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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25

Many a girl has too many strings
to her beau.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25

Don't yet your money burn hol'
in some other fellows pocket.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25

The chief secret of comfort lies in
not allowing trifies to vex us.-Sharp.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25

Many fellow who falls into a for
tune goes right through it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25

People who say just what they thinl
are more mum erous than popular.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25
Vn,nor+an+ "a Mothers

Important TO Mothers
examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
signature ssaas '3 Of ZHAzzzzzw
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25
EUGENE JUBINVILLE.

There are many whose experience
Is similar to that of Mr.. Jubinville
Secure Canadian Government litera
ture from nearest Canadian Govern
ment Agent, and see for yourself.
, 1911-02-16

,,sr nm KeeTTng up the search as ,uur
a. the light lasted. and when the light
,o,,ed there would be no more light to
.ome home by. Don't think of wor.
wing; don't. Wen hear nothing of
,hem for hours"
at won't be as long as that she
,redlcted confidently. MY sky-man
viii probably bring me news before
then"
Old Mr.. Fanshaw halted his coffee
run half way to his lips, Your
,hat?" he questioned. "Oh, / under
stand" And then he laughed. But
his face grew suddenly serious. and
he looked intently, curiously, into
hers. my child" he cried: 1T can't
be that you are taking that dream of
YOURS seriously. II l thought that. 7
would have to believe that this queer
arctic climate was doing strange
things with those nimble wits Of
yours. A mar alighting on the ics-
foe, out of mid air. and telling you
tnat he had Just dropped in from Point
Barrow. it's like the fight from the
moon of Cyrano de Bergerac."
She pressed her finger tips thought
July against her eyelids. 81 know"
she said, its perfectly incredible. Un-
Gle Jerry, but it's perfectly true for
all that"
Nonsense! Nonsense," he said
explosively. Don't carry a joke too
far. my dear"
Its anything but a joke" she said
slowly, land If It was a dream-if
the sky-man, was nothing but a vision.
he certainly left me a material ou-s-
mir of his visit" Then, with a nod %.
ward the buffet, she spoke to Mr..
Fanshaw's big negro valet who was
serving their breakfast: Hand Mr..
Fsnshaw that queer looking stick,
Sam. the one on the buffet. Why
why, what's the matter?" For she had
lifted her eyes to the mans face as
she finished speaking. 1t was wooden
with fright. and the whites showed all
around the pupils of his eyes.
mo. Miss Jeanne" he said, "Scuse
me. wouldn't touch dat stick, not
for all de gol' and jewels in de world;
not sven to oblige him."
What's that?" Fanshaw exclaimed,
whirling upon him. "Wha do you
mean? What the devil are you talk.
ing about?"
Il seen him, Mr.. -Fanshaw: I seen
him myself, coming down out of de
sky las night. / was out on deck.
sub"
Fanshaw looked quickly from the
negroes face to the girls as II he sus-
, 1911-02-16

pected a hoax. but the terror in one
face and the mystification in the other
we're obviously genuine.
Then he rose and went over to the
buffet, returning to the table with the
oddly-shaped. rudely-whittled stick.
DO you mean to say" he demanded.
looking up at the girl with a puzzled
frown-'do you mean to say that he,
the man you dreamed about. made
you a present of this stick?"
h laughed. IF that seems a rea-
sonable way of putting 1t, yes; at
least It slipped u of his belt and l
found 1t where he had been sitting.
but can you imagine what he used 1t
for7'
oh, l know what 1t is. but that
only makes the puzzle all the deeper.
It's an Eskimo throwing stick. They
use 1t to shoot darts with. 1t lies
In the palm of the hand. so, and the
dart Is put In that groove, though the
butt of this one seems curiously mis-
shapen; / can't make 1t fit my hand.
But l can't figure out how the thing
got aboard the yacht; II wasn't here
'Soberuhy.
"of course not" she said; my sky
man brought It,"
lie ran his fingers through his
oushy gray hair ~perplexedly, Then he
laid the thing down and seated him
Seif at the table. "At any rate, he
said, I'VE needn't let even a mystery
spoil our breakfast. Come. my dear,
you've eaten almost nothing, That
omelet deserves better treatment"
obediently she took up her fork.
nut almost Immediately laid 1t down
again, and he saw her eyes brighten
with tears. "Of course, II there'd been
any news. II there'd been anything to
md, we'd have heard"
silently he reached across the table
and patted the hand that lay there on
tia vhitA cloth.
, 1911-02-16

JAMES DICKERsoN.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
GROWTH OF OUR CITIES
Robert sloss, in Harper's Weekly.

Robert Sloss, in Harper's Weekly.
 No country on earth exhibits such a
 rapid growth of cities as is revealed for
 our own by the census of 1910. Nearly
 half (45 per cent of the population of
 continental United States Is now urban. that is, living in communities of 2500 or over. Our cities of 25,000 or over have
 grown in the decade nearly 15 per cent
 more rapidly than the rest of the coun-
 try. They now contain nearly one-third
 of our population, and in the north more
 than 40 per cent Thus the city with it's
 complexities has become the most acute
 problem in counry whose largest com
 munity in 17so, Philadelphia, numbered but little over 10000
 The arrival and multiplication of the
 foreign-born are quite enough to account
 for the remarkable growth of New York In the last decade-3s7 per cent-greater
 than that of any city in it's class save Cleveland. But what oAour other cities?
 The United States now has 475 communi ties of 250O inhabitants or more. Since the last census Newark. Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Jersey City have reached the 25o,OOO mark, making a total of 19 cities with over a quarter of a million. Fourteen cities, within the decade. have passed the 100000 mark, making pres ent total of 50 in this class with an ag- gregate population of over 2o,00o,0o0. In the same period 70 cities have advanced
 above the 25,OOO mark. making a total of IFS This group shows an aggregate rate of increase of 39.1 per cent, and it's growth has been more than a third faster than that of the cities in the two higher
 groups. Of our communities numbering
 between 25O0 and 25,000 there are 22S. and one-third of them show an increase of 50 cent in the past ten years. In the north there are 164 of them; in the south 4S; in thepwest 2. But the most startling rate of increase is shown by two cities in Oklahoma, a sparsely settled state. Ok lahoma City is more than five and one third times populous as in 1900, and Muskogee nearly five times. Meanwhile the population of the state itself has but little more than doubled. Next to these
 the most rapidly growing city is Birming- ham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
MIGNoN's SONG

Goethe, william Meister." Knowst thou the land where citron-ap-
 ples bloom, And oranges like gold in leafy gloom. A gentle wind from deep blue heaven
 blows, The myrtle thick, on high the laurel
 grows? Knowst thou 1t then?
 iris there! 'tis there. my true loved one. thou with me must
 go! Know'st thou the house. its porch with
 pillars tall; The rooms do glitter slitters bright the
 hall, .s4 And marble statues stand. and look each
 one: what's this. poor child. to thee they've
 done? Know'st thou 1t then?
 Iris therel 'tis there, O my protector. thou with me must go! Know'st thou the hill,, the bridge that
 hangs on cloud? ,s The mules in mist srope o'er the torrent Tn caves lie coiled the dragons ancient
 brood. ~ The cras leaps down and over 1t the hood: Know'st thou 1t thenf ... .-
 Iris there! 'tis there, Our way runs; o my fathsr. wilt thou -8Vy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Poll Tax Qualification for Voters

Senator Beasley's proposition to submit constitutional amendment limiting the cumulative feature of the poll tax qualification of electors to five years is better than the unlim- ited provision of the constitution of 1901, which has disfranchised 100000 white men. No other state requires SO much as Senator Beasley's bill calls for. In Virginia poll taxes must be paid for the three proceeding years. In Texas a poll tax must be paid for the year in which citizen offers to vote. These states and Ala bama seem to be the only ones that have poll tax requirements, and no state has, or ever had, an unlimited cumulative poll tax qualification ex- cept Alabama.
 It would be better to bring Senator Beasley's proposition down to three years, thus adopting the rule in Vie ginia. A three-year limit would be acceptable throughout the state.
 With propositions before the people next year segregating Jefferson county in the matter of costs and fees, and permitting school districts to have as good schools as they are willing to pay for, and cutting oul the unlimited cumulative feature of the poll tax provision the voters next year would have a chance to render the constitution of 1901 endurable and reasonably satisfactory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
FLOOR OF THE OCEAN
Sir John Murray. in Harner,s

SIT Jonn Murray, in Harper's.
 The ocean has been sounded in nearly
 all directions with modern appliances, and these soundings show that the floor
 of the ocean consists of vast undulating
 plains. lying at an average depth of about
 2h miles, beneath the surface of the
 waves. In some, places huge ridges and
 cones rise from these, submerged plains
 to within a few hundred fathoms of the
 sea surface, or they may rise above the
 surface as volcanic islands and coral
 atolls The greatest depth hitherto re-
 corded is in. the Challenger Cor Nero)
 Deep in the north Pacific, 52os fathoms.
 If Mount Everest were placed in this
 deep, 2600 feet of water would roll oyer
 the peak of this, the highest mountain
 in the world. The greatest depth in the
 Atlantic is in the Mares Deep, between
 the West Indies and Bermuda--4ssa fath-
 oms. The greatest depth in the Indian
 ocean is ss2s fathoms, in the wharton
 Deep. between Christmas Island and the
 coast of Java. We now know 56 of these deeps. where the depth exceeds. three
 geographical miles. ten areas where the
 depth exceeds four miles, and four places
 where it exceeds five miles.
 The sea, as all the world. knows, is salt
 It is saltsd where strong dry winds blow across the surface, as, for instance, in the atrade-wtnd regions and in the Med- iterranean and the Red sea. It Is less
 salt toward the poles and in the deeper layers of the ocean. It has long been
 known that the very salt water of the Mediterranean flows as an undercurrent outward through the Strait of Gibraltar. waters of the Atlantic over . wide area. Although the amount of salt in seq water varies. the composition of sea salts TO- mains very constant; slight differences
 have. however, been noticed along the continental coasts, in the polar regions, and in the water in direct contact with deep sea deposits.
 The temperature of ocean water varies at the surface from 2s degrees Fahren- heit at the poles to over 90 degrees Fahr- enheit in tho tropics. The cold water to- ward the poles had an annual variation of less than 10 degrees Fahrenheit at any one spot. and the warm water of the tropics also has an annual variation of less than 10 degrees Fahrenheit in a band that nearly encircles the earth; this is the region of coral reefs and atolls. Be- tween these regions of small annual va riation there arc two bands surrounding the earth wheres the annual variation is greater, and may exceed in certain re-
 gipns 70 degrees Fahrenheit at any one spot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
No legacy is so rich as honesty.
 -AIrs Well That Ends Ncii.
Senator Morrow's Dispensary Bill


 Senator Morrow's bill providing for the establishment of dispensarles and cafes in which light wines and beer may be sold has been favorably re- ported by the senate committee on temperance. Senator Morrow IS con- fident the bill will be passed by both houses and be signed by the gov ernor.
 This is the measure that the people of this city have been awaiting a long time. It is a bill that clear majority of the county is believed 10 favor. It is a bill that will bring neace where conflict has long pre- vailed. What is more practical It will bring big revenue where big revenue is sadly needed.
 The people of this county should remember, however, that a strong effort will be made to bring back the open saloon, and the Morrow bill will certainly encounter opposition in the house. Those who prefer dispen- saries and a buffet system to res toration of the saloon should make themselves felt at Montgomery this week, for this week will doubtless de- termine the problem. In order to de7 termine it rightly all should lend a helping hand without delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President

Theodore Roosevelt, Ex-President
 Ex-President Roosevelt is a marvel of physical vigor, courage and erudi- tion. He takes hand in every sub feet that he thinks will render tine country better. And he is lat home in all of them. This country had never had a first citizen, an eXPresi- dent, who stood ready to advocate a definite policy in every line and branch of public duty.
 Rarely indeed has it nad in any walk of life such combination of intellectual activity and physical en- durance as Colonel Roosevelt pre- sents day in and day out. Great as his labors were in this city on Friday, vet he will repeat those labors every day in a tour that is to cover forty states. It does not seem possible to exhaust his strength. It IS not easy to give him tired feeling. He has an untiring mind in an untiring body, and his work is by no means done He is in fact young man in vitality, and he bids fair to be felt as a great force in this country for perhaps thirty years to come.
 In his address in behalf of the children he stated his appeal in an opening sentence. "I ask that you, he said, think of your own children and see to it that the children of oth- CT people, who can't protect them, be given the same chances as yours It is the old Rooseveltian appeal--a square deal for all. He went on to ask every one to treat every child as well as he would treat calf or a colt. Neither animal is overworked when young and each state govern ment should put it's children on as good footing as it's calves and colts enjoy.
 The entire address was full of the vigor and activity of the country s only ex-President. AS living exam pie of the possible development and maintenance of an active mind In an untiring body there are few men in- deed in this or any other country who equal the hero of San Juan Hii.. It is this union of mind and body that renders him a man of influence and popularity, and that will suffice to keep him before the people as long no doubt as he lives. He may make mistakes, and many of his ideas may be far from the ideal, but he is every inch an American citizen full of pat riotism, humanity and the living breath of the uplift movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
President Taft's Atlanta Speech

President Taft's speech before the Southern Commercial congress was not exactly snug fit. It was more political than commercial. The great or part of it was devoted to a de fense of Congress that the people had condemned at the polls and tp a discussion of the work of the extra session.
 But he did laud the south, and while he was boosting this section If the country he did tell the people of the south the truth about public edu- cation. He asked the south to mak ? It's educational system thorough and effective. "The curriculum" he said, ~must be made simple but compre- hensive. The supervision by superin- tendents of the teachers must be close and severe. The number ot hours per day, of days per week, and of months per year for education, especially in the rural districts, must be increased and the real educational benefits to the people may then be improved in a degree proportionate Co the increase in appropriations in echool houses and in teachers. A school system upon paper and in a statistical report is one thing-s school system effecting the purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Vanity has a grand time thinking 1t isn't.
 If money is the root of all evil 1t grows too deep for most people to be able to dig down and get it. sa
 About the only time many a woman can get her husband to go to church is the day they are married there.
 Did anybody ever know the plumbing to go wrong any time but Saturday night, so it can't be fixed on Sunday?
 You can never make friend of a man by lending him money; you can make an enemy of him trying to get him to pay it back.
 When a girl likes onions it's a sign no- body ever heard her admit it.
 A mans turn to do good seems to him to belong to some other fellow. It takes long time to make a req friend, and a longer time to prove he is selnshness is always fighting self preservation for the lead as the first law of nature. A very loud voice in an argument wtl always convince its owner when 1t won anybody else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
CHANGE FOR THE RIGHT MAN

From the Chicago Inter OcedH.
 Does the tinkiing of ice in . shaker" rive a man the necessary lear" for music to entitle him to lead the village band Is the village bandmnster an adornment to the town tavern?
 These questions probably would be an- swered in the affirmative by a tailor in Klamath Falls. Ore, who offers good position to any man who is adept in both occupations. Application has been made to the Chicago Federation of Musicians for hrst-class bartender who also is a musician.
 The letter promises salary of from st00 to Sl25 a month to the right man. The man accepted Is to lead the village band while not engaged in mixing drinks behind the village bar. The offer, which was made by a tailor of Klamath Falls, reached the musicians' federation two |weeks ago and no one has beeh found willing to accept the job. The communi- cation asking for the bartender musician reads as follows: ''' | s "Wanted-A first-class bartender who is also a good musician. The applicant must be able. to lead military band. None other need apply Salary of t1oo to y136 | month to man who can fill both posi- ! ticnsv fr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
The Good Roads Bill

The adoption of the Beasley bill in the senate does not change the sit uation except to cut down the ex- pense account of the proposed high way commission. It leaves good share of the convict money to be dis tributed annually among sixty-seven counties and appropriates a like sum. The entire sum in each county is to be expended under the super vision of the state highway commits sion and its engineer. The engineer is to be paid $5OOO year, and this salary should enable the commission to procure the services of compe- tent and up-to-date road-maker. The proposed state highway commission is to consist of three men.
 The Beasley bill was passed in the senate by vote of nineteen to two and it now goes to the house. Senator Mo ody claims that the Beasley bill would be mandatory and that each county would be compelled to make good roads appropriation to matcf that of the state. The Montgomery Advertiser says the Beasley bill calls for an annual appropriation of $280, 900 by the state. If the sum be cor rectly stated $560,0O0 would be ex pended annually toward the construc ton of hard, permanent roads in thu state, or about $sSoO in each county This should build each year at leas two miles of good road in each coun ty, and it would be promising star toward a system of good roads in th state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12

for which it is adopted and implant' ing real education in the minds of all children, rich and poor, so as to gife them a thorough ground wrok for their life pursuits is quite another. Education in the south is in a trans ition period.
 "Your have the race question in the south; you have the question of efficient labor. Both are most seri- ous problems, but I believe as strong ly as I can believe anything that the solution is to be found in system of primary and industrial education offered to every male and female, white and black. If one can judge of the prospect from the enthusiasm of educational conventions held in every state in the south he may safely prophecy that the movement is on foot to bring about in actual opera tion the best standards of primary and industrial education"
 All this is very true, and The Age Herald reproduces it, hoping it will be absorbed by the legislators of this state and inwardly digested. The paragraphs quoted point the way to a full and speedy development of the south. They are the meat of the Atlanta speech.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
THE PAPER MILK BOTTLE

From the New York World.
 paner. long familiar in car wheels ana shoe soles. has become the daily stuff of milk bottles. The housewife has one more form of pasteboard trash to throw away. And the making or "sina service containers has become huge new monolopy in which millions are invested and the small producer elbowed out. r.4
 Thus is a cycle of progress com nleted. with disastrous effect upon the cost of living. The handbox of grand mas girlhood was almost as lasting as a trunk. Not large and covered with paper. 1t was used year after year and safely carried long distances. The huge box in which a new hat now reposes in dainty tissue paper and clean tapes is used but once. The cost of delivery from the department stores consists largely in the careful wrappings that purcha sers insist upon. These' with excelsior and pasteboard. If not quickly destroyed become household menace, as any fireman can testify. Frencn shonpers still wrap small purchases in cid newspapers to be carried home.
 Near Keats grave in Rome is a great hill of rubbish dumped in ancient times and indestructible, being all broken crockery. Modern rubbish per ishes: but before kindly rust devours the can and excelsior. burns with the house 1t clutters there Is an ugly inter val. People. and especially poor peo- ple. are paying dear for convenient cas- inss inconvenient to get rid of. A few ounces of sliced bacon packed in a tumbler, . mouthful of cheese In tiny porcelain pot. three cents worth of candy in two cents. worth of box are common extravagances.
 Paraffin containers for milk may be cleanly and economical idea. since bottles often break and milk Is easily contaminated. But there Is no menace in the d-fa shioned ham or Hitch of bacon, nor in the split codnsh In tho crude form that Emerson praised, nor in bulk" oatmeal or crackers from the barrel our elder statesmen knew in the village stores where they threshed out weiEhty themes in high debate. It Is a package mad age; and mania must be paid for ss t-.e-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12
The Yiddish Opera

Few amusement companies have had the box office successes that the Yiddsh Comic Opera company has enjoyed.' said R. Shapre, the advance agent of the attraction.
 Dos Pintele Jud, which we present at the Shubert Monday night, is a fine piece and not only do those who under stand Yiddish crowd to see it and hear the music but Gentiles attend in large numbers as matter of curiosity. Paula Winters the brilliant comedienne, is our star and the entire company, although small in numbers, is admirably made up. .