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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
CAROLINA HOUsE-wARMING.
Great and Permanent Improvement
Made by George Vanderbilt.


George W. Vanderbilt had house warm
ing at his place in the North Carolina
mountains on Christmas day. Perhaps be-
cause ii was Christmas and because the
guests were entirely members of the hosts
family the occurrence attracted little at
tention from the New York press which
ordinarily gives so much space TO the i'm
portant doingS OF the Vanderbilt family.
Or perhaps Ii was because the occurrence
took place in North Carolina and not in
New York that the papers were so strange
ly Indifferent to what was of more real in
tereSt and of more significance than any
of the marriages, divorces or social func-
lions that are described with such lavish
ness of detail.
In the completion of the Vanderbilt house
the United States has outdOne the old world
in one more direction. But IL is not so
much the cost of the house or the fact that
1t is said to be the largest private residence
in the world that lends interest to the un-
dertaking as it is that with practically un-
limited means and with the assistance OF
the best architects, landscape gardeners
and forestry experts the owner has patient
ly set to work to develop and direct the
magnificent opportunities affOred for such
a purpose in the North Carolina mountains.
Something, but not much, of Mr. Wander
bits purpose is revealed in the statements
numbering the thousands of acres that are
included in the estate and the hundreds of
miles OF driveWayS that he has constructed
and telling of the lakes that have been
made the streams whose courses have been
changed the bridges that have been built
and the forests that have been set out.
With the same means any person might,
and with far less means and to less
extent many persons do, undertake to- al
ter the face of nature Mr.. Vanderoilts
undertaking is unique in the intelligence
with which it has been carried out. The
published report of his forests revealed the
plans by which the forest land was in
tended to yield yearly revenue for CEN
tury ahead. No other builder Of an Amer
ican home has planned so far into the flu
ture. The designer of Central Park and of
Jackson Park has also been the landscape
artist of the Biltmore estate. In every de-
tail there has been a similar adherence
10 careful conception. The result will be
an object lesson to all Americans of large
wealth who have dreamed of the POSSIBLE
tiles of beauty in a country place.
1t is to be said of Mr.. Vanderbilt's ex-
penditure. too. that IL is the highest use of
large wealth that the cultured taste can
conceive. Such a union OF art and nature
some will be inclined to think exceeds the
possibilities of poetry. of painting and of
sculpture. 1t is. indeed. the source of art
end inspiration and the maker Of such
place confers benefit upon his country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

OF good with his money. According to
recent information there Is no alteration
In his popularity Of character. The shaft I'm
hundred feet, in syIvanite ore
that carries as nigh as 10000
TO the ton; landings have been put in
at every one hundred feet, and experts
who have visited the mine estimate AZ the
average value Of the ore per ton that at
least 100000 worth of rock has been
opened up between the first and fourth
levels. This seems TO be a within of the
owner. although what his motive is has
never been divulged. As he was a poor man
wnea ne discovered the property II evident
ton TO demonstrate to the world that a
mine marvelously rich may be operated by
an individual without invoking the aid OF
foreign and Eastern capitalists. All over
lures that have been made by capitalists
who desired TO obtain possession of the
ground have been met with derision, as Mr..
Stratton positively asserts that he will not
part with IT.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
SMALLEST OXEN ON EARTH.
CeyIOn Can Boast Of LilIiputian Be
vines of Great General Utility.
Pearson's Weekly.

NccHly
One of the greatest curiosities among the
domesticated animals of Ceylon is a breed
of cattle known to the biologists the
sacred running OK They are the dwarfs
of the whole OK family. the largest speci-
mems OF the species never exceeding thirty
inches In height. One sent TO the Marquis
of Canterbury in the year 1891, which is
still living and is believed to be somewhere
near ten years Of age, is only thrty-two
inches high and weighs but 1922 pounds.
In Ceylon they are used for quick trips
across country with express matter and
other light loads, and 1t is said that four
of them can pull driver of a two-wheeled
cart and 200-pound load of miscellaneous
matter sixty TO seventy miles day. They
keep up a constant Swing-trot run, and
have been known to travel 100 miles n a
day and night without either food or water
No one knows anything concerning the ORR
gin OF this peculiar breed of miniature cat
tie. They have been known on the Island
Of Ceylon and in other Buddhistic coun-
tries for more than leo years.
One story told to account for their origin
is to the effect that they were originally
cattle of the ordinary height and bulk: that
n Buddhistic priest was once imprisoned
in a stone building one-half of which was
used as cattle stable. During the night
he managed to dislodge one of the stones in
his prison walls. The stone in question was
exactly two and a half feet square. 1t was
almost daylight when the apostle of Buidha
felt the air rush through the opening he had
made and he realized that he was al but
free. He knew that he would be unable to
get out or the enerny's country on foot, so
he prayed that ne might be provided with a
beast of burden that would safely carry
him to the homes OF the followers of
Buddha. No sooner had he done this than
one of the large oxen which had been
quietly feeding in n stall at his side walked
leisurely 10 the thirty-inch square opening
and miracIlcusly passed through IT, The
priest followed and mounted the now sac
redly dwarfed beast and was soon safe in
his own country. Since that time, so the
story gots there has been a breed of
sacred running oxen" in Ceyion, which
never grow TOO tall 10 pass through an
opening CT the size Of that made in the
prison wall by BuGdha's representative on
that night when he rriracuiousiy escaped
on the back OF the first famos.s dwarfed
oxen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

Victor Heinze. a pupil OF Leschetizky,
who was Paderewski's teacher, has been
engaged by the Vegara-Schellschmidt Con-
Servatory or Music.
During the month Miss Shedd will give
two musicales. The first programme will
be rendered by Indianapolis pupils. the sec
Ond BY pupils from surrounding towns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
Gowns

Between 40 and so different styles, all
told; emphatically the best collection In
dianapolis has ever seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
January Sale
of Shoes

It's clearing-up time in the Shoe De-
partment. That is what makes the regu-
lar January sales there. and these ex-
ceedingly low prices. Ladies' Button and
Lace Shoes, all styles and sizes. at sl.ss a
pair Well worth 81.
lire OF drummer's sample Shoes,
sizes 2ls to 4. You know what they are.
s1.9S a pair; worth up TO 81.
Ladies' fine kid Button and Lace Shoes.
all styles. all sizes. quality guaranteed:
the $3.50 kind at $50 a pair.
Ladies' Twentieth Century Shoes. the
quality other stores sch at $40: our
price. $50 pair.
Ladies' fancy Evening Slippers. all col
ors, sl4s a pair. Not all sizes in every
kind. but all sizes in some kinds. Were
81 to $50.
Misses, Children's. Boys and Youths
Shoes at greatly reduced prices TO clear
up; a great shoe chance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
The Great January Sale of
Linens and COttOns

the furious selling
iven will idea
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

Others at 75c, Csc, 81 % and up, includ-
ing the new Loie Fuller Drawer at pro-
portionately low prices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
Musical Notes.

James Kingsbury and Robert Browning and
Misses Ida Z. Gilbert and Ellen Boyles.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05

Have your grocer send YOU some OF Huy-
ier's Cocoa and Chocolates with your next
order. Once tried. always used
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
REMEMBER $780, SHARP TOMORROW MORNING !.
Corset Covers

Good muslin Corset Covers; made with
J square neck: 90 on sale at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
For Children

Children's Gowns in splendid variety.
Prices start at soc each, others at 39c and
soc; all worth half as much again.
Children's and Misses Empire Gowns, all
nicely trimmed with embroidery, at 65c.
Toe, Sc and up, according to the size; all
these are special January sale prices.
Children's Drawers at 1211c, 15c, 25c a
pair, according to size, and depend upon
1t, these qualities cannot be bought for
as low prices any place else in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-01-05
January Sale
of Wrappers

An exceptional purchase OF 500 fan
nelette and fieecet Vicuna Cloth Wrap
pers, which we shall place on sale al
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

The effect Of our gold standard has
been to give us a 2OO-cent doller. doub
ling all feed charges, as National,
State, city, county and individual in
debtedness and taxes, railroad fares
and rates, for it has reduced produce
which must buy these dollars at half
their former prices. Sucha system has
created 4 900 men in this nation own
ing over six millions apiece and has
placed rs per 9nt. of the property of
the country in the hands Of 30, 900 fam
lies. To do this has it has necessarily
left only 25 per cent, Of the property of
the country to be divided among the
rest of the rs millions of our peCp'e.
Such q condition of things necessa-
rialy tends to become steadily worse.
1t can produce neither prosperity nor
a stable condition of the public mind.
l have been a careful student Of the
history of the Anglo-Saxon race. 1t is
to be hoped that the present year will
see restored the financial condition
which prevailed before 1874; but if
it does not it is my profound convic-
ton that in 1900 there will be a move
ment which will make the millionaires
sigh for a platform and a candidate as
conserva5Iv as those put forth lately
at Chicago. AS. our financiallaw from
1899 to 1873 did not bring about silver
monometalism 1 do not see why its res
toration should do so.
No one contends that silver has given
Mexico an ideal government or a supe
rior race, but the preservation Of the
value of the dollar, enhanced by legis
lation has given her prosperity, con
tentment and a big start in the race of
progress, while we are struggling las
Judge Brown of the United States SD
preme Court says in the tolls of q
''sordld deapotism Of wealth"
Most truly yours,
WAITER CLARK
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

people, while the actual exercise OF
power is in the hands of the pluto,
cracy. The middle class is being de
stroyed, the farmers are gradually be
ing changed into peasantry, the lower
class is enlarging. Can the people be
aroused to stop this before it is too
late2
A visit to Mexico shows the great
prosperity witch rewards a country
which refuses to change its standard OF
value in order to double the debts and
taxes of the masses, and to divide the
prices Of produce that thereby the
property of bondholders and million
aires may be doubled. 1t shows, too
the prosperity which will come to us
if we shall be wise and strong enough
to revert to that financial system un-
der which We were prosperous and
from which we should lever have de
parted.
Will we. can we, undo the wrong?
As the long train rolled eastward in the
darkness there was the assured con
victiOn that it would meet the sun In
it's glory so may it not be that as this
great orb of ours rolls eastward, amid
the gloom Of our financial night, it too
will meet the light of the coming day,
and that
Under the whitening winds of the future
There rolls the wave or the WOrLdf'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04

the bondholder, the goldbug, the party
bug and old England and forty men of
the Rotchild's to dictate to 70, 600, 900
people what kind Of currency they
shall use, Cleveland and his secretary,
Carlisle included, to tell us what kind
of currency we shall have. We will
take Senator Vance's advice, walk out
and leave nothing behind but the smell
of birthstone and Wall street. Let the
American eagle fly away to the !ottiest
cragg of the r ,cky Mountains, and
there sing his glorious song of free in
situations and free government and let
his wings fl spp and knock the spray of
the ocean high on the navy of the world
and 70. 900, 600 of people sing the star
sprangled banner, the home of the
brave, the land of the free and let it go
sounding down to futur3 generations
now and forever.
Fl FOV
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04
J. II. FOY.

WITH a majority of Congressman
explicitly pledged to work vigorously
for the passage of such a bill by Con-
gress as that introduced by Senator
Butler in the Senate and Republican
Mcguire in the H )use for a Postal Tele-
graph, we would have and enjoy a
complete genuine electric mail within
two years time. We are going to draw
public attention to the features of that
bill-epecIically. 1t mea' S work right
away, starting from many points. We
would begin to actually enjoy the
quicker and vastly cheaper service
within a few months after the bill be-
came a law.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-04
CONTINUED from last r0eek }
THE LAND OF THE NOONDA Y
SUN-MEXICO IN MID WINTER.
From Arena for June.)

BY JUSTICE WALTER CLARK, LII. D.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29
The Legislative Delegation.

This country has lately assumed by
reason of it's growth in population and
the large diverslfication of its material
interests an important rank among the
counties Of the commonwealth. IL
stands among the first, politically as
we'll as industrially. Its interests at
Harrisburg require close and skilful at
tention The choice of men for repre-
sentatives of this county in the state
legislature becomes by reason OF these
facts q subject of more than personal
Importance. 1t Is not enough that a
candidate on the legislative ticket
should be good fellow" The ques-
ton should be: "Is he the most cap
able man to uphold the dignity and
promote the welfare Of the community
at the state capital?"
The four Republican candidates
meet this test better than the four
Democratic candidates do. Not one Of
the latter has had legislative exper-
ience. Two of the former have had,
and the other two are more likely, by
reason Of their political affiliations and
personal acquaintance at Harrisburg,
to get an early hold on legislative
problems than their Democratic op-
ponents are. The delegation, if divided,
would lose the strength and the pres
tige of unity. 1t would cause the county
to recede from the commanding posi-
tion which 1t occupied in state poll
tics and in state legislation two years
ago, and nothing would be gained by
the division to offset this loss.
In view of these considerations we
feel fully justified in recommending
the election next Tuesday of a solid
Republican legislative delegation. The
best interests Of the county require it.
The cause of sound money as affected
by the choice of United States sena-
tor to succeed Cameron requires it. No
reason of a public nature stands in
district there are some voters with
personal bias against the Republican
candidate the election of a solid dele
cation would not be in any manner of
doubt. Let us urge the voters of this
county to look at this subject from an
elevated standpoint. Let us urge them
to consult the best interests not merely
Of any class or clique or party but of
each district and the county itself as
a whole. If that be done, Lackawanna
Will not fail to send to Harrisburg next
winter four capable representatives,
and every one q Republican.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29

It cannot be too clearly impressed
upon the minds Of the electors of this
county that a change in the control of
the county commissioners office would
be hazardous and unwise. The present
Republican majoriy is known TO he
honest and efficient. Its work in office
proves that it is both. Its continuance
n Office involves no experiment, no
risk. We have lately had national
illustration of the workings of a
"change" in politics merely for the
sake of novelty. The same points were
raised for Cleveland in 1892 that are
now being raised on smaller scale for
Burke and Demuth.
The Democratic politicians then
went about complaining all day and
all night long that the Republicans
had been in power long enough; that
there must be something crooked in
their accounts; that it was time for a
rotation in office; that the change
wouldn't make much difference anyhow
in point Of national policy, and that it
would be nice thing for the office
seekers who were soliciting votes This
kind of talk was heard everywhere
four years ago, and a good many vo-
ters were finally Influenced by 1t to
vote the Republican party out and to
vote the Democratic party in. They
imagined It was only q scramble be-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29
TonigIlt's Big Rally.

All persons remember with pleasure
that is, all except perhaps some OF our
Democratic friends-the visit to this
city of General Hastings and party
two years ago. The interval has wit
messed many changes in politics and
public affairs, not the least OF when
has been the forcing by the Chicago
convention of the generals amiaple
antagonist of that year, Hon. William
NJ. Singerly, into the Republican sound
money camp, where he Is now doing
yeoman service for Mckinley and
Hobart. But none of these intervening
mutations has lessened the esteem or
diminished the regard which the peo-
pie Of this city and community
have long felt for the mas
ter figure of the Johnstown disaster,
now become the chief executive of this
noble commonwealth. Unless we
greatly err, Governor Hastings will be
accorded an ovation tonight which will
have in it not only eloquent testimony
of present regard but also as we
DeIicNe, tle DTOpllecy VI lutuie No-op-
Grafton toward his advancement to a
yet loftier sphere Of opportunity and
usefulness.
But that apart, the demonstration of
this evening promises to be in point of
interest and enthusiasm a natural
supplement to the admirable rally Of
two weeks ago, and a fitting climax to
the great parade of Tuesday last. 1t will
be, so to speak, the wind-up of cam
paign of exceptional moment and sig
nificance, and therefore it calls for the
active interest of every friend of Pro-
lection and sound money in the COM
munity. Since 1t is not the righteous
but the sinners whoare called to repent
ance, an endeavor should be made to
have a large attendance Of voters dis
posed to join with the opposition. They
cannot object to a fair statement of
the Republican side, and If their beliefs
cannot stand analysis then the sooner
those beliefs are discarded the better.
Once more we invite our Democratic
friends to be present and assure them
that if they come they will receive
valuable information.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29

The purpose of this article is not to
iraw comparisons between Mr. Connell
and Mr.. Merrifield nor to argue con-
cerning the principles which these cam
didates respectively represent. We as
sumo that by this time almost If not
quite every voter in the county has de-
cided how he will vote and why.
We address now simply those who
have decided after careful reflection to
vote for Mr.. Connell; and our message
Is to suggest that so many of these as
can conveniently do so will prepare to
render assistance in securing the poll
Ing of the Republican vote. The Re-
publican county committee has effect
ed an organization which will do what
1t can in this direction, but no organi-
zation can do all that needs to be done
at a national election. There is room
and duty for any number of volun-
teers; the more interest shown by Mr..
Connelrs supporters in bringing for
ward the vote for Protection and sound
money, the more effective and emphatic
will be the verdict.
1t Is concern primarily of the people
themselves. To the people we look for
generous and devoted cooperation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-29

tween politicians which wouldn't af-
feet them however it ended.
Alas for this amiable view of the sit
uation, the results proved anything
but. happy. Every minute since that
change was made the voters who
male it have regretted it. They regret
it now worse than they regretted 1t
last year or last week. 1t is an accum-
ulating experience of remorse and eX-
piation which they have had thrust
upon them by reason of their willing
ness four years ago to take stock In
Democratic promises and to invest
trust in a Democratic administration.
Never before in political history has
once prosperous people paid SO high
a price for momentary period of dis
trustfulness of party which had al
ways served ii well.
The lesson of this mistake applies to
local as we'll as to national affairs. The
cry for a change in the commission
ers' office involves not simply a change
in men but also change in policy. The
policy carried out by the Republican
majority in that office has produced
most excellent results. 1t has brought
many and valuable improvements and
met largely increased court costs with
out raising the tax rate. 1t has accu-
mulated generous sinking fund. 1t
has listed the securities of the county
among the safe and desirable invest
ments of the country. The present
management of the countys fiscal af-
fairs could not be bettered. 1t. could
easily, by a change in men and meth
DDS, be made worse.
Take no rash chances. Pay no at
tention to the deceptive arguments for
a change. Make assurance secure by
re-electing Roberts and Roberts.