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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27
Pillsbury Had Bad Luck.

The capture came at the end of a night
filled with rumors as to the location of
the attacking squadron. At $3.50 o'clock
Saturday night three battleships of the
blue squadron got under way in hurry
and sailed to the eastward. The intention
was to move on to Portland, and If that
had been carried out, Admiral Higginson
as it later developed, would have swung
the balance of his fighting force to that
end of the coast line. as Pillsbury had
intended he should, but which was not
done on account of heavy seas running
outside Cape Elizabeth. Higginson, how
ever, DETECTED his course back to Glou-
cester after swing seward in response
to a report that the enemy had not been
sighted when it was believed 1t had been,
but in the last hours of the night Pills
bury sailed toward Cape Ann from the
outside, and, as 1t proved, right under
the very guns of the defending squadron.
Commander Pillsbury. when still out to
sea, after maneuvering, headed straight
for Salem harbor. But the desired van
tage point was never reached. When his
boats had arrived off Magnolia, they were
sighted by the signal station on Bakers
island. A message was sent to the sta
ton at Rockport here, and the torpedo
boat Barnes was sent out to notify the
blue squadron. The station here had
been informed that Higginson's battle
ships had been sighted off Gloucester and
that later they had returned to their
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27

A flirt is a girl whose first love af-
fair failed to turn out as she expected.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27
Four Governors win Attend.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 25.-Henry E. REED.
secretary of the Lewis and Clark Gen.
tennial exposition, has received replies
from the governors of Oregon. Washing
ton, Idaho and Montana, to whom he
wrote requesting their presence at the
laying of the cornerstone for a monu-
ment to the memory of Lewis and Clark,
to be erected in the City park here. All
of the governors have promised to at
tend. An invitation was sent to President
Roosevelt, whose response has not yet
come to hand.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27
Rules of the Game.

To win the mimic war the blue squad
ron had to bring against the attacking
vessels, as it did, warships superior in
their combined assumed fighting power.
Each side had the right to capture indi-
vidual crafts of the other fleet by over
coming them in point of strength, and
under the rules of the game the captured
vessels were to retire altogether from
the field of action.
In the defeat of Pillsbury the defense,
with three battleships. the Scorpion and
single torpedo boat, had Ga points, so
that the balance was against the attack
ing squadron. Throughout the mimic war
there was placed in operation a system
of coast defense which was admittedly
of credit to those who engaged in 1t.
The problem was so complicated that
on the war vessels here tonight the
weeks work is viewed with satisfaction
for the one reason, If no other, that the
squadron has had invaluable practice
The final event of these war moves was
the sequence of many complicated devel-
opments.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-27
Rnbber CAUGHT at SnOkane.

With bullet hole imbedded in his
thigh Joe Daley, believed to be the
man who robbed the postoffice and two
stores at Milan, Wash, lies behind the
bars at the city Jail at Spokane.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
AN INTERESTING SKETCH
Of the First Battle of Murfreesboro,
 Tenn.

Editor Advertiser:
 The above named battle was the first conflict of any magnitude that the writer was engaged in. It proved to be a ter rife and bloody one, and if you think 1t will interest your readers you may use 1t as you did my Missi lnary Ridge article. The author, with his regiment, after following Gen. E. Kirby Smith into and out of Kentucky. was hurried down to Murfreesboro to participate in the big battle that was impending, and which was fought on the 3lst day of December. 1862. Our brigade. with the exception of the 37th Georgia, was composed entirely of Tennesseeans, under the gallant. young General. Jim Raines of Nashville, as brave a man as ever lived. Lieut.. Gen. Stovall, then Colonel, commanded our regiment Our company was a mixture of town, country and factory boys, sev- eral of whom could not read or write, and of course could not be expected to know much about the outside world, or how the people thereof looked and dress ed. But they knew how to drill md nght. Out of five brothers on our company's roll only one could write, and l believe that at first they had the impression that Yankees were something on the or- der of wild animals; for in the opening of the engagement I heard one eXclaim: T swear. they can shoot just like other folks" But I am digressing, so will re- sume the main subiect-the battle: on the evening of the 30th we were thrown Into line to face some of the best soldiers the world has ever beheld. They were Western and Northwestern men. some of whom were crackshots. having handled guns from their boyhood. There was a vast difference in these troops and the Federal soldiers of the East and North, for great many of the latter had been brought up in workshops, stores and fac tories, and had never handled firearms in all their lives before they set out to conquer us, There were also among them large sprinkling of foreigners. who did not care to sell their lives for the sake of the Union, but not so the West ern and Northwestern boys. for they were true blue" and the old Confederates did not undervalue them. They knew that 1t was like Greek meet Greek. The gen erals also realized this fact, for both sides played for advantage. and it was by our gaining the advantage that we won this fight.
 Rosecrans had formed his army of COCO effective men in front of Murfreesooro, Vrith the mass of his troops on his left. with the intention of forcing Stone River on the north of the Murfreesboro Rail rnad His right was more extended, forming something of an angle with his center and left md facing almost east. s,ba river and Nashville turnpike divid d his army making nearly two separate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
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wings. Our corps, Hardee's, composed of the divisions of Breckinridge. Cleburne and McCown. formed the left of Bragg's army. and were posted on the east bank of the river, etxending nearly to the Nashville road. Our army was estimated at about 10000 effective men. It was the intention of the Federal general to Tick" us on the morning of the 3lst, but It was here that he got badly left. Our brigade on the evening of the 29th was posted near the extreme left. but, through mistake, in such manner as to enable the enemy's batteries to rake us from right to left General Bragg, on discov- ering our peril, rode up with his entire staff and demanded of General Raines, Raines's reply was, By order of Gen eral McCown.'' General Bragg's next or der was, Change it, sir, so your men cannot be enfladed." or words to that losing his life, while his whole staff was endangered. for the enemy surmising that It was some general of note with so large a bodyguard, opened fire with shrap- over 700 yards. The writer was sitting within ten feet of General Bragg. and while Bragg instnctiveiy dodged from the shower of iron and balls that went hurtling by Raines never moved mus cle of his face. Bragg. with his staff following him, then galloped off to heavy piece of woods in the edge of the field. It was then nearly sundown. Gen eral Raincs changed our position so that we fronted the enemy, which made us feel much easier.
 At daylight on the morning of the 31st we were ordered to climb over the rail fence. behind which we were hidden, and go in run upon the enemy's line, not to give them d chance or time to halt or form, and not to sound the old Rebel yell until We were right upon them, General Raines, on a powerful, large black horse. with our regimental Colors In one hand, led the way in galiop. not even stopping at fences. his horse jump Ing them. while we just fell over them. In a manner. So fast did we go that we were almost upon the Federal pckets in the cornheld before they realized the fact, and by the time they had reached their main line we were almost upon 1t. Then raising terrific yell we dashed among them. firing right and left. The enemy was so completely taken hy sur prise that they made but feeble re-
 sistance. Those that were not shot down made a wild rush for the rear leaving their breakfast and everything else, the Confederates n full chase and yelling for all they were worth. Through corn fields, over fences, past barns and dwellings we sped, "scooping in" the boys in blue by the hundreds with now and then some very funny things happening to make us enjoy the chase. It was on this run that the writer saw one very young Con- federate order an old Federal to "Come out from behind that tree" and when
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
What Women Like.

Marriage is often d failure because men and women do not understand each other Here are some things which please wo- man:
 TO be called --nsble.
 To be complimented on being we'll dressed
 To be told that she is fascinating
 TO he told that she improves a man by her companionship.
 To depend on some man and pretend
 To he treated sensiby and honestly and not as A butterfly with no head or heart.
 To be loved and admired by man who is strong enough to rule and subdue her and make his way her way. | TO find happiness in being ruled by an intellect that she can look up to admir- Ingly. and one to whom her own mind bows in reverence.
 Tn have a woman love him. To have a soft gentle, magnetic hand alleviate the main of an aching head.
 To have a woman's hand smooth away ,ba carewOrn expression and wrinkles sroun his brow To have d woman 8 strength to help him over the weak places in life. .i,, t,, .ho ,,o,, 1ro have a woman sometimes treat him as a big baby, to be cared for and ca ressed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
just before dawn, he might have changed his theory.

just before dawn, he might have changed
 Certain Proof of Death.
 This opinion of the French scientist re- calls to me the fact that the a rrenea for an infallible proof of the cessation of life, I have heard that the test m ally adopted was one so simple that es- eryone can apply 1t without scienunle l'a aio A finger of the corpse Is to be held near enough to the flame of a candle to raise a blister; this Is pricked; 1T It contains no water, life is certainly exrnct- l should like to know whether tnis ls cea tainIy true. I suppose there Is no one or mature age who does not know III the circle of his acquaintance persons wno have been laid out apparently dead. Wno have afterwards recovered, l r.it1s. rennvtnei in one small town in a circle or acquaint- ances not large. counting three sucn ih- stances Certainly greater care snoulu pc exercised in the matter of the Inter ments in this country n other ialus anus there must always be a physician's cer- tificate and a certain number of hours must elapse between death and burial
 Alabama's Forgotten Debt
 But broad daylight has banished such R gloomy themes and on we go tnrouEn and Kentucky. Beautiful hills! beautirai trees: Beautiful cliffs and rocks! Every where signs of prosperity-new nones, new towns, new industries: Whenever travel on the A. G. B. l tnink now ,nn,s, n,on Alabama owes to a Southern woman whom few now remember. During the war between the States when ohIeu States warship took the two SonIeosraso .s Commissioners, Slidell and Mason, Iroiil Inc English passenger ship, the Trent, lt was told that MT. Slidell hid in ms s.ste- s. room when the search begefl, and MISS Slideli stood without the uoor-a a.a. vet fierce and indignant gudru; lne lieutenant who was searcnihs tne ,,stt wvt her hack to the door. she retused to nudge. The Lieutenant took hold ot ner to pull her away, and Tn tne strusSlS mat followed, she slapped him in tne face with all the force sne coulu pu. n. nleo de, her little white hand. of course ner ae- fense was unavailing. and her fatner was Was carried off in triumph. But John buil rights had been invaded, aha .nr m ousi his indignant protest Messrs. SIdeii anu I Mason were allowed to join their iaut- tIes in Ecurope When the war ended dis- astrously. Miss Slideli. the giri Wno sl apped the Yankee. as she was cdleu c in a song popular in the South Tn tnose days-did not return to ner l,r oIa . man of great wealth. It is said that sne never rested until she had interested nm in the land of the Lost Cause; ana Iha. through her influence, he was lnqucep to nanv which came to the United States and built the railroad which enabled Alabama to show to the outside world her vast resources of hidden riches: ana vestors to develop them. So whenever l travel on the A. G. S. have grateful thought for Miss Slidell-the Southecn girl who in her day of wealth and gran. deur still thought of the desolatton ana poverty of her "ain countree."
 But we have reached the grand waters of the Ohio and one day of outing Is over.
 Julia s. Tutwiler.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
A WEEKS OUTING.
No. l..
The Travellers Duty.

The Travellers Duty
 Whenever good fortune, or rather kind- ly Providence, lifts an individual out of the weary monotony of every day life into new and delightful surroundings. the favored person owes debt to the friends left behind. They must be made sharers in the pleasure of their friend. Ihey must see what he sees, and that Wiinout the expense. the dust, the fatigue- "nh my minds eye, Horatio."
 A Stumbling Block in the English
 Language.
 And now, by way of parenthesis. what A troublesome instrument Is this Engnsh language of ours with which this seeing must be done In the last sentence or the preceding paragraph, I either had 70 70 presume that our "traveler" belonged to fine male sex, or to adopt the troupie- some location-"he or she. Iust think of a sentence like this: I'll every boy and girl will do his and her duty. he and she will receive the reWaru case we might help ourselves by using the plural, but we cannot always get out of the trouble in this way Soine years ago I received letter rom very enterprising teacher containing circu- lar in which the intrepid innovator pro- posed to tackle the difficulty by lntroouc- ing into our language a new proI,oui,,, !, composed of the cases of ne ana Sne'
 Nominature Hest.
 Possessive. Hiser.
 Objective, Himer.
 Our crucial sentence would then rean ,,i as follows: If every boy ana glrl VIII w,rd due to miner" Sounds odd. don't isY But maybe that's only because we are not used to it. Another way out oI tho difficulty has been proposed py tne use of the word "thon'" formed rom 1,.af,,l tn1 on of the French. Something VIII nave 10 be done about it one Of these days' Where there is a real want ln ian- guage. sooner or later 1t VII pc suPpntead M nnad For instance. every one feels the need of a demonstrative adverb, and most oi us say: "I cant get up that soon. couldn't walk that far, etc, although our o.,, school grammars told us that Cna. could be an adjective. a relative pronoun; a demonstrative pronoun, but never. never an adverb. Still people kept on using it as an adverb even learned ministers classes; until in the last great monu, mental dictionary, you twill find, after all the other meanings: "Colloquialiy used as an adverb," triumph of usage over ar- 0''' A Day Coach at Night.
 The train should have been on hand at 2.45 A. m. But it was nearly when the Traveller embarked too late to take d sleeper, yet too early for the denlzens of the coach to be awake. l nave oltei. wished under such circumstances that 1t were permissible to use a kodak: there is such an utter self-revelation in the Faces forms and attitudes of the uncon- eious passengers. A celebrated French writer declares that self-consciousness- some shade of vanity is never entirely lost except in death; that even Tn the sonndest sleeper he can detect the effort not to be unattractive to his fellowmen. He considers the entire absence of this consciousness to be the most certain ever looked on the inmates of day coach
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
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collariess. with the exception of broad sailor affair of white dotted muslin trimmed with heavy Ivory white lace. The blouse etxerds both back and front. and tho slceves gre slashed prettily to show an under sleeve of full dotted muslin. The belt is of black velvet run through wide beading of the heavy white lace, and. let me tell you. these beading belts are altogether smart this summer. Try one with your ~ongeo gown. using linen col ored beading. The skirt of the pique suit has tiny tucks at the sides and back of the hips. but the fullncss is mostly gored out around the top, because pique Is too clumsy for that sort Of thing. At the bottom, however. there is a pretty flare, The sole trimming of the, skirt consists of two irregular applications of the dotted muslin bordered by the lace.
 This trimming pique with dotted muslin is a new idea from Paris. The beauty of tho gown described Is that, while giving a dressy effect, is essentiaiiy wasn garment. as every white dress worn ir sumner should be.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
The Craze for White.

With the craze for white returns the white muslin gown for the young girl. Last summer there were no young girls at all: only young persons dressed quite like their elders-perhdps d little more 90 and having worldly wise faces and ways. This season the debutante as well as her elder sister realizes the e-attractlveness Of an all white gown. so there will be many dotted muslins both for morning and af- ternoon wear and ss blase manners do not go with this style of dressing it is possible we may see d change in that respect also. When you come right down to 1t. this is really only another form of anglomania. The debutantes of Great Britain are essentially white muslin girls, and any attempt to have them otherwise is severely drowned down upon by Queen Alexandra and the ladies who rule the world of fashion. So the American girl who goes to England win have to con- form outwardly at least if she wants to be considered in the socia lswim
 There is a strange suspicion that many of the women who have gone to London did not do so to see King Edward crown ed, but to try to capture . duke, an earl or even a baronet for their daughters, and there isn't the slightest doubt that many of them will succeed. for in the fetes which will follow the ceremony. the pretty. graceful American girl will shine at her best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15

compared with that of dysentery in ou
 armies in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Phi ipplnes. .as the writer. with one or two exceptions have not scourged severely the Westert nations. Cholera and bubonic pinguI seem fixed to the East. and have mao ern lands within the last half century The ravages of yellow fever are chien{ limited to the West Indies and the span ish Main, while the other plagues men toned are confined East; put dysen1saF;x a; tributions. and is never entirely apsen from Western nations, appearing nos and again in epidemic waves Of fycosidera ble severity. Although generally n aR pears in scattered form. and Tn lorce y public and penal instituttons, as the tol lower of armies it has done the greafeS mischief. During the war of the rebel Hon 1t claimed thousands and was n most serious disease of the army. It importance cannot be better expresses than in the words of Professor Osler. whf says: 'Dysentery Is one Of the four Srea epidemics of the world. In the tropics has been more fatal to armies than pow der and shot In temperate climes It pre vails constantly In 2 n1ila or sporauis form, breaking out. however, from tim. it may attack whole communities aris cause a high mortality. It tends espe eiaily to anpear ip institutions for pau pers and the insane, and in prisons ant reformatores. In the tropics dysentery constantly present and constitutes tn most common disease. From the tropicl 1t has been imported into temperate ell mates, and the danger which has existe' in the past has now been greatly n creased on account of the greater ire 0uency of communication and of inva sions by European armies"
 The recent discoveries. of the specins oa,,se of dysentery and the work done b3 inc Rockefeller commission last sumnns in the pathological laboratory Of tn University of Pennsylvania, which prove that there Is no essential difference be tween the constitutional and general out breaks of the disease, and that all ar caused by a common bacillus. make tn prospect of successfully combating dys entery very bright: The demon dysen ery'''-roncludes Dr. Flexner, t'ls nj longer a figment of the imagination. bu a bacillus so commonplace in appearafic that 1t excites wonder only by virtue 2 It's disease and death-dealing propensi ties."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15

cluding tho cost of the entertainments which he is bound to give.
 After all the question arises, Is it worth while? Barring the coronation pageant through the streets, nothing further can be seen except by those hon. ored with seats in the abbey. and the ordinary person is bound to feel exas- perated at having to watch the ceremony from the outside. I dare say the real req son of the exodus to London is the truly Yankee desire to be able afterward to say, T was there" That many people will say this anyway'when they haven't even been within hundred miles of clusion, and I for one intend to use my discretion when hear tales of dear old London" and the hospitality of Lord This and Lady That told of in Newport tea rooms this summer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15

summer. We shall wear floppety gowns with many ruffles and no underpetticoats to speak of. Waists will be coliarless. with flchus and limp collars, and the hats win boast more of an array than ever of dangling things and limp scarfs. In fact limpness is to be the correct thing both in musfins and in manners. You must be languid, my lady, you who aspire to be a belle, and if you don't know how to do the thing properly. why. you must get some obliging friend who has been over recently to teach you the trick.
 Of course any number of pretty gowns have been carried over by those who in- tend to join in the festivities, and they weather. Figured grenadines form the material of several of the handsomest. and new fa,bric-fancy pluma tis-which is most effective in white with a tiny black figure, makes an ideal wool gown. as it is so thin that the glace silk lining under 1t may readily be seen. One of these plumatis dresses in black and white was made over peachblow silk and trimmed with tucked patches of peachblow chiffon.
 By the way. how patchy we are becom- ing! The original material Is never good enough in any case. but something else in tho shape of velvet. silk chiffon. lace or ribbon must be appliqued on it. For my part I think this craze has really reached its zenith and that in the fall there will be d complete reverson to simpler and less "tacky' styles of dress. Certainly women's gowns now are per- feet moSaics,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
SUMMER SCHOOL, KNOXVILLE, TENN, LOW RATES VIA
 s0TTTHERN RAILWAY.

On account of the above, Southern Rv. will sell tickets to Knoxville and return at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale June 16, IT. IS, 2S, 29 and 30, and July II, 12 and 13, good to return until Aug ust 15, except that by depositing of tickets with joint agent Knoxville on or before that date and payment of fee 50 cts. extension until Sept. 3oth. may be secured. Jno. Metcalfe.
 W. H. Tayloe, T. P. A. Montgomery
 A. G. P. A. Atlanta. tf