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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-10

o sweet sweet world, were a bee
And such delights were offered me,
From morn till eve I'd spread my wings
And hover DER the fragrant things,
And never miss a single bloom,
But carry homeward in the gloom
NY load of sweets and hoard IL so
My golden cells would overfiowi
Each cup should bear a magic name
To tell me whence the honey came!
'Arbutus," clover" violet
"Azalea, pink" and .'mignonette"-
And other flowers we love to see
And that sweet to and bee;
When winter comes at home ! then
Should live the summer er again.
Mary Augusta Masor
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Somerville Journal.

SOmerV1IIe journal.
Somerville man went out hunting gray
squirrels up in New Hampshire one day
last fall. A native of the place accom-
panied him. After the Somerville man
had fired his shotgun thirty or forty times,
the native stopped and looked at him.
Say he said, gray squirrels amt
your size. You ought to go out hunting
elephants"
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Where the Bashful Bloom.
Cleveland Leader.

A Nebraska girl who was TO have been
married the other day was so bashful she
could not speak until the ceremony had
been completed and her sister had been
married in her stead. There are some peo-
pie in Nebraska who are not as bashful as
that.
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ChaIlies and Wash
Goods

e-IIAIIrEsAThe silk and wool imported
Javanaise handsome printings. on ngn'
and dark ground. with saun rp1on
tomorrow ...........................
CHALLIES-The Atwood imported. in dots,
stripes and floral designs; also COM
piete line of plain colors; regular .33r
60c quality; tomorrow -..-..---..
CHALLIEs-The all-wool and part-wooA
some with satin stripes; cnoice %
collection tomorrow ..---..-.--.--..-
ORGANDIES-Th fine imported handsome
floral designs, with dainty silk a.
stripes, the regular soc quality. OsS~
ORGANDIES-Pla colors. IS inches wide.
the best French make; our SIC quail 40
ity tomorrow ..................-..... w.
-. So o,,.r,v 40c
SILK MJJLLS-32 inches WIDE complete
line of colors; those with the satin e.
stripes special for to-morrow........
The plain colors-
MERCERIZED SILK CHAMBRAYS =
Pinks, blues and lavenders. so much
used for waists; special for to-mor- pr
row ......................... =
EMBROIDERED AND CORDED CHAM
BRAYS-Entirely new and very stylish;
complete line Of colors at &c rO~
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -
NOVELTY CORDED MADRAS CLOTHS
Inc new SnaQeS or OK DlOOQS, plnkS,
blues and lavenders; grand as 1Oc
sortment of styles at &c and. ....... ~
EMBROIDERED SwISSES-So cool and
dressy, in dots and figures, black and all
colors; special for tomorrow rAc
are 33c, &c, 1sc and. IT.
INDIA FOULARDS-Black, pink. light
blue and navy blue grounds, in an elab-
crate line Of printings, in stripes and
figures; our regular zoe quality to- d..
morrow ...-.....--..-.-.-..-.---- ~
DIMITIES-The fine American make, over
100 styles; all the late fad effects and
colors: the 15c quality to-mor- 10IZ.
row ........................... -/@S
The 121sc quality tomorrow. -
ORGANDIE AND CORDED LAwNS-No
end to the styles and colors in these
popular cloths; the regular 10c x
quality tomorrow .......................O C
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hardly exhilarated another man made him
frantic, so frail was his physique. One
glass of wine would intoxicate him, and so
would one cup Of unusually strong coffee"
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Rich Black Silks
Accordion Plating made any

width.
BLACK TAFFETA-20 inches wide. 40
all silk, our soc quality. OSC
BLACK TAFFETA-22 inches wide. Swiss
make; does not crack; 75c quail 20
~ ..-..--...-..s-.-.-..-.-- --...-.--.......o JIG
BLACK TAFFETA-H inches wide, Swiss
make, glove finish; our $l.25 quail n
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FOuIardS and HabutaiS

INDIA FoULARDs-Oniy IS yds OF TIA.
lot left; navy blue groun@s, with ~
white figures; SOC quality 70 close DOC
LYONS FOULARDS-In navy blue ana
violet grounds, with small white -.
figures: 75c quality DOC
sATIN-FINIsHED FoULARDs-Good lin.
OF colors; our sec quail
FoULARDS-In navy. Yale. electric a.,
lavender grounds. with colored fig -
ures; our sl.o0 quality. O9c
Our SIS and Sis qualities. voc
HABUTA1s. WASH sILKs-In cream
white and black; an ideal summer six.
perspiration proof.
Our SOC quality. special. ................ OYc
Our SOC quality, special. Aye
Our 75c quality. special. .O9c
Our sec quality. speciai-...--.-.....OS c
Our 800 quality. special...........L 0c
Our N.2s quality. special. VOC
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We Pay Express -. TE1E -. Som , sgsns Tor
charges on all kEA IDEA PAT.
purchases s. w. D1oOu "a Terms. All sell
over to points w I'LL nIoNLk III. al BG Samples
oih nda ,oo %;les v AAAs chssrfuIy sent
Summer Silk Sale

We quote exceptionally low sale price.
The goods will speak for themselves
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THE VOICE OF THE PULPIT
UNKNOWN MADE KNOWN: ARGUMENT
FOR CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
By Rev. C. TomIfnson, C. s. h., of the
Christian Science Board OF Lee
tureship, Concord, N. III.

Beloved. now are We the sons Of God.
and IL doth not yet appear what we shall
be; but we know that when He shall ap-
pear, we shall be like Him: for We shall
see Him as He is And hereby we
know that He abideth in US, by the spirit
which He hath given u.s."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-06-30

scene Of conflict. His progress is noe
interfered with, and the minute men
on the hill watch him as he joins his
defeated comrades.
During all this time reinforcements
have constantly been adding to the
number Of minute-men, and they are
growing more and more confident.
Moreover, Col. Smith sees that the peo-
pie are desperately in earnest. He
gathers his men together, marches.
halts, countermarches, hesitates and
finally, fearing that in further conflict
his command may be utterly worsted,
he gives the order to return and his
soldiers turn their faces toward Bos-
ton. They have no premonition Of the
very hell Of shot which shall accom-
pany them until they sink exhausted
and decimated under the protection
Of the warships at Charlestown. Truly,
Maj. Pitcairn has stirred the Yankee
blood. The Lexington road through
Concord curves in almost a semicircle'
and while the regulars are YEARLY
marching southwark over the route by
which they so bravely came in the
early morning, the minute-men swarm
through the fields behind the wooded
hill which skirts the road, thus getting
by a shorter route in advance of the
regulars.
At Meriam's corner the minute-men
secrete themselves behind rocks, trees
and stone fences, and as the British
come along the road the muskets of
the colonists cough out leaden death
from front and side and rear. Pit
CAIRNS horse is wounded and throws
him. The swashbuckler receives a bull
let in the arm; and, binding up his
wound, trudges YEARLY on With his
men. Pitcairn has learned something
since he shouted "Disperse; We rebels.
dispersed" and fired his pistol in the
faces of the rustics on Lexington Com
mon. He has stirred the Yankee blood
until his own is dripping through his
coat sleeve. A musket bal! enters Col.
Smiths leg. Men drop dead and
wounded from one end Of the line to
the other.
At last the British reach Lexington,
pass the Common, scene of the bloody
tragedy Of but a few hours before, and
see down the road but a little ways
what must have brought relief to their
narrowed spirits-Lord Percy and a
thousand troops sent out from Boston
as reinforcements.
Like hunted deer close pursued by
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group Of fellow officers and boastfully

group Of fellow officers and boastful1y
says:
THUS will l stir the Yankee blood
before night"
Little does he realize how true a
prediction he is making. Little dreams
he of how the Yankee blood is to be
stirred by that days events-stirred
until it refuses to quiet before the mis-
used colonies have united and by
means of q long and bloody var have
won their place as a free and powerful
nation.
The minute-men on the hill at the
northern extremity of the village see
the smoke arising from the fires kin
died in the center of the village and
Capt. Joseph Hosmer turns indignant
ly to Col. Barrett and demands:
"Will you let them burn the town."
Col. Barrett now calls the other mill
itia officers about him and they on
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Observation-Disclosures
} The Pompom Gun


fly about the enemy's position. Our
only experience of the gun on service
has been to act as a target for it in the
present wal. This eminently practical
trial has taught US that when used at
moderate ranges-say, within 5000
yards-the moral effect is immense.
and the material damage is c%onsidera-
BILE. There is no weapon our men have
a greater respect for. Shells from field
guns give you a little breathing time
between their bursts at any particular
place, but the pompom sends a stream
of shells at the rate Of five a second to
the same destination.
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(From a painting made in 1904, 20
years after his famous ride.)
suit over the situation. Finally they
resolve to march into the middle of
the town and protect their homes or
die in the attempt" But it is under
stood that they are not to fire upon
the British regulars unless they are
fired on first. The march is Immediate
iy begun with the minute-men from
the neighboring town of Acton in the
lead, under command of Capt. Isaac
Davis. AS the minute-men approach
the west end Of the North bridge the
British soldiers draw up at the other
end and some of them begin tearing
up the planks from the bridge. Maj.
Buttrick calls out to the British in
remonstrance and orders his men to
advance at double-quick. They are
within a few rods of the bridge when
a shot rings out and Luther Blan-
chard, of Acton, and Jonas Brown, Of
Concord, are wounded by the same
bullet.
Almost instantly this single shot is
followed by a volley from the British.
Capt. Isaac Davis and Abner Hosmer,
both of Acton, fall dead and several
others Of the patriots drop their mus
kets and clutch at wounds from which
the blood is gushing. The war has be-
gun.
Maj. Buttrick, now as hot for the
fight as he was earnest for delay,
springs to n side, fires his musket at
the British and shouts out his order:
"Fire, fellow soldiers! For Gods
sake. fire."
A volley crashes out and the first
British soldiers to die in the face of
the %colonists drop to the ground. Three
Of them fall dead and a half a dozen
are wounded, among the latter being
three minor officers.
The British Immediately retreat to-
ward the center of the town, and the
Americans follow them a little way
and then turn of and draw up on the
hillside. The regulars carry n of
their dead with them, but two are left
lying on the bloody ground.
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The pompom gun, used by the Beers,
IS a dangerous weapon, says a British
writer. It is an automatic Maxim gun,
firing a one-pound shell at the rate OF
300 a minute. The cartridges are like
oyergrown rifle cartridges; they are
about six inches long. but instead. Of
having bullets they each have an iron
shell loaded with powder and provided
with a percussion fuse, which explodes
the missile when it strikes anythfnf.
Each shell breaks up into from ten to
twenty pieces, so that a minutes con-
tinuous firing would cause at least
5000 whizzing, jagged bits Of iron to
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HISTORIC STONE.

HISTORIC STONE.
(This historic old bowlder lies on the
northeast corner of the Lexington
Common and marks the position of
the American minutemen when fred
on by the British, April 10, 1775. On
it is chiseled the command Of Capt.
Parker to his men.)
hounds the painting British rush for
ward and fall exhausted within the
lines made safe by Percy's cannon and
musketrymen. Drink and food are fur
nished for as many as, possible from
the Monroe tavern, which Percy has
made his headquarters, and the
wounds of such injured as have been
able to keep up with the weary march
are hurriedly dressed.
The day is we'll spent and
Percy fears the. consequences of re-
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It is . curious commentary on hui
man nature that white men should de-
sert their kind and fight the battles OF
savages against civilization. Yet In
stances Of that kind are very common.
In nine cases out of ten these desert
ers from civilization adopt all n
worst vices and savagery OF the people
among whom they cast their lot anu
vie in surprising them in cruelty ana
deviltry, says a writer. In Cocnlo
China, where the French have for
nearly twenty years been carrying on
a relentless warfare against the blood
thirsty pirates who infest the coasts,
and especially the great rivers, the
naval and military forces every now
and again discover that the pirate
chiefs whom they succeeded in captur-
ing are European renegades, some
times Frenchmen. I remember l n par
ticular the case of a man of the name
Of Cussade, who was shot at Hanoi, on
the occasion of my visit there, and
who, having deserted from the French
army, had become one Of the principal
lieutenants of the black flag, or pirate
force Of the dreaded chief and mandar-
in, Doc Itch. In the Soudan the Khali-
ia has a large number of European
renegades under his orders, including
the ex-Prussian sergeant Of artillery,
Klotz, and an ex-Austrian officer, who
now bears the lame of Inger: while
his principal lieutenant is the cele-'
brated Osman Digna, the most cleve:
Of all his generals, and who, the son of
a French shopkeeper of the name of
Joseph Nisbet, was born in Rouen and
baptized in the magnificent cathedral
of that ancient capital of Normandy.
His father failed in business, migrated
to Egypt. where, afte: his death, his
widow married a well-known Moham-
medan merchant of Alexandria, Digna
by name. Having no children of his
own, he became exceedingly fond Of
his French stepson, insisted on his
becoming converted to the faith Of the
prophet, and entered him under the
name of Osman Digna at the military
school at Cairo. where the lad receiv-
ed a careful training at the hands Of
the distinguished French, German and
British officers attached to the college
as professors. 1t is to this training at
the military school at Cairo that must
be ascribed the remarkable skill which
Osman Digna has displayed in the
construction of fortffications and en-
trenchments in his numerous en-
counters with the Anglo-Egyptian
forces. Quite a number of other
Frenchmen have endeavored to join
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Orators IN War Cll1es

the dervishes In the Soudan 10 heht
against the English, and It may be re-
mempered that the Marquis OF Mores.
married to the daughter OF Banker
Louis Hoffman Of New York. lost hts
life while on his way to Khartoum
for the purpose Of placing his services
at the disposal of the Khalifa.
Another case which came under my
notice is that of Oliver Pain. n OF
the most prominent leaders o. tho
French commune In 1871. Condemned
to death for his participation In that
Instruction, his sentence was sunse-1
quently committed to one OF. psnai
servitude for life in New Caledonia.
He succeeded in %effecting his escape
thence with Henri Rochefort. ana
passed through New York in. 1875 on
his way back to Europe. Seven %
eight years later I met him at Ca3Ak
where he made no secret of thekd
that he was on his way to on
services to the Mahdi in hisff H.
against the English. He set for1
his adventurous trip into the desSfev
route for Khartoum, the English au-
thorities making no attempt to inter-
fere with his movements. No anthem
tic news was heard Of him until an;
Austrian missionary Father Arrival
der, subsequent to his escape from
Omdurman, reported that Pain had
reached the Mahdi in safety, and after
living at Omdurman for several years
as one of the counselors of the false
prophet, had finally incurred the lat
ter's displeasure and had been buried
alive. .
Both in Egypt and Turkey there are
quite a large number of pashas, most
devout Mohammedans, who are Moth
ing more or less than European q
gades. Thus Omar Pasha. the most
distinguished Turkish general of the
present century, was an Austrian. by
birth and served in the Austrian army
under the name of Mikail Won Lottas.
Old Cherif Pasha. who was on nu-
merous occasions prime minister and
regent of Egypt, was a son OF that
French general, De Selves, who reor-
ganized the army of Mehemet All on
a European footing, and embraced
Mohammedanism with the object Of
increasing his influence over his
troops. One of the most interesting
renegades of this kind that 1 ever met
was old Sefer Pasha, whose real
name was Count Koscielcky, and who,
while holding the rank of lieutenant
colonel in the Prussian army, had tho
misfortune to kill in a duel his COM
handing officer, Count Kleist.
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NAPOLEON AND THE PRESS.

SN 0eGON AMI l7E z
Eaglish Newspapers, He Said, offered to
Advertise Him for Pay.
when I returned from Elba," Ma
poleon. Is quoted in the Century as
saying, Il found, among other papers
OF the Bourbons. on account of 5000
francs paid monthly to the editors Of
the Times, besides taking 100 numbers
monthly, and l had an offer from them
to write for me for payment. I had
offers from the editors of several Eng
lish newspapers to write for me, even.
during the time of the war. previous
to my going to Elba. and to insert
news and everything else I wished,
and that money would be taken to
send them to France. l did not dc, Il.
l was wrong. however; I ought to. have
accepted their efforts, and then my
name would not have been held in.
such odium in England as 1t was. This.
they said themselves to me. FHrlip.
the end these newspapers forma1
public opinion and always will dky
! a very wrong. I see 1t now.''4
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with the disaster they have inflicted?
Not SO. Scarcely has the march
been resumed until they are on the
tanks of the retreatihg British again.
And thus it is until Charlestown itself
is reached and the red-coats, worn, dis
pirited, decimated. ding themselves I'M
der the protection Of the guns on
board the ships OF war In the river.
The first day OF the American revo-
luton is passed. Forty-nlne colonists
have been killed and thirty-six wound
ed. But the British loss has been far
Observation-Disclosures killed, 172
wounded, and twenty-six missing.
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TERRIBLE RIDE

TERRIBLE RIDE
Made by Two Boys Through . Tunnel
ON q Car Roof.
New York Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean:
Having expended all the money In
their possession in a week spent in
sightseeing in New York, George
Huxon, aged eighteen, and John Cor
kew. aged seventeen, both residents Of
East Cambridge, Mass, determined
Friday night to steal a ride home on a
New Haven train. The boys loiterei,
about the foot bridge at Forty-eighth
street that spans the Grand Central
train yards, and the idea suggested
itself to them to drop to the roof of a
car of the Boston midnight express as
It owtas passing under them. AS the
Montreal express steamed out Of the
station at 1903 O'Clock at a, lively gait
the youths mistook it for the Boston
train. They vaulted over the railing
Of the bridge anddroppedto thereof; Of
mail car. They had just seated them
selves when the train swung out In
the side track and headed for the sim
gle track tunnel. Once inside the tun-
mel the train began to increase in speed
until 1t was travelling at . high rate.
The predicament Of the boys was
.frightful... Smoke. hot cinders, a ter
rible draught, darkness and q loud
roar made them fear: for their lives.
.Corkey, 1t is.said, suffered from collid-
ing with the roof Of the tunnel. When
the boys finally emerged from the tun-
mel Corkey was badly cut and bruised.
When the train came tosa stop at
spuyten Duyvil they made their pres
}ence known. They were helped from
the roof Of the car. Corkey, It is said,
was almost nude, the clothing having
been torn from his body in the tunnel.
Huxon was covered with dust and
bleeding from the mouth and nose.sThe
boys were taken TO Yonkers and turned
over to Policeman James Nolan. Cor
key, was conveyed to st. Johns hospi-
tai. The boys we're arraigned IN court
remandad.
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AUTOMOBILES for Depot Service.

AutomobiIe Tot Depot Service. e.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railway com,
pany has established an antomnhila
service at Washington, D. G.. in. COM
nection with its trains. This iss be-
lieved to be the first railroad tor intro
.duce this means Of transportation reg
'ularly to and from a railroad station.
An electrical system L. used Two!
small trunks can be carried On nm
ports on each vehicle and ADDITIONAL
baggage can be placed upon the top.
AS the streets In Washingtdn ars IN
very fne condition., there hs syery,
prospect Of the service being success.
fnl. 1865
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Koekins ssats Tor BowAe1eyalsy..

Rocking Beats for Bowhe noyyalty.
It is not generally known that when
royal personageasintend 10 taxa : long
public drive. - the course a which
they will undonbtedly be compalled to-
bow several hundred times, that q
rocking seat 10 arranged IA the ears
riage. Such = seat helps the perpetual
bowing motion, which othsrwissswouaa
produce y fearful headache II not
jury % the spine. Queen Victoria nsedl
such acarfiase forsaM hsr lonlx #6SyeRi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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l-Isanine Dudes.

Evangeline-Have you become 4 q
qusintedl with many q the young men
IN our social circle? Angeline-Oh,
yea; I know ching" 81 two. -
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THE FIRST BATTLE.
,N. THE WAR FOR OUR INDIE
PENDENCE.

How the American Farmer Deovs the
British lack to Charlsstown-Ths
e. Latter Wore Pernittsa to Fire the
Opening Guns
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Hearing the firing At North Bridge.
Capt. Parsons ceases his worksof de-
struction at Col. Barrett's and hastens
with his three companies towards the