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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-20

DR.. E. Randolph Smith, Osteo-
pathist, office next door to Baptist
church. Eyes given special atten-
ton, Eyes Tested, Treated, Glasses
furnished. I use the Only Anatomi-
cally made Bifocal, MUSICALE. "
No more falling down steps. The
dazzling affect is entirely eliminated.
ARE YOU NERV S? ONE
NINTH of all the nervous energy
your body has-goes to your EYES
SAVE YOUR EYES! SAVE YOUR
NERVES! phone No. 1888.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-20

With this issue we turn the des
TIMES of The River Falls Journal
over to the more capable manage
ment of Harold Doolittle, who with
his father, has a prominent place in
the newspaper fraternity Of t h S
section through efficient handling of
the Pierce County Herald at Ellis
worth. We do not feel it necessary
to further introduce Mr.. Doolittle
in this community, as he is a native
of the county and we'll known. We
do, however. bespeak for him the
excellent courtesy that h a been
shown to ourselves, and for which
we sincerely thank you, one and all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-20

Small town stuff" is what one
of st. Paul's commissioners dubs
District Attorney Doar's investiga-
ton of the police-auto theft connec-
ton If busting up the partnership
between auto thieves and city po-
lice is small town stuff, then there
certainly should be more of it, and
the Commissioners silly manner Of
attempting to dismiss the subject is
a sorry reflection on "big tow n
stuff"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-20

Stanley r. Morse, editor and pub
lishor Of this paper, having answer
ed the call of his country and de-
parted for Camp Grant with the
boys who left yesterday, | have as
sumed the management during his
absence and hope for the same lib
eral patronage which this paper has
always enjoyed.
H. F. DOOLITTLE.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-20
Fall and Winter Seasons

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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
The nCork ConventU

A striking curiosity near Cintra,
Portugal, says a writer in the Wide
World, is an ancient convent built
partially in the interior of an immense
rock. The convent is situated in a
very isolated spot, and was formerly
surrounded by a dense wood of cork
trees. The convent is known as the
Convento da Cortica, or "Cork Con-
vent" for the reason that the monks
cells, chapel, kitchen and refectory are
all lined with cork to keep out the
damp. From 1860 to 1884 the convent
was inhabited by an order of monks
known as the Capuchians a remarka-
BILE feature Of their religion being that,
except on certain occasions, silence
was obligatory. Since 1884, when the
monasteries and converts of Portugal
were dissolved, the convent has not
been occupied, though it is open to
the public, a caretaker residing there
for this purpose.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
BASED ON ANCIENT CUSTOM
Superstition Regarding Seeing the New
Moon Through Glass Is Older
Than Christianity.

'Don't see the new moon through
glass;" thousands Of people are just
now saying. The superstition is based
on a custom older than Christianity,
and enduring in places, travellers may
tell us, to this day, says the London
Chronicle. The Jews had no real cal
endar, but depended for the Inaugural
ton of the feasts of trumpets, which
began with the advent Of the new
moon, upon actual observance Of the
crescent. Jews watched, with reward
in view, for the coming of the new
moon, as our sailors watch for the ap-
pearance of periscope. Immediately
they saw it they hied them to the high
priest at Jerusalem. They were per-
mitted to travel even on the Sabbath
for the purpose. Now the testimony
must be not only that Of men of repu-
tation; it must be that of men who had
seen the phenomenon with the naked
eye. The appearance Of the moon must
not be noted as reflected in a stream,
nor through clouds, nor through glass.
That vitiated the value Of testimony
and precluded possibility Of reward.
Travellers from the East, possibly Cru
saders, brought the story to the West,
where it remains "unlucky" to see the
new moon through glass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
WHERE TURTLES COME FROM
Thousands of Sea Tortoise Make An
nuaI Pilgrimage to Ascension
Island to Lay Their Eggs.

The city fathers are not the only
people who have the privilege of eating
turtle soup, observes London Answers.
The lords of the admiralty could. if
they liked, make a monopoly of the
real article, for they hold sway over
81. NJ S. Ascension-which is not a
ship at all, but an island-where the
turtles come from.
Ascension island is a very lonely
spot. It's nearest neighbor is st. Helena,
300 miles away. Ascension is half the
size Of the Isle of Wight, and has a
population of 120-or, rather, Screw"
for the people are almost entirely naval
who live at the garrison station Of
Georgetown. The law Of the island is
the word of the commanding officer.
Ascension is mainly noted for the an
nuaf visit Of huge sea turtles. They
come in thousands to lay their eggs in
the warm sand. It is probable they
have come for tens of thousands of
years. Some of them weigh as much
as 700 pounds! Every time they come
the inhabitants of Ascension take toll
Of them, storing them in fenced pens,
and eventually killing them for food,
whilst a few of them are invariably
sent to the lords of the admiralty as a
present from Ascension, a present
which is greatly appreciated.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Gen. Eunston,s "ArtiILerY."

In all his campaigns the late Gen
eral Funston carried a 45-caliber pistol
THAT extended from his waist to his
knee-not a long way, at that. When
he came ashore at Vera Cruz to take
command of the city, Admirals Fetch
cr and Badger, with their staffs, were
drawn up in line to greet him. They
were in white, with shining swords
and accoutrements. The general was
in his olive drab uniform without a
blouse, and had his enormous pistol
strapped to his waist.
The British consul was there with
his staff, too, and, failing to see any
Respondent officer with gold and lace,
he asked: "Where is the general? Is
he the little Chinaman at the head Of
the column, or is that just an American
ARTILLERY regiment?" General Funston
often told the story himself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
When the Railroad Came.

In Thomas Bailey Aldrich's reminis-
cent account Of his birthplace, can Old
Town by the Sea-" he remarks that the
first train over the Eastern railroad
from Boston to Portsmouth iran over
and killed-local character" Till then
Portsmouth had been a happily Sc
Guided community, with the courage of
it's seclusion. To many of it's inhab-
itants, content in their isolation, Bos-
ton was thousands of miles distant in
effect, although only Sc miles away by
geographic measurement. Their Ports
mouth was the center of their earth,
and the invasion of a railroad with it's
daily trains brought within their bor-
ders undesirable stir and hustle and
unwelcome visitors. The entrance of
the railroad train was in fact the be-
ginning of a new era for Portsmouth,
as it has been for many another place."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
ANOTHER MINEAL POINT CASE
1t Proves That There's Way Out
For Many Suffering Mineral
Point Folks

Just another report of case in Min
eral Point. Another typical case.
Kidney ailments relieved in Mineral
Point with Doan's Kidney Pills.
George Ii. Hartley, cigar manufact-
urer, State ST., Mineral Point, says:
Il suffered for several months from
severe, sharp pains in the small of my
backs. My kidneys were sore and the
kidney secretions were unnatural. l
got Doan's Kidney Pills at Ivey's Drug
Store and two or three boxes drove
away the pain. The kidney secretions
cleared up and l felt much better in
every way.
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER Mr.
Hartley said: Il have as much conf
dence in Doan's Kidney Pills today as
when l recommended them some years
ago. They rid me of an attack of kid
ney trouble. Wherever [ have any
return of the symptoms of kidney trou-
BILE I use Doan's Kidney Pills at once
and they always relieve me.
Price 60c. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Hartley
has twice publicly recommended. Eos
ter Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
"Moo, Moo" Said the Cow.

be missing, and Rowdy was very nerv-
Gus and behaving in a very strange
manner.
"Where is the missing Cow?" asked
the Farmer.
"Come with me-" Rowdy's eyes
seemed to say.
SO off went the Farmer with ROWdy.
Lead the way, Rowdy," he said. And
RoWdy led him back up the hill.
Still the Farmer didn't see the miss
ing Cow.
where is she?" he asked Rowdy.
Rowdy's only answer was to walk
straight on-a little ahead of the
Farmer.
Just at the end Of the Pasture were
some woods, and sitting down by the
side of a tree was the Cow. She was
moaning and trying to lick her foot.
Then the Farmer knew why Rowdy
had left the Cow behind and had not
made her try to limp on with the 9TH
erS.
"Oh," said the Farmer, ''it's a hor-
rid thorn in your foot"
MOO, MOO" said the Cow. And
Rowdy went shifting around to explain
to the Farmer that the Cow needed
help.
Il understand Rowdy, my boy" said
the Farmer, and then Rowdy sat down
and watched.
The Farmer took the Cows foot and
gently, ever so gently, he pulled the
horrid thorn out. 1t had stuck quite
far in, and oh, how it had hurt the
Cow!
SYou're all right now" said the
Farmer. up you get"
The Cow got up rather slowly. Then
she stepped on the foot, which already
felt SO differently! And to her delight
she found her foot was all, all well.
"Come' along" barked Rowdy. AND
the Cow ran as fast as her great, big
body would let her, after Rowdy.
The Farmer followed along, saying
"Good Rowdy, my fine Rowdy."
And Rowdy understood and was
glad in his dog way he could help the
Farmer and his Animals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
DADCYS [y[N|NG
fairy TALL
THE DOG AND COWS.
81 MACY GRk.!|IAN BQyMR

'Bow-wow, bow-wow," said Rowdy,
the sheep dog.
Now the sheep knew perfectly well
that they mustn't wander off into the
road, but~must go back to their pas
ture, for Rowdy would chase them
back if they didn't go, and when he
chased them he got so excited that he
frightened them quite little bit.
SO back they hurried, and Rowdy
went to sleep by the farmhouse. Pref
ty soon he stretched, yawned and got
up. cts milking time" he said to
himself.
He went over toward the Farmer,
who was working in the barn. He
rubbed his cold nose against the Farm
er's hand and tried to say:
Master, it's milking time" The
Farmer was quite busy and at first he
him a pat.
But Rowdy kept on nudging and rub
bling up against the Farmer. Its
milking time" he was trying to say as
hard as he could.
Finally the Farmer understood. "Oh,
yes, Rowdy! You always remember.
How stupid of me to have forgotten.
Right, Rowdy! The Cows!' For when
ever he said that, then Rowdy knew it
was time for him to bring in the COWS.
Although Rowdy would remind the
Farmer of the time, he would never
have gone for the Cows until the
Farmer told him to go.
Off went Rowdy with a gallop. Up
the side Of hill, where all the Cows
were eating nice long grass, he bound
ed, and then he began hurrying, them
along for the barn.
"Bow-Wow, bow-wow milking time,
Cows" his barks meant, and the Cows
understood, for off they went down the
hill.
Straight into the barn where their
stalls were ROwdy took them. Then,
when they were all ready to be MIXED,
he went outside the barn and lay in
some long grass there. A nice little
sleep he had And just as the very
last Cow was being MIXED up he
jumped. For it was time to take them
back again.
Up the hill once more he led them.
Nobody had to go along to see if he
got them all back safely, for Rowdy
did his work thoroughly.
When he came back to the farm
house there was his bowl of fresh milk
awaiting him.
And every morning and every after
noon Rowdy brought the Cows down
from the Pasture and back again he
led them.
One day, when Rowdy came down
to the barn, one of the Cows seemed to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
WHEN SNAKES ARE POISONOUS
Reptiles That Are Dangerous Have
Diamond Shaped Heads, Much
Longer at Jawbone Than Neck.

Poisonous snakes have a diamond
shaped head about four times larger
at the jawbone than at the neck. They
also have blunt tails. NonpoisOnous
snakes have sharp heads, which are
nearly the same size at the neck, and
sharp tails. All snakes, however, are
poisonous during the shedding" peri
Cd Of seven days. They go blind two
days before shedding.
The ella pronounced heela) mon
ster is so called on account of being
found near the ella river in Arizona
and New Mexico, says the World
Wide Magazine. It's bite is deadly, and
1t is much feared by the Indians, as no
remedy is known for the bite. They
are very peculiar creatures, having the
shape Of q large lizard, with feet
marked like those of a monkey. Some
scientists say that the bite Of the ella
monster is not poisonous in itself, but
that their breath, blown on the wound,
lis fatal. If their breath is blown on
"a person with weak heart the person
will faint away for an indefinite time.
In captivity the ella monster is fed
on warm milk and chopped meat every
six weeks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Are You One of Them?

There are great many people who
would be very much benefited by taking Cham
berlain's Tablets for a weak OF disordered stom
ach Are you one of them? Mrs M. r. Scarf,
Baldwinsville, n. Y, relates her experience in
the use of these tablets: II had a bad spell
with my stomach about six months ago, and
was troubled for two or three weeks with gas
and severe pains in the pit of my stomach. Our
druggist advised me to take Chamberlain s
Tablets. l took bottle home and The first dose
relieved me wonderfully, and I kept on taking
them until was cured These tablets do not
relieve pain but after the pain has been relieved
may prevent it's recurrence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Second French Revolution.

The French revolution Of 1S4S is
sometimes called the second revolu-
ton, the first having been that of 1880
resulting in the establishment of a re
public which was followed by the EN-
pire under Napoleon I, and this in
turn by the restoration of the Bourbon
dynasty. The revolution of 1848 re.
suited in the abdication and Danish
ment of King Louis Philippe, the
proclamation of a republic, the cleo
ton of Louis Napoleon as president,
and later the establishment of the en-
pire with him as emperor under the
title of Napoleon III. This resolution
was not accompanied by extensive
military operations, but there was
heavy fighting in Paris in which sew
eral thousand persons were killed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
LONG WEDDINGS IN Persia
Ceremonies, Continuing Several Days,
Among Most Curious and EIabo-
rate in the World.

The marriage ceremonies which SOL
emnize wedding among the Moham-
medanS of Persia are among the most
curious and elaborate in the world.
Any American bridegroom who dis
likes what men are wont to describe
as the 'fusS and bother" Of a formal
wedding should regard the case Of his
Persian brother and take heart.
The Persian ceremony may take
from one to two weeks for it's compile
ton. Often the betrOthal is a matter
Of many years standing, having been
arranged by the parents when the prin
cipals were still young children. When
the time for the marriage arrives the
guests are summoned by heralds, who
go about the neighbOring villages,
bearing gifts of apples, cloves and
roses to accompany the invitations.
When some powerful parsonage is to
be invited, the father of the bride
groom does not send a herald, but goes
himself, bearing as rich a present as
he can afford to give.
Before the wedding there is also
curious little business arrangement en-
tered into. This is the matter Of
'kaben," or the price of divorce. A
sum is agreed upon in advance by the
payment of which the future husband
can put aside his wife at any time.
When it is desired to make the divorce
difficult, the kaben is set at some i'm
possible sum or commodity. The hus-
band may be required to give the
bride hundredweight Of mosquito
wings, or one of his arms or legs, be-
fore he can divorce her, a condition
which generally makes the marriage a
permanent affair.
The actual wedding festivities eX-
tend over days. The guests are given
rooms in the house and served with
rich foods and sweetmeats. Musicians
and dancing girls are hired to enter
tain them, and if the families of the
bride and groom are rich the favOrite
sport of the Persians may be staged
by pair of professional wrestlers.
After the celebration has lasted
three or four days the bride rides
heavily yelled to her new home on
horseback. She is followed by porters
bearing her dowry On their backs. The
wedding celebration then continues for
several days longer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
BLOMANiA is ODD DISEASE
Shrewd Business Men Often Waste
Thousands of Dollars in Making
Collection of Books.

A man, shrewd, far-sighted, having
evolved a career and a fortune out Of
a tested and exact training, will take
ND book collecting and plunge into it
to the depth Of thousands Of dollars
on the strength Of more puny ac-
uuaintance with the subject than he
would bring to bear on the purchase Of
a necktie.
A senator commissioned q book
dealer to supply his shelves with stand
ard sets, the only proviso being that
books and space should come out even.
A lady signed contracts to the tune
of many thousands for what was rep
resented as q set of first edition Dick
ems in de luxe bindings, only to dis
cover after she had paid more than
half that the books were late editions
and the bindings stuffed paper. The
dealer is now about half through a
genuine edition of a prison cell.
A man unfamiliar with language
paid several hundred dollars for a set
OF italian novelists in translation be-
CAUSE uC WdAlCu W ACdu tAS OIOAAN0
that went with some very daring Illus
trations, only to find that the conclu-
sion Of the liveliest anecdotes slid into
French.
I suppose to the average normal
mind there is no folly quite to equal
that of paying hundred dollars for
q first edition when a later and bet
ter edition cries at one from the %
cent stand, writes Stanley K. Wilson
in the New York Sun. That the fact
of mistake in the pagination Of the
"Eikon BaSilike"-the transpOsition of
ione bracket or fgures-enhances by
many dollars the value of the book
seems to us too fantastic for belief.
That q collector will cheerfully give
for Dickens "Christmas CAROL with
the "Stave = double what he will pay
for the "Stave One" issue, both first
editions, would appear to qualify that
collector for a blank page sojourn in
an asylum. Yet these are among the
mOurnful manifestations of the dis
ease.-Stanley K. Wilson in New York
Sun.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
DiuestibiIity of Cheese.

In investigating the digestibility Of
cheese it has been shown that much
depends on the special physical char
acteristics of the food. All fat cheeses
are said to be dissolved and digested
with great rapidity, because of the
molecules of the casein-the nitrogen
GUS part of the cheese-are separated
only by the fat, and SO the gastric juice
can attack a large surface of the
cheese at one time. Whethe~ the cheese
be hard or soft does not appear to in
fluence digestion, and there is no con-
nection between the digestibility and
the percentage of water present in the
cheese.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
The Schoolgirls Mind.

The mind of a schoolgirl does not
proceed like the mind of an adult; it
initiates the motions of a grasshopper.
1t sings in the summer, it dances in
the winter, it transforms values, it
doubts axioms, it is dogmatic upon i'm
possibilities or what seem such to the
adult mind, it congresses dreams into
q creed, it has intuitions like the flash
of an electric candle, or it plays the
bat, shuts its eyes tight in broad day
light, folds it's wings, hooks on to any
convenient excuse, and goes fast
asleep.-H. D. Sedgwick in the Allan
tic.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
One Eoc Spice Cake.

Cream one-half cupful Of butter and
add one cupful of sugar and one egg.
To two cupfuls of -four add one tea
spoonful of soda, one teaspoonful OF
cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful Of nut
meg, one-quarter teaspoonful of cloves.
Combine with sugar mixture alternate
~ with one cupful Of sour milk. Add
one cupful Of chopped raisins. Spread
about the thickness Of gingerbread in
a large tin. Bake in a moderate oven.
Good warm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Almost a Closet.

Persons living in apartments or fur
nished rooms will find this a useful
device for increasing closet capacity:
Fasten one end of a heavy wire pic
ture wire works welD to a hook in the
closet, thread the other end through
the spring of a patent clothespin, wind
the wire about the second hook, and so
on around the closet until there is a
clothespin between each pair of hooks
This is an excellent way of holding
skirts or waists and can be removed
easily.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
CASTING Iron Pipes.

Casting iron pipe in a permanent
mold without cores is effected by a
Brazilian iron worker by means of a
centrifugal machine. The molten met
al is run into the revolving mold from
horizontal trough, and water cool
ing quickly sets it SO that it can be
removed. The claims made are rapid
ity, economy, and a product superior
to that ordinarily cast in sand molds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Heaviest Taxes.

1.-THE taxes are indeed very heavy,
and if those laid on by the govern
ment were the only ones we had to pay
we might more easily discharge them
but we have many others and much
more grievous to some Of US. We are
taxed twice as much by our idleness
three times as much by our pride and
four times as much by our folly
Franklin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
A otaI Wreck.

what smash-up that was Of Jim's,
when he ran his motorcycle with his
fiancee on the back seat, into lamp
post"
Eyes, everything was broken; even
the engagement"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Picnic in a Tree.

In a public park of Tacoma, Wash,
the stump of a huge cedar tree has
been followed out to form a shelter
for picnickers the top of the stump
is capped by a platform which is now
used as q bandstand.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Truly Superior.

Speaking of American superiority,
Princeton is reported to have an I'M
kissed senior, because he has never
seen a woman worthy of his lips. Every
man can't be a hermit.-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Value of Reading.

Read! I cannot too strongly recon-
mend good reading. Six hours each
week of serious reading is not much,
but it may mean the difference be-
tween a $2O,O0O-a-year executive and
$25 clerk. Read! Learn to think
with-and against the deep thinkers
of the world.-William Maxwell in Col
1ier'S
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-19
Doing Good.

Few medicines have met with more
favor or accomplished more good than Cham
berain's Collie and Diarrh 5ea Remedy. John
F. Jantzen, Delmeny. Sask., says of it 81 have
used Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Rene
dy myself and in my family, and can recon-
mend it as being an exceptionally fine prepara-
tion -