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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
MRS. DAVIS COURAGEOUS.
Senator's Wife Bluffs RObber While
Returning From the Pacific Coast.

Senator's Wife Bluffs RObber While
Returning From the Pacific Coast.
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 2O.-Recently
when Mrs Senator Davis of Minnesota
was returning over the Northern Pa
cific from the coast a robber climbed
on the truss rods as the train was leav-
ing Glyndon, and attempted to climb
through the window into the state
room she was occupying. Mrs. Davis
warned him away, and the fellow
made some threatening remarks. In
an open satchel on the seat Mrs. Davis
had a revolver. She thrust that in the
face of the would-be robber, and he
dropped from the rapidly moving train
to the ground. Mrs. Davis feared the
man had been killed, and had the train
crew wire the agent to look him up.
The fellow had suffered some bruises,
but was not seriously injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
WINNIE DAVIS PASSES AWAY.
Death of the Daughter of the Con.
fedcracS.

1COCEaCS
Narragansett Pier, r. l.. Sept. 20
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs
Jefferson Davis, died at noon ycster.
day at the Rockingham hotel, to which
place she came as a guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks and
fortnight ago her ailment was dag.
nOsed as malarial gastritis. AT times
her condition became serious, so that
consultations of physicians We're
deemed necessary, but frequent rallies
gave renewed hope that she would ulti-
matly recover During the past week
especially was her condition considered
favorable, and it was thought that her
removal from the hotel would be pos
sible in few days, as the hotel had
closed for the season, leaving the pa
tent and attendants practically alones
in the house. Last night, however,
relapse in Miss Davis condition was
noticed, and throughout the night she
lost strength perceptibly. This morn
ing the physicians said that the end
was not far off, and at noon death
came to end the sufferingS, which mt
times had been intense. Mrs. Davis
had watched unremittingly at her
daughters bedside, and she is now
bowed with sorrow. The physicians of
Mrs. Davis report that she is holding
up with great calmness in her afHiction
and no fears are at present entertained
of her health yielding to the strain.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
IN FEAR OF VESUVIUs.
Eruption of the Volcano Causing
Great Apprehension at Naples.


Eruption of the Volcano Causing
Great Apprehension at Naples.
Naples, Sept. pa state of gloomy
apprehension prevails among the popu-
lation regarding the eruption of Vesu-
vious, which is hourly becoming more
active and menacing. Streams Of lava
are spreading in every direction. The
most threatening of these flows
through the Vedrino valley, which is
almost filed. The observatory, which
originally stood at a height of go
meters, is now only 81 meters above
the sea level, owing to the sinking Of
the ground. Seven new craters have
formed around the central one, and this
has not tended to diminish the fears
formerly felt, which were based upon
the eruption of stones and scoriae SINH
lar to that which occurred in 1872.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
HELD W BY ROBBERS.
Passengers on Il Railway Train Re-
Iieved of Their Cash.


Chicago, Sept. 2O.-A dispatch to the
Times Herald from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, says:
Three men held up Lake Manawa
railway train returning from the lake
to Council Bluffs. The robbers
boarded the car at the lake. When
about half way in they dew revolvers
on Conductor Morris and ordered him
to throw up his hands. He grappled
with one of the men and another fired.
The ball grazed the conductors neck,
inflicting slight wound. His face was
badly burned by powder. He was
oyerpowered and his pockets searched,
the robbers getting less than 500.
While two of the robbers held the con-
ductor on the rear seat, the other went
through the car, which was partially
filled, and robbed three of the passen-
gers Of small sums. The robbers
jumped off and started across the bot
toms in the direction of Omaha.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
The prize ring is dead, as it ought to

The prize ring is dead, as it ought to
he. The race of genuine square fight
ers-the Sayers, the Heenans, the Sui
livans. from Yankee to John L.
have passed away. The manly art is
no longer practiced. The boxing
matches of today are kaleidoscope
fights. The alleged pugilists are kin
etoscope boxers. The fights are en-
gineered for the benefit of the ma
chine. The whole business partakes OF
the nature of bunko, not real fistic
sport, and the sporting public ought to
turn it's back on it.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Putting aside the right or wrong Of
1.-THE wisdom or folly-no candid OBJ
server can fail to note that the Amer
lean people have set their teeth, and
that under the doctrine expressed in
the trite phrase, "The flag where once
ffoated shall never come down." they
are evincing a bulldog determination
to hold every foot of territory con-
quered in honorable war and held
through superior force. Whether it
shall or shall not be better for our
selves, this we know: Our civiliza-
ton will come as a blessing rather
than as a blight to the peoples upon
whom it shall be imposed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
Criminal Record.

Robbers entered a real estate office
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, gagged and bound
the clerk and took $3.50 from the SAFE
There is no clew to the thieves.
Joseph and Martin H. Marshall of
Otsego, who went to Alaska last Feb
rualy were murdered by thieves. A
letter states that their bodies were
found in their shanty on Copper river.
John T. Leonard. assistant superin-
tenGent of Armour & Co.'S lard rendery
at the stock yards at Chicago, is under
arrest, charged with robbing John
Cudahy of $4,000.
At Liberty, Mo-, brief coroner's in,
quest was held over the remains OF
Benjamin James, the aged rapist, who
was lynched just outside the Jail door,
and a verdict to the effect that he had
come to his death ''at the hands OF
unknown parties" was rendered.
Peter Hammerlie, keeper of a saloon
at Miltonyale, Kan, was lodged in
Jail, charged with an assault to muir
der 3. +. Miller, editor of the Milton
vale Press. The church people raided
Hammerlie's place and he shot at
them.
Mrs. Eli Potter, a prominent wo-
man suffragist of Kansas City, was
robbed of $4,000 by highwaymen in
the outskirts of the city. A few months
ago the Potter residence was de-
stroyed by fire and they received $10,-
900. insurance money. Mrs. Potter.
who does not trust banks, sewed the
money into the lining of her dress.
Tho DoIaUapa S17nrpme court has
sustained the decision of the lower
court, which imposed sentence of
death upon Rev. William III. Fisher of
Wilmington. charged with breaking
into the house of Mrs. Maria Hunt OF
that city at night for the purpose OF
committing a felonious assault. He
has been sentenced to be hanged on
Oct. Z.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
NOT BEFORE
FEBRUARY
WILL THE EVACUATION OF CUBA
DE COMPLETED.

Owing to the Fact THAT the Spanish
Soldiers Must Embark in Spanish
vesse1s-The DeIay Is Considered
an Advantage TO Both Countries
America VIII Havesan Opportu-
nifty to Acclimate It's Men During
the Winter aIonths-Number of
Spanish Soldiers on the Island
VIII Aggregate 100000, Accord
ing to an Omcial Statement
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

1t seems that when the government
grants a sick soldier furlough it
makes no provision to see that he gets
home. AS a consequence, during the
last few weeks, sick and hungry SOL
diers can be seen lying about the rail-
way stations of many cities. A group
Of Iowa volunteers, sick and emaciated,
passed through Chicago the other day
and many of them went their way hum
cry. That such thing should happen
does not imply that the people are I'M
generous, but it so happens because no
one knew they were coming. Arrange
tnents are now being made to care for
ANY sick and hungry soldier that passes
through the city.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
Normal school COMPLETED.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 2O.-The state
board of normal regents will hold an
important meeting at River Falls next
Tuesday, when the new normal build
ing there will be dedicated. The ac'
ceptance of the building and settlement
of accounts will come up at the busl-
ness meeting, and the board will also
pass on the presidency of the school.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
THE SULTAN BACKS DOWN.
He Orders Compliance With the
British UItimatum.

Gambia, Island of Crete, Sept. 20
The sultan has ordered Djeyad Pasha.
the military commander in Crete, to
accede to the demand Of the British
admiral, Gerard Henry Noel, for dis
armament, thus complying with the
whole ultimatum Of the admiral.
A British detachment occupied the
entrance to the fort, and it is rumored
that the Ottoman troops will be with
drawn and a British force will occupy
the town.
Among the prisoners already handed
over to Admiral Noel are two who are
credited with being ringleaders in the
attack Oh the British camp.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The Cuban junta is perfectly willing
to accept civil offices from the hand OF
the new governor of the island. Their
patriotism is not unlike certain brand
of the same article in this country.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

:, Truth Eliminates and gives JOY and
IL Is l.. the 0ond :, not of pleas
ure, that mems spirits are inuissoIubly
held.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

There are but two classes of people
in this Norld difficult to convince
against their will-men and women.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The wise man counts the cost of his
pleasure after the doctor has sent in
his bill.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The secret of beauty is carried by
many a Chicago girl-you never sus-
pect that it is there.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The kindest and happiest pair will
find occasion to forbear, and something
every day they live to pity and per
haps forgive.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The girl who can neither sing nor
play, and knows it, is always a ia
Vorite.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

There's nothing new. Our grand
mothers often took spins on chainless
wheels.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The average man imagines he would
have been a perfect terror in the war If
business had not kept him at home.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Woman's ruling passion crops out in
her desire to rule a husband.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Those who go down to the sea in
ships should see that the ships do not
go down with them
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Life is q quarry, out of which we
are to mold and chisel and complete g
character.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Lots of men join a secret society be-
cause they think it's emblem will show
up we'll on their watch chains.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

1t is really not true that the Bis
marcks forbade the emperor's weeping
at their funeral.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Time is often said to be money, but
it is more-it is life; and yet many
who would cling desperately to lif'
think nothing of wasting time.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20
SICK SOLDIERS AT MANILA.
Seven Serious Fever Cases Among
MinnesOtans

lHIHHeSOTUnS.
Manila, Sept. 20.-The weekly sick
report from the hospital contains the
following names of members of tho
Thirteenth Minnesota: John lawson
Joseph Webb, William OdeT. Henry
Currier, Albert Carlstrom. Carl over
ton, George Johnston, A. Hanson and
Harry Miles, typhoid cases, all serious.
GustaVe ALBERT, typhoid fever. i'm
proving.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

No man is ever so friendly that he
can't find some one to jolly him along.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

The average woman acts first and
thinks it over afterward.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Cupid puts in a good deal of his time
at target practice.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

By the very constitution of our ma
ture moral evil is it's own curse.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

Do not blow your own trumpets;
nor which is the same thing, ask other
people to blow them No trumpeter
ever rose to be a general.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-09-20

It's easier to earn money than it is
not to spend it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
jobs For Reduced Swells.

The exposure of Lord Rosslyn' s
pseudo hospitality recently at a swell
London restaurant, where he invited so
friends of the upper Bohemian set to
dine with him and confessed, when his
creditors came down on him, that the
entertainment had been given at the
sole expense of the proprietor of the no.
tel at which the feast was spread, and
that he had been hired to appear as
host, is a new form of the social indus
tries open to the reduced swell. Another
is what Pooh Bah called attending
small suburban parties for reasonable
fee The existence of such practices is
regarded somewhat specifically in this
country, but it has long BEEN in vogue
on the continent. A firm organized in
Halle for furnishing presentable guests
has published and distributed the fol-
lowing tariff of its charges: Dancing
men in evening dress, 2 to 80 marks;
dancing men, good takers, 3 to 80
marks; dancing men with monocle. 3
to 10 marks; cotillon specialists, to
rs marks; old gentlemen with decora-
tions, 3 to rs marks; retired EaJors for
chaperons, to rs marks; noblemen to
take hostess in to supper, 20 marks. -
San francisco Argonaut.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
JUST FOR FUN.

Teacher = Why did Washington
cross the Delaware? Pupil From
Greater New York-To get away. from
Philadelphia.
Wilfrid (to Burke)-Do you believe
man is made of dust? Not all of them,
said Mr.. Burke. Dust settles, and
know Of men who don't.
Evasion-Ain't little bow legged?
asked the dubious young man. Bow
legged? said his tailor. The idea!
Your lower limbs, sir, are absolutely
without a parallel.
Camels, they say have keen scent
for water, and can smell it a long way
off. No camel it is said has ever been
able to cross the state of Kentucky.
Teacher-What do you know about
the early Christians? Tommy-Our
girl is one of'em. She gets up in the
morning, and goes to church before
breakfast.
Husband-What sad face that wo
man has! Wife-Yes, poor thing! She
has either loved and lost, or loved
and got him.
Mr.. Wallace GmpressiveIy)-A
Here is another story of a man who
killed himself because his home was
unhappy. Mrs. Wallace (sweetly)-
And aid that make his home happy,
or does the paper say?
Friend-What! Your baby two
years old and doesn't know how to
walk? Fond Mamma (apolegetically)
Well, you see, we've been SO busy
teaching him how to ride his little
bike that really we haven't had time
for anything else yet.
What do you think of that cigar
gave you yesterday? Not much. 1t
cost me 81. How so? Why, it gave
my wife the idea that the gas was
leaking somewhere, and early this
morning she sent for plumber.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
CURRENT MISCELLANY.

In village in the west of Ireland q
few weeks ago a child wandered away
into the country and was lost. Its anx-
ious parents, after a weary and unavail-
ing search, reported the matter to the
constable in charge of the village. After
carefully questioning them he told them
that any further search for the child
would be useless without certain pre-
1iminaries, because it was clear to him
that the poor child had been carried off
by the fairies, according to- their we'll
known custom. The constable told them
to make fire and burn in it as much
of certain herb as they could find.
They did so at once. Then, according
to his instructions, they went again in
search of the child. He had declared
that the smoke of the burning herb
would force the fairies to bring the
child back, and, sure enough, on going
over the ground they had previously
searched, they found the little boy
asleep beside a stream.
The reputation and authority Of that
constable have now increased hun
dredfold in all the countryside, and
very few householders in those parts
now have the temerity to risk offending
''the good people, as they call the
fairies (much as the Greeks used to call
the furies "the Eumenides, or we'll
wishing ones), by emitting to leave out
every night the traditional bowl of milk
and the griddlo cake for their benefit.
The constable himself believes his
charm brought the child back Yet, like
all the Royal Irish constabulary, he has
had to pass fairly stiff examination in
order to be received into service. New
York Sun
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
Manicuring With a Saw.

Charlie Stevens dared Fred Nicely to
trim his finger nails on the IL inch saw
at the sawmill. Fred agreed. but when
Charlie got through with the dangerous
operation, conducted while the machin-
cry was running at it's usual speed, Fred
prudently declined to risk it. The oper-
alton required delicacy of touch that
is at the command of man of unhinch-
ing nerve only. but Charlie was equal
to the occasion and did good clean
job, though the burning sensation he
experienced in his finger tips during the
operation was something he hadn't bar
gained for Clio mich. Star
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
Appreciation of American SweIls.

And the Englishman said "Our arts
tOcracy, with their airs and assump-
tions, were inherited by US. They are,
in the main, about 1000 years old.
Yours are the manufacture of yester-
day. You have women over there in
New York and Boston and Philadel-
phia, and even Chicago, who strike US
as nightly droll. Why not? Because.
in plain terms, we can't help consider
ing them brummagem limitations of our
own duchesses, marchionesses, countess
es. Why should you resent our judg-
ment? Would you purchase Sevres cup
or a Dresden plate if you thought it
spurious? And is not your attempt at
playing patricians the most spurious one
conceivable? We don't specially respect
our own lords and ladies', but we
permit them to exist and often to make
geese of themselves Cor something good
deal worse) because they are plantes la
because feudalism and superstition
brought them upon us-because to do
away with them would entail revolu-
ton, shaking our country to it's roots.
''It is fact that we jeer at the men of
our own land who gain new titles. We
are in spirit far more democratic than
you. Our society, as it exists today, is
a vast concourse of gentlefolk. You
have no society, so far as we can learn !;
you have only collection of Ilutocrat-
ic strugglers, and these, Af we are not
mistaken, have pushed to the wall even
those who had some vague claim to
birth, this feature being especially no.
ticeable in your New York, where the
families descended from your early
Dutch immigrants (plain and ordinary
enough persons even as late as 90 years
ago. have been superseded by rich up
starts, the bold and saucy human prod
ucts Of your railroad and mining game
sters. COLLIER Weekly.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02

CHEYENNE.

Have YOU been to Cheyenne2
There's the loncliest place.
The drearcst and searest
You'll find on the face
OF the earth, and hard by
Licth Laramie town,
Once camp of renoTn
As the home of Bill Nye.
Empty bottles and gravel
And cactus and cans,
Broken vows and old hoops
Scent the hot wind that fans
The parchcd plain. Gcing back
To the bottle and can,
i was broke in Cheyenne.
Years after I sat
In the managers car
As it slipped DER the steel
Trail with never jar,
And out train orders ran
Us by way of Cheyenne.
What a wonderful change
Had come over the placed
Oh, the women were fair!
There was one who had eyes
Just the hue of the skies,
And the low winds were soft,
And the things that were quafed-
Well, we laid over there.
"Ah, SO much depends
I said. with sigh,
As the hours flew by,
son friend and his friends.
Say, Deuel., how can
We go way from Chey
-Cy Warman in New York Sun.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02

In the island of Barbados largo guam
titles of mineral have been found
which the natives call manJak. 1t is
of bright black color ard occurs at a
very slight depth, sometimes ca the sur
face in beds one to two feet thick. 1t
generally appears under an angle of
about 40 degrees, and in the Immediate
vicinity of rock. 1t is presumed to be
solidified petroleum, which is often
seen here exuding from the earth or
floating on the water. In its compost
ton this mineral is similar to the
pitch of Trinidad, to the gilsonite of
Utah and the Canadian albertite, but it
is of a much better quality. The best
varieties of manjak contain 3 per cent
of water, 70.85 per cent Of volatile
organic substances, 2697 per cent of
ditto solid ones and .18 per cent of
mineral parts. Trinidad pitch contains
from 81 to 80 per cent of water and
about 3S per cent of ashes. Hence the
manjak mineral is much richer in nat
ural bitumen. 1t is used among other
purposes for the insulation of electrical
conduits, for varnish, bituminous con-
crete and for fuel, mixed with peat, etc.
1t may to some extent supplant gutta
percha as an insulating medium. -Sa-
vannah News
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-02
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.
Estate of C. E. Joslyn.

The undersigned, having been appoined
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Orleans, Commissioners, to receive, examine,
and adjust all claims and demands of all per-
sons against the estate of G. E. Joslyn
late of Barton, in said district deceased, and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that will meet for the purpos-
aforesaid at the office of b. f. ID. Carpenter
Barton Landing, on the 10th of May and
30th day of September next from one
O'Clock, p. M, until four O'Clock, p. m, each
of said days. and that months from the 8th
day of April, A. d. 1898, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to present
their claims to us for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Barton LandiI &, VT, this 14th day
of April, A. d. 1898.
y = ,E W c II 4 NBTFR CONS.