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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
THE RLACKMAN IN HAVANA.
How the white Fellow Passenger Was
Cleverly Outwitted.

A black Cuban and a white Cuban
drove up to the Pasaje hotel entrance
in Havana, Cuba, few days ago, in
the same carriage. The white man got
out first and ran his hand down into
his pocket for peseta with which to
pay the driver. The black man got
out next and did exactly the same
thing. Then followed that old familiar
game of each man waiting for the 9TH
er fellow to pay without seeming to do
so. 1t was a slow race. Each had
glue on his fingers and the pesetas in
both pockets were very elusive. Final
ly the negro. in apparent desperation
pulled out a peseta and held
it up toward the driver. There
upon the white man found his
peseta right off, and extend
ed it also, but just out of reach. Ca
ramba!" exclaimed the black man, as
the dollar slipped from his fingers and
rolled under the carriage. The white
man was stuck. He gave up his peseta
Just as though he had been dying to
do so all along while his black brother
scrambled after his peseta under the
wheels. Il believe these niggers is
smarter'n ourn," was the grinning
comment of an old Georgian who sat
hard by and witnessed the episode.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
n,,le Leave. for Packing Gold Loaf.


Bibles are often made use of in the
gold-leaf trade; the gold-leaf being
packed in books made of paper leaves
cut from the Bible. There is no inten-
ton on the part of the dealers to be
irreverent in thus using the pages OF.
the Bible, but it has become unfver-
sal practice in the trade. Most of the
gold-leaf goes to shops where artists
materials are sold. and it is packed be-
sween printed sheets because the slight
fluctuations in the paper made by the
printing serve to hold the delicate film
Of gold in place. The reason for using
the Bible sheets is that the Bible is
usually printed in small type and is
always very evenly set, and the i'm
preston of the type on the paper Is
very slight, but quite enough to hold
the gold leaf in place without injuring
it. Small type editions of the Prayer
book are used for similar reasons.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
rh,. street Move. Twice Every Year.

South street, Philadelphia, Is one OF
the strangest in the world. This is
due to legislation by the ancient Qua
kers, who managed the affairs of the
city when South street was one of the
most important in Philadelphia. Laws
were then enacted that sidewalk ven
ders, stall-keepers, wagons containing
produce and open air dealers could
only use one side Of the street for such
purposes six months in the year. Thus.
from April to September, the south
side of the street is well nigh impass-
able, while the other six months 1t is
deserted.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
A Chestnut.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once told a
good story of friend who always car
ried in his pocket horse-chestnut as
a protection against rheumatism, just
the same as other people wear shields
and other specifics. Emerson thus
testifies to the results in his friends
case: He has never had the rheuma-
tism since he began to carry it, and.
indeed, it appears to have had a retro
spective operation-for he never had
it before"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
Altered BEIT.

Mr.. Belt and Mr.. Rhodes made the
shareholders a present of their interest
as life governors in the mine. AS life
governors they were each entitled TO
$15O.O0O year salary. Mr.. Belt main
tains a magnificent home in Park lane,
London, the Fifth avenue of the worlds
metropolis.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13

We love the women we find beauti-
fuA we find beautiful the woman we
loyS
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
Danes Are Shrewd.

American pork is not popular in
Germany. The brand prejudices it.
The Danes. having discovered this, are
buying largely of American bacon, re-
moving the American label and substi-
tuting the Danish, and stocking the
Berlin market.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
Lydl. E. pinkh.m'. Vegetable Compound

Is known ap.s-y~here and
fbOu8a7d.- of women have
beeD oured0f serious kid-
ney arrangements by IT.
Mrs. PInkisans's meth
0ds have the end0sse-
s,senf of the mayor, the
postmaster and others of
her own city,
Her. medicine has the
endorsement of an un-
numbered multitude of
grateful women whose
Ioff0rS are constantly
printed i'm this paper.
Every woman should read
these letters.
Mrs. PinkS1ass1 advises
suffering women free of
charge. Her address IS
Lynn, Mass.
DROPSY1sasws ,sIisf o'seovIRT Ssd tn,., Eyes HS,s
cases. Book of testimonials and 10 DAYS treatment
TRKE. DR. IL. II. GREEN'S SONS. Box Y, Atlanta. Ca
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-03-13
Comulee External and Internal Treatment for Every lumw

consisting of CurcunA and
OINTMENT 5Oc
to itching irritation, and soohe and
cleanse the blood
SNoE the ortung disfguring
op. Boston, u Scalp and HAIR" fres
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
ARCHBISHOP TIENNESSY.

archbishop, will pronounce the eulogy,
The body will lie in state at the ca
thedral Wednesday. All the leading
church dignitaries will be there.
l-rchbishop John Hennessy was recog-
most profound theologians in the Catholic
hierarchy, and because of his zeal in edu
cat1onal matters has been named "the
apostle of the American Catholic parO-
chial school, His latest work in the
cause of education was the founding of
seminary here designed to be one of the
largest in the country. Since he first
came to. Dubuque Archbishop Hennessy
has seen the Catholic church in Iowa in
crease from a membership of few hum
dred to- a. quarter of million. Archbishop
Hennessy was born in County Limerick,
Ireland, August 20, 1925. In 1S47 he came
to- America, going to Carondelet seminary
near st. Louis, where he commenced the
study of theology, and was ordained
priest November l, 1850. His first mission
was, at New Madrid, Mo-, embracing 5000
miles Of territory, without a single mile
of railroad and where he endured the
hardships' and privatiOns of a pioneer. In
1854 he was installed as professor of dog
matte history at CarOndelet and became
president in 1857 The next year he went
to Rome as representative of Archbishop
Kendrick. In 1860 he went to St. Joseph
Mo-, where he remained until appointed
bishop of Dubuque in 1866. He was conse-
Grated September 80 of that year by Arch
bishop. Kendrick, of st. Louis. His silver
jubilee was celebrated with great pomp
in. 1891. He was made archbishop on Sep
temher IL 1898, Mgr. Satolli, then papal
ablegate,. and Cardinal Gibbons, Of Balti-
more, conducting the ceremonies. All the
American archbishops except one. nearly
all the bishops and upwards of 400 priests
and hundreds of leading Catholic laymen
Of the country were present.
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NOTED PRELATE DEAD.
El-ass -. 80 ~ q es79s--
,Archbishop Hennessy, OF the Cath Ollie
Diocese of Dubuque, Ia,
S. 'E Passes Away.

Dubuque, Ia, March S. Archbishop
Hennessy died at 2:25 p. m. Sunday.
In March of last year the archbishop
was first stricken with partial paralysis
OF the brain. Though for days at the
point OF death, he recovered, and was
well until the evening of February Is,
when he was again stricken. Friday
night he was seized with another
stroke, and though the attendants ex-
pected death every moment, he rallied
slightly, and when Archbishop Ryan,
OF Philadelphia, arrived Sunday morn
ing he showed signs of recognition,
though unable to speak. He then be-
gan to sink and passed away quietly
and without a sign of pain. The
funeral will be held Thursday
morning at ten o'clock. Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, who
preached the sermon when the dead
Prelate was made bishop, at his silver
Jubilee, and again when he was made
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News in Brief.

The Indians up near Warroad make
a business of killing moose all sea-
sons Of the year. The Plaindealer of
tRat place is authority for saying one
Indian made $50 in one week.
The smallpox quarantine established
at Pillsbury academy, Owatonna, has
been raised.
The state will this year receive full
~ 100000 in taxes from insurance
companies doing business in Mime
sofa. The insurance commissioner has
already received some $4,000 in taxes.
Harry Shepherd, the colored photo
grapher from St. Paul, has been dis
missed from service in the negro ex-
hibit department of the Paris exposi-
ton
VIM. H. Merritt, prominent con-
tractor of Moorhead, has gone into
bankruptcy with $4,000 liabilities and
$4,000 assets. The debts have nearly
oil been contracted during the past
five or six years, and are almost en-
tivelv bills for building materials
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THE SILENT MAN.

political leaders are supremely selfish,
very few of them having at heart the
welfare of the people so much as their
own advancement and preferment in
public place. One of the older senator's
this evening, after giving hints from
which the above facts were deduced,
said: '"There are three candidates for
an office in my state, and all of them
have supported me in my campaigns.
This morning spent an hour thinking
them over, and selfshly studying
which of them could do me the most
good in the future. finally settled
the matter, decided which one would
prefer, and concluded to drop the
other two, as gently as possible, as
surfing them of my distinguished con-
sideration. That is the way we have
to do in politics"
That is the gist of it. They are all
after the offices, because the salaries
are large, and usually larger than they
ought to be in a government econom-
ically administered Covetousness is
the incentive to selfshness. In the
mad struggle for place the strong men,
not always the good men, achieve sue
cess. In no other vocation in life is
there better exemplitication of the
theory of the survival of the tittest. be-
cause those who are most selfish and
self-seeking, wholly disregarding the
feelings and sufferings of all others,
are they who obtain precedence.
SMITH y HRY
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SIX PERISHED.
Terrible Result of n Fire in a Big
Lodging House on the Bow
cry, New York.

New York, March 5.-S Six persons
lost their lives. and three were
injured early Sunday morning in a fire
which occurred in a seven-story lodg
ing house at A to 4S Bowery. The fire
was first discovered shortly after two
o'clock. Smoke was pouring from the
windows of the fifth floor, and the
flames were making rapid progress.
The lodging house was cut up into 1872
rooms, and 90 of these small places
we're occupied when the fire broke out.
Policemen sent in an alarm and burst
into the place to arouse the inmates.
They notified the night clerk, who inn
mediately rang the alarms all over the
house. The Railways were instantly
filed with a crowd of excited people.
The policemen forced their way to the
upper floors in an effort to rescue some
Of the helpless, or any who might be
overcome with smoke.
The bodies of five of the victims
were found on the fifth floor; where the
fire did most damage. Charles Butte
was suffocated in his bed. John Clark
was found on the floor of his room.
dead, as was also Edward Doyle. Henry
Jackson (colored( was found dead at a
window, and an unidentified man had
been overcome just as he was dragging
himself from the window to the fire
escape. All the bodies were taken to
the morgue. Daniel Carney died later
of injuries received. The damage to
the building amounted to about Sc, 900.
The place was conducted by Dominica
Milano, and was a cheap Bowery lodg-
ing house.
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School Money.

The March apportionment of school
funds amounting to 100000 was COM
Pleted by Auditor Dunn and State Su-
perintendent Lewis. The total school
population eligible to aid, as given by
county superintendents, is $4,000.
Distribution is made on basis of
$1.25 per pupil, and this years appor-
tionment is the largest ever made in
Minnesota. Last years distribution
was on basis of 90 cents per pupil,
and it was 10 cents lower the pre-
vious year.
In October another apportionment
will be made, and will aggregate in
the neighborhood of quarter of a
million dollars. The money appor-
toned was derived from the sale of
school lands and interest on bonds
owned by the school fund and earn
ings of school land certificates.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
FRILLs OF FASHION.
The Latest In Hats and Trim-
minEs for the Current
Season,

The question of headgear this sea-
son seems to be summed up in fur hats,
or hats trimmed with far, since they
are SO generally worn that other kinds
do not count for much. Sable hats are
the most elegant, becoming and ex-
pensive, Of course. Very pretty hats
are made of chinchilla with velvet
crowns, and every grade of mink be-
tween the best and the scrubbiest tag
end fourishes ia the millinery depart
ment. The craze is so great, too, that
very poor specimens are sold at high
prices, and one unfortunate feature
about them is that they are worn at
all times and with any costume, with
out any regard for the fitness Of
things, a7
The question of suitable wells for the
fur hats is important, and was consid-
cred very seriously early in the sea-
son, and with very effective results.
Partisan women are more than fas-
tidious about the becoming effect of
veil, as they are about all the little ac-
cessories of dress, and it must harmon
ize with the hat as well or it is not
success. For the chinchilla hats there
are chinchilla wells in soft white net,
with irregular lines of black running
through, softening and blending the
two. This kind of veil has the appear
ance of being double, yet it is not
double, and it is wonderfully becoming.
The problem of finding a veil more suit
able than black or white, for the sable
hats was puzzle, but the French de-
signers never fail in little matters of
dress, so the beige veil was brought
out and proved to be one of the most
attractive things in yelling. It is a
double veil, but so thin and transpar-
ent that it scarcely seems like a veil.
Brown, except in chiffon, is rarely be-
coming, and the beige color is happy
medium between white and brown. It
is astonishing how many women buy
wells without any thought of the eff
feet on the complexion beyond that
which the big black dots can give. The
mesh and color are more important
than the size of the spots and women
or certain, or rather uncertain, age,
have learned that white is much more
becoming in the right kind of veil than
any other color, not excepting black.
White softens rather than hardens the
lines of the face. Here it is that the
double wells find ready market. A plain
or fancy black mesh is chosen, and un-
der this is white maline. Pale col
ors are sometimes used instead of white
for the under veil, but white is usually
the most becoming. The two wells are
held together by black dots of vel
vet or chenille, the former being the
preference, as velvet is much richer
and more becoming. The real novelty
of the season, however, is the double
veil of finest tulle, the under one of
white, and the pin dots of chenille
which hold them together are far apart.
This sort of veil is worn with all col
ors and kinds Of hats.-N. Y Sun.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
A Quiet Sale.

1t was only a quiet little foreclosure
sale in the sheriff's office IN Minneapo-
lis, with only one bidder and one bid,
such as are of daily occurrence at the
court house, but in some respects it
was one of the notable sales in the his
tory of the city, for the property in
cluded the Guaranty Loan building,
the largest and finest office building in
Minneapolis. It went for $547, ,515.O5,
and everything from the machinery in
the. sub-basement to the flagstaff on
the tower was included.
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ACQUITTED.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 5.-The Car
terville union miners who have been on
trial for the past 40 days at Vienna,
charged with numbering five negro
miners, were acquitted by the jury
Sunday morning at six o'clock. Four
other charges are pending against the
white miners, and the prosecuting at
torney of Williamson county announces
that he will try all of them.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
Log Cabin.

Split lady fingers into halves. Spread
the fiat parts lightly with jelly. Build
these log-cabin fashion on glass dish,
and pour over them a soft custard
made from the yolks of four eggs anda
pint of milk. The custard must be
cold. When ready to serve, beat the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth and
put them here and there around the
"cabin;" or you may garnish the edge
OF the dish. The dish should be perfect
ly flat, so that the lady fingers will
stand above the custard sauce. To
change this receipt you may sprinkle
the whole with finely chopped almonds.
ladies Home Journal.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
Death at a Dance.

A Sunday night dance at the resi-
dence of Frank Homarnik, near Little
Falls, came to sad end. Charles
Bergstrom, a young man who had
been participating in the festivities,
left the floor while a dance was in pro-
gress and sat down and in less than a
minute fell from his chair dead. The
doctor pronounced the cause of death
heart failure due to excitement and
the exertion of dancing.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
Township Mutuals.

Township mutual reports loom up
larger than State Commissioner
!O'Shaughnessy supposed they would.
He has completed tabulation of 1876
companies.
They had at risk $11o,Ooo,OOO insur-
ance last year, against $9S,00o,ooo the
year before. Their losses were $685.
666, and their expenses were $46,926.
They collecteda a little more than $215.-
600 in all
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State Cash.

At the close of business Feb. 2S, the
state treasury had $1,367 ,s91.66 to it's
credit. Since the end of January, the
receipts of the Office have been close
to $1,OOO,0OO. The Great Northern
paid $25o,ooo to apply on it's gross
earnings tax. The university also paid
$12, 1914. The Milwaukee paid a
gross earnings tax balance of $780,
1886, and the Great Western put up
$17,7S9.17.
Warren sheaf., 1900-03-08
MINNESOTA NEWS.
G. A. II. Eucamnment.

The G. A. r. encampment depart
ment of Minnesota, for 1900, held at
Minneapolis, was well attended and
the session harmonious. The follow
ing officers were elected:
Department Commander-G. S. Ives,
St. Peter.
Senior Vice-Commander- William
81. Harries, Caledonia.
Junior Vice-Commander-G H. Bull
lard, Wadena.
Medical Director-R. O. Craig,
GAINESVILLE.
The memorial committee presented
memorials on the death of Past Com
manders A. Barto and E. C. Babb,
which were adopted by rising votes.
The encampment did graceful!
thing when it decided that the dead of
the Spanish war shall be included in
all future Memorial day exercises in
this state. 2.A @tH
Commander Searle was the reci-
pient of handsome diamond badge,
John Day Smith making the presenta-
tion ON behalf of the department
members. The retiring commander
made an appropriate speech in re-
sponse. ~..@ aIs -......
The next encampment will be held
at st. Paul, in February, 1901.
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THEY CHARGED.
Faced Death Rather Than Listen
to the Sayings of
Smart Child.

The officer hesitated. It was desper-
ate chance.
The Beers were strongly entrenched
in a position that seemed naturally i'm
pregnable. The British force was small,
and, owing to the nature of the ground,
it could only be precipitated against
one angle of the enemy's works.
No wonder the officers hesitated.
They felt they would be sending the
gallant Tommies into veritable death
trap.
The men themselves were huddled to-
gether on the ground behind slight
ridge, that afforded them temporary
protection from the Boer sharpshoot-
ers. They had been conversing in low
tones, but the fatigue of cramped mac
ton was having its effect, and they
were silent.
Then Private Atkins spoke up. The
firing had ceased and his words were
clear and distinct:
II had letter from the missus," he
said.
There was no comment from the line
of recumbent forms as he went on:
'We have a little three-year-old
daughter, and the missus writes to say
that she is getting too clever for any
thing"
The men shifted uneasily, and those
who had been lying on their backs
rolled over on their faces.
'The missus writes to say it's won
derful how many funny things she
does"
The men grasped their rifles little
more firmly and drew up on their
knees.
1.-THE missus says, the other day when
she was a-washing her, she said
With wild roar the Tommies strug-
gled to their feet, swept over the ridge.
and fell upon the Beers will such ter
rife force that they fled without firing
shot. The amazed officers never knew
what had caused this panic of heroism
in the ranks.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Boutclle to Seek Rcelect,on

Bangor, Me-, March Congress-
man C. A. Boutelle has so far recovered
from his recent illness, which made it
necessary to send him to Boston for
treatment, that he has decided to seek
reelection. His brother has announced
the candidacy of the congressman for
denomination and election,
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Prisoner Ki1ls Two

Birmingham, Ala, March Sheriff
Cooley, of Chiffon county, was struck
on the head by crazy prisoner named
Campbell in the Clanton Jail and fatal
ly wounded. Campbell the night be-
fore killed Dan jenkins (colored), who
had been placed to watch him. Camp
bell. escaped.
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business Block burned.

Springfield, Ill, March 5.-A Vienna
special to the State Register says: Il
fire which was discovered at II o'clock
destroyed business BLOCK CT eight
buildings in this city, entailing - loss
Of 70.0GO.
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Obje"t to the Bishop.

Washington, March 5.-Gen. Jose
Lacret Molot and Felipe Perozo, Cuban
leaders, called at the war department
and had an interview with Acting Sec
retary Meiklejohn relative to the ap.
pearance in Cuba of Bishop Sbarretti
They objected very strongly to his
presence there.
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HONOR IN POLITICS.
Shrewd Observers Say Such vir-
tue Has No Existence.
Absolute Selflshness a Prcreouisite
70 Success in Political Life
Honesty as Dangerous as
UnEuarded Speech.
Especial Washington Letter.

t0Peefa1 w dSHIHgtOn LetterJ
UD)ROPERLY defined, politics is the
science of selfshness. Men who
engage in politics, young men
VINO have political hopes and aspira-
Slons, may as well understand that
only those who are selfish and self-seek-
ing can achieve success.
There are exceptions to all rules, but
men who have had long experience in
dealing with politicians will tell you,
II they tell the truth, that there is no
notable exception to this rule, but that
absolute selfishness is a prerequisite
to success in the political world.
All living political leaders have their
followers who believe in them implicit
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Passed Away.

Kalamazoo, Mich, March 5.-Mls.
Henry L. Severens, wife Of the newly
appointed judge of the United States
circuit court of appeals, died suddenly
Saturday. Mrs. seve:ens was 81 years
old
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County Auditors.

The County Auditors association of
Minnesota held it's annual meeting in
st. Paul and appointed committee to
draft measure revising. systematizing
and simplifying the tax laws of the
state.
1t was argued that there is a great
need of speedy revision of the laws
and that if the laws were reformed
and then enforced great stride would
be made. toward more just and equit-
able assessment and taxation.
Taxation was the sole topic of dis
cussion at the meeting. The annual
election resulted as follows: President,
John Gleason, Polk county; vice presi-
dent, w. R. johnson, Ramsey county;
secretary, E. J. Miller, Big Stone
county; treasurer, L. M. Stevens, Beck
er county.
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one Mans idea.

The Maid-What, in your estimation,
is the first step toward universal peace?
The Bachelor-The abolishment Of
matrimony.-C Chicago Evening News.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-08-30

The regular excursion will be run
to Cripple Creek Sunday. Train
leaves here at $50 .. M, round trip
$500.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1900-08-30

Via Union Pacific. One fare plus %
for round trip to Chicago, st. Louis, st.
Paul, Milwaukee, Duluth and almost any
point this side. on sale August 4th,
10th, September 7th, 2lst. Equipment
the best; time the quickest. See your
local agent, or address e. X. Griffin,
general agent, Denver. (No. 10 3lt2)