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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
Alcoholism in Germany.

A Society for the Suppression of
Alcoholism met recently in Breslau
to consider the drink question in
Germany, and found that it had
distinct cause for encouragement in
its tremendous undertaking. Amer
leans are so used to hearing Ger
man customs of drinking upheld as
the proper ones to be introduced in
this country that il, is something of
a shock for them to learn that the
per capita consumption of alcohol in
Germany is ten quarts every year,
or five glasses of gin day for ev-
cry German-man, woman, or child.
The empire, it appears, spends $780,
900, 900 for food. In the light of
these statistics, the desirability of
German beer gardens" in our
cities is open to much question.
AS matter of fact, although
there may be much less drunken
ness in a beer-consuming country
the du1ling effect of the drink up
on the intellect and the physique
are too patent for discussion. A
Munich employer of many skilled
workmen, in speaking last Summer
of the difficulties of competing
with foreign and even North Ger
man concerns, laid stress upon the
cheapness of Munich beer as one of
his greatest handicaps. If we
were on equal terms in every
other respect" he said. the fact
that my mems brains and bodies
are sodden with beer, day and
night, would put me behind in the
race. :"
The Society in question, by the
way, with a lack of patriotism
worthy only of the English Pro-
Beers and the American Antrim
perialists, denounced it's own Gov
eminent for introducing alcohol in
to it's own colonies, just as the
United States has been pouring l1q-
uors and beers into Manila. One
third of the German imports into
Tongoland and one-seventh of those
into German East Africa it appears
consists of alcohol. So serious has
the drawback of beerdrinking
workingmen in Germany become,
and so thoroughly is it recognized,
that a movement has been started
to exclude the drink from the facto-
nv premises. 1t has been not utl-
common for man to consume ten
pints a day in his shop, while the
average is put at not much below
gallon a day, excess being especial
1y marked among moulders. Several
experiments have already been
made in educating workingmen to
dispense with the morning and af-
ternoon recesses for beer, and one
firm making electrical apparatus in
Berlin has found an increase of 10
per cent in product per man since
the change was made. There is no
arguing against such facts as these.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
(First publication, March 81, 1922
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

OTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
y Pierce County.
In the matter Of the will of James X Currier,
deceased. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that letters testament
tary on the will of James K. Currier, de-
ceased, late of the town of Clifton in said
county, having issued to Fred j. Currler and
Florilla A. Currier of the town Of Clifton in said
county, the claims and demands of all persons
against said James X. Currier, deceased, will be
examined and adjusted by the County Court Of
said Pierce county, at the regular term thereof,
to be held at the County Court room, In the viii
lage OF Ellsworth in said county, on the first
Tuesday, being the 18th day of october, ID. 1902,
and that until and including the first day OF
October, A. ID. 1902. is the time allowed and
limited by said County Court for creditors of
said James X. Currier deceased, to present their
claims for examination and allowance.
Dated March 25th, A. d. 1902
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p. WELD, County Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
Dreadful Attack of Whooping Cougl

Dreadful Attack of Wh0oping Cough.
Mrs. Ellen Harrison, of 800 Park
Ave, Kansas City, Mo-, writes as
follows: "Our two children had a
severe attack of whooping cough,
one of them in the paroxysm of
coughing would often faint and
bleed at the nose. We tried every
thing we heard of without getting
relief. We then called in our family
doctor who prescribed Foley's Hon
ey and Tar. With the very first dose
they began to improve and we feel
that it has saved their lives. Refuse
substitutes. c. R. Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
(First publication April 8 1902. !
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p20BATE EOTlcF

CTATE OF WISCONSIN. County Court for
~ Pierce County. In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the regular term
OF the County Court TO be held in and for said
county, at the County Court room in the village
OF Ellsworth In said county on the first Tuesday
(belng the 9th ay) of May, A. d. 1902, at 1C
and considered:
The application of Eugene Starin for The APP
pOintment of Adam Starin as administrators II
the estate OF Eunice Dunning, late of the city
OF River Falls in said county, deceased.
Dated March 20, A. D. 1907
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p WRLD, County Judge.
WHITE d KNOWLES, Attorneys.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
(First publication April 10, 1902. }
N0TIEE nE FINAL SETTLEMENT

STATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
~ Pierce County. IN Probate.
Notlce is hereby given that at special term
OF the county Court to be held in and for said
county, at the County Court room in the village
OF ellsworth in said county on the End Tuesday
(oeing the 18th day. of May, A. D. 1902, ut 10
O'Clock a. M. the following matter will be heard
and considered:
The application of Harriet E. Godfrey, execu-
trlx OF the will of HaZen X Godfrey, late of the
city OF River Fails in said county, deceased, for
the examination and allowance Of her final ae-
count, of her administration, and for the assign
ment OF the residue of the estate of Hazen X.
Godfrey, deceased, to such other persons as are
by law entitled TO the same
Dated April 3, A. D. 1902
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p. WELD, County Judge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
A Chattanooga Druggists Statement

Robt. j. Miller, Proprietor of the
Read House Drug Store of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, writes: There is
more merit in Foley's Honey and
Tar than in any other cough syrup.
The calls for it multiply wonderful
ly and we sell more of it than all
other cough syrups combined"
c. r. Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

The following birth notice recent
ly appeared in the columns of a
Kansas paper; Born, to the wife
Of Jim Jones, boy. The boy IA
vors his old dad in several ways,
viz, he is bald, has a red nose,
takes to a bottle like a bumbles bee
to lump of sugar, and makes a lot
of noise about nothing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Much ostentation and much learn
ing are seldom met together. The
sun, rising and declining, makes
long shadows, at midday when he
is high not at all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

A new explosive, called joveite
has been recently invented that will
take the place of nitro-glycerine
and dynamite. These latter are ex-
ceedingly dangerous because a
shock explodes them, but joveite
cannot be exploded except by full
mination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Spring time is the time to use
Rocky Mountain Tea. Keeps you
well all summer. Great spring life
renewer. Is cts. C. R. Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Makes children eat, sleep and
grow. Makes mother strong and
vigorous. Makes healthy family.
That's what Rocky Mountain Tea
does. SIS cts. c. r. Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10
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; L. O. G. r. COLUMN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Good Templars have arranged with the
publisher OF this paper for this column, and he
Is not responsible for any item il may contain.
Athens for this column should be sent TO II.
o. Box 274, Spring Valley Wis, except local
news which may be sent direct to the editor
of the JOURNAL. Nothing of a political nature
will be inserted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Nothing is always got for nothing,
something for nothing, never.
Compensation is the universal law
physical, moral, economical.
And don't you forget it when read
ing the advertisements of "a gold
watch free"-or anything else.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Never abandon the high ground
OF Right" for the lawands and
swamps of 'Expediency." No man
was ever lost in a straight road,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, and will not constipate
like nearly all other cough medi-
cines. Refuse substitutes. c. r.
Taggart.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

We are more in need of men who
can face facts than those who can
promulgate theories.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

A king is thus defined: He is
next to the ace in value, always
beats the queen and sometimes gets
the deuce.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

Changes in our civilization cannot
be prohibited by law, or vetoed by
executive authority.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

AS Time unwinds it's ball of yarn
and we recede from view, the people
cease to care a darn concerning,
what we do.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-04-10

live and let my bretheren live
With all that's good with me.
Unto the poor some cash 1 give,
The balance | give Rocky Noun
tain Tea. 15c. G. r. Taggart
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
MANY THREADS, ONE NEEDLE

II looks impossible. yet II is real
quite easy. 20 put several threadS'
through the eye Of n needle. The first
thing necessary is needle with long
eye like that In an ordinary darning
needle, and through this must be put n
thread about six feet long.
This thread In 'hen to be drawn
through the needle into two equal
lengths and next nj a distance OF about
n yard from the eye the two threads
are To be carefully untwisted and the
needle is TO be passed through the two
loops which are formed in this way.
Az n result Of this preliminary opera
tlon the thread has been drawn through
two Invisible ears and everything IN
ready for the performance OF the trick
itself.
10 You are entertaining n company
you may now seat yourself at n table
ana safely promise that without looking
mt your hands you will put from eight
To ten new threads through the eye OF
the needle. All you have 10 do is To
hold the needle upright with your right
hand and then grasp one of the threads
at n point between the eye and the
small loops and draw Il In such a man
ner that these loops will pass through
the eye. for In doing no they will notur-
ally carry with them the threads Wt1rh
have been passed through them. e7tlsre
are now three threads through thA
needle. and the operation here described
can be continued with them.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
Women Climbers.

Mountain climbing is one of the pas
times IN which women Of the present
day take n keen enjoyment. although
II In always fatiguing and oftentimcs at
tended with danger. To be h good
mountain climber one must pooseos
strong will power. firm footing. q steady
head and sound heart Amon9 tho
women who have attained dlstinctioa
as mountain climbers are several 0e
royal birth. such M the late Empress
OF Austrin. ex-Queen Margherita oe
Italy and Queen Helene Of Italy. Ftau
Aurora Herxberg, Of bavaria, 10 ous a
the most enthusiastic Of mountain
climbers. and celebrated her 70th bltth-
day by climbing mountain Of cunsld-
erable height
Queen Helene Of Italy h . ski1lful
mountain climber. and IN her girlhoo1
often accompanied her father on1
brother on mountain expedit1OnD b
Montenegro In purnasit Of OnnBo.
The usual dress OF the woman mounr
tain cliober In a very short cloth skirG
with coat and small Tyrolens hat
A number Of Engllsh women have
proved themselves as CONTAGIOUS and
skilfui as their continental gigterD -
oountain climbing. and American wo-
men have shown also that they p0aaooo
the requisite qualities for successfully
ascending mountain peaks.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
Lifting by Magnets.

The most important employment oe
the magnet In the mechanical indus-
tries In In lifting and handling such
masses OF metal as ship plates. boiler
plates and parts Of machines which it
would otherwise be difficult 10 get hold
OF. II effects an average economy In
time and cost of handling. stacking.
loading and unloading Of from 90 to rs
per cent. To meet the possible danger
that from any cause the current from
the dynamo might he cut on. causing
the magnet 20 drop its load. II h usual
in well-appointed plants 10 install .
storage battery, which effectualIy
guards against such accident In hand
ling bilIets and material Of convenient
shapes q number of pieces may be pick
ed up at one time. The same h true oe
thin plates. The type OF magnets ussd
In most American works have . lifltng
capacity OF i've tons. u makea 4
stranger nervous 10 see The q vOglE.
and ne generally does not neo1 - u
reminded that unlsss his 1ieo b lnouGr
at Its full value no would Co.
stand from under. Hst 80
chains bresk under - [ sss
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21

The mission lands. consisting Of $4,000
acres. high. fertile and picturesque.
were given to Dr. Thompson by Cecil
Rhodes.
DIR. and Mrs. Thompson recently Wis
tied this country. bringing many curios
with them and number OF photographs
showing their African life. Among the
latter few interested their friends here
SO much rs this. which shows how Mrs
Thompson. most cultured. gentle and
refined lady. accustomed TO aff soft
graces Of life and up-to-date ways Of
journeying I'm this country. goes call
Ing In state on her Africon neigi, bors.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21

In Gazaland the horse. street car and
automobile is usually COW. The H.
lustration shows lady mounted for an
airing or ready to make polite call.
In the Melsetter district II Is quito com
ME II faute to go visiting In this
fashion.
The lady on cowback is an American.
Mrs. w. l.. Thompson, wife OF Dr.
Thompson. medical mislsoDnry at the
Mcisettcr district station Of the Ameri-
can Board of Foreign Missions. The
first brick house In Gazaland was built
at this staion within the last decade
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
OLD WOOD CARVINGS
England's Of the Thirfeenth Century
and Egypt's Of $500 B. G.


London woodworker: Although IN
the priory at Christchurch Hants. at
Westminster Abbey. Salisbury cathe-
dral. and in few other Of our ancient
minister's. there may be seen today mis-
crcre seats and (as at Salisbury other
small portions OF stalls dating from
the middle OF the thirteenth century,
the oak In each Of which IN as sound
now as II was Ia the days when the re-
spective monarchs Of the forest bowed
their sturdy heads TO the woodman's
axe. the palm as regards seniority II
claimed. and Justly so, by Exter cathe-
dral. Therein. In the choir. may be
seen 80 miserere seats. every one differ
ent, cleverly carved and enriched by
figure and by foliage, the oak In each
and every one OF them perfectly hard
and solid, and altogether innocent OF
the least indication OF rot or decay.
carved under the direction OF Bishop
Bruerc ttenth Bishop OF Exter). who
ruled over this diocese from the year
1924 to 1874. Taken as n whole. they
are not only the most perfect examples
OF early thirteenth century work In
this country. but also In any cathedral
or church in the world. Bruere tof
William Briwere. as he In sometimes
called In ancient manuscr'pts). was for
nearly five years away In the Holy
Land. This accounts. no doubt, for the
altogether Eastern character Of some
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
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nnsiish udisor Defines sss Jaospss.
An sditiss ef the. poems Of Psasisa
CommissioAor ware. which the same b
1ronouil," has bssn issued In kug-
mad. The commissioner has rscslvsA
Q. copy aAl h proud OF the intelligence
With which his Western expressions
have been annotated.
p one place he says: who opsnsth
9 jackpot may not always rake it
dewn."
The English editor explains what q
Jackpot 10. 40 follows:
Tho jackpot II q feature of . gam
bling game ut cards In which each
player contributes an equal amount OF
money to tho formation Of the pot.
To open q jackpot means to start the
gambling for that particular pot. II
can only be done by that player who
has q hand of certain prescribed do
sree OF excellence. II hc can sustain
bis supremacy he may win. but In the
course Of the play he may lose. II no
wins he wins all. Hence. to open q
Jackpot. IN slang parlAncc. means q
person with temporary advantage en-
deavoring TO get all that his associates
have in sight -Four kings In a good
hand to open on. New York Evening
World.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
Germs Stand 500 IT. Below Zero.

Germs Stand 500 FL. Below Zero.
At what point does life begin? so
far a. regards space or time. the Quea.
don 10 unanswsrable. Only few years
ago II would have been said that IN re-
gard to that seemingly essential condi-
ton Of life temperature wo did know
pretty nearly q superior and inferior
limit. Little of life Is there below the
fresxing or above the boiling point OF
water. and far above or below thes,
critical points we should expect oven
germ-life to be destroyed. When our
greatest physicist. in 1871. suggested
that seeds Of plants might have been
borne TO this world in far-distant
age. the hypnothes seemed incredible.
because the temperature Of space. be-
ing at least as low as minus 140 de-
grees Centigrade, would be fatal to life
in any form. This is not 81. Recently
at the Jenner Institute bacteria have
been frozen In liquid air and even In
liquid hydrogen, and on the applica-
tion Of heat and placed In proper
media have germinated. The processes
of life were arrested. but the nasceht
life-energy was not destroyed at 200
degrees Centigrnde, say. 3G0 dcgreas
Fahrenheit of frost. Experiments are
now being made to fnd whether long
continuance for months or years In
such cold takes away the vitalism ns
these lowest forms Of life.-London
Telegraph.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21

New Yosk Dvsuins ynn1s
town has NM two bG1l G.
monopoly enjoyed By Ieo ~ 6
strcet h at an end. unIeGo ~ GoC
syndicate with the newcoGopss Gj
n shop In Pell street HI - y
more complicated than thot 6 - II N
league, and demands 3 lOnGGy q ~ 81
ticeship. He shsves with 3 onnG -
cor, and 10 ra eAavtng brush ~ (
looks suspiciousIy 1ike . cho1D
brush. In lathertug he applies 3 q
daub Of soapsuds which covogu n10
one square Inch. When thio 4 M1Xo1 (
on, ne 6nubs another little trne1 ~
skin. shaves, and 10 keeps on MN ~
task Ia over. Not only the lower 1nn
and neck. but also the temples, G1I1t
head. the space around the earn ou1 ~
lower back Of the head, are Opeeo1co
upon. The ears require especial n11o0-
tion. For this treatment he hn6 -
ear razor, no larger than Q suroo00'o
lancet. With this he shaves ths foqG.
on the back Of the ear. the down ~
the front and the bristlcs In The -
passagc. After shaving he poIishes TIE
ear with cotton pad, and then has1
stone rubber According tO the TO-
sorial canons Of the far East, the noo-
81 ear IL pink and polished. liko .
carving In rose coral.
The hairs which grow In the nostTt1s
are removed BY tweexers. Thls 0p1ror
tion, painful to an American. hno -
terrors for John Chinaman. He beGlnD
tweexerins In youth and 1t - = ~
to the barber. the hair sacs grow larg~
ar onA 1fS<r6s<.r k~H narh ka0e
out with but little trouble or ounafG
After shaving comes the dressing q
the queue. This is not simple stran1
OF hair. as II appears. bat a.rupe b
which q little hair In inGenluuely plsses
ed with black siIk cords. The avee-
age queue In one-fourth hair and throe-
fourths silk. The barber upplaite n
lays aside the silk. shamp0oo. drieo an4
oils the hair. rubs II with = silk cl0th,
combs II out and then hralds u v1tb
the silk. After the braiding y ever
no scents the masterpiece with . very'
small amount Of some porfumo
When the customer = IN . hurry III
ends the operation. In other caGon ~
passes through series Of nsasaoO ~
Swedish movements. His head - -
tated. his back and shoulders pQu1161
and rubbed, his arms and hands 00vo1
vigorously at every Joint. ths lnossS
opened and shut, and each hnusk1o
pulled until Il cracks. The barber
must examine the eyebrows, eyelasheg
and rngernails. and attended 10 every
blemish. For this purpose he he's tlny
scissors. camelshair pencils and inotru.
ments very, much like those q The
manicurist{ For skin disorders he hao
many preuArations. WISHES. 0lntmentss
powders and plasters. Young Chinese.
especially the well-to-do. are eager 70
have nice cOnplsxi0ns. and rely up0o
the barber for the cure Of a1l cutane-
Gus disorders. His compensation -
very good. from either q Western o.
Eastern point Of view. For Q shave he
charges 25 cents and for . full per-
formance. with all the Oriental extras
thrown In. 80 cents. In one respect ~
may be Initiated by our own tyadesmen.
He uses n towel made Of soft siIk,
which IN n hundre,ifold more grateful
10 the skin than the cotton or linen tls-
sues of cur own civilization.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-08-21
III uDRn a Csvs Guarantees. N,
EA money accepted antil pa
ucnt 10 well. 100 page
book sent free AddfoSa
o. G. O SnI1h. v0fA naia g.. kaasas Cttv, 10
a bottle of Hamlin's Wizard OIL is a
medicine chest In itself; Il cures pair,
In every form. SO cents at druggists.

Conversation became reminiecent At
the Lawyers club the other day, tho
late judge James T. Brady being tho
subject. A veteran practitioner who
knew him we'll said:
"Brady's first attempt at practicing
law was In very humble quarters. u
the rear OF cobbler's shop In Fulton
street near William. One day an
irishman who called and inquired for
tho cobbler was told by Brady that he
was out. Peering about the room of
the newly -fledged lawyer. scantily fur
nished with two unpainted chairs and
deal table. he inquired:
II say. boss. what do you sell hcre?"
"Blockheads," promptly replied NJ.
Brady.
"Humph!" said the Irishman, "must
be doing q good business. az I see YOU
have only one left."--New York Times.