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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
OvERWROUGHT NERVES.
Woman May Recover from Them by
the Liberal and Constant Use
of Pure Milk.

"Want to learn how to increase your
weight and gain strength and nerve
force in the easiest possible way"
asked the plump little woman, as she
settled into a corner of the divan for
a comfortable chat. Her listeners
were half a dozen women who go in
for the strenuous life to greater or
less degree and consequently any one
of them could stand a few extra
pounds without any Inconvenience.
"Of course was the reply, in chorus.
"WeL. then, drink milk, nothing but
milk for months said the plump one.
give tried it and | think | am pretty
good illustration of the effectiveness of
the milk diet. Four months ago | was
a nervous wreck. Couldn't stand any
thing; wept if the least thing went
wrong at home, jumped foot every
time the door bell rang and was fast
becoming a nuisance to myself and all
the rest of the family.
Fortunately have little common
sense and my doctor has more, so when
I was ordered to drop everything and
just rust for awhile, [ did it with the
result that 1 have gained 81 pounds in
weight and my health is completely
restored. / lived on milk, as | told you,
and rested according to direction,
spending my time in lovely old rest
cure home up the state. The diet and
the rest effected a cure without any
medicine whatever. | might add,
though, that the milk was not the
ordinary decoction served by the
dealers of the metropolis, but rich,
creamy substance furnished by the
finest breed of Jersey cows. How hard
it was for an active body like me to
rust for 16 weeks you strenuous folks
can appreciate, but if you want to be
come plump and contented with the
world in general just try my remedy"
Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
PRETTY CUBAN DANCE.
AS Compared with Our ROmpinE
WaItzes, 1t Is Pronounced
Thing OF Delight.

A gentleman who teaches dancing
to the young people of a certain eX-
elusive Washington set has been tell
ing me that the newest dance is moth
ing more nor less than the American
lied version of the Cuban damon"
l saw roomful of lads and lassies
going through the pretty dance one
day lately, and after the romping
two-step the stately damon" is 4
thing of delight. 1t is almost as slow
as the minuet and a girl who spent
last winter in Cuba tells me that one
can dance it all night in a space
not larger than a good-sized dining
talpe, 1t is danced in couples, and
SC far as lay mind can make out,
il is simply very, very slow waltz
with a curious swaying motion Of
ire body, says writer in the Wash
ing ton Post. The children in the
dancing classes dance it to the music
of La Paloma," and now and then
comes q pause, during which time the
dancers stand in their places and
chat. The girl who spent the winter
IN Havana says that the pauses in
the DAMON az the only times the
well-bred Cuban girl ever has 10
speak to a man beyond her chapc-
rone's ear range. and that the Cuban
girl likes the dance for that very
Teaso=.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
NECESSARY TO HEALTH.
Suitable Site Is the Most Important
Item to Be Considered in Sc
lection of a Home.

The site for house or of one al
ready built should receive the most
careful attention of the person about
to build or to occupy. A good situa-
ton means life, health, happiness; a
bad one means sickness, misery,
death.
If a house or lot is on low, damp
ground do not consider it. In a town
or city ascertain if you are on made
land;" if so, avoid it. Avoid also land
underlaid with clay; it will always be
damp. Avoid, too, the neighborhood
of a swamp, slow river, mill dam or
any stagnant water, or situation ex-
posed to winds that blow from a
swamp or mill dam. Do not settle
near noisy factory, mill or saloon.
The advantages to be required for
a site are an elevation on natural
hillside or knoll, as good neighbor-
hood as one can afford to live in, and
convenient nearness to schools,
churches and stores. In town or vii
lage build on as large a lot as possible,
SO as to secure air and sunlight and
to have room for a nice lawn or gar
den. In town or country build back
as far from the street as convenient,
so as to avoid the dust of the dry sea-
son and to allow room for trees and
shrubbery. On the other hand do not
select a locality where your family
will be isolated from social intercourse
with friends and neighbors, so neces-
sary to health of mind and happiness.
Remember that where the sun can
not enter the doctor must, so let the
house have good sunny exposure, pro-
tected as much as possible from the
cold, searching winds of winter. A
group of evergreen trees on the north
side of the house will help to break and
temper these sweeping winds. The
living rooms should be warmed and
cheered by the morning sun. Refuse,
even if offered rent free, to live in a
house with trees planted close around
it. and in which the sun and free air
of heaven cannot enter.-American
Queen.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
one now at the art institute is sam

one now at the art institute is a sam
pie.
This mirror has it's handles now de-
tached from the disk. At the back the
bronze part of the handle is prolonged
upwards in the form of palmetto,
which served to make the attachment
to the disk secure. In front the orna-
mentation consisted of figure of
siren with recurved wings, surrounded
by scrolls and palmettes.
The especial interest which attaches
to this Chicago mirror is the fact that
the handle proper is preserved-a cir
cumstance which is recited as unusual
among Greek mirrors of that historic
period. For determining the date of
the mirror there is no evidence, ex-
cept the style of the bronze relief. The
composition as whole seems to indi-
cate that it was made in the fifth cen
turJ B. C. The year $50 B. C. has been
taken as the approximate date of its
manufacture and use.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
TT NDER date of January 10, 1897,
DR.. Hartman received the fol-
~ lowing letter:


DR.. Hartman received the fol-
~ lowing letter:
my wife had been suffering from
complication of diseases for the past
25 years.
Her case had baffled the skill of
some of the most noted physicians.
One of her worst troubles was chronic
constipation of several years stand
ing.
''She also was passing through that
most critical period in the life of a
woman-change of life. In June, 1895,
[ wrote to you about her case. You
advised a course of Peruna and Mana
lin, which we at once commenced, and
have to say it completely cured her.
She firmly believes that she would
have been dead only for these wonder
full remedies.
about the same time l wrote you
about my own case of catarrh, which
had been of 25 years standing. At
times 1 was almost past going. COM
menced to use Peruna according to
your instructions, and continued it's use
for about year, and it has completely
cured me.
"Y0ur remedies do all that you claim
for them, and even more. Cafarrh
cannot exist where Peruna is taken
according to directions. Success to
you and your remedies"
John o. Atkinson.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
RECORD OF THE PAST.

The best guarantee of the future is
the record of the past, and over fifty
thousand people have publicly testified
that Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
them of numerous kidney ills, from
common backache to dangerous dia-
betes, and all the attendant annoy
ances and sufferings from urinary dis
orders. They have been cured to stay
cured. Here is one case:
Samuel J. Taylor, retired carpenter.
residing at 312 South Third ST., Goshen,
Ind, says: con the 25th day of Au-
gust. 1897, I made an affidavit before
Jacob C. Mann, notary public, stating
nv experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills. I had suffered for thirty years
and was compelled at times to walk
by the aid of crutches, frequently
passed gravel and suffered excruciat-
ingly. [ took every medicine on the
market that I heard about, and some
gave me temporary relief. / began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and the
results gave to thepublic in the state
ment above referred to. At this time,
on the 10Th day Of July, 1902, I make
this further statement, that during
the five years which have elapsed
have had no occasion to use either
Doan's Kidney Pills or any other med
icine for my kidneys. The cure effect
ed was a permanent one"
A FREE TRIAL of this great Kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Taylor viii
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo. \. 7. For sale
by all druggists, price so cents per box.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
TOPICS OF INTEREST.

Live merchants are reproof to an
:iquated ideals.
Advertising in the local paper in
duces home patronage.
In Russia only II in 10000 people are
mad; in England the rate is 80.
Italy exports 1o5,OoO tons of marble
a year, valued at 10000
The island of Sakhalin, the great
penal colony of Russia, has splendid
forests of fir and pine.
For aNquarter of century no new
houses have been built il the Sussex
(England) village of SlinSon.
A newly married couple always inn
agine they are living on love until the
first butchers bill is handed in.
AS consequence of artificial prop
agation, the yield of cod in the coast
al waters between Maine and New
Jersey has in ten years increased so
per cent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
Stockings with white, Feet.

A physician, in a published inter-
view, says the Indianapolis Journzl,
urges that the wearing of stocking
with white feet will do more to prC-
mote ease in walking and relieve foot
ills that anything else 20 be suggested.
Socks or stockings of cotton or Isle
thread in black bind the feet and
make them swell, he says, no matter
how fine and open they may be. The
black dye with the hard thread of the
Isle variety is a combination that is
particularly torturing to tender feet.
Thin, unbleached balbriggan he
recommends. Preferably the whole
sock or stocking may be white. but al
least the foot should be. A further
caution is added that new cotton hose,
as well as all new cotton undergar-
ments, should be washed before being
worn. to take out the sizing used by
manufacturers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

An Irish woman was looking at refrigera-
tors in housefurnishing store some weeks
ago. After examining into the merits and
qualities of a number of them, she pur-
chased the one that the salesman assured
her would keep food the best. Some days
afterward the woman called and requested
them to take that refrigerator back, as it
kitchen safe of the cellar The salesman
mildly suggested that possibly she had not
put enough ice in it to keep the things cold.
Enough ice in it? Why, you are crazy,
mon. | don't put any ice in it. Anything
will keep cold if you put ice in it. l bought
the refrigerator so that wouldn't need the
ice. "-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
CARRYING THE BABY.
Head and Spine Troubles Are Caused
Sometimes Where Incorrect
Ways Are Used.

The accompanying suggestions and
illustrations, for which we are indebt-
ed to Leonard's Illustrated Medical
Journal, are worthy of attention:
"The child should always be lifted
with both hands, held lightly, but
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

Hassett-''The way people rave over
slender girls makes me tired. think the
plumper girl is the prettier she is" GEES
sett-"Ah! | congratulate you, old man;
so Miss Dumping has accepted you, eh?''
Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
Instincts of n Great Name.

The Usage Indians have invested $S00O,-
900 in the state bank and own l,500,0 600 acres
of land. Each brave, squaw and papoose
in the tribe possesses land to the value of
81 900, and the interest on their money in
the bank affords an annual income of 5000
to each member. That's great. Henceforth
better call them the O'Sages.-N. Y. Tele.
gram.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
MR. AND MRS. ]. o. ATKINSON, INDEPENDENCE NO.

In a letter dated January ~ 19004
Mr.. Atkinson says, after five years
experience with Peruna:
civil ever continue 10 speak good
word for Pcrnna. In my rounds as q
travelling man am a walking adVer-
fiSemenf for Peruna and have induced
many people during the past yeRr 10
use Peruna with the most satisfactory
results. lam still cured of Cafarrh.
John O. Atkinson,
Box 2z2, Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on, catarrhal
diseases come also. Systemic catarrh
is almost universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has be-
come so Indispensable to old people.
Peruna is their safeguard. PerCna is
the only remedy yet devised that
meets these cases exactly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally;
nothing but an effective systemic rem"
edy could cure them. This is exactly
what Peruna is.
If you do not receive prompt and
satisfactory results from the use OF
Peruna, write at once to DR.. Hartman,
giving a full stistement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you bis
valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, ".
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

McJigger-Oh, he's regular hog. He
wants the best of everything for him
self.
Thingumbob-We we all want that.
eyes, but he always manages to get it,"
-Philadelphia Press
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
HeIninr II AInnr.

Lady Visitor-What handsome man,
and how kind and gentla he looks.
Prison Warden-Yes, m2'am. He is one
of the loveliest murderers We have.-Chi-
cago News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
Etiquette.

Mrs. Blanks your husband going
to Mrs. Jason's funeral?
Mrs. Dash-Decidedly not! She
never returned uy last call.-Smart
Set
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

Keep your purpose in view. and see
to it that you yourself DO not stand in
the way of its accomplishment We
are not so often defeated as we do
defeat our OWE lives.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

of the head unsupported. When this
is done, the movements of the body
of the mother or nurse in walking,
or, indeed, the sudden lurching of the
baby itself, may seriously affect the
head and spine.''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

He. chooses night who refuses Light
Rams Horn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

Any man can make his wife do anything
she wants to.-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

"T know a man who commenced in
Assiniboia, Is years ago, with no
means; no capital. To-day this man
owns 1000 acres of land, some 30
horses, 30 or 40 bullocks, COWS, etc.
He has built good stone house with
his own hands. and has now married
and is doing well, with every prospect
of increasing his means in the future.
Western Canada has the most exhil-
arating, bracing climate I ever knew.
All that is required in the settler
is perseverance, grit, patience and
hard work. ] will guarantee the
country, if you will guarantee the
man. From letter from a retired
officer in the British army.
Two hundred and twenty-four gal
lens of fresh water weigh ton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

Hugh Spender, of the Westminster
Gazette, one of the British Journal
lists who visited Canada this summer
(19o2), says: 'We fell in with
Young farmer from Somersetshire,
England, driving binder round
hundred acre field of wheat in West
ern Canada. In conversation found
that he came from within fifteen
miles of my old home in Somerset
shire. Here was the very man we
wanted. He had come to Manitoba
ten years ago, with capital of $12
on landing. In England he had been
employed on dairy farm, and earned
eighteen shillings a week. He now
owns 800 acres of land, his horses,
buildings and cattle, and expects to
have 1000 bushels of wheat this sea-
son. We had heard of such things
in the old land, but they did not seem
credible, until we came to this liv-
ing example of the strides that it is
possible to make in Manitoba. Had
this man remained in England, it is
pretty safe to say he would still be
earning no more than eighteen
shillings a week, while in the same
period in Manitoba he has become
substantial and prosperous farmer"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01

firmly, the entire length of the back,
and the head being carefully support
ed. One of the most common and
dangerous errors is leaving the back
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-01-01
A FINE COUNTRY.
Resident of Ohio Says Western Cam
ada Is an Id cal Land for Farm
ers and Ranchers.

A delegate from Ohio to Western
Canada says: 'The whole of West
ern Canada seemed to me to be a
very fine country. but l spent most
of my time about thirty miles east
of Lacombe, in Alberta, near what
is popularity known as the coal banks
on the Red Deer River, and / am
very pleased to report that the coun-
try appears to be everything that the
Agents of the Canadian Government
have claimed for it. Good water can
be obtained almost anywhere from
II to 40 feet, and fed generally by
springs. The natural hay and grass
were magnificent in their growth and
wild pea vines very heavy. l met
some of my friends who moved there
seven years ago and two brothers
who had absolutely nothing on their
arrival seven years before now own
two and half sections of land and
IT'S head of cattle. They told me that
they did not feed their stock all win
ter, in fact, never saw them again
until the spring, when they came
home fat and without loss. / gath
cred oats fit. high and running
from rs to 100 bushels per acre. 1t
appeared to me that all grasses, wild
and cultivated, grow to perfection
in any part of Alberta that [ saw,
and the farmers were cutting from
two to three tons of wild hay to the
acre. I found the climate very de-
SRA bic in every respect, and am told
that the winter is the finest part of
the year. There is plenty of coal and
wood to be had near at hand for the
hauling, and such is my satisfaction
with the country that [ acquired
some land and have put bunch of
cattle thereon. I can confidently rec
ommend Western Canada as a suit
able place for farmers to immigrate
to, and can assure them the kindest
treatment by the people there, so
much so that one does not distin-
guish the fact that we have left the
boundaries of the United States"
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-08
AT IT'S OLD TACTICS

The Globe Democrat Is m cNprrl
juggler of figures. but AZ figure,
when properly arranged have az
aversion to lying, It is easy enough
TO refute the Globes reckless hand
ling of them, if one has the desire
and patience to call it to task for
its multitude of preyarications. 1t
recently had an editorial in which
il asserted aud pretended 10 show
that Missouri would have gone Re.
publican in 1902 but for the Dem.
acratic majorities in st. Louis,
Kansas City and st. Joseph, which
it alleges were the result of those
cities having Police and Election
Boards appointed by a Democratic
Governor; that is, that the Dem
ocrats carried these three cities by
fraud. 1t then claimed that the
Democratic losses in twenty-e eight |
of TIE smaller cities, which have no
election and police boards appoint
I'd by the Governor, aggregated
II, 100, enough to give the State to
he Republicans but for the Dem u
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-08
l0UGHBORO ITEMS,
a fine rain fell here last sunday.

y fin" rain fr,l here last sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Hurley, who ha, bccr
quite sick, /, very much improved il
health.
Mfr. Albert Kendall. accompanied by
hi, IONS, Willie and Roy, made nfI
to Pennington last Wrduc, lay.
Two diamond drills are in opera.
ton on the lands Of Prof W +. Blank
rn'hip, prospecting for lead, one near
Doc Run Junction nDl the other near
Loughboro.
Mr. Frank Ycatcs returned home
from st. Loui, one day last week lie
was accompanied by his little grand.
daughter, who will make her home
with him in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs VI Alcxondrr will
move into Nh VIM Riuer's house
next week, and MIR. Jones and family
will occupy the house owned by Mr..
II. Slccth OF De Lassus.
Farmer from Liberty Township. -
your remarks in kSt week spapcr were
duly noted by the Loughboro CORES.
ponden. but must say even your
figuring failed to convert me to your
way of thinking. You take the view
that 5000, 600 is going to end every
thing, and claim it will not. You
favor II lifelong debt, | favor paving
for things as | go through life; Won
say the rock roads will enhance the
value of property; 50 do |, aud il will
do morc---it will cause people to seek
homes where taxes are not so high. |
to not oppose good roads; know the
value Of them as well as you, but do
oppose the plan by which Ii is pro.
,osed to obtain them. Further, | do |
lot believe the farmers will turn out
N mass and vote for the proposit ion;
believe most of them would rather
g like the poets "Viliage Smitby:u
And he looks the whole world In the face.
For he owes not any man"
No, nor the county either.
A. A. Is.
The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-08
W0MEN'S MISSIONARY UNION
OF Potosi Presbytery Hold Annual Meet
ing in Pennington Oct. 10 and IA.
PROGRAM .

PROGRAM
Whatsoever is commando by the
God Of Heaven lie, it be diligently
done, Ezra 7:25.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER u, 1880 =. NJ.
Missionary Service Sermon by Rev
{ +, llickok.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, q:3o a, NJ.
Devotional Excrciscs-Rcv. G.. "
Harlan.
Address Of Welcome Miss Pearl Clar
dy.
Response Mrs Henry {. Bell. Potosi
Hymn.
Roll Call-I3nrollment OF Delegates.
Minutes Of last meeting read.
Reports Of officers Of Union.
Reports OF Societies OF Union.
Hymn.
Topic Study Of the Nccds Of Oui
Missionaries led by Kcnnctt, New Mad
rid and Irondalc.
Paper To What Extent Should tn,
Aid l'"a he y"rr'rd Out in the Work Of
The Local Church. PER-, willie.
Paper Join Faith and Works. Pleas.
ant Hill.
Paper First Jackson.
Prayer.
noon hour.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, t:3o.
Special Prayer Service for our Mis-.
scenarios. Mrs. \. J. Chca,han potosi.
Paper-Thc Prominence Of Missions in
the Bible. Cape Girardcau.
Papcr-fhe Responsibility of Being
Gods Stewards. First, Apple Creek.
Hymn.
Paper Chrisrs Ascension Charge and
Gift. Bellevue.
Discussion and adoption of Plans for
the coming year Led by Pennington
and Hralrau
Reports Of Committees.
Place OF nest meeting.
Election OF oliiccr,.
Closing words
WrpNusUh} IyFNrNc. -fo.
Devotional exercises Rev. l. A.
Chya,hwm
Missionary Recital hy the children.
Recitation Hope Missionary society.
Anthem