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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
He Did but He Didn't.

Carl Eisenschimel, one of the police
departments handwriting experts, was
on the witness stand, and the attorney
Tor the defendant was more or less
deeply interested in proving that as a
handwriting expert Eisenschimel was
mighty fine bricklayer.
Now, Eisenschimel," he asked,
have you ever made mistaken"
Yes, have" the witness replied.
"Ah." the attorney snapped. "Tell
us when you made a mistake"
Il never made one," said the hand
writing expert, ''but don't like to
hear man say he's infallible. So put
1t down on the notwithstanding
once made a mistake. But I never
made one; let that be clear."-San
Francisco Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
HOW'S This :?

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Price 75c. Testimonials free
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
Knows Her Business.

did you notice how attentively
Miss Smarty listened to young Jones
when he was talking?"
Eyes. He told me afterward she
was the most entertaining girl he had
ever met"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

prisoners and plumber, leaving ruin
and restitution behind.
AIeppo in the Middle Ages.
Aleppo's brief political greatness
thus fell beneath the hammer stroke of
Nicephoros Phokas, but its commercial
eminence did not leave it. For two
centuries it led precarious political
existence-usually in vassalage to the
dominant great power. 1t was part Of
the empire of the mighty Saladin, and
probably the work of his masons is to
be seen today in the citadel walls.
After Saladin and his house had passed
away Aleppo fell to the Mameluke sui
tans of Egypt. Thither in 1902 came
the terrible Timur (Tamerlane) on his
way to overthrow the army of Egypt
at Damascus.
Timur left terrible traces of his pres
ence on Aleppo, but the city, thanks to
it's splendid situation, recovered, and
for the next century or more, indeed,
was at the height Of it's prosperity.
It was injured by the discovery Of the
passage round the Cape of Good Hope,
but remained great and wealthy until
1922, when it was smitten by an earth
quake and almost completely de-
stroyed, with loss of life calculated
at the lowest at 10000 persons. Dur
ing the thirteenth, fourteenth and fif-
teenth centuries it was foremost among
the trading cities Of the world, and it's
renown spread far and wide.
1t was from A1eppo that the first pio-
neers of England's Indian trade and
empire started on their long journey
to the courts of the moghul emperors.
Doubtless it was from some of them,
or reports of their journeys which must
have been current in Elizabethan
London, that Shakespeare and Marlowe
learned of the oriental city. At all
events, references to Aleppo are to be
found in the plays of both-less in
Shakespeare than in Marlowe, whose
bent was clearly in the direction of ORR
entail glamor.
Modern Aleppo still suffers from the
destruction wrought by the catastrophe
Of 1892, but there is no doubt that the
researches of skilled psychologists
would meet with rich reward in a city
which has existed continuously for
1000 years, which has seen the char
ioteers of Egypt and Of Khatti, the
phalanx of Alexander and the legions
Of Rome, no less than the mailed horse
men of Byzantium and the savage
riders of Timur and Selim the Grim.
The citadel walls still stand intact and
imposing; the walls of the inner city
are mainly in ruins. In the western
rampant there survives-in the form
of an cription-evidence of the pres
ence of the Hittite conquerors, who
wrested North Syria from the weak
hands of the hereto Pharaoh Akena-
ten. The fiat roofs Of the houses are
often laid out as gardens, and south
and west Of the city extend wide
plantations and orchards. Water is
supplied by means of an ancient
agueduct, a relic of the Roman rule,
which, in Syria, as in Gaul and Brit
ain, has left indestructible evidence of
it's passion for works of practical util-
ity. There is much local industry, and
as a principal station on the Trans
Syrian railway close to the Bagdad
line, Aleppo still occupies a position
Of great Importance. Under civilized
rule it has every opportunity of recov-
ering its former prosperity.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
Short and Sharp.

Your vitality is low"
But DOCTOR" l danced the shin,
me- nearly all last night"
ALSO your morals. Here's a pre-
scription for debility. 1 can't under
take to cure depravity. Five dollars
please"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

Worse Than Lobster and Cream.
Speaking Of foods that disagree, the
following is taken from an English
menu: Especial today. Boiled Rabbi
and Pork"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
For Sale, One ObeIisk.

The obelisk at Oldbridge near Grog-
aeda, which was erected in 1876 to
mark the spot where King Williams
troops crossed the river at the battle
Of the Boyne, is for sale.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
Byzantine Versus Hamadanite.


istence was life of stormy magnifi-
cence. During the earlier wars of the
Saracens with the eastern Roman en-
pire 1t was more than once taken and
retaken. In the tenth century it be-
came the seat of a brilliant local dy-
nasty from Hamadan in Persia. The
most noted ruler Of this family was
Seyf-ed-Din, whom the Byzantine his
torians call 'Khabdanos," i. e., the
Hamadanite. Seyf-ed-Din kept great
state at Aleppo, and probably the chief
portions of the present Notifications of
the citadel were built by him, though
it Is quite possible that they are older.
He was a patron of art and literature
and also mighty warrior, who led
many expeditions against the eastern
Roman empire with alternate success
and defeat.
After much success he sustained
terrible defeat in 961 in the Taurus
passes, and himself escaped only by
breakneck scramble up a precipice.
Next year his fate was upon him, for
the great Byzantine marshal, Nice
phoros Phokas, soon to be emperor-re-
gent, marched against Aleppo with all
the available forces of the East. Seyf-
ed-Din made desperate efforts; he lev
led all the citizens of lAleppo and in
trenched himself to guard the ap-
proaches to his capital, while in Mes
Opotamia holy war was proclaimed,
and the troops of Mosul, Odessa, Mar
din and many other places marched to
the relief of Aleppo. Could all these
forces unite the Byzantine general
must have been defeated, but he was
so prompt that he reached his goal be-
fore the Mes0potamians could arrive.
By one Of those mastery turning move
mentS which in those days only By
zantine generals and Byzantine troops
could achieve, Phokas flanked Seyf-ed-
Din out Of his intrenchments and
forced him to fight In the open before
the city gates. He was utterly defeat
ed, and as his beaten troops poured
back into Aleppo sedition broke out.
The citizen soldiers laid the blame of
the rout upon the Arab and Turkish
mercenaries; they turned their swords
against one another, and amid this in
ternecine strife the Byzantine cuiras-
siers stormed the walls and came pour
ing into the streets, sweeping the last
army of "KhabdanoS'' before them in
rout and ruin. For three days the VIC
torious army wrought its will on un-
happy Aleppo, while upon the sack and
destructfcc the fallen emir and a rem
nant of his army looked down from the
walls of the impregnable citadel, per-
haps those self~same piles Of tawny ma
scnry which crown the fortress hill to
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
cuticura soap for the Complexion.

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
LEPPO, the capture of which
by General Allenby on Octo-
. Der 26, 1913, was the culmina-


ton Of the conquest of Syria,
Is, like Damascus and Konieh, one of
the ancient cities Of the world. 1t
may, indeed, be older than either; GER
tainly it appears in history as early
as Damascus and before KOnieh. Tt
was one of the Syrian towns captured
by the Egyptian conqueror, Thothmes
III, about 1880 B. c., and thereafter is
Of frequent occurrence in the agitated
annals of those early times, says
writer in the Sphere. Under Roman
rule it enjoyed long period of pros
perity. It's ancient Syrian name Of
Halban, Or Khalban, was corrupted
by the Greeks into Chalybon, but it was
also known as Berea. When, after
seven centuries Of Roman rule, it fell
into the hands of the Arabs, it was
called by them Haleb, a nearer approx
imation to its ancient name than the
Greek Chalybon. The Venetian and
other italian visitors, Of whom there
were many in the middle ages, blum
dered Haleb into Aleppo-that is, they
dropped the. aspirate, as Latins so
often do, sounded the final 'b" as
"p," and added in the arbitrary fashion
of Romans, Greeks and Italians their
termination CO."
The secret of Aleppo's long prosper
ity, which endured even under Turkish
rule, is it's splendid commercial posi-
ton at the junction of at least four
great trade routes. This was perhaps
largely due to the destruction of Pal
myra (Tadmor) by Aurelian, after
which the bulk of the trade which had
passed through the city of Solomon and
ZenObia now diverted itself by a
more northerly route through Al
eppo. By caravan it traded with
Persia and India through Mesopota-
mia, with Egypt by way of Damascus,
with Asia Minor and Constantinople by
the ancient route through Taurus.
I'm Romano-Persian times the caravans
passed by Ctesiphon, but after the Sara
cen conquest was the halfway station
on the way to Persia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

When the last hypocrite dies his sa-
tanic majesty will not have a faithful
servant on earth.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
The Way of 1t.

I'm the passage Of the fleet through
the Panama canal they had to key ex-
pectation up, didn't they?"
II suppose they did to negotiate the
locks"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
Let the TrifIes Go.

Don't worry over trifles. If you
must worry, pick out something worth
while, then get busy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

With your fingers! You can lift off
any hard corn. soft corn, or corn be-
tween the toes, and the hard skin cal
luseS from bottom of feet.
A tiny bottle of "Freezone" costs
little at any drug store; apply few
drops upon the corn or callus. In
stantly it stops hurting, then shortly
you lift that bothersome corn or callus
right off, root and all, without one bit
of pain Or soreness, Truly! No hum
bug ADV.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

Sometimes blond woman is really
n blond.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

Once in a while a woman actually
believes that her husband knows al
much as he thinks he does.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

1t takes a woman to conceal what
she does not know
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

The more a man doesn't know the
less he doubts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
It is human nature to want to abuse
someone occasionally.

Silence sometimes gives consent and
sometimes it gives offense.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-09-04

this day. When the Mesopotamians
arrived they found that Phokas and his
army had quietly retired with their
prisoners and plumber, leaving ruin
and restitution behind.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
TO CALL IN GERMAN
DELEGATES IN APRIL
Preliminary Treaty Not Far
From Completion; Report
Boche War Bill to Between
25 and so Billion Dollars.
BY FRED s. FERGUSON.

Paris, March 1.-The German dele
gates will probably be called into the
peace conference early in April, ac-
cording to indications here today.
President Wilson will arrive in
Paris March 1S or IA, and is pro-
posed to clear up the details of the
preliminary peace treaty between the
time of his. arrival and March 25,
when Premier Lloyd George will be
compelled to return to England- Dur
ing the interim between March 25 and
the date of the arrival of the Ger
man delegates President Wilson ex-
poets to go to Brussels. and to visit
the devastated regions of Belgium.
The military and naval terms Of the
preliminary peace treaty are now in
the hands of the supreme war coun-
ell and the terms regarding repara-
tions which Germany must make will
probably be submitted to the council
Monday Only the economic terms
and the question Of boundaries remain
to be decided.
It Is reported that the total bill to
be presented to Germany will be be-
tween z5 and so billion dallars.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
WILSON AGREES TO
MEET PROPONENTS
FOR IRISH FREEDOM

Washington. March President
Wilson has agreed to meet a group
Of proponents OF differentiation
for Ireland after his speech in New
York Tuesday night.
A committee. headed by John W..
Goff. New York which sought an in
terview here. issued statement to-
night declaring that they had been
shunted aside four days in their ef-
forts to obtain an audience at the ex-
ecutive mansion.
The delegation, which came from the
recent Irish convention in Philader-
phia. proposed to ask the president
to include Ireland as a small sub
merged" nation. entitled to self deter
mination.
The committee had prepared q let
ter to Wilson pointing to its Inability
to make an appointment with him. but
withheld II on a promise OF the New
York engagement
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
FARMERS UNION TO BUILD
$780, 900 HALL, CLUB ROOM

Walla Walla. Wash, March Il
Closely following the announcement
Friday that the Masonic lodges of
this city would construct a 5000, 900
building here the Farmers Union an
nounced today 1t was planning the
erection of 100000 hall and club
room.
A finance committee is now at work
and win probably make final arrange
ments soon. These buildings. to-
gether with new armory. two new
Whitman college buildings and two
new bank buildings already ANNOUNCE
ed for this year, have given great Inn
petus to the after-the-war employ
ment reconstruction movement in this
community.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
\ AND EVERYTHING"
Militant suffs Wildly Rejoice
Over News That Needed
Senate Vote Was Assured.

San francisco, Cal, March l.
Prison atmosphere was lacking when
the prison special" with "a militant
suffra gists aboard. left for Denver
late today. The travellers were still
celebrating the news that Senator
Gay OF Louisiana had agreed to sup
port the suffrage amendment.
The United Press dispatch contain
Ing the news was read over the tele-
phone to Miss Margaret Whittemore
early today at the ,suffragists' hotel.
Wait till 1 tell the girls" she
shrieked. s
The phone was silent. Then came
Miss Whittemore's voice again, breath
less:
-oh. what celebration -pajamas
and everything"
What Y'
"Yes, pajamas and kimonos," she
said. The girls Just went wild. We
got out In the corridor and staged a
dance. They didn't take time to comb
thar hair. It was wild sight"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
GEN. DENIKIN COMPLETES
CONQUEST OF CAUCASUS

London. March IA delayed news
agency dispatch received from Eka-
terinodar tonight said that General
Denikin's army had completed its
conquest of the northern Caucasus
region. taking $50 additional prison
ers.
The retreating Bolsheviki, tho dis
patch said, took a hundred notables
as hostages. including General Rnssky,
General Dimitrieff and some women.
When they realized the extent of
their defeat. they are alleged to have
massacred the hostage with machine
guns. hacking the dying to pieces
with sabers.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
FAMOUS FILIBUSTERS
IN THE DAYS GONE BY;
SHOOTS LUNGS BEST

January 16, 1s91-Force bill,
S6 hours continuous speech by
Senator Faulkner of West Vir-
ginia, 13 hours.
October II to 13, 1S93-Repeal
of silver act, 3S hours 45 min
utes. Longest speech by Will
liam Allen Of Nebraska, IA
hours.
May 29 to 30, 190S-Conference
report on the Aldrich- -vreeland
currency law; 36 hours so min
utes. Longest speech by Sena-
tor La Follettee Is hours.
September Is and 10, 1914-
River and harbor bills, 80 hours
30 minutes. Longest speech by
Senator Burton Of Ohio, 12
hours, 10 minutes.
January 20 and 80, 1s15-Ship
purchase bill, 36 hours II min
utes. Longest speech by Sena-
tor Smoot, II hours 35 minutes.
February s to 10, 1915-Ship
purchase bill, 81 hours 10 min
utes. Longest speech, Senator
Jones of Washington, 13 hours
As minutes.
Senator Smoot holds the rec
ord with his II hours and 35
minutes speech for actual long
distance speaking. Smoot spoke
without a moments interruption
or rest. In every other case nu-
merous roll calls and interrupt
tions materially reduced the ac-
tual speaking time.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
HOUSE REPUBLICANS
WIN ANOTHER SEAT
James Britt Becomes a Member
From 10th District of North
Carolina for Remainder of
the Present Session.

Washington. March 1-Republicans
tonight won their fight to seat James
Britt as congressman from the tenth
district of North Carolina for the re-
mainder of the session.
Britt was Immediately sworn in re-
placing Representative Weaver and is
In line for 100000 salary and other
allowances.
The final vote was 1872 to 173. II
came on motion to overrule decision
of Speaker Clark that a reconsidera-
ton could be had on the vote on the
resolution to seat Britt. The house
then recessed until II a. m, Sunday.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
SPARTACANs PLAN PEACEFUL INVASION
oongress scheduled in Berlin Wednesday, Radicals
use persuasive Methods to Win Recognition for Reform
Program; Serious Disord ers Reported Rampant

Ehineland, however. was said to
have improved The warehouse
strike in Berlin is still under way.
The situation in Munich is still
deadlocked, the most radical ele-
ment refusing to surrender its
arms without fight The German
government is still refusing to
take any step toward employing
force to decide the issue in CEN
trail Germany. On the other
hand, the Spartacans are using
the widest methods, firing into
trains indiscrirninateily and en-
ploying other lawless methods to
paralyze railroad traffic.
The puzzling inactivity of the
government is giving rise to
speculation as to whether it will
recognize or crush the Soviets.
Several officials Express the hope
that the disorders will convince
the allies that food shipments are
an immediate necessity.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
sUFFRAGIsTs CONFIDENT
RESOLUTION WILL PASS, 4
IF NEW CHANCE OFFERED
Hopes Somewhat Dashed BY Senator
Wadsworth's Refusal to Place
Bill on Calendar.

Washington, March 1.-'If'-the
suffrage leaders can get the proper
pairs in the senate and "if'-they
can get the amendment before the
house before congress dies, at noon
March 4, they felt certain tonight
the measure would pass.
Today's developments which
again raised the hopes of suffrage
forces We're announcement by Sem
ator Gay, Louisiana, that he would
support the measure, and the favor
able reporting of Senator Jones'
amendment by both suffrage COM
mittees.
However. suffragists suffered a
setback tonight when Senator
Wadsworth, New York, objected to
the placing of the suffrage resolu-
ton on the senate calendar. This
objection may further delay the
vote which Senator Jones had
hoped to obtain Monday.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-02
SAYS U. S. ATTITUDE
ON LEAGUE Is MOST
SIGNIFICANT FACTOR

Paris. March 1-"What is going on
In America now is more important for
success OF the general peace settle
ment than what is being done In
Paris" Foreign Secretary Balfour de-
clared in an interview here tonight.
The league of nations can not at
tain its fullest fruits unless the United
States will take an equal share in the
post-peace tasks.
BY the end Of March. a prelimi-
nary peace will be In sight. 1t will
be the greatest step toward universal
peace. The conferences policy is to
press as fast as possible the work Of
establishing separate peace with
Germany"