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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

japanese housemaid, for instance, would
not consider that she was lettering her
self by marrying the son of tradesman,
or going into business" as she would in
America, for domestic service in Japan
has always been roanked higher than
trade, which until lately was considered
by all Japanese means of living with
which no self-respecting man should soil
his hands. The tourist in Japan, unless
he has introductions to American resi-
dents in the country, can therefore only
judge Japanese servants by the rather
rough and ready class of men who have
learned sufficient pidgin English to un-
derstand the wishes and orders of their
ofttimes changed masters. The travel
er soon picks up enough pidgin Japanese
to make himself understood by his bed
room boy, whose pidgin English is only
skin deep. Pidgin, Prof. Chamberlain
says, is merely a corruption form of the
word business. Hotel servants and
boarding house servants, be they Asiat-
les or Europeans, are pretty much the
same all the world over. They are what
their tips" make them; whereas private
servants in Japan are what their hearts
and breeding make them. For even
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Royal Hunters.

Nearly all the crowned heads Of En-
rope seem to be great hunters. Notwith-
standing his age, the Austrian emperor
still loves the chase, and King Edward is
as fond of 1t as Kaiser Wilhelm. The
king of Portugal is so good marksman
that he has been called a modern William
Tell. The king of Italy spends much
time hunting, and the queen is said to De
an even better shot with the revolver
than her spouse. She grew up in wild,
mountainous region, and still loves to
roam the forests. gun in hand.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
First-Class Whitewash

To make first-class whitewash slake
in boiling water one-half bushel lime.
keeping covered during the process.
Strain, remove sediment and add one
peck salt, dissolve in water, three
pounds ground rice boiled to a thin
paste, one-half pound powdered Spanish
whiting and one pound clear glue. dis
solved in warm water. Mix thoroughly
and let stand several days. Apply this
when warm. To make different GUAM
titles use ingredients in same proper
tion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
The News Condensed.

AppletOn.-The warehouse of the APP
pleton Toy & Furniture company was to-
tally destroyed by fire. The loss is es-
timated at about $4,000; fully covered
by insurance.
Chippewa Falls.-Edward Pingel
charged with forging a receipt Of d. A.
Doyle, recently murdered near here
pleaded not guilty and was bound over
to the circuit court.
Racine.-An English Evangelical LII
theran congregation has been formed
here.
Kenosha-The board of education will
negotiate loan of 5000 to pay the
running expenses of the schools for the
remainder of the fiscal year.
La Crosse.-Charles Michel, of the G.
& J. Michel Brewing company is dead.
Kenosha.-A. NJ. Christensen, aged "a
years, died here as a result Of inhaling
gas in foundry.
acknowledgements over the sudden
death of his wife, Fred Peterson, aged
So, committed suicide.
Thorpe.-August Norsiewich was
struck by a falling limb at the Gaffney
camp and died without regaining con-
seriousness.
La Crosse.-ln windstorm many
small buildings in the outskirts of the
city were blown over, windows in houses
broken and fences laid low.
Sheboygan.-Mrs. Neitzel, city pau
per, was permitted, at her own urgent
request, to appear before the city coun-
Gil, as she wanted to address them in
regard to the city's aid to the poor"
Atlanta-Two children, eight and ten
years of age, were burned to death in a
fire which destroyed the home of Joe
Covey, at Atlanta.
Janesville-Three thousand farmers
from Dane and Rock counties assembled
here, the guests of the GAINESVILLE Sugar
company, whose 100000 beet sugar fac
tory started a month ago.
Richland Center-Twenty-six head of
imported shorthorn cattle were burned
at Parker. The cattle were the property
of A. H. Krauskap, of Richland Center,
and Robertson & Bissell, of Lodi.
Fond du Lac-At a massmeeting of
masons in Fond du Lac it has been de-
cided to organize masonic temple asso-
citation with capital stock of $25,000
Oshkosh-A verdict of $4,000 dam
ages against DR.. G. o. Hanson, Of Mil
waukee is what what jury in the cir
cult court awarded Miss Wayne Groth,
of Oshkosh, in an action brought by the
latter for breach Of promise.
Kenosha.-With her engines disabled,
flying signal of distress, and with her
crew exhausted through lack of food and
exposure, the little launch Mischief, a
fishing boat from this port, drifted aim
lessly in the wind In midlake off Kenosha
for more than nine hours.
Baraboo.-August Plat and his team
broke through the ice on the Baraboo
river near here, and drowned.
Appleton.-Twenty-fi members of
the Eastern Wisconsin Brewers associ-
alton met In this city and perfected the
organization.
A soldiers monument has been erected
In North park at Sparta, but owing to
tn cold weather the unwilling will be
postponed until Decoration day.
la Crosse.-The statement that
Cudahy Bros. will establish packing
plant here is confirmed. Several years
ago an abattoir was erected at the cost
of $500, 900 and hundreds of men were
employed, but the institution was bought
out and the buildings have remained
empty.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Left to It's Fate.

During the Franco-Prussian war q
we'll known journalist called on the
minister Of war and asked him. In
return for services rendered by his
newspaper, for a revelation Of his
plans. The minister, of course, refused
this insane" request, as he called
it, whereupon the journalist got up,
white with rage, and said: VERY
we'll, Mr.. minister, then you may carry
on your war by yourself; my journal
will take no further notice OF it"-Gil
Bias
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Wreck Fatal to Two.

Chippewa Falls.-An engine of Wis
consin Central train became unmanage-
able and George Rosine, fireman, and
Walter Mohr, brakeman, jumped from
the cab. Rosine was instantly killed
and Mohr fatally injured. Engineer Be-
quette remained at the throttle and final
" brought the engine to q standstill
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
College Refuses Big Gift.

Appleton. university has
renowned all claim to the gift of $780,
900 made to the university by the will of
Willis w. Cooper, of Appleton, who was
killed in the Iroquois fire. The action
is ascribed to the fact that Mr.. Cooper
lost his life while in attendance at a
place of amusement, contrary to the
rule of the Methodist church.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Offers to Arbitrate.

Appleton. Appleton Water
Works company has made another prop
osition to the city of Appleton in their
efforts to sell their plant. The price
asked is $315,0O0, but If that is not sat
isfactory to the city, Mr.. Vennor is will
ing that board shall be appointed to
decide on price. 1t is thought the mat
ter will be arbitrated.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Milwaukee Official Dead.

Milwaukee.-City Clerk Edward M.
Schuengel, aged At years, died suddenly.
Mr.. Schuengel had been suffering from
Bright's disease and heart trouble for
some time. During his life he had held
many offices of trust in Milwaukee. He
was member of many fraternal organ
izations
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Aoed Couple Divorced

Milwavkee.-Wi Deichen, aged
6S, has secured a decree of divorce from
his wife Caroline, aged IL. They were
married about two years ago. 1t was his
second and her third matrimonial ven
ture. The beginning of trouble came
when matrimonial agent attempted to
collect 500 from Deichen for bringing
the two together. Deichen is a tender
on the State street bridge. Both have
considerable property and he has five
and she three children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Piano Man Drops from SIGHT.

st. Croix Falls.-Le Roy McAlpin,
piano agent, had been missing from st.
Croix for some time, when he departed
for Dasser Junction, four miles away.
He left his satchel at the hotel and a
piano at the st. Croix village hall. His
parents made every effort to find him.
He is rs years old, Of good appearance
and about six feet tall. When last seen,
he wore brown overcoat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Largest Apple.

The largest apple shown in the st.
Louis exposition was sent by w. l. r.
Howard, Of jamestown, Ark. The apple
measures 161s inches in circumference,
and weighed 20 ounces. Variety not
named--Midland Farmer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Charged Changed to Murder.

La Crosse.-George Tuchek, who is
charged with having killed mysterious
stranger in this city several weeks ago
by holding his head under water, will
have to answer the charge of murder.
Since the preliminary examination, in
which he was bound over on charge of
manslaughter in the fourth degree, the
to warrant their changing the charge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Charles-She is suing her late en-
ployer's estate for $4,000.
Henry-OD what ground?
Charleston the ground that on four
different occasions he said to- her:
I'VE are having fine weather" with the
accent on the we.--Brooklyn Eagle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

she would leave the store, carrying in
her muff enough jewels to pay a years
rent Of Fifth avenue mansion. Mrs.
Chadwick was one of its customers at
a piano store. One of her small orders
one day took the form of eight grand
pianos, sent to as many as eight differ
ent friends Of hers, as a slight token of
her esteem and regard. This bill was
settled in cash.
Takes Twelve Girls to Europe.
There is firm of jewelers. in Cleve-
land who do a business that would
make them rank with Tiffany. of New
York. They are not giving to telling
what they do for their customers, but
here is a story Of Mrs. Chadwick's
prodigality that is known to almost
every clerk in the store. Some time
ago she took II young society girls on
a trip to Europe. Just what happened
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Setting Crane Vines.

When grape vines are being set out
the holes should be dug deep enough
and large enough to permit of the roots
being placed and covered without bend
Log.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

"Why did Gladys have so quiet
wedding?"
well, she knew it would make lots
of talk Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

TOURIST in Japan naturally
does not come much in con-
tact with the upper class Jap
anese servant, whose social
position in his own country
is considerably higher than
that of a small tradeSman. A
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
COMPROMISING.

DOUGLAS sLADEN
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19
WORDS OF WISDOM.

It's easy finding reasons why other
people should be patient.-~George Ell
lot.
Universal peace can come only with
the universal republic.-lmmanuel
Kant.
There are possibilities of the fairest
among 10000 ever in the chief Of sin.
ners.
A. mans force in this world is fire.
quently in the inverse proportion to his
fashionableness.
Many sermons are singular failures
because they are preached in the sim
gular number. first person.
Il you would reform the world from
its errors and vices. begin by enlisting
the mothers.-C. Simmons.
He who is true to the best he knows
to-day will know a better best to-mor-
r0w.-Charles Gordon Ames.
It is no use leading some sheep into
the green pastures; they would only
sigh for the briars over the fence.
You may take the Lords promise for
victory in the end; that shall not fail:
but do not promise yourself Ease In
the way, for that will not hold. Robert
Leighton.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19

A clerk and his country father en-
tered q restaurant Saturday evening
and took seats at a table where sat q
telegraph operator and a reporter. The
old man bowed his head and was about
to say grace, when a waiter few up.
singing, II have beefsteak. Goldfish
balls and bull-heads." Father and son
gave their orders, and the former again
bowed his head. The young man, turn
ing the color Of . blood-red beet, and
touching his fathers arm, exclaimed,
in . low, nervous tone:
"Father, it isn't customary to do that
in restaurants"
"It's customary with me to return
thanks to God wherever I am" said
the old man.
For the third time he bowed his head.
and his son bowed his head, and the
telegraph operator paused in the act
Of carving his feefsteak and bowed his
head, and the journalist pushed back
his fish ball and bowed his head, and
there wasn't a man who heard the
short and simple prayer that didn't feel
. profounder respect for the old farmer
than II he had been President of ths
United States.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19

4 German firm has completed &
searchlight that is said to be the larg
est in the world. Some idea of thu
great Illuminating power of this in
strument may be gagged from the fact
that it IL of 316. OOO, 1000 candle power
II 1t were possible to set the giant up
on Q hill or tower 800 feet high its
rays could be easily detected seventy
or eighty miles away. Indeed, it il
almost impossible to tell how far its
rays could penetrate, as no actual
demonstration has been made. The
.searchlight is fitted with an Iris shut.
ter. It has q diameter of six feet six
inches and was adopted in order ia
make the protector nght-tight at any
moment desired. 1t is operated in
much the same way as a shutter in
modern cameras. The leaves of the
shutter slide with a fixed diaphragm
located in the axis Of the ray. of light.
The whole device is electrically con-
trolled by two levers. One of these
controls the motor mounted in the base
Of the searchlight, which operates the
protector in q vertical direction through
a train Of gears; the other starts or
stops the electric motor which controls
the horizontal movement Of the beam
Of light. The same firm built the 3d.
100000 candle power ~searchlight re-
installed in the Heligoland
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19

birthday: and has an income Of s5.ooo
a year. with expectations, bound ia
be realized II she lives, Of inheritin,
an additional $4,000 . year. This
may perhaps account for the facf
that the chauffeur has refused an
oner made by the girls father Of $40.
900 cash down to call the match 81
and exile himself until the yopn.
girl has outgrown her infatuation -,
him. He win come Of age in sen.
tember. and the girl has 80 far Weld.
ed to persuasion as to onsen to ~.
postponement Ct the marriage nnfil
October. stoutly protesting that she
will make no further concessipn. -
her parents feelings. The father han
issued his ultimatum. to the erect
mat the day she leaves her home -
become the bride Of the chauReur -
doors vim b closed axainst her -
vver. - -
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19
Romance Of . Chauffeur.

The chauffeur il becoming moro
dangerous than ever coachmen or b.
cycle instructors or roller skating
teachers were. says the Motor World.
This peculiar fascination Of the chau-
ifeur over the fair sex has not yet
been very conspicuous here. but It is
comprehensive that a daring and
dashing driver, with perfect control Of
his car. should become something of a
hero, and the primitive instinct Of
woman was ever prone to hero wcr-
ship. The news from England there
fore may be received here as some
thing in the nature Of a warning.
The London smart set is eagerly
waiting developments in the a 5 of
Miss Baldock, who still stubbornly
clings to her determination to marry
her handsome young chauffeur. She
oily recently passsd her twsnty-Arst
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19
The Compass in Olden Times.

The earliest references to the use O
the compass are found in Chinese his
tory, dating back to 1884 b. c., when
the Emperor Hoangti, during q war
with Tchiyeou, finding his army EN-.
barrassed by thick fog, constructed .
disk by which he could distinguish the
four cardinal point, and was thus en-
abled to pursue and capture the oppos-
ing army. The power Of loadstone to
communicate polarity to iron IL exp!ic'
lily mentioned in q Chinese dictionary
finished In 121 A. D.. where the load
stone IL defined as "a stone with which
an attraction can be given to the
needle" There IL q mass Of other EVIL
dence to the same effect. which leaves
no doubt that the compass was used
In China centuries before its introduc.
ton in Italy. whence It was brought
from China by Marco Polo. about 1905.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19
Battleship Versus Torpedo.

1GAlNST submerged torpedoes. guns and armour do nt protect
"a And 10 even her W consider the actual fight Of ships 1T to Ne
In the nne-batteships against batueshfps-the torpedo tnsts,fv
ohtrudes itself as q factor which must be dealt With Ar -
.NY &0N to go q building these huge floating forts. with great superstrno
lures n enormously heavy armour and gun nned hEh ~ q,
them, knowing a single explosion under water NAV canse 49,
infaniby to turn turtle" and plunge to fl bttome Are we tn % IN rn1s..
them with bottoms weaker than the merchant ships because hitherto No h.-s
not believed in the dangers Of torpedo attacks? These are vhf cres+n..
They are not Influenced by the tuism that the dehtinr line nm.t re- 80
posed Of the best units nor do they depend upon endless nlaftndoa VIII !.
command It the sea as their pereptual refrain. Neither ae In
to them anywhere dscernible in what Nielsen " Lord Howe dd ~. g. -
DUSTY rcnlVe Oh nDIHres OF W annals. They belong to the future ad
not to tn past. n thu world needs clear, practical brainsf r thoir ,cfrun.
and not those supersaurated with andquated and obsolete traditions
The most immediate CT all questions is whether there IN INV rrrA...,.~
by any method II means for the bottoms CT battleshin arsinst
torpedoes. 1t is widely believed, for example. that bv deyotinr lee. Ses-ss
superstructure guns. and more to Strengthening the framing n ho.
tom plates, . hull can be made which will resist such attacks =, 49,
probably involve the elimination Of the intermediate battery and ne ~
sriGion of batleship guns to q few Of the largest caNbre-a rescN rct - -
in view o. the great celebrity have recently atainedt in vor1
ing these huge cannon. It also would probably require the eivine N ~ .cns
speed. as well 8 of armored protection At the ends of the shin Ths ~
deavored to think Of ways of defending battleships before prncee1r. ~ ~
structfbe by q few dollars worth of guncotton?-From "Battieshirs W.M
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19
|America and the M0rOS.
By Henry Schiller Townsend.

HE government of the Moro province is. in general caIed =
promote the natural development OF t2ese people. n no' Z
III "Amencanze" them, after the manner of the American inuM
The conditions are altogether different, and In his par"cu
kMNNEVMY problem is simpler than "a the Indian problem. me ,which
were g exceedingly sparse population. occupying q Iu En,
the white race needed for the purpose of staDnsnin no ~"SS nv -
centuries hosts CT omeseekers have been crowdfng into ~ ianos ICY u 49, ~"
Indians too primitive tt really use the land owe wnlch tny ~ -,
ancestors had freely roamed. The manifest destiny Of IL rec man los
n is either assimilation with the white race or with the ashes VI IN
Tn fact that the changes he is called upon to make are conuH
te laws If nature as revealed in the history of human development ~;
best h e cannot be expected to become more than an Inferior m"auIonn.
man, may add a touch of pathos to his destiny, ut cannot aWer IT, ~
ofher hand, the peoples of thisp province ire comparatively numerous u
lands area at present neither needed MOI desired TO homes Dy me my ,h \
nj lei ire here to make money, not to make homes. Me H. -
to become predominant in numbers Tor som centuries to con ne "a, are ~ ~
o " a n important, though transient, element IN the pOpuNAon' Dt - -.
must re bound up in those Of the lower peoples: n aup ~
OF these peoples "a be best promoted with due and full regard for tn o.
a revealed In history.
The Moro peoples have attained fac degree of civilization which nns them
tor Ieaoaism. n not for n OF the more advanced forms Oh vern hs s
sNpped! ,Answerfn; this question with another. cannot my cnhd OBTAIN teiease
Inc laws of graviaton and learn to walk without having developed tn
strength necessary to sustain his natural weight, and without reference to
equnorum? he lessons Of feudaNsm are a IS essential to the future progress
OF these peoples a are weight and equilibrium to the act of walking. Feudahsm
has Ns place In tAe economy of nature, m in its place Is good. Nature, a
IeVeaed in history. calls upon the lew government O. the Moro province to
ASSUME the feudal overtordship of these peoples to teach them law and order
tribes. and, by influence as far as possible and by force a q last
10 menorate the government of the tribes by the datos. Thus will tn
Mor ONE to feel Obscure in person and in property, and he will consider It NO
aMasnlp TO lay aside his arms and devote himself to pursuits of peace. Tia
..enns OF ssecur1ty Will foster acQuisidveness. which in tur nay be used q .
spur to tndustry-The Forum.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-10-19

Secretary Hay never could set on
with the Russian language. He has
spent much time and effort striving to
master its ~intricacies. but he had to
give 1t up as . bad job and time vast
ed. The .~ecretary Of State says he
has q most profound respect for any
one who has ever succeeded In ac-
quainting himself with this lingual ab.