct IL, 1901
o. j. HOHLE,
County Clerk, Pierce Co, Wis
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
What's Your Face Worth?

Sometimes fortune, but never If
you have sallow plexion, a jaun-
diced look, moth patches and blotches
on the skin, -all signs of Liver trouble
But DR.. Kings New Life Pills give
clear skin, rosy cheeks, rich com plex-
ion. Only 25c at Taggart's drug store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
(First publication Oct. 81, 1901
PROBATE NOTICE,
CTATE or WISCONSIN,. Connty Comb

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court Tor
y Pierce County. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the special
term of the County Court to be held In aud for
said county at the county court room in the
village Of Ellsworth, in said county, on the last
Tuesday, fbeing the 26th day OF November,
A. ID. 1901, at 1000 O'Clock a m, the following
matter win be heard and cOnsidered:
The application OF Betsey M. Blood for the
appointment OF ID. ID. Proctor as administrator
of the estate of Lucy De Elite Blood, late OF the
city OF River Falls, in said county, deceased
Dated Oct 20, A. ID. 1901.
By order oil the Court,
ALLEN Z. WELD, County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31


wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
ommendedfo for everything butt you havekid-
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
Just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor TO pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Egf-
send your address to sgals:rs 0sI::s
DR.. Kilrner & Co., Bing III 4 ss e.:
hamton, NJ Y. The IsGs ~ e
regular fifty cent and Home Of swAmp-Toot.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

The excitement incident to travel
ing and change Of food and water often
brings on diarrhoea, and for this rea-
son no one should leave home without
bottle of Cham berlain's Collie, Chol
era and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale
by r. S. Freeman & Son.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Too Emphatic.

Young Lady-How much?
Telegraph Operator - Twenty hve
cents.
"For that one word 'yesp"
"Yes'm; same price for ten wordsNor
less. You can repeat the yes ten times
IL you wish"
''Um-n-o; that wouldn't look WELL
It's an answer to a proposal Of mar
riage."-New York Weekly. 49,.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

A simple remedy for warts Is dram
OF sallcylic acid with an ounce of col
lodlon In a bottle which has tiny
brush run through the cork. Apply
this mixture TO the warts twice day
and in few days they will dry up and
fall off Ladies' Home Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

Makes assimilation perfect, healthy
blood, firm muscles, strong nerves.
Quickens the brain, makes and keeps
you we'll. Great medicine, Rocky
Mountain Tea 35c. G. r. Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Stepped lntoI.lve Goals

when a child | burned my foot
frightfully," writes w. II. Eads of
Jonesville, Va, (which caused horrible
leg sores for 80 years, but Bucklen's
Arnica SalVe wholly cured me after
everything else failed" InfalIible for
Burns, Scalds Cuts, Sores, Bruises and
Piles. Sold by @. Il Taggart, 25c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
Does 1t pay to Buy Cheap?

A cheap remedy for coughs and
colds is ali right, but you want some
thing that will relieve and cure the
more severe and dangerous results Of
throat and lung troubles. What shall
you do? Go to a warmer and more
regular climate? Yes, II possible; If
not possible for you, then In either
case take the ONLY remedy that has
been introduced in all civilized coun-
tries with success in severe throat and
lung troubles, "Boschee's German
Syrup" 1t not only heals and stimu-
lates the tissues TO destroy the germ
disease, but allays Inflammation,
causes easy expectoratl0n, gives a
good nights rest, and cures the pa
tlent Try ONE bottle. Recommend
ed many years by all druggists in the
world. Get Green's Prize Almanac.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

The proper length of the forehead
is one-third of the length Of the face;
the nose should also measure one
third, the mouth and chin together
the other.-Ladies Home journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
The Trooper and General BuIIer.

We are asked by one of our CORE
spondents, a trooper in Strathconas
horse, to publish the following account
Of an amusing incident which occurred
on the occasion of the departure Of
General Butler last year from Cape
Town by the mail steamer. AS the
general was passing from the wharf to
the ship there was standing at the 9TH
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

cures made BY Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
The great kidney. liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
caltriumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilraer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
A -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

To make good tea and coffee the
water should be taken at the first
bubble Remember, continued boiling
causes the water TO part with its gases
and become fiat. This is the cause of
much bad tea and coffee. Ladies'
Home Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

In the collecting of perfumes two
processes are employed. In one, the
grease process, boxes with glass bot
toms are prepared, the bottom being
covered with pure grease or suet, and
the flowers gathered fresh every day
during the season are laid on trays in
the box, the grease being left to absorb
their fragrance. In the oil process the
place of grease is taken by cotton bat
ting saturated with oil, the process be-
ing substantially the same.
Oregon has been known as the Web
foot State. During the rainy season
the precipitation is so constant and
heavy that 1t is humorously said the
climate of that state is best appreciated
by animals having webbed feet. 1t is
also called the Beaver State, from the
former abundance Of these animals
along its water courses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

We, the j ury, find that the deceaS, I'd
came TO his death from heart fnilur, :,
caused by r4ot taking Rocky Noun taiL :
Tea made by Madison Medicine Coz
Soc. @. r. TaggaTt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

The etiquette that makes US do an
insincere act is an etiquette to be
avoided Honesty Of action is the
foundation Of the finest msnnets.--
Ladies Home Journal,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure TO know of the wonderful
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-10-31

Vast nickel deposits, the largest in
the world, have been located in south
ern Oregon.
The age-herald., 1901-11-17
.Shont Dresses aud Less Dssease.

world, has never made the profound sen- sation that little Bayonne has in her chief commissioner of the local board of health.
 This august parsonage has determined that the ladies of Bayonne shall no long CT be a part of the street cleaning de- partment of the town, and they shall no longer work against the health of the citizens as distributors of the germs Of disease. He Is of the opinion that the local board has the power to enforce women to wear short skirts-how short tbe specifications do not state-and he hopes to make it a serious misdemeanor Tor women to sweep the pavements with their skirts
 This progressive citizens name Is Meigs. He has convinced the fair young demoiselles and the attractive matrons mat germs of disease are to be found on their skirts, and that they are, in spite ot their bewitching beauty, not angles or light but angels of contagion and death. The edges of dresses worn by the most fashionable ladies of Bayonne were carefully scraped and dusted The scrap ings and dust were bottled labeled and sent to a bacteriologist for examination. In due course of time another meeting was called and the report on the dust from each lady's dress was read aloud. It was shown that the germs of diphthe- ria, typhoid, pneumonia, consumption, scarlet fever, smallpox and other infec- tious and contagious diseases were found in each and every ssmpie sshzsttsd- At
The age-herald., 1901-11-17

arrived in this. made some feeble efforts to get together a practice. Some of the old Harlem squatters still remember the sCrokers. but no one particularly recalls little Dick" The only definite thing now recalled Is that the veterinary sur geon' had pronounced Orange tendencies and could not get along with his Cath olic countrymen on that account. One day he came home from an Orangeman's parade and made a sneering allusion to the Papacy. He was promptly knocked down by old Colonel Bowe, whose son afterward became sheriff of New York.
 Goes into Ward Politics.
 Such schooling as Richard Croker got in his life he Is indebted for to the public school which still stands in East Thirty seventh street near Third avenue. He was 12 years old when he began attend ing it, and, of course fit only for the primary. His teachers remembered Rich ard Croker in after years as a boisterous. noisy, dark-haired urchin. During his last year there he was many time sent home with had "rate' for fighting. It is further recorded that Dick could not read without spelling out the words aloud.
 Even at that early age Richard Croker was the leader of the gang" They were his schoolmates and Principal Wood had no end of trouble with them. It is mo- torious that Croker, ST. never had any influence over his son Dick" The moth-
The age-herald., 1901-11-17
Party Reorganization zn LzgAt of Nou $

It is an imperceptible quantity.
 To come to the ex-Secretary of the Navy. As soon as Richard CrolSer's can didate for Mayor was nominated. MT. Whitney rushed into print with a letter of fulsome indorsement. In the opinion of the great street car combination. Mir. Shepard's selection seemed to be the most important political event that had taken place in the history of the Democracy since the first nomination of William Jen- nings Bryan, when Whitney walked out of the convention hall at Chicago. never setting his foot inside one since that faraway day. By him the Tammany can- didate was pointedly referred to as the man who was destined to reorganize the party not in New York City and state, but all over the Union. To the great mill lionare this able and eminent trust law yer was a second Moses. who was to lead the Whitneys and all the rest of them into the promised land of Federal of- flee.
 As in the case Of MT. Cleveland. so was it with that of MT. Whiteny. The vote showed that his influence with the people was down to the zero point. Despite the beaten in the cityand county which Bry- an carried a year ago, with the Whitney element all against him. The moral to be drawn from the rebulle administered in both cases is that the Democrats of the state of New Jersey and of the first city in the country are done with the financial potentates who have used the party for lhstx own enrichment
The age-herald., 1901-11-17
BY HON. MAURICE M. HINTON

.@ SMALL New Jersey town has
 fA\ attained distinction on both l-\ sides of the Atlantic. The sS deeds of it's progressive citi- gems, at least of some of them, have not only attracted the attention but the crit icism of those great men whose mighty pens fashion the thoughts of the leaders of those great intellectual organs. the London Times and the London Daily Mail The name of this town is Bayonne. It nestIes close to the shore of New York Bay, midway between Jersey City and Bergen Point. Here the shallow waters cheer the industrious mosquito to the propagation of his kind, and the dense smoke of the Standard oil refineries so curtain the heavens that children love to hear the ancient legend that the oldest Inhabitants in their time could see the sun at monday and the stars by night.
 It's citizens toll in the refineries or labor to travel to New York on communication tickets. Yet. in spite of the simplicity of the populace and the brief leisure they enjoy there are men among them whose advanced ideas have placed Bayonne prominently forward in a dress reform movement. Indeed Paris in her grand est moments of triumph, when Worth end Felix dictated the fashions Of the
The age-herald., 1901-11-17
RoyaA Ma\aAles and Marvlaaes

and Joseph of Austria were really crazy, and George of England. you know, was in straight waistcoat There remained then none but old Catherine. who had been too lately picked up to have lost her common sense. In this state Bonaparte found Europe; and it was this state of its rulers which lost it with scarce a struggle. These animals had become without mind ond power1ess; and so will every heredi- tary monarch be after few generations Alexander, the grandson of Catherine, is as yet an exception. He is able to hold his own. But he Is only of the third gen. eration. His race is not yet worn out The practice of Kings marrying only in the families of Kings has been that of Europe for some centuries. Now, take any race of animals confine them in idle ness and inaction, whether in a sty, a stable or a stateroom, pamper them with high diet. gratify all their sexual a. petites. immerse them in sensuslities, nourish their passions. Jet everything bend before them. and banish whatever might lead them to think. and in a few generations they become all body and no mind; and this. too, by a law of na- ture. by that very law by which we are in the constant practice of changing the characters and propensities of the anil mais we raise for our own purposes
 All Kings in Europe, with the excep- ton or two, trace tnelr descent DacK to the First James of England. whose fath- CT was Darnley, and mother. the ill-fated Mary. Queen of Scots. Mentally and phy- sicially this imperial progeny is not much of an ornament to human nature. Thefe is not man of real eminence among them; on the contrary. they are mediocre and commonplace. The same statement is true of all their predecessors. with very few exceptions. When compared with the men who have filled the Presi- dency of the republic they sink into non- entities.
The age-herald., 1901-11-17

CT did. He was her favorite son. When he had money he shared it with her During his rise to power he did not for get her The father was not so much in favor. To be sure in after years Gro ker persuaded Alderman (afterward SherifD James O'Brien to make Croker Sr., keeper in the parks, and after ward nominal horse doctor in the Thir- ty-second street stables of the Harlem Car Company. But that was only an indirect way of being good to his mother.
 It was in 1856 that Croker began to bat tie for himself in the world. The Crokers were then very much down at the heels. The father still made no money, and the boarders kept by Mrs. Croker were not a source of profit Those who remember the familys circumstances about this time draw a very pathetic picture of do- mestic suffering.
 "Dick" Croker's First Employment.
 "Dick" got situation in the machine shops of the Harlem Railway. This place stood in the center of the district now occupied by the Seventy first regiment armory and a well known hotel. The hotel yet occupies the site. Any one cur ious enough to wish to know how Croker looked and lived between the years 1856 and 1866 need but go among the habitues of Third avenue near Twenty-first street and up that thoroughfare as far as Thir- ty-fourth street. The teamsters and me- chanics there remember him well. Cro-