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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-06-14
Montpelier, Idaho, June IA, 1912
A LACK OF GOOD SPELLING.

With the passing OF the
school graduation season the
comment is frequently heard
that there is among the stu
dents who at this time are
turned loose on the world
with diplomas a woeful lack
of good spelling. 1t must be
freely admitted that while in
many particulars the training
young people receive in the
public schools is superior to
that of a generation or two
ago, the criticism is quite
common that there are par
ticulars in which the pupils
of former years were better
equipped than the children
of the present day. In form
er times children, as a rule,
did learn 90 spell well, and
good spelling is not nearly
SO common among students
of these times.
This condition seems not
to be confined to any partic-
ular locality or group of
schools, the condition is no
more faulty here than else
where in the country. 1t
seems to be a general fact
that the schools are turning
out poorer spoilers than they
did generation ago or even
a decade ago. It is too often
the case that young people
go thru the schools, are grad
uated from the high school
even, and yet are Indifferent
spoilers, are deficient in the
knowledge of English gram
mar and have little concep-
ton of intelligent punctua-
ton.
In other respects it is true
that the graduates of today
are better educated than
were their fathers and moth
ers. In many ways they
leave school better equipped
for that which is before them.
They obtain drill in many
more different lines of study
and they leave school with a
wider general knowledge than
was formerly the case.
In the old days the pupils
did not have the benefit of so
many years of schooling as
the pupils receive at the pres
ent time, nor did they have
the opportunity to become
proficient in SO many lines of
knowledge as now, nor did
they have the advantage of
manual training or domestic
science which present day
pupils have. But as a gener-
al thing they could spell. In
stfuction in spelling was one
of the strong points of the
old schools. There were
spelling matches and spelling
bees not alone in the schools:
such contests formed a phase
Of the social life of the time.
Nowadays it is not uncom-
mon even for college grad
yates, we'll drilled in MANY
lines of instruction, to be I'M
able to write a letter with
any certainty that it will be
correctly spelled thruout. 1t
is probably not an exaggera-
tion to say that the average
public school graduate of IA
generation ago could spell
more correctly than can the
average college graduate of
the present time.
Tribune.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-06-14
Excursions to Portland

July 5, 6, z and via Oregon Short Line
from Idaho points for Elks National
Convention, limit July 3lst. See
agents for rates and further particulars.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-06-14
A Cottage in the Valley.

BY Laurence Sorenson, st Charles.
There stands rude cottage in the
valley below,
And around it still the lovely wild
flowers grow,
Caressed by the gentle beeZes of
yore,
That sweep the plains and valleys
along the shore.
The shattered walls, the warping
floor,
The broken windows and the worn
ont door,
Thru which the playful children
went,
serenely happy, cheerful and fully
content.
The good mother labored all the day
long,
Merry and happy, always singing n
cheerful song,
The faithful father would toll from
morn till night,
And the children would greet him at
eve with delight.
But now has gone forever that happy
| day,
land no more do those merry child
rem play,
And no more childish voices sweet
and clear,
Do there sweetly and tenderly fall
| upon the ear
No more are fathers faltering foot
steps heard,
| Nor do the children greet him with
kindly word,
Nor can there from mothers lips be
heard.
The sweet strains of song and sooth-
ing word.
The little cottage in the valley once
so gay,
Now the fatal mark of the elements
of decay,
Gone are the voices to that eternal
shore.
Where our friends shall rest forever
more.
Each child to manhood and woman.
hood has grown,
And left that old cottage to the world
alone,
1t stands forgotten now with all its
quietness,
Which was once full of happy scenes
and brightness.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26

dian girls are making in various fields OF en-
deavor is found in the heritage of good health
which has come to them from generations OF
healthful ancestors, and the influence OF their
own early training and outdoor life. particularly
would this explanation account for the splendid
constitutions possessed by so many Indian girls
and which have stood them in good stead in
many exacting vocations, for instance, in nursing.
Great numbers of Indian girls have qualified as
trained nurses and the services of most of them
are in constant demand at 800 month.
The Indian baby, strapped to board or Sc
curely packed in an elongated basket woven for
the purpose can neither kick nor squ1rm and this
proves an advantage which is far-reaching In its
effect in later life. Similarly is there no danger
that the child will attempt to walk at an earlier
age than Is desirable. From earliest childhood
the average Indian girl has been subjected to that
rigorous outdoor life which results in making
them almost perfect physically. For instance,
there may be cited the method followed in giving
an Indian child a bath,-a weekly event The
mother visits some convenient pool or stream and
the young member of the household, after being
loosened from her odd cradle, is placed In shall
low water to kick and splash to her hearts con,
tent In due course the dripping youngster is
lifted from the water and, instead OF being ten
derby dried with soft linen, is simply hung to the
bough of some convenient tree, by means OF
cloth tied around the waist and there dries in the
air and the sunshine while the mother stands by,
looking with approving eyes upon the progress OF
this heroic hardening process.
In the old days the Indian girls accepted at
tender age the traditional lot OF Indian women
that of pack horse, and it was nothing unusual
in the average Indian camp to see wee girls toll
ing along with bundles of wood, etc., almost as
large as themselves. This condition yet obtains
to a considerable extent, although 1t is not SO
universal as formerly. The capacity OF the In
dian girls for hard work, however, finds daily ex
emplification in every walk of life which they
have entered Incidently, it may be mentioned
that whatever influence civilization may exert up
on the young woman In whose veins courses In
dian blood she never seems to lose that love OF
ornaments and bright colors which characterlzes
all children of the wilderness and which the In
dian girl will let crop out in her iatterday cos
TUNES, even though they be fashioned III accord
ance with the most conventional modes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26

awaiting her. She will never have any difficulty
in obtaining well-paid position in domestic serV
ice for the instructors at our Indian schools nave
more applications than they can accept from re-
sponsibe families eager to secure competent IN
dian girls household helpers. Some of the ap
plicants even suggest the possibility OF adopting
a young Indian girl if one be found to fulfil ex
pectatons
Or, If the Indian girl OF the present day. upon
completing her education elect to try for live
HOOD in some OF the artistic pursuits she
seems to have advantages over her brother fully
marked under the circumstances above men
toned The Indian brave, in his native state,
does not show aptitude for any form Of artistic
handicraft unless it be the fashionfng OF BOWS
and arrows. But the Indian women have tradl-
tional skill in bead work, in feather work and IN
leather work and the Indian women OF the south
west have for countless generations excelIed IN
pottery manufacture in rug weaving and In basket
manufacture When an Indian girl is enabled to
use such talents in accordance with the knoWl-
edge OF modern art ideals which a school educa-
ton gives her, it goes without saying that sne
has ready to hand very agreeable and very re-
munerative means of livelihood
School teaching is another vocation which opens
to the educated Indian girls future that is vir-
tually closed to the redskins of the sterner sex
There are in the United States large and con-
stantly increasing number OF indian Schools
that is primary grade schools for the education or
the younger Indian children on the reservations
and it is coming about that almost all OF the
teachers in these schools are Indian young women
who have qualified for the work at Carlisle or
other schools and by courses In normal schools.
Indeed the success of great numbers or these
young Indian women school teachers in earning
their livelihood by brain work while so many or
the Indian young men of the period must depend
upon manual labor for their earnings emphasizes
as does nothing else the change that has come
about in the status of Indian women. 1t Is I'M
der such circumstances, a complete reversal OF
conditions over those that obtained in the long
ago when the Indian women were compelled to
do all of the hard labor. whereas the men were
responsible only for the lighter tasks;-or. may
hap, devoted themselves exclusively to warfare
and the chase,
There is little doubt that one explanation or
the success which so many twentieth century In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
IS HEAD OF POSTAL BANKS

Theodore L. Weed, chief clerk OF tns
postofhce department and Postmaslef
General Hitchcock's principal e2ecr
tive assistant in the management Vi
the department, has been appolnte
director of the postal savings system
at $4,000 a year. He will assume Old
duties Immediately. !.
The extraordinary development "
the postal savings system caused Nil
Hitchcock to organize a special bureau
to take up the work.
Mr.. Weed was appointed to the sVr
eminent service from Connecticut u
1898.
Mr.. Hitchcock predicts that DelUi'
the end Of the current fiscal year NV
postal savings deposits will excess
$50, 100000 and that the system NV
only will be self-sustaining pu' ;
source Of profit to the goVernmssp1
Already the deposits have reacnsu :
total in excess Of $15,OOO,OOO. 49,.
OF the four important ofnceS I csr
opened for business August last, WV
asst available statistics, led Win o s1s"
with $411,769. Boston third Win si''
Q to establish postal banks IN SO'''
y~Nor ov.0rdny. husinpsE
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
FRENCH CHIEF WITH TAFT

President Taft's efforts to secure the
ratification of arbitration treaties with
France and Great Britain was the spe-
cial theme of an official speech made
recently by President Fallieres at the
New Years reception to the diplomat
ic corps at the Elysee palace in Paris.
There was large attendance of dip
1omats at the function, among them
being Robert Bacon, the American am
bassadOr.
Sir Francis L. BERTHE, the British
ambassador and dean of the diplomat
ic corps, presented to the French ex-
ecutive the New Year Fluctuations OF
the foreign representatives. He de-
clared that he and the other members
Of the corps felt certain that France
would continue to be a powerful aid
in every work having in view the
progress OF civilization. He added that
this permitted the hope that the gen.
erous initiative of the president Of the
United States in favor of the extern
sion Of arbitration to international
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26

questions during the
The countries represent continued Sir Francis know that they
to find in France powerful auxiliary with which obtain these
Responding diplomats
labor in behalf Of
Like Ambassador the President continued 1--WE congratulate
president the
arbitration
repeated application principle
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
GOVERNOR ENGAGED TO MARRY

Robert Perkins Bass, governor Of
Hampshire, is engaged to be married
to Miss Edith Bird, daughter Of
Charles S. Bird Of East Walpole, and
granddaughter of the late Francis
w. Bird. She is well known in the
Norfolk Hunt club and for her exploits
in the hunting field. For the last two
or three years she has made her home
in New York. She is brilliant con-
versationalist and young woman Of
striking personality.
Mr.. Bass is the first public primary
governor of New Hampshire. He was
nominated in 1910 over Bertram Ellis
Of Keene in a statewide primary in
which the old organization supported
Ellis and the so-called Progressives,
who had grown up around the Win
ston Churchill candidacy, voted for
Bass. He was elected in November,
1910. He was one Of the speakers at
the recent meeting Of Progressive Re
publicans in fremont Temple, in Bos-
ton, with George l.. Record of New
IarsQv and Clifford Pinchnf af Nouy =
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26
WHO'S WHO ANDY H|
3 vz5lssF - z " qFzzFTI
NEW MAYOR ON THE LID

Corrupt and contented" NJ
describes the condition of d., ioas
phia. The new administrators ltaa
or Blankenburg is purifying Sl
and vice is already on the rn ruS q
ing cover. 0u' SO
The other Sunday for the s,,.
in 80 years the saloons Of +h 10
were closed and all of Pbilas 1 9
from center to circumference Ual
dry as a bone. Not only wera ~ w.
looms closed, but even the uu,' ~s
rated clubs shut their doors ans J
various speak-easies, Of which a
are more than 1000 in the citv ,u'1
in the main as quiet as a prov wy
The few that opened were nrosa v
raided. The doom of the speal
has been sounded in Philadelnb,s !.
not only is the administration onH.'
to their existence, but the brevonrss '''
licensed saloonkeepers are a,sO 10y
ing war on them and soon their 49,. n''
will be only memory.
But the reform Administered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26

further and drepuabe s
the vile
The closing Of saloons however Sunday given of to
element consider the of beer much
man deprving they consider their But
position from until the admins
Philadelphia
cities in the land and one Of morally.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-01-26

Bass is likely the vicepresidena
Republican
Mr. Bass has president
Hampshire small NJ
Bass the celebrated Robert f. Bass
the class
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The Pi,inOs.

The Two High Grade Remington Pianos will be awarded one to the city and one to the country districts to the contestants standing highest after the Autos have been awarded.
 The Diamond Rings.
 Will be awarded, one tci district, to the contestants standing first in each district, after the Grand Prizes have ben awarded.
 The Suites of Furniture. Will be given, one to a a.serict, to the contes tants standing fsecond in each district, after the diamonds have been awarded.
 The Scholarships.
 Will be given, one to district to each of the six contestants standing highest after the suites of furniture have been awarded.
 In Case of a Tie.
 Tn case of :. tie for any or all of the above prizes, those so tying will receive prize9 of equal value. Remember the closing date. April 4
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WANTED-To buy ever

iNTED-To buy every second hand suit of clothes, shoes, hats, bi- cycles, etc., in Pine Bluff or anything else you have second hand that yoE want to realize somet ething on. I mean just what say, call us any time day or night We also have the best shoe machine repair shop in town Our prices are lower-the work the best. Why not have your clothes pressed and cleaned by our new steam pressing shop? Our prices are right
 our work is first class. We call for and deliver all goods. Phone 1884 Variety Sales & Repair Co.,, Joe Dur ham, Mgr, 10s-112 Chestnut. If
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c. A. Glossner. 24 Ontario St., Rochester, N r., has recovered from a long and severe attack of kidney trouble, his cure being due to Foley Kidney Pills. After detailing his case, he says: q am only sorry did not learn sooner of Foley. Kidney Pills. In few days time my back ache completely left me and I fels greatly improved. My kidneys be- came stronger, dizzy spells left me and I was no longer annoyed at night. I fell 100 per cent better since us- ing Foley Kidney Pills. w. L. De- woody
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To Muthers-And Others.

You can use Bucklen's Arnica Salve to cure children of eczema, rashes, letter, chafings, scaly and crusted humors, as we'll as their ac- cidental injuries,-cuts, burns, bruises, etc., with perfect safety Nothing else heals so quickly. For boils, ulcers, old, running or fever sores or piles it has no equal. 25 cents at all druggists.
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First Methodist Church.

Sunday school at 3: 30 a. m.
 The pastor will preach at the morning houH At the evening hour there Will be a temperance mass meeting addressed by Rev. Frank Bar rett, of Little Rock Some of the other churches will probably dismiss their evening services in the interest of the mass meeting
 The League will meet at 6:45 D. al. Prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7:45 D. m.
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HOTEL DIRECTORY

WHAYNE HOTEL pecial attention given ercial men.
 Rison, Ark.
 1. 4 < KINGSLAND HOTEL F. M. Knickerbocker, Prop. Kingsland, Ark.
 !. s' l. NEW HOTEL KILGORE Up-tC-dete Modern Hotel Rates $2.00 and up. w. M. Carraway, Mgr. Fordyce, Ark.
 l. :. + THE BOGGS HOUSE Stephens, Ark. Miss Pearl Boggz. Prop.
 + .s' + NUNNALLY HOTEL. Comamrcial Mems Home Waldo, Ark.
 + * HINTON HOTEL. First class hotel. Stamps, Ark.
 4 !. <. MULKEY HOTEL Rates $2.00 per day Lewisv.lle, Ark.
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Christian Church.

Tiere will be no service at the Car. stian church Sunday evening. The congregation will attend the frass mee ,irgs at the Methodist and the Bansist churches. Rev. c. c. Cline, the pastor, will preach in the morn ing on "The W1rship of the New Tas .anent Church.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17
Automatic. Most of us forget rather than for. g1ve because 1t Is easler.-Puck.
How Cold Causes Kidney Disease.

Partly by driving blood from the surface and congesting the kidneys, and partly by throwing too much work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills strengthen the kidneys, give toae to the urinary organs and re- store the normal action of the blad- der. They are ionic in action, quick in results. Trv them. w. l.. De- woody & Go. ,5
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Lutheran Church.

East Sixth avenue and Florida St W, c. Sehrader, pastor. English Sun day schoo,, 9:30 a. m. German ser vice, 10:45 a. m. English service, 7:%0 p. m. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17
\ Cold, La Grippe, Then Pneumonia.

Is too often the fatal sequence, and coughs that hang on weaken the sys- tenn and lower the vital resistance. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is a reliable medicine that stops the cough promptly by healing the cause; soothes the inflamed air passages, and checks the cold. Keep always on hand. Refuse substitutes. w. L. & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17
Must Be Either Good or Bad,

"A mans mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated, or allowed to r,ln wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, 1t must, and will bring forth. If 10 useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless wecG-Geeds will fall therein, and will continue to pro duce their kind."-James Allen.
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WoLbier Seldom Succeeds.

Success in lift. depends far mcre upon decision Of character than upon the possession of what is called gen. jus. The man who is Eerpetually hesi- taEing as to which Of two things he will Ge. will do neither. r.''-William Wirt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17
AT THE CHURCHES
Hawley Memorial.
? + < < < +* + + < **

Regular services Sunday mornins 2 at II o'clock and D. m. Preaching iE the morning hy Rev. William Me- Dougall, Presbyterian minister Sunday school at 10 o'clock, J. A.. Simpson, superintendent. Epwor.h League 6:30 D. m. The public is cor dially invited to attend.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17

Mrs. E. A. Irving, the noted seaDl- s-ress, is now conducting a first class dresmaking department in con nection with Caver's Dry Cleaning and Dye Works. Fringe and faces dyed to match, pressing thrown in. Save money by getting her figures.
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First Church of Christ Scientist

Services II a. m. and 8 p. m. Sub j c. Substance" Sunday School 10 2. m. Wednesday D. m. Reading room open from 2:30 to } p. m. All are cordially invi3ad to attend these services.
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ee Ready for Opportunity.

There Is scope for chance every. where; let your hook be always hang ing ready. Tn the eddies where you least expect 1t, there will be a fish."- Ovid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-17

al interest to the church will be conG idered.
 Sunday School g.. 9:30 a. m.
 B. Y. P. U. at 7 D. m.
 F caching at F. J. A. Mckinney at 8 D. m.
 Vc shall be glad to welcome you to all these s2Tvices.
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Children Crv
 FOR FLETcHER'S c A s o RIA
Distribution of Prizes

To the contestants having the high est number lof votes in the city dis tricts will be given one Auto, and tc the contestant having the highest vote in the country districts will be given the other machine.
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E'rNs Baptist Church

The pastor will preach at the morning hour and the membe,s are urged to b? present Matters of vit-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MAY 5. 1912

|
twenty miles, we began to emerge
from the trees, which had grown
smaller until they were mere shrubs.
Their place was taken by an i'm
mcnse wilderness of bamboo, which
grew so thickly that we could penc-
trate it only by cutting a pathway
with the machetcs and billhooks of
the Indians. 1t took us long dav.
travelling from seven in the morning
to eight at night, with only two
breaks of one hour each, to get
through this obstacle.
Anything more monotonouS and
Wcarying could not be magincd:
for even at the most open places |
could not see more than ten or
twelve yards ahead, while usually
my vision was limited to the back
of Lord RoXton's white drill jacket
in front OF me- and to the yellow wall
within a foot of me on each side.
From above came one thin knife
edge of sunshine, and fifteen feet
over our heads one saw the tops
of the reeds sWaying against the
deep blue sky. | do not know what
kind of creatures inhabit such a
thiCkct; but several times we heard
the plunging of large, heavy animals
quite close to us. From their sounds
Lord RoXton judged them to be
some form of wild cattle. Just as
night fell we cleared the belt of BAN
booS. and at once formed our camp,
exhausted by the intcrminablc day.
Early next morning we were again
afoot. and found that the character
of the country had changed once
again. Behind us was the wall OF
bamboo, as definite as if it marked
the course OF a river. In front was
an open plain, Sloping slightly up
ward. and dotted with clumps OF tree
ferns. the whole curving before Us
until il ended in long, whale backed
ridge This we reached about mid
day; only to find shallow valley
beyond rising once again into a
gentle incline which led to a low,
rounded skyline. Ii was here, when
we crossed the first Of these hills,
that an incident occurred which may
or may not have been important.
PROFESSOR CHALLENGER,
who with the two local Indians.
was in the van OF the party, stopped
suddenly and pointed cXcitcdly to
the right. As he did 50, we saw at
the distance OF mile or 50 some