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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
WORK THELIFE-SAVERS

wrecks at points within signaling dis
lance of government stations has been
$4,000, and the number of persons saved
or helped to safety by the life savers
has been 10000. The number Of per-
sons lost during the same period on
wrecks of which notice to life saw
ing station could be given has been
1000.
1t is believed that the total property
in ships and cargoes saved during this
period by the government employees
amounted to $16O,0O0,OO0. There are
about 730 wrecks year on the coasts or
the United States-that Is, at the rate
of about two day. BY the use of life
lines, non-capsizable boats, ocean RATS
and other like appliances, the means OF
safety to passengers has been largely
increased, and it is rather curious
proof of their efficiency that the loss
of life on steamboats, on interior rivers
is more than 90 times greater in a
year than from wrecks at sea alon9
the coast line.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
HOOPSKIRTS cHOKED RIVER
Dredge Brings Up CASTOR Crinoline
Of Forty Years Ago in Re-
cent Operations.

The Kalamazoo council has under
zoo river from the city of Cooper, a
distance of several miles, for the deep
ening of the bed in some places and
the removal of sandbars in others.
The estimated cost of thorough job
is 100000 and for half the money, it
is believed, the situation can be ma
terially improved and the damage by
floods greatly lessened, reports the De-
troit Tribune.
If the dredging is undertaken partic-
ular attention should be paid to that
portion of the river within the cor
poration which has never recovered,
even with tines help, from the chok-
ing the channel received during the
hoopskirt era of 40 years ago, when
every castoff crinoline found its way
to as near the middle of the stream as
wounded and outraged male member
of the household could throw it. Those
old hoopskirts are there yet, save the
comparatively few-which are many
raised out by fishermen with hook and
line They are there by the thousand,
a plague and pestilence breeder. They
have damned the river and been
damned by the riversiders.
The merits of these ancient skeleton
balloons beat brushwood blind for
straining water and retaining re-
siduum. All sorts Of floating
wood trash found a foothold and
lodged in them. They became shadows
and the shadows of pestilence, for
which the hoopskirts were responsible.
All these antique memories of the
maids and mothers of many years ago
should be scooped out Of Kalamazoo
and something done to put them out
of action, though heaven knows how it
can be done. Possibly deep pit in
some secluded place would hold them.
They should be planted as near the
center of the earth as possible, lest
some scientific researcher for prehis-
toric remains find and exploit them as
the bones of pre-Adamitic Kalamazoo
lOOS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

Thibetan type, the steep cliffs being
defended by the ramparts Of dry mud
and stones so calamity stormed or
July by the Gurkhas and the Royal
Fusiliers. The monastery and the
jong were built in the fourteenth CEN
fury by the renowned King Choigyal
Rabtan, whose history in two printed
volumes is among the treasured
archives of the Lhassa government.
Between the two hills lies the bazaar;
south of the jong is the Chinese quar-
ter; and the town stretches away tc
the east along the Lhassa road, ending
in a wretehed and filthy slum. The
plain around the town is open, and is
very fertile, being skilfully irrigated
from the Nyang Chu river, which flows
about a mile from the town Wheat
and barley, radishes, peas and turnips
are largely grown, and the town has
some reputation for the manufacture
of wooden cloth.
The chief Importance of Gyangtse,
however is it's position at the junction
of the road from Bhutan with the
Jang-lam, the great high-road leading
fBm China to Ladak, and connecting
Lhassa with Shigatse, the capital of the
province of Tsang This road, which
Sarat Chandra Das describes as sim;-
lar to an ordinary Indian unmetalled
road, is the main highway of Thibet,
and in the event of the present expedi-
tons pushing on to Lhassa, it will
form the line of advance, as the
Bhutan road has done since the mis-
sion left Phari. It's situation at this
meeting of the ways has made Gyang-
tse the depot for Thibetan trade with
Bhutan, and it is possible that in the
near future it may become the mart
for vastly greater trade with India.
The commerce of Thibet now finds its
outlet almost entirely through China,
and the lamas of Lhassa, who draw
large revenue from Chinese royalties
on tea and customs duties, are natu-
rally strongly opposed to any opening
up of trade with the south The peo-
pie of the southern provinces are, how
ever, weary of the tyranny and exac-
lions of the Lhassa hierarchy, and the
present mission will earn their graft
tude in no small degree if it breaks
down the barrier between them and
India, and enables them to trade direct
with country which will not only
take all the exports of gold, borax,
salt, WOOL musk, and furs, but will
furnish them in exchange with lux
uries such as tea, tobacco, cotton goods
and hardware, at price far below
what they now pay for these articles
after travelling over some 1000 miles
of road from the manufacturing dis
tricts of China. AS an instance of the
profitable nature of Thibetan trade. it
may be noted that five hundredweight
of salt costs II rupees in Chumbi (the
nearest town to the Indian border),
and can be sold in Darjeeling, some
80 miles away, for so rupees.
Gyangtse is distant 213 miles from
the Indian frontier and 134 miles from
Lhassa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERY.
Oil of Turpentine Found to Be an
Efficient Antidote for Carbolic
Acid Poisoning.

A remarkable discovery has apparent
ly been made by a Dublin veterinary
surgeon named Allen respecting an anti
dote for carbolic acid poisoning, reports
the London News
Some time ago his attention was
drawn to two horses which were EVIL
IDENTIFY suffering from poisoning. On
examining one he noticed that the mu-
cous surface of the mouth was blanched
and that the animal was staggering.
There was general twitching of the
muscles, the eyes were staring and the
animal was rapidly assuming a coma
tose condition. Mr.. Allen asked for
some oil, linseed for preference; if not,
any kind of oil that was handy. Some
was brought, and about two wineglass-
fuls administered to one of the animals,
the effect being, to quote the words Of
Mr.. Allen, miraculous
For the first time he then noticed that
the 'oil" which had been given to tina
horse was the ordinary turpentine Of
commerce. So satisfied was he with the
result that he gave the second horse
dose, although at that time the ami
NAL was unconscious. In about ten
minutes it recovered, and both horses
were at work the next day as if moth
ing had happened.
Not long after this, by peculiar
coincidence, Mr.. Allen was asked to look
at a blacksmith, who, after drinking a
glass of stout, had become very i'll. In
the forge tho vptoriporv fOup n tI q cy,, II !,
in a condition of coma, a strong smell
of carbolic acid pervading the premises.
Ultimately he discovered that the man
had drunk out Of the wrong vessel, and
lmblbed solution of the acid instead
Of the stout. A doctor was at once sent
for, but in the meantime Mr.. Allen ad-
ministered a dose of turpentine that
happened to be on the premises, and the
man not only quickly recovered, but re-
sumed his work within an hour.
Turpentine as an antidote in similar
cases had been previously unknown and
a representative of the News recently
sought out an expert with a view of get
ting a medical opinion upon matter of
so much Importance. "The symptoms
in the case you mention" he said, "are
distinctly those of carbclic acid poison
ing, and so successful does the treatment
appear to have been that further ex-
periments in the same direction are we'll
worth trying. If subsequent expert
ments confirm the oil of turpentine
treatment, then on every packet or bot
tie containing carbolic acid should be
printed this simple antidote"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

says, 80 strict is the discipline OBJ
served here. We were conducted to
the library, the very sight of which
filled my mind with feelings of awe
and reverence. The books were all
old, broad-leaved, and some two to
four feet long. / was shown the
sacred scriptures, all written in letters
of gold"
1t is to be feared that the worthy
babu's enthusiasm for the Thibetans,
coupled with the knowledge that no
man of his day was in a position to
question his facts, has more than once
led him to exaggerate the marvels OF
the various monasteries and palaces
which he visited.
The town of Gyangtse is, roughly
speaking, somewhat over a mile long
and half mile across, lying nearly east
and west North of the western end
stands the monastery, on hill some
$50 feet high while a few hundred
yards to the southeast a precipitous,
craggy peak rises from among the
houses of the town to a height of 600
feet This is crowned by the now fa-
nous jong, or fort, of Gyangtse-a
formidable stronghold of the usual
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Taxes Increased a Third.

In accordance with the law enacted
by the last legislature providing for the
taxation of railroad property on an ad
valorem basis, the state board of assess
ment announced preliminary determi.
nation of the value of such property.
which will increase the taxes derived
from the railroads 80 1-3 per cent. Under
the previous law railroads paid license
fee in lieu of taxes, the Zee ranging from
four per cent. of the gross earnings for
large companies TO five dollars per mile
for small ones. The total valuation is
fixed at 1921 ,431 400, which under the
provisional average rate of taxation,
1.17736 per cent. per one dollar gives
taxes amounting to $2,6O7,O Under
the old license lee law the railroads
would pay only $1,948,0O6.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18

straight stem 1t is intolerant Of shade
at all ages, and will not terminate or
grow without large amount of light.
Koa also has the fern underground
which characterizeS the lehua, though
as it grows in somewhat drier situa-
tons it's underground is usually not so
luxuriant. The ie-ie vine especially is
seen in a koa forest.
Mamane grows successfully only on
the high slopes of Mauna Kea and
Hualalai. 1t originally extended down
to an elevation of about 1000 feet on
the north slope of Mauna kea, but was
killed out at this elevation apparently
by the encroachment of Bermuda grass.
But little of it is now found except be-
tween 5000 and 5000 feet, at which ele-
walton it forms a belt clear around
Mauna Kea. In this situation 1t is no.
table for its rapid extension within
the last few years up and down the
mountain.
Kukui, d handsome tree with large,
silvery leaves, pointed like the leaves
of the California sycamore, character
ICES the bottoms and sides Of gulches
and streams to an elevation of 1000
feet 1t is frequently called candlenut,
because of the oily nut which 1t pro-
duces in abundance and which in olden
times was used by the natives for il
Elimination The kukui has value only
as a cover for the steep slopes where
II grows. In almost all cases it has be-
neath it a dense underground of fern.
In very moist coves, protected from Sc
we're winds, the wild banana often
forms a part of it's underground. Near
the edges of streams the kukul is fire.
quently supplanted by the ohia-ai,
which. in small patches, forms the
densest forest to be found in the is
lands.
Mixed forests of koa, koaia, kopiko.
kolea. naio, pua and other species oc-
cur on nearly all the islands, particu-
larly on portions too dry for the spe-
cies above named to form pure for
ests Thus, on approaching forest
area from desert, one encounters first
a mixed forest and afterwards pure
forest of some Of the kinds mentioned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Hibernians in Convention. s

At the session OF the state convention
of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in
Racine, report was adopted which con-
demned as unfair and improper the ac-
ton of so-called comic papers in distort-
ing and misrepresenting the members of
the Irish race. They also condemned
actors and playwrights who, drawing
on their own distorted and biased i'm
agination," represent the Irish race in a
ridiculous way and under conditions
which are unwarranted, and they
earnestly request and urge the members
of the order and defendants of the race
to absolutely refuse to patronize or in
any way support any man or organiza-
ton of men who continue in this work.
The convention pledged to Pope Plus
X and Archbishop Messmer unswerv-
ing and honest devotion and assistance
in UNFOLDING the Catholic church.
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dense stand. The trees are apt to grow
far apart, and always have a small.
thin, upright crowns, which are very
intolerant of shade. Under varying
conditions in the forest the trees grow
from 80 to 100 feet high. In the best
forests, which always occur where the
rainfall is greatest, many of the trees
reach a diameter of four feet, height
of 100 feet, and a clear length of 40 to
so feet The lehua trunk is straight.
often twisted, deeply ribbed near the
ground. The root system is very shall
low. often spreading right on the sur
face of the mineral soil.
Though the stand of trees be thin.
the normal forest, on account of an
abundant and luXuriant underground.
is impenetrable except one cuts his
way with knife and axe. Many of the
trees supports climbers, such as the
ie-ie vine, which grows into the crowns
and may lace together with rope-like
stems the various trees of an entire
forest. Then there is the fern growth.
marvellous in it's variety and luxuri-
ance With species which range in
height from a few inches to 80 feet,
growing both on trees and on the
ground and running the whole scale Of
shade endurance, the ferns do much to-
ward making the virgin lerua forest
the impenetrable, dark jungle which
it often is.
Besides growing in mixture with le-
hua, koa forms pure stands over eX-
tensive tracts in Hawaii and Maui. Koa
has leaf which is almost indistin-
guishable from the Australian black
wood, which has been commonly plant
ed in southern California and to which
it is closely related botanically 1t is
naturally a spreading tree with a short
trunk, growing in somewhat scattered
stands. Occasionally under normal
conditions 1t reaches a diameter of six
or eight feet and height of rs feet
Much greater height than this is re-
ported.
In crowded stands, the koa Is forced
into long, slender, but seldom
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
LAUNCH IS SUNK
IN THE POTOMAC
DISASTER DURING A REGATTA
NEAR WASHINGTON.
TEN PERSONS ARE DROWNED
Victims Include Four Women and Six
Men-Dowie and His Son Save
Three Lives on White Lake,
in Michigan.

Washington, Aug 15.-In the cap
sizing of a naphtha launch during the
annual Potomac regatta Saturday ten
persons lost their lives by drowning in
the Potomac river. Following are the
names of the victims:
Charles F. Blumer, 40 years old,
druggist; A. ]. Boose, 35 years old.
salesman; J. Herbert Coates, 35 years
old, tailor, McKeesport, Pa; Mrs. Lulu
Dreyfuss, Miss Helen Hiser, Miss Hell
en- Moore, Miss Bertha Setback, sister
of Mrs. Dreyfuss; J. George Smith,
William Smith, 35 years old, navy yard
employee; John Waldman, % years old.
All the victims except Coates were of
this city.
The capsized launch was the Recrea-
ton, owned by Drs. G. A. Stewart and
G. w. Wagner, and carried Ia persons.
During the first race the launch got in
the way Of the eight-oared shells, and
it's wash was such that the officials
ordered it out of the way. There was
some show of resentment at this order
but the launch headed for the shore,
but miscalculated its course, and strik-
ing the strong undertow, caused by a
as the passengers rushed to one side
turned turtle. The owners and two
other occupants were saved by police
boat
Twenty Drowned.
London, Aug. 15.-The British bark
Inverkip Capt. Jones, from Mel
bourne to Queenstown, was sunk aud
of collision off Fastnet rock, Ireland
Saturday night, with the British ship
Loeb Carron Capt Clark, from the
| clyde.
Dowie Saves Three Lives.
! Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. ia spe-
cial to the Evening Press from White
Hall, Mich, says that elijah" Dowie
Friday night rescued three women from
a. watery grave The women were sail
ing unattended in a yacht belonging to
George Mcdonald, of Chicago, when in
the middle of the lake heavy puff OF
wind capsized their boat. Dowie saw
| the accident from the piazza of Ben Mac
Dhui his summer home, and with his
son Gladstone, Dowie ran to his launch
and went out through the heavy waves
to the rescue. He reached the scene just
in time, for a short delay would have
meant the death of all three women
With much difficulty Dowie and his son
pulled the women into their launch
They had reached the shore before the
life saving crew, quartered three miles
away from the scene, arrived.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
VETERANS ASSEMBLE.
Annual Encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic
in Boston.

Boston, Aug 15.-The national en-
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic, with it's several affiliated
bodies, will open in this city to-day,
and is expected to be one of the largest
in recent years. The arrangements for
the week were complete Sunday night.
The city is extensively and handsomely
decorated in honor of the occasion and
the Boston common and public gar
dens bear electrical Examinations of
unusual brilliancy. In connection with
the meetings of the grand army, there
will be held the annual gatherings of
the National Woman's Relief Corps,
the National Daughters of Veterans,
the National Sons of Veterans, the Ma
tional Ladies Aid society, auxiliary to
the Sons of Veterans; the National
Ladies of the G. A. R.; the National
Army Nurses association, the National
Association of Naval Veterans and the
National Association of Ex-Prisoners
of War. The meetings and reunions
of these various organizations will
continue until Saturday. The feature
of the week will be the parade of
grand army men on Tuesday, when it
is expected that from 10000 to 10000
veterans will be in line.
Other features of the encampment
will be the launching of the United
States training ship Cumberland on
Wednesday at Charlestown, in the
presence of distinguished officials, in
Guiding Secretary of the Navy Morton,
the carnival Illumination of the
Charles river at Waltham Oh Wednes-
day evening; an automobile pilgrimage
to Lexington and Concord on Thurs
day and an electrical parade comment
orative of representative incidents in
national history to be held in the back
bay on Thursday evening. Receptions.
reunions, camp fires and excursions to
points made famous in history will oc-
cupy the remainder of the week.
Much interest centers in the choice
of the new commander-in-chief. For
this Office there are already several
prominent candidates, including Gen.
Wilmont w. Blackmar, of Massachu
sets; Col. John c. Shots, and Col. AL
len c. Blackwell, of New York.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-08-18
Dog Gives Fire Alarm.

August Hintz, who lives in the suburb
of Silver City, has coach dog that is as
the little town from bad fire. The dog
was locked in a saloon as protection
for the place. About three o'clock the
other morning his long-continued and
noisy barking awoke the neighbors, and
they found that fire was ragingin the
grocery store of A. M. Garland Owing
to the prompt alarm the flames were ex-
tinguished with small loss. A short
delay would have resulted in serious
fire.
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The News Condensed.

Ten Appleton girls, students of
Lawrence university, started some
days ago on an IS mile walk to Stur-
geon Bay.
The total expenditures at the nine
state charitable and penal institutions
during July were several thausand dol
lars less than usual. This was due to the
fact that less was spent for improve
ments at the institutions than usual The
July expenditures aggregated $50, All 80.
John Robschmidt, of South Milwau-
kee, was cut twice on the head and
stabbed in the chest just above the heart
because of his refusal to row negro
about the pond in Schuetzheimer's park
In South Milwaukee.
All of the property of the Oshkosh
Electric Light & Power company, which
has been for the last Is months in the
hands of a receiver, was sold at public
auction for $685. to w. H. Whitney,
of Boston. The sale was made by Special
Master D. E. Mcdonald, and but one bid
was offered. G. n. Mason, of Boston,
was the one who made the bid for Mr.
Whitney.
William, the eight-year-oId son of
Fred Kapelka, of North Freedom, while
at play accidentally fell into barrel of
water and was drowned.
Peter Jepson, bartender in the saloon
of M. Bone, at Mcmillan, was shot and
killed by one of two tramps who had
been about the town.
Albert R.. Jefferson, one of the best
known mates on the lakes, who has bean
employed on several steamers plying out
of Milwaukee, has fallen heir to a for
tune of $500, 900, according to advices re-
ceived from members of the Milwaukee
harbor of the Masters and Pilots asso-
citation.
At meeting of the creditors of the
Hadden-Rodee company before Ref
cree in Bankruptcy D. Lloyd Jones, in
Milwaukee, DR.. Ralph Elmergreen, ap-
pointed receiver for the defunct firm
By Judge Seaman, was named trustee
for the accounts of the concern and
creditors.
Mrs Harriet H. Allen, one of the
venerable residents of Marinette,
probably it's oldest inhabitant, and a
Daughter of the American Revolution.
is dead.
Without any intent to commit sui
eide, Miss Anna Verdoot, of Green
Bay, swallowed two pints of tape
worm medicine, and her death nearly
resulted.
After having been idle for long Pc
Rod. during which an inventory of the
stock was taken, the Milwaukee division
plant of the international Harvester
company in the Menomonee valley have
resumed work.
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factory records of exploration ever
written. Of his marvellous journey
through an unknown country he tells
practically nothing; while the bad food
ne got to eat, the insects that tor
mented him, his ailments, and his
peevish and undignified squabbles with
his servant are described in detail.
Babu Sarat Chandra Das has given
us a more complete account Of Gyang-
tse; but, as might be expected from q
scholarly Bengal intensely interested
in the religion and learning of the
Thibetans, he confines his account
chiefly to the ''gompa," or monastery,
of Palkhor Choide, which overiooks
the town, and in which the explorer,
in his character of Buddhist pilgrim,
met with a courteous and friendly re-
ception from the monks. He has much
to say of the Grand Temple of Learn
ing" lit by a thousand lamps; of the
services in which 500 monks at a time
took part; of the great library, the
rich shrines, and the ancient images
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FORCE OF THE SUGGESTION

He was seated on the edge of rail-
way station platform, with an absent
minded expression in his whisker-cov-
cred face, and was apparently lost in the
deep contemplation of nothing, says the
New York Herald.
Two young men who came from the
telegraph Office in the station, where
they had stood at small window look
ing at the man, quickly approached him.
Your house is on fire and family in
danger" said one of them. Here
comes train that will take you home.
Get your ticket and jump aboard as
soon as you can"
The man sprang to his feet as flush
came to his face, and the light of ex-
element lit up his eyes. He ran across
the platform. entered the station and