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Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
Why There Are Bachelors.

1t has been computed that our planet Is peopled by about 1.7OO.OO0.o00 living members of the human species and that this very respectable total in- cludes some 5.5OO.oO0 more men than women. Supposing all women to be married or assured of marrying, this disproportion signifies 5.5o0,0O0I men who are bachelors willy nilly without considering the few who may have had bachelorhood thrust upon them by the unresponsive ladies of their choice. New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23

President Wilson's plans for lmme- oiate action to enforce his demands upon the Huerta government met with unexpected delay in the senate. His message put damper on the war spirit in congress, and the Republicans have been quick to guess the attitude of the country at large toward war against the Huerta government and it's resulting possibilities.
 The contest in the senate was over the senate substitute to the house're lution. The president however, indi- cated that the senate form is sutisfnc- tory to him.
 One reason that prompt action by congress was desired is that it K plnn- ned to seize several million rounds oc ammunition for Huerta due at Vera Cruz as soon as it reaches the custom house there.
 The Fifth brigade of the second di- vision. numbering 5000 men. is at GuL weston ready to embark on transports if ordered
 Huerta says that Mexico awaits de- velopments with tranquility and thnt the people of Mexico bear no anlmosity toward the people of the United States. .
 Many Americans and other foreign CTS are leaving the City of Mexico for the coast. but comparatively few Americans have hastened to take refHge on the steamships provided for them at Vera Cruz. -
 The tone of British newspaper com. ment is critical of President Wilson's policy and hls program against Huerta. The French foreign office is reported to feel relieved that action has sue ceeded waiting.
 The Resolutions.
 Following is the Mexican resolution which the senate considered:
 In view of the facts presented by the president of the United States in his Rd- dress delivered to the congress in joint session the 2Oth day of April. 1914 in rec gard to certain afrronts and indlgnitlcs committed against the United States in Mexico. be it
 Resolved. That the president Is justined in the employment of the armed forces of the United States to enforce his demands TOT hnEQulNO1hl aHlalluH HUT AllnHAh indIgnities committed against the United States; be ii further
 Resolved, That the United States dis- claims any hostility to the Mexican peo- pie or any purpose to make war upon them.
 Following is the resolution passed by the house:
 JustifyinR the employment by the prcA- ident of the United States of armed forces of the United States in enforcing certain demands made on Nictoriano Huerta,
 Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That the president is justified in the employment or armed forces of the United States 10 enforce demands made on Victoriano Huerta for uneuuivocal amends to the government of the United States for af- fronts and indignities committed against this government by General Huerta and his representatives.
 The senate objected to the name of Huerta appearing In the resolution.
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23

and when told of the various reports concerning Admiral Fletcher and the action to be taken or already taken at Vera Cruz said:
 'It would be very unwise for me to say anything at the present moment The resolution authorizing the presi- dent to use the armed forces of the United States Is now before the senate Until it has acted and this matter has cleared we can make no announce ment."
 Americans Are Fleeing.
 Americans are fleeing en masse from Mexico City to Vera Cruz and are be ing hastily embarked aboard the Ward line steamship Esperanza, that they may be under the protection of the big guns of the American warships.
 Secretary Bryan, while on his way to the cabinet meeting to discuss the sit uation. said his dispatches from Mex leo City indicated a general exodus of Americans from the capital. The first of the Americans to leave the capital occupied special train and two extra sections of the regular morning train
 Dispatches from Fl Paso report the arrival there of six American, eight German and nine French refugees, men and women, from Chihuahua. They said they had been instructed to leave the city by Marion Letcher. the United States consul.
 Fear Rebel Violence.
 They reported that the prominent Mexicans in Chihuahua believed the seizure of Tampico and Vera Cruz would he accepted by the Constitution alists as an affront to them as an af- fair affecting equally the honor of all factions In the country. General Car ranza, they said. was aiding MT. Letch- CT in getting the Americans out with out attracting attention.
 Before the American refugees left Mexico City the Esperanza already had eighty-siX refugees aboard. mostly wo- men and children. Several other steam ships are in Vera Cruz harbor ready to take aboard refugees of other nation alities. The American refugees arriv- ing at Vera Cruz are heinz looked after by Consul Canada. The office of Mir Canada was thronged by foreigners as well as Americans seeking information regarding tie situation. the likelihood of war and the means of getting on board the steamships. There was little excitement. X few of the foreigners who harbur the belief that the battle ships are soon to Lombard the city were alone excited.
 Fifteen foreign refugees were put on board the steamship Mexico. which tue American government is preparing to charter from the Ward line. As many foreigners as possible will be cared for. Tn port at present beside the Ward line ships there are five vessels flying she Norwegian flag. one the British and me the Cuban. Cuban. Norwegian and British refugees will he put on board these steamships. Some may be har. bored on board the battleships of their country if occasion demands.
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
AMERICANS WARNED AGAIN.

Consul at Chihuahua Advises Them to
 Leave Mexico, as Prscaution.
 Consul Letcher. on instructions from Washington. is notifying Americans In Chihuahua and other towns of the st.lta of Chihuahua to leave the country as a precaution against possible unfortu. nate eventualities growing out of the decision of the Washington govern. ment to seize Tampico and Vera Cruz
 They will be sent out fin small bodies if time permits. as general exodus. 1t f., feared. might precipitate trouble. Six American W Enen have left
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
Fletcher Vigorously ;. Resisted There. FIRING STILL GOING ON Was Acting Upon Orders to
 Begin Possibilities. TRIED TO SEIZE AMMUNITION Admiral Was Instructed to Stop Big Consignment on Board
 Liner From Getting Into
 Hands of FederaIs.
TRIED TO SEIZE AMMUNITION
BULLETIN.

Bulletin sent to Washington by Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz says marines holding vicinity of railroad station and yards and desultory firing oontinuesi also holding custom. house and cable office.
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
The Attraction.

Miss Skylie appears to have lost her attractiveness for the gentlemen" said one girl.
 "Oh. no," replied the other; ''she didn't lose 1t. Her father lost 1t on the Stock Exchange"
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
"HUERTA MUST Gol"
 THE WAR SLOGAN,

Practically every war in which the United States has been engaged has had a war cry' or slogan. Here are n few:
 Revolutionary War Taxation r'ithout representation is tyranny" War of 1312-Perry's admonition. Don't give up the ship"
 War with Mexico uSi9 - Re '~ember the Alamo"
 Civil war-"United we stand: di- vlded we fall"
 Spanish War - Remember the Maine"
 Officials who tried to figure out n "N"eYiLan war" slogan suggested "Huerta must go"
Connecticut western news., 1914-04-23
EmntY Words.

Does your lover have much to say?" No, hut that doesn't keep him from talking great deal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Neighhorhood News
FROM CORRESPONDENT IN THE COUNTIES
PRE- AND ST. cRoK

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FARGO
/: i: !: !: !: /: i: i: !. /. !. /: /.
E. Reardon was a Sunday call
er at M. B. Robey's.
M. Nc Cue and family spent Sun
day at Bass Lake.
Thorton Robey and family of
Hankinson, N. D., are the guests
of their parents here.
Alfred Griffey spent Sunday at
home.
Elmer Chapman of River Falls
is working for Fl. d. Stewart.
= = + !: + + + & + /:
FORESTVILLE
/: /: !: !: !: i. !: i. !.
Mrs. E. Bredahl is on the sick
list.
Mr.. Ross Cheney of Downing was
a caller at the home of his uncle,
w. II. Cheney, last Tuesday.
Miss Gertie Hanson, who had
been spending a few weeks in
Chicago, returned home Sunday.
Miss Helen Cheney is spending
the week at Downing.
Mr.. Fred Rockwell of Downing,
was a caller in this vicinity re-
Gently.
Mr.. T. F. Hanson purchased an
auto of E. Carisch last week.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
SINKING SHIPS.
If Completely Submerged They Must
Go to the Bottom.

If Completely Submerged They Must
Go to the Bottom.
Answering correspondent who
writes: 81 am very anxious to find out
whether a ship will sink If the bottom
of the ocean is at great depth or, at
least, at such depth that the weight OF
the water would be greater than the
weight of the ship. It Is the opinion
of many that at q certain depth the
ship would remain suspended instead
Of sinking to the bottom. Please ex-
plain the exact truth of the natter
Edgar Lucien Larkin In the New York
American says:
"Any mass that will entirely sink
below the surface of the ocean will
sink to the bottom Of any sea or ocean
on earth. This is because water is al
most incompressible.
Enormous pressure in hydraulic
presses has been made upon distilled
and also upon sea water. and the oil
intuition Of volume-that is, increase
of density-is only 0.OOO044 for ocean
water for each atmosphere, /. e., each
addition of fifteen pounds to each
square inch Then water soaked wood
would be increased in density by very
nearly the same amount
Hence If all of the wood In wood
en- ship sinks below the surface it must
go to the bottom. The question of
reaching the bottom of the ocean is de
cided for any kind of matter of any
ship or boat by its behavior at the sur
face. If all of the material of the boat
sinks at all below the surface, then 1t
will fall to the bottom Of any sea, there
being such a slight increase in density
of water at the bottom of the deepest
ocean,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
MRead the Eternities.n

The only large values are those in
which our ancestors participated. The
Oldest of wonders is the greatest-life.
An ironclad, as such, is commonplace
beside ship, and society merely as so
ciety is a more stupendous fact than
Rome or England. The Iliad is less re-
markable than speech, and the aero
plane is only mote in the sky. Land
scape. the family, the nation, religion
their origins are lost in the silence of
a gray antiquity. The now-the pres
ent-is indeed sacred; but it's sacred
ness is inappreciable to those who are
circumscribed by its limits; it is re
served for minds that escape its
bounds. DO not read the times!' said
Thoreau, III words that become the
more memorable the less they are re-
membere6; read the eternities." 20.
". Firkins in Atlantic Monthly.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Unabashed.

Years ago Isidore de Lara used to
sing his own songs at concerts to his
own accompaniment. The most popu-
lar of them was 1.-The Garden of
Sleep" Onee-so runs the story-Mr.
de Lara was Garden of Sleeping at
a private house, and he was immense
~ annoyed by George Moore, who
went on insistently talking after the
song had begun. Mr.. de Lara sang a
few bars and then sprang Indignantly
to his feet.
'Mr. Moore" he said. Il was singing
the other day before the Prince Of
Wales, and he spoke, and stopped"
"Well, my dear chap" replied Mr..
Moore calmly, she survives"
Mr.. de Lara had humor enough to
join in the general laugh.-London An
swers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Heiuht of Waves.

Among the most trustworthy scien
tific measurements of ocean waves are
those Of Lieutenant Paris OF the
French navy. The highest waves
measured by him were in the Indian
ocean between the Cape of Good Hope
and the island of St Paul Thirty
waves measured during northwest
gale there averaged twenty nine and
one-half feet lie height. and six OF
them, following one another with
beautiful regularity. were thirty -seven
and one-half feet in height Some still
higher waves were seen, but not meas
ured. In a moderate breeze the length
of wave was found TO be about
twenty five times It's height but In
gale only eighteen times. = London
Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
HOLES IN POTS AND PANS.
Quick and Easy Method of Repairing
Them at Home.

Them at Home.
Pots and pans, whether of iron or tin
(Which is only iron timed over, get
holes in their bottoms all too soon tC
please the economical housekeeper.
Then it becomes necessary to call in
the tinsmith, who puts lump of solder
in the hole. This soon melts, and the
hole is there again.
But nothing is easier than to repair
such holes at home and without the
aid of a tinsmith. First of all make
the hole round by inserting the point
of a knife and twisting it back and
forth. Place the pot or pan upon any
firm, fiat piece Of metal, such as an
anvil, bar of iron or an inverted fiat
iron, so that the hole is Immediately
over and touching the latter. In the
middle of the hole place shot of about
the size of the hole. Any piece Of lead
will serve if the shot is not handy.
Now a few sharp blows with a ham
mer will flatten the shot and spread it
out, filing the hole tightly and over
tapping enough to hold it in place A
few strokes with file and rub with
sandpaper complete the operation. The
repair is permanent.
1t is said that hole as large as a
quarter of an inch in diameter can be
mended in this way.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
Failures.

Failures.
"Stand up, julius Caesar. Didn't
you have fits?''
Eyes, your honor"
weren't you baldY
81 was, your honor"
"a dyspeptic"
81 was"
Didn't you write your commentaries
for political effect?"
II did, your honor"
Thereby proving yourself without
character. Below normal Weight?'
81 was, your honor"
''Then step over there with Napo-
leon. Alexander, Hannibal, Newton,
Charlemagne, Kant, Pope, William Pitt
and William Of Orange"
whats the matter with them, your
honor?
Matter enough. They are all defec-
tives. They've failed to pass our tests"
Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
A Kind Wish For Mother.

The five-year-old found his mother
looking a bit unhappy.
Have you pain, muvverY he ask
ed sympathetically. When she nodded
claimed:
II wish a fairy would come and turn
your pain into piece of cake" Then
the small boy asserted himself over
the angel child, adding. And | would
eat it."-NeW York Sun.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
METHOD OF TEACHING.
Wherein Our Educators Often Put the
Cart Before the Horse.

Cart Before the Horse.
This simple principle spirit before
disciplinel we sometimes seem to lose
sight of in our education, consistently
putting the cart before the horse.
In the days of the renaissance,
when people had caught vision of a
new world. they studied Greek with
ayidity because they believed it was a
path into that world. We reverse the
process. We set our students to grind
ing Greek verbs in order that in an in
definite future they may come in con-
tact with the Hellenic spirit. when
what they wanted was touch of the
Hellenic spirit to transform the Greek
grammar into book of magic.
We set them to cutting up earth
worms when what they wanted first
was to have their thoughts turned to-
ward the mystery of physical life. We
put them to studying Italian, trusting
that in due time knowledge of that
language may prove an incentive to
read Dante, never perceiving that a
craving for Dante might be made the
strongest incentive for studying Italian.
We red ink and blue pencil their COM
positions, believing. with a touching
faith, that there is some intrinsic beau
ty in correct spelling and perfect pune
tuatiOn that will appeal to the under
graduate mind, and all the while what
they needed was a sense, however dim.
of the wonder of literary creation
Harold G. Goddard in Century.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
OF Great Price.

The lion had been leased and prod
ded by an Ill conditioned keeper until
his patience was quite spent The en-
ragged beast leaped upon the fellow,
knocked him down and fetched him
such blow on the head that his skull
was crushed like an eggshelL
THAT means the end of you, your
majesty" staggered the jackal in the
next cage.
1T would, old night prowler. II
we're a mere man." replied the lion.
licking a bloody paw, ''but you forget
that | cost $4,000"
The surviving keepers came, soothed
the costly creature with quarter Of
fresh beef and hastily removed the
body of their comrade from the cage
New York Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
NEW ZEALAND EELS.
Big Enough and Daring Enough to Kill
Man or a Salmon.

Big Enough and Daring Enough to Kill
Man or Salmon.
Eels can cause the death of salmon
of considerable weight by the use OF
strategy. One will obtain the grip be
tween the dorsal fin and the tail and
unfortunate victim in vain throws it
self backward and forward, endeavor
ing to shake off it's captor, until al
length its strength is exhausted and
the eel proceeds to make meal at leis
ure.
Worse crimes than these are laid tC
their charge in New Zealand A great
number of bathing fatalities had taken
place at certain spot, where the cur
rent ran with such strength that a
powerful swimmer could only just
stem it. 1t was a favorite pastime to
have tussle with the stream, but sew
eral times bather disappeared before
help could reach him, and when his
body was found it had been eaten by
cells.
The cause of the fatalities remained
unknown for long time, but at last II
was discovered that while the swim.
mer was almost stationary in the rapid
stream a huge eel would seize him by
the foot or leg and drag him beneath
the surface Eels attain an immense
size in those waters, twenty to thirty
pounds being no uncommon weight
Pittsburgh Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
First publication July 9, 1914.
SUMMONS

STATE OF WISCONSIN, In Circuit Court for
Pierce County.
Margaret Cotter, Plaintiff,
George Woodward, and - Woodward his
wife. Joseph Woodward and - Wood
ward. his wife, William Woodward and
Woodward his wife, John Gambler and --
Gambler, his wife John Gambler, Jr., and -
Gambler his wife, Griffin FL. Miller, Lewis
Plate, Ludwig Plate. Joseph Manning John
HarweH. AmOSkeag Savings Bank, a foreign
corpora iOn. and all Successors and assigns,
unknown surviving widows personal repre-
SentativeS heirs and legateeS If each and
all of said defendants who deceased at
this time. if there be any such defendants,
and all persons whom it may concern,
Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, To the said defend
ants:
You are hereby sum- ed
to appear within twenty days after the service
of this summons, exclusive of the day of SER
vice, and defend the above entitled action in
the court aforesaid and in case of your failure
to do so, judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of this complaint
of which a copy is herewith served upon you
WHITE & SKOGMO PLAINTIFFS attorneys.
Z. O. Address, River Falls, Pierce County Wis
cOnSin
Notice is hereby given that the above en-
titled action is brought for the pun pose of
que ting the title of the above named plaintiff
in and TO the following described real estate
81 uated in Pierce County, Wisconsin to- wit:
The North half of the Northwest quarter of
section Nineteen 90 in Township twenty-Six
C26) North of Range Nineteen Q9) West.
WHITE & SKOGMO PLAINTIFFS attorneys.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
OYSTERS LIVE AND DEAD.
And the Big Difference 1t Makes When
They Are Eaten Raw.

ANA IuS Dig OIHSESICS II NdHSS WISH
They Are Eaten Raw.
Speaking about keeping hotels, Sine
on Ford, who won fame and fortune
in that profession, had this to say
about the succulent oyster:
People have come and sworn to
me that we had the finest oysters in
the world. Now, that was all tommy
rot. We had the same oysters any one
else could buy, although we always
bought the best we could. But there is
this about the oyster: When he is good
he is very, very good; when he is bad
he is very, very bad.
There is a whole lot of difference
between a dead oyster and a live one.
When an experienced opener puts his
knife into an oyster he can tell in a
second If the oyster is really alive.
He can even tell by the resistance
whether the oyster is in prime condi-
ton or only fair. If the oyster was
not just right our men would throw 1t
away, and they used to throw away
about one oyster in every four that we
bought.
"A dead oyster isn't fit to eat raw.
But the live oyster that is opened
right in front of you and stays on the
plate just long enough to squeeze a
drop Of lemon on, he goes down your
throat juicy and a palpitating treat.
That's only possible when you stand
up to an oyster bar.
''Why, in some of our gilded palaces
they begin to open oysters after break
fast and you get them for dinner Well.
you get them, that's all, and they're
dead! A corpse is a corpse, even if it
is kept on ice" Henry M. Hall in New
York World.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-16
EXPECTATION OF LIFE.
Years One May Count Upon Living at
Any Given Age.

Years One May Count Upon Living at
Any Given Age.
No statistics have been calculated
with greater care than the tables which
give the exact expectation of life for
men and women at various ages
These mortality tables are officially ac-
cepted by the various states In the
United States, and from them the life
insurance companies compute their
rates Of insurance. They are as &C
curate as the most carefully gathered
figures can make them.
At ten years of age the expectation
of life is 1872 years. When one has
reached the age Of twenty the chances
are much improved, and there is still
an expectation of 1920 years before
one. At the age of twenty-five the
average has improved. and there are
still some thirty nine years ahead.
For the normal man or woman thirty
years of age the average length of life
is sixty-hve years. A person thirty five
years old may count, according to these
tables, on thirty-two years more.
AS each milestone Is passed the pros
pect brightens Thus at the age of
forty the prospect is for nearly twenty
nine years more, and at forty five there
is an expectation of twenty-five more
years.
By the f1ftieth year the expectation
is about twenty-one years. and In the
ffty-fifth year it is nearly eighteen
more man of sixty may look for
ward with some confidence to fifteen
more years of life, and this increases
so that at seventy years the prospect
Is eight years On having successful
~ passed the eightieth year there is
an expectation of about five years.
Exchange.