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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

continue at other places-Hallo-
wells, BlenEinsops, Jones, Thomasson
none of these are exempt and none
of these, as luck would have it, employ
MiXley.
Twice running, now" said Mr.. Hal
lowell to Mr. p. Harker Jones, "these
fellows have entered my place-and
got a whole lot, too Both times we
were out, too. Everything locked up
tight. But they broke in. Don't know
what TO make of it. The people next
door have never been touched. But
then, they"
Employ MiNley," quietly completed
Mr.. Jones. Exactly. Of course they
do. So am l going to. This is the age
when everybody must pay for protec-
ton. SO must we. We must pay the
power that rules to protect us from the
powers that prey. And for that rea-
son I'm taking on P. Mixley."
Mr.. Hallowell gasped. Good Lord!"
he exclaimed. do you mean -"
Mr.. Jones laughed quietly. Exact
W. he continued. It's a good trick
and a safe one. Mixley is the head of
the gang-the robber baron of the ban
dts. Pay MiXley and he keeps his
hands off-that's all. But if you don't
pay him, you're marked man. See!'
Mr.. Halloween saw. He was one Oh
the men who had refused Mixley's ad-
vances. He was large, broad-shoul-
dered man, was Mr.. Hallowell, one OF
athletic tendencies. and a man who was
mt home nights, and ne had concluded
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
A WOMAN PRESIDENT.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Has
Dream Which, She Believes,
Will Come True.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is still
confident that before the end of the
century woman will occupy the presi-
Dental chair. She is very much en-
couraged with recent progress of the
woman's suffrage idea and hopes to
see still further progress within the
next few years. Mrs. Gait, who is now
looked upon as the head of the move
ment, is a college woman and lawyer.
She can also cook, make her own
dresses and trim her own hats and is
a fine housekeeper. She has been a
reporter and an editor. Born of revo-
lutionary stock. she is a native of
Ripon, Wis. She was educated in Iowa
and was superintendent of schools at
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
P. Mixley,
NightWatC.man
Bv VIM. II. OSBORNE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Copyright, 1905, by Daily Story Pub Coz

II MIXLEY was private Waterman,
and good, alI-around sort of a
man, too At least that's what
p. Mxley always said. He didn't have
to prove it, either-he admitted it..
MixIey was Il man who watched, not
one place. but % or so. The scene of
his operations was in an aristOcratic
dwclling-hOuse district of the town.
lie was employed by the owners Of the
25 houses-each man paying him SO
much. If you paid him, your house
was watched-if you didn't, it wasn't,
that's all.
''You know what these cops is, sir, "
explains Mixley, with cOpious eNpec-
toration; they're everywhere when
they amt wanted, and nowhere when
they 5. MiXley's everywhere all the
time, sir Not for a matter of five dol
lars month or So"
But the conservative residenter
shakes his head and moves on.
Nobody will break in his house,
for ii is on the corner of a street, and,
besides, there's nothing in it worth
stealing. So he makes up his mind
not to employ Mixley. But MiXley,
who thinks maybe he can land this
man - the twenty-siXth - concludes
that he'll send him a sample of his
wares. Accordingly, the twenty-siXth
mans family is awakened suddenly
that night, by Mixley, who has discov-
cred that the cellar doors wide open.
This bit of disinterestedness on Mix
Iey's part makes a favorable impress
sion on that twenty-sixth man, and
Mixley gains another customer. But
the twenty-seventh man, and the
twcnty-eighth, and the rest of them
up to an even hundred, ignore MiXley
altogether
Nothing happens - nothing much.
Burglars a few, that's all. But MiXley
is such a good Waterman that the
burglars cOnfne themselves entirely
to the houses that MiXley doesn't
watch.
''They dassent tackle my places"
says Mixley, with a threatening shake
Of the head, mot by darn sight, an
they know it." But the burglars still
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

much as that of prince to the Ameri-
can woman, and that of attache is
equal to a German baron" Moreover,
he finds that American women, while
they marry foreign diplomats, never
cease working for the interests OF the
land of their first affections.
He takes the American woman seri-
ously and as a power, and goes on to
note the position she holds to-day. In
England Mrs. Chamberlain and Lady
Curzon WELD immense influence. In
France the wives of RibOt and DIS
tournelleS de Constant are called
femmes de government of the future,
for Ribot is a probable premier and
Constant q coming minister of for
eign affairs.
While the writer admits the Alneri-
can women have acquired influential
social positions abroad through bril-
liant marriages, he does not consider
all such unions dangerous. But the
new aspirations toward diplomatic al
hances fill him with alarm, as Ameri-
can women now know the secrets of in
terna tional relations and are working
for the benefit of their own country.
A friend of the president of the United
States, he says, recently said: do
not worry over the Venezuelan situa-
tion-our women are working for u.s."
This mysterious speech, the writer
says, is explained when one remem-
bers that the wives of the English,
French and German ambassadors, the
three diplomats concerned in the Ven
ezuelan affair at Washington, are all
American women.
If, the writer continues, one were to
make a list of all the American women
married to attaches and minor govern
ment officials with a future before
them in foreign countries, one would
be astonished. He is more alarmed at
the entry of American women into in
ternational affairs than at the doings
of the American trusts abroad. He evil
IDENTIFY considers mime. Yankee" capa-
bic of everything, a match for the
worlds best diplomats.
Helleu, the French artist, who has
returned from America, says that the
| portraits of the women he sketched
| while in America will fill room at the
salon, and has asked to have one placed
at his disposition for a beauty dis
| play" What impressed him the most
the appearance of an American woman
to what position in society she be-
longed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
hog THAT Husks Corn

One of the latest novelties that has
come from the banks of the Wabash
is a real live dog that can husk corn.
This intelligent and Industrious beast
is the property of Joseph Diffenbaugh,
who lives on the Stevens farm, near
Andrews. III. This corn husker is a
nine months old pup, who watched Mr..
Diffenbaugh husk corn for a few days
and then started out on his own hook
tearing the corn from the ears with
more ease and speed than the
ordinary farm hand. He wasn't
very careful in piling the corn
and the husks, but he stripped
the husks clean. This unique corn husll.
err then followed the men to the
field and did work right along with
them, and seemed to enjoy his move
situation as much as the water spaniel
does hunting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
WAS HIS OWN VICTIM.
Monkey with an Opera Glass Looked
Through Wrong End and Was
Easily Captured.

The pet monkey of German profess
sor, having made his escape, climbed
into tree and defied all attempts to
catch him.
Well knowing the initiative habits
of the animal, his master hit on a
curious plan to regain his pet.
He looked at the monkey through
an opera glass, pointing the small end
at him for some time, and then he
retired to a short distance, leaving the
opera glass on the ground.
The initiative monkey descended
from the tree, and taking the opera
glass, gazed after similar manner,
at his master, who seemed to the de-
luded ape to be half mile distant.
The monkey, still looking through
the same end of the opera glass, sup
posed his master was several hundred
yards distant, when the latter, reach
ing out, secured the chain and led the
victim of an optical illusion back TO
his cage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

Mason City. The cases of hardship
and suffering among self-supporting
women encountered while a reporter
first drew her attention to the subject
of women's rights, and she went on the
platform in their behalf. Ten years
ago she spoke for the first time in Bos
ton on the suffrage question, and the
young woman from out west electri
fed her audience. To-day she shows
in magnetic responsiveness, clear-cut
logic and irresistible humor the ripper
power which comes through expert
ance,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
REAL PULLMAN CAR.
How Judges in Rural Mexico TrHveI
from One Place to Another to
Hold Court.

In some of the interior portions of
Mexico many primitive and curious
sights are to be met. A typical and
striking illustration of this is the pic
ture of learned Mexican judge going
in his state coach to hold his court in
a distant town.
His vehicle is what can be termed
literally the original Pullman coach, ;"
though decidedlyvoid of the speed and
luxury of its present-day namesake.
The Roman chariot-like cart is com
posed entirely of wood, the two wheels
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
LIVELY JUMPING JACK.
You Can Duplicate the One
in the Picture.

Look at this picture and see if you
think you could make dancing jack
like it. Of course you can; all you
need to do it is piece of very thin
cardboard, as thin as a visiting card;
four large round matches, not parlor
matches, but the oldfashioned kind;
four pins, and little sealing wax.
First draw and color separately on
the card the body and head of the fig
ure, and then the two arms and the
two legs, and cut them out neatly.
Then place the body on the table, and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
SOME OF THE THINGS | DO.

When I play that I'm bird.
Then l try to fly;
Ii. ting up my pinafore
High, high, high:
Spreading out my pinaforo
Wide, wide. wide;
You might. think it was wings,
ii you truly tried
When / play that m horse.
Then I wear a tail,
Eat my luncheon from bag,
Drink it from a pail,
Smashed the cart up t'other day
Baby in it, too!
When he's scared and runs away
What's horse to do?
When play that I'm a wolf,
Then l howl and roar,
Shifting here, snuffing there,
Round the nursery door,
Daddy says he'll spank me soon,
If still annoy;
Tank perhaps, this afternoon,
I'll be little boy!
Laura E. Richards. in Hurdy'
Gurdy.
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) TORY, TUX
4 t .s Ok =
BEDTIME.

course I'm not sleepy; no!
Why do you plague me soy
Twas this the youngster said
When caught with dropping head
I'm wide awake. Just see!
Why can't you let me be-"
And hard indeed he tries
To check his closing eyes.
But still they close, IN spite
OF his most plucky fight.
And he is heard to say:
why, this is only play
One effort more he makes;
Once more his toys he takes.
And tries BIS bold attack.
To drive the sand man back
IL mods. but still denies
That sleep yet wooes his eyes.
Though on his mothers breast
His head at last seeks rest.
His protests feeble grow,
But well indeed ] know
Still drowsi!y he'll fret:
"Oh. / amt sleepy yet.
Elliott Flower. III Chicago Evening
Post
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THE AMERICAN WOMAN.
French Writer Says She Plays a Most
Important Part in Shaping
World Politics.

A new role is attributed to the Amer
lean woman by writer in the Paris
Gil Bias. In letter from New York
he says American women are no longer
content with the money their husbands
have toiled to make, but aspire to pow
er. and are entering a new field--di-
plomacy. ''The title of ambassador, !"
says the writer, sis now worth as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
being sawed ends of the Brazil wood

being sawed ends Of the Brazil wood
tree.
The car is used by judge living in
one of the mountain districts of north
west Mexico who. prefers for his mo-
tive power two strong poems. The
country is billy and difficult to drive
over. Mules and donkeys have been
found ballzy and unsatisfactory to
manage. Finally man power was
adopted by tie judge, whereby he
is certain to get to his district court,
slowly, but surely, time evidently be-
ing no object to the Mexican country
judge.-Detroit Free Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION.
Thousands of Farms Reclaimed from
the Arid lands of the
West.

rhe far-reaching plans for irriga-
ton of the arid west through the
assistance of the powerful national
government are slowly turning into
facts, says the Minneapolis Journal.
Recently a contract was let for a
dam across the Snake river in Idaho
that, with two large main bitches,
viii reclaim $4,000 acres of fertile
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
PennsyIvania's Boy Nimrod.

Walter Canister, for his age, is &C.
corded the honor Of being the cham
pion Nimrod of Berks county, Pa. He
has the distinction of shooting three
raccoons, one of them the heaviest
ever shot in the county. The coon
weighed 81 pounds, and was brought
down from a tree 100 feet high. Since
Master Canister was ten years old he
has bagged 81 rabbits, 72' opossums
and trapped 65 skunks. He is now
about II years of age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

land. 1t is well known that a 40
acre irrigated farm is equivalent in
production to 160-acre nonirrigated
farm. On that basis the Snake river
reclamation will provide $500 farms,
or, probably, homes for about $4,000
people, and the villages and cities
will have from 5000 to $4,000 more.
And all this will come from the wa
tering of only 100000 acres! And
before Uncle Sam is through with his
big job he will turn water onto 100,-
100000 acres
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Domestic Economy.

Little Vegetarian-Papa, why do
you GO away again? Why don't you
stay home with mother and me?
Papa-But [ must go, little daugh-
ter, to get bread and butter for you.
L. V.-Oh papa! if you'll only stay
home I'll eat meat!-Brooklyn Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

Deacon-Little boy! Why are you
not at church?
The Little Boy-Why amt I at
church? Hully gee. Did yer ever see
pickerel ketched in a church Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Latest Craze in Quilts.

Autograph quilts are in vogue. They
are formed of patches on which the
names of contributors are written in
indelible ink. The name of a celebrity
is surrounded by those of lesser i'm
portance, in square, circle or dia-
mond.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09
Tbe Erotist.

s'Biggins thinks he has the smartest
baby in the world"
Eyes; Bliggins always was firm
believer in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

Backache is q forerunner and
one of the most common symp-
toms of kidney trouble and
womb displacement.
READ MISS BOLLMANS EXPERIENCE.
" Some time ago l was in n very
weak condition, my work made me
nervous and my back ached frightfully
all the time, and l had terrible head
aches.
My mother got bottle of Lydia
IL. Plnlxham'S Vegetable Com
pound for me, and it seemed to
strengthen my back and help me at
once, and l did not get so tired as
before. | continued to take it, and it
brought health and strength to me,
and l want to thank you for the
good it has done me."- Miss KATE
BOLIVIAN, 142nd st. & Wales Ave,
New York City. $4,000 forfeit iforiginaiof
0boUe letter proving genuneneSs cannot be produced
Lydia e. PinIzham's Vegetable
Compound cures because it is
the greatest known remedy for
kidney and womb troubles.
Every woman who is puzzled
about her condition should write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and tell her all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

A New York woman married a
burglar to reform him and then be-
came his accomplice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-04-09

In western Canada 200, 5000 acres
of arabic land to-day await the plow.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16
SANTO DOMINGO

Hoy ha tenldO nuestrO cOrrespOnsal
en- San Juan una eDtreviSta con Consul
General de squella Republica con mo
two de las noticias dadas por la prensa
respeCtO las reclamaci0nes eXigen
cias de los Estados Unioos.
Ell Consul General le ha manifAsta-
do que es ciertO que Sc ha presentad0
al C0ngreso lsacionai una pr0pOsion de
Ley sobre la naturalization ie les agua 8
de las b8 HAS de Samana V ManzaniIlas:
y que esta pendiente de aprobaci6n de
ser realizada. Ignora este .funeionario
ST estas hOras Sc ha hecho 8 20 xLey
de la Nacion~
Agrega que ell Ministro Power no ha
hechO exigencias al GOhiernO que Lue.
dan cOnslderarsa deprimentes, nj serian
en- tai case atendidas. No cree possible
tales exigencias, porque tai como han
exteriorizsdo al publico carecen de sen.
lido conun. Santo Domingo no ha de
sacrificar, pOr Einguna c0nveniencia
incidental los sagrados intsreses de su
independence Y de su territorio. no
puede ceder a ninguna naci6n fragmen-
tOs de su territoriO, nj es ese el prOposi
to de La proposition presentada al Con
greso.
Ell estsd0 poitico de squella Repa-
blica es perfectamentee ell de ana paz firme.
Ell GobierEO actual ha pagado los
intereses de la deuda francesa belga.
todos los compromises del interior.
No es possible una revolucion seria actual.
mente, pues les elemP ntOs discolos estsn
imposibilitados para alterar la paz por
falta de bardera de mOtivO
Cree finalmente, ell Consul General
de Santo Domingo que la actualidad ALI
es sostenible, que ell Gobierno es fuerte:
que Dada molestan. nj preocupan 4 San
to Domingo las propagandsS de los enc
migos de la politica de 6rden libertad
allf desarrolladas va, y que ell Gobierno
Americana no atropellar& nnnca a ma
clones que en NADIA le son hostlles.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16
HOnrOSlSiIlld a(titud

Ell licenciado don Jacinto Texidor
ha dirigido la carta siguiente al director
de eLa Correspondence de Puerto Ricoo
San Juan, Octubre 13 de 1903.
M distinguido y respectable amigo !:
Ha corrido ell rumor de que 20, A5oga-
dO federal, me he hecho cargo de Ia de-
fensa de los socialistas condenados por
e. Juzgado de Paz de Ca1edral. Dor ell
supuesto delito de alteraci6n de Ia paz
pdblica.
Me iDteresa una aclaraci6n; Y por
clio acudo su bondadosa amistad & fin
de que su di8rio la haga constar.
Yo he aceptado (bien sabe Dios que
con todo ell entusissmo de nj alma) 10 de-
feusa de cuatro sefiores de los que fue-
ron juzgados condenados por el Juz-
gado de Paz de Catedral prop6sito de
los successes del once del corriente Z es-
toy dispuesto aceptar Ia defensa de los
demas, esperanto que Dios me de fuer-
zas para Ia tarea, que creo ha de ser dura.
No es exacto 10 que de mi filiacion
polftica Sc dice. Yo no milito en- MIN
guno de los partidos que el. m; pals exis-
ten. Vivo en- la mas absolute iDdepen-
cia con respecto unos otros; guardo
respeto las opiniones de todos Y con-
servo la mia fuera de los dogmss pro-
gramas de partido
Precsamente esa Independence mia
me permite aceptar mas comodamente
esas defensas. A representa- ante ell Tri-
bunal los scusados, ira. no IN hombre
pol1tico, sino IN abogado convencido de
que defiende los humildes. q los necesi-
tsdos de justicia; un dem6crata que, al
defender los derechos del pueblo, tiene
la seguridad de que aboga por sus pro-
pios derechos
Agradezco de antemano su amabiIi-
dad Y quedo suyo alto. respetuoso
amigo.
JACINTO TExIDoR.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16
Don Jose Labrador vinaIs

Este querido companero nuestro,
active inteligente correspoDsal de LA
DEMooRAoIA en- San Juan, lego hoy &
medic dia q esta ciudad, fin de conn pa
recer ante ell Juez de Paz, en- la causa in
coada por denuncia como libelo, esta-
blecida por ell va famosisimo alcalde
Tossas, de Juana-Dia4.
El seflor Labrador no prestara de-
claraci6n alguns, limitandose pedir
que las diligencias pasen la Corte de
Distrito.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16

En- la maf1ana de hoy salieron res
pectlvamente para Juana Diaz San
Juan, nuestro corresponsal en- aquella
villa don Eduardo Diaz Bird, ell Dele
gado la Camara don Tomas Carri6n
Maduro, precesados ambos por libelo,
en- virtud de denuncia presentada por Ell
alcalde Tossas, de Juana- Diaz, segun
saben nuestros lectores.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16

De Quebradiilas recibimos un rum
boso programs de las fiestas que en- aauel
pueblo han de celebracse en- honor de su
patron San Rafael
Damos expresivas gracias & Ia Conf
sion que atentamente nos invita-.
San Rafael nos yalga ......!
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1903-10-16

Ell licenciado don Jacinto Texidor
ha dirigido la carta siguiente al director
de eLa Correspondence de Puerto Ricoo
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-25

An idyl for summer days, full
of brightness, yet trimming with
sentiment of a healthy sort, is the
complete novel IN Lippincott's
Magazine for July. 1t is called
1.-THE Pretenders," because the
two main characters pretend they
are in love. and It is by Ina
Brevoot Roberts, who wrote that
rememberable novel, "The Lift
ing of a Finger" Light without
heat is the kind of glow for July
reading, and L%ippincott:s has this
time found it Enthusiastically.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-06-25
DEATH o. A YOUNG MAN.
Ma vim Eaddy of Vox Peacefully
Passes Away.

Mr. Henry Bishop Marvin Eaddy
was born neat Vux, Williamsburg
county, 5. q, July IS, 1915, I'd
died within one half nile oi
where he was born, ON June II.
1908, al 2:l0 o'clock a. m.
Mr. Eaddy was a son Of the late
Taylor Eaddv. He attended the
Carlisle fitting school of Woffnrd
College, Bamber", 5. G., The lat
ter part of 1S99-,lso 10000.
In May, 1901, he went 10 Red
Springs, n. g., to clerk for Al.
leE higgins and stayed with him
until January /, 1903, when he
went to Raelord, n. g.. AMI started
business for himself.
He was married ON June -,
1902, 10 Miss Daisy Blanche Har-
rison of Red Springs, N. g., who
is Il daughter OF Rev L L Harri-
son, of the North Carolina Con-
ference. Last April, Air Eaddy
became afflicted with tubercular
laryngitls, and on May II he was
brought back TO the home of his
hall-brolher, Mr. w q Stone,
where he died on Thursday, June
is. The body was carried To
Jacksonville church, where in the
presence of a large crowd of rela-
tives and friends it was LAID to
rest. Revs w b Baker and Dan.
lel Durant assisted the pastor,
Rev Il B Owen. in the burial sell
vice. They did not preach his
funeral. His wife being unwell,
could not come to see him buried.
MIR Eaddy in early life pro
fessed faith in Christ and joined
the NJ Z Church, South { think at
Johnsonville) and has ever proved
himself a true christian gentle
man. The writer has been per-
Sonally acquainted with HIM for
some twelve years and he was a
christian Of the highest tyre. He
met death without a fear, he was
loved by all who knew him, as
was manifested by the large
crowd of sofrowing friends who
attended his burial.
lie leaves a large circle of rel
atives and a tender, loving wife 10
mourn their loss, which is his
eternal gain.
We are all in sympathy with
his dear wife, who ON account of
her condition, was deprived of
seeing her husband Tor over p
month before his death. May the
good Lord ever bless her III her
trials.
EGO.