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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
TRAVELS OF WEDDING GIFTS.
From One Bride to Another and Some
times Back to the shop.
New York Tribune.


Il wish people would know enough 10
send unmarked presents" said a sweet
bride, as she stood contemplating tableful
of silverware. Here / must pay good
money for a new wedding present. which
1 could have taken from this lot If each
piece did not have letter or monogram
engraved on Ii. / thought / could have
this bowl fixed up. but the thing is so thin
that there would be nothing LETT or II II
the name were erased" and the young
her dear friend for the gift, expressed
contempt for the mean thing.
A man who had witnessed the scene and
heard the remarks said later: That S
nothing to what happened few days ago.
\ woman purchased a handsome piece OF
silver and sent II unmarked as a wedding
present 10 a friend. II was the only piece
of the kind IN the store-in fact, Ii had
been made especially as show piece-and
you may believe that the woman was sur
prised when she came to the store two
months later and found the piece again for
sale.
.'She asked the salesman how IT came
there. and heard. 20 her amazement. that
II had been returned by the woman 10
whom ii had been presented. She brought
L back said the salesman, and asked TO
have it credited to her account And
you took H.. asked the original purchaser.
knowing that I had bought it?' What
could we do2' asked the salesman She
is good customer, who has an account
with US. and we would have cost her trade
if we had not taken IL So. you see this
woman went step further than the
people who give away presents-she actual
~ took the money for II. II she had been
a cash customer at the store the transac-
ton could never have been consummated,
but the system by which q charge GUS
toner may return goods at airy time and
receive credit for them made the disgrace
fui piece of business possible. The class
OF people who value a wedding present in
keeping with It's weight are source OF
great trouble to the dealers. and one OF
craving
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
VACATION SCHOOLS.
To Give Certain Advantages That
Other Schools Miss.

Helen G.. Putnam, in December Forum.
The design OF the vacatin school is to
supplement the public school. and 10 give
the children certain advantages which
by their own preference. through home en-
vironment travel. One of the chief
functions OF vacation schools is that OF
serving as experiment stations, so that
these schools exert positive influence upon
regular school methods. No books are used.
The instruction Is, briefly, according to the
laboratory method.
To encourage muscular ability manual
training is prominent in the form OF wood
work, such as carpentering, whiting, fret
saving. cnip-carying; or OF constructive
work with cardboard or flexible bands of
iron; or of household arts as cooking, care
of rooms and OF the sick, sewing, rnending
embroidering. The use of a score of diff
ferent tools for working different kinds OF
wood and other materials is fascinating to
practically all children, even when there
exists a strong liking for books. The
natural creative instinct of children, their
delight IN seeing and owning the results of
their labor, and the enjoyment OF occupa-
tions that permit of free movement are all
utilized In this way, for educational pur-
poses.
To city children nature study Is partial
compensation for the circumstances that
their childhood cannot be passed In the
freedom, beauty and wholesome simplic-
ity OF country living. As the summer sea
son dictates, this is the chief feature OF
vacation schools. Indoors, flowers and 9th
er products OF the vegetable kingdom are
studied from samples In the children's
hands. Aquaria. window boxes, pet ami
mails and museum specimens encourage
habits OF interested observation and de-
velop the powers OF description. A school
garden out OF doors gives every child the
supreme joy OF troweling, planting and
watching development under his own fos-
tering care. This Is knowledge at first
hard. the most lasting kind. Acquaintance
with vines. shrubs. and lowering plants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
Harold skimpoIe.

George NJ. Smith, in Cornhill Magazine.
On one OF my visits ] found Leigh Hunt
trying TO puzzle out the abstruse question
OF how ne should deduct some such sum as
lbs 81 from a sovereign. on another oc-
casion 1 had to pay him a sum OF money,
4100 or 600, and ] wrote him check for
the amount. We'll" he said, what am
I 10 do with this little bit OF papery' 1
told him that IL he presented IT at the bank
they would pay hit cash for IT, but I
added .'I will save you that trouble" /
sent TO he bank and cashed the check for
him. He took the notes away carefully in
closed in an envelope. Two days afterward
Leigh Hunt came I'm state CT great agt-
tation 20 tell me that his wife had burned
them. lie had thrown the envelope with
the bauknotes inside caTelessly down and
his wife had flung IL into the fire. Leigh
Hu.st's agitation while on the way 10 bring
this news had not prevented him from pur-
chasing OF. the road a little statliette of
Psyche which he carried without any pa
per round IL. in mis- hand. / told him
thought something might be done IN the
matter; l sent TO the bankers and got the
numbers of the notes. and then In company
with Leigh Hunt went of TO the Bank II
England. 1 explained our business. and we
were shown into room.s where three old
gentlemen were sitting at tables. They kept
us waiting some time. and Leigh Hunt who
had meantime been staring all round the
room. at last got up. walked up 70 one Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
AN ENGINES VIBRATION
Sometimes Plays Havoc with the
Building 1t Affects.
New Orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
ssVibration is the great bugbear of this
business said one of the best informed
stationary engineers in New Orleans. 1t
is governed by fixed laws, OF course, but
they are so subtle and intricate that II is
next to impossible to master them. They
have most important bearing. however,
on the life of machinery. 1 have known
valuable engines 20 jar themselves literally
to pieces for no apparent cause some
Slight error in adjustment had set up a
vibration that was communicated from
part ito part like contagious disease, I'M
I'll the whole plant was affected steady
tremor of that kind Will not only wear out
the parts. but it causes what We call
structural changes in the metal itself.
Wrought steel viii gradually lose its tough
ness and elasticity. and become as brittle
as cast iron. When it is fractured, the in
terror will have strange, graduated ap-
pearance, and the worst Of it is that the
alteration may be going on for months
without the knowledge of the most careful
engineer alive. That is the secret OF the
breaking of a great many propeller shafts
at sea. There different ways Of stop
ping vibrations, and one of the most
curious is to set up a counter-tremor
the other. Quite frequently" continued
the engineer, "a machine that gets
the jumps as we call IL, will do itself no
particular harm, but will play havoc with
the building in which it is located. Some
years ago L was I'm an upstairs office of a
large business block in a nearby city, and,
happening TO lean against the wall, my at
tention was attracted by peculiar. low.
humning sound, like the faint buzzing of
bees. / made some inquiries and found a
couple Of very powerful engines We're on
the first floor, going at full tilt. They had
set up vibration that was gradually tear
ing down the house. and in certain places
the masonry had disintegrated to such an
extent that very elaborate repairs We're
necessary. The trouble was easily checked
by putting IN new foundations for the ma
chimes. Another curious case occurred
right here IN New Orleans. Two engines
we're located in three-story building in
the lower part of town. and gave no trouble
whatever until one afternoon, when sud-
denly the entire edifice was shaken as II
by an earthquake. All the occupants were
terribly alarmed and thought the house
was coming down about their ears. 1t
turned out upon investigation, that the en-
gines had merely caught step. In other
words, their vibrations, which had been
previously offsetting each other. happened
accidentally to become uniform. If the jar
had continued It would undoubtedly have
destroyed the building. 1t was remedied
by simply changing the length of one of the
cylinder strokes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
GAMBLING HOUSE CAUTION.
Patronage Of Possible EmbezzIerx Not
at All Desired.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Strange as IL may seem, 1 go u church
occasionally said New York sporting
man. who was in the city TO attend the
winter race meet, land the last time l
was there the clergyman preached a SER
mon against gambling. Naturally. L was
interested, and / am free to confess that
good deal of what he said was true; but
one OF his statements was away beside
the mark. He spoke of the frequency
with which bank cashiers ana other trust
ed employees go wrcng, anc sdced thai
gambling houses make a practice OF en-
tcinS them in and encouraging them 10
play don't claim, mind you, that gam
blers as class are any too good to do
precisely what the domino said. but IL
would De poor business policy As matter
OF fact, the big gambling houses OF the
country all make it a rule to TAR men
who handle q. Z. N. What does 20. Z. NJ
mean, did you ask? Why. other PEOPLES
money. of course. You see, when a bank
cashier defaults or a confidential clerk
ioots the safe, or eny other trusted en-
ploye steals a lot d monsy, an inquiry is
Immediately set on foot 10 find out what
he did with it. If 1t is learned that he
lost any part of * in a gambling house
d tremendous uproar is certain to follow,
crusades are started by the newspapers
and preachers, and it's dollars to dough-
nuts the place is closed I'D by the police.
know of one instance in which bank tel
Ter visited q noted gambling house with
friend merely out Of curiosity. and lost
10 az the roulette wheel. TX was the frs.
time ne nad ever been there, and he never
called again. but some months after he
turned out TO be a heavy defaulter, and
the circumstance CT his visit was recalled
by somebody who had seen him there. AS
a result the establishment was broken up
and the proprietor suffered an actual loss
of nearly $4,000. That's an extreme case.
but there nave been many others along
the same lire. AT the big gambling houses
in the North stranger must be introduced
by some responsible person before he can
get in, AMI the management Immediately
makes it its business to ascertain his oc-
cupation. III he handles g. p. NJ, that
settles him. He never crosses the TIRES
hold again. The play sucn houses want
is that OF men Of Independent means. fash
ionable idlers, actors, and so on. hut not
trusted clerks. The risk is too great. II
a clerk wants TO gamble, he can find plenty
of facilities in other directions"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

drawn forward and up the stream; so. BY
the effect OF the continued winding, 1t
would gradually rise and rise till il reached
the place where the current ceased to eN-
ert so much power. There it would be made
fast again until the rope could De disci'-
gagged from the cylinder and coile5. ready
for use when needed. Then the man would
cut loose. seize his paddle or pole. ana work
away till the next rapid was reached, when
he would start off with his rope and repeat
the operation described above.
This process is wearisome with a heavy
stone boat, but IL struck me. rs l watched
IT. that bright boy could adapt it 10 a
toy scow and get ceal Of amusement ou-
of 1t. IL the experiment did nothing more
it would at least be lesson IN the art
which every mechanic must iearn-of max
ing the forces of nature his servants ard
compelling them to do for him what would
otherwise require a good deal OF labor at
his hands.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16
Exposition Bulletin.

Aside and distinct from the cattle exhibit
at the Pan-American exposition, IL has
been decided to conduct model dairy
throughout the entire six months Of the
exposition. The dairy is to be comprised
Of four five representa- tives of each of
the breeds of milk cows laying any claim
to merit along dairy lines.
Plans are being made to have eight or
nine breeds represented in this model dairy.
Nearly all of the live stock associations
have given assurance of their fullest CO.
operation in this matter, and have gener-
ously offered to place at the disposal of the
exposition the animals which shall form
this model dairy.
The stable IN which the cattle will be
kept will be one that is equipped with the
up-to-date appliances, particularly with e
gard to hygienic and sanitary conditions.
1t is not the plan TO force these cows I'M
duly to see how much can be produced dur
ing this time, but to see what they will 90
under absolutely uniform conditions, as
nearly normal as ii may be possible to
make them on the exposition grounds. The
work will be conducted by men of much
experience in feeding and handling dairy
animals, under rules which Will be rormu-
lated for the government or this dairy.
Only such changes shall be made during
the six months as shall be especially CAL
culated 20 prove the superiority OF some
particular breed, and when these changes
are made with a view to establishing some
characteristic of some breed. all other an
fn1alS in the dairy VIII De piaceu unoer ex-
actly the same conditions and careful rec
ord kept as to their performance under
these conditions. Accurate data will be
kept as 20 the amount Of food consumed,
it's cost, its nutritive value, and also the
milk product, as to the amount and quail
ity.
Never in this country has such long
test of so many animals of different breeds
been conducted, and 1t would seem that
much valuable data would be gained from
an experiment of this kind.
Details of the management of the dairy
are IN charge of Z. A. Converse, superin-
tendent OF live stock exhibits of the expo
Sition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

the stsid officials. and. addressing him
said, In wondering tones. And this Is the
Rank OF England. And Go you SIT here all
day. and never see the green Woods aud the
trees and flowers and the charming coun-
try Then in tones OF TSmonstyance ne
demanded, Are you contcnted with such a
Bteg All this time he vas holding the little
naked Psyche in one hand. and With his
long hair and flashing eyes male a sur
prising figure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

hold Manchuria and has an understanding
with you to become governor of that great
country?r
There Is no such agreement. / am
friendly with Russia, but no more so than
with Great Britain or the United States
said ii and the interview was closed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-16

which make the home attractive. encour-
ages the children to develop the possible
ties of their own backwards and other little
corners OF earth In Germany. Russia.
France and Switzerland school gardens are
numerous, and they are increasing sn
America
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
SUB URBAN.

| Mrs Trotabout--I shall be off the greater part of the day, as I have join ed the Society for the Suppression of Needles and Nerve-racking Noises. Mir T.--Good idea, my dear. Take the baby along with you.--New York Weekly.
 And have you seen your little baby brother yet?" inquired the caller. Yes" replied little Ethel Blugore, and was so disappointed in it." Why" Because 1t doesn't look bit more stylish than the one our washwoman' s Philadelphia Press. The fisherman now homeward takes his
 flight
 By duty sternly bid.
 To tell the truth, he did not get a
 bite
 But the mosquito did.
 Chicago Record Herald.
 Mrs. Frills-Now that have engaged you, Bridget am going to begin right away to give you little training in the art of waiting on guests. You see, my daughter is coming out next month Bridget-Tndade, mum! An how long was she sint up for?-Rich- mond Dispatch.
 Suburban Sabbath.-Stranger-Your congregation was rather small to-day. Minister-Yes, they only promise to come weather permitting" Stranger But it was clear Minister-Well, they mean if it rains they'll come. If 1t is clear they play golf and go fish, ing.-Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
OUR PR ESTDENT.

The dreadful news of the assassina- tion of President Mckinley comes upon the American public like a flash of lightning out of clear sky and causes a thrill of horror over our land, and
 not only here but everywhere that men respect law the terrible deed will be de- plored with horror. Our noble presi- dent twice honored by the nations highest gift lies low stricken by an as-
 sassin of the same anarchist brand
 that has done such fendish work in
 the old world. Here we have no kings
 nor emperors the plain citizen may rise
 to be the ruler; here Is liberty, equal
 ity before the law and freedom. Yet
 here, too the anarchist assassin strikes
 and this time at man loved by the
 people, honored by all irrespective of
 party; man of virtuous life and deeds
 who rose from ordinary beginnings to
 the chief magistracy of the nation;
 man of noble mental endowment, brave
 in war and statesmanlike in the dis
 charge of his trying and arduous work as the nations chief. Intense was the feeling all over this broad land when
 the telegraph clicked the dreadful tid- ings that the nations chief was foully, fiendishly assassinated. Here as every
 where deep emotion arose and people could not believe the report, could not realize that so base, so dreadful deed would be done in this fair land of lib- erty. Such an intense and universal public feeling of sorrow and indigna- tion has never been seen before in our midst since the assassination of Gar field.
 A nations sympathy goes out to the sufferer and nations prayers ascend that he may survive, but alas there is little hope.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
4 NOMINAL

Texas has struck oir' all right and
 for the railroads in that section, and
 the entire southern part of the country.
 The cost of hauling hard and soft coal
 many hundreds of miles from the
 mines to the far south has made the
 fuel expense of the Southern Pacific,
 the Atchison and the other railroads a
 very prominent item in their operating
 expenses. How the railroads have
 struck oil, perhaps it should be called
 a sympathetic strike" is thus clearly
 presented In special to the New
 York Evening Post: "I expect to see
 the Texas oil used in the passenger locomotives of our Eastern railroads"
 said Edward w. Parker, the fuel sta- tistician of the Geological Survey, to your correspondent to-day. Great economic results will follow the Beau mont discoveries. unless I am mistak- en. Thus far smoke consuming devices on locomotives are not wholly success full; the limited space and the necessi- ty of forced draught compicate the problem. But oil makes an admirable of the roads of Southern California have long realized. The Southern Pa ciflc, the Santa Fe and other railroads are now changing over their locomo- lives, so as to use this fuel oil and believe the movement will spread. This Texas product In it's crude form Is much heavier than the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Eastern oils, but it does not carry the same quantity of illumnants. While it could be refined for illumin- ating purposes, I doubt whether it would pay to do so in the present com- petition for a wide market But 1t is an ideal fuel oil, better than we have ever had before, and will make its market there.
 'The Santa Fe Railroad has long used oil for quite stretch of country, in fact from California till it hears the | coal fields of New Mexico. On the line | of the Southern Pacific, whose tracks | already run within four miles of Beau mont, there Is not a coal field from New Orleans to San Francisco; the road has lad to import its coal from Alabama. Soloradoo
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
OKLAHOMA NEXT.

It appears quite likely that Oklahoma
 will be added to the galaxy of states
 of this glorious union by Congress at l it's next session. The recent opening I of adjacent Indian reservations to set clement has added about 100000 to the ] population of Oklahoma. When the
 census was taken, last year. the Ter
 ritory had 398,245 inhabitants. It's
 growth in population and wealth has been rapid. Organized in 1900 the cen sus enumerators in that year found
 61, 1884 souls within it's boundaries At
 the assembling of the Fifty seventh
 Congress, when its Delegate asks for
 the admission Of the Territory to the
 union of States, he will be able to point
 to a population exceeding 5OO,00O The
 number has not decreased in a decade,
 as the scant population of Nevada
 has: nor has 1t grown slowly in fifty years from 61, 1000 to less than 100000, as in the case of New Mexico Eleven years have almost multiplied it by ten, and If the Territory should be raised to the rank and privileges of State by the Fifty-seventh Congress, it would enter the Union with a population emitting it to three Representatives in the House. There is every promise of con- tinued growth. Oklahoma is not min ing camp. It's prosperity Is based upon agriculture and all the varied mercan- tile activity that marks the life os Il vigorous community where the coil s rich snd the climate favorable.
 The New York Independent urges strongly and convincingly that there ought to be no hesitation ab ut admit Cklahcma, whose population is five times that of Wyoming, three times that of Idaho. and twice as great as while it exceeds that of either of the Dakotas. All of these have been States for more than a de- cade. Utah, admitted in 1896, has even now only a little more than hals as many people as can be counted in Ok lahoma. Some think that the new | State should include both Oklahoma and Indian Territory: but while the latter has large number of inhabit- ants 391,000), the two populations are dissimilar It is better that Oklahoma should stand by itself. When all the negotiations with the Indian time will arrive for decision as to the Indian Territory"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07
- DIGNLFiED AND WISE.

The German Emperor seems to be
 picking up considerably in the estima-
 tion of the world, and is now regarded
 as a man of unusual ability among
 monarchs. He struck it exactly right in his address to Prince Chun Wednes- day A little deviation one way or the other would have rendered his speech bizarre, but he struck happy medium and attained conservative yet digni- fled and exalted strain, and the world applauds him. The Emperor Is no long, CT a youth, and his early indiscretions in speech are giving place to sounder judgment and loftier perception, and he is developing into a strong and discreet ruler of mighty nation. As says the New York Tribune in regard to his Prince Chun speech: "This world does not often hear an utterance more digni- fled, impressive and generally befitting it's circumstances than that Indeed, we may say that throughout the entire episode the German Emperor bore him. self in a manner worthy of the great head of great nation. It would have been so easy to spoil the whole busi- ness by being harsh, or melodramatic, or by doing something to give it tinge of opera bouffe. The Emperor ju- diciously avoided the peril, and added which will be gratefully and admiring- ly remembered"