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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
THE QUEEN BEHIND THE FINGER.
Lillian Bell Gets Her First Taste OF
ReaI Liberty in England.

LauleS Home journal.
have seen the Houses Of Parliament and
the Tower and Westminster Abbey, and the
worlds fair, but the most impressive sight
l ever beheld is the appraised hand of a
London policeman / never heard one OF
them speak except when spoken 10. But
let little biuc-coated man raise his
fcrefinger and every vehicle on wheels
stops and stops instantly; stops in obedi-
cree to law and order; stops without swear
ing or gesticulating or abuse; stops with
no underhanded trying to drive out Of
line and get by the other side;
just stops, that is the end of it. And why?
Because the Queen of England is behind
that raised finger. Why a London police
man has more power than our President.
Even the Queens coachmen obey that fore
finger Understanding how to obey, that is
what makes liberty.
l am the most hamboyant of Americans,
the most hopelessly addicted to my own
country, but l must admit that i had my
first real taste of liberty in England. / will
tell you why. In America nobody obeys
anybody; We make our laws. and then
most industriously set about studying out
plan by which we may evade Them
America is suffering, as all republics must
OF necessity suffer, from liberty in the
hands of the multitude The multitude are
ignorant, and liberty in the hands of the
Ignorant 10 always license.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31

was at about 11S degrees. Three Of them
died as they lay asleep in the broiling sun
and one of the others has been demented
ever since.
According to M. Rider bees are weather
prophets. If the winter is going to be hard
they close the entrance to their hive with
1t is going TO be fine they leave it wide
open A bee. cannot go outside at the tenn
perature of freezing water without fear of
death. Accordingly, Il bees close their hives
IN October the winter is likely to be severe.
st. Patrick's Cathedral. New York, has
one hundred persons on it's pay roll This
sistants, ushers and cleaners. The arch
bishop and eight priests attend to the spiri-
tual wants Of the parish, which comprises
to June the average Sunday attendance is
fourteen thousand On Christmas and
Easter there are usually twenty thousand
WOrShfpers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Somewhere.

How can cease to pray for thee? Somewhere
In Cod's great universe thou art to-day,
Can He not reach thee with His tender care
Can He not hear when for thee pray!
what matters il 10 Him who holds within
The hollow of His hard all worlds al =, space
YClre where within His ken thou hast a place
son,ayvheraf thou Invest and hast need OF Him;
Somewhere thy soul sees higher heights TO
6'irab. II, ~.
That thou must pass TO reach the hills sublime.
Tho, all the moro because thou canst not hear
Poor human words 81 blessing, VIII l pray;
o true brave heart. God HESS thee wheresoe' er
IN Gods great universe thou art to-day.
lula q r. DOrr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31

Chicago Journal.
Spinker-No, sir; in this contest I shall
vote according to the dictates of my own
conscience.
Winker-Oh, why don't you get on the re-
spectacle side once, even if it's just for the
looks of things?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
JOnahed.
Judge

ing chickens. We don't seem to have any
luck.
Mrs. Suburbs-How can you expect to
have any luck my dear? When you set a
hen you invariably put thirteen eggs under
her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
There She Was.

Philadelphia North American.
81 want 10 see the boss" said the caller.
entering the Old Boys Office.
Yes, sir, replied the fair typewriter. as
she played away merrily on the keys,
what can / do for your
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31

Cleveland Leader.
He-Wen. it's IL o'clock. I think I'd bet
ter be going.
She-Dear me; that's the first thought
you've had this evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Sunday Journal, by Mail, So a Year

estly for a moment and then smiled bravely
through his bicycle face.
Have you none that registers in acres?"
he asked, with a palpable effort to be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Cause of the Quarrel.


Phtladeiphla inquirer
She-So many men marry for money-you
wouldn't marry me for money, would you,
dearest?
He (absently)-No, darling; I would not
marry you for all the money in the world
and he narvels now that she did not speak
the last time he met her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
A safe Tonic.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago IT1bune.
There is one good thing about the doc
tors prescribing bicycles"
What is that?"
1.-THE dealer who fills the prescription
can't give us morphine by mistake"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
As Surely as Sparks Fly Upward

So surely win aleeplessness. nervousness.
loss OF appetite and similar troubles shatter
the constitution. make ii an easy prey to
all Understanding diseases. Bicoia Pills the
new discovery. cure all nervous and blood
troubles Bicola Pills make the hoart right
lungs right nerves right because they make
the blood right. AS a female regulator BIZ
cola Pills are invaluable. furnishing pure
blood TO the brain and spinal cord BicoIa
Pills, discovered and perfected by the Tur-
ners, of Philadelphia. The Turner'S also
make
PO-MELIA--The infants friend, the in
valid's benefaetor. A perfect food new
discovery for the little ones and for the
weak.
TURNER'S LITTLE LIVER TURNER'S
A very small pill. Turns your liver.
For sale by
Henry Huder.. Browning & Son Bates House
Pharmacy. X. l. Eads H. c. Pomeroy frank
Garter Sic Mpehl. Fishers PharmacS. l.. II.
L s'oekman, ], =. Gauid, George Borst. chas.
kVllng. Gharles Watson. Edward Reick Conrad
Keller VI ,Eishroat, G Z; Ruch, nadley
Fis,a. { ~ Eys,ss r. y Steward. Gus LENDER
& Bro West fndianapcis-Charl Hahn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
COngeniaI Employment.
Chica on Record

Chicago Record.
Virgins has a new typewriter girl"
what has become of the other one?'
Her spelling was so original that he per-
suaaed her to go in for dialect writing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
His Philosophical Inference.



Farmer Hornbeak docking up from his
rewspaper)-Well, here's q plausible lie
this yarn about Congressman Gassaway.
Mrs Hornbeak-How do you know il s a
lie. Ezra? 1t sounds probable.
Farmer Hornbeak--I know il does: and
guess I'd have believed Ii if it wasn't
headed - True Story"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
HUMOR OF THE DAY.


Puck.
Walker--Necessaries of life are very dear
in Klondke
Wheeer-What is high-grade one worth
out there?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
A Guarantee.
Chicago Journal.

OHICdSO JOuTIlaI.
There's one amusing thing I've noticed
about self-made men,.
"And what's that?'
You get a manufacturers guarantee
with every one of Them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
sonlewherqf thou livest and nd. ha I
crsnt nonnnaa wheat Farm.

w A. White IN Scribner.
Ii is difficult TO present the idea Of the
bigaess OF these farms TO the person whoee
preconceived notion of 4 farm is little
checker board lyin. upon a hillside or in q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Out OF His Glass.
Judge.

Schoolma' am (encouragiEgly) - Come
now, Harold; spell chicken
Harold-Please, ma'am, I'm not old
enough to spell chicken; but you can try
me on eggs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Area.
Detroit journal.

DETROIT JOuIAdl.
Let me-" urged the merchant. "seil you
a cyclometer. II viii tell you just how
much ground you have covered"
The man with the slender legs took the
cyclometer in his hands. gazed upon it earn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Ought To.
PHILADELPHIA Time.

Philadelphia Times.
Sullivan is thinking of getting ouf an
autobiography. 1t ought to Introduce many
interesting scraps Of history.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
Proceedings Were Taken.
Puck.

Junior Counsel latter stating case)-I
think cur client has a good cause of action.
Senior Counsel (doubtingly)-I can't see it
what is it?
Junior Counsel-Hes worth fifty thousand
dollars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-31
When Women Vote.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

whats the matter with that lively
young widow across the way?"
She's broken hearted. That daughter of
hers, the one she calls sixteen, went over
to the voting booth yesterday and gave her
age as twenty-five"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
Making skeleton Leaves.

One Of the prettiest of natural orna-
ments for scrap-books or for framed
cards or for other decorations are
skeleton leaves-that is, leaves from
which all the substance has been re-
moved with the exception of the ribs
and the larger veins. Nature some
times makes skeleton leaves, but it
does not always do this work perfectly,
and our boys and girls don't want to
wait all winter for her to complete her
task. They can do the work much
more easily, themselves.
Gather a number of large, perfect
leaves Of different kinds and place
them in pan of rain-water, to which
a trace of yeast has been added. AL
low them to stand until the soft mem
braneous portion has become soft.
Then hold them one by one in running
water and everything but the ribs and
veins will wash away, leaving only the
leaf skeleton. If you wish to bleach
the skeletons out 20 an ash color place
them on little shelf in the top of a
tight soap box. On an iron dish or
plate in the bottom lay some live Goals
and sprinkle over them few pinches
of sulphur. The fumes will bleach out
the skeleton leaves, leaving them beau
tifully white and delicate,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
diamond won't with the Hen.

Recently the wife of w. ]. Paxton,
residing few miles east of West
Union, Ohio, while feeding hen
and her brood Of chickens, dropped
the diamond set in finger ring. No
sooner had the diamond struck the
ground than it was gobbled up and
swallowed by the hen. At first it was
decided to kill the hen and recover
the precious stone, but after con-
sultation with her husband it was de-
eided to wait few days, so as not to
deprive the chickens of the needed
care of their mother. Several of the
neighbors were told of the strange oe-
currence, and it was soon the talk of
the neighborhood. In the meantime
the farmers wife had grown impatient
for the recovery of the diamond and
had determined to kill the hen in a day
or two, but that opportunity has now
passed. 1t was discovered that the hen
was missing, and a thorough search of
the premises failed to reveal any trace
Of the missing fowl. Some one know
ing the true worth of the hen had
doubtless stolen her to procure the dia-
mond,-Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

convoy to stop until the ordinary IN
terrogations were made to verify the
fact that the body which they bore was
really that of Father Marquette. The
spot where the body now lies Is well
looked after by the citizens of st, Ig-
mace.
The visitor will find in and around
St. Ignace some rare and beautiful
scenery. Many curious rock forma
lions will be noted as st. Anthony's,
which, when viewed from the correct
angle. shows a huge face in profile, also
picturesque Castle Rock, which towers
up to a height of 300 feet. Before leaV-
ing St. Ignace a visit to the docks to
view the famous steamer St. Marie will
well repay the sightseer. This huge
vessel is the transportation boat for the
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic, the
Grand Rapids and Indiana and the
Michigan Central railways, by which
companies she is jointly owned. 1t
was built at a cost of S350,000.
The boat is known all over the world
as the ice Crusher," from the fact, that
in the dead of winter she often piows
through the solid ice to the thickness
of three feet at a speed of ten miles
an hour in making her trips from St.
Ignace to Mackinaw City, loaded with
as high as twenty-one railway cars. She
is enabled to make her way through the
frozen straits by means of immense
wheels, which operate under the water
at her bow, whereby a vacuum is Gre
ated, enabling her sharp PROV, pro-
PEELED as she is by two monster en-
gines, together by her great weight, to
crack, crush. and clear away the mass
of ice that fills her path in a manner
that is both wonderful and beautiful
to witness, Specially appointed ennis
saries from The governments OF Russia,
Norway and Sweden have been sent
here to witness her astounding per-
formance.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
A Box,s Clever Invention.

There is clever boy in one Of the
big skyscrapers downtown who will
some day invent himself into for
tune. This boy sits at a desk from 8
in the morning until 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and makes entries in huge
ledger. At each entry he has to turn
the pages, and this necessitates the use
of blotter to dry the ink which he
has just used. Taking the blotter up
from the table, placing it aside before
the page is turned takes a good deal
Of time. This boy thought about it
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

it is possessed of but one bUainess
street, which runs along the lake shore
for distance of four miles. An anus
ing feature of the Labor Day celeDra-
ton on Sept. 6. the first of its kind IN
the history of the village, was that the
festivities of the day began with tug
of war at one end of the main street,
and ended with the catching OF q
creased pig three miles distant. Varl
GUS amusements were given all along
the line, but this manner Of procedure
compelled the spectators to take a three
mile walk if they desired to witness the
entire performance.
Whether DESTROYS of health, scenic
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

the island Of cotl breezes is PE. Mack
NAV, which was first occupied ~ the
English in 1880, and held by Them for
thirteen years, when it was given up
to nhe Americans There is not anoth-
er fortress in all the northwest which IS
surrounded with such a history as Ft
Mackinaw, which is now the property
of the State of Michigan, and which
forms one Of the chief points of interest
to the thousands of yearly visitors to
the island.
Next come the Les Cheneaux islands,
to describe the fairy like beauty OF
these islands. Their surrounding wat
ers are alive with bass, pike, ptckerel
and mUsealonge.
Last but not least come the inland
fishing resorts near st. Ignace, such as
Brevoort lake and Carp river. Beauti-
full walks and drives are to be found
all around. The lover of nature finds
much to admire in a walk or drive
along the beautiful shores or over the
commanding bluffs. AS rule here all
through the summer the nights are
cool, a blanket by no means comes
amiss, and the absence Of mosquitoes
and other noxious ineseets is enjoy.
able
The grave of Father Marquette is the
visitors objective point. modest in
closure of small patch of ground and
which are eighteen miles from st. lg-
mace, in the northern portion of Lake
Huron, and as well as Mackinaw island
are easily reached from this point, as
boats are constantly plying between
this place during the day. 1t is dihcult
marble shaft of meager dimensions
mark the last resting place OF this not
ed priest and explorer. Marquette died
on the 18th of May, 1675,and was buried
on the spot where his death occurred
on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan,
at the place now called Ludington. at
the age of thirty eight years. His Doay
remained in that grave two years,
The Kishkokan Indians then removed
the body from it's resting place, and ac-
cording to their custom, scraped the
| flesh from the bones, drying them IN
the sun, after which they placed the
bones in a birch bark canoe and set out
for St. Ignace. The historian OF me
Jesuits states that in the funeral cor
tege there were nearly thirty canoes;
that as the cortege approached st. Ig-
mace, two priests, accompanied by all
the Indians and the French OF the VII
iage, went to meet them, and caused th'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

for good while, and then he fixed up
marvellous little automatic blotter.
He bored a smooth hole through the
back of his desk and threaded a piece
of stout string through it. To the end
of this which hung down at the back
he tied an iron weight; the other end
he brought up through the hole and
fastened by two strings to a stout blot
ting pad having a celluloid back.
Then he fixed a smooth board so that
the pad would slide up readily when the
weight went down. After that when
he needed the blotter he seized it, drew
it down over the book, pressed it on
the spot to be blotted and then let go
of it. The weight at the back Of
course ierked it quickly out of the way,
leaving 1t ready for the next time. In
this way the young bookkeeper was
able to do more work than the man
who had the place before him, and If
he hasn't had his salary raised 1t isn't
because he does not deserve it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

carefully rolled Into 4 globular nest,
says a writer in st. Nicholas. Cautious
" drawing my handkerchief around
this / tied it up with whatever
1t contained and hurried home
with my treasure. On emptying
1t into a box covered with wire
gauze / found that / had cap
tured two beautifully delicate and ele-
CANT creatures somewhat larger than
mice. Their fur was thick and soft and
their feet were white. But their chief
beauty lay in their eyes-great, black
liquid orbs, half protruding from the
head.
They soon became quite tame and
would allow me to put my hand into
their cage and give them fruit and ber-
ries. After about two weeks procured
cocoanut, sawed it in two, and TAX
ing half of it made In it little door
way. When put this into their cage
they seemed to go wild with excite
ment and delight, In and out they ran
through the little doorway hundred
times in succession. Finally they
pulled their nest to pieces and rebuilt it
in the cocoanut hut
Their faVorite fruit is nuts, which of
course they cannot crack, and yet they
get at the inside very cleverly, for with
their sharp chisel teeth they dexterous-
ly gnaw hole through the hard shell
and then scoop out the meat from the
interior. They are fond of nice pears
and apples, and one such fruit will last
them both week. They get no water;
the apple or pear does for drink.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

Aunt Martha's' pantry was full Of
ants. They crawled in the cakebox,
they skipped in the sugar-barrei, and a
person was never sure when slice Of
Aunt Marthas delicious bread was cut
that half-dozen ants might not fall
out Of the little yeast holes. No one
knew where they came from or how
they escaped after they had filled them
selves with the good things. Half a
dozen times Aunt Martha had taken
everything out of the pantry, washed
the shelves, put ON clean papers and
looked carefully for some hole through
which the ants might steal, but che
would no more than get the dishes back
again than the pantry would swarm
with ants.
"It'sFenough to try the patience Of a
saint" she said to Uncle Matthew. Il
declare don't know what I'm goin
to do"
At that Flox piped in with her merry
voice:
What will you give me to clean
them all out. auntie?" she said.
why, my dear, If you'll conquer
those ants I'll have party for you and
invite the Hill girls and the little
Coopers and any of the others that you
care most to see"
Floxz had come down from the city
the day before to spend three weeks on
the farm with her aunt. She had been
preparing all summer for a good time,
and now that 1t was here she was en-
joying It as hard as she could.
ats mammals way" she said to
Aunt Martha, but she wouldn't tell any
more about it.
The next day she climbed up in the
barn where the boys were drying their
walnuts and brought down an apron
full. Part Of these she cracked open
and placed, meats and all, in a low tin
nan, which she set on the pantry shelf.
Then she placed little paths of wood
up to the edge, so that the ants could
climb in. The next morning you would
have been astonished to see that pan.
II fairly swarmed with ants-hundreds
and hundreds of them, and they were
running up and down the pathways
so that they nearly crowded one an
other off. Flox emptied them all out
together, and, after cracking new
supply Of nuts set the pans again the
next night. This time she watched
carefully and her sharp eyes found q
very little crack near the floor, where
the ants came through. She stopped
it up and then caught in her pan oil
walnuts every one of the remaining
ants.
There, Aunt Martha" she said;
'I've done my work"
Aunt Martha examined the pantry VI
and down and couldn't find a single
ant
''well," she said; "Tn do my work.
and the very next week Flox had hel
party.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
ChonsInr . Novel.

Awriter in Clips lets out a secret re,
garding the way in which some young
women judge novels.
In a street car two girls were talking
Of what they read.
"oh, l choose the novel easily
enough said one. Il go to the cir
culating library and look at the last
chapters. II find the rain softly and
sadly dropping over one or two lonely
graves, don't have it; but if the
morning sun IS glimmerlng over bridal
robes Of white satin, know it's all
right"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

was founded 226 years ago and received
its name from Father Marquette the
intrepid missionary, whose name Is IN
every mind and on every lip OF the
hundreds of visitors who seek these
shores each year. The name OF 81. ls-
mace alone fills the mind of the student
Of history with host of memories, the
rare purity of it's breeze swept shores
give new life to the invalid, and the
sourist' will find interest in the varied
types of humanity that constitute It's
Inhabitants. These consist largely OF
Canadian French, and goodly NUMBER
of full blooded and half breed Indians
A general system of schools, an electric
lighting plant and an excellent water
supply, which is drawn from the depths
of Lake Huron, are the chief enterprises
of which the town can boast. The COM
munity is well supplied with churches
and lodges. The Indian inhabitants are
q quiet and harmless class, VINO take
not little pride in attaining an educa-
ton. 1t is not an uncommon occur
renee to run across three-fourths or
full-blooded Indian, who not only
speaks his native tongue, but handles
huently the English and French Ian
guages as well. They are prone to do
heavy work, however, and much prefer
to earn a livelihood by picking and
selling berries and fruits during the
summer months and by fishing during
the winter.
One popularity of St. 1gnace IS that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

beauty or pastime, the summer visitor
can be we'll accommodated here. We
are within sight and easy reach Of the
far-famed Mackinaw Island. These two
points have been connected since time
immemoIial. The Indians, as the quaint
old story goes, looking out from Point
st. Ignace at the rising of the sun, be-
held Mackinaw Island suddenly rise up
from the bosom of the waters and from
its resemblance to a great turtle gave
II the name of Michilimackinac On this