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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
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clans were sent home and their
places taken by youthful enthusiasts
who infused fresh blood and spirit
into the staid circle at Washington.
Among the latter were Henry Clay
of Kentucky and John Calhoun OF
South Carolina. These two became
leaders in house and senate, and it
was chiefly owing to their fiery elo-
quence in defense of Rodgers action.
and in favor of adopting punitive
measures with regard to England, that
President Madison was finally forced
to declare war.
More than one writer has fallen
into the error of declaring Commo-
dore John Rodgers to have been OF
foreign birth. AS a matter of fact,
he was American to the core, having
been born in the state Of Maryland,
July IL, 17T4. His favorite vessel was
The President and with her he &C
complished wonders of naval war
fare. When the war with England
opened he was sent out on cruise,
and in 148 days captured IL British
merchant ships and the English
armed schooner, the Highfyer. The
crew Of the latter vessel had burned
and plundered Havre de Grace, Mary
land, the home of Rodgers, so that the
commodore may be said to have had
private as well as patriotic reasons
for wishing to lay The President
alongside of her.
Before he sailed from Boston Rodg-
ers had obtained from some unknown
source a partial knowledge OF the
secret signal code of the British
navy, and caused certain flags to
be constructed accordingly. When
he came in sight of the Highfyer he
flew the British ensign, which was
Immediately hailed. A signal was
then displayed on the English YES
sci, and Rodgers succeeded in an
swering it correctly. He then sig
nailed that he was the British ship
Seahorse, and the two vessels ranged
alongside each other. One of Rodgers
officers donned the uniform of a
British lieutenant and went aboard
the Highflyer. where he informed the
commander that part of the High
flyers signal code was lost, and
asked that he be allowed to make
good the deficiency. The permission
was graciously granted and taken
| advantage of, after which the British
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
GREATLY ATTACHED TO IT
Husband Who Had married Money"
Acknowledged the Truth to His
Friends Query.
milling hand and

Apropos of beautiful young wife,
worth $40,0O0,000, who had just di-
vorced her penniless husband in or
der to marry again, Henry E. Dixey,
the comedian, said at dinner in New
York:
''The young man who marries for
money has none too easy time of it.
His rich wife is likely to tire of him
and throw him out in a few years, or
else she is likely to limit his allow
ance to 25 or so cents a day.
"T married money a man once
said to me.
Wasn't there a woman attached
to it?' 1 asked.
eyes, you bet there was he ex-
ploded. so much attached to it that
she never parted with a penny
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

his government, in that he would not
allow the flag of his county and en-
sign OF his command to be flouted.
That Rodgers assumed the entire re-
sponsibility is further shown by a
diary kept by one of his officers,
which reads, in part, as follows:
Yesterday, May 16, while beating
down the bay, we spoke to a brig
coming up who informed us that he
saw the British frigate the day before
off the very place where we now are,
but she is not in sight. We have
made the most complete preparations
for battle. Everyone wishes it. She
is of exactly our force. Should we
see her / have not the least doubt OF
our engagement. The commodore
(Rodgers) will demand the person
impressed, the demand will doubtless
be refused, and the battle will in
stantIy commence. The commodore
has called in the boatswain, gunner,
and carpenter, and informed them
of all the circumstances, and asked
if they were ready for action.
Ready was the reply of each"
Just why historians treat this es-
sential beginning of our second war
with England so lightly, and accord
it so little space, practically passing
it over as unimportant, is hard to
comprehend. Investigation proves it
to have been in our country the
cause of a political revolution, and
the inauguration of an American pro-
tectorate on the oceans, seas, bays,
lakes and rivers of the world. Yet
the victory won by Rodgers is &C
corded less than a page in the elab-
crate twenty volume history of the
United States by Guy Carleton Lee;
in the twenty volumes by B. J. Los
sing it receives half a page; and in
Bryant's four huge volumes single
sentence Of two lines is all that is
allotted this most daring naval ex-
plot.
So intense was the feeling aroused
! by Rodgers feat-of-arms that in the
! fall of 1911 the campaign for congress
sional representatives both in the
senate and house were chosen on the
terms voiced in the pertinent ques-
ton: care you for war with Eng
land?" Those who answered in the
affirmative we're elected, and those
who disapproved of martial measures
were defeated. Old and tried politi-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Photographs on Mirrors

manner and transferred to the chrome
gelatine surface. Second method: A
piece of plate glass is cleaned in n.y.
drochloric acid and water Il and 2O)
then coated with egg albumen, water
and ammonia, and dried. 1t is then
coated in iodised collodion, bathed in
a solution of silver nitrate, exposed,
and developed in the usual wet-plate
way, fixed, washed and dried. Next
it is coated with rubber in benzole and
dried. Then coated with tough colo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

This may be done in two different
ways. First method: An ordinary
mirror is taken and the back coated
with any thoroughly waterproof var
nish, such as rubber in benzole, or BIZ
tumen in benzole, or black varnish. The
face is carefully cleaned with whiting,
ammonia and water, and then given
a thin coating of csrome gelatine as
in the carbon process. Then a car
bon print is developed on temporary
snnHort in the usual carbon process
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Then They Got 1t.

1t was at the beefsteak dinner OF
the Rotary club the other night, in
the Hermit club, that Tom Goss, the
insurance man, commented upon the
departure from the regular course
eatfest. Gas for me-" he said, I
prefer the"
liable d'hote," broke in Ferdinand
Bliss, the Mazda man, pronouncing
the word as if it rhymed with
"dotty."
81 thought that word was pro-
nounced as If it ended like dot, or
lot" said Will Hunkin. the building
contractor.
You're both wrong" continued
Tom Goss. "But you can easily
learn to pronounce the word if you
make it rhyme with what we all most
need. Now, all together!"
And together they pronounced 1t
correctly They all needed the dough.
Cleveland Leader.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
ECZEMA BROKE OUT ON BABY

when my baby was two months
old, she had eczema and rash very
badly. 1 noticed that her face and
body broke out very suddenly, thick,
and red as coal of fire. l did not
know what to do. The doctor ordered
CASTLE soap and powders, but they
did no good. She would scratch, as
it itched, and she cried, and did not
sleep for more than a week. One
day 1 saw in the paper the advertise
ment Of the Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, so 1 got them and
tried them at once. My baby's face
was as cake of sores.
when l first used the Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, I could
see difference. In color it was red
der. I continued with them. My
baby was in a terrible condition. 1
used the Cuticura Remedies (Soap
and Ointment) four times a day, and
in two weeks she was quite well. The
Cuticura Remedies healed her skin
perfectly, and her skin is now pretty
and fine through using them. / also
use the Cuticura Soap today, and will
continue to, for it makes a lovely
skin. Every mother should use the
Cuticura Remedies. They are good
for all sores, and the Cuticura Soap
Is also good for shampooing the hair,
for l have tried it. l tell all my
friends how the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured my baby of eczema
and RASH" (Signed) Mrs. Drew, 210
w. 18th ST., New York city, Aug. &c,
1910.
Cuticura Remedies are sold through
out the world. Send to Potter Drug
e Chem. Corp, Boston, Mass, for
froa hO0k1ot on tho shin
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Early in the season man applied at
a farm house for board, but the farmer
slowly shook his head. I'D be glad to
keep you," he said, "but city people are
too hard to please"
81 am not at all exacting," the ap-
plicant replied. "You will find no diff
ficulty in pleasing me-"
That's what the last man who came
along here said, but it wasn't so. Fact
is, nothing pleased him. First, he
complained about sleeping in bed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Hard to Please

with a hired man, and when we give
him a bed to himself in a room with
four of the children, he was still dis
satisfied.
"Then he didn't like to use the towel
we all used, and he wanted wash
basin in his room. Nothing suited him
at all. I don't know whether you
would be hard to please or not"
"Well," the city man said, perhaps
I'd better not chance it"-Youth's
Companion
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

To remove nicotine from the teeth and
purify the breath after smoking,
To eradicate perspiration and body
odors by sponge bathing.
The best antiseptic wash known.
Relieves and strengthens tired, weak,
infamedeyes. Heals sore throat, wounds
and cuts. 25 and so cts. box, druggists
or by mail postpaid. Sample Free.
THE PAXTON TOILET CO.. BOSTON. Mass.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
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The story spread
that Rodgers had
sailed under eX-
press orders from
our administration
to pursue the Cur
rfere, and to de-
mand our impress
ed citizen at the
mouth of her guns.
But the court of
inquiry which en-
sued clearly dem
onstrated that the
American govern
had no special re-
sponsibility in the
lucky accident for
our flag and the
prowess of our
navy"
These are the
only lines which
emphasize and in
dictate the import
ance of the battle,
lines which give
the credit by infer
ence, where it
should be placed by
direct statement,
to G. O m m odore
Rodgers. To the
latter belongs the
glory of having
been bigger than
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

of life before 1 tried
Lydia Z. Pinkham'S
" Q G e tab Bile Com
pound. / was in such
a nervous condition
II could not keep
Is till. M y Ii m b s
were cold, 1 had
creepy sensations,
end l could not sleep
nights. / was finally
told by two phys
|icians that / also
had a tumor. I read
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Very Much Attached.

Swenson-Why do you always hear
a ship referred to as she?
Benson-I guess it is because she
sometimes becomes very much at
tached to a buoy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Mrs WinsIow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc a bottle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
How They Turn Out.

Ever see any of our classmates p
Eyes, the class poet is now butcher
and the class prophet is telling for
tunes for a living, believe"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

For over fifty years Rheumatism and
Neuralgia sufferers have found great re-
lief in Hamlins Wizard Oil. Don't. wait
for inflammation to set in. Get bottle
TODAY
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Instead of Liquid
Antiseptics Peroxide
100000 people last year used
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic

The new toilet germicide powder to ba
dissolved in water as needed.
For all toilet and hygienic uses it is
better and more economical.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
LANES <AN WEAR SHOES

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease
the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy
Refuse substitutes For Free trial package, ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

dion and dried. The plate is then
silvered by the Rochelle salt and nj
trate of silver method.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

To save and beautify the
teeth, remove tartar and
prevent decay.
To disinfect the mouth, de-
stroy disease germs, and
purify the breath.
To keep artificial teeth and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

A woman's idea OF a brave man is
one who isn't afraid to go into dark
closet in which there may be mouse.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Many a man who swears at a big
monopoly is nourishing little one
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Even a wise man can't tell when a
Woman's hat is on straight.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Sharp Practice.

..They say Maude is rather dull"
Don't know; she gave me an awroi
cut"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

1t sometimes happens that street
fight reminds a married man that
there are other places like home.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
WHAT
WENT
THROUGH
Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Natick, Mass. --'T cannot express
what went through during the change
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Farms for rent or sale on crop payments. J. Null
hall, Sioux City, Iowa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
Ironor+ant TO Mothers

Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that it
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18

Laughter will keep the doctor off
your doorstep.-Witchell
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-18
he true story OF
the opening battle
to1df0r the frSt,time
By prof. Bd!CiSrand.
copvP,cHT 1911 Az w G. CHRPnRh
1911 81 w G. CHAPMAN.

Y May 16, 1911, one hun
dred years ago, the
first shot was fired in
the second war with
England. Thus the
one hundredth anniver-
sary of the beginning
of 1.-The war of 1912"
is not in 1912, but fell
on May 16, 1911! 1t
was the beginning Of a
naval engagement off
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

boilers. In localities where good water can
not be obtained soda ash Is put in to pre-
vent harmful effects.
Little trouble is experienced with the
manufacturers Of cement over refusals TO
accept their product, because the tests are
open to them and they can always be
shown the reasons for non-acceptance.
Thirty-five thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two samples of various materials
we're examined IN the chemical laboratories
in 1910. and 12l $40 determinations made
Among the special subjects investigated
ware drinking water. disinfectants, paint
and varnish removers. steel wheels. rails
etc. with studies on smoke preventing
devices.
In the physical laboratories is room
where electric lights used in cars are
tested. The life Of lamp that is supposed
IN last 1000 hours IS tested in about rour
hours by increasing the load 80 per cent
There is another apparatus 10 test the
endurance Of the lamps under vibration
sucb az they would be subjected 10 on
moving train.
In The laboratory for testing iron and
steel are powerful testing machines TOT
6e+ernoining the elastic limit the point
v.bora the steel begins 10 stretch; the uiu-
,,a-a strength or breaking point. and the
eIoncation between the elastic hnllt anu
the breaking point.
The physical laboratories tested 9"'''.9'-
,o,,,,ds of bar iron last year. accepting
o. 1929 pounds and rejecting 4'"'V'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

,o,,nde. gA750 pieces II air brake nose
accepting 752. 80 and rejecting l0s5D pieces
no. $50 pounds Of cotton waste accePuhe
600 a1, rounds and rejecting Lojs2'' POUNDS
but these are only d few items picked OUT
n random. Flfty-cght thousand one nun
dred and ninety-three routine eS''
made during the year
Tho most unusual feature OF the tcst
work at Altoona is the IocoihouNe 'eS'''
olart Bv the Arrangement Of the ap-
naratus here installed the largest engines
can be run at top speed without uaVeiIlhs
an inch. so that constant results arc Cd
tainable and can be measured ana 'aDu
lated with far greater eXactness IMAM 10
ros,ihle in road trials. The amount OF iuei
consumed, the water evaporated' me "eie ~
Of the sharks and cnders. part OF ""'0"
90. Lot mn the smokestack, the friction
~ the various palts-these are only a Re"
90 the clements OF locomotive performance
that are ascertained
locomotive undergoing a test iests on
supportiug wheels. Ire dra"par u al
,s.bed 10 a stationary dynamometer WIN
scaies ,t,at weigh the pull. The supporting
,ybeel axIes extend 50 as 10 receive aD-
.o,ntiop brakes. and the work done CON
gists IN overcoming the resistance oi the
- and brakes the force exerted by
fbe draw-bar being measured D. IL,
ometer Pens attached TO the scare
make permanent record OF me
ance ia diagram form . .~,
since tie plant was installed 10 i'''' 80
,cstg have been made lnv"nl"la
trI1I ana men arc constantly 81
,erfeciiu- the locomotive. ~ F''''' ~
a,,tomnfi, stoker Is being uled ou''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

the hide Of pekau and so the
pekan. even in some learned books. be-
came known as fisher although the
otter or mink deserves that name. Doubt
less faulty understanding resulted in the
name fisher being applied to pekans In
stead Of 10 offers or minks.
The pekan is variable in size. Some
weigh not more than six or seven pounds {;
others have been known to reach weight
OF more than forty pounds. Some are al
most pure black some are q. muddy brown.
They are great weasels. and look Ike huge
chunky, surly minks or weasels. They are
heavier and broader than other weasels, in
proportion 10 their size. excepting the
skunk and otter. and are about the same
as a wolverine in proportions.
The frame Of the pekan expresses the
spirit Of the animal perfectly. II has the
impudent bearing of a bulldog, the 1.-the
swagger Of the cat. the cruel blood hunger
Of the marten and the sidelong readiness
Of the fox. OF all the Adirondack Great
ures. regardless OF size and weight. the
pekan is the bully fighter. No wildcat no
fox. no econ. no otter, has any desire 70
match it, strength and teeth with the COOL
bard efficiency Of the marten that the
naturalist Pennant first described win
accuracy in 1771. on the other hand, the
nekan asrqils any Of these animals at it,
first opportunitv and delights in the run
ming fight Of which the prize is tough meat
or tender. as the case may be.
Among the trappers the pekan Is "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

NOUS They talk Of pokans and their
vars lust AS stin-hunters talk of deer. bird
hunters Of grouse and woodcock and rabbit
hunters Of their dogs The old mountain
TRAINER l.. in fact probably the only one
who knows the pekan well. Others are
obliged 10 talk from hearsay and tmaglna-
ton. Imagination is sometimes quite I'M
reliable IN natural histoS
Pekans are seldom seen on bare ground.
Fair-weather guides, even, DO not kno"
them, and sometimes tell stories OF seeing
silver foxes and the more valuable piacK
foxes because they do not know pekans
when they see them IN the deep WOODS
sometimes a deer hudter. high up noun
tain side among the frost-riven rocks.
catches a glimpse of one gallOping along
the steep slope. once in a dozen years
a woods frequenter with his eyes open
viii surprise a pekan catching frogs. like
coon beside some stream or pond At
hest he summer view Of pekans is mere
oli,upse. unsatisfactory, doubtful and baf-
o,,o I'm winter. when the snow is on
tho ground. woodsman can follow the
,,ai,so.s tracks through the snow and learn
more about one in a half day than he
,~o,,id after hundred glmpses Of the liy-
ing animal
..Bert" Conklin says the pekan IS IN some
respects the most battling OF Ahirondack
oreatures There are pekans That know
more tbaa some foxes. and some peka"s
ina, know less than some skua..s or even
,,,,skr,t sly old pekan viii avoid
t,a,. a. carefully a. inc slycst fox, and a
,o,,rv pel,an viii walk into bare set, I'M
$3.50 forl-hsited and ut Ia scare away
es~a porcupine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

neted rIfH tho oaboos" Dog toierh"ne
consisted OF 1-1 steel rondola cars losue''
Viii $50 tons Of coal. and was puheo o.
ne rate Of thirteen miles an hour ~
shgie locomotive of ;hc type techHiO"''
Known a. tlc "U-S-b" Including equip
nent the load was '5Sss.@o pounds.
Nhile 10 was announced that u was "',
NJ Intention o. the Pennsylvania ha'lro"o
70 operate such heavy trains ~ resuial
service the company stated that the tests
We're mace 10 determine the capacity oi 10
freight locomotive over the lmprOVeu
Nntie grades have been remover
'41es compensated. They have
FADE frequently. but the latest one rep
seat tie heaviest movement ever
Scientific management 20 the nth po"ei
. piactised bv Tire PENNSYLVANIA ha'iio'-1
The purchase Of supplies. and oy sur
14es IL meant everything from FuO'N'
.eAa 10 steam locomotives. Inspectors
'suoned so as % be available al go
--@hui2ctory from which materiaiS
4-lpment are bought Not only are "a
-'-saed products subjected 10 rs
summation before they are accepted
Ns material which IS bought by
'l'leerns must pass the scrutiny OF tnea.
-speetoTs L IL is destined for equlPiii'l'S
a-eieo uy Tie Pennsylvania. Some'h'"e ~
a's importance Of the work is indicated ~
- Enormous amounts inspected by ti'a
each year a few Of the things me-
- on los 1910 are ss7Si.552 pouioS -
castings ol which s2.51S,1S po"''u
accepted and i5l SO pounds "''t
90 -ilt& nbeols of which 2ie'''f
,p''d and za9 were rejected. ana w.
'N NJ plush. al OF which Was a'''I'1''