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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13

people To quote again from the au-
thority cited: THE Romany is still
the life of the entire vagabond popu-
lation of the roads in England, it be-
ing almost impossible to find a tinker
or petty hawker that is not part gip-
sy. There are but few hundred full
blooded tent-gipsy persons in Eng
land, but of kairengroes, or house
jewellers, who keep their gypsy blood
a secret, and of half-breeds (churedi
or posh an posh), of those affiliated
by blood-all of whom possess the
great secret of the Romany language
to a greater OF less degree-there are
perhaps 10000"
An astounding number, it seems to
us, and yet when one learns how they
once OVerrun the country, it becomes
very reasonable that at least that
many now remain. Four hundred
years ago they entered Britain, slip
ping in slyly, and in so years in
creased so largely, their depredations
were SO bold and burdensome, that
acts for their suppression were de-
manded. At one assiZe Ii poor Ro-
NAMES were executed simply on the
accusation of belonging to the out
landish gypsy race. The outrages COM
mitted by the gipsies at this time
Were incredible, their presence in the
country a most evil infiction-hence
the summary punishment.
In divers ways England checked the
growth of her gypsy population. Dur
ing the American revolution she
forced this portion of her human ma
terial" into the fleets and armies sent
to fight the Yankees, but many of the
unwilling soldiers deserted on reach
ing land, and sought a home on our
soil. Railway extension also inter-
fered with the gypsy il England, anil
the Enclosure act. which took away
from him the open stretches whereon
he had been wont to pitch his chan
ging camp. DoubtlesS\ the English
gypsy can say feelingly that things are
not what they once were.
To-day the gypsy in England is an
industrious person, and lives on the
fat of the land; not on refuse, the ira
ditional food of the gypsy wanderer.
Both men and women work, the latter
the better wage-earner of the two;
palmistry with the women is no lost
art, neither is horse-trading with the
men; and they have control of the
trade of menuing chairs of split rat
tan. they buy and sell baskets. brooms.
clothes-lines, ETC.; they make meat
skewers and clothes-pegs, and they
provide music and necromancy at the
fairs. Really, the modern gypsy makes
a very good living in England.
In the United States the gipsies are
not so well known as in the compact
isle; there are not so many, and as
they travel from Maine to Texas they
can give a locality but a glimpse of
their mode of life. We are more or
less acquainted with the be-shawled,
bare-headed fortune-teller, that goes
from house to house, and with the
gypsy musician; many of the door-to-
door peddlers we recognize as of gip-
sy blood, also the keepers of small tin,
crockery and basket stores, and the
infrequent itinerant thinkers and cut
1ery men
It is said that gipsies established two
villages in this country, one in New
England, the other in Pennsylvania,
and that in these villages Romany Is
still spoken, though secretly. To con-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13

through series of years, sought to de-
velop as far as possible the faculties of
this horse.
Having been examined by the cele-
brated student of animals, Prof. Karl
Moebius, director of the geological muse
UNI, by Minister Won Studt, minister Of
education, as well as by several leading
generals in the army, it has been ar
ranged to have the emperor witness this
remarkable performance when, it is sup
posed, a scientific commission will be
appointed, composed no doubt of expert
psychologists and students of animals,
whose report will be awaited with in
tense interest.
1t must be ed that this horse is not
on exhibition 20 the public. Herr Won
Osten is we'll to do, and avoids publicity.
Only by special permission, granted to
select few can the horse be seen. The
picture shows at the left hand
corner the blackboard, reckoning tablet,
balls and number scheme used in the
instruction.
AMOS w PATTEN.
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Wallachian, Romantic; some argue
that it is a corruption of the Hindu
Dom" the name given to one of the
wandering people of India, known
from ancient times. The jealousy
guarded Romany language is supposed
to be a Hindu dialect derived from
the Sanskit, but very greatly corrupt
ed by admixture with the many lam
guages of the many lands visited by
the nomads The name gypsy is a
corruption of the word Egyptian, is
used in several languages Spanish.
Turkish, Albanian, Hungarian), and
accounts for the belief that the wan
derers originally hailed from Egypt
The French call them Bohemians, the
Italians, and also the Spanish, allude
to them as Zlngaro. 1t is said the
Romany dislikes to have one word of
his vocabulary learned by an outsider,
a stranger. and if word is stolen he
at once drops it himself and adopts a
new one in it's place, borrowed from a
country foreign to the intruder. Be
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what number is the small hand of the
watch?" Tie horse gave one stroke.
ION what number is the large hand?"
Ten strokes followed. 1t lacked ten
minutes of one o'clock.
How all this has been accomplished
is the marvel of the beholder. 1t starts
many questions concerning animal in
telligence and the psychology of animals
and affords much material for students
of animal life. The director of the Ber-
lin geological garden has witnessed the
recitation" of Hans, and was so strong
ly impressed that he wrote an elaborate
article for the Berlin press on the sub
ject. Herr Won Osten, the owner of this
remarkable horse, holds that it is pos
sible to educate a horse to read tbs
signs on the street. He proposes to ex-
ercise all his pedagogical skill in the
further training of his interesting pupil,
and claims to be a pioneer in this de-
partment of education.
Everyone who has had anything to do
with horses knows that they have re-
markable memory and very keen sight
and hearing. Psychologists may deny
that the horse has the power of going be-.
yond the culture of that side of memory
which pertains to the laws of associa-
ton. Yet even here there is no doubt
much to be done in the animal world.
We shall await with intense interest the
outcome of Herr Won Osten's apartments
in the culture of his apt pupil. Here is
no ordinary trick animal" but serl-
Gus piece of scientific training by an ex-
| perienced teacher, who has quietly,
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opens, I found the duke of Meeklen-
burg, several high military commanders
In regimental dress, an Italian noble
man, Herr Won Schilling, a noted AtFl-
can explorer and student of animals, sew
eral professors, number OF ladies' anu
gentlemen of high social standing, be-
sides several correspondents OF foreign
newspapers. "Hans" is a beautiful lei
low. with fine face. AS he was put
through his exercises the wonder OF the
audience grew, for, during nearly two
hours, in answer to questions from his
master and questions from the audience,
he showed that he could count, add, sub
tract, multiply, do simple sums in trac-
lions, distinguish between the seven
tones of the musical scale, pick out
man in the audience whose photograph
he had been shown, single out the men
from the women, distinguish the straw
hats from the felt hats, indicate UNI
breilas or canes, tell where the large or
small hands of watch were at given
moment, tell whether piece of money
was gold, silver, nickel or copper, and
also it's denomination, and spell names
given to him. His language is the tap
ping of his right front foot. He indi-
Gates a number or letter by the number
of taps, thus spelling by tapping until
he comes to the number of the letter in
the alphabet. Gold is indicated by one
tap. silver by two, nickel by three and
copper by four. Similarly the colors are
told. In teaching him numbers the mas
ter has used a reckoning tablet and
blackboard.
On the occasion above noted there
were present in the little court 80 per-
sons. The person who Intercepted
Hans was not his teacher, but Herr Won
Schilling. the African explorer, who had
known the horse about two weeks.
was evident that it was no look or action
ofhis teacher thatprompted the answers,
as is the case in the stock exhibitions
of educated animals, but the intelligent
comprehension of the horse. How
MANY persons are here?" was the hrst
question. The horse gave swift glance
at the crowd and then struck the ground
with his hoof 80 times. "How many
have straw hats?" Three taps: correct.
How many have felt hats? Eight taps;
correct.
A photograph was shown the horse,
of an officer who few days before had
been present in his uniform. Hans was
asked if the man were present to-day.
He indicated always counting from
left to right the exact number of the
officer in the semicircle. He was asked
to tell the colors in the cap of certain
officer. One stroke of the hoof, then an
interval followed by five strokes, thus
pointing out red a1d blue, which CORE
spond to the respective numbers in the
prismatic scale.
The duke of M.ck1enburg held his
watch up to the horse and said: "On
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13
The News Condensed.

Edward LAURA, who came to MllWau-
kee few days ago from Chicago and of
whom little is known, committed
suicide by shooting because Of de-
spondency. Lauria's home was in Ham
burg, Germany, where, from letters
found on his person, it is thought hewas
well connected.
While the parents and neighbors were
threshing grain, the three-year-old
daughter of Peter Christianson, of Big
Lake, was suffocated in the straw stack.
Archibald Smith and his horse were
found drowned in one of the Chain O.
Lakes, four miles from Waupaca.
Frank Herbeck, an old settler of Ke'
waunee, was instantly killed by falling
from load of grain.
The record of asking questions, fool
ish and otherwise, was broken in the
Sheboygan, circuit court by two attor-
neys. who asked 1924 in three hours
about some damaged cheese.
Barron Judge A. j.. Vinje sentenced
Robert Walker to Is years in state prison
for killing Oscar Burns.
George d. Emery, charged with embez-
zling $4.041 by the Bartlett, Frazier &
Darlington company, of Milwaukee, was
discharged.
One of the first Indian wills ever sub
mitted to court for probate has been pre-
sented to the circuit court at Green Bay.
A force of mechanics was set to work
to erect a roof over the portion of the
Quilted statehouse occupied by the SEN
ate chamber.
Game Warden J. w. Stone, of Barron
county, confiscated two trunks going to
Chicago as baggage from Wayward,
which contained game.
Sheriff Simon, the newly appointed
official of Iron county, has already be-
gun his campaign of reform. His first
step was to order all gambling machines
removed from Hurley.
BY divided vote of to 1, the Wiscon-
sin supreme court rendered a decision in
favor of the La Toilette faction of the
republican party.
Martin Helmera, 16-year-old AL
gonna lad, while duck hunting. had his
left hand blown off. He then rowed two
miles for assistance.
The five days celebration of the Lake
Superior Chippewas, in commemoration
of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing
of the treaty of peace with the govern
men, ended in a fight. One of the
trophies at the celebration was British
flag captured at Mackinac island in
1872
While exp erimenting in his new pat
ent life boat, August Baumgart was
nearly killed at Racine. In a later ex-
pertinent the boat proved a success.
The supreme court has adjourned I'M
til October Is without handing down
decision disposing of the controversy
over the republican ticket
SKIN from six bull frogs grated on
his foot has saved that member for Mat
Berries, a Kenosha boy. Berries is on the
road to recovery.
Buck Walker was convicted of murder
in the second degree at Barron. He was
charged with killing his daughters
lover, Young Burns, in July.
Former Judge E. B. Bundy is dead at
Menominee of cancer He had been on
the bench of the Eighth judicial circuit
for nearly Is years.
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Sheriff Sent to Jail.

Sheriff Charles Peterson, of Sawyer
county, was fined $3.50 by Judge Parish
and sentenced to 80 days in the county
jail for contempt of. court in failing to
capture John F. Dietz, for whom war
rant was issued last May. The coroner
of Sawyer county placed Mr.. Peterson in
his own county Jail at Hayward. Since
May Dietz has held up 100000 feet of
logs at Cameron dam, Oh the Thornapple
river. preventing the Chippewa Log &
Boom company from rafting it further.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13
Entire Town in Charivari.

The continuous charivari to Prof. and
Mrs. Verbeck at Cadet, which began
September 5, continued for nearly a
month, the band of serenaders receiv-
ing new recruits every night. A truce
was called some time ago and for time
it appeared as if settlement would be
effected and the charivari called off. The
terms were not satisfactory, however.
1t seems that the entire youthful popu-
Iation of the town we're enlisted in the
novel demonstration.
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600 Students Ducked.

Six hundred students were ducked into
the icy autumn waters of Lake Mendoza
near Madison in the annual university
freshman-sophomore rush. No one was
drowned, and the most serious injuries
were numerous wrenched joints, four
inch cash in the head Of a freshman, re-
ceived from a boathook in the hands Of
a sophomore while defending the second
class flag raft 400 feet out in the lake.
President Vanhise is pleased that no
casualties resulted.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Blow Safe: Miss $50 600.

A gang Of safe robbers blew open the
safe in the Bank of Monticello, but re-
ceived practically nothing for their
trouble. II was entirely owing to the
fact that the explosion wrecked only the
outer safe that the thieves were obliged
to leave behind $4,000. Neighbors were
awakened by the explosion, and soon the
street was filled with excited citizens.
which indicated that four strangers had
driven overland to Evansville and then
boarded a sounth- bound train for Chi
cago.
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Hold PRAYERS in Cell.

A service of prayers by the Methodist
ministers of La Crosse was held in cell
at a La Crosse police station in an en-
deavor to recall to grace Rev. Nathan
Wood, who has been arrested charged
with stealing chickens. He is a Meth
odist preacher, but is said to have devil
ated from the straight and narrow path
a short time ago and was let out of the
ministry after investigation. He ex-
pressed a desire to live an upright life
hereafter and was released from Gus
tOdy
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He Took the Civilized Method.

Went into Chinese restaurant last
night" said the first Chicagoan. Fun
ny, the way them Cinnamon eat boiled
rice"
"Chopsticks, eh?" said the other.
did they expect you to eat it that way,
too?"
Eyes, but civilizations good enough
fur me. l jest called fur knife and
ct it right"-Catholic Standard and
Times.
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Noisy Modern Pleasures.

In every assemblage noise is synony-
laous with enjoyment The average
afternoon or evening party really re-
duces Itself to a struggle between the
human voice and paid orchestra, as
to which shall get the better Of the 9TH
err. The perspiring conductor urges his
musicians on while the distracted
guests exchange confidential shrieks as
to the impossibility Of drowning that
awful band ladies Field.
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Eleven Soldiers Killed.

Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 8.-Three
shells exploded Friday morning in Fort
Sainte Marie at Calico, and IL soldiers
we're killed outright and many injured.
The explosion occurred While the shells
were being placed in the magazine,
which was completely DESTROYED
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Beyond the Limit.

"Your worst enemy Is whisky" said
the parson to an incorrigible member
Of his flock.
"But," protested the hayward one.
"you have always told us IT, love our
enemies"
eyes" admitted the good man, "but
I never told you to swallow them. -
Cincinnati Enquirer
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Statement Is Denied.

Boston. Oct. Gov. John L. Bates
authorized a denial of the statement
published from Worcester that he had
decided to appoint Attorney General
William H. Moody, of Haverhill, to sue
coed the late Senator George F. Hoar.
Gov. Bates said he had not yet made up
his mind in the matter.
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Indians Oppose Annuities.

The Oneida Indians, on the reservation
adjoining Green Bay, will fight the re-
cent order providing that moneys Sc
cured from the sale of their lands shall
be deposited in United States deposit
tories and paid out only in annuities.
Superintendent J. G. Hart, of the govern
ment schools of the reservation, is in
Washington to explain the situation and
if possible secure the resembling of the
order
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Injunction Refused,

New York, Oct S.-Judge Smith, in
the supreme court in Brooklyn, denied
the motion for an injunction against the
Automobile Association of America, the
object of which was to prevent the 300
mile automobile race over Long Island
roads to-day for the w. K, Vanderbilt,
II cun
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13
LADY, Curzon Worse.

Walmer Castle, Kent, Oct 8.-The
following bulletin was issued Friday
evening regarding the condition of
Lady Curzon: Lady Curzon is not
so we'll. Her condition causes serious
anxiety" Two prominent London doc
tors were summoned during the day,
and came on special trains.
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EIevat tors Burned

Heron Lake, Mimi, Oct. S.-The Ben
son and ST. John elevators have been
destroyed by fire. Sixteen freight cars
were also consumed. The loss is placed
at $50 600
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-10-13
He Had One Experience.

The two hypochondriacs were ex-
changing condolences.
Were you ever bedridden?" inquired
one.
Yes replied the other.
"When?"
"Three years ago, during a cyclone
out in Kansas. The wind blew my bed,
with me on it, distance of seven miles
before it let up!'-N o. Times-Demo-
crat.
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"What yer doin' now, Tommie?"
"Not'in!"
"Ain't yer working"
Nope"
81 heerd yer was caddyin' at de golf
club?"
$50 is
"Well, amt dat WORKING"
mo, | only carry de clubs; de other
fellers does de work."-Yonkers States
man.
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Bartholdi Buried.

Paris. Oct. S.-The funeral of Barthol-
di took place Friday and was a most
imposing ceremony. 1t was attended by
hundreds of mourners including public
officials. students and models. The
American embassy was represented.
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Would Make Him Good.

mother thinks you'll make me a
good wife," said the girls intended.
"Indeed?" replied the girl with the
determined jaw. you tell your moth
er I'll make you a good husband
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Dearest the Rest

One soon finds that inexpensive
things or persons are bad, incompe-
tent, and in the long run ruinous at
any price.-John Oliver Hobbies, in Lon
don Mail.
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Valuable Scepter

The Russian state scepter is of solid
gold, three feet long, and contains
among its ornaments 260 rubies and Is
emeraids.
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The Swell Hues-

Citizen-Show me some tan shoes,
please.
Facetious Clerk-Omelet, mustard or
sunburst? = Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
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A Gentleman of Leisure

Mrs. Casey-Where's your husband
workin'?
Mrs. OFlannigan-He amt workin';
he's on the polls force.-Town Topics.
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How It Works.

Knlcker-Some say that alcohol is a
food.
Bocker-Then instead of a square
meal you get a zig-zag one.-Puck.
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Good Advice.

Bridget-Why, Master Tommy,
phwativer is tn matther?
Tommy-I've hurt my Inland in tn
h-hot water.
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A IPSIES-roamers folk that
KEH,9A-. walk with their feet
80 1IIE straight; nut-brown people
Gkd of glittering eye;; bringers
ES%1a of touch of mystery, adj
~ venture, romance, to the
uttermost parts on the
earth. Mere mention of the word gip-
sy presents this picture, and when we
read, as lately we did, that band Of
these more or less undesirable visitors
had been deported from our country,
sent back post-haste from Ellis Island,
we set to musing on the existence, the
persistence, in the strenuous tWenti-
eth century of the ROmany.
The recent deportation from our
shores of the gipsies brings up a
somewhat similar happening that oc-
Cured in 1886, when a company Of
gipsies started from Corfu for New
York. The band, come together from
various parts of Greece and Turkey,
succeeded in getting only as far as
Liverpool, for no steamship company
would take the gipsies aboard, the
OullGu OLdIGS DCIuS ClOoCu " pc@upSt
immigrants. 1t was for fear the
Bohemian gipsies, the ones just de-
ported, would eventually become pub
lie charges that caused the United
States officials to refuse them admis-
sion. The unlucky band Of 1886, held
at Liverpool camped there a long
while, but, year after year failing 20
obtain passage, in time it was scattered.
An authority of gypsy lore declares
that tn re probably is not to-day a
circus or theater in the United States
that does not have at least one mem
Der of it's company with gypsy blood
in his veins. England, especially, has
been taken possession Of by the gypsy,
and it is estimated that there are now
in that country thousands of these
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A Daily Thought.

He hath a poor spirit who is not
planted above petty wrongs. -Feltham,
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Bridget-Shure, thin, it serves ye
roight. Ye should have felt tn wather
befoor We put yure hand in it.-Judge.