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The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
RUSSIAN RIOTERS ROUTED.
Riotous strikers, at AlcNandrOv-
sky, Fired Upon by Troops Az
ter StOninE the Police.

London, May 23.-A dispatch from
st. Petersburg, dated May 81, says:
The strikers at the Obuchoff iron
works at Alexandrovsky, in this vi
entity, had collision with the au-
thorities Monday. Some $500 rioters
stoned the police, injuring IL of them.
The police were reinforced by SOL
diers, who fired three volleys, killing
two men and wounding seven. One
hundred and twenty persons were ar
rested
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
ON A TOUR OF INSPECTION.
Adjutant-General Corbin VIII Sail
From San Francisco, June
10, for Manila.

Washington, May 23.-Maj.-Gen.
Henry c. Corbin, Acknowledgement OF
the army will sail for the FhilipI ines
on the transport Hancock which
leaves San Francisco June 25. He in
tends to make general inspection
of the military conditions in -: is
lands.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
Golden wedding.

vandalin, III. May 23.-Mr, and
Mrs. II. s. Humphrey celebrated the
Aftieth anniversary OF their marriage
here Wednesday. Mr.. Humphrey Is
one Of the veteran newspaper pub
fishers OF the state, but retired from
the business In 1883, and Is now dis
nensing drugs.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25

Tacoma, WASH. May a3.--Mrs. Chos'
r. 0unzert, wife of n plumber, shot
and killed her i3'yeor'old son and
then committed suicide by taking ear
bolIc acid. The tragedy occurred IN
the woods west Of Lake Park station.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
Thc ohio Fnrty.

Glcnwood Springs, Cola May 90
Gov, Nush and 100 Others from ONO
amen, the morning here bathing ana
.ioh, seeing. Thursday they spen'
mo doy In Denver and expect 10 rcneS
Columbus Oh Saturday
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
italy wants Satisfaction.

London. May 93.--ltaly has de-
nnnded satisfaction from Turkey for
the death of Decrocis, the Italian who
was summorily shot by the sultan's
order on suspicion of being an ennis
sary of the Young Turkey pnrty,"
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
German steamer Ashore.

Perrin, May 23.-The German steam-
err Ascania, from Hiogo, April 10, via
Singapore, April 80 for Hamburg, is
ashore on Azalea reef. She has
eight feet Of water In her forehold.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25

Vancouver, u, G., May "a spe'
',al from fule, u, G" says that the
frazer river hus risen 20 feet from
'ow water, Floods are feared.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
Funeral Of Mrs. Lyman j. Gage.

Chicago, May 23.-The funeral Of
Mrs. Lyman j. Gage, wife of the seq
rotary of the treasury, was held IN
the chapel at Rose Hill cemetery, In
this city. The services were strictly
private.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
CInlm Aucnts, ronycutlOu,

Cleveland, o., May 23,- The annual
convention OF the National Assocla'
''on OF Claim Agents begun here with
"oout 70 delegates In attendance
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25

Madsonville, Ky, May ga board
ing house in which were eight non.
union mirers was blown up by dyna-
mite Tuesday night but none of the
occupants were Killed.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25
A NLLION DOLLARS DAMAGE.
Thrcc Lives Loaf, others Missing,
and Two Dwellings swept Aw"'
by Tennessee Floods,

Elnabc,htown, Tenn, May e3.-Thc
greatest food in the history OF this
section swept through here TUESDAY
evening, drowning three persons ana
Winning on, o. dwellings. The nnmeF
of the victims are
Mrs. Gregg
Mrs. l'illcy
A negro nun named souchong'
Others are missing and are ne
lIcyed TO have been drowned TWO
hundred and Atty families are home
less and oil the bridges In the county
have been washed away, Telephone
and telegraph lines are down The
food swept away all the farm houses
along the boo and Wolouga rivers
and the damage In Carter county
nlono IA e,iImated at slOO0'ooo'
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situation at San Francisco.

San Francisco, May 23.-The strike
situation in this city remains prac-
tically unchanged. A few additions
TO the ranks of the strikers have
been made by the walkout Of num-
Der OF molders. The strikers are very
orderly, and show no sign OF weak
ness, The manufacturers are EN-.
phatic In their statements that they
will not give in to the strikers.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25

New York May 23.--Monoy on call
steady at ~ per cent prime mercantile
paper idiih per cent sterling exchange
steady with actual business In bankers
bills NJ issik0iSSA for demand and at ISM
Ass for 90 days posted rates iSbfiiNoi
commercial bills isimsih, Silver oortlns
Gates nomlnally 10 Bar silver bols. Mex.
lean dollars Nhe' Government bonds
steady.
The Van Buren press., 1901-05-25

Quotations for middlng range M FOL.
lows ~, Louis ll"l0c' New York, SMo;
Memphis, 0.l6c,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-21
Vhe @ear MId &ardeD.

Inc wide, fair gardens. the rich, lush gardens,
Which no man planted and no man tills,
Their strong seeds drifted, their brave bloom
lifted,
Near and far DER the wales and hills;
Sip the bees from their cups of sweetness,
Poises above them the wild free wing,
And night and morn from their doors are borne
The dreams of the tunes that blithe hearts
sing.
The waving gardens, the fragrant gardens,
That toss in the sun by the broad highway,
Growing together, gorse and heather,
Aster and golden rod and all the day.
Poppies dark with the wine of slumber,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-21
TERms:( Shopper year, in advanee 9
Six Months SO cents.

Laises bright with the look of dawn,
Ihe gentian blue, and the long year through
The flowers that carry the season on.
And the dear old gardens, the pleasant gardens
Where mother used to potter about,
Tying and pulling and sparingly culling,
And watching each bud as its flower laughed
out;
HollyhOcks here and the princes feather,
Larkspur and primrose, and lilies white.
Sweet were the dear old-fashioned gardens
Where we kissed the mother and said "Good
night"
M. E. Sangster, in Harpers Bazaar.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-21
Paper Read Before the ChuutauQua Circle
The Relation Of
Poetry to History

-
their poetry, as we'll as to their
prose literature, is pretty sure to miss
many essential points of their character.
He may become perfect mine of cut
and dried facts and figures, but he is
apt to miss the idea behind them. The
results he will know; the causes will be
a mystery to him.
Poetry is the natural offspring of
strong emotion. Being more primitive,
it ranks even before music as an outlet
for certain passions. The elements
threaten; the rain chills; the sun revives;
the moon and stars delight, mystify
and amaze: and the primitive man
seeks to pacify the one and give praise
to the other in wild untutored chaunt,
composed of the rudiments of poetry
and music. He feels the poetry of the
universe. Faith, love, patriotism and
even hatred and revenge are more
naturally expressed in poetry than in
prose. A noble Christian breaths his
last, not devoting the fieeting moments
to settling bis worldly affairs,-as his
habits of life would indicate he might
but repeating poem of faith learned in
childhood. "Nearer My God 10 Thee"
evidently meant more to President
Mckinley than the creed of his church.
The lover sits down to address his
mistress, feeling himself continent
of undigested poetry" and realizing
the inadequacy of prose for his purpose
Jael, wife of Heber the Kennite, slays
the enemy of her people, and is promptly
celebrated in song-a brutal deed,
hardly saved by the touch of the poetic,
yet made less revolving by it some
how. And the battle that is not handed
down in song in the annals of its people
is fought in poor cause.
Poetry is the expression of emotion
too strong for prose.
To prove the value of poetry to the
student of history, let us cite some
examples. We wish, for instance, to
study the history of the Jewish people,
and naturally turn to the Bible in
order to do So Eliminate the poetry
from Holy Writ, and what picture of
bloodshed and carnage is presented to
usl 1t is divine, no doubt, but human
beings crave the human. Eliminate
the poetry, and what conception would
we have of the men and women of
whom we read? Try to imagine a
Bible without-to mention some of its
most beautiful epics-the book Of
jeremiah, the Song of Solomon, the
Psalms of David, the book of Job, the
love story of Ruth and the first chapters
of Exodous. And all these contain the
very essence of poetry-they are in no
sense prose, even tho the verses do not
rhyme. The immense historical value
of the Bible is due to the fact that it
gives us an insight into the minds and
habits of life of the Jewish people, as
we'll as a knowledge of the deeds they
performed. And this is accomplished
through the medium of its poetic
interludes.
1t is impossible to form any idea of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-21

the story of ancient Greece without
some knowledge of its poetry. Sup
posing Homer had merely been an
historian of the Bancroft school, instead
of the jolly old minstrel he actually
was, and had simply given us the cold
facts of the siege of Troy; it would
have read-condensed a little-after
this fashion:
Paris, son of Priam, King of Troy,
good looking young man who had
taken one prize in beauty show, fell
in love with Helen, wife of Menelaus,
King of Sparta. His passion for the
lady was requited and the pair eloped
to Troy. The outraged husband en-
listed the services of Agememnon, a
famous warrior, and pursued the couple
with an armed force. They were met
by Hector and driven back to the verge
of the sea, and probably would have
been annihilated had it not been for
one Achilles who saved the day. The
Spartans laid siege to Troy, and many
deeds of valor were performed by both
sides. The war lasted ten years, Troy
being finally captured through strata
gem: a hollow wooden horse, filed with
besiegers, was represented to the
Trojans as God, and was carried
within the walls at night. Among the
we'll known persons to engage in the
conflict were Ajax and Ulysses, etc.
Could anything be more sordid and
commonplace than such a recital?
Fortunately for us, Homer was a man
of considerable imagination, and told
what he had to say in his own way.
Consequently, instead of the foregoing
we have the Iliad. That he thought
according to his age we know, for he
went about from door to door singing
his songs.
We are told that the Elizabethan era
was richly productive of art and letters.
What does that sentence convey to our
minds unless we know something of
the works of Shakespeare and his con-
temporaries? 1t might as we'll be
spoken in Hindoostanee as in English.
One of the most fascinating peoples
in existence are the Irish-the Celts.
Leave the humor and pathos-the
poetry-out of the IrishmaD, and a
mighty uninteresting subject remains.
Some poetry is not merely an adjunct
to history-it is in itself history, or at
least all the history we have. What
do we know about the Welsh people
other than what their folk songs have
taught us?
10 study history intelligently it is
necessary for the reader to portray to
himself the scenes presented to him by
the historian, and he cannot do this
unless he has some sympathy with
those of whom he reads. He must
realize they are not merely names, but
that they were men and women who
actually lived, struggled along and died
just as men and women are doing today.
And to my mind, one of the simplest
methods of establishing the bond of
sympathy necessary to an understand
ing between the past and the present
is to read the songs that pleased those
who have gone before. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-21

Ostrich farms are profitable. Birds
are worth 800 apiece, and a good
specimen yields about 1926 worth of
feathers at plucking.
The state herald., 1901-10-18

number. and while writing history
of the war, he has made an elaborate
defense of the administration of the
war department
Three subjects treated by him are of
supreme interest. His attack, II 1t may
be called such. upon General Miles is
In a reality an explanation, from the
standpoint of the department. why
Miles was seemingly Disseminated
against and ignored. His criticism OF
Admiral Sampson, showing as he does
Simpsons apparent reluctance to CO
operate with the army, and his pursuit
of plans that would have defeated the
purposes for which they were designed,
is SO much oil on the flames OF the
Sampson-Schley controversy. although
it must be said in explanation that the
general does not write as a partisan
Of Schley. In fact the causes Of the
feud are ignored by him.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Corporation. In England.

A curious illustration of the power
OF corporations II reported from Eng
land. From time immemorial II has
been established law there that be-
quests made for the propagation Of
secular or freethlnklng doctrines were
subject TO oonilscation 10y the King.
and thousands of pounds have been
thus confiscated. i,ccently. however.
II occurred TO some person to try a new
plan. A company known ms the Sec
ular Society llmiiedl WAS Incorporated
for the specific purpose OF receiving
such bequcsis. aud the best English
lawyers say that under It's charter IL
can receive and use requests for the
very purpose so long held unlawful.
A corporation Is u strange entity.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
TAKING BATHS in FINLAND.
Heroic Methods by which the Mon Cleans.
Their Bodies.


Their Bodies.
A primitive sort Of Turkish bath is
indulged in by some of the Finlanders
part Of the country the thermometer
averages forty degrees below zero and
water bathing is not practicable. These
Finlanders, unlike the Lapps farther
north, have an instinct for bodily
cleanliness and manage to preserve 1t
after the following fashion: Paul Du
Chaillu, who knows from personal ex-
perience, declares the method fine.
Each hamlet has n bath house for
common use. 1t is perhaps fifteen feet
long by twelve feet wide. 1t boasts
no windows and only when the door is
opened can air or light enter.
Bathing day comes once week
Saturday. Early in the morning of
that day wood is brought and fire
started. When the stones become hot
the fire Is put out, the place cleaned.
large vessel of water and some slen-
der birch twigs brought in and the
preparations declared complete. AS no
dressing room is provided, toilets are
unmade and made In the various
homes. 1t is scarcely necessary to add
that no time IL lost In the progress
from the home to the bath house. No
clothes and n temperature Of forty de-
grees below zero are incentives to
haste.
When all the men and boys are in
the bath house and the door closed,
water is thrown upon the hot stones
until the place is filed with steam.
Precipitation pours from the swelter-
ing bodies, yet more active exercise Is
demanded aud switches come into
play. Each bather lays on his neigh.
Dor with n will until "Enoughw Is
cried. Again water is thrown upon the
stones, more steam raised and another
switching INDUCED in. AS may be
imagined, the bodies are now as red as
boiled Holsters and the blood circulat-
ing actively. A roll in the snow COM
pletes this novel bath.
The state herald., 1901-10-18

Democrat. Descended from an illus
trious family OF old Virginia, he Is be-
yond dispute conservator OF the
South. while his free and advanced
opinions place him In the very fore
front OF the state builders OF Dixie.
Judge Jones was born In Macon. Ga.
nifty seven years ago. and was brought
up in Alabama. He fought nobly on
the field OF battle for the eonfcdcracy
and received the personal thanks OF
General Lee. After the war he took
up the practice OF law and was at times
u journalist. n legislator. an oficer OF
militia and an orator whose eloqucncc
thrilled those who heard IT, In 1890
he was elected Governor Of Alabama.
ana In 1896 he led the movement for
sound money In his state. presiding
at the convention which sent Its dele
gates to indianapolis.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
SULTAN HonorI Wsbb.

The sultan OF Turkey has appointed
Alexander Il. Webb honorary consul
general OF the Ottoman empire at New
York. II is n permanent appointment.
The sultan has also honorcd Mr.. Webb
with decoration. Besides the Medji.
dic decoration. an II IL called. he he's
given him what Is known as the medal
OF inertia great honor In Turkey.
These decorations carry with them the
,itla OF Bey. and. instead OF being
Webb Enendi. he will hereafter be
known m Webb hey.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
I.andsnsn for the Navy.

Recruiting men for the navy In the
Interior is made possible by the new
style Of warshlps. which do not re-
quirc sailors accustomed to managing
canvas. says tho Kansas City Stnr.
The old-timc sailor is passing away.
both In England and America Now
n young farmer from Kansas or Mis-.
souri, can enlist In the United States
navy, take ON the smnrtn,~s TINT
comes from bearing arms. see the
great world. nccustom himself to
steam mncbincry-a useful accom-.
plisbmcnt for any man-and return to
the pursuits OF peace better equipped
In every way for his experience.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
COLORADO CAvERNS.
Remarkable Caves and Fossils In Fremont
County.

1t is likely, says Florence corre-
spondent OF the Denver News, that a
wagon road will be built TO lead 10
some grand caves which hundreds OF
people living In this county know moth
ing about For more than year the
Carnegie museum has had men contin-
uously at work quarrying out OF the
solid sandstone the petrified bones OF
the prehistoric animals which roamcd
here before the food, at the point
where visiting geological party re-
centy spent one day. The Smithsonian
Institution at Washington has n speci-
men dug by NJ. T.. Welsh In 1874. Since
then Welsh has spent most Of his time
In digging for these fossils. Caves
abound In this region. In Marble cave
nm opening but 4x10 feet greets the
eye, but the Interior Is 100 feet long
and fifty feet high.
There are great many other caves
that give the oldest geological data
which ms yet are virtually unknown.
There IL also strong evidences Of n
sulferrancan river.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Old Arc rrn.laa. In i,u..,..

The 81. Petersburg OHiclni Mcsscn.
ger announces that pensions available
for the families OF the beneficiary NJ.
ter his dcnih win hcnccforward bc
granted TO NIL workmen In state ein-
ploy. For the present the measure IL
only promulgated ns provisional
uknsc. but II II TO be embodied among
the permanent laws ~ the Russian cin.
pIrc. The newspapers hail the reform
ms one which all private capitalists en-.
ployIng labor ON large scale viii bc
compelled TO ndopt
The state herald., 1901-10-18
KAISER in NEW ROLE.
wilhelm Tries His Hand at Caricaturing
Prussian Mobiles.

The Kaiser was much occupied dur
ing his recent vacation In drawing
caricaturcs Of the leading personages
in the history of PRUSSIA, and especial
ly Of Brandenburg. He is skillful
with the pencil, and works rapidly In
bold, dashing lines. He has made
caricatures of a number of his predc-
cessors on the throne OF Prussia. and
also made skillful humorous sketches
Of many Of the leading statesmen and
ladies' Of the seventeenth and eight
eenth centuries.
The sermons the Kaiser has deliv-
cred on board his yacht Hohenzollern
In the past six years are to be collect
ed and published in n special volume
for the edification OF the German sol
diers and sailors. They are not all of
the Kalser's own composition. They
are selected by him as being specially
adapted to the audiences he addressed.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. 9.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he Is tho
senior partner Of the firm OF F. j. Cheney & Co,
doing business In the City OF Toledo County
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9TH day Of December, A. d. l8Sd
[SEAL a. W. EIEAs1N; ,nA., IN,
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken Internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials free.
+. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists, TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The state herald., 1901-10-18

each pair being mounted In such n
manner as TO drive n piston up or
down. according to which button IL
pressed. The movement Of the piston
opens or closes cltbcr the hot or cold
valves. allowing the water 10 now into
the bowl The current may be obtained
from a nest OF batteries located at any
convenient point. and the apparatus
looks much neatrr than the screr OF
lever faucets now In Afe ~r.
Every brick that sii,,sfer~
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Sober Railroad Mon Nowadays.

Twenty years ago twenty per cent.
Of the employees Of the New York Cen.
tral railroad were discharged yearly
for drinking. Now only about one per
cent. yearly are so dismissed.
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Current Topics T:
Cen. AI6sr.s 1oek.

The advance sheets of General Rug
sell A. Alger's history Of the Spanish
American war have been given to the
press. and 1t Is no exaggeration to say
that the book is the political sensation
of the day. The man who. as secre-
tary of war, was abused and villifed
more perhaps than any other man Of
his generation has submitted an
Apologize Pro Vita Sua" which will
AFFORD scant comfort to his enemies.
General Alger has fortified himself
with official dispatches almost without
The state herald., 1901-10-18

II was his tlrst voyage and he was
leaning over the rail In nm attitude OF
reckless abandonment. "wbnt are you
dolnsf' some one jeeringly nrkrd him.
II am rendering 10 the sen. sir. tho
things that nre III. sens, sirr' he
gnspcd. NJ soon ~ hc could speak.
The state herald., 1901-10-18


viee having been
granted 10 Isaac q.
Waterman Of Cali
fornin. ita once Ii
TO control the How
Of water TO the ba-
sins OF wazhztands
by means of push
buttons located
close 10 tho basin.
Suspended from tho
wall arc two pairs
al electromagnetic
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Metz DissricS JudSe.

Former Governor Thomas Goode
Jones OF Alabama. whom President
Roosevelt has Just appointed United
States district Judge, is a distinguished
The state herald., 1901-10-18

Al, the beginning of the civil War n
newly naderd captain found several matns
brfa ~ his company injuirins M d lively
nnd mad. Them y hn nndsafns anaech b".
nlnnins ~ hope We have no nghiina
m,n ainphE uai''
The state herald., 1901-10-18

PUTNAM FADEtEsS DYES arc
easier 70 usc and color NOR. goods brigh.
ter and faster oolors than any other dye.
sold by druggists. Toe. per package.
The state herald., 1901-10-18

With the constantly increasing require.
m.nis OF school boards ihsfr win soon be
no place Tor Hrhpoishin ANS In. the onr
WIN wfoiri III nin't much They pays 1,
ana " Amt much ! teaches they"
The state herald., 1901-10-18

Little Boy--Whats preachin' for. any
way? Little Girl-Why, to give the sing
ers n rest. of course.
The state herald., 1901-10-18

Piso'a Cure cannot be too highly spoken q -
Q cough cure--J. w. O'BRIES. 322 Third Ave,
NJ, Minneapolis, MIMI, jan Q, 1900
The state herald., 1901-10-18

FITS SrermanentlyCuroa. ,ohts Ir nervousness afte
hrst days usc OF DR.. Kline Grcat Nervs Rcstorrr
send for FREE S1.OU trial bottle and treatise
The state herald., 1901-10-18

"Smithers can tell as good a fish story
as anybody l know. I told him an awful
whopper the other night but he matched
1t" "How?' He said he believed me-"
The state herald., 1901-10-18
Nsev Electric Faucet.

One OF the neatest improvements IN
apparatus for use In tho iayatory Is
illustrated In the accompanying cut. n
The state herald., 1901-10-18

"And when he proposed did you tell
him to see me?" inquired her mother
II did, and he said he had seen you sew
withstandlng"
The state herald., 1901-10-18

Flying machine men are talking of
forming n trust. II they manage to float
II they will do better than many of them
have with their machines
The state herald., 1901-10-18
America Leads,

In consequence of the great demand for
cotton goods, the United States Consumed
more raw cotton than Great Britain.
which has always held supremacy In this
industry, just as Hostetters Stomach
Bitters has been the best family medicine
and which has retained its prestige for
over fifty years. Today the Bitters is used
IN almost every home; 1t cures dyspepsia,
indigestion, constipation and biliousness.
also purities the blood calms the nerves.
and builds up the entire system