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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07

in a hundred miles of you, and no way
to spend your money after you get it,
sleeping nights on the rocks and eating
canned stuff you pack in here after roh-
bling grocery, than to enter the realms
Of high finance and be respected by the
people, and be one Of the people,
with no price on your head,
one of the great body of eighty million
men who rule a country that is the pride
of the earth? You must be daffy," said
pa, just as Disguised as he could be.
"Sure, Mike" said the robber. Every
body here respects me, and who respects
the Wall street high finance and life in
surance robber? Not even their Wallets.
Me one of the people! Ye gods, but you
watch these same people for few
years. You say they run the govern.
ment! They and their government ars
run by Wall street, which owns the
United States senate, body and soul.
The people are pawns on chess board.
moved by the players, and they only
talk, while the Wall street owners act.
Let me tell you a story. / once had a
and roll over for a cracker, and would
hold piece of meat on his nose until
his mouth would water and his eyes
sparkle, but he would wait for me to
snap my fingers before he would toss the
meat in the air with his nose and
snatch it in his mouth, and swal-
low it whole for fear l would get it
Il cfo nd il
hind legs and speak and beg for bone
to be thrown to him SO he could
catch it. Do you know, the people of
this country remind me of that dog. It
they do not assert themselves and taks
monopoly, high finance, insurance rob-
berry, grating and millionaire and bill
lionaire ownership of everything that
all. and do business themselves instead
of having business done for them by the
money power, they will never get noticed
except when they do their tricks like
my old dog. When the time comes that
the people wear collars and are led b.
chains, and they have to stand on their
hind legs and speak to their rich and
dIIOSdAL AdoCOlo LII OOuOo, anu HUIu
meat on their noses until Wall street
snaps it's fingers, you will want to come
out here in the mountains and live the
free life of train robber with con-
science. What do you think about it,
bub?" said the robber to me.
WELL says to him, you talk like
a socialist or Democrat, but you talk
all right. If l am one Of the people will
DO as the rest do, but I'll be darned if
will get down and roll over for any,
body"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07

who claimed he had gone up to San Juan
hill with the president.
THE president is in fine shape said
pa. land he is making friends every day,
fighting the trusts, and trying to save
the people from ruin"
Gee, but what train robber Teddy
would have made, if he had turned his
talents in that direction, instead of
wasting his strenuousness in politics, .
said the leader of the gang. 81 would
give thousand dollars to see him draw
a bead on the engineer of a fast mail
and make him get down and do the dyna-
mite act, and then load UP the saddle
bags and pull out for the Hole-in-the-
Wall. That man has wasted his oppor-
tunities, and instead of being at the
head of a gang of robbers. with ali the
world at his feet ready to hold up their
hands at the slightest hint, living life
of freedom in the mountains, there he is
doing political stunts, and wearing
boiled clothes. and eating with fork. .
And the bandit sighed for Teddy.
well, he will make himself just as
famous" said pa, ''if he succeeds in land
ing the hold-up men of Wall street, and
compelling them to disgorge their steal
ings. But say" said pa, looking the
leader of the bandit gang squs re in the
eyes, why don't you give up this bad
habit of robbing people with guns, and
go back east and enter some respectable
business and make your mark? You
are born financier, can see by the
way you divide up the II crenent when
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TO THE SPELL OF DRESS.
Tribute Paid by Famous Writers
and Philosophers to
Fashion.

Jane Austen wrote to her sister n
1914: II have determined to trim my
lilac sarsenet with black satin ribbon,
just as my China Grape is, sixpenny
width at the bottom, threepenny or
fourpenny at top. Ribbon trimmings
are all the fashion at Bath. With this
addition it will be very useful gown,
happy to go anywhere"
Emerson quotes with admiring sub
mission" the experience of the lady
who declared that 1.-The sense of being
perfectly well-dresseds gives feeling
of inward tranquility which religion
is powerless to bestow."
So the clever woman and the philos-
opher, says Youths Companion, pay
their tribute to the spell of dress.
Any woman who has qualms of con-
science at the amount of time and
thought she must give to her clothes
may gather cheer from the innocent
pleasure so genuine a nature as Miss
Austen's found in the simple task of
making a gown happy to go any
where The woman who has COM
passed the art of making that kind of
a gown has done herself large serv-
ice and the world no small one We
should have admired to see Miss
Austen attired in the lilac sarsenet
with the black satin ribbon. We may
be sure that not only was the gown
happy to go anywhere, but that the
wearer was happy in it, and that the
company was happy to have her.
gentle word, a charitable act.
difficult sacrifice are each more easy in
well-fitting and becoming dress. Per-
haps it may be a sign of our servitude
to earth that this should be so but
while we live here we are bound to
look facts in the face, and cherish the
ideal of the happy gown.
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Only Wanted a Square Deal.

Prisoner said the Judge, stand
up. Have you anything to say why
Judgment of the court should not be
pronounced against your"
"I'd like to say, your honor" an
swered the prisoner, that l hope you
will not allow your mind to be pre-
JUDGED against me by the poor de-
tense my lawyer put up for me- III
take it as great favor II your honor
will Just give me the sentence I'd have
got if had pleaded guilty in the first
place. Chicago Tribune.
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murderers' union and l would be a

murderers' union and would be a
marked man.
"As president of life insurance COM
pany / could not vote myself hundred
and fifty thousand dollars year salary,
and take it from fatherless children and
widows and retain my self respect. Out
here in the mountains can occasionally
take my boys, when our funds get low,
and ride away to railroad, and hold up
the choo-choo cars, and take toll, but not
OF the poor passengers. Who do we rob?
Why the the railroads are owned by
Standard Oil, and if we take few thou
sand dollars, all Mr.. Rockefeller has to
do is to raise the price of kerosene for
day or two and he comes out even. The
express car stuff is all owned by Wall
street, and when we take the contents of
a safe, ten thousand or twenty thousand
dollars, the directors Of the express COM
pany sell stock short in Wall street and
make million or so to cover the loss by
the bandits of the far west, and pocket
the balance. So you see we are doing
them favor to rob a train, and my con-
science is clear. l am always sorry when
an engineer or eXpressman is killed, and
when such thing occurs find out the
family and send money to take care of
them, but of late years we never kill any,
body, because the train hands don't re-
sist any more, for they do not care to die
to save Wall street money. Now when
say to an engineer: Charley, turn her
off and stop here in the gulch and take
dynamite stick and go wake up the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07
DIsFIGURING SKIN HUMoR.
Impossible to Get Employment, as
Face and Body Were Covered with
Sores-Cured by Cuticura.

~Since the year 1894 / have been trou-
bled with very bad case of eczema which
| have spent hundreds of dollars trying to
cure, and went to the hospital, but they
failed to cure me, and it was getting
worse all the time. Five weeks ago my
wife bought box of Cuticura Ointment
and enc cake of Cuticura Soap, and | am
pleased to say that / am now completely
cured and well. 1t was impossible for me
to get employment, as my face, head and
body were covered with it. The eczema
first appeared on the top of my head, and
it had worked all the way around down
throat, down my body and around the
hips. 1t itched so l would be obliged to
scratch it, and the flesh was raw. | am
now all well, and l will be pleased to
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to all
persons who wish a speedy and permanent
cure of skin diseases Thomas M. Rossi-
ter, 200 Prospect Street, East Orange, N.
j., Mar. 80, 1867
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Dehorning Cows.

Very few, if any, mature cows are
dehorned at this station, since the
growth of horns is prevented by the
application of potash while the calves
are young. The use of potash for
this purpose has proved very success
full and satisfactory. We believe that
dehorned cows are much more easily
and safely handled, and it is certain
that they are less likely to injure
each other than are cows that have
horns. We can see no reason why any
dairy COW that is to be kept with other
cows should have horns. Dehorning
is practiced by many Ohio dairymen.
We have no Ayrshires at this Station.
B. E. Carmichael, Ohio Experiment
Station.
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you rob train. You would shine in the
with me, and / will use my influence to
get you in among the men who own auto
mobiles and yachts, and drive fourth
hands. What do you say?"
mo, it is too late" said the leader of
the Hole-in-the-Wall gang of train rob-
bers, with sigh. Il should be out
classed if l went into Wall street now.
have got many of the elements in my
make up of the successful financier, and
the oil octopus, and if had not become
a train robber might have been sue
cessful insurance president, but have
always been handicapped by a con-
science. could not rob widows and or
phans if tried 1t would give me pain
that medicine would not cure to know
that women and children were crying
for bread because / had robbed them
and was living high on their money. II
it wasn't for my conscience could take
the presidency of life insurance COM
pany, and rob right and left, equal to
any of the crowned heads who are now
in the business. But if / was driving in
my automobile and should run over a
poor woman who might be policy
holder, could not act as would be ex-
pected of me, and look around disdain-
fully at her mangled body in the road
and sneer at her rapidly-cooling re-
mains, and put on steam and skip out
with my mask on. l would want to
choke off the snorting, bad-smelling
juggernaut and get out and pick up the
dear old soul and try to restore her to
consciousness, which act would cause
me to be boycotted by the automobile
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07

If her system is in a deranged condi-
ton, or she is predisposed to apoplexy
or congestion of any organ, it is at this
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At this time, also, cancers and tumors
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Mrs. A. e. G. Hyland, of Chester
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Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
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For special advice regarding this inn
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She is daughter.in-law of Lydia e.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07
New and SinDle Barometer,

DR.. Eydam, noted German meteor
ologist. has discovered new and ex-
tremely simple kind of barometer 1t
consists of the telegraph wire which
is strung from pole to pole along the
roadsides. DR.. Eydam declares that hy
listening closely to the sound made
by The wind blowing across the wires
anyone can tell exactly what the
weather is likely to be several days in
advance. If the wires emit deep mel
low and sustained note, like that Of an
organ. it means that the weather will
be showery. with possible gales. A
sharp. high note foretelas cold, stormy
weather, with. in winter, snow and
Slaat.-Electricity
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-06-07
Young Men and Mechanics Wanted
for the Navy.

Young men between the ages of IL and
25 are enlisted as apprentice seamen. Flee
tricians, machinists, plumbers and filters,
coppersmiths, boilermakers, shipwrights
(carpenters), yeomen (clerks), fremen,
musicians, cooks, etc, between the ages Of
q and 35, hospital apprentices Is to 25.
Pay SIC to $40 a month, according to
rating. Good opportunity for advance
medicine and medical attendance. Cloth.
ing amounting to $45 free on first enlist
ment. Term Of enlistment four years. Re
tirement after 80 years service on three
fourths pay. Must be American citizens
of good character and physically sound
Address Navy Recruiting Station, Post Of
flee building, Minneapolis, Mimi, or Post
Office Building, st. Paul, Mimi.
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PERMIT WAS BROOD ENOUGH
Wartime Reminiscence Illustrative
of the Humor of President
Lincoln.

Mr.. Linton Park, who is now an in
mate of the Soldiers and Sailors
home at Erie, Pa, was among those
coming, Father Abraham. three hum
dred thousand more" He enlisted at
Washington, and was assigned to the
Second District of Columbia regiment,
relates Youths, Companion.
Mr. Park was then, as now, vege-
tartan. While he could assimilate ev-
erything connected with his answer to
the call of duty from the stand of pa
triotism, he could not assimilate the
army pork. 1t was plain that II the
government wished to do the square
thing by Park it would have to show
observation-disclosures in the matter of
rations.
So he took his troubles to President
Lincoln, and explained that in some
respects he was like the children of
Israel after they set out from Egypt
He could not forget the leeks and
onions with which he was wont to re-
gale himself back in Indiana county.
Lincoln smiled. "You want me to
turn you out to Craze like Nebuchad-
nezzar?" he asked.
at would beat salt pork" was Mr..
Parks reply. Thereupon Mr.. Lincoln
wrote carelessly on an ordinary sheet
of paper:
"The bearer, Linton Park, is here
with granted permission to browse
wherever he chooses
Mr.. Park saw the humor in the note,
and enjoyed it quite as much as Lin
coin did. He also enjoyed his privi-
lege of browsing" The note is still
In his possession
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THOUGHTS FOR QUIET HOUR.

Don't call the world dirty because
you have forgotten to clean your
glasses.
If your religion is of the kind that
can be easily hidden it can as easily
be lost.
The only reason some men won't go
to the church is because they are not
invited into the pulpit.
If you want to make rich man
understand you must touch his pocket
book.
The people who are too lazy to pre-
pare always have a lot to say about
tho way the prizes are distributed.
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Troubles of Spring Days.

These are the days when the old
hen gets in her work assisting the rad
ishes to come up; when the house dog
begins a system Of excavating in the
flower beds and when the neighbours
old COW walks leisurely across the
freshly prepared lawn. = Chapman
(Kan.) Outlook.
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The Rows and the Horses.

Let the horses get used to having the
BOYS about them. When out on the
farm with the heavy wagon, put the
lines into the hands of the boy. some
of the time. 1t will do the boy good,
and the horses will came to know him
as a driver. But, cautions the Farm
Journal, keep your eyes open for snags.
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SCINTILLATJONS.

Double dealing ends in divided dtvi
dends.
Our seeking always secures His
sending.
AS soon as a nation becomes heart
less it's case is hopeless.
Goldfish culture is never complete un
til conscience is killed.
Every time you put out any new
life some old leaves drop off.
SANDER is bad breath; it's evidence
applies only to it's source.-Ram's
Horn
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The Best Roost.

It may be natural for hen to roost
on a pole to which she has to cling
leaves them. 1t is of little use to try
but like a fiat roost better, says the
Farm Journal. On this the hen can
sit down, and the muscles of her feet
are kept warm and are in better shape
to scratch with in the morning.
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Kicker nv Habit.

'That man began to kick the minute
he entered the Office" said the hotel
clerk
eyes," answered the proprietor. "He
behaves as if he had always. been used
to the worst of everything. Wash
lngtOn Star,
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seedino to Alfalfa.

Alfalfa may be seeded either fall or
spring. When fall sown it can be cut
for hay the next summer. whereas, the
spring sown crop should be clipped
several times during the first season to
kill weeds and left to mulch the
ground.
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Nothinp Alarming.

Next Door Neighbour was about to
say-whats that terrible racket up
stairs? Is somebody having a fit?
Mrs. Hewjams-No. That's John.
He's rehearsing the speech he is going
to deliver tomorrow before the Uni
versal Peace society.-Chicago Tri-
hune
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FITS, st. Vitus Dance and all Nervous
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Real Merit.

Mrs. Skimkins-How do you like
your new boarding house?
Mr.. Jobkins-Oh! the rooms are
fair, the table is only tolerable, but the
gossip is excellent.-Hotel Life.
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For Wet Land.

If you have wet land, too wet for
crops and not easily drained, it should
be plowed in very dry time, says
Farm Journal, thoroughly narrowed
and seeded to red top (herd's-grass)
and alsike clover.
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ONLY One LUXURY at a. Time.

Piggmus-I'm glad it is good form
not to wear watch with a dress suit.
Dismukes-Why?
Because l never have both at the
same time. American Spectator.
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Don't think that man is slouchy
because he doesn't wear fine clothes.
Perhaps he has family of daughters.
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/ used to think / would like to be a
train robber, and have a nice gang of
boys to do my bidding. have often pic
tured my gang putting red light on the
track and stopping train laden with
gold, holding revolver to the head of
the engineer, and compelling him to go
and dynamite the express car. Then we
would fill our pockets and haversacks
with rolls of bills that would choke
hippopotamus, and ride away to our
shack in the mountains, divide up the
swag, go on trip to New York, battle in
champagne, dress like millionaires, go
to theaters morning, noon and night.
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Opportunity only knocks once; after
that our friends do it.-Puck.
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Pa and the Bad Boy Among the Train
Rcbbers-Pa Tries to Persuade the
Head Bandit to Become Financier
The Bandit Prefers Train Rob-
berry and Puts Up a Good Argu-
ment.
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A CRITICAL PERIOD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Dangers and Pain of This Critical Period
Avoided by the Use of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.

How many wo-
men realize that
the most critical
period in a wo-
mans existence
is the change of
life, and that the
anxiety felt by
women as this
time draws near
is not without
reason I?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-12

countries I am told that a government
printing office would harm greatly the ex-
listing private plants that depend upon the
government printing to large extent
From this infer that 1t Is perhaps regarded
as good policy for the government to pro-
mote the interests OF the existing private
plant but bad policy to promote the public
interests at the expense of such plants.
Progress of the Japanese.
THE remarkable progress of the japanese
people will be apparent from the scope of
the imperial printing bureau at Toxic. This
institution EMPLOYS almost 5000 persons, and
the monthly disbursements for labor
amounts to 10000 yen. The bureau is d.
vided into six departments. including a pa
permaking and typefounding department.
Mexico Is the only country among the
southern republics operating its own print
ing plant. There Is general office. each
department of the government maintaining
Its own printing office. The total force en-
ployed Is about 800. It should be stated
that the Mexican government Is procuring
information with a view to centralizing its
printing into one establishment after the
manner OF the United States"
From the foregoing data it will be seen
that the greater part OF the countries of the
civilized world, and those countries hav-
ing by far the greatest majority of inhabi-
tants, have found that 1t Is more economi-
cal and convenient to have the public print
ing done by the government instead OF let
ting it to private contract. It win also be
apparent that the United States has the
greatest and best equipped printing Office
In the world. one which can do all the work
required for many years to come In any