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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
would-Be suicide a DefauIter.

BOSTON. Feb. 2S.-Walter S. Cooke. Sc
sSectman and former state representative
rom atom Milford and treasurer OF the Milford
cooperative Bank. recently attempted to
commit suicide. 1t develops that his ac-
counts at the bank are short an amount
which the president of the institution says
may be SEQ and might reach $15O00. Cooke
:, ~ imlnal action has been taken. IL is be-
.ieNed Cookies bond will cover his defalca-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01
Old Masters Sold Cheap.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-Eighty pictures
belonging to the ]. d. Ishenhauser collec-
ton have been sold at Mendelssohn Hall
Tor s6ooO0- This was just about much
as three OF the best paintings were valued
at by the owner. Old masters sold at 500
ana up. Turner's and Gainsboroughs were
IN the 500 class, and Nelasquez brought
only 800. The best price brought by any
picture was for a landscape and cattle by
Paul Potter, bought for 5000. The next
highest price was for Sir Joshua Reynolds
portrait of Richard Grenville, the first Earl
Temple, bought for 81 200
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Interpretations mt Trenton.

TRENTON. ". J.. Feb. 2S.-These con-
Germs were incorporated here to-day: The
International Wireless Telegraph Company,
capital $,JeO.0c0. TO acquire patent rights
ana operate "A wireless telegraph and teIe-
phone system; the Chattanooga Electric
company, capital $4,000. TO operate electric
light and gas plants: Detroit Equipment
company, capital 100000 To construct loco
motives and railroad rolling stock; the
Marquette Construction Company capital
$4,000, TO construct railroads
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Lewis srartinetti DYING.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Feb Is
The Devils Auction" was played here
without Lewis Martinetti, the famous come
dian and acrobat, who has been playing
the leading part in that company for the
past seven or eight years. Word was re-
celved here early last evening that this
famous member of the amusement fra
ternity wa suffering from stoppage of
the blood In the brain, and is at the point of
Gedtn. lie Is in Victor. Col, and it is eX-
peeted that he will not leave that place
alive His wife, Lilly Sutherland, is at his
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CARRYING OUT THREAl.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.)
descending TO diminutives and tracing the
whereabouts of secondhand furniture"
when Madison was President" inter-
Iupted Mr.. Cannon, 1T was related that
the washing was hung in the East Room
My God" he CALCULATED with mock grav-
tty-"what has become of the clothes line
Amid the peals of laughter this evoked the
debate ceased.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

VIENNA, Feb. 2S.-The engagement is
announced of Jan Kubelik. the violinist,
and Countess Marianne Ciaki, nee Won
Sell. The countess is relative of Colo
man Won Sell, the Hungarian prime min
lister. Her marriage to Count Ciaki will be
nullified by the Pope
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Another Protocol Signed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Baron Covers
the minister of The Netherlands. and Min
lister Bowen have signed The Netherlands
protocol providing for the settlement of
the claim of that country against Vene-
zueIa. 1t is provided that President Roose-
Welt shall name the umpire in the event of
a disag agreement. The protocol follows the
lines of that of the United States.
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toned have been singled out for special
augmentation because their superior merit
aoos greatly to the success of all the scenes
IN which they have part. The stage set
ungs have all been admirably designed and
painted ard the stage management Of Mr..
VIENNA, who seems to be an apt pupil of
David Belasco Is excellent
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by the Foreign Once TO Ambassador Tow
er, are that, IN view OF the unfinished con-
dillon OF the War College at Washington
and the consequent difficulty In carrying
out properly the ceremonies of unwilling.
the statue under the present circumstances,
and as the Emperor wishes to avoid an in
terval between the arrival Of the statue in
America. and the. public dedication, his
Majesty his decided not to send Ii TO Wash
ington until the spring Of 1904.
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Asked to Resign.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 8.-The secretary
of the treasury to-day telegraphed Assist
ant Appraiser j. B. Stillman. of New York,
i'm charge of wooden goods, asking for his
immediate resignation. No reason is given
for this action except that the change is
made for the good Of the service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Feb 2S.-After
a three days battle with the ice in Lake
Michigan the fishing tugs Bos and Dornbos
were piloted into port this morning by the
steamer Nyack. The crews of the tugs.
fourteen In number, were safe, but COM.
pletely exhausted after their hard fight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-01

KANSAS CITY. Mo. Feb 2S.-James j.
HIhold accused OF having passed a number
VI forged checks for small amounts on local
merchants. was shot and fatally wounded
py city detective in East Twelfth street
mere to-day. He had been arrested and
DfOke away from the officer during the wait
Tor the patrol wagon. He refused n COM
hand 10 halt and attempted TO draw his
the head
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BERLIN, Feb 2s--Emperor William has
instructed Minister Won Sternberg to in
form President Roosevelt that the statue
OF Frederick the Great will not be sent to
the United States until the spring of 1904
The Emperor's reasons. as communicated
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an Give Sotre Dame 1900 volumes OF
Dante. the largest collection In the United
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-08-13

| Immediately won the hearts of the keep
ers, and soon he was supplied with all
the food he wanted. Not only this, but
every day, without a break, the bird,
which by this time the men had named
''Dick," came back, and just as regularly
was he supp1ied. This soon grew into a
habit; and the preparation of Dicks al
lowance became one of the cooks fixed
duties.
There would have been nothing very
remarkable in wild sea fowl following
an instinct that led it to repeat search
for food so regularly and so bountifully
successful, were it not for its later his
tory. One day near the first of the first
April following Dicks appearance at the
lightship he was missed, and was not
seen again until about the first of the
next October, when the same pro-
gramme of daily feeding was resumed
and kept up as during the previous year.
Then, as the first of April drew near,
Dick would again take himself off to his
summer home, wherever that might be,
only faithfully to return with the fol-
lowing October.
This repeated going and coming, with
the constant round of daily feeding, was
kept up for "a consecutive years; and
Capt. Edward Fogarty, in charge of the
lightshtp, writes to us that the last seen
Of the old fellow was in April, 1895,
when, according to his custom, he left
for his summer vacation, but, for the
first time in "a years, failed to return the
next October
What became of him no one knows.
His great age may have SO enfeebled him
that he was unequal to the long flight to
and from his unknown summer home.
He may have chosen to stay there, or he
may have died of old age.
It was noticed by the ships keepers
that during his last visit Dick plainly
years, and that he was no longer able to
hold his own with the other gulls in
maintaining his exclusive right to the
bounty thrown out from the lightship.
The Smithsonian institution knew the
history of Dicks visits and was DESTROYS
of obtaining his remains when he died,
but, while it is possible that in his later
life he might have been captured and
forced to end his days on shipboard,
there was not on board the lightship
so false as to make the attempt or permit
it in others.
The reports of Dicks arrival and de-
parture were faithfully recorded by the
captain in his ships records as if they
were an important item of marine news,
and in the neighborhood of Newport, at
least, he was as well known character
as any pet elephant or monkey within
the safe confines of a geological garden
is to the girls and boys in the cities.
Dicks cage and playground was the
whole Atlantic ocean, if he had wished,
but he was faithful to the friends whom
he had always found faithful to him
St Nicholas.
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GEOGRAPHICAL FRIENDSHIPS.
Those which Depend Altogether Up
ON Being Located i'm the Same
NeighbOrhOOd.

A true friend, of course, is one
whose bodily presence, agreeable
though it be, is nof essential to the
continuance of the relation, says the
Weeks Progress. Such a one we meet
after ten years separation with as
little awkwardness as if we had parted
yesterday. We need not even write
to each other, except as we desire to
know the facts of daily progress or
retrogression and satisfy our pride in
the others achievements or express
our verbal sympathy over his disap-
pointments. Such friendships are few,
one or two for every man or woman
who is capable of deep feeling, and
that is usually all. But there is
larger minor grade of friendships that
are based upon propinQuity. The man
we chum with because we go to the
same college, or travel with on the
same train or boat, or stop with at the
same hotel, or sit near in the same
Office, or chat with at the same club be-
longs to this geographical class. Some
one of him may become a deeper
friend, but as a rule our relation with
him depends entirely upon certain
common interests, business, social or
intellectual, and does not extend be-
yond the qualification or the desire to
talk to or merely be some one who will
not jar That desire, truly, is the foun-
dation of all the common human in
terrelations; without it, social rela-
tons would be purely sporadic.
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u. S. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
Recommends Pe-ru-na
For Dyspepsia and Stomach Trouble.
Catarrh of the Stomach Is Generally
Called Dyspepsia. Something to
Produce Artificial Digestion
is Generally Taken.
Hence. Pepsin. Pancrcatin and a Host
OF Other Digestive Remedies
Has Been Invented.
These Remedies Do Not Reach the Scat
of the Difficulty, Which is
Really Catarrh

Tx. u. S. Senator M. C. Butler from,
L South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In re-
cent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co.,
from Washington, ID. c., says:
"Ican recommend Peruna for dyS.
pepSia and stomach trouble. have
been using your medicine for Shorf
period and Il feel very much relieved.
Ii Is indeed q wonderful medicine be.
sides a good tonic. "---M. c. Butler.
The only rational way TO cure dyspep-
STA is to remove the catarrh. Peruna
cures catarrh. Peruna does not produce
artificial digestion. Itcures catarrh and
leaves the stomach to perform digestion
in a natural way. This is vastly better
and safer than resorting to artificial
methods.
Peruna has cured more cases of dys-
pepsia than all other remedies com
bined, simply because it cures catarrh
wherever located. Ifcatarrh is located
in the head, Peruna cures it. If catarrh
has fastened itself in the throat or
bronchial tubes, Peruna cures it. When
catarrh becomes settled in the stomach,
Peruna cures it, as well in this location
as in any other.
Peruna is not simply remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna lisa catarrh remedy.
Peruna cures dyspepsia because it is
generally dependent upon catarrh.
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STORIES ABOUT RAVENS.
Fidelity to Mates and Formation Of
Peculiar Friendships Character
ize These Birds.

The raven always pairs for lie, and
the strength of affection, the fidelity,
the dignity which this implies seem to
me to raise him infinitely, as it does
the owls, above birds which congregate
in fiocks, and so ALLURE family ties and
duties through greater part of the
year.
A raven kept at the "Old Bear inn at
Hungerford struck close friendship
with a Newfoundland dog. When the
dog broke his leg the raven waited on
him constantly, catered for him, forget
ting for the time his own greediness,
and rarely, If ever, left his side. One
night, when the dog was by accident
shut within the stable alone, Ralph sue
ceeded in pecking hole through the
door, all but large enough to admit his
body.
Another, kept in yard in which a big
basket sparrow trap was sometimes set
watched narrowly the process from his
favorite corner, and managed, when the
trap fell, to lift it up, hoping to get at
the sparrows within. They, of course,
escaped before he could drop the trap.
But, taught by experience, he opened
communications with another tame
raven in an adjoining yard, and the next
time the trap fell, while one of them
lifted it up, the other bounced upon the
quarry.
A female raven, known at that time
to be 60 years of age, and who had passed
much of her early and middle life with a
strange companion, a blind porcupine,
was given, in the year 1854, by Mr.. J. H.
Quincy, the well-known ornithologist,
to the rector of Bluntisham, in Hunting
donshire. She seemed so disconsolate
at the loss of her surroundings that hel
now owner, failing to get another raven,
managed to secure seagull for her as
companion. A warm friendship soon
sprang up between the two birds. They
followed one another about everywhere,
and the raven often used to treat her
companion to pieces of putrid meat.
which she had buried for her own con-
sumption in the strawberries. These
were delicacies in the eyes of the raven
but they were not SO good for the gull.
In course of time, whether from indi-
gestion or not, the gull fell i'll and the
raven became more assiduous than ever
in her attentions, never leaving him
and plying him with her most nauseous
tit-bits. The gull grew worse, as was
perhaps natural under the treatment,
and less companionable, and one day,
when he positively refused to touch a
more unsavory morsel than usual
which the raven had denied to herself
and doubtless thought to be a panacea,
the raven, in a fit OF fury at the ingrati-
tude of her patient, fell upon her friend,
killed it, tore it to pieces, and, burying
half of it for future consumption, de-
voured the rest.-Nineteenth Century.
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ACCORDING TO CABBY.
The Trips of a Woman PhiIanthropist
Must BE Arranged with
the Deity.

A Brooklyn woman whose philanthropic
efforts are mainly directed toward making
life happier and better for the little folks
of the crowded sections of the borough tells
a good story on herself, says the Eagle, of
that city As her field of endeavor is
not confined to one section of that bor-
ough, she generally travels around from
settlement to mission or recreation ground
in a cab One day she was on her way to a
gathering of her proteges when she espied
q masculine acquaintance who had, on a pre-
vious occasion, manifested some interest in
her work, and invited him to accompany
her. He accepted, and they travelled down
lanes and through byways heretofore UNI
known to him. In one of the narrowest and
most crowded streets in a downtown quar-
ter the fair philanthropist stopped to pay
a visit When she entered the cab again the
man said:
'You have an arrangement with the Deity
as well as the cabman when you come on
one of these expeditions, haven't your!
What do you mean" was the astonished
reply.
"Well, your cab driver says that only the
Lord knows where you good ladies are going
when you start on trips of this sort"
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made of cork. Next, take the SKINNER
and plate in one hand and lay the edge
of the plate on the edge of the decanter,
and then with the other hand connect
the ladle with the skinner and hold
them until you find the exact position in
which they will balance each other The
first time you try to do this trick it is
quite probable that you will fail, and in
that case your audience will be much
amused at seeing skinner, ladle and
plate come down with a rush on the in
nocent decanter After few trials,
however, you will become an adept at
the trick and it will then be your turn to
laugh at those who doubted your abili-
ty to perform tn. Y. Herald.
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car HAS strange Fami1x.

Mrs. Lee Kaufman, who lives near
Lyndon, Kan, has cat that is rearing
a rather strange family. Some time ago,
while Mrs. Kaufman was in the yard,
she heard squealing and commotion
coming from large hole in the ground
which was close by. She was afraid to
put her hand in the hole and investigate
the cause of the sounds, and, when the
men came from the fields at noon, she
called their attention to the occurrence.
They procured spades and dug into the
hole, unearthing a mother coon in her
nest with three tiny ones about day
old The old coon escaped, and the little
ones, after being admired for some time,
we're given to the cat to devour, which
was licking its chops near by, as if hun
CRY for the little fellows. The cat
smelled them, and then began licking
their little bodies, afterward hunting a
bed for herself, to which she took the
little coons and adopted them. One of
them died, but the other two are living
and will soon be larger than their foster
mother.
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ADVERTISING LOST.
Clever Scheme Spoiled by tile over
CarefuIness of n Com
corned Friend.

As an advertisement the man had had
prepared some pretty little match boxes
filled with matches; and he made it point
to leave one of them, as if by accident, wher-
ever he happened to be, relates the Chicago
Post.
That's more effective than giving. them
away" he said. The man who finds one
will give more attention to it than will the
man to whom one is given"
But his friend persisted in ignoring this
scheme. He picked up the match box
and restored it to the owner, whereupon the
owner would leave it again.
Never mind it, he would say; but the
friend persisted in minding it to the extent
that he always Jagged behind when match
box was left.
One day the advertiser happened to be
in the friends room and came upon about
a gross of his match boxes.
Where did you get theseY" he asked.
ooh, I've picked them up where you have
left them anywhere, was the reply. mo
use buying matches when you are giving
them away, you know"
And now the advertiser is trying to figure
out what good the advertising on those
boxes does him.
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THE MERRY-Go-RouND.

Across the way there's merry-go-round.
I can see it where lie.
I can see the hobby horses glide across
the twilight sky.
And when the merry go-round goes round,
the music begins to play,
And the people laugh, andthe children sing,
and all are blithe and gay.
And the merry-go-round goes round and
round,
And the horses never tire;
And the bright lights blaze,
And the music plays,
And the mirth rolls higher and higher:
AS the merry-go-round goes round and
round;
And round and round goes the merry-go-
round.
MARY NJ. Parks. in ST. Nicholas.
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She Didn't Care

Maplehill. Ia, Aug. lOth.-'I felt as
though didn't care whether l lived or died
[ was so miserable all the time"
In these words does Miss Nellie Barefoot,
of this place, describe her condition. Every
woman who is, or has been, sick and suf
tering will understand and appreciate just
how Miss Barfoot felt, and there are no doubt
many thousands of similar cases.
1t is truly an awful thing when woman
gets so low that she can say Il don't care
whether | live or die"
But Miss Barefoot tells different story to-
day, and her words should guide every suf-
fering woman to the path of health and hap
piness.
81 used Dodd's Kidney Pills, and / am
cured. feel like new person, and would
say to every woman suffering as did, give
Dodd's Kidney Pills trial, and you will
not be. disappointed. They are worthy of
the highest praise"
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THE STORY OF DICK.
Faithful SeaguII Which Kept Trynt
fDr a Period of Twenty-FOur
Consecutive Years.

Out In the ocean, about four miles of
the shore of Rhode Island and just south
of Narragansett bay, is anchored Bren-
toms Reef lightship. Some 80 years ago
the loaely watchers on the ship had their
attention attracted by seagull that so
far put aside his wild nature as to swim
close to the vessel in search of food The
friendliness and trustfulness of the bird
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TRICK IN BALANCING.
After "a Few Trials 1t Can BE Mastered
by Anyone Whose Hand Is
Reasonably Steady.

II you want to amuse some young
persons, get decanter, plate, ladle
and a skinner, and then tell them that
you intend to balance the ladle and the
skinner in the manner shown in the
accompanying picture. OF course, they
will be incredulous, but, if your hand Is
reasonably steady, you will be able to
do the trick.
First, hang the skinner by it's handle
from the edge of the plate and keep it in
position by means of a small wedge
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Get What You Ask For.

the newspapers, YOU NAV be sure it's ago a good ID
article, for advertising only pays if the goods
are honest and possess merit. The people
who make speciality of one advertised ar
ticle, like Cascarets, Candy Cathartic, for ex-
ample, stake their whole business existence
on its doing what they say it will. They
ers of this paper are urged to be sure that
they get what they ask for, when they ask
for an advertised article, for it's the good
thing that is initiated and counterfeited.
Don't accept substitutes! Insist on getting
the penuinei
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Radisson on the Chippewa.

A new town in Sawyer county, Wis, on
the Omaha Road. Located on both the
Chippewa and Couderay rivers, in center
of most fertile and promising hardwood
district. Good muscallonge, bass and pike
fishing in both rivers. Exceptional oppor-
tunities for landseekers. If looking for a
new location don't fail to see this new
country. For map and full particulars
write to Postmaster, Radisson. Sawyer Co.,
Wis, or to I. w. Teasdale, General Passen-
ger Agent, G. st. p. M. Sc o. R'v. st. Paul.
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what she rhouxht.

sauntered down Broadway, and the bride be-
came angry because they attracted so much
attention. The bridegroom suggested that
she carry the suit case and the satchel ex.
planning that this was a sure way of avert
ing suspicion. The bride figured awhile, and.
after consulting the thermometer, came to
the conclusion that she preferred the pub
licity.-N. Y. Letter.
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Didn't Like to Boast.

Glow are you getting on with your music,
''Well. of course" replied the niece, diff
Gdently, "it wouldn't be proper for me to
compliment myself, but some of the neigh
bors nave told me they have etaid awake
at night for hours, listening to my playing"
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