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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
HEAT In THE PHILIPPINES.


O. X. Davis, in Everybody's Magazine.
1 once read a moving description of thirst
in the Soudan. The man who wrote il
said that thirst such as he had endured
there was a good thing, because IL made
so very good indeed the long, fizzy drinks
that he got when the drouth was ended.
Some times in the Philippines nothing
fixed but the blood, and you felt that bub-
bling and Steaming within you.
In Cavite there is a long, high ridge with
no streams and no wells. In peace times
an irrIgating ditch waters it, but war HAD
dried 1t up. We marched before daybreak.
By 10 o'clock the sun had been shining
for a million years straight into the brain
OF every man in the column. The tail,
abandoned fields, the faded bamboos in the
low stretches that once had been swales,
Joined with the myriads of heat devils in
their fantastic dance. The still air seemed
alive Wit them. The earth quivered. I
saw a man throw out his hands and pitch
forward on his face. Somebody tried to
shift him into a comfortable position, but
when he was lifted up he was dead. Men
fell out by scores. Not even the excitement
Of the fight could keep them up They
lay where they fell. nor cared that the
advance of the column would leave them
in the hands OF an enemy that might
come back over the line of march. Those
who camped at nightfall were scarcely
more than half of all who started.
Once, early in the afternoon, We came
to a pond of stagnant water. When they
had brushed back the green scum that
covered II, the men drank their fill of the
yellow filth. The vision of Uphold fever
through all their campaigning was hid be-
hind the reality of their thirst.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
THE SECRET OF HEALTH.
A New Society which Claims to Have
Discovered Ii.

FnlldQelpnld Times.
1t seems that in a short time we shall
have the piteous spectacle of a lot OF doc
tors looking about for new jobs, while
the druggists will lave 10 be satisfied
with the profits on the sale of postage
lem is to be solved. What is announced
as 'the grand cause OF naturism'
bad its initial boom at the hands OF
Music Hall, in New York, last Sunday
night, before an audience chiefly Of women.
When the women threaten TO desert the
doctors the case seems serious. IL was Jean
the price OF civilization is physical degen-
GRAFTON. I'VE must go back" he cried, TO
a state of nature, throw off the habits OF
modern life. make our homes in the woods
with the savage and regain the strength
and vigor of the early man." The inven-
tors Of the naturism movement do not go
SO far as this. The dwelling OF to-day,
with hot and cold water, gas, furnaces,
stationary washtubs and the like. is good
enough for them. What they chiefly i'm
pose on US as the price OF health is &c
give up doctors and drugs, eat raw food
and keep the abdomen cool" Besides
these essentials of hygiene the peakers
urged massage, Swedish movement, anti
Imperialism. thought suggestion and in
ternal baths.
The general public is invited not only
TO join the league. but also 10 subscribe
to its proposed fund of sl.00o.0oo. which
is 10 be expended for the establishment
OF hygienic schools for instruction i'm the
methods OF cooling the abdomen, for "a
publishing company, lyceums, sanitariums,
hospitals, health restaurants. an insurance
company, the planufacture OF articles of
hygienic clothing, etc. Nothing is said OF
the ouiiolng OF an icehouse or a refrigerator
In which persons with heated abdomens
may be stored Forty per cent. I'm dividends
a year Is promised. The prospectus an.
nounced that the clergy will be enlisted
In the pavement together with Ella
wheeler wilcox, Chauncey Depew and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
ELECTRIC COMPETITION
OPINIONS DIFFER As TO ITS EFFECT
on III STEAM ROADS.
Speculation as TO Presidency of Pitts
burg & Lake Erie-D. 4. Roberts
wanted by Hartman.

Opinions diner as 10 what effect the troll
ley line. will have on the business of the
steam roads. They have been operated for
some time in the New England States. and
the results there are better demonstrated
thar In the West. In the East the novelty
OF the trolley service has worn off, and the
steam roads are carrying about the same
number OF passengers they did before the
trolley lines opened. The latter a Gre
ated a good deal Of pleasure riding in warm
weather, but in disagresable weather the
patronage falls OF sharply. In this State
the trolley service has doubtless cut into
the business of some Of the roads. and also
IN Ohio. but a reaction Is said TO be setting
In. Another point is that the steam roads
will be forced TO make a w~o-cent-a-mile
rate on all tickets, regardless of distance.
TO offset the inroads Of the trolley lines,
but. as a general passenger agent said yes
terday: Times are very prosperous all
over the country. and the real effect Of
trolley line competition cannot now be so
well pointed out as IL could were times
depressed and travel light even on steam
roads. as in 1893. 1894 and 1895. The steam
roads are showing a disposition to meet the
trolley competition by putting on additional
trains. and the putting on of such trains
has without question put a check on travel
over the trolley lines, unless one has time
70 spend on the Slower service the trolley
car gives. At any rate. the steam roads
will not suffer TO the extent that some pas
Senger officials have feared hey would.
After the newness of the new method of
travel wears off. and as the country i'm
proves. new business Will be created Tor
the steam roads as well as for the trolley
lines"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

Charity Worker Shocked Member Of
the w. G. Il. u.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
The members OF the Woman's Christian
Temperance Onion who are in the class OF
the summer school in philanthropic work
were shocked almost beyond power OF
speech at yesterdays meeting In the Chari-
ties building. One speaker said that the
saloon keepers often were valuable aids In
their investigations, as they were fire.
ouently honest and well-meaning. generally
keen, and always n mine Of Information re-
garding the neighb0rhOOd.' WhereupOn a
woman asked, with much acerbity of tone
saloon keepers are there in New York;"
Mr.. Mclean cheerfully answered, 'Oh, a
whole crew of themt"
The second shock came when the prin-
cipal speaker on the topic OF the day, Law
renee WELLER, secretary OF the tenement
house of the New York Charities
Organization, said that In his opinion to-
baccO and beer were not necessarily 10 be
counted as "ext-raVagances' for the poor.
This he illustrated by the case OF a man
whom he saw smoking a cigarette while
sweeping the street. The man was one OF
a number for whom he had secured the
work. at 81 a day, IN an extremely hard
winter some years ago. and he felt justified
in inQuiring about the cigarette. He learned
that IL was taking the place OF food 10 that
man, who could work with less II h
smoked, and so could save more for his
family. Hence, Mr.. WELLER argued. II was
not fair 10 regard tobacco a. an extrava-
gance when II serves as a support and slim
said that "a can OF cool beer IN summer In
much more desirable for the laborer than
the warm. impure water OF our defective
water supply"
The topic was specifically The STANDARD
OF Living and the Distribution OF the Fam
lily Income" and this. Mr.. WELLER said. he
must treat entirely from the negative side,
as IL had been found impossible TO ascertain
with any correctness the proportion OF In
come expended for rent, food. clothing and
other necessities. The wOrkingman's fam
lily is not better at keeping household ac-
counts" remarked Mr.. WELLER, than other
people are. Most Of the accounting is OF
the character of that done by the rich wom-
an who decided 10 be systematic. one day
she wrote down: Received so from Frank
The next day she wrote. spent II ALL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

Not Sick, Yet Hardly Able
to Work Every Day.

There is a pain across the small of your
bacd; blue rings under your eyes; specks
before your eyes; your sleep does not rest
you; you get up in the morning feeling
tired; your mind at times wanders; your
memory is poor; you are losing flesh, hol-
low-eyed; whites of your eyes are yellow;
you are fearful, always expecting the worst
to happen; very nervous, you have bad
dreams; startled in your sleep, and awake
out of a dream very much frightened;
singing pain in the breast, no appetite.
Do you know what causes you to feel like
this? This condition will not improve of
its own accord, but instead you will grad
ually get worse, and eventually end in
nervous debility. insanity and death. If
you have ever taken treatment and failed
TO get cured it is because you never took
treatment from DR.. Tomson. DR.. Tomson' s
treatment is new; it is different from the
old treatment taught thirty years ago. DR..
Tomson never fails. He can cure with his
new electro-medica treatment, and NOT
A DOLLAR NEED BE PAID UNLESS
CURED
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
VARICOSE
VEINS
NEW 3-DAY CURE
NO OPERATION NO PAIN
NO PAIN

Are you afflicted with Varicose Veins or
Nervous Debility, ETC.? Are you nervous,
irritable and respondent? Do you lack your
old-time energy and ambition? Are you
growing weaker and weaker? Is there de-
rangement of the sensitive organs of your
Pelvic system? Even though it gives you
no trouble at present. it will ultimately
unman you. depress your mind, rack your
nervous system, and shorten your exist
ence. Why not be cured before it is too
late? l CAN CURE YOU TO STAY
CURED, UNDERWATER GUARAN-
TEE. MY SPECIAL METHOD of treat
ment is a positive, painless and permanent
cure. Under my treatment the stagnant
blood is forced from the dilated veins, all
soreness and swelling disappears, a cir
culation Of pure blood is established, and
you are strengthened in every way, ment-
ally and physically. I can positively as
sure you the quickest. safest cure. Consult
me to-day, by letter or in person. / can fit
you for a happy life and a successful bust
ness career. Every train brings some
patient from a distance to be cured. Rail-
road fare deducted from out-of-town pa
tents coming to the offices.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

and confined air, is especially dangerous
when high temperature prevails, the trench
diggers of the subway should have short
shifts and be on their guard, and SO with
others in like situations.
To relieve the victims of sunstroke as
quickly as possible is the imperative indi-
cation. They shoul be removed TO the
shade. the garments should be loosened and
cold water dashed on head and neck.
Jumps of ice wrapped in cloths are some
times useful as local applications, and
often mild stimulation to maintain proper
heart power is indicated. Further than this
IL is not safe TO go without medical ad-
vice as to particular requirements. Even
before all this is done a ring for AN am
bulance may bring further assistance in
time to be available.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
COAL AND POWER.
E~verybody's Magazine.

Everybody Magazine.
Coal is king to-day. Whether We use
steam engines, electric engines, gas en-
gines, compassionate engines, or others 10
drive wheels Of industry, the one great
source Of energy is coal.
Five hundred million tons of coal a year
are mined and transported TO keep the
worlds furnaces aglow. Allowing for the
usual waste In mining, this means a solid
mass Of coal that measures half a mile In
length. breadth and thickness One hundred
thousand men worked thirty years. il is
estimated. 10 build the pyramid of Cheops;
and yet the annual output OF coal Is equal
in bulk 10 two hundred such pyramids.
Under the best conditions. we waste sly
seventies OF the heat value OF this fuel, and
IL may fairly be estimated that in general
practice hardly the fifteenth part OF its
value is realized for actual work.
Here. then, is a field for the genius of the
inventor wide enough to satisfy the most
ambitious. First, the task is TO draw from
coal something like its real value In work,
and next 10 find a substitute 10 provide
against the time when the storehouses OF
coal. petroleum. naulral gas and other fuels
shall be emptied. Thomas A. Edison, whose
achievements in applied science have LETT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING,
Once to Be Manifestation of
Satanic Wrath.
Chicago Evening Post.

The recent terrible disaster by lightning
on the North Side has brought 70 mind
other incidents in which Jove has hurled
his bolts with fatal effect. During the mid
die ages in Europe churches were consid-
cred as safeguards against devils and bells
were rung as an additional inducement for
the evil spirits 10 keep away. AS lightninc
was supposed 10 be a satanic manifestation
the bells were rung during severe storms
until SO many people had been killed by the
lightning running down the rope that the
practice was finally abandoned. On one
occasion, in the town of Chabeil. near
an enormous bell were struck and seven
were instantly killed.
Arago. the philosopher, tells OF the chief
OF a band OF brlgands who while awaiting
execution in the courtyard of a prison in
Bavaria was struck and instantly killed by
a flash OF lightning. His companions, be-
leving that heaven had singled out their
chief for punishment. became so p~enitent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
Two Prayers That Were Answered.

Independent.
The last time I interviewed General How
ard IL was on the subject OF answers 10
prayer. and / thought i had him In his
famous night with Stonewall Jackson the
Union forces were defeated. so l inquired
OF General Howard:
You prayed before that bastlee'
Yes he answered.
And Jackson Was a praying man. He
prayed also?'
Yes he assented.
Then how was II he gained the victory
Did that mean that the Union cause was
wrong?'
Very gently the good old general replsed:
Both our prayers were answered. Jack
son prayed for immediate victory and | for
the ultimate triumph Of our cause We
both got what We prayed FOR"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
Not the Right objection.
Minneapolis Tribune.

The new Milwaukee paper, the Free
Press, advances the wonderful theory that
THE chief ob"Jection-political objection. be
II understood, not moral-to Mr.. Hanna's
candidacy lies In the facility with which
he Is caricatured. Not on paper only. but IN
the minds OF the voters. He seems TO have
been made on purpose. Both his appear
ance and his character lend themselves
readily 10 the kind OF distortion which pro-
duces caricature.' This might have been
true a year ago. but since Nh. Hanna got
into the open and met the voters OF the
country from New York city 10 Lincoln,
Neb, last fall. IL has been beyond the power
OF the caricaturist 10 libel him. There may
be objections 10 his candidacy for Presl-
dent, but this Is not one OF them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06

gineer will tell you that long before his
engine reached a speed of a hundred miles
an hour its great mass is in a culver from
end TO end and ready 10 fly from the tracks
upon the slightest occasion. On high-speec
steamships the vibrations of the engines
are not only a source Of great discomfort
10 passengers. but threaten the strength or
the vessel itself. Although the inventors
quest for il has been long and arduous. the
practicable rotary steam engine still re-
mains an "~uninvented invention" Tn
nearest approach to a solution is that Of
fered by the steam turbine, and the use
for that must be limited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-06
Rotary Engine Wanted.
Everybody's Magazine.

EVERYBODY ; MdgdZIl--
Nothing has stood more in the way OF the
attainment of great speed than the alb
sence OF a true rotary steam engine With
roadbeds such as modern engineering has
provided for our railroads. rails OF steel and
smooth-running cars. there would seem 10
be almost no limit 10 the speed at which
trains might run with safety. but for the
vibrations produced by the oscillating
steam engine. Although skillful mechanics
have balanced these moving parts as per-
fectly as was possible. the locomotive en-
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31
STILL IN CAPTIVITY.


Constantinople, Oct. 20. - Those
who have been in hourly expectation
of favorable news regarding Miss
Stone and her companion have again
been disappointed. Nothing definite
has vet been reached in the dealings
with the missionaries abductors. A
point which is much discussed among
those here who are interested in the
case is what shall be done If the brig
ands insist on being paid the f25,-
900 (Turkish), which they at first de-
manded. Scarcely half that sum is
available, thus far, and it is believed
that should an agreement on reduced
terms be impossible the offer OF a
less sum than G25,O0O CTurkish) will
be withdrawn even at the cost of the
life of Miss Stone.
sanguine Of Miss stones Release
Washington. Oct. 29.-The state de-
partment officials are more sangulne
than they have been of late as t'
the successful outcome of the efforts
now being put forth in behalf OF
Miss Stone. So far, it is true, they
have not succeeded in establishing
communication with the kidnapers
but the reports they have received
from Spencer Eddy, at Constants
nople and Mr.. Dickinson, at Sofia
encourage the belief that they arr
about at a point where direct nego
tiations can be opened with tn
brigands.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31
PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.
The Delegate from Colombia Explains His
Speech In Which He Paid Trlb-
ute to Spain.

Mexico City, Oct. 29.-Gcn. Rafael
Reyes, the delegate to the Pan-Amer-
lean conference from Colombia, and
vice president of that country, said
yesterday to the representative OF
the Associated press, in allusion to
the Washington comment on his
speech at the banquet of the Mexico
City council to the delegates, in which
he paid tribute to Spain: II see
nothing to modify in my words II
properly understood. On the one
hand IL seemed to me natural and
proper on an occasion when the rep
resentatiyes of all the nations of
Spanish origin on this continent were
gathered together to recall the COM
mon source of our civilization and
pay tribute of gratitude to oar
common mother country; on the
other hand, ! stated that | believed
the United States delegates, as rep
resentatives of generous people,
would indorse that act as eminently
right and proper. also affirmed
that the mission Of the United States
was one Of progress, civilization and
liberty, which it would carry over the
continent by means of its railroads
and industrials. see no incompati-
bility between these sentiments and
the recognition that in all the inter.
ests of the American continent the
United States ought to take the lead
as, along with Mexico, II did in con.
vening this conference"
The session yesterday morning was
taken up with discussions on regula'
tons. The comments of the German
press on the Pan-American congress
was the cause of much informal dis
cussion among the delegates.
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called upon to 90 so, nut MT kayner
responded that the incident which
had seemed to demand the admiral's
attendance had Gwindled into COM
parative insignificance and he added
that II was well understood that the
condition OF Admiral SIMPSONS
health was such that he could not
be expected to appear upon the wit
ness stand.
As Admiral Schley left the court
room yesterday he was given an ova-
ton. A large number of persons had
halted outside the court room door
and many insisted on shaking hands
with him. The assemblage escorted
him up the hill from the gunners'
workshop in which the court sits to
the outer gates Of the navy yard.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 29.-By an
explosion of a Colts automatic fir
ing gun at Fort Leavenworth yester-
day Capt. Menoher and five men OF
the Twenty-eighth battery OF field
artillery were wounded, three severe
ly: The gun, a new one, was being
tested and was allowed to become
too hot, and when a shell came into
the breach after firing the shell ex-
ploded, tearing out the breach, frag'
ments of which struck and injured
the men. Those injured Private
Snyder, leg, severe; Private Meri
polt, arm, severe; Private Rieder
arm, severe; Private Hayes, leg
slight; Private Jones, hand, slight
Capt. Menoher, hand burned ant
wrist injured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31

the admtral's hand.
The admiral was in the midst of his
discussion OF the "dsobedience OF or
ders" dispatch when the old clock in
the court room struck four and Ad-
miral Dewey announced an adjourn
ment for the day, Notwithstanding
that Admiral Schley told him he
would like to conclude his testimony
at this sitting. The admiral was
calm and collected throughout the
two hours that he was in the wit
ness chair and he spoke in tones
which, while not loud, were so dis
tinct that his words were easily
heard.
Before Admiral Schley went upon
the stand two new witnesses had
been heard. The first of these was
Lieut.. Commander Harlow and the
second Capt. Clark, formerly of the
Oregon,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-10-31

Havana, Oct. 20.--As yet there is
not much interest displayed in the
coming elections. The movement in
favor Of annexation seems to have
fallen to the ground and demonstra-
ton which had been widely adver-
tised has been indefinitely postponed.