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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
CHILD'S HEAD
A MASS or HUM0R

Il think the Cuticura remedies are
the best remedies for eczema | have
ever heard of. My mother had child
who had a rash on its head when 1t
was real young. Doctor called 1t baby
rash. He gave us medicine, but 1t did
no good. In few days the head was
q solid mass, a running sore. 1t was
awful; the child cried continually. We
had to hold him and watch him to
keep him from scratching the sore.
His suffering was dreadful. At last
we remembered Cuticura Remedies.
We got a dollar bottle of Cuticura Re-
solvent, q box Of Cuticura Ointment,
and q bar OF Cuticura Soap. We gave
the Resolvent as directed, washed the
head with the Cuticura Soap, and ap-
piled the Cuticura Ointment. We mad
not used half before the child's head
was clear and free from eczema, and
It has never come back again. His
head was healthy and he had beau
tiful head of hair / think the Cuti-
cura Ointment very good for the hair.
1T makes the hair grow and prevents
falling hair" (Signed) Mrs. Francis
Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cut1-
cura' Dept IL L, Boston.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Early School Books.

The horn book invented in 1850 and
used considerably up to the close OF
the eighteenth century was the usual
textbook of the elementary school. A
thin slab of hard wood was covered
with parchment, on which was printed
the capital and small letters. numerals
and some elementary syllables and
words.
over this a thin sheet of transpar-
ent cows horn was placed and firmly
bound SO that no moisture could pene.
trate. To this the Bible and the sam.
pier on which little girls painfully
stitched the letters of the alphabet,
some Cody saying" and a border OF
herring stitch, or some conventional
pattern of impossible flowers and foil
age and the legend Mary Smith. her
sampler or the like. were abous all
that the children used up to the be
ginning of the eighteenth century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
THOUGHT MADE HIM WORRY
Recent Subject of Surgical Operation
Victim of Sudden and Hor-
ribIe Thought.

THE late Dr. George w. Bailey OF
New York" said Presbyterian d.
vine, was thoroughly modern in his
methods, but he did think that some
or our surgeons went too far.
"Dr. Bailey, apropos of certain reck-
less abusers of the knife, used to tell
story of an appendicitis club.
AT meeting of this club pallid
member said:
"'Wen, friends, / had to be re-
opened last week. My doctor had left
a sponge inside me-
"T was reopened, too, said gaunt
man. / was reopened just ten days
ago. Prof Cutler had forgotten to
remove a pair Of forceps.'
AT this demonstrating chap
groaned, jumped up, and made for the
door
What's the matter?" they asked
him. Where are you off to in such a
rush?'
I'm off to my doctor's,' the man
replied. / remember now that, just
after | came to, he complained about
mislaying his hat and stick.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Day Was Warm, but Fashion Mentor
Trousers Hadn't Been Pressed
for TWO Days.


Delos Odd is a clerk in the Office
of a broker. Now, Delos has been
pronounced by certain authority as
the mans fashion mentor OF the town.
Some time ago the broker had rush
order to fill in the sale of some
bonds. The wasting of few min
utes might mean that the sale would
fall through and that the broker
lose a fat comr- ission.
"Delos, run to the bank and get
those bonds. Be quick" The boss or
dered
The bank was less than a half
block away. The weather was quite
warm. With elaboration Delos slipped
on his coat and theT his overcoat and
went out. In a few minutes he re-
turned with the bonds. The sale was
made and the customer left.
Nov, will you kindly tell me, Mr..
Odd" the broker asked. after o pre-
liminary sputter or two. Just Why
you stopped to put on your overcoat
to go such a short distance, and espe-
cially when the weather is so warm ?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
CHAPTER TX.
The Girl of the Cabin.

ne GbTl OF TIC Nd0iIs
He saw Neb drop down before the
blazing fireplace, and curl up like a
tired dog, and observed her take the
lamp, open the door into the other
room a trifle, and slip silently out OF
sight. He remembered staring vaguely
about the little room, still illumined
by the flames, only half comprehending,
and then the reaction from his des-
perate struggle with the elements
overcame all resolution, and he drop
ped his head forward on the table, and
lost consciousness. Her hand upon
his shoulder aroused him, startled In
to wakefuIness, yet he scarcely real.
lied the situation.
Il have placed food for the negro
beside him." she said quietly, and for
the first time Keith detected the soft
blur in her speech.
you are from the SOUTH" he ex-
claimed. as though it was discovery.
"Yes-and your
"My boyhood began in Virginia
the negro was an old-time slave in
our family"
She glanced across at the black.
now sitting up and eating voraciously.
81 thought he had once been a
slave; one can easily tell that. | did
not ask him to sit here because, ii
you do not object, we will eat here
together. | have also been almost
as long without food. 1t was so lone
ly here, and-and hardly understood
my situation-and l simply could not
force myself to eat"
He distinguished her words clearly
enough, although she spoke low, as II
she preferred what was said between
them should not reach the ears Of the
negro, yet somehow, for the moment,
they made no adequate impression on
him. Like famished wolf he began
on the coarse fare, and for ten min
utes hardly lifted his head. Then his
eyes CHANGED to meet hers across the
narrow table, and instantly the gen
tleman reawoke to life.
(TO BE CONTINUED
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

| familiar all the time, but couldn't for
the life of me connect up. You're
Christie Maclaire."
"Am II" her eyes filled with curl
osity.
"Of course you are. You needn't
be afraid of me IL you want 1t kept
secret, but l know you just the same.
Saw you at the 'Gaiety' in Indepen-
dence, maybe two months ago. I went
three times, mostly on your account.
You've got great act, and you can
sing too"
She stood in silence, still looking
fixedly at him, her bosom rising and
falling, her lips parted as If to speak.
Apparently she did not know what to
do, how to act, and was thinking
swiftly.
mr.. Keith" she said, at last in de-
cision, Il am going to ask you to blot
that all QUITO forget that you even
suspect me Of being Christie Maclaire,
of the Gaiety."
why, certainly; but would you ex-
plain?"
There is little enough to explain. 1t
is sufficient that l am here alone with
you. Whether I wish to or not, am
compelled to trust myself to your pro-
lection. You may call me Christie
Maclaire, or anything else you please;
you may even think me unworthy re-
spect, but you possess the face Of a
gentleman, and as such | am going to
trust you'll must trust you. Will you
accept my confidence on these
terms?"
Keith did not smile, nor move.
Weak from hunger and fatigue, he
leaned YEARLY against the wall.
Nevertheless that simple, womanly APP
peal awoke all that was strong and
sacrificing within him. although her
words were so unexpected that, for
the moment he failed to realize their
full purport Finally he Strengthened
up.
Il accept any terms you desire,
he gasped weakly, 'if-if you will
only give one return"
Zone return ?-what?"
Food; we have eaten nothing for
sixty hours"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

hams Vegetable Compound was rec
commended, and after taking three bot
Ties she has regained her health, thanks
to your medicine. / can recommend it
for all female troubles. Mrs. T.. A.
CoRKRAN, 1103 Rutland Street, Balti-
more, Md,
Hundreds of such letters from moth.
ers expressing their gratitude for what
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has accomplished for them have
been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Company, Lynn, Mass.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
Immediate action and be restored to
health by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
Write to Mrs. PinkhaIn, Lynn.
Mass, for advice, frees
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
The Lily Eaters.

This beautiful spring weather.
said James Wilson, the secretary OF
agriculture, at luncheon in Washing
ton, sends one, in thought at least
back to the farm.
Mr.. Wilson smiled.
81 heard of a farm the other day,
he said, ito which a certain congress
man sent a gift of rare lily bulbs from
the department The farmers wife
acknowledged the gift thus:
Dear Sir-Thank you SO much for
the particularly fine onions, which
we're greatly enjoyed with last eve
ning's steak"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith, a Virginian. now a Dor
der plainsman, is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming wal
parties of savages. He notices camp
fire at distance and then sees team
attached to a wagon and at full galloI
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
the victims finding papers and locket
with woman's portrait. He resolves tc
hunt down the murderers. Keith is ar
rested at Carson City. charged with the
Black Bart. He goes to jail fully realiz-
Ing the peril Of swift border justice. A
companion in his cell is a negro, who
tells him he is Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one of the murdered men was JohT
Sibley, the other Gen. Willis Waite, for
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
cell, and later the two fugitiveS become
lost in the sand desert
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

frightened brown eyes, with long lash
es half hiding their depths, looking di-
rectly into his own; only now she had
| slightly changed her posture, leaning
! toward him across the table. Like a
flash he comprehended that this was
reality-flesh and blood-and, with
the swift instinct of a gentleman, his
numbed, nerveless fingers jerked of
his hat, and he bowed bareheaded be-
fore her.
Pardon me-" he said, finding his
voice with difficulty. Il fell over the
step, but-but l didn't expect to find
a woman here"
He heard her quick breathing, mark
ed a slight change in the expression of
the dark eyes, and caught the glitter
of the freight on a revolver in her
lowered hand.
What did you expect to find?"
81 hardly knew" he explained lame
ly; 1--WE stumbled on this hut by acct
dent didn't know there was a
cabin in all this valley"
Then you are not here for any
purpose? to meet with any one?"
mo; we were lost, and had gone
into camp up above, when we discov-
cred your light"
Where do you come FROM"
Keith hesitated just an instant, yet
falsehood was never easy for him, and
he saw no occasion for any deceit
now.
Carson City"
what brought you here?"
1--WE started for the Bar X ranch
| down below, on the Canadian; got
caught in a sand-storm, and then just
drifted. l do not know within twenty
miles of where we are"
| She drew deep breath Of uncon-
cealed relief.
"Are you alone?"
'1The negro and Yes; and you
haven't the slightest reason to be
afraid of us-we're square"
She looked at him searchingly, and
something in Keith's clean-cut face
seemed to bring reinsurance. conf
dence in the man.
Il am not afraid" she answered,
coming toward him around the short
table. "Only it is so lonely here, and
you startled me, bursting in without
warning. But you look all right, and
am going to believe your story.
What is your manner"
"Keith-Jack Keith"
"a cowman?"
"a little of everything, l reckon" a
touch of returning bitterness in the
tone "A plainsman, who has punched
cattle, but my last job was govern
ment scout"
"You look as though you might be
more than that" she said slowly.
The man flushed, his lips pressing
tightly together.
well. IL may have BEEN he con-
fessed unwillingly. Il started out all
right, but somehow l reckon l just
went adrift. It's habit in this coun-
try"
Apparently those first words of COM
ment had left her lips unthinkingly, for
she made no attempt to reply; merely
stood there directly facing him. her
clear eyes gazing frankly into his
OWu ne SSSlnOu " oSSooAAy SOO ~
now for the first time, fairly-a sup
pie, slender figure, simply dressed.
with wonderfully expressive brown
eyes, a perfect wealth of dark hair, a
clear complexion with slight olive
tinge to it, a strong, intelligent face,
not strictly beautiful, yet strangely
attractive, the forehead low and broad,
| the nose straight. the lips full and in
clined to smile. Suddenly vague re
membrance brought recognition.
why, I know you now
| Indeed" the single word note OF
undisguished surprise.
| Yes: | thought you looked oddly
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Her face, which had been SO white,
flushed to the hair, her dark eyes soft
ening.
why, of course; sit down. / ought
to have known from your face. There
is plenty here-such as 1t is-only you
must wait a moment"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Why Odd Wore Overcoat

Odds face showed surprise that such
a question should ever be asked.
why. sir" he said, with patron
izing smile, didn't you notice that
my trousers hadn't been pressed for
two days?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

THREE good southern farms for SALE 4s6 acres in
Il East Mississippi. $50 in high state of cultiva-
ton so In pasture, balance in good timber; 6-room
residence, large barn, deep well, young orchard Ia
highly improved nice S-room new residence, com.
plefA system water works, artesan well, RR station
on place. express, ticket and p o. office. $50 acrea
at Mckinney Texas, in the heart of the best block
this tract / mile, Mckinney suitable for subdiVi-
sion These places are fer sale by ownerwh wishes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

sages OF the kidney
secretions were an
noyingly irregular.
When l started using
Doan's Kidney Pills,
these troubles soon
lessened and the dull
backache vanished.
My kidneys now act
normally and / give
Doan's Kidney Pills
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Monotonous.

Madge-So the place you spent
your vacation got to be awfully dull?
Marjorie-Just dreadful, dear. To-
ward the end | had to get engaged
again to young man l was in love
with early in the summer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

credit for this wonderful change"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
Storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

QaugnUeE Allc6, VINO
was re S tored to
health by Lydia E.
.Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. She
was pale, with dark
circles un der her
eyes, weak and irrf.
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but s h 9
grew worse all the
time. lydia e. Pink.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Good Guess.

Mosquito say, you are keeping on
that piece of paper as If you liked It.
Fly-Well. to tell the truth, | am
stuck on it,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Many man doesn't realize that he
married an angel until she begins to
do the harp act.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
A WONDERFUL CHANGE.

Mrs. +. Grouse, Manchester, Iowa,
says: For two years my back was
weak. Rheumatic pains racked my
lower limbs day and night. The pas
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

Mrs. Wins1Ow's Soothing syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma
tion, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
MY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here
with the picture of my fifteen year old
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Criminal Instinct.

Crimes lead into one another. Thee
who are capable of being forgers are
capable of being observation-disclosures.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
Cement Talk No. 3

Concrete is tn c
hardened rock-like
product made by using
some brand of Portland
cement with sand, gravel
or broken stone and
water. The cement is the ma
terial which binds the sand,
gravel or broken stone to-
gether; this binding action is
produced by water. The terms
"Cement" and "Concyete"
thus have different meanings,
although they are frequently used
INTERCHANGEABLE. While cement is
only one of the materials in concrete,
it is perhaps the most important. To
insure the best results in concrete work,
the highest grade of Portland cement
should be used. The concrete worker
may rest assured that he has the best
cement if he will make certain that the word
UNIVERSAL is printed on each sack OF
cement that he buys. Representative deal
ers everywhere handle UNIVERSAL.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT co.
SECURITY BANK BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31
| The Importance |
| of Knowing God
By Rev. Alexander S. Taylor
| Rector Of ST. Marks Reformed
Episcopal Church, Chicago.

TEXT.-That they might know Thee,
the only true God. and Jesus Christ.
whom Thou hast sent.-John 17:3.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-31

HAMADA Alberta have raw and improved
Ot1INFAD1 land near railroad price SIS to S25
per acre, easy terms Railroad fare to buyers. For
particulars, write H. III. Foster, Gear, Alberta
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
Eox and Hounds.

The boys and girls in the school at
Monticello. N Y, might have thought
that they were having an object les
son in the game of fox and hounds
when a wild fox ran into the school
room with two dogs in close pursuit.
1t was not really an object lesson.
No teacher would make so much
excitement over the teaching of any
one subject. The excitement was
great enough at first, but as the fox
and the dogs circled the room the lit
Me girls climbed up on the desks and
screamed and the little boys helped
the dogs chase the fox. The hunted
beast finally found refuge under the
teachers desk, where he snarled at the
dogs and the children and kept them
at bay. He would not let any one
touch him, but at last one of the boys
succeeded in putting a moose over his
head The boys tried to get him out
aiiTe, but he struggled so hard that
he choked to death.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01

Don't you think that little girl of
six is rather young to be interviewed
ny newspaper reporter and to have
her picture snapped by the camera
man? Well, this experience happened
recently to little Miss Gloria Gould
when she was an interested spectator
ut a society circus given at Georgian
court, the magnificent home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George J. Gould
at Lakewood, N. j.
Miss Gloria was not at all scared at
having the camera pointed at her; but,
Ike many grownup people, she object
ed, just at first, to be photographed for
publication. The picture shows what
a charming little girl she is in her play
clothes.
This little lady, who some day will
have splendid big coming out party
Nike those of her older sisters, was
very much broken up the day this pic
ture was taken over the sudden death
Of her pet dog, Buster Brown, which
was her constant companion and the
family pet. Miss Gloria and the fortu-
nate Buster used to have many a fine
romp on the lawns at Georgian Court,
and the small heiress felt very much
asgrieved that her comrade had quit
her companionship for that of the 9th
er doggies in dog heaven.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
Fastening Queen Cell in Hive.

Fastening "A Queen Cell in Hive.
When a queen-cell is given to a
nucleus, it is generally fastened on
a central part of one of the combs.
This is done, even If the cell be cut
from the same comb and fastened on
again, for bees are quite likely to
DuilI queen-cells on the edges of
warm enough in a strong colony,
but re in danger Of being chilled in
a nucleus. The instruction former
ly was to cut with the cell a wed ge-
shaped piece of the comb, then cut
a like-shaped hole in the comb and
insert the cell. An easier way is
to lay the cell directly against the
surface of the comb and fasten it
there With a hive staple. Let the
cell be at one end of the staple. and
press the othe. leg of the staple
deep into the comb
Here is still another way that can
be used only with self-spacing
on its side and lay the cell upon it..
Lay upon this another comb, take
hold of both together by the top
bars and set them in the hive. OF
course, the cell with the adhering
part of comb must be sufficiently
large to be slightly pinched by the
opposing sides of the two combs.
This last way is especially good
for putting a queen-cage in a hive.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
CarhOIic Acid for SMarms,

A bottle of diluted carbolic acid,
a piece of sponge and a long
pole, are recommended to oe
always on hand in the api-
airy at the swarming- time. If a
swarm settles in a high or unde-
sirable place, quickly pour some acid
on the sponge, thrust 1t up where
the swarm is and like a cloud the
bees scatter. If the swarm settles
in place still undesirable. the act
is to be repeated, and the tendency
each time is for the swarm to settle
lower; but the editor warns that too
many applications may cause the
swarm to leave.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01
He Startled the Trouble.

Mrs johnson had begun to learn
French and was gleefully informing
her husband of the rapid progress she
was making in her studies.
I'm afraid remarked Johnson
that you'll soon grow tired. I've
known people tackle foreign tongue.
expecting to know all about 1t in a few
weeks, but before they have mastered
even the rudiments their enthusiasm
has evaporated and they have given up
the task as hopeless"
"Oh, that's not the case with me-"
declared Mrs. Johnson confidently. 81
am getting on splendidly. and Pro.
tessor Dubois says shall soon begin
to think in French
'Well,'' the husband murmured. T
won't nterpose any further objection
and shall be glad when you are able
to think in French II will be some
thing you have been unable to do in
any other language"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-01

A West Philadelphia bee fancier
is being greatly troubled by a swarm
of dragon flies. He could not mag
inc at first what attracted them
every evening around his beehives,
until by close observation he dis
covered that they waylaid the re-
turning bees wheL they were heav-
lily laden with honey and ate them.
He does not know how to get rid of
the pests. lie cannot poison them,
they are too quick to 1e caught in a
net, and too small to be shot. He is
racking his Drains for a method to
stop their depredations. The loss
of few bees would not hurt him,
but The entire swarm has become un-
easy, and consequently the output
of honey is much diminished.-Phil-
adelphia Record.