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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Laws Not Enforced.

AMI let me make my opinion en-
phatic that the laxity with which the
criminal laws of our land are enforced
by many of the judges of our courts
has much to do with encouraging bank
officers to misuse the funds in their
keeping. These officers see too many
cases of the difficulty in convicting a
dishonest bank official when defended
by shrewd criminal lawyer, and they
are therefore willing to take the
chances Of detection, and even the
results of a trial, before the too fire.
quent judge whose Interpretation of
the law, admitting of evidence and
charge to the jury, are all in favor of
the accused.
There are many direct causes for
bank defalcations, but the primal
cause is the desire for luxury fostered
in the great cities. Of late years the
chief immediate cause is the using of
the banks funds to promote enter
prises in which the banks officers
have interested themselves. In many
cases the bank officer is made an
officer of the outside corporation,
which fact is heralded to the world
with all the advertising skill of the
promoter, and upon the reputation of
his name many are induced to buy
stock. Now, one of the main reasons
which animated the promoter in finan-
cially interesting the banker was that
if at any time the concern required
financial assistance-which is invari-
ably the case-it could readily be
obtained through him from the bank
of which he was an honored and
trusted officer. Experience shows
that what was at first a small loan
soon increases in amount until
point is reached which means disas-
ter to all parties interested if addi-
tional aid is not given. Then it is
that the demand for money must be
met to prevent the bankruptcy of the
new corporation and the consequent
loss not only of the money invested
by the banker and his many friends,
but also the loss of his own reputa-
ton as a financier and a man of in
tegrity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
sIxTY.THoUsAND-ToN LINERS.
Two ships to Be Built Will be Heavier
Than Spanish Armada.

The White Star line has officially an
nounced that the name of the second
of its two great liners. which are to
be built at Messrs. Harland & Wolff S
yard at Belfast, will be the Titanic.
Incidentally the tonnage of each vessel
Will &c about $4,000,
Although it has been known that
the White Star line contemplated
building two ships that would eclipse
anything afloat, the exact tonnage has
not been known before, and the
Olympic and Titanic will represent the
greatest stride ever made in naval
architecture. They will be nearly
1000 feet long and about so feet broad,
and while they will not be built for
great speed they will, it is expected, be
able to average 81 knots. They will
be equipped with a combination of
turbine and reciprocating engines. The
cost of the two vessels will be about
81, 100000.
Great preparations have been going
On at Belfast for more than a year for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
SPEND LESS MONEY FOR DRESS
Small Foundation for Charge of Mod
ern Extravaganza.

We hear it said everywhere-at the
beginning and at the end of every sea-
son-says the London Daily Mail, that
modern extravaganza is appalling;
that women overdress; that they
spend more for single hat than their
grandmothers did for their whole
trousseaus.
Like many other often recurring
general statements, this is far from
being accurate The well-known French
writer NJ. Henry de Caller contributes
to the current issue of La Revue a re-
markable study on Spending Money
in Days of Yore."
The greatest change in the matter
of expenditure is that during the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
men spent quite as much-if not more
AS women for their own attire.
To-day the average man spends con-
siderably less than the average woman
on clothes, and in the wealthy classes
the difference is more marked still,
since it was recently stated by a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

queen of fashion that while a man
could be quite elegant" by spending
E4OO a year on himself, a woman
needed e40O month to dress
stylishly.
In the middle class, as in the aris-
tocracy, $50 years ago more things
were required by a man. He wore
night cuffs of lace, his black suit cost
80 (of our money!, his hats-he need
ed half dozen-G1 each.
He had to spend several pounds a
year at the BARRIERS and wigmaker's
The middle class woman of those days
managed to dress in cheaper way,
though dress was the main expense
Diaries and memoirs establish the
curious fact that the upbringing Of
three children cost little less than
the clothes required by their mother,
a modest woman. Men wore ribbons,
lace, en.broideries and jewelry in as
large quantities as women.
AS for jewels, men formerly wore
diamonds and pearls on their clothes,
sl+oes and hands, while to-day man
of -efned taste is satisfied with a mod
est ring, simple links, little pearl as
a Shirt stud and large stone as a
scarf pin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
His Epitaph.

81 have just one request" said the
dying man to his relatives.
What is it?" they asked him earn.
estly. 1--WE will grant you anything"
We'll" replied the man, feebly, Il
want you to have carved upon my
monument these words: Here lies a
man who worked for his living
Realizing that he had forestalled
any attempt on the part of his rich re-
lations to brag too much about their
family connections, he sank into a
sweet sleep.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

sudden wealth. He sees the rich Gus
door with big deposit or to get a
letter OF credit for a trip abroad. He
suspects-perhaps rightly-that their
money came by some financial leger-
demain as his New York friends have
described with so much relish. Per-
haps, he tells himself, it isn't their
money at all. Why, then, shouldn't
he manipulate it for his own gain;
why isn't it anybodys to play with
who can get his hands on it? The
life he has seen, the methods he has
learned are destroying his sense of
property. He is somehow getting it
into his head that this money placed
in his keeping is a sort of common
property and that, so long as he can
keep his books looking technically
right, he may juggle with it for the
benefit of his own personal pocket.
He really comes to believe, seriously,
that this is so.
Indeed" said Mr.. Moxey with a
certain stern Jingle in his voice, "the
attitude of trusteeship has suffered a
shocking change in recent years. l
say in recent years, not because | am
one of those pessimistic old fogies
who think that people generally were
more honest in other days, which they
were not, but because it has been my
experience of many years that these
periods Of defalcation come in cycles.
Whatever the cause, there are cycles
of honesty and cycles of dishonesty;
and thu present is a cycle of dishon-
esty with it's cause in modern stand
ards CT enjoyable living.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
New York is to blame for it."

New York is to blame for il"
Gray whiskered, gray-haired, gray
eyed, gray-clad, a slender gentleman
of astonishing neatness and a certain
amiable precision of speech leaned
back in his office chair with his hands
behind his head and smiled alertly,
writes Frank G. Drake, in the New
York World. Such is a first impress
sion of Edward p MoXey, whose Off
cial title is Expert Bank Examiner
for the United States Department of
Justice" and such were his words in
speaking of the epidemic of bank de-
talcations which has been sweeping
over the country.
Whereas Mr.. Moxey's business is to
fit about the country and peer unex-
pectedly over the shoulders of the
cashiers of national banks here and
there in order to find out if their cash
balances are all right; and whereas
Mr. Moxey had found some 80 of these
gentlemen with their cash balances all
wrong and, to their great grief and
amaZement has put them in the peni-
Tertiary; and whereas Mr.. Moxey
fresh from sending John r. Walsh of
Chicago to join the others, has come
to New York to look into the book
keeping of Charles w. Morse and AL
fred H. Curtis, on trial for trying, it
is alleged, to buy a national bank
with its own money; therefore does
the said Edward p. MoXey speak with
some authority of bank defalcations
and their causes.
You mean the Broadway New
York;" | asked.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
SEEMED A TRlFLE PERSONAL.
Clergyman's Particular Reason for
Omitting the Fifth Verse.

A clergyman in an interior town
married woman from whom he re-
ceived a dowry of $4,000 and a pros
pcct of more. Shortly afterwards,
while occupying the pulpit, he gave
out a hymn, read the first verse and
proceeded to read the fifth, COM
mencing:
Forever let my grateful heart"
then he hesitated and exclaimed:
1.-The choir will omit the fifth verse. y
Some of the congregation read the
verse for themselves and smiled as
they read:
Forever let my grateful heart
His boundless grace adore,
Which gives ten thousand blessings now
And bids me hope for more.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
HoW'S> This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo o..
We. the undersigned, have known L. J. Cheney
for the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly hon.
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. aching
directly upon the blood and surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free Price rs cents per
bottle Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constipation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Broadway" Blamed.

Il mean the Broadway New York, "
he answered quietly. Il mean the
gorgeous hotels and restaurants, the
bars, the gambling houses, the myriad
theaters, and palatial apartment
houses, the turning of night into day.
l mean the flood Of money in New
York upon which this life is borne
along, the craving for vast incomes
by which alone such life can be
lived
ITO say that even a bare majority
of the tens of thousands of men who
nightly swell the crowd of amuse-
ment-crazed spenders, who live in
$4,000 apartments, and whose touring
cars longest the streets, are doing
this with money which is honestly
theirs is absurd. They are not earn
ing this money; they are either jug
Cling other peoples cash or they are
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Public CreduIltX.

After making full allowance for the
increased spending power of the
masses, figures prove conclusively that
Notwithstanding the wide diffusion OF
knowledge, the spread of education
and the raising OF the standard of in
telligence among the people, the APP
peal of the quack and the charlatan
to the credulity of the public meets
with reader response than ever
London Hospital.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Instances Innumerable.

thoroughly feecea.
Instances Innumerable.
But there are many, many causes"
continued Mr.. Moxey with a brisk lit
tie sigh. "a large bank in one of our
eastern cities was wrecked through
the speculations of its president in
stocks. another one through specu-
lations of its cashier in the
same market. Some years ago a
large bank in the middle west was
wrecked by it's vice-prcsident in an at.
tempt to corner the wheat market;
while a bank in a southern city was
wiped out of existence by its presi-
dents and cashiers speculations in
the cotton market The number Of
cases that could be cited are in
Vulnerable, and there is not section
of the country that has escaped. The
number of bank wrecks piled upon
the financial beach is a silent monu-
ment to this truth.
"But no president, vlce-president
cashier or assistant cashier of bank
can use it's funds for his own profit
without the fact being known to at
least a portion of the clerks, and it is
through their silence or stupidity re-
garding what is being done in their
presence that bank officers are en-
abled and, in many cases, encour-
aged to take the banks money. If
bank clerks would do their full duty
there would be fewer cases of defalca-
ton by the officers than in these
sorry times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
a Business Secret,

I'm sure" said the interviewer,
"the public would be interested to
know the secret of your success"
well, young man. replied the cap
tain of industry, ''the secret of my
success has been my ability to keep
it a secret"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

gambling with their own. When you
can go into restaurant at two o'clock
in the morning and behold 100000
worth of women's gowns at the tables
and $4,000 worth of food in process
of consumption, something is wrong.
And when you observe half million
dollars worth of automobiles waiting
to take this one supper crowd to their
homes-or elsewhere-you may be
sure that there is queer bookkeeping
somewhere.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Authors Wife Motor Enthusiast.

Mrs. J. M Barrie, wife of the au-
thor, is said to be one of the most ex-
pert motorists in Great Britain. She
owns three cars, in which she takes
long tours with her husband, but she
always manages the car herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
All Copy New York.

All copy New YORK.
1T is not only this sort of life in
New York, but in a more sinister way,
the sight and example of it, which is
bringing about degradation of the
sense of common honesty throughout
the country That fine American as
set, the New England conscience has
become an object of jest. And, as |
said, New York is to blame. AS in
all other matters, theatrical, literary
and artistic, the other cities and towns
take their cue from New York. AS
New York lives so they all wish to
live. To-day in towns as small as
$4,000 population there are springing
up all-night grill rooms with Hun
garian orchestras, wherein the young
business men of these communities
must foregather if they are to be i'll
the social swim with their local smart
set.
"The young banker or business man
in the smaller community comes to
New York He is taken in hand by
his business acquaintance here and
oAIOWh etUOuC IlS IOWA. HIS uOSCS
spend money on scale which dazzles
him. They take him to luxurious
hotels and cafes where they and the
head walters know each other by
name and where he is introduced to a
scale of living fit only for men of
millions. He wonders how his friends
manage to share in this prodigality
and bit by bit he finds out. They tell
him funny stories of transactions
which, reduced to a proper financial
analysis, are defalcations pure and
simple or, at best, plain gambling.
Everybody does it. they say; it's
part of the game And back to his
home town goes the young banker,
filled with dreams of sudden wealth
and all the gay life that goes with it.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid trmors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ticn, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to-
health. Address, Lynn Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Cost of Royalty.

The annuities paid by the British
people to the king and queen amount
to $2,35O, 900; 100000 is paid in an
nuities to other members of the royal
family.
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martyr to kidney
trouble, backache,
dizzy spells, head
aches and a ter
rible bearing down
pain. l used one
remedy after an
other without bene-
fit. Finally I used
q hoy Of nOap'c
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

II tbs energy that women expend in
making fools of men could be concen-
trated-but what's the use of speculat-
ing with impossible problems?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
Feminine Generosity Eoiled.

Jack the Giant Killer donned his in.
visible coat
MY wife can't find it to give away
when she is house cleaning" he ex.
planned
Herewith other husbands were
moved to envy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
To Help Cause in Pacific State.

DR.. Martha Hughes Cannon, former
ly state senator of Utah, has gone
to live in California with the intention
of helping the women of that state to
get equal suffrage. He is described as
powerful and witty speaker.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

Kidney Pills and the backache ceased.
Encouraged, | kept on, and by the
time I had used three boxes not
sign of the trouble remained. My
health is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

Any man is in favor of reform-it
allowed to select the starting point.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

A good firm to ship your cream to
MILTON DAIRY CO., ST. PAUL.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

WE SELL GUNS AND TRAPS CHEAP
& buy Furs & Hides. Write for catalog lO5
n. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis, MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

Those Tired, Aching Feet of Yours
need Aliens FOot-Ease. 25c at your Druggists
Write A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, MY, for sample.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

Liberality does not consist in CIV
ing largely, but in giving wisely
Jerome.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

Strong Winds and Sand Storms
cause granulation of the eyelids. PETTITS
EYE SALVE soothes and quickly relieves.
All druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. 4.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

SAVE YOUR MONEY. BUY GOLD SEAL
Overshoes and Rubber Boots-Cheapest
because wear longest. Ask your dealer.
Not sold by mail order houses.
Goodyear Rubber Co., st. Paul, Makers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

The actions of a dumb man speak
louder than his words.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

1t takes a truthful man to tell q
lie big enough to attract attention.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12

When a man is short he usually has
long face.
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a
ood n o something
OF n a
o ser o
by
of
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces I'm
allays pain, wind collie 25c bottle
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
PERFECT HEALTH.
After Years of Backacke, Dizziness
and Kidney Disorders.

Mrs. R. G. Richmond, of Northwood
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
AFTER THE SHOT.

Robbie Rabbit-Never in all my life
has such shocking language been used
in my presence as that boy has used
in the last three minutes. Oooh!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-12
First Step to Ruin.

Too often this person starts to lead
the gay life before he has got the
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repeats itself He went into the mar.
ket as a lamb, and in consequence is
thoroughly fleecea.
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nuities
family.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
NO TROUBLE THREATENED.
Rumors Result Of misunderstanding
Of Conditions.

CITY OF MEXICO, April 28-
"No trouble is threatened between
Mexico and Guatemala declared
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Mariscal
last night The rumors which have
been in circulation for the past two
days had their origin in a misunder-
standing misunderstandstanding Of
conditions which, however. have been
explained satisfactorily"
The misunderstanding referred to
by the foreign minister related to the
reported friction between the Guate-
malan government and the Mexican
charge d'affaires in Guatemala, II
had been rumored that many persons
had sought refuge in the Mexican
legation and that their protection had
resulted in an overt act. A despatch
received last night, however, states
there has been no trouble. Mexico
has never entertained the idea Of in
|tervening in Guatemala" continued
Mr.. Mariscal," and SO far as we are
aware, no such action has been con-
templated by the United States. Al
all events the American government
had made no proposals to this gov
ernment of that nature"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-04-29
GreatliConcern Felt for the Life
oilYoung King Manuel Of
Portugal
CITY IS FULL oF.lI TROOPS
In Accordance With Tradition the
King Must 90 In State to the Cortes
to Pronounce the Opening Of the
Parliament

LISBON, April 28--Creat concern
Is felt lest the reopening Of parlia-
ment tomorrow may be the occasion
for fresh outrages and possibly an at
tempt on the life Of the young King
Manuel who Is accordance with the
tradition must 90 in states 10 the
cortes to pronounce the opening, The
city Is full Of troops and the entire
route from the palace TO the parlia-
ment house will be guarded The
Republicans and other factions will
make a strong fight in connection
with the scandals Of "Royal advances
obtained by the late King Carlos. II
leaks out that instead OF $s00,000 be-
ing the amount credited to the king
that the amount liquidated by France
was $l,500000 OF which the royal
family actually received. but $780,
600 the remaining $4,000 being alb.
sorbed in the process OF transmission
by Relatives" then in control