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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

The offer to pay cash was pleasing to
Mr.. Henderson. 1t sounded good;"
but he would take no chance on q
double cross" being handed out
The money must be paid in his pres
ence at bank No meet me under
the oak tree" for him. He was ''onto"
the iniquities of the human family.
BY gradual, indirect suggestions, I
uncovered the plan to pay at the JEFF
ferson Trust company in Richmond un-
der his eye. He took to that. It was
"the old hens nest" to be sure, but
doubtless the only place where she
could gather up so large ''wad of
dough-" And thus, after many glass
es of vile brandy, which, on my part,
| managed to tip out deity into the saw
dust, we got the. business" closed. Mr..
Robert Henderson nearly crushed my
hand at parting. 1t was so rare a
thing, he said, to meet one of his
kind of gentlemen" nowadays. Mad
anne Versay beamed, and we parted
in genial fashion.
had a word with Popinot at the
door, after oiling the itching in his
palm with a silver dollar. "Poof!"
he said, Madame Versay was less
French than his cafe cat. She was
born in Harlem under shamrock. She
had heard him, Popinot, name the d.
vine Versailles in a flood of longing
for his native country. The name
pleased her; she implored him to say
it again and yet again, until she got it
and so came Madame Versay." Mon
Dieu! ones sides split themselves with
laughter. A grisette named for pal
ace. Monsieur Villon never did so ex-
cellent naming. La demi-monde,
Pedifice publique, one saw instantly
the fitness of it." He, Popinot, was a
genius of the first order.
And so / left him, shaking in the
door, and calling upon Olympus to send
down his need of bay-leaves. Incom-
parable Popinot of the Golden Moon!
Shortly before ten o'clock on the
tenth day of February, walked from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

drunk. Didn't / tell you / was drunk
when / did it? and they've got to go
back to her"
Madame Versay suddenly changed
her tactics. She leaned over, seized
the young man by the collar and shook
him. What she said / could not hear,
but the effect on the drunken youth
was marked He pleaded in blabber-
ering slobbers: That's all right, you
keep them; they're yours. You dis
solve them in vin'ger and drink EN-
like Cleopatra. You're good liz thing,
you're a good, ILL, sweet thing.
The mans drooling grew gradually
inarticulate, his head wobbled. Pres
emily he made an Intellectual effort to
pat Madame Versay's porcelain cheek,
and fell forward with his arms out
stretched on the table. Popinot's Bur-
gundy was indeed distilled from the
peoples of the Disc!
The woman ordered tumbler Of
whisky and drank it like water. My
hour had arrived. l arose and thread
ed way to her table.
Have | the honor, l SAID, 10 al
dress Madame Versay?"
A further light came into the cold,
tallow eyes. Not so loud" she said.
Are you plain-clothes Johnnie?
/ assured her that I had attained to
no such dignity as that. I was merely
one coming under a flag Of truce with
a message from Miss Caroline Pickney.
/ said this over several times and in
a variety of ways before Madame's
suspicious were soothed down. Then
/ laid before her the offer to pay ten
thousand dollars cash for the jewels.
A clean cut trade and no questions.
The money in her hands for the jewels
in ours. did not go further into the
place or details of payment, that would
better follow little later on.
"IlI stand for that" said Madame
Versay, IF it's straight goods; but you
will have to show it to Henderson. If
he don't flag it, the old hen can have
her sinners"
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For the legal principle In
volved in this story see United
States v. Barrett, III. Fed, 500.
MAN EATER CAUGHT IN BAY
San Francisco Fishermen Forced to
Battle for Their Lives
With Shark.

After fighting desperately for two
hours with a full-grown man-eating
shark, which had become enmeshed in
their fishing nets off Angel island, five
Italian fishermen finally conquered the
unusual catch. The shark measured
IL feet over all and weighed 600
pounds.
Although the common mud shark is
often hooked on fishing lines and
caught in nets by fishermen in the
bay, the capture Of grown man eater
inside the heads is unusual
Two nets were torn almost to shreds
by the shark, and in order to secure
the giant and bring him near enough
to attack with clubs, the fishermen
sacrificed a third net.
I'VE were afraid that il we let him
go he would sweep our smack to
pieces with his TALL said Salvatore
Balisterri. "This would have left us at
his mercy, and, as we could see that
he was ferocious and out for blood,
we could take no chances. There is
doubt that had we been overturned
the shark would have injured us and
might have killed one of u.s."
The captors of the shark declared
that the battle, which ragged without
cessation until the catch was uncon-
scious, was terrific.
ut looked bad several times for
u.s." said one of them. 1.-THE first we
knew of the sharks presence was
when one of the nets was almost
swept away. Then we started out to
get him. He had chances to get away,
but seemed to want to wreck our boat,
and it was lucky that we succeeded In
killing him."
The big shark is the largest ever
captured In the bay, the oldest fisher
men say. The owners of the fish
found a ready market for 1t through
Chinese grocery merchant. The flesh
of the shark is highly esteemed as
delicacy by Chinese, the meat being
smoked and dried.-San Francisco
Cain
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either end of Il, and, holding the end
Of the pack in his fingers. shook out
the bills before the district attorney.
The lawyer had been listening WITH
the closest attention, his face clouded
and distressed Now, 1t cleared like
a summer morning. Are the others
like this?" he said.
THE same" replied Henderson, "a
good tenner on the top and bottom
and the rest queer"
Then" said the district attorney,
"the laws of the United States have
not been violated. These bills are not
counterfeit
Mr.. Henderson mopped his wet face.
What" he calculated. 1T ain't@good
money; is it?"
NO. replied the lawyer; " it is not
money at all"
Astonishment drove Mr.. Henderson
to his primal tongue. Hell, manu- he
said. "'Taint goodl faint bad!
SQUIRE stringin' me-"
The district attorney was amused.
He took the pack of money and spread
1t out on the table. These he said,
ARE bills of the Confederate States
Of America. They are in no sense
counterfeit. The passing of these bills
Tor money of the United States is no
crime against it's laws. The Federal
courts have time and again so decided,
although these bills closely resemble
certain bank-note issues of the Federal
government and have been more than
once complained of by the treasury
department"
Then he added, with courtly bow
to Henderson, ''My dear sir, you have
in your hands the promise of van
ished republic to pay you some ten
thousand dollars. Once upon time,
these bills might have purchased you
an excellent lunch and perhaps a cigar
with it. doubt it little, now. You
might try Moseby Taylor on the corner
below. Mention Jubal Early"
Then he turned to me. Mr.. Parks"
he said, las you have not these potent
tokens of a great sentiment to assist
you, / must beg the honor of your pres
ence at luncheon with me. have
heard of Randolph Mason"
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lash your STAR, be sale, or jar loose
from tie lody."

my hotel over to the Jefferson Trust
company in the city of Richmond. T
was taken at once into the vault of
the safety deposit boxes, where
found Miss Caroline Pickney and the
vault officer, Mr.. Montague Thomas.
This young man greeted me courteous
ly, but / had only another stately nod
from Miss Pickney. She would never
come to understand the social order of
a commercial civilization. One who
took directions from another, no mat
ter in how exalted a sphere that 9TH
er sat, was a variety of servant. II
was the theory of the master bred in
deep, and persisting into commercial
age.
Promptly at ten, Mr.. Robert Hender-
son arrived. He wore large checked
ulster, a top hat and astonishingly
yellow gloves. He greeted me as a
lost neighbor discovered in distant
country, shook vigorously the rather
limp hand Of Mr.. Montague Thomas.
but went back on his heels before Miss
Caroline Pickney. She did not see
him, she never saw him.
1 appreciated the need to get the
matter speedily over, and requested
Mr.. Henderson to allow Miss Pickney
to examine the jewels. He threw open
his ulster, revealing a small leather
handbag. secured to his waist by a
chain, such as is used by bank mes
sengers. He opened the bag and took
out an ancient black leather case,
which he also opened and held in his
hand. In it, lying coiled up against
the lining of old purple velvet was a
pyramid pin, two drop earrings and a
strand Of oriental pearls. Miss Pick
ney expressed satisfaction to Mr..
Montague Thomas and directed him to
open the safety deposit box. The
young man fitted the key into the
lock of box number 800, and drew
down the door, showing the little steel
vault packed with banknotes. He took
out the money in packages each en-
losed by a printed slip, such as are
commonly used by banks, and marked
Two thousand dollars"
Mr.. Robert Henderson handed me
one end of the jewel-case to hold, and.
with his free hand. he slowed these
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

An officer of the French colonial
army brought letter from the chief
of group of missionaries in the
southern islands of the Pacific not
long ago, which winds up as follows:
Il regret to tell you that our little
company can do little against the ia
naticism of these poor wretches. More
over, famine is ravaging the country,
for the harvest has been destroyed.
Therefore the dispatch of more mis-
sionaries has become urgent."-L Pc
6te Republique.
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"Jes, Full o. Take"

The cast off hats and dresses Of tho
women of the family have frequently
been offered to the maid in a north
side family. Last week, when asked
whether she would take pair of over
shoes that were believed to be too
heavy for wet weather at this time Of
the year she replied: 30, yes'm, yes'm,
Use jes' full O. take; Use raised up
never to refuse anything "-Indianapo-
list News
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Royal letters Priced.

Royal letter writer's may expect that,
in the vicissitudes of the centuries,
their popularity will come to the test
of that democratic implement, the auc-
tioneer's hammer. Judged by this
standard, King Edward III. and Queen
Elizabeth have no reason to feel
sighted. In London the other day one
Of the kings letters sold for $1,45O,
and a letter from Queen Elizabeth to
Henry Ill of France brought 81 ,225.
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Answer Of a Soldier.

When Napoleon was student at
Brienne he happened to be asked by
one of the examiners the following
question: "Supposing you were in an
invested town threatened with starva-
ton, how would you supply yourself
with provisions?" From the enemy"
replied the sub-lieutenant of artillery;
and this answer SO pleased the exam
liners that they passed him without
further questioning.
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au. One omcial war cry.

In the very early days the French
had their "Cri de guerre." the
Scotch their slogan, and the English
their war cries, but so many cries
were launched by the different great
British lords that in 1495 parliament
passed special law forbidding these
cries, on the ground that they pro-
duced disorder, allowing but one bat
tie cry. "St. George and the King"
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It's Class.

Il don't like this embarrassing
for man to go into"
why not?'
TITS such hen-pecking kind OF
business"
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Envious, Perhaps.

I'm afraid our friend Scrapsley is
a Socialist.
mo. You misjudge Scrapsley. What
makes him sore is the fact that in
spite Of the high cost of living, some
men manage to lead double lives"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

A. woman's mind is continually run,
ming to clothes. If she isn't talking
through her hat she's laughing in her
sleeve.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29

Strength Of Man and Horse.
The strength of five men il equfvR,
snt to that of one horse
Evening star., 1912-11-17
Photoeraphing Insects in Flight

THE chronophotographi cameras in
! vented by Lucien Bull OF Paris are capa-
bic OF taking pictures at rates of from one to
two thousand a second. The source OF light
is the spark Of an induction coil, which, it is
calculated. endureS only about one two
niliontlls OF a second, so that with improved
mechanism the successive images could be
taken at far more rapid rate than is now
employed.
Six hundred images a second, however.
suffice to show clearly the moving wings of a
dragon fly. and with eleven hundred or
twelve hundred images a second sharp pic
lures have been obtained of bees and house
flies in flight.
Evening star., 1912-11-17
To See Yourself as Others See You

lid YOU ever see yourself as Others see
- youo You have looked in a mirror, of
course. and have seen an image that you
took to be an exact duplicate of yourself and
you have supposed that this looked to YOU
exactly as you appeared to anyone else.
But is tits so? If you are inclined to per
siSt in believing it, try closing your right eye
next time you look in a mirror and see which
one Your reflection closes. Also see if your
hair appears to be parted on the side you
have always supposed it to be. Extend your
right hand and see if your image does not
greet you with the left. But if this fails to
convince you, hold a printed page before
the glass and see what progress YOU can
make in deciphering the unfamiliar looking
lines of mirror writing you see in the re-
ffection.
As is well known, an object and its rehec-
ton in plane mirror are not facSiniles of
each other, but bear the same relation as the
right hand to the left; so with single mirror
it is impossible to see yourself just as the
world sees you, for your right side will appear
as the left, and vice versa. With a double re-
Election at two mirrors, however, the image
is again reversed and then appears in every
way identical with the object. The most
convenient way to accomplish this double
reflection is to take two mirrors with straight
edges and hold them in contact and at right
angles to each other. On looking into such
a double mirror you will see yourself Just as
YOU are.
Multiple reflections at two or more sur
faces have many interesting applications.
With two mirrors facing each other on op-
poste walls a "torchlight procession is
formed by the repeated reflections OF a single
candle or lamp. This is a very sensitive test
too for the parallelism and planeness of the
two mirrors; for departure from this
condition will be detected by curvature or
irregularity of the line of lights. They
should otherwise form straight line which
would finally fade away in the dist@nce
because of the loss of light from repeated
reflection.
This reversal of the image by reflection is
made excellent use of in the modern type of
field glass, the prism binocular, which has
come into such deserved popularity. The
prisms here serve only as rejecting surfaces
which cause the beam of light to traverse
its path three times and hence make the
equivalent length of the telescope three
times as great as it actually IS But this is
only part of their service. The simplest
form of telescope, consisting only of an OBJ
lectlve and an eyeplece of a single convex
lens, gives an inverted image. or, in other
words, shows objects upside down. To re-
invert or erect the image several additional
lenses are used, and this adds to the neceS-
sary length of the telescope as we'll as to its
cost, besides introducing other disadvan-
tages. In the prism binocular this reinver-
sion is brought about by the reflection at the
two prisns, one of which is so turned as to
exchange right for left in the image and the
other top for bottom, and the combined ef-
feet is to show things in their proper rela
tions L. 1. Rose
Evening star., 1912-11-17
Photography as a Sculptor

A SCIENTIST of Florence has invented
a process for producing bas reliefs by
photography. The basis of the invention is
the property possessed by a film of chro-
MUM gelatin of swelling in proportion to the
intensity of the light falling upon it. The
swelling is greater with low than with high
intensity. SO that the light passing through
a Photographic negative produces upon a
chromium gelatin plate positive in distinct
relief. The transparency of an ordinary neg
ative. however is not truly proportional to
the relief of the original model; but by an
ingenious automatic device, involving a
double exposure, this difficulty is avoided,
and a negative is obtained having its lights
and shades correctly graded to produce the
effect of relief
Evening star., 1912-11-17

which too are measurable, as the
speed of light, which is one hundred and
eightv-six thousand miles second, and the
speed OF molecules of hot gases; but they
are not directly perceptible to the human
vision. -Ldaprence Hodges
Evening star., 1912-11-17
Seeing the Wind


THIS is an interesting little experiment and
I can be performed by anyone. Take any
kind of saw and hold it at right angles
with the wind, strong wind preferred, the
teeth of the saw held upward. Now look
along the tips of the teeth. and you can see
the wind streaming by and through the little
notches for all the world just like flowing
stream.
The explanation must be practically the
same as for the little streams of wrigglv air
We sometimes see over our radiators; that
is, that the air is broken up into currents of
different densities, and consequently light
coming through these currents is bent to our
eye and their form noted. The wind, coming
with some force. is interrupted by the saw,
and the air is banked up to a certain extent
behind the saw, and this compressed or dense
air streams through the notches. The form
of the stream is visible to us by the refraction
or bending of the light that reaches our eye
from objects OR particles seen through the
streams. -La1rrence Hodges
Evening star., 1912-11-17
Fastest Perceptible Motion

DROBABLY the fastest motion that man
can perceive with his eyes is that of the
shadow of the moon across the earth in a
solar eclipse. This rate IS practically that
of the moon in it's orbit, which is about two
thousand miles an hour. This is, roughly.
half a mile second. Now, if a person
were to be stationed on mountain whence
he could see for some miles, he could actually
watch the approach of the shadow and keep
his eye on its edge. Of course the shade
would cover the whole landscape for any
one person.
From the testimony of many men who
have witnessed the phenomenon in such cir
cumstances it is a terrible and awe inspiring
spectacle. Thus Forbes, of Turin, Il CON
fess it was the most terrifying sight | ever
saw. As always happens in the case of sud
den, silent, unexpected movements, the
spectator confounds real and relative mo-
ton. | felt almost giddy for a moment, as
though the massive building under me bowed
on the side of the coming eclipse" Another
witness, described by Langley, "The bright
cloud l saw distinctly put out like candle
The rapidity of the shadow, and the inten-
sity, produced feeling that something
material was sweeping over the earth at
a speed perfectly frightful. l involuntarilv
listened for the rushing noise of mighty
wind"
There are, of course, many velocities
greater than this that occur on the earth,
Evening star., 1912-11-17
Photographic Power of Wood

EXPERIMENTS recently made at Wash.
II ington have shown that section of a
treetrunk, or of branch. cut across the
grain, possesses the power to impress upon
Photographic plate in the dark distinct
image of itself, plainly showing the rings OF
growth.
There is great difference in the intensity
of this power among different kinds of wood
The conifers (pines and firs) possess it in
high degree. The wood is placed either in
contact with the plate or at a short distance
from it, and the exposure varies from half an
hour to eighteen hours. Boards long exposed
to the air. an oak box one hundred years old
rotten wood from stump and even bog
wood. have been found still photographically
active.
Evening star., 1912-11-17
The Physiotype

THIS is an English invention for making
pictures by impression of leaves, ferns,
lace. feathers, and various other objects. 1t
depends upon the chemical action OF fine
powder. The object of which a representa-
ton is to be made is placed upon white paper
and pressed, either by the hand or by other
means.
When the object is removed no impression
is visible on the paper; but upon sprinkling
the powder over the paper the picture at
once appears, sharply defined, and remains
permanent. Sections of wood and designs
on coins and medals can thus be represented.
and the prints can be transferred to litho-
graphic stone. zinc, or aluminium, thus pro-
ducing records from which any number of
copies can be taken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01

A. T. Yeoumans, holder of the two
mile heel and toe walking record in
Great Britain, is out with challenge
to meet George Goulding, the sensa-
tional walker of Canada, for any dis
lance from one to FIVE miles for $1,000
a side.
Yeoumans IS a Welshman of whom
great things are told. If he is success
full in getting Goulding to turn profess
sional Yeoumans win sail for this coun-
try and train for the race.
1t Is said that Goulding is willing to
consider the challenge, but wants the
race decided in Canada il terms can be
made to his satisfaction. Gouding has
established three worlds records in the
past year, wiping off the marks made
by Frank Murry way back in 1875.
1884 and 1887 These marks are as
follows: One mile. 6 minutes 20 10
seconds; two miles, 10 minutes 45 1-5
seconds. and three miles, 20 minutes
80 3-5 seconds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-01
JUAREZ REBEL PORT.
United States Will Not Stop Shipments
Through Ell Paso.

Washington, d. c.. March 1.-The
United States decided yesterday to re-.
fuse the request of President Madero of
Mexico to close the border port of I'll
Paso on the ground that Madero has
declared the Juarez port closed. This
means that since Juarez is completely
under rebel control, arms and ammuni-
tion can be shipped across the border in
the regular channels, if properly labeled.
This decision was reached at long
conference between acting Secretary of
State Wilson, Attorney-General Wick
ersham and acting Secretary of the
Treasury Curtis.
IL was decided that since the American
government had not recognized the bel
ligerency of the rebels and accordingly
has no official cognizance OF state OF
war in Mexico, it cannot close an Amer
lean port of commerce, for at the re-
quest of Mexico it was held that il
remains for the American government
to permit or bar the entry of objection
able shipments through American ports.
1t is wholly within the province OF the
Mexican government to supervise the
entry of goods through its ports. Since
the government has lost control of the
custom house at Juarez. of course it
cannot exercise this censorship and the
rebels will be free to bring in all the
munitions of war they can obtain.