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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-24
The News CONDENSED.

Wisconsin day at the st. Louis expo
sition will be July q, instead of June
80. The change was made at the request
of the Wisconsin commission.
J. J. McCulley, a travelling salesman Of
Milwaukee, who was injured in run
away in Menasha, died of his injuries.
He was 40 years old, and leaves a widow
and two children.
Mrs. w. e. Doane, a prominent wom-
an in La Crosse, was placed under arrest
on complaint of Alderman w. W.
Withee, president of the Security saw
ings bank, charged with obtaining
money under false pretenses. She
pleaded not guilty and bail was fixed
at $780,
The First national bank in Bayfield,
county was opened at Bayfield,. s. F
Mihend, M. Johnson George Packard.
John Craigfelder and A. II. Wilkinson
are directors.
Fifty-one representative citizens
have been appointed by Judge c. d.
Cleveland, chairman of a mass meet
ing, as members of committee to Sc
cure the removal of the state capital
from Madison to Oshkosh.
A special election resulted in the
proposition to incorporate Washburn
as city, carrying by vote of 455 to
1873.
A vein of iron ore q feet through and
containing 63 per cent. iron, has been
discovered near the Commonwealth
mine, near Florence.
Two years ago G. d. Kipp applied to
Andrew Carnegie for means to build
library at Black River Falls. An answer
has just been received that will secure
the building If the city complies with his
requirements.
Sam Woods, aged go years, of New
Centerville, committed suicide by cut
ling his throat with razor. His mind
had been affected for some time. He
was one of the Oldest settlers in the
county.
Sleighing for hauling purposes came
TO an end at Glenwood after a season
Of nearly 100 days, during which all past
records for the hauling of bolts, ties and
cordwood in that section was broken.
Miss Frances Wadsworth, private Sec
rotary to President Van Hise. of the
University of WISCONSIN, has been taken
to the Mendoza asylum, suffering from
temporary insanity due to overwork.
Mrs. Addie Downs, wife of the Rev.
Mr.. Downs, formerly of Racine, eloped al
Winlock with Carl S. Alvord, black
smith.
w. H. Wisner, aged 60, was found
dead in bed at his home In Knaun.
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SPRING MODES from PARIS

amount of warmth in it. 1t is, of course,
useful to pin ones carnations and VIC
lets to.
Muffs have of late become very much
feature of the fashionable toilette, for
they are often carried at weddings in
stead Of bouquets. In almost every case
the great big muffs of our grandmothers
are fitting Accomplishments to the spring
pelerlnes.
These pelerines or fichus, | am glad
to say will have more popularity than
those wide, square, inelegant looking
stOleS of last season.
Taffeta will be one of the most popu-
lar fabrics for the spring and summer,
both for day. and evening wear 1t is
produced in beautiful soft shades. 1t is
trimmed with taffeta as we'll as with
been in vogue for the last three years
as long as early Victorian fashions last
so long shall we remain faithful to
taffeta.
The taffeta frock certainly requires to
be plated, gagged or much trimmed in
some way, for, unlike satin, crepe de
chine, chiffon velours and such mate
rails, which fall into folds by their own
weight, taffeta has to be weighted, or
it will present anything but graceful
appearance.
l have just seen a pale green taffeta
dress, which is worthy of note. The skirt
is arranged in heavy plaits from the
waist, and from above the knees, falling
in folds round the feet. are enormous
tucks headed with ruches. Round the
waist is a swathed sash with knotted
ends and little taffeta roses. These roses
further adorn the pelerine collar, being
intermingled with shades of palest
green, many pinks, and soupcon of
pale heliotrope. 1t sounds little com
plicated, but the shadings are so beau
tifully worked together that the effect is
perfectly harmonious and suits the fair
wearer to perfection.
Then We have not dispensed alto
gether with the old-fashioned spotted
taffeta. A large black, brown or blue vel
color is always effective This fabric re-
quires but little trimming, and should
be simply made.
The 1880 period is suggested in some
way or another. in every garment made
of taffeta, be it frock, mantle, or red
ingote. A piping Of black velvet on tat
feta nearly always requires a SOFTER
ing touch in the shape of chenille or
velvet.
Some beautiful effects have been ar
rived at with shot taffetas, decorated
with floral patterns in silk and chenille.
Such trimmings, however, are apt to
look oid-fashioned, unless they be very
cleverly manipulated. Still, they play a
part in the fashions Of to-day and to-
morrow, and, therefore, have to be con-
sidered.
There are some individual women
who look charming in 1880 garb-paIe
shades of lavender taffeta, old embroi-
dered fichus, with the quaint dropping
shoulder, but the ordinary modern type
would do we'll to avoid these modes.
The bouncing, healthy, athletic young
woman of to-day looks terribly cut of
place in fashions of the early Victorian
era, ANNETTE GIRVY.
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of cream embroidered lawn, edged with
a tiny Valenciennes lace, showing lit
tie, full chemisette of plisse muslin and
a high collar finely stitched by hand, and
a bow of black velvet tied neatly under
the chin. The elbow sleeves were fin
ished with frills of accordion-plaited
gray chiffon and the under cuff was of
embroidered lawn, tied at the wrists
with small bows of black velvet. The
skirt was arranged in somewhat full
plaits on each hip and fell in long,
graceful folds round the feet
Black Chantilly lace will appear on the
parasols as well as in the wells of the
coming season. The en- tout cas- will be
made of black and colored spotted silks
but it is early yet to allude to the parasol
for an absence of sun has been conspic-
uous all over the continent 1t is, in
deed, wiser to turn ones attention to
the chiffon muff which is such delight
full substitute for fur.
The chiffon muff is an airy finish to
toilette and yet there is a certain
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the climate naked, save for a small, fiat
otter skin, slung from the neck to the
side where the wind happened to blow.
The women, usually two, padded the
canoe from the stern. The man crouched
in the bows, alert, harpoon in hand. In
the center of the canoe were piled other
simple hunting gear, babies and slab
of shingled turf, on which smouldered
the firebrands carried to each fresh
hating place. For in the Land of the
Horn, fire is a first necessity of human
life: and from hundreds of tiny smoke
drifts, which lined the channels in the
days when first Magellan and Drake
passed on their way round the world.
came the name "Tierra del Fuego," or
Land of Fire.
In their unceasing struggle with the
elements for bare existence, the Yag-
hans have been forced to abandon all
but the slightest mental equipment.
They have evolved no faith, no god;
they have no totem to bind them into one
tribe, no headman to organize them in
common defense or attack. They are
still stationary at that miscorcosm of
great empires-the family.
The tribe has been decimated by white
mems diseases, which are fostered by
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their passion for Iiquor-a weakness
taken full advantage of by unscruplous
traders. Of the quality of drink sup
piled, it is sufficient to say that It can
be bought for about sixpence per quart
bottle at Ushuaia, the present seat Of
Argentine government in the Beagle
channel
A second tribe, the Onas. are foot
Indians, living in the mountainous in
terror of the great island of which the
Beagle channel marks the southern
boundary. Although they are thus in a
sense islanders, they have no canoes,
and cannot even swim, being dependent
on the guanaco, which frequent the up
per pastures, for food and general
equipment, from their raw-hide water
bags to the strung sinews of their bows.
An all-enveloping fur robe is their only
covering, and this, when there is need
for freer movement, the braves at once
discard, standing clothed, like our own
! ancestors, in the primal simplicity of
bow and arrows and paint. They use
such pigments to aid their stalking, a
science in which they are past masters.
To hunt the guanaco they first color
themselves according to the ground over
which they must move-e. e., white when
on snowfields, yellow among dry pampa
grass, slate color with red spots when
among lichen covered rocks Their
amusement consists in wrestling and in
long races, perhaps to hill top ten
miles distant. The men also practise
with the bow, at times acting themselves
as moving targets for each other. The
general physique of the Onas, and espe-
cially their keenness of sight and hear
ing, are developed to an extraordinary
degree; for to the Ona his body is reli-
gion, and any bodily defect disgrace.
Their system of cOurtship is Spartan.
The man hands his chosen bride his
hunting bow Its return by her own
hand signifies acceptance without more
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-24
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Officials Arrested.

On warrants covering indictments
for bribery and conspiracy to defraud
which have been returned by the
grand jury, number of civ officials
were arrested in Milwaukee. Among
those arrested and the charges against
them are: Building Inspector Michael
Dunn, bribery; former Alderman
Charles Cook, bribery; Alderman VIII
liam Murphy. bribery; Supervisor
William Sutton, bribery; former Coun-
ty Clerk Otis Hare and Frank Koegh
Printer, conspiracy to defraud the
county; Frank Himmelstein, deputy
tax commissioner, conspiracy; Super
visor A. c. Babe and former Super
visor Joseph Schunck.
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han tribe. or canOe-dwellers, have sunk
from $500 to 200; and that of the Onas
from 1000 to 600, man, woman and child.
Should this rate of decrease continue,
few. if any, members of either tribe will
survive the next decade, and a fragment
of the stone age of intense human in
terest will disappear altogether from
our ken.
The. Yaghans frequent chiefly the
shores of the Beagle channel, a sheltered
passage of great beauty but little prac-
tical use, lying, as it does, halfway be-
tween the Magellan straits and the Horn,
it's entrance blocked at either hand by
dangerous reefs and racing tide-rips.
These tribesmen are true canoe jewellers,
siuce they mCst search for ever the
shores of otherwise barren islands for
food, in the shape of mussels, fish, sea-
fowl, or perhaps. by great good chance,
a stranded seal or whale. Till the South
American mission established itself
among them, they brayed the rigour of
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out by means of wand and divining tor
toise box some foul spirit that brought
misfortune or serious illness to the fam
lily. The beat of drums and changing of
cymbals IS heard and the whirling dance
of the sorceress is seen in the midst of
the anxious inmates of the house while
the gaping crowds on the outside wait
and listen, and this is done to cast out
the spirit that has brought disease and
perhaps death to the home. All these
things and many more which the casual
visitor would not think to connect with
religious worship, prove, upon better
knowledge, that the Koreans are not
without religion.
Buddhism was introduced from China
about 371 A. d. 1t has had it's seasons
of influence and it's periods of decline; of
favor at court and with common peo-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-24
Farmers Up in Arms.

Farmers in Fond du Lac county in
the vicinity of Mayville are up in arms
at what they term the elevator trust.
and have organized an independent
stock and grain company for the pur-
pose of erecting an elevator at May
vile, so that they may secure a fair
market price Tor their product. For
mer Congressman Sauerhering has
been selected as general manager of
the new company Similar action is
likely to be taken by farmers in many
localities.
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out in bold prominence and they are
ture. Of the three the last is by far
the favorite.
For those who can well afford a hat
for Easter only, or at least for the few
weeks of early spring, there is virtually
nothing to take the place of the Gains
borough of moderate crown, but it is
not hat that will be so grealy in favor
for the entire season as some of the
smaller shapes
Of the turbans will set squarely
on the head, while others will be slightly
lifted at the left side by means of an in
visible bandeau. The smaller turbans,
such as the fashionable torpedo shape,
must, as rule, be worn rather low down
on the face, and, for this reason and on
account of the extreme smallness of the
most fashionable torpedo shapes, are less
likely to meet with success, as the
American face is more adapted to a
somewhat larger shape as we'll as one
which is lifted a bit at the side.
The f1atiron turban, whether set on
straight or lifted at one side, will be used
for the serviceable ready-to- wear hat or
for the most elaborate CONNECTIONS in
plated tulle, flower trimmed, for dress
occasions Fancy brims of snowy COM
binations of white, gold or champagne
on a transparent ground will be also
good for the dress turban.
The tricorne, which is becoming to
rnanv kind of fares will he worn in mod.
crate and large sizes. Indeed, the tri-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-24
The FIGHT FOR KOREA
EFFORTS MADE TO CHRISTIAN
IZE s.HERMITo KINGDOM.
Catholics Began Work as Early as
1885 = Many Denominations
Now Have Workers on
the Field.

-HE fight for the odd but inter-
!: !: :: !: !: :: !: !: !:
eG1H esting kingdom of Korea, or
E~mS,k Great Han, as it is known by
nGM II its own people. about which
ENVY We wish to talk does not in
~ clude discussion of the
present struggle between ia
pan and Russia neither does it involve a
review of the Japanese Chinese war, for
it is not of conquest in which armies,
and bloody battle fields figure, but of a
spiritual conquest in which the forces
Of King Emanuel seek to win a nation
from its superstitions and paganism to
the true and living God.
1t is commonly supposed that Korea
is land without much of any religion
worship of ancestors, religion has small
place in the lives of the people, but such
is not the case. and while the visitor
to Korea would fail perhaps TO see any
visible signs of religious life, and at
Seoul, the capital and chief city of the
realm, would be unable to find anything
that looks like temple, aside from the
lSuplG u Tue SOu Ol WAR OulSiuS the
south gate, still he must not be too
hasty in forming his judgment. The fact
Of the matter is that Shamanism, Bud
dhism and Confucianism hold sway over
the people and hinder the progress of
Christianity. Shamanism is the belief
in the spirits which have their abode
in earth and sky, in outrageous tree by
the roadside, in peaceful agricultural
valley, in the tiled roof of the patrician
and in the straw thatch of the humble
peasant. The heaps of stones at the tops
of high passes forming rude shrines in
which bright pictures Of mythical be-
ings are to honor and appease the spirits.
The bits of rags and old shoes tied to
the limbs of large distorted trees and
stones thrown at the base are for the
same purpose. So the grotesque figures
on the ridgepoles of the imperial build
ings, government buildings and on the
roofs OF the city gates. Blind men,
sorcerers, feel their way along the street
to the house of some high official to cast
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-03-24
Commentators Caught.

William Kleist, head Of a counterfeit
ing establishment, was under arrest in
Milwaukee for circulating spurious coin,
and his brother August was also in GUS
tody. William Kleist says he learned to
counterfeit while in Joliet prison. II
learned the holders trade while in pris-
on" declared Kleist; land convicts used
to practice molding nickels and other
small coins"
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pie; of large and prosperous monasteries
and of neglected and ruined temples.
There were times when monks filled
civil and military positions; many had
families, and the inventor of the 25 let
tiers of the Korean alphabet-Syel-chong
was a son of an eminent Buddhist
priest. They meddled in politics, which
was one of the leading causes of the
downfall of the last dynasty more than
500 years ago and of their rigid exclu-
sion from Seoul for more than five cen
turtles.
Shamanism, Buddhism and Con-
fucianism have had undisputed sway
over the hearts and minds of the peo-
pie, and what is the result? Supersti-
tons of the grossest forms; licentious-
ness and immortality universal; corrup-
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Hanged Himself.

George Brandt, who was serving a
life term for murder, committed sui
eide by hanging himself at Waupun
to the cell door with his suspenders
Brandt was sentenced October for
murder in the first degree. He killed
his mother-in-law while she was sit
ting on the perth of her residence and
then crept to a nearby building, where
his wife was, and shot her.
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State Lands Sold,

State lands located in Calumet, Man
itowoc. Outagamie, Sheyboygan, Wau-
paca, Waushara and Fond du Lac
counties have been sold by the state
treasurer. One hundred and eighty
acres in Waushara county sold at
$295.S0; in Calumet county at 500.
Property in Fond du Lac, given to the
state by Mary A. Hamilton many years
ago for the location of charitable in
stitution, went for $3.50.
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muslin or some old Embroidered
lawn. One simple gown Of this descrip-
ton was so pretty that it deserves spe-
cial attention 1t was in a soft gray fab
ric, a little more silky in texture than
cashmere The bodice was caught up in
the form of high waist, with deep
corselet band of silk, lacing UP the front,
with black velvet, and finished with old
silver buttons Just folded over the
shoulders in Puritan fashion was fichu
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Willing to Endure Less.

''Would you want man to love you
enough to be willing to die for your"
he asked.
NO" she replied, backing away
from him. when men love girls
enough to die for them they generally
kill the girls first IN. Y. Herald.
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His worst Enemy.

Briggs-Here comes Gibson. Let's
cross over
Griggs-Why, | thought he was a
friend of yours.
Briggs-He used to be, but now he's
my deadly enemy. He's the unspeak-
able villain who recommended a place
for me to spend my vacation.-Brook-
lyn Life.
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Bride Was MiSSin o.

Attired in his best suit of clothes, and
with a marriage license in his posses
sion, Charles Scofield, baker, in La
Crosse, accompanied by his groomsman.
went to the home Of Miss Marie Albert,
his fiance, to wed her The hour had
been set and the guests invited. When
Scofield arrived the bride had flown and
her parents could not explain her abb
sence.
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Millions of Lucky Ones.

zone of the doctors says that mil
lions of people have chronic appendi-
citis and don't know it."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
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Elect Officers.

The Wisconsin Press association at
its annual convention in Fond du Lac
Frank f. Noyes, Marinette Eagle-Star;
secretary, Fred r. Yates, Washington
News treasurer, Mrs. M. p. Rindlaub.
Platteville Witness.
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Ensures a Bal boon.

An insurance agency in Kenosha has
written a $4,000 risk on Maj. Kelly, an
educated baboon owned by New York
animal trainer. The animal has been
the sensation of New York society for
two years, and has been trained to a
remarkable degree. The annual pre-
MUM on the risk is $4,000.
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To Make It Sell.

Willie-That ink ma used to mark
my handkerchiefs all came out in the
wash
Pa-Yes?
Willie-Yes; and it was called ''in-
delible." Why is some ink called "in-
delible?"
Pa-So that some people will think
1t is, and buy it.-Philadelphia Press.
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ARIS.-In Paris just now girls
are effecting frocks of nun
like simplicity in gray cash
mere fastened with an art
nouveau belt at the waist and
finished with a collar
and cravat of fine plisse
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HE South American continen

the Atlantic entrance of this passage,
covering and uncovering dangerous
shoals as a wild beast bares its
gums On these shoals many good
ships back has broken. AS we adVen-
.ure TO the west, the waterway stretches
between twin ranges of splintered hills,
covered to the low snOw-line by drip
ping forest of Antarctic birch, its sombre
green scared at short intervals by blue
white glaciers which push their frozen
hummocks to the waters verge, or dis
charge cascade from cliffs so high that
only an icy spray, touched with rainbow
hue, falls athwart the steamers deck.
Throughout all the year the roaring
sou'west wind busters past, bringing in
its train-save for some short, deceptive
calm-showers of rain and sleet and a
cloak of trailing mist. Such are the
famous Straits Of Magellan, which guard
the yet more broken channels and
islands terminating in Cape Horn-a fit
barrier of the wild races who, in that
wild land, mark mans farthest limit to
the south.
Since Darwin published his FAM GUS
voyage of Naturalist" made in H.
M s. Beagle in 1884, Fuegans have been
generally classed as one tribe-"the low
est step in the human ladder"-while
popular credulity, based on the fears of
ship captains beating painful passage
home, cheerfully consented to dub them
wreckers and cannibals as well. Only
of late has the mist Of half-truth lifted,
so that we may judge them fairly; and
the task must be undertaken speedily
If at ALL During 20 years of contact
with whites, the numbers of the Yag-
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Or your Easter hat choose
anything which you think be-
coming, and you will not be
out of style, so varied are the
modes in millinery. But
though anything is permits
sable. three ShaneS stand
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WISDOM OF NOVELISTS.

= There is no man SO cautious about
money as your reformed spendthrift.-
G. 3. Burgin.
Men who stand much upon their dig
nifty have not, as a rule. much else to
stand upon--Seton Merriman-
The virtues Of our loved ones we ad-
mire Their failings we would forget.
But over their follies we love to linger
smfling-Jerome *. Jerome.
Any fool can get q notion. 1t needs
training to drive q thing through
training and conviction, not rushing
after the first fancy.-Rudyard Kip
ling.
Sometimes chance remark, which
has very little signidca nee for the per-
son who makes it, is like an aperture
that lets in light on the whole charac-
ter.-Snrah Grand
Superstition, in its essence is merely
q recognition of the truth that in
universe of mysteries and contradic-
tons, like ours, nothing conceivable or
uncomfortable is impossible = Henry
Harland.