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seen in our own land. They smoke
them at nome and in the streets. at
the table or on the balcony, lying In
hammocks or lolling on their stecds.
n only desist when within the sacred
walls of the church. The momen mass
is over and they re-emerge into the
sunlight the first thing the women do
is TO light "A fresh cigar and then climb
n the saddle. They make a beautiful
picture upon the roads. Imagine an
intensely blue sky above. with below
rich green vegetation and startling
dashes of scarlet, crimson, vermilion.
orange and white from the flowers
which seem to bloom the year through.
setting off the bright hues of the cos
tunes. 1t combines the picturesque
side 90 New Orleans life. of Florida
scenery, Of the Maine lake country and
of the New Hampshire hills.
! stopped on the road at a rich SUI
gar plantation and was Immediately
approached and welcomed by a senior
who was apparently either the owner
or manager. He expressed the liveli-
est sentiments of JOY and gratitude at
having come under the stars and stripes
and asked me to consider the planta-
tion as my own. When / said | would
like to go over the place he appeared
Il regard the request as the greatest
honor which could be conferred upon
him. He first brought out an ancient
duenna To preserve the conventional
tiles of Porto Rican society, and then.
with hat in hand. escorted US from
point of interest. The soil was a well
cultivated red loan from which most
OF the stones had been picked in the
course of the years, but instead of be-
ing utilized TO make walls they had
apparently been employed for building
purposes or else for road making. What
fences there We're We're Of American
barbed wire. which every here and
there could be seen running out in
lines.
Here and there were little matched
cabins in which live employees who act I
as guards whiie the cane is growing. !
ana as gathurers when IL is ready To
De cut down for the mill. one OF them
who spoke "A little English told me tia
he n his little ones We're entitled 10
axe all the sugar cane they wanted
because they prevented the natives :
around from doing the same thing. F.,
guarding and gathering they en-
ployed the same weapon the famous
Looked at as an aEriCultur- I
al instrument the maChete is as peace
tul a piece OF steel as the woodlands I
AK or the reaper's scythe. but its
in the two Cuban wars
bAthed il in blood. Tire same
which most observers fail 10 notice.
namely, that the rough edge and the
Tented blade Of the machetC algunu-
ates small quantities Of rust. mould
decaying matter. which, i they
inter the human system. are apt 10
'roduce lockJsw, blood poisoning or
dangerous Inflammation.
The cane was simply magnificent. 1t
vas az least eight feet high. Of a de-
beautiful green color and
eemed to be an edition Of indian corn
n Nebraska done up in green instead
gold. IL was thick and juicy. many
{ the canes being two inches IN diam
ter. and IL was 50 full OF sweet sap
hat IL seemed swollen and about 10
reak and run out in syrup. Through
le nelds ran roads along which the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

work. the birds will be unreliable as
messengers. To get the best results
it is necessary to take the pigeons
from their birth and train them in
the most painstaking and careful man.
ner. 1t is an interesting study to watch
the Matching of pigeons. An interval
of 46 hours elapses between the laying
of the first and the second egg. The
parent birds divide the time in sitting
on the eggs. 1t is a strange act that
the egg that is laid second always
matches out first. The eggs hatch out
about Is days after the laying. 1t is
at this time that the male bird can be
depended upon to make the best time
in flying. When released 1t seems as
though he cannot get home to the
young bird too quickly, and II any rec
ord fly is to be made this is the best
time to attempt it.
A pigeon to be of any use as a carrier
must, according to an acknowledged
authority, have a certain amount OF
observation and intelligence as we'll
as those muscular qualities to enable
1t to fly long distances. These quail
ties are hereditary, and IL is therefore
necessary that birds hould be pur-
chased from reliable sources. At a
meeting in which 14S birds were flown
from London to C~herbourg the veloc-
ity of the winning bird was 1870 yards
a minute, made over a course of 40
miles, 60 Of which We're over water.
Pigeons, like men, are useless in war
without some familiarity with fire and
smoke. Experiments showed that they
are naturally afraid of both, but if
kept near cannon which are constantly
being discharged they soon get used
to the alarms Of war.
In Germany pigeons are regularly
flown distances of from 300 to 500
miles. but in England the range is
about 100 to $50 miles. The longest
record was made from Rome to Bel
GUM, between 500 and 900 miles. In
these races only old and experienced
birds were engaged, but even for them
the trial was severe, and the PERCENT
age that gave up the effort and rest
ed or persisted on the way, was con-
siderable. Exceptionally strong birds
can accomplish these great journeys.
but he carefully selected carrier can,
without observable fatigue, manage so
or ninety miles, and it is understood
that at some military pigeon cotes
there are many equal to this task, al
though the authorities are exceedingly
reticent about their efforts in his de-
partment. WALLACE. :
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@UEER PORTO RI@HN LDRE

cut cane was carried, and at a central
point was the battery as they call
n place where the saccharine matter
Is extracted. The machinery was old
fashioned and, according to my guide,
was the same that mad been used by
his grandfather so years before. 1t
makes very good brown sugar of a rich
and pleasant lavor almost as good as
candy, and a rather thin mOlasses Of
pungent taste and perfume. The cane
workers appear to thrive on their in
dustry Il use large quantities OF su-
gar cane, brown sugar and mOlasses
for their daily fare.
On the plantation was a |cocoanut
grove in which the palms varied from
mere shoots to full-ErOwn kings Of
the forest. on all the larger mes were
the green globes which as they ripen
become the husk of the fruit. The
ripe mes are seldom used In Porto
Rico, but are exported to this country,
Canada and other lands. The green
ones are used both as a refreshing
drink and as an article Of diet. The
guide knocked off some of the fresh
fruit from the tree. With mis- maChete
he cut a hole I'm the top and then hand
ed the specimen to me. drank the
fresh juice, which VAS Of the color and
thickness OF diluted milk and water,
but much more refreshing and palata-
bic. Then with a ionE-hdudled spoon
| ate the soft creamy pulp which chung
to the interior OF the nut and found il
worth a journey across the ocean. The
use this pulp in cooking and
work 1t into cakes, creams and made
dishes.
On the same road were coffee plan
tations which are the prettiest things
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

in the world. 7 say pretty because
they are not handsome, nor impressive.
The coffee is a large shTub or small
tree with deep green n lustrous
leaves. Its flower is a white blossom
with a faint but pleasant odor, and
the fruit or berry ripens from a pale
green To a rich flame color. In the
same orchard may be seen the white
flowers, the green fruit, the red berries
and the hrownish hue of the over-ri-
pened berry when ready for picking.
They are always on a hillside and they
are laid out with considerable regular
ity. In a few plantations they are as
accurately aligned as in "A New England
apple orchard, hut in others the plant
err has followed the irreg Sarities of
the soil so that the grown trees form
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

graceful curves which bring into sharp
or relief the contour OF the hill or
mountain.
A feature which will please cur tenn
perauCe friends Is the absence of sa-
looms in these districts n their re-
placement by neat little coffee houses
which sell leo cups OF coffee a day. II
costs but little TO live in thls land and
the coffee house which sells the above
amount will support a host and his
family. The coffee they serve Is eN-
tremely good, although at times the
iayor Is improved, according to Span
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pick and elaborate system of electric
wires that ramity every part Of the
m body, called the nervous sys-
tcm,' is the most important factor. 1t
bears the same relation 10 the living
body as the telegraph and telephone
systems do 10 the social and
CiGl intercourse of the world-tha or
Eans Of the body symbolizing n in
dUstrIal centcrs. while the nerves and
arteries are avenues Of communica-
ton and transportation between
them.
The instant any abnormal condition
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18
Lesson of the TroouSbiDS

From the Boston Journal.
Troop ships especially designed and con-
structed must hereafter be maintained as
a regular part of our military establish
ment, and a new and powerful argument
is placed in the hands Of public men who
have been contending for many years
that there was something besides 'cheap-
ness to be considered i'm the development
of a merchant marine. The military value
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nallace-We don't want Hawaii. We
want no heather land.
ttfry-Hawaii Is no heather land. II
has had missionaries for one hundred
Years. and while the natives may be
heathsn. the land is in possession of the
Christians.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-18

OF a swift ship and a sound ship fit for
human habitation is something which
hereafter must be reckoned with by GER
tain so-called Economists"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
WHY THE PARK WAS DARK.
Actor Wayne, the Star, Was Held by
Justice LOckman.

The Park Theater was dark last night,
and Robert Wayne. who with his wife
composed the star part of the company
which had been playing there, was on trial
before Justice of the Peace Lockman, hav-
ing been arrested by a constable at the
Bates House on a capias Will S. Rising, a
member of the company. was the plaintiff
and he alleged that there was due him
$l6740 in wages, which had run ten weeks
Justice Lockman gave judgment to Rising
and also fined Wayne 81 and costs on a
charge of assault and battery, to which he
pleaded guilty brought by Rising.
In his complaint Rising alleged that on
Monday night Wayne had struck him on
the stage behind the scenes for having left
two lines out of his part. While the trial
was in progress the whole company crowd
ed into the courtroom and showed that they
would like nothing better than to get
wayne outside, where they could take re-
vsnge on him for sundry misdeeds with
which they charged him.
In the testimony ii appeared that a Mrs
Iflce, who was In the company had traV-
eled with IL from Salt Lake City had paid
her own transportation. and during the sew
efal weeks that elapsed had received not a
cent in wages Rising had. according to his
testimony, received % cents in ten weeks
wayne was held in the courtroom until
midnight, when he decided to pay the costs
ana erected a compromise with Rising
through his attorney. The company has
played melodramas during its engagement
at the Park Theater. 1t seems that WAYNE
owed Dickson & Talbot, and when he had
money enough 10 pay the debt simply quit
playing The company understood that he
was preparing to leave town, and several
of them prepared to file suits against him
for unpaid wages. but he shipped his trunks
70 Louisville before the suits could be filed
successful.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
A PARADE OF TEMPLARS
RAPER COMMANDERY CELEBRATES
IT'S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
Slight Accident to Grand Marshal
RuckIe-Banquet at the Scot
fish Rite Temple.

Raper Commandery, knights Templar,
celebrated it's fftieth anniversary yesterday
by a parade in the afternoon and BAN
quet at Scottish Rite hall last night. The
parade moved from Capitol avenue and
Washington street at 2 o'clock with about
six hundred men in line. Past Grand Com
mander N. r. Ruckle was grand marshal,
assisted by the following aids: Past Com
manders William j. Mckee, George w.
Gunder and William S. Rich, and Sir
Knights +. p. Thayer Henry Il. Condo and
John j. Bachman. Grand Commander John
H. Nicholson, of Richmond, and staff occu-
pied carriages in the parade. Grand Com
mander Nicholson and staff reviewed the
procession from the south side of the mon
ument
During the parade there was slight ac-
cident in which Grand Marshal Ruckle was
thrown from his horse, the animal becom-
ing frightened at the music of the bands.
The grand marshal was not hurt. Com
manderieS from Shelbyvile Lafayette,
Knightstown, Terre Haute, Muncie, Frank
lin, Charlottesville, Frankfort and Green
field were in attendance The staff of
Grand Commander Nicholson includes the
following: William Perryman. deputy
grand commander; Eugene W. Kelly, grand
generalissimo; Leonidas p. Newly, grand
captain general; Charles G. Hudson, grand
prelate; Sidney w. Douglas, grand senior
warden Frederick Glass, grand junior war;
den; Joseph W. Smith, grand treasurer;
William Fl. Smythe grand recorder; Chas.
Goltra, grand standard bearer; Nathan l..
Agnew, grand sword bearer; Oliver Gard,
grand warden, and Roger Parry, grand cap
tain of the guards.
After the parade the knights were in
vited by the Union Railway Company to
visit Camp Mount, and took the cars at
the Union Station. Last night. at the ban
quet. nearly four hundred people sat down
to the tables. The Second Regiment band
from Camp Mount furnished music during
the evening After the invocation by V. w.
Woodward. prelate of Raper Commandery
the address of welcome was given by Past
Grand Commander Ruckle; The following
toasts were then given Historical Con-
corning Raper:" Past Grand Commander H.
G. Adams; The Grand Commandery of
Indiana" Right Eminent Grand Command
er John H: Nicholson; Our Country" Sir
Knight William Dudley Foulke, of Rich
mODd
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
BLIND INSTITUTE FIRE.
Pupils Taken Out of Danger without
Excitement.

The Institute for the Blind, at Pennsyl-
vania and North streets. was slightly dam
aged by fire between IL and II o'clock last
night. The alarm was sent in at II 20
o'clock from Box 81. On the arrival of
Chief Barrett at the institution a second
alarm sounded, which brought out a
considerable part of the fire apparatus of
the city Titus z. Kinney. a teacher in tho
school, discovered the fire and sent in the
first alarm. The blaze started i'm his room
on the fourth floor and he was awakened by
the heat and smoke The smoke was so
dense in the apartment that Kinney ex-
perienced some difficulty in making his way
out to give the alarm
The ia inmates OF the institution were
in their rooms and many of them asleep
when the fire was discovered. The teachers
on the different floors, realizing the i'm
portance of cool heads and quick action
were careful not TO alarm the pupils and
many of them were out of danger before
they knew that peril was imminent The
pupils were removed TO the lower floors in
the rear of the building without the slightest
accident The fremen had no difficulty in
within half hour after the first alarm
was sent In most of the department APP
paratus had gone. superintendent Wilson
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
ON AN INSURANCE POLICY.
Question Involved in the Suit of Mar
garet COnbOy.

In Room 3, Superior Court the suit OF
Margaret Conboy against the Railway Off
Gals and Employees Accident Association
went to trial yesterday before jury. The
suit is to recover the amount OF policy
issued by the association to Cornelius
Koran, the plaintiffs brother, and made
payable to her. Cornelius Koran was en-
ployed by the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe
Railway Company at the time of his death
in 1892. He was drowned in the Leon river
in Bell county, Texas, while SEEMING for
fish. The defendant association declined to
pay the insurance claimed by Horan's sis
ter, which amounted to 200. The attorneys
for the defense set out two reasons, as APP
pears to them, why the association is not
liable for the insurance in this case.
It is claimed that the association cannot
be expected or required to pay a policy
where the death of the holder occurred
while he was engaged in violation OF the
law, and it is averred that in the Koran
case he was guilty of an illegal act there
being law against SEEMING. 1t is also held
that there is no provision in the bylaws or
rules of the association for the settlement
of insurance where the policy holder meets
death while engaged in a perilous venture
1t is argued that this contention applies to
the present case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
CITY NEWS NOTES.

Dudley Bucks. sacred cantata. Christ
the Victor" will be given al Meridian-street
Church by a quartet of solo voices and
full chorus tomorrow evening at 7:45.
Samuel Davenport. employed in the press
room of the German Telegraph, had finger
cut off yesterday while at work with one of
the presses. His injury was dressed by the
Dispensary physicians.
The Capital Club Of Indianapolis was in
corporated yesterday. The directors are
Christian Wells, A. H. Brown and A. w.
Beal. The Portland Mills Cemetery Com
pany was also Incorporated.
William Burkhardt, forty-nine years old
of No. 1857 Dugdale avenue while trimming
a tree at Missouri and South streets, yes
terday, fell to the ground and was painfully
injured. He was taken to the City Hospital
Mrs. James Leighton. of Bedford, came to
the city yesterday in search of her husband
and yesterday evening appealed to the po-
lice 10 assist in locating him. Leighton is
fifty-one years of age. His wife thinks he
is losing his mind.
Mrs. A. l.. Levison, of Shelbyville, came
to the city yesterday to do some shopping
During the morning while she was in the
Ayres dry goods store her shopping bag was
stolen. 1t contained $3.50 in money and a
thousand-mile ticket over the Big Four
Railway.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
GREENWOOD ELECTRIC
SUPREME COURT ON THE PLEASANT
TOWNSHIP TAXES.
Question in an Insurance Case-Fed-
eraI Grand Jury's In
dictments.

The Supreme Court yesterday overruled
petition for rehearing in the case of Will
liam Demaree and others against Grafton
Johnson and other members of the Indian
apolis & Greenwood Electric Railroad Com
pany. The former decision however, was
modified that the company claims now
that it has virtually won the suit. The
suit was brought TO prevent the collection
of $4,000 of taxes, which the people Of
Pleasant township, Johnson county, voted
to the railroad. The right to levy the tax
was contested and it was claimed that no
notice of the election for voting the tax was
given. The Supreme Court three weeks ago
decided in favor of those who contested
the levying of the tax. Yesterday it amend
ed the former decision to the extent of hold
ing that if notice of the election reached
the electors whether it came in the regular
way or not. the election would be held
valid and the tax can be collected. At
torneys for the road claim this will win
the case for them and that the road VIII
be built.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
TRYING TO SELL A DEAD cow
BrOOkvilIe Butcher Gets Into a Heap
of Trouble.

DR.. e. D. Clark, secretary of the Board
of Health, yesterday morning received in
formation that meat dealer of Brookville
had shipped a COW here for the local mar
ket that had died of blood poisoning. The
information was received from Secretary
Hurry, of the State Board of Health. DR..
Clark had the case investigated. The car
cass of the animal was found in an express
office with a letter from the dealer at
Brookville, directing how the meat might
be disposed of The dealer at BrookVile
was arrested with two accomplices by the
prosecutor of that place. One of the men
was released on bond.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
Mrs. Dora Newell, After Mistreating
Child, Swallows Laudanum.

Mrs. Dora Newell. living at No. 81 Indi-
ana avenue, took an ounce of laudanum
Friday night and was in a bad condition
yesterday morning when Drs. Martin and
Pink, of the Dispensary, were called to see
her The woman had been threatened with
arrest for whipping her stepdaughter, aged
twelve years, and took the drug after she
learned that warrant had been sworn out
for her. The physicians. after working with
the woman for time, brought her out OF
danger
The child was brought to the police sta
ton and temporarily placed in the care of
Matron Reisner. She will probably be given
to the Board of Childrens Guardians. The
child shows the effect of severe treatment.
She told the matron that her stepmother
had punished her with the butt end of
buggy whip. The child's father does not
think the punishment was excessive and
says his daughter was somewhat unruy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
FEDERAL OFFENDERS.
List of Indictments Submitted by the
Grand Jury.

Judge Baker yesterday morning dismissed
the federal grand jury after it submitted
a report of it's work, showing that true bills
had been found in sixty-five cases it investi-
gated. The jury was dismissed subject to
call at any future time its services may be
required.
Below is list of the indictments of pris-
oners who have already been arrested. who
are in Jail and the charges against them.
They will be brought before the court this
morning for arraignment. They are: Geo.
B. Rogers, of this city, charged with vio
lating the postal laws; Carl Kraul, of john
sonvile, violating postal laws; Henry
Church, r. c. Williams, Joseph Downey
and Charles Howard. charged with .robbing
the postoffice at Lebanon; Albert Kahl, of
Evansville pension fraud Clarence Snyder,
of Greencastle, robbing. postoffice; William
B. Potter of West Baden, violating postal
laws; Henry Lawrence. Evansville, .yiolat-
ing postal laws; William Bradshaw, Evans
vile, counterfeiting; William Rielander,
Charles o. Howe and George w. Jones', rob-
bling the postofice at Buck Creek.
The authorities refused to give the names
Of others indicted until capiases shall have
been served by the marshal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-14
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.
Young Man Who UndertooI to Beat
Money Lenders.

r. M Wilson, a well-dressed young man,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by De-
tective Wilson on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses and forgery
1t is alleged the prisoner, representing him
self to be Harry M. Duty, "a Big -Four rail-
way conductor, attempted to negotiate
loans with Il number of people. 1t Is
claimed he did secure $25 from man named
Boyd in the Stevenson building, giving
note purporting to be signed by Harry nj.
Duty. After Wilson had obtained the money
Boyd learned from the wife of Conductor
Duty that her husband was not in the city
at the time the money was borrowed. BOYD
by threats of prosecution compelled Wilson
to return the money he had borrowed After
his arrest yesterday Wilson said he was q
cousin of Conductor Duty. lie used Duty s
name he averred, in order to raise tunds
of which he stood in much need.