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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
Irvington.

Mrs. C. z. Howe, of Wabash, Ind, is the
guest of Mrs. Simeon Frazier.
Mrs. /. NJ. Combs has gone to Springfield,
o., to visit relatives for a week.
Miss Pruda Drake, of Hillside. is the
guest of Miss Dora Bodle at the college
residence.
Mrs. Charles Clarke. who has been spend
ing several days In Centervllle, VIII return
home this week.
Mr.. Milan Toon, of Julietta, ILL.,, is visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Lillian Frye, on
Dillon avenue.
Mrs. L. ]. Kingsley. of Binghamton. N.
", is visiting her sister, Mrs. b. j. Terrell,
on Central avenue.
Miss Mary Carter. of Shelbyville. after
spending the week with Miss Carrie Butler,
has returned home.
Mrs. T.. T.. m and children. who
nave been visiting relatives in MOnrovfa,
nave returned home.
DIR. Dan Layman. after a visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Layman, has
returned 10 New York.
Miss Edna Bartlett. of vincennes. is
spending several days with Miss Kate
Hege at the college residence.
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity will give
a party in their fraternity house, on But
Ter avenue. next Saturday evening.
Miss Ethel Patterson will give a dinner
party Tuesday evening in honor Of Mr.. Lon
Roberts and Mr.. Frank
Mrs. Donaldson, who was the guest OF
Mrs. Amos Butler for several days. has
returned TO her home in Eldora. Ia
Miss Blanche Noel entertained a number
of her Irvington friends at dinner last
night at her home in indianapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Armstrong, of Wa
bash. will this week visit their daughter,
Mrs. Thomas Howe, on Downey avenue.
Mrs. Henry Stewart Schell. Of Clinton.
Ind, will spend a week with her mother,
Mrs. James Layman, on washington street.
The young men of the Sigma Chi frater-
nisy entertained their friends last night
with a large dance in their hall on Central
avenue.
A linen shower was given by Miss Emma
Johnson yesterday from 2 till 5 at her home
on Downey avenue in honor OF Miss Mary
Calvin.
The April meeting OF the Sheridan Ora
matte Club will be held at the home OF
MT. and Mrs. Thomas G Howe, on Downey
avenue. next Friday night A short play.
CONTINUDD on FoUkTEENTH PAGE)
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Club Notes.

Clio Club: Friday. Hostess. Mrs. Row.
land Evans. Election of officers.
indianapolis Literary Club: Monday.
John Chinaman and the Future of His
Fatherland.' Charleton b. Mccullough.
Century Club: Tuesday. The story. Mr..
Herbert Foltz; the paper, Mr.. Junter.
John Calvin"
Monday Afternoon Club: Hostess, Mrs.
Rumpler. Robert Browning" Mrs. Jarvis;
Elizabeth Barrett Browning" Mrs. Show
ers.
Mrs. Grace Julian Clark will read her pa
per, 1.-THE Price of Progress before the
Rosemary Club at its next meeting,
April 10.
The -PhiIomathean Club: Friday. WAR
of 1866 and North German Confederation"
leader, Mrs. Crossman; Bismarck" paper,
Mrs. Kennedy.
The Ceramic Club: Wednesday. Bates
House clubrooms. Mrs. Harrington, chair
mar of the programme committee. Flower
TO be discussed and exhibited, the wild
rose.
Matinee Musicale: Wednesday. Opera
recital. Programme in charge of Mrs. Ida
Aida" Flying Dutchman' and "Cavel-
leria Rusticana." a
Magazine Club: Saturday. Robert
Southey as Poet" illustrated by extracts,
Mrs. G; T: Galloway: The Life of Lord
Nelson" Mrs. Edith Lewis; 1.-The Doctor"
Miss Carrie Fisher.
German Literary Club: Tuesday. with
Miss Jacobs. Fritz Reuter-" Mrs. Clemens
Vonnegut; conversation, Mrs. Bernard
Vonnegut. Music programme arranged by
Mrs. Theodore Wagner.
Overtime eacups Club: Friday. with
Mrs. E. S. Folsom. Local Atmosphere
Mrs. T. c. Day; "a Literary Center Mrs.
Lewis Wallace, jr.; 1.-THE Story of Carlot-
ta," Mrs. Robert Cathcart.
Fortnightly Literary Club: Tuesday.
Henry James, Miss Fredonia Allen;
stevenson. the Essayist," Mrs. Henry
Balls; conversation, Mrs. David Gibson,
Miss Rebecca Insley.
Katherine Merrill Club: Saturday. 1.-The
Case OF lie Gallienne," Mrs. III. H. How
land; conversation. Mrs. Helen B. Holman
and Miss Harriet Scott; "Summering at
Carlsbad" Mrs. Sarah G.. Willard.
The Veronica Club met Thursday after
moor with Miss Mary Martin on North Cap
itol avenue. Miss Harriet Fitch read a pa
per. 1.-The Influence of the Press The an
nual election of officers took place as fol-
lows: President, Miss Louise McCarty; vice
president, Mrs. Mary Fitch; secretary, Mrs.
Mary Warrum; treasurer, Mrs. Addie Nc
Whitney; corresponding secretary; Miss
Harriet Fitch; executive committee, Mrs.
Blanch Schleppy, chairman, Mrs. Emma
Hurt, Miss Mary Martin; membership COM
mittee, Mrs. Mary McMorrow, chairman,
Mrs. Nellie Smith, Mrs. Clara Langsdale;
delegate to Local Council, Mrs. Warrum.
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a PhiIOpena.

! took her out to dinner-she
Was charming, / declare.
II was. If you pardon me.
y very swell affair.
We had a dozen courses-eacn
An e~picurean dream.
The last one, cobbler made of peach.
With coffee, nuts and cream.
She found a double almond. so
suggested that we eat
A phiiOpena. Yes or no?''
1 asked the maiden sweet.
well. let's take No" she answered cav
Her face with color fraught.
It's a co. said I. but. saw.
Take care you don't get caught"
At last j won; twas her mistake,
This girl with eyes OF blue,
And when she said: What will you take?'
1 simply answered You"
james Courtney ChaIis. in What-to-Eat-
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ParaSOlS

Swell Partisan Parasols, some of the
seasons decided novelties-a little
early? Not at all. You'll find the best
pick tomorrow.
Fancy P~arasols,. with fancy stripe
centers, with 2-inch white
hemstitched border, prin- ca IN
cess handles, for ..VOsoO
Novelty Parasols, in black and white
stripe, plain colors with fancy
stitched top and plain colors with
embroidered polka dots
and fancy D~resdens, choice e. m
of so patterns, for............SosOO
Pretty Hosiery
Ladies' mercerized Hose, In pastel
shades, black lace o Hose. silk
embroidered black boo and fancy
top and all-over effects In Isle and
mercerized. new exclusive. S0c
novelties
Mems fancy cotton. Isle and mercer
ized Socks in extracts. large en-
broidered dots, solid colors, verti-
cal stripes. etc. in neat
and extreme combinations, E0.
25c n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Chic Belts
Some special purchases
of the late ideas in BELTS
correct styles as decreed
by Partisan and New
York modistes.
Pulley Ribbon Belts in all the pretty
Easter shades, such as light blue,
pink, lavender, etc, special q IN
values at PAsoO
Medallion Belts, beautiful assortment
in rose, gold. French gray, e
tian, ETC., special values at @ IN
$50 and .~-OO
Real seal and morocco Pulley Belts.
with double faced satin drawn
string ribbon, special val Ct D.
ues CSC and
Seal Belts with pretty fieur de lis
buckle in gilt and oxidized, in all
the light, pretty shades of S2.ZS
leather, special values at...
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
Saltin. the Sheen.

would like to describe an apparatus
for sailing cattle and other stock so
they will always have salt before them
and no waste, writes Joseph H. Yoder
in the National Stockman. For cattle
or horses would prefer to use rock
salt placed in boxes or troughs for the
winter and scattered about the pas
lures on the grass in summer Rains
have little effect upon 1t, and this will
De found both convenient and economi-
:al. For sheep, however, this plan does
not work so well. The rock salt is so
slow to dissolve that they are not able
10 get n sufficient amount of it to salts
" their wants, hence it is necessary to
use the loose salt for them. During the
winter box can be fastened up at a
convenient place in the shed, and at the
proper height so they can have access
@ 1T at all times of the day. In sum-
.eer, If they have not shed to run
Under, the box can be fastened to a
gate post and have a roof placed over
t so as TO keep out the rain. If it is de-
tired to use loose salt for cattle, the
came arrangements can be used as have
already been described for sheep. The
.oof over the box should be high enough
TO be entirely out of the way or the ami.
mails. Where loose salt is used 1t is
necessary to be careful to keep a sup
ply in the box all the time, as the ami
mails are liable to eat too much If they
go without for several days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
taken i'll he weighed 16O pounds. Palm
err is produce dealer living in New
York
HORSES NOT AS HARDY AS MEN.
sieges and Battles Show the Animal.
SuccuInb to Hunger and Fatiyne


sieges and Battles Show the Animals
succulnb to Hunger and Fatigue.
There have been many Instances in
which fights have been lost or won &C.
cording to the number and condition
OF the horse engaged. When the siege
OF Pleyna commenced the Russians
were bringing all their stores and food
from SistOva by the aid of G6,OOO draft
horses, and at the end of the siege 1t
was found that no less than $1,000 of
them had died from hard work and ex-
haustion. The want of rest and food
tells on horse far more than on a
man, for In the case of the latter there
are the stimulating influences of patri-
otism, the glory of victory, and other
feelings which are non-existent in the
nature of a horse. Quite half the
horses in England sent to the Crimea
never returned, most of them having
died from hard work and starvation.
Indeed only about 500 were killed in
action. So reduced and starved have
the poor beasts become on occasions
OF this kind that they have been known
to eat one another's tails and to gnaw
the wheels of the gun carriages. Ma
poleon took with him across the Me.
men 10000 cavalry horses, and on his
return in six months he could only mus.
ter 10000. More than half the horses
which were engaged in our Egyptian
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
THE STATE OF IOWA.
OCCURRENCES DURING THE
PAST WEEK.
Smooth swiua,cr Mulcts Banks-Mi..-
ing Boy ls Heard From-Illinois Cen
trail Starts Town-Incendiaries In
Fort Dodge-Denth in Slough.

A smooth swindle, in which the victims
are several thousand dollars losers, has
developed in Shenandoah as the result OF
the operations of Jewish horse buyer
named Arnheim, who claimed to hail
from Kansas City. Arnheim has taken
plenty of time in working up his transac-
lions, which is largely responsible for
his success. He has been located i'll
Shenandoah off and on for about year,
and apparently has done a straightfor-
ward and legitimate business. lie gained
the confidence of all, spent his money
freely, especially when in the company
of men who had horses for sale or who
were engaged in the business of selling.
Recently Alnheim left Shenandoah and
went to Red Oak. where his crooked
work began. He succeeded in getting II
check on Kansas City bank cashcd and
then returned to Shenandoah. He went
to Oviatt Bros, who deal in horses and
who had been buying several head for
him, and in payment for the animals
gave them check OH the First National
bank of Red Oak for 5000. The check
was deposited in the First National bank,
went to the clearing house at Omaha and
was returned MS worthless. MS lie had no
account there, neither had he Mt Kansas
City. In the meantime the Page Conn-
ty bank, Mt Clnrinda, caslied n $1,000
check for Arnheim and man at Coin
was feeced for $1,000. Arnhcim has
skipped and his whereabouts are un-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

One of the most destructive pests the
farmers of this country have to con
tend with is the chinch bug. says the
Iowa Homestead. 1t of course original
ly subssted on wild plants, but it
learned very early to prefer cultivated
ones. The new food supply being al
ways at hand when the bugs lay their
eggs and the young are growing natu-
rally causes their numbers to increase,
and the loose soil about the roots of cul-
tivated plants furnished conditions
more favorable TO the work of the
young than could be found in the I'M
cultivated ground. These facts largely
increased the facility with which the
chinch bug was propagated, and 1t un-
fortunately has few natural enemies.
Its bedbug flavor makes it no very de.
sirable morsel to insectivorous birds,
and the fungous diseases to which it is
subject require Il wet season for their
propagation in the field, and in a wet
season the chinch bug is not very dan
gerous. In normal seasons, therefore
all the natural conditions are quite ia
vorable to the chinch bug in cultivated
fields, and the farmer must mainly rely
upon his own efforts for protection.
One of the best remedies in the
world for the chinch bug is to clean
up. III infested lands be burned off
and all the rubbish gathered and
burned in early spring much will have
been accomplished. All the rubbish ac-
along the fences and head
lands should he cleaned; uncultivated
prairie lands adjoining fields should be
burned off early; corn stalks should he
broken down and burned In the spring
following n chinch bug year, as it will
destroy millions Of the insects that
have hibernated between the leaves
and the stalks. Wherever, by reason
of the previous presence of the chinch
bug, another visitation is probable no
pains should be spared to thoroughly
clean up and destroy all the stubble,
corn stalks, dead grass fence row rub
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

the outrigger and SO distribute the
weight in loading the car that the bulk
of the load is carried by the rail wheels,
only n small fraction of the weight
being borne by the road wheels. These
trucks are, as rule. drawn by oxen.
The truck, which is herewith illus
trated, is being specially constructed
for service in India; and, while it is
built on the general lines of the OK
drawn vehicle, it differs from 1t In that
the motive power is derived from stor-
age batteries carried on the platform
of the car. The motor is placed be-
tween the two wheels, and carries on
its spindle Il double pulley which is
belted directly TO pulley on to each
Of the aNles. The storage batteries are
grouped around the motor and the
whole is boxed over to form CARRYING
platform. The truck is designed to
carry load of quarter of ton, and
is capable also of drawing two other
trucks, each carrying ton, at n speed
of eight miles per hour. The single
tracks for these railways are exceed.
ingly economical to build. and if laid
near the edge Of the road, encroach but
little upon the driveway.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

IN process of elimination. In the his.
tory of printing the comma was the
first point of punctuation to be evolved.
Greeks before the time of Christ had
found punctuation necessary, but IL
was In an early translation OF the Bible
that the comma first was used. After
other characters had come the comma
found new and relative uses. Twenty
five years ago the school text book on
English grammar insisted on the use of
of the comma to mark the least of rhet
orlcal pauses, in addition to setting Off
every phrase and clause with the same
mark. This, simply in recognition of
the fact that the tendency to misuse
the comma had resulted in an English
that was unintelliglble without this
punctuation point. The comma had
put premium on slovenliness. A SEN
tence could be started blindly. the
writer depending upon the comma to
link phrase to clause and lead tie read
er through the tangled maze of his YER
biage. He emphasized, modified, col
ored and Dhrased where he was conf
dent that the comma would mark the
way to the end. To-day, however, there
Is distinct disposition on the part Of
printshops to economlZe in the use of
the comma Already this disposition
is having Its effect on current litera-
ture. While 1t has tendency to short
en- sentences, 1t has still greater mis-
Sim in fn,cinr f.la In
this elimination of the comma the mod
ern newspaper has taken 4 lead. AS a
rule, its favored style admits of the
comma only where 1t is a sharp neces
sity. Thus the newspaper writer above
all others cannot depend upon the COM
ma to point his meaning. Realizing
this he writes to avoid it. The result
Is that adverbs, adiectives. phrases and
all forms of moditiers are in closest re-
lation to the parts of speech which they
affect. leaving sentence so clear that
"he who runs may read" Whatever
may be said of the degeneracy of mod
ern literature no one will deny that the
written language of to-day is clearer
than 1t ever was before. Nobody will
deny that some of cnshrined classics, If
stripped of slovenly commas, would be
unintelligible. Not only has the comma
degenerated, but the italicized point of
a witticism, the slovenly brackets, the
overworked quotation marks, and the
lazy dash, all are reduced to the occa-
sion of strlctest necessity. All this has
made for better English
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
AARON UNDER TREATMENT AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL
war of 1882 were disabled: GOO Of file

war of 1882 were disabled; GOO of these
were killed, and only f1fty-three slain
In action. In the Afghan war of 1898
it is said that 5000 camels and half
the horses engaged were lost in three
months. 1t will thus be seen that ac-
tual fighting does not claim SO many
horses us starvation and overwork. De-
fective shoeing, sore backs, want of
food and rest, and other similar causes
go far toward rendering horses useless
for practical warfare. One more and
important cause needs careful atten-
ton, and it is the danger of injury
horses run when being shipped across
the sea. They are in constant motion,
they continually fall-many of them to
be trampled to death-and the rest be-
come frightened, kick and batter one
another about, and are rendered USE
less. AS an instance of this, 1t was
found that one regiment on the way to
the Peninsular war was deprived of
just half its horses on the voyage
Golden Penny.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

Miss Katharine Lee Bates, who
spent some months in Spain last year,
declares that the dark-eyed damsels of
the fan and lace mantilla are quite as
charming as tradition has pictured
them. Ignorant they commonly are,
their education being of the most
meager, but they are not dull. They
are quick-witted, high-spirited and af-
fectionate, and are possessed of grace
Of speech and manner which rarely de-
serts them. Nor do they reserve their
pretty ways only for the ballroom or
the parlor; even ordinary shopping is
lifted into scene of elegant comedy
by the manner in which it is transact
ed. This is how Spanish senorita
bargains for her fan:
There Is nothing sordid about 1t. Her
haggling is social condescension that
at once puts the black-eyed young
salesman at her mercy.
But the fan seems to me the least bit
dear, senor!'
"Ah, senorita! You do not see how
beautiful the work Is. l am giving 1t
away at six pesetas."
She lifts her eyebrows half-incredu-
lousy, all bewitching.
"At five pesetas, senor."
| He runs his hand through his black
hair in chivalrous distress.
But the peerless work, senorita
And this other. too. sacrifice it at
| four pesetas."
She touches both fans lightly.
You will let me have the two at
seven pesetas, senor?"
Her eyes dance over his confusion.
He catches the CLEAN, laughs back,
throws up his hands,,
"Bueno, senorita! At what you
pleased"
And the senorita trips away content
ed with sharp bargain, although-for
Spanish gallantry, even when genuine,
goes farther on the lips than otherwise
the price was probably not much
more remote from what pleased the
smooth-tongued clerk than from what
she pleased.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

The census authorities assert that
no difficulty was found in getting an
swers from women regarding their age,
and that the average age of women is
greater than that of men. This should
explode the perennial joke about the
unwillingness of woman to tell her
age, or, If she tells, to prevaricate in
regard to it. But will the jokers stop
OH account of this showing of fact?
Can anything block the onward way of
what the majority takes to be good
joke, when once it is started? With
new generations hungering and thirst
ing for jokes, would 1t be well to sup
press either this or the mother-in-law
joke without supplying something
equally as good?" When the women
run all the newspapers, they can take
their revenge. But perhaps they will
be too magnanimous to do SO.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
Value of Oats Hay.


Chemists tell us that oats cut for hay
contain us much nutritive value as
they do when ripened so far as the
grain itself goes; still there is loss by
grain rafting out when too ripe and a
loss of the feeding value of the straw
in ripening. We think every farmer
who grows oats for home use will find
a profit in cutting them while the grain
is sin the dough-" or soft enough to
crush between the thumb and finger,
and curing them for hay. Both horses
and cattle eat them greedily, leaving
no straw, and seem to keep in quite as
good working condition as if fed on
timothy hay and dry oats. Ii is saw
ing also of the labor of thrashing, and
there may be another saving-they may
be harvested before they begin to rust.
Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
An Echo of Ancient Rome

well met, Spurius Lartius," cried
young Lucretius, as they clasped hauds
beneath the tlree-headed dog on the
sienboard of the Charon Shades.
"Oh, Lucretius, how is't with thee?"
Passing well, my spury. Will you
join meg
And they pushed their way through
the swinging green baise doors.
"Whats this hear" continued the
yoang Lncretius, concerning an unfor-
tunate affair in the arena."
"Bah, 1t is nothing" said Spurius in.
d fferently as lie slipped his honey IF
Hybias.
But l heard you violated the tm.
l'eror's orders in TIE new Olympian
games by neglecting to respect his
turned down thumb when he signaled
to YOU to let your opponent live"
Il was justified in my action, good
Lucretlus."
by what, Spurius?'
IF you had seen my opponents en-.
trance into the arena you would appre.
ciate the justice of my act. slew him
only because he deserved itw
"And what about his entry into the
arena, spurius? How did he come
on!"
HE came on-gods! think of it! He
came on doing the cake walk prance
to rag tine.'
You did well, spurius. Have an.
other with me-" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15
For Controlling Horses.

Tie control of vicious and runaway
horses is matter that has often been
the study of the inventor, as numerous
devices already on the market attest;
but there is always room for improve
ment, and the Illustration shows one of
the newest forms. 1t is the inventors
intention to have the appliance used
especially for those animals which
are in the habit of taking the bit be-
tween their teeth, which, as Is we'll
known, makes it almost impossible to
control them with the ordinary reins.
The new apparatus consists of two
straps threaded through guiding de-
vices attached to the thills of the vehi-
Gle, the forward ends of the straps
connecting with the bit in the animals
mouth and the rear ends passing
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-08-15

TO harvest COW peas, cut with now
ing machine, says Robert G. Morris of
Olney, Ill. Cow pens may lie one or
two days after being cut, then cooked
aud allowed to remain until the peas
get fairly dry. They may be bulked
greener than beans as they do not have
so much oily matter in them. Cow peas
cannot be threshed on separators until
the speed of cylinders is greatly re-
duced, but they are easily failed OUT