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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-04-05
PROBABLY UNCHANGED.
Absence of Advicca From Otis Not "or
rytug the Administration.

Absence of Advicca From Otis Not Wor'
rytug the Adn,inistra ration.
WASHINGTON. April 5.-No disap-
pointment was expressed at the war de-
partmen, because General Otis had
made no report 1t was taken to mean
that things were progressing well ana
conditions indicated i'll the last dis
patch continued. War department ofii-
cials are firmly convinced that the back.
bone Of the insurrection is broken. and
that while there may be raids from time
To time by bands Of marauders. the
main body Of the troops will surrender.
Il ia said that when the Filipinos who
surrender find that they are well treat.
ed and fed: that the wounded are cared
for. and food is sent to the sufferins'
there will be less inclination to continue
hostilities. Those who are so treate',
and sent to their homes. II Is believed
will be missionaries among their people
in favor Of the United States.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
CHANGED Her Mind Too.

A young couple in q Lancashire
village had been courting for several
years. The young man one day said
to the woman:
"Sall. 1 Gamma marry thee"
"How's that?" asked she.
"Pve changed my mind" said he.
"Well. I'll tell you what we'll do"
said she. "If folk know that it's
thee as has given me up, shanna be
able Ito get another chap. So we'll
have banns published, and when the
wedding day comes the person will
say to thee, wilt thou have this man
to be thy welded husbandr 1 sha II
say, I winna.'
The day came, and when the minis.
ter said, Wilt thou have this woman
to be thy welded wifeW the man an.
swered:
"I will"
Then the parson said to the wo man
Wilt thou have this man to be
thy welded husband?" And she said
"I will"
Why" said the young man fur
icusly, "You said you would say, Il
winna."
al know that" said the young WON.
an, "but I've changed my mind
SINCE"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
Quits.

The average practical joke is mere
rudeness, but it might be excused in
the following case:
An Englishman, fond of practical
joking, resolved to perpetrate one on a
friend residing in America. So ac-
cordingly he sent him large chest,
which, on being opened, was found to
contain large parcel wrapped up in
strong paper, which, on being torn of,
revealed still another wrapper, and so
until the parcel had dwindled down to
one little sheet of note-paper, on
which was written:
"Dear TT am pleased to inform
you that am very we'll. Yours, j."
Time rolled by, and he had forgot
ten all about his little joke, when one
morning large box was delivered at
his house, marked Fragile" "With
care," etc.
Thinking that some of his friends
were sending him a substantial pres
ent, he had the box carried into the
house, and paid the carriage. When
the box was opened, it was found to
contain large stone with piece OF
paper attached, on which was written:
"Dear Jon hearing that you
were well, the accompanying load
rolled off my heart. Yours, T."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
The Poet and the Practical Man.

A story, which draws a sharp con.
trast between those who look at
beauty at its commercial value, and
those who dream dreams, is told in an
exchange:
"What are the trees saying as they
sigh?" said the poet, as he and the
practical man paused on the banks Of
a river.
"They are saying" said the practi-
Cal man, "that a sawmill in this Sec
tion would pay big dividends"
Then the poet said something about
the music in the river that rippled at
their feet.
"Yes," said the practical man. al
was just thinking that such a fine
water power could turn enough mill
wheels to grind all the corn in Georgia
to first-class article of meal"
"I don't think" said the poet,
that you and I can pull together"
"I know it" said the practical man.
$50, I'm going to dinner. Where are
you going?"
"Pm going to WONDER" said the
poet, "just how and where I'll get a
dinner!"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
He Didn't Bite.

al never can tell a story and have it
come out all right" said a little wo-
man plaintively the other day. al
thought I had such a good one not
long ago. I was walking along and
heard one street boy say to another,
"Oh, you 60 buy 10 cents worth of
potash What forr says No. 2. For
10 cents yelled the other, and ran
off giggling.
al thought it was pretty good, and
I'd tryit on Charlie at supper. But
when l told him to 90 buy 10 cents
worth of potash he never said word,
and knew another joke had fallen
fat and kept still. But the worst was
later. He put on his hat and van
ished after supper, coming back in a
minute with a little parcel that he
handed to me.
What's that% asked I.
"Why, the potash you said you
wanted, answered he, and nearly had
Mysteries Oh the spot. Did you ever
hear anything so perfectly awful?
won't ever try to get off anything
funny again"
And the little woman sighed as she
walked away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

bined interests and the destruction OF
competition effaces the necessity of
nearly so much labor in manufacture
in the other channels of the markets.
"The same is true in the professions
and in every walk of life. Competition
inspires success. 1t is the very foun
datiOn of activity in trade. But when
the country is burdened with laws that
destroy competition, throw out of en-
ployment business and laboring en-
ployes and produce monopolies for the
benefit of few as against the many
this cOuntry-heretofore the greatest
commercial and industrial domain in
the worlds robbed OF one of its
greatest elements of prosperity.
"To go back to the travelling men
they are feeling very bitter toward the
national administration. They were
told in glowing terms that there would
be greater prosperity than ever before
in all their interests if the Republicans
were elevated to power. Instead of
that now being given them they are
being either thrown out OF employ
ment entirely or suffering great reduc-
tions of their wages. Our people are
thoroughly aroused with regard to the
matter, and when the full strength Of
the commercial travellers is considered
it will be understood that the effect of
their united action will be very great.
Heretofore not less than 80 per
cent. Of the travellers in Ohio, and in
deed throughout the country, have
been Republicans. This was shown by
their vote at the last presidential elec-
ton. OF the 600 or more travelling
men in Columbus only IL voted the
Democratic ticket in 1896. OF the
500 in indianapolis only seven were
Democrats. In Cincinnati, on the
border of three States, the number of
commercial travellers was much great
er, and the per cent. of them voting
the Republican ticket was still larger"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
Why They Prosecute the Jews
Mark Twain ie Harper's Magazine

MARK lWdlU 10 ildIpcT MdSdLlHts
In Berlin, few years ago, read q
speech which frankly urged the ex-
pulsion of the Jews from Germany !;
and the agitators reason was as frank
as his proposition. 1t was this: That
S5 per cent. Of the successful lawyers
of Berlin were Jews, and that about
the same percentage of the great and
lucrative businesses of all sorts in
Germany were in the hands of the
Jewish race! Isn't an amazing con-
fession? 1t was but another way of
saying that in Il population of 1S,O00,-
600, of whom only 100000 were regis
tered as Jews, S. per cent. OF the
brains and honesty of the whole was
lodged in the Jews. | must insist
upon the honesty-it is an essential
of successful business, taken by and
large. OF course it does not rule ont
rascals entirely, even among Christ
ians, but it is good working rule,
nevertheless. The speakers figures
may have been inexact, but the mo-
tive of persecution stands out as clear
as day.
The man claimed that in Berlin
the banks, the newspapers, the thea
ters, the great mercantile, shipping,
mining and manufacturing interests,
the big army and city contracts, the
tramways, and pretty much all other
properties of high value, and also the
small businesses-werei in the hands OF
the Jews. He said the Jew was push
ing the Christian to the wall all along
the line; that it was all a Christian
could do to scrape together living;
and that the Jew must be banished,
and soon-there was no other way of
saving the Christian. Here in Vienna,
last autumn, an agitator said that all
these disastrous details were true of
Austria, Hungary also, and in fierce
language he demanded the expulsion
of the Jews. When politicians come
out without blush and read the baby
act in this frank way, unrebuked, it is
very good indication that they have
a, market back of them, and know
where to fish for votes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
AFTER THE TOTEM POLE.
The Cape Fox Indians Have Located Their
Genealogical Pole.
Seattle Review.

Seattle Review.
The Cape Fox Indians, from whom
the much talked Of totem pole was
taken, are an angry set of people.
They discovered on their return to
their village that the white man had
been there and robbed them of the
pole. A lonely klootchman who had
been left in the village was an eye
witness to the act. When her people
returned she told them that "a big
white boat; lots OF white men," came
to the village and took the pole.
A meeting was Immediately called
in which several of the neighboring
tribes participated. The white man
had taken their genealogical pole and
they wanted revenge.
This week gentleman from Ketch-
ikan arrived in Seattle as representa-.
tive of the Cape Fox tribe to look for
the pole and the first thing that
caught his eye was the much-prized
treasure. He stated to a friend in
this city that the Indians were very
angry and would demand the return
of the pole. If the pole is not re-
turned an application for a writ of re-
plevin will be made by the Governor
of Alaska and the matter taken into
the courts.
The tribe has been offered as high
as $4,000 for the pole but declined to
sell. The figures on the pole tell the
story of several tribes of Indians. 1t
is expected that more will be heard
from the Alaska people within the
next three weeks.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
WHOLE NUMBER 2,O66.
A NODE ON BAD CAWS.
What has become Of the Olympia crow:
Here, for a reply, pause;
That old bird so sly,

What has become of the Olympia crow:
Here, for reply, pause;
That old bird so sly,
Who as you passed by,
Gave you a wink o. the eye,
Your patience to try,
And who never would f1y you know,
Without provocation or caws..
All old settlers remember him well,
(For sly assurance none could beat him.
With many a story of his cunning to tell,
They were not inclined to lll-treat him.
He would poise with a clam, high in the skies,
Thence to break 1t, let it fall with bound,
Perhaps companion wo uld capture the prize,
Ere he could descend to the ground.
OF the fowls of the yard he seemed not afraid,
He could find the best hidden nest,
You know when a crow had been making raj d,
For the shells of poaehed eggs would attest.
He would carefully strip all corn from the co b
OF your most cherished fruit take bite;
He even would your dinner pail rob,
If fcarelessly left in his sight.
As It seemed, on intimate terms,
But craftily ate all the peas in the row,
On pretense of looking for worms.
He knew when elections were to be held in the
State,
or the canvass, from the start to he finish,
He felt that crow would meet with his fate,
He knew his flock would diminish.
They talked at their caw.cuses held In the trees
OF candidates sure to be beaten,
And an estimate made. as they swayed in the
breeze
OF crows that would have to be eaten.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature sssss ss: Of &<n4Z|Szw
Drink Buttermilk.

Buttermilk, which some epicures
despise, is beverage that we might
drink more generally with great bene-
fit. 1t is established beyond question
now that buttermilk possesses medicin-
al qualities that pure milk and cream
lack. 1t acts, for instance, freely upon
the secretive organs, stimulates the
action of the kidneys and liver, there
by purifying the blood by removing
etfete matter from the system, and
acts as a mild laxative. Like milk
however, it should be cooled immed-
lately after churning, and be kept at
a low temperature. 1t should not
have ice in it, but if kept on ice it will
make a good drink.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
A Volcano Bought.

The famous extinct volcano of
Popocatapetl, Mexico, has just been
bought by an American syndicate, of
which Senator Clark of Montana. is
one of the leading spirits. The price
paid was $5OO,O00 in gold. The new
company will at once construct a cog
wheel railroad to the summit and be-
gin working the sulphur deposits on a
large scale. General Casper Sanchez,
the former owner, has mined the
sulphur by primitive methods for the
past twenty-five years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

A CTIvE solicitors wanted everywhere
IA for The Story of the Philippines
by Murat Halstead, commissioned by the
Government as Official Historian to the
War Department. The book was written
in army camps at San Francisco, on the
Pacific with General Merritt, in tn
hospitals at Honolulu, in Hong Kong,
the American trenches at Manila, in
insurgent camps with Aguinaldo, OF
deck of the Olympia with Dewey. and in
the roar of battle at the fall of Manila
Bonanza for agents. Brimful of origina.
pictures taken by government photog-
raphers on the spot. Large book. Low
prices. Big profits. Freight paid. Credit
given. Drop all trashy unofficial war
hooks. Outfit tree. Address, F. t.
Barbar. Sec'y., Star Insurance Bldg,
Chicago
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

If suffering from insomnia try the
following: Initiate the breathing OF
a man who is asleep, and make the
head undergo the various movements
to one side and the other when he is
falling asleep in q seat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

its power confessed he did not like it.
"Our taste and our judgment revolt
at this kind of writing" All the
critics agreed as to its daring original
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

THE construction of cigar box
may seem to be a very simple matter
to the novice, but the box passes
through 10 different processes before
it is ready to receive the cigars.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27

WHEN it comes to pedigrees, there
is one gentleman to whom the world
must take off its hat as a great and
only none-such. This is the Mikado
OF Japan. His place has been filled
by members of his family for more
than twenty-five hundred years. The
present Mikado is the one hundred
and twenty'second of the line. The
first one was contemporary with Neb.
uchadnezzar, six hundred and sixty
six years before Christ.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-10-27
Curious Mathematical Puzzle,

Following it very curious puzzle.
Try it, all OF you:
Open book at random and select a
word within the first ten lines and
within the tenth word from the end
of the line. Mark the word. Now
double the number of the page, and
multiply the sum by five. Then add
twenty.
Then add the number of the line
you have selected. Then add five.
Then multiply the sum by ten.
Add the number of the word in the
line. From the sum subtract two
hundred and fifty, and the remainder
will indicate in the units column the
number OF the word, in the tens col
umn the number of the line, and the
remaining figures the number of the
page.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-20

Mr.. Norcross was badly hurt about the
head and face, sustaining a fracture of
tooth, splitting one of his lips and cutting
a cash on the side of his head.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-20
Caral, Antonio Rivera, G.. L. Wolfskill
1rh

Caral, Antonio Rivera. G. L. Wolfskill.
D. Erb, Allan T. Shadden.
United States Quarantine officer Kin
youn and State Quarantine Officer Conn
had clash again over the Peru. When
DR.. Kinyoun found there was a case of
fever on the vessel he. positively refused
to allow DR.. Cohn aboard. The latter
vowed he would quarantine the ship for
fourteen days, but she docked neverthe-
less.
The Aztec is in under charter to the
Togo Kisen Kaisha and brought over 5517
tons of cargo, ut no passengers.
The transport Siam sailed for Manila
Government. The trip will be made as
quickly as possible, as the Government
wants her to take down another 4oad be-
fore her contract expires.
The transport City of Puebla will be
ready to sail for Manila this week. Cap
tain Thomas of the City of Topeka will
of the Orizaba will take Captain Thomas
place on the City of Topeka. Captain
Harry Goodall will resume command of
the State of California on her next trip.
There is some lively betting among the
pilots as to who will bring in the Sherman
with the California boys aboard. Captains
son each thinks he will be he lucky man
Their chances are about equal, as all
will be on the outside station. Captain
Jordan took the boys out on the City of
Picking and he says the job of bringing
them in is his by right. Alec Swanson
says that he will bring them in because
luck Is MS way IIlS 1llOnlH murphy ana
Tyson are saying nothing, but each is
confident that he will pilot the boys in
through the Golden Gate.
Manuel Lopez of 405 Pacific street was
treated at the Harbor Receiving Hospital
early yesterday morning for some bruises
he received from two footpads while on
his way home. The robbers accosted him
at the corner of Jackson street and Mont
gomery avenue and wanted to know the
time: AS he took out his watch they
knocked him on the head and robbed him
while unconscious of so. his god watch
and a photograph of his wife. Lopez was
formerly engaged as a stenographer for
John Wanamaker and is going to Ma
nila to act in a similar capacity for the
Government. The police are on the trail
of the robbers
The committee having in charge 1.-The
night on Frisco Bay is badly in need
of lot of oil and ta- barrels. The hulks
that are to make the burning ship dis
play have been procured. but oil and tar
barrels are badly needed 20 make up a
good combustible cargo. Anybody who
will donate any of the articles required
will corfer a great favor by telephoning
or writing to Chief Wharfinger Henderson
or Assistant Chief Wharffnger DRYDEN.
"a night on Frisco Bay is going to Le
the biggest thing of its kind ever seen in
California.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-20

as though he were about to claim a foul
and then he aimed a blow at Mcconnell,
but was countered on the face and fell
stiffly to the floor, striking upon his fore
head.
All the important witnesses were closely
| cross-examined by Juror Watt Mr.. Watt
smiled cynically at the answers given by
some and dropped the witnesses without
ceremony.
Frank Mcconnell, the victor. described
the fight as it appeared to him. He was
working at his trade as a shipwright, he
said, until two months ago, when he
knocked off work to train for the event
which proved so calamitous for poor Fra
ney. This was the witness eleventh
| fight Franey fought furously in all the
rounds ard up to the time he received the
Knockout blow.
J. J. Groom, manager of the National
Athletic Club, testified that the floor was
padded and the posts protected with hair
pillows so that the fighters might not
hurt themselves by falling. When asked
as to the personnel Of the club he hest
tated an6 gave the names Of the six di-
rectors who constitute the club as fol-
lows: Henry Smith, j. J. Groom, j. NJ:
Shannon, ]. D. Gibbs, Harry Piper and
]. P. Groom, brother of the witness.
Police Sergeant c. f. Blank, in reply
to a question by Juror Watt, said that
thirty police officers, all from the Mission
district, had been detailed to attend the
fight and keep order.
''Do you take the patroImen off their
regular beats?' asked Mr.. Watt.
YES"
And so that portion of the city is left
unprotected while the fight goes on?''
The witness made no reply. He said
the officers did not like the detail because
their duties were very disagreeable. Of
flcer c. H. Taylor, the next witness, dwelt
upon this feature of the work. People
objected to being pushed about by the
officers in their efforts to keep the aisles
clear and preserve order, one man say
ing that he was a reporter, another that
he was a doctor. another a lawyer, an
other a Judge, and so on. There were
thirty-five patrolmen in the Mission dis
trict and thirty of these were on duty at
the fight
professor Billy Jordan, Danny Need
ham. Cocker Tweedie, Referee Hiram
Cook and the seconds and trainers We're
examined, but their stories did not vary
essentially. Both men were in the pink
of condition. Mcconnell said that he re-
ceived 65 per cent of 80 per cent of the
tives received the remaining 80 per cent
of the so per cent.
DR.. Zabala told the jury what he had
found at the autopsy. All the organs
were in good condition except that there
were pleuritic adhesons which probably
would not have been discovered on a Su-
perficaI examination.
DIR. D. D. Lustig, who made an examin-
alton Of the men before the fight, insisted
that there was nothing the matter with
Franey and that he was in perfect condi-
ton.
Herbert Choynski and Arthur Mack at
tended the inquest as counsel for the di-
rectors of the club and Mcconnell.