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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01

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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
Tbermometeritane.
Yoli3aai@es.

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uagen a%ufgerufen, UNI ale nod i6m
i1madtenosr er0Beren ober tleinersn
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Der Mdnnerabtbeiluns Der Station
.insslieisrt.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
Ste Sapamer .paosem.

Ssiingif fat ein Gelebrter bebauptet.
bab 5uglei9 nit benz politiihen unO
ipaialen Gmporfpmmen Der Sapdner
AUDI Die Hu1e srOber sefporDen lei,
unb bas miro audi algemein aners
tannt. Sod pi9tiser aber 1T Die Be
Oba9tung, Oab Die 8eii4ts5iige bieiss
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ftGnoie Dem europdii9en Sppus annS=
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ma pie elm elesanter fran5DiifGer 8a=
palsriepfh5ier dusIie3t; Bring &dnins
3ige faben iebr bel 9emeiniames NIT
ben 3igen auiier Bilbelms. Der
@i5elbmiral Gnpmoto bat cine trap
pante @ebnlidteit nit Dem Ditereri6i=
i6en &ai1er. Ser Baron 6anobuia,
Der @ioeprdiioent bes japanif9en vRos
then &reu3es", tdnn fat init Dem eng
lii6en Mpmiral GulmezS Seymour per>
tpe9ielt perben. Baron SuDematIu,
Elm S9pieseriobn bes Marquis Str,
bat fi9 nit bieiem Ybdnomen pielf69
bef6Gftist unO giebt @rflarungen.
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nit acknowledgement, gefreu5ten Sci
men, pie Tie Siirten, feit Den lebter
breibunbert Satren aber i9ldgt mar
bic 8eine ni9t mebr unter. 0a nun,
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Dirt bes SiBens bic gntnidelung Der
8einmusfeln bemmt, unb es bod nur
bic turSen 8eine finb, Die cen &Drper
Der Sapaner fleiner eri9einen laiIsn,
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tieIte l1rfane fir bic &leinhsit u~nieres
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ub Der Sapaner nun febr feltenSlsii9;
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Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
@rnnoeigentbums : l1ebertragnngen.

Seine Srwin an &obert Blooau,
Got 1872 in Murriion's 3. Nob., nabe
Werioian uno 20. Str. $4,000.
Charles @ouser an patrid Wartin,
cir She'll Der Got 6, go. % in Srates
9lob., nobe IA. Str. uno Senate Hpe.
$4,000.
@norep Nittsn an Worris Wpblfelb,
Got 10 in @oe's Subo. Der @uBenlot
IL, nahe Snoiana Npe. unb Wi9i9an
Ctr. $500.
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224 in Monton's place, New Serisp
Str, t1abe 81. $500.
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plaee. $4,400.
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N9it Sabm an Nannie 6. Wiles,
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moOs Noo. 6fli4 bon Wpobruf PIace.
SO, 900.
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Str. SO, 800.
Seize 5. pribett on Squire pribe.t,
She'll bon Got 33. @ampbel's 0ortb
part addition, Nortb indianapolis,
$1,000.
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@inn, Got 9, &udls & 6amlin's Sub.
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ben. &udle Str, nabe 49,, $500.
CHARLES u. Drills on Catherine
GOple, Got $50, Spann & Sos 2.
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Str. n6rolid bon proipeet Str.
$1,000.
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Duncan, She'll bon Cots / unb 2
8lof 8, @ranbpiew Nbb., 6fli9 BON
COLLEGE Npe., n6roli9 BON ~. Str.
SO. 1926.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
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baft No. 1915 Union StraBe, fiel un=
slidli9er Weiie am Samfag Ra6=
mittae bon elmer Sreppenleiter in ibrer
WObnung uno bra9 ibr lintes gein
unterbalb oes 4nies.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
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nit fti6ten, unb Srobungen eeeen iie
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miiroen. Die Garmer ma9ten trob=
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uno perben jebt Wadfori9un9en an9e-
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bon bier berf9munben mar, in bas
@lternbaus surtid unb ertldrte, fs
wdre in ct. 2Ouis geweien, ur Die
@%usfeauns griinoli9 anisbsn gu t6n=
men. Mit &e9t nimmt man nun an,
bob aud Die anberen beridmunbeuen
Mdo6en fd auf Der Weltausi tsuunQ
befinben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01

0%erIanst- Sii1tieer @ortsr I'M J~eiferiou 5oteI
~ 1o1 on South Str.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
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nit SC per Belle far iebe Sniertiou bere&uet.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01
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Sir Snbiana f: SH6n i'm r0rbIi9en,
S9auern i'm iiibIiden Sbeile beute @a4t ;
Oienitas, i'm @usemeinen i96n etmas
flbIer.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-08-01

- Die bette 5 Gent @igarre In
Der Staot, Wu&o's r2on9felou".
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

''Give this man food and detain him."
said he to the sergeant.
''WTy detain me, colonel? can tell
you no more"
1--WE shall need you as guide
GAS guide! But the count? If
were to fall into his hands? All, col
onel-''
The Prussian commander waved him
away.
..Send Capt Baumgarten to me at
once" said he.
The officer who answered the sum-
mons was a man of middle age, heavy
jawed, blue-eyed, with a curving yell
low mustache, and a brick-red face
which turned to an ivory white where
his helmet had sheltered it. AS sol
der he was slow, but reliable and
brave The colonel could trust him
where a more dashing officer might be
in danger.
.sYeu will proceed to Chateau Nor
tonight, captain" said he. "A guide
has been provided. You will arrest
the count and bring him back. Ii there
is an attempt at rescue, shoot MIN
at once
How many men shall take, col
onel?"
well, we are surrounded by spies
and our only chance is to pounce upon
him before he knows that we are or
the way. A large force will attract at
tention. On the other hand, you must
not risk being cut off,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
BELIEF AND IMAGINATION
LOOMS.
BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS.

II understand" said this young Hin
du, and then he went to an art gallery
and looked at those pictures that would
help him and after that he went to his
lodgings and cast himself upon the
floor and gave his Imagination free play
for an hour and then wrote it once
again and after that he let it alone,
for he knew that every added touch
would take something of spontaneity
from it.
So he brought it to the editor, who
read it through, and said quite seri-
ously: almost thou persuadest me to
be a Christian"
The allegory having been written, it
remained to have it illustrated, and
now, for once, the editor had some
thought of the fitness of things, and
he said to himself, II must get Chris
tan to illustrate this" and he called
his artists in and said to each one in
turn, "Are you a Christian"
And it was astonishing the answers
he received Most of the men growled
out negative; some blushed and said
nothing, but none gave an affirmative
answer until he came to young Cath
Ollie, who said modestly, but in a man
ly way, 81 hope so, SIR
well, Michael, you won't be able to
illustrate this story, as it is entirely
out of your line. I want picture of
the Resurrection, and the public would
think it sacrilege if your pen, which is
always associated with comic work,
should do this.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

~ HE editor of the paper was an ag-
nostic. Fifty years ago he would
have been called an infidel, but
we have softened our speech in some
ways. Now, although he was an ag-
nostic, and really knew nothing of a
future life, he was-,.the editor Of a
live paper and he had to observe the
times and seasons; therefore, when by
the calendar he saw that Easter was
near at hand, he determined to get up
an Easter number sparing no expense
to make it something that would APP
peal to art. lovers. and to the multi
| tude..
But, although the editor was an ag-
fostie, it is not to be understood that
he was a bad man. This is not a fable,
where everything is told, in symbols,
and where all the. characters are types,
I He was a good man. a kindly man, and
if men get into heaven by good deeds
alone (and there are those who say
they do) this agnostic was certain of
d happy Immortality. Can you mag
inc more pleasant surprisethan for a
man to die an agnostic, after a we'll
spent life, and to awake celestial be-
|, ing, Knowing for a fact what he had
all his life doubted.
Among his corps of writers there was
a young Hindu with ones-,of those
names that rouse laughter among the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

the office next day the agnoStic gave
him the Resurrection allegory by the
Hindoo and told him to read it through
and do his prettiest in the way of IL
Illustrating it.
Now, Borowski was a Polish Hebrew,
who had come to this country with his
parents when he was four years old.
But he had a knowledge of English lit
erature that is vouchSafed to few
Americans of nineteen, and he had
tat wonderful temperament that is
found so often among the Polish He
brews. He was an artist to his finger
tips. He had STEPPED himself in the
best examples of art to be found in this
country, having gained admittance to
many private galleries through the
good offices of a millionaire compatriot,
and added to that he had condensed
into twelve months study the work of
a three years course in art instruction,
and, as the boys said, he was not long
for a newspaper office.
He read the allegory that noon and
his sympathetic soul recognized a
kindred spirit in the work of the Hin
100, and by afternoon he was hard at
work on the illustration having OBJ
tanned permission to do the work at
home, where he would be free from all
distracting influences.
He felt he had lived lifetime when
his fellow artists saw his work. They
were generous in their praise. There
was no jealous feeling at all. These
Americans were honestly proud of their
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
copyright by A. Conan Doyle.)


n T WAS in the days when the Ger
man armies had broken their way
across France, and when the shat
tered forces of the young republic had
been swept away to the north of the
Aisne and to the south of the Loire.
Black and bitter were the thoughts
of Frenchmen when they saw this veal
of dishonor slashed across the fair face
of their country They had fought and
they had been overborne. That swarm
ing cavalry, those countless footmen,
the masterful guns-they had tried and
tried to make head against them. In
battalions their invaders were not TO
be beaten; but man to man, or ten TO
ten, they were their equals.
Col Won Gramm, of the Twenty
fourth Posen infantry, had suffered Sc
verely during this new development.
He commanded in the little Norman
town of Les Andelys, and his outposts
stretched amid the hamlets and farm
houses of the district round. No French
force was within fifty miles of him,
and yet morning after morning he had
to listen to a black report of sentries
found dead at their posts or of forag-
ing parties which had never returned.
Then the colonel would go forth in
his wrath, and farms teadings would
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
BY A. CONAN DOYLE.

he might have expected. But at least
he would search the house and make
sure.
1t was long, however, before Capt.
Baumgarten had satisfied himself upon
the point. 1t was a difficult house to
search. Thin stairs which only one man
could ascend at a time connected lines
or tortuous corridors. The walls, We're
SO thick that each room was cut off
from it's neighbor Huge dreplaceS
yawned in each, while the windows
were six feet deep in the wall. Capt.
Baumgarten stamped with his feet, and
tore down curtains, and struck with the
pommel of his sword. If there were Sc
cret hiding places he was not fortunate
enough to find them.
81 have an idea" said he, at last,
speaking ins German to the sergeant.
You will place a guard over this fell
low and make sure than he communi :
Gates to no one" >. -
Eyes, captain"
"And you will place four men in
ambush at the front and at the back.
1t is likely enough that about day
break our bird may return e the nest.
And the others, captain?
LET them have their suppers IN the
kitchen. This fellow will serve you
with meat and wine. 1t is a wild night,
and we shall be better here than on
the country road.
"And yourself, captain? ?"
81 shall take my supper up here IN
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
In His Artists and Asked Each One Are You Chstlan?

Hebrew brother, and the praise of ones
fellow craftsmen outweighs. a whole
theaterful of others.
And now comes the conclusion of the
whole matter. The story was unsigned,
the picture had nothing but initials and
the great public did not know that the
editor was an agnostic; but the day
after the publication of this agnostic
Hindoo- HebreW story of the Resur-
rection admiring letters began to come
in from the Christian public, and more
than one confessed that the beautiful
allegory and the spiritual picture had
been in the nature of an uplift.
But let this letter tell it's story
To the Editor of -:
Dear Sir: I am not much on doctrines
or forms, but l recognize Christianity and
brotheTly love when l see them, and L
want to tell you how much good that al
legory and its accompanying picture did
me. NO man who was not good could
have done either story or picture, and L
wish you had printed the names of the
author and artist That page represented
real Christianity. and L want to thank
you for it.
One Who Had Doubted.
'They do His WILL" said the thought
full man who had known.
: y
cheek, as kiss you, and he babe him go,
as 1 bid you go, and may every kind
wish of that noble general, though 1t
could not Stave off the fever which slew
my son. descend now upon your head.
And so it was that Capt Baumgarten,
disfgured blinded and bleeding, stagger-
ed out into the wind and the rain of that
wild December dawn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

blaze and villages tremble; but next
morning there was still that same dis
NAL tale to be told. Do what he might
he could not shake off his invisible enc
mics. And yet, it should not have been
so hard, for from certain signs in COM
mon, in the plan and in the deed, it
was certain that all these outrages
came from a single source.
Col Won Gramm had tried violence
and it had failed Gold might be more
successful 10 He published it abroad
over the countryside that five hundred
francs would be paid for information.
There was no response. Then eight
hundred The peasants were incor-
ruptible. Then, geaded on by a muir
dered corporal, he rose to a thousand,
and so bought the soul of Francois Re-
jane, farm laborer, whose Norman
avarice was a stronger passion than
his French hatred.
You say that you know who did
these crimes?" asked the Prussian
colonel, cycling with loathing the blue
bloused, rat-faced creature before him.
yes, colonel"
"And it was"
"Those thousand francs, colonel
mot a sou until your story has been
tested. Come! Who is it who has
murdered my men?'
1T is Count Eustace, of Chateau
Noir.''
You lie!" cried the colonel, angrily
"a gentleman and a nobleman could
not have done such crimes"
The peasant shrugged his shoulders
1T is evident to me that you do not
know the count. 1t is this way, col
onel. What 1 tell you is the truth, and
I am not afraid that you should test
it. The Count of Chateau Noir is a
hard man; even at the best time he
was a hard man. But of late he has
been terrible. 1t was his sons death
you know. His son was under Douay
and he was taken, and then in escaping
from Germany he met his death. II
was the counts only child, and, indeed
we all think that it has driven him
mad. With his peasants he follows the
German armies. 1 do not know how
many he has killed, but it is he who
cuts the cross upon the foreheads, fol
it is the badge of his house"
1t was true The murdered sentries
had each had satire cross slashed
across their broWs, as by a hunting
knife. The colonel bent his stiff bach
and ran his forefinger over the mar
which lay upon the table.
The Chateau Noir is not more thar
four leagues he said.
Three and a kilometre, colonel"
you know the placer"
81 used to work there
Col. Won Gramm rang the bell.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

sunthinking. In the office, where he
was cordially liked, he was called
Dan for short and that name will do
as well as his own. He was a word
poet, and he handled the English
tongue with an ease that many an
American envied.
: The Hindu was also a good man, al
though that is neither here nor there.
He could project himself into subject
until his whole being was saturated
with it, and he had written a. Russian
story that more than one Russian eX-
pert attributed to TurgenieT. He
could do anything in words and he
could weave you, a story of the. Morse
mythology and set it forth in a. dress
been possible to a man of Scandinavian
imagination. So when the editor was
casting about for the proper person
to write him an Easter allegory he
turned naturally to Dan" And he sent
for him and said to him quite serious
ly: 81 want you to write me an allie
CORY about the Resurrection. I want
something that will appeal to church
people, Nothing theatrical, but simple
and human. You understand
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officer. pale but firm, folded his arms and
stared defiantly at the man who tortured
him.
''You are now face to face with death,
and 1 perceive from your lips that you
are praying. My son was also face to face
with death, and he prayed also. 1t hap
pened that general officer came up, and
he heard the lad praying for his mother
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27


81 guess they would, sir" said Mich
ael.
ssWell, then, I'll have to get one of
you men that aren't Christians to do
it,
Then one of the artists spoke UP and
said
well, we may not be Christians, but
we aren't anything else. That is, we
used to go to church when we were
kids"
.'Thats So" assented several.
t But" said the editor, Il don't think
any one of you can do the kind of
work that will fit the story that Don
has turned in. It's too good for so
ephermeral a thing as a newspaper and
thought TO go into a magazine and be
Illustrated by an Elihu Vedder or some
other great understanding no dis
respect for you boys"
'Ignace Borowski can do it, Mr..
Paine said one of the artists HE
won't draw newspaper pictures forever.
He's as ambitious as they make EN-,
and he's a crackerjack of a man for
that symbol business"
All the other newspaper artists as
scented to this, and when Borowski, who
had been at home with cold, came to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27

and it moved him so-he being himself
father-that he ordered his Uhlans away,
and he remained with his aid de-camp
only beside the condemned men. And
when he heard all the lad had to tell,
that he was the only child of an old fam
lily, and that his mother was in failing
health, he threw off the rope as I throw
off this, and he kissed him on either
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1904-02-19
Honesty the Best Policy,
I|%%

It pays to be honest 1t pays to
tell the truth. 1t pays to deal honor
ably. Some time ago a colored man
took trunk from the station to cot
tage, and received therefor 20 cents.
Another man saw the trunk in transit
and afterwards asked the colored man
what he received for the service, and
lie replied, IS cents The man
who received this reply ascertained
that the colored man had not told the
truth. That wrong story will cost
the man much more than the small
amount he hoped to gain by the false
hood.
A man brought a lot Of live chick
ems from the country one day last
week. which he offered to sell at ~ a
cents pound. A would be purchaser
examined some of them and found
their crops crowded full OF corn,
Pretty high price for corn, ' he re-
marked While he purchased some
of the chickens, he will not forget
how high he paid for the corn.
Another IMAM bought cord OF wood
which was delivered at his door and
piled up so that it could be measured.
The pile was four feet high and eight
feet long, but if the buyer takes notice
as the wood is being prepared for use
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he will see that many of the sticks are
less than four feet long, and that he
has paid for more than he has received.
A man went to buy some oranges
this was not in Southern Pines), and
saw some very fine looking ones in a
window They were arranged in a
long pile extending from the window
back toward the center of the store,
the largest fruit front, and fruit that
was much smaller on the back end OF
the pile. A card was placed over the
oranges on which was written, "25
cents a dozen. When any one made
a purchase it was noticed that the
fruit was taken from the small end OF
the pile leaving the large specimens
in front for an advertisement. The
man referred to who went to purchase
said TO the merchant. What do you
ask for those large ones in front p
'sOh, can't pick them, he replied.
"But you do pick them, {" said the
customer, land you pick them all
from the small end" He got some
of the big ores in his dozen
Is it not better, after all, to tell the
truth, to sell the chickens withoutthe
coru, to cut the wood four feet long.
and to have no misleading sign on the
pile Of oranges?