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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-01
The Modes as Seen in Pa ris

vorite VienneSe mixture and so, in
deed, is brown braided with brown or
homespun trimmed with passemen-
terie
The favorite finish of the neat coats
is little manly velvet collar; this al
ways looks very smart. The waistcoat
is an important feature of the Wen
nese faced-cloth frocks. Here again,
braid is greatly used and so are kid
trimmings and embroideries. Some
models show fur waistcoats and COL
lars. chinchilla, beaver and krimmer
being used on cloth costumes of the
same color, and worn with a simple
toque of the same fur.
In Vienna they are, hear, wearing
the long and severely cut redingote,
rounded and beautifully fitted over the
hips; sometimes they are gathered into
pleats at the back after the fashion of
II or IA years ago, but imagine they
the better when kept plain.
Black silk braid seems a suitable
trimming for the very fine faced cloths.
Edgings of mink, sable and chinchilla
all look well on the tailor made. Very
smart Parisians are wearing black;
by us, but it is extraordinary how well
this is not as a rule color adopted
some of our countrywomen look in a
black faced cloth skirt of umbrella
shape, gagged slightly at the hips, and
a long redingote of black peau de sole,
trimmed with an embroidered or velvet
collar, and lightened by a cravat of
chinchilla and lace or sable and lace,
and worn with q toque of autumnal
flowers.
The eighteenth century riding-hat
continues in vogue and so also do d.
rectoire models of all kinds. Some
curious puce and purple shades are
fashionable and these are charming in
faced cloth costumes worn with stoles
of chinchilla and lace. The fur and
lace stole is feature just as the era
vat or tie Of fur and lace, or embroid-
cry edged with fur is another feature
among dainty little accessories OF the
toilette.
ANNETTE GIVRH.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-01
GENERAL GLEANINGS.

T. A. Elit, Of Vishiha, Cal, harvested
ITO tons Of grapes from ten acres Of
vines lately, thus breaking the Califor-
mia record.
Lady Marjorie Bruce, In the face Of
protests in England, maintains that
Americans are the most courteous men
in the world.
john and Maurice Reid, brothers,
work farm together near Waterbury,
Conn, but have not spoken TO each
other in ten years.
Congress recently awarded the sur
viving heirs of the Six Nations 49,
100000, and Former President Andrew
John is in Washington to see that no
half-breeds get any of it,
Joseph Hayden, of Uniontown, Pa,
voted for President Roosevelt. He Is
90 years OF age, and he and his father
voted for every chief executive the
United States has had.
After walking from Terre Haute,
Ind, to Knoxville, Tenn, and despair
ing of success, T. Il. Leroy, a tramp.
was offered and accepted 1854, 900 for a
one-fourth interest III a patent to tie
the ends of steel rails together The
New York Central railroad is the pur-
chaser.
Dr. George r. Reinhardt, professor
of hygiene at the University of Califor-
mia, is making vigorous fight as 20 the
indifference of American men and
women as to the health of the men and
women they marry. From such unions,
he says, result unhappiness and Off
springs with shapeless bodies and dim
ly-lighted brains.
A crowd of fashionable folk gathered
in the Orange club of Orange, N. j.,
election night and received the returns
over a special wire. Thomas A. Edison
sat at the key and received returns,
writing them out in his copperplate
hand. He took the returns long tiT 9
before relinquishing his place to the
regular operator, and seemed not to
Lave lost his old skill with the key.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-01

shade. A black velvet coat is possess
sion, and even if it means consid-
cradle outlay at first, it is, like fur, a
standby for at least two or three win
ters. For velvet is a fabric which lends
itself admirably to alterations and
renovations.
There is no doubt that new make
Of velvet, mixed with cotton, or a glo-
rified velveteen will have to take the
place of the better fabric with the ma
jority of u.s. Nowadays velveteen can
be had in such lovely shadings and
many a charming frock can be arrived
at without very considerable outlay.
If we cannot afford the best, we must
put up with the second best. Some
women, perhaps, will find faced
cloth more useful than velveteen,
and their choice, of course, must de-
pend upon circumstances.
Panne, too, is a favorite fabric used
as a trimming. A smart costume of
gray cloth had incrustations of panne
forming three old-fashioned ruchings
of the same half way up the skirt. The
COdL OI pduHG anu ClOLu udu d NGSC anu
deep cavalier cuffs of cloth adorned
with silk buttons and a cravat of lace
and chinchilla, surmounted by tur-
ban hat of gray cloth with lining
of velvet and cockades of black and
steel embroidery.
In direct contrast to the beauties of
velvet we have the simplicity of cash
mere, which is greatly worn in Paris,
and this forms an ideal and inexpen-
sive house frock, as I have previously
suggested.
Among the inexpensive cloths there
are many rough hopsacks which form
smart Russian blouses and short skirts
for morning wear in town. Nowadays,
when SO many of the bodices are made
like well-ftting blouses, it is an eco
nomical idea for the autumn to have
these in thick stuffs; if we put on
something warm underneath we may
perhaps get on for another month with
out fur coat. ELLEN OsMONDE.
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CRABS FLOOD THE BEACH.
Singular Occurrence Three Times a
Winter at the Mouth of the
Chesapeake.

Soft shell crabs are as commonplace
to the tide water Virginian as are
baked beans to the Bostonian, while
the hard she'll may be got at any time
In Chesapeake bay by means of string
with a piece of meat dropped overheard
and a scoop-net to land the creature"
says Alice r. Corbin, in What to Eat
But most remarkable is an extravaganza
Of the Atlantic that occurs, so the ma
tives say, about three times winter
down at Cape Henry at the mouth of
the Chesapeake. The icy condition Of
the water puts the crabs into a partially
frozen and numbed condition, and il
the wind takes a certain direction, there
are sure to be miles and miles of beach
covered with masses of fat blue bodies
and sprawling imbecile pink legs that
stretch up helplessly into the air. The
first crabs coming in on the crest Of
big wave excite little curiosity. Then
the number steadily increases, the 100
yard beach at last becoming covered
with crabs, sea weed, conch spawn,
seabiscuit, seahogs and the giant king
crab, with top like the bowl of
mandolin and long, thin tail like
rats sticking out behind. Finally, the
waves themselves are no longer waves
OF water, but literally waves of crabs.
Then the little settlement of govern
ment employees and the stray wood her
mits and the darkies from back in the
desert get to work. They hitch up their
broad two-wheeled beach carts and work
from morning till night gathering in
the crabs, taking them to the station
seven miles away (where they are
shipped to the markets or to canning
factories) and then coming back for
more.
"At nightfall the lighthouse keepers,
the weather bureau and signal men
and the life savers have gone home, but
the darkies up toward Lynn Haven bay
are still at work. Those that have no
carts content themselves with burlap
bags thrown over the shoulder, and
many of them bring pitchforks to help
disentangle the great masses of sea-
weed. You can see their dark, gro-
tesque or pathetic faces plainly in the
light of their lanterns, and here, with
their carts about them on a narrow
strip of beach between the bowling ocean
that is f1inging its foam about them
and the darker land of the woods be.
hind, you have picture that is worthy
Of, if not surprising, the hand of a
Dupre or Breton. Though it all runs
the wild strain of their fantastic melo-
dies, mingling in with the roar of the
surf and the cry of the night birds in
the woods behind.
FINALLY, the deluge of crabs. lasting
often for two or three days, millions Of
seagulls-gulls that measure three feet
from tip to tip-swarm down upon the
coast; the sullen buzzard, with its saw
age beak, tears through the crabs breast
plate for the tender meat: and the hogs
that run wild about the huts of the in
landers make an end to this mammoth
upheaval of the ocean which feeds so
many"
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LaSnl0naDle fabric Tor best
afternoon and evening toilettes Such
q beautiful material is worthy of the
''Directoire" modes. But the thick
silks and taffetas and even the softer
for afternoon wear; neither is the pop
ularity Of faced cloth on the wane,
but for the afternoon reception frock
velvet leads the way. For some time
past we have known that the Partisan
couturieres meant this to be the favor
tie material for the winter, and some
Of the early model evening dresses of
velvet were seen In September and
bought by American houses.
The directoire coat of velvet is open
to many variations. Every kind of
velvet coat is being worn-the cut
away, the swallow-tail, the short
basque, the habit, and the Louis XVI.
style. Velvet is also used as trim
ming on some of the beautiful faced
cloths.
In headgear, too, the mirror velvet
or the Terry make is de rigueur; in
fact, this might rightly be called a vel
vet season Green is q very pleasing
color in this fabric, as it takes such
beautiful lights. Some of the new to-
mato reds, TOO, are lovely. Brown
shades, of course, are worn with sable
trimming. Green, by the way, and rose
color look perfectly lovely with chin
chilla, which fur seems a fitting ac-
commandment tn a velvet gown How
costly it all sounds! Lace, too, of the
most expensive quality is another ia
vorite trimming. fear many of us
will have to content ourselves with
cloth trimmed with velvet.
A favorite French toilette consists
of a long, plain cloth skirt, and a vel
vet coat, generally Of contrasting
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SOME SCHOOL SPECIALS.

A registration Of 579,854 pupils in the
public schools of New York is record
achievement in that line. 1t is not sur
passed or equaled in any city in the
world.
Thieving has become so prevalent in
Stanford university that President Jor-
dan has issued an appeal to the whole
student body to assist him in running
down the criminals.
Under a new rule, women inspectors
visit the public schools of London and in
spect the pupils. Those that are not
clean are sent home. But already it has
been found that some of the children
smear themselves with mud before en-
tering school, in hope that an inspector
will pay visit.
Frederick Dougles Morrison, of BaltI-
more, recognized as one of the ablest
educators of the blind in the world, died
recently from the effects of on operation
for appendicitis. His great-grandfather
Israel Morris, was executor to William
Penn, Jr. Prof. Morrison at one time
was member Of the faculty Of Girard
college.
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RAILWAY RUMOR.

American railways handle about sl2s-
000, 900 worth of grain a year.
A new railroad planned TO scala Grays
Peak, near Dillon, Col, will attain
height at least 200 feet greater than the
road which climbs Pixies Peak.
The experiment made about year ago
of employing Mexican porters In Pull
man cars has not been successful. Forty
Iexicans have entered the service Of the
Pullman company, and of that Number
only five are left
Timothy j. Lee, an American locomo-
tive engineer, has been held responsible
for the Wrecking of train he was driV-
ing, near Zacatecas, Mexico, and sem
fenced to hard labor in the salt mines for
four years. lie was badly hurt In the
wreck. His brother is a Denver police
captain.
The Southern Pacific company has
forbidden It's men to bring cocaine into
it's yards or shops. 1t has been CUSTOM
airy for the men to use 1t when they get
a cinder in an eye, but it has been used
for other purposes; and, besides, the
doctors say, it's unskilled use in the eye
IT, dangerous. The men have the use 81
a well-equipped emergency hospital.
OF the sum which had been invested in
the worlds railroads at the close Of 1909
1t is estimated, according to the Eng
lish Railway Magazine. that more than
G3,760, 100000 has been spent on 1884,
900 miles Of European railroad and
23,232 900 900 on the 337 900 miles owned
by the rest of the world. On this basis II
is found the roads Of Europe represent
an investment of a22.952 a mile, while
those of the rest of the world average
G11.402 Great Britain's railroads rep
resent the highest cost per mile. figures
standing at e51.368, while those of Bel
GUM come next with G30,048.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-01
boss, Hoke. and go right of, too, before

boss. Hoke, and go right off, too, before
he's cold"
Hoke set off with lantern and knife.
having little stomach for the job. He
called at their neighbor Robbins to
borrow the pincers, and succeeded in
coaxing little Jimmy Robbins to go with
him to hold the lantern.
The gray body did look rather I'M
canny by lantern-light, lying there in
the dark pasture, and some animal, d
dog, probably, was sneaking roun6, but
skunk away as they approached. 1t did
not add to the cheerfulness that an owl
began to boot down in the swamp be-
low the pasture, and that ere long a
dog-perhaps the same one-raised a
melancholy howl at distances.
Hoke felt queer all over; but he got
to work after a shaky fashion, and
pulled off the shoes from the two fore
feet and one of the hind ones. The
other, the under one, bothered him.
The leg was drawn up, the tendons con-
tracted, but they stretched out when
he pulled at the shoe. When he let go
they drew back in an odd way.
1t came into his mind to cut the cords.
and, Selling the leg by the fetlock, he
began hacking with the large knife
above the "gambrel joint" Quite by
chance he partly severed, not the ten
dons, but the sciatic nerve, or what
corresponds to that in horse.
Instantly a singular phenomenon was
exhibited. The cut through the nerve
sheath liberated the eesidnal nervous
energy of the nerve trunk. The flexor
muscles were first stimulated to contrac-
ton; the leg jerked itself from Hoke's
hand!
This Of itself was somewhat alarming,
but even before he could step back, the
extensors felt the reflex stimulus, and
the leg Strengthened owerfully-much
as if living horse had kicked. Hoke
was standing exactly in line, and the
result was that hoof and shoe landed
pretty nearly over his solar plexus, with
such violence that he was bowled over
backward and measured his length
among the stones of the pasture.
Little Jimmy Robbins, who had stood
holding the, lantern in rather per-
turbed state of mind, no sooner saw the
dead horse kick Hoke over than he
dropped the light and fled homeward,
with a howl of terror.
And Hoke-well, no one knows Just
what Hoke did or thought, He has
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never described his emotions. The
breath was pretty nearly knocked out
of him; but he got away from there,
somehow, and arrived home not long
after in a condition, mentally, that
frightened his mother, although she was
not a woman easily alarmed.
Hoke rushed in at the door, with eyes
sticking out, and white as sheet. Per-
haps it was partly the kick on his stom-
ach. All he could say was that dead
Old Rackabones had tried to kill him!
The kick itself is easily explained on
grounds of nerve action; but Hoke knew
little Of nerves. He sat by the stove and
shook like leaf. Els mother could
hardly drive him to bed. The next day
he pretended to be sick and kept in
doors. For more than a fortnight he
could not be induced to go out after
dark. For, like most cruel boys, Hoke
was a coward.
Meanwhile the selectmen had inferred
Old Rackabones at the public expense.
Hoke's courage rose a little after he
learned that the old horse was under
ground; but people noticed that he had
scared look round the eyes the rest Of
the autumn.
In November he went to work with a
gang of Italians excavating gravel for
new railroad that was to pass within
mile of their house. He is still ex-
cayating. That seems fit employment
for him. 1t is, no doubt, better that a
boy like Hoke should not have dumb
animals at his mercy Pick and shovel
do not suffer from his cruelty-Youth's
Companion.
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THE CENTURY's CALL.

Deep unto deep 1t calleth.
The century's dominant cry:
over the desert and over the plain,
Over the peak and the mountain chain.
Under the thrilling sky,
The voice of mighty peoples,
And the tocsin OF war and woe,
From East to West tbs sounding,
And man must rise and go.
He must leave the hearth of his mother,
And fare to the Northern zone,
Traverse the waste and dare the dearth
Know the moods of the desolate earth,
Live in his tent alone.
For the century bids him hasten
To find her hidden wealth,
The lore she guards and the treasure
She only yields by stealth.
A man must fear no peril,
He must ride like knight Of old;
To tourney and tilt, with q good right hand,
That cleaves to the hilt for the love of the
land,
And here's to the soldier bold!
Who is pure OF thought and action.
Who is reaGS to serve his age.
Who cares for the thing he doeth.
And not for the soldiers wage.
Deep unto deep, It caIleth.
The century's urgent cry.
Splendid and strong is the century's song.
Valor and love to the battle throng,
And it may not pass you by.
From East to West tbs sounding.
The call for the brave and the true
0 lads with pulses bounding.
That cry is meant for you.
Wherever the need is greatest.
Wherever the i'll is worst
Over the city's thousands thick
Over the deserts of ste lie and brick.
Over the lands accurst,
The cry for help is pealing.
Bitter with want and woe.
brother. If you hear it,
A man must arise and go.
Margaret E. Sangster. in Youths Com
panion.
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LIVES HELD AT BAY
A GREEDY PACK OF ILLS SURROUND
A OLBRGYMAN'S WIFE.
Through the Arrival of Timely Aid She
Escapes from the Terrors of
Prolonged Siege.

Through the Arrival of Timely Aid She
Escapes from the Terrors of
Prolonged Siege.
The Rev. w. A. Denton, of Girard,
Crawford county, Kansas, tells the fol-
lowing story of narrowing experience
of one of the members Of his family:
My wife," he says, "was assailed for
fifteen years by combination of all
ments following the birth of our first
child. The food she ate fermented in
her stomach, she had frequent dizzy
spells, her limbs were swollen and pain
full, her nerves were quite shattered, she
was unable to sleep and she was many
times on the verge of heart failure.
physicians gave her only temporary
relief. Finally the favorable reports Of
some relatives and neighbors led her
to make trial of DR.. Williams Pink
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They relieved her sleeplessness, the
smothering sensations have disappeared
and have not annoyed her for years.
They freed her from stomach trouble
and the dropsical tendency was mitis
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tisrn, which had begun to make her
fingers crooked. was stayed and the pain
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"Dr. Williams Pink Pills are our sta
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cents, and may be had Of all druggists,
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icine Company, Schenectady, NY. Be
sure you get the genuine; substitutes
never cured anybody.
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The Problem.

do you think the automobile win
ever take the place of the horse?
asked the man who was standing around
watching the tourist trying to repair a
breakdown.
my friend" was the response, that
is an unimportant question. The prob
lem now is to get horse to take the
place of the automobile. "-Washingto
Star
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The Freak.

Clara-How did you get along with
your new masseuse?
Belle-Horribly She made me beau
tifully slender on one side, and then
used the wrong movement and made
me fat on the other!-Detroit Free
Press.
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contrast to the elaborate frocks OF
mixed cloth and velvet.
There are certain wonderland Eng
fish women particularly-who look
their best in the plain Viennese braid
ed habit bodices, with the new small
sleeve and skirt of moderate length.
Stone gray, heavily braided with black
and gray, and a touch of gold is IA
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Evidence of Civilization.

The Japanese minister to this coun-
try has been operated on for appendi-
citis. This completes it. The Japan
csc are now fully entitled to be classed
among the great civilized peoples of
the world.
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She-Tn case of war, would you go to
the front?
He-WelI no. think I'd sooner be a
war espondent.-Judge.
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Her Immersion.

Jaw" began Reginald Van SappWood'
proudly, 81 would have you know that
many of me ancestors in England had
their heads cut Off"
Dear met" exclaimed Miss Dash1ng.
Automobile accidents, suppose?"--
Chicago News.
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The Hunting Season.

You're looking fine this morning,
said the gallant Mr.. Washer.
You flatter me-" replied Miss Win
some.
mot at all You're as plump as par
fridge. and your eyes as bright"
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Diamond Test.

One test for distinguishing diamonds
from glass and paste is to touch them
with the tongue. The diamond feels
much the colder.
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Decidedly.

Speaking of tie theater of war. ="
began Bellingham, when GOldthorpe IN
terrupted:
THAT is the only theater where back
seats are desirable smart Set.
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Maisy-"Have you and Tom quar-
reIed?" Daisy-''I should say not. My
birthday is next week. st Paul Pho
neer Press.
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may come out in a champagne colored
long skirt with directoire cut-away
coat of velvet There is no rule or
regulation either for the morning or
afternoon, and even at the races the
severely tailor-made frocks from Wen
ma are prevailing feature, In direct
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"Ah, that's worse than fattery, for
now 1 see that you are making game
of me" Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
une
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DIV that we are getting well
advanced in the matter of
winter modes, it has become
an established fact that vel
vet in black and the most
glorious standings is the
fashionable fabric for best