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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Kept Tax Receipts Eonc.

Charles King, of East Liberty, q
suburb of Pittsburg, is what might be
termed a careful man. He has been a
voter in the East Liberty district since
1857 and when asked on the last reg
istration day if he had tax receipt
he pulled from pocket tax receipts
for the last Al years. When asked by
the registrar if he had any more he
replied that if he went down deep in
to his strong box" at home he might
possibly find a few dating long back
before the oldest member of the board
was born. Mr.. King is now rs years
old, having been born in Baltimore in
1928, removing to East Liberty in
1857. His first presidential vote was
cast for John G. Fremont and his last
for Theodore Roosevelt. He is a
stanch Republican and as contractor
and brick manufacturer for half CEN
fury has contributed much to the up
building and growth of East Liberty.
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Microbe of GRAY Hair.

They have discovered a new milo
robe in New York and it Is quite popu-
lar among actors and society women.
1t is called the chromophage, its spe-
cial function being to turn the hair
gray at a comparatively early age. The
handsome actor who has those white
hairs on his temple that the women
admire SO is full of the chromophages.
Baldheaded men are immune from the
microbes. He only attacks the hair,
and man without hair need not Wor-
ny about the chromophage. For years
it was thought that process Of the
blood killed the coloring matter OF the
hair cells, but scalpologists in New
York combat that theory. They say
it is the chromophage. The microbe
does not like heat and for that reason
the woman who uses the curling tongs
is less likely to have gray hair than
the one who puts her hair up in pa
pers.
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KING OF sAFE-BREAkERS.
Marvellous DeIicacy of Hearing Pos
sessed by Miner James.

Miner James was the most artistic
safe-breaker in the business" said
Lecocq the detective. He is dead
now. He opened in his time over 700
safes without tools or gunpowder
solely by working out the combination
with his delicate and patient fingers.
cit took me a year. he once said,
to learn the trick of picking combina-
tons. I studied all the locks there
were and had three safes of different
makes to practice on. The ear is the
most important factor in my method
and it must be held tight against the
safe door on a line with the tumblers.
When the knob of The lock is turned
slowly and one of the tumblers reach
es the notch corresponding to the first
number of the combination the tum-
bier will fall with a little click. Care
must be taken not to displace this
tumbler You keep on trying the knob
back and forth gently till each of the
tumblers drops. Then the door opens.
Hardly one man in thousand has an
ear delicate enough for this work and
to be success at it you've got to give
up tobacco and alcohol
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
DAY OF TRIUMPH POSTPONED.
Dudekins Has Vet to Get Even with
WITTY Charmer.

She had been having fun with poor
Dudekins for long time, and he was
wishful to get even with her. His
idea took the form of brilliant conun-
drum, whose answer Dudekins
thought was locked in his manly chest.
II have a conundrum for you, Miss
Frances he said, when he next met
her.
"Ah!" she responded. What is it!
Who gave it to you?"
81 made it up myself" he asserted,
bridling somewhat.
Indeed! What is it?"
"Why are my clothes like the
moon?"
She hesitated moment, and Dude
kins began to look triumphant.
you may think" she said, slowly
and Dudekins somehow felt the sand
slipping from under hin-"it is be
cause they have a man in them, and
you have a perfect right to think as
you please. But, Mr.. Dudekins, opin-
ions differ!"
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" Twas dog-ca-art made out iv a
soap box"

structions; but when that is impossible,
any way is good enough for him.
CT is WRONG" he thought, as he
caught the tail-board of the wagon as
it went past, 'but t is betther than not
thryin' at all.'
1t required both strength and activ-
ity, but Policeman Flynn succeeded in
swinging himself over the tail-board,
and worked his way along the wagon
box to the seat. Here he found that the
reins had fallen over the dashboard,
and he had to climb over the seat to get
them. He was just reaching for them,
and the watching pedestrians were
starting q cheer for his pluck, when the
horse stumbled and fell.
can d. we know" he said in telling
about it afterward, eth very first
thing I knew was sittin' ashtride tn
hor-rse's neck, an had tn dashboard
with me- had that same"
At the tine, however, he had no
leisure to think of that feature Of his
trip. He merely knew that he was
astride the aeck of a struggling horse,
and that a lot of men were giving him
advice from q safe distance.
"Sit on his head" roared two or
three.
why, We divils," sputtered Police
man Flynn, IL the midst of his wrestling
match, ID We think wa-ant FIR to sit on
his hoofs?"
Hold him down." was another cry
from the crowd.
Don't let him get up!" advised sorae
others.
He'll get away" shouted the doubt
full ones.
IF We think SO, why don't some of ye
sma-art lads put salt on his tail?" de-
manded Policeman Flynn, as he finally
got settled on the horses head, and
thus was able to hold him comparative
ly quiet. "Ye're bra-ave cr-rowd, We
are, FIR sure" he went on sarcastically,
"shtandin' there, afraid to give me a
ha-and whin have him down. If amy
iv We ha-ave hor-rses iv ye-er own ye'd
betther sell thin an buy sheep FIR to
dhrive.'
Just at this moment the captain
pushed his way through the crowd, and
few minutes later they had the horse
on his feet, still nervous, but reasonably
quiet.
AS result of his experience Police
man Flynn was sight to see, especially
as he hadn't even had time to brush off
his uniform. The captain looked him
over and laughed.
What were you doing out there on
his neck, Barney?" he asked.
The glance that Policeman Flynn
gave his superior was reproachful, but
the tone of his answer, at least, was
respectful.
81 was in tn wagon first" he said,
"but l ray-mimbered ye-er words, an
I come out here FIR to ca-atch him be
tn Bit
Copyright 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Copyright, by the Century Coz
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18

less, having run down from $50 to 125
pounds. 1 was having terrible pain in
the kidneys, and the secretions passed
almost involuntarily. My left leg
swelled until it was "a inches around,
and the doctor tapped it night and
morning until I could no longer stand
it, and then he advised amputation.
refused, and began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural,
and all my pains and aches disap-
peared. l have been we'll now for nine
years since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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HE STOPS A RUNAWAY.

They had been discussing the vari-
GUS duties of a policeman at the station,
and the subject of runaways had come
up for incidental consideration.
"The way to stop runaway" the cap
tain mad said, els to catch the horse by
the bit. Never yell at him, for that
only frightens him the more, and OF
course the worst thing man can do
is to get out in the street and jump
around and wave his arms. Just keep
your head, take things cool and easy,
and catch him by the bit. You might
as we'll try to stop a locomotive by
catching hold of the tender as to stop
horse by grabbing any of the harness
back of the bride"
"Is thin to be ta-aken as Ordhers?"
Policeman Barney Flynn had asked at
this point.
Certainly" the captain had replied
chin t is me that hopes they'll put
cur-rb-bits with handles to thin on
fvery hor-rse in me district" had
been Policeman Flynn's comment.
Nevertheless, these instructions,
given half jokingly in general con-
versation some time previous to the
events here to be recorded, became firm
ly impressed on the policeman's mind
He referred to them repeatedly in his
conversations with his wife, and on one
occasion, when she was endeavoring to
lay her hands on their elusive boy Ter
ry, he suddenly called to her: "Ca-atch
him be tn bit!" The subject seemed to
worry him not little.
'Wondher," he remarked on another
occasion, eff t was in his mind I'd thry
FIR to ca-atch him be tn leg"
"P'r'aps," suggested Mrs. Flynn, che
had tn idee ye'd ca-atch him be tn tail
or that ye'd grab tn back iv tn wagon
an pull"
"Oho! t is likely So" returned Po-
! liceman Flynn. but it luks to me like
a matther that day-pinds on circum-
sthances. Ye ray-mimber Tim Dolan,
Mary, him that weighed two hunderd
an ninety-siven pounds in his shtock-
infect"
''Ye're thinkin' iv how tall he was, >
interrupted Mrs. Flynn.
Il am not" retorted the policeman.
"I'm thinkin' iv tn size iv his fut an
tn consiquint weight iv his boots. Now
will We hold ye'er clapper shtill an let
me ma-ake me pint on tn shtoppin' iv
runaways? Twas pure raysoorceful'
ness with him. TIL ca-art was comm
down tn shtreet with little girl in
1t, an tn dog was r-runnin' away"
9TH dog?" cried Mrs. Flynn, in as
| constituent.
''F'r sure replied Policeman Flynn.
set was dog ca-art made out iv soap
box, an tn dog all iv sudden whit
afther a cat. livery ma-an an bye in
til block thried FIR to shtop it, an not
wan c'u'd do it, an thin it come TO
Dolan. If he'd hear-rd tn capt'in's talk
It is like as not he'd thried to ca-atch
him be tn bit, but not bein' poshted, he
used his brain, an whin tn dog was
passin' he fell on him. It was tn only
thing FIR ma-an like him to do, an
| tn pint / make is that We must use a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Industrious French Workmen.

Nearly all the workmen employed in
the naval arsenal at Toulon, France,
add to their salaries by exercising an.
other trade during their leisure hours.
are hotel carpet heaters, others dis
tribute prospectuses and handbills, or
act as parcel carriers for local shop
keeprs. One man complained recently
in all seriousness that he was so over
worked at the arsenal that he had no
time to exercise his profession of mas
seur. A number of arsenal hands &C.
tually carry on their supplementary
trades in the yards. There are amateur
shoemakers, watchmakers and bar
bers, who carry on thriving and lu-
crative business among their com
rades.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
DIsFIeuRED WITH ECZEMA.
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
der-Under Physicians Grew Worse
-Cuticura Works Wonders.

81 suffered with eczema six months.
had tried three doctors, but did not
get any better. It was on my body
and on my feet SO thick that ! could
hardly put pin on me without touch
ing eczema. My face was covered,
my eyebrows came out, and then 1t
got in my eye. then went to anoth-
er doctor. He asked me what was
taking for it, and l told him Cuticura.
He said that was very good thing,
but that he thought my face would
be marked for life. But Cuticura
did its work, and my face is now
Just as clear as it ever was. told
all my friends about my remarkable
cure. I feel so thankful / want ev
erybody far and wide to know what
Cuticura can do. 1t is a sure euro
for eczema. Mrs. Emma White, Gal
Cherrier Place, Camden, N. j., April
25. 1906"
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pursued ought to depend entirely on
the circumstances, but that it was,
nevertheless, the duty of policeman
to obey his superior's orders.
1t was a month or SO later that his
trial came. Shouts and cries attracted
his attention one day, and before he
fully realized what was happening; a
runaway horse attached to a light
wagon was almost upon him. "Ca-atch
him be tn bit, he muttered to himself,
but he couldn't get into the street in
time even to try that. Policeman Flynn,
however, is a man of nerve and daring,
as has been demonstrated on many oc-
casions. He believes in doing things
the right way, which is the way pro-
vided for in verbal or written police in
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Tricks of SmugoIers.

Double-bottomed bottles and other
vessels are common contrivances for
smugglers. In order not to awaken
suspicion they are usually filled with
some beverage, beer or wine, and this
is duly declared by the man in charge
of the vehicle in which they are car
ried. At the present time, however,
the officers are never deceived by the
double bottomed bottles, nor, for that
matter, by the hollow horse collar,
which at one time was favorite dodge
for the alcohol smuggler.
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bit iv judgmint now an thin an not do
Everything be rule"
What happened to tn gir-rl?" asked
Mrs. Flynn.
"A felly in tn mkt block caught her
In his arms before she shtruck tn
ground
Barney Flynn, ye're lynn to mel"
exclaimed Mrs. Flynn, and she was so
indignant that she refused to continue
the conversation. But Policeman Flynn
brought the subject up again and again,
always holding that the course to be
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STATE OF ONO. Cry OF TOLEDO, =

STATE OF ONO Cry OF TOLEDO, IS.
LUCAS equity.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case of CATARRH that cannot be cured by the use OF
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence,
this 9th day of December, A. D., 1886.
-, A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
system Send for testimonials free.
F.J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Hair Family pills for constipation.
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Locally Her Husbands Boss.

Boston has one woman who is legal
ly her husbands boss. She is Mrs.
Ellor Carlisle Ripley, one of the as
sistant superintendent of the public
schools of the city and the wife OF
Principal Fred H. Ripley, of the Long
fellow school of Roslindale. Mrs. Rip
ley draws some $85 week of the
hubs wealth, about $1,000 more per an
mum than the man who has recently
became her hubby" An assistant
superintendent is virtually a super
visor and Mrs. Ripley is in reality heI
husbands superior and could fire
him in a minute if she saw fit Mrs
Ripley is a young woman Of pleasing
personality.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-10-18
Open Air Work for Women.

Mrs. A. G. Conreid operates a ranch
in Colorado where wild flowers are
collected and pressed for use in SOU
venirs and menu cards. The work
being in the open air, it has proved
popular among teachers and other
women suffering from nervous
troubles, as it gives them a chance to
earn a living and to regain their
health.
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says: 1 mad been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time I was mus
tered out of the
army, but in all my
life 1 never suffered
as in 1897. Head
aches, dizziness and
sleeplessness, fir S t j.,
and then dropsy. I
was weak and help
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And the man who trusts in the
Lord never has occasion to cancel his
membership in a don't worry" club
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle, except
green and purple.
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A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Am
putation Of Limb.

B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave-, Indianapolis, Ind,
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces ins
dammstfon allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle
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Mems Shoes, So to $1.bC. Boys' Shoes, 50
to$1.25. Women's Shoes. $4;0O TO $I.5S.
Misses' &c Children's Shoes, 1925 to $1.OO.
Try w. L. Douglas WOmen's, Misses ana
ChiIdren's shoes; for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
If could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit BETTER
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you i've, you can obtain w. L:
Douglas shoes. His name and price IS stampea
ON the bottom, which protects you against high
Drices and Interior shoes. Take no S0bstts
9ute. Ask your dealer for w. l.. Douglas SHOES
and insist upon having them. :. -,
FAST Color Eueiets used; they wiH not Weor bydSsy
Write for illustrated Catal0g of Fall styles.
w. L. DOUGLAS Dept. AZ Brockton' MasSs
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-05

together shapely. and she, perhaps even
more than the other, adopts the buckled
shoe Tor her own whenever II is in vogue
Incidentally the advanced styles In this
type of footwear are distinctly giddy the
Kid being in nearly every instance white
or light-toned suede and the buckles large
and snowy. Some Of silver, others of gold
plate and still others of rhinestones In a
silver setting.
The buckles displayed IN the shops these
spring days are things of beauty-also of
price. Antique designs prevail and among
them are buckles of mosaic and enamel
Etruscan gold set with amethysts or tour
mahnes and hammered silver knuclSles
studded with turquoise matrix barooue
pearls, or nail beads Of Jade or maIachite
Again there are others, the cost OF which
Is moderate. True, these are imitation,
but they are every whit as fetching as the
real article and half the world cannot tell
the two apart. Small need. therefore for
madam Of the slender purse to cry her
pretty eyes dim for lack of the essential
bit Of fnery
Perhaps madam may find for the looking,
tucked away among the heirlooms handed
down from departed forbears, a set of
buckles of the quaint style of a century
ago. Then so much the better for madam.
for possessions Of this sort are distinctly
worth having just now. A crushed band
of black velvet or ribbon, drawn through
an antique buckle Of silver or cut steel,
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Health and Toilet.

Washing the Hair.-Too much washing
is apt to make the hair harsh and dry At
bedtime the hair should be unfastened
and thoroughly brushed. and then plated
loosely. Hair that is regularly brushed
night and morning will keep clean and
glossy and require less frequent washing.
A Face Tonic.-A benZoined face tonic
is a delightful addition to the bathroom.
1t is quite easy to make Take g big bowl
benzoin in it. If your face is rough add
a pinch Of borax and battle the face daily
In Ii.
Shoe Treatment.-When you come IN
with your shoes damp or wet don't put
them away and let them dry before first
they have been very wet rub vaseline or
oil over them and put them where there
is little-very little-heat- Then, as the
shoes dry this oil sinks in and keeps the
leather soft. Before you put them away
wipe every bit OF the oil off that has not
been absorbed. Be sure. too, that they are
perfectly dry before you put them away.
To Remove Fruit Stains.-Fruit stains
may be easily removed from the hands
with a birthstone match Dampen the
freshly lighted birthstone match-one of
the old-fashioned kind that will burn any
where. Be careful not to hold your hand
near the fame when the wood begins to
burn or you Will raise a blister instead OF
removing the stain.
looking After the Hande-It takes Iess
than minute to put on an old pair III
gloves when one has dirty piece of
work such as busting or making q IRE to
to do. But what a saving 1t Is To the
thus protecting their skin never have un-
slightly ingrained blacks on their hands
nor those distressing cracks that get so
chapped and painful.
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tases Favored particularly because OF its
feathery lishtness. It still must be made
with an extra amount OF fuiiness IL 1t II to
hang gracefully and allow of perfect free
dom m walking. For this reason the but
teray skirt IL foremost among the ellk
models and an example in its most attrao-
tive form IL shown on this page. The oorse-
laf xir0e effect t. shirrsd from bust 70
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affords a charming finish to a pulled elbow
sleeve If you have but one buckle at
tach 1t to the left sleeve, and on the right
put in its stead a smart bow of the Same
material the. band. The effect will be
unusual. but stylish. Or. again, an odd
buckle may be used to fasten the collar at
the back or introduced among the waist
trimmings.
Small fancy bucldes-the quainter the bet
ter-are just the things for the glove gar
ters" that long gloves have made neces-
sary. To make these simply shirr white or
black ribbon over a length of elastic and
finish with 81 buckle.
Buckles of black velvet are a pretty now
city and especially effective on white or
pale-hued gowns and hats. An empire robe
Of rose crepe, worn at a recent function,
had a big black velvet buckle placed across
the front OF the square-cut waist, the full
ness over the bust being drawn through it.
And herein lies a suggestion for the deco
ration of summer gown, for the same
idea admits OF many variations.