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unbounded, and that she seeks to show
it by her works. Far from it! She is
the most obstinate and sullxy member
of the whole harem. Her temper is
simply awful, and when smoking her
| am never certain that the next in
slant may not witness f1areup which
will be, to say the least, decidedly un-
comfortable for one SO near. More
over am not at all certain that / have
quite succeeded in divorcing her from
her previous mode of life, for some
times when she is consuming the very
best brand of English tobacco I fancy
l can detect faint flavor of the old
mixture which, until I rescued her,
was her sole article of diet
But the gem of the collection-the
one which l could least afford to lose
is Nan. She is short, straight-stem
briar, of the form commonly called
bulldog" and the truest friend a man
ever had. She has no foibles or fan
cies; she gives no exhibitions of tenn
per or petty spite. Changes of cir
cumstances affect her not in the slight
COZ OSSACC 10 JuoI ndppy OuL
in storm as before grate-fre, and
does her work equally WE'LL Although
she has a decided preference for good
tobacco, yet when for any reason that
is not available, she will take what
ever comes, and do her very best to
consume it as if it were an expensive
brand. She scorns plush-lined cases,
and all other marks of an effete aris-
tocracy. Towards Miss Beauchamp-
Cholmodeley her attitude is one of
amused contempt. And yet in spite Of
her bon-hommie, the slightest attempt
to abuse her confidence will cause a
display of that quality colloquially
called "spunk," of which one would not
have thought her capable. Do you won
der that it is Nan who is my constant
companion-my best beloved?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08

We found, when we reached the bic
of tableland, 1000 feet up Mauna Loa,
that Kilauea was right before us, the
great deep cistern of a place that, a
few rods in front of the inn, dropped
down hundreds of feet. The cistern's
sides were from 800 to 400 feet deep,
its rim about eight miles around. We
went down into it's deepness and dark.
ness and mysteries. A more eerie
place could not be imagined. We left
smiling, green-clad earth for what
presently became the bottomless pit.
A steep, rough descent brought us
to the floor of the crater cistern, a
floor Of old lava, walking on which was
like walking on broken states, q sharp,
irregular. gritty, black-gray surface. A
sea of this stretched before us, de-
pressing. sinister, ugly. Here and there
steam rose from the scoria, coming
from cracks that reached down to
the heart of things. The sky off to the
far point towards which our faces
were set reflected dancing flames. AS
we followed the guide over rough
way, along a path marked by little
piles of lava, we now and then jumped
wide cracks which yawned abyss
mally, and by and by our feet halted
at hot, red-rimmed ones. Now the
smell of sulphur was hot and heavy
in the air, and, yes, we heard great
boiling and seething, heard occasional
reports, felt tremendous something.
And in a moment we stood on the
brink of Halemannian, Home Of Fire
the bottomlesS pit. 1t was the very
hell of childish imaginings; scarlet
pillows battling and leaping and roar
ing upon other pillows In widest fury,
fountains of fire spouting a hundred
feet in air, falling back to burst forth
again, higher and higher Pele,
great cauldron was, if l remember
Alright, 800 feet below us, but 1t was
quite near enough. We were afraid to
stay-afraid to go. Any moment the
lava in the Halemanman rim might
fall in, any moment the lake might rise
and overwhelm us. 1t was most ter
rifying, a tremendous manifestation of
natures power.
(Mayhap Pele stands to the Hawaii
ans for nature, "the forces or processes
of the material world, conceived Of as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08

never has been, and this appears to b
the starting point of the long con-
troversy.
In their own country the Irish are
longer lived people than the Germans
and, moreover. the death rate in Ire
land is considerably less than it is in
Germany. In 1900 it was % per thou
sand of population in Germany ans
only 1876 in Ireland.
BY the last published report of the
board of health, given in detail, the
number of deaths of Irish born resi-
dents Of New York was larger in Man
haitian, Brooklyn and Richmond. The
number of deaths among German resi-
dents was higher in Queens, and in
the Bronx it was exactly the same
though the census reports give the
number of German born residents in
the Bronx as being very much larger
than the number of Irish.
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MINNEHAHA.

always in good humor. 1t must be ad-
mitted that for a person of her dimen-
sions her appetite is somewhat abnor-
NAL, but who would begrudge her all
the tobacco she can consume, when
she is such jolly little soul? No beat
ing about the bush was necessary in
becoming acquainted with her. Ten
minutes after her arssyal she was pur-
ring and bubbling rontentedly, evil
IDENTIFY approaching to the full the ex-
cellence of my pet brand of the weed,
and utterly Obvious of the fact that
according to the ordinary standards
she was stranger. / fancy that her
unfailing good humor might become
monotonous if one were to be con-
stantly brought into contact with it,
but as a remedy for the ir, itation and
worry caused by the vagaries of the
arisCocratic Miss Beauchamp- Cholmod-
eley, Kitty is absolutely tkfallible.
There is romance connected with a
brown-clay and reed Indian pipe,
which, with rare originality, has been
christened ''Minnehaha." / rescued her
lrOm d ulSSuSLlnS OIu FIeSdH brave,
who was continually stuffing her with
a vile mixture Of "kirnikinnick" and
"black-strap" and blowing her up to
no end when her delicate nature re-
belled at such treatment. / bought
her for the price of a drink, and, after
carefully eliminating all outward
traces of her horrible experience, tried
to bring her gradually to state of
utter forgetfulness of her past. sup
pose you think that her gratitude is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
Dodgeville Orator Wins.

Madison.-In contest marked by a
high grade of performance, Charles G.
Pearce, of Dodgeville, representing the
Dodgeville district, won the state in
terscholastic declamatory contest held
at Library hall. He had for his sub
ject, 'The Boy Orator of Zepata City, =
and was the choice of judges and au-
dience for first place. Second place
went to Emma Shoemaker, of James
vile, with ''The Christmas Play rep
resenting the Whitewater district, and
third was given Mary Mcneil, of Wau-
sau, representing the Stevens Point
district and reciting Conner"
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which she now occupies-it is her des-
tiny. Consequently she sees no cause
for worry or ill-temper in the fact that
for weeks at time she sits in a cor
ner, neglected and almost forgotten,
while some one of her companions oc-
cupies the position of favorite, which
was unquestionably hers for some time
after her advent. She is a member of
that large class who would be spoiled
by too much attention. If l were to
smoke her for week, completely neg
lecting the others, she would become
altogether too demonstrative-"slo
berry" in fact (if an expressive vulgar
ism may be used). That is her nature.
Kitty O'Brien is a short, chubby
briar, with a vulcanite step. She is
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
THE MEANING OF JAPAN.
Growing Power in Asia, Which in .
Few Years, England Will Have
to Cope With.

Europe scarcely even yet recognizes
how prodigious an influence this rise
of a new power on the edge of Asia, in
the ocean which must, decade by dec
ade, increase in Importance till it's free
dom will preoccupy all maritime pow
ers as the freedom of the Atlantic does
now, will exercise on her policy, her am
billions and her commerce. Throw
aside all apprehensions about the ''yel-
low peril" leave China out of the cal
culation as sunk in irredeemable dotage,
assume Japan to stand alone, and still
Europe has to reckon with a power
which ten years hence, says the London
Spectator, will have twice Togo's fleet,
and which has proved that wherever
she can land an army, an army double
it's strength must be called out to render
defeat of the defenders improbable. OF
the ideas, aspirations and ultimate
plans of that power nothing, it may be
said. is known; but of her capacities and
her strength we now at least know
something. We know that she can keep
a secret for years, that her people will
fight to the death at the word of COM
mand: that she has the European be-
lief in science, and that she counts
among her statesmen and soldiers men
of the intellectual capacity to control
and guide huge masses of trained men
to any end she has decided on. No king
thinks that he can conquer Japan; no
statesman imagines that he can set
aside her vote in the Pacific or the In
dian ocean as a negligible quantity.
She may not govern China, but all the
long-devised European plans for gain
ing dominant influence in China or in
the archipelago must, without her peg
mission, be abandoned.
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Insurance Report.

MISUNDERSTANDING to compilations
by the Insurance Press. Wisconsin re
ceived during the year 1904 the sum of
81, 953, 1856 in claims paid by life insur-
ance companies. Of this Milwaukee re-
ceived 81, SAG, 9O9 The estimated amount
of life insurance carried in the city is
placed at $137 100000. La Cross received
$685. 44 in payments. Fond du Lac
$115,349, Racine $114,481, and Oshkosh
$154, 948. The other cities of the state
received payments under 100000
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08

and dreamed dreams and built afr
castles, and wrote out an open order
to sell his 20 shares at 80, but put it
in his pocket not wishing to let his
brokers get the impression that he
had gone in for the mere purpose of
"skinning the market" He expected
to see the stock hover around Is for
a month or so before starting on the
upward swing, so there was no need
of haste about putting in his selling
order. In the meantime he and Mir
lam could be looking around for a
fat.
A week later F., L. & B. common
was quoted at II, and there were ru.
mors of a reorganization which might
result in the wiping out of the COM
mon stock altogether. Archibald Wat.
kins began to have sinking spells, and
he fell into the habit Of breaking en-
gagements with Miriam. Two or three
times he decided to sell out and save
what he could of his hard-earned
money, but he put it off from day to
day, hoping there might be a reaction.
By the middle of August the stock was
quoted at six and one-half, and the
young man who had figured out profits
of about $S,O00,000 for himself in Is
years was convinced that the broker
who had referred to f., L. & B. COM
mon as "a nice old lady" had been
mistaken.
He quarreled with Miriam because
she thought he was foolish for not
saving what little he could from the
wreck.
"It's bound to turn" he assured her.
"Confound them, I'll show them that
they can't freeze me out I'll prove to
them that 1 have as much nerve as
any of them
"But think how much more sensible
it would have been," she answered,
eff you had taken my advice and kept
the money to furnish the fiat"
That made him angry. 1t was the
kind of talk he had always heard from
his mother when she was alive. It
had always been, Archibald, if you
had only listened to mel"
So he rushed away from Miriam,
bitterly saying:
when l get $50 share for my
stock I'll come back"
On the following day it went down
with sickening "plop" to three and
one-fourth, at which figure Archibald
Watkins sold out. Deducting the COM
missions, there was left for him about
$40 out of the $500 which he had paid
as his tuition fee.
The next morning he noticed that
the reaction had begun, and in foar
weeks F., L. & B. common was selling
around 25. When it touched 80 again,
A. Watkins sat and studied the fig.
ures long and earnestly. Also he re-
read a note which he had received
that morning from Miriam Ives.
Dearest Archibald (she wrote), see
now that you really did know what
you were talking about. Forgive me
for the doubts I expressed concerning
your wisdom. Be sure to come this
evening. | am so anxious to tell you
how much | admire you for your cour-
age and for your shrewdness. l have
just heard of the dearest fat. And I
am dying to congratulate you on your
-or-may I, dear, say our" success?
Yours impatiently, Miriam.
WELL" he said at last, pulling a
long sigh and letting the note drop
from his fingers, "I'm a goat if I'd
have believed before it happened that
they'd go to SO much trouble to get
the money I put into it."-Chicago
Record-Heral
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
Hurt in Boiler Explosion.

Barron.-The boiler in the Barron
heading and staving mill exploded here.
badly injuring Walter Stowell and Oscar
Patterson 1t is thought both will re-
cover. The boiler went straight up
about 400 feet and completely wrecked
the engine room. Patterson was found
in the debris over 100 feet from the mill.
Stowell crawled out of the wreck. Both
were not ten feet away when the boiler
exploded.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Another sawmill Burns.

Washburn. = The large sawmill
owned by Blakely & Sprague was total
ly destroyed by fire recently. The fire
started in the boiler room, and before
the fire company could arrive the
whole mill was ablaze, and it was only
by the greatest efforts of the fire COM
pany and several fire tugs that the fire
was kept from spreading to the other
mills. The mill originally cost about
$4,000, including tramways, etc., with
only $4,000 insurance. The estimate of
lumber burned is from 100000 to S40,-
600, fully insured. Most of the lumber
belonged to a lumber company of Chi
cago,
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tourists to journey thither to be in
when the great spectacle was at it's
height.
Hawaii, like Switzerland, is jealous
to make capital of her natural beau
ties and wonders, and as a rule re-
joices when the volcano puts off slug
gishness and becomes anew great
lake of fire; now, however, the folk
ated the volcano are less interested
in tourists dollars than apprehensive
of threatening danger. for Madam
Pele is sending forth warnings of great
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bTutally seize her, fill her with tobacco
and commence smoking. That would
have caused such an outburst of indig-
nation on her part as to preclude for
ever the possibility of our relations be-
coming smooth and harmonious. On
the contrary, it was necessary that she
should be carefully prepared for the
ordeal, and that the successive steps
in the process should be taken without
undue haste. At first my efforts to-
wards recOntre were most unsatis-
factory. l was treated alternately with
cold d1sdain and scorching irony. But
gradually / began to notice a change
coming over the aristocratic features
"a softer glow seemed to be slowly
displacing the cold whiteness of her
earlier countenance, and / knew that
my efforts to draw her out were not to
be altogether unrewarded. Since then
we have continued to approach a per-
feet understanding of each other. 1t is
true that l occasionally forget some
one of her many Feculiarities, thereby
provoking an exceedingly unpleasant
exhibition of her indignation, but these
occasions are becoming less frequent.
and I hope shortly to be able to feel
that [ am associating with one of the
nobility without being de trop.
Miss Beauchamp- Cholmodeley's air
of distinction and superiority was the
cause of a recent tragedy. Her neigh
Dor was Mary Smith, briar and imita-
tion-amber; and up to the time of the
aristocrat's arrival she did her work
without the slightest fuss. But one
day she awoke to the fact that her
figure was almost exactly the same as
that of her high-born neighbor. I'm
mediately her name developed into
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
Suicide Pact Ends in Prison

Milwaukee,. H. Milligan, who ran
away with Florence Groves from Chi
cago on January 16 and agreed to COM
NIT suicide with her at the Blanz hotel,
which compact he lodged after the girl
had killed herself, has been sentenced
to Waupun. He pleaded guilty to man
slaughter in the first degree and was
given the maximum sentence, ten years
at hard labor
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
Meets Horrible Death.

heboygan.-Herman Zuberglied, a
Russian, aged "a years, met horrible
and lingering death at the Badger
State tannery. While at work he was
caught in belt and drawn into fast
running cog wheel, where he was terri
bly, crushed. 1t was necessary to take
the machine apart before the man
could be released, and he was con-
scious part of the time while the work
was going ON.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
Seasonahle

Bill-Do you have seasonable dishes
at your boarding house?
Jill-Do we? Why, we had snow
pudding nearly every Sunday last win.
teri-Yonkers Statesman.
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General Principles, Perhaps.

Several persons in Pittsburg were
Frustrated in consequence of eating lin
burger cheese recently. At this distance
from the scene of tia catastrophe, how
ever, it IS impossible to say whether
the trouble was caused by the strength
of the cheese or the weakness of the
consumers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08
D 6EO 6

OR some months past Ha-
wall has been sending
forth word to tourists that
her changeful attraction,
Kilauea, was again show
ing signs of renewal of ac-
tiVitV and inviting the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08

aGA I'D 1t ever occur to you, on
kMM worshipper at the shrine Of
WM SZ1# "the great god Nicotine"
W what a striking reSem-
NaSM 8 blance exists between the
VWI. pipe which you smoke and
the woman whom you meet
on the street or in the drawing room?
Kipling extols the beauty and worth of
his
"-Harem Of dusky beauties,
Fifty tied with a string"
but it would seem that even a cigar
does not present so many points OF
similarity to woman as does briar,
a meerschaum, or even a clay. l my
self possess harem of six fairly rep
resentative types.
Miss Beauchamp-Ch olmodeley is an
aristocratic meerschaum. Noblesse
oblige is suggested in every curve of
her sinuous figure, and she has pre-
served the traditions Of long line Of
noble forbears. Having been born in
the purple" (the plush lining of the
case is that color, she is somewhat
delicate and fragile, and the slightest
violence or sharpness in ones treat
ment of her is almost certain to leave
a permanent mark. The attempt to
make her acquaintance was long and
trying experience, although by reason
of the uncertainty it never became
monotonous. It was necessary that the
first advances should be made very
gingerly. 1t would never have done to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-06-08

It's the shadow of suspicion that
throws many q man in the shade.
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head for figures, and one evening after
he had been thinking for long time
about Miriam Ives-a neat figure she
was-he did some figuring on F., L. & B.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-01
kNERVlLlE ITEMS.

Knerville, July 2S.-Mrs. Minnie
Witsiers is visiting friends in Belt.
Haying is we'll under way There
will not be a very heavy crop.
Shearing will be finished in this
vicinity in a few days.
Mrs. John Sanders, of Belt, is Wis
ting friends and relatives here.
A dance will be given at the hall
this evening. An enjoyable time is
anticipated.
Among those at Great Falls this
week were ZenO Balm, G. S. kner and
NJ. N. Jensen.
Mr. and Mrs. David Friels and Mr.
Wilson. of Steele. have been camp
ing along the Cottonwood.
Miss Christine Jensen. who has
been visiting her brothers during the
past three months, has returned 10
her home in the east.
Mr.. j. o. Pangburn. who has been
teaching near HighwOod, passed
through here last week on his way
to the Shonkin.
Some person broke into the school
house the Fourth of July and stole
the comb and a piece OF toiiet soap
and, few days later. the shears. Inc
party who took the articles Is known,
and it is not necessary to say that the
comb was needed for more reasons
than one. and the soap will MI long
felt want. but what use Will De mace
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-08-01
RAMBLEs ROUND ROGERS.

c. H. Steele is preparing to can
vass the county in the interest of
literary productions.
Mr.. Newman, who has been employ
ed by George Shepard, will soon de-
part for Canada, where he has rela-
tives.
Mrs. James Haggerty recently WIS.,
tied at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Austin Van Nest.
James Cooper was at Lewistown
last Saturday on business
Mrs. ]. P. Cooper and Mrs. Hagger-
ty visited at Mrs. w. A. Stingley's
last week.
Billy Hirsch, the Lewistown medal
winner with shot gun, passed
through here on his way to Art Eli
jah's. where he goes to investigate
the possibilities of likely homestead,
and the opportunity of buying good
farm.
A camera paid the school much
needed visit last week, and underwent
the onerous and perilous task of TAX
ing a few "shots" of the students
and teacher. No doubt some valuable
ize.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Wentworth
and family have been spending num-
Der Of days in our midst. Charley
took a ride up on Alaska bench, and
put the iron to few of his horned
sources of wealth.
Bob Schiller just finished hauling
lumber for Clark & Thompson and
will now help A. L. Lang dur: ing the
haying season.
P. S. Glenn, of Mcdonald creek, was
at the county metropolis recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ayers came ov-
er from Grass Range to spend few
days with the family of Mrs. Ayers.
The Yoemen had a rousing meeting
the school house Saturday night,
and organization has been perfected.
Will and Jim Bennett are hauling
lumber to the Lewistown Lumber Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Downing are visiting
with Mrs. Nave on Warm Spring
creek.
E. c. Railsback, of Billings, and
his daughter, Lulu. passed through
here on the way to Billings last Satur-
day. Mr.. Railsback has been pur-
chasing sheep. while Miss Lulu has
been renewing acquaintance of col
lege days.
A picnic was given at Frames last
Sunday to the soldier boys who
fought so valiantly during the Span
ish American war. The occasion was
due to the liberality of Uncle Sam,
who graciously remembered Mr..
Frame. and rewarded him for his SER
vices in the Indian country, DIR. Frame
having served at the Fort Maginnis
post during the pioneer days of this
commonwealth