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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05
WEAPONS OF THE CHINESE.
Evolution of the Monaghan Arms and
Their Method of Designating
Rank,

The prominent part played by China
in the worlds affairs during the past
seven years has aroused the interest
of collectors who have brought to this
country many specimens of wares and
goods peculiar to that part of the far
east. None among these are of great
err historical value than the weapons
which are in use in all provinces of the
empire, even in the districts where the
imperial armies are equipped with Eu-
ropean firearms. One of the best col
lections was shown in this city not
long ago, and is now in the possession
of the commercial museum at Phila-
delphia, says the New York Post. Sin
gle specimens of value are to be found
in the Chinese clubrooms in China
town, and in many of the bric-a-brac
stores scattered about the city.
A careful study of the weapons
shows that most of them are naught
but industrial appliances suddenly en-
ployed for purposes of Offense. One
spear is pitchfork and another tri-
dent similar to the eel-spear employed
by our OWE fishermen. Another ghast~
ly weapon when examined carefully
proves to be a scytheblade fastened
to the end of strong pole. The hal
herds are hatchets, ax-heads, adzes
and cleavers wired or tied with thongs
to stout slaves. Even the spears and
lances show an agricultural or domes-
tic rather than a military origin.
These weapons may be viewed as his
torical souvenirs which are preserved
as testimonials of the bravery of the
Manchu conquerors. The Tartars
take great pride in their conquest of
the Middle Kingdom. Before they
came from the north they were saw
ages in comparison with the civilized
Chinese. They preserve this fact in
their laws and customs. The cuff of
every officials coat is made in the form
of a horses hoof to indicate that the
Manchurian armies were cavalry, not
infantry. The official footwear is a
cavalry boot, which, though made of
satin with kid-covered soles, is in cut
and general appearance the same as
the heavy leather articles worn by
their ancestral troopers 300 years ago.
When they conquered China they ex-
perienced the strongest resistance
from the farmers and fishermen who
armed themselves with whatever came
to hand and attacked the invaders with
fierce intrepidity.
In honor of these victories they re-
tanned the primitive weapons of their
captives and used them as trophies of
their battles. Each Manchu officer
employed a lot of Chinese captives and
armed them with their own spears,
tridents and axes, as the case might
be- The practice has been kept up
ever since. When mandarin goes
calling he has one or more guards in
his retinue who are armed with these
simple contrivances. So far has the
idea been pushed that in nearly all
the temples there are weapons which
belong to the God of the Temple, and
these are usually of the same agri-
cultural character as those employed
bv the guards of civil and military Of
icials.
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He shakes the solid hill, and smoke the

He shakes the solid hill. and smoke the
heaven hides.
And by the way it is an interesting
facttonote that originally the name of
Etna was Volcano (Vulcanus, Vulcan,
god of fire), in whose crater Roman
mythology placed the forge where
Vulcan wrought the thunderbolts of
Jupiter.
Stromboli, on the Lipari islands,
called the light house of the Mediter-
ranean, has also been in full activity
since the most remote times, having
attracted the attention of Homer by
her pecuiarities. She throws out
flames continually without actually
being in eruption, although the nature
of the ground shows that formerly 1t
was subject to them.
There are some 408 volcanoes, big
and little throughout the world. Ihey
are classified into two groups, known
as the central and linear systems. AS
their names would indicate the cen
trail system of volcanoes consist OF
several vents grouped together, but
one of which is usually in eruption at
any one time, and the linear system
which consists of vents extending in
one direction along range of noun
tains, as the Andes in South America
or the Rocky mountains in North
America.
The three volcanoes to which we
have already referred are included in
the Central system, as is also Hecla in
Iceland. The first recorded eruption
of this volcano was in 1904 since which
time about % eruptions have taken
place, those of 1784-85 and 1856 be-
ing the most violent. In the former
outbreak rivers were dried up and
whole villages destroyed. Three new
craters were formed during the period
of the eruption from which pillars of
fire arose to the height of $4,000 feet.
The lava formed several hills, and
pieces of pumice stone and scoriae of
two hundredweigh were thrown 11%
leagues, and the ice and snow which
had covered the mountain for cen
turtles melted in great floods.
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The Sights, Scenes and Gossip
OF New York's Wall Street ~ ~

Lamb. Mr.. Bear was not caught this
time, and Mr.. Bull knew enough to
save his hosting horns for better
purpose-unless he happened to be
in the deal.
Webb has proved several times the
rule that Vanderbilt who specu-
lates loses. William X. years ago had
to be ordered off the street by his
father; he is a shrewd man of bust
ness now, and wheP he feels like
risking a little mo 1ey he does not
try stocks, but slips over to Monte
Carlo and puts gold on the green;
it's less costly. Webb built a costly
railroad through the Adirondack will
derness and was obliged to make
safety play by leasing it to the
obliging Vanderbilts. He will now
probably keep out of speculation for
the rest of his days. If not, Wall
street sees his finish. He is not or
ganized for the strain down there.
Wall street cares nothing whether
Webb was sharer in Meyers
schemes or victim. 1t has a gun
loaded for him, if he comes that way
again.
x X x
The wages of Wine 'Boomers."
No wonder people get the idea that
fools and their money are soonest
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The News Condensed.

Anthony Gress was drowned in
Black river. His boat capsized.
DR.. w. II. Watkins, a well-known
specialist of New Orleans, died IL
Milwaukee from malignant growth
in the stomach.
James McMath, one of the old resi-
dents in Amigo, was found IN the
river at Oshkosh. He had been de-
sDondent since the death of his wife.
The fine residence of John E. Glover
was struck by lightning at Hudson.
Walks and OuthOuses were washed
away and the streets were trans
formed into rivers.
Francisco, the Porto Rican lad who
was brought to West Superior by
company l from the island, has be.
come incorrigible and has been sent
to the state school at Sparta.
William Yonker, a farmer residing
in the town of Easton, was arraigned
in the municipal court in Wausau,
charged with brutally beating his
wife. and was held in $4,000 bail.
Mayor Hammel issued an ordi-
nance prohibiting the operation of all
nickel-in-the-slot machines and other
machines of a gambling nature in
Appleton.
Mrs. A. G. futile, a pioneer of Bar
aboo, died at the age of IS years
With her husband, who survives her,
she introduced Russian apples into
the United States.
Prof. C. H. Hasl1ins, of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, has been called to
Harvard, at Cambridge, Mass, to be
professor of history in the university
in 1902-1903.
Thomas Lamphier, a farmer, cut
his throat with a pocket knife in Be-
lott.
The Kettleson sawmills on Mud
brook. near Chippewa Falls, were
struck by lightning and burned, to-
gether with large quantity of lum-
Der.
Peter Dietz1er, proprietor Of saw
mill at Cadoff, was struck by piece
of hardwood timber which flew from
an edger and his skull was crushed.
George Craven, aged rs years, who
had been a resident of Rock county
for more than so years, died suddenly
at his home.
A reunion and campfire of the old
Twelfth Wisconsin, Gen. George E.
Bryant's regiment, will be held at
Grand Rapids June Gil.
Bion J. Arnold, president and gen
eral manager OF the Kenosha Electric
Railway company, says he will COM
ple;e the road between Chicago and
Milwaukee during the present sum-
mer.
The Bethesda spring pavilion in
Bethesda park at Waukesha was
nearly destroyed by fire.
n. Nelson was buried alive in a well
at Eagle River. A rescuing party re-
covered the lifeless body.
James Dougherty, a former hotel
clerk in Beloit, who had been work
ing with train crew in the grave!
bed at Rockton. H., lost one foot by
falling under the cars.
Carlton Merrill, of Green Bay, who
has been appointed TO the judgeship
of Brown county, is acceptable to the
people of the county and the bar liz
general.
Rural free delivery route No. Z, out
of Milwaukee, will become effective
July 1, and viii serve with daily mail
an area of 90 square miles, the Fopu-
lation of which is 644 and the ncEt
Der OF houses 143.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-06-05

At one of the downtown luncheon
clubs, where members of the produce
exchange meet and swap stories, the
following was told few days ago:
81 was making tour through the
uplands of Wyoming with Crittenden,
of Lincoln, and one day while jogging
over the hills, the axel broke. We
used a rope and some splints and
managed to worry along several miles.
Then we came to ranch and yelled
to a man off in the field to come our
way. He was big, fine looking
Swede. When he got within shout
ing distance our man yelled: Have
you a monkey wrench?
"sNo, came back the reply, clear
as through megaphone, this is no
monkey ranch; this is sheep
ranch. IN. Y. Tribune.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Jaggles do you know what
brought on his nervous prostration?"
Waggles-''Trying to keep up active
membership in half-a-dozen Don't
Worry clubs" Town Topics.
The Witness-Judge- you think
the fire was of incendiary origin?"
Witness-''I wouldn't like to say that,
your honor. To tell tn truth, / be-
lieve tn building was set on fire. Co
lumbus State Journal.
First Workman why don't yer
buy yer own matches, stead of always
cadin' mine?' Second Workman
you're uncommon mean with your
matches. I'll just take a few"-helps
himself to two-thirds- land be hin
dependent of yer!"-Punch.
Lily-"You don't mean to say you
have broken with Fred? Why, heard
him say only yesterday there wasn't
another girl in the world like YOU
Minnie-''That' just it. Much as to
say I'm a freak. I'll never speak to
him again! ''-Boston Transcript.
Disquieting Possibility-"My dear, -
said Mr.. Snaggs to his wife, suppose
we have beefsteak smothered with on
ions for dinner tonight" eff l find
that beef is no lower when GO to mar
ket,'' replied Mrs. Snaggs, you may
have to put up with beef1ess onions"
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
'How is your boy getting along at
school?" "Splendidly-splendidly!
tell you, my friend, this boy of mine
will make his way in the world, don't
you fear. During the time he's been
going to school they have'had 80 ex-
aminations, and he's managed tododge
every one of them" Glasgow Even
ing Times.
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Disaster in Japan.

Victoria, B. c., June 2.-Late Japan
csc advices say: News was received
from Hokhaida of the drowning of 300
japanese fishermen in terrible gales
early in May off that coast. Off the
islands of Teuri and Yokishiri there
were 122 boats engaged in fishing for
herring when the storm began. No
less than 20 boats were cast away, and
out of a total of 1856 men 22O were
drowned. From other fishing districts
wrecks were reported and the loss of
life is great.
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on Broad street
w h a t e V e + the
weather, rain or
shine, yelling at
the top of th cir
voices. There are
about $50 of them,
well-dre,ssed a n d
intelligent l o o k
ing; every one
tanned like a sail
or from exposure
to wind and rain
a n d sun. Often
they are exposed
too much and go
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Crop Outlook.

The weekly crop report of the
Washington weather bureau says for
Wisconsin,:
Warm weather, with general rains, in
some sections very heavy caused rapid
growth of crops, but delayed planting;
some damage on low lands by excessive
moisture and washing; CRY weather badly
needed; winter wheat and rye continue to
make good progress; outlook for spring
gCairs excellent; some damage to fruit
tcees by high winds, but outlook very IA
rorabie
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When tropical plants arrive at Hor-
ticultural hall, says the Philadelphia
Record. they are Systematically and
carefully inspected for the presence
of these insects, tarantulas and cent?
pedes. Even when no members of the
family of spiders are detected the
stems and leaves are sprayed with a
powder that destroys them or the eggs
from which they breed.
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The National Guard.

Adjt. Gen. c. r. Boardman has is
'ued orders for the annual encamp-
nent and inspection of the Wisconsin
national guard. The camp this year
is to be named Camp Swanson in
honor of Corp. Swanson, of Sparta,
who was killed in action at Abonita
pass in Porto Rico during the Span
ish-American war. The encampment
will begin the first week in August.
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ID. 8. FOOte Dies.

DeIavan S. Foote, the Chicago at
>orney who was reported to have
.,een sued for $4,000 for breach OF
promise by Miss Mayme Dedeimar, OF
Kenosha, died at Chicago. The re-
port of his death caused sorrow in
the Dedeimar family, whose members
deny the responsibility for the suit
said to have been started in Chicago.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Fnfr Premiums.

Secretary John 81. True, of the
state board of agriculture, has sent
out 5000 copies of the premium list
for the coming fair. These will be
sent to the leading agriculturists and
stock raisers all over the northwest.
Secretary True expects that the en-
tries IN all departments will be more
numerous this year than ever before.
The aggregate amount of money to
be offered in premiums this year is
about $4,000.
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parted IN IN e w
York.
What w n g e S
would you sup
pose a C h a M
payne sales agent
gets here? Meth
er you n or l
would guess it. A
convenient l a W.
suit reveals that
one o f t h e S e
wine opene + $"
received a salary
of $4,000 a year,
ood GAO OOO for
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off of galloping pneumonia, but that
makes no difference.
This is the curb market" product
of the wild speculation of the past few
wears. These men, whose offices are in
their hats, execute orders for nun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth
of stocks. Recognized stock exchange
houses send clerks to deal with them.
They are the recognized agents for the
sale of many good stocks, like that OF
Standard Oil, which are not listed on
change. And, of course, they sell
"ducks and brakes"
These men are able and willing to
provide themselves with shelter, but
the stock exchange members Will not
permit it. Fearing lest 1.-THE curb
may develop into another rival organ
ization like the consolidated exchange,
thew refuse 10 deal with the curb men
if they get under cover. So they will
proba bly, continue to brave pneumonia
in winter and sunstrOke in summer.
And anyone who goes down to see the
sights and falls into the middle OF the
mob, all bowling like Comanches'
needn't be surprised.
The curb was very hard hit by the
slump in the so-called Webb-Meyer
stocks. I don't suppose the street
will ever get at the true inwardness
of that queer transaction. On the
face of it, it looked as if DR.. W. Sew
ard Webb, son-in-law of W. FL. Van
derbilt, and candidate for governor
of Vermont, was a ''welcher;" but
Of course the doctor Indignantly de-
MED the implication.
4 x X
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WhiteIaw Reid Sails.

New York, June 2.-Whitelaw Reid,
the special ambassador of the United
States to the coronation of King Ed
ward of England, sailed Saturday for
England on the Cunard liner Umbria.
Mr.. Reid was accompanied by his
wife and dau0hter.
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VIZ IEfzSM test CAV IN summer OF the
SsEs3g8 coolest day in winter, the
S@vE5% old settler rises up and
w VI with an air of superiority
begins to tell of a hotter
dav or colder day which he endured
40 years ago and in comparison with
which the present day in question is
but a trifing and insignificant affair.
If it were possible to call up the spirits
Of the departed and converse with
them, the ear Of the world would hear
tales of volcanic disasters which would
make the present awful destruction
wrought by Monts Pelee and Soufrlere
pale into almost insignifcance. The
terrible story Of the eruptions in Mar
tinique and St. Vincent is being so vol
uminously told by the myraid newspa-
pers Of this newspaper age that one
comes to feel that it is the worst catas-
trophe of the kind in the history of the
world, but as one draws back the cur
tain Of the centuries Vesuvius is seen
to have destroyed her tens of thou
sands TO the thousands who met death
in the recent disaster.
In the great eruption of Vesuvius in
70 A. D., the cities of Pompeii and Her
culaneum were overwhelmed and
buried under 90 to 125 feet of ashes and
over 100000 people persisted, among
them PIiny the Elder. In letter to
the historian Tacitus, Pliny the
Younger thus writes of the death of
his uncle:
'The eruption from Mount Vesuvius
famed out In several places with much vio-
1ence which the darkness of the night con-
tributed to render still more visible and
dreadful But my uncle, in order to soothe
the apprehensions Of his friend, assured
him it was only the burning of the villages,
which the country people had abandoned
to the flames. After this he retired to
rest The court which led to his apart
ments being now almost filled with stones
and ashes, If he had continued there any
longer, it would have been impossible for
him to have made his way out; it was
thought proper therefore, to awaken him.
lie got up and went to mponianus, and
the rest of his company, VINO were uncon-
cerned enough to think of going to bed,
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Form a Combine.

At a secret meeting in Oshkosh
the sash and door manufacturers of
Wisconsin formed a combine to be
known as the Wisconsin Sash and
Door association. Walter Paddock,
O! the Cream City Sash and Door
; nmpany, was chosen president and
7, J. Stevenson, of the williamson
'.ibbey company, of this city, was
made secretary. The purpose is TO
regulate prices and to prevent rate
cutting.
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YOU can see almost
any thing or any
body.
Now a group of
Buffalo Bills lndi-
ans in a street car,
the bucks occupy
ing the seats, the
S q u a w 5 meekly
standing up; now
a pair of impressive
Turks, Japs, Chi
nese, Armenians,
Syrians, from the
water front stroll
z,, SG1a
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The Amende Honorable.

Briggs Indignantly understand
you said | never opened my mouth
without putting my foot in it?
Diggs (apologetically)-Yes, | be-
1ieve l did say that, but
Briggs-But what, sir?
Diggs-But / acknowledge my mis-
take. When / made that remark |
had overlooked the size of your feet.
-Tit-BitS.
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Expenses" The expenses are mann
ly but not altogether incurred in or
dering loudly at public resorts and
quietly in private company OF the
well-to-do sorts, the particular brand
of champagne which he is hired to
extol. And the chief advertising
agent who paid that salary and that
expense bill was suing to prevent his
highly paid assistant from leaving
him for the contract period of five
years.
A curious fact brought out in the
testimony is that Harry Lehr is still
wine opener for this firm, although
he has been more than a year mar
ried to a lady who was formerly
Drexel, and though he is received
in exclusive society. This makes his
services so valuable that he probably
has considerably heavier Expenses"
than his confrere. However, a good
deal of the money comes back to
the firm as profit it isn't dead loss.
Lehr's method of earning salary
and perquisites has been the frankly
humorous one. To his society assoc
ciates his attitude has been depre-
catory "for PHYS sake, don't order
anything else, or I'll lose my job.
Really, you know, you wouldn't know
the difference with your eyes shut"
Which in the majority of cases is
perhaps the truth.
One gathers from these details
that New York is careless in wine
bills and little matters of that sort.
Not country" exactly, but good
place to raise lambs for Wall street.
X X x
Child SInvau NJ Naxy To-.o~
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Big Oil Well.

The Badger Oil and Gas company,
composed mainly of state officials
and of which Secretary of State
Froehlich is president and the late
Lieut. Gov. Stone was vice president,
received telegram in Madison from
she manager in Kentucky saying a
pig we'll had come in.
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schooner Lost, Crew saved.

Nassau, New Providence, June q
The American schooner, Amelia
Hearn capt. Griffith, from Baltimore,
MAY II, for Taupun bay), was
wrecked May "a on Abaco reef, Ba-
hamas. and became total loss. The
crew were saved
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Warden Resigns.

C. C. McClaughry, warden of the
state prison at Waupun, rendered his
resignation to the state board of con-
troll and it was Immediately acted
upon The prison was temporarily
placed in charge of A. G. Nelson, OF
Waupaca, a member of the board.
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in, as he says, no
factory inspector
was ever seen. lie
made tina t fact the
text for some re-
marks upon neg
lect Of duty. And
a bout the child
slaves in the state.
New York public
s p e a k ers and
newspapers w h o
have been making
+ e IN a L k s about
child labor in the
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Like Father

Papa-See here. Tommy, you
mustn't behave that way at the table.
Everybody viii call you a little glut-
ton. Do you know what that is?
Tommy suppose it's a big g1ut-
tons little Philadelphia Press.
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that Meyer h a n
died, and that if
he sold out at the
right t i m e h e
might have made
money. There are
other stocks in
the Meyer Ii n e
that Webb has de-
MED holding.
The whole af-
fair was a sam
pie Of speculative
manipulation t 0
get other peoples
money The RIlt,-
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He1aD Could to Be Given Degree.

New York, June New Y ork uni
versity will confer the degrees of mas
ter of letters upon Miss Helen Miller
Gould, Miss Emily Ogden Butler and
Mrs. Henry Draper, who have served
as president of the woman's advisory
committee.
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Governments Majority Reduced.

Toronto, Ont, June 2.-Manitoulin,
reports from which were missing, has
elected a conservative. The new house
will stand 81 liberals and II conserva-
tives, giving the government MAORI
ty of four. The government had
majority of II in the last house.