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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-13

occurred today. We were defeated, but
no wonder when one considers the
heavy armament of the Yankee ships.
| The Spanish navy was ignorant of the
power of the fleet against which it was
pitted. Our boats, many as they were,
were no match for the enemy, but the
honor of Spain is intact"
When Commodore Dewey found he
had his adversary at such a disad-
vantage he detached the Baltimore,
Concord and Boston to a point nearly
opposite Cavite point with orders to
she'll the batteries there Knowing
the danger of risking his boats even
at this advanced stage of victory too
near the stationary guns of the land
battery, he instructed them to use the
greatest caution In the undertaking,
for they had not only to face the Cavite
guns, but those of Mount Manila, Par
anque and Las Pinas, on the inland
shore Of Bakor bay, which overlooked
that body of water as we'll as the Ca
vite peninsula, and commanded a wide
sweep of Manila bay itself. He did
not know the strength of those batter
les, but he had the seaman's caution of
risking fight with land fertilization.
He had at the same time to beware of
the still stronger Notifications farther
up the shore, the particular defenses of
Manila. The Baltimore and Concord
stood down the bay for a mile or two
and began heavy cannonading upon
the Cayite batteries, lasting twenty
seven minutes.
Their work was effective from the
start and the Spanish reply was short
and ineffective. The cruisers ran in
quite close to the shore and the work
OF their gunners dismounted several
Spanish cannon and killed large num-
Der Of men. The position of the Amer
lean ships prevented the forts on the
hills behind Bakor bay from keeping
up anything but a desultory fire, and
even some of this was so badly man
aged that 1t dropped into the Cavite
battery. From the very first shot of
the battle Manila was in a panic.
The stream of people who began to
leave last week turned into a river and
that river into food, and when the
foreign Office here last heard all was
confusion in the city and its suburbs.
Also there was word that the insur-
gents had moved up to within fifteen
miles Of the western gates.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-05-13
His Sad Experience.

II bought claim" said the returned
Klondiker, where the nuggets were
said to be as plentiful as blackberries. :"
And they were not ?" well. yes.
they were; but, you see, there are no
blackberries in that region. "-Illustrat-
ed London News.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

If this, then, be the subject-train-
ing in the habit of seeing beauty-the
general question of the right kind OF
art would seem to be solved; for all, /
think, will agree that of all artists the
old masters best repay study. lndi-
vidually strong and attractive, they
gain immeasurably over modern men
by the accident of living in periods
when life was at it's best, when the
vision of beauty was most clearly re-
Yealed.
The adornment Of the schOol-room
should arouse a craving for the
very best. The need of beauty must
become organic. Art, that is now
conventi ton to the classes Of culture, a
riddle to the classes of toll, ought to
become living interest to all.
Recognizing the extreme sensibility
of children to impressions, we may be
certain that the foundations for a
new birth of art will be laid most Sc
curely in the schools if care is taken
to exclude from the schoOl-room walls
all but the highest and most serious
art. A bad picture has inevitably a
coarsening influence. The merely
commonplace cheapens life; and no
greater mistake can be made than of
restoring to comparatively inferior
things on the plea of the doctrine OF
interest. 1t is better that some few
in every school should take away from
the Winged Victory an ideal of
beauty than that all should conceive
of art in terms of yard of pansies or
the supplements to a Sunday news
paper. The whole series of such
things the children will find in their
homes; the school should contain the
best that humanity has to offer.
Beauty is not like lesson in arithme-
tic; it does not have to be apprehend-
ed by the whole class. 1t does not
come through much teaching and ex-
pounding, but only through the re-
action of what is fine within upon
what is finest outside.
The art, then, for the school-room
should be classic, serious, and beauti-
full. The schools need the inspiration
of perfect beauty. The sensitive
child must learn the value of an art
istic inheritance, to sit with rever-
ence at the feet of the old masters,
and to feel the lovliness of their lord
ship of things. Then he will be in
the hands of causes that will arouse
in him a hunger and thirst after the
beautiful and the good.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

The following editorial from the
the Minneapolis Journal is among
the best, if not the best editorial on
the Maine disaster yet published, and
reflects the true patriotic spirit of the
American people:-The riddle of the
Maine disaster is not yet read. Nor
can it be until the naval court of in
ouiry finishes it's work, which will be
begun next week Even the naval
experts are very far from beng agreed
as to the causes of the explosion and
some of the most eminent, such as
Naval Constructor Hichborne, de-
clare positively that it could not pos
sibly have been an accident. The
most PLAUSIBLE theory-that of spon-
toneous combustion in the coal bum
kers-seems to be negatived by the
low temperature in the magazine only
90 minutes before the explosion,
when the keys were handed to Cap
tain Sigsbee, and by the fact that
high-class coal, mostly anthracite,
which cannot ignite spontaneously,
was used. Yet the alternative is so
dreadful that officials and press and
public alike shrink from it. The
judicial temper of the American peo-
pie in the face of this supreme crisis is
most remarkable. Captain Sigsbee's
plea for suspension of Judgement
has been accepted not only by public
men, but by even the most sensation
al of the newspapers. One can readi-
ly imagine the state of feeling that
would now exist in Madrid if the
tables were turned and the Vizcays
was lying shattered wreck at the
bottom of New York harbor The
excitable Spanish temperament would
Have led the nation into uncontroll-
able fury. But beneath this calm
ness of the American nation there lies
q grim determination which bodies iii
for the perpetrators of SO dastardly a
crime-if crime it turn out to be.
President McKinley's formal state
ment, issued today, is exactly conso-
nant with the feeling of the nation.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Central Teachers Association to be held
at the Court House, Ellsworth.
Feb. 26,' SO.

PROGRAM:
1890 Opening Remarks. President.
1O:4O How to Grade and Classify
District School, jamie Nero.
Discussion risarSi opened by Willis MatSe Wson
1l:15. Arithmetic Reinhardt Thiessen.
General Discussion.
-'-O' G. Edw. Brasngton.
1:i5. Music. Ellsworth Mandolin Club
1870. Business session. Election of
officers, roll call, etc.
1:45. Glass Exercise in Reading,
215. School discipline. C.. ]. Brewer.
2.45 Music NgvdtI IN the School, " b b, Chaplin.
Discussion opened by Gertie Andrus.
3:l5. Helpfuness of q Normal School
Training to the Country, woa.u
Review, Adine Van schoonhoven.
3:45. accommodations.
400. Adjournment.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
1. Discussion OF all topics as time
permits.
2. Teachers should appreciate the
importance of being present ON TIME.
8. The Presbyterian Ladies' Aid
Society announce that they will serve
dinner for teachers at the church
parlors at 20 cents per plate.
4. ALL are cordially invited.
5. Past attendance-'93, 6O-'94, 80
-'95, 1?4-'96, 26O-'97, 150-'98, 1853.
Officers of the Association,
J. f. SHAW, Pres,
L. STRoEBEL, Vice Pres,
w. M. LEONARD, Sec'y.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
is distracted He says: with the
Republican party abandoning all ef-
fort to secure international bi-metal-
lism, with it's distinguished leaders
ridiculing the idea, and with Secretary
Gage going out of his way to declare
the inviolability OF the gold standard,
we need expect no victory next fall
on the financial issue alone. The
elections will be fatal to us and will
pave the way to Democratic presi-
dent in 1900.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
vvVVVvvVvvvV

The state of Iowa came near going
woman suffrage the other day, by a
vote of so to At. If the ladies ever
expect to win in this battle for their
rights of suffrage, they must study
modern politics and learn to manipu-
late the political wires according to
common custom. In other words,
when all else fails they must 60 down
deep into their pockets, but unfortu-
nately this requirement is fatal to
their cause as they have foolishly
abolished this important appendage
in the economy OF their wearing ap-
r,nra1
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
VvvVvvvvvvvV

A large Steropticon and Gramo-
phone will be used at the Norwegian
Methodist church at New Centerville,
Wis, Monay, Feb. 28, at Z O'Clock
P. NJ. by A. L. Lather. 600 different
PICTURES and views will be shown,
The Gramophone will talk and sing.
This rare entertainment will be for
the interest of temperance. Entrance
20 cts. Children 1Octs. Come and
bring your friends with you.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
The Right Art for the School Room.
RY r CORuRN.

BY W.T. COBURN.
What is the proper art for the
school? Is anything that is fairly
artistic and decorative good enough,
or only the best to be'shown? Is the
interest of children more easily gain
ed by modern pictures than by classic
art? Is the best in art or literature
necessarily the best for children? OF
the silent and constant influence Of
pictures and statuary upon those who
live in their presence there ought to
be no doubt. So many of the child's
days are passed within the four walls
of the school-room, so thickly there do
scented impressions crowd upon him,
that the influence of it's decoration is
likely to be stronger than that of the
home furnishings. The public
school is the place to which we should
turn our chief attention in our effort
to promote a more beautiful public
life in America. The child should be
surrounded by beauty in the school
room from first to last. Trained in
the habit of seeing beauty, he will
come instinctively to hate ugliness in
the home and in the street.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
He has authorized this:

He has authorized this:
Based upon information now in
his possession, the president be-
lieves that the Maine was blown
up as the result of an accident. If it
is found that the disaster was not an
accident, prompt and decisive steps
will be taken in the premises. The
finding of the naval court will develop
the cause, and until that is submitted
nothing will be done.
Meanwhile the decision of the
government to send another warship
to Havana means that Uncle Sam will
stick to his text"
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

The later investigation of the
Minnesota states prison scandal has
resulted in a complete exoneration
of the prison officials. The people,
however, who read the evidencein the
Globe would have rendered different
verdict. 1t is another case Of
machine rule and machine investiga-
ton. Wisconsin has similar inves-
tigation in progress.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Council Proceedings.

Council Chamber, City of River
Falls, Feb. II, 1898. Special meet
ing of Common Council called by the
Mayor. Present G. w. Chinook,
Aldermen Glass, Thomson, Ulrich
and Williams. On motion resolved
that immediate steps be taken to put
down an additional we'll at the
pumping station such well to be 9
in. in diameter for 225 it. approx
mately and then z in. in diameter I'M
til the depth of about 400 #. The
we'll to be cased with in. wrought
iron casing with screw joints to the
depth of in. hole and that the Clerk
be directed to correspond with parties
in relation to putting down such we'll.
Glass, Thompson, Ulrich and Will
liams all voting aye.
Adjourned.
ALLEN p. WELD,
N;tx,
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22

If we are going to war with Spain
we had better keep our war vessels
out of reach of the Spaniards until
war has been declared.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Bills allowed, all voting aye.

Bills allowed, all voting aye.
The following resolution was offered.
Resolved; That the city clerk is
hereby directed to advertise for pro-
posals for putting down an addition
al artesian we'll for the city at the city
pumping station. Bids to be received
for alternate proposals for a well to
be drilled for 225 feet 8 in. inches In
diameter and thence It's it. Z in. in
diameter and to be cased for 225 it..
with iron casing in. internal dia-
meter with couplings. Also for well
10 in. in diameter for 225 it. to be
cased with in. castings screw joints
with couplings and thence with 8 In.
hole for It's it. Adopted, Glass,
Ulerich and Williams voting aye.
Passed Feb. L., 1898. Approved
Feb. 10, 1898.
G. w. CHINOOK, Mayor;
(Attest) ALLEN P. WELD, City Clerk.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
ALLEN P. WELD,
City Clerk.

Council Chamber, City of River
Falls, Feb. 18. 1898. Council con-
vened at 7.3O P. M. Present Mayor
Chinook, Alder men Glass, Thorn
son and Ulrich. Williams absent.
Minutes of the meet of Feb. 4 and IL
read and approved, Finance Com
mittee reported following bills APP
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-02-22
Two for One

White Shirts is the
Subject Better let your Mother,
Wife or Sister look at them, they
are better judges of the material
that goes to make shirt-De-
scriptiOn-BOdy Of Wamsutta
muslin Double stitched through
out, patent fastenings and stays,
Set i'm Short Bosom all linen-COr-
rectly made Price Fifty cents
at
H. A. Hdgestdd & Co.,
One Price Cash Clothiers
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

Captain Sigsbee, whose GOODNESS in
The great crisis of his life when his i'm
mortal appeal to the American people
to suspend Judgment prevented war.
no longer suspends judgment. The
strongest indictment against Spain is
his positive declaration before the
Senate committee. that the Maine was
blown up by a mine located in Havana
harbor by Spanish officials Capt.
Sigshee is not a sensaiionaIist, and he
IS the sort of man who can be depended
upon to know whereof he speaks This
testimony and the fact that Spain has
not Vet seen fit even to express regret
for this occurrence. may he said to fan
the war feeling more than anything
t.IS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08
The Bi-weetIy Echo.

The colby Echo will be published BIZ
weekly for the next month but after that
Time Win resume It's weekly issues. This
week the Echo Is a credit to the editors.
1T II Of eight pages ana iS filed well up
to the last slug with good reading mat
ter. II is called the literary number and
it is truly literary number in every
sense of tn" word. Among other matter
it contains perfect likenesses of the late
Dr. Rogers and the members of the Colby
debating team. There are contributions
from the pens of Mrs. Edith Hanson
Gale. -; Miss Mae 6, Philbrook. go; Miss
Mary anna Sawtrllc, Alice SaWtelle Ran
dan IS: and Il pretty poem Night by
Master stephen -. Hadlcy. 12-years- old
lad Of ROckiand who has got cinch wit
the editor from bis city. The poem is
really 4 gem
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

be enormously greater than under the
old order of things. The United States
now has guns which cost $1,000 for each
discharge while so would have paid
the bill for the most expensive shots
during our Civil War. The total cost
of the Civil War. including both sides.
was more than s.. coo 600. 600 and during
the last few months it was costing the
Northern side 5000 000 ii day. Then
the greatest expense was for the land
forces, the army having received in
four years s. IA 900 600. against S3l0.
p0n, 600 for the navy. Should we fight
with Spain this will he reversed. for the
navy will demand the greater share.
1t is idle to figure on the probable
cost of such a war. The estimate must
run into the hundreds of millions. even
from the most conservative standpoint.
1t doesn't take much of war to con
sumo $loo"oo,ooo. our Revolutionary
War cost us $l%5 l%9 900. and the httlt-
brush we had with England in 1872 cos
$lo1 lbs ,oo3, The expense To England
was a great deal more, which was an
added source Of satisfaction to the
American heart 1t is also gratifying
to reflect that the United States has
spent less in 100 years for war pur-
poses than any of the first class
powers, and less even than number
Of the little powers. Lord Salisbury
recently contributed an article to an
English review. in which he declared
that England had spent FOR war pur-
poses Sc, 795. geo. 900 in less than POO years.
and if the Johnny Bulls can stand Il
sum lik" that this country need not
worry over the few hundred millions ii
may take to blast the last vesti@e of
monarchicaI tyranny from the Western
hemisphere.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

General Lew Wallace, the famous;
soIdier-author. stands firm for Cuban
freedom and for war before dishonor.
but he knows what war is and hopes it
will be avoided unless other means fail.
He says: People do not begin to
realize the unspeakahe horrors OF
modern warfare. The awful scenes and
iriShtful carnage of the late Civil War
would be as child's play to the battles
which the inventions of the last few
years have made possible. Orators
cannot tell and artists cannot picture
what general engagement by land on
sea between the forces of our cnuntry
ana Spain would he. The horrors al
Millions hell and Dantes inferno are
pleasant pastoral scenes COMPARED IN
what mans ingenuity in preparing fer
war today has made possible for ma Ms
destruction and torture
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

If war should come ear navy has I,
glorious reputation to- maintain. IT.
history is full of marvellous achieve
ments. as every school boy knows. AT
the beginning of the War of the
Revolution there was no American
navy. However, the Continental priva -
tcerS managed to capture about SOC
English vessels and 1000 prisoners, 500
of them soldiers in some of the best
English regiments. In the two years
naval war with France the fighting
was all done by the navy. which cap
about 5000 men. The wars with the
Barbary pirates We're also brought to q
of the navy. the United States securing
privileges not granted to European
however, that our navy won its great
est victory by whipping the British
after it had defeated the combined sea
forces of the world over 1900 British
ships We're taken and over 10000 British
seamcn were made prisoners. Finally
in the Mexican war, though there was
not much chance for naval co-opera
tion with the land forces. when the
chance did come at Vera Cruz the navy
took il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08
Woman's Literary Club.

The A. meeting of the season of tn,
woman literary club was held Wednes-
day evening with Mrs David Gallcrt
just prior To the programme for the eve
ming there was a business meeting al
which there WAS made a slight change
in the bylaws. The following officers
We're elected for the new year: President
Mrs. Isabel \. Hodgdon. vice president
Mrs Frank Philbrick; secretary, Mrs
Florence $. Butler: treasurer. Miss Fan
ME Gallcrt: programme committee Mrs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

UNITED STATES BRANCH: NORTH
BRITISH & MERCANTILE ms. co. of
London and Edinburgh, Great Britain
incorporated in 1909. Commenced business
in United States in 1866.
Manager of the United States Branch,
II. +. Bowers Deputy Manager of the
United States Branch. West Pollock;
Assistant Manager of the United States
Branch. w. r. Ecker.
STATEMENT JANUARY LIST, 1895.
ASSETS. DECEMBER 81, 1897.
Stocks and bonds owned by
the company. market value. 50, 4A oI3 90
Cash IN the companys princi-
pal office and in bank, iilSSo -
Interest due ana accrued. a. 915 90
Premiums in due course of
collection. 3l4In %
other admitted assets 3461 %
Aggregate Of all the admitted
assets of the company at
their actual value, t,299 $50 81
LIABILITIES, DECEMBER 81. 1891
Net amount of unpaid losses
and claims, S2l2 800 IS
Amount required to safely re-
insure all outstanding risks 1,9169II 81
An other demands against the
company. viz. Special agents
credit balances. 1881 "A
Total amount of liabilities
except capital stock and net
surplus. 2.1S9 $50 n
Surplus beyond capital 2.I10390 40
Aggregate amount of liahili-
ties. including net surplus. 81. 299 $50 ST
MACOMRER, FARR q WHITTEN,
Agents. Augusta, Ne. MARI, dlaw3t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-08

are many reasons why a wise woman fol
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obscure physician of small practice will
not diagnose troubles of this nature prop
erlv If he does, he will insist on the
obnoxious examinations and local treat
ment from which every sensitive, modest
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