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suited In the Austrian army since the
death of Archduke Albrecht In 1885. The
military rank thus conferred on Emperor
William Is higher than his own in the
German army. Besides this courtesy
the Austrian emperor also gave Emperor
William a magnificent profile of himself,
encased in diamond-studdedlf frame, and
autographed with the motto, "Semper
Idem," always the same). Emperor
Francis Joseph presented the German
empress and her whole family with fine
gifts The visiting emperor conferred
the grand cross Of the St. Stephen order
on Count Won Buelow, the German minis
ter of foreign affairs.
Before Emperor Francis Joseph leaves
Berlin a rain of orders viii descend. upon
Berlin, for the value in money alone in
decorations which the Austrian emperor
took along is said to be 172,000 forins.
After his return to Berlin, Emperor
Francis Joseph paid number of visits
Later, about o'clock, he drove to the
barracks of the Emperor Francis regi-
ment, which is under his personal super
vision, and which is considered one of
the crack regiments OF Germany The
barracks were splendidly ornamented and
decorated. The main gate showed a tri-
umphal arch, in the center of which was
a large Austrian imperial crown, and be-
meath it, on crimson velvet, the mono
gram of the emperor, on the reverse side
were masts bearing the Austrian and
Hungarian flags eptwined with ever
greens. The interior showed appropriate
floral decorations and German and Aus
trian eagles were everywhere displayed
as symbols.
The regiment received Emperor Francis
Joseph, who was accompanied by En-
peror William. in parade form, drawn up
under the command of Lieut.. Col Won
Raveh. At 6 o'clock a banquet was
served at the regimental casino, for l25
persons
In the earlier hours of the evening Em-
peror Francis Joseph also received dele
cations from the Austrian clubs of Ber-
lin, with whom he eonversed in an affable
manner, in some cases inquiring about
small personal matters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-06
IN FROM GOLD FIELDS.
Steamer Bertha Brings SIX Passen-
gers to Seattle.

SEATTLE, Wash. May 5.-The steamer
Bertha, from Kodia, Yakutat and other
Southeastern Alaskan points, arrived
here today She brought six pas
sengers-Carl Platt. from Hatuya bayI
DR.. Pierce and J. S. Graham. ffom Yak
ukt, and Dr. Brender and II. L. Blake,
from Cape Nome.
Blake and Brender came out from
Cape Nome overland by the Katmat
route 10 tine coast, and from thence they
took a canoe TO Kodiak.>where they took
passage on the Bertha 1t took fifteen
days to make the trip from the coast to
Kodiak.
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mt" and were signed by Adjt. Gen.

right" and were signed by Adjt Gen.
Collier
Constable David Harrod stated that he
saw an unknown man run out of the
secretary of states office and run down
into the basement a few moments after
the shot was fired
r Wharton Golden presented a number
of letters from Gov Taylor to Golden, in
which the former pledged him his sup
port. They were read. Golden then
went over his testimony given in the ex-
amining trial.
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GoEBEL MURDER HEARING.
Much COrrOborative Testimony Is
Introduced.

FRANKFORT, Ky. May 81. B. Mat
thews was recalled today by the defense
in the Goebel murder trial, and testified
that telegram signed by George Denny,
OF Lexington and filed Immediately after
the assassination were sent to persons
in different parts of the state saving
that the riot had begun and told the re-
eciyers to send different numbers Of men
to Frankfort at once. kilograms sent
or received by parties indicted for as
sassination were produced and read and
filed by agreement of both sides.
Duane Sinclair, of the Postal Telegraph
company, testified that on the morning
of the assassination he sent number of
kilograms to commanders of two Ken
tucky regiments. which said: "An
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-06
GEN. OTIS ON The WAY
LEAVES MANILA FOR UNITED
STATES ON TRANSPORT MEADE.

MANILA, May 5.-The United States
transport Meade, sailed for the United
States at 8 o'clock this afternoon with
Mai. Gen. Otis and two a3des-de-camp on
board. The warships in port fired
major generals salute as the steamer
raised her anchor
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-06
MIR. TAYLOR IS INDICTED
sEMI-OFFICLAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO
THAT EFFECT IS MADE.

FRANKFORT, Ky. May 5.-The in
dictment against Republican Gov. Tay-
lor was not made public tonight, but It
is said to have been entered on record
In batch of orders at the close Of the
term Of court tonight.
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CzAR TAKES CHANCES.
He Wanted No Police Protection
While in Moscow

LONDON, May 5.-A special dispatch
from st. Petersburg says that advices re-
ceived from Moscow state that The car
has ordered the chief of police to cease
all extraordinary precautions for his safe
ty. saying
II have come to see my people. not the
police of Moscow"
During his stay at Moscow the czar has
gone about in an open carriage without
an escort, and without the streets being
cleared for his passage.
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COLONY OF POLES.
1t VIII BE Established at Ellis
Junction, wis.

Junction, wis.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 5.-What Is
known as Ellis Junction, Marinette
county, Wis, was today sold by H Zeck
of Marinette county, to the Polska Indus
trial company The village is suburban
to Crivitz and is included in a tract of
from Milwaukee, Chicago and the old
country. The transfer includes houses
sawmilIs, general store and all the lum-
10000 acres. The tract will be colonized
by a cooperative community of Poles
bering interests on the tract The
amount of money paid for the tract is
not stated, but is estimated at consider
able over $100, ,000
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BANOUETs AND IINcHE0n

BANQUETs AND NDLJNcHEoNs
The Austrians residing in Berlin. al
though some 25,60O persons, gave a splen-
did banquet today, In honor of Francis
Joseph's presence at the lSaiserhof
The imperial chancellor, Prince Won
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MARY SMITHS DEATH.
Mrs. Kersein Is Held Responsible
for 1t.

NEW YORK, May 5.-The coroner's
jury in the case of the young woman
known as Mary Smith, who died about
a month ago, in an uptown apartment
and was hurredly buried, found verdict
today charging Mrs. Kerstin with per-
forming a criminal operation and Mrs.
Hassler with being an accessory.
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KAIsER's HIGH HONOR.

Emperor Williams appointment as
Austrian field marshal general pleases
him greatly, the more so because it is a
grade seldom conferred and none has
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-02-17
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
No disgrace So Great a. an Unp,,

No Disgrace So Great as an Unpaid
Debt on Now Years Day.
The New Years festival of the
Chinese, said to be the most complete
holiday season kept by any nation on
earth, is celebrated wherever a single
Chinaman is found, whether in Pekin
or New York. It is a movable festival,
falling upon any date between Jan 81
and Feb. 10. Preparations for the great
holiday eason begin weeks before
hand. The accumulated dirt of many
months disappears as if by magic.
Even the Chinaman himself passes
through the cleaning process, washing
his clothes and bathing his person
the latter being a great event in the
lives of a few, since it occurs but once
a year. Buildings of every description
are deliberately decorated. Flowers
are in great demand, the favorite being
the Chinese narcissus. The prospect
of happiness for the year is believed to
be in proportion to the number of
fower-stalks produced from a single
bulb. During the closing days Of the
old year Chinese streets present a busy
and animated cen Shops are
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ARCADIA, THE BEAUTIFUL LAND.|

ish, but not as pretty to the eye as
Calcasieu. 'rhe Calcasieu prairie is the
largest in the state-about fifty miles
long and from five to forty miles wide.
The parish itself, which is also the
largest in the commonwealth, COM
prises 4.060 square miles, and is about
two-thirds the size Of Connecticut.
Here the land is firm and solid. In
digging wells the farmers have to go
deeper to find water than they do in
Wisconsin. The land, which is now
fifty or sixty feet above the gulf Of
Mexico, was once its bed, and contains
a great deal of sand. The roads are
sometimes dry within twelve hours
after a sem%i-tropical rain. There is so
little mud, except in proximity to rice
marshes, that one may ride a bicycle
along a highway covered with water.
This is the upland, and yet it is the
rice country. The explanation is sim
pie. From a foot to two feet under the
soil lies a bed of clay which is impervi-
GUS to water. Wherever land lies in
a shallow saucer shape, so that its
edges are slightly higher than its in
terror, the falling rain will fill it to the
rim and form a marsh, because the
water cannot %percolate through the UNI
derlying bed of clay and escape. In
Louisiana you often will find the low
grounds hard and dry and marches on
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thronged with customers eagerly lay
ing in large quantities Of food, cloth
ing and New Years gifts. Debtors and
creditors are seen hurrying to and fro,
endeavoring to settle their accounts,
for according to a most commendable
custom all debts must be paid or set
tied in some satisfactory manner be-
fore the New Year dawns. To meet
these liabilities shopkeepers Offer their
goods at unheard-of prices, and fam1.
lies frequently part with odd bits Of
bric-a-brac, curious relics and valuable
ornaments for a sum pitifully small.
No disgrace is equal to being found on
New Years morning with an unpaid
debt. On the other hand, the creditor
who fails to collect his debts at this
time may not press them again for
many months. He therefore pursues
his creditor far into the night, contin-
uing his search into the New Years
day, If necessary. This he may do If
he carries a lighted lantern to indi-
cate that he is still engaged in last
nights business and has not discov-
cred that the day has dawned!-Wom-
ems Home Companion.
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Il sP1NsTER GIRL,
SHE oFroDAY COMPARED wlT:,
SHE OF OTHER DAYS.
1ns OF Nest. Remarkable Social
Developments. Of the Age - e;iris Are
Now Younx when They Are Thirty
{ In Her Prime 1t 10. a

One of the most remarkable socla.
developments of these latter days Is
the evolution of the mature heroine OF
romance, says the London World.
Formerly this post was allotted to the
young girl or the young woman In
those times, moreover, the adjective OF
youth would not have been applied to
the maiden who had passed her 25th
year and only in the spirit of the gross
est flattery to the matron who a
seen her three decades. 1t is typical OF
the age that this explanatory note
should be necessary. Now the express
sion young" Is purely relative. the
period Of middle age has been entirely
abolished. Where almost everybody Is
younger than somebody else 1t is only
the few who arc proud OF their extrena
antiquity who can be regarded VITA
any degree Of certainty as old. At ~
the girl of today uo longer retires on
the shelf as a failure, to pass the rest
of her life in the humiliating position
of the maiden aunt whu devotes her
self to the children OF revenges herself
on the poor. She is merely preparing
to start on a new phase of life with a
more definite plan and a clearer vision.
Very often she marries and begins
afresh at 40. Sometimes she has been
known to be SO greatly daring as to
enter on matrimony for the first time
when she has passed her 5Oth year.
For the matron the range is even more
extended. At 80 she is quite a young
thing-gay, frivolous, skittish, to
whom society and Irritation are the
chief objects in life. Ten years more
bring her to her prime. It is the period
of fascination, Of adventure, of i'm
pulse. The woman of 40 is capable of
anything. She Is the object Of the
widest plans, the center of the most
daring romance. At SO she is probably
marrying for the second time. Three
score will find her approaching the
altar for her third wedding, and If she
lives long enough she may even reap
pear at a later date to bring her record
up to four.
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the ridges. This paradox puzzled the
northern soldiers who were on Banks
Red river expedition. They were In a
country in which they were likely to
get lost.
The alluvial land which lies in the
Mississippi bottom seems to be planta-
lions part of the time and part of the
time Mississippi river. Swamps are
not unknown there.
1--WE r having a Louisiana bliz-
zard," said a northern settler in Cal
casieu parish. 1.-The thermometer has
fallen to 20 degrees above Zero"
The children in the country go to
school barefoot all winter. In a
country school house, on a sharp mid
winter day, there was only one child
who wore shoes. All the children had
shoes at home, but they did not care
to e them.
The well-to-do French farmer, with
land by the league and cattle by the
hundreds, with money buried in the
ground or hidden in hollow trees or
deposited in the bank, goes barefoot
the year round, except when he visits
the parish town. His winter dress is
a straw hat, a calico shirt and a pair Of
blue cotton trousers. He goes with
out collar, cravat and shoes. His feet
are as insensible to cold as are the
hands of a northern man who never
wears gloves. 1t is a common sight in
Acadia, on a winters day, to see q man
from the north, in a heavy ulster, talk
ing to a barefooted French farmer in
his shirtsleeves.
Probably the school children here
never saw a sled or a pair Of skates,
but it does get colder than 20 degrees
above zero, for sometimes there is
snow on the ground and ice strong
enough to hold up the small children
who slide on it.
Though the January sun is some
! times so uncomfortably warn IS to
make one move out of its rays, yet the
air, owing to its high humidity, is often
| chill, and men accustomed to the sharp
| winters Of the north find it uncomfort-
able to wear heavy %overcoats in Louis
lana all winter. To leave your winter
clothes behind when you come south
is a mistake. You will need them.
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SORT OF BATH TO TAKE.
An Important Ceremony That Is to-
Often Rushed Through.

An Important Ceremony Is too
Often Rushed Through.
This is the time of the year when
our cold bath begins to feel as If it
were living up to its name, so it may
not be amiss to speak a bit upon the
subject. First of all, a cold bath. as
many suppose, is not necessarily water
as it m from the faucet. In point
of fact, it is any bath Of a temperature
below 80 degrees. Strange as 1t may
seem, some paohe far from strong
have been drigsn to plunging into icy
water just beca e some other persons
sang the praises of the cold bath so
loudly and p~ersistently. The people
who in cases of illness used to fairly
shrek at the thought Of mention of
q bath, are even getting educated. Not
that great care isn't necessary. In
deed, it is in all bathing, and; the bath
thermometer should be used by both
sick and well. OF course. an invalid
is only bathed according to the physi-
clans instructions. The bath is a
boon. Anyone who has tossed and
turned in nervous unrest knows the
soothing powers Of the sponge bath.
Each part must be sponged and dried
thoroughly and covered. The arms
and legs in turn, then, the hack, then
the chest, then the abdomen This,
with ice on the head, will even quiet
delirium. As for our ordinary, every
day bathing, we must decide which
gives us the best results. A hot bath
is least Injurious taken; on going to
bed. They are weakening, however,
and should, not be too. often INDUCED
in; perhaps one q week. A hot bath
means a temperature of 100 or ITO de-
grees. A warm bath means anything
from 80 to 100, tepid ranges from 80 to
80, while cold is anything below 80.
Never stay in, over fifteen or twenty
minutes; ten is enough for most Of
us. The morning is the best time for
the daily bath, and those who find the
plunge or the shower too much for
them, should consider the sponge bath.
Many who. are exhausted n chilled by
other sorts, Of baths would find this a
splendid tonic: It is more work.
though. We do not consider these
things enough, and r prone to for
get that bathing is or q importance
on a par with our food. Above all. let
us take the sort Of bath which is most
Observation-Disclosures Wisconsin.
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whose fire of color leaps the Louisiana
red bird; Its pale green prairies, its
intense sunlight, orange sunsets, swift
twilight and brilliant moonlight. is
weird and enchanting.
It looks as If it had been borrowed
hom a fairy book and did not belong to
geography at all.
1t is midwinter, yet the door yards of
Acadia, St. Landry and Calcasieu par
lshes, are abloom with roses. Christ
mas trees Of live oak or holly or mis-
tletone, still bright in the little farm
houses, were dressed IN Christmas
day with the fresh flowers gathered
out of doors.
The umbrella tree is common. Ev-
cry farmer has half a dozen to lend.
1t is easy to borrow the use Of n on
a rainy day, and as it is chained to
the ground by its roots no one ever
forgets to return it. Its branches radi-
ate from the trunk like umbrella stays.
Its foliage forms a waterproof cover
ing like an umbrella top. Its trunk
is the handle. 1t will keep on entirely
dry in a %subtropical storm. In sum-
mer it affords a perfect shade from the
sun. A tramp nee explained his raj
behring's through Louisiana by saying
that he was a travelling tinker, mend
ing umbrella trees.
The green rose, the only one 1. have
ever seen, is not as large as the red
rose, nor does it display it's petals as
fully, but it is distinctly a rose. If
some northern f1oriculturist would de-
velop this green rose further it might
become a priced and unique bloom in
the beautiful sisterhood of flowers.
Boutonniers and bouquets of green
roses might become a feature of St.
Patrick's day in New York.
White blackberries are much esteem
ed in Acadia and Calcasieu, because
they are superior in flavor to the black
kind. Some regard them as a conces-
sion Of nature to the color prejudice.
They differ from the black blackberries
mainly in complexion.
In Louisiana is what popularity is
known as the "dishcloth plant" 1t
produces a green pod, which yields,
when opened, a large piece of cellular
vegetable tissue, often used in kitchens
as a "dishcloth."
The native horses and cattle in this
part of the state formerly lived on
sweet potatoes, grass and hay. When
northern farmers came here to settle
they found that the Creole ponies
would not eat corn or oats. Both re-
NAMED untouched in their feed boxes.
be starved for days before they would
touch either.
A northern farmer threw an ear of
sorn among a herd of wild cattle. They
came up to it, looked at it, shifted it,
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no hesitation nor clumsiness. Romeo
is not permitted to decide whether to
throw both arms around his sweet
heart or only one, or which. Nor may
Juliet be shy or forward, yielding or
resisting, as she chooses. The director
will place their arms for them II they
do not themselves make a picturesque
exhibit of tenderness. And the kiss?
Shall it be delivered by the wooer on
the lips Of the won, or on brow or
cheek? That question is considered
and settled. Are kisses on the stage
genuine? Well, not at rehearsals, ex-
cept, maybe, once or twice, in order to
show the effect fully. An actress would
resent a real kiss at a rehearsal except
when necessary. For the satisfaction
Of natural curiosity on that point it
may be told right here that most of
the kisses in the public performances
of plays are actual kisses.
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bushel. They are the daily food of the
farmers, and are fed to horses, cattle,
swine and poultry. The Louisiana
sweet potatoes are wholesome, but lack
the fine flavor Of those raised In Vlr-
ginia. Irish potatoes ale regarded here
as a luxury, and the people have them
on Sundays and holidays.
1t is supposed generally in the north
that Louisiana is a swamp country, a
network of morass and bayou, and that
there is little ground in it's limits that
is firm beneath ones feet. This is a
mistake.
North of the Red river, in the north
western part of the state, lies the IA
nous hill country of Louisiana. Here
the land is upheaved in innumerable
little mountains, which rise sixty or
seventy feet above the surrounding
landscape. The highest peak in the
state is in this wild district, and it
towers $50 feet above the gulf of Mex
leo.
The hill country might make the
mountaineers of the Alps or the Andes
smile, but it is as serious a fact in this
state as are the Highlands in Scotland
or the Catskill mountains in New York.
| This mountainous country is the. lum-
Der belt. It is full of sawmills, and
turns out vast quantities of handsome
yellow pine lumber for the nothern
market.
In the southwestern part of the state
lies the Acadian country. It is a land
of beautiful prairies and Of magnificent
yellow pine forests, that in the dis
lance look blue. This is the upland
of Louisiana, the foothills of the lit
tie Switzerland to the north. 1t Is
the rice belt and cattle country of the
state.
=. In Acadia the prairies are small, be-
ing ten or twelve miles long and five
or six miles wide. They are girded
round by yellow pine forests, through
: which run bayous. 1t is a fertile par
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STAGE KISSES ARE GENUINE.

And They Have to BE sumciently
Fervid, Too.
They must have an impulsive man
ner. They must look sufficiently fer
vid, says the Ladies' Home Journal. 1t
is a curious sight-that Of two players
who are to express the ardent love
which Shakespeare has written for his
"Romeo and Juliet" but who at re-
hearsals, In modern clothes and nc &C
~cessories Of glamour. practice q kiss
as mechanically and unfeelingly a.
though It .were--as It is then-utterly
devoid Of sentiment. There must be
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Bayou Nez PiQue, Acadia, La. cor
eespondenee: In Southern Louisiana
You may sit under an umbrella trse."
look ct green roses and ct white
b~lackbeaTiea You may wstch the
chameleon turn scarlet. blue, green,
brown Or gray, or hear the mocking
bird pour forth its wild melody from
the roof Of q veranda, or see q flight Of
white cranes descend, like great snow
dakes, on q distant ricefield.
This subtropical land, with IT'S trees
Ehostly with Spanish moss, its bayous
Gblaze with scarlet LEAKAGE, out Of
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and walked away again. Not . steer
would eat 1t. The colonists from the
north inferred that to the horses and
cattle of these parishes corr and oats
were An acquired taste.
The bread fruit Of Louisiana is the
sweet potato. 1t will grow anywhere
in any kind Of soil. The varieties Of
sweet potatoes are almost innumer-
able. They yield from 200 to 500 bush
els to the acre, and usually sell for
fifty cents a barrel or twenty cents a
bushel, though in ason Of scarcity
they are thirty and even forty cents a