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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
coon NEWS OF INDIANA.
National Committee Finds Conditions I'm
proving and Reports All Well.

Reports received from Indiana yesterday
az the Republican National Headquarters.
| Madison avenue, were more encouraging
than any which he'd been received before,
The issued n statement in which
II was said that the conditions In Indiana had
been improving daily since the statement was
issued In which the Commonwealth was put
In the doubtful column The second Congress
district reports that the outlook is
exceedingly bright" and the Re-
puhlicans there hope 10 gain a Congressman
\ similar condition prevails in TIE Fourth
district, In Columbus. which was one Of the
backgrounds ia lH1o. the sound money Demo-
Crat- are generally with the Republicans, and
III" gains 70 the party far outweigh It's losses.
The Mckinley entimen il strong among tho
aLmer,, business men and skilled lnborerS.
In the Eighth Congress district tie Republicans
lay tey will reflect their tonCressman and
roll 49, an pcrrE-'' ma io-ity for MoRiulrv.
Reports from West Virginia are 20 the effect
that the Republican outlook i growing brighter
evoI- day.
The Colorado caWpaigners have sent word
that the Silver Republican party Is going "a
pieces RAPIDLY and that its members are gen
orally returning - the Republican party. Very
favorable reports arc received from Wisconsin,
Minnesota and Michigan. None Of the men,
bers ~ the National Committee In this city
secs any reason 10 SRnnRe his belief that the
Republican ticket Will - triumphant.
The Intelligence Of n sun" Reader
makes him a lfc psrsrn W treat With. BeAt this IA
sdv,rtistr.n' IA TuE sJN VIII lead 10 a ready mar.
hri ana desirable puTtha
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

ations The result was to raise prices and stiie
competition. He assed what chances young
MN IN The present methods Of corporations.
he said, stlned all their ambitions,
In winding up HE discourse. he said. The
campaign Ia not that OF four years ago. The
differences existing then are now forever
healed. We are approaching now a crisis in
die campaign out of which will come victory
and the great middle class will have n con-
trolling voice in the next Administration"
Others who spoke were Mayor John III. Rice
Of Canton, Walter Chandler and former state
G.NaH.E nnnNnr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
Strike Against Tiffany 4 Co.'S Apprentice
System.

Fifty printers and engravers at the factories
OF Tiffany a Co. az forest Hill. asuburb Of New
ark, are on strike. They want the company
10 do away with its system Of Apprenticeship.
under which apprentices may become work
men after three years service. The union rules
call for four years apprenticeship.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

Morris J. Davidow. jobber In hosiery. under
clothing and jewelry at $40 Broadway. made an
Assignment yesteId day 10 John 7. Shea OF Wilkes
Barre, Pa. The labilitie, are $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

New York Ciub Men
Never IN nix OF ordering any ale OF stout but Evans.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09
The Intelligence Of a sun" Reaa.,

makes him a lfc usr>,n W treat With Bear this in
mind II goIt s,ud. 8. BE- disposed Il have value. An
adv t~tlsrrrn' IA luE SIS will lead 10 u ready mar.
kri and desirable puIchA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-09

Ayers Hair viEor
Ayers Cherry Peetor.l
| Ayers Comatpas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
ORIGIN OF CAKE =W4IK

The cake walk pioper had it's origin among the French negroes of Louisiana more than a century ago, says the New Orleans Times Democrat. There is little doubt that 1t IS an offshot of some of the old French country dances. It re sembles several of them in form. From New Orleans It spread over the entire south aud thence north. It was found of convienee to the planta''on negroes. They were not welded by license. and it was seldom that the services of a preacher were called ln. At cake walk a man might legitimately show his preference for woman and thus publicly claim her for a wife.
 h effect the cake walk was not different from the old Scotch mar riage, which required only public acknowledgment from the contract ing parties. So this festival became in some sence wooing, an aecep tanee or rejection and a ceremony. This explains it's popularity with tbe blacks outside of it's beauties. with the accompaniment of music, which is cem petent at all time to command negro support.
 Cake walking has proved, as do most things that are constantly practiced. It has lost it's old signi- ficance in the south. Negroes nov get married when they marry at all in the white folks fashion. It Las become, however, a pantomime dance. Properly performed, it is beautiful one. The cake is not much of prize, though the negro has a sweet tooth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
when Patti Sings.

The following lines were written (in French) by Adelina Patti in response to request that she would describe briefly her feelings while singing: T have never been able to take proper account Of my feelings during those few moments. I know that on the day of the performance I am nervous and agitated, and as the time draws nearer and nearer suffer more and more from stage fright. When the mo- ment arrives for me to leave my room and go before the footlights, my Whoie being is dominated by sensation of abjeet terror. My feelings while am actually singing defy analysis: they differ aeearding to the role, the num- ber of artists around me, etc.-they are so varied that simply can not de- scribe them. I should be obliged to enter into all the many details which. petty as they nay be. at times impress gs very strongly. When all goes well I experience something which car des me away asd forget where ! am.. New York Telegram.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
WHAT'S IN A CORN STALK.
st Can Be Turned Into smokeiess
 Powder, Dynamite. Etc.


 An immense cellu1ose plant is near ing completion in Linden, Ind, and when it is in operation Indian corn pith, for ages considered worthless, will be put on the market as protee- tion for battleships of all nations, as smokeless powder, dynamite and other high explosives, as fine art paper, as varnish, kodak films, car-box packing, filler, waterproof cloth, linoleum, im1- tation silk, patent leather finish, face dred more as novel and varied forms of which the farmer, who has been throwing stalks away as waste, never dreamed. The outer 1ining-that part which ineloses the pith-will be made into four as an adultel ant, as cattle feed, chicken fattener anG aR egg producer. Part of it will be mada up iuto candy, some of it into coloring dyes, and still other parts of it will become a part of far more novel pro- cesses. It will add thousands of dol- lars to the crop receipts of Indiana far mefs, will consume only that which has been waste. and will furnish em. ployment for skilled workers. The an. nual average corn area of the United States is not far from 8o,o00,0o0 acres. Each acre yields on an average about 4,000 pounds of corn stalks. OF a total of 1G0 100000 tons. Of this weight S5 per cent. or 1ss. .009, GOO tons, has value as feed, but not over ten per cent of it is actually fed The other fifteen per cent of the total weight. or 24000 900 tons, is the ptth of the stalk. which has been 9 total waste, or even worse. This Indiana concern has process which makes 1t possible for them to pay $3 a ton for the stalks, and pro- duee a raw material which is worth seventeen cents a poVnd, or $340 a ton. It is figured that if every ton of stalks in the United States could be so handled, it would increase the value Of each crop s480. 1000. 900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
DECLINE OF cHuRcH-coiNo.
Two Reasons why People Do Not a'
 to Service.

to Service.
 The pulpit used to be the ehlel means of instruction and of intellectual and moral mutation for the people. The pulpit orator was the peoples or ator. The pulpit has in great measule lost it's attractive power ln thas re- gard. says Popular Science. The daily and weekly press have a greater lntia- snee in public instruction. The multi plication of cheap books also takes from the pulpit a large share of it's ln- fuence in this regard. Oratory in legts- 1ative bodies has to great extent lost its influence. Its place has been taken by simple. compact, time-saying state ments, often printed but not def1Yereo. Committees do the work which used to be done after discussion before the public. So the people will not listen now to the pulpit orator of former gen. erations They demand short, crisp ser mons that bristle with points and are practical and helpful In other words, the oratorieal and highly intellectual character of the pulpit, which used to attract Worshipers, no longer attracts them. They feel that they can get more benefit in this regard by reading in the comfort of the home. Multi tudes of people can no longer be in duced to attend church to be instructed by the minister or to get his judgment on topics of the time, or to be stirred by his elequenee; they can get all these things cheaper and easier by reading at home When, now, this is re-enforeed by the fact that multitudes dislike the doctrines of the church and resent them when they are preached. we can easily understand that church attendance should decline very greatly from this reason.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
Big Contract for an ancrfean Company.

Big Contract for sn Ancrfean Company.
 After being carefully guarded for over two months it has leaked out that the tramWay committee of the Glas= gow (Scotland) corporation has award ed the contract for the supply and lay ing of the conduit for conveying the cable for Glasgow municipal tramways to the National Conduit and Cable company of AmerIca. The work Of laying the pipe under American super vision has already begun, and some 500 nayies are being employed. This con dHit contract is reported to be by far the most important one ever placed outside of England. Already 2.o00. .0oD feet of piping have been ordered, and 1t is said that the chances are that the entire requirements in this line will be hlled by the Americans, and that the cable-on the superior manufacture Of which English manufacturers have long prided themselyes-will also be ordered from the United States. The curious part of the conduit contract ia that a lump sum has been agreed upoE with the National company that will include the supply of pipes, the ex- eaFation of the earth as well as the laying Of the pipe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
notel .n 4 erarerarti.

One of the largest hotels in Central America and by far the largest Tn Be. Iize, Honduras, is surrounded by tomb stones. As this old and abandoned cemetery was located in the center of the town, and afforded an excellent cite for all hotel, the necessary pernfs- sion was obtained from the proper au- thorities, and in less than year a large and handsome hotel was erected In digging the foundation hundreds Of skulls and bones were discovered, all of which were carefully collected and inferred in the new cemetery. The ho- tel possesses q room in which service is conducted by local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Yes. try voted a sum of Z 400 for the pur pose of erecting refreshment kiosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetery. better known as Modern Cemetery"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
Tit For Tat

It is characteristic that those who are severe on others that they cannot pear severity. Dean Swift, the sever est satfrist of his day, was one day dining with company of gentlemen, one of whom be made the butt of his fidicule, with repeated sallies. At last the dean poured upon a piece of duck some gravy intended to be eaten with Q roasted goose. The unfortunate gen. tleman, seeing this. immediately said; My good dean, you surprise me-you eat duck like goose" The company roared, and dean was so confused and mortified that he flew into a rage and left the .able.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
Shoe Polishing Davrnn.

Shoes can be readily polished by a new device, having foot rest attached to the upper side of box, with paral- Tel rods set on either side of the rest and adapted to guide long strip of cloth, the latter running under the Sails and over the shoe. to be operated by the hands
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
Pine Bluff. .Commisson Co Interstate
 Brokers,
ED. BERN Man'gr. Trufoc,r H,+as n.

ED. BERNARD Man'g'r. TruiocK Hotel, Pine .s,aG. Ark.
 Cotton, stocks, grain and pro- visions.
 Direct wires to New Orleans, New York, Chicago and St Louis.
 The best private wire service in the south, thereby insurlng prompt and reliable execution of orders
 Lowest commissions charged l. Sc per bushel on grain.
 Correspondence solieited
 Long distance telephone No 225- New Phone No 400.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15
Antigua.s Roads Not Bunr for nioyose.

In the island of Antigua, British West Indies, are about fifty bicycles among the population of 5000, as against half that number of wheels year ago. All but four or fire are of American manufacture and are owned by natives. The poverty of the people the tropical heat, which renders riding between 8 a. m. and p. m almost inn possible, especially for whites, and the abominable condition of the roads leading between the various points of the island are against an extensive use If the wheel. The method of road re- pairing in Antigua is to spread on the ground thick layer of stone cut to about double the size of walnut and leave it to be trodden down by passing OK carts of other teams, or the bara feet Of native psdesf faEs-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-15

Everything cheaper here. If our stock and prices every one our store and would be swept clean Gu would get mad with other storekeepers to talk m sehg you goods The fault yours if you don't con buy your goods here where dollar will buy as much as $ sometimes S2oo will in other other towns Some te us they don understand how sell cheap. We eehef' nave just got in that habit and can't quit
 l HE RACKET,
 Money Savers to You.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
BARNEY KING

BARNEY KING was sired by
Middlemarch 1929. Middlemarch
was sired by Macy, son of Geo.
Wilkes, dam of Middlemarch was
Bell bv Nam brine Piloh %, End
Lady Prewitt by Iron Duke, 3rd
dam Fanny Prew1tt by
Ericsson, son of Nam brine
Chief II, 4th dam Woodbine by
imported Woodford. She was
dam of Mem brine 2:12H and
and Wagewood 2:19. Trotting
horse, dark bay, 9 years old and
weighs 14OO pounds. Will stand
at Meade on Saturdays of each
week balance of the time at my
place 4 miles south of Meade.
TERMS to insure mare with
foal, 81 for season. If mare is
traded, parted with, sold or re-
moved from original locality, the
service money becomes due and
payable at once. A lien on mare
and foal will be held for insur-
ance money. Care will be taken
to prevent accidents but will not
be responsible should any occur.
R. w. ORR.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
From the Philippines.

Damunjug,. Cebu Island March 5, 1900.
Mr.. Dave Mackey-Well as the boat has not
arrived thought 1 would drop you few
more lines. We are about goo miles north of
the equator and when you look for the sun at
noon you have got to look up straight up
almost apast you. We are now all seven-day
adventists, that is we hold Saturday for Sum
day for we are one day ahead of you. But
it don't make much difference for half the
time we don't know when it comes. But we
are just as good as if we did know when it
did come. We are now dreading the Trip
back there. The many days before US moth
ing, but the blue ocean, which looks like a
burnt fat after the FIRE had run over it. All
we can think of and see is the fy-fsh and
larger fish which come up in the water. There
is some talk of our returning by way of New
York which think we will, it would take US
SO days, just think of it. We are in sight of
a volcano about Is miles from US, there is 8
miles of water between us and it, it is on
Negroes Island. We passed one while we
were coming out in mid-ocean which was a
large one, it was 1900 feet high, y mile long
y mile wide. We visited the graveyard a
day or two ago, it looks about like little
boys work. right in sand bank for a year
and throw them to one side and throw anoth-
er in the same hole, consequently Pery's old
bone yard is not in it. There is something
new to be seen every day. A fellow has lots
of fun at the sights he sees. 1t is a shame to
laugh at ignorance that knows no better, yet
l think at times that they are as smart as we
are in there ways, for they take the world
perfectly easy, they don't work 3 days in a
week. Here we go to work day and night
and never satisfied, they are as satisfied with
one ducko, which is y of cent, as we are
with a million. If we have the million we
work still harder, they have the ducko and
rest at ease. Now then it is question in my
mind which is the smartest. There is no such
thing as stove among the natives. They
have some nice fine houses. 1t is comical to
see the build of them. They have a box
K 10 built up in nice shape, about IN in
height filled with dirt and clay packed in it,
which they cook on with clay pots, there is
no such thing as an iron vessel, but they have
fine dishes such as Chinaware. did not tell
you how they dress. The men wear white
pants with fine lace shirt and 60 barefooted.
A few of them wear hats the balance of them
with handkerchief around their heads. The
women wear nice silk skirt and shirt comes
to the waist, then an old-fashioned train skirt
and very large sleeves and go bare-footed.
Well, no more at present, if the Lord is will
ing we will all be back soon to see you all.
Goodnight, goodnight to one and all
PETER HoTZ.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
ODEE ITEMS,
CRAcKERJACK.

Farming is getting somewhat
dry.
Rev. and Mrs. Eschbach came
home Tuesday from Offerla.
Doc Anschutz stopped for din
ner at Schmoker's last Sunday on
his way home from Meade.
Mr.. Gruemken started to cut
his alfalfa Tuesday.
A number of the young folks
attended the dance at Blanken-
chips last Friday night. There
was quite a crowd present. The
music was furnished by Mr.. and
Mrs. Marshall. At midnight ice
cream and cake was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berger were
visiting at Brinkman's Sunday.
B. H. Cordes was visiting at
Henry and Martin Bucks Satur-
day and Sunday.
Martin Buck was at Borger's
Saturday repairing a well.
John Cordes is here from Craw-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
DUTCH.
EAST SIDE ITEMS.

Well, Mr.. Editor, our long sill
ence was not caused by us get
ting wrathy about your "notice"
for that is just what we have
wished for all along, but was
caused by work, scarcity of
news and general business.
J. C. Ragland and family were
out on the east side Sunday.
Misses Julia and Lizzie Krisle
were down visiting their sister,
Mrs. F. I. Bennett.
B. 1. Vanhosen visited at
Fletcher's Sunday.
N. R. Bishop and family Sun
dayed at F. I. Benefits.
J. P. Krisle brought a buuch
of cattle down to U. G.. Cowan's
this week.
Jacob Heape got caught in the
rain taking that new spring wag-
on home.
Alva Davis purchased a new
buggy Wednesday; Look out.
girls.
Chas. Mckinney, of Clark coun.
ty, was over at Smiths ranch the
first of the week.
Miss Ruth Benefits school in
the Chilcott district closed with a
picnic in which IS participated.
She is now at home.
Smith & Mckinney are round.
up and vaccinating cattle this
week
Some of the farmers in this
neighborhood are through sow.
ing cane.
Wheat in general looks fine.
No, Tom Sheddan is not smil-
ing much over that new boy, he
wanted a girl.
Mrs. J. A. Porterfe1d visited
with Mrs. Cowan last week.
Vol Pinnick passed through
with his cattle last week.
This is all at this time from
EAST SIDER.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

We notice a lot of radical Re-
publican papers over the seventh
district ridiculing Claud Duvall,
Democratic candidate for Congress
for being travelling man and not
being the kind of a man for Con-
gress. We have only this to say,
that we would rather see man. who
has legitimate business to make a
living, run for an Office than pro-
fessional ofice-seeker who has no.
thing save the spoils of Office. 1t
is safer to elect a man who will not
have to bleed the Office after he is
elected to pay for his campaign ex-
penses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

ford county visiting friends and
looking for place to locate as ne
is talking of moving back to
Meade county.
Louis Feldman returned last
Friday, he reports his father a
little better.
H. Thonhoff ment to Meade
SUNDAY.
News is scarce this week, so
we will adjourn.
DUTCH.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

Wrong impressions as to the priv
ileges accorded entryman under the
Act of Congress of Jan. IS, 1897,
relating to reservoirs for watering
live stock, are the source of endless
trouble for the local land Office Off
cials. A great many seem to think
that by constructing small reservoir
they can secure absolute control of
100 acres of government land, appro-
pirate and use it for their exclusive
benefit for all time to come, and
without even having to pay taxes
thereon-all of which, if correct,
would constitute very rich "snap."
But, of course, the law in question
gives no such privileges. In the
first place, no reservation will be
made for a reservoir of less than
$50, 900 gallons capacity, and for a
reservoir of less than 500, 900 gallons
capacity not more than 40 acres will
be reserved. 1t requires reservoir
of over 500, 900 gallons capacity to
secure a reservation of 50 acres; a
reservoir of over 1000, 900 gallons
capacity for 100 acres, and for 100
acres, the largest reservation that
can be secured under this Act, a res
ervoir of more tkan 1900, 900 gal
Ions capacity is required. Second,
the lands thus reserved cannot be
fenced, or used for purposes other
than watering live stock, and must
at all times be kept open for the free
use of any and all persons desiring
to water animals of any kind. The
original object of this Act was to
enable owners of live stock to pro-
vide watering places when driving
over trails confined to narrow limits
or for other reasons, without ade-
quate water supply.
The ''reservoir law" offers no adj
vantage to residents of this part of
the country; and, if it did, there is
so much red tape to go through that
by the time man had completed
the preliminary work and had been
granted reservation he would be
completely exhausted and in total
ly unfit condition to push the reser-
voir work to successful completion.
Woodward News,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

A. w. Calender desires to call
the attention of the general public
to the fact that he can be found at
the old Baxter stand at all hours,
prepared to do blacksmithing, wood
work, painting, and practical horse
shoeing in first class manner. l
ask your patronage and thus assist
me, our town, and yourselves as
well. Give me trial and be con-
WINGED. All work done on short
notice.
A. w. CALENDAR, Prop,
Meade, Kansas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

We see great many people around
here who are not subscribers, sneak
ing their neighbours paper, to see
what is in THE News. Some of
these fellows are too stingy to take
it, others don't take it because they
don't like US, but we don't care just
SO they all get to read it, You need
not think you are spiting US by not
taking THE News, it is yourself you
are depriving of good thing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31
Convention Dates.

Democratic National Convention, Kansas City
July 4.
Republican National Convention, Philadelphia,
June 19.
Silver Republican National Convention, Kan
sas City. July 4.
Democratic state nominating convention, July
"a.
Populist state nominating convention, Fort
Scott, July "A.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-05-31

We presume there will be frauds
and hypocrites in this world until
the end of time, and probably some
will sneak into the next world, also.