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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07
STRONG STONE SKID.
Its Designer Has Used 1t for Years
and Says 1t Is Easier to- Handle
Than Plank.

For loading heavy stone on wagon
or sleigh take two round poles about
four inches in diameter and about
seven feet long, as shown in the illus
tration. Bolt cleats on the bottom
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07
Or Other LIQUIDS.

Sorrow often drives people to
tears" remarked the Observer of
Events and Things. "or other liquids.
-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07
Keeping sti11 and saving Wood.

keeping SIiII Ahd SnWInE Wood.
There still appears to be some
doubt in Europe as to whether the
United States is going to dominate
the finances and commerce of the
world, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
and, while Europe is doubling. the
United States continues to saw wood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07
Likely.

Dashaway-My visit to that Boston
girl was perfect snap.
Cleverton-Cald snap? - Detroit
Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07

The principal occupation of some
people seems to be explaining that it
was not their fault.-Puck.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

In tiny island called Minikoi. off
the southern coast OF India, a most pc
culiar state of society exists, for wom-
an is lord of all she surveys. The wife
is the recognized head of the house.
She owns it and everything in it, while
anything that her husband, who works
very hard can earn goes to increase
her wealth. Her husband belongs to
her, too. and when she marries him she
gives him her name instead OF taking
his.
The little town of Marmatown, Kan,
is practically run by women. 1t has
woman school-teacher, woman tele-
graph operator, a postmistress, a wom-
an pastor in charge of its only church,
and a woman letter carrier.
Woman coal miners are not I'M
known in the anthracite regions of
Pennsylvania, but that women under
took prospecting work also and con-
Quoted it successfully was learned only
a few days ago. The discovery was
made when six women were arraigned
before Alderman Fallon on a charge OF
taking coal from the strippings with
out permit.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The Presidents in the secretary's
Office" whispered an excited messenger
to the officials and clerks ne met in
the offices and corridors of the Navy
Department on a recent Tuesday morn
ing. No President since Gen. Grant
had visited any of the executive de-
partments, and the messengers report
naturally caused some excitement
among the employees. All of them
knew President Roosevelt through his
service as assistant secretary, ana most
of them made it convenient to drift
into the secretarys ante-room with a
view of seeing the President. They
did not see him, however, because he
was not there But they did see Rep
resentative Moody, and the messen-
gers mistake was understood at once.
Every President has had a double, and
Mr. Moody is President Roosevelt's S.
To those who know them both well
there are many points of difference in
their appearance, but all other persons
might easily mistake one for the other,
and it has often occurred outside OF
Washing w ashington Star.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

lawmaking Here Gov. Bond used to
hold levees and here the hunter and
fatboat men of the early days came
to study the prevailing fashions In
the capital city after a season in the
woods or the trip to New Orleans and
return. On the east bank of the river
still stands Riley's mill, the first erect
ed in Illinois, and about half mile
west, in a lonely, tangled wildwood
sleeps Elias Kent Kane, the first sec
reta of Illinois, who served under
Gov. Bond.
The encroachment of the river a few
years ago became so serious that the
graves of the pioneer dead in kaskas-
kia were in danger of being washed
into the waters. A removal was made
and a fine cemetery was located on the
bluff near by the ruins of Fort Gage
and a beautiful monument erected
which bears the following inscription:
Those who sleep here were first bur-
led at Kaskaskia and afterward re-
moved to this cemetery. They We're
the early pioneers of the great Mfssis-
sippi valley. They planted free insti-
buttons in the wilderness, and were the
founders of a great commonwealth.
In memory of their sacrifices Illinois
gratefully erects this monument in
1892"
Across the river few ancient
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

shepherd dog was an important aid in
operating the trains that ran on the
first railroad built in the territory OF
Washington. When Dorsey S. Balser
constructed a strap railroad from Wal
lula, on the Columbia river, to Walla
walla, the trading center of the inland
empire, horses and cattle covered the
Thousand hills and blockaded the
valleys through which the pioneer line
ran A dog was kept on the engine to
clear the track when brutes became so
numerous as to bring the train to
standstill. There are many early set
tiers living in the northwest who tell
the story Of the usefulness of this lit
tie shepherd dog in operating trains on
the DR.. Baker railroad. The dog was
used several years and was known by
all the miners of Idaho and Montana
who travelled that way. While doing
duty on the track in front of the en-
CINE one day the faithful animal was
run over-Portland Oregonian.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The country has read with much
satisfaction that the late President
Mckinley managed to accumulate at
least $250,O00 during his lifetime of
hard work and incessant activity to
leave for the support of those depend
ent upon him. The amount is small
gagged by modern standards of wealth
and particularly SO in comparison with
the fortunes accumulated by many
persons of less industry, ability and
real worth in mercantile and industrial
pursuits.
The sum mentioned is much higher
than the average accumulations of our
chief magistrates. Several of these
have died poor and insolvent. Some
through an apparent lack of saving
habit and others through misfortunes
in business. Among them were James
Monroe, Thomas Jefferson, John
Adams, Andrew Johnson and General
Grant. Jefferson owned a large estate
in Virginia and other property at one
time, but lost it all and died compare
lively poor Johnson was rated to be
worth $1,000 when his presidential
term expired, but he lost nearly all of
it through the failure of the Freed
mans bank.
The illustrious statesman who was
FIRST in war, first in peace" etc, was
also the first of our presidents in point
of wealth, considering the purchasing
power of the standard currency of his
day. At his death Washington's estate
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

From this day (May 17) we were not
to see the sun again for two months.
AT the beginning we did not dread the
prospect of this long polar night before
us, but before the sun had been gone
many days one of us became very i'll.
Dance lacked the constitution to hold
out, and on June he died. In the OBJ
security of the midday twilight we car
ried Danco's body to hole which had
been cut in the ice. and committed 1t
to the deep. A bitter wind was blow
ing. as with barred heads, each of us
silent and sad. we left him there u.
and the foe drifted on.
In the antarctic regions, thanks
doubtless to the detestabie climate, the
disastrous effects of the polar night are
far more markIl than in the north.
There is a general lowering of the sys-
tenn. and the heart acts feebly. Several
of us developed serious symptoms, and
without daily care on the part of the
doctor others would not have survived
the period of darkness. though it was
relatively short. One part of Cook S
treatment was very effective and in
| genious Those who were most effect
ed by deficient circulation We're made
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
Night Two
Months Iona
Graphic Description
of Life in Antarctic
Region.

to stand in a half-naked condition close
to the red-hot stove for several hours
daily. In this way the action of the
solar radiation was in part replaced by
rays of artificial heat-in a manner
admittedly primitive, but none the less
beneficial.
Life on board during the polar night
was of great interest from a psycholo-
gical point of view. One finds ones
self in conditions of existence and al
together abnormal and crowded
against ones fellows in an unconfort-
ably narrow space. Some became nerv-
GUS, excitable and sleepless, with the
ina gination continually wandering and
dreaming. I was one of these. 9th
ers. more happily constituted, became
chronically tired and Indifferent; these
slept much. But everybody was con-
tent to spend twelve hours a day, or
more, in bed. One of the crew devel-
oped maniacal tendencies; another, in
more evil case. was brought home in
sane. Since the return Of the expedi-
ton. one of our best men, knutsen,
has died doubtless from heart disease
contracted in the antarctic.-Henryk
Arctowsky, in the Geographical Jour-
nal.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
IoNDoN's PRIVATE PALACES.
what Their Furnishings Cost-Sloo'-
600 to Decorate Single Rooms

What Their Furnishings Cost-Sloo,-
600 to Decorate Single Rooms
The recent sale of Battle Abbey for
C 200, OO0-a figure at which the prop
erty is considered almost rulnouSly
cheap-giyes some small idea OF the
vast sums that may be expended on
ones domicile. Eaton Hall, the duke
of Westminster Cheshire seat, cost
the late holder of the title consider
ahIv over a million sterling to build,
and probably even this figure would
90 ONLY a very small way toward pur-
chasing any one of the same score Oh
London houses as they stand.
Perhaps none of these palaces strike
the visitor with a vivid sense of their
wealth more than do Spencer mousse,
in Arlington street, and Norfolk mousse,
in st. James square. STAFFORD mousse,
St. James palace, the largest OIL
them by far, contains probably more
moneys worth than any of the others,
but it is not so lavishly decorated.
With regard to the bedrooms, 91OO
apiece may be paid for some OF the
suites. and G1O0 for the beds. These
figures are by no means fancy prices
that it would be difficult to spend.
One may discover that for single
s;deboard without any history or aSe
to enhance its value the sum of 4 500
NAV be paid; for suite to accompany
# another $500; for carpet for the
dining room ESQ; for curtains for
the same room E12 a yard; on hre-
Mace and mantelpiece $500 may be
laid out; the tapestry and carved
paneling with which to clothe the
walls will cost G100 per panel, and
tho calling. If a Whistler or a Sargent
decorates it. will run away with
$4,000 Altogether, one may invest
s11170 on the dining-room-one o.
the cheapest apartments in the mouse
| The mere mural decorations In the
grand drawing-room will cost more
and its other appointments four Oh
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

wanted to kill the Indian instantly,
but Bernard would not allow it, for, he
said, they should leave him to deal
with his daughters lover.
When the party reached Kaskaskia
the girl was placed in the convent
there. Then Bernard took the Indian
to the bank OF the Mississippi and
binding him tightly to a log turned
him adrift in the river. AS the help
less Indian drifted away to his death
he raised his eyes to heaven and
cursed Bernard, who, he declared, would
die violent death. The Indians last
words were a prophecy that within 200
years the waters which were then
bearing him away would sweep from
the earth every vestige of the town.
so that only the name would be left.
The unhappy girl died in the con-
vent. Bernard was killed IN 1712 in q
duel. The last trace of Kaskasia has
been obliterated. On dark and stormy
nights the ghost of the Indian is said
to appear. The specter, with strong
arms bound and face upturned, floats
slowly by on the river where the
stream sweeps by the site of the van
ished city IN which Marie Bernard once
lived and in which she died mourning
the red man to whom her affections
had been given.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

to the church of Illinois. The old Kas-
kaskia bell, the liberty bell Of the west.
is ten years older than the old liberty
bell, with which it shared honors at
the worlds fair. This bell weighs
about $50 pounds and is ornamented
on one side with groups of ieur-de-lfs
in relief, and on the other with
cross and pedestal. The following in
scription is cast in the bell: Pour
Peglise des Illinois par les SONS du
Sr. Dulieleau L. B. NJ. Normand Ia
Rochelle. 1741.'' The old church con-
tains other things Of interest besides
the bell. Among them are the chalice
and paten presented to the church by
the king of France, the table on which
was written the first constitution of
the state of Illinois and the signature
OF Col. George Rogers Clark, ITS. The
old parish records are kept here.
Some superstitious people associate
the fate of Kaskasl1ia with a tragedy
of early days. 1t was over 100 years
ago that the young chief of the Kas-
kaskia Indians fell in love with the
daughter of one of the early settlers
named Bernard. The young people, de-
spairing of the consent of the father
of the girl to their marriage, eloped
They were pursued and captured, the
father of the girl being the leader OF
the party.
The Indian surrendered without re-
sistance and the posse started on the
Journey back to Kaskaskia. Most OF
the men who composed Benard's party
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
ACTIVE PRINCIPLE OF TEAS.
Theme and the Small Amount Found
In Average Drink.

In Average Drink.
Theme is known to most people as
the active principle Of tea, or that
substance which confers upon the cup
its cheering and stimulating proper
ties Caffeine is the analogous prin-
ciple of coffee, although this latter
substance also occurs in tea. Some in
vesti cations into the development
of theme show that it is in the skin or
covering of the leaves of the plant in
their young state that the active prin-
ciple is best developed.
have always been given to under
stand that the young shoots thus am
ply provided with theme, and repre-
senting the finest of the crop, are sent
to Russia, where they fetca high
price. What we get in this country
is presumably the older leaf, with, /
should say, less theme and good deal
more tannin. 1t would be interesting
to know what proportions of theme
and tannin exist in some OF the cheap
teas that are so largely consumed by
the British public. Theme itself is a
nerve stimulant of undoubted power,
but the quantity we get in our cups
is. of course, infnitesimal. Some
times, should say, it is so microscopic
in amount as to render it doubtful
| whether we can be cheered at all by
| the tea tray festivities.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
EDINBURGH SHOCKED.
Inauguration of Sunday street Car
Service n Sensation.

inauguration of Sunday street Car
Service n Sensation.
A shock was given to the strict Sab
batarians of Edinburg on Saturday by
the unexpected announcement by the
Tramway Company that it would run
a full service of its tramway cars on
Sunday. 1t appears that the company,
to whom the corporation leased the
tramways. has been unable to work
them at a profit, and the corporation
took Judgment against it for $4,000
under which it could enter into posses
sion of the tramways. Notice to this
effect was given to the company on
Thursday, whereupon meeting was
at once held. and the view expressed
that profit could be made If the tram
cars could be run on Sunday. The pub
lie seemed TO enjoy the novelty, and
the tram-carS We're well patronlZed.
Denunciatory pulpit references were
made, and an Indignation meeting pro-
tested on the ground that the tram
cars were run without the sanction OF
the council and citiZens.-London Mall.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The ambition OF |
offered prizes for |
lhents, but, through |
the church and politi-
krning among women
4&cline, and we hear moth |
lore of scholarship among that
until Maria Gaetanna Agnesi APP
cared ct Bologna. She was one OF
THE most extraordinary women of all
history. Her father was professor OF
mathematics In the University of Boz
loxna, where she was born in 1718.
When nine years old she wrote book
IN Latin on the Responsibilities Of
Womanhood," and advocating the
higher education OF women; when
10 she wrote and read nine languages,
and when 10 they called her the
walking poly glot," because there was
no language that she did not know.
She used to appear before the learned
societies of Italy and read papers on
abstruse subjects. She wanted to De-
come q nun, but the entreaties OF her
father persuaded her to renounce her
inclinations, and she retired from So
ciety and gave herself up to study
until her learning was something
marvellous. Her memory was so re-
tentive that she could quote pages OF
figures and could give the date OF any
historical event offhand.
The French ambassador, M. Camille
Barrere, speaking at reception OF
the French colony at Rome, took &C.
casion to allude in the most friendly
terms to the relations between France
and Italy He complimented Italy on
the astonishing material progress
made by that country during the last
year, declared that there was no long
er any Mediterranean problem be-
| tween the two countries. and added
| that all other vital questions had
| likewise been settled on a lasting and
| satisfactory basis.
The city of Florence, now contain
| ing some of the most beautiful build
| ings in Italy, notably the noble church
! of Santa Maria della Croce, with the
| statue of the poet Dante adjoining.
| was originally a small trading village.
| belon ging to the Etruscan city OF t1e-
| sole. whence merchandise was sent
down the Arno to Pisa, then a sea-
port. When colonized by the soldiers
| of Sulla. it gradually attained the dig
nity of city, with the rank and priv
| ileges of a municipium, and has I'M
dereone all the vicissitudes that were
the fate of Italian cities of the middle
ages. 1t is to-day rightly called the
Paris of Naly." Though the greatest
Italian poet died at Ravenna. the city
of Florence has the finest statue OF
Dante that has been erected to his
memory.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The recent report OF a penny savings
society, which has existed in Chicago
for four years, shows how successful
little side issues in the educational
way often are. 2 During four years the
boys and girls of that city have pur-
chased 2,574,O5O stamps, ranging in
denomination from one cent to fifty
cents and agregating s157,5SS.
The Chicago Penny Savings Society
is the outgrowth of suggestion made
in 1896 by the Rev. r. A. White, then
a member of a Civic Federation COM
mittee. It's friends started it with
contributions amounting to S525, to
which $3.50 was added later, all to
provide equipment and money for run
ming expenses In 1898 the board of
education decided that teachers in the
public schools might act as agents for
the society and its mission since ten
has been largely among school child
rem. Other stations have been opened,
however, in social settlements, charity
bureau Offices, stores, missions, nurs-
cries, county schools and even in pri-
vate houses There are about $50
such stations in Chicago at present,
where one may make deposits of one
cent and upward.
The purpose of the society is to
teach habits of thrift and self-denial.
1t aims to show children how they
may help themselves by saving their
money instead of wasting it on use
less things. 1t distinctly disavows any
intention of intoxicating miserly hab-
| it's, for it advises its depositors to
! save their money with view to using
| it for a specific purpose. 1t teaches
| the children that by saving pennies
| wasted on sweets and popcorn and pea
! nnts they may buy themselves books,
| clothing and other useful things. One
vacation twelve children who had
| never been outside of Chicago were
| able to spend two weeks In the country
on their savings. In one school in
a poor quarter the children saved $500
In six months, and the boys alone were
able to equip school band with in
| struments.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06

The ancient capital of Illinois is
now practically wiped from existence.
The waters of the Mississippi have
for years been making steady inroads
upon the town and today flow over
the spot where once the sages of the
great prairie state Of the west conven-
ed to enact laws for the government
Of its people. The postmaster general
has driven the last nail in the coffin,
so to speak, of Kaskaskia, and no long
err are mails delivered at the old
town site, and officially the place is
merely a memory of the past. Since
the first Of the present year the post
Office department has had no knowl-
edge of Kaskaskia, once the pride Of
Illinoisans and thought to be future
metropolis of trade and commerce and
a center Of political activity.
When first laid out by the surveyors
the town of Kaskaskia was situated
on the Okaw river, and in early days it
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
In rbe Wbife House


was valued at 5000, 900. President Ar
thurs wealth was estimated at S40O..
OOO but he would hardly be considered
as rich man as Washington, for all
this difference. Buchanan ranks pref
ty high in this regard, with a fortune
amounting to $3.50, 900, which he left to
nieces and nephews. Mrs. Polk was
left with about S150,000 and Mrs. Gar
field $4,000 Martin Van Buren, help
ed to bring up the average with the
handsome sum of $500 900, which his
continued to save from business invest
ments. but not from his salary as
president. John Tyler left the White
House as he went into it--a compare
lively poor man, but with enough to
live in comfort.
The same might be said of John
Adams and also of Willard Fillmore,
but the latter became wealthy through
a second marriage. Franklin Pierce's
property was valued at $50. 200. and he
left no one to inherit it. Madison was
accounted rich among the men of his
day but his money was sQuandereo
by Mrs Madisons son, Payne TODD,
and the widow became poor woman.
How much Grover Cleveland had man
aged to accumulate at the end OF his
second term no one really knows. He
is now estimated to be worth about
| S250.0O0. These facts speak volumes
| in favor of the sterling honesty Of men
| conspicuous in American public life.
| -Le1lie's Weekly.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-06
Historical Treasures Sold.

At a recent sale of the literary pos
sessions of the late Gen. Adam Badeau
in New York the original Of Grants
telegram to Secretary Stanton an
nouncing the surrender of Lee brought
s76O. The original of Lincoln's tele-
gram to Grant on April Z, 1865, ''Sher-
tdan says If the thing Is pressed
think that Lee will surrender Let
the thing be pressed was sold for s7o
and lot of letters written by Gen. j.
M. Wilson, including one speaking OF
the capture of Jefferson Davis, saying
1.-The plight Of Davis is even more 1s-
noble than ] told it," went for $lOS.