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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

Every particle OF weather stain was
half-nude ef1igy of the Father Of His
Country steod out as white and glisten-
ing as the day it came from the sculp-
tors hands. Then the thrifty house,
keeper started the work on the nuner-
Gus marble figures that ornament the
front of the capitol and scraped away
lichen, stain and all discolorations I'M
til, to his satisfaction at least, these
groups stood forth as clean as parlor or
naments. This process was an offense
to the esthetes, who believe that the
charms of outside statuary is always
heightened by the work of the ele-
ments. This spasm of cleanliness, how
ever. has passed, and the capitol stat
ues are now allowed to accumulate the
evidence of age. There was even prop
osition to paint the statue of Freedom
on top of the dome, but that sacrilege was
prevented and the splendid bronze fig
ure with the green stain of time upon it
remains untouched
The desire for freshly scrubbed sur
faces strikes the custodian OF the Treas
ury building every once in a while and
men are put to work to scrape the dark
stains from the Corinthian pillars that
line the exterior of that building. They
have never been able to go over the
entire building and usually get tired of
their job, or the money runs out, after
one side has been scraped; SO that the
fine old building presents rather in
congruous appearance with one side
clean and white and the other three
showing dark weather stains.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Shall mr Sprak tlrr
Trnth nr 4 Fir I?
By DIR. GEORGE r. sHRADY.
New York Specialist.

uncivized the and unchrsian
The of truth people, and when be available
wisdom 1t perfectly right to suppress the truth
you tell patient he die Suppression helping
him along and giving him courage.
Contrary morality people understand
aspect Truth ted when does good and when
is wicked thing to destroy ones faith humanity
and the anan great deal of recuperatve tissue
the ordinary agiaons of life but doubt if the
the shock injuries of one days truth telling
percentage ayums filled with people suffer
melancoa who time their lives have been the
disageeable truth when wholly unprepared to receive it.
Truth telling practed with improper spirit would neither bene
til the community and whether told New York
elsewhere would certainly find a disastrous end.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

/ WAS ASHAMED OF DAD MYSELF.
any pants, because what pants the Arabs
didn't tear were worn off on the stones,
so when he showed up in front of the
spinks he was sight, and he bought a
turban of guide and unwound it and
wound it around him in place of pants.
l was ashamed of dad myself, and it is
pretty hard to make me ashamed.
We went back to Cairo on the cars, and
what do you think, that dead camel that
the Arabs made dad pay fc- was with
the caravan going back to town, cause
We saw him out of the car window with
the hair wore off where dad kicked him
in the side. The tourists say the Arabs
have that camel trained to die every day
when they get to the pyramids, and they
make some tenderfoot pay for him at the
end of eaca journey. Dad is going to try
to get his money back from the Egyp-
tian government. but I guess he will
never realize on his claim.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Woman swirns at Eighty.

Past so, Mrs. Mary frankie, guest
In a hotel at Seaside station, Rock
away Beach, claims the distinction OF
being the oldest woman bather In that
resort. Monday she donned an or
binary bathing suit, and plunged into
the ocean with as much vim and
swan about as if she were less than
two score Of years. Mrs. frankie 10
an expert swimmer, and the pretty
girl bathers envied her as she swan
out far beyond the lifeboats, needless
Of the big rollers which swished her
about and at times promised to carry
her far out TO sea.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

navy. A table recently prepared by the
English Navy and Record gives the fol-
lowing cost of maintenance of an en-
listed man in four of the big navies OF
the world In the United States navy it
is S565; in the English navy, $500; in the
French navy, $3.50, and in the Russian
navy, $3.50, or only half that in the Eng
lish navy and less than half that in the
United States navy. Under the head OF
maintenance is included pay, clothing,
food and allowances.
An estimate of the pay received by
men and petty officers in the American
navy can be formed by taking the pay
roll of one of the battleships. There
is the Maryland. forSinstance, which is
one of the latest Eattieships to go into
commission. She has T31 enlisted men,
of whom 25 per cent. are petty officers.
The lowest wage paid is $19 month and
the highest $75.47. Seven of these
petty officers receive more than SIS a
month There are II more who get over
$40 and less than SIS; four who receive
more than $50 and less than $40; 25 more
than $50 and less than $50; 80 more than
$40 and less than $50; 1874 more than $50
and less than $40. and 139 more than
$25 north.
No foreign battleship can compare
with that record for the pay of it's en-
listed force, and this does not include
the extra pay and allowances such as are
received by seamen in charge of holds,
qualified gun pointers, who get from So
to $40 to their regular pay and five
dollars a month to the gun cap
tains. A man on the retired list of the
navy gets three-fourths of his active
pay, and it is, possible for enlisted men
to obtain homes with better facilities
than the average wage worker in other
lines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

French army six years ago in the fast
time OF 16 hours and % minutes. He
wants a crispness to the atmosphere,
he says, when he makes an attempt az
the mark and, accordingly, will wait
until October before setting himself to
his task. The run will be made in the
vicinity Of Chicago over roads on which
he has been running almost daily for
the last seven months. For more than
rear Corey has been training with the
hope of lowering the 100-mile mark lie
started one month before the Olympian
games last summer, and has been run
ming from five to 80 miles daily since
that date. Diet and sleep have little to
do with his work. He has no set diet,
has no hobbies about eating, and lives
on only two meals a day, although he
manages to stow away enough eatables
on these two meals to last him for the
"a hours. There is no use in man
combining himself to any certain ar
ticle of food" he declares. 81 eat what
ever ] like, and it agrees with me.
like meat, especially when it is cooked
rare, and / like eggs. i eat four or
i've eggs every day. never take soup.
and seldom eat vegetables. live most
ly on meat and wine. Wine If of the
right kind, builds man up, and drink
lots of it. Beer is not so good. Tdrink
1t only once day. l do not like to
sleep very long. | am never in bed
more than seven hours at the most, and
| generally average about five and one
half or six hours sleep night. get
up every morning at four o'clock and
run over to the Chicago stockyards,
where / work. Eight hours sleep is
unnecessary, and believe that it weak
ems man more than it strengthens
him." Corey is % years old, and is
five feet eight inches in height. He
is said to be one Of the best proper
toned and most ideally built athletes
that ever ran on Marshall field, at
Chicago
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in depth. All this accumulation had to be
scraped away before the work of paint
ing the huge dome could begin. Ever
since congress left the capitol last
March a force of men have been at
work on the rOtunda, and more thrill
ing sight than half dozen painters and
cleaners at work sitting on frail seats
suspended by ropes from the upper part
of the dome could not be imagined 1t
makes one dizzy to look up and see
those workmen with nothing between
them and the floor of the dome. $50
feet below, except a slight board at
tached to two ropes suspended from the
rim of the dome.
The sight of these workmen was a
fascinating one, despite it's blood-chill-
ing character. The thousands of tour
lists that thronged to this old building
during the summer have carried with
them memory as thrilling as those who
witness the most daring mountain
climbing feats. A misstep or an un-
sound strand in the rope meant a hOrri-
bic death for these workmen The rem
ovation of the dome has worked a great
change in its appearance Always i'm
pressiye, the new fresh coat of paint has
given it added beauty. The historical
paintings around the base have all been
refreshed Gsd the circle of frescoes u1l-
der the first gallery which are intended
TO illustrate the great events in the his
tory of the country now stand out more
distinctly.
The dome is to be further improved
by 5000 incandescent lamps which will
illuminate it. Heretofore this has been
a ghostlike place at night, when only
a few faint gas jets supplied the light.
The new lamps will be arranged in four
rows, the first will light up the mural
painting at the top of the dome and the
other rows will be so arranged that only
the light effect will be seen, the lamps
themselves will be concealed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Renovating the Capitol.

OR the first time in
a great number of
years the rotunda
of the capitol is be-
ing thoroughly rem
ovated. The accu-
mutation of dust in
t h i S magnificent
structure has been
so deep as to hide
many of the beau
ties of the fresco
and other decora-
tons. / n S Q m e
places the black,
fine dust was found
=
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

The celebrated statue of Washington,
by Greenough, which stands in the
plaza Immediately facing the capitol
was the first dark tinss 20 this piece Of
marble, and it was assuming the charm
Of an old world antiquity, but the gem
tlemen of the scrubbing brush in charge
OF the capitol decided to make the
statue as good as new"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Would Stop the Tips.

HERE is a promis-
ing field in Wash
ington for the OPP
GRAFTON of an anti
tipping S &C i e t y.
The E ur o p e a n
practice of giving
tips for every serv-
ice rendered has
grown to such an
extent in the ma
tional capital that
strong protests be-
ing heard and prop
sitions advanced to
have congress pass
som O law or TAQllla.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Scrubbing Statues.

PRACTICE which
some artists rated
as little less than
vandalism has not
been followed of
late in the care of
public buildings
a n d S t a t u e S in
Washington. A few
y e a r S ago some
bright genius with
a love for cleanli-
ness conceived the
idea II scrubbing
the alleGorical fig
ures and S t a t Il e S
about the capitol.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

record mark, bus
Albert Corey, tho
Frenchman long
distance ru n n 9 Y,
who has won sev-
eral M a ra t h o N
races wearing the
colors of the c. A
A., has decided to
make a try for y
new worlds record
fol tn e century.
which he himself
holds. having run
the distance when
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
SOME INTERESTING CHATTER
FROM NATIONAL CAPITOL.
PAY IN NAvIEs OF WORLD
American Jackies Get More Than
Those of Other Navies-Clean-
ing the Capitol Building
New Electric Lights.

A S HIN TON
Compared wit b
men of other navies
in the world the
American jackies
have a pretty good
time and receive
high compensation.
The pittance that
some of the foreign
ers receive for their
services is pitiful,
and then the allow
ances made to the
enlisted men do not
compare with those
of the enlisted men
in the United States
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

shadow of a doubt
the most eccentric
C h a rae t er that
ever graced an
athletic field. He
has during his
career on the dia-
m o n d furnished
more food for SEN
sational s torie s
and at the same
time caused more
, rr~oxy 1,ns,.c ~ ~
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

-AG4N Gil OIAAOA LII LIZ
of amusement fail
in Washington, po-
litical spectators
t ur n to cabinet
making. There is
scarcely a fortnight
passes that n e w
gossip does not crop
out about cabinet
changes. President
Roosevelt at first
was a trif1e sensi-
tive about these ru-
mors and specula-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
There Is a wise and

There is a wise and
benefcent policy in con-
cealment when it softens
the troubles of others,
and if your question inn
plies that the truth
should be told with an
insensibility to the sor-
rows OF others. then I
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

terpriSing managers than any other
man who wore a uniform. His antics
while with Pittsburg four years ago
were harmless at first, but as the sea-
son progressed he would time and
again fail to appear when advertised to
pitch. Upon one occasion RUDE was
missing, and hunt finally located the
big twirler standing on box In front
of ten-cent side show exhorting the
crowd to come in and see the wonder
full cherry cat. Mack finally induced
him to return to the fold, when all
went well for while, until one after
noon spectator in the grand stand
made some disparaging remark to the
big pitcher, who threw the ball on the
ground, jumped into the grand stand,
grabbed the offender by the neck, lad
hustled him out. He was arrested for
this. but the case was settled out or
court. Another time, when pitching
against Baltimore, RUDE called in the
outfielders and sent the infielders to
the bench, and struck out the next two
batsmen. Upon another occasion he
failed to turn up and was found on
vacant lot pitching game for
schoolboy team, and refused to 20 to
the ball park until he had struck out
the side. At Cape May he was billed
to pitch against the seashore nine, but
did not like the Job. To get away from
the task he walked out to the edge or
the pier and deliberately fell over
board. When he was hauled out or tina
water he laughed at his rescuers.
His experience on the stage in "The
Stain of Guilt" was one unbrolen chain
of adventures. He persisted in coming
on at the wrong time, seldom knew his
lines. and insisted in occupying the
center of the stage at all times. The
management was at last compelled to
put Rube's trunk on the street and re-
fused to let him enter the theater.
After this experience he tried his hand
at the butchering business, and after
he had mangled pound after pound OF
choice steaks, chops and roasts he was
once again cast adrift Driving hack
was his next venture, but after he had
ruined two or three good horses and
scared the wits out of at least half
dozen passengers he lost his job.
There has been no raiding or racing
at Delmar race track, st. Louis, the
track having been temporarily closed
by order of the stockholders of ths
Delmar Jockey club.
For the third time In four years the
Egan cousins-C Chandler and Walter Il.
have engaged In their fayorite stunt
at Glenview, ILL.,, dividing the western
golf championship.
Manager Frank G. Aelee Of the Chi
cago National league club has been
granted an indefinite leave of absence
by the officials of the club.
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SPORTS AND


Seldom has any athlete attempted to
run 100 miles with view to setting =
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
One Not Enough

Tie average girl believes in affinitiea
and lots of them.-N. Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
Very Likely

I'VE thought said the reporter.
that you might caY.. to say something
about these charges against YOU"
NO. replied the crooked public of
fetal, 81 believe THAI silence Is
golden .
Well replied the reporter, sspe~
haps the public might bsiieve It's
merely gilt in this case. - Catholic
Standard and Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

The Bad Boy and His Dad Climb the
Pyramids-The Bad Boy Lights a
Cannon Cracker in Rameses' Tomb
They Flee from Egypt in Dis
guise.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24

George Edward Waddell, better
known as plain "Rube," is without a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-08-24
The Cabinet Makers.

y HEN all other forms
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-29
WHO HAS TT

n you happen to have In your pos
session a $4,000 greenback he
treasury department at Washington
would be pleased to hear from you.
Somebody somewhere holds the single
note above stated which for a con-
siderable period the government has
been awaiting an opportunity to re.
tire. The amount of United States
notes originally issued in the $4,000
denominations was $4,000, 900, and
the same amount was issued In $4,000
notes. OF the former there remains
but one that has not been surren'
dered for retirement, and only two
notes Of the latter denomination are
still IN the hands OF the public: i
would be interesting to know where
these three g%reenbacks are held, ~
they. have not been accidentally lo1,
OF destroyed. The. largest aatiosel
bank notes now issued are for $1.0N4
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-29

luted local water supply, In the
same way. those farmers whose stock
drink contaminated water. pass the
disease germ into the milk they give
out, and In this way whole communi'
ties are often Infected. The same
evil results ensue where milk II aiul.
teratsd by impure water, or the mix
dealer washes his cans with the same
kind OF water--and TO this source as
we'll as 10 the sewage fattened oysters
are due scores Of typhoid epidemics,
whose cause does not lie In the local
supply. As In Brooklyn today. also.
the beginning Of such epidemics and
their continuance til the discovery
Ii made, Is clearly ~traceable. not to
the water supplied for domestic pur-
poses. but to the practice 80 fire.
quently INDUCED In and not stopped
by the authorities, OF bathing In wa
ter flowing past the entrances To sew
ers or In ponds into which sewers
and privies discharge, or the contents
OF cesspools percolate. This foul wa
ter Is taken into the system by beint
swallowed or forced into the oesopha
gus through the nostrils, or absorbed
through the pores Of the skin--in the
last case particularly II the bather !
perspiring when he enters the water.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-29
THE TYPHOID scouRoE.

A New York magazine. Fire and
Water Engineering" which Is pub.
lished In the interest Of fire protec.
ton. water supply and sanitation. has
an excellent article on he prevention
Of typhoid fever, in which It sets
forth facts which every one ought to
know. and which. II carefully observ
ed. might be the means OF preventing
many cases Of fever. He-s Is a por.
tion Of the article:
The typhoid fever season has fair
ly set In, this year with unusual viru-
lence In one or mor cities especially
In Greater New York, one division of
which. namely. the borough Of Brook
lyn. Is In evil plight from its ravages.
The conclusion Is Immediately jump.
ed at that the local water supply Is to
be blamed for the outbreak, whenever
1t occurs, whereas. In many cases, the
cause Is to be sought for In some.
thing totally different-wth which
the water supply has nothing what.
ever to do. At the same time, as ty-
phoid fever is reckoned. and rightly.
among the water-borne diseases, there
are many cases In which contami.
mated water Is the indirect cause Of
infection. Thus, where oysters are
fattened In water polluted with sew.
age, their consumption introduces the
typhoid organism into the system, ana
the consumer may be as surely stricS.
EN- down as II he had drank of a poi.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-29

population Is sixty.seven to the square
mile. In the United States II Is
twenty.slx 10 the square mile, The In
habitants OF the Philippines are usu.
ally found on or near the coast, ex.
cept In the island OF Luzon. where
about half the people live In two rich
valleys In the interior. Only one.
seventh OF the civilized population
live Inland, but the wild peoples are
confined almost entirely TO the In
terror.
In the archipelago there are 49,
400 barrios. or villages. with an aver
age population OF 500 inhabitants. The
average size OF the barrio varies
widely In different provinces. A
number OF adjacent barrios form q
pueblo. or municipal unit, and thus
there is practically no rural popula
ton. Threefifths OF the population
live In villages OF less than 1000
inhabitants and 4 per cent In town:
OF over 5000.
There are four towns with a popula
ton exceeding 10000 each, and thirty
five with a population exceeding
5000. Manila Is the only incorpor
ated city In the islands and its In
habitants number 219.92S.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-29
pusl.,c SERVICE or RAILWAYS

The number Of passengers reported
rs carried by the railways In the year
ending June 80. 1904, was 7l5.4ls,-
$50. indicating an increase OF 2O,52s.-
147 as compared with the year end.
Ing June 30. 1903. The passenger mile
age, or the number OF passengers car.
ried 1 mile, was 21.923.?lS.536 hav-
ing increased 1907, 449,655.
The number Of tons OF freight re-
ported as carried %(including freight
received from connecting roads and
other carriers) was 1908, 1893, l65.
which exceeds the tonnage Of the pre-
vious year by 5,504,s42 tons. The
ton-mileage, or the number Of tons
carried 1 mile. was 174,522, 0S9.577,
the increase being 1900, S10.584. The
number OF tons carried l mile per mile
OF line was S29.476, which figures In
dictate a decrease In the density OF
freight traffic Of 25.966 ton.miles pei
mile OF line.
The average ven per passenger
ne year mentioned ~
zoos cents. the average for the pre-
ceding year being the an Thu
average revenue per ton per mile wa
O.78O cent. This average for the pre-
ceding year was O.763 cent. Earn
/, ings- per train mile show an increas
for passenger but q decrease TO
J freight trains. The average cost 9
runaing ! iraia ! mile appears to has
! increased between I and s cents. Th
E RATIO Of operating expenses to earl
ings, 67.7s pei. cent, also increased !
0 comparison with the preceding yea
when It was 66.18 per cent.
A, summary OF freight traffic, 'class
fled on the basis Of q comlhodit
= classification embracing some tnttt
! eight items. Is continued for the vel
undertreytew.