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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

small contrvances which few persons know as his in
ventons.
Edison is known of the country's most noted
men, and is recorded the fame of the inventor sell
dom attaches itself to his until after his remains
are laid to rest therefore greater credit should
be given him. he is worldfamed character despite
the fact that he is not dead.
Thomas Alva Edison is Ohio production. He was
born at Milan, o., February H. 1S47 He the ia
vorite son and his parents Samuel and Nancy E. Edi
son. while they took great pride in their boy found
themselves incapable of giving him the education that
such bright lad deserved His mother, however, re
allied that intellect above the average of that
of lad of his age and having had fairly good educa-
ton as learning went in those days. tutored him at
home in reading, writing and arithmetic.
At the age of IL years home ties were broken and
he left the hearth which he had known since his birth
to take I'D a position newsboy on the Grand Trunk
railway He fell in with many railway telegraph
operaors and his love for the mysterious about that
vocation led him to study it at the instance of his
friends among the knights of the key.
Soon he went into telegraphy actively as an opera
tor and though he yet very young man, he
clicked off messages in all parts of the United States
and Canada.
Soon familiarity with his instruments led him to
see flaws in and the possibility for evolving new
ideas to add efficiency the system Telegraphy then
was Young and there plenty of opportunity for
wide-awake person to add Improvements to the sys-
tenn.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
Various schools" of Painters.

The Munich Jugend has discovered
five signs by which to detect the
school to which a painter belongs:
Cd If he paints the sky gray and the
grass black, he belongs to the good
old classical school. (2) If he paints
the sky blue and the grass green, he
is a realist. (3) If he paints the sky
green and the grass blue, he is an i'm
pressionist. ~ If he paints the sky
yellow and the grass purple, he is a
colorist. 90 If he paints the sky
black and the grass red, he shows pos
session of great decorative talent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

idea of the tremendous growth of the
city can be appreciated. One of the
assurances of a continued and perma-
nent growth is to be found in the So
900 marriages that take place every
year.
Besides this permanent increase
New York is entertaining an average
of over 10000 transient visitors every
day, and at some seasons, when the
hotel accommodations are taxed 70
their utmost, fully 100000 people are
chrnonicled in their home papers as
spending few days in New York on
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
A Sudden Transition.

Little Willie Jones, while picking
bIackberries, was stung on the calf
his leg by poisonous insect. BY
bedtime his leg was so swollen that
his mother began to be very much
worried, so the first thing the next
morning she went to his room to find
out if the swelling had gone down.
"How is your leg, SOM" she in
CURED.
Come, look-it's swelled way Up"
he answered proudly. MY calf has
got big as a heifer since last night
Lppincott's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
NEW YORK TRULY GREAT CITY

limits of New York's business energy,
will soon embrace radius of so miles,
within which are located 1884 differ
ent towns and cities whose total popu-
lation, with that of Greater New York,
is equal to fully one-fifth of the popu-
lation of the United States.
When it is realized that the perma-
nent increase in population of New
York last year was about 100000, a
city the size of Cleveland. o., some
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

1t has been my lot to see, in arctic
regions, some hundreds of thousands
of icebergs close at hand, and | have
always believed them to be the most
beautiful objects on earth; but the
clouds of the sky, close at hand, are
almost as beautiful. If you mount
above one of these majestic things,
swiftly overlapping one by one its
folds and wreaths, and if, remember
ing how high it is, you look down and
see only small green patches of earth
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
coIombia,s One iron Foundry.

The only iron foundry in Colombia.
South America, is at Bogota. 1t is
known as La Paradera and is operated
on a small scale, native ores being
smelted, the iron being subsequently
remelted for casting purposes. There
are several commercial iron deposits
in the interior of the country, and one
ore body situated near the coast of
the Caribbean sea is now being drilled
by American engineers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
Not a thoughtful Race.

As a race we seem to have no desire
for anv such adventure as introspec-
tive thought, to leave an awesome
shrinking from our own souls. In
trains, on summer shores before the
most alIuring of seas, on piers, at
bandstands people are provided with
books, papers, periodicals, anything
a timetable would serve-to keep
themselves at bay.-Black and White.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
BALLOONING AMONG CLOUDS

through holes in the cloud carpet be-
low, you have little thrill of concep'
ton of how lonely a man would feel,
falling away down there, and not be
ing able to see the spot where he mus;
alight. 1t is a safe little thrill, how
ever; you know that you are not going
to fall. Such dizziness as some per-
sons feel in standing near great
heights on the earth is almost un
known in ballooning. Maya
zine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05
Larger in Population Than Sixteen DIFF
ferent States and Territories.

Some one who is apt at figures has
shown that New York city to-day is
larger in population than 16 different
states and territories, and further that
within a radius of 90 miles are living
over 100000 people.
The improved methods of transpor-
tation. which are fast widening the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

perhaps heated by electricity, the
heating device being Edison's in
vention also. On the sitting
room table is photograph,
evolved by Edison. Then there
is the telephone, parts of which
are products of his wonderful
intellect. Those are the prin-
cipal devices about the household
of the middle-class American, for
which the world must thank
Thomas A. Edison, but, besides
these there are dozens of other
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

pleasure and business. National
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

devoting himself to the invention of money-making de-
vices which, when put upon the market into his
Golfers great amounts of coin of the realm.
Hence the laboratory at Llewellyn n j. which for
years has been his constant habitation little of him
these days In the darkened rooms of that laboratory
he often worked for five days nights stretch,
with little sleep, problem which had been
given him for solution
The counry's men of money declare that there
puzzles which Edison failed to solve whether
they of chemical electrical mechanical nature.
Now however, finances have put behind him he
devng into various subjects regardless of the
consideration attached them In fact things have
his way easily in the past few years that there
left for him to conquer hence his retirement.
To-day at the age 81 years. he is rowing the
try seeking chemical problems which he may solve for
his amusement. No in the worlds history has
solved as many puzzles in the realm of nven
tons Edison of his achievements have
the line of electricity, but despite his
with the mysterious currents he has not the love for
that study that he developed for chemistry While
there was plenty mysteousness about electricity to
whole intellect inventor Edison has taken
interest in the study of chemistry and it is re-
corded, chemist the world is quite efficient
Mr. Edison
Chemistry was the first science captivate the
derfu intellect of this man. but he himself that he
has had the chance to delve into its mysteries
with the full power of the fertile mind he
And he is taking advantage of the opportunity
which made itself by reason of his marvellous success
all lines of invention
He is taking life easily than since the time
he started out to his living newsboy at the
age II years. His education limited one but,
thanks his mother, he received the essentials of
grammar school education
He promised his friends that since his announced
retirement he would give up Shaving days, nights Sun
days and holidays in his laboratory at Llewellyn and
he has kept his promise faithfully He invades the dark
corners his workshop only when fancifu prob
lem in chemistry presents itself and he feels mpeIled
get at the bottom of 1t.
This fall Mr. Edison took jaunts about the country
in pursuit of some the pleasure which his years of
work compelled him miss He promised himself that
he would something of the world He aimed to travel
tho amin n lie and
he has already laid travel which will prob
ably occupy his time for several years to come
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CHAS. PILLING, Clifford Blk, Grand Forks, n Dak;
j. N. MAC LACHLAN. Box Il6. Watertown, S. De- Oia;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

the enjoyment which he CLEANS from
that sort of thing. He has awarded
himself a life commission of rowing
into the depths of pure science and
he is steering clear of the CONNER
cialism which was previously at
tached to his inventions.
He figures that he has already
more than his share of worldly
goods and it is his aim to live from
his early accumulations for the rest
Of his life. All his life he has been
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-05

II o M A S A. E ID / 5 . n,
known as the father OF
invention in America" is
worth close to $50,000,-
900, it is said. To cap
the climax of his career
of turning out thousands
of useful contrivances,
he has retired from the
field.
His life is now being
devoted to the pursuits
of science. merely for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11
What "Gentleman" Means.

In discussions as to what are the char acteristics of gentleman. one Is some what surprised that the original meaning of the word has been ignored. Several dictionaries say that 1t is the same word as the French .'gentilhomme" and the Spanish ''gentilhombre," both of which were originally used to describe men of the gems or clans as distinguished from outsiders who were not blood relatives, "gentilis' meaning 'of the clan of gens.' This was a vital matter in primitive times, when a mans survival depended upon his membership in clan, all of whose members were bound together by ties so strong that we can scarcely under stand them now.
 Nothing in modern times, not even the self-sacrifices in war, at all equals the manner in which the ''gens' folks would defend each other. even at the expense of their own lives, They all believed them selves descended from the same god who was probably at eternal war with the gods of other gens Consequently person of another gems had no rights they would respect-to kill him was often moral duty. Primitive ethnology is full of il- lustrations of the compactness of gems and it's religious bearings
 When clan migrated and conquered another territory all the inhabitants were put to the sword or became the chatteis of the gensmen, who were far from being .'gentlea men indeed. their survival de- pended upon being the reverse of gentle
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some excellent examples of Frans Hals, Adrian Ostade and Jan van Capelle. Rubens Is represented by the Bacchanal and Van Dyck by beautiful painting of Jerome The modern Swedish school is fine. and includes the work of Gustav Cederstrom and Karen Manslatter, known for his beautiful colors. Zorn is repre- sented by some charming peasant scenes, with other brilliant hues. The most at trletive are the Swedish Dancing and ..washing by the Stream" The gallery has 8 large collection of his etchings, which show how much this artist has accomplished. 1t furthermore gives ere dence to the story of how this artist rented costly studio in London without the money to pay for it, and in less than q month had painted enough portraits to pay his rent
 Bruno Lilyfors' studies of bird life are equally interesting and worthy.
 Carl Larsson's six frescoes on the great staircase reproduce with freshness and great decorative effect scenes from the history of Swedist art. These frescoes belong to the most remarkable amongst wall paintings in European museums. The series of water coors by the same painter show scenes from the artists home in Dalarne.
 But the art in Stockholm is not limited to the galleries and museums. Many of the public schools have. through private munifieence, been adorned wth band- some paintings. In the Northern Classi- cal School are frescoes by Bruno Lily fors. Prince Eugen aud CarI Larson. The Southern Classical School has
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a modern school o3 architecture. of course there are more or less unattractive public buildings in the capital. as in all the large European cities, but these help to contrast and to emphasize the charms and lovejness of the more modern struc- lures
 On the other side of the lake is the National Museum. one of the handsomest and most Interesting buildings in Stock holm. This splendid building was de signed by well-known German archi- tect. It Is in the Renaissance style. with Venetian windows. The portal Is adorn- ed with six medallion reliefs of famous Swedish scholars and artists. including Ehrenstlahl, the painter; Nicholas Tes- sin. the architect and Linnaas. the bot anist The vestbule is adorned with two bronzes representing industrial art. The first floor Is given over to a com plete historical collection of primitive tools. pottery, jewery and coins. Above stairs is a large collection of paintings The most interesting are those of the early Dutch and modern Swedish mas ters. The most popular of the Dutch school is Rembrandt's gigantic and nn- finished canvas "Cladius Civilis Incit- ing the Batavians to Combat Against the Romans" Ii was painted in the six tcenth century, but was not brought to Stockholm until two centuries later sLisbet the Little Cook Is one of the finest pictmes ili the collection. Ii shows kweet-looking girl with her arm resting o4 her head. The young girl has a charini&g z expression, and the colors are won,1 1erfully beautiful. There are
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The only characteristic of primitive gen tleman was blood relationship to the gems It was a greatness born with them. and no one could achieve 1t or have 1t thrust upon him.
 The Word Broadens in Meaning.
 As civilization progressed it's refining effect was, of course, greatest in the ruling classes - the conquering type or military caste. The outsiders were slaves. serfs, peons, peasants or what not, who had sunk into their positions because they were more gentle or timid than the fierce gensmen. Thus the gentleness of culture. being cultivated by those who had been hercest, became in time characteristic of the upper classes. They were now more refined than the lowest uncultured types. and the word gentleman took on a new meaning-that of culture. as well as birth
 Nevertheless, the old meaning still held for many centuries. and referred to il class between the peasants and royalty Indeed, the kings were often not gentle men or gensmen, not blood relatives. huff imported by the clan or nation
 The king is now. of course. the first gentleman in the land. but it wasn't so long ago that he was not a gentleman ,t all--neither by blood nor gentle manners He often seized his position by the aid of trained retaincrs. and hc could not he n gems" man at all. Indeed. the EprlIsn nation many time looked on It's k,n,a as outsiders. and the same feeling evcn now crops out occasionally
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with the mainland by a stone bride dec orated with figures from Morse myth ology and was used originally as a deer park. In the western part of the gar den is Scansen, a large open-air mu- scum, covered with lakes and rocky hills. It is designed to represent the flora and the fauna of the country with Lapps, their camps, reindeer and sledge dogs. At one end Is a large Maypole, where the maypole dance is given in May.
 Not far from Stockholm begin the woodlands of Sweden, which add so much to the wealth and picturesqueness of the country. Nearly 50 per cent. of the country is woodland. There are 990 acres of forest for nearly every hundred inhabitants. The forests are very beau tiful; pine, spruce and alder mingle with birch and aspen. Some of the forests belong to private individuals, but the larger part Is the property of the state
 Although Stockholm is a wonderfully attractive city md beautifully kept, 1t has accomplished this through hard struggle and great effort. For years the wars with Germany took money which the government would like to have spent in beautifying the city.
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ing her workroom. which is filled with books, pictures. and casts she herself has modelled. The most valuable of the furnishings is collection they brought from the orient AboYe stairs is large billiard room of the Crown Prince. filled with trophies of the hunt. There are hundreds of deer heads. bears. moose and crocodiles
 The private rooms of the King and Queen are interesting because they con tain rare silver given 10 their majesties when they celebrated their silver wed ding. Though the state apartments are spacious and well furnished, they are without show and ostentation. On the west side of Helgeandsholm are two handsome new buildings of granite. ad- mired for their size and splendid archi- lecture. One Is the National Diet and the other the National Bank These buildings show the wonderful strides Swedish architecture has made during the last two decades. It has developed both in the artistic conception of the buildings and in the costlness and soil darity of the materials used. T. G. Clason and r. Boberg are two of the foremost Swedish architects and have few rivals in Europe Both iu this monu- mental building and in the Bunsowska. the Adeswardska and the HallwylskA, Clasons work is unusually individual and artistic.
 Boberg tries to find new and unusual forms 10 make them seryiceable and still beautiful The immense Nordcska Bank, his original and hcautiful central post office, and the building called the Flee tric Works represent new ambitions and
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how it appeared in the construction tent at Fort Myer, across the Potomac River from Washington. the day the inventor announced that 1t was completed and he himself was ready to fly through the air
 The dirigible balloon merely floats in the air just as a ship floats on the ocean be- cause of its lighter specific gravity as compared with the amount of air 1t dis places. It floats and is driven through the atmosphere by light and strong en- zines which work propellers of huge size, but acting on the same principles as the screw attached to an ordinary steam vessel.
 But orville Wright claims, and has proven by dotpdg ts-idls, that his aero plane can do more than foat--it cdn dc- tudlly fy. And its motions more closely
 resembled those of some gigantic flying fish than an inanimate object. The real secret of success in Wright's aeroplane lies in his manipulation of the planes,
 which, by special machinery, he con tracts or expands so that the action f the air as the engine forces the airship through the atmosphere guides the ma chine up or down, while the rudder an- SWeTb TUT luc dhSAAp AdACAoA AHOAAohS to the right or left.
 These planes are held together by very strong but light piano wlre-the same that is used in pianos to produce the various notes of the musical scale. The steel frame work of the machine is hol- low and extremely light.
 Wright's Machine Works Miracle. The engine (which, after all, counted for much in wright's struggle to obtain , a practical working airship) Is built along the same lines as the finest four cylinder motors to be found in the high est priced automobiles. Wrights engine is built of especially light and strong materials, and can develop enormous horsepower.
 It revolves the propellers at such an enormous rate of speed that a practical vacuum is created ahead of the aero plane while behind Is a hurricane of such violence that men have been knock ed flat just from the air waves created by the machine.
 Wright stands on the little platform
 and from this point be can direct the
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fresco by George Pauli. and the Modern School a painting by Oscar Bjoick.
 Nowhere is more care and money ex' pended in making schools beautiful and sanitary. The grammar schools and high schools are well built and great attention given to the subject of light and air The Swedish schools have q reputation the world over for the splen- did work done in carpentry, wood cary ing and metal work and their advanced methods in gymnastics.
 Nature appeals to thes. people even more than art, as is seen in their parks and woods The handsomest of these gardens is the Kungstrafgard, or Eing's Garden. It is laid out with large hand some trees and flower beds that bloom nearly all year round. In June and July the air Is redolent with the per fume of roses. A beautiful fountain adorns the front of the grounds, repre- senting the daughters of the sea god Aeger listening to the harping of the Nixies. In the center of the park is large, fine statue of Charles XIII.
 The Humlegard is one of the oldest parks in Stockholm. founded in the sev- enteenth century. It has been remod- eled, however, during the last few years The city gardener of Stockholm has made it beautiful pleasure ground with flower beds and tropical plants But these parks are small compared With the Diurgarden and Scansen, two parks of which the city Is justly proud The Djurgarden covers an area Of nearly two miles and is covered with large oak woods and lovely walks. It Is joined
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States has taken the matter seriously in hand and actually paid Captain Baldwin for a practical airship. it should not be long before the government itself can turn out far better specimens of dirigibles than the first one the government has ever owned.
 The marvellous flights of Count Zeppelin appear to show that as far as dirigibles are concerned Germany now holds the rec ords. It is, therefore, to Orville Wright, the inventor and bold and successful op- orator of the Wright Brothers aeroplane, that the United States must look for it's ability to lead the world in the conquest of the air
 Orville Wrlghts aeroplane is heavier than-air flying machine. It has nothing whatever to do with balloons or balloon ing. It introduces an entirely new meth cd of navigating the atmosphere, and 1t is considered fairly certain that the new ideas contained in it's construction and operation are the real clues to certain and practical domination of the air by man.
 The splendid photograph shown of this marvellous machine gives an exact idea of