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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

country is treated to goodly showers,
and rain coat is almost an essential;
then 1t comes in very handy to take
along on summer travels and summer
outings.
Among the most attractive materials
now on display are the rough weaveS
in silks. They come. both plain and
figured, and make up nicely for suits.
for separate skirts and for waists. We
feel tempted to make use with refer
ence to them of the much-abused
word artistic" For spring nothing
could be more charming than silve-
gray in the rough or semi-rough
weave. Some of the grays show fine
hair-line of black, the line SO fine that
at distance the goods appear but the
one color. Japanese silks make up
very nicely for the styles now in
vogue, and these are inexpensive as
well as pretty. Wash-silk waists are
highly recommended for spring and
summer wear. Japanese and China
silks are coming into common use as
foundations and Innings, clinging eff
fects now so well liked.
Little loose coats Of bengaline silk,
deliberately trimmed with braid, prom
Use to be the height of fashion; and
such wrap as this is really most con-
venient for warm weather wear. In
spite of predictions to the contrary,
the dressy spring coat will as rule
have short sleeves and probably be
collarless. Linen embroideries on
coats of wool or silk will be feature,
and very charming feature, of spring
fashions; the ground of these trim
mings cream colored or ecru, the en-
broidery in soft, rich colors. And with
reference to the black silk coats, ons
may use almost any style Of silk, re-
model very acceptsbly from old ma
terialsin the house so many different
black silks now in use, all the way
from crisp taffeta % soft peau de
sole.
Wedgewood blue-cartainly an ex-
quisite shade-promis0s to supplant
other blues as the very best style.
Soft lilac tones are in favor in spite
of the way in which they were made
so common the past winte:t. The old
rose shades continue in fashion. and
delicately-toned backgrounds for hair
lines will appear with the first pleas
ant days of the spring. Soft. indis-
tinct plaids will be worn, these sc
much more attractive than startling
contrasts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

jugglers went out of the ring l knew
that was the cue for the elephants to
come in, and when the dressing room
curtain was pulled aside and old Boil
var came out at the head of the herd,
and they marched around the outside
of the ring, clear around the tent, my
heart jumped up into my throat, and
felt sick.
The senator's boy said: when these
rats and things begin to chase your
old elephants, you won't be able to see
their tails for the dust they will kick
up"
Then thought of the money pa had
given me to bet, and / offered to bet 1t
all, and a negro produced funds and
took my bets like a bookmaker.
Well, after doing a turn around the
big ring, the trainer steered the ele-
plants into the middle ring. and the
great audience leaned forward to catch
every trick the elephants did. Us boys
held on to the bags that the mice and
things were in, waiting for our cue.
The elephants stood on their heads
and hind, feet, and fore feet, laid
down, fired pistols, and did everything
just right, without making a mistake.
Finally the trainer formed the whole
herd into grand pyramid, with old
Bolivar in the center, each elephant
holding an American flag with mis-
trunk, and waving it. and the audience
broke out into a cheer that fairly
ripped the canvass.
Then said to young Mr.. Senator:
Come on with your rats, now, and
win $50" All hands picked up the
baskets and bags and went to the side
of the ring and emptied the whole
bunch of more than 500 into the ring.
The rats and mice rushed for the ele-
plants, and then turned and made a
rush for the reserved seats.
Oh, dear, what a time we had. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
ENCLlSHMEN IN DUELS.
Some of the Famous Men Who Have
Fought with Swords and
Pistols.

The earl of Kimberley's much dis
cussed challenge to Col. Sapwell is
reminder that though the days of duel
ing are considered to have passed In
England. the fighting spirit will still
break out on occasions, says the Lon
don Express.
Not so very long ago Mr.. Winston
Churchill was challenged to an en-
counter a l'outrance Cy an irate con-
stituent at Oldham. One hesitates to
think what would have happened had
Mr.. Churchill had leisure enough TO
resume his martial role.
Lord Beaconsfield once challenged
OConnell to a duel, but the famous
statesman found himself bound over to
keep the peace in police court in
stead of departing across the channel
to blow out the brains Of his political
opponent
OConnell himself fought duel with
a member of the Irish house of COM
mons named D'Esterre and killed his
opponent.
Another fatal duel was that in which
Lord Camelford, one of the most con-
firmed duellists of his day and man
who had the death of more than one
fellow creature on his hands, was
killed by Mr.. Best. Both were excel
lent shots, and one of the two pistols
used was supposed to be slightly more
perfect than the other. A piece Of
money was tossed UP to decide the
choice. Best won, and in the result
Lord Camelford fell mortally wounded.
The last duel fought IN Ireland was
between mayor of Sligo and a MEM
Der of the legal profession, but hon.
ors were declared easy, for nothing
happened.
Mr.. Tierney charged Pitt with cob
structing the defenses of the country"
and that oratorical observation sound
ed so terrible in the ears of the emil
nent statesman that he sent his sec
onds to Mr.. Tierney.
The two met at three o'clock one
Sunday morning at Putney cath, not
far from the Kingston road, fired two
shots at each other and then returned
home quite well for breakfast.
Charles James Fox, Pitts brilliant
rival, took occasion to make some
scathing observations on the powder
supplied by the war Office and prompt
ly received a challenge from Mr.. Ad-
ans. Fox accepted, the duel was
fought and the statesman was wound
ed. Adams" he is reported to have
said on that lamentable occasion, 81
do believe you'd have killed me if you
hadn't used government powder"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

$50, and you can take all the bets you
can get. Why, this herd of elephants
would walk on mice, and rats, too. You
bet with him and tell him to bring
along all the rats and mice he can ind
in the white house, and you can turn
them into the ring Monday afternoon
when the elephants do their turn. and
if an elephant bats an eye | will eat
his ears for mushrooms"
l went back to young Mr.. Senator
and took his bet, and told him l mad
plenty more money to bet the same
way, and he said the next afternoon
he would come with his mice and rats,
and lot of money to bet that you
couldn't hold that flock of elephants
with log chains when he opened his
bag of rats and mice.
Well, how it got into the papers do
not know, but the next morning they
all said an interesting experiment
would be made the next afternoon at
the great and only circus, to determine
once and for all whether elephants
were afraid of mice, and that SEN
Stor's son and a son of one of the pro-
prietors of the show would conduct
the experiment by turning loose lot
of mice and rats in the rings at pre-
cisely $3.50 p. m.
Well, you never saw such crowd in
a circus as we had that afternoon. 1t
seemed as though the whole popula-
ton turned out, foreign ministers, ne
groes, society people and clerks. That
senator's son and the whole family,
and the neighbors, must have been up
all night catching mice and rats. and
it took nine boys and three servants
to carry the baskets and traps and
bags of mice and rats. 1 passed them
all in and we lined up on front seat
to wait for the elephant stunt. and
when the thing was ripe we were TO
empty the whole mess of vermin into
the ring.
felt as though something was
wrong, cause l saw the new moon
over my left shoulder the night before,
and now 1 wish had died before this
thing happened. When the Japanese
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

but the present tendency is for the
extreme Empire style.
Nothing helps the dressmaker more,
adaptable little bolero packet. With
this abbreviated coat almost any line
desired may be obtained for the wear
er, be she stout or thin, long or short.
The bolero is used not alone as a
wrap, but also as part of costume;
and even the little shirt-waist suit
may have a simulated bolero. The
model here illustrated is typical; one
readily sees how the waist line may be
changed to suit the passing fancy.
For a stout person slight dip in
front may be used.
Weddings of princesses always at
feet the fashions, and now the trous-
seau prepare for the young sister of
tie king of Spain has brought forward
The beautiful old Spanish laces. One of
the trousseau costumes is an Empire
gown of Spanish lace.
Heavy Armenian embroid.rv on a
thin gauze ground is novelty in
trimming, d NOAy CITY O1Cs n tOUC4
of color will be seen on everything.
And the various embroideries now
brought forth give this touch in a
most acceptable way. Sky-blue, which
we have not seen for ages, promises
to be in high favor, just morsel OF
this bright hue made use of. And the
peacock blues and green's will con-
tinue to be the fashion. This spring
will certainly be season of color, the
coming summer a white season.
For evening and elaborate afternoon
affairs the founceG skirt will be worI,
net and lace the materials used for
these frocks. The sleeves are made
to match the skirt, just succession
of frills. An addition to my lady's
stock of furbelows is the negligee
skirt, a moss of fluffy frills. China
silk makes charming negligee petit
coat. and has the advantage of laun-
dssing rxcely-these Eho.ld be light
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

circular skirt will prevail, and pleated
effects by no means be out of style.
To still further anticipate, white
linen suits will be much the fashion
the coming summer, the bolero and
Elton the jackets for these suits,
longer coat in wash goods rumpling
and Immediately looking untidy. We
are promised another white season,
white to be even more modish than
last summer
The rain-coat, shorter than former
ly, is by far the best garment of the
kind that has been put out. These
utility wraps come in fitted backs, in
loose ripple backs, and may be had in
lengths varying from so to So inches.
The materials are very handsome this
season, and also the colors. In the
spring, as rule, every section of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
The Fashionable COG Figure

colored, and will need be of such stuff
as will bear Tubing. Worn with an
open tea gown or matinee sack they
are very charming and luxurious
and really need not cost fortune.
A petticoat not quite so frivolous as
the above is black and white striped
taffeta trimmed with rows Of black
ribbon edging circular fioLnces. For
the lingerie petticoat, the seasons
new models show lace combined with
embroidery, rather elaborate trim
ming, but on the whole very attrac-
tive.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

AS everyone that watches the styles
is aware, there is no greater difference
between city woman and country wo-
man than the form. OF course this
difference is brought about by dress.
the cut of the garments and the dis
position of the triTm ming. And to-
day the city woman takes careful note
of the waist-line. For some years back
we have had the dip-belt craze. Of
late the Empire style has gained
ground. The happy mean between
these two extremes is the all-round
belt at the normal waist line, no dip
down, no short-waisted encircling;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01

Gee. but | must be an easy mark.
have got so / bet on a sure thing, and
when fellow bets on a sure thing he
is bound to lose.
1t was this way. The show arrived
in Washington, ID. c., on Sunday
morning. and, as usual, all the boys in
town came to the lot to see us put up
the tents. l was around with pa and
the boss canvasman, and the town
boys could see / belonged to the show,
and they enyied me and wanted to ge
acquainted with me, SO / would let
them walk around with me, and go
into the tents Sunday afternoon and
see the animals.
Thsre was one boy with a sort of
rough rider hat on, and buckskin
fringe on his pants, and everybody
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Saves Train: His Reward.

Miss Helen Gould has given substan-
tial reward to Roy Irving Dixon, the
nine-year-old lad who saved Denver &
Rio Grande passenger train from de-
struction last year. The boy will begin
study at Goodwill farm school and Miss
Gould will furnish the money for his ex-
penses there and at some university
which he will attend after finishing pre-
paratory courses. The boy tagged
train with red handkerchief just as it
was about to run into rock slide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Fashion Notes and Rur11ors

Change is in the air. 1t will be some
time before my lady can don new
spring gown and Easter bonnet, but
she is already making preparation for
this great event. Wherefore we would
speak of what is to be worn.
The pony suit" surely will meet
with high favor, the natty little coat,
with no pretense of outlining the fig.
ire. Elton suits with short sleeves will
continue in favor with not few. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Home Of Renedictines.

The Benedictines from France. who
have settled at Malvern, England, have
merely come home again. King Ed
ward, the Confessor founded hermit.
age at Malvern, and after the Norman
conquest, in 1865, the hermitage be-
came a Benedictine priory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Firemen In Loan Sharks, Grasn.

The fire department of San Francis
CO is in the clutches OF loan sharks.
Owing to exorbitant interest CHARGES
68 firemen have no salary coming to
them for September, and some drew
none for August. A typical case is
that of one man who borrowed $500
three years ago, has paid $40 and
still owes more than the principal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
I'm 70 Nature

First Artist-Get any ideas, old man?
Second Artist-Well, guess yes.
Got a bang-up sketch of cyclone in
action.
"What in thunder can you do with a
cyclone?"
do with it? What do you suppose?
I'm going to use it for the hair In my
new portrait of the American GIRL,
Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
Sweet

There was young woman in Berne
Whose expression, forbidding and sterne
Relaxed quite cit
When a local duick-wit
Said she didn't need sugar IN herne.
Houston Post
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
SeasonahIe.

Patience-What color do you think
would go with my turkey-red dress?
Patrice-Why, crushed cranberry, of
course.-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-03-01
lCoDyright BIZ J. B. BOwlss.l

a Senator's Son Bets the Bad Boy
That Elephants Are towards -
They Let a Bag of Rats Loose at
the Afternoon Performance-The
Elephants Stampede, Pa Fractures
a Rib and General Pandemonium
Reigns.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
FLORIDA PREPARING FOR PoTo
TO CROP.

Special to the Ocala Banner:
Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 17.-All
preparations are almost complete for
the planting of the Irish potato crop.
All growers have their fields well
broken up and in most cases ready
for the seed and fertilizer.
The acreage this year will be far
greater than that of any previous
season, several new farmers having
started operations since last spring
while a number of old settlers have
increased their fields materially.
Though all is ready the planting
season will not commence until four
or five days more and will last until
the middle of January.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
FROM FERTILE FLORIDA.
What They are Doing in the Land OF
the Grapefruit and Pine.

n. o. Penny, of Vero, is shipping
large quantities of grapefruit.
Ground is being broken up at Boyn-
ton for large acreage of tomatoes.
Eggs and butter are very high at
Sanford. Poultry is also scarce and
high.
Large quantities of pines and or
anges are being shipped from Or
lando by express.
J.H. lie Torneau and A. E. Ireland
shipped a car of pines from Erin last
week.
A few beans are being shipped from
Banyan, but prices are very poor.
Rain is badly needed.
H. Hillman, of Orlando, shipped
three cars of lettuce last week, and
each car contained 800 hampers.
The first cabbage of the season was
cut at Minis last week. Beans are
being shipped in large quantities.
The tomato crop outlook is very
promising at Pineland, but the blight
and dry weather are badly affecting
them.
c. A. Harvey, living west of St.
Petersburg, will set out five acres in
grapefruit, five in peaches and one in
pecans.
In one day last week five cars Of
oranges were shipped from Miami.
This is the record so far this season
for that town.
One packer estimates that 10000
boxes of oranges and grapefruit will
be shipped from the sections around
Clearwater this season.
Walter Hawkins, manager of the
Consolidated Fruit Co., is visiting the
different orange growing sections,
looking for fruit for his firm.
Fort Drum growers are busy ship
ping their oranges. They hope to get
through before the Kissimmee river
gets too low for the boats to run.
The truckers of Coleman are in
high spirits over their prospects, as
the cabbage crop is in fine condition.
Shipments will begin about January L.
Indignant citizens met at st. Peters
burg last week and passed resolutions
condemning the miserable service of
the Atlantic Coast Line.
Boardman orange growers think
they will have their fruit all shipped
by Xmas. ]. A. Merrell is through
now. He has shipped about 1000
boxes and IS barrels.
Capt. o. S. Traver brought into
Sanford one day last week two rad
ishes, one of which weighed a half
pound and was nine inches long and
seven in circumference.
S. ]. Sigh, the we'll known COM
mission man, met with a painful ac-
cident last week. He made a mis-
step and fractured bone in his leg.
He is now navigating on crutches.
The acreage in oranges and grape
fruit in the neighborhoOd of Titus
vile is still increasing, and some of
the finest orange groves in Florida
may be seen in that end of Brevard
county.
Three packing houses are running
daily now and large quantities of or
anges are being sent out. Lack of
rain is having bad effect on orange
trees and vegetables.
The Monarch grove at Coleman will
yield 10000 boxes of oranges this
year Shipping began last week, five
cars leaving for the north. Mr. Cleve-
land, the owner, was down last week
looking after things.
Up to last Saturday orange ship
ments from Fort Myers for the sea-
son had amounted to S3,S40 boxes, a
few thousand behind the shipment of
two years ago, but about $4,000 boxes
ahead of last season.-New York Fruit
and Produce News.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
GREAT TOMATO CROP.

Special to the Ocala Banner:
Havana, Dec flowing to the
great success of this seasons tomato
crop several large packing houses
have been opened by firms from the
United States. The crop is the
largest on record, being so per cent.
of an increase over last season.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
CINCINNATI cLERGYMEN AND
CHILD LABOR.
special to the Ocala Banner:

OpONAdi " ZIG OSeid DdhhCi
Cleveland, o., Dec, lin accor-
dance with a request of the Evangeli-
cal Alliance every minister in Ohio
yesterday preached against child Ia
Dor and called attention to the evils
arising from it.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21

ests and those of the producers gen.
orally. 1t is asserted that for the
first month box cutting operations
have been on a more limited scale
than last season.
Resins have been in good demand,
especially commons. The course of
the market has abundantly demon
strated that. There has been ample
stuff offering to meet trade require
ments. The calls for supplies have
been ample to hold values up stiffly
and secure during this week some ad-
vances, the quotations at the close
last night showing gains of 20 cents
on l, on H, G, F, Z IL on E, Is on
D-A, with declines of Is on water
white and % on n. There are ten
weeks of heavy receipts on commons
ahead. If demand keeps up as it has
been this week producers will be as
sured of a magnificent ending to the
season. H, G, F, and E, furnish by
far the great bulk of receipts now,
as will be seen from the daily posted
sales. There are probably 100000
barrels of resins to come to the var
ious markets during January and
February, Of which 175,000 will be
commons. So the immense impor
lance to producers of continued high
values for these grades is at once
apparent. The important part OF
commons in the economy of the naval
stores trade grows greater and great
er every season. On their values
more and more depend the financial
status of the naval stores operators
at the close of the season.
This Saturday a. H., at 10 O'clock
call, spirits posted steady at GO II
reipts 2S1, sales POI.
Resins firm, receipts 1917, sales
2,OSS. Quotations: WV $6.S5. VIC
S6.75, N $500, NJ $3.50. X. $515, ]
$3.50, H S4.25, G $4O5, E $500, CA
$4OO.-Savannah Naval Stores Re
view.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
THE TuRPENTlNE MARKET.
A Sew-Saw Between &c and 67-1-2 Cts.
Resins in Good Shape.

Another monotonous week in the
turpentine market, with good receipts
receipts, in fact larger than for sew
eral weeks past-the same little ups
and downs that have characterized
the market for over a month, and de-
mand easily supplied by the offer
ings. Fluctuations were confined
within the same old range OF one and
a half cents, from 81 IL to &c cents.
Even as a game of see-saw the market
has ceased to interest. 1t was anus
ing for a time to watch it go up and
down and up and down again, but con-
slant repetitions have deprived the
market of any power to revert atten-
ton on it and it will be viewed with
apathy until it shows some entirely
new developments. There are not
lacking those who expect turps tC
do some decided stunts" after the
holiday season has passed. Until
then though, there seems to be no eX
pectations of any developments OF
special interest. After this month, OF
course, receipts go to pieces. Factors
claim that the closing quarter Of the
naval stores year will see unusually
small receipts of turpentine. They
base this claim upon the wonderfully
fine weather that has prevailed this
month and last allowing the quicl
marketing of the scrape crop. Buy
ers do not seem to be worried at all
however, about the supplies for the
next three months and display NJ
undue haste to get the offerings as
they come on the market. Were il
not so the market would speedily ad
vance. AS it is, at &C cents the mark
ct is apparently at bottom and at g.
u it reaches top. So it will doubt
less be until some bull interest de
Yelops and displays sufficient strength
to retain and advantage that is gain
ed for prices.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-12-21
JEFFERSON DAVIS STATUE COM
PLETED.
Special to the Ocala Banner:

Special to the Ocala Banner:
Providence, r. l., Dec. 17.-Alarge
bronze statue of Jefferson Davis. pres
ident of the Confederate states has
been completed at the works of the
German company here.
The statue is about eight feet high,
cast in heroc size and will be set up
in Monument avenue, Va.
1t is being erected by the United
Confederate Veterans Association
and will be unveiled in June next.