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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
TOLEDO MARKET

Toledo, o., March 2S.-Wheat, 772:
corn, AZ; oats, 2S; rye, 521a; clover
seed, $40. Oil unchanged.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
REPREHENsIBLE PRACTICE.


1t is not regarded as permissible 70,
members of secret orders to urge
friends and acquaintance to join
lodge, and the sending of a proposition
must be attended with marked dignity
and formaity. But with the Buffaloes
these matters are devoid of reserve.
Meeting an old or new acquaintance
member may ask, Are you Buffalo?"
and if the answer is in the affirmative
the right and left grips are exchanged.
If the person interrogated is not It
member he is Immediately invited to
Join. Recently fine old gentleman
being asked to join, remarked. "Ah,
but you can't catch this chicken" The
Buffalo wanted to know what he meant
"The whole thing is put up job to
get II cents" said the old chap. II
know all about it, and you can't fool
me. There was a Buffalo in here lit
tie while ago, and he admitted that he
had made over 50 in one day initiating
people in the order. Oh, no! You
don't get me into the Buffaloes!" All
Bufaloes in good standing are called
upon to stamp out this highly repre-
hensible practice.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29

The Parker Concert Company at the
Auditorium tonight.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
BUTTEE. AND EGGs.

BY Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 2S.-Butter,
22h; eggs, 1914. n H'
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
FEES FOR CHARITY.

Wherever five or more Buffaloes are
gathered together a meeting may be
held and resolutions passed for the an
preparation of funds to charity The
Washington herd for example, estab-
lished bank in Shoomakers's cafe,
known to all the world, and in it were
deposited all initiation fees and fines.
One evening poor woman entered the
place begging. Half a dozen Buffaloes
were against the bar taking night-caps,
and one, more inquisitive than his ell
lows, made inquiries o. the unfortunate
creature concerning her past She
said she was the widow of former
government clerk, whose death had
left her and three children in direst
poverty. Unable to find employment of
any kind. she had been forced to beg.
Without hesitation she gave the narne
Of hcr Eus band. whereat another Buf-
fa." rsL aimed: Her story must le
tcu". ! knew her husband well. end
2e vas {. worthy man. Buffa.ots
c'lne 10 o'der," A meeting was held,
a. when resolutions were adopted Yot-
i2', the c,ptents of the bank to the
wl'w. The sum of s17.31 was foIil
Oh deposit and the woman went ier
way blessing the Exalted Order OF
BuGalOes.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29

times upon the bar, at which signal the
bartender leaves all other business and
hurries to the place of initiation, with
the remark; What will you have, gen
tlemen?"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
BUFFALOES OR BUFFALos?

The brightest men in the city of Buff
falo soon laid claim to the Order. and
spelled the plural without the "e"-thus
Buffalos. But the national body clings
to Buffaloes. Which is right? There
are no lodge rooms, no formal meetings
of this populous fraternal organization,
and the accepted ritual has variations
which are supposed to adapt it to the
conditions prevailing in the particular
communities affected The titles of Of
ficers differ in toto In Buffalo the head
of the Order is Chief HI Ki," and the
general secretary, Keeper of the
Beans In Washington these titles
are Supreme Warden of the Great
Horned Golden Spoon" and Knight
Razmataz of the Skewdaddle." in
Wheeling they are Big Bison" and
Grand Change Keeper"
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-03-29
TIE INITIATION.

II is har1 to confess it, put trath is
mighty ant will prevail. Some Blf-
tal0es, Instead of depositng the in
itar!on f"t received from novi-4!.l.es IN
the bank for charity, retain it for the
payment Of their own fines. This prn =
t:co is fl' whcd on. The favored man
me- If initiation new member Is TO
escort - to the bar whian happens
tn he tAa official seat of any pl .cuIar
herd and clfer him to close his fist.
T'cn III tie grave language Of an int-
pron!tr l'tual he is reminded ns Tie
resemblance between the closed fist and
the head of a buffalo. and el,oined to
bear this resemblance in m'nd and
mediate ~ on it's solemn lessons to
be drawn from the sImila"dy Tile
fee of II cents is demanded, il beng
understood that no change is 10 be re-
turned. Some novitiates nave been
caught with nothing less thaa a (ive-
dollar bill in their pockets. In respect
able herds all this goes into The bank
for charity. The victims meditation
is shortly interrupted by the Injunction
that the doubled fist be knocked three
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

where the farmers with their fails were
separating the grain from the straw. This
was probably the solution of the phenom-
enon observed in Spain. The grain had
been carried across the Mediterranean
from Africa to Europe.
1t is well known now that the wind as a
carrier of matter plays an important part
in the course of ages in the
topographic aspects of the earth's surface
and thus helps to distribute the industrial
features of life. A great deal of the dust OF
the Sahara has helped to make the fine soil
that produces two crops a year on the
banks of the Nile. The vast accumulations
of loess. among the most fertile of the SOILS
in China. which in some places are as much
as 1900 feet thick, are deposits of dust
blown southwark from the rainlesS regions
been proven by the fact that the organic
remains found in them are never marine
and are very rarely even of fresh water
origin. they consist almost entirely OF
land shells. with now and then the bones
Of some land animal.
A man in London who deals in minerals
and other material illustrating natural his
tory advertises dust from famous volcanoes.
some of II collected at places far from its
place of origin. whence IL was carried by
the wind. He has dust from Cotopaxi that
fell at Quito after a journey tnrougn the
air Of thirty-four miles; dust from Coto-
paxi that landed on the slopes OF Chim-
borazo. sixty-four miles away; dust from
ST. Lucia that fell on the deck of a ship
off Barbados; dust from volcanic strata
several inches in thickness that are far
from any existing volcano. The various
kinds of dust that have been carried abort
and borne on the wings OF the winds Tor
thousands of miles have been carefully ex-
amined, and the finest particles have been
found to weigh less than one twenty-five
thousandth part OF a grain. Whenever the
atmosphere holds a suihciently large
the effect to tinge the sunsets or color the
water that passes through II.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

has a cap round IT, and the stone Is a very
large oval nicolo. the back of which Is hoi-
lowed out in intaglio so as to correspond
with the relief on the surface. This curious
expedient is characteristic or the cameo
cutting of the period. A profile head OF
Francis | on a yellow and white onyx forms
the center OF a superb enameled pendant
for a neck chain and is surrounded with
b~reloques set with canoes in colored stones
pendant from 1t by short gold chains The
best OF them is a yelled head of Ceres on a
large and fne-colored turquoise. Cameo
portraits of Lady Jane Grey, Mary Queen
of Scots and a duchess of Parma are very
curious. A very large and perfect sardonyx
shows a bust Of Queen Elizabeth, standing
oat in pure white. II shows the details of
her hair and headdress, and the jewelry she
wore, and the face is lifelike. A pendant TO
il shows a portrait of Philip III of Spain,
and was possibly sent as a love token by
that grim sutton. 1t Is supposed to be the
work of his court e~ngraver. Jacopo da Trez-
20. A very charming delicate cameo por-
trait is that OF Clementina SObieski, the
Polish wife of the old pretender. This Is a
very interesting relic. There are many
other canoes, but they are almost plaques,
and only those described can by any posi-
bility ever have been worn as personal or
naments.
The Queen is said to have possessed some
extremely fine opals and to be quite devoid
of superstition concerning them. She often
made presents of these stones. and no SIMS
ter results followed her beautiful gifts.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
l. TIGER DAYS.
The Chance Meeting i'm 1861 Which
Drew Him Into the Army.
Saturday Evening Post.

Saturday Evening Post.
General Nelson A. Miles's introduction
into the military atmosphere was in Bos-
ton, very early I'm 1861. the winter immedi-
ateIy preceding the outbreak of the civil
war. Mr.. Thomas Huddleston. a we'll
known and popular member of the militia
organization known as the Boston Light
Infantry. or more Familiarity as the I'll
gers" was on his way TO the drillroom in
Boyleston Hall one evening when he was
accosted by a young man, a clerk in a To-
cal store. who asked Kim where he was
bound. Mr.. Huddleston answered that he
was on his way to an hours drill with his
company. The young man joined him and
walked along a way, discussing the stormy
appearance of the political skies and the
dire possibilities of the next few months.
81 have no doubt 1t would do me good to
presently. IF II were only for the regular
exercise IL would be worth my while. But
you fellows are very select don't know
that | could get in If | tried"
"I1l answer for that responded Hud-
dleston warmly. Come along with me and
We'll see how far my word goes with the
BOYS
There was no doubt of Huddleston's pop
ularity. He had merely to propose the name
Of his young acquaintance, and the COM
pany suspended their usual rule, voted the
newcomer i'm as a member and stood him
up i'm the awkward squad with a musket in
his hand.
Night after night the latest recruit came.
to the drills and worked as If his heart
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derful quickness at learning the manual
and praised him. Presently he dropped out
as suddenly as he had entered the organi-
zatiOn. His associates noticed his absence
and could not account for IL. They twitted
Huddleston about IL. declaring that his
rrotege had got sick of the task of drilling.
Huddleston defended the absentee man
fully.
"Ill answer for my man." declared Hud-
dleston. He'll be at the front before the
rest OF us are there. IL I'm any Judge
Sure enough. n few feeks later, he met
his friend i'm the street clad I'm a bright new
uniform. The young man stopped him to
shake hands. and, taking from his pocket
a commission as lieutenant just issued to
him by the Governor OF Massachusetts,, said
quietly: You see. I've profted by that
training you gave me. If l ever amount TO
anything / shall owe II to- our chance en-
counter that night in Washington street"
Sixteen years later II was the privilege
OF the POSTMASTER at a reunion dinner of
the survivors of the old Light Infantry TO
propose the health OF our grand old COM
rade. Tom Huddleston, and his young Tiger
recruit. Colonel Nelson A. Miles, OF the
Fifth United States Infantry"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
Seafarers.

The traders that hail from the Clyde,
And the whalers that sail from Dundee.
Put forth In their season on top OF the tide
To gather the grist OF the sea,
To ply in the lanes ~ the sea.
BY fairway and channel and sound.
BY shoal and deep water they go,
Guessing the course by the feel OF the ground,
or chasing the drift OF the foe
Nor'west, in the track OF the foe.
And we steer them to harbor afar.
At hazard we win them abroad.
When the coral is furrowed by keels on the bar.
And the sea-fioor Is swept by the Lord,
The anchorage dredged by the Lord.
To the placid. palm-skirted bayou.
To coasts that are drea. and forlOrn.
We follow the courses the admirals drew
In the days when they doubled the Horn,
When Drake lost a month off the Horn.
And what OF the cargo We bring
For the venture ye bore overseas?
What Of the treasure We put forth 20 wiring
In spite OF the billow and breeze.
oh. We carry the keys Of the earth.
And the password OF Empire we bear.
Wherever the beaches held promise OF worth
We Established your sovereignty there.
We planted your flag over there.
And the guerdon for blood we have shed?
The glory that haloes your name?
On. n grave where the dipsy Is dim overhead.
And the aftermath tribute OF fame,
A chip from the hotsam OF fame.
-PercivaI Glbbon. IN London Spectator.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
A Prosperous Theatrical Season.
Saturday Evening Post.

In a few weeks the theaters Of the coun-
try will close the most prosperous season
In their history. They have never before
received such prices and they have never
before held so many people as they have
during the past seven months. A curious
thInG is that theaters profit from both ad-
versity and prosperity. When the times
are bad people flock TO places OF amuse-
ment In order to have their minds diverted
from their misfortunes. When the times
are good they attend In even greater num-
bers in order to enjoy themselves. Nat
urally. prosperity makes the large profits.
because the people do not stand upon the
rates. During the past winter they have
had a few shocks in the way OF increases.
and nave In many instances paid fully 81
per cent. more than the usual prices. We
refer TO this as an age of cheapness: but
such is distinctly untrue In the case of
theaters. The charge for seats is not only
high now, but is growing higher all the
time. To pay from 81 10 s. for an enter
tainment of two hours and a half is a
large price for the average person; but in
spite of what seems to be extravaganza the
theaters thrive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

one side of a stump and then down the
other, but the doctor didn't stop They
say he passed the exchange here goins at
a 2:10 clip.
Coward" said Blake. alone in the woods
behind. Then he picked up a stomach pump
from the case. After some experiments he
was able TO work it from his knowledge OF
oil pumps. Freddy was promised three
wells to shoot, and he lay still as Blake
carefully pumped every drop of the dam
gerous explosive from the boys stomach
1t was finished.
There, my boy won't be ar Anarchist
said Blake, tossing the pump aside.
1T hit a stone sharply. Some few drops
of the dangerous stuff had clung to the
piston or sucker rod of the pump. There
was a sharp and violent explosion. Little
Freddy lay quite still. The pump e had
passed through his little body. Poor little
Freddy, he's an angel now
There was absolute silence in the group
of brokers for a time.
Poor little Freddy said one after the
other, softly.
Then somebody laughed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
TIE RAIN.
The Phenomenon Recently Witnessed
i'm Parts of Europe.

New York Sun.
The colored rain that fell a few days ago
in various parts of Germany, the same
phenomenon having been observed several
days earlier in Italy, Is. of course, ascribed
by scientific men TO the presence of dust
in the air whose particles. commingling
with the rain drops. destroyed their linn
pidity. This dust may have been carried
for great distances. IL is thought, for ex-
ample. hat the colored rain in southern
Italy may be due to dust blown across
the Mediterranean from the Sahara; and
some of the scientific men Of Hamburg be-
lieve that the phenomenon observed in
various parts OF Germany may be due TO a
volcanic eruption In Iceland. The muddy
rains that are sometimes observed have
often been attributed to the diffusion OF
volcanic ashes through the atmosphere.
carried perhaps many hundreds of miles
from the place of the eruption.
Perhaps we do not commonly appreciate
what an active agent the wind is in the
removal of matter from one place 10 an
other unless this activity takes the form
of a hurricane. or tornado Several years
ago a considerable shower OF barley fell
from the heavens in a district of southern
Spain. The source whence the barley came
was a mystery till it was learned. a little
later. that a whirlwind In Morocco had
swept clean q number OF threshing floors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

Who passes down the wintry streetf
Hey. no. danodiii
A sudden 1ame OF gold and sweet.
With sword OF emerald grit so meet.
And golden gay from head 10 feet.
How are you here this wintry day?
Hey. no. daffodil.
Your radiant fellows yet delay,
No winddower dances scarlet gay,
No crocus flame lights up the way.
What land OF cloth O. gold and green.
Hey. no. daffodii
Cloth o. gold with the green between.
Was that you left but yestere'en
To light a gloomy world and mean?
King trumpeter to Flora queen.
Hey, no. danodui
Blow. and the golden jousts begin.
-Katharine Tynsn-Hinkzo
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-06
SAMOA WITHOUT MINERALS.
Wild Stories of Collaborating Sands
Denied by Committeeman
Osborn.

Consul General Osborne at Samoa
writes to the state department, says
Washington report:
"There have been SO many letters of
inquiry sent to this office concerning
the discovery of gold and other pre-
ciOus metals in these islands that / feel
it my duty to report upon the subject.
United States papers have published
statements inregard to the gold-bear-
ing sands of Samoa, and it appears that
many people have paid fcI expenses of
development, etc. l have from time to
time made Investigations, and if there
are minerals-either gold, silver. mica,
nickel, zinc, tin, or any other-in these
islands, l have been unable to find them
or to find any person who has any
knowledge of the fact. If there is any
gold mining company of Apia' (as re-
ported in United States papers), the
records do not disclose the fact, and
the officials have no information upon
the subject. No steamers, schooners
or other vessels are engaged in trans
porting sands or ores to Sydney, or to
San Francisco, or elsewhere; no such
persons as those named as constitut-
ing the 'gold-mining company are
known here, and, in my judgment, ire
mendous swindle is being perpetrated
and the public ought to know the
Facts"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-06
" eSS So >,

Ellis Usher in Milwaukee Journal:
Gov. La Toilette and Private Secretary
Murphy went to the Stebbins funeral
With a party of the hottest opponents
that they had ia Madison last winter.
There wasn't Half Breed on the car.
The result was that they travelled
in the best company they have had
since administration began, and thcy
didn't have half bad time either, By
blunder of somebody in the railway
service the special car was returned
from Green Bay before the party got
back from Alyoma. Senator Jones, who
made the arrangements was percep-
IDLY higher in temperature for while
and all the other members of the party
made him smart for it. He turn d
10 the governor and said; Governor,
call yourextra session. Wen pass any
anti-railroad bill you say. Good, >
said the governor. this is crowd
have wanted to capture for a long
time" Not one but many present on
the trip remarked that the troubles Of
last winter would have been greatly les
sened if the governor had been as ac-
cessible and as cheerful with his ''ene-
mles" as he was on Friday night and
Sa urday 1t was all in such marked
contrast to the atmosphere of the exc
cutive apartments, during the session
that even the governor and Col. Muir
ply must themselves have enjoyed the
change. 1t should be said, too, thai
they did their full part to bring about
the shift in the wind Such freedom
of intercourse, had it begun in Janu-
airy, would have written different his
tory in the legislature.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-06
VALUABLE GROSBEAk EGGS.
-Four Dollars Each Received by Z
Maine Lad Who Caught Some
of the Birds.

Last February, when the tempera.
ture held at zero for week at
time and the snow was falling every
other day, Hector Sanborn, aged Is,
set horsehair snares about his home
and caught more than two dozen pine
grosbeaks. Most of them were fe-
males, says report from Dexter, Me.
He kept the birds in a large, open
and well-lighted room at the rear of
the barn and fed them on seeds and
refuse fruit. While the weather con-
healthy and took kindly to the new
way of life, becoming fat and frisky,
with nothing to do but eat and sleep.
In March several pairs mated, built
nests and began to lay eggs, and by
April 1 the boy had secured "a fine
specimens.
Then the spring weather came and
from which nearly one-half died.
Finding that he would be unable to
keep his pets through the summer
young Sanborn liberated the sur
vivors, allowing them to go north and
seek more congenial temperature.
The boy has received an offer of
four dollars for every pine grosbeak
egg he could spare. He at once
shipped 80 to the Boston naturalist
who wished to complete collection
of rare eggs, and few days ago he
received a check for $3.50. If next
winter proves to be cold enough to
drive the grosbeaks to Maine the boy
can see big fortune on easy terms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-06
Editor VS.. Doctor.

1.-The Editors and the Doctors" as
viewed by philosopher: eff the edi-
tor makes mistake, he has to apollo
gize, hu5 if the doctor makes mistake
he buries it. If the doctor goes to see
another mans wife, he charges for it.
but il an editor goes to see another
mans wife. he gets charge of shot
let into him. Often, when the editor
makes a serious mistake, there is d
lawsuit. tall swearing and IA smell OF
sulpher. but if the doctor makes "A
serious mistake, a funeral follows,
cut flowers, etc. If any doctor gets
drunk, they say it is case of overcome
by heat and if he goes dead. then it is
heart failure; but if an editor gets
drunk, he is foolishly booty, and
should he die, it's delirium tremendi-
Gus; so always have pity on an editor.
for the doctor can take care of him
self. "-Exchange.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-07-06
JAPAN'S IMPREGNABILITY.
Bold Crags and Bluffs of the Sea.
coast Are Protected by the
Most Modern Guns.

The coast of Japan, Notwithstanding
its long shore line and numerous har-
bors, offers scant allurement to an in
vading army. There is very little
beach; the bold crags and bluffs over
looking every spot where a modern
war vessel can ride at anchor are pro-
tected by strong Notifications de-
Tended by the most modern guns.
Yeddo bay, the most feasible blight
for invading purposes, needs careful
navigation, even by steamers of mod
crate draught. When torpedoes are
planted it is simply impregnable, says
writer in Golfers Weekly. When the
war with China broke out small
steamer was selected to pilot merchant
steamers up and down the bay. re-
member perfectly the unexpected
curves made by this steamer, showing
plainly the countless dangers beset-
ting hostile fleet, regardless of the
care that may be used in feeling it's
way. No invading army could posi-
bly, land; and even if it succeeded in
doing SO, the rice fields, readily SUBJ
merged as they are, would aid materi-
ally in thwarting the advance and in
isolating the enemy. A successful in
vasion OF Japan is simply impossible.