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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Filipinos at St. Louis
Worlds Fair
Wonderful Music Rendered Daily by islanders on Plaza
of Philippine Building

members of the civil police force wear
the khaki. 1t is these little men in
yellow attire who have come to the
Worlds Fair to show Americans what
we, as nation, have really acquired
as an accidental result of Admiral
Dewey's spectacular victory.
| The members of the Constabulary
| band were all finished musicians be.
fore Lieut.. Loving, their leader, took
them in hand. Each one was an artist
| in his own line, and all of them had
seen service in the military bands of
the Spanish regime. However, there
was a tremendous task for the band.
master The men possessed execution
without idea. They could read notes
| faultlessly, and could keep perfect
time; but that is only a small part
of concerted playing.
| Naturally quick to catch new ideas,
they soon grasped the meaning of the
attack" on which the effect of
bands work so largely depends. Then
they learned all the mysteries of shad-
| ing from the most delicate tone to the
most powerful crescendo, and it is in
this that their playing is so marvellous.
In the tender, sympathetic passages of
2. selection tie tone is subdued to the
| most exquisite murmur, from which it
| rises, without a crash and without a
blare, sweeping majestically upward
| and onward, until the enraptured
! listener is engulfed IN a mighty bill
low of sound. Nothing could be more
| inspiring than the burst of melody in
such a climax as that which occurs in
the sextette of Lucia, and no band ever
| handled it's climaxes better.
In the most powerful tone, there is
not the slightest suggestion of brassi-
ness. 1t is all liquid music. This is
due almost wholly to the instrumental
| ton, which is absolutely faultless.
More than half the instruments are
reeds, and instead of the large num-
| Der of saxaphones, the instrumental
| ton includes four sarrusaphones and
| two sousaphones. Moreover, the clari-
nets are not used merely for accom-
paniment, but actually carry the sec
| ond voice.
The music produced is not simply
| that of brass band, but is varied for
effect to resemble strings, human
voices and even the pipe organ
| Among the players there are sewers
excellent violinists, and the personnel
of the band is sometimes rearranged
| into an orchestra of 70 men and also
| into guitar glee club.
The leader, Lieut. Loving, is a ma
| tive of ST. Paul. and a graduate of the
New England conservatory of music.
| To his genius and devotion much of
the success of the Constabulary band
| is due.
Would that every American citizen
might listen to one of his matchless
programmes, drink in all the harmony
and all the splendor of the best band
in the United States, yes, and stay to
the close The close is the most i'm
pressive part of the concert. No one
could listen to the playing of "The
Star Spangled Banner" by that band
of Filipinos, the pavilion surrounded
by other Fillpinos, their hats over
their hearts and their heads bowed, and
doubt that they are loyalty American.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
MUSICIANS, ACTORS, WRITER'S.

Kubelik, Bohemian violinist, is said
to have made over 100000 in the last
three years.
Sarasate is go years old now, and has
played on the same violin since he was
IL years of age.
Nine Rostand, wife Of the famous
French author and playwright, is about
to issue a volume Of her own poems
Mile. Marthe Dupny, whose remark
able volume of sonnets has won the
Sully Prudhomme prize, lives in an
attic
Joseph Jefferson says he was Kissed
off the stage once. He was four years
old, and tried to sing "The Star
Spangled Banner"
A manuscript by the composed Pales-
trina was stolen some time ago in the
Roman Lateran. 1t Is valued at $25, 900,
and is believed to be In Germany.
Actors belonging to the Court theater,
Vienna, are not allowed to perform for
charitable purposes except in payment OF
O certain fixed fee, which is handed over
TO the pension fund of their theater
f. Hopkinson Smith recently re-
marked: "If l can tell the whole story
Of my novel in Ave minutes at dinner
table and secure the undivided atten-
ton of my listeners, know that it Is
good. If fail to do this, my work will
be In vain"
Lieut. W. e. Stafford, recently of the
navy, but now of the department of
agriculture, has about 200 books from
the library of the late Robert Louis
Stevenson. Among them is the Bible
which belonged to Stevenson's father.
He bought the books in Samoa.
Few Americans can boast of so long
and distinguished an ancestry as Mrs.
II. A. Mitchell Keays, author of HE
That Eateth Bread with Me-" She re-
Gently received a letter from distant
relative interested in genealogy which
contained Mrs. Keays' family tree writ
ten out, showing it's roots reaching back
to Henry III of England.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

There Was No Baby Chair in the
House and It Served
Good Purpose.

A minister of one of the leading ccngre-
cations of this city was recently making a
call on one of the prominent members of
five~year-old daughter of the house, who was
doing the honors as hostess ia the absence
of her mother, relates the Philadelphia
Press. Spying well-worn family Bible near
at hand, the minister commented on tho
fact that there must be good father in the
house, which contained proof of having used
the Bible to so great an extent.
ooh, yes" said the child, papa has us on
the Bible three times a day"
"Indeed?'' replied the parson. How edi-
flying. And, pray, what times does your
good father call upon this grand volumne?"
always at meal times" answered the
radiant daughter. "You know, we never
had baby chair in the house, SO pa just sits
the Bible on dining-room chair and that
makes it just high enough for us children
My baby brother Jim sat on it this morning.
We all had our turn at it."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

weight from the ground, the pain was
so severe. This was my condition when
1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
They quickly relieved me and now am
never troubled as / was. My back is
strong and can walk or ride n long
distance and feel just us strong as did
twenty-five years ago. think so much
of Doan's Kidney Pills that have
given a supply of the remedy to some
of my neighbors and they have also
found good results. If you can sift
anything from til is rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to
anyone suffering from kidney trouble,
you are at liberty to do So"
A TRIAL FREE -- Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
COFFEE DISPLAY EXTENSIVE
South and Central America Exploit
Their Great Product-Porto
Rico Represented.

The value of the ST. Louis EXPOSE
ton as an advertising institution and
school of instruction is fully appre-
ciated by the great coffee growing
countries of South and Central Amer
lea. These countries are showing
their coffees to the thousands of
Worlds Fair visitors and creating new
demands for the better varieties pro-
duced, which now find a market at
home or in England and Germany.
The countries claim as great merit
for their high grade coffees as is pos
sessed by the famous Mocha and Java,
and they seek to give the public an
object lesson in the use of coffee
Brazil serves coffee every afternoon to
all visitors at the Brazil building,
free of charge, in order that they may
sample a better grade of Rio.
Porto Rico also has an extensive
coffee exhibit, with the hope OF pro-
noting a larger trade with it's new
mother country.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
NOTES FROM NATURALIsrs.

Ants have horror of Ultraviolet rays.
Doctor Kirkland reckons that in 80
days a toad will destroy 9,720 injurious
insects.
The rose grows wild all over Europe,
In Africa as low as Abyssinia, in Asia to
and through India and in North Amer
ica to the edge of Mexico.
The little tailor-bird not only sews but
spins, weaving raw cotton into thread
for its purposes. With this thread it
sews and actual stitches sack of leaves
in which to rear its young.
Indiarubber trees which are tapped
every other day continue to yield say for
more than 20 years; and 1T is curious
fact that the oldest and most frequently
tapped trees produce the richest gap.
A remarkable instance of mimicry in
fishes is described by DR.. A. Wiley in
gpolia Zeylanica. The Cingalese fishes
known as sea bats have leaf-shaped and
ieaf-colored bodies, and when In danger
they sink gently and inertly to the bot
tom, just like a leaf.
Monkeys are very numerous along che
northwest coast of South America, but
are not found west Of the Andes from
northern Peru to the south end Of the
continent Their home in South Amer
lea is chiefly in the forests Of Venezuela
throughout the great Amazon basin and
along the fuvial systems of the upper
half Of the Paraguay and the Parana riv
ers. A little south Of the junction Of
these two rivers they disappear and the
greater part OF Uruguay and Argentina
regard them as curiosity to be exhibited
IN travelling shows.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

&&M&%WzM&E ii EEIE are SOuS people VINO
& still assert that the United
" N States obtained nothing,
ANMN through the annexation OF
w. the Philippines, but lot of
~ naked savages. In spite of
the governments display at the Worlds
Fair, which shows, in addition to the
four wild tribes, the refined Visayans
with their beautiful fabrics and
their delicate embroideries, the loyal
brown soldiers of Uncle Sam and
the cultured commissioners and Off
Gals, there are some purblind indi-
viduals who refuse to see that the Fill
pino is anything but a nuisance and
a menace to our country.
That he could be capable of civiliza-
tion and uplifting seems utterly ride
ulous to-those who have studied him?
No. to the class who dare not visit
the Philippine reservation at the
Worlds Fair for fear of being con-
WINGED against their will. That a
great many or the natives of the is
lands could already be cultured and
refined would be set down as utterly
preposterous by this class.
The soreheads need not be bound
and carried by violence across the fac
smile Bridge of Spain, through the
Walled City to the heart of the most
wonderful section of the entire ex-
position. They should only be enticed
to listen for an hour to the playing of
the ConstabuIary band. No man with
an ounce of appreciation in his soul
convinced that the 81 men who com
pose it's membership are far above the
ordinary in both intelligence and senti-
ment. A nation or a race may be
judged by it's music. A natural feel
ing for rhythm and harmony is not
an attribute of a chaotic or unbalanced
mind. 1t is discord that leads the way
to senseless vandalism and causeless
rebellion.
In behalf of the Filipino it mus be
said that he is natural musician.
Even the savage head-hunters, in their
peculiar tribal dances, manifest a re-
markable feeling for rhythm. There
is none of the Indians wild noise and
broken time in their beating of brass
tomtoms and their somewhat monoto-
nous singing. They possess the mus
ical instinct that, with time and train
ing, may be developed into just what
the members of the two Philippine
bands already possess.
The Scout band is an exceptionally
good military band. such as we have
heard before The Constabulary band
is in class by itself. 1t is not to be
compared with any Of the other ex-
position bands. It's concerts are held
daily in the large bandstand in the
Philippine plaza, and those who have
heard one concert will gladly forsake
the most interesting exhibit and walk
the entire distance from the heart of
the grounds to the reservation in or.
der to hear another
The men who compose the constabu-
larry and who have done so much to
promote law and order in the islands
are to be distinguished from the ma
tives in the regular army by their uni
forms. The military Filipino wears
the blue of the American soldier The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All in the Apprentice clas

We Are All IN the Apprentice Glass.
When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told 4 lady of Springfield, ILL.,,
says: after being afflicted for years
with nervousness and heart trouble,
received a shock four years ago that
left me in such a condition that my
life was desT aired of. could get no
relief from doctors nor from the num-
berless heart and nerve medicines
tried because l didn't know that the
coffee was daily putting me back more
than the Drs. could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of friend
left off coffee and began the use Of
Postum and against my convictions I
gradually improved in health until for
the past or s months I have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells of heart trouble.
"My troubles all came from the use
of coffee which I drunk from childhood
and yet they disappeared when quit
coffee and took up the use of Postum. :"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects Of
leaving off coffee and drinking Postum
but there is nothing marvellous about
it-on1y common sense.
Coffee is a destroyer-Postum Is a
rebuilder. That's the reason.
Look IN each pkg. for the famous lit
tie book, "Tne Road to Wellvsile."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Features in Food and Drink.

The Worlds Fair is full of new
things, new features and interesting
experiments in the way of food and
drink. Prominent among the new bey-
erages introduced at the Exposition
are banana coffee and prune coffee.
At one Of the California county ex-
hibits in the Palace of Agriculture the
prune coffee is furnished by the
county. to teach the public the value Of
this experiment as pleasant beverage.
The banana coffee is served in the
same building, but at different ex-
hibit, the purpose being to show the
wonderful food value of the banana.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
SHORT AND SENSIBLE.

A song in the heart is worth two in
the choir.
Hurry & Worry are always trying to
borrow from Slow & Steady.
The true soldier is always ready to
help put stop to the fighting.
You'll never run up the hill of
progress by running down your
neighbors.
Men who are willing to let you in
on the ground floor usually have trap
door ready to let you into the base
ment.
Think once before you act. twice
before you speak, and spend the day
in thought before you commit it to
paper
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Organ RecitaIs Daily.

Five regular recitals are now given
each day upon the large mechanical
organ in the splendid French section
of the Palace of Liberal Arts at the
Worlds Fair. The recitals begin at
1920 and 1870 O'clock a. m. and at
2:30, $3.50 and five p. M, and con-
sist of selections from well-known
operas and other classical and popu-
lar music The space about the organ
is always filed with people. In add
ton to being a very perfect instru-
ment from a musical standpoint. it is
deliberately decorated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Ancient Chinese Drums.

A number of old bronze drums have
been placed on exhibition in the great
Chinese section of the Palace of Lib
eral Arts at the Worlds Fair by the
Chinese government, which on account
of their antique appearance and pc
culiar shape are attracting much at
tention there. They are shaped like
a huge bowl, with cover, and are of
solid bronze, ornamented with crude
relief decorations of animals. Several
of these drums are believed to be at
least 1000 years old.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Ell DIDN'T KNOW"

It's such a simple thing to say;
Explains so much without delay;
We really in no other way
Could ever show
Why we should do SO much that's wrong
I don't see how we'd get along
without the weighty, cogent, strong
Il didn't know"
The plumbers that we all commit
Need never bother US a bit
Or make us own up that our wit
Is thick or slow;
For things are bound to go amiss,
And ignorance is more than bliss
That gives us an excuse like this
81 didn't know"
So many things we can't foresee,
At least that is the case with me,
And you will probably agree
That 1T is so.
But never worry-What's the use?
When we are able to produce
The everlasting old excuse,
"I didn't know
Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

OF Deppe, N.
c., says: IT
suHere d for
years with my
back. 1t was
so bad that l
cov'1 not walk
any stanc &c
nor even ride
in easy buggy.
/ do not believe
/ could have
rails e d t e n
pouu q 6 OF
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Pygmies Discard Tents for Huts

The Pygmies from Africa at the
Worlds Fair became tired of living
in the tent provided for them and have
built themselves small huts of sap
lings, covered with grass and rushes.
In order to give the huts the proper
dimensions a novel system of meas
urement was employed. The corner
poles were stuck in the ground and
the architect then lay down on his
stomach, stretching out both arms to
see if the hut would be large enough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Canadian Building Attractive.

The Canadian building at the
Worlds Fair has attracted many Wis
itors who take advantage of the porches
surrounding the building ana the seat
ing arrangements within. The build
ing is comfortably and elegantly fur
nished. and there are many beautiful
things to view while resting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Manv Varieties of Potatoes

Three hundred and fifty varieties of
Irish potatoes, big and little, are ex-
hibited in the New York section of the
Palace of Agriculture at the World S
Fair. The specimens are the result
of cross breeding of standard types.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

"You must visit our new country club"
said the suburbanite "The grounds are
beautiful the golf links superb. You won't
find such scenery elsewhere. On entering
the grounds the first thing that strikes your
eye
''I know!" interrupted the city man; "a
golf ball!"-Philadelph Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Too Much Sense.

An old colored man, watching the mon
drop this corallary to the Darwinian theory:
Dem children got too much sense to come
outer dat cage. White folks cut der tails
off and set 'em to workin' and votin' and fol-
lowing tions."-CincinnaG Trib-
uuA.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
RIGHT Un-tn-Date.

beg pardon, sir said the peddler
of supplies, but have you got type
writer?"
Yes replied the merchant
May | ask what style?"
stOh, out of sight! A regular peach.
Come in and I'll introduce you to her.
-PhiladelDhia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free So trial bottle 4
treatise. DR.. Kline, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
Worrying the Landlord.

new fiat?
Florinda-No. we had to give Fdo away,
but Frederick had his dear little bark put
in our nograph.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

The millionaire may smoke only dollar
cigars himself, but he has to smell the FIVE
cent cigars that other men are smoking
Somerville Journal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
Ave-, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
SOMEONE'S SAYINGS.

Flattery is sort of bad money, to
which vanity gives currency"
THE usual fortune of complaint is to
excite contempt more than pity"
THE moment a man is satisfied with
himself everybody else is dissatisfied
with him"
Our deepest sorrows affect the tenn
per less hurtfully than do our minor
disappointments.'
When you fret and fume at the petty
ills of life, remember that the wheels
which go round without creaking last
the longest"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
The Fame of Nimrod.

Nimrod told how he made his reputation.
81 was the first man who thought of not
shooting guide for DEER" he explained
n z. Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

A matrimonial refusal is the original
antitrust decision.-Richmond Missou-
rian.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
The Smallest Birds Egg.

The smallest birds egg is that of the
tiny Mexican humming bird. 1t is
about the size of the head of pin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

1t is said that the Turks were the
first to bury their dead in cemeteries
adorned with ornamental headstones.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and
Health to the Sufferer, Making Him
Feel Twenty-Five Years Younger.

J.B. Corton, farmer and lumberman,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-09-01

HERE are some people who
still assert that the United
States obtained nothing,
through the annexation OF
the Philippines, but a lot of
, 1904-01-07

In the peninsula of Abchcron, for
merry belonging To Persia. hut now n
part Of Russia, there is II perpetual or,
rather, what the natives call an eternal
sacred fire which is known to have
been burning continually for more thai
1000 years. 1t rises from M irregular
oritice of about twelve feet in depth
and 100 feet squire. The tIamns, which
are constant. rise TO II height of from
six TO eight feet. unaccompumicd by
smoke or disagrecablc smell, waving
back and forth with the wind like II
field of golden grain.
, 1904-01-07

Robert Buchanan had one deep en-
thusiasm. his mother. She was always
young in her appearance. but he re-
garded her TO the end of her life as
Astounding even in girlish charms. He
could never realize that she was grow
ing old. In looking III her. even when
she was close upon eighty, lie saw the
soft blue eyes and golden hair which
he had loved long ago.
81 canno Imagine my mother as Old
he said again and again the day after
she died. Il do not feel thut she is
dead. for | cannot imagine the world
without her"
When, a youth of eighteen. he went
up to London to take the world by
storm he was a m~lserably homesick
lad. He sat in n corner of the railway
carriage, his heart aching. his eyes dim
with ears.
81 realized" he says, that | was for
the first time quite %friendlcss and alone.
| thought of my dear mother praying
for me at home, and | longed to turn
back and ask hcr forgiveness for any
pain | had caused her. Even now /
never >ake a railway journey at night
without recalling the dismal hcartache
of that midnight Journey to London
Almost daily during this early struG-
gle did he receive a letter from her, al
ways full of loving instruction for his
guidance. His answers were overflow
Ing with heart and hope. Mother and
son were constant in this tender serv-
Ice. From first TO last they were the
best and most intimate of friends.