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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07

if these ships ever get into war.
There'll be no hit or miss or reckless
helter-skelter shooting then"
Congress and the navy itself have
long been divided over the relative
value of the battleship and the
armored cruiser. In spite of much op-
position on the part of those who be-
lieve that battleships, vessels which
cost but little more to build, are in
finitely superior to the armOred
cruiser, ten vessels of this type having
been recently added to the American
navy. The opponents of the armored
cruiser can now point to the vast
sums which it requires to maintain
them. The tables prepared by the
paymaster general show that while
the battleships average a little more
than 100000 a year, the armored
cruisers average more than 100000.
The squadron of this type, which is
under the command of Rear Admiral
Dayton, and known as the big Four"
is composed of the West Virginia, the
Colorado, the Pennsylvania, and the
Maryland. For the fiscal ended June
80 the West Virginia cost $755, Isl AT,
the Colorado $7O6,05716, the Pennsyl-
vania $735, 111.49, and the Maryland
$685., 526.O6
Cavalry of the Navy.
The armored cruiser has been COM
pared to cavalry. A distinguished
naval officer says that it is not COM
parable to cavalry. Moreover" he
adds, mo one has proved that navy
needs anything comparable to the cav
airy. 1t is not comparable to the cav
airy for the reason that it has not
nearly the same speed, relatively to
the other vessels of a fleet, that the
cavalry has to the other branches of
an army; and because it has not near
ly the same power, either offensive
or defensive, relatively to the other
ships, that the cavalry has to the
other branches. And a person would
have to labor hard to prove that a
navy needs something comparable to
cavalry; for how can one find on the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
Reiv on Yourself

All things come to him who hustles
folded hands OF stand with arms AKIN
DO set until the occasion tells you
what to do; do1't wait for something
to turn up or somebody to come along
and take you By the hand to lead you
up, without any labor on your part, to
the heights others have gained by
puyh and perseverance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
HEGOSPEL FOR J
HARD TIMES
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. tMoody'sl
Church, Chicago.
Read Psalm II.

Florence Night
ingale tells us
that, when she was
on her way to the
Cri m e an war,
she heard from
the sailors a
weird story about
birds with black
wings and blue
breasts that flew
across the Black
sea during stormy
w e a t h e r, and
sometimes perch
ed on the masts,
but had never
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07

the derrick or fall on the ground near
by, and would surely explode. That
would mean certain death to every
body near. So that the man who
grasps the torpedo when it comes up
to the top of the ground is doing what
every man does in the presence of
threatened death-he takes the best
chance he has; there is no time to
rum
Thus do we see hero pulled off his
pedestal. But the world is still full
of bravery, courage, valor and gal
lantry, and history abounds in inspir-
ing examples. The man who risks
his life to stop a runaway horse or to
kill a mad dog in the street may be
as brave as were the Spartans at
Thermopylae.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
Stand up. Knocked Down.

The London Lancet urges pedes
trians to stand up for their rights in
the streets which the Automobiles
are wrestling from them. But the re-
suit of any such heroism on the part
of pedestrians would be more cases
for the doctors and the surgeons, and
the Lancet is the organ of the medical
profession.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07

through each lath, as shown in the
first cut, and fasten them together
with common wire nails well clinched.
Five-foot posts are set one foot in the
ground and a wire strung at top and
bottom. The lath are fastened to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
Months

These figures show that it costs
considerably more than 100000 q
year to keep battleship in commits
sion. The Connecticut. flagship of the
fleet, may be chosen as an example
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
TrelIis in Place in Garden.

wires with string, as shown in second
cut. The trellis is made in sections SO
as to be easily handled. When not in
use it is folded up and laid away under
shelter The posts are spaced evenly
so that one section of trellis will just
go between two posts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07

Gently made by Admiralty Secretary
Edmund Robertson BY this it is
shown that it costs $1,157, 800 to keep
. British battleship in commission one
year. destroyer involves an annual
outlay Of SIS, 800, a torpedo boat $780,
500.
It was with cable brevity that these
figures were transmitted. The enor-
nous sum required to maintain bat
tleship for a year makes one wonder
if there has not been some error in
transmission. That a vessel costing
say, $6,000,000 should in the course of
less than six years equal it's entire
original cost in the mere matter Of
maintenance would seem inconceiv-
able at first glance. But when one
compares the figures given with our
own expenditures in this direction the
calculations do not seem to be so
much astray. The flat cost Of main
tanning an American battleship in com
mission in no instance equals, or near
Iy equals, the sum which the admir-
atty secretary finds is necessary for
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07
A FOLDING TRELLlS.
One Which Will Prove Exceptionally
Serviceable for Pole Beans.

he best way that | ever found to
pole beans is to make folding trel-
lis out of plastering lath, as shown
in the cuts, explains a writer in Farm
and Home. / bore three small holes
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-05-07

- - -ASHINGTON.-A cal
Va "a culation of the an
v VA nual cost of main
w Va tanning individual
types of craft in the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Cy HOsklns Lost $SO but HG
 Had a Good Time

Our prosperous and affluent citizen. Cy HoslSins. met with a peculiar and disa- greeable loss last Satterday while at the Co. seat on business. AS every one in Bingville knows, Cy is generally reck- oned as the wealthiest man in this neck of woods and every few weeks takes a trip to the Co. seat to collect money from some property there and to bank 1t. beings as he has a horror of dying poor some day unless he keeps right after it.. and salts 1t before he has chance to spend 1t reckless.
 Last Satterday. as Cy was erbout to enter the bank, he was met by a smart lookin chap who called hisself MT. Gran ger, jest connin out who shuk hands with him and ast him how his family was and made hisself so agreeable that Cy kinder took a shine to him. After talkin a spell Cy's new acquaintance ast him to come and have a little something to warm his- self, and Cy thort he'd go longs he wouldn't be nothin out. and he likes taste of Ticker once in while, so they started off to a store. After Mir. Gran ger had treated a few times another stranger come up where Cy and the other feller was a-settin and presented a bill for somethink or other to MT. Granger, and sed he was sorry to trubble him. MT. Granger sed it was all right; he was allus willin to pay his jest dets, and pulled. out his poeketbooA, ECy saw he had quite wad and they was all large bills and the stranger couldn't change enny of them. so Mfr. Granger ast Cy if he jest as lief lend him SS0 i'll he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Personals

Samantha Deevers is not on the sick list this week as ushuaL We regard this as very peculiar.
 Hen Weathersby. our enterprising mer- chant Eand prop. of cur grate and only business emporium, got in a new lot of dried herrin last week. Call and examine these herrin. New goods arriving daily.
 Miss Alnira Hobbs has give Heck gor- don the Amitten. Almira says she liked Heck we'll enuff but she simply couldn't stand the smell of onions wich Heck would fill up on every night. We don't blame you, Almira. but you might have ct some yourself in self-defence.
 Anne Hillyer J. of P. and legal light, is sheddin his hair so fast that he Is using diluted muscilage on his head to keep wllot he's got left from droppin out. Anne says it's no disgrace to be bald- hedded. but he had just lief keep whot hair he's got.
 Miss Milly Underwood went out for a pung ride with Gale Hooker down Snake Bend way last Sunday. and on the way home Gale dropt the reins rninnit to light his pipe and the horse bolted and throwd them both out against a stone wall. Milly hurt herself some and was that mad with Gale she wouldn't walk home with him. and stayed all night with her cousin Miss Phronicia Hunt. Gale excaped injury and walkt home and found whot was left of the pung and the horse waitin for him at the barn
 Widow 7inckley says she wilk have to buy 6 rat trap as soon as Hen gits some in, as Bud is troubled with rats in his garrett and don't sleep nights very well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16

a wood-piIe once if, while, we might put them down as sucksessful, but we wouli have to sprain our inaginashion to do it now.
 We have did whot we could to make the Bugle a suckskss, We have swet ourself all up in rtirinin the handpress in summer and have blamed neer froze ourself to detll settin type in winter. We have reported births, deths and marriages and personnuls and local items with painful regularity. We have moulded, the opinyuus of the, naber- hood by our fed-llot editorjals from time to time and have give free mo- tices to church fairs and other soshiable gatherings. We have did all this, we repeet, and as result we have blamed neer hundred subscribers on our list whot won't pay for the paper and we are gettin more of the same kind every once in while.
 But let us not despond. Descending don't help a person enny. Besides, spring is comin soon and we ort to cheer up for it might be worse
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16

could change a $50 bill at the bank when they went out. Cy sed yes and passed over three 10 dollar bills. After ,thanlEin Cy and treatin on segars he told Cy he had for got to take a receipt from the man he paid the money to and sed he'd step out and get 1t before the man left the premises. Cy excused him and sat there waitin and smoking two hours. when he got tired and asst the store-keeper where Mir. Granger was. The store-keeper, said he didn't know enny sich person. and told Cy he gessed he must have beeh pIucked by two sharps. Then Cy went to the bank to see if ennybuddy of that de- seripshion had been there and the cashier told Cy no. X
 When the horrible truth dawned on Cy. the way he swore and tore around the bank was worsen when he got stung by honnet last summer and awful to be- hold After Cy had calmed down some he admitted that he had had q mighty good time and his pocket was fun of se- gars and he was treated like gentle man. but he didn't think it was wuth the $30 it cost him.
 Seth Dewberrv. our heroick town con- stable. opines 1t was the same dastards who stole his watch offen him when he went to a circus at the Co. seat last sum- mer. and says if he ever lays eyes on them aVane he will jerk them up before Anne Hitler so blamed quick that it will make theiY heads swim.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Lem BrnWn Makes a DiSlnTh.'
 ancS in Church

Lem Brown. our expert carpenter q builder. bought white shirt at Hens last Friday and had Mrs. Brown starch it up for him to wear Sunday to church. When Lem come to git into it on tho Sabbath morning he found it to be a lit- tie mite too small in the neck. but callIi- lated It felt that way because he wasn't used to wearin stif shirts. After dressin up, Lem l.id his wife starfed ofr to church with Lem almost swearin and the neck-band a-sawin away at every step. They took seats near the stove and after the Rev. Sam'l Moore got started on his sermon Lem he begin to git hot and fideit and run his hand around his neck untill everybuddy that was a-Eittin neer him thort he was havin fit. As the Rev Moors begun his fourteenthly Lem took both hands and tore off his collar and ripped the shirt way down his back and yelled out. "There dog-twfst ye. I feel hStter." Rev. Moore was that surprised when he heard Lem he stopt short and forgot what he was a-going to say, and after a few words erbout the wicked disturbin- them as was godly he pronounced the benedick- shion. On the way home Lem and his wife louded up enun to attracl<t censid- erable attenshion, and at this writin we understand they are on the outs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16

Last Satterday as we finished up OUT manifold dutys incidental to gittin out the Bugle and sit down in our hard old offiSe chair, to think over the events of the week, we filld our pipe and com muned with our self as to what con- stituted sucxsess. As We recounted the different ventures some of our feller townsmen have tryd and seen the re- suits thereof, we think we are in a po- sishion to point out where some have failed and others have suckseeded. A deep sense of duty prompts us to do til:s, and if enny of our readers git mad about it we hope they will git over it and come to us and apologize.
 Take Cy Hoskins, our affluent May or, for ifistants. Cy is considered to be about as well of in this worlds goods and other peoples, too-as ennyone around these parts. He is whot you might call sucksessful; and why? Be- cause he owns more property and has got more mortgages on other folke's property than ennyhody else in Bing- vile. But Cy had a mighty good start when his widdered father dide and left it all to Cy, who hired men to cultivate the land and paid them with old clothes and old furniture. and sold the crops for a big site of money. Then Cy made more money by letting out a horse or two for ploughing and haulin and also. later, he took to horse swap pin, and now is fingered to be about as cute as they make them on a horse dicker. If Cy had nothin to start with he wouldn't have amounted to as much as Bill Hepburn. for while Bill likes his ticker, he is willin to work, and that is moren we can say of Cy.
 Anne Hitler, our talanted loryer and legal light. has had to blow his way through life, and if we had more men like Anne in this here town, Bingville would be on the boom. Anne shows how sucksessful he is When business peepul of Bingville and tries to induce some of our most respected citizens to go to law again their nabers and see if they can't get a few damages. And Anne makes sure of gittin some money out of either party before he's through. Doc Livermore, OUT horse docktor and human speshialist, shines forth among all our sucksessful men and never spoiled hisself by going away to nedisin school and gittin lot of newfangled idees in his head erbout doclxterin All he knows he lernt right here in Bingville and that's why peepul has so terrible much faith in him. He jest kind of pickt up his medical knoll ledge at odd hours, as you might say. Docs sucksessful and we are glad of it.
 Yves Woodruff, our expert hunter and trapper, is another sucksessful Bingvillian. and sells a good menny pelts in course of yeer. Yves sed the other day that he wasn't doin as we'll trappin s<unks this winter as ushual. That's funny. Yves smells as if he was makin a sucksess ketchin skunks.
 Jabe Crum, Hank Stebbins, Rufe Simmons, Peleg Hobbs, Zeff Witherow and a whole lot of others we might mentshion ain't been sucksessful They won't work moren half the time and sit around down to the store and tell how things ort to be did. If some of them would take saw and ax and taekel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Skating Raca

Lige Green and Ranse Smiley had a skating race on Gootchie Pond last Wednesday and almost a fight. On the home stretch Lige ketched his skate on q limb of tree that was froze in the ise and fell in front of Ranse, who was hipperin right along. Before Lige could git outen the way. Ranse skated haff way up Lige's back and sit down so suddint he thort he had driv his spinal coIium up thro the roof of his head. When Liee got his breth he accused Ranse of tryin to brake his back for him and of hittin him when he was down. and Ranse he denied 1t and ac- cused Lige of actin like a craven cur when he knowd he was beat in the race and fell down a purpose. After they had talked erbout a hour and darst each other to fight. Ranse sed he'd halter to go home and chop some wood for supper. and Lige sed he had a errand to do. so they separated with out disgracing therselfs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Marriages

We are sorry to announce that no mar riages have took place for the past few weeks. When We see so menny young cupples loving and huggin each other, on our way home from the Bugle offs nights, We are surprised to see them a-puttin off marriages week after week and yeer after yeer. notwithstanding the fact that our beloved pastor. Rev. Samuel Moore. has offered to marry cupples cheeper than en- nybuddy else in the country. in order to git business and encourage matrimony. We don't know whose fault 1t is. but if the blame is on the feller in the past 1t won't be again for four years to come. This is leep year and it is now the young vim mems place to ask the man to be horn. Pipe right up girls and see if he means business.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16

down to Snake Bend Creek and told Jed he gessed he'd run his own stove here after, or he wouldn't have enny stove or store to run at tall if Jed was that keer- less of other folks property.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
Country Correspondence
SLAB CITY.


 Arioch Perkins and his faniIy went to Hardscrabble Friday. and on returnin' home he mist a bari of pertaters from his celler. Arioch lost a bari the same way two months ago and says he's gittin all-fired sick of 1t.
 Jasper Tarbell says the nabers have got to stop. borrowin his groceries and things. Only last week he Jade out over $E and ain't got snnythink now to show for 1t.
 Sarah Gupbert of Hickory Corners has been workfn for the Hills the past two weeks and they cheeted her out lie. when they come to settle up. The Hills aint much acct. ennyway and never was. Hester Jones, one of Slab Clty's hand somest widders, Is prinRin up a good deal of late. Have you got some one on a string. Hester. or is 1t jest natural pride Old Jabe Romans. our oldest inhabitant. while watchin the men cqttin ise on his pond last Thursday. was ketched by a scraper and drugged on his ise erbout 20 feet before the horses was stopt. He wasn't hurt enny but was skeered some for a spell.
 sleddin parties is all the rage here abouts.
 Hens aint 1ayin here as well as ex- pected at this time of the year. Accordin to our judgment they never will.
 HAP HAS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
HAPPY VALLEY.

HAITI rRAhIEI.
 Jessica Underwood contemplates buyin a new hat soon.
 Enos McCracken who has been sick in bed from whot we did not learn is now able to be up and about.
 flame Wilson has took his knocker often his front door and hitched a cow bell on insted. flame sed he had to do it. as the door is old and weak and wouldn't stand menny more knocks
 Eph Foster went to go down cellar to draw pail of hard sider tother night and his greesy boots slipt on the stairs and Eph went end over end till he struck the bottom and landed on his pail, flat terning same out like a pancake and skinnin his nose. Hell halter buy new one.
 Miss Mary Ann Green one of our hand somest young ladies. is being sparked purity hot by a feller from Bingville Boomer says they win make hitch of it. Mrs. Jane Sawyer hft herself a awful crack in the corner of the hay mow while lookin for eggs for last Sundays break fast. She's some better now. but walks with limp. vERITAS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
THE. BINGVILLE BUGLE! lsths Leading Paper of the csunsys
BRIaET-BREEgY-BELLIOOsE-BUsrLIBs

Tha cheapest sdvsrtising medium ia ths country. If you believe in advertisinR, eo1ne and see us. For further 1nfogmatSoa eal e or address the editoe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19
Racey Murder Case Continued

HURON, s. D.. Dee. 1s.-(Special.)-To
the surprise Of a large number OF people,
who filled the court room Wednesday af-
t~ernoon. the case of the state of South
Dakota against Loue Racey, for murder,
was continued to the June, 1909 term. A
large number of witnesses had been
subpoened and had been in hearing since
the sth inst. but in order to secure wit
nesses from Kansas City, on behalf of the
defendant. It was found necessary to con-
tinue the case of Loue Racey. aged about
Is years, is charged with the killing OF
George N. Stewart, in an old mill at VOL
sey. last November. 1t appears hat the
two men while under the influence OF
'lquor.- got into a quarrel and It is claimed
hat Stewart died from the effects OF
wounds inflicted by Racey, who. after his
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19
BALTIMORE RECTOR is SUED
DIR. r.. s. COPELAND Defendant I'm Suit
by Physician Who IL suing
for Divorce.

BALTIMORE. Nd, Dec. 1s.-Rev. DR.,
Robert 8. COPELAND. rector of the Protes-
tapt Episcopal Church of the Ascension OF
this city. has been sued for $4,000 dam
agese by DR.. Pierce b. Wilson, jr., who
Is suing his wife for divorce, naming former
United States Senator George L. Yelling
ton as correspondent.
No cause of action is stated in the paper
filed In court and neither DIR. Wilson mol
his attorney would talk today.
DR.. Coupland. who has been summoned
as a witness in the divorce trial, said he
had no knowledge of any reason for the
suit.
Or. Wilson Is a member of DR.. Complaints
church and the clergyman said their rela-
ions had been most friendly.
DR.. COPELAND was a leading candidate
FOR coadJutor bishop Of the Maryland do
rese at the election recently.
on the witness stand In the divorce trial
s0day DR.. Wilson swore that a few days
fter the birth OF their baby his wife had
'nfessed TO him the story of her alleged
lations with Wellington. After that his
erried life ended, he said. but to avoid
-blicity and scandal he gave her a home
him.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19
AoXlAUM In CRAFT CASES
Judge Kunkel Gives Limit to Capitol
Fraud Men.
SENTENCES ARE GIVEN TO FOUR
LOOters OF P~ennsylvania Treasury
Come before Court After Com
victiOn-Cases VIII he
Appealed.

HARRISBURG. Pa. Dec. 1.-TWO years
Imprisonment and a { ne Of $500. the maxi
mum penalty, was the sentence melted out
today by Judge Kunkel in the Dauphin
county court to each Of the four men, who
were convicted Of defrauding the state in
connection with the furnishing Of the cspi-
toll build ng In this ely, sciate y after
sentence was pronounced the de endants
were remanded to the custody Of the sher II
and taken 20 a side room pend ng applica-
ton for a supersede s. which was made In
the superior court at Philadelphia af. or no
tiee OF the sentence here was given. As
soon as It Is granted the defendants will
offer bail, pending appeal TO the superior
nsuFt.
The four defendants are JohS H.. Sander
son, Philadelphia, contractor ror the fur
niture: James NJ. Shumaker. Johnstown.
superintendent Of the board of public
grounds and building at the time the con
tract for furniture was let; William p.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-19
nyder, spring cav. and William

Snyder. Spring City. n william L.
Mathues, Media, respectively auditor gen
eral and state treasurer during the opera
ton of the contract and by virtue OF their
positions member OF the board OF
grounds and buildings.
The men convicted today were tried a
the state bank of s19, SOS in a contract for
wooden furniture. Other charges involved
large sums In the aggregate. The men
were tried last spring and last week they
were refused a new trial.
The men conducted today were tried q
second time and acquitted of a charge OF
defrauding the state In a metal furniture
contractt