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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

M. Julien Provencher, de Ma
nestee, Mich, employ6 CONNIE
commits voyageur par une maison
considerable de Milwaukee, Wis,
6tait de passage a Minneapolis ces
ljours derniers, l'hote de son oncle
M. D. M. Chamberlain. M. Pro-
vencher est enchante de la vile
aux farines ct a l'intention de sly
fxer dams quelque temps. Son
champ d'action est compose du
Minnesota ct DIES deux Dakotas.
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La partie de baseball entire
les clubs Geo. Kujawa ct de la
cour Hennepin, O. F. G. a etc
remport6 par les forestiers par IN
score de IS a Is. II est probable
que nos forestiers %joueront une
partie a Osseo dimanche proclaim
avec la cour des forestiers de &c
village. M. j. B. Girard, directeur
du club de la cour Hennepin Anne
raft a organiser DIES parties avec
les cours de Forestiers a Mime
apolis, St Paul ct DIES villes envi-
romantics. On peut s'adresser a
M Girard, coin de la Seine avenue
ct de la 2eme rue n. E.
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Grhn de l'@uest

M. Louis Lavigne du cote Est
est u la liste DIES malades.
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Reading some Of tho testimonials in favor Ct
Rtpans Tabules. l. tried them. Ripans Tabules nos
only relieved but actually cured my youn stef.
the headaches have disappeared, bowels Are IL
good condition and he never complains OF M
stomach. He Is now a rcd, chubby fac boy. THIS
wonderful change / attribute to Ripans Tabuiss.
am tisfed that they win benefit any one tfroM
the era to old age) il taken according to dtreo
tso.s. z. W. PR111
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Mile Celestine Colin, de St.
Cloud, MINI, est arrivee mardi
dernier pour une visite dun mois
chez NJ. ct Nine j. B. Girard de
cette vile.
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Les Pilules du DR. Jacques pour
les rognons sont en- vente a la
pharmacie de Rose, 2l1 Central
Ave,
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NOCeSd'0r a MINNEAPOLIS

Mercredi matin M. ct Nine
Eustache Brunette, deux v6n6ra-
bles vieillards de notre vile c6l6-
braient lie 50eme anniversaire de
leur marriage qui a Gu lieu a St.
Eustache, P. Q. Canada, alors que
M. Brunette 6tait ag6e de IS ans
ct Nine Brunette, nee Robin,
comptait a peine Is printemps.
A 9 heures mercredi matin Ia
procession a d6fl6 a leglise No
tire Dame de Lourdes Oh lie r. P.
Gabriel Andre attendait ct Oh une
messe a etc chant6e en- presence
de 200 personnes. La cer6monie
q etc DIES plus imposantes, le c6le-
brant prononcant a DIES occurs unis
depuls so ans les memes paroles
qu'ils avaient entendues il y a I'm
demi steele dams l6glise de leur
paroisse natalie.
Quatre de leurs petits- enfants,
NM. Henry Brunette ct Hector
Lagass6 ct Miles Eda Lagass6 ct
Albina Grignon 6taient les garcons
ct demoiselles d'honneur.
Un somptueux diner a etc servi
a la residence de M. ct Nine Bru-
nellie. Mile Lena Robin de Mont
real ct lie DR. A. M. Brunette, de
Cloquet, MINI. s'6taient rendus a
Minneapolis pour assister ia fete.
NJ. ct Nine Brunette sont venus
a Minneapolis il y a 20 ans ct ont
tou jours frequent6 lEglise Notre-
DANES de Lourdes. De nombreux
cadeaux leur furent ~pr6sent6s ct
chaque convive leur a souhait6 en-
core SO ann6es de vie. LECHo DE
L'OUEsT SO joint a ces derniers en-
souhaitant a ces braves Canadiens-
francais encore de tongues ann6es,
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NJ. Louis Begin, de Medecin
Lake, MINI, vieux pionnier du
Minnesota est dangereusement
malade.
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rabules regularly. Size keeps afew cartons Ripans
Tabules In the house and says she Will notbe with
out them. The heartburn ard sleeplessness have
disappeared with the Indigestion which was
formerly so greata burden for her. Our whole
family take the Tabules regularly, especially after
Q hearty meal. My mother is fifty years OF age
and Ia enjoying the best of health and spirits also
eats hearty meals, an impossibil1ty before ahs
took Ripens Tabulsa ANTON q. HLAUAks.
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-nr.r ~kA cnsanhe TENT pAw .AsmD phed ms parc carton (uthoTg aoh IRON 70" 1D
. -. nmy rn. non I'VE CENTS This owpu@dm sort is intended for the poor nd uee con"maL cS
An of the avecnsc cartons 20 ubMa can be bad b mail by 1nns or5Nsns emu "m" s
urAs1 No psmuce Street. lew nk-or 8 single aroncr rHuIzDr Mm ns M We H JIM
suxu ruu1s may also hado some gr@Ag general oekepEhn W aEs ~" 1~'
ndherbrsu a Tu hhh pain induce dspa and proonztfe Ones 5 relief E
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

Nj. Arthur Laferriere est revenu
il y a quelques semaines de Ell
Paso, Texas Oh il a passe pres de
deuS ans.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

NJ. @. G, B6langer ct sa famille
sont revenus ces ]ours derniers de
leur voyage au Canada. lis ont
visite plusieurs endroits du
pays natal ct sont enchantes de
leur voyage.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

Belanger ct Gle, 1900 avenue
Central n. B.. invite tous leurs
compatriotes de la vile ct de Ia
Champagne a leur faire une visite
q leur magasin de Hardes-faites
Chapeaux c%haussures, Etc, Nos
stocks pour hommes ct garcons
sont complets. Telephone.
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~" GUERIT LA HAY FEVER
lie Speclque du DR. Humphrey,
est IN remede presqu'infaillible
contre la Hay Fever" Envoy6s
pour Csc par tous les droguistes on
par Humphreys Medicine Co.,
NeW-YOrk,
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

Mines Hogan ct Jos Lavall6e
sont parties mardi soir pour une
visite a Langdon, n. D., chez Nine
Bucklin, la seur de Nine Hogan.
Nine Lavallee sera absente s jours
ct Nine Hogan trois GU quatres
semaines car ellie visitera ses pa
rents Nj. ct Nine Verville de
CrookstOn. MINI.
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arriver a ce but. Ellie a aussi am
plement etc aid6e de plusieurs
membres de la cour ct de plusieurs
autres personnes qui Sc sont misses
q sa dispositions a cette occasion.
II y cut foule toute la soir6e ct
tous semblaient s'amuser, on ne
peut mieux. Sommes toutes ce
fut une soir6e DIES plus agr6ables.
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Nine Houle, de la 5eme rue n
E.. est q la derniere extremlte.
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N'oubliez pas la soir6e de la
cour Nicollet ce solr.
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GEO F DEMEULES,
ENTRFPRENEU
De POMPES
F

Ligne complete de Cercueils,
Draps Mortuaires, etc.
Prix Mod6r6s Telephone 2283-J
Ouvert Mutt ct Jour.
608 Lyndale Avenue n.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

La retralte episcopale du dioc6-
Sc de St Paul a lieu cette semalne.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

Grande soiree de creme a la gla-
&c Sc soir a la sale Durham, coin
des avenues Dupont ct 2O6me N,
sous les auspices de la cour Nicol-
let, 0. F. G. Tous nos compatrio-
ties sont cordialement invites q y
assister. Prix d'admission avec
gateau ct creme a la glace 15c.
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IWant to inform you,
n worda of highest

want to INFORM you,
b words Of highest
praise, OF the benefit
/ have derived from
Ripans Tabules. I am q
professional nurse and
In this profession a clear
head In always needed.
Ripans Tabules does 1t.
After ono of my cases I
Soundmyself completely
run down. Acting on the
advice Of Mr.. Geo. Bow.
OF, Phi. g., 5es Newark
Ava, Jersey City, I took
Ripans Tabules with
grand results.
Miss BEssU WHDNAH.
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Mother was troubled
with heartburn and
sleeplessness, caused BY
Indigestion, for q good
many years. One day
she saw q testimonial
In the paper tndorsing
Rfpans Tabules. She
determined to give them
. trial, was
relieved by their use
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NJ. ct Nine Janson ct leur deux
demoiselles ont 6t6 agr6ablement
surpris, mercredi dernier apres
midi, par l'arriv6e inattendue de
leur fills ct frere NJ. VIM Janson,
de Grand Pass, Oregon, Oh M. ct
Nine Janson Iavaient laiss6 il y a
plus dun an, lors de leur retour a
Minneapolis.
R]ianvanna D M :Jancon
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24
NAISSANCE.

En- cette vile, Nine Tourcotte,
une file.
En- cette vile, lie 81 courant,
Nine Felix F. Plouf, une file.
La mere ct l'enfant Sc portent
b1en.
En- cette vile, Nine Allard, une
file.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

NJ. ]. G. Deslauriers, lie d6voue
president de TUniona 6te.elu pour
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1900-08-24

La plus arcienne Pbarmacie du
Cote Est.
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SUPPLEMENT- dams sa chaise.
EUROPE.

-Tous les sujets de l'empereur
dAutriche ct roi de Hongrie,
FRANCOIS Joseph, ont c6l6br6 sa-
medi lie soixante- dixi4me anniver-
1910 ~ i. -< II
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
DIAMONDS MADE
TO ORDER NOW.
A French Scientist Claims to Be Able
to Duplicate This Wonderful Feat
of Nature.

Where shall we get our diamonds now
that the supply from South Africa is
cut off, is a question that has been asked
ever since the day when rumors of the
impending trouble between Great Brit
ain and the Transvaal began to take de-
finite form.
At first it was thought that the dia-
mond merchants would have to depend
upon Australia, or, perhaps, Siberia to
furnish the gems that are SO much in de-
mand, but M. Moissan, an eminent
French chemist, furnishes a more simple
answer to the query. give me a few
months for experiment" he says, land,
so far as diamonds are concerned the
war may go on forever. From my lab
oratory 1 will bring diamonds equal to
any that the mines of Africa can pro-
duce."
Naturally such an assertion as this,
coming from such a source, has caused
no end of comment in the scientific
world. That NJ. Moissan is confident
that he will be able to make good all his
promises, however, rs shown by the fact
that he has gone before the French Acad-
envy of Science and has not only placed
Eis declarations on record, but has even
gone so far as to explain the methods
by which he expects to produce this
marvel.
In explaining his process M. Moissan
states that he has long realized that the
only thing that was wanted to transform
worthless carbon into precious stones
was intense heat and tremendous pres
sure. For years he has been expert
menting along these lines, and has at
tributed all his failures to the fact that
he has been unable to obtain a sufficient
degree of heat or a pressure sufficiently
powerful. In fact, the highest degree of
heat which he could obtain was 1900
degrees O., and this was clearly INSULT
Gent
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WONDERFUL APPARATUS.

In order to overcome this obstacle he
invented the wonderful apparatus, the
illustration of which is shown In the
middle of the strong iron framework,
M H, ne enclosed a tube, p, containing
gunpowder, and, in the lower part, a
sort of projectile or bullet, B, to which
was attached a small piece of carbon
e. This carbon was raised to an enor-
nous temperature by means of power
full are formed between the two poles
c. and A., and when he judged that the
temperature was sufficient, Professor
Moissan fred the gunpowder by plati-
mum wire, which the electric current
brought to a white heat at the proper
moment. The bullet was thus projected
violently against the piece of carbon and
the requisite pressure exerted-
Again and again NJ. Moissan expert
mented with his strange machine, and
at last he was so successful that he in
yited several of his fellow members of
the Institute to visit him in his labora-
tory There another experiment was
made in their presence and when the
apparatus was opened they We're amazed
at the result. Where there had pre-
viously been nothing more than a piece
of carbon there was now dust, or mass
of small particles, each of which had all
the characteristics of the natural dia-
mond. They would cut natural dia-
monds, and, what was a still greater
test, they would vanish into air at a
certain degree of heat. They were dia-
monds, there could be no question about
that. They were small, too small to be
of value from commercial point of
view but, nevertheless, they were dia-
monds.
To describe in detail the oven in
which NJ. Moissan has accomplished
such remarkable results would be te-
dious and the description would be
to one not Versed in this
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
CHINA AGAINST
The WORLD.
How the Fighting of the Celestial
Kingdom Compares With the Com
bined Forces Of the Nations.

The idea of China's setting out to battle
with and subdue the combined forces
of the civilized nations of the world
would be ridiculous if it were not so
pathetic Never before has the seIf-con-
hdence of nation been so conspicuously
displayed; and the spectacle of the EN-
press, who was once slave girl, boldly
defying the world, is one that will not
soon be forgotten.
OF course it is true that up to a few
years ago the Chinese people looked up
on their nation as invincible. To most
nations the war with Japan would have
been a lesson; to most nations the at
fectiOnate regard of such powers as
Russia, Germany and England would
have been a warning to cireumspection;
but from appearances it would seem that
China has neither learned the lesson nor
understood the warning.
1t is not so strange that ignorance in
these matters should be displayed by the
common people, but one who imagines
that it has been the common people
who have been the cause of these dis
turbanees will have an incorrect view of
the Eastern situation. 1t is the common
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21

branch of science. 1t may be said, how
ever, that it is formed of two blocks Of
limestone, which fit exactly, one on top
of the other. Both blocks are followed
out in the center in such a way as to
leave a cavity when fitted together. In
this cavity is the charcoal crucible in
which lies the piece of carbon that is to
be subjected to the heat pressure.
A BEAUTIFUL PROCESS.
The reason for the use of this kind
of limestone is that it is the best non
conductor known to science. At the
time that the electrical current is turned
on, huge white flames burst out from
the oven on either side and it is not diff
cult to believe the assertion of the in
ventor when he calmly states that the
temperature is ranging somewhere be-
tween 1000 and 5000 degrees.
In spite of all this, however, the out
ward appearance of the oven would not
indicate that the heat contained within
was more than ordinary. In fact, it is
possible to lay the hand on top of the
oven without any great unpleasantness,
but it is known that within the appara-
tus the charcoal crucible is a mass of al
most incalculable heat.
This is kept up for two or three min
utes and then, suddenly, the projectile is
fired. 1t remains then only for the oven
to cool sufficiently to enable the inventor
to remove the crucible and the work has
been done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
THE TORCHLIGHT
IS IN ORDER.
Interesting History of a Political
Argument That Will Soon Become
Extremely Popular.

This is the season of the year when
political orators are busy getting their
arguments in order. 1t is the time when
old speeches are drawn out from pigeon
holes in which they have rested for four
years, and old stories are renovated and
brought down to the present time; for
it is the time when the spellbinder and
the stump speaker are to be turned loose
upon the land to explain to the eager
voter why he should vote for this or that
candidate, and why a vote cast for the
other man means ruin and desolatlon for
the nation.
Of all the political arguments that will
be advanced during this campaign, how
ever, there is none that will touch a more
responsive chord in the popular heart
than the torchlight parade.
It may not mean anything from the
point of view of actual common sense,
and yet the people have come to look
upon these long lines of torch-bearers
as one of the most eloquent factors of
the campaign. As the result, it is safe
to say that it will not be many weeks
before the torchIight brigade is out in all
its glory, for in campaign that is to
be so bitterly fought such an argument
will certainly not be neglected by either
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21

people who have made the noise.
In all probability it viii be the common
people who will suffer the penalties for all
these acts when the day of reckoning
arrives; but in spite of all this, the
Powers realize that the common people
have been no more than the innocent
tools of a spiteful and vindictive woman
who has been great enough to seize the
reins of a nation, but who has not yet
been great enough to be able to realize
her own powerlessness and the insig
nihcanee of her own country.
RUSSIA'S PART
Just what part Russia has played in
this diplomatic misunderstanding is
not easily fathomed mystery; just how
far she is responsible for the loosening
of the dogs of war is matter that will
probably never be known, but the fact
remains that Russia's conduct in the
case makes but little difference, for even
her active support, which would prob
ably not be given, could not save China
from the ACKNOWLEDGMENT that her de-
hance of the nations makes almost in
evitable.
To fully understand the position of
China as compared with the other nations
of the world one must study for a
moment the table showing the extent
of the land and sea forces of the various
countries According to the late reports,
the total fighting fleets of the civilized
nations are as follows;
Displaee-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
THE WONDERFUL APPARATUS
BY WHICH DIAMONDS ARE
MADE TO ORDER.

NJ Moissan is one of the most eminent
inventive chemists in Europe but he is
a man who does not work for profit. He
realizes, of course, that his invention may
be put to financial profit, but he has no
commercial interest in the matter. All
he desires to do is to establish the fact
that man by artificial means may con-
tend in the production of the rarest and
richest products of Natures laboratory,
and when he has accomplished this he
will be satisfied.
Moreover, NJ. Moissan is modest, with
the modesty of the true savant. He
does not declare that he will Immediately
produce diamonds in his oven that will
be able to rank by the side of the Kohl
Moor, or the other well known stones
that are worth two or three ordinary
fortunes. In a recent interview he said:
with the tremendous forces at her dis
posal, Nature has been able to produce
as the largest diamond known. a stone
not much bigger than a pigeons egg. 1
hardly think that we can compete with
her in this field, though we do work with
exactly the same methods that she does'
In spite of this, however, he is conf
dent that he is on the verge of per-
fecting his discovery, and that it will not
be long before he is able to produce n
diamond that will be worthy to be placed
side by side with gems from the mines,
and he believes that his diamond will not
suffer by the comparison. Now that he
has made the first success the rest is
not as difficult as the novice might mag
inc and, if his experiments do not prove
him entirely wrong in theory, it will not
be long before he can so regulate the
action of his oven that the diamonds
produced will be of some size rather
than infnitesimal particles.
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party.
Political campaigning in this country
has been a growth which has more or
less interesting history, for in the earlier
days of the Republic there We're no at
tempts made to resort to spectacular or
otherwise sensational arguments in the
seasons of Presidential elections.
In fact, the first nominations were
made by members of Congress and other
prominent citizens at the national cap
ital, and the nation was nearly half
century old before the first political con-
vention was held. Even at that time,
however, the demonstrations of the
people were dignifed and cireumspect as
compared to those of to-day, and it was
not until 1910, in the great campaign of
''1ippecanoe and Tyler, too" that pop
ular feeling in the country was to any
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-21
United States As 2SO247 6,22s 17.2
Italy ....... 20 1896 S,265 17.6
Germany 49,. AZ 04,307 7,245 17.2
Austria 10 90 100 5252 IL .

Austria $500. 10 99,790 5,252 1872
When to this list is added Japan, with
her fleet of % vessels, all of which are
better than those of Austria, and some
of which are superior to those of Ger
many, Great Britain or the United
| States, one may obtain a somewhat good
idea of what the combined forces of
those who oppose the anti-foreign prin-
eiples of China would be.
In all it would represent a fighting
fleet of 4S4 vessels, with a displacement
of not less than 3, 725, 1876. Against this
force China would be able to send %
cruisers, "a gunboats, 81 torpedo craft,
and g floating batteries, making total
of 81 vessels, many of which are old,
and all of which, with the exception of
some of the torpedo craft, are out of
date in almost every respect.
Compared to China's present condition,
Spain was a great naval power at the
time of the declaration of war with this
country, and yet it required but two
battles to put her out of business on the
seas. What would happen to China
if the combined navies of the world
were pitted against her fleet is a matter
for interesting conjecture.
A WEAK ARMY.
1t Is not only in naval force, however,
that China is woefully lacking. In her
army she is almost as deficient. Nom
inauy she possesses an army of about
100000 men, but actually this number
does not exceed 100000. The Eight
Banners branches, composed of descend
ants of the Manchu conquerors and their
allies, are supposed to number about
100000 men. but at present their num-
Der does not exceed $4,000. The Wing
Pig, or national army, is called also the
Green Flags and the Five Camps, five
being the unit of subdivision. This
branch of the army consists of eighteen
corps, one for each province. under the
Governor, or Governor-General. The
nominal strength is from $4,000 to
100000 men, of whom not more than
100000 are now available for war. The
most important contingent is the Tien-
Tsin corps.
Besides these forces there are mercen-
airy troops raised in emergencies. and
Monaghan and other cavalry, nominally
about 100000 strong, really about 20. 1000.
but of no military value. The total land
army. therefore, now figures at about
100000, although 100000 might be
raised without very. great trouble. On
the other hand, however, the army as a
whole has no unity OF cohesion; there is
no proper discipline; the drill is mere
physical exercise; the weapons are long
since obsolete, and there is no transport,
commissariat or medical service
OF what use would such a force be if
marched against the splendid1y drilled
and magnifcently equipped armies of the
other countries? How long would such
an army last before the fire of a COM
bined army, the composition of which
may be imagined by an examination of
the following table: