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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12
Prologue to children of the Ghetto,

Behold friends who stern IN judgment sit.
A hidden world the footlights ne'er have lit,
A world whose day and night, whose sun and
shade,
BY spinning round the ancient law are made,
Whose springs and winters take-whater the
cline
From Old Jerusalem their chengeless time.
Still in Gods love the chosen people basks,
But ahi what tragic price Jehovah asksi
How strange a miracle this deathess life,
Aye, with itself and all the world strifei
This life that links to the purple past
OF Babylon and Egypt, all the vast
Enchantment of the ancient Orient,
And yet with London and New York is blent-
The life that lives, though Greece and Rome are
dust
And SPANS inquisitorial racks rust.
And, though faded from the ancient glory,
When kings ana prophets shone in Israers story
Is Frightening once again, though who shall say
With light OF Eastern or OF Western day?
Our drama shows a phase transitional,
Young love at with ancient ritual
How dead laws living. loving hearts may fetter.
The contest OF the spirit and the letter.
Yet noble. too. that kissing of the rod
That stern obedience to the world OF God,
In goddess days when sweated Hebrews scout
The faith their sunless lives dark without
The comic spirit mocks the ages doom,
And weaves athwart the wool of tragic drama
The humorS Of the human panorama.
The poet vaunts. the hypocrite goes supple
The marriage-broker mates the bashful couple
The peddler cries his wares. the player aces
Saint jostles sinner. fun with wisdom PAGES
The beggars prosper. and the babes increase
And over all the Sabbath whispers. ''Peace!'
In brief. we picture you a world in petto
A seething world OF Children OF the Ghetto
Il. ZangwilI
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COMETS AND METEORS.

Comets have always been considered har-
bingers OF war, pestilence and woe. The
comet OF 43 B. c. was so brilliant that it
could plainly be seen In the daytime and as
IL appeared soon after the death of Caesar
II was believed to be his metamorphosed
soul armed with fire and vengeance. Some
comets are permanent members of our solar
system. but the majority visit us once and
then return into infinite space forever. If
the orbit OF q comet is in the curve of a
parbola ii will depart into stellar depths
nearly parallel TO the line of its approach
II its path is a hyperbole it will recede
from the sun by widely divergent line. If
however. the orbit is elliptical IL belongs
to a class of periodic comets that reap
pear after the expiration of a certain
period Perhaps the most celebrated periodic
comet is the one called Halley's that first
appeared in 1856 with such flaming briliancy
as to alarm the whole world. At that time
the Turks extended their victorious arms
across the Heuespont and threatened to
oyerrun all Europe. 1t is said that Pope
Calixtus III ordered the Ave Maria re-
peated three times a day, and the prayer
was added. Lord. save US from the devil
the Turks and the comet" This splendid
comet returned in 1881. 1907. 1852. 1853, 1885,
and will again appear in 1910.
Inc writer Well remembers DOnatiS
comet-the most magnificent OF modern
tim es-that hung in the western sky dur
ing the autumn OF 1858. Its fan-shaped tail
extended nearly one-fourth the way across
the heavens. with extreme width of
eight degrees. Its orbit was found TO be
ellipticsl. with a period OF nearly two
thousand years. For thousand years IL
will continue its journey into space, then
the suns attraction will draw IL backward
for another thousand years. During all this
period IL will lead a~hum-drum life, with
out light. without coma-or tail. on its re-
turn TO the sun IT will again be dressed in
its brilliant coma and magnificent tall
one hundred million miles In length-to be
admired for a few short months by people
living In a ID $50
In passing near the sun comets appear 10
be subjected To disintegrating influences by
which they are sometimes separated into
pieces; in fact. during periheIion they have
divided into parts even while under the OBJ
servation OF astronomers. Whenever a
comet Is thus broken the disintegration con-
tlnues until the parts become a group OF
cometary fragments called meteoroids or
meteoric swarms. that move In a vast clip
fical orbit around the sun. There is a cius-
ter OF these cometary fragments called
Leonids. or November meteors, that pass
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12

around the sun once in a period of 80 1-3
years. The eccentricity OF their orbit Is so
great that in passing their perihelion they
are less than one hundred million miles
from the sun, while at aphelion the distance
is about two thousand million miles. During
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday OF this
week the earth will be in position TO meet
this group Of meteors and a meteoric shower
will occur The pyrotechnic display of
shooting stars will be greatly subdued by
the presence OF nearly full moon. The
greatest display of falling meteors Is ex-
pected to occur soon after midnight,
Wednesday morning, Nov. 16. The moon
will then be in the constellation OF Aries. or
about two hours west OF the meridian. AT
this hour the constellation of Leo. from
which the motors radiate. will be rising in
the eastern horizon. The vigils Of that
night will be shared by thousands of star
gazers throughout the world. Just one
hundred years ago the celebrated Baron
Humboldt, then in South America, saw the
great meteoric shower of Le6nids, which he
thus describes: Toward. the morning of the
18th OF November, 1893, We witnessed a most
extraordinary scene of shooting meteors
Thousands OF falling stars succeeded each
other during four hours. Their direction
was very regular from north to south From
the beginning OF the phenomenon there was
not a space in the armament equal in ex-
tent TO three diameters of the moon which
was not filed every instant with falling
stars. All the meteors left luminous trails
or phosphorescent bands behind them
which lasted seven or eight seconds"
There is not the slightest danger from the
downfall of the November meteors. The
thick. soft. elastic atmosphere intercepts the
falling meteors and prevents their striking
the earth by fusing them into meteoric dust
Meteors are black. cold and Invisible until
they enter our atmosphere. They dart into
the upper regions of the air with a velocity
of about thirty-five miles a second, produc-
ing by atmospheric friction temperature
sufficient to volatilize them, in about Sec
ond OF time. Hence the enormous evolution
of light and heat. They first appear at an
altitude Of about seventy miles, and are en-
tirely burned out by the time they have
descended to within thirty-five miles of the
earth's surface. JOHN c. DEAN.
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PICKPOCKETS' GAINS.
Fairly Remunerative Calling i'm the
Aggregate.

Josiah Flynt, in the independent
The amount of money which pickpockets
take in annually is probably greater than
that of any of the other specialists In crime.
II would be idle TO say how large 1t Is; but
T. is a well-known fact that thousands or
dollars are stolen by them at big public
to which they have ,bat Access a sss ra
"ent Spnfederate soldiers reunion in the
scout south $500 was stolen by pickpockets.
and almost every day in the year one reads
ing into the thousands. / think IL is con-
servative statement 70 say that IN a s.d ii lie
MnltinIv this figure by l,5oo. which i have
given as the number Of the iirst-cl,ass graft
hiob nm into the millions. Like other pro-
fessional thieves. the pickpocket throws
away his money Ike water and very sell
dom thinks of saving for old age, but prac-
tically ali successful mobs have fall
money Ian expense fund for paying law
yers etc, when they get arrested OF from
5000 TO 5000 each carefully banked. and
I know of one pickpocket who Is the owner
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HOSIERY

Ladies full, regular made Cotton Hose,
with Fancy stripes, a 15c quality, -
while they last ...................... OC
An odd lot of Chiidrens ribbed Cotton
Hose. in sizes 611 to S15, worth o.
AoS' lOi
Children's fine combed Egyptian, Fast
Black, one and two-ribbed Cot a.
ton Hose at, a pair. .IOC
Ladies Fast Black, fine Cashmere Hose
FANCY ribbed, with double Merino o.
heels and toes, at, a pair. 6OC
Ladies' light weight full, regular made.
Fast Black Cotton Hose, fieece-lined
double soles and high-spliced a.
neels, at, pair. .....................O1 Wv
for al.
new line Of Ladies' fancy Lsle Thread
Hose. some polka dots, some fancy tops.
tops with plain black boots, at, SDc
pair OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. wv
East Aisle
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The Fool.
Detroit Journal.

1t CHANGED that the Miser and the Spend
thrift took ship together.
En- voyage. the Spendthrift bought much
wine and sat long at the gaming table.
The fool and his money soon part"'
sighed the Miser.
Presently storm arose, and the ship
foundered. ana lney Were All cast INTO tne
belt about his waist. sank TO the bottom
THE fool and his money" observed the
Spendthrift. sadly. for he was generous
soul. don't always part,'
After that the Spendthrift swan to a raft,
where he starved TO death
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ScansiOn.

Once upon a time Il poet, through unfor-
tunate speculation upon the bourse, became
exceedingly prosperous, and, his heau be-
ing turned, ate three meals per cay right
along thereafter
In consequence he grew in girth until he
could not see his lower eXtremitleS.
"Alas!' he observed one day, to his en-
tourage, what were Sadder than poet
VINO cannot scan his own feet?'
1t would seem, indeed, that he had al
ready ceased TO be a poet and was fast
sinking into the mere humorist.
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of some very valuable real estate. A good
illustration of the rapidity with which they
recoup themselves financially after a period
of rest or term In prison is the story told
about one OF them who returned 10 this
country pennless after a pleasure trip in
Europe. The man related the incident TO a
friend of mine. Didn't have a red he
said. II tackled a saloon keeper j knew
for couple OF thousand. How long do you
think l was paying him back? Three
weeks"
If the pickpocket knew how to save his
money and could invest 1t well his children
might some day be our millionaires.
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Excellent Lighting and Posing

You should see the photographs at Pou-
der's photo studio, No. % Massachusetts
avenue Is the work OF Mr. White Is far
above the average.
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LINENS

20 pieces Check Glass Toweling, IL inches
wide, fast selvedge. a &c quality,
for ......... ........................5
GO dozen Knotted Fringe Damask
Towels, size 2212xf inches, for.25c
6S-inch Satin Damask Scotch Table
Linen. our regular 81 quality. for.79c
Pinch Double Damask Table Lin
en-. patterns in the s1.50 quail
lily, Tor --..-.--...--.-....--.-...
2O-inch Double Damask Napkins,
~ dozen, worth $2.75, for. 10
A.inch size, same goods, in
1910 grace, 1or.....-...... 80 IS
Basement
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unable az the instant 60 penetrate the
gloom. Then he recognized blake. then
grhdually the two mon at the wall. and
hcn AZ last Blake spoke.
There are your followers. LorinE."
\ moments careful scrutiny. then
nod u assent was f.ofinr's answer.
Nov. then. you two said Blake
Two suspected you before. Now more
than suspect you You. the long VII
lain ] warn never to come noslug
about our camp ngain. and you. the
shorter III trouble to come Into camp
forthwith. No. don't draw that pistol
unless you want dozen bullets
through you. Half troop r. right hero
at my back. Your soldier name was
Higgins and you're u drscrtur from
Grams battery New orleans"
For n moment there was q silence
broken only by tho hard breathing ~
the two cornorcd mon. then came
nash. n sharp report. piercing scream
~ the 1.-THE Mexican Eiri sprRng forth
from h'hlnd the blanket and hurled
hofrelf on blake. pnnthcrilke leap %
the accused man undOr cnver ~ tho
flash and smoke. thwnck like tho
sound " the bat when u meets new
baseball full IN the middle. and f.oring'E
nst had landed full ON Hlrglna's jowi
and sent him like q log 10 the floor.
ITO BE- coniinucd.)
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~ 70 that time was the aags,aff At the
adobe corral and barracks sacred to his
name.
Mr.. hlehe had never been In such a
Go1 forsaten country mr. community
before but there was something IN the
utter isolation, the far atrutchlng waste
~ shlmmcrinE sand. the dcsulatc noun
tain ranges sharply outlined, hostile
and forbiddlng. the rpfingieas, stream
less, verdurolc4a plains ~ this stricken
lana, that hafmunizrd with the some
what savage and synicai humor In
which he had sought service In the
whut savage and Hynlcni humur In
which he had sought = rvlc' In the most
lntoiernhlc cline then open Ia the
troops 0f Uncle Fam. uiake had been
lifted and took II bitterly a. heart
Wearing the willow himself, he cher
luhed u nH the only green and growing
thing In the ella VALLEY. whereas had
he sought sympathy he would have
found other young gentlemen similar
~ decorated, and therefore aa content
~ he 10 spend the months or possibly
years OF their imbittercd life Just ns far
frnm the maidonlng crowd and, ~
Blake cynicaily put II. 'aa near hell"
Blake was man % distinction. aa
relatives went and those were days
when friends at court had more 10 do
with q fellows sphere ~ duty-vcry
much morc-than had the fcglmcntni
commander ur even the udlutt ant ren-
cfai. Blake took Arizona IN preference
Ia "a tour In the signal oflcr NJ wash.
lnftun. lie wanted 10 get ~ FAR away
ffum the national capital and the "a.
yoriie hunt % "thc army and navy for
ever" aa he possibly could. II was the
most natural thing In the world to him
that he should ask FOR duty In the land
of deserts. ccntlpcdr. rattlesnakca and
Apnchca. lie nut II on the ground ~
q serious bronchial trouble which could
BE- cured only In a dry climate. but tho
war office knew a. we'll as the nevy de-
partment that II was an affair % the
heart and not ~ the throat.
lie wasn't the frnt man by any man
nor " means to fall In love with Made
iciue Torrance. the pfctticat Eifl and
most uuprlnciplrd iilrt that ever wore
the navy button or tOrinentcl "a sailor
father Blake sought the toughest duty.
that u cHcortinK Inspectors. STAN oiii-
ccf- or paymanierr on their wenrisome
trips through the wilderness. aud no
one denied him. The cavalry was short
~ officers. ana he not assigned 20 San.
ford'H troop. and the blggoat nurprirc
that had come since his commission met
him one day nt Ola bend when that
same old red stage. a relic OF California
days. emerged from the dust cloud Of
Ia own manufacture and o quiet youth
In pepper and salt and sand culorrd
costume looked w from behind pair
u green goggles and said. Hello.
iliakei'
II was the voice. not the face. that
the tall trooper recognized.
"Wcil-of-nil-thc-w what Va tho
name 81 pegaruH btinFp you here. Tor
lns7 ! thought you had graduated into
the engineers"
Pact" said tho newcomer senten-
tiouHiy.
"woll. what's an engineer doing In
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comforting On the officer the brcvct Of
courtesy.
out IN front Of the ranch the old
red stage, long since faded to u dun
color. stood baking IN the burning rays.
The mules had been taken into the cor-
ral fur water. fodder and shade. The
driver was rcgallng himself within the
bar a few ioungrra. smoking. but
silent. seemed dozing the nuuntlde
away. iuring stepped to the side Of the
vehicle AMI drew forth a leather vaiiae.
swung II to his shoulder and strobe
back to whore the colonel stood ponder
inH under the canvas screen.
Good hcftlna power In that right
arm ~ HE" muttcred une 81 the ioun-
gors to q mate sprawicd full length ON
the sand beneath the shelter % "a tent
ny and watching the officer from under
hia half closed lids. \ grant % assent
was the only reply.
know what regiment h. belongs
tor querlci No, !.
"Sn. but ne cavalry" was the muir
INJURED answer. "Huw HIM rtfnddlinE a
bf0nchu at Maricupa Wells last week.
iit knows how"
somewhcrc within the ranch a tri-
angle began 10 janglc. "Quima-a-d0'"
shrlllcd little Pedro. aud three or four
lazy. dfoNalnE forms began slowly 10
get 90 their feet anu a. shuttle away
toward the duuflosH aperture IN tho
adobe wall. the entrance 90 the dining
nom OF the stage ana ranch people.
Two men fingered. the two who were
HpeculatinE na 60 the military cunncc-
lions ~ the youug uincyr. one ~ them.
after quci GLANCE about The uolghbor-
hood rtrullfd out toward the stage
hands deep w the pockets " hia wide
truuHarH Thngu he seemed casually tu
repeat his iriHufriy survey ~ the SUR
roundlngs. Then b. iounEcd back.
g.. o. d.
pi 'oin There YETI young teller changing
hir drcrs. Their dinners ready, though.
Tho caionoi'n writing"
Presently HanrhO. grave and dyiihcr.
ate. nr hsramo biz race. emerged from
the shodawa 81 the bar and came close
before De- spoke.
ellie rnoa to rlde-thnt youth. Know
you whitherl Aud hn has no horse"
Aud. nH though Co. confirm this state.
mcnt, with hlH quick elastic stop i4nrlnT
came forth a. the side Kate. dumped
his NaiiHo into the stage, turned and
looked kccnly over the Nfuup, then un
quickly approached them. iic had dis
unfdtd hin linen coat and trousers ln
favor - r. pair NJ brown cord hrcechca.
with nuaipli icHEinrH and light spurs.
A bruad belt with knife ana rryuiyefH,
was hurklod To- his waist, 4 Hlik hand
kurchlsf was loosely knnitnd at his
thfuat. \ light coiored frlt hat wua
pulled down a. his oychrowa, ana Just
colofcd gaunticta We're drawn upon hlH
hands ''sancho." said he. have that
runn ~ your Hnddicd IN ten minutes.
How much II keep him a week.
Everything IN my house h No the
service ~ the senior capliln." began
soncho Rrandiloqueniiy' but aH TO that
"No other viii do. How much n
week. Though I may keen him onb
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surely know not. senior tcnicntc."
lie had dropped the captain" as too
transparent nattcry.
Don't H.. snncho There's ten more
dollars" and t,ofinR tossed an eagle
into the ready palm. That's so, aud
shall want that horse again In the
morning"
Tomorrow. scnori why. he viii
not be nt 10 so.
hut 10 this observation AIR. Loring
made no reply. Straight from Sancho's
side he walked down tho corral, halt
ed behind two. TanEy. hard looking
atccds that showed sun the effects Of
recent severe usage. aud these he
studied e1ciy and thoroughly few
minutes, while. pc.fing from two mar
row flita IN the ranch wall between the
Windows. two sun tanned frpnticrsmen
90 closely studied him. With these lat
ter poeplng from the shaded window
was "iho wiz. - my brother" oxchnng-
Ing with them comments Ia low.
guarded tones In the adjoining room.
a bedroom. a Elri % porharn 10. slender,
Eraccfui ana dark eyed. pcepcd In the
opposite direction over toward the wilt
lows where uiakc'r men were now un-
aaddilng, whence presently with giant
strides. came Blake himaclf stalking
over the Ffnd.
sanrhp. DESPITE his anxious scrutiny
OF Lorinr's silent movements saw the
coming officer ANA prepared hts cpunto-
nance for smllva. hut. with face Get
and f1rhidlng. Blake went aternly by,
talking no notice " she proprietor, and
made directly foe the little nrpup now
muttorlnH nj the dining room door. The
l1unrrrH. rumU ~ whom had deserted
the supper table for r. sight ~ the cap
lives and the cavnicado. sldicd righ,
ana lfft nH though o. avoid his eyes,
lot into each face. most u them hang
dog NH1gua. Dc cared sharply, as
though In search ~ some one. yet never
iuitrfcd IN his stride. Hack from her
barred window Hhrnnk the young girl
ne tho tall soldier camo within q dozen
rnces To one Tide or another smoke
lnhallnH and surviving g. look uncun-
cornHl. edged the Hwnrthy constituents
~ che Erour. and with mover u word
Co one N ihrm. straight through their
midst and the doorway beyond. went
iu1kr. catching the three peppers. the
wife ~ my brother" and the brace ~
pnipnblo cut.thfonta NJ their l0ppholos.
80 unexpected was the move that II
had not even occurred 60 one ~ the
trraturra ut the door a. muttcr
word N warning. Fn Unrrusncd worn the
three In their scrutiny thnt iilnko'n en-
trance was unhenrd
True. b. had discarded boots and
anuff and hiH feet were innnacd In soft
Apache mnrcnsina. The fioor. too. was
carihon, hut he made no cffoft at
stealth md IN tho gloom and shadow
~ the low rooted room u was for mos
mont diiilcult Co distinguish the human
ilgurr against the opposite wall, n
was biz car that nrst save warning.
for low. yet distinct, he heard the
words
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stood at his thr,s-.iold. the old iorgnet,e
IN hand. bowling profoundly as two
travellers. officers Of the army appar-
emily. emerged In their busters and
siiiily ulightcd
Have any letters or dispatches been
left hero for mey" asked IN quiet tone
the elder u the two. iimplng slightly
as he advanced. leaving to his comade
the responsibility Of seeing that none u
their lugEngc had been jolicd out Of the
rickety vehicle.
one or two hangers on came lanFuld-
~ yet inauisiuvcly within earshot.
For answer the ranchkccper with an
othcr elaborate bow. produced "A bulky
Official enNeinpo. The ufiicor glanced nj
the supcrfcriptiou. said. This ia for
me-" Hirode within the adobe walled
corral. halted under n screen Of brown
canvas ana there tore upon the packet.
Several personal lettorr FELL to the
ground. but he paid nt nfst little heed
Ia Them. Rapidly his eyes ran over a
sheet " closely written matter. then he
turned In the silent and cercmonloua
runrhmnu.
when ga this Conner" he asked.
at sunset yesterday. senior CONAN
dante"
where's the couricr7'
Tie rottsncd before dawn today"
The lounxorf drew gtlll nearer ~ the
senior calmly turned 10 his companion,