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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
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Meade Stillman shows Colonel Getheids
of the board of strateg! and others his
aero destroyer. wonderful implement OF
war opera ted by Tadium.
Congressman Gotz who sells aeroplanes
to the government opposes him Meade
meets the coIones daughter. Bernice TO
whom he is already a hero.
Gotz publicly announces that Meade's
father was a defaulter. and Meade de-
nounces him in turn, creating a scene.
Meade loves Bernice. He goes back
home GotZ plans to block the accept
ance of the aero destroyer Mexico ana
Japan are acting threateningly.
Meade writes Bernlce that If she or MS
country needs him he will come Mexican
troops invade the United States
japanese soldiers surprise the garrison
Of San Francisco and capture the forts
and the city.
They threaten to destroy the city If the
American fleet interferes Colonel Gotz
starts by aeroplane to carry the news to
Sacramento.
o5otz Luls two japanese aviators and
sends the news to Washington. President
ellison calls for 100000 volunteers.
The Atlantic fleet of the United States
is destroyed by mysterious new bomb
used by the Japanese.
New York city is wrecked by the same
sort Of bombs, and Aviator Darling flies
to New York city to rescue BernIce.
Apparently she loves him She and Oar
ling seek the aid of Meade and his de-
stroyer Meade declares his love
Bernice reciprocates. and Darling is un-
happy. Meade rushes work on his aero
destroyer to check The Japanese advance
Meades new magnetic bombs fired from
the aero ,destroyers create great havoc in
the Japanese army
The Japanese are routed. Darling is
killed, and Meade Stillman's fathers
character is cleared of the old disgrace,
San Francisco is recaptured and the
Japanese driven from the United States
Meade and Bernice are happy In their
love.
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Continued from last Week.

lGOUIlDuGd
or in q metal hail, which struck upon
turret and rifle tip and superstructure
and hull and burst in sheeted flares Of
flame magazine of a cruiser eX-
posed by the destruction of her upper
parts, blew up. Her great gray bull
split asunder A battleship mOrtally
wounded. reeled and sank The small
er craft vanished in dreadful swirlings
which rocked their larger sisters and
dashed the surface of the bay to a
churning froth.
Some Of the flying monsters grew
into stripped wrecks, others burst into
flames and exploded, still others wal
lowed on. pursued by the rage they
had awakened until they lost Roadway
and became naught but ineffective
hulkS
An hour had passed and the destruc-
ton was complete.
Darling suddenly began to stir. Ar
kel's heart jumped with JOY at the
signs that his beloved superior was not
dead He bathed the wounded mans
head with water, comforted him and
told him that the entire Japanese feet
had been destroyed,
Arkel's flight to the United States
aid for Darling was filled with anxiety
The stricken hero moaned and tossed
as he lay on the floor of the air craft.
Suddenly. as they were speeding over
the forests of northern Virginia, OAR
ling called:
"Arkel. Arkel! Tell Bernice. tell
her
And that was all. His lips closed for
ever The brave spirit had gone.
Arkel and Belden worked ON the Ber-
uice to put her in trim for attack on
the japanese fleet on the Pacific coast.
The second day after the death of OAR
ling Arkel went into the laboratory to
confer with Belden. only to be greeted
by the sight of the old mans blood
stained body lying on the floor. Papers
were Uttered over the floor, and locked
desk drawers were broken open.
After much difficulty Belden was re-
viyed He explained that Colonel GotZ
had sought the plans of the Stillman
airShips. knowing that no patents had
as yet been secured for the radium
plates and other features. Belden had
resisted Goz. although be had been
one of his employees years back. Gotz,
in his anger at failing to get the plans,
struck the old man down with an iron
bar.
Arkel summoned an ambulance, and
on the way to the hospital Belden said:
Il am badly hurt. Send for Miss Geth.
eds. have something important to
say. for know how much she thinks
of Meade Stillman."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
VARIETY WI tn TOMATOES.

ALMOST any food becomes monoto-
y nous when constantly served in
the same way A vegetable which
Is SO plentiful as the tomato is apt to
appear on the table often and unless
the cook DISCUSSES it in various forms
vary the bill of fare try some of the
following recipes:
Excellent Appetizers.
Broiled Tomatoes bToil tomatoes
just wash them well. wipe dry and cut
In halves. Cut slice away from the
rounded part OF each and dip in
crumbs. Beat an egg and season with
pepper and salt. Dip each piece of
tomato in this, then again in bread
crumbs. Butter the broiler we'll and
cook from six TO nine minutes
Tomatoes With Mushrooms Remove
the stem end of ripe tomatoes and re-
move tlfe pulp. Take the pulp and
mix with it bread or cracker crumbs.
salt and pepper and mushrooms cut
up fine Fill shells with mixture, put
a piece OF butter on top of each one
and bake in moderate oven.
The Green Vegetable.
Fried Green Tomatoes.-Beata an egg
until light and foamy. Add one tea
soonful and half Of olive oil. little
salt and pepper. Beat again. Have
ready some good firm green tomatoes;
cut in slices quarter of an inch thick.
Dip them separately. first in egg mix
ture. then in bread crumbs, then in
egg and last in crumbs. Have plenty
of butter in hot spider, place to-
matoes in it and fry rather slowly so
they may cook thoroughly without
burning Keep covered to keep steam
in and make the tomatoes juicy and
tender Serve on hot platter either
with table sauce or with holandaise
sauce. If you try these you will prob
ably like them.
Baked TOmatoes.-A nice way of pre-
pairing tomatoes which have not thor
Oughly ripened is to bake them. The
skins should be firm. A slice is cut
from the stem end of the tomato and
the contents removed. The pulp is
mixed with an equal quantity of bread
or cracker crumbs seasoned with pep
per and salt and a squeeze of onion
Juice The tomatoes are reflled with
this mixture and placed on a well but
tered pan. If the oven is hot they will
bake in twenty minutes. After the TO-
matoes are placed in the pan they may
be improved by sprinkling with cracker
crumbs mixed with butter.
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mer group. In addition. she was asked
for an indemnity in cash which would
strain her credit for years.
The middle of March found Bernice
and her rather back in the Connecticut
avenue home. and there Meade sought
her.
And you won't go back any more,
dear" she whispered. You'll stay here
with me after this. 1t seems strange
All the time that you were growing
up to yonr manhood in the desert
and to womanhood here. and we
never knew And then you came, and
we met. and we spoke. and after that
we were never the same again.
Meade laughed softly.
And there wasn't a minute after
that when you didn't call me-in my
heart at least. From that time began
TO want to be man like other men
You were so beautiful. SO wonderful
Il think | felt something like those
old chaps of medieval story who re-
ceived visitation from a being of a
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
A LESSON IN GEOGRAPHY.
Do You Know How Far East South
Americas West Coast Is?


Americas West Coast Is?
In his book, the CONQUEST of the
Tropics" Frederick Upham Adams
calls attention to some little known
geographical facts:
Most of us picture Havana as nearly
south of New York, when in fact it is
about south of Detroit A study of
a map Of the new world discloses the
dsconcerting fact that all of the west
coast of South America is east of De-
troit, and that most of it is hundreds
of miles east of New York city. The
truth Of the matter is that we should
call that continent Southeast Amer
ica.'
l also made the astounding discov-
cry that a considerable portion of
South America lies north of the south
erly sections of North America. When
we set sail from Colon for Santa Mar
ia, Colombia, we do not head south
or southeast, we point our prov north
east. This is almost as puZzling as the
other fact to the effect that Colon, the
Caribbean port Ghe supposed east
port, is twenty odd miles west of Pan
anna City, which is on the Pacific and
presumably west end of the canal. 1t
is positively uncanny to look out of a
window of the Tivoli hotel, in Panama
City, and watch the sun rise squarely
out of the Pacific ocean! Of course
an accurate map justifes the sun in
selecting the Pacific for rising rather
than setting purposes, but it never
seemed right or proper to me. Oceans
should stay where they belong, and
the Pacific has no business to twist
itself to the east of Panama.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Green Animals a Puzzle.

What makes some animals green? If
any reader knows and will tell he will
settle a big dispute now going on
among scientists who have vowed co
find out Green colorations belong
chiefly to insects, worms and reptiles.
Whether they get their green hue from
the plants they eat or not is Ques-
ton that has not been conclusively
settled, although it has been shown
that they will retain their color even
when denied all green food.-Exchange.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Wisconsin Actress Dies.

Mrs. Josephine MCCLELLAN Hazard, an
actress who starred in a "ParsifaP
company and played leading roles with
James O'Neil in Monte Cristo" and
other plays, died at her home in Key
West, Fla, it was learned at Appleton.
She was the wife of Lieutenant Haz-
ard of the United States navy and
was born in Appleton.
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different world-a sort of miraculous
vision of something supremacy good
and beautiful and pure. And that. Ber-
nice. is how hold you now. in the
deepest chambers. of my soul.
You were my miraculous visitant,
who came to lead me out of bondage
into a fuller, wider life. and set me
free. Let others talk all they want
about miracles. sweetheart You are
the one supreme miracle to me-"
She leaned toward him. wide eyed,
parted Of lip, her breath sweet as the
breath of the night and the spring.
Her every line as full of ripened prom
Use as the golden circle of the moon
which hooded her face and glinted in
her hair. boy Of mine,' she said in a
voice half tears. half laughter, 1.-The su
preme miracle is love-"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
stoats Hunt In Packs.

In some years stoats appear to be
more numerous than in others. and
they are seen not in ones and twos'
but in dozens. hunting together in
small packs. Stoats will hunt together
from scent and in full cry like pack
Of hounds, one always keeping the line
and followed closely by the others.
This sight has been recorded by differ
ent observers who have also seen Wea-
sells hunting in the same way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
RESOLUTIONS.

Do you want to make some new
resolutions2 Consider these: Re-
solved to live with all my might
while do live; resolved never
to lose one moment Of time, but
improve it in the most prof able
way possibly can; resolved never
to do anything which should de-
spise or think meanly Of in another;
resolved never to do anything out
Of revenge; resolved meier to do
anything which | should ye afraid
10 do If it were the last hour Of my
life.-Jonathan Edwards.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
TRAVEL IN SAN SALVADOR.
Crossing Rivers and Swamps Tourists
often Get Free Baths.

Often Get Free Baths.
More than once, says John FL. Weeks
in his book among the Primitive Ba-
kongo," I had in my San Salvador
journey a strong krooboy part Of
whose duty it was to carry me over
the many streams and swamps that
crossed the path. His name was re-
markable one. | do not know how he
came by it, but the first time | met
him l asked him his name, and he re-
piled in krooboy English, '|My name,
massa, be Napoleon Bonaparte."
Sometimes Napoleon would have me
on his shoulders in the middle Of a
river, and feeling the rush of water
against his legs he would begin to
quake and say: "Massa, l no fit for
carry you. go let you fall"
l would reply, Napoleon, fit for
give you one cupful of rice suppose yoS.
no drop me-"
He would then take few more care
full PAGES, and feeling the swirl Of wa
ter more strongly about his legs and
the stones slipping beneath his feet he
would nervously call out in his curious
English: 'Massa, massa, no fit!
bound for let you fall
Napoleon often received from me the
promise Of two or three cupfuls of
rice to steady him before he landed
me high and dry upon the farther
bank. At times we were not so fortu-
70 hot Of ;1o+c
the water, and we congratulated our
selves when it was a stream and not
nasty, muddy swamp.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Giraffe Meat.

The flesh of young giraffe, especially
that of young COW, is extremely
good, somewhat like veal, with game
ike flavor. The tongue, from eighteen
to twenty inches long. is also very
good. But the marrow bones afford
the greatest luxury to the South Afri-
can hunter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
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She-JimDly wears different socks
every day. He-How to you know?
Shelby just looking at them. Sundays
he wears white ones; on Mondays he
wears them shaded under the ankles.
and on Tuesdays he has cute little
ring around them next to his shoetlps.
He-And the rest Of the week? She
He wears high shoes.-Detroit Free
Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Woman,s Aim.

A bullet shot upward from the earth
goes up to aphelion with retarding or
decreasing motion, but bullet fired
by woman at a burglar will turn
street corner and hit an innocent pc
destrian in the leg nine times out Of
ten.-Florida Times Union.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Having None.

Il am an income tax collector, sir,
called
81 am an artist"
ooh, beg your pardon" (withdraws)
London Taller.
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Hat Pin RepuIses Lunatic.

Repeated thrusts of a hatpin WELD
ed by Miss Kathryn Brosnahan, who
is teaching school at Georgetown. re.
pulsed a man supposed to be a fugi
tive lunatic, who attacked her while
she was walking through a dense
woods on her way home from school.
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AIarminn.

"Your sons case, my dear Mrs. Come
up, is one Of eclectic occultism."
Law me, professor! Is iI catch
ingY'- Baltimore American
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CHAPTER XVII.
The Miracle of Love.

The Miracle of Love.
N 1UZZLED, Arkel telephoned the
Gethelds' home and shortly
k after the colonel and his
CU daughter arrived in the mo
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BODY is FOUND IN BOX CAR
Murder Victim May Be Chicago Christ
mas Tree Buyer.

Murder Victim May Be Chicago Christ
mas Tree Buyer.
The body of a man supposed to be
John Mcdonald, Christmas tree buyer
from Chicago, was found in a potato
car on a Northwestern siding near
North Crandon. The mans head had
been severed. The pockets had been
turned inside out
A woodsman in a nearby camp is
under suspicion.
Good That He Returned.
boy. watch my horse till come
back" called a man to a boy lounging
around the station, as he FASTENED to
bid farewell to departing friend
"Sure!' said the boy, taking the
reinS.
Just then the locomotive whistled
and the horse. rearing suddenly. start
ed at full speed up the road.
The boy stared after the fleeing
animal, and as the owner appeared.
exclaimed with relief:
It's a good thing you came now. sir,
for couldn't have watched him much
longer Ladies' Home Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
ANNOUNCES
STEADY PROGRESS

Paris, Aug. 1S.-An official state
ment issued says:
The situation continues good. We
are making methodical progress in
Upper Alsace. The German forces
are retiring in great disorder, some
towards the north, others to the east.
This is proved by the enormous
noun of shells. wagons and provi-
sions abandoned.
The Germans also lost much more
heavily in this region han we at first
thought. This is proved by the num-
Der Of bodies found.
They arc making the same prog
ress in the valleys of Sainte Mare and
the Danos, are marching down the
valley Of Bruche toward Strassburg.
Everything goes to show that the Ger
mans in this region are completely
disorganized.
Our troops are gaining ground
along the line Of Lorquin, Adondange
and Marcal. We have gained ground
varying from ten to twelty kilometers
(siX to twelve miles, all along the
frontier from Belfort to Chambrey and
have established ourselves solidly
both in Alsace and Lorraine"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
HAS FAITH In JAPANESE
President Believes Integrity Of China
Will be Upheld.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-President
Wilson expressed himself as satisfied
with the good faith Of the Japanese
in their efforts to restore to China
the German stronghold of Kiaochou
and to preserve the integrity of China.
Further than this he would not go,
declaring it to be m of the duties
Of neutrality to express no opinion
regarding the Japanese ultimatum.
A lengthy cable report vas receiv-
ed by Secretary Bryan from Ambas-
sador Guthrie at TOXIC regarding the
Japanese ultimatum. The state de-
partment refused to make any part of
it public, but it was learned that
Guthrie assured this government OF
Japan's intention merely to maintain
the integrity of China and peace in
the Orient.
Secretary Bryan sent a message to
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin advising
him of the report received from Am
bassador Guthrie. In this way the
German foreign office will receive di-
rect advices of Japan's position from
Gerard, if the German ambassador at
Toxic is unable to communicate with
Berlin because of interrupted cables.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
japanSends Ultima
tun to GERMANY.
ASKS EVACUATION OF
Chinese TERRITORY
Insists Upon Answer to Her Pro-
posaI by Next Sunday.

Toxic, Aug. 1T.-Japan sent an Ill
timatum to Germany at s p. m. Sat
urday demanding the withdrawal of
German warships from the Orient and
the evacuation OF kiau-Chau, and Civ.
ing Germany until Sunday, Aug. %, to
comply with the demand. otherwise
the ultimatum states Japan will take
action.
The general expectation here is
that the ultimatum will be followed
by war.
Takaaki kato, the Japanese foreign
minister, simultaneously with the
dispatch Of the ultimatum, conferred
with George w. Guthrie, the Amer,
lean ambassador, and made him a
broad statement calculated to assure
the United States that American in.
terests in the Far East will be safe
guarded and the integrity of China
upheld.
Owing to doubts whether communi.
cations with Berlin were assured ia.
pan, in order to insure the arrival OF
the ultimatum, forwarded it to Der,
lin by six channels, including Wash.
ington and Stockholm. The govern,
ment also notified Count Won Reed,
German ambassador to Japan, and
likewise retarded the time limit for a
reply until Aug. %.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20

ANALYSIS OF EUROPEAN
WAR SITUATION.

The result of recent fighting in the
north has been the gradual advance
Of large German scouting parties west
of Liege and almost half way to Brus-
sells, while in the south the French
have fought their way to the top of
the Vosges mountains to peer down
into the promised land Of AIsace.
In the center both sides have pro-
ceeded more cautiously, as required
by the immense Notifications on both
sides of the boundary below Luxem-
burg. The "Reminiscences by Ger
many in Belgium cannot have given
the kaiser's commanders adequate in
formation on the enemy's plans. No
where have there been reports of large
forces ~encountering the Germans.
Instead, the allies have been able to
halt the skirmishing at least some
distance in front of their main posi-
tons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
News OF the Week From Many
Sections Of the State.
INDIAN WAR HERO Is DEAD
Jesse v. Eranham Warned Defenders
at Hutchinson, Mimi, Of
Redskins Approach.

Jesse V. Branham, an outstanding
figure in the Indian troubles of 1862,
and a resident of Fargo for many
years. died at his home there. He
was eighty years old.
He was one of the three scouts who
warned the defenders Of Hutchinson,
Mimi, Of the approach Of a superior
band of Indians or the morning of
Sept. 8, 1862.
A company under Captain Richard
Strout had been sent out from Min
neapolis to assist in the defense of the
settlements. Being warned of the ap-
proach Of the redskins by MI. Bran
ham, Thomas H. Holmes and Albert
Sperry. Strout and his men started
back toward Hutchinson. They were
attacked and a running fight was con-
tinued half way to Hutchinson. Three
men were killed and twenty wounded,
among them being Mr.. Branham. who
was shot through the lungs.
Besides his widow Mr.. Branham is
survived by two daughters, Mrs. w. R.
Burns of Omaha and Mrs. Peter Ro-
DANCE of Litchfield; two sons, d. =.
Branham, Minneapolis, and Thomas
F.. Branham, Eau Claire, Wis; a sis
ter, Mrs. Sadie Campbell, Minneapolis,
and a brother, William Branham,
!.itchtield, veteran of the Mexican
end Civil wars.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
COAL LANDS TO BE OPENED
Settlers on the BerthoId Foresee
Rapid DEVELOPMENT.

The announcement is made that the
reserve coal lands on the Berthold res
ervation are to be opened for settle
ment in time to permit purchasers to
commence work next spring. Ii
possible the lands will be opened this
fall, otherwise not before March.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of an appraisement committee.
AS the a~ppraisement of the lands for
merly opened on the reservation was
regarded as too high it is probable
the valuation on the coal lands will
be less, though they are regarded as
10Y valuable than much of the land
already opened.
Residents Of the reservation are
elated over the passage Of the meas
ure, as it will mean the more rapid
development of that section. The
coal lands are scattered over a wide
area, though the bulk of them are
On the east side Of the reservation.
1t is probable the Great Northern
will hasten its proposed eXteneion
across the reservation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-08-20
GERMAN FORTRESS
CHECKS ADVANCE

London, Aug. 1S.-The Paris >..-e-
spondent of the Reuter- Telegram
company sends the following:
"In a review of the military situa-
ton the Temps points out that the
French troops cannot debouch on the
plain by the valley Of the Bruche,
which is barred by the fortress at
Molsheim in Alsace, twelve miles
southwest of St%rassburg, but says it
has bee necessary to occupy the val
ley as, otherwise, it might be utilized
by the Germans.
"The Temps suggests that the fact
That heavy artillery has been found
in that region may be construed as
indicating that the Germans are mass
ing troops behind the Rhine, prepar-
ing to force the passes of the Vosges
mountains"