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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-09
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Insure with the McGilliard Agency Co.
Home and foreign companies. Thorpe block.
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Insure with German Fire Insurance Of In
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street. Fire. rna and explosion.
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While You're Looking Around
For Sal,

Call and see our 1900 Outing bicycle. A great
wheel for little money Made by home mechan-
les. GUS HABlCH. los w. Market st.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LINES.
H~omeseekcrs' Excursions May 18th,
Lune eth and 10Th

For information about low fares on above
dates to the North, Northwest, South and
Southwest call on ticket agents or address
w. w. Richardson, ID. p. A, Indianapolis.
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BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Sunday, May 13, 1900.

Making no stops In either direction, will
leave Indianapolis 7:30 a. M; returning,
leave Cincinnati z p. m. Baseball, Pittsburg
VS.. Cincinnati.
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The Antiquarian book store-stock and fix
lures. Of the late F. NJ. Grouse. Inquire at the
Co.
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New Pianos. slsS and up, at wulschner's.
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s4.4o-Cincinnati and ReturnIs4.A


Account May Musical Festival. Tickets
sold May s to II. inclusive; ina limit, May
IA. ONCE, Is West, Washington street.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

The heliograph is by no means a
modern invention. Although it has
been a good deal spoken of during
the present South African campaign
and is generally looked upon al M
Of the mechanical marvels of the nine
teenth century, the fundamental idea
of using the suns rays for writing is
as old as the Roman empire itself.
Every student of the classics will
remember how the old Roman soldiers
used their shields for flashing back
information to the rear or from n
wing of an army to another. The hell
ograph is practically the same system
of sun flashing reduced to a scientific
basis so that the message may be
transmitted a distance of from five
to even 100 miles when the circum-
stances are favorable.
The military value of the hello
graphic method of transmitting in
formation may be readily imagined.
It's first advantage is it's extreme sim
plicity. It does not necessitate the
keeping open of lines of communica-
ton, there are no wires to protect, no
batteries to look after and no burden
some apparatus to carry about.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

other end, the bar being held by the
tripod. When the sun is in front of
the operator-that is to say, in front
of a plane through his position and
at right angles to the lines joining
the stations-the sun mirror is re-
quired for dispatching. But with the
sun in the real of this plane both mir
ror must be used to produce satisfac-
tory results.
When the sun mirror only is used,
the light flash is sent directly to the
receiving station, the mirror having
a small hole in it's center like the hole
in the globe sight of a rifle for the
purpose Of aiming and adjusting the
ray. The station mirror has a small
disk at the center, and when the two
mirrors are used they must be so adj
justed that the shadow from the center
of the sun mirror shall be reflected
against the small disc on the face of
the station mirror. In making signals
long and short sun flashes take the
place of the dots and dashes of the
magnetic sounder, the same call be-
ing generally used for both instru-
ments. When the air is clear, signals
may be taken by the naked eye at a
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
TIE HELIOGRApH in WARTIME

There amt no corpse in there" said
he. There's jest some of my wife's
dresses, and some chiny and tinware,
and the big Bible and some Of my
things. / guess I don't need no certifl-
kit for them, do I? I'd jest as soon
show yer what they be-" The baggage
man admitted that he would like to
look into the coffin, and straightway
Anthony unfastened the lid and ex-
posed the articles which he had men
toned, and many more as well. The
controversy had attracted the attention
of the people who were waiting in the
station, and by the time the owner had
raised the lid of the coffin he was sur
rounded by a large and curious crowd.
Somebody asked the old mar how it
happened that he used a coffin as his
trunk. and he explained the matter in
this way: Three years ago | had IN
idea that / wasn't goin' to last much
longer, SO I thought I'd better make
sure of a good coffin while I had money
to buy it. / bought this coffin then,
but amt had no chance to use it until
day fore yesterday. Then Mary told
me there want room enough in the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

The Indians of America, like the old
warriors of the Scotch highlands, re-
allied the Importance of signal fires in
wartime and made use of a code of
fire flashes; but it was not until 1922
that Col. Colby, of the British royal
engineers, devised a more adequate
system for transmitting messages by
sun flashes. His method of doing this
was by mailing a certain number OF
pieces of bright tin on poles and ex-
posing them to the suns rays. Some
time later this was improved on by
the adoption of a plain mirror. In 1888
an English officer at Gibraltar used an
ordinary lookingglass to reflect flashes
across the strait to Tangier, thereby
carrying on a long-distance converse
tion with other English officers in At
RIGA.
This mirror system was experiment.
ed with and improved upon until the
year 1873, when the United States gov
eminent purchased the latest models
and began the instruction of a special
signal corps in photography. The mill
tary value of such sun writing was
we'll known when, in 1886, Gen. Miles
began his Indian campaign against
Geronimo. If the truth were only
known, it was the ~heliograph more
than anything else that led to the
rounding up and capture of the ia
NOUS blood-drinking red man. One
= can imagine the surprise of the Indi-
ans when they found that they could
mot move without the fact being
known to the Americans and the
movement mysteriously anticipated.
Signal parties, in fact, were flashing
hourly information from mountain
peak to mountain peak, and the In
dian warriors headquarters were al
ways known at Miles camp. Through
the use of the heliograph Geronimo
was kept away from water by rapidly
stationed and mobile bands of troops
and was finally really parched into
submission.
The English army had already been
making use of the ~heliograph in At
ghanistan, and during the Boer war
of twenty years ago made effective
u.s. of the Nance photographic appa-
Tatus. The great service this means
of comr n has been to the diff
fercnt 'ers besiegAd
by tie IL g., l.osent South At
rican wa is very well known.
The field photographic apparatus, as
used today, consists of a sole leather
pouch containing a sun mirror and a
station mirror, a small screen or shut
ter, a SETTLING rod and two small tri-
pod star for the mirrors. The entire
apparatus does not weigh over ten
pounds and can easily be carried w
the arm. When it is desired to sem
a message the sun mirror is placed OF
one end of a thin rod three feet il
length with the station mirror at the
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
USED HIS COFFIN
AS a Trunk Because He Lived Longer
Than He Expected.

AS a Trunk Because He Lived Longer
Than He Expected.
Anthony Simpkins, a nonagenarian
Of Lansboro, Mass, started one day
last week for Hopkins Station, Mich.
The nearest railway station to Lanes
boro is in Pittsfield, and when Anthony
arrived in that city, with his blooming
wife OF " years, be created a sensation
of considerable magnitude. 1t was
neither the -nonagenarian nor his wife,
however, that was the real cause of
the excitement, but a peculiar article
OF baggage which the aged traveller had
with him. When the baggagemaster
came to look over the travelling equip
ment which Mr.. Simpkins unloaded
from a wagon and offered for transpor-
tat1on he was somewhat surprised to
see, in the midst of bandboxes and car
pet-bags, d coffin, with all the usual
funeral adornment. The coffin appa-
rently contained a body, for the sturdy
old man handled is as if it were heavy.
and with the greatest care. The bag
gagemaster at once asked for the death
certificate. 81 guess I don't need none"
said Mr.. Simpkins, grinning. I'VE can't
take the body unless you show a GER
tiicate Of DEATH" said the baggagemas-
ter, firmly. Simpkins grinned again.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

trunk for all the things we wanted to
take out west, so l said that coffin
would make a good trunk. I wanted
to take it along, anyhow" Despite Mr..
Simpkins' plausible explanation the
railroad officers refused to accept his
coffin trunk, and with a good deal of
grumbling he and his wife transferred
the contents to a dry goods box.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
Many Fine Pictures.

Most of us have read of rooms which
have been papered entirely with can
celed postage stamps, but certain
monks at the hospital of st. Jean de
Dieu, at Client, have beaten all this by,
in their leisure moments, decorating
the walls with gorgeous landscapes,
glowing with color and full of life,
which are formed entirely by means
Of the postage stamps of all the ma
lions of the world. Palaces, forests,
streams and mountains are represent
ed, butterflies fit about in the air, birds
Of beautiful plumage perch on
branches, snakes and lizards glide
about, and innumerable animals find
places here and there. The pictures
are most artistic, in the style of Chi
nese landscape gardening, and already
between 5000, 900 and 10000, 900 of
stamps have been used.-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
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vWOz79anDS


when sick is Lydia e.
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Compound
NO other medicine I'm the
world mas done So much
good
NO confidence has ever
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No WOsssanss testimonial
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NO woman ever wrote to
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without getting help. NO
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Her advice Is Free and
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Mass Sire is a woman
YOU cam tell her the TRUTH
Mo living person Is SO
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women None has had
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Sire has restored n mill
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You can trust kseFs Others
have
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DC Your Feet Acha and Eurn 2

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feek Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

Flso's cure for Consumption Is an infallibl
lneoiclne Tor coughs and colds--N. w. SAMUEL
ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. IL, 1900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
Knew His Business.

Cltizen-What do you think
Officer McGobb-Hold on, there.
friend, OF don't think these days. OF
need me job.-Indianapolis Press.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness afte
first days use of DR.. Kltne's Great Nerve Restorel
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise
a&- b. ID. KLINE Ltd.s 93l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
OPERATING THE ~HELIoGRAPH IN SOUTH AFRICA.

distance of 100 miles, and by an x
pert at the rate Of fifteen words d
minute.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28
Cnntinma

Smythe--What will you sell your
house for?
Bjones-Well, my asking price is
$4,SOO.-Somerville Journal.
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Mrs. WinsI

MIS-. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Eor children teethfng. softens the gums, reduces in.
uamhStion. anays pain. cures wind colo. Csc q bottle.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

Beautiful hair is always pleasing, and PARKra,s
HATR BALsAM excels in producing it,
H1NDERooRNs, the best cure for corns. 15cts.
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The man who takes the cake think
1t is no more than his just desert.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

The lay of the hen is more valuabI
than the song of the lark.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

A Book of Choice Recipes
Sent free by Walter Baker & Co. La. Dorchester
Mass. Mention this paper.
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Action and reaction are not equal
in the stock market.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

Match peddlers are men of much
light and good understanding.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

Happy is the bride the sun shine.
on-if she isn't afraid of freckles.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-06-28

Public School Expenses in Illinois,
Illinois expended 1929, 1903 on it's
public schools in 1899.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-18
Their Home Is q Moving Island Between

WRITTEN o Il SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
There is n family living between the
States of Illinois and Missouri whose daily
existence may be compared to that OF the
animal used TO turn tho treadmill. They
must keep moving II they wish to live on
the same site that they have selected for
their home. The animal in the treadmil
moves that 1t may stand erect and remain
in one spot. while the family IN question are
forced Ia move in order 10 remain in the
exact spot where many years ago their
original home was erected. This may sound
like q paradox. but 1t IS none the Less true.
The family with whom nature. assisted by
one of her most forcible elements. plays
such praniis is that of j. X. John. one of
the most noted divers on the Mississippi
River. and his sOr-in-law. Alfred Guyot. and
his wife and children. They live upon the
northern end of Arsenal Island. or Small
pox Island. as II was formerly known by
reason Of the fact that all who died of the
dread disease were buried there. Officially
or otherwise this queer strip of land Is
known as Arsenal Island. but according TO
Mr.. Guyot 1t should be properly called
Floating Island.
About two and a half miles in length and
three-auarters of a mile in width at its
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widest point, this peculiar island les south
of the city proper. It's northern erd ,.g,ns
abou. onnosi,. tho ,o,,, , o..
s,reet runs ,rto ,bo -.
ern terminus Is opnosi,s El,woo1 80 =.
the last twenty y.,rs ,,,. ,.,a,s 80,
moved downstream ,nnr,~,u.,o,, ,,o,,,
two miles. 1t has maintained tts same p.r-
eral conformation; that IS, as regards to
width and length. Twenty years ago its
southern end was about where to-day the
northern point OF the island - TO lie found.
oh the l!iiiiois size II Is bounded by Smith's
wa" '"sN's-"'e years ago was the
"N' s." '"e s'e"ihpoa's' About this
' '"s 'oi'ieri eha OF The Island
th,n 80 o. 'eotse street III was az
nav ..o w. o"'S ~ siiiaii-
~. a,o.a -. y. rs 'f'cheFg OF
nsruan.n+ ,,tu,. e. -.
gave ths homes M, +, ,b. r;,o.
turn. carrier. them down , % .h. -
else ground them IN pI.ces a = ,b.,, NAV.
rolled along its bottom.
The island does nor sctrsuy w r..
gradually draining dow, Tho 49,.
planned by the fact thar the sc,ion -, tha
water washes AWAY rho ror,bar. 49,,
builds UP the southern. or I'm o,ner words
1t Is a sort of transference of the land ar
the island from one locality to another
This fact has brought up u rather humor-
Gus feature that SO far has been kant ou,
of the courts for the reason tina. the prog
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-18

soid lost every year BY fire. ~shipwreck and
careiessness.
Since the resumption Of specie paw
neAts.' says Mr.. Hurley. Treasury OH.
Gals estimate that 500. IN, $50 in gold has
disappeared from circulation. The Bank
OF England Is said to be poorer by SlGo. SO :
600 IN eo'd than IT was In 1887. France
reports an .nnens decrease in gold coined
and In reserve and other countries have
similar stotfss to tell. An inquiry recently
set afoot by our Treasury Department
showed that the holdings in gold of the
national banks on April % were sls5. ;69, 81.
TIE Treasury holdings on May l were s4as,-
1881. the two items aggregating s62e. 49,
2i3. The estimate for MAY ! was sl.o.s. SIS
III, which left $40 600, coo to be accounted
for as held by State and private banks,
trust companies. and in safes, :ills. porke.s
and boards.
"A large amount Of gold IS taken out of
the country by travellers. One tourist
agency receives from travellers from s,uo.-
90 TO sl59,W per year and turns II into
the Bank Of England. About So 90 per
year is melted at Geneva. and In all a NET
loss of from 1865. 600 to $500. 90 IS Indicated.
AT the latter figure the total In TWENTY
five years would be $50 N. 900.
Inquiries made of 1900 firms and .n6,vId-
uals indicate a total consumption OF coin by
manufacturers, Jewellers. dentists, etc. of
$4,000 per year. The official estimate of
the entire stock OF gold in the country was
N.e'3.olS.s?2 at the bes Inning 0! August
last"
MI. Hurley says that all the Indications
are that the worlds ou;pu, of gold will
continue TO Increase for many wears 10
come, even over the vast amounts that are
being turned out at the present aay Ma,
only. he says, are new processes saving
G'id that 1t was impossible to save ton
wears age hut new gold camps are spring
ing mo lie and old silver mines IRE de-
seiopihS mo gold propositions as greater
depth IS attained. ~
We predict he concluded, that within
me- mex, twenty years Alaska and the
Northwest Territory will yield OYER 8, COO .
o"'Vo, and that by 1925 they will, conto',
u population of over 1,N0,OU"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-18
MR.. TOWNSEND'S NEW
AND IMPORTANT PLACE.

The American Association Of General Pas
senger and Tickets Agents han been In eN-
istence for forty-six years. The history OF
its growth is almost coincldent with the
marvellous expansion Of the railroad systems
CT the United States and Canada. It's men,
bership is tho most distinctly representative
OF any similar railroad organization IN the
country. Every leading passenger traffic
manager and general passenger agent IN
tho country is a member Of Il. AT its an
nuaI meetings the policy which has governed
the passenger traffic of all railroads In the
country has been formulated. and. as a rule.
strictly followed for the past forty years.
It's executive officers have always been the
leading lights In that branch et the rail-
road profession whose efforts have been al
rected towards rerfsctt:.g passenger trans
porta:iu-. The last president of the asso-
citation. before the annual meeting. recently
held in Buffalo. y. Y. was an Eastern man.
George H.. Daniels. the weil-known general
passenger and ticket agent of the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad.
His successor. who was selected at that
AAeSonS. - iie.iAS - Ip"ilSeliG, GeI!eTai
passenger and ticket agent Of the Missouri!
Paciflc-lron Mountain system. q Western
man. whose distinguished career In this sec
ton has made his name familiar In railroad
and commercial circles throughout the
country.
For the past thirty years Mr.. Townsend
has been the general passenger and ticket
agent Of the Western lines. He first served
sn that capacity with the Toledo. Peoria
ana Warsaw Railway for nearly seven
years. Next with the Wabash for two and
a half years: then with the Wabash, St. |
Louis and Pacific for three years and a half |
and finally with the Missouri; Pac!ac-Iroa |
Mountain system. He has been in the sery- |
ice of the latter companies since Nav / |
1858. and his headquarters during that time |
have been in St. Louis. |
The honor conferred upon MIR. Townsend |
as president Of the American Association O. |
General Passenger and Ticket Agents, ,s |
one bestowed upon q distinguished citizen |
OF ST. LOUIS. for. aside from his eminent
standing in the railroad profession Mr.
Townsend has earned for himself a name
"a ono of the foremost promoters o. the |
commercial and Industrial interests o.. m.
city.
Ills administration OF tho Attain, O., tha
association will no doub. add TO fla mas,
success in developing the passenger tratHc
OF the greatest railroad country in IN.
world.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-18
This Repubi.c Bureau.
lith 81. ard RennsNi,.n.Ia

washington, Nov. Is.-Gold, for va-,o,s
reasons, disappears rapidly in all countries
but nowher else does it psss out OF sight On
rapidly as in India and China. So rap,slv
does the precious metal vanish IN these ,w,
oriental lands that they have come to be
known as gold Grareyards. Speaking of this
curious characteristic. Thomas jefferson
Hurley Of the American Institute Of Mining
Engineers says:
"A yellow stream flows into both O. these
countries year by year. There is no end
70 this stream; It Is always flowing. The
money does not reappear in the Indian
banks. The soil Of India absorbs the golden
Good Just az tho sands OF the desert swallow
the overflow Of the great rivers. When 4,
- remembered that this work of ABSORPTION
has been going on with little Interruption for
ten centuries. and still continues under our
eyes. 1t Is easy TO form an idea of the i'm
mense treasures that are hidden in .ha,
country.
All! this gold remains sterile, and couse-
aaently is lost. 1t is absurd TO say that II
Is brought into monetary circulation or that
II passes through the hands OF the native
Goldsmithe. 1t Is disseminated in innumer-
able places. from which it never energies.
IT Is estimated that In the regency OF
BOMBAY alone there are l2UG9,V gold SOW
ereisns boarded. Hundreds upon hundreds
or millions CT dollars lie in the hiding place
OF the famins-etricken land. All classes are
afnicted with the incurable habit OF hoard
Ing gold. The splendid Maharatahs are
shrewd enough to use banks of deposit. bu;
there Is st!ll barbara display Of jewe.ed
foois in the strongrooms and OF golden YES
sels In the Princes apartments.
Even the gods of India remarked E
writer In the Courier des Etats trnis ar
very fond Of gold. They whistle for e
through the lips Of their priests. obedier,
to the divine call. it comes rippltnp frcr,
ELL points. unit! It reaches the Sacred
Parnis. 1t accnmrlates in the sub,erranea5
passages OF the temples. TO which tho
yeaeets alone have access. Thence It ever
Lows ana takes its place like a proud con-