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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Discussion IS renewed concerning
the religious belief of Thomas Jeffer-
son, but as he long since passed to
where he doesn't need any, and as the
one he left behind can't possibly help
anybody else, we don't see the rele'
Vancy of the discussion.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Lord Dunraven did not succeed in
blanketing the New York Yacht clu1
by resigning, and his friends in Eng
land are flying protest flags and claim
ing a foul on the part of the American
yachtsmen
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Corbett reclaims the belt and with
the same breath vents a desire to give
Fitzsimmons a belt; not one that the
champion will remember, but one that
he will forget as suddenly as Maher
did Fits swinging highlander on
the chin.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

The state of civilization in South
Carolina, judging from the generation
of the participants in horrible lynch
Ing, is such as to demand missionary
labor for it's improvement. When pub
lie opinion sanctions such performan-
ces the morals of a community are at
a low ebb
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Otherwise.


Judge Clifford Stanley Sims of the
New Jersey court of errors is dead Of
paralysis.
Dr. w. p. Palmer, one Of the best
known of Virginia antiquarians, is
dead in Richmond.
Eastern creditors of the Waldo Park
Motor Railway company at Kansas
City, have asked that q receiver be
appointed for the property.
The strike of the painters and dec
orators of Pittsburg and Allegheny for
uniform wages of So per day, nine
hours a day and 80 cents an hour for
extra work has been virtually won.
At a conference held at st. Louis be-
tween representatives of tobacco firms
not members of the American Tobacco
company, it was decided to manufac-
ture cigarettes in competition with the
big Eastern combine.
Out of twenty officers and men quar-
antined at the Ionia (NIich) prison only
one so far is sick with smallpox, from
exposure by A. S. Pettingill, who was
turned out Of the Detroit house Of cor
rection and finally brought to 1onia.
A call has been issued for a meeting
of the Illinois Republican state COM
mittee to be held March 8 to choose a
successor of the late W. J. Campbell
as Illinois member of the national COM
mittee.
Z. II Sellers, president of the Ma
tional Council of Patriotic Associa-
tons Of the United States, issued an
address at Detroit protesting against
the receiving by the government of the
statue of Pere Marquette, which has
been unveiled in the national capitol
The news Of the decision Of the Stan
ford case caused the widest enthusi-
assn among the students at the uni
yersity at Palo Alto, CAL They turn
ed out on the campus in hundreds,
cheering wildly and there was great
demonstration.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

DR.. hansen may have reached the
Pole by lucky dash, but if Arctic ex
ploration is to continue it should be
by a systematic advance, with chain
OF permanent posts to serve as base.
This would be real exploration and
make an end of wild and desperate
voyages in the frozen North.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
FOreiEn EOSSin

DR.. Bull, who was vice president of
the reichstag in 1889, died at Died
eScheim.
Reports from Rio Janeiro, Brazil, in
dictate that the total number of deaths
from yellow fever daily is sixty.
The massacre of thirteen Armenian
families is reported from the district
of Moosh, and five Armenians are said
the Angora district.
The trial of Engineer Schoren,
Lieut.. Pfeiffe and a newspaper man
named Ringhauer charged with be-
traying military secrets, began at
Leipsic behind closed doors.
The king of Corea is still at the Rus
sian legation in Seoul. Internal up-
risings continue 1t is rumored that
Japan is making advances to Russia
with the view of arranging for dual
control Of Corea.
The visit Of the sultan to the Top
kapou palace in the STEAMBOAT quarter,
upon the occasion of the mid-Ramazan
festival, to perform the ceremony of
kissing the prophets mantel, passed
off without any hostile demonstration.
1t is reported in Pekin that the
French government is supporting the
offer of syndicate loan of 1OO,OOO,OOO
taelS, France to guarantee the interest
on the loan, on the security of Gus
toms and other concessions.
Admiral Richard Meade, in a lecture
in New York on the "Carribean Sea-"
said that in case of trouble between
the United States and Great Britain
over Venezuela, the first shot fired in
anger would sound the death knell of
the British empire.
A correspondent in Guayaquil, Ecua-
dor, wires that Gen. Plutario Bowen
has arrived at Tumaco and has issued
a proclamation denouncing Alfaro as
a man incapable of governing the
country and as robber of the public
treasury.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Some New York clergymen are adj:
Vocating the abolition of burial service
at the graveside, on the ground that
4ha barring of the head in all sorts OF
weather has been the cause of many.
deaths. That this opinion is correct
could be confirmed in every communl-
~
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Capt. Frietsch, who crossed the Att
iantic in the little fat-bottomed
schooner Nina, is said to be preparing
to cross in a much smaller boat. He
seems to be making a test as to how
small a boat he will have to use il
order to get drowned.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

Henry Irving's son, Lawrence, has
written a play in which the heroine
is a leper. These things make one
pray for the fastening of the day when
incubation shall be all powerful.
Dramas based on pathological con.
ditions will then be obsolete.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

In Ireland they make buttons of po-
tatoes. the potatoes having been first
petrifed with acids. This gives new
color to the old notion about the po-
tato cure for rheumatism in which the
tuber becomes petrified in the pro.
cess.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
MIL Burned

Wausaukee, Wis. March 14.-Will
lam Marks sbin9le mill, at Amberg,
burned to the ground last night. Sew
enty.five thousand shingles were
burned The mill loss is $1,000; NJ in.
Surance.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Love and Attempted Suicide

Aberdeen, S. d., March IA young
man named Barnhart attempted sui
eide last night by cutting his throat.
He inflicted severe, but not fatal In
iuries on himself. He was respondent
over love affairs.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
PhiliD HarDer Dead

Hampstead, l.. L., March s. - Philip
j. A Harper the retired senior men,
Der of the publishing firm Of Harper
Brothers of New York, died at his resi-.
dence here to-day.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

The American liners seem to like
America so well that they have &C.
quired habit of trying to locate theme
selves permanently on our soil.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Satolkf at Ea,x.a r+t

Kansas City, March 10-C'o r7i-,o1.
Satoilo was honored and cbenrad hg
thousands here to-day, local Catholics
turning out en- masse to yran+ o,a
hear their distinguished visitor.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
Grimes and Criminals.

Mabel Sullivan, twenty-eight years
of age. was murdered in Patterson, n.
J She was a music teacher.
Andrew Wharton. a horse trader of
ST. Louis. murdered his wife. Whar-
ton accused his wife of going with
other men.
Charles Pustalka, wife murderer
of New York was sentenced TO death
by electricity during the week Of April
20.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16

With two Salvation armies, America
will be on the high road to grace, un
less they turn their guns upon each
other instead Of the enemy.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-03-16
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

A Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings OF the
Past Week CuIIed From the Tel
egraph Reports-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

Of them being especially designated for
the use of blue jackets on shore. when
they are serving as troops for the time
being. Just ut present complete
change is being made in the tiags Of the
army. New designs for them are be
ing executed and some Of these have
not been finished yet. The patterns are
being prepared by draughtsmen in the
War Department. under the supervis-
lon of Secretary Lamont One novelty
is that in future each cavalry regiment
will have one national flag. Hitherto
that arm OF the service, strangely
enough. has not possessed an edition Of
the Stars and Stripes.
The War Department has already ad-
vertised for bids To furnish an entire
| outfit of flags on the new patterns for
| the army They will cost quite big
sum Of money. For instance, regi-
mental fiag OF silk cannot be bought
for less than $50. This is much more
expensive than the regulation Stars
and Stripes. for the national ensign in
silk comes AT about $50 for the large
size required The flags used In the
army are of silk and Of bunting: the
former are employed in parades and In
battle-there is nothing too good fol-
real fighting-wniie the bunting flag,
are for drills.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
John smith In Many LAnda.

Plain John Smith is not very high
sounding. II does not suggest artstoc-
racy Ii is not the name OF any hero In
die away novels. Yet it Is good and
honest.
Transferred to other languages, IL
seems TO climb the ladder Of respecta
bility.
Thus, in Latin il is Johannus Smith
rs the Italian smoothes it Oh into Clio
vanni Smith; the Spaniards render II
Juan Smithus; the Dutchman adopts II
a. Hans Schmidt; the French harren il
out into Jean Smeets the Russian turns
il into Jouloff Smitowski; at Canton
John Smith becomes Jahon shimmttt.
The Icslanders say he Is Jaime smith
son; among the TuscaIoras he becomes
Tom GU Smittia; in Poland he Is known
a. Ivan Schmittiweiski. among the
Welsh mountains they call him Jihor
Schmidt, at Mexico his name Is writ
ten Jontii F'Smitri; in Greece he turn
to Ion Sinikton, and in Turkey he u
almost disguised as Voc Sect
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

From the notebook of recent trav-
eler in Alsace: ION my return from
Belchen looked upon the beautiful vii
lagos Of the Lewen valley, and being u
tourist who likes to poke his nose into
everything l turned by chance into the
church at kirchberg On coming out |
took out my watch to regulate it by the
clock in the church tower. But there
was no clock to be seen. Hence l went
into the village inn, aud there asked the
time. But mine host could not oblige
me. You see, he said, we have no
use for clocks. In the morning we go by
the smoke rising from the chimney at
the parsonage upon the hill. The par
sonase people are very regular. We dine
when dinner is ready. At p. IN. the
whistle Of the train coming from Mass
munster tells us that the time has come
for another meal. and at night we know
that il is time to go to bed when II Is
dark. On Sundays we go to church
when the bell rings. Our parson ia a
very easy going man. He doesn't mind
beginning half an hour sooner or
Iatar -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

without reference TO the President at
all. Wyoming and Idaho were admit
ted without proclamation from the
White House. On the other hand. Pres
ident Harrison issued procla ma tons
with regard to the admission Of the two
Dakotas. Montana and Washington In
November, 1889.
1t Is rather an odd fact. by the way.
that Oklahoma has not yet earned rec
ignition In school books generally as
q territory OF the United States.
Anybody is at liberty to make United
States flags. Thus Il comes about that
all sorts Of patterns Of the ma tlonal en-
sign are on the market and In use But
if any one desires to have the colors as
they ought to be reference must be
made to the standard adopted by the
army and navy. This standard. alter
ed from time to time by the addition Of
fresh stars, is preserved and will con-
tinue to be kept by the Secretaries OF
War and the Navy. In the War De
partment at Washington. close by Sec.
rotary Lamont's Office, il displayed In a
glass case the true regula tionfag Of this
country. To exhibit It better 1t is H.
Illuminated by brilliant electric light
This Is the original; all others must he
limitations or else they are not correct.
In the military and naval service OF
the United States many patterns OF
minor fiagS are employed. For exam
pie. In the army there are very pretty
so-called. and "guidons"
Tor artillery and cavalry. The navy
~ svsr % many SORT. Of days. some
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

At Partisan auction the auctioneer
il provided with a lot Of little tapers,
each Of which will burn for about five
minutes. When bid IL made. one 81
these tapers is lighted in full view Of
the interested parties. II, before it Ell
pires, another bid ia offered, it ~ imms'
diately extinguished and fresh taper
placed in IT'S stead, and so ON until one
fiickers and dies ont Of itself. when the
last bid becomes irrevocable. This sim
pie plan prevents all contention among
rival bidders and affords reasonable
time for reflection before making high
or bid than the one preceding By this
means, too, the anctiouser IA prevented
from exercising undue influence upon
the bidders or hastily accepting tho bid
of a fayOrita
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

The explanation Of Lord Kelvin's es'
innate that the setback" Of the earth
in its daily rotation round its axis
amounts to ~ seconds per century is re-
ported to be that such retardation Is
owing to the friction caused BY the
tides. tho latter acting as . brake, and
such action 10 calculated, according to
this same authority, to be equal IN
weight to some 400. 900 tons applied on
the equator. Other causes, he says, have
also to be taken into account, as, for
example, the increase in the size OF the
earth, due to the falling ON it Of mete-
oric dust. which. if deposited at the
rate Of one foot in 1000 years. would
produce the observed retardation by it.
self Further. such q phenomenon rs
the annual growth and melting OF snow
and ice at the poles, by abstractins
water from the other parts OF the ocean,
introduces irregularities into the prob
lem, the abstraction acce ierating the
earth's motion, and the melting, by re-
storing the water. retarding it. Again,
as opposed to the rerardiDg forces. 1t il
urged that there is to be taken into ac
count probable acceleration, due to the
gradual sinking Of the earth by cooling
this. however, being not more. perhaps
than one six-thousandth part of the re
tardatlon due to tidal friction.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
A Lesson Miaspp,ied.

II seems stra nge that a child's mind
should be lnfallibly attracted to the
naughty rather than TO the nice. A
year or so ago took Ethel and har-
old to gee the play OF Little Lord
Fauntleroy." rashly fancied that the
example OF the little hero's gentleness
and goodness would have a fine effect
upon my little relatives. The day az
ter the performance I overheard Ethel
and Harold say Bully for you" and
Cheese II. Gully" with an alarming
ease and frequency. Where did you
hear such expressionsr' cried, only 10
receive the answer, why. at Little
Lord Fauntleroy.' Don't you remem.
Der? Dick, the bootblack. talked like
that"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
Luminous " ushrooms.

A traveller in Australia found large
mushroom weighing five pounds He
took 1t to the house where he was stop
ping and hung 1t up to dry In the sit
ting-room. Entering after dark. he
was amazed to see beautiful soft
light ema mating from the fungus. II
continued to give out light for many
nights. gradually decreas sing until It
was wholly dry. Many kinds Of fungi
have this peculiarly. Humboldt de-
scribes some e1quisitely beautiful ones
he saw In the mines. The glow in rot
ten wood Is caused by It's containing
the threads Of light giving fungi.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

A. least ons speaker at the chamber
OF commerce meeting produccd a Sonsi
msnt which has tbs ring u true metal
That Is Mr. r. g. Moore. president -
the Continental Insurance Company.
who said:
IL would rather see every dollar
have in the world burned up Tor fuel
under the boilers Of Il battlsship. than
30 see this country take any other stand
than accords with its dignity and elf.
respect.
This ia worth preserving II
breathes the spirit that makes a nation
something more than an aggregation Of
individuals yariously engaged in tho
pursuit Of riches.
The Evening Posts report Of tho
meeting asserts that tho uttarancs OF
this patriotic sentiment was greeted
with cries OF On on" from differ.
ent parts Of the room. II these alleged
intoriections were intended to express
inCrsdulity. they were insulting 81 the
speaker. II meant TO indicate dis
sent. they were highly discreditable
to those American citizens who raised
their voices against such declaration
"a that which Mr. Moore had Just
made
Every great national crisis has dis
| covered not tens, or hundreds. bu,
thousands and tens Of thousands OF
patriots willing and ready To give their
all to the cause In which their hsarti
are enlisted. Why should IL seem
strange to any member Of the New
York chamber Of commerce that an
American Is prepared to burn every
dollar he owns under the boilers Of a
battleship rather than sacrifice hi
couptry's honor. IL there anythin,
eItrsvagant in that?
Dearar than all the dollars q maj
may have accumulated is life itself
and are the instances 50 rare in on
history where life itself has teen fresl,
and joyfully given?-N. Y. sun.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25

Some Of the chief causes fof the
straining Of boilers and all that comes
from such deficirnce---end plates Too
thick or too rigidly stayed. impure ieed
water, presence Of oil IN the boilers hnd
the use Of cold feed watrr-are DISGUISED
BY writer in The Practical Engineer.
In regard To the important matter ui
impure feed water, he believes that
puf iticarion can generally tr reached 10y
proper treatment before gulns % the
boiler-that Is, by chemical irut"Hs
and iiltrutiUii--cr. II the trst cort 81
tho plant necessary l. Too great. or spare
is very limited. by intr ducing suitable
reagents ada pied TO affect the impurities
found by analysis 90 BE- present IA The
water BY the latter method the lime
salts, etc. are rapidly prscipitatrd and
rendered easily removable by bio" ing
out, In addition 10 gradually .uftcn'n2
existing incru.tatiun. Further. II mtn
eral oil ~ good quality b. u.Td III The
| cylinders only IA such quantities as are
really required f1r lubrtcation, there Is
| no serious danger g. b. apprenendr'i
| from the small proportion trarhins The
| boiler with the feed water. unless theirs
| b. carbonate - lime present III ruu~id
| erabla quantity, III which ease OIL u not
10 b. admitted under any circumstance
whatever, FIR reasons rnadtly apparent.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
UTAh'S STAR'Il BE THERE.
The Maiden State Will Find a Symbol
on Old Glory Next Fourth of July.

on Old Glory Next Fourth of July.
Another star added to the dag of the
nation. With alacrity the maiden
State steps into line and answers TO the
call of number 45. The change in the
national nag made necessary by the
addition of Utah will not be accomplish
ed until July next year. After that
date every Government flag will have
forty-fiye spa1gles on its blue field.
Already IL has been determined just
where in the field the new star is TO be
placed. There are six parallel rows Of
stars in the regulation flag. and Utah
will take her position at the right ha nd
end OF the fourth row.
As has been said, Utah will occupy
the space at the right nd end OF the
fourth line from the top. Room is not
needed for many more, inasmuch as
the only territories remaining availa-
bic for future States are New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Arizona. In this ac-
count, however. no thought is taken of
the great reservation known as Indian
territory, from which the slice named
Oklahoma was cut out, nor OF Uncle
Sans vast Arctic province of Alaska
Without a doubt there will be n fur.
Their change 10 the arrangement of stars
some day.
A new star is always added to the tiae
on the 4th day OF July following the
date OF the States admission. The &C,
of Congress admitting Utah provides
that the President shall issue a procla
nation on the subject Ii is by nc
means necessary. however. that the
chief executive shall proclaim the birth
of a new State in order that the latter
may be recognized as snch in law. Con
gress has the power to admit n Stats
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1896-01-25
FIRST PERSON PLURAL. 2
Editor who Fears the Tine. uoncred
ave" May he Overruled.

Editor who Fears the Tine. uonOred
eve" May He Overruled.
Some kind hearted editor In New
England has furnished new example
Of the misuse Of the prerogatlve Of edi-
tors and kings. A lady correspondent
wrote him. recommending raw pota-
toes for asthma She said she had tried
them, eating one every evening just
before she went to bed. and. In short,
the effect was all that the most exact
ing before-and-after photographer
could require. So she recommended
them to all the similarly afflicted read
ers Of the New England publica ton
aforesaid. and asked the editor II he
would not be good enough to try the
remedy himself, so that he could speak
with authority.
This placed the editor in rather I'M
pleasant predicament. He, however.
gracefully avoided the difficulty by re
plying editorially to this effect:
I'VE have great confidence In this
kind lady in regard to her own case and
others cited. but our stomach Is a rath-
er delicate one. and our digestion even
Of cooked potatoes none OF the best
| 1t is such curiosities OF editorial Eng
fish as this that threatens the ruin OF
the first person plural Already Ger
| tain of our contemporaries which have
a fine taste for humor (notably Life ant
the Brooklyn Eaglei have started the
/ fashion. We suspect that they hav'
done so in order that they may have
many jokes at the expense OF thos'
newspapers which still say we" OIL
all possible occa sions. The Washington
Post will not be long in, following thei
lead. II refers often In its brisk. crisl
paragraphs 10 such we'll known phrases
as We have new Methodist ministe
In our midst" and it will doubtless hal
with giee the editorial utterance quo,
ed above.
IL the first person plural Is to stay
something must be done to convinc
editors at large that while their menta
faculties belong in sense TO their read
erS, and while on questions OF publ
policy what we" think and what our
policy is, and how certain propose
strikes us" makes good reading. III
first person plural does not extend I
the editors personality. and therefor
that references TO the editorial stomac
should he strictly in the singular. Her
Is a subject for the schools OF 'tourna
ISM Syracuse Post