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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31

proposition of Spain was presented
last Tuesday, M. Cambon had pre-
pared himself to speak with au-
thority on the questions which
were to arise. The President him
self had preferred this course, al
though outside himself and the
ambassador few were aware that
the latter would come ready to
treat as the envoy of Spain. The
first instructions to M. Cambon
made him merely a medium of
communicating Spain's first note,
but now he appeared with all the
attributes of >the direct diplomatic
officer of Spain, empowered to act
for the government within his very
complete instructions.
The meeting was held in the
Presidents library, and both in the
subjects discussed and the impress
i've way in which the argument
proceeded it was a conference des-
tined to become memorable. After
M. Cambou had presented his Gre
dentials as pleuipotentiary, and
they had been examined and his
status recognized as the envoy
of Spain, the first business was the
presentation of the terms laid
down by the United States gov
ernment. Secretary Day read the
terms, pausing at the end of each
sentence to allow M. Thebault,
first secretary of the French en-
bassy, to interpret into French, as
the ambassadors knowledge of
English is limited. The reading
by Secretary Day and interpreting
by M. Thebault took but fifteen
minutes. Then began the discus
sion point by point. The Presi-
dent and the ambassador addressed
each other directly with the great
est freedom and frankness, each
stoutly maintaining the justice of
his position on the several points
involved.
When at last, after an eloquent
plea by the ambassador, it was
agreed to modify the conditions in
one particular, Secretary Day with
drew for half an hour and attend
ed to drafting the modification.
This accomplished, the ambassa-
dor addressed himself to the Presi-
dent, not so much as the advocate
of Spain, but personally, having
with the President, man for man, a
like interest in humanity. M.
Cambon is a man of fervid e1o-
quence, and he spoke with an in
tensity of feeling which made a
deep impression on the President
and the others present. He spoke
In French, each sentence being
caught up and interpreted by M.
Thebault with rapidity, so that
the earnestness of the ambassa-
doris expression lost little by this
indirect method of communication.
The President spoke with equal
frankness, and in the lengthy dis
cussion there was scarcely point
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31
HIs cAREER IL HRIEF.

| short Review OF Prince Dismarck'a
| Great Accomplishments.
| Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck-Schoen-
! hausen was born Al sehoenhausen Aprn i.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31
GENERAL MERRITT ARRIVED AT HIS
DESTINATION ON July rs,
And Immediately Notified the War De-
partment that All the Troops As
signed 10 Him Would BE Needed.
CHIEF AGUINALDo DEFIANT
LEADER OF PHILIPPINE REBELS
HAS ASSUMED A BOLD ATTITUDE.

Admiral Dewey Reports that 1t Will
Require "A Large Force from This
Country to Subdue the Dictator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31
WAR MAY END THIS WEEK
President MCKinleys Peace Terms Accepted
by M. Cambon and Cabled to Madrid.

French Ambassador Acted Spain's Envoy, and His
Acquiescence in the Agreement Requires Only
the Ratification of the Sagasta Cabinet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-31

in the whole range of the war
which was not met aud freely con-
cidarnd
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
THE EAGLES NEST.
Every Vestige of 1t Is Torn Up as Soon
as the Young Birds Are
Able to Fly.

In telling of the habits, haunts and
homes of the eagle in Tennessee,
writer in the New York Post says:
The eagle either builds its nest upon the
top of mighty tree growing far up
on the mountain, among myriads of
fwining vines, and the thickest and
most inaccessible bushes or shrubs, or
en- the summit of a high rock. 1t is al
ways large one, strongly and comfort
ably built, large sticks and branches
being laid together, nearly fiat and
bound with twining vines. The spacious
inside is covered with hair and MOSES,
SO infinitely woven together that no
wind can penetrate. In this abode the
mother bird lays two eggs, which are
great curiosities. The long end of the
egg tapers down to point, while its
color is dirt or brownish red, with
many dots and spots upon it. The
young birds are driven forth from the
nest by their savage parents to scratch
for themselves as soon as they are able
to fly, and no training whatever is given
them by the old bird. That is left to
their instinct, which hunger and neces-
sity develop. There is no going back
to the old home for the young eagle, for
the mother bird at once tears up every
.gestige of the nest where they have
thriven since birth, and while they emit
plaintive 'shrieks,' darts at them and
pushes them off the crags or rocks, and
as they must take to their wings or fall,
this is how they learn to fly at once. 1t
takes three years for young eagle to
gain its full and complete plumage and
for the development of its strength.
Once full grown, provided he does not
meet with a violent death. an eagle
should live between 80 and 16O years.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
HELPFUL FARM NOTES.

Always use good thermometer
when churning.
One advantage in the creamery is
that the farmers wife gets rid of the
drudgery of making butter.
One serious objection to selling hay
from the farm is that it carries away
too much of the fertility of the farm.
To make the most out of it, plan to
save all of the liquid manure as well
as the solid by using plenty of bed
ding.
Agricultural papers help to build the
farmer up by being alive to his inter-
ests, and every farmer can find profit in
reading them.
While theoretically budded trees are
the best, yet, practically, there are
just as good trees growing by root
grating as by budding.
1t is only when good care has been
taken to maintain the fertility of the
farm that it can in any way be con-
sidered advisable to plant young trees
where a very old one has died.
The soil for the orchard should be
dry, firm, mellow and fertile. Gener-
ally a soil that will produce a good
crop of corn or wheat will grow good
trees and fruit. It should be worked
into good condition before planting
Farmers Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

springs at the bottom to help keep up
the enormous volume of water. From
the north there is a large amount of
water pouring into the lake year in and
year out; the swift-rushing, narrow
banked Nipigon and other streams
furnishing no small part of the supply.
These streams in large measure make
up the loss from the surface. One of
the old lake captains, a bronzed, kindly
faced man who had been for 35 years on
the lakes, and had faced death many a
time in the frightful storms which
sometimes sweep across these beautiful
bodies of water, told me, as we were
passing along one day near the north
coast of Superior, with the headlands
and inlets and glossy green bluffs of
that most picturesque shore in full
view, that the theory that the lake was
slowly going down in size was true.
He maintained that he could tell from
certain landmarks along the shores,
with which he is as familiar as he would
be with the streets of his old Scottish
birthplace, that the lake was slowly
very slowly-but surely receding. How
ever, it will be some centuries yet be-
fore there will be any appreciate less
ening of the great lakes, SO that we need
not be concerned.
Strange as it may seem, the lake has
tides, too, well-defined tides, discov-
cred in 1860. 1t is what is called self
registering tide, with regular fux
and refiux wave, Sc the scientific men
say, by the sun and moon. The average
rise and fall every "a hours is one-four-
teen-hundredth of foot; the maximum
| tide at new and full moon is one-twen.
ty-eight-hundredth of a foot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
BUTTER AND BREAD.

Why this complaining, my dear little man?
Wherefore those frowns on your chubby
round face?
Childhood should only have smiles in it's
span,
Manhood win yield you the woeful grim
Pouting and crying and dropping your
head,
Brave little man, don't you think 1T a sin.
When for a piece" you are given good
bread,
Then to be vexed cause the buffers
spread thin?
Dear little man with the chubby round face,
Lightly pass over the griefs of to-day!
Soon you will enter life's handicap race,
God grant you courage to win it pray.
There will be those who will jostle you
Sore,
Try to deny you the bread that you win.
Manhood will teach you this truth DER and
Ger:
Fate spreads the butter of opu1ence thin.
Learn to be happy my dear little man,
Shoulder your crosses and smile at your
gains,
Wink back the tears, be brave as you
can
All the world turns from the man who
complains.
He who feeds ravens will give to you bread,
All of your faith to this creed you may
pin,
Smile brave smile even though Fortune
spread
Sometimes the butter exceedingly thin.
Roy Farrell Greene, in Good Housekeep-
ing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
overdrivtng Draueht Horse..

The draft horse never has so hard
and sound hoof as the horse used from
colthood to rapid driving on the road.
He not only needs to be kept shod when
driven, but the greatest care should be
taken that he never be overdriven. It
is not in their lungs, but In their feet,
that draft horses most often go
wrong when used freely on the road.
Their weight units them for rapid driv-
ing, as even if their feet were sound
the extra weight with which each foot
would come upon the ground means
jar not only to the foot but to the en-
tire system. But in most cases it is the
feet that usually give out after hard
driving on the road.-American Cult
yator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

that no undue advantages Will be taken
of visitors while here. Gen. Goblin a
few days ago named the Grand hotel
as national headquarters, and he and
his family and his staff viii occupy
about IL large rooms in this hosselry.
This hotel will also be headquarters
for the two national presidents of the
women's auxiliary organizations-the
Women's Relief Corps and the Ladies
of the G. A. X. Parties began contract
ing for accommodations in the hotels
early last fall, and some OF the hotels
have already disposed of every room.
But Cincinnati has fortunately large
number of good hotels, and tits believed
there Will be no lack of facilities in that
direction.
As for the veterans who prefer to
camp out, with mattress only between
their bodies and the floor, and their
grips for pillows, two classes of free
quarters will be provided. The most
interesting by all means is Camp Sher-
man. Adjoining the popular summer
resort, Chester park, is large level
field of many acres extent, which is to
be transformed into tented city, with
careful sewage system, with electric
lights and city water. Here it is pro-
posed TO care for 10000 veterans. The
many buildings in Chester park will be
used as auXiliaries to the camp, which
has been named i'll honor of Gen. VIII
liam Tecumseh Sherman. The large
club house will be used as restaurant,
where the veterans can get a square
meal for a quarter, or lunches at popu-.
lar prices The amusement hall will be
available for campfres and reunions.
In addition, continuous entertainment
| of many varieties will be provided.
Cincinnati has about 20 school build
ings. The use of all of these has been
donated by the board of education.
They Will be transformed into lodging
houses for the week of September 5. Al.
ready the committee on school build
ings. of which Capt. Il. E. Monford,
president of the board of education
| and member of the national council
of administration, G. A. r., is chair
man, has assigned to quarters in &c
school buildings about $4,000 veterans
1t is expected that at least 10000 vet
Grams can be comfortably lodged in all
the school buildings of the city.
The committee on halls and meeting
places, Col. Max Silberberg, chairman,
has obtained possession of every public
meeting place in the city, and is now
engaged in assigning the same foI
campfres and reunions. Col. SLIDER
berg is DESTROYS that all organizations
desiring use of halls will make appl;ca-
ton to him at as early a date as pos
sible. The committee on private ac-
commodations, George Puchta, chair
man, will begin shortly thorough can.
vass of the homes of the city to find how
many visitors may be cared for. As
the population of Cincinnati and iu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
Corn.ta1k. tn the sprtng.

''As dry as cornstalk in spring" is a
common proverb among farmers for
anything that is very dry and worth
less. 1t is very apparent at this time
of year that the stalks should be fed
out very early in order to get as much
value from them as possible. If they
are cut it will pay to moisten each feed,
and this can be done with sweetened
water. now that sugaEis so cheap as it
is. The juices of the cornstalk are
sweet, and it is in this fact that much
of the value of cornstaiks for feeding
consists. Wherever beet sugar is made
some of the refuse or discolOred mo-
lasses may be used in place of the sugar.
Some time this country will probably
be able to produce all the sugar it needs.
and so cheaply that it can be freely
used as an appetizer to encourage farm
stock to eat food that would not other
wise be palatable. - American Guilt
YatOr.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28

suburbs now aggregates half a million
souls, the committee anticipates nc
trouble whatever in providing ample
accommodations of a high class foI
those visitors who do not care to &C
to hotels.
The miscellaneous entertainment
committee. Charles E. Logan, chairman
is preparing to make use of the fouI
principal summer resorts-COney
Island, the Geological gardens, the
Lagoon and Chester park-and will also
provide special features, probably in
GLIDING sham battles on both land anc
river.
Gen. Andrew Hickenlooper. who Won
his title by long and distinguished
service during the civil war, is chair.
man of the committee on parade and
review. While the line of march has
not yet been made public, it has been
selected and approved by Commander
in Chief Goblin. 1t will be within the
prescribed limit of two miles, and viii
be entirely of streets paved with as
phaIt with the exception of only quar-
ter of a mile The day of the parade.
has not been selected, but it will prob
ably be Wednesday, September =
The citizens committee having the
arrangements in charge is thoroughly
organized 1t comprises an executive
board consisting of Mr.. Ingalls,, chair
man; William b. Melish, executive di.
rector; Casper H Rowe, treasurer. and
Edwin Stevens. secretary; also &c
members, each of whom is chairman OF
q subcommittee which is conducting
some particular line of work. Besides
the committees named. the others are
as follows. with their respective chair
men: Auditing. Z. V. Cherry. bureau
of information, II. D. Crane; badges.
William B. Melish; courtesies, state and
city. Gustav Tafel; day decorations. J.
A Kohner; fireworks, f. Aims; grand
stands, J. W. Robinson; horses and car
riages. H P Wiborg. invitation and
reception, Capt. j. Milf Blair; Iegisia-
ton. Maj. George A. Vandegrift; med
ical corps, Dr. J. c. Culbertson: music.
Frank a. Lee; military organizations,
p. NJ. Afillikin; night Examinations.
James Powell; sister cities. George E
Currie; press Joseph I. Carew; print
ing. w. B. Carpenter: painting and
decorating, John Harris: private ac-
commoda tons. George Puchta: pub
lie order. ex-Mayer John A. Caldwell.
public comfort. W. c. Johnson. van
pageantry. w. r. Mcconas; wonen.s
auxiliary, Congress man Jacob h Bron-
well S
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
Brought the Mule Back.

Senator Morgan was the witness of
an interesting incident during his visit
to Honolulu. One day cargo of mules
was being carried on barge to steam
er lying off shore, when one of the
mules jumped overheard. When he
landed on the beach he took survey,
and saw his fellow-mules still on the
barge, and started to join them. After
he had swan some distance, a great
wave came along and turned him over.
When he righted himself he was wild
with rage, and blindly headed out for
mid-ocean. The captain of the barge
gave command to Kanaka, who i'm
mediately sprang overheard, swan at
a tangent to intercept the mule, and,
reaching the animal, climbed upon his
back. and by clever tactics rode the
mule direct to the steamer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
TREATMENT OF PIGS.
At Eight or Nine Months OF Age They
Should be i'm Good Shape
for the Market.

All the pigs may be treated alike un-
til they are five or six months old, be-
cause no matter for what purpose they
are intended, the first work in the prep
aration for that purpose is to build up
the frame, to develop the bone and
muscle, says Texas Stock and Farm
Journal. Whenever the weather per-
mits the sows and pigs should have free
and wide range over all the farm not
devoted to cultivation, and pasturage
should be looked upon as essential to
their development. If the pasturage is
good the amount of roofing they will
do will not be a damage to the range
or the farm, for they will destroy many
insect pests and the exercise will be
benefit to the animals. A patch of
peas should be grown on every farm for
the young pigs as we'll as for other
purposes, and the pigs should run in
them an hour or so every day. The peas
have much the same nutritive qualities
as milk and are cheaper. When the
pigs have them in sufficient quantity
their frames have rapid development
and they can be brought on to the corn
feeding later with less risk of injury
than if they had passed through the
summer on grass or alfalfa alone. But
wherever in Texas the alfalfa can be
grown. and in many portions of the
state it will thrive well, it ought to form
a most important part in building up
the frames of the young animals. After
they have become five or six months old
those that are to be kept as breeders
should be separated from the animals
that are to be fed for market. The
methods of handling the former should
not be materially changed, and such
changes as are made in feeding the fat
tening animals should be made gradu-
ally and cautiously, watching them un-
til they have been brought to full feed.
At no time is it we'll to confine them
solely to corn. Some green stuff
should be given them, and some va
riety of food. with plenty of charcoal
and salt. abundance of pure water, and
they should have clean, well-sheltered
quarters. Corn, of course, will be the
principal food in finishing. but it
should never be given so freely and
exclusively as to cause the hogs to be-
come in the least tired of it. And at
eight or nine months of age they should
be ready for the market.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
ON LAKE SUPERIOR.
1t Is the Largest and the Most Pic
turesaue Body of Fresh Water
In the Whole World.

ssThe Great Lakes is the title of an
article in ST. Nicholas, written by W. S.
HARDWOOD. Concerning Lake Superior,
Mr.. HARDWOOD says:
1t is, to begin with, the largest body
of fresh water in the world. 1t is water
of wonderful purity which it holds, too;
and some time-and in the not very dis
tant future, either-the people who live
in the large cities to the west and south
will come to this lake to get the water
for their homes. It will not be so re
markab1e an engineering feat to pipe
the water of this lake, pure and spark
ling and fresh from it's cold depths, to
these cities which are now struggling
with the question of their water supply
and meeting all sorts of difficulties in
their efforts to get water fit to drink.
All down through this thousand feet
of blue there is peculiar GOODNESS. AT
the very most, the temperature varies
through winter and summer not more
than six degrees. Winter and summer
this great lake never changes to any ap-
preciable extent, so that if you dip your
finger-tips il the blue surface on day
in July, or if you test it some day III
early winter when you have been out on
some be1ated, ice-mai1ed fishing-smack
or when you have gone out to watch the
fishermen spearing their supplies
through the thick ice in mid-January,
you will find but trifing difference in
the temperature. Away down at the
bottom, too, there is but little variation
III the temperature, for it stands at
nearly 40 degrees Fahrenheit at the bot
tom, and varies from 40 to 46 degrees.
winter and summer, at the surface.
The other lakes, though cold, are not
in this respect like Superior.
The whole bottom of the lake is be-
lieved to be a strong rock basin, though
| it would seem that there must be great
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-04-28
HOG CHOLERA CURES.
The Successful One May Have Been
Discovered at Last by the AG-
ricultural Department..

Swine breeders have become thor
oughly skeptical concerning hog chol-
era cures, and beNtre the successful one
will be received with general favor it
must be proven to be a very successful
remedy. Charlatans and quacks have
advertised and sold remedies and cures
and grown rich on the proceeds of their
sales, but the successful cure is yet to
come, unless late experiments by the
agricultural department prove that the
long-looked-for relief has at last been
found.
Those who are well posted in the pa
thology of the disease do not doubt that
a cure will be found eventually, but so
far in the quest the work has been con-
fined to blind experiments. 1t is be-
ieved that the remedy will be found in
a serum that will be used to inoculate
the animal and prevent the disease,
rather than cure one that is already
sick.
DIR. d. E. Salmon, of the bureau of an
imal industry, has been experimenting
with a new serum which is produced
by inoculating cows or horses with
hog cholera virus, and some late
experiments seem to indicate that a
great measure of success will follow the
use of this new treatment. In some
tests in Iowa So per cent. of those treat
ed escaped the disease, while SIS per
cent. of herds in the same vicinity not
treated died. Further experimentation
will be required before definite results
can be announced, and the manufacture
and application of the serum will be
kept in the hands of government ex-
perts until the value of it is fully de-
termined. It is proposed to ask con-
gress to appropriate enough money to
furnish serum for 100000 hogs the
coming season, the cost at present being
about ten cents for each hog treated.
If 50 per cent. of the hogs in infected
districts can be saved the value of the
treatment will be very great.-Farm-
erS' Voice.