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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12

BY this time the crowd had In
creased and the excitement was In
tense.
"iyow," said the CRATER, II am go
ing to drive over there on the other
corner, and / don't want you men
who have been in the last two pools
to follow me-"
He then ordered his driver to take
him to the opposite corner, and, of
course, the whole crowd, including his
pool members, followed him. Again
addressing the crowd, he said:
Gentlemen, a few moments ago l
formed pool of IS men across the
street for the purpose of advertising
my firms famous corn salve, and al
though it cost me a little money, yet
the amount given away is a mere
bagatelle compared with what we will
get as result of this advertising.
Then, opening large valise, he pro-
duced some electric belts, and ex-
planned that he wanted to do little
advertising for them as well.
"Now, gentlemen" he continued, i
am going to form one or two, or pos
sibly three pools on these belts for
the purpose of advertising them"
He then gave an excellent and con-
vincing talk on electric belts. and I'M
mediately proceeded as follows:
Now, friends, / want to impress
upon your minds that the more liberal
you are with me the more generous ]
can be with you. Who will give me
$40 for this belt? Remember, am
going to leave it with each one of.you.
to pass up any amount, from one to
twenty dollars no less than one, no
more than twenty, and the more lib
eral you are with me, the more gen.
erous | can be with YOU" And look
ing straight at well dressed business
man. he said:
Haven't you confidence enough in
me to pay me $40 for this belt?'
Eyes, sir, l have" said the man,
passing up 6 so bill and receiving a
belt.
''Now," said the CRATER, II wish you
would stand right over on this side
of the carriage until l ask you to hold
up your belt Now" he continued,
'who will give me $40 for this one?''
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and hercondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing-down pains or
displacement, making life a burden.
Lydia e PinlShams Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition. 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and Irregularities
Such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham.
"Iwant to tell you how much good Lydia X.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me.
/ suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. l was nervous, tired and ir-
ritable, and it did not seem as thought could
stand it any longer, as had five children to
care for. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-
tirely cured me. l cannot thank you enough
for your letter of advice and for what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me-Mrs. Ph. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn, n. Y"
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12

down over the back of hat and hair.
The simply trimmed hat has reached
perfection this year, and is much more
attn active for utility wear than any
fussg headgear.
Bowers come in pastel shades, and
one of a Gobelin-blue is very pretty,
trimmed with one plume or with soft
scarf. The soft scarf and draping veil
is again in esteem, and we shall have
the be-voiled lady once more. The bill
lowing veil is generally becoming
when the veil is fresh and new, but
when dampness has worn it to a rag it
should at once be discarded. There is
g. liking for the real lace veil, and
Chantilly, the dear old-fashioneG
thing, is very stylish. 1t reminds of
genteel days and lavendar; is charm
ingly new-old.
There will be short sleeves and long
sleeves, perhaps the latter will appeal
q little more to the exclusive class, the
former having become so common.
Yet it is fashion that may well be af-
fected by both rich and poor, serving
az economy for the one and allowing
of display by the other; the poor girl
saves on frayed and soiled dress cuffs,
can give dressy touch to the plainest
waist by addition of lineegrie cuffs and
stock, the rich girl can throw away
her money on expensive long gloves.
Everyone seems satisfied with the
short sleeve.
We offer design for a soft wool
waist, white ground dotted with pale
blue. 1t has the low neck which those
/! that can stand collarless blouse will
affect this season, and the bit of hand
work that everyone will go In for. The
stitchings may be worked in a darker
shade of blue.
Soft woods are to the fore, and come
in all shades, softest pastels as well as
the standard colors. The graceful
gown here illustrated is Of pale rose
! cashmere, the skirt long and full, the
bodice has fichu folds bordered with
narrow frills of silk and fastening with
rosettes of silk. The chemisette should
be of cream or white fluf1ness of some
sort, lace or net or chiffon. The sleeves
are just the thing to give the finishing
touch to this design.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
AWFUL NEURALGIA
Mr.. Porter Thought He Should Go Mad
But DR.. Williams Pink Pills
Cured Him.


cit seems like miracle that DIR.
Williams Pink Pills should have cured
nv neuralgia, /" said Mr.. Porter. sThey
are certainly marvellous medicine ard
I am always glad to recommend them.
"For two years" he continued, chad
suffered almost uncomfortable painsin my
head. They would start over my eyes
and shoot upward most frequently, but
they often spread over my face, ana at
times every part of my head and face
would be full Of agony. Sometimes the
pains were SO intense that l actually
feared they would drive me mad.
envy eyes ached constantly and there
was aiwaysa burning sensation over my
forehead, but the other pains varied,
sometimes they were acute, and again
they were dull and lingering. Icould
not sleep. My temper was irritable and
I got no pleasure out of life.
q I tried remedy after remedy, but
finding no help in any OF them, [ be-
came q despairing man. Even when 1
began to take Dr.. Williams Pink Ptlls
had no great hope of cure.
ssThat was IN. December of 1903. To
nv surprise, a change in my condition
took place right away. The pains grew
less intense and the acute attacks were
further apart, as kept Oh using DIR. Will
Iiams' Pink Pills. The improvement be-
gan with the first box, and when had
used six boxes stopped. My cure was
complete and has lasted ever since. !"
Mr.. Charles I'll. Porter lives at Ray
mond. N. H. He is one of many grateful
people who have found that DIR. Williams
Pink Pills will cure diseases of the nerves
that have stubbornly resisted every other
remedy tried. Not only neuralgia, but
etaxia Weld to them. They are sold by
ali druggists, or may be obtained directly
from the DIR Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady. n. Z.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
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WAYS OF HANDLING MANURE
One Farmer Who Has Proved to His
Own Satisfaction That the
Spreader Paws.

! am able to give correct figures in
regard to manure spreaders, as l hire
all my work done on my frams and
keep very close account of labor-saving
devices. I have investigated this ma
nure business for the past two years
carefully, and have correspondent with
nearly all the experiment stations on
this one subject of keeping manure and
applying it. / believe my way of han
ding manure is about right.
l wheel to the shed during the five
months I, cannot use the spreader to
spread it on the fields direct from sta
BILE. l can load, draw to field half a
a mile distant, unload and return to
barn at manure shed in 80 minutes, one
man doing all the work. 1t would take
30 minutes longer to do the same work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
DAIRY WISDOM.

When calves are kept in the stable,
they should be given, now and then, a
piece of sod with the earth attached.
Why calves should crave this sort
of thing is hard to explain, but they do
and it should be supplied.
What is the use of weighing the milk
of each COW? Simply to find out which
COW is the thief, carrying the bag, with
nothing in it-for you.
A dairyman with small herd of cows
can well afford to build a silo-and in
crease his herd and his profits.-Farm
Journal.
II any COWS are about to calve dur
ing the hot days of July, they should
be kept in the stable during the heat OF
the day, at least, and some dry food
given to them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12

The exaggerations predicted earlier
in hats are not to be inflicted upon us
this year after ALL Of course there
will be a few of the grand tall ladies
that will appear in crowns of awesome
height, and look very we'll in them,
too; but the small woman and the av-
erage woman need not feel it incum-
bent to go about under chimney-pot
affair. Hats are to be of medium size
and medium height. The fall MILL
merry, we are delighted to say, is ex-
tremely attractive rather than odd.
To be sure we borrow a great deal
from old fashions in this seasons mil
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12

bills right and left and shout at the
top of his voice that he intended to
distribute $4,000 on the streets that
afternoon.
AS soon as a large crowd had gath
'red at the corner at which ne stopped,
ne began extolling the wonderful
curative properties of corn salve
which was put up in wooden toxes.
Had he been actually selling the rem
edy on it's merits, he couldn't have
made stronger or more effective
talk.
Finally, bringing forth his big roll
of money, he said: 81 have system
of advertising this salve that will
make every man who deals with me
remember it as long as he lives. Now,
gentlemen, the more liberal you are
with me, the more generous / can be
with you. My purpose to-day is, first
to sell one dozen boxes of this saive,
and l want every man who makes q
purchase to remain right here. ready
to hold up the box in plain view when
l ask him to do so. Now then, who
will give me ten cents for this box?
Remember, the more liberal you are
with me, the more generous l can be
with you, and | shall sell but one
dozen boxes now. Who will give me
ten cents for this one?"
In an instant, four dozen hands
were up, each holding ten-cent piece.
After handing out II boxes, he re-
fused to sell any more for the time
being.
When the II boxes had been deliv-
cred and paid for, he lined up the IL
buyers in a row and said:
''You have been liberal with me,
now I'll be generous with you"
Then. turning to the first man, he
asked him if he would be satisfied to
receive back twice the amount he had
paid. and keep the remedy, too.
When the man said he would, the
CRATER handed him 20 cents. saying:
Now, sir, will you promise me, eth
er to use this salve yourself, or give
it to some one who will, and not for
get the name of it?"
The man agreed and the CRATER
did the same thing and demanded the
same promise in the case of each of
the others.
NOW, gentlemen" he went on, 81
am going to make up another pool for
advertising purposes; but remember,
none of the II who were in this pool
can come in with the next. Don't
forget, gentlemen, the more liberal
you are with me, the more generous
I can be with you. Now. then, here
are two dozen boxes. Who will give
me %. cents for this box? Who is
the first man to show me that he has
confidence in me?"
In a jiffy, a hundred hands were up
eack holding a quarter
When two dozen had been passed
out and the cash received for them
he lined up two rows of II men each
and, exacting from each the same
promise as before, he gave back to
every buyer his % cents and 25 addi-
tional, and allowed each to keep his
box Of Salye
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
BY ] p JOHNSTON.


(Author Of Twenty Years of Hus'ling,"
What Happened to Johnston.'0
Copyright, 1905 by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The day of the old-time glye-away
graft apparently will never end.
The first time / ever saw this game
played / was eight years of age, and
the last time | was So. | found it to
be the same year ago as it was As
years ago, except that in the latter
instance the suckers were more plen-
tiful Perhaps the modern CRATER
was the more cleVer of the two; at
any rate, he WAS clever enough.
He would go out upon the streets
in a livery carriage on circus or
county fair day, after having fixed"
the chief of police. While the driver
logged the team along the main street,
the CRATER would stand up in the car
riage, throw silver pieces and dollar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Picture on a Man.

A deserter from the British army
was identified recently by the follow
ing tattoo marks upon him: A cross
on the left forearm, with the words
I'm loving memory; jockey with two
flags, Buffalo Bill, heart on the back
of the left hand, a horseshoe with
crossed whips, a cross with the figure
of soldier leaning on it, a pierced
heart, Leart on the right forearm, a
heart with clasped hands, soldier and
a girl.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
European Armies.

The armies of continental countries
are the first branch of the service.
The cost of the French army is $685.
100000 per annum. Germany can put
into the field vast, well-equipped
army for $3.50, 100000 a year. The Rus
sian army, another tremendous ma
chine, costs OO,OOO.O0O a year. IN
Guiding India, England is payins
s265. 100000 a year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
THE GIvE-AwAY GRAFT.

Corn-Salve Agent Gives Away Money
Lines Up His Customers and
Deals Out Dimes and Quarters
Electric Belts at $40 Apiece-His
Clever Escape from His Dupes-
Sugar Sold at Cost Price-Sugar
CRATER Caught by Angry Farmers
and Landed in Jail
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-10-12
Mothers Are Helped
THEIR HEALTH RESTORED
Happiness Of Thousands OF Homes Due
to Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com.
pound and Mrs. Pinkham'S Advice.

A devoted mother seems to listen to
every call of duty excepting The sp-
preme one that tells her to guard her
health. and before she realizes it some
arrangement of the female organs has
manifested itself, and nervousness and
irritability take the place of happi-
ness and amiability.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
"Raleigh's Shame"
(Charity and Children.)

(Charity and Children.)
The News and Observer has been
doing some very plain talking of late
about the moral condition of Raleigh
that does credit to that excellent
paper. 1t vigorously demands that
the laws be enforced and the city
cleaned up. 1t is childish for the Of
ficers to say that the law cannot he
executed; it can be, and if the officers
are impOtent let them resign and
give place to those who can and will
enforce the law. The right sort Of
mayor and aldermen, with an efficient
police force, can wipe out the dens of
infamy and put a stop to the shame
less vice that faunts itself in the
streets in the broad daylight. We are
glad to see a movement on foot to
stop the running of licensed carriages
after 10 o'clock at night. However,
this is only the looping off of one
branch of the tree of evil that has
taken deep root in the social life of
our capital city. and some merciless
pruning is imperatively needed.
Some of the papers are inclined ID
criticise the course of the News ami
Observer for its courage in exposing
the city's shame: but this is exactly
the way to begin the reform that
must come. There has been too much
bloodshed in Raleigh resulting from
the immoral practice of its citizens. 1T
must be stopped somehow. and the
most effective way to stop 1T is to so
arouse public sentiment on the subject
that the officials whose sworn duty
it is TO see that the law is enforced
cannot resist the pressure. The peo-
pie, after all. are the masters of the
situation. Public Indignation is Won
derfully effective in warming the
blood Of a cold and cowardly mayor
and an Indifferent board of aldermen.
We know nothing about the city Of
ficials now in control, but we know
they have fine opportunity to show
the mettle of which they are made,
and if they refuse to do their duty
they ought to be compelled to do it
or get out. DR.. j. w. Carter, in an
address of welcome. once remarked
to the strangers that there are two
Raleighs-one of them loving the
darkness and the other the light. One
of these is cultured. refined and hon
orable. and the other is low and
grovelling and base. The higher ele-
ment must see to it that the life OF
the city is not dominated by the
lower The record that Raleigh has
made for the past few years is dis
graceful. There may be worse con-
ditions existing in other towns in the
State, but if so the evil has not come
a he light
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08

played in an eminent degree an un-
mistakable indifference as to whether
the coroner was overworked or not.
With his spinal cord severed, his
carnal leg paralyZed and his ligneous
limb the same as paralyZed, one actor
raised himself upon his elbow and per-
formed as best he could the duty OF
depriving the coroner of all the idle
moments possible. Another actor,
bearing a mortal wound in his body.
rushed into the store. seized his re-
yolver, and poured the lead out of it
in explosive installments in the d1rec-
ton of those who were affilcting h1n
with similar attentions
In concluding this tragic account
the Gazette observes that there was
considerable excitement aroused Dy
the fracas This is remarkable con-
sidering the evident experience OF the
gladiators, and the only spasmodlc IN
terest of the spectators as evidenced
bv the station agent. One of the &C
tors having lost a leg, probably In an
other similar engagement, was game
to the last. 1t was an old fashioned
celebration There was no need Tor
excitement. 1t was all in the days
sport.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
AN OLD TIME CELEBRATION.

After all, it remained for Lexington
County to furnish the old fashioned
Fourth in an its glory and all it's gore.
The fight took place, also, near Co
lumbia. and it was a fight that was
no mere idle shaking of fists. "cuss-
ings" of oaths and shaking of hands
in apology. This was primeval fight
and the actors were in earnest.
Civilization furnished a peacemaker,
but we are pleased to note that he
decided that the day was one de-
voted to liberty. He retired ashamed
of himself and the fight went on.
Says the Gastonia Gazette:
THAT the occasion was one of ample
dignity is sufficiently attested by the
fact that it was attended by the ladies,
by Representative Hutte. by Esquire
Hildebrand, and by Doc Goodwin, the
station agent. While these contributed
to the dignity of the occasion, the
gathering would have been tame and
fiabby make-believe celebration, but
for the presence of some gay young
fellows who left off laying by corn
long enough to lay in some rye and
of some North Georgia shingle-
makers who were equally joyful
whether working up the trunk of u
tree or the trunk of an antagonist.
1T is further worthy of notice that
these artists were past masters in the
art of allowing no foolishness after
actual operations began. Doc Good
win, the big, powerful station agent,
essayed to his sorrow the role of peace
maker and had to use his heels to
keep his hide from assuming the APP
pearance of a slitted potato crater"
Turning from the defeated peace
maker the celebrators again devoted
their attention to one another. Knives
flashed in the air. The spirit of seventy
six famed forth in all its ancient in
tensity. There was blood on the
green-sward as we'll as portents in
the moon:
Again. when the stabbing part OF
the program was reached, we are told
that spinal cords were endangered
One indeed was divided. so that the
only reason the victim of the separated
spinal cord was not paralyZed in botf
legs is. that one leg was made of wood
and was not subject to the same ply
Biological laws and phenome-
ma as the other. Furthermore
two or more of the participants dis
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
Personally Conducted Tour to the Pa
cific Coast via ScabOard Air
Line Railway.

The Seaboard announces a person.
ally conducted tour from North Caro-
lima to points in Colorado, the Yellow
stone National Park, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition at Portland, Ore, and other
points of interest on the Pacific Coast
to leave about august LIST to 8th, exact
date being decided later. The round
trip is only $82.50 and the route will
be via Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis,
st. Louis, Kansas City. Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs, Salt Lake City, Los
Angeles San Francisco, the Shasta
Route to Portland, Northern Pacific
to st. Paul thence to Chicago and re-
turn via st. Louis.
Through Pullman cars will be ar
ranged for the exclusive use of the
party, which will be personally con-
Quoted by Rev. VIM. Black and wife, of
Davidson, n. c., who successfully
handled the large party from North
Carolina last August
Itinerary of the trip is now being
prepared which will give full details
as to the rates, stop-overs, hotel rates
and points of interest. 1t will be one
of the most complete trips of its kind
ever arranged from this State and at
very small cost. Those who join the
party will be shown every attention
over the entire trip which will con-
sumo between four and five weeks.
Write for booklet and information
to Rev. VIM. Black, Davidson y. G.,
or address.
CHAS. H. GATTIS, 7. P. A,
Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-07-08
\ BIRD, RIGHT:

We have received the following
card:
Please publish Mr. Bernas Johnson
shot and killed bird that measured
feet. 70 inches. This from Garden
as. We want to see this in the News
and Observer. y. "A. GNIr Z 10.
If Mr.. Griffis will look he will see 1t.
We like to hear of birds like that.
But we are sorry that it was shot.
The American eagle is scarcely more
in evidence than on Fourth OF July
editions and in the partisan papers
whose side won out on election DAY.
Mr.. Griffis does not say that this was
an eagle. but it must have been.
Certainly it was not a buZzard. Nor
do we expect that condor was so far
afield. despite the protection of the
Monroe doctrine. We imagine that
this bird was patriotism in the
feathers come to grief We know OF
no such among the ordinary fowls
of the air that usually infest North
Carolina We doubt even that Mr.. I.
Gilbert Pearson has fixed his killing
with a fine. We call the matter to the
attention of the Audubon Society as an
oversight and suggest that it procure
and stuff the CORPSE. With the Decla-
ration of Independence and the Amer
lean Eagle, both brought to earth, we
can pluck up heart and bring out a
candidate for the presidency.