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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

While robbed Of some sensational cir
cumstances by the shots OF the Span
iards, the affair, in It's conception, was
still Of so daring and brilliant nature
as to command the admiration OF the
Spanish admiral. Ceryera. and the APP
plause and reward OF the American
government and people. That Is about
what history will say. and II is enough.
In that manner the glorious affair will
De kept In remembrance as long as his
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

1t must be remembered that in this
war the private's part is more import
ant than In any war in the past. The
open order formation in which battle
is now fought, on account Of the preci-
sion and rapidly Of fire of modern
small arms and machine guns, makes
the individual soldier more dependent
upon himself and less dependent upon
his officers. He must use his brains
as well as his legs and arms. Other
conditions being equal, the army that
has the most intelligent soldiers will
win.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

War is rapidly making the United
States a cosmopolitan nation. War is
always a quick educator. Whatever
else it does, it sharpens the wits and
broadens the minds of nations. The
present war has already made the
United States nation of students Of
history, geography and International
relations. The nation has learned more
of the world in the last few months
than years of peace would have brought
ii.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

"That'a che man over 'hsrs -
who polished up Kipliugs He
alT" mo. You've got then
That's tho man who rswross y
chapter OF Genesis In words /"
tables, and corrected the grss
the Lords prayee"--clevslsoe :
Dealer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Five years ago farmer in one Of our
country towns, who had on his farm a
thorny little ravine of no value, set it
with balm Of Gilead shoots. He now
gathers every spring from $50 to 800
worth Of buds from the ravine, selling
them to pharmacists.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

II was once customary u
when a guest had remained !.
for the host TO serve him q Coz. !.
der Of mutton instead OF . ."
This was the origin of the pm"
give the cold shoulder."
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Siberia IL an empire in ltseih NJ
have been discovered alons ~ \
road flfty-fonr hituminous ...I
twenty gold. forty copper ana "
yer deposits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

War proceedings as rule lower land
values, but blowing up earthworks GER
tainly comes under the head Of rise
In real estate.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Dewey's salary with his promotion in
rank is increased from five to six thou
sand dollars. As he is a man of thou
sand this is quite in keeping.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

The attention Of the Harvard profess
sor who says there are no gentlemen in
America is called to the fact that there
are few fighters.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

LIEUT.. W. .. NUoHTNN.
tory is read. But in the present. the
excited and grateful people OF the
United States are eScusable for making
vastly more OF 1t, for thelr pride and
glory, than naked statement OF the
facts will be likely TO convey to any
that may be living in after times. In
history 1t will take its place along with
other Instances of individual daring.
similcs in nature. that are already in
fixed Ia the annals Of the American
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

The Spaniards readily believe the
yarn that Dewey was a bad boy, and
In addition they think he grew worse
as he got older.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

1t was October 81, 1893. Capt. Balm.
oridse, with the :Tigats Philadelphia
had been maintaining the blockade a,
Tripoli, but his yesSel was blown away
from Its station by a furious gale
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Young military attaches are always
willing to instruct pretty girls In the
use of arms.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

What is the biggest game in your
vicinity?" asks a New England eorre-
Spondent. Draw poker.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

she-DId you ever see any =" ~,
lng7 He-Yes; I was In WA NM
when the Spanish minister anu
were sent home.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Some men can't screw their courage
up without the aid of corkscrew.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

The want of money makes the mare
go-in exchange for wheel.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-06

Circumstances make fewer men than
they discover.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

powerful B. f. Allen. The firm of
Clarkson Brothers, then formed, has
never been discontinued at the head
of the paper. John R. Clarkson, eldest
son of Richard p. is business manager
and Frank Clarkson, the other son, is
associate editor.
The editor of the Register is ex-
tremely methodical in all that he does.
The Register Office is about ten blocks
from his house, and so situated that
he can start from the Office and make
a turn at every corner, going in Zig
gag direction to his home, and this he
always does, walking back and forth
every day in the year. He takes a diff
ferent route in the winter, choosing
the sunny side of the street. Any
member of his family wishing to inter-
cept him on his way to or from the Of
fee knows exactly where to look for
him, for he never varies his route, I'M
less to transact business. His daily
program is as fixed as the planetary
system. Not one of his employees puts
In as many hours of solid work as the
head of the establishment, for he
works about sixteen hours day. He
spends the morning and until about
2:3O or in the afternoon at his house,
where he does a large part of his edi-
torial work. He then goes to his Office
and stays until about 6, returning at
$50 and leaving again little before
II.
his newspaper. He has always refused
to take stock in local enterprises,
though he has been a liberal contrib
utor toward securing them. lie mas
preferred to retain his independence
from all obligations outside his own
Office.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
An Attentive Audience.

Lecturers and other public entertain
ers appreciate greatly an attentive au-
dience, but is there such thing as be-
ing too attentive? The story is told
that not long ago well-known novel
list delivered a lecture in New Jersey
town. After the lecture, when the peo-
pie met, they talked about the affair,
as was their wont.
"Were you at the Lecturer" one would
ask another, and in every case the an
swer was:
"Oh, yes, l was there, but couldn't
hear a word. Did you hear it?'
sWell, no; was there, but l couldn't
hear, either"
No one could be found who had heard
a word. About this time an acquaint-
ance of the novelist heard from friends
in the place this account of the matter,
and meeting the lecturer, asked him
what kind of an audience he had had
there, and how he liked the place.
'It's a fine place." said the novelist,
"and had the most attentive audience
1 have ever spoken to. Why, no one
made a sound, and didn't have to raise
my voice above a Whisper Saturday
Evening Post.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
,owA.s REMARKABLE EDITOR.
Richard Peters C1arkson, One OF the
Interesting Characters of the State.

Richard Peters GARRISON, One of the
Interesting Characters of the state.
Richard Peters Clarkson, editor and
principal owner OF the Iowa State Reg
lister, is one Of the most interesting,
original and forceful characters in the
State. He has grown up in the news
paper business. His father, Cocker b.
Clarkson, lived in Brookville, IND,
where Richard was born in 1910, and
there the elder C1arkson conducted a
weekly paper called the Brookville
American, and his sons, Richard t.
and James S., learned their trade III
that office. In 1855 the family moved
to Grundy County, Iowa, and settled
on a farm, where they lived for some
fifteen years. In the spring of 1861
Richard entered the Office of the Des
Moines Register as a printer, but the
following October he enlisted as prl-
vate in Company A. Twelfth Iowa In
fantry. He suffered severely during
the war, was captured at Shiloh April
6, 1862, and was confined seven months
in a rebel prison. Afterward he re-
turned to his regiment and served to
the end of the war, when he returned
to the Grundy County farm and re-
NAMED until 1870. The father and his
two sons then bought the Iowa State
Register. Eighteen months later oc-
Cured the famous Senatorial contest
between James Harlan, then United
States Senator, and William B. Allison,
member of Congress and candidate for
the Senatorship. The elder Clarkson
favored Harlan, but the boys were for
Allison The matter was settled quite
unexpectedly to the senior partner, for
the boys secured from him an offer to
sell his share, and they raised the
money and paid him the cash with the
assistance of the then wealthy and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
UNIQUE CLOCK AT VENICE.

tonic Rizzo. The tower is some hum
dred feet high, and surrounding it is
big bell, on either side of which
stands two bronze giants, whose usual
attitude is one of readiness to strike
the hours upon the rim with the heavy
sledges which they hold. Beneath, on
the facade of the tower, is a gilded
statue of the blessed virgin and the in
FAINT Jesus, and on either side of the
group are square openings, where ap-
pear golden numerals which tell of the
hours and the minutes. There is no
dial. The numbers are shifted to the
openings in some such manner as are
the figures in "cash register" Still
lower is a beautiful azure and gold
circle of the zodiac.
On Ascension day and for eight days
thereafter the numerals do not appear
at noontime, but instead issue forth
from the right-hand opening a process
sion of the Magi. They march slowly
and reverently before the madonna and
child and as they come abreast Of
mother and babe they make profound
obeisance and one of the wise men
with Difference jerkily removes his
headgear. Ascension day and the
week following are gala times in Ven
ice and when the Magi come the piazza
is thronged with the festal crowds,
drawn thither by the unusual specta-
Gle.
A little below the arch of the tunnel
which penetrates the base of the clock
tower is white stone in the pave.
ment which, it is said, marks the spot
where the standard bearer of Benja-
monte Tiepolo was killed in the early
part Of the fourteenth century by a
heavy stone thrown from a window.
The stone was meant for Tiepolo him.
self, who was heading a conspiracy to
assassinate Don Pietro Gradenigo and
dissolve the grand council. A banner,
hung from the window whence Gius-
tina Rossi threw the stone, long
celebrated her act and in 1841 her bust
was placed in neighboring portico.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
The Bitter End.

Shortly after the holidays a ~. ~
gresham from one Of the w.. ,.a
States received his quota Of ! s' ~
seeds from the Department. VI ,h NJ
culture, and forthwith dIS'i"'
them among his constituents ur,
In most instances they were lu ~,
preciated, as scores of letters a', si.+t
constituent has been recoEuep A.,
the distribution of seeds was .n' ii
rated than one writer, to Wno'T
had been sent some Of the lIly-0u.Y, "a
"Many thanks" wrote the s soss
recipient. "The onions were p p
larly fine, and greatly enjoyed WV
beefsteak."- Chicago Record
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
COnquering an Audience

A writer in the New York Tmsu
rates an incident which shows that
temus Wards unique and kindly
NOR was not dependent upon adVa
tiOus circumstances. He was tOhH
at a town in Central Pennsylvania
the morning of his lecture id
snow-storm broke over that sect
and ragged so long and so furiousyH
few people braved the tempest. Y
Artemus Ward appeared on they
form, he faced an audience ofh
men, each in the seat his c0Up0Da
for; all three far in the rear otGRa
Artemus kept his solemn face at
solemnest, as he advanced to then
lights, and reckoning to the men,
"Come up closer, gentlemen. ivy
to speak to YOU"
He had to repeat the inyitatloH1
fore his auditors understood tha'
meant what he said. When th!a
taken seats together in the frOntf]
Artemus said, ''There, now, thS
more sociable." He paused a mon1
and went on:
Gentlemen, you are entitled N1
my show and hear my lecture, ny
are so disposed. But | understand
beneath this hall there is an e2ce1
cafe, and 1 suggest that we speM
evening there, you as my guests
Though reluctant to forego the W
and lecture, as they saw Artem|
no mind for them the three asEee'
his proposition, the lights were luD
out, and the little party deScenu''I
the cafe, where for hours they uD
merry, and whence they were felu''
to start for home. :.
If Artemus Ward was not at Dis ~
then his best must have been p',',
telling; for the stories he told anu
way he told them made bis auu'.
forget time and circumstances
completely banished any Ilnsei'DI
greet for what they had not fecei''''
stairs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
Army shelter Tent.

The Austrians have recently adopted
for their army Il shelter tent, which,
when not pitched, is separated into
pieces cut to fold over and form storm
coats for the soldiers. The material is
light, strong, waterproof linen, bound
along the edges with wide braid and
provided with cords. which serve the
double purpose of fastening either the
tent or coat Upon hating for the night
the soldiers remove or unpack their
coats in pairs, tie them together and
form the tent upon their own rifles,
which. with bayonets fixed, are stuck
into the ground to form tent poles.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

I cannot conceive of anything that
women could do in the future that
would shock the public now as the
things they actually are doing would
have shocked the public of thirty, TWEEN
ty, or even ten years ago, writes cor
respondent of the North American
Review. Women attend business
meetings of corporations, and in
some cases, notably small manufac'
turing or business concerns, if they
have a large amount of money invested,
they serve as directors, even as presi-
dent or treasurer. They vote on school
matters in the majority of the States.
They have full suffrage in Wyoming,
Utah, Colorado and Idaho, and munich
pal suffrage in Kansas. Even in States
where they do not vote, women are fire.
quently seen at the polls, notably mem
bers of the w. G. T. u, who go for the
purpose of distributing ballots or pro-
viding coffee in the interest Of temper
ance. We see the same change in social
life. Years ago a mans club was the
one spot where a woman could not set
that the moral tone of the place was
such that she would not wish to go
there if she could. Customs have
changed SO much that women not only
visit the club on ladies nights" but
they are actually invited to the restau-
rants on ordinary days. Almost all the
newer clubs, especially those in the
country, and those connected with ath-
letic interests, make provision for wom-
en-, and in some cases the club suppers
are almost as domestic as family par
ties. Last winter attended a meeting
of the woman's society at a mans club
in one of our great cities. The club
men were not invited to the meeting,
but the courtesy Of a portion of their
house was extended for the day, be-
caue the society was a noted one and
the club could offer finer acommoda.
tons than any hotel. Some of the Ia
dies, when enjoying the perfect ap-
pointments of the dressing and dining
rooms, remarked that it was pity that
women should ever undertake house
keeping when men had shown that
they could do it so much better.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
this method Of replying to an adyer-

sary.
He was arguing against bill for the
prohibition of oleomargarine, and IN
sisting that good oleomargarlne was
better than bad butter. He fortlhed
his argument by a story of a gentle
man who had introduced the substl-
tute without explanation at luncheon,
and who, on asking his guests to COM
pare it with the best butter, also on the
table, found them all selecting the oleo-
margarine.
Suddenly Mr.. - arose, and with the
profoundest seriousness asked:
'sWill the gentleman kindly inform US
at what precise stage of the luncheon
party this test was applied?
The retort brought down the house
instantly, and the rout which followed
was overwhelming. It readily occur
red that at convivial luncheon party
there might be period when the judg-
ment of the guests would lose some OF
it's value.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

The much-talked-of suggestion of
James D. Edgar, speaker of the domin-
ion parliament, in regard to the ex-
change of jamaica and the British
West Indies for New Hampshire was
made in letter to the Toronto Globe
and was intended merely as the retort
courteous to Senator Chambers article
In New York magazine, in which the
New Hampshire Senator suggested
that England might be willing to ex-
change Canada for the Philippines.
Mr.. Edgar evidently did not think the
proposal q fiattering one and gave a
quid pro quo in suggesting an exchange
of Jamaica for New Hampshire.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

The recent dissolution Of the Joint
Traffic Association indicates that New
York railroads and commercial inter-
ests will renew the fight before Con-
gress to abolish "differentialS" and the
evening of rates by which Commodore
Vanderbilt's often-asserted principle of
lone rate to the seaboard' may be real
lied. The present differentials We're es-
tablished in 1882 on the principle of
fixing a uniform tariff between Western
farms and Atlantic cities. The result
of that agreement has been the divert
Ing of considerable part of the export
trade Of the country to Philadelphia
and Baltimore instead of to New York
These cities are likely to unite in oppo-
sition to any legislation looking to an
equalization of freights with New York.
AS respects the West its interests lie
in securing the cheapest and quickest
route to the seaboard, and unless drawn
into the fight in its own interests will
be in position to congratulate the vic
Tor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
A CRAZE OF PsE,,no
The Present. Remarkab,o
Medieval Supor.' ReNis

'SCsM
The Present. Remarkan,o =
Medieval supersti,ihoss' ie
In the Century, DAME, y
has an article CT ''popuI,rp ~
tons of Europe" DR.. Rr i Sups
his article by saying: ''a
From some strange reason \,
been a wonderful revival ,. @,snh
last decade of nearly every 'r na
superstition, under yarions IL ae
the most enlightened centar s''
world. The practitioners A. a.
ern sorcery, instead Of copcas IA
yertise their claims, and ures
the community under psenSo, >
names and jargons. PalmfSt,ssN s'
ogy, sympathetic magic, the do ~
signatures, acknowledgements
the farrago of fifteenth ceptn,S
matology, flourish today IN
and New York, in Paris and cn,''
a degree surprising anytbinr =
three centuries ago.
There is a reason for this S,
science seen upside down Tb
confused groundwork Of trutb II
cious method of viewing fact, n
basis of these pseudo-sciences ri
truth and the facts exist and a.
plain the success Of the daso,.
They dazzle and daza minds not1
ed in sound reasoning; and bon
are! The societies for "psvc,t
search" and theosopnic snecnIatsJ
gin with an acknowledges NJ
possible truth of ghOSt-seeIDg ON,
communion with the divine Th,
sible ground is seized by the cn5'
as proved basis for his ilIusorv an,
Superstitions are at core the son'
erywhere and at all times. becau,,
are based on those desires and NM
norance which are and will pyai
part of mans nature, He is /
aware of mighty, unmeasured fns
ceaseless activity around him. oy
ing his own destiny; the 0mllos
omnipresent portent Of death !
him at every turn; dissatisfactat
his present condition, intense ID
for a life and JOY which it cant
Offer, goad him to seek q know
which weights and measures or
potent to accord him. Yet SUI
stricted knowledge is all that s.
can supply. Therefore he turns
spair to the mystics and the adep
Cagliostros and the Humes, who
ready TO peckon him into their 1
temples of folly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

dean, ''the best room available, and seat
her at my own table. should be proud
to have written her note myself; it lifts
her out of the impersonality of one OF
the new girls into a young woman /
shall welcome as a friend Another
example of epistolary triumph comes
from a recent biographer of Carlyle.
The authors library had been papered
and furnished to his entire satisfaction,
but on the third day young lady next
door began to practice on her piano
forte. Another upheaval, involving the
tearing down of a partition and the
building of a new chimney, to fit up a
new library in distant part of the
house, seemed inevitable. Suddenly
Carlyle snatched paper and wrote so
seductive a note to the young stranger
that she readily agreed never to play
until after two o'clock in the afternoon.
1t is reported that letter writing is out
Of fashion. This is a mistake. The
neat, well-phrased and charming letter
has it's place in society to-day, and con-
fers distinction upon it's author.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

A Western paper says that resident
of that place was fined $40 and costs the
other day merely for loving a girl. He
escaped very luckily; usually fellow
under such circumstances is fined the
price of a marriage license and is SEN
fenced for life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

An Eastern paper remarks: when
a man in New York sells his wife for
S. to another man it does seem as if
there was still a field for the home mis-
sionary." 1t does, indeed. Rate cut
ting is the decentralization of many lines
of business nowadays.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

Russia has just ordered large in
voice of wind mills from a Boston firm.
Since he launched his universal peace
proposition the Gar is inclined to put
on airs. Or, it may be, he has found
the proposition so tough that he wants
to fill it with blowholes. =
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
HapDier in Glory.

The Lowland Scottish peasant has an
Ing about her relatives and friends
deaths The Cornhill Magazine tells of
a good woman who lost her aunt re-
marking to sympathiZing visitor:
''Eh, yes mem, aunty's deid But she
was very auld and frail. She's far bet
ter ava, and far hooper in glory, and
I got hummer pounds o. legacy
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22
A Witty RetOrt.

Though witty retort is not an argu-
ment, it often serves as spring board
from which one may vault over his as
sailants' heads. Col. T. w. Higginson,
in the Atlantic Monthly, tells how,
while member of the Massachusetts
Legislature, he was made a victim of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

A woman in Maryland has been sent
to jail for being a common scold. If she
has q wideawake attorney, however,
she undoubtedly will get new trial,
for it will be an easy matter to prove
that she really is an uncommon scold.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

will demand on od Glory as
addition of States has hed the e
in the
this would
proper standard The design o new
background Of red and white stripes not unlike the con
circle contains eq
Welding together the un
70 many
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-12-22

The Boston Herald says that "Mrs.
Evangeline Cisneros Carbonen has re-
turned to Cuba free and disenthralled."
Great Scott! Has she secured divorce
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