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END VIEW OF THE MErEoRiTE.

lying within. At the end of the second
day they were able to bring the huge
mass to a semi-vertical position, the
Me.Icans standing aghast at the reve-
lation of their work.
The Bacubirito was found on q farm
called Ranchito, which fills the narrow
mountain valley, running nearly north
and south, and 2000 feet above the
level of the sea. 1t lay in cornfield,
close by the eastern edge of the valley,
which is covered Ivy Il black vegetable
soil two yards in thickness. The giant
metcorite lay imbcddcd in the soil with
one end slightly projecting above the
level. Professor Ward walked for
many feet along and across its surface,
surveying the dimensions as far as
they were exposed, but he had no idea
how far the large and heavy mass pen
etrated the soil beneath until the work
of excavation was begun.
The characteristic pittings covering
the entire surface are well marked,
and very regular in size-about two
or three inches across, with well de-
fined yet low walls. The bed in which
the tremendous rock lay was found
to be a clean depression crushed into
the rock with absolutely no trace of
soil between it and the part where the
full weight Of the mass had fallen,
showing that the meteOrite had fallen
on the bare surface of this district at
a period before the vegetable soil had
begun to form here, carrying back the
| fail Of Bacubirito to remotely distant
perod.
For half a century Professor Ward
has been collecting and studying me-
teorites. He has interested himself in
them in every part of the globe where
they have been found. AS the result
of his personal eXertions lie has in
stalled at the American Museum Of
Natural History, New York. the Ward
Coonley collection of meteorites, allow
Ing this collection, which represents
an amount of labor. research, indefat'
igable industry and painstaking ingc-
nuity of Which the average visitor is
entirely ignorant, to be placed in the
halls Of this museum for inspection
and study The collection represents
511 distinct falls" about tiye-siXth'
of all the meteorites known to science
10 soc these elsewhere would require
q visit TO the great museums Of thi
world and many cabinets Of private
collectors. Bacubirito, however, |!
possessed OF qualities which rende
it Of greater scientific value than an!
of Professor Wards other me;coritcs
The inner structure shows the octahc
dral system of crystalliZation in Yer.
marked degree. No other metcoric irol
is known which shows this so well
fractured surfaces show crystalliZa
ton plates with faces from three /
nineteen millimcters in greatest diane
ter. Many of these faces are c9verc
. with fine films OF tacIita, which j
. most cases are OF the characteristl
bronze yellow color. Acid brings ou
the Widmanstattian fgG.es In q mos
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Chicago Bachelors Spend Money

Bachelors are like any one else, they
spend money when they have il" says
an interview in The Inter Ocean.
Chicago bachelors live in somewhat
different manner from the fellows in
New York, and their regular expenses
are heavier. In Manhattan the boys live
in apartments and eat at the cafes.
Here-some Of us at least-keep our
own homes, have our servants, and, in
fact, run regular establishment. That
costs more money than the New York
manner Of living. If bachelor has a
fad he can spend good deal of money
in that way. His clubs cost him some
thing, and perhaps he goes out con.
siderably. A man could keep family
about as cheaply, for bachelor is gen.
orally pretty free with his money, even
if he is not a spendthrift.
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the ducks are congreSated the operator
sets an empty basket floating down
the river toward them. AS 1t ap-
proaches the spot the first basket may
cause them to disperse little, but
when they discover that no danger
turks therein they gather together as
before. A second basket is then set
afioat and the duck hunt ,r proceeds
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is not many miles distant, has turned
out number of elk this fall, and one
supposition is that this moose has come
in conflict with an elk. But bull
moose is quite capable of driving one
of his kind out Of his domain.-New
York Mail and Express.
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,hatterly the official records concern
y ir Joan of Arc have been thoroughly
!, nEcstigatcd and published for the first
1he in the English language. Apropos
Il Ire is 4 remarkable reproduction OF
Il n reputed portrait of this remarkable
-! !aractcr, formerly in the Church OF
~ Maurice ut Orleans.
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beautiful manner. From the coarse
crystals on a fractured or. weathered.
face of this iron we might anticipate
that etching would reveal large wide
pattern in its markings.
AS n fact, quite the reverse is true.
The figures, while very sharp, are
small in pattern, and are composed Of
narrow blades Of kamacite, but frac-
tfon of a millimeter in thickness. At
intervals, these blades appear to he of
more than double that thickness, but
when examined with glass 1t is seen
that these apparently broader plates
are composed of what might be termed
EHbundles" Of narrow kamacite bands.
The rhombic figures on the etched face
will average from one and n half to
five millimeters in diameter. two an
gies of same being sixty degrees and
aa20 degrees, while the triangular mark
ings will generally range from eight
to fifteen millimeters with angles of
fifty-fve degrees and seventy degrees.
Twc,or three troilites are shown, and
is essentially tough.
long. protracted effort, Pro-
gd succeeded in detaching
Ass an already partly loos-
about eleven pounds III
polished and etched on
sy the beautiful Wild
lott7A l,oc 4ol.ar, itc D1o cp
K ~ collection Of me-
l 81 sn is 1w on dis
American Mu
Nm New York
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

P. ]. Kent was operated on in Chi
cago hospital the other day. and from
his brain was taken knife blade one
and one-quarter inches long. The
blade had been in his skull for %
years, and since that time he had been
subject to what were supposed to be
epileptic seizures.
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The greatest egg-laying competi-
tion on record has just been concluded
in New South Wales, under the manage
ment of the state government. Forty
one pens-there were six pullets of
one breed in a pen-competed and the
competition lasted for a period of six
months. Black Orpingtons showed in
comparably the best results all
through. The New South Wales poul-
try breeders have now sent chal-
lenge to the United States, inviting
breeders Of laying strains to forward
three pens to compete with three local
pens under the same conditions.
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Suggested Helmet For Army NJ otorists.
Thc now helmet as ordinarily worn

Tic ncW nCIINCl ITS UTuIIHIIIy "UtH'
The same, as worn on motor duty.
Directions-Simply unhook the lower
portion of the helmet, thereby extend
ing the collapsible weather and dust
proof mask. Admirable also as a dis
Punch.
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Creates n Demand.

1t was once an aphorism that, the
manufacturer must make what people
desire in order to effect sales. The
By judicious and persistent newspaper
manufacturers and dealers
have created a demand for new ar
ticles. Without such publicity many
years would have been required to es-
tablish a market for their new crea-
tloDS
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The fellow who is always waiting
for something to turn up gets used to
being turned down.
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E~suDs&pe- spectacle was witnessed a
few weeks ago~ein Tyrolean valley
near Tannheim. A vIealent storm arose
nnionH eIohea <-=----====ss -'s--
rolled over the surface Of the lake.
Then a column of water, 80 feet higA,
rose from the middle of the lake, and
from its top small flashes darted. The
spectacle lasted three minutes.
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In the makeup of some people it is
hard to distinguish between ambition
and greed.
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Electric lamps cannot only be made
to talk, but also to sing. An ordinary
sound by placing the arc in the circuit
of telephone instead of the ordinary
receiver or instead of the ordinary
t.ansmitter. In either Of these posi-
tions it will pronounce words, which
can be heard distinctly at considera-
BILE distance. 1t naturally follows, also,
that the electric car can be utilized as
the receiver and also as the transmitter
of the telephone.
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It is useless to go to foundry foS
things that are lost.
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"Ah, see. That accounts for it, dear"
Mrs. Tawkey-"I hear the Popley's
new baby is very delicate" Mrs.
O'Bull-"Yes, it's an incubus, you
know" Mrs. Tawkey-"An incubus?"
Mrs. O'Bull-"Yes; they had to put
it in an incubus to hatch it, just Like
a little chicken"
Miss Nuritch-"Yes, indeed, he was
real attentive to me and he's an able
man, too." Miss Ascum-"May Outw-+4s>'
met him, too, and she declares he's an
actor, and a low comedian at that"
Miss Nuritch-"Not at all. He assured
me he was Lord Admiral of the Swiss
navy"
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QUAcK SPORT, TRULY
How Man, Proud nan, Outwits the
Distrustful Duck.

Duck catching by baskets is the new
est form of sport. Coming from China
it has been tried with success in Eng
land.
Having approached near to where
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A petition, signed by 5000 persons,
says the Naples correspondent of the
London Express, has been presented
to the Italian government, asking for
O pension Of G72 per annum to be
conferred on wamon named NADIA
lena Granetta, who has given birth to
62 children-59 boys and three girls
during her married life. Innine years
she presented her husband with II
sets of triplets, three groups of quad
ruplets, one group of six, and the
other II children came singly. She is
now 81 years old and incapable OF
work.
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Generosity Personifled. -
The greatest generosity IS to be a
miser with advice.-New York Press.
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Piles Of the rather unusual length
of 10 feet were recently used in con-
structing the fender piers for the
Thames river swing bridge, at New
London, Conn. This length was Sc
cured by splicing North Carolina piles
from so. to 65 feet long with spruce
piles from 35 to 40 feet. Some of these
piles wer driven in so feet Of water.
They were all used to replace piles
driven in 1889, which had been almost
entirely eaten away by the teredo.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
) A Huge Heteorite Re-
] Gently Discovered.
Is SSsS$SS5

~ ROF. HENRY A. WARD, OF
Rochester, n. Y. the veteran:
meteorite hunter, recently
found meteorite of tremen-
dous size. 1t has length of thirteen
feet and one inch; width, six feet anu
two inches; thickness, five feet and
four inches, and weight fifty TONS.
Professor Ward has named it BacuDir-
Ito, after the mining town near which
It was unearthed, and which is stu
ated on the Rio Sinaloa, Mexico. 1t
took twcnty-eight able-bodied poems
one entire day to uncover its upper
surface. making al excavation thirty
teet on side, with the great meteorite
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NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
The juggler may not be inclined
To daily with the jug;
The sinful smuggler may be just
The opposite Of SNUG.
The skipper isn't always one
Who like the lambkin skips,
And, with disgust, the walters know
The tippler seldom tips.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Eerald.
NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
HUMOROUS.

He-'Wont you sit in this chair.
Miss Spooner?" Miss Spooner-"Af-
ter YOU"
He-"You should remember that
consistency is a jewel" Shelves;
but jewelry is so vulgar"
"she's made a fool of that young
fellow" well, she didn't have to
economize on the raw material"
Gyer-"Bald heads remind me of
kind words" Myer-"What's the an
swer?" Gyer-"They can never dye"
"It is when young man is in love"
remarked the Observer Of Events and
Things, that he hasr' single idea in
his head"
How is your brother making out?"
"Oh, he's doing fourlshing business"
"Ah, indeed" Eyes, he's a profess
sional card-writer."
Old Party-"Stick to your mother,
my young friend" His Young Friend
81 will, sir. 1t costs to much to
board any place else"
Customer (emerging from bargain
counter crush)-Help! My leg is brok-
en-! Floorwalker-You will find the
crutch department, sir, on the fourth
floor in the rear.
Usual neutrality-suspicious. the
matter, Cholly? Yo look weary. Chol-
ly-well-aw-I was just thinking
aw-. Pepprey'-Ah! no wonder
you're exhausted
Edna-"Do you@-think your mar
riage with Miss Lotta Coyne,, the heir
ess, will have pleasant outcome"
Edward-T can't say-but the thing
that attracts me is the income"
Hook-"Miss Gotrox has wonderful
memory for faces" Nye-"That's
right, I was engaged to her last sum-
mer at the shore, and today she actu-
ally bowed to me on the street.
There is a train of thought passing
through my head at this moment"
said the self-appointed lecturer.
That's right" said voice from the
gallery; you have wheels in your
head"
"I'm sorry I can't accommodate
you" said the boardipSs
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Servant Problem in Hungary.

Servant Problem in Hungary. s...n.
The servant problem is different in ~
Hungary from what it is here. ~ -
emily servants are so plenI <3 1. ~ q
prefect Of Jaszbersr
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lying within. At the end of the second
day they were able to bring the huge
mass to semi-vertical position, the
Me.Icans standing aghast at the reve-
Ia tion of tbpir Uorl,
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BRED l. THE BONE.
AAeAASsNNNN $4,000 S%0S
By PATRICK vAUx.

tinct scampering Of naked feet over
head. the deepening throb and thud OF
quickened machinery took his atterl.
ticn. With a curse at his infrmities
OF mind and body he switched off the
light, staggered to the ladder, and
slowly clambered on deck. AS he
drew his legs out of the companion,
the boat made steep dip; hastily
banging-to the hatch, Durey grabbed a
lifeline and stared about him.
The night was heavy with the men,
ace of storm. Though myriad stars
cleaned ahead, the horizon to wind
ward was obscured with cluods. The
strong head-wind blew wet and sharp
with spray that stung the lieutenant's
throat and nostrils like fine salt. With
a start of surprise he saw the men
were standing by at quarters, and
amidships torpedo gear was being rap
idly adjusted abeam. Gulping down
an eXclamation-was it Of fear or
amaZement !-he. staggered forward
to the bridge.
AS he climbed its ladder swlrling
bunch of sea meeting the port bow
splashed over the forecastle and
bridge weatner-cloths. Contact with
the chilly gouts of spray restored Dur
ey's self-contrcl. The drenched sub.
was clearing his eyes, when he OBJ
served him.
Hello, sir" cried he, in voice
charged with excitement, would y
not be better below. She's THROWN
"a lot Of water aft. Bridges like a
mill-sluice-'
mo good drivin' her, reckon. She's
losin' more than she's maxim over 1S
knots" Durey grunted. why are
the"
"Its cut an run. Lock there!" in
terrupted the SUBJ handing his binocu-
lars, and shooting an arm west-by-
south. -Four big boats. Overhauling
us, guess, too. Well fight, though, If
it comes 10 that Sorry didn't report,
rsir,..-L--Mas waiting till there's more
certainty about tffeEt. ~
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~sfdeIights.

Ten thousand persons are expected to
march in the woodmen parade this after
noon.
Lieutenant Governor Northcott, of Illinois.
is known as the Richard Croker of the
Modern Woodmen of America.
The Modern Woodmen Of America have
81, 200. O0, 600 insurance in force. There are
more than 100000 members In the order.
x x
st told you So" This is what Robert A.
Brown. clerk of the Indiana Supreme Court.
said last night when asked about the
Woodmen convention.
Some wit says the Woodmen should hold
their next convention in California because
there are so many thousands of acres of
timber TO be cut out there.
The Toledo boys at Camp Reece are gain
ing considerable prominence by their excel
lent drill work. The team quartet gave a
serenade last night in front Of the Journal
headquarters at the camp.
XXX
One of the Forestry drill teams from Kan
sas City, Mo-, in white duck uniforms and
scarlet-plumed helmets gave an exhibition
drill in the rotunda of the Hotel Claypool
last evening. The team numbers twelve
men.
One of the good shows is the Benton Har-
Dor (Mich.) drill team at Camp Reece. Last
night. during the festivities at the camp,
the Benton Harbor boys exhibited the bear
they captured in the northern woods of
Michigan. They have named the bear I'm
dianapolis Journal
XXX
The medical section of the Modern Wood
men of America met yesterday afternoon
the late DR.. +. G.. Miller, of Washington,
who died last Sunday. He had made all ar
engagements to come to Indianapolis this
week, when he was taken suddenly i'll with
diphtheria. He was head physician of the
order in Washington.
j. G. johnson, of Kansas, probably will be
removed from the assistant general attor-
neyship OF the Modern Woodmen of Amer
lea as the result of the victory of the ad-
ministration slate yesterday. b. d. Smith.
of Mankota, Mimi. probably will be reap
pointed assistant general attorney. Gen.
eral Attorney White will likely be reappoint-
ed. Tt is thought that +. o. Van Calder,
editor of the orders official paper, will be
| reappointed also.
A. r. Talbot received many congratulate
tons last night on his election as head
consul in the way of floral designs. The
most elaborate was an automobile laden
with sweet peas from the old Guard"
This is an organization of the deiegates-at-
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civic delegations from Marion county and
will form on Southeastern avenue and
street.
The fifth division will consist of Head
Camp officers and local committees in car
rfages and will form on Washington street
South side), extending east from South
eastern avenue.
ORDER OF PARADE.
The column will move in the following
order:
First Division
Superintendent of Police and Captain.
Detail of Police Officers.
Edwin b. Pugh, grand marshal, and staff,
H. E. Negley. chief of staff.
w. A; Northcott, head consul. and c. w.
Halves, head clerk (mounted).
Major General ]. H. Mitchell and staff.
Foresters.
Second Division
Civic delegations from outside the State,
heade by deputies to the head consul.
Third Division
Civic delegations from Indiana outside of
Marion county.
Fourth Division
Civic delegations from Marion county.
Fifth Division
Head Camp officers and local committees
in carriages.
Bands will be assigned at the head of
each division and throughout the column
In the various divisions.
LINE OF MARCH.
The line of march will be as follows:
From Camp Reece the column will move
west on south side of Washington street
to Missouri street, then countermarch
on the north side of Washington street
to Meridian street, then north on
Meridian (around the west side of the sol
diers' and sailors monumen) to Vermont
street, then east on Vermont street to
Pennsylvania street, then south on Penn
sylvania street to Ohio street. then west
on Ohio street to Meridian street, then
south On Meridian street (around the east
side of the soldiers and sailors monu-
menD to Washington street, then east on
the north side of Washington street past
the reviewing stand at the Marion county
courthouse.
The general staff is composed as follows:
edwin B.. Pugh, grand marshal; Harry E.
Negley. chief of staff; Charles N. Elliott.
Joseph Hogue, NJ. t. Washburn. S. NJ.
Hoff, Charles F. Hurst, Newton Mcclure,
G. A. Wurgler. John Burning, F.. s.. Jacobs,
Ernest ema w. G.. Spillman, G.. E.
Mueller, Bert Houchin, Philip Heisell, G.
w. Jackson. Robert II. Bryson. Fred Wiese,
A. G. Brown.
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particularly relevant when the management
of the Woodmen Society is under consider
alton.
1.-The society in November, 1890. when
Head Consul Northcott and Head Clerk
Halves were first elected and Mr.. Talbot
was first elected a director, had AZ. 900 men,
bers. 1t now has 4 1900. gained under their
direction, with other officials who have.
from time to time, been elected to serve
with them. Where it had in 1890 a few
million dollars insurance in force. ii now
has a billion two hundred million. Under
their management has been disbursed over
$50. 100000 in the payment of death claims.
Coming down TO the convention now in
session it may be said that before the con-
vention was called to order ii was known to
a certainty that what has happened would
happen. II was known that rate read
tustment in some form was and is favored
by the overwhelming majority OF the dele
gates. IL was known substantially that the
officers who have been elected would be
elected. The rate readJustment issue was
made two years ago and not a day has
passed since then but what the lines be-
tween those who favored and those who
opposed readjustment have been drawn
the sharper
When the conventions met on May 6 1T
justment were in the overwhelming ma
jority. Three-fourths of the delegates to
the present convention were elected by
State delegates who favored readjustment
THE Woodmen who led the fight against
readjustment were beaten in the state con-
ventiOns. Because the state conventions
permitted the delegates from each congress
siOnal district to select the delegates from
that district, as has been the practice, is
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the only reason why there was a single
delegate in the present convention opposed
to the present management OF the society,
which mas been reelected.
Head Consul Northcott, the leader of the
present management of the society, has
been the leader of the campaign for read
justment. Head Clerk Halves, Directors
Talbot. Murphy, Reilly, Head Banker Smith
and G. j. Byrns, of Michigan, who has just
been elected a director, all stood squarely
for reimbursement. They were the leaders
in the campaign. Therefore, when read
justment won, they won, and the victory for
re adjustment was, in a sense, a personal
victory for the officers L have named. Be-
cause they led a victorious campaign they
were conceded TO be the choice of the So
ciety for the highest offices at its disposal.
1t is not strange, therefore, that this con-
vention ratified the expression of the men,
bership as reflected in the results of the
state conventions on the 9Th of last month.
IF majority rule means machine rule,
then the officers who have just been elected
are the leaders of a machine. But / should
feel inclined to say that they are the ma
jority choice of the 10000 Woodmen of the
jurisdiction. OF course, the minority, which
has been so conclusively whipped, is vicious
in it's criticisms, even to the point of ac-
tionable SANDER. However, the Woodmen
society, with officers selected who are the
choice of the overwhelming majority of the
membership, will undoubtedly be able to
survive the displeasure of a disgruntled
minority which has not a good leg left to
stand upon.'