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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-11
BIRTHS.

Zipperman--Mr. and Mrs. Samuel 91e Fourth
street n. girl. ~
N, girl. " l-'>
Herbsr ,t and Mrs. Michael, 11419 Third
; Johnson-Mr.r and, Mrs. John. 1904 Tenth ave.
S. boy. - ~
NE boy - II ee'
Groschen-Mr and Mrs. George. $40 University
avenue Sc, hoy. ''
Hallum-Mr. and Mrs Leonard SO5 Fifth ora
n. girl. "
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Walter D. Hudson and Angene E. Wright
Samuel Mart1nson and Margaret A: Hanson
Adelbert Tymeson and Mary e. Hicks. -
Carl A. Carlson and Augusta NJ D. Stemcke.
Frank L. Hanson and Isabella Gardner
Henry Booker and Beatrice Williams
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DEATHS,

Pankopf-Otto 901. Thirteenth avenue s. IS
years. ~ "
Spink-Willie COS Sixth avenue s. IA months
Dahlstrom-Mary, 217 Twelfth avenue S. a
years. ~
years. " W.
Disqualification G., 1920 Plymouth avenue, 2
months. o' =
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DR.. Dick says: If you have been out
and want to get in. take a Red Raven
Split-clears the head and cools the blood,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-11
blight minor and, unpublished deeds, $40:
.Htotal % deeds. $57, OS9.. -s.--.. =. :
BUILDING. PERMITS.

! Az r. Brown, f s537. Seventh avenue N, barn,
Frank C. Smith, 1904 Western avenue, dwell
ing, 81 625.
j. D. Mckenzie, 1913 Eighth street Sc, dwell
'Wiihelmina Kohlstead, 1000 Grand street NE,
dwelling 81 500 ..-
Minor permits. $500. % r. r !& e.. 49,
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A Great Opportunity

to visit Yellowstone Park-the Wonder
land of America. s62.50 pays all expenses
in the park and rail transportation in both
directions, via the Northern Pacific rail-
way. =. 49,. . 49, ..-..,.> s.s.. z.l
Call at their city ticket offices in St.
Paul and Minneapolis and arrange for
reservations. r.. . -. ...-.. ,. l. :...:,
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Journal want ads are. always in tn
lead because they give the best results.
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DR.. REEDS CUSHION SHOES
Are perfect comfort. Retail salesroom
N. Fourth street. - -
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Yh@ DkRaRaerPaEy

OF the American working man is gen.
too we'll filled. It contains too many
kinds of food, and very often the food is
Of the wrong kind-hard to digest and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-11
MARRIAGE I,IcENsEs

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
The Art of Brevity.

The Spartans were distinguished for
the breyity and conciseness of their
speech. On one occasion during q ter
ribIe famine the inhabitants Of an is.
land in the Hgean sea sent an embas-
sadOr to Sparta, who made a speech
imploring it's aid. He had hardly fin
ished before the Spartans sent him
back these words, "We did not under
stand the end of your speech and have
forgotten the beginning"
The poor, starving people chose an
other spokesman and impressed upon
him to make his request as brief as
possible.
He therefore took with him a guam
tity of sacks, opened one before the as
sembly and said simply, 1T is empty;
fill it,
The sack was filed as well as the
others, but the chief Of the assembly
said as he dismissed the ambassador,
loaded with meal: at wasn't necessary
to inform us that the sack was empty.
We saw it ourselves. Neither was it
necessary to request us to fill it. We
should have done it on our own ac-
count. Be less long winded next time"
Christian Endeavor World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
A Lesson In Hospitality.

A curious instance of provincial hos
pitaIity in a small Tuscan town is re-
corded by Luigi Villari in italian Life
In Town and Country"
A lady of very noble birth and of
considerable wealth was giving a mu-
steal party-it was the first time she
had invited friends to her house that
season. The entertainment began at
2 p. m. and lasted till z. No refresh
ments were provided for the guests,
but at half past a servant appeared
and solemnly presented cup of choco-
late to the hostess and one to her moth
er. This, of course, would only be pos
sible in very provincial town. In the
more civilized spots excellent refresh
ments are always offered to the guests.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
The SEWING MACHINE.
Unsuccessful Inventions That Pre-
ceded Howe's Patent In 1S46.

Unsuccessful Inventions That Pre-
ceded Howe's Patent In 1S46.
The technical beginning of the sew
ing machine industry in this country
was Sept. 10, 1916, when Elias Howe,
Jr., obtained a patent for what grew
into the first really practical sewing
machine. Only three of the first Howe
machines were made, however, and
one of these was deposited in the pat
ent Office in Washington as a model.
1t was not until after 1850 that a fac
tory for the making of sewing ma
chimes was built, so the enormous bust
ness of today has grown up in a short
half century
While HoWe's invention marked the
beginning of a successful industry, he
was by no means the pioneer in eff
forts to substitute mechanical for hand
sewing As far back as ITO Thomas
Alsop patented in England a machine
for embroidering. Another machine
for embroidering in loom was invent
ed by John Duncan in 1904, and TWEEN
ty-f1ve years later another Englishman
named Heilman patented still another
embroidering machine.
The first recorded attempt at me-
chanical sewing was the invention Of
Thomas Saint, who took out patent
in England in 1890 for a machine which
executed the old crochet stitch. 1t
was not a success, but some of the
features of the Saint machine appear
in the perfected machine of today.
Bartholemy Thimonnier patented in
France in 1880 the first sewing ma
chine put to practical use. Eighty Of
his machines were in use for sewing
army clothing in 1871, when a mob de-
stroyed them because convinced they
would drive Nseamstresses out of en-
pIoyment. Thimonnier built new and
better machines, but all his work was
again destroyed by angry artisans in
1S4S
John J. Greenough took out the first
patent for sewing machine issued in
the United States in 1912. 1t was in
tended to sew leather, but was of no
practical use.
Walter Hunt of New York built a
sewing machine in 1884, but failed to
protect it by a patent. After Howe's
machine appeared Hunt declared it
embodied the ideas of his machine Of
1884, but he was unable to establish
his claim.
A small army of inventors appeared
after Howe's patent had proved sue
cessful, and their genius was devoted
to perfecting every part of the ma
chine How we'll they have succeeded
is shown in the $500 patents for sew
ing machines and attachments issued
by the United States since 1850 and in
the fact that the American sewing ma
chine leads all others in every country
in the world-New York Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
His Worm Glass.

"Hello, papar cried the daughter of
the Wall street operator after the ia
ther reached his porch after his ride
out from the city on a suburban train
and seated his little one on his knee.
"But, papa, I've got one you can't
guess"
Cant guess?" said the fnancier.
''Another new joker"
"a good one, too" chartered the lit
tie girl. "You ought to guess it, but
you can't. Now, if a student is book
worm what kind Of a worm are you?'
swell, that is a hard one. We're all
supposed to be worms in one way"
said the Spectator.
Eyes, but you'd be a tapeworm,"
broke in the little girl. with a burst of
laughter; "you read the ticker tape so
much"
That's right" was the answer
New York Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
PAROLES NOT REVOKED.
General Grant Laid Down the Law
to President Johnson.

General Grant Laid Down the Law
to President Johnson.
Daniel r. Goodloe, for many years
distinguished resident of Washington
and chairman of the commission to free
the slaves of the District, once told this
story:
zone morning soon after the surren-
der at Appomattox l was one of a
group of gentlemen standing on Penn
sylvania avenue, discussing the mo-
mentous questions of the day. AS we
talked General Grant rode toward us,
smoking his usual cigar. Recognizing
several of us, he dismounted and joined
us.
whats the news% he asked.
81 answered, We are discussing a
piece of news which comes to us di-
rectly from the White House and
which gives me no little concern
What is it? asked the general.
"T understand that President An
drew Johnson intends to revoke the
parole of General Lee and other gener-
ais of the late Southern Confederacy'
"'Who was your informantY asked
General Grant.
81 gave him the name of the gentle
man who had given the information.
General Grant quietly said, Thank
you, gentlemen remounted his horse
and rode rapidly away toward the
White House
1--WE leisurely turned our steps in
the same direction, and as we entered
the portico we saw Grant coming down
the steps looking more excited than
had ever seen him before. l went up
stairs and met q friend who had been
in conference that morning with Mr..
Johnson ON the subject above men
toned. He said to me: If you have
any request to make of the president
this morning, keep it until some other
time. He is angrier than l have ever
seen him. A moment ago General
Grant strobe into his presence and per
emptorily demanded, do you intend
to revoke the parole of General Robert
e. Lee and other officers of the late
ConfederacyW
"'"I am considering the subject"
Johnson replied. you need not consid-
er it. Those paroles were signed by me
as general commanding the army Of
the United States. My promise to them
shall be kept in good faith if it takes
the army of the United States, plus the
army of the late Confederacy, to en-
force it."
"'Saying this, Grant retired and left
Johnson white with rage
eve never heard any more of the
revocation of the paroles. "-Indianap
lis Sentinel.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
OLD FASHIONED.

What has become of the old fashion
ed man who called a boil gather
ing?"
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who referred to coal as "stone
cOal?"
What has become of the old fashion,
ed woman who bought wall paper and
hung it herself?
What has become of the old fashion
ed boy who believed that eating gun
powder would make him fierce?
What has become of the old fashion
ed mustang pony that had to be bro
ken every time it was hitched up?
What has become of the old fashion
ed person who said to child that had
fallen, "Come here, and I'll help you
up?"
What has become of the old fashion
ed woman who used to say to her boy
when he came in late, "PIl attend to
your case after supper?'-Atchison
Globe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
Three Great Navigators.

To review the work Of Columbus
without referring to that of Vespucius
and Magellan would leave the story of
new sea and world discovery discon-
nected and incomplete. This will be
patent when it is remembered that,
though a believer in the rotundity of
the earth, it was not Columbus, but
Magellan, who first physically demon
strated that fact by circumnavigation.
And Magellan might have failed but
for the previous work of Vespucius.
The latter had explored the Atlantic
coast of South America farther south
than any Of his predecessors and the
south Atlantic ocean eastward to the
Islands of South Georgia, nearly to the
parallel of Cape Horn.
BY this journey Vespucius demon
strated with a considerable degree Of
certainty that the strait, which had
for some years been looked for, lead
Ing 20 the elusive unknown sea that
bounded the eastern coast of Asia, was
not to be found through the new lands
of the west north of 81 degrees south
at all events. The mouth of the ANA
zon. the bays of Rio Janeiro and of the
La Plata had been explored and were
found to contain fresh water. so that
through none of these could an en-
trance to the unknown sea on the far
ther west be found.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
STEERAGE PASSENGERS.
Immigrants For America Are Looked
Upon as Cargo.

Immigrants For America Are Looked
Upon as Cargo.
One of the biggest liners sailing out
of France, with 800 steerage passen-
gers aboard, was selected for observing
the manner of handling steerage pas
sengers bound for America.
A firm conclusion reached after the
experience of that trip is that an immi-
grant of this class has to put up with
much unnecessarily unpleasant treat
mcnt-frst, simply because he is an
immigrant and therefore in judgment
meriting it, and, secondly, because, be-
ing what he is, he has not yet learned
to protect himself. The picture con
jured up by the term 'immigrant' i'll
the minds of those who have their care
en- route is not at all the color of the
vision that arises before us with the
word. Here in America we have q
notion of a band of earnest and, it may
be, if we are uncharitable, worn and
unwashed men and women with fam
flies, though the family and the wash
ing are really outside for the moment.
hurrying from hard conditions of life
scant underpaid labor, ignorance, OPP
preston, miSrule-pressing on to what
they must conceive to be a bright land
of promise or they would not be rush
ing here; to a glorious young country,
where all men are free and equal and
all that sort of thing But the man
who has to see that these immigrants
are given food and bunk and that they
do not fall sick below has no such
fancies. His sympathy. he will tell
you, is not for the immigrants, but for
the country that is to get them.
Those in charge of the immigrant
from southern Europe will tell you that
he is not a desirable creature. They
have handled many, many thousands
of his kind, and they should know
something of him now. The company
transports him, it is true, but as to
that, he is freight, freight of good
profit. The company would take freight
to the highest degree distasteful if so
be the rates were paid. Indeed, yes, it
is a business. There is q large profit in
the immigrant-oh, yes-but as a fell
low passenger he is-Oh, well, repul-
sive, repugnant or whatever you say in
your language.-James B. Connolly in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
A Crisis Met Half Way.

There were strict orders in the Phil
ippines regarding looting. and one day
a lieutenant's suspicious were aroused
by a private whom he saw peering ca
gerly under the piazza of house on
the outskirts Of Manila, writes Dixie
Wolcott in Harper's Magazine.
what are you doing there?" he de
manded in his gruffest tones.
"Why, sir" said the soldier, saluting,
I'm only trying to catch chicken
which I've just bought.
Lieutenant K. stopped and caught
sight of fine pair of fowls.
''There are two chickens under
there" he exclaimed excitedly. Il
bought the other one. Catch 'em both. "
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
The Tea cher and the Shirt.

There is a teacher ia a school in a
town in New Jersey who has Brooklyn
relatives, since it is her birthplace and
was her residence until she wandered
into the wilds of Jersey to train the
youthful savage in the way he should
educationally go. Among her scholars
was one boy, Tommy Russell, who
was well nigh incorrigible. One day,
patience exhausted, the teacher caught
the lad and gave him a shaking that
made his teeth rattle in their sockets.
More, so vigorous was her clutch that
she tore his shirt. The next morning
the lad appeared with neat bundle,
laying it before the teacher on the
desk.
"What is this, Tommy" asked the
teacher.
81 dunno, teacher" was the reply
''Me mudder sed Civ tyouse."
The teacher opened the bundle to
find Tommy's torn shirt with this
memorandum:
"You tore the shirt; now you can
mend ."-Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
Care In Choosing Glasses.

A dealer in optical instruments de-
clared that it gave him real pain to
note the careless manner in which half
the persons in New York wear glasses.
cit is a wonder to me-" he said, "that
they don't bring on blindness. In the
first place, the frames should always
be fitted to Individual faces instead of
being picked up indiscriminately with
out regard for facial peculiarities The
size of the lenses is another important
consideration. Most of the glasses
see on the street are too small. They
should be as large as the face of the
wearer will permit, for lens Of good
size not only affords better protection
to the eye, but is more becoming than
a smaller one. Another tribulation of
the weak eyed is due to the reflection
from the edges of unframed glasses.
The eyelashes should be attended to in
order to get the best results from a
pair of spectacles. Many lashes are
worn 50 long that they brush against
the glass. This is decidedly injurious
New York Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
ObIi&inE.

AT musicale where a priest was a
guest a young woman with a robust
soprano voice did most of the enter
tanning. She was very proud of her
accomplishments and her musical ed
ucation. She sang songs in German,
italian, French and English. When
she appeared to have exhausted her
repertory and the company present
were wishing for change in the pro-
gramme, the clergyman paid her some
compliments and added:
"Why, Miss Jones, think you could
sing ad infinitum."
Il really don't know it." responded
the obliging young woman, "but if the
music is here I'll try it.'-New York
Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
English lyleat Pie.

The veal and ham pie which is a
common English dish should be better
known here. The bone end Of a piece
of veal is stewed till the meat is ten
der, with an equal amount of smoked
ham. Take out the bone, strain the
stock and separate the veal and ham
pieces. Cut each in strips and lay in
alternate layers in deep baking dish.
Season, cover with the clear stock and
finish the dish with a faky crust that
will bake quickly. The dish is eaten
cold, and when cut like any pie it will
be found that the meat is set in a de-
liciOus jelly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
A Scared Corpse.

at was, 1 think, at the Haymarket
that one of the most amusing of unre
hearsed incidents occurred" says a
writer in NJ A. p 1.-THE play was
Romeo and Juliet Mrs. Scott Sid
dons was the Juliet of the occasion
All went well until the final scene
Paris was duly slain, and Juliet lay
stretched upon her bier. Just then
some of the scenery caught alight
somehow, but some men from behind
soon eXtinguished it. Juliet, with COM
mendable presence of mind, did not
move an eyelid, but the corpse of Paris
was nervous. He raised himself to a
sitting posture, then got upon his feet
and fed from the stage. The danger
being removed, his courage returned
and the audience was afforded the
pleasing spectacle of corpse crawling
along the stage from the wings to take
up the proper position for the final cur
tain. 1t was too tremendous an anti
climax to the tragedy of the play, and
the house was simply convulsed."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04

Few men who use walking canes are
aware that the growing Of walking
stalks is a special industry and that
certain kinds of canes are not merely
collected as they may be found grow
ing in forests. One may find at any
store where the sticks are sold many
canes of almost precisely the same
length, weight, shape and material.
Canes having a tangle of roots at the
handle, for instance. are much sold in
England. They are grown by farm
er" who makes it a speciality to trim
and shape young ash plants.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04

Once upon time there was a man
who was chronic borrower OF money,
and he was never'known to slight an
acquaintance through neglect He was
extremely we'll known by a large circle
of acquaintances. which he was contin-
ualIy endeavoring to enlarge.
The members of this growing circle
never forgot him. and even after his
death he remained green in their mem
cries
MoraI.-A man to insure being re-
membered must keep in touch with his
friends.-New York Herald.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
A ScriDturaI WeapOn.

Children tumble into strange morass-
es when they grapple with theology.
They trip over words. For example,
the other day teacher at Stepney took
for the Bible lesson the story Of Sam
son. At the end of the lesson questions
were put to test the understanding Of
the scholars. with what weapon did
Samson Stay a thousand PhilistinesT'
was the question. For a space there
was silence. Then a little girl spoke
up "With the ak Of the apostles" she
said.-London Chronicle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
CarefuIness of Surgeons.

1t is an object lesson in goodness to
see a surgeon washing his hands after
performing an operation, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. He works Of course
with sleeves rolled up to the elbow, so
that the washing extends from the era
zy bone to the tip of the finger nail.
First there is q hard scrubbing with
plain soap and sterilized water. This is
followed by a swabbing with tincture
of green soap and sterilized water.
Then comes a genuine securing with
equal parts Of quicklime and soda in
sterilized water and finally rinsing in
solution Il to $1,000 of bichlOride of
mercury. Without these four separate
washings no surgeon would think OF
venturing out to scatter germs Of dis
ease
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
Flowers and Poisons.

Ever since the days of that floral
abomination, the green cdrnation, we
have known that flowers are suscepti-
BILE to the influence of drugs and can
be made to change their colors by prop
er, or, rather, improper, treatment.
This branch of Horticulture has been
pursued further by inquiring people,
and it seems that plants are as liable
to the effects of poisOns as are human
beings. If you give flower too much
chloroform, it will not agree with it.
III the words of the operator, sit droops
and dies" 1t is difficult to see what is
the advantage of this particular study
Every one knows that flowers can be
killed far too easily. If some scientif-
ic person would find a way of causing
them to bloom all the year round in
our climate that would be something
of discovery-less scientific, perhaps,
but much more acceptable. - London
Taller.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
A Remarkable Petition.

The keeper of the menagerie at Yer
sailles during the reign of LOUIS XVI.
had orders to administer six bottles Of
burgundy every day to a dromedary
which had grown feeble with old age
and which the king was very anxious
to keep alive In spite of this ultra
generous treatment the animal died, to
the great despair of his nurse. who pc
titioned the king with view of obtain
ing the succession of the dromedary"
that is to say, all the advantages at
tached to his person.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-12-04
Romance of a Marriage License.

There is a record of a marriage Ii
cense issued to two parties, and written
across the face of the entry in red ink
is the note by the judge: Returned un-
used. See page so and So" On turning
to the page referred to there is another
record and the same red ink note. In
short the record shows that a license
was procured and returned unused four
different times The fifth time, howev-
er, was the charm, and they were mar
ried, he at the age of siXty-four and
she at forty-eight years.-Ottawa Re-
publican.