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New-York tribune., 1900-08-25
THE CoMMIssIoNERsHIP

The two political parties have yet decided oD
ably select them shortly after the meeting ~ tha
Executive Council on August 27, when the isIard
will probably be divided into the seven noI,tIcai
districts provided for by the Foraker law NJ
Fajardo intends to visit several of the larger to
pulse of the people to his candidacv IL me ne
well fitted for the office, being well to do All
speaking fuenty English. Spanish and French H.
is native Porto Rican about forty-fve vearn iIe
but has lived abroad considerable part ~ i, ~
life, residing fifteen years in the United States oS i
ten years in France. He controls nearly 1ftaan
hundred acres OF sugar lands I'm the western mart
or the island and owns a seven hundred acre Ma ~
tation the largest in San German Valley HI
Iatnsr IA was knighted by Spain. At the outbreaR X
or the war Mr. Fatardo left the island and v,anH ~
Mess expedition, and was with the troons al a.
the landing at Ponce He rendered nvaluab bic sea- a.
vice 70 the United States during the Porto RET
campaign " Nican
no other candidates have yet been announced
:, the Republican party, which is pro-Adminfstra
non as 1ar as is locally applicable, is laying low,
put the federalists who are Spanish anti Al ;
mnlstration, anti-American and anti-everything
nave secured stump speakers on the island a,Is,
are instructed to do their best to create dissstis
carried out credltable programme In ceebra t,nSS
q the second anniversary OF the occuna tion s
naan, "Wn py me American troops. Five thousand
tRrIotie senoed In the plaza and listened TO pa@
.SIIea On August 10 Herminio Diaz a local a9
totney' one time Secretary OF Justice under at at
y, 5no Anerlean military governors. and Others
mace strong speeches and attsmptsd 10 narsnn
the people or Mayaguez into taking no paTt in az
cesttepraton. piaz is reported 10 have said ,hae
.stnJi.,aaS, suogld pe one OF mourning Instead 81
sent,meSnts az % 70 nave given expression to other
sersiiiSi.s TSi st oi %, a Ike nature, e'
Aho uissdustacton prevailing ON the islaod -.
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knew so, we'll. as he apprehensively
surveyed the rapidly increasing gath
ering which seemed inclined to cheer
him. II will carry Laddie.". So,
Perhaps neither had any distinct
idea Of what they had said as they
went up the shore homeHard, but she
was the more composed of the two, for
she had known the truth all. along,
while to him it had come suddenly,
was overwhelming.
you are not changed" he said later.
as they stood by the gate In the gloam-
ing. 1T is I with whom the years
have dealt hardly. l who have been
q reckless TOOL and had to suffer for
my folly. But I have put no n in
your place. have kept your image in
my heart. 1t is through Toms boy
that we have met again, and you loved
me once, CONNER"
"Once," she breathed softly, "once."
The moon was shining over the quiet
water, casting long bafls"of light into
the room where Laddie lay in the
peaceful sleep of childhood; lights be-
gan to appear one by n in the houses
along the sea front; very softly on the
ozone-laden breeze came the ripple OF
the waves along the shore, the faint
odor Of seaweed and tar, but still they
fingered on by the gate, these two who
had waited SO long, who had silently
kept the faith that seemed broken, n
after long years had met again.
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FASHIONS
Some of the Latest FancIes In
S~unsh0des.

DAAA0 w. SAS = ANDOA
s%unshsdes-
If the woman who uses a p1fasol
would be particularly far in advance
of her feminine rivals this summer
she will buy herself the WY latest
creation in parasol ingenuity, the sun
shade with square edges. 1t is not a
thing Of beauty. perhaps, but at least
it is strikingly odd and to be odd lie
at least to be noticed. The square
parasol is covered with a .Sbandana
handkerchief in the gaudiests pattern
obtainable and the effect is certainly
bizarre and unusual. The newest
handles for the seasons parasols are
club shaped, and some Of them are.
adorned with punches of flowers and
fruit. Among the elaborate handles
wooden ones are seen mounted in gold.
and silver and set with real or imita-5
ton jewels. Ivory, coral and lapis
lazuli are also cut up into the parasol
handles. P%arasols for morning SER
vice are always of plS EdeesMS. and
material. Silk is. of couf esAhssrule.
For carriage use a white E6tin sun
shade is always a desirable requisition
and it may be beautiied by lace but
terflies and flowers appliqued upon the
satin. One of the fancy shades Shows
a parasol formed of stitched bands Of
white taffeta put together with stripa
.Ar~n1sertion and hemstitching.-Chtca-
20 Chronicle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-23
Sound of q Thunderstorm.

1t is generally agreed that the sound
of a thunderstorm cannot be heard II
at a further distance than between If
teen and eighteen miles, althoughsSir
Richard Phillips has stated that thun.
der may sometimes be heard as far on
as twenty-five miles. Lightning he
says, is reflected $50 or even 200 miles
The velocity of lightning is so great
that the sounds produced at the vari.
points Of a fash may be regarded
as simultaneously produced. AS com
pared with the sounds of cannon-irina
the fire Of artillery has been heard
some $40 miles away. When fired
amongst the mountains of Erzgebirgs
the people at Antwerp heard it quite
distinctly. To a certain extent this
can be accounted for by reverberatton.
The report of cannon travels particu-
larry far, as it communicates vibration
to the soil. l.' 3
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He Missed tho Motive.


This is a story which Representative
Eddy Of Minnesota tells on himself.
Mr.. Eddy not only enjoys the situa-
tion when the laugh is turned against
him, but has a Of humor which
leads him to start the laugh sometimes
himself. "In making the campaign
in my district one year." said Mr..
Eddy, 81 took along as an attraction a
veteran of the war of 1912 and of the
civil war, who was a famous hand at
beating the drum. He was a drummer
from away back and could arouse a
whole township. Drum music Is an
incendiary kind of thing, anyhow, and
the old captains drumming was par.
ticularly stirring. Well. one night.
after the captains drum had given
the usual overture, l commenced my
speech to the populace which had been
lured to. the scene by his drum. /
noticed at the foot of the rostrum, the
same being a big dry goods box, a
bright-eyed little fellow about IL years
old, who sat through the speech, fol-
lowing me with great attention. It
pleased me very much. Any fool can
interest an audience Of adults, but it
takes q genius to hold q child. So,
after the speaking, I went. down and
spoke to the little fellow, and after
shaking hands with him, asked him
how he liked my speech. oh, 1t will
do he said, but i'll vas you I would
keep the captain a-drummin' all the
time Washington Star.
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STRIKING FIGURES.
Two Ecumenical Delegates Who Hsvs
KY~&, H.S~ Rvnsva>nnsn

Two Ecumenical Delegates Who .
Hsas Faro Experiences.
In attendance. upon the conference
As delegates are two men who. in their
missionary work, have been through
as grave perils and as strange expert
ences. probably, as any living beings.
says the New York Sun. They .sares
Robert Laws, doctor Of divinity and
medicine. who comes from the mis-
,sions On the shores of Lake Nyassa In
Africa. and Dr.. John G. Patton, whose
life work has been among the can
nibal South Sea Islanders of the New
Hebrides. lone of the greatest re-
wards of your work." said a mission
airy from Japan to DR.. Patton upon be-
introduced to him, must be the
knowledge that by the spread of Chris
tianity the practices Of cannibaltsm
have been rooted out" ut would be-"
said the venerable missionary, "if
it were only So" Are there still
any cannibals remaining in tho New
Hebrides?" asked the other in sur
prise. There are plenty of islands.
unfortunately" wa the reply s.twhere
cannibalism is constantly pFacticed,
and human flesh is esteemed t1eeEreat-
est delicacy obtainable. The life OF
an unarmed man wouldn't be worth,
a moments purchase on any of those
islands. A thing that constantly sur.
prises me-" added the doctor as his
q%uestioner turned away, "is the pre-
vailing impression here that canni-
balism is a thing of the past. Where
the missionaries have gained a foot
hold the practice has been eI1dicated,
though I have known Of spdQ lie out
breaks in the vicinity of the missions.
But people here at home do not seem
to comprehend the vast .extentsof the
South Sea- Islands. There arr thou
sands and tens of thousandsEof ma
tives who have never seen a MISSION
airy and who, perhaps, have eve
seen a white man of any kind They
eat human flesh to-day. as they have
from time immemorial."
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In Her Arms
, Once More.

Come on the shore. auntie. The
tide. is racing in, and there are such
Big waves"
Constance Maynard put down her
sunshade and looked out over the gilt
tering ocean, then at the rosy, sun
burnt face of her 6-year-old nephew.
OF all Margaret's children Laddie was
her favorite; but her seat was exceed
ingly uncomfortable, the shingles very
rough, so she temporized.
"Wait a little and the water will
come to u.s."
Il don't like waiting" said the child
diseonsolately, repeating what many
older and wiser people would say had
not the lesson of time taught them its
uselessness.
"And / would not go nea the break
water" he pleaded.
He had planted his elbows firmly on
her lap, his blue eyes were fixed visit
fully OF her face, and she could never
resist Laddie long. So after repeated
promises she let him 60 and sat
watching him with the faint hope that
NC WOuAO AOL 6pOAA LID 6oA A0OASo OAo
get her into disgrace with nurse. The
little fellows words kept repeating
themselves in her ears: Il don't like
waiting" No one liked it, she thought.
with a sigh, and yet for wears her life
seemed to be all withdrawing.
She was nearly 80 years of age, this
pretty creature, whose fair, blooming
face spoke of perfect health, whose
soft ayes had a pathetic expression in
them, as of n who had suffered. 1t
was long since she had quarreled for
the last time with Rupert Laird, and
he had gone away-so long that ev-
cry seemed to have forgotten him
but herself, and Margaret had been
quite angry when she had refused sew
eral offers of marriage and declared
her intention of remaining %"auntie" to
the children for the rest of her days.
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La AND "suFFALo" HORNS.

How the Willy Red Man Utilities Product
of the slaughter-House.
The Montana Indian is something of
a schemer himself. He comes to town
and sometimes walks all over the place
without saying a word to any one.
Sometimes he brings in a few sets OF
polished mounted cows horns, which
he sells for a dollar or two a set. He
never frequents saloons. He looks In
to clothing store windows, but never
bucks the slot machines in cigar
stores. He frowns as he passes a res
taurant, but smiles while walking
through the sweet-scented alleys back
of cheap boarding houses. In a horse
trade he takes the prize, If there's n
to be taken, for he was known
to get the worst of such a bargain.
The reason Of this, however, may lie
in the fact that he begins the negotia-
lions with nothing to lose and every
thing to win. However. he has the
reputation of a schemer. Where his
schemes shine brightest is in the sale
Of polished buffalo" horns. He lives
out near one of the slaughter houses
on the south side. and there he secures
his buffalo" horns, all sizes, curves.
and consistencies. He picks out a set
Of OK horns of symmetrical proper
lions, scrapes the scales off, and boils
the horn in a solution of glycerin, wood
ashes and water. The treatment sof-
tens the horn, so that a caseknife will
easily remove all the exterior accumu-
lation. Then fine sandpaper is used to
give the first polish, followed by a
thorough rubbing with a flannel cloth
slightly saturated with oil. A varnish
or shellac is then applied, and the
horns are in condition for mounting.
Then the work is turned yer to the
squaw, who does the really artistic
work. Red flannel and braid, beads
sometimes, and a.strip here and there
of buckskin, a few brass-headed tacks,
and the mounted buffalo" horns are
ready for the market. Mr.. Buck comes
to town, and the tenderfoot asks him
where he "ketchem buffalo horns" EN-
Yellowstone park" grunts the
buck. How much?"' asks the intend
ing purchaser. 1.-TWO dolls" "Too
muchee." "No, no; cheap; thue dolls.
ugh" The tenderfoot inspects the work
and satisfies himself that they arc
really the horns of an almost extinct
species of the majestic western animal,
and he hands over. the coin and walks
away proudly with his prize. The In
dian moves of down the street, turns
the first corner, and disappears up an
alley.-Anaconda Standard.
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swiftsss ocean Current.

Among the twenty-five known great
ocean currents, or rivers of the sea, it
appears that the swifteat in its course
is the branch Of the great equatorial
current so well known as the Cult
Stream, its speed at various places
varying from four and q half to ave
miles. an hour, with it's waters 1T q
mean temperature Of 81 degrees Fair.
After running 5000 miles towards the
north, as Tar a. 40 degrees north lati-
itude, 1t still preserves, even in winter.
the heat Of summer. The influence OF
this vast body Of warm water upon the
9 and coasts it washes cannot be
overesttmated. It Govern the ocean
with a mantle Of warmth and server
to mitigate the rigors Of our Euro
pean winter. The existence Of this
wonderful stream was nrst discovered
in 1872 by Ponce de Leon, q Spaniard
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-23
An,m., rood in Poul.ry Feeding.

Animal Food In Poultry Feeding.
Report Of the New York Agricultural
Station at Geneva: It was .foundsin q
number of feeding experiments with
chicks, ducklings and laying hens that
rations containing animal food gave
almost Invariably better results than
did those consisting entirely or very
largely of vegetable food. For conven-5
fence animal meal" was made the
principal animal food. Many grain
foods were used; but when rations
were so arranged that the proportion
of protein was alike for two rations
the one with the animal food contained
generally more fat and always a much
larger percentage of mineral matter.
The first series of experiments did
not definitely indicate the cause for
the superiority of the n ration. 1t
appeared that the more favorable re-
suits when animal food was fed might
be due either to the more efficient
forms of the nitrogen compounds OF
with the rapidly growing young birds
and the laying hens to the much larger
proportion of ash consisting largely Of
phosphates.
Subsequent experiments have shown
that while ducklings require a certain
amount Of animal food, hens and
chicks are able to do well on wholly
vegetable food, supplemented by ash
rich in phosphates. In these expert
ments, rations of vegetable food, to
which bone ash was added to make up
the assumed deficiency of ash, in grow
ing chicks gave identical results with
those from rations containing animal
food. With laying hens the rations
we're equally efficient for most OF the
time, but good results were not sus-
tanned quite so long by the vegetable
food ration. The addition OF bone ash
did not, however. enable ducklings to
make as good use of a ration wholly OF
vegetable foods; such a ration being
decidedly less efficient than n con-
tanning animal food.
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Poor Constance! How grieved she
Mad been when Rupert had made the
disastrous mistake of thinking thai
tom cared for her-Tom. who had
been her kind, CHEEKY brother-in-laW
for many years. Laddie was very
like him. She must not forget.the lit.
tie lad, and perhaps she had better &C
to him, though the single was rough
for while his intentions were good
his memory was extremely short.
Rising ~leisurely, she glanced over to
where the breakwater a out into the
sea, a picturesque object at low water,
covered with green seaweed and tiny
shells. Little wal to be zen of 1t this
fine summer afternoon. for the tide
was flowing in deep and strong, but
as she looked her eyes dilated with
horror. Scrambling up the slippery
side was a small, white-clothed figure,
with fair ,curls blowing In the breeze.
who gained the summit with wonder
full. speed and ran boldly out along the
top.
Throwing down her sunshade she
few down toward the shore as fast as
the rolling pebbles would permit, call
ing loudly to the boy as she went.
She saw the beautiful baby face fill
with sudden contrition. saw him turn
to come to her-he was never afraid
Of any one, least Of all Conpie-then
he had given a sickening slip on the
treacherous green slime. There was a
fash Of two little bare brown legs. a
vision of a flying straw hat, a loud
splash and he was in the water on the
far side of the breakwater, where 1t
was SO terribly deep. .
What happened next she hardly
knew, but she remembered shrieking
for help, and leaning far owe the
Shiny edge, making frantic snatches
at the struggling child; then a man
Owed in, and Laddie, gasping and
dripping. was once more in her arms.
'Oh, we a never thank you
enough" she painted as she Rugged
the young scamp.
But the man made no answer: his
hand still grasped the boy, and some
thing on II, seemed strangely familiar.
Surely she had known that massive
signet, ring in the past. CHANGING up
hurriedly, hesssaw the face. older and
more worn. but still the handsome
never-forgotten face Of Rupert Laird.
For q moment she was too petrifed
to speak; sea and shore seemed surg
ing toward her. II don't like wait
ing" Laddie had said. but she had
given up all hope that he would ever
discover his mistake and Seturn-and
o he stood before her.
Connie. you here?" he said at
length, with Unsurpassed emotion.
Have I saved your child!"
"Yes-no. Rupert" she answered
hurriedly. "He is Toms and Marga-
ret's; their only boy; naughty. naughty
Laddie."
Toms! M~argaret's!" he whispered
hoarsely, his eye devouring her face.
:.And you, Connie. your"
II am .auntie,' and q dne dance this
boy leads me-" she attempted to ray
sayly.
aLet ~ ct out Of this crowd hs
sid In thu Old abrupt wa1 4sAsl IN
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coniurer outxitteA.

At q country fete q conjurer was
performing the old trick Of produc-
ing eggs from q hat, when he remarked
to..a little boy: "Your mother can't
get eggs without hens, can she?" "Of
course she can" replied the lad. why.
how is that?" asked the conjurer.
"she keeps ducks" replied the boy,
admist roars Of laughter.
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Looking for More Trouble.
II Pugilist Corbett enters congress-
he will ind some very clever competi.
tors in the side-atepping business
Milwaukee Sentinel.
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Durham - . Winter Resort.
Durham 10 q winter resort and con-
tains some Of the finest residences in
the world. They afford a good ocean
view and : surrounded by tropical
trees, flowers and fruits.
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NaDolsoa's Tslssseps Essnd.
According TO the London Chronicle
the telescope which Napolson I Used
70 carry has turned M q Turin.
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Eleven million Of men. are said to
belong TO tho great. uhinsss socisty q
Boxers.
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on 1t and keep in a, laying condition
though confined In q small yard.

80 EH H
ThesNorth Carolina ExperimenttSta-s
ton has just published q bulletin on
some Of its experiments with fowls
It has taken up the work in earnest
and has gone into the subject deeply.
The experiments included the produc-
ton of eggs, and cost Of producing
the same. There were three pens of
Mediterranean fowls, seven Of the
American class and six of the .Asiattc
class. The period vas for six months.
We presume that the other six months
will be reported on later. This work
is: bound to have its effect on the agri-
culture Of the South, a locality that
is particularly adapted to the produc-
ton Of eggs, on account of it's mild
winter climute and cheap lands. There
seems no good rresasonswhy large areas
of land in the South should not be
devoted to poultry farms with large
ranges for fowls. The. transportation
question is probably the only one that
will have to be solved, outside of the
details Of poultry management.
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Space for Hens.-All Of. our readers
are familiar with the advice moi to.
crowd hens into space only large.
enough for half their number. On the.
other hand It ID sometimes 4 dertiment
too give them too much space. whom
that means giving them access to all
the grain bins and corn cribs. True,
At this time OF year the fowls will be
more eager to got grass and insects,
than grain, but ! little later on they
are likely to fall back on the grain
bins az . base Of supplies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-21
SCHEME TO
SLICE CHINA
Powers CPaftily Plan Indi-
rect Partition.
UNITED STATES
IN 4 PREDICAMENT
May Lose Chance to Collect In
sdemnity.

New YoIK, Nov. 20.-The China nego-
tiations, according to a dispatch To the
Times from Washington, have reached
a most serious stage. The actions of
the powers are making partition al
most inevitable. The United States
faces the probability that it will either
have to take a slice of China or go
without indemnity. In that case il. is
positively asserted by high authorities
that the United States will go without
indemnity.
The United States may succeed in re-
ducing the demands of other powers.
AMI is now making every effort to that
enc, but with no immediate prospect
Of success.
Every nation has disavowed any in
tention of Remembering China. but
that merely relates TO ACKNOWLEDGMENT
as punishment for the Boxer out
RACES. No nation has pledged itself to
avoid taking a course which will sooner
or later make disueu1 berment newt
able It is firmly believed in official
circles in Washington that the powers
are proceeding deliberately with the in
tentiOn of bringing about a situation
which will compel dismemberment.
Question Hinges on Indemnity.
The whole question hinges upon the
amount of the money Indemnity to be
demanded. While the United States
has not officially set a maximum figure
for the indemnity, it is the unofficial
opinion of some of the highest officers
Of the government that 5000 geo 600 is
all that China can pay. The other
powers are DESTROYS of swelling the in
demnity TO at least twice that amount.
Two courses are considered for the
payment Of this large indemnity. Each
is innocent on its face, but both mean
partition, and the American govern
ment is so sure of il that as soon as
the powers adopt either course. this
country viii retire from the concert
and lose all but a faint chance of eyer
recovering any indemnity
One course is to exact Territorial
pledges. This is the same thing as
partition, for ii simply means A mort
gage which is certain to be fOrecIosed.
The United States viii not have anv-
thing to do with the scheme.
The other plan is to have China ies,,a
bonds, guaranteed by the powers. This
in the opinion of the American govern
ment, means partition Just as surely a :
the hrst scheme. The bOndhoTdars
would have recourse to the guarantors
who could not fulfill their guarantees
except by taking territory Partition
by this means may appear a thin.T Of
the distant future, but a high official
OF the government has recentIv given
1T as his deliberate opinion thai the
bond scheme would bring about parti-
Continued on rage p