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Smyrna times., 1902-10-01

HOW THE INDIANS VOTE.
They Are Very Deliberate and Then
Have n Simple Method.

nave a Simple Method,
The Chickasaw Indians cast their
vote differently from the way the
white man does it. They meet the dav
before the election, and none but
Chickasaws by blood is allowed to
vote. No white man or intermarried
citizens have the right of suffrage.
They go off to themselves and have a
powwOw. They decide for whom they
will vote after considering the matter
for twenty-fOur hours.
The polling place is quite unlike that
OF the white man. There is a great
sheet of paper, white, yellow or brown
as the case may be, about three feet
square. Upon this sheet of paper are
vast number of cross lines, regularly
ruled off with a pencil. Then down
one side of the sheet of paper are
placed the names of all candidates for
of1ce, beginning with the candidates
for governor and running on down to
precinct officers. At the top of the
sheet are the number of blank spaces
that will be required for the names of
the voters. The judges of election sit
by and pass on those entitled to vote.
and there is a certainty that no illegal
votes are cast.
The Indian is thoroughly deliberate.
He takes his time when it comes to
voting. He proceeds to the polling
place, looks carefully over the Doll
sheet, and if he is ready to cast his
ballot he calls out his name, and the
clerk records it on the sheet. Then the
clerk reads off the names of the can
didates for governor. The voter delib-
crates awhile, calls out the name of
the candidate for whom he desires to
vote, his vote is recorded, and the
names of the candidates for the next
office are called out, and so on through
the list, till all the offices represented
are voted for.
Thus it is that every voter knows
exactly how every other voter has cast
his ballot, and there are no remarks.
no suggestions and no quarrels over
differences of opinion
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A woman Soldier.

EleonOre Prochaska. born March IL,
1855, at Potsdam, was the daughter OF
a sergeant After being brought up in
the military orphanage of that town,
she became a cook in some citizens
house. When the great war against
Napoleon broke out in 1913 she was
led away by enthusiasm to quit her
town secretly; by selling her poor be-
longings she procured male attire and
weapons, a@j enlisted under the name
Of August REM in the Lutzow corps.
On account Of her tall, slender figure
her sex was not discovered until she
was mortally wounded. This happened
in the encounter IN the Gohrde forest,
Regierungsbezirk Luneburg, Kreis
Dannenberg, Sept 16, 1918. The Prus-
SLAMS were there attempting to storm "a
hill occupied by the French, she act
ing as a drummer. in 1868 monu-
ment IN memory Of her was erected
In the chuHchyard at Dannenberg, and
another in 1889 in the old ehurchyard
OF Potsdam. When a boy, often saw
cheap illustrations representing her,
ana my mother told me about her,
Notes and Queries.
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All In the Family.

They We're discussing the factors
which make for success in the world,
when the knowing young man said:
There's nothing like force of char
acter, old man. Now, there's Jones.
Sure to make his way in the world.
Has a win of his own, you know"
"But Brown has something better in
his favor"
"What's that?"
"a will of his uncle" STRAY Stories.
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Chinene Chess.

Chinese chess must claim our admi-
ration by the manner in which the con-
ceptiOn Of a military game has been
elaborated so as to conform with the
realities Of warfare. The board is di-
vided by an imaginary river, which the
elephant and the king may not cross.
The pieces are placed on the intersec-
tions Of the lines, not ON the spaces.
The king, or general, with his two
guards, must keep to a square of nine
points in the center of his side, with
diagonal lines from corner to corner,
along which the guards may move, the
king moving only forward or sideways
or backward. The other pieces may
enter this fortress and pass through it.
The most characteristic piece of Chi
nese chess, however, is the cannon,
which cannot move without jumping
over piece, so that not only is the at
tack most formidable and unexpected,
but ii must be resisted, else it is help
less. The prettiest checkmate is with
two cannons in line. Here the second
cannon gives check, and the king must
move, for if another piece be inserted
the first cannon gives check. Now, we
may allow that if the elephant is not
supposed to cross the river, no more
should the cannon, for the first named
is really the most capable of the feat,
but the genius Of the piece lies in its
imitation Of cannon in warfare-its
range. the firing over bodies of troops
and its liability to capture.-LondOn
Spectator
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he HAD BEEN DEAD FOR THREE-oUARTFRs
OF AN HOUR.
out my hard luck story. Next he sat
down on the bench with me. and ten
minutes later l was engaged as his
valet, a position l had never held in
my life and with whose duties | was
utterly unfamiliar. But | was wide
awake and smart, as young English
men go, about twenty-five, fairly well
educated and Of good face and figure.
thlnk he was actuated by more than
desire to do me a good turn. In per-
sOnal appearance / would do him cred
IT, lie had the written testimony of
business men that / was faithful and
honest, and l think he sized me up as
one whose prudence and discretion
could be relied on. The pay was better
than head clerks and the duties nei-
ther humiliating nor OnerOus NV gen
ueman had fine apartments in a fash
lonable street. Once week a char
woman came in to wash windows and
wax floors, but at all other times l had
the care of the rooms lie had the
value Of 5000 In his apartments, and
everything was in my keeping. Money
was placed in my hands to pay many
OF the bills, and l was not treated with
a tenth part Of the degradation that
falls to the lot Of the average clerk or
salesman.
Arthur MOreton Wellington was q
man Of thirty-fve when l took service
with him. He had liberal means. and
his only thought was of society and
pleasure, but he was neither dissipated
nor did he have an unsavory reputa-
non. So far as l could judge he was
not marrying man, but at the same
time he was a man who fell head over
heels in love with every new and
pretty face. There would be flowers
and presents, billets doux and suppers,
the opera and grand dinners, and then
The affair would be off. Now and then
one OF the women who had been drop
ped when the glamour was gone would
call at the rooms and either weep or
threaten, but nothing ever came Of it.
de had to trust me with these little
affairs, but he never did me the wrong
70 hint that l must keep a close mouth
had been with him three years
when he fell in love with an American !
actress who was filling an engagement |
~ London. She had a hundred admir-
ers' thousand perhaps. but inside Of |
Z month my gentleman had the field |
70 himself. II was amazing the amount |
u money he squandered on that wom-
an. 1t was flowers three times a day, |
expensive dinners every evening and |
presents Of diamonds, pearls and ru-
Oles. | heard some Of his friends argue |
win him, but It did no good. He was
~ love, as he had been twenty times |
veiore, but with no thought Of mar |
l4ge Had not other gentlemen lof |
Ieans and leisure entered the lists |
ssainst him he would not have been
s',Yen SO far, but he was bent on out
-Nhg them all. On three different Oc-
-slons the lady came to the rooms
ish other guests. She seemed to ome /
-y fair looking and to be an adNen-
1,-less' at least in spirit; but, Of coukse,
vas rather prejudiced.
AZ the end OF about month. true 10
eapricious nature, my gentleman /
to have done with the affdH |
W. time he had squandered about
i, or her benefit / don't think /
a rap FOR him, but as tllefe
M ~ great deal Of public godsip |
III ally felt piqued and indis
NJ slis cooling down. ! new
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VI Is with pleasure recommend DR.. Pierce,a
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ieet az times for the pains through my whole
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cry, Tour Of Favorite Prescription and three
vials ot Pleasant Pellets we haven't paid anv
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I can never praise these medicines too highly,
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Smyrna times., 1902-10-01
THE
STORY
By J. HAMILTON GRAHAM
'9h'' 1901 bg 4. S. Richardson

had been in hard lines when Nv
Wellington took me into his service
The failure of my employers. n largo
woolen firm, had thrown me ont of
employment, and, go where I would
there We're no clerical openings. If
seemed as if London fairly swarmeJ
with clerks looking for positions 7
was rapidly becoming desperate.
Cur meeting was peculiar. A Ioafar
in small park where was loungine
kicked a fine looking dog that ceme
bounding and barking joyously TO tbe
bench we occupied together. The doc
howled with pain. l gave the loafer
sounding cuff for his brutality. and tbo
next moment Arthur Wellington stood
before me, thanking me for avengino
the injury to his pet.
We chatted for a minute or two after
the loafer skunk off, and the first thing
l knew Mr.. Wellington was drawin@
Smyrna times., 1902-10-01
Legal Points.

$50 be got out an injunction against
your company" we say pltyingly.
"Why didn't you forestall him by get
ting an injunction to prevent the issu-
ance of his injInctionY
Il couldn't. You see, he was slick
enough to get out an injunction against
my getting out an injunction against
his np'-Baltimor Herald.
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small In n Double sense.

"After a, remarked Smithers, yawn-
ing, ut is a small world"
at has to be-" snapped Smuthers,
"to match some Of the people in it,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-01
Prepares the Why.

The man who drops his work and
Sits down and worries for fear that
something will happen generally has
his expectations fully reallzed.-Som-
erville (Mass.l Journal.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-01
Accounted For.

Dime Museum Manager = What IL
that peculiar smell?
The Living Skeleton - The rubber
skin burned his finger lighting a ciga-
rette-Judge.
Smyrna times., 1902-10-01

ANaAlAAs IL taxes
a person who has
b e e n m ade
wretched by sick
n e S S to under
stand the joy of
health.
There are very
many women who
suffer as did Mrs.
Upton, who might
be cured as She
was by the use of
DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t e stab
fishes regularity,
dries the drains
which weaken
women, heals in
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Luckfest.

Little Johnnie-Solomon may have
been the wisest man, but Adam was
the luckiest.
Mamma-Why do you think so. John
ME?
Little Johnnie-'Cause he was born
a man and didn't have to go to school.
Chicago News.
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we ought to avoid the friendship Of
the bad and the enmity OF the good
Smyrna times., 1902-10-01
REAL ENJOYMENT,

The woman who reads this will under
stand to the full what Mrs. Upton meant
when she says: III am enjoying good
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
WELLS And QUAKES
C. w. Little Says Gushers at Beau
mont Have Not Quit.
HE HAS JUST COME FROM THERE
Reports of Failure of the Gushers
Attributed to Envious Rival
interests.

c. w. Little, one of the fiscal agents
for Lawrence & Little, oil brokers, with
headquarters in the Bank of Commerce
building, who returned from Beaumont,
Texas, last night, emphatically contra
diets the report from Houston that Cen
trail American earthquakes had curtailed
the flow of oil in the Beaumont district.
lit is a canard," said he, inspired by
rival oil and fuel interests, which have
resorted to this means of prejudicing the
investing public against the Beaumont oil
fields. l have no doubt that if the truth
were known it would be found that this
sensa tional report has been sent out by
correspondents of the eastern coal and
oil companies or by representatives of
California oil interests. The Beaumont
gushers have so completely overshadowed
the California oil discoveries that the par
ties interested there have become insanely
jealous of the Texas successes. They will
stop short of nothing in their attempt to
d1scredtt the permanency of the flow
around Beaumont. Similar reports were
sent out last winter, and 1 have no doubt
that they emanat ed from the same source
THE report says the oil fields have quit
gushing altogether. There was an inter-
rupted flow of oil when left Beaumont,
although the alleged settling down of the
fields is. said to have occurred several
days ago, Immediately following earth
quakes in Central America.
LAS a matter of fact and as a scientific
proposition, it would be impossible for
earthquakes in Central America to have
such far-reaching effect on the sourak of
the Texas oil wells, without the accom-
panying surface indicat ions of internal
disturbances. There have been no recent
earthquake shock in Texas"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
IT'S SMITH AGAIN
St. Paul's Veteran Mayor Is Re-
-. elected by Democrats.
CONTROLLER McCARDY DEFEATED
The Margin Is So Close, However
.so,~.e That He May Ask n "

Robert A. Smith, now serving his
fourth term as mayor Of St. Paul, was re-
elected yesterday by a largely increased
maj ority over two years ago. He also
carried most of the democratic ticket
with him. s.,,-.- ..- ~.
Smiths plurality over ex-Mayor Doran
is not much less than 1000, it is esti-
mated. Otto Bremen, the democratic can
didate for city treasurer, is surely elected,
and Controller J. J. McCardy, who has
held the position for ten years, will be
opponent. McCardy was defeated by only
1856 votes and may ask a recount.
The democrats have elected eight of the
eleven members of the board of aldermen,
| and five out of nine candidates for the
assembly. The republicans succeeded in
electing the two municipal judges.
| 1t appears to have been case of a
| democratic landslide. The democrats
made gains over two years ago in their
own wards, while the republican strong
holds failed to show a corresponding
gain D.. 49,
Naturally the surprise of the election
Is the falling off in McCardy's popularity
| He has so long been considered indispen-
sable to the operations of the municipal
| government of that city and was Sc
strongly fortified in the favor of the bust
ness interests, that it was deemed i'm
| possible for any one to- GUST him. Hi:
defeat is charged largely to the efforts O.
!, personal enemies, who are many ant
bitter -r.., Isl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
TO HEAR AL FIELD
He'll Tell Elks More About CarnivaIs
This Evening".

This Evening".
AL. G. Field, the minstrel man, grand
esteemed leading knight OF the Order of Elks,
will tell the Minneapolis lodge what he knows
about carnivals and street fairs, at Elks' hall
this evening. Mr. Field has seen most of
the tElks' carnivals given in recent years in
different cities and he says that the Mime
apolis show will outpoint them all by wide
margin. AS general manager of the Column
Dus carnival three years ago he encountered
pitfalls, which he believes the Minneapolis
Elks can avoid by timely action.
Loop the loop will be the watchword
of the June carnival. From every conspcu-
Gus place in Minneapolis, from billboards,
street cars big buildings, vacant lots, and
trolley poles, the public will be greeted by
that Injunction,
The street railway company's illuminated
car which will be on parade nightly in the
downtown section will probably be used as a
brilliant advertisement of this most sensation
al feature of the carnival At the meeting Of
the general committee yesterday it was pro-
posed that the blaze of incandescents should
be so arranged to spell out in vari-colors
from the sides of the car: Loop the loop
An electric sign on Ncolet avenue may also
call attention to this attraction.
Minneapolis travelling men will be of valu
able service in advertising the carnival. From
now on they will placard every town of con-
sequence in the state with ''bills of fair
The United Commercial Travellers associa-
t1on will hold Its annual session in Mime
apolis June IA and Is At least 1000 travel
ing men will be in the city at the time AS
they will perceptibly swell the attendance at
the carnival at that time, the general com
mittee has decided to designate one day of
the convention as Commercial Travellers
Day
The design for the interior decorations of
the Japanese tea garden will be furnished by
John S. Bradstreet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
PROFESSOR F. L. WASHBURN,
/ New State Entomol ogist of Minnesota.

able fact that the insect fauna of that
state, particularly with reference to the
pests to agriculture, has been undergoing
marked change within the last twenty
years. He has no reason to doubt, he
says, the statements OF old Oregonians
that twenty years ago the famous Red
Apple of Oregon was free from Goblin
moth, which has been brought into the
state with importations,JIt is also a we'll
established fact that house flies were un-
known in Oregon until the advent of the
railroads.. ~. .r -.-.-' =
Dwelling upon his own observations,
the professor said: III
I have noticed the gradual spread of the
Goblin moth throughout the state into re-
gions which were exempt upon. my arrival,
and have remarked the advent Of the Hessian
fly, now present in certain localities in small
numbers. 700 49,.
Until recently the coast counties of Ore
gon, owing to the strong west winds and the
presence of the coast range, have been free
from the attack of the Goblin moth. Owing
to more or less importation into that re-
gion, and lack of preventive measures, the
moth is now getting foothold. A marked
difference is observable between the treatment
of this pest in the eastern states Minnesota,
for instance-and in Oregon. In the former
locality it has been found necessary to spray
Immediately after the blossoms fall, while
| mean loss of time and labor. In the east
the moth is thought to be one-brooded, thus
| requiring a fewer number of sprayings. In
Oregon the long, warm season permits of at
least two broods-some observers think three
and necessitates a corresponding increase in
the number of sprayings. I advised that the
first spraying occur between June II and
Is in Oregon, the moth being on the wing
in May. ... ....- -s.a
The 'potato bug or beetle, so we'll known
in the eastern states has not yet found its
way to Oregon, and invasons of grasshop-
pers, OF, more properly, locusts, are I'M
known. There is a large acridid (called
| western cricket) which occasionally finds its
way from the sage-covered foot hills of the
| Cascades into neighboring gardens, but the
| injury caused by it is mot serious; while
| in the Willamette valley, which is the gar
| den spot of Oregon, locust eggs could not
survive the extremely wet winters in large
| enough numbers to become worthy Of serious
| consideration. s... -t.. ~
The caterpilars are more or less sporadic
| in their appearance. Canker worms, such
| pests in some of the eastern states, are not
| alarmingly numerous, though becoming moro
| so, and the citizens of Oregon have never
| seen there the seventeen year locust OF
| cicada. They have however, two other cica
| dius which occasionally injure fruit trees
| to a slight extent. s~-s.
Oregon S battle with pests is probably NJ
| greater nor less than the same battle waget
| by the agrcuturist in the middle and east
ern states; she has no chinch bugs, nor po
| tato beetles, nor grasshopper invasions anc
| no seventeen-year locusts, but she has hos
| of other pests to take their place.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07

abandoned the practice and refused all
picnics where liquor was sold. Last sea-
son its business showed the beneficial eff
fects of this policy. No Sunday picnics
were taken and the result was that fam
lily picnics of the quiet order had full
sway on that day. The railroad carried
just as many persons as before and at reg
ular rates. The passenger department is
understood to be very much in favor OF
continuing this policy, but complications
have arisen. !
The steamboat men have arranged to
get the use of Shady isle in the upper lake
for beer picnics and they want the Great
Northern to carry them to Spring Park
where steamers could ferry the picnick-
ers across This plan is considered by
Minnetonkans to be nearly as objection
able as to keep them at Spring Park. The
Sunday trains would be overrun with all
kinds of drunken and Objectionable char
acters and it would be impossible to con-
fine the orgies to Shady isle. Unfortun-
ately this island is in Minnetrista town
ship, which is wet" and the township Of
acials take very little interest in their
island dependency. 1t is urged that this
sort OF passenger traffic would drive away
all Of the respectable and desirable tran
sient trade besides disgusting the regular
commuters. It is believed the Great
Northern will turn the proposal down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
J, FLIES CAME BY CAR TURMOIL AT 'T0NKA
House Flies Unknown in Oregon
Till Railroads Came.
PROF. wAsHBURN CITES ODD FACT
He Is Here Ready to Take Up His
Work rs State ENtO-
-..s. mOlOEist.

entomologist CT Oregon, who will succeed
the late Professor Otto Lugger at the
Minnesota experiment station, has arrived
in Minneapolis, and will soon take charge
of the work where his honored predeces-
sor's labors ceased Professor and Mrs
Washburn are temporarily at 1922 Hen
nepin avenue. .
y Professor Washburn finds that insect
conditions in Oregon and Minnesota cor
respond in many vital respects, the points
of contact having to do with the pests
which do most damage in the vegetable
kingdom in both states.
Speaking generally of Oregon insects,
Professor Washburn says 1t is a remark
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-05-07
CAPITOL IRON WORKS
Minneapolis Firm Captures n Good
q. t. Sized Contract.

A Minneapolis Firm Captures n GOOd
Sized Contract.
The Flour City Ornamental Iron Works of
Minneapolis will furnish the ornamental iron
work for the new state capitol. The contract
was awarded yesterday afternoon by the COM
mission upon the company's bid of $33,2SO.
This means that another good sized slice Of
the capitol work will be done in Minneapolis,
and give employment to local labor. first
installment of s4,s41.s2 was paid to w. I.
Gray & Co. of Minneapolis for work on me
chanical equipment and power-house.
The Butler Ryan company of St. Paul got
the contract for plastering at $S3,50o The
only Minneapolis firm bidding on this was
M. E. and A. M. Smith, whose figure was
sS9, 345.
The final estimate of the Butler-Ryan COM
pany was allowed for erecting the granite
basement and marble superstructure, not in
Guiding the dome, sub basement and foun-
dations and external steps and terraces. The
total of the contract, exclusive of extras, :
was $696,OO0.
Architect Gilbert reported that the dome
would be finished and the scaffolding re-
moved by June 1.