River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-02-01

Have your Eyes examined Feb. 13
or IA, at Hotel Parker. by c. H
Todd, Optometrist.
Many who SO much enjoyed the
| beauty of the evening sky year
ago when Venus and Jupiter were
so brilliantly conspicuous in the
west are anxiously scanning the
sky at sunset for the return of these
splendid planets as evening stars.
Jupiter is now seen in the evening
about half way between the merid-
| ian and the western horizon, yet
too high TO be in the suns after
| glow. Mars, the "red-headed, is
near to Jupiter while Saturn is far
Their east. On the 18th of this
month Venus will be our Valentine,
appearing on that day in the west
ern heavens as evening star.
That there is abundant reason to
believe that suicide by sugges-
ton is an actual condition receives
additional confirmation from late
reports of the police department of
the city of Chicago. DR.. Osler, in
spiric Of righteousness, had su2-
gested that people over sixty should
be chloroformed, because they we're
of no further use-to other people.
Since that statement was made and
received wide circulation and COM
ment the record of suicides in Chi
cago shows large increase in peo-
pie over sixty. Comparing the sui
cides of persons over sixty for the
last year with previous years the
| increase of such suicides is 33 per
| cent.
An alarm of fire was sent in from
the Hotel Gladstone Monday eve
ming at about eight o'clock and the
fire bell brought out the firemen to
be ready for emergencies. The fire
started in the kitchen of the hotel
against a closet, near which was a
gasoline stove. 1t is supposed the
flames from the stove set the wood
work of the closet on fire. The
room was filled with smoke but the
flames were extinguished by the ap-
plication of a few pals of water.
The fremen had no occasion to use
the hose SO the damage from water
was also slight. Promptness in at
tending to the flames as soon as the
alarm was given prevented a seri-
Gus confiagration. The wind was
blowing furiously at the time.
| DR.. Samuel Plantz, President OF
Lawrence University, delivered an
address on Christian Education to
very large audience in the Meth
odist church last Sunday evening
! He concluded his address with a
statement of the present standing
and condition of the college the en-
rollment in which last year was
next to that of the State University,
while this year the enrolment is
greater than last. Monday morn.
ing he visited the High school and
gave fine talk to the students and
later he spent some time at theiNor.
NAL when he delivered a splen.
did address on the work of the
teachers in the development Of
American life. He was much
pleased with his visit to the city.
There were bands and they are
not; but there is band, the River
Falls Cadet Band. This is brand
new band, made of new material
for the members are young boys
although they were born in the
last century, century ago. They
are learning to play, as is shown BY
the music they made on the street
Friday night. Judson Knight is
the leader of the procession. We
hope these boys will not get tired
of playing until they learn how. anc
grow up. Play is the boys birth
right, he monopolizes play, and t
play music is an accomplishment
as we'll as a pastime. Older folk:
have to work. That is why ou
bands have disbanded. "Al1 worl
and no play makes Jack a dull
boy" but all play and no worl
makes a man look like thirty "0-0-'
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From the JOURNAL files of thu
date Feb. 1, 1881, we copy this item
lone who has noticed the condi