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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-12

Detroit Free Press.
I'm Just starting for Cuba to look over
the field for investment" said the solid
citizen to the shrewd insurance agent.
MAKE me out a $50, coo endowment at once"
Not on your life"
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Fighting Yellow Fever.

Eminent medical authorities are OF
the opinion that the South will be prac-
tically freed from the standing menace
of yellow fever as soon as American
methods can be brought to bear on the
question of sanitation in our newly ac-
qulred provinces. Santiago is a very
paradise of filth, and there is not for
one hour any reasonable assurance
that an epidemic may not break out
there. The sacrifice of the principle
cities and ports of Cuba through their
publication by fire will be cheap
and eminently suitable operation, pro-
vided it eventuates in that cleanliness
that comes by fire alone The i'm
munity of the South from such a
scourge will be secured at a most rea-
sonable rate, if the predictions of the
physicians are fulfilled. They claim
that with Siboney, Santiago, Havana
and a few other points subjected to
such vigorous treatment, there will be
little, if any, difficulty, in controlling,
if not absolutely stamping out, this
dread disease. This is the first time
that yellow fever has been attacked in
its stronghold, and the fact that most
of the cases are of en- extremely mild
type is matter for. most decided re-
joicing. =
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Sewer Gas Poisonina

That sewer gas may be a carrier OF
the germs of infectious diseases is now
little doubted, and sound plumbing is
looked upon as one of the best safe
guards against the spread of disease.
That sewer gas itself is poisonous even
when 1t does not convey the germs of
infectious disease is not generally un-
derstood. We remember once to have
heard a celebrated medical authority
say that it would be enough to kill
man to hold his head for half an hour
over sewer opening, and this no
doubt chimed we'll with popular belief.
Nevertheless, the impunity with which
Workmen remain for hours in sewers
In active use indicates that sewer gas;
is not under all circumstances a very
active poison. The most constant of
the symptoms which are attributed to
the inhalation of sewer gas are loss of
appetite, extreme prostration and pain
in the head. Sore throat of diph-
therltic type is also to be attributed
to this cause, as well as fever, general
debility and neuralgia.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
DIke-Buildinx In Ho,1. : !

On the Holland coast great dikes are
built by the action Of the wind. The
sand becomes dry and drifts in lines
and eddies. The Inhabitants took ad-
vantage Of this fact and, observing that
little mounds were formed wherever
there was an obstruction, they scooped
holes In the sand and placed therein
tufts OF grass. These became more
substantial when they took root and
began to grow, and very soon the sand
was blown up against them, finally
covering them compl pletely. The entire
surface Of the beach was set out with
plantations Of these tufts and behind
them were rows OF reeds also set IN .1le
sand. The reeds appear to stop the
course Of the sand drifts, the windrows
.piling up about foot high around the
reed stalks. w hen this additional
height was gained the process Of put
ting out grass tufts was again begun
and continued until the entire surface
was like 4 garden. Then the drifting
Of sand was allowed 70 proceed. This
process WIS repeated again and again
until euosnous dikes were formed. In.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
The Russian Thistle.

Look out for the Russian thistle. It
is here and it has come to stay, says
Farm News. Last year the writer saw
good many specimens east Of the
Mississippi river, some Of them along
the railrca IS of Ohio. Last fall good
many thistles went to seed and the
winter winds blew them hither and
yon all across the country This
spring there are a good many places
where Russian thistles are springing
up miles away from the place where
the seed ripened last fall. This is es-
pecially true of the prairie sections of
Illinois, and it is safe to predict that
the battle with this pest is on. Every
man must use his best efforts to de-
stroy every specimen on his land, II
he would have any peace handling his
crops of grain. We have been watch
ing specimens grow along one of the
great railroads, and it is surprising
how rapidly they shoot up and how
thickly the land has become seeded
with them in some places. If one Of
these plants get start, it soon throws
any other plant near the thistle, and
il the thistles are thick enough every
other kind of vegetation disappears. A
single plant where it grows alone will
often cover circular spot three feet
in diameter before the season is over.
1t is the worst weed pest we have ever
been called upon to fight, and it should
be kept in subsection from the first
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
heavy storms the dikes are 70 N ex-
tent l " washed a into holes and gu1lics, but
they are repaired BY the same process
as soon as the wind sets the sand drift
VIII Rip Seams.

~
IN an invention recently patented a
/ novel no. g device is provided for ripping
seams which is SO constructed as to
cause. a recipro coating knife held be-
tween the members OF a body-section
to tsthe threads Of seam at both up
and down movements, says the Scien-
tihc American. In the attachment IL
lustrated, a shield-like device is pro-
vided which Is formed to receive the
seam and which coacts with the recip-
rocating ripper-arm. The shield forms
part OF an attachment adopted to be
ad1ustably secured to the sewing ma
chine and is provided at it's front end
with tapered slot terminating in
circular opening. This circular aper-
ture enables the cut threads to leave
the shield readily. The ripper-arm is
pivoted to the shield and at it's for
ward end is sharpened to rounded
cutting edge. BY it's reciprocating
movement across the slot of the shield
the arm is enabled to cut both at it's
up and down movements. AS shown
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Favorite Subject for Photography.

Perhaps no celestial body has been
photographed so many times as the
moon. At Lick Observatory the s'man
in the moon" sits for his picture many
times during the year. Jupiter and
Saturn are also frequent subjects, and
no day passes in which some sun-spot
does not leave it's celestial autograph
on the. sensitive plate. Many astro-
snomical discoveries have been made
through photography, the greatest of
them being the discovery, by Professor
Draper, Of oxygen in the sun. The
applications :#Sof photography are SC
many and so varied that a whole vol
aums aoft the st. Nicholas would be re-
-quired TO- describe them; for there is
no. department Of knowledge in which
sit sfas been SO extensively used, and
none. to which It has been so UNIVERSAL
Ely helpful. @:ss ..s ss .s.#..2
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
A Sample of Good Moro.


Prof. Dean c. Worcester contributes
to the September Century an article on
The Malay Pirates of the Philippines -
Speaking OF his guide, Prof. Worcester
says: Toolawee was considered a good
Moro, and we were therefore interested
in certain incidents which gave US an
insight into his real character. After
satisfying himself by observation that
we could use our rifles with some ef-
feet, he made us rather startling
business proposition in the following
words: "You gentlemen shoot quite
we'll with the rifle" YES; we have
had some experience" "You desire to
get samples of the clothing and arms
of my countrymen for your collection %
Eyes, Papa General Arolas) told
you, if you met armed Moros outside
the town, to order them to lay down
their arms and retire?" EYES," "Papa
does not understand my people as do.
They are all bad. When we meet
them, do not ask them to lay down
their arms, for they will come back
again.. and get them, and probably at
tack us. Just shoot as many of them
as possible. You can then take their
arms and clothing, and I will cut off
their heads, shave their eyebrows,
show them to papa, and claim the re-
ward for killing juramentados" He
never really forgave us foryrefusing to
enter into partnership with him on this
very liberal basis.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Color of Soldiers' Uniform.

A series of experiments on the best
color for the uniforms of soldiers have
presented some unusually interesting
facts. A number of soldiers were
dressed in uniforms of different colors.
including green, blue, scarlet and very
light and dark, gray. They marched
across the country in order to see
which color first became invisible. The
light gray disappeared first, then the
scarlet, dark gray, blue and green in
the order named. Rifemen were then
detailed to fire at the colors at vari-
GUS ranges. It was a curious fact that
more shots went at random when fred
at the scarlet than any of the other
colors. 1t is therefore not impossible
that the bright uniforms Of the Brit
ish regulars have a scientific reason
for being.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Metal1izing Wood,

Much interest exists at present on
the subject of metallizing wood, and
each achievement in this line is of
great value as a point in the progress
OF this art. One of the latest expert
ments is thus detailed in Paris pa
per: "The wood is first immersed for
three or four days. as may be it's de-
gree of permeability, in caustic alka-
line lye, and thence passes Immediately
into bath of hydrosulphide of cal
cum, to which is added, after twenty
tour or thirty-six hours, a concentrated
solution of sulphur in caustic potash
The duration Of this bath is about for
ty-eight hours, and it's temperature is
from tifty-five to fifty degrees. Finally
the wood is immersed for thirty or
forty hours in hot solution of acetate
OF 1ead.' From this bath the wood
goes to drying room, where the
moisture is removed at a moderate
temperature, then. it goes into the
hands Of the burnisher, who uses a
piece of white wood as rubber, until
the surface is highly polished and
shines with metallic luster. The de-
gree of brilliancy is to some extent ef-
'ected by applications of metallic pow
Ter or the use of zinc, lead or tin rub
,ers. Experiments with bronze pow
lers are being made to see whether
Turing the rubbing the wood may not
lot take on the color of the applied
powder.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Empty Houses.

Many people who leave town to en-
JOY a well-earned holiday leave thoir
houses shut up and unattended. When
houses have been practically empty
during the holidays, closets, sinks and
traps have been lying idle; the water
in the traps has evaporated, and the
house has filled itself with air directly
from the sewers On returning to a
house which has been empty for some
weeks, all the windows, front and
back, should be- opened, and every
watertap should be turned on in order
that the traps may be filed and seal
ed. 1t has fallen to the lot of many
a pater familias to see an outbreak OF
sore throat in his family caused by
the neglect Of the above precautions
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
"GOOD-BY."

OF those delightfully."- irresponsible crea-
lures who always manage to shift the
blame OF their shortcomings on to 9TH
er peoples shoulders, and whom no
one-no man, at any rate-ever dreams
OF judging by ordinary Standards No.
"a wondered, as she stood there idly
looking into tn b street, how she could
ever have been foolish enough to take
Betty's love trou ubles seriously.
Meantime, that same folly of hers
was going to bear some very unpala-
table fruit. In less than ten minutes
young Markham would be there He
had arranged to call for Miss Helm
sley and her au|nt, Lady Hewitt, to es-
cort them to an afternoon concert The
elder lady had declared at luncheon
that the weather was far too depress-
Ing for it not to be madness to risk the
probability of q further fall in ones
moral baromete by couple of hours
of orchestral music, and that Nora
must give him some tea and her ex-
cuses;
Nora was con scious that this was a
neat pretext for giving the young
man the chance for a tete-a-tete with
herself. Lady Hewitt was too indo-
lent, naturally, not to be heartily
weary of her duties as chaperon to her
niece. An attractive heiress was a
responsibility little to her taste, and
the girl felt that, ineligible as most
mothers and re Bponsible people would
have termed T ed Markham, with his
post in the foreign Office and his mea-
ger personal fortune, Lady Hewitt
would open her arms gladly to him if
he would but relieve her of her oner-
GUS duties Of watch dog, and would de-
clare that Nora had money enough for
them both. &Ar& Is ..%E, .
Z Nora sighed as she stood at the win
dow. It was a topsy-turvy world, and
the wrong people were always being
thrown together. If only.
81 Am I distur bing you? I was told
to come in here" ~ "
u Nora started, and the color rushed to
her face. =5.1s ESE a. g.. S..... r.
"Oh, ] hadn't heard you come in! Do
Z sit down. Aunt isn't well. am So
sorry you should have had the trouble
Of calling for nothing, but she hoped ID
& be able to go until the last moment:
Won't you let me give you some
L tea ?''. sal l$tss} 5:s II
She spoke with nervous hurry
4 scarcely spausing for an answer.
Ted Markham took the chair she Of.
Il fered him, and listened In silence while
] she ratified on. Suddenly she stopped
4 CONSCIOUS of hts Azed glance.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07

A
Is anything the matter q she ask
ed, &c, in slightly alarmed voice. Il
was surely not possible that he could
already have learned BeIty's treach-
cry. NJ I'D 4! 81 5s
81 Yes. We can't 60 on like this,
| Miss Helmsley!' ..zSEs @ s554 ss..4s
No ~ 81" Nora felt the color go out
Of her face. 1853 .5s Ia 3S 4 al$. l...
1T isn't fair to you, and besides IT,
things have changed - p, 5s
49, You mean that Betty ~ s55e1 .H.zI
Miss Oakhurst is going to be mar
REQ Is, .::;s | NO Nora r gasFed. but did not
speak. k.r She is engaged to Lord Bar
ttnnorpe. +. I met Lady Oakhurst just
now, and she was overflowing with
loving kindness to the world in gen
eral." NY z'.' sG:@:s gs
/ :"Betty has behaved. abominably!"
put IN Nora, indignantly. # = !,
Ted Markham smiled. .,
think, on the contrary, that she
mas shown remarkably good sense.
am going to leave London; really
came this afternoon to say good-by."
Nora bit her lips.
L am. very sorry" she began, hest
tatingly.. II am afraid l was rather
10 blame, but I thought Betty really
cared, and"
She left the sentence unfinished. Ted
Markham's demeanor puzzled her; he
was quite white, and there was look
IN MS eyes which troubled her. What
was there in her f1uffy-haired, blue
eyed little friend to move a man so?
Ihat her companion had taken some
great resolution. and that a singularly
difficult one, it was easy enough to per-
ceive.
Are you going; to be away long?"
she asked, awkward.y. Il mean, are
you going far?'
Il think of going to have a look at
the antipodes. My father has some
interest, and I hope to get sent off to
Melbourne"
But haven't you made up your mind
rather hurriedly?" she objected, tim
idly.
"Hurriedly? Why, I put things in
train weeks ago."
"CChS dSO! Su6 CAC1dlmou. buL
Bettys engagement is quite fresh. Did
you suspect
L suspected nothing. I knew"
You knew!" she exclaimtd, indig
nantly. 'Then why didn't you speak?
Why didn't you tell me?'
Tell you!" She stared at him, his
tone was so vehement. "Oh, about
Betty, you meant"
"Of course. What else could 1
mean?"
Nothing, of course"
Really, don't understand you"
He laughed drearily as he rose.
mo, must not explain. Gpod-by!"
She looked up at him with startled
eyes.
"You are too hard on Betty. She"
"Oh, Betty? Don't you know that l
haven't thought of her for weeks-that
l found out long ago that we had
made mistaken"
'Then why are you going?"
She managed to keep her eyes upon
his face, though her cheeks burned and
she felt almost choked.
- ION you KNOW Cnat am almost
pauper? she asked, in trembling
voice, because you want to make your
fortune, or because-because I am too
rich?"
moral"
She covered her face with her hands.
"Oh, if you were not in love with
Betty, didn't you see-didn't you guess
weeks ago-"-London World.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
MeteQric Stones

Baxter" inquiries about meteoric
stones. Are there really such stones,
and where do they come from? An
swer:: There are many meteoric stones
in existence. Not long since one OF
these stones fell upon the roof of an
Austrian building and caused it to
take fire. It went completely through
the structure, and was found In the
cellar covered with the debris Of the
burned building. It is supposed that
meteors are fragments from burning
worlds. They fly through space, and
coming within the influence Of a the
earth, they succumb to the effects ot
gravitation and fall upon this planet
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
BREA AKIN 4 G HE NEWS.


do you think he'll take It very bad
II, Nora ~ #sss#. .-s55 "
Nora Helmsley shrugged her should
III ers sS sj
@ MY dear Betty, you ought to know
more about Mr.. Markham's powers OF
endurance thar IT, d Nj .5s Il. & ..ss,
!. But what do you think he'll dc? I?
What do you suppose - n. ;.. h X @& I,
. why waste our time in suppositioa?
He'll be here most likely this after
3 noon, and you will be able to judge for
yourself. 81 q n. 5 5& r. < "a Il 5a,%
ss Betty Oakhurst sprang to her feet.
Ted is coming here this afternoon?
Why on earth didn't you tell me be-
1ore? And she fidgeted .nervously
with her hat before the glass as she
spoke. %.t, 7 =. ,.s
But you knew. Betty. where are
you going" g'@., : 49,.
Anywhere out of this" cried the
girl, laughing nervously, as she stoop-
ed to kiss her friend.
Nora, however, caught her arm.
Nonsense, Betty! You'd much bet
ter tell him straight out now and get
1t over. 1t will be ever so much more
awkward for VI ou if the news reaches
him from outside"
Il don't see that at ALL" returned
Betty, quietly, as she drew away from
her companion. II am sure that if-if
you-'
She paused tentatively.
You don't N can to say that you ex-
pect not to tell Ted Markham that you
have Tilted him ?"
II certainly don't: expect you to put
1t in that way,'' replied Miss Oakhurst
with little laugh, "but I am quite
certain that you would explain it to the
poor fellow mu ch better than any one
else."
"Explain!" e. Exclaimed Nora, impa-
t1ently. II don't know that there's
anything to explain, except that you've
put yourself and me in most ridicu-
lous position"
Moral
Nora flashed an indignant look at
her.
Il think you might be serious now
and at least pretend that you're asham-
ed OF yourself. You begged me to help
you to get my aunt to ask him here,
to act as screen, in fact, so that
your people might imagine it was all
over, and that you had both changed
your minds, and now-now-'
The sound of a bell broke in upon
Miss Helmsley' eloquence, and Bet
ty caught up her gloves.
I'm awfully sorry, Nora. Abuse
me as much as you like. Good-by!"
And before Nora could stop her she
had darted through the door and was
on her way do wnstairs. She let her
60. After all, it never was OF any
use to argue with Betty; she was one
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
q SCIEN D !. u RI c o pics
CURRENT NOTES OF DIscov.
ERY' AND INVENTION. @.3 81 J J
Ball Ball Bearings for bicycles and Other
Vehicles---II Il e, = low Wood Can. BE Changed
Into FJeta1---:Th Building Of Dl,kes In
4 &Holland---LatestI Inventions. vi: : 4.
.;;S ;SS Ball Hearings.

D. tJ4t[ /, :
s The use of ball bearing has caused
SO much less friction In vehicles Of va
rious kinds that new devices with this
same object in view are looked upon
with great interest. A manufacturer
OF the round bearings, with which
%cyclers and others are SO familiar. has
: recently been experimenting on an
other line. The new device consists
OF small steel rollers instead of balls.
These are held in bronze cages. The
Idea has been tried on the wheels of
heavy vehicles, notably omnibuses in
England. It is reported that with
these roller. bearings one man may
start an omnibus with very little ef-
tort. There Is no reason why roller
bearings. properly Gagged and adjusted
should not have quite as little friction
as the round balls. There are many
bits of mechanism where the slender
steel roller would, according to all
practical ideas, be even more effective
than the balls. The wheels of heavy
TRUCKS are to come in for the next
series Of experiments, and if success
ful there is talk Of trying them on the
wheels Of locomotives and other roll
Ing stock where weight and pressure
are tremendous. It is believed that
the use of these roller bearings on loco
motives alone would save large pro-
portion of the wear and tear, to which
these ponderous machines are sub
Jected. If the theory of the roller bear
ing is good one, ball bearings have
had their day. They may be retained
for light vehicles, but for heavy ones
the new plan offers decided advan-
tages.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Calmuck Wool Growers,

One OF the most difficult tasks of
government employees Is accurately to
locate the country in which imported
wool is produced. This is particularly
the case in regard to the celebrated
Calmuck wool. The Calmucks are peo-
pie OF the Mongolian type, and are
round In the Chinese and Russian en-
p1res, as we'll as other portions of CEN
tral Asia. They are wandering race,
and are very eccentric. Continually
on the move, they stop only at places
where feeding is abundant, When the
season for shearing approaches they
get as near as possible to the most con-
venlent port in the district they hap
pen to be travelling in. They seldom
ship their wool from the same port
twice in succession. They live in conf
cal. felt tents. which 'are set up in
regular lines, like the streets of a
town. They pride themselves on their
small, tough, high-spirited horses, and
these, with excellent cattle and broad
tailed, rough-heeced sheep, constitute
their wealth. They are great gam
blers, and the shearing season.. which
throughout Is a period Of merrymak-
Ing, brings out this vice in an extraor-
dinary way. Their favorite practice is
to gamble on the speed of two or more:
OF the most adept shearers. CAL
muck may begin his shearing COM
paratively wealthy man and end the
season by being a beggar. But he
never frets over his losses. He starts
out again confident of restoring his
fortunes. and often within year he is
better off than ever. But this does not
cure his mania for gam bling, which he
will follow so long as he has anything
to gamble with.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07

IN the illustration, the arm may be
operated by the needle-bar of the ma
chine, the forked rear end of the arm
engaging the bar for that purpose. In
practice the invention is also embodied
in hand-ripping device, formed after
the manner of scissors. When used
in connection with machine, both
hands are free to guide the work.
While the threads of seam may be
readily cut by the knife-edge, there is,
nevertheless, no danger Of cutting the
material, since the knife-edge is pro-
tected by the shield,
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
Where Noah Kept His Bees.

DR.. James K. Hosmer, while recently
visiting Boston, had occasion to visit
the new public library. AS he went up
the steps (says the Ladies' Home Jour-
naD he met Edward Everett Hale, who
asked the doctors errand "To con-
suit the archives was the reply. 'By
the way, Hosmer,' said DR.. Hale, edo
you know where Noah kept his bees?''
mo-" answered Hosmer. ''In the ark
hives" said the venerable preacher as
he passed on. T. IL. =. :,
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
What's the Use?.

A witty doctor, who was one of a
corps Of physicians appointed to vac
cinate policemen, remarked, t.'What is
the use Of vaccinating those fellows?
They never catch anything. Punch. 81
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
A Delicate Ear.

.s5 ssIs Mrs. Cha1lenge Why did you not
start up the phonograph while mother
was here? Mr. Cha1lenge There Is no.
harmony In two talking machines rum
ming simultaneously - New York Even
Ing Journal.
The Cook County herald., 1899-01-07
The Proper. Placa.

/. Query Editor This writer wants to
know where the person with the we'd
ding ring should be-
Managing Editor q confirmed bach
elor) I. Jdst say In the penitentiary. J.
Jewellers Weekly.