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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-06

Other peoples troubles ai"''
us more than our own.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-07
Questions oil Culture.

A young woman who has position
as assistant librarian at one of the
largest public libraries in Pennsylvan-
ia, says that She has a keen sympathy
for the ticket agents at railway sta
tions-a sympathy born of kindred
woes. one day two well-dressed young
women approached the desk. One of
them took a memorandum from her
pocketbook.
Can YOU tell me how many yards
oh, that's the wrong list" she said,
hastily bringing forth another slip of
paper Here it is. Will you please tell
me who is Rudyard kiplng's favorte
author?"
Il am unable to tell you. never hav-
ing heard that he had one" ! admitted.
Dear met" said the young woman,
irritably. It's one of the questions for
our next club meeting. Well, which
one of Thackeray's books brought him
in the largest incOme?'
THAT you can probably find out by
consulting a book, the number OF
which | viii give YOU I said, turning
to one of my reference drawers as
spoke.
ooh. l can't stop to look it up.' she
said hurriedly. Il thought you could
tell me at once. Well. there's one more
thing: Bessie Cumnock (my cousin in
ST. Louis) had splendid book when
was there last year for anecdotes of ia
nous people. | can't remember the
name of it or who wrote it. but it was
about so big" illustrating with one fin
ger on the deSk) land it had dark
green cover. Now, can You tell ms
what il is? Some day when | have
time I'd like to get it out. OF course
you must have it in the library.
For the third time I was obliged tt
confess my inability to give her direct
| information. She looked at me will
/ a piercing gaze, and turned away. say
| ing audibly to her companion There
| That just shows what all this talk abou
| their being examined for positions il
! public libraries amounts to! Three per
| fectly simple questions. all on literar.
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TabIeaux ViVants.

Taking some particular scene or
event in poem or story, it is reproduced
in living pictures, the club members
assuming the characters and costuming
to conform to the period represented
With little trouble beautiful effects
may be obtained, the chief requisite
aside from the costumes being double
door or archway, which can be tightly
screened with rose tinted gauZe or tar
latan to subdue and soften the outlines
and colorings of the tableaux. A little
professional skill is yalua BILE in arrang-
ing the lights in a manner to throw out
the light and shade to best advantage
in the picture. Nothing can be more ex-
quisite than the tableauX designated as
"Statuary," and achieved by drapinS
with cheese cloth or some soft white
material, and poWdering features.
hands, arms and hair to simulate FAM
Gus works in marble. So popular have.
been these entertainments for church
and charity, as well as for evenings at
home, that posing and arranging the
groups has proved an agreeable and
profitable business of late years. Liv-
ing pictures are quite within the aDIl-
ity of the private club to accomplish,
and oftentimes sufficient artistic taste
is available for copying statuary also.
The result of these tableauX-vivantS is
so charming they are worthy a trial,
Notwithstanding the verdict of a host
ess, who, from experience. declares that
nothing but an earthquake so general
ly upsets house from top to bottom"
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ish commissary administration a set Of
contractors, who manage to stand in
With the officers, have practically
starved the poor soldiers into disease
and death.
According TO the testimony of one OF
the assistant surgeons in the L. 5.
navy. by eating wellcooked food and
eschewing over-i indulgence in the fruits
of the country. usually so tempting to
strangers. always sleeping under some
sort of shelter and not on the bare
ground. the green Yankee from New
Hampshire hills may laugh al the bogy
of the rainy season and the yellow
fever. 1T is well for the unacclimated
man the first three months of his stay
to take from three to six grains of
quinine every morning and 9 mild
purgatiNe say twice a week. One may
be as wet as possible if he is Oh the
move. but when he stops change his
wet clothes for dry ones. socks and all.
one will never have this fever if he
follows these easily remembered rules.
AS asserted by many who have DON'T
ciled in the island therefore, the dan
ger to health. if proper sanitary ore
cautions are observed. is far less ter
libe than is generally imagined. The
rainy season, as it is called out Of
Cuba. is 10 Cubans the most charming
season of the year. 1t begins generally
about the middle of May and lasts to
the middle Of September. It usually
rains in the afternoon. and sometimes
the fall is very heavy and accompanied
Ivy such thunder and lightning as one
never knows outside the tropics. 1t
generally stops at sunset, which is
simply unspeakably grand in its cloud
effects
The two factors Of safety in all ex-
posed situations are previous good
health and correct sanitary observance.
Let US hope that by an exercise Of in
tellgence and prudence. such as have
not been known among the Spanish in
Cuba. our soldiers will find that the re
puted deadlincss of Cuba's climate $ to
large extent a long-standing bogy.--
Boston Globe.
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A Pot-Luck Party.

In old times the invitation to stay
and take pot-luck'' was frequently and
sincerely extended. 1t implied that the
chance visitor was quite welcome. at
his or her own risk as The case might
be. to remain and share the meal in
course of preparation for tn family.
in other words, the contents of the oct,
whatever it happened to he. IRE term
as used in the present day refers to a
function as unconventional and anus.
ing as the bright. clever woman with
whom il originated. Living in q uuias
town, she insisted she IVES "SloWiy be-
ing deVoured by ennui." and TO s.i. up
the neighborhood" sent out invitations
for pot-luck party. AS c0-opera -io,.
was advised in other things. why n4.
iii entertaining? therefore it was in
dicated that each guest was 20 contri-
butte either food for the body y lAln !.
a single dish each. ard of these onl:+,
together With a like contribution from
herself. the feast would consist. While
the exact menu cannot be given, it is
sufficient TO say that pastry, cakes.
flesh, fowl, sweets. sours, stories, pocrls.
games. jokes and conundruns united in
making ii a remarkable collation.. As
repetitions of the notable party have
been given, it is needless 10 say that
dizziness has departel from that IS
pecial locality for this season at least.
Mrs. b. congra tulates haFSel1 that,
While original and unlike 2ay other,
the ''pot-luck party" was success by
way of fun. and certainly notable IN
variety of refreshments.
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Cuba's Rainy Season.

Prof. William 7. Hornaday. chief
naturalist of the Smithsonian institute.
who has spent many years in the most
molarial districts of the world, has fur
nished some very timely observations
on the dangers of the rainy season m
Cuba.
! All this talk of danger in Cuba ot
the rainy season" says this observer,
lis greatly exaggerated" He then con
tinues to explain that because the
island has proved 50 fatal TO green
Spaniards it need not necessarily prove
50 to newly arrived American soldiers
II is 10 be remembered that the span
iSh troops in Cuba have been Wretched-
ly fed and clothed and that sanitary
regulations have been almost wholly
neglected. AS is notorious with span
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PRIZE MONEY FOR SEA CAPTURE. Z,
Bonanzas for Officers and Crews Of Block
aders in Civil War
(Boston Journal.)

In the civil war many of the Union
cruisers and blockaders made captures
"hlch enriched their officers and gave
real pononZaS to their crews Thus, the
Gunboat Amanda. when she captured
the swan. made $202 29S available for
diStfipution. The glinboat Augusta
hetted round 100000 by making a
prize OF the British blockade runner
fincess Royal: the brig cambridge
also TOOK hand in the CAPTURE of the
Swan, when $202. 29S was set aside for
distribution. The cruiser Bienville
earned S202,000 for her lucky officers
ana crew in the capture of the Stettin
ana $loo,ooo more in the capture of the
fatfas; the frigate Brooklyn. one of
OF tarraSuts fighting fleet. got $161 404
Iof Catching the blockade runner Mag
mona the sloop-of-War Canadaigua
caught $l41,I14 with the slippery Chero-
kee; the Sunboat Cimerone was III
great luck with her $3.50 600 prize Alta
lanta the Circassian, q captured block
AIDE runner herself, earned g cool quar-
LEI OF million when with Uncle Sam s
biuejac ketS on deck she overlook and
seized the Nina.
ne Sloop-of-War Cumberland, that
Inflated but glorious ship. which after
wards tell first victim to the Merli-
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Women OF the Philippine Islands.

The Malay girls are usually very pref
tN, with lan2uiShing eyes shaded by long
laShes and supple figures. whose grace
full lines are revealed by their thin cloth
ing In fine weather their bare feet are
thIus1e into light gold-embroidered slip
pers In wet weather they raise them
selves on high clogs. which necessitate
very becoming swinging OF the hanncheS
There is not a bonnet to be seen Nom-
en- of the better class affect lace and flow
ers those of the lower wear their own
hair flowing down their backs, in Il long
blue-black wave.
All classes without exception. wear
over the stiff starched kerchiefs, which
deCorousiy cover the bosom, cruclflN
ana q relic of some sort, in a bag. jew
elry is profusely worn. Every woman
spar5ies with bracelets, earrings ana
chains Many of the males are similarly
caparisoned. The reason is not far TO
seek Thieves are many and houses are
insecure 1T is better to carry your prop
erty about with you than have it at the
mercy of the robber.
Dinner is at 730. After that meal the
crowds tend to accumulate in the Luneta,
a long, grassy space between the ancient
city and the sea. Here, against back
ground of venerable moss-grown wall, are
stationed a multitude of vehicles hiied
with bejeWeled and bcfIowered ladies'.
illumincd by rows of petroleum lamps.
while on the middle space of grass two
streams of men flow up AMI down-men
in brilliant uniforms. or in white trousers
and jackets, and bright waist sashes and
wide sombreros. The peasants mix up
freely with the upper classes, Frightening
the scene with their white kerchiefs and
chessboard Cottons Children run laughing
in and out among the groups.
Everybody smokes. Cigarettes at Is for
a cent are in chief favor with the natives.
Cigars at $3.50 a hundred are in favor
with the foreigners. All the cars are
peripa.tetic smoking saloons. Even the
women light up" as soon as their fare
is paid.
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RIGOROUS RULES OF WAR.
Offences for Which Death Is the Penalty.

The following extracts from the NJ
tfcIes OF war" a part Of the "ReGuia-
tons for the Army Of the United
States Indicates the rigorous condi-
lions that govern armies in war times:
With regard to freedom of speech.
"Article 10. Any officer who uses
contemptuous or disrcspectful words
against the President, the Vice Presi-
dent, the Congress OF the United state.
or the Chief Magistrate or Legislature
of any Of the United States in which
he is quartered. shall be dismissed
from the service, or otherwise punished
az a court martial shall direct. Any
soldier W no so offends shall be punished
as a court martial may direct.
INSTRUMENTATION:
art. o. Any officer or soldier who,
on any pretence Whatsoever, strikes his
s1lperior officer. or draws or lifts any
weapon, or offers any violence against
him. being in the execution of MS
office. or disobeys any lawful command
of his superior officer shall suffer death
or such punishment as Il court martial
may direct
Mutiny:
art. % Any officer or soldier who
begins, excites. causes, or JOINS IN any
mutiny, or sedition III any troop, bat
talon, company. party. post, detach-
ment. or guard, shall suffer death, u
such other punishment as court mar
tial may direct
In Art %. the same punishment is
threatened for any officer or solder
who being present at a mutiny does not
do his best to stop it.
| Sentineis:
art. %. Any sentinel who is found
sleeping upon his post or who leaves II
| before he is regularly relieved. shat
suffer death or such other punishment
| as a court martial may direct.
| CoWardicc:
Art ~ Any officer or soldier who ms
behaves himself before the enemy. runs
away or shamefnlY abandonS amy tort
poSt or guard which he is commanded Il
| defend or speaks words inducing others
! 10 do the like. OF casts away ms arm
ar ammunition. or quits his post or color
to plunder or pilage. shall suffer DEAN
or snch punishment as court marta
may direct
The countprSign:
Art A. Any person belonging To III
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Curious Combinations.

Americans use 900 collar buttons
annually.
Recent reports are to the effect that
kangaroos are becoming rare.
Massachusetts employs more than 49,
900 people in its manufactures.
The only Involuntary muscle composed
Of red or striped fibers is the heart.
One acre of land will comfortably sup
port four people ON vegetarian diet.
The cight-hour rule has been introduced
lately in the Russian postal service.
English brook trout grown in the New
Zealand rivers is now exported back to
England in cold storage.
The Italian army consists of 235,091
men. of whom III 900 are infantry. g. $50
cavalry and 3o.0l6 artillery.
Roast monkey is said to be quite Il
dainty dish. Its flavor is a sort of COM
promise between pheasant and hare.
London has population of 1850 900,
equalng the combined popuat tons OF
Paris Berlin, st. Petersburg and Rome.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-07

arnlies of the United States who makes
known the watchword to any person no,
entitled TO receive it. according 10 the
rules and discipline of war; or presumes
70 give parole or watchword dirferen,
from what he received. shall suffer death
or such other punishment as a court mar.
tlal may direct"
Desertion:
Art. A. Any officer or soldier who
having received pay. or having been duly
ENLISTED in the service Of the ITnitnl
states. deserts, the same shall in time Of
war. suffer death. or such other punish
ment as court martial may direct, y
Safeguards:
armies of The United States in foreign
death" "''''
Rank of officers:
Art. III. Officers of the militia Of The
several states. when called INTO tha ser.
wee OF the United States. shall on an de
tlchments, court martialS and other d1t Y
wherein they may be employed IN con-
junction with the regular or volunteer
forces of the United States tal,n ro,l.
nest after all officers of the like grade in
S'tld regular or volunteer forces. notwith-
stan ling the commissions of such militia
oi'tcerS may be Older than the commits
Sons OF the said officers of the regular
Spies:
Section 1343. Revised Statutes: An Der
sons who, in time of war. shah be found
lurking or acting as spies. in or about any
u dhe iortltic'ation@, posts quarters or en-
ctnipinentS of any of lie armies of the
nHed States or elsewhere shall be fri
dtic ny general court martial or by a
military commission, and shall on con
NlctlOn thereof suffer death"
Coal mined in China is being exported
to California. and it is said that in a few
years the FloWcry Land will sunnlv tho
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gave the size and numhor of tho ena,,,,,
namely. two ships' two hriys one /,
Perry was a hero In ,aano %, .,,,, ~
in war During a w,int.ri s'l, a. NJ %
ing in the harbor Of Nenuni H. wiil ne, ~
that merchant vessel baa ~" hson ne i,,.i
on a reef six n,;lac ia. n'u "Srf' oilNei'
manned his harro ,,d ' s.;n re d, once
Come. my boys. we are yoinf, 10 ,ha
reliel OF shipWreckea seamen Pun
away.
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SENTIMENT AND ONIONS IN WAR.
General mcNuIta Gives a Chicago Commits
say Some Good Advice.

1oo'
sentiment and onions make good sol
Hers,' said General N.cNuHa to the com
nissary of the First regiment few days
Ego And don't forget. he added, 'tnat
a few pairs of wooden socks and few
mince pies will lever do any harm when
sent TO camp in 4 soap box"
General McNuEta is firm believer In
ne nome as base OF supplies. During
The war he commanded a brigade in he
neighborhood Of Mobile. and as the re-
suit OF strong home policy succeeded II,
Keeping at least one freight car loaded
with supplies on the road during his en-
tire campaign. Vegetables were in de-
nand particularly on account of the sour
W, ana two or three car loads of onions
we're considered more potent than Il barn
ful of quinine in warding off disease
ne soldier never .lved who would re-
use 4 box Of delicacies from home and
1t makes little diffelYnce how il is sent or
now the invoice reads. f q pair of clean
wooien socks. a brace Of pies. a roll Of
butter and u chain of cinnamon rolls hap
pen 10 get punched in transitu. il is
quite probable that the folks at home
will never hear about it, and more prob
ADJ" suii, the hungry soldier boy. who
mas been eating contract mess pork and
Aard biscuit, will never notice it. A pox
from home once III Il while Is not an un-
desirable lning. regarded even from a stu
leWtS point of view, but it is Il Verita BILE
s0isend when it finds its way into a SOL
diers tent
The testimony on this point is incontes-
table Whether ii is more blessed to re-
CeiVe the box when mo one is around'' to
Stare it's contents than to "divvy up'' de-
Ponds largely upon circumstances. and
the circumstances depend upon the rep
utation of the local commissary depart
ment and the record of ones terminates
as good fellows" Human nature is
muIh he same whether il presides at a
turkey uffiilef IN ldnd or plenty or Is
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PATENTED WARFARE.
Awfr! Things that Might Happen on Land and
Water.

II all of the inventions directly trace
able to the inspiration of war and to
the feVeriSh preparation for hostilties
should be put to use today. the men Of
the navy would be kept pretty busy
and the coast defense force would have
to be largely increased. Nearly all Of
these thousands of devices are for the
destruction of hostile ships and require
operators possessed Of more or less
scientific training. Thus when the day
arrives when the war patents realize
the expectations of their owners. fight
ing, both ON sea ana land Will become
SO dangerous and destructive that
either whole fleets ana forts and armies
will he annihila ted. or the very terrible
aspect Of such war will bring about q
forced ana lasting peace among the ma
tions of the earth. This remarkable
tendency in inventive genius makes ii
necessary To safeguard the army ana
navy departments against the spacious
pleas OF cranks Of All Kinds who are
attempting to foist upon the heads of
bureaus scores Of crazy schemes which
may be infinitely more destructive to
our own side than to the enemy.
This avalanche Of patented problems
for war cannot he too CLOSELY scIutin-
izad 4 limit p,ii1t he eat 400 n, IN.
,[,.,.,, 49,. .,I,s; X,
! i''otd'' 81 'ilV ueE ices + or instance
| every responsible government Chief
may wen hesitate about adoptinI ;he
,,ota,t ,r tt,o+ inr,,n,.,, ,r,,,i,,s ,,,,l
proposes to annihllate whole armies, OF
entire crews of Warships. or The COM
piete force in fertilization hy means
81 powerful gas WhlNh SullocaleS
/ every living being. Such devices go
along with The electrical patents tu
entirely safe distance. Ne are not
..,1, h., +bot 1,o,,rill,. ,a,,>,,
F"NN i'l ti''t llotli'iV Ntd+'oi. W.
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Mrs. Daniel H. Fernald of Bangor
has a canary bird whose age is more
than i years. Seventeen years a1'
This canary was given TO Mrs Ferhaid'
The bird was handsome in the extreme
and a magnificent singer. FROM tha'
day to this the canary has retained MS
rare beauty and his maglcal voice.
singing as sloriously in his Wonaefiul
old age as he did years ago. ffopap'S
this * one of the oldest canafles III me
u.nrld The birds are not longilNeu
f,.,,,, eipbt to ten years being theli
average existence.
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A submarine cable has been laid he
tween Bermuda and Turks Island in the
West Indies This will make possible
communication between New York and
Turks island. for which The rate will be
81 cents Il word.
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subjects, and she couldn't answer one
of them.'-Youth's Companion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-07

We will deliver to your door the daily Journal for
cents per week providing you live in any city
where we have carrier boy.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-07

If you live in the country outside our carrier limits
will send it to you by mail prepaid at 50 per
month.
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The Associated Press Wire
Reliable News
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Journal owning franchise in this association, is pre-
pared to place in your homes paper that is safe for
all the family to read We shall give all the news the facts
warrant. Those who want than this must look
to sensational journalism, that not only unduly excites
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The gold leaf., 1898-06-30
GRANDSONS OF MRS. SURRATT.
Two of Them Now Fighting for Uncle
Sam.
(Philadelphia Record. }

The whirligig Of time sets things III
strange juxtaposition. In June, 1869,
President Grant removed William u.
TOnry from Office because Tonry had
married Anna +. Surratt, daughter OF
the famous Mrs. Surratt, who was
hanged after trial for completely in
the plot against the life of Abraham
Lincoln.
At Chichamauga few days ago,
when the Fifth Maryland Volunteers
were cncampcd there, they were
under command of General Frederick
ID. Grant In that regiment were
two men-onc Reginald |. Tonrv,
sergeant in Company {. commanded
by Captain Thomson, and the other
Albert $. Tonry. corporal in Company
l.. commanded by Captain Boyden.
They were the sons of the man who
had lost his position because he had
married Mrs. Surratt's daughter, and
they were grandsons Of Mrs. Sur
ratt.
Mrs. Surratt's two sons, John and
Isaac, are both living and are both in
the service of the Bay Line, Bati-
more.
The Baltimore SIM. which makes
record of this curious minor fact in
history, also calls attention to the
presence of Colonel Marshall's son
Markham, on General +. ID. Grants
staff. Markham father was one o.
General K. +. Lees favorite aides
and gallant and brilliant soldier.