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JUST CLEARING THE WAY.
After All, What Was One Tooth, More
or Less?

"The late Edmund Clarence Sted-
man." said a Chicago publisher, used
to entertain his friends with amusing
memories of country journalism. He
once edited, you know, little paper
in Connecticut.
cat a dentists banquet in New
York, where he read an original poem,
he told a story about an amateur Con-
necticut dentist, one Of his Oldest sub
scribers.
"This mans name was Jake. Jake
was at work in a corn field one day
when a neighboring farmer came to
him, holding his jaw.
'"The farmer had the toothache, and
to save trip to Winsted and dem
fists fee he wanted Jake to pull tht
aching tooth.
''Jake led him to the barn, seated
him on a saw-horse and took from the
harness room pair of very large,
rusty pincers.
"'Eere goes he said, and bracing
himself extracted a huge tooth.
''The farmer clapped his hand to
his jaw He pointed reproachfully to
the large white tooth in the pincers.
"'Why, jake he said, that's the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02
PRESCRIBED cUTIcURA
After Other Treatment FaiIed-Raw
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months-At Lash
Doctor Found Cure.

"Our baby boy broke out with &C.
Eema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side of his face the
size of nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when 1 bathed the parts that were
sore and broken out. gave him
three months treatment from a good
doctor, but at the end of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using
a cake of Cuticura Soap, third Of
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
we'll and his face was as smooth as any
baby's. He is now two years and
half old and no eczema has reappeared.
Mrs M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan, May
Ia and June II, 1907"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02
How to Raise Boys.

"Thar amt much of a problem In
raisin' boys eff you'll have little COM
mon sense about It," said Mr.. Billy
Sanders. Don't let 'em run wild like
pigs in the woods, an don't keep the
lines too tight, an when things go
wrong don't be afear'd of usin' a raw
hide. But don't fergit that the mann
mics an daddies Of the land are twice
responsible when one of Their boys
goes wrong. Eff the legislator wants
to do a good work, an make better
citizens out'n the risin' generation, let
it put heavy penalty on the dear
parents of the boys that go wrong
Joel Chandler Harris, in Uncle Remus'
MaqaZina
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ELLIS GETS TWO YEARS.
Ashland Bankers Appeal for New
Trial Denied.

Eau Claire-A motion for a new
trial has been made in the case of the
state of Wisconsin VS.. Jonathan S.
Ellis of Ashland, charged with receiv-
ing deposits after he knew or should
have known that his bank was insolv-
ent, the case being heard before Judge
O'Neil in this city several months ago,
when the jury found him guilty, was
made by Attorney Tompkins, whose
grounds for asking new trial were
that the bank was solvent on the dates
mentioned. The motion was denied,
and the defendant sentenced to two
years in the state prison at Waupun.
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the ear. There is only way TO
Deafness ana that by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube is infamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when is entirely closed, Deaf
is the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored its normal condi
tion hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh, which IL notnlnX
but an fnhamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars Free
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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magnificent chateau of IEmpery Car
rieres and the Musee Sociale-was a
great parsonage in several lights. He
died few years since. Socially a
Paris leader, he found time to himself
to make the Musee Sociale, where
many American students have been
welcomed to learn everything done in
France in the line of university settle
ments, model houses, pure milk and
all that sort of thing.
The funds Of the Musee Sociale-in
part American girls money-have per-
mitted several French scciologists to
visit the United States te. study what
we do in the same lines It's director,
Leopold Mabilleau, appointed by De
ChambFun, gave one of the French
lecture courses at Harvard.
l could thus go on for pages. For
each American girl who has wasted
love end fortune in undignified Euro
pean title-buying, l can name you Is
others who, in France at least, have
made love matches, reasonable bar
gains, settlements in life continuing
happily and usefully.
Why belittle our girls who come
here and marry, making the name of
American a thing to be proud of, by
their fortunes, by their adaptability?
Became French Social Leader.
Shall I speak of the Marquise de
Ganay, who was a Miss Ridgeway of
Philadelphia? She is now a grand
mother, with children and grandchil-
dren married into great French fam
lilies, a portentous, awful social lead
er! Or shall I mention the Baronette
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The Snrlnu Openinu.

The dazzling creation of birds and
wire in the millinery department was
marked SIS.
The circle of shoppers gazed in envy
but not one stirred
Suddenly the clerk reversed the card
and displayed the figures S14.49.
Then there was a small riot Shop.
pers fought like amazons to reach the
counter.
"Ah," laughed the tall floorwalker
those ladies remind me of olden
knights"
'In what way?" asked the meek man
who was waiting for his wife to
emerge from the crush.
why, they fight at the drop of a
hat"
And before the meek man could APP
preciate the point of the joke his wife
came out minus a comb and two locks
of hair.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02

Louis de La Grange and the Comp
tesse Jean de Kergorlay? They were
the daughters Of Gov Carroll Of Mary
land. descendants Of Charles Carroll
of Carrollton. They were six children,
inheriting $20,000,000.
Shall l tell you of the Marquise de
Breteuil, who was Miss Garner OF ST.
Louis? Suppose that she. did bring the
marquis t$4,000000. We can afford It,
Do you want the money? One of her
sisters married Comte Leon 7on
Moltke, who represents Denmark in
Paris, and his brother, seeing it was
good and fair, espoused Miss Bona
parte of Baltimore. The other sister,
Edith Garner, married Gordon Cum
mings, made the present king of Eng
lands scapegoat in the baccarat affair
of years ago.
The Marquis De Mores never had a
good hour when not with his wife,
Miss Won Hoffman of New York. James
Gordon BENEFITS niece, Rita Bell, no.
toriousIy made a man of Count Paul
d'Aramon-himself already half an
American, as his mother had been a
Miss Fisher. They lead a patriarchal
life. The lady never lost dollar of
her money.
And SO on. America is rich enough
to let her daughters marry where they
will. England spends billions to build
up her prestige with lot of iron-clads,
men-of-war, cruisers and line-of-battle
ships. If we Americans prefer to
make smarter, lovelier kind of repu-
tation for our land and folk, why, let
our girls come and show Europe how
to live. They do it. Whoop!
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the Due de Dino, he could make Mrs.
Frederic Livingston (nee Sampson) a
real Almanach de Gotha duchess. She
is very happy, too, though separated
from him; and never shall forget the
frank American decision of character
with which | once saw her jerk him
from the Monte Carlo trente-et-quar-
ante table, saying: you have blown
enough of my money; cut it,"
Two More Happy Marriages.
Two Misses Singer of the sewing
machine trade, brought 100000
apiece into the Almanach de Gotha-
and never regretted it. Isabel married
the great social high priest, the Due
Decazes, who really caused the death
Of poor old Haritoff two years ago.
Haritoff, who formerly had his own
racing stable and could point out, in
the Avenue Of the Bots, three man
sions he presented to three ladies in
his prime, lived hard broke of late
years; but everyone felt plying and
friendly to him.
At Monte Carlo Decazes, with live
~ party on his yacht, invited Haritoff
to dinner. After coffee, talking old
times with mature lady of the thea
ter, poor Haritoff explained he had a
system to beat roulette. With a 1000
franc note he could attain to fortune
Here's one," said the lady; but as
days passed, after, and she saw no
more of Haritoff, she sought him out
and asked her money back. "The sys-
tenn broke" said the unhappy man;
"the 1000 francs are gone; please
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02

married any heiress of his class. In
stead, he chose Miss Mitchell, with
her modest dot-a true love match.
For trade, he is captain of hussars.
His private life is most passed at
Montmirail, his seat, where his lovely
American duchess yields queenly In
fluence. She is the friend Of all girls
who want to marry their true love;
OF the country nobility; rich farmers
daughters; middle-class girls cursed
with ambitious parents; peasant girls
discouraged by small cash.
She has opened French eyes to
American agricultural machinery;
made known hygienic plumbing, the
heck system, social mixing, farmers
trolleys, Indian corn, bath tubs, out
door life for girls above the peasant
class. How can a high-hearted Oregon
girl. become chief parsonage of sew
eral counties, not spread the idea of
go ahead and trust to your strong
arm?
She taught the duke to take his
place. He was easy-going, lovable and
army-locoed; for some years they held
aloof from high Partisan society, but
now they have son, aged three; they
take their preponderating place in the
set of the Dowager Duchess Dues,
hunting the red deer with dogs and
horses and the melancholy horn, like
Francis de la Roche, his ancestor, god
father of Francis l., and consulting
with five other Seignieurs to change
the director of the Paris grand opera
by mere force of social influence.
Place for Duchesse de ChauInes.
Miss Shonts, as Duchesse de
Chaulnes, has her place like this wait
ing for her in the Uzes set. Much de-
ponds on the woman. The emoluments
are often worth the money. Indeed,
there are American girls who have so
valued the emoluments that they held
to them after they divorced the man
and no hard feelings.
Such is the happy case of Miss Cur
It's of New York, first wife of the pres
ent Due de Dino. The whole French
aristocratic family mourned her when
she quit. you are still of u.s." they
insisted. She still calls herself the
marquise de Talleyrand-Per Her
noble daughter married Roman Rus
poll, title princess of Piggio-Suasa:
her four sons are bona f1de Gotha no
bility; and she has always been eX-
tremely happy.
When her divorced husband found
he could not live without an American
woman on the premises, his good old
father kind of abdicated, so that, as
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wait few days more" but the indig-
nant lady told Decazes; and Decazes
ostentatiously kicked Haritoff in the
posterior before the great public of
the atrium of the Casino.
Everyone called it savage act.
his fault to have left Haritoff alone
with anyone who had 1000 francs; his
weakness and necessities were known.
Therefore the duke, kindly at heart,
consented to meet Haritoff in a duel,
where no one was hurt; but his old
friend never recovered from the dis
grace, and died few months after.
Prince Polignac, who married Win
marietta Singer-and in time left her
happy widow, with his noble family all
devoted to her Even their old mother,
after Isaac Singer died, went into the
nobility by way of the duke of Campo
Selice. There are dukes and dukes. In
the old kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
three acres and a cow constituted
principally or dukedom
American Girls In Demand.
All is not one-sided. 1t has been OBJ
served that when French families get
a taste for our girls they go in for
them quite wholesale. Thus Miss
Hooper of Cincinnati was brought up
in Paris, where her mother enter
tanned so lavishly in one Of the IL
mansions around the Arc de Tri-
omphe.
Well, Comte Horace de Choiseul
saw that his elder brother, the Due de
Choiseul-Praslin, was SO happy with
Miss Forbes of New York for such a
long time, that he espoused Miss
Hooper Both these Choiseul-Praslin
wives are absolutely happy, quite as
simulated to French life, while keeping
hold of all that is best in their patri-
mony of America and it is known
that their steady influence is part of
that mysterious something that is put
ting new push into the French aristoc-
racy. The de Choiseul-Praslins. for
example, have yet third nice Ameri-
can girl among them. Miss Coudert,
the heiress of the New York-Paris law
firm, also married into it; and yet
more.
Wait. There is, indeed, a fourth.
In the days Of the kings who gave
these titles, king could have quickly
decided whether the Prince de Bearn
ct de Chalais is a real de Choiseul-
Praslin. The courts of the French re-
public could not Therefore. to this
day, we do not know if Miss Winans
of Baltimore married into this old
family of the minister of Louis XIV.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02
RAILROAD PREVENTS SALE.
Central Gets Injunction
Stopping Disposal of Property.

Superior - An injunctional suit
brought by the Wisconsin Central
railroad stopped the sale of the ties
and steel rails seized by City Treasur-
er Hunter for non-payment of the Cen
trails taxes. City Treasurer Hunter
and City Attorney Mcintosh were
about to start out to make the sale of
the property when the injunction pa
pers were served. They accordingly
posted notices to the effect that the
selo had been postponed. The city
treasurer seized the ties and rails on
account of the failure of the Wisconsin
Central to pay a tax of about $4,000,
levied on the property held by it in
this city.
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"The Morninu Tub"

A few years ago a sister OF mine
called in to see an old lady who lived
in a little cottage in Lincolnshire, and
in the course of conversation happened
to mention that she had a cold sponge
down every morning.
Law, miss" said the old lady, "and
does your mother know?"
Eyes, certainly; and she quite ap-
proves"
WELL" said the old lady, "a washes
me face livery daay, an washes mi
neck once a week, but ave nivver bin
washed al over since was babby."
This good old lady lived to the ripe
old age of 93.-Letter to the London
Daily News.
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a Powerful Combination.

Tim was a pr ege of Mr.. Blank,
well-known Boston lawyer. He was
often in trouble, but by personal infiu-
ence with the courts Mr.. Blank man.
aged to have him let down easy, so 1t
became a matter Of talk, the Green
Bag says, that he did not suffer great
ly in being arrested.
"How is it, Tim,' some one asked
one day, that you are arrested very
often, but never go to jail nor pay any
fines?"
Its just this way" Tim replied. II
have Mr. Blank for me lawyer, and
what he doesn't know about the law
tells him."
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Prnner Discrimination.

A party of New Workers who go
down to Virginia each year for an ex-
tended fishing trip were one day dis
cussing the merits of the various fish
in the streams of the Old Dominion,
when one of them finally turned to the
old darky who served the party as
guide and boatEan, and said:
''Zeke, don't you think yellow perch
is altogether the best fish in this vicin-
ity?"
"Yessah," promptly responded Zeke,
''yaller perch am de bes' fish
heah, always excusin' de white shad."
illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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PIRATES SENSE OF cHIvALRY.

That even a Chinese pirate may
have strong idea of chivalry is
proved by the following excerpt from
an item in the North China Daily
News: 1.-THE launch at once stopped
when ordered to do so. The leader of
the pirates was then heard to order
his men that they were not to modest
anyone on board who voluntarily
handed over his or her valuables.
Among the passengers, however, were
a father and son, the latter of whom.
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it seemed, was a little too slow in
obeying the pirates order to hand
over his money, with the result that
he was shot. Upon hearing the shot
the pirate chief, who was on deck.
came down into the cabin and seeing
the father of the unlucky young man
lamenting over his sons death, ad-
dressed the OLD man and condoled
with him on his sons unfortunate and
'undeserved' death. The chief finally
brought out of his pocket roll Of
$50 and handed the sum to the old
man as solatiGm."
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Investigate Sudden Death.

Eau Claire.-Alexander Smith of
this city, aged IA years, died sudden
ly at Radisson, where he was working
for a lumber company. An operation
was deemed necessary, and he died
under the influence Of an anesthetic.
A further investigation was made into
the causes of his death.
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Younu Girl Saves Train.

Waupaca.-That the presence of
mind of a 14-year-old girl, Esther
Webb, did not desert her was all that
averted the wreck of the Waupaca-
Green Bay train at the washout re-
Gently. The child discovered the
washout and heard the train approach
ing. She ran up the track, waving her
hat and apron, and succeeded in stop
ping the train before it reached the
WaShOut.
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on the ponies and that I'm goin' to
Narragansett Pier for two weeks.
see?"
For a few seconds the typist's fin
gers flew. Suddenly she stopped.
81 can't for the life of me remem-
ber," she explained in puzzled voice,
''how to spell 'Narragansett.'
The man behind the waistcoat
tossed his cigar and scratched his
head.
"N-a-r-nar-r-e-r-rer-r- the dick
ems; cut it out. I'll go to New
portl"
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Finish Auditorium Plans.

La Crosse.-Plans have been COM
pleted for the new auditorium in
which the saengerfest is to be housed.
The structure will contain stage for
about 200 singers, and floor space for
$500 persons. 1t will be erected on
city property and will be used as a
corn palace during the interstate fair
and for political meetings during the
campaign,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-04-02
MATTER EASILY GOT AROUND.

A man with a waistcoat and dia-
mond shirt stud that fairly screamed
Prosperity" at all within seeing dis
lance blew into the public stenog-
gapher's Office in New York hotel.
Say" he demanded, ''can you write
. letter to my goil?'
The stenographer assured him that
she could.
WELL" declared the sport, after
giving the name and address, tell her
rye connected with . barrel of money
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gilded craft; but the mass
of the contented, doing vast good to
America and Europe, pass unnoticed,
declares a writer in the Washington
Evening Star.
AS to France, I know these girls are
missionaries of the great American
idea.
hume get love; some fill empty
hearts with worldly satisfactions, and
all merit admiration. Frances share
Of their $300,000O00 may have heeled
old families; but the breezy push, the
bright initiative, independence, energy
and judgment with which they invigor-
ate sleepy aristocracy are equaled
only by the splendid prestige they
have given the United States abroad.
There are two ducal families, for
example, the Rochefoucaulds and
Uzes, called, respectively, "the pre-
mier dukes" and premier barons" Of
the old regime. Is it a small thing
that Miss Shonts becomes the sister
in-law of one, while Miss Matte Eliza
beth Mitchell is the duchess of the
other?
One True Love Match.
Miss Mitchell may have brought
the Due de la Rochefoucauld but
100000 The duke-who, in old days,
would have been nearest royalty, like
The Norfolks in England-could have
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Class Favoritism.

1.-THE Indian appropriation bill puts
an end to the relations of the five
tribes, / notice." remarked Reeder,
looking up from his paper.
"Humph!" growled Grump, whose
wife's cousin is making a protract-
ed visit at his home. 81 wish we
were Indians. kansas City Times.
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MuckIestone Is President.

Madison.-Waldo Mucklestone Of
Waukesha was elected president of the
junior class of the University of Wis
consin. Mucklestone was member
of the Badger football team last fall,
and is one of the mainstays Of the
varsity baseball nine.
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Former AssembIyman Dies.

Marshf1eld.-William Noll, president
of the Noll Hardware company, and
one of the pioneer merchants of this
city, died here. He died on his birth
day anniversary, being "a years of age.
The deceased was formerly a resident
of Calumet county, and served in the
assembly as member from that
cOuntV
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Prominent Man Insane.

Racine.-Cecil Milton Moyle, aged
80, from one of the best families in
this part of Wisconsin, was adjudged
insane and taken to the Mendoza
asylum. Mr.. Moyle had permitted his
whiskers and hair to grow to unusual
length, his whiskers reaching below
his waist and his hair over foot down
his back
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Maternity Home Given Up.

Eau Claire.-The Eau Claire Ma.
ternity home, owned by the Women's
Christian Temperance union, has been
sold and turned over to DR.. Shaw. The
principal cause for the institution
passing out of existence is the unpleas-
ant publicity given it at the time of
Investigations some months ago in
which the state board of health took
mart
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my back grew weak
and lame and /
could not stoop
without a S h arp
pain. 1t was just
as bad when / tried
to get uS from a
chair. 1 was Ian
guild ard listless
and had much pain
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Electric Roads Unite.

Appleton.-The Fox River Street
Railway & Lighting association was
organized here. l.. G. Draper of Fond
du Lac being elected president. Every
electrical concern between Fond du
Lac and Green Bay was represented.
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Robbers Get a Bio Haul.

La Crosse-Three shoplifters, two
women and a man, robbed a number
of local merchants of between $500
and 1000 worth of goods, and then
suddenly departed, leaving their ilatel
bill unpaid.
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and trouble with the kidney secretions.
This was my state when / began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me
from the first and four boxes made a
complete, lasting cure
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.