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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

HAVANA, May 14.-Orders relieving Gen.
Adna r. Chaffee. General Woods chief OF
staff, at his own request, and directing him
to report at the War once. were received
to-day, and General Chaffee viii probably
leave for the United States next Monday
by the transport Burnside
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15
More Meanncss.

She-Then you don't believe that woman can
make her husband be what she wishes him to be.
He-Well. IL she thinks she Is doing 1t. it
amounts to the same thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

Preliminary reports from the Fifth dis
trict gathering indicate that a candidate
by any other name spells Barkis, and all
are willir'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15
Always an Attraction.

We'll, our window exhibit is arranged tina,
all the women will crowd up and look at it,"
How have you fixed t?''
I've put out a placard. fresh paint,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

Those who have flags should put them
out to-day. particularly in the business
streets. The men who saved the flag are
here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15
An Embarrassment of TrimminE.

How do you like your new flower hat. Doro-
thy"
"oh, it's awfuly stylish; can't tell the front
from the hack
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

The Nicely motor seems to have extended
its radius of action in the Cuban postal
service beyond what were considered it's
dynamic limits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

The second statement shows the quantity
and kinds of ingredients used in the pro-
duction of oleomargarine in the United
States for the month of December 1899:
also the percentage each ingredient bears
to the whole uuantity:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

No Smooth Rails Laid.

That man works like engine is simile
wrong; for his own track he lays as he struggles
along.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

of present active bishops be declared eff
fective. The conference then adjourned for
he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15

The Omaha Bee prints what It says Is an
authentic copy Of the memorandum which
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-15


episcopacy to-day decided to recommend
to the General Conference that two new
bishops be elected to -provide for possible
deaths on the board during the next four
years. The body voted down a report from
a subcommittee in favor of petitioning the
conference to elect colored bishop. In
stead of making direct recommendation
on this question the committee reported
a revised version of the declaration
adopted by the conference in 1896. recog-
nizing the qualifications Of colored men to
fill the high office and admitting the need
of colored leader to direct the religious
work among his people In the South. The
result is taken as a defeat of the move
ment to secure the election of a colored
man as bishop at this conference, as the
leaders started out with the determination
to get specific instructions to the confer
ence. Chairman Buckley will report these
findings to the conference tomorrow, and
If the recommendations are approved the
balloting for candidates for bishop may
begin Immediately Both reports are GER
tain to be bitterly contested on the floor
of the conference.
The time limit for Methodist preachers
seems doomed. BY a vote of 81 to q the
committee on iternancy to-day decided to
present TO the General Conference a re-
port favoring the abolition of the time
limit now in force.
The General Conference to-day discussed
the question of combining the profits of the
book concerns to the support of super
animated ministers. The question involved
the withdrawing of subsidies from church
publications that would not exist otherwise
and the payment of conference expenses
The discussion was lengthy and at times
spirited. but the matter was finally laid
on the table by a rising vote. Discussion
of the report of the committee on the re-
vision of the constitution and the report
of the committee on rules for the General
Conference elections took up most of the
time of the conference after the morning
recess.
The report of the committee on cleo
recommending that the election of bishops
be held under the two-thirds rule. was
brought up and resulted in spirited de-
bate. DIR. J. NJ. Buckley, of New York
editor of the Christian Advocate. made n
strong plea for the adoption of the report
which, he said, would tend to neutralize
electioneering methods. The report was
voted on section by section. The section
providing for the election OF editors of the
several papers was referred 10 the Book
Concern committee for further action, the
intention being IL is understood to discon-
tinue some of the subsidized publications
for which editors are to be selected. The
two-thirds rule on the election OF bishops
was then adopted by an overwhelming
vote. The time of the session was ex-
tended to hear Chairman Buckley's report
No. of the committee on episcopacy, the
report being on the effectiveness of the
board Of general superintendents. The re-
port. which was adopted after q short
debate. recommended that the whole list
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
RED TAPE IN WASHINGTON.
Why the Carpenter Could Not Clean the
Glass Door.

Why the Carpenter Could Not Clean the
Glass Door.
A correspondent passing hurriedly
into the room of the committee on riv-
ers and harbors to see Representative
Burton pulled the knob of the door,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. How
can I get that fixed, do you think?"
asked Burton. "Shall I get the car
penter or the locksmith?"' "The lock-
smith, I suppose" mo. sir. Were I
to send for the locksmith he would tell
me to consult the architect Of the cap
itol. He has no authority to fix door
knobs. Doorknobs are permanent fix
lures and are solely within the juris-
diction of the architect of the capitol"
do you see that bookcase there?"
said Secretary Ellis. Il caused the
carpenter to paste some cloth on the
inside of the glass doors in order that
the books might not show. He did the
work, but when he had finished I noted
that he had not cleaned the glass be-
fore he put the cloth on The thing
looked so disreputable that I asked
him why he had not cleaned the glass.
He told me that the glass was a per-
manent fixture and that he had no au-
thority TO touch it, but that the plac-
ing Of the cloth upon it was a tenn
porary matter and was entirely within
the province of his labors. The whole
things got to be done all rel again"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
PEARLS BROUGHT FROM TEXAS.

Fine Specimens Arc Procured from the
Bed Of the Concho River.
Some fine pearls from the Concho
river in Texas III now exhibited in
this CITY," said a New York dealer in
precious stones. "Of late years pearl
hunting in that locality has been de-
veloped into a considerable industry.
The harvest is brought north by a
competent man about twice a year. AS
a rule the pearls command as high a
price as any in the market. No finds
OF extraordinary value have been made
so fas as I know; but the average is
very good. Most Of the pearls find a
sale at between IS and $35; a good
many come nearer the latter price
than the former. Some years ago no.
body considered the Texas pearls as
Important; the growth of the industry
has been gradual and quiet. Men hunt
along the Concho from it's mouth to its
source at various times, but the most
profitable fields seem to be in Ster-
ling, Concho and Tom Green counties,
where a number of pearl-trading COM
panies have been organized, both for
harvesting and selling. While these
counties yield the greater part of the
harvest, the Llano river and other
tributaries of the upper Colorado river
are good hunting grounds. have
heard it said that some valuable pearls
have been found there"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
GEN. LAWroN's RUBBER TUB

GEN. LAWTON Tub.
Tho Apaches Knew How Highly He
Valued It.
The general made it a habit of his
life to take a cold-water bath every
morning before breakfast, and dur
ing the campaign he carried with him
q rubber tub. It made no difference
where he was, he ordered the tubful
of cold water to his quarters every
morning, says the Louisville Courier
Journal. In following the Apaches he
reached a mountain. He knew that
the Indians had fed there, and before
pursuing them further he left his rub
Der tub and other tent equipments at
the base of the mountain in charge of
an old and faithful servant to guard
the tub carefully until he returned.
It was an old trick with that tribe Of
Indians when being pursued to circle
around and return to the exact point
whence they had started. The general
lefe his tub and started out after the
Indians. They circled around, cover
ing a wide territory, and beat Gen.
Lawton back to the base of the noun
tain. When he got there he found that
the old sergeant and his six men had
been killed, and that his tub had been
carried of by the Indians. The
Apaches evidently learned how highly
the general priced his rubber tub,
for they placed great store by it after
they had captured 1t, and guarded it
as closely as they did their own. lives.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
1nherlt.noe Of Health,

There is, it is true. as great an in
equality in the inheritance of health
as in the heirship Of wealth or brains.
Some are born with a fortune Of vigor
and soundness 10 large that not a life
time of eager squandering will leave
them poor, and others enter the world
paupers Of need so dire that no charity
from medicine can ever raise them to
comfort, but most of us have just that
mediocre legacy of vitality which ren-
ders us undistinguishable units in the
mass. It lies in the hands of each to
improve or waste that property, as he
chooses, for there are self-made men
physically as we'll as financially; those
who, because of ancestral wasteful-
ness, have only a sixpence Of health
and turn 1t into a fortune, and there
are spendthrifts Of health who come
to as sorrowful case as s%pendthrifts Of
gold. The body Is the realm where a
wise and frugal ruler brings happiness
as surely as a foolish one insures dis
tress, and wisdom here, as elsewhere.
lies in learning and obeying natural
laws.-North American Review.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
Wit in tho Island Of Saints.

St. Patrick is said to have banished
toads and snakes from the island OF
Saints. He did not Danish wit and
repartee, says the Nineteenth Century.
Yet it is as hard to classify these
gems as 1t is to set uncut jewels in
fragile filagree. In this paper l mere
ly pass on a few of the humorous say
ings and doings I have heard and seen
in this beautiful island during a long
course of residence therein. My dis
pensary district extends over a wide
sweep of moorland and mountain.
Hours are long. Work hard. Pay
small. What should I do without q
sense of the ludicrous-that sense
which can hardly lay clam to being q
virtue, but is surely a most valuable
possession? For instance. suddenly
to hear this prayer breathed after q
EQUITY old gentleman Of miserly habits.
'The Lord make your heart as tender
as your toes!" quite makes up for 9
too small check pocketed by his med
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
Too Much Faith in . Dog.

1t is not always safe to put too much
trust in a dog. An Ellsworth man had
a highly priced dog, and when a neigh
Dor presented a bill for hens which he
claimed had been killed by the brute
the dog owner was grieved. and posi-
lively refused to believe the charge or
pay for the hens. A few days later
the Ellsworth man was driving by the
farm where the hens had been killed.
The dog was with him in the carriage.
He drove into the farmers yard to
prove to him that his dog was not
guilty. LET out your hens,'' he said,
''and I'll call the dog out Of the ar
rage to prove that he will not kill
the hens" It was done. Before the
dog could be stopped he had killed
four. The owner Of the dog, who
never dishonors a just bill, pulled out
his wallet and settled for six hens
Bangor (Me.) Commercial.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
DRINK SAVED
An Engineer from Sudden Death, aud
1t Was Water. Too.

An Engineer from Sudden Death, aud
1t Was Water. Too.
New York Tribune: "The life of a
locomotive engineer is a most danger
Gus one," said Allen Runkle, of Phil
adelphia, at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
land some of their escapes are little
short of miraculous. A friend of mine,
who is now a prosperous business
man, but who started life as a fireman
and later became an engineer, owes
his life to a cup of water, or rather
the desire for one. He was at the time
an engineer, and, wanting a drink of
water, Stepped from his seat to the
water can on the tender to get it. He
was just raising the can to his lips
when there was a terrific crash, the
entire side of the cab was torn on,
and the air filled with flying pieces of
wood and iron. Luckily neither he
nor the fireman was seriously injured,
and they, with the aid of the trains
crew, managed to bring the train to a
stop without further harm. They then
found that the connecting rod IN the
right hand side had broken in two,
and the two loose ends flying around
with terrific force had wrecked every
thing with which they came in con-
tact. The right hand side of the cab
was torn to smithereens, and as the
engineers seat vas directly above the
loose end of the connecting rod at
tached to the rear driving wheel, had
my friend nod had that lucky inspira-
ton to take a drink he would beyond
question have either been killed out
right or else possibly so badly man
gled as to make death by comparison
seem preferable" D.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
A HORSES JUMP.
He Leaped Through a Three-Foot Aper-
ture Over . Door SIX Feet High.

He Leaped Through q Three-FoOt Aper-
ture Over . Door SIX Feet High.
Badminton Magazine: Without very
good evidence, I confess I should have
been unable to credit an incident
which happened the other day at Nor
wich; but this evidence has been over
.whelmingly furnished, and the thing
unq%uestionably happened. The Nor
witch riding school is entered by a door
certainly not less than six feet thres
inches in height, and above this there
is an aperture of barely three feet. The
charger of an officer in, the Seventh
Hussars was going around the school
the other day, with no one on mis-
back, when suddenly, instead Of turn
the door, tucked his head between his
legs in what is described to me, and
must certainly have been an extraor-
binary manner, and jumped out into
the yard. The landing is on some fiat
stones; he slipped and came down on
his side, slightly bruising himself, but
doing no harm, and is now as we'll
again as ever. When one comes 70
think what six feet three inches mean,
and the name in which che horse
had to screw himself up in order to get
through that aperture, the perform
nee is certainly nothing short Of mar
velous. Captain Dibble, the riding
master, who was in the school at the
time, made a trooper, who was five feet
nine inches in height, stand with his
back to the door, and the woodwork
was certainly a good six inches above
his head. If this horse jumps as we'll
with a man on his back as without, it
ought to take something out Of COM
to stop him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
TO GET GOLD OUT OF SAND
Minor Thinks He Can Do Better ut 1t
Than Most People.

Minor Thinks He Can Do Better ut It
Than Most People.
There's millions of gold in black
sand" said H. A. Frederick, a Seattle
man of experience in the Klondike, to
a Denver Times reporter, "and I be-
lieve 1 have hit upon a plan to get 1t
out. You know this black sand Is
about as heavy as the gold, and in pan
ming, as ordinarily done with cold
water, the gold and the sand either go
out of the pan together and are lost,
or they stay in the bottom and are OF
no more use than If they were lost.
On a claim I had in the Yukon coun-
try we got only $32 out of the black
sand for a whole season and I Knew
that we were losing a whole lot n
that there ought to be some way OF
getting 1t. So I experimental with hot
water, which was not unusual, but I
added some salt to it and found an
Improvement. I took an iron bucket
holding two gallons, filed it about e
third full Of sand, put in a double
handful of salt, filled it with water
and set it on the fire to boil. AS 1t
boiled 1 stirred it, like you would stir
apple butter, or as we stir dog feed
in the Klondike, and then poured it
of into the pans. I don't know what
effect the salt had, but when I put a
little quicksilver into the pans I'll be
blamed If I didn't get every particle of
gold there was. Then I went at it on
a large scale and with the sand that
was before practically valueless I got
fifty-two ounces for n days work
by three men. This gold was worth
about $50, or say SIG an ounce. I'm
going to Cape Nome in the spring,
where there are tons and tons Of this
black sand that cannot be or has not
been worked and I'm going to utilize
the salt sea water and get rich. You
see if l don't"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
M0DJESKA MAY RETURN TO RUSSIA

During several years the world has
been interested in Nine. Helena Mod
ieska and her life. Ever since the I'M
known Polish countess appeared in
"Adrienne Lecouvreur," in San Fran
cisco, twenty-five years ago, and car
ried her audience by storm, anything
that relates to her is read with great
interest.
Probably all the selfish theater-goers
would be sorry to hear that Nine. Mod
jeska would be allowed to return to
Russia, for that would take her away
from us for many months in the year,
II perhaps for several years. How
ever that may be, something has start
ed the rumor that her Punishment is
over.
To the average mind the decree of
the Russian government prohibiting
Nine. Modjeska from returning to Rus
STA is an unjust one. The imperial
government had refused to allow the
delegation of Polish women to attend
the Worlds Fair in Chicago in 1893.
For what reason this action was taken
is not known, but the delegation did
not go. Nine. Modjeska was asked to
represent the delegation at the fair,
and, naturally enough, she consented,
and made an excellent speech. In it,
however, she upbraided the Russian
government for it's treatment of the
delegation. Nothing was at once forth
coming on account of this speech, and
people forgot about it.
In the fall of 1894 the great actress
returned to Warsaw, in Russian Po-
land, to fill a. contract with the I'm
perial theatef management. Imagine
her surprise when the governor gen
eral, instead of approving her con-
tract, sent for the president of the
theater and upbraided him for bring
ing the artist to Warsaw. He said that
he was surprised that the rebel dared
to enter the country.
Nine. Modjeska was obliged to leave
Warsaw; in fact, she was obliged to
leave the country. In 1895 b ar
ranged to appear at one of the theaters
in St. Petersburg, thinking that the
new regime would take a lenient view
of her so-called political speech at Chi
E cago. While on the way, however, she
received a telegram from the police au-
thorities telling her not to enter the
city of st. Petersburg.
Nine. Modjeska turned about and
went to Warsaw, though with some
feeling of doubt as to the reception
she would receive from the police. She
had no sooner arrived than she re-
ceived word from the governor general
that she must leave the country inside
of t%wenty-four hours. Since that time
Nine. Modjeska has never returned to
Russia or Russian Poland.
Although it is denied that she has
received definite information from the
Russian authorities that the decree of
Punishment has been revoked, it is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10

believed that she will soon have word
to that effect. The policy of the pres
ent government has been milder than
that Of the preceding, and it is prob
able that in a short while the great
actress will be no longer expatriated.
There is an element of romance in
the seemingly quiet story of Nine.
Modjeska's childhood. She was the
daughter of Michael Opido and Nine.
Benda, both of whom were descended
from the mo%untaineers. Her father,
however, was a scholarly man, an
eminent philologist and a lover OF
music. Modjeska was thus brought up
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
sponge Bags.

A sponge bag for each member Of
the household is an absolute necessity.
The most sanitary bag is Of colored
linen, lined with oiled silk. Shirr the
bag with wash silk ribbon in any color
which fancy dictates, and embroider
the owners initials in the corner. In
a large family 1t is well to have the
sponge bag, laundry bag, hath mat,
robe and towel of each member either
plainly marked or Of some distinguish
ing color.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10

in an artistic atmosphere. She was
called Helena because her head was
small and Grecian, and when she was
very young her father predicted that
she would cause her mother a lot of
trouble.
Modjeska's mother did not wish her
to go upon the stage, but the inclina-
ton was SO strong that after a per-
Torrance of amateur theatricals a COM
pany was formed to tour Galicia. She
met with the most pronounced success,
and she has never failed to improve
from that day to this.-Boston Jopr-
nal Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
Not Much Choice,

Smithers-I n: going to have my
picture taken. A good deal depends
upon the pose, don't you know. Now,
what kind Of a position do you think
would be the best for me Browning
Well, / don't know. I was going to
say with your back to the camera, but.
then your hair Is rather thin behind:
Boston Transcript.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-10
PRESIDENT KRUEoER AHEAD.
Pretoria, Transvaal. South Africa.


Dec. Z, 1899.
Messrs. Swanson. Rheumatic Cure
Company. Chicago. Ill. u. s. A.-Gen-
tlemen: Your last shipment and com
m%unication received. I i am very much
pleased with the information which
you have so kindly given me.
Please find enclosed bank draft to
the amount Of E412 los. for which
send me twenty-five (25) gross Of
Sw%anson's "5-DROPS" Ship same az
before in order that there may be no
delay, as this medicine will be greatly
needed before it reaches US. The last
shipment Is almost disposed OF, as the
medical department Of our army uses
large quantities. This order Is entire
ly for use in the army.
l have been told that our success
on the battlefield is due to a certain
extent to the use of "5-DROPS" Rheu-
matte Cure, which has relieved and
prevented a great deal Of suffering
among Dur men from Rheumatism.
Neuralgia and other acute pains caused
by exposure. Your "5-DROPS" Is as
good rs q Transvaal soldier! :
In one of the battles, q small guam
tity Of "5-DROPS." together with other
medicines. was captured by the Eng
lish, which was q great loss to our
men. The Ruinecks won't do 1t again.
I am, respectfully yours.
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