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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
BLANCO AWAITING ORDERS.
Gave No Definite Reply to Proposal for
Exchange Of Prisoners.

Gave No Definite Reply to Proposal for
Exchange Of Prisoners.
From Spanish Correspondent
HAVANA, June 5.-During the day
an American gunboat appeared of
Havana harbor with flag of truce.
When she arrived within short dis.
tance Of tho fort Lieutenant Colonel
Ramos, on board the Spanish gunboat
Flecha, went to meet her. This CORE.
spondent understands the Americans
proposed an exchange of prisoners cap
tured with the Spanish steamer Ar.
gonauta for the American prisoners
taken at Santiago de Cuba at the sink.
ing Of the United States collier Merri.
mac.
General Blanco, it is understood,
gave no definite answer to the Amori-
can proposals., alleging he had received
no instructions from the Madrid gov
eminent on the subject.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
MECCA FOR VETERANS.
Thousands Of Visitors Attending q

Thousands Of Visitors Attending the
Iowa q. A. H. Eucampment.
Sioux CITY, La, June l5.-Sioux
City 10 the Mecca for the veterans Of
Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota and
Nebraska, the oath annual encampment
Of the G. A. R. Of Iowa being held
here. Train loads Of visitors are pour.
ing into the city. Twenty to thirty
thousand people are expected. Sioux
City has on gala dress and is giving
visitors hearty reception. The
weather is cool and fair.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
Castsllauo Fought . Duol.

PARIS, June l5.-Count Boniface de-
Castellane, who married Miss Anna
Gould of New York, fought duel
with NJ. Henri Tourot Of The Petite
Republique Franchise. Three rounds
were fought with swords and NJ. Touro':
was wounded in each round, twice
slightly and the third time severely, in
the right forearm. thus ending the duel
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
OPPOSED TO ANNE RATION.

Democratic Of the House In Caucus So De-
Glare Thomsslvss.
WASHINGTON. June 15.-At q caucus
of the Democrats of the house resolu.
tions were adopted declaring tho sense
of the Democrats of tho house to be op-
posed to Hawaiian annexation as q
contamination that would prove inju.
rious to the interests of tho United
States. and contrary to the long estab-
lished and generally recognized policy
Of the government.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
Not Negotiating for Pesos.
Electricians In Duluth.

DULUTH, June l5.-About 100 men,
bers of the Northwestern Electrical as
ISOLATION arrived here during the
morning on tho steamship Northwest
10 close their annual convention, which
IA bee n in session ON the ship.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
WILL FORCE THE HARBOR.
Torpedo Elect Joining Sam pson's Squad
ron on Santiago.

ron or Santiago.
GUANTANAMO BAY, June IL, via
Kingston, June 10. - The dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, which joined Ad-
miral SIMPSONS fleet off Santiago this
morning, 10 to be followed by the
Ericsson, the Foote and other torpedo
boats. and the arrival Of the torpedo
feet will confirm the opinion that Ad.
mirsl Sampson intends to force the har.
Dor on tho coming Of the troops. Every
man in tho feet 10 anxiously awaiting
the soldiery, for it 10 recognised that no
decisive movement 10 possible until the
froona effect q landino.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
Spaniards Present In OverpoW-
erlng Numbers, but Fight
Under Cover.
FURTHER AMERICAN LOSSES
A Sergeant Major and Private
Killed and Four Privates
Wounded.
Assistance Of the Cuban In
surgents Proving Of Lit
: tie Value.

OUTER HARBoR, GUANTANAMO. June
10, via Kingston, Jamaica, June TO-
After two nights Of hard fighting the
American flag still floats on Cuban soil
over the camp Of the marine battalion
and our boys say they will keep 1t there
until the bslated troops arrive 1t it
takes till winter.
Thus far the marines have had the
best Of the fighting. but the situation
is grave and they are exhausted with
repelling almost incessant attacks.
They have little chance to rest or sleep
and tho time Of the arrival Of the re-
Neving troops is uncertain. We're 1t
not for the guns Of the feet the gallant
little band would be
Ann,hilstsd By the spsuish Troops
in overpowering numbers from santi'
ago do Cuba. As it 10 they probably
can hold their position, but they can.
not move forward until reinfo reed by
troops. It is impossible to accurately
estimate the Spanish attacking force.
but It 10 numerous enough. About two
thirds Of this force surrounds the camp
nightly with a deadly ring and the
spattinR Of the Mausers makes things
quite lively, for the spaniards are dar'
ing enough to crawl up and then take
q shot at the marines from the bushes
about 80 yards from the camp. At
night the besiegers fight like Indians
and our old Apache fighters will feel
in their element. Every yard Of chap
paral is an ambuscade, and picket
duty is
Fllpping Coins With Death.
After the first attack on Saturday
night Colonel Huntington decided that
another attempt would be made on
Sunday night, and he caused entrench.
ments to be thrown up on all sides Of
the camp. In the trenches the main
part of the battalion waited for the at
tack that the colonel was certain would
come. 1t arrived within short time
after dark, and from that time until
day break the firing was incessant and
Ut times very heavy.
On the American side two men were
killed and four wounded. The dead
are Sergeant Major Henry Goode of
the marines and Private Tauman. The
injured are Privates Wallace, Martin,
Roxbury and Burke.
Cubens Are Poor Fighters.
The fight was the first Of the war in
which tho Cubans oo.operated with the
American forces and their cooperation
was not glittering success. At one
time during the engagement, when the
marines were firing on small detach.
ment Of the spaniards who made their
appearance q short distance from the
camp, tho Cubans began firing without
orders and sent q volley right among
the Americans. There were several
narrow escapes, but no one was in.
jured.
Lieutenant Neville Of Company D
was sent out on scout duty and as on
the day previous he attacked a small
stone fort. A hot fight followed and
the Spaniards were driven of with
loss. Fifteen dead Spaniards, includ.
ing one lieutenant, were found In the
1opt
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
VIII Be Conveyed.

WASHINGTON, June 15.-At the re-
quest Of General Merritt it has been
decided to give the second expedition
to the Philippines q naval convoy from
Honolulu to Manila.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-06-17
PEOPLE ARE STARVING.
Intense Suffering Reported In Hsvsns
and 9anffnRA

Intense Suffering Reported In Havana
and Santiago.
LONDON, June l5.-The Daily Chron.
tcle's correspondent at Kingston,
Jamaica, Gays that he learns that there
is intense misery at Havana and at
Santiago and that people are starving.
but are cowed BY tho presence Of tho
Spanish army.
Not Negotiating for Pssos.
MADRID, June 15.-The minister for
foreign affairs, Duke Almodevar de
Rio, told the newspaper men that the
Spanish government had not taken any
steps in the direction Of peace negotia.
tions. The minister also said he had
not received any confirmation OF the
reported third attack on Santiago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14

They are hardly more than half the
thickness of other cameras; they are
adapted for films or plates, and pos
sess the daylight loading feature.
These cameras are provided with the
rising, sliding and falling front, two
view finders, has Eastman's patent
bellows and is equally perfect as a
hand or tripod camera. 1t has an in
dex for focusing and when used with
plates may be focused on the ground
glass.
These new folding Kodaks are the
most compact, practical, instruments
on the market. Every tense in these
cameras are carefully tested, and sam
pies of their work can be seen. 1t is
really a surprise that a Kodak that Will
take a 4 by 5 picture, with such i'm
provements can be sold for $25. We
are always pleased to show goods.
Developing and printing done by ex-
perienced man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14

REWARD!
VIRTUE HAS ITS OWN REWARD.

Rear Admiral Dewey has done him
self proud in the Philippines and earn
ed for himself the deserving title of
Rear Admiral"
This store is also anxious to earn
a deserving title from the public;
title of merit, that carries with 1t the
nape of having meritOriOus goods at
popular prices.
In order to do this it is necessary
to be more than careful in the selec-
tiOns of goods-be cautious
what the public tastes are we have USED
theprecautiont to import only first-class
qualities in desings and materials such
as are salabIe in the best markets or
the world. No dead stock is wanted
or bought by us, no matter what the
inducements. Still goods will some
times accumulate faster than antic1-
pated-they must be disposed OF even
at a sacrifice-that what we are doing
now-sacrif1cing few dollars-you de-
rive the benefit.
Don't fail to visit this store during
the renovation sale-you will agree
with us that it point you to do so.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14

Rev. J. A. Cruzan is expected here
from Hilo by the next Kinau.
TWENTY-FIVE native Hawaiian Nor
mons will leave for Utah by the ,. .
Zealandia.
There is expected TO be rousing
sailors meeting at the Y. NJ. c. A
tonight. Jas. L. McCOmbe will lead
There will be music and social.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14

Quest. If your children cry
for sweet SEMOLA would you
give them dry bread?
Ans. Not while SEMOLA is
to be had at all grOCerS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14
lnquisitOn!

InqusiOn have been related many times and just
ternnd why's
who willing in and day out
agonieg born of pain almost equaling
shoes all small or too i'll shapen
vo You who go
We the finest and largest stock
in the country and under business.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-14

HELP THE
LITTLE CHAP
To be proud
of his achievements
and you help him
to feel pride in
his appearance.
Our aim is
to start him off
with clothes
worthy Of his
brightness.
g@@
The correctly chiseled
walking costume
doesn't necessarily
have TO come from the
custom tailor.
We are sculptors
ourselves, and
hold our Art
at a much
less price.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
COMMON BLESSINGS.
They Are Rot Sufficiently Appreciates
by Most PcOpIe,


by Most People.
The vast majority of people are apt
to depreciate their blessings and eX-
aggerate their misfortunes. All per-
sons in health of mind and body must
admit, whenever temporary sorrow may
be theirs, that their blessings have
been far greater than their misfortunes.
1t can be demonstrated to the most cb-
durate misanthrope that the greatest
need of most persons is not greater
blessings, but the power to appreciate
the blessings we have. The things
which refine and ennoble nature,
which lift the thoughts toward Heaven
in a perpetual food of gratitude are
absolutely free. The love of the fam
lily, the JOY in the company of sister,
mother, father and brother are the
greatest joys of the humblest and great
est among US. The infinite beauty of
nature lies an open book for every
one to read who can. The glory of
shifting clouds and azure sky, the love
liness of the colors of the wild flower or
of the lichen, and the song of the wild
bird are absolutely free. 1t is only
the grossness of our own natures and
the hardness of our own hearts that are
at fault if we fail to heed them.
God has given us these things free
to refine our natures and win our hearts
from selfish desires and gross worldly
fear. These things that are free are
full Of infinite Joy and infinite interest
when we are able to understand them
even in part. They are most valuable
in lifting up the nature to the highest
plane and teaching US to love those
things that God loves rather than any
thing that wealth can buy or obtain. It
is time to seek culture through other
means when we have made best use of
the means of culture which are spread
out everywhere in the natural world.
Wealth will not give us that pure heart
thatsees God in every part of the natural
world-in the grass beneath our feet
and the creatures that fill the spaces of
His universe.
We do not often think what coarse,
unloving world this would be if wealth
was evenly distributed so that every
one would have enough to crafty all
his coarse tastes, and thus blot out the
glory of the natural world. It is a
fortunate thing that wealth is limited,
even if it does not always seem to fall
into the best hands. Such power put
into many hands would make sad havoc
with the natural world. What we call
enterprise has already done enough to
destroy natural beauty, to uproot the
wild flowers and drive away the wild
bird. Wealth is in no way essential
to life of the greatest refinement. No
magnate of wealth ever lived life Of
such keen enjoyment and refinement as
Thoreau in his lonely cabin in the
Maine woods.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Said to Be Fast Disappearing in This
Age of Specialists.

age OF SDeC18llSSSs
Another thing that must hurt the
doctors trade here is the passing of
the family physician. Specialists
abound in New York, but family physi
clans are fast disappearing, and prom
Use presently to be as rare as hairy
elephants. When you have a family
physician, and like him, you call him
in whenever there is anything the mat
ter, and even if there is not much for
him to do, you have the fun of advising
with him and being reassured. But
when you cd to one wise man for Group,
to another for gout, to another for
dyspepsia, to another for headache and
to half a dozen others for ailments too
intricate to be set down, it's differ
ent matter. You don't go to special
ist until you are sure there is some
thing the matter. You have to wait
until the symptoms get some develop
ment before you know what specialist
to go to, and often enough, while you
are waiting to find out, the whole dis
ease peters out and mends itself.
In old times in New York when there
were family physicians, when you sus-
pected you were going to be i'll, but
were not sure, the family physician got
the benefit of the doubt, but the spe-
cialist does not. Everyone who has
had experience knows that that is true.
To call in familiar friend is one thing;
to call.in q distinguished but unfamiliar
gentleman is another. The things that
cause us most anxiety are things that
never happen. The illnesses that
brought physicians a large part-per-
ward were illnesses that didn't really
materialize. The family physician got
the benefit OF the Wis medicatriX ma
turae. He got there in time to stand
by and see it work. 1t was his friend
and ally. The specialist benefits by it
in less measure, for he is less promptly
summoned and it is liable to finish up
the job before he gets there.
! The London Lancet has lately eX-
pressed it's regret at the signs of the
waning prestige and influence of the
medical profession That looks as if
embarrassment had beset it in Lon
don also. There seems to be some rea-
son to anticipate time when New
York families will contract with a
syndicate of hysicians-comprising
complete set of necessary specialists
for the supervision of the family health
at fixed annual price.-Harper's
Weekly
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
Old Slang Revived.

Slang is sledom new. "Not so worse"
fourished briskly for few months and
has already fallen into well-deserved
oblivion. Doubtless it seemed new for
a time. Yet letter written by bril-
liant English magazinist, Samuel Phil
lips, in 1645, published for the first time
in Mrs. Oliphant's history of the house
of Blackwood, contains this sentence:
"One hundred pounds for a weeks
work. Not so worse!"
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
WYOMlNG's COBALT BONANZA.
First Important Find OF This Valu-
nhIe Metal Made in Ameri2A.

First Important Find of This Valu-
able Metal Made in America.
"Cobalt is better than gold. A cobalt
mine is more desirable than the rich
est golden bonanza of all the Rocky
mountains" This is the talk one hears
at the miners national bureau at Den
yer; this is the talk that is electrifying
the western mining world; for cobalt
has been discovered at Grand Encamp-
ment, Wyo., and the French mineral
ogist, Charles Poulot, has added new
laurels to his reputation for the dis
covery.
1t is not the first discovery of COBALT
in America, but it is probably the most
notable. The metal is never found in
a pure state, but mixed with nickel,
copper, or some other element. Cobalt
ore is worth $32 ton for each per
cent. that the ore contains, and the
French mineralogist has found the
Grand Encampment ore to contain four
per cent. of it. Cobalt is worth $1.60
a pound, and there is one mine in this
district where thousands of tons of
this ore are already in sight. Cobalt
is the active principle that colors blue
all porcelain and glass, and from it
the worlds great churches and ca
thedrals receive their delicate shading
in blue in their arched windows and
domes. Cobalt is the active principle
of blue in OIL and water painting. 1t is
one of the rarest minerals. Norway,
Sweden and Bohemia have in the past
furnished the bulk of the worlds sup
ply.
NJ. Poulot represents millions of dol
lars of French capital, and he lays it
all at the feet of the Grand Encamp-
ment miners for ore containing cobalt.
The mine in question is copper mine,
and in addition to its copper value,
which is 70 per cent. pure, its ore yields
$128 to the ton in cobalt. This is only
one among hundreds of copper mines
at Grand Encampment, and if they all
contain cobalt, Wyeming's new mining
district within year may be produc-
ing more wealth than any three other
mining districts in the world, not ex-
cepting the Klondike, the Transvaal
and Cripple Creek.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
an Eienhcnt.a Revenre-

A French gentleman living in India
had a tame elephant. which was ac-
eustomed to go to the dining room win
dow after dinner and beg from the
guests. One day the elephant came
when they Were at dessert. 4 gentle
man refused to give it anything; but
the elephant would not so away. The
gentleman, angry at its asking, gave
it q stab with his fork. The elephant
went into the garden, tore a branch
covered with black ants off q tree and
shook them over the gentleman's head.
The ants got into his ears and down
his neck. and at last he undressed and
took bath to get rid of his tormentors.
Detroit Free Press.
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
HOSTILITY TO EDUCATION,
The English Are Opposed to the
Teaching of Servants.

1Ae EnSIiSh are opposed to the
Teaching of Servants.
An American visitor to England who
spends some little time in the country,
says j. n. Larnew, in the Atlantic, can
hardly fail to become conscious of three
serious facts: O That there is a
strong gclass-feeling against much educa-
ton for those who are looked on as un-
derlings and servants-a feeling more
prevalentan more pronounced than the
shamefaced sentiment of like mean
ness that is whispered in some snobbish
American circles. (2) That the school
rate" seems to be the most begrudged
of English taxes, the most sharply criti-
cised, the most grumbled at; and this
to degree for which there seems moth
ing comparable in America. (3l That
the opposition to secular schools, fos-
tered by the church and ostensibly
actuated by a desire for religious in
struction in the schools, is largely sup
ported in reality by the two sentiments
indicated above. Looking, there
fore, to the increasingly democratic
conditions that are inevitable in Eng
land, the reluctance and factiousness of
disposition that appear among its citi-
zens touching the vital matter of popu-
lar education are ominous of evil to the
nation, and gravely lessen it's chances
of holding, under the reign of democ-
racy, the high place to which it rose
under the aristocratic regime,
The Winslow mail., 1898-04-23
AMUSING DlSCOMFORTS.
Some That Are Found in Finland
Travel.

Some That Are Found in Finland
Travel.
Travelling in Finland, according to
recent interesting narrative of her ex-
perience in that land of a thousand
lakes, by Mrs. Aleck Tweedie, is pas
time of many charms, but some un-
doubted drawbacks.
Finnish ideas of what is desirable in
regard to personal privacy and comfort
are not always such as meet the ap-
proval Of travellers from other lands.
Chamber doors, for example, rarely have
bolts, and neither guests nor servants
observe the trif1ing formality of knock
ing; while an attendant, having in
vaded the premises unannounced with
pitcher of water or other required arti-
Gle, will not hesitate with the frankest
and most amiable curiosity to watch
the manner in which foreign ladies
dress their hair or don unfamiliar gar
ments.
Moreover, although bathing and mas
sage are important and necessary proc
esses in the eyes of every good Finn,
Finnish custom is to undergo a thor
ough, not to say violent, bath, inclusive
of steaming, parboiling, showering,
scrubbing, rubbing and kneading, once
a week-and in the interval to dispense
with ablutions very nearly or alto
gether.
/ Other discomforts which the travellers
encountered were the dreadful mosqui-
toes of the country, and the excessive
sunlight; for in a region where there is
no night for several months, neither
shutters nor shades are used and the
brilliant light streams undisturbed
into ones sleeping-room, all night, un-
modified unless perhaps by bit of
white muslin drapery.
From the mosquitoes Mrs. Tweedie
and her sister sought to escape in the
customary manner, by going to bed
with their heads in hideous green mus
lin bags, Every wobbly and unwieldy,
fat on top and with curtain hanging
down all round, which one ties neatly
under ones chin before retiring to
rest"
From the glare they strove in one
house to escape in some degree by hav-
ing their beds made up with the pillows
at the foot instead of the head, that
they might face fewer windows, and the
high headboard act in some degree as
a screen to their eyes. After several
days the girls who made the beds over
came their shyness sufficiently to in
quire timidly of their hostess:
''Is it part of the English ladies' re-
ligion to sleep the wrong way round p
"No," was the reply. what do you
znean?"
''Is it in their worship that they
should sleep with their heads toward
the sun?''
Certainly not; how did you get such
an idea into your head?"
every night the English ladies have
made me make their beds the wrong
way round, and thought perhaps it
was one of their religious customs"
Evidently it could not occur to the
mind of Finn that, after the long
darkness of winter, it was possible to
have too much good sunlight.-Youth's
COmDaniOn