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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-27
GOODBYE TO
AN OLD PIANO

1--WE been thinking the matter over"
said the tall commuter, land I've
about come TO the conclusion that the
| younger generation OF the present
day is thoroughly devoid of senti-
ment.'
81 wish my wife could hear you,"
| dissented the commuters neighbor
within the comparatively short
space Of eight months. no less than
| five trembling ladies have fiuttered
forth into the world, via our back
| kitchen step, You mightn't think It
| from just casual survey OF our mod
est establishment, but, sir, we have
| harbored not only sentiment of the
| native-born variety, but have encoun-
tered the imported sort as well. Did
you ever chance to overhear a Polish
lover telling his hearts delight what
he thought of herr"
Gould anyone live in this particu-
! lar suburb and not hear it?" asked
| the tall commuter sadly: but that Is
not the kind of sentiment to which
| refer. What | have in mind Is the
sentiment that attaches to things or
places with which one has been asso-
| ciated for long time"
well" said the seatmatet. my ex-
perience Is this. ! find that when
have been associated with things a
| long time, they wear out. and in nine
cases out of ten the only sentiment
| can scare up is intense annoyance.
| Take my typewriter machine as a
| case in point The sentiments that
harhor for that hoary piece of mech
| anism would melt the type, should
| endeavor to reduce them to print"
my wife ard / went over TO visit
her mother last night" said the tall
commuter. ignoring. after a happy
| fashion all his own, his companions
| remarks about his typewriter. ard
when We got there we sav as neat
| re Of twontieth century callousness
IS / ever laid my eyes On. All the
youths CT the neighborhood were
gathered In the family sitting room,
| around one of those 'horseless pianos
that my in-laws have just acquired.
AS the poets say, Joy refgned su-
| preme.' They were Waiting and two
stepping. and singing and chorusing,
| ard committing more o1enses against
| the laws Of harmony by their failures
to keep On the key than can bear
| To remember"
ITS news TO me that you are a
| high-brow where music is concerned"
| said the skeptical listener
Il have the privilege Of knowing
what I like. haven't II" inquired the
upholder Of sentiment loftfly: but
as a matter Of fact, did not start
| this conversation for the purpose Of
revealing the capacity Of my younger
in-laws to commit musical murder"
"You make the same mistake every
day, don't your" asked the fellow
! traveller, fnnocently. you always call
your nonologues Conversations. The
tail commuter grinned. What I want
to show up is their inhuman ind!fYer-
ence to the faithful old piano that has
| withstood their combined poundings.
( There It stood in a corner Of the
piazza, where they had oblfgingiy
/ rolled IL so as to facilitate the work
of getting rid of it when the firm
from which they had bought the new
T. piano should send for the WORKOUT
old giant the next day"
well, you know, they do worse to
square pianos than stand them out on
nice dry porches nowadays" an
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-27


nounced the unsympatheuc auditor.
Why. read not long ago about o
manufacturer who burned up Ave hun
dred OF them out In his back lots. IL
was bad for the pianos. but good for
business. you know"
Tin not one TO block the wheels of.
progress. you know that" said the
tall commuter. but ] would have
liked II II even one of the youngsters
had remembered the good times that
old piano had given him or her. II he
had thought even once OF the chill
dren's parties. when my wife, who 10
the big sister OF the family. used TO
play all sorts OF lively little Jig tunes
for them. when they danced the 'yir~
ginia Reel and Going 10 jerusalem
They used to have family singing OF
an evening. Why. one OF the things
that helped me fall In love with my
wife was the picture abe used TO
make as abe sat and played for her
herd OF little sisters and brothers a.
they sang their Sunday evening
hymns"
did they sing any better than you
say they do now?" breathed the lis
tener, guardedly.
As usual. the tall commuter ignored
him. my wife" he went on, felt
Just az / did about 1t. and when we
were going home we shut the door on
that crowd or vandals and went
around to the side OF the piazza TO
take goodbye look at the old piano.
Il thought your eyes looked q triis
red this morning" said the unfeellng
confldant
IF ! didn't know you to be q thou
sand per cent better than you sound.
, I'd rather choose another seat for my
daily trip" announced the tall COM
muter. We'll. we went around 10 say
goodbye to the old piano, and my
wife told me the first flowers I ever
sent her were lying on the piano
! when she came in from scnooi-you
know, she used TO teach. They were
iilies-of-the-valley. and It was deep
winter. don't remember havins
luncheon downtown for q monsa aft
or buying them"
For sentimentalist. your memory
Of the flowers seems material
enough"
Then. had forgotten this, but my
wife says she had just stopped play
Ing When ] asked her to marry me-"
An uncomfortable burst OF graft
tude on your part, dare say" chuck
led the Philistine.
Say" announced the tall esumut-
er. Tn going TO finish these remarks
about my in-laws' old piano, whether
you like It or not We, well, we fin
sshed our adieus. and started home.
when my wife ran back. She said she
had forgotten something. but, do you
know. bet q dollar she ran back 70
kiss that old piano goodbye"
! Well, WELL" unused the seatnnata.
1T seems like q terrible waste OF q
good material. when o nice little lady
Ike your wife lavishes caresses oE
40 mahogany case. But u In q good
trait to stick to old friends, even In
animate ones. I've no doubt my wife
would do the same"
Sure she would" agreed the tan
commuter. That new conductor with
the negaphone voice is getting ready
to shout 'Woodside. change for Penn
sy1vania station"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-27

When a man carries a girls parasol
he Ii In love with her. When she car.
Hes her own parasol she 10 In lore
with him.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1913-02-27

A dog can attract attention By
soaring up a rabbit, but q man must
work very hard and accomplish q
great deal before the people begin 10
glance In mis- direction.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
TOWN is IN MOURNING
SCHOOLS CLOSED AS RESULT OF
ACCIDENT AT MCKINNEY, TEX.
Eight Dead, Fifteen Injured When
Store Crowded With Shoppers
CoIIapses and Fire Follows.

Mckinney. Tex, Jan. 25.-Public
schools in Mckinney we're closed on
Friday and the town was given over
to mourning as a result of the Mis-
sissippi Dry Goods Co accident that
resulted in the death of eight persons
and the serious injury of fifteen 9TH
ers Thursday. Six undertakers from
Dallas arrived and the work of pre-
pairing the dead for burial began.
Physicians from Dallas also arrived
to assist in caring for the injured. AS
soon as they are able to be moved the
injured will be taken to a Dallas hos
pital
One of the most remarkable escapes
from the wrecked building reported is
that of Mrs. John Kistler and their
young daughter Kistler was standing
across the street when the building
fell. He rushed to the scene and be-
gan digging frantically at the wreck
age. Almost the first person he saw
in the ruins was his daughter. He
got her safely out and few minutes
later pulled out his wife. Neither
Mrs. Kistler nor her daughter were
badly hurt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
MONEY QUIZ BODY HEARS HILL
Railroad Executive Declared That the
Great Northern and Northern
Pacific Lines Compete.

Washington, Ja--. 27-James ]. Hill,
who took the stand before the house
money trust committee Friday, opened
his testimony with a list Of his direc-
torships in New York and Chicago
banks and in the Great Northern and
Burlington railroads. Mr.. Hill said
that the Great Northern and the
Northern Pacific railroads were scom-
petitors.
When the Northern Securities COM
pany was dissolved, he said, he re-
ceived $4,000 shares of Great North
ern and $4,000 shares of Northern Pa
cific. He now has 10000 shares of
Great Northern and his son Louis w.
Hill has 1850 shares. Mr. Hill testi-
fed that he was a director in the First
National bank OF st. Paul, one of the
largest banks in the northwest. He
disagreed with Counsel Untermyer's
suggestion that minority stockholders
be given representation in director
ates through cumulative voting. He
said that such a system might allow
competitors to secure a corporation
secrets by obtaining place on its
board.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
ADMITS STEEL POOL
FORMER HEAD OF U. S. FIRM TES-
TITLES IN NEW YORK.
Theodore Roosevelt Admits Permit
ting Merger-BeIieved 1t Prom
ised Relief to Country.

New York, Jan. 24-William Ellis
Corey, former president of the United
States Steel corporation, admitted
here Wednesday before Henry T..
Brown, referee for the government IN
the suit brought by the department OF
Justice to dissolve the trust, that the
huge concern for years has controlled
prices in the steel markets and that II
has maintained a gigantic pool both
here and in Europe.
No matter what might have been
the motives behind the United States
Steel corporation when it absorbed
the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany five years ago, Theodore Roose-
welt as president would have sane
toned the deal He so testified here
at a resumption of the hearing in the
governments suit to dissolve the So
called steel trust.
mot one thing could have been
known about the company which
could have altered my action" he
said, emphatically. Il was dealing
with panic"
nO COlOnSl WdS SAdAAhC0 LOA hOoA
ly two hours. He clapped his hands
and shouted "Hurrah!" when he
stepped down. At times he upbraided
Jacob M. Dickinson, counsel for the
government, for asking questions
about things l don't know"
Asked about his testimony before
the Stanley committee, the colonel
again denied that he had been de-
ceived by Messrs. Frick and Gary.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

Since the instructive exhibit on
tuberculosis which drew large crowds,
eager to obtain information about the
white plague, this mode of impressing
lessons on prevention of disease has
become popular. Not only does it en-
list che interest of inquiring minds,
but a more fundamentally important
result is that the graphic demonstra-
ton by diagrams, figures and epigram-
matte statements of facts arouses in
the average visitor a desirt to learn
and to participate in the movement,
says the New York Sun. The people
who have thronged the halls Of the
City college which has been generous
~ offered by DR.. Finley to the national
committee for mental hygiene, attest
TO the deep interest in the exhibit of
this committee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
MISS HELEN GOULD WEEDS
Ceremony Making Her Wife OF F. j.
Shepard Is Celebrated at Lynd-
hurst, NJ. Y.

New York, Jan. 23.-The marriage
of Miss Helen Miller Gould and Finley
J. Shepard was celebrated at 1880
o'clock Wednesday at the brides
country residence, near Tarrytown.
Only a small gathering of relatives
and intimate friends witnessed the
ceremony. Among the relatives were
the brides brother-in-law and sister,
the duke and duchess of Tallyrand of
Paris, and their young son, the Prince
de Sagan. There was musical pro-
gram by a large orchestra. and after
the wedding a breakfast was served.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. DIR. Russell of Irvington. whose
church Mrs. Shepard attends. The
brides attendants were her nieces,
Helen and Dorothy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

The crop reporting board of the bu-
reau Of statistics of the United States
department of agriculture estimates,
from the reports ci the correspond
ents and agents OF the bureau, that
the total production of cotton in the
United States for the season 1928
will amount to G,612, 335,OOO pounds
mot including linters), equivalent to
13,820,00O bales of 500 pounds. gross
weight. Last years. crop, according
TO the census bureau report, was 49,
G92.701 bales. The average annual
crop for the five years 1906-1O was
11.874,270 bales.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
SPARKS FROM
TIE. WIRE


Mexico City, Jan. 23.-The violent
eruption of Mount Colima, in the state
Of Jalisco, Tuesday night is reported
to have caused heavy death loss.
Thousands of cattle were killed by
the gases. Villages within radius
of % miles of the volcano, including
Zapotlan, Zopotilic and Tuxnam, were
hardest hit. Some Of the dust reach
ed Guadalajara, a hundred miles
away.
Edmonton, Alberta, Jan. 23.-The
business section of Fort Saskatche-
wan, Alberta, thirty miles from here,
was wiped out by fire Tuesday.
New York, JAM 24.-Amri Dodd, for
twenty years president OF the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance company of
at his home in Bloomfield Wednesday,.
Mr.. Dodd was ninety years old.
Berlin, Germany, Jan. 25.-Another
fatal flying accident occurred at the
military maneuvers near Burk Thurs
day. Lieut.. Otto Schlegel was killed
in falling to earth from a considerable
height when his biplane collapsed.
Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 23.-CoI.
Harland Davidson. widely known in
the educational world and head of q
military school at Highland Park, H..
dropped dead at his winter home in
Avon Park Tuesday.
Nashville, Tenn, Jan. 27.-Prof W.
r. Webb of Bellbuckle. Tenn. hide
pendent Democrat, was elected Uni
ted States senator Friday for the
term ending March 4, next. He de-
feated NJ. T. Bryan of Nashville
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

Why" asks the clever painter Of
outdoor life, Adam Albright, denounc-
ing the billboards of Chicago. why
does the law permit man to rent the
Iandscape?" That is new turn to
the old thought, says the Boston Post.
The owner of field believes that he
has perfect right to authorize an ad-
vertising company to disfgure its
beauty with a hideous row OF bill
boards, and so he has, legally. Yet
he is maintaining q nuisance as truly
as the man who permits an evil smell
or foul water on his premises. Some
day Gods out-of-doors will be freed
from the curse of these nuisances to
the eye. We have begun to free our
PARKS already. The world is COM
ing to regard the value of beauty as
next to that of virtue and orderli-
ness
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EXTRA SESSION PLAN
DEMOCRATS GETTING READY TO
MAKE RECoMMENDA-
TONS.
WORK ON TARIFF BILLS.
liberation of Philippines and Curren-
cy Question May Be Acted
On--Appointment Fight
to Break.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Although the
scope of the legislation to be taken
UP at the approaching extra session
of congress has not yet been out
lined congressional committees are
rapidly pushing their preliminary
work to a point where recommends
tons can be made to President-elect
Wilson and plans laid before him for
the early work of his administra-
ton.
Ready for Work.
Work on tariff bills will soon be
started. The hearings will be con-
cluded this week.
The money trust" end of the house
banking and currency committee is
already working on q report, while
the currency branch of the same
committee will push it's investigation
this week into other branches of the
currency question, in the effort to Sc
cure comprehensive suggestions for
currency reform.
Senate and house leaders do not
yet know what legislation, if any, in
addition to the work of tariff revision
will be taken up at the extra session.
Some Problems.
Several of those who have talked
with President-elect Wilson express
the confident belief that the currency
question and the question of liberat-
ing the Philippines will be included
in the new presidents scheme of ac-
ton for his first congressional SEES
sion.
1t is the general opinion in Demo
cratic circles in Washington that Mr..
Wilson will at least not ''foreclose"
congress against acting on everything
but the tariff in the special session.
A majority of the Democrats in the
senate expect little legislation other
than the tariff to be taken up, but
they believe President Wilson, in call
ing the special session, will not
specifically limit its work.
Would Postpone Currency Action.
An effort is under way by some
Democratic senators to postpone &C
ton on the currency bill until the
next regular session and it is expect
Cn IlldL q IlON6ulSnI Will NC plONAOtCN
TO secure an extension of the present
Aldrich- Vreeland emergency currency
law for at least year, so that an
emergency measure will still be at
hand in case of industrial or finan'
cial disturbances. Under this plan
no attempt would be made to legis.
late on currency questions until next
winter.
The full extent of the fight between
the Republican and Democratic fac
ton in the senate over President
Taft's appointments. is expected to
develop this week. A Republican
ably will be held early in the week
and the majority of Republicans now
insist there will be no concessions
to the Democrats, but that the de-
mand will again be made for confir
nation of all of the appointments now
before the senate. The house will
devote it's time this week to the con
sideration of appropriation bills and
by the end of the week it is expected
several big supply measures will be
ready for the consideration of the
senate.
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River Falls Journal
S. r. MORSE. Editor.
MORE AND BETTER FARMERS.


The way to cheaper food is point
ed out by the head of TIE bureau of
soils IN the department Of agriculture.
but 1t is not a road by which we shall
arrive at our destination next year or
the year after, and ten years hence
there will be more of rs, the demand
for food will be greater, and even with
increased supplies there may be no
real decrease in prices, says the
Philadelphia Record The crops of the
present year have had some little eff
feet upon prices The abundant sup
plies of corn, oats and hay should re-
duce prices Of all Sorts Of meats until
another harvest season, but these nit
igations of prices are temporary. The
persisting fact is that the increase in
the number of farmers, the increase
in the area of titled land and the in
crease in production are not keeping
pace with the growth Of the popula-
ton. With all the infinite variety OF
farm implements and the hundreds of
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations, the quality of agriculture is
not improving at anything approach
ing the pace of mechanical improve
ments. The country needs more farm
ers. and it needs more scientific meth
DDS Of cultivation. Farming is i'm
proving, but practical agriculture falls
very far short Of possible agriculture.
We need not expect to see the the
oretically possible ever attended over
n wide area, but the prosperity of
farming for the last Is years ought
to keep in the country the young
men who are It'll crowding into cit
les looking for wages Of two dollars
a day, and with all the scientific agri-
cultural knowledge that we possess
the yield per acre ought to be much
greater than it is.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
What They Thought.

The teacher, after telling the Christ
mas story, was questioning the infant
class.
Now, who can tell me what the
wise men brought to the baby Jesus?"
she asked.
Six-year-old Alexander waved his
chubby hand.
81 know, teacher! Gold an Lin
coin cents an myrrh," he triumphant
~ exclaimed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
Fair TO All.

Recently" says a Richmond man.
81 received an invitation to the mar
riage of a young colored couple for
merly in my employ I am quite sure
that all persons similarly favored
were left in little doubt as to the atti-
tude of the couple. The invitation ran
as follows:
"'You are invited to the marriage
of Mr.. Henry Clay Barker and Miss
Josephine Mortimer Dixon at the
house of the brides mother. All who
cannot come may send. "-Lippincott's
Magazine.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
nuinn Man Admits Crime.

Portland, Ore, Jan. 28.-After de,
GIaring that he was one of the robbers
in the theft a. gold bullion from the
steamer Humboldt, Jack Lafferty, for
merly Of Minneapolis, ended his life
by taking poison here. Lafferty told
Mrs. Nettie Preston, proprietoress OF
a rooming house, the story of the rob.
berry. A woman named Josie Thomas
and he, Lafferty said, assisted in the
robbery, LaffeFty getting $4,000 for
his share and the woman $4,000. He
also designated a spot where part OF
the bullion was buried.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

Wealthy and fashionable women in
Boston have formed an association to
discourage cruelty to animals in the
cause of fashion. They have renounc-
ed meat as diet, and given up the
wearing of furs and feathers, which
are procured at the cost of suffering
to the fur bearing animals and to
birds. They may not establish a
large following. but that they are in
earnest IS proved by the sacrifices
made. which are particularly hard for
well-dressed women to initiate
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
FIFTEEN HURT IN |. C. WRECK
Entire Train Leaves Track Near Mel.
vim, IlI.-No One Was Serious
Iy Injured.

Kankakee, Ill, Jan. 27.-Fffteen per
sons were injured on the Daylight
special Of the Illinois Central. a mile
and half north of Melvin, Friday af
ternoon, when the entire train, except
the engine, left the track at p. m. No
one was fatally injured. Speaker
Shurtleff and Representative Ryan OF
the Thirtieth district were on the
train.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

Chicago, Jan. 27-Cattle-Re Receipts
200; market steady; beeves, $G@9.O5;
steers. $5.5OG@.20; stockers and feed.
ers, $4.90007.50; cows and heifers, $2.7G
@720; calves $7011.
Hoes = Receipts 10000; market
strong, Sc higher than Fridays aver
m760; heavy, s7.1O@7.60; rough. $7.IC
@720; pigs, s5.75@735; bulk, $745Q %
755.
Sheep-Receipts 1900; market slow
and steady; muttoas. native, $4.750
625; western, $4.S5@6.25; yearlings,
s640@S; lambs, native, $6.75@9; west.
ern, $6.75G9.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
Cashier Is Short $4,000.

High Bridge, N. j., Jan. 24.-The
High Bridge National bank is tempo
rarily closed as the result of a con-
fession by Abram L. Beaver, cashier
of the institution, that he had taken
approximately 100000 Of the bank
funds. j. Henry Rose, vice-president
of the bank, said Beavers had turned
over property valued at $4,000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

The 14-inch cannon which bursts at
the test seems a concrete example OF
the old couplet: IF so soon / am done
for, | wonder what l was begun for"
But it is more judicious for it to burst
on the testing ground than in action
If Il was ever to get into action.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30

Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, Jan. 27.-Wheat, May
S7Mc: July soc; No northern, SO 81 c
No 2 northern, "a nc; No. d.urum, 8Sc
NO. corn, 44c; No. 3 white oats 81 n c
barley. mailing, 59c; No. 2 rye, 5Shc
Duluth, Jan. 27-Whoat, May, S7Mc
July, soc; No. l northern, 85hc; No.
South ST Paul. Jan. 27.--Ca4tae-
Steers, $6.25; cows, $4.60W5.75; calves
$5.75@9.75; hogs, $7.20@7.321a.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
Corn aExnnn onens.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 28.-The Fifth
National corn exposition opened here
with exhibits from q states, the fed
eral department of agriculture, and
other sources dealing with practically
every phase Of agriculture.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-01-30
Greatest RattIsshin Launched

Newcastle-on-Tyne England, Jan.
24.-The largest and most powerful
battleship afioat, the Brazilian super
dreadnaught Rio de Janeiro, was
launched here Wednesday She dis
places 1880 tons.