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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-10

| dressed. The doctor approached one
Of them with tube and an asculata-
| ton hammer, but the Caucasians
jumped back terrifieds Finally the
doctor gave up in despair.
1t was Bardunoff's turn. Were
you ever punished before?" No, sir!"
Grub him!' A guard rubbed Bardun-
offs body with a cloth; the skin red
dened, and clear traces of former
| punishments became visible.
stood near the doctor, whose face
was flushed with shame.
"Ivan Wassjutin.' Ivan neared the
horse
"Off with all clothes" said the exc
cutioner. 1t was long while before
he grasped the meaning of the words.
"Lie down" Wassjutin mounted
the "horse" astride
"Take your hands off, lie down;
put your arms around the horse
Wassiutin embraced the horse 1t
was humiliating. horribly humiliating,
to see a naked man stretched on that
horse" and awaiting the cruel lash.
Chruspel, the executioner, looked like
dog into the inspectors face.
Thirty rods" Chruspel picked up
bundle of rods, drew one out of
the bundle with astonishing agility,
retired step, and waited.
eco ahead" The rod whistled
through the air once or twice before
the inspector counted one. Then an
other whistling sound, and red stripe
was seen on the quaking body. 1.-TWO,
three, four, five."
Chruspel threw the rod away and
took up another. He walked over to
the other side of the horse. Five
more blows fell on the other side of
the body.
Every five blows required another
rod, and Chruspel changed his position
for eacA rod. The sound of the rod
whistling through the air almost broke
ones heart, and the interval between
two blows seemed like an eternity.
The inspector counted: Twenty
nine. thirty"
Wassjutin rose on the horse and sat
astride. His eyes were filled with
tears. Get off"
1.-TWO and a half minutes" said the
doctor.
I thought it had lasted an hour.
Then came the Caucasians' turn.
Chruspel laid them down on the horse
one after another. He used the knOut
on them Tin accordance with the YER
dict" A look at the inspector ex-
planned to Chruspel what he was to
do. He grasped the knout in the
middle, which is the punishment of
the half knout."
Bardunoff trembled and shivered.
He looked helpless like hunted rab-
bit, and attempted to smile. Chruspel
poked him in the ribs. Lie down."
Bardunoff convulsively clasped the
horse and pulled himself together.
Chruspe1 swung the knout with an
ominous movement This was not a
punishment in accordance with the
verdict of the court" this was a
private transaction, according to
the customs of the Sakhalin prison in
spectors.
The room was perfectly still; not
breath was heard.
Chruspel gazed inquiringly at the
inspector. The latter looked about
for moment in confusion, glanced at
the doctor and me, and finally made
sign to the executioner. Chruspel
grasped the half knout" A sigh of
relief was heard from everyone in the
room. Bardunoff's body trembled con-
yulsively. Heaven knows what ter
rible blows the man had expected. For
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The punishment must have been some
thing dreadful. Thus one execution
er jested with another. But soon Ter
ski was detected taking bride from
a convict and promising to spare him
in consideration.
Terski was sentenced to 200 blows
with rods, and Komleff was called
upon to administer the punishment.
"You taught me to handle the
knout will show you what can be
done with rods" he grinned. Terski
is rotting yet. What he did to Kom-
left was child's play to Komleff's re-
taliation.
According to the law of Moses, I"
TESTED the fiend, 'eye for eye, tooth
for tooth. I can knout. I was taught
how on my own carcass"
Convict Gubar, who had attempt
ed to escape, and who was sentenced
to be knouted for cannibalism, had
to be taken to the hospital after As
of Komleff's blows. He died three
days later without regaining con-
seriousness. Komleff had been bribed
to do this by convicts who hated
Gubar.
Corporal Punishment.
Ivan Grusdeff, sentenced to 80
lashes with the knout for giving an
offense, was brought into the Office
of the doctor at the Sakhalin prison.
"Your name?" "Ivan Grusdeff."
The doctor throws glance at the
documents, and gasps.
"Merciful Heaven! Eighty lashes!"
"The devil!" exclaims the in
spector.
Eighty" repeats the assistant,
like an echo.
Eighty" whisper the clerks. Every
one looks curiously at the man who
is about to receive 80 lashes with the
knout. The doctor examines the con-
Wet. The minutes pass very slowly. The
physician shrugs his shoulders. "Are
you well?" eyes, sir, quite well, your
honor!"
"Quite well, you say" eyes. sir"
"Haye you no pains around the
hearth"
NO, sir; none st all.
do you know where your heart is,
you idiot? No pains in the side?
Never Don't you understand me, you
fool? Don't you feel pains occasion
ally?"
mo, sir, never"
The physician looks wrathfully at
the imbecile. "Look at me. Don't
you ever cough? Cough?" mo. sir;
never cough."
The doctor is beside himself with
anger. He throws a look of hatred
at the convict. His glance seems to
say: Lie, you devil, lie. why don't
you?" But the convict cannot see
through it. mo, sir; never"
The doctor sits down and calmly en-.
tiers: Heart failure" In his anger he
breaks the pen. The inspector looks
at the doctors certificate. Exempt
from corporal punishment. Take him
out Everybody heaves sigh OF
relief. "The damned idiot" said the
doctor later to me in confidence.
had hard time to save him. He was
as sound as a bell. But what could
/ do? Eighty lashes mean sure death.
What the devil do they mean by SEN
fencing man to such punishment
The corporal punishment was adj
ministered at five o'clock. We ac-
companied the physician to the Office.
The horse" stood in the gangway;
two bundles of rods carefully tied
together and about six feet long. lay
alongside the horse" Seven men
were lined up against the wall Of the
doctors office. The executioner stood
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nidn,t Seem impossible.

"Do you think you could learn to
love me?" he asked the lady, as he
looked into her trembling orbs.
'eWell," she said, archly, popular ed
ucation has advanced with such rapid
strides that one can almost learn any
thing in these days!"--StraY Stories.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-10

Doctors told me l had diabetes and
could not live. was wretched and
hopeless when began using Doan's
Kidney Pills, but they cured me eight
years ago and I've been well ever since.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, SO cents
per box.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-10

kidney trouble so
bad l could not
work. Backache
was persistent and
it was agony to lift
anything. Gravel.
w h irlin G head
aches, dizzine s S
and terrible urin-
airy disorders ran
me down from 1873
to 100 Dound {
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-10
"The Simple Life /"
Proper Food is Really the First
Step in Right Living,

One of the evils of our complex mod
ern way of living, is our unnatural and
unhealthy foods.
To have really good health and
good stomach it is necessary to eat
simple nourishing food. EGG-O-SEE
is the ideal food, and reaches the
proper requirements in this direction
more nearly than any other cereal now
on the market
To make EGG-O-SEE the kernels OF
the choicest California white wheat
are first cleansed by brushes, then thor
oughly steam cooked, then faxed and
crisped to Il maple tint and delicately
favored with natural fruit juice and
pure grain sugar.
In these delicious flakes, lies the
mighty strengthening power of the
whole wheat grain that evenly nour-
ishes every part of the body, aud gives
physical and mental energy that means
splendid health and successful en-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-10
TWENTY YEARS OF 1T.
Emaciated BY Diabetes; Tortured With
Gravel and Kidney Pains.

henry Soule, cobbier, of Hammonds-
port, n. Y, says: "Since Doanis Kid
ney Pills cured me eight years ago, I've
reached 70 and hope to live many years
longer. But twenty wears ago / had
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
DehorninH Calves.

It is becoming an almost universal
practice to dehorn cattle, because
they are more easily handled and it
prevents them from injuring each
other. 1t is no small task to remove
the horns from a mature animal; one
even breads taking them from yearl-
ings and two-year-olds. There is also
some danger of animals bleeding to
death or getting poisoned by foreign
matter lodging in the wounds. 1t is
therefore better to destroy the bud
ding horn a few days after the calf
is born. The instructions for this op-
Grafton are given in Hoard's Dairy
man, as follows:
The hair is clipped off over and
around this button, and caustic pot
ash is applied. The stick of potash
should be wrapped TO protect the fin
gers and then moisten one end with
water and rub over the button till
the skin becomes slightly sore and the
calf shows signs of smarting The
person who applies the potash should
be careful not to permit any Of it to
run down the calf's face or get into
its eyes, for it would destroy the hair
and cause considerable pain if it
gets into the eyes. In few days
scab will form, which will soon dis
appear, and if the work is properly
done, no horns will develop. If the
button continues to grow, the applica-
ton can be repeated. 1t is more hui
name to take off the horns at this time
than to remove them after the animal
is full grown.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Poultry Should Have Vegetables.


All raisers Of poultry do not realize
the advantages of variety in food.
This has been referred to in this de
partment several times, but more par
ticularly in reference to the grain ro-
tation. 1t applies, however, just as
we'll to the green food portion, because
the fowls are on the range it does not
follow that they find much variety in
the grasses they eat, and it will do
them an immense amount of good if
they can have some Of the discarded
vegetables, both tops and roots. that
come from the garden. We have found
it an excellent plan, even in summer,
to feed our growing chicks in the
morning mash composed of wheat
bran. with a sprinkling of oil meal
in it, and then completing the mash
with about a quart of finely chopped
vegetables and vegetable tops to about
every twenty-five hours. They seem
to find in these vegetable tops and
roots some element of food not con
tanned in the grasses on the range.
where it should be done. it will not
be necessary to give them anything
more in the way of grains until they
come to the house to rOost at night.
At this time we give them ration
consisting of twO-thirds wheat and
one-third corn and in quantity about
one-half of the winter ration. 1t is
impossible to keep up either an egg
supply or proper growth Of bone
and muscle in the growing chicks by
depending entirely on the range for
their food supply.
1t is particularly essential that the
early Matched pullets on whom we are
relying for fall and winter eggs have
this summer ration OF grains. One
should not forget that drinking wa
ter is essential during the summer,
and it should be supplied so that the
fowls can have it fresh and clean as
often during the day as they need It
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Menelik,s Prize Town.

Prof Rosen, a member OF the Ger
man mission to Abysinia, writes:
"The population Of Adis-Abeba,
which the Emperor Menelik has
established on four narrow hills, is
estimated at $4,000, but is probably
much higher Not more than about
a thousand of the inhabitants live in
houses; all the rest use tents or huts,
which are quickly and easily erected
at any point that may be chosen. AS
the groups of tents are generally sur
rounded by open grass land, and
three deep, rocky gorge3 intersect the
town, the whole has more the appear
ance of an improvised camp. Indo-
lent men, sit by thousands in front
of their dirty huts and lazily watch
the grazing mules; women, in dirty,
flowing garments, YEARLY carry wa
ter from the muddy brook in heavy
jars up the steep path leading from
the bottom of the rayine. There arc
hardly a dozen shops; there is only
one small inn. What strikes lis as
wonderful and most inconvenient ia
the lack of any system OF coinage:
small amounts are paid with cart
ridges or sticks Of rock salt-New
York World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
Paner Milk Bottles.

That the glass milk bottle may be
largely replaced by the paper at no
very distant day now seems probable
There are many points in favor OF the
use of paper bottles, one of the most
important being that the bottle is dis.
carded after it is once used, thus OBJ
Waiting all chance Of infection through
the repeated use of unclean bottles.
The many difficulties which have been
hitherto encountered in the attempted
manufacture of paper bottles have
been nearly all overcome. They are
stamped out of heavy paper in conf
cal shape, with the lower edges lock-
ed in such a manner as to be strength
ened by pressure from above. The
stout cover has protruding lips which
make its removal more convenient
After the edges of the bottle are
sealed they are covered with paraffin.
Lastly the finished receptacle is ster-
iliZed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
THE SHRINE is POPULAR.
Guadalupe Visited Annually by Thou
sands of Mexican Pilgrims.

Guadalupe Visited Annually by Thou
sands of Mexican Pilgrims.
1t is con servatively estimated that at
least 100000 pilgrims visit the shrine
of Guadalupe each year. or this large
number, about half go there from this
city, says the Mexican Herald. the re-
mainder travelling from other parts of
the republic. Thousands of pilgrims
arrive in the city in trains, a much
greater number come in wagons and
other conveyances, while by far the
largest number make the journey on
foot, many of the latter people tru.-
cling many miles from the interior
portions of the country, in order to
make their pilgrimage and to pay their
devotiOns to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
About 100000 people visit the BASIL
lea of Guadalupe during the days
Of fiesta that mark the great occasion
Of December y, and at this time
there is city of booths erected about
the church. The other 100000 nil
grims who visit the shrine are dis
tributed throughout the year. the pill
grimages occurring on an average of
once a month, when the church is
always profusely decorated with flow
ers and brilliantly lighted with can
dies On the 18th of each month there
are pilgrimages, when the same cere-
monies and religious observances can
be witnessed as take place there on
December -, although not on such
magnificent scale.
Besides the pilgrimages on the 18th
of each month, there are other pill
grimages held during the year, and
on special feasts of the church elab-
crate services are held at Guadalupe.
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stood up and robbed several ranch
ers; and, as l told you, was all alone.
Somehow, | couldn't go to sleep when
l went to bed. After tossing around
for a while, l got up and sat by the
fire, brooding over my trouble, and
trying not to think of the poor chap
shiyering out there in the cold rain
somewhere. 1 looked at his pack sit
ting up in the corner, and wondered
what made it so long. AS l watched
fancied l saw it move.
Saw it mover
Exactly. l wouldn't believe my
eyes at first, but after watching in
tently for a while / distinctly saw
the front of a hand pressed against
the canvas from the inside. Like
fash, then. / understood the whole
thing The peddler was one Of the
road agents gang, and knowing 1 had
considerable money about the house,
they had adopted this plan for SNUG
Cling one of their crew inside the
house. After l had gone to sleep, the
lcllOW lISluc COuiu leL III lue test anu
finish the job. I walked quietly across
the room, took my gun from the
antlers, knelt down few feet from
the pack, aimed squarely in the cen
ter and pulled the trigger"
go on murmured the listener,
with a shudder.
But the gun didn't go off," con-
tinued the landlord, clearing his
throat
The nipple was rusty and wouldn't
work, so l laid down the rife and got
an axe from the kitchen. 1t bad been
newly ground that day, ar when
| lifted it over my head l counted
upon cleaving that pack, robber and
all, clear to the floor Just as 1 raised
the axe and braced myself for the
blow saw a ghost"
Yes, sir. The pack opened, and I
saw sticking out of its top the curly
yellow head, but eyes and rosy cheeks
of my Mary when she was little tot
of 4. The shock staggered me so that
l sank on my knees. l wiped my
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
JAPANESE New Years.

To a devout Japanese breakfast on
New ears day is a religious rite
rather than a vulgar satisfaction Of
the appetite, says the London Chron-
icle. No ordinary dishes are consumed
ut this meal The tea must be made
with water drawn from the well when
the first ray of sun strikes it. a pot
pourri of materials specified by law
forms the staple dish, while at the fin
ish a measure of special sake from a
red lacquer cup must be drained bv
whatsoever desires happiness during
the coming year.
In the room is placed an "elysian
stand" or red lacquer tray, covered
with evergreen leaves and bearing a
rich dumping, a lobster, oranges. per
simmons, CheStnuts, dried sardines and
herring roe. All these dishes have a
special signification. The names of
some are Homogeneous with words of
happy omen; the others have an allie
gorical meaning The Holsters curved
back and long claws typify life pro
longed till the frame is bent and the
beard is long; the Sardines. which al
ways swim in pairs, express conjugal
bliss: the herring is symbolical of a
fruitful progeny.
These dishes are not intended for
consumption, although in most cases
the appetite is fairly keen. The ortho-
dox Japanese not only sees the old
year out: he rises at 4 to welcome the
newcomer and performs many ceremo-
MES before he breaks his fast.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
GALVESTON oEFIes THE SEA
Her Sea Wall Makes the OIeander City
Perfectly Safe.

1t will soon be five years since the
city Of Galveston, Texas, was pract-
cally destroyed. The loss of life and
the havoc wrought 70 property was
the greatest in the history OF Ameri-
ca. More than 5000 lives were lost in
the city alone and fully another thou
sand on the rest of the island and on
the mainland The amount of proper
ty destroyed was more than $4,000
600. This frightful calamity was not
the result of tidal wave or Of tor
nado, as is so frequently. stated, but
of a regular West Indian hurricane,
such as occur every autumn. The par
ticular storm which overwhelmed the
0leander City, was more terrific than
any ever known before, the wind
reaching a velocity of 100 miles an
hour. Such a wind has wonderful
power on water and the result was
that the Gulf of Mexico was practi-
cally picked up and hurled on the
doomed city.
Galveston, fortunately, can never
suffer from like visitation. Her peo-
pie, instead of abandoning their ruin
ed city, set about rebuilding and max
ing such a calamity impossible Of a
second recurrence. At an expenditure
of an enormous amount of money the
plucky people of the city have con-
structed a sea wall designed TO keep
out the waves of the Gulf of Mexico,
even should there come another such
a storm as that of 1900. This wall is
now completed for distance of over
three miles and follows the curve Of
the shore. 1t will be extended as time
passes. The wall is II feet above low
tide and is IS feet wide at the base,
narrowing at the top. The wall is
constructed of concrete and rests on
a foundation of piles driven A feet
into the clay. The sea front of the
concrete wall has an apron 81 feet
wide and feet thick and composed Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
TROTTlNG OR GALLOPINGP
What Do Fish Do, and Seals, and In
sects and Worms?

"hat 10 \ ISM DO, ana seals, and In
sects and Worms?
Here is a problem for people with
sharp eyes. AS we all know, a horse
when walking or trotting advances
only one leg of each pair at a time
but when galloping lifts both fore feet
together and then both hind feet. Now
the question is how other animals
manage this matter. The birds. Of
course, flap both wings together, but
which birds run and which hop? We
human beings "trot" when we walk,
and 'gallop" when we swim-that is,
If we are using the plain breast stroke
The dog, however, "trots" for both
Now, do the amphibiouS animals-the
seals, offers and the rest-swim like
men or like other four-footed crea-
lures?
Then there are the fish. One would
rather expect that, as they move their
tails from side to side, they would
flap alternately with the fms, which
are their hands and feet. Who can tell
whether they do or not. and whether
all fish at all times follow one rule?
By the way, how does a frog use its
hands?
The great anatomiSt. E. Ray Lankes-
FER, has lately pointed out that while
the thousand legs" such as our COM
mon gally worm. advance two feet of
a pair together. the centipeds. which
are much like them, do exactly the Cd
posite; and the swimming worms also
alternate the stroke of each pair of
paddles. l doubt if many people can
tell on which system the caterpillar
manages its dozen or so legs, or wheth-
or the adult insect walks. trots. PAGES.
or gallops on its six. How does the
spider use eight?
Altogether this is large field for
observation, a field, too where any
Que may discover new facts as vet un-
recorded, and thus add to the store of
knowledge-St. Nicholas,
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eyes, and wondered If 1 had gone
crazy. l was almost certain of it
when the ghost stretched out a pair
of chubby white arms and said
"Deevnin' dandpa"
"Ah," said the guest, with a relieved
sigh, Ibegin to see. And what did
you do then?"
Il don't exactly know" said the
landlord softly; but if there is any
thing that will bend a stubborn neck
quicker than the arms of little child
I'd like to know what it is. l put the
tired little prisoner down by the fire,
opened the door, and held out my
arms"
And the mother"
Yes; nodded the landlord, they
were both there; and, mister, 1 guess
that's the end of my story" and the
old man wiped his eyes.
You must excuse me-" he said
weakly, but that was a wet evening
and somewhom l haven't got quite
dry Grand Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-08-01
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.
Tornado Kills Two Men and Damages
Much Property-Dairy and Food Com
missioner Makes Appointments-New

With roar thar was heard FIVE miles
a tornado struck the northern rim of RAJ
cine coU~ty the other day, killing two
men and damaging property and crops to
the extent of 100000. The storm came
from the southwest, and at lis first dip
struck the large barn of Adolph Meis-
ner, which was torn to pieces. the debris,
with grain and farm machinery, being
scattered 200 feet. Trees We're uprooted
and blown away, the damage on this
farm alone amounting to 5000 In
every quarter grain is ruined, but no
other buildings were destroyed. For miles
trees can be seen uprooted and fences
down. At a farm in Thompsonyille a
workman whose name was not known
was struck and killed. Coroner Hoyt
was sent for to hold an inquest. Near
Union Grove Adam Hunter an old farm
er, was picked up by the storm and his
neck broken. At the Haumerson brick
yard lightning struck a shed and six men
were stunned. Two barns were struck
and their ends wrecked. At least doz-
en- cattle were killed and the telephone
wires in the district were blown Down.