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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
LETTER TO THE CAR.
Count ToIstof Wants His Majesty to
stay Religious Persecution.

NEW YORK. March 3o.-A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from London
says: With a petition of Doukobhor wom-
en- begging TO be allowed 10 join their hus-
bands in Canada. Tolstoi has written the
following letter TO the Car:
items of hundreds of Russia's best chill
dren suffer trials as heavy and even
heavier than the present religious
persecution. that uncomfortable mad
ness which spreads wider and wider
over Russia, but which enlightened
men and the government have long come
TO regard as futile and stupid injustice. l
have long felt II TO be my sacred duty 20
endeavor before j die to open Your eyes
90 the senseless and horrible cruelties per-
petrated IN your name. This touching ap-
5sal Of the D0ukObhors forces me 10 delay
40 longer. Thousands and thousands of
men. deeply religious. and thus representing
the nations truest and chiefest strength,
have = brought To ruin. imprisoned N
exile or driven forth from Russia. Take
this matter into your hands. Heed not
the counsel of the men who i~nstigated the
prosecutions; heed not Pobiedonostzem an
evil, obstinate, hard-hearted man born out
OF his time. nor Slpjagin, "A short-sighted
superficial. unenlightened man, but revise
% repeal all the existing stupid.
shameless LAWS enj0ining religious perse-
cutIonS. which have long ceased 10 exist
IN every civilized country except Russia"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
DUE TO POLICE METHODS
RUSSIAN STUDENTS NOT WHOLLY RE
sPoNsIBLE FOR RIOTS.
Prince Kropotkin Predicts the Deuth
of Autocrzcy-Toistoi Appeals
to the Cznr.

ST. PETERSBURG. March 0.-Direetor
General Berg. with the consent OF the dis
trict curator. has closed the Riga Poly
technicum. The Kharkoff authorities have
Issued an order against assembling in pub
lie places. imposing the same penalties for
onenses as here.
Excellent observers believe that the po-
sition of the minister OF the interior, NJ.
Sipiaguine. is untenable, and anticipate his
resignation within a few months, as a re-
suit of the inability Of the police 10 con-
troll the turbulent clements. NJ. Sipiaguine
was disposed To exculpate Lieutenant Gen
eraI KleigelI, editor of the St. Petersburg
Post, until the St. petersburg Council, on
Tuesday after the great riot, reported adj
versely TO the Gar. Prince Viasemski, a
member Of the Imperial Council, who was
an eyewitness of the rioting. won over the
Council in an excellent speech. 1t is I'M
derstood now that his resignation. which
was rendered after he had protested
against the conduct Of the police. has not
been accepted. NJ. Sipiaguine's latest
proclamation adopted the point Of view of
the Imperial Council. A week after it had
been issued a report was sent TO the Car
by the Grand Duke Michael, president of
TIT (O0AAAA Ae
Majesty pertinently demanded, according
TO good authority. what NJ. Sipiaguine, who
is head Of the police. had done to f~orestall
the troubles. Some people even hold that
police agents provoked the affair.
The publication of the petition of twen-
ty-eight professors to the Car, in an Eng
lish paper. has been the means Of bring
ing the petition before the Car. as the
T.n-z- -l,I- 49,. -,--. 10000 - -ar
ul3rly. Eight professors Of the st. Peters
burg University, three OF the Moscow Uni
Versity, three Of the Mining Academy and
five OF the Engineering Institute signed
tins appeal. which was for more liberal
university and political institutions. The
present university statutes, which will
probably be revised, were adopted in 1884.
The Liberals then predicted their failure.
Professor Bilbosoff is publishing criticisms
of the statutes, predicting more serious
troubles than those which have recently
occurred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
MODERN SOAP BUBBLES.
How Science Has Improved Upon the
Old Style.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
When great scientists drop their dignity and
resume the sports OF childhood they are very
apt to Introduce some improvement. This has
bubbles. Some English physicist took up the
matter. and found that the youngsters were right
in preferring clear honey soap to other kinds
for making big bubbles. The true reason lay
in the fact that the favorite soap contained a
trihe more glycerine than other popular brands.
proportion Of glycerine to soap in order TO OBJ
tain the best results. With this combination
the gray-haired scientists blew bubbles two and
three feet in diameter. and one OF them Is
said to have had a wild. enthusiastic audience OF
little children who sat watching him for an
hour or more.
The Investigations have been utilized by sew
eral enterprising soap boilers. who now turn
out a soap-bubble soap With this a three-year-
older can make bubbles as large as himself.
Not only are the iridescent spheres larger than
usual. but they last longer. When launched
carefully from the end Of the pipe they will foar
from two TO three times as long as do those
made from ordinary soaps A very pretty ex-
pertinent Is 20 blow a bubble with cigar or CT
garette smoke instead OF the natural breath.
on the surface ~ the bubble and the space
within being rendered OPAQUE. Is that OF a giant
pearl floating in the air.
If a few drops of any essential oil. such as
violet. Glove or geranium. is stirred into the
lather. the particles will be separated. and. on
reeste on the surface as they do on water A
bubble blown under these circumstances com
minutes the drops OF oil to almost Inconceivable
snaiiuess- and when the bubble finally breaks
fhsn by the best atomizer. 4 single large
bubble launched in this way will Ill s parior
or drawing room with an invfnikle nIm OF PER
G0Wo Which will last &og weuU~&oUY ooUTr<
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
UNDER PECULIAR CONDITIONS.
Horace Cousens wiIIed His Estate to
Deserving Poor.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, March S0.-The will
of Horace Cousens. late of Newton, which
has been filed for probate. gives practically
all the estate of S50.0O0 to the deserving
poor, but under somewhat singular condi-
tons. After payment Of $4,000 to the town
OF Lyman, Me-, for a fund. the residue
goes TO the city of Newton for investment
until its total is 81. 100000. The investments
are TO be in loans to industrial men and
women of Newton to assist them in pro-
curing homesteads. On attaining N,OO,OOO
the yearly interest is to be paid to deserv-
ing city poor. If the city OF Newton does
not desire TO care for the bequest, two
Boston institutions get $4,000 each, one
Newton charity 5000, and the residue
goes to Lyman, Me. There seems some
question whether or not the disposition of
the property hinges on the demise of the
testator's children with or without issue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
N IN MEXICO.
Enormous Quantity of the Drug Con-
sumed by Americans.

NOV AAtdD Nv
The quantity of quinine taken by foreigners
on the southern coast of Mexico is something
simply incredible" said a resident of this city
who is interested in coffee culture in the sister
republic. There is a general belief among the
American and English all through that region
of life. and they keep full of it from one years
end TO another. The first time I visited the
coast / stopped al Frontera. the first port east
of Vera Cruz. and as soon as our ship tied up
il was boarded by a tall. sallow man. who
turned out 10 be an American engineer, in charge
of a big sugar plant up the country. He made
a bee line for the purser- Hello Billy he said;
did you bring that quinineg Sure replied the
purser. and diving into his cabin he came out
with an armful OF tin boxes. about the size OF
tea canisters. and japanned green. Each of
them held a pound Of quinine. | never saw II
put up that way before. and. naturally. I was
surprised. l soon scraped an acquaintance with
the engineer. and made bold TO inquire what in
the world he wanted with such a supply. Are
you getting IL on a SPECULATION? I asked. with
a vague idea that IT might be intended for some
Mexican army contractor. He laughed heartily
our little colony OF Americans hack in the in
terror. and IL won't last very long. either.
49, = hiaas ,be. had hem ground orr round
like a ~sTatula. and thrust IL into one OF the
cans He brought out a hakys white mass
and swallowed IL like SO much sugar. Have You
II steS IN srazemsnf ONLY aprroximetaix
he replied carelessly; "a man quits weighing
quinine when he has been down here a few
bona nde quinine-eater.' the csnee planter went
ktHtidle Htrf ttt III n IL t'taN1p itNthT
es. To protect IL from perspiration. and when
they feel like taking a dose they dig in. with
ono OF those snatulated knives that they all
carry. and swallow as much as they see TT.
A. they go ettreiy by guess. IL is hard TO say
how much viii ~ tafe in the course OF n day.
but 7 have weighed the amount that can be
iifted on the ordinary knife blade and found 1t
to range between % and SO grains You see.
quinine is as compressibIe as cotton. and two
wads Of II that look about the same sire will
vary 100 per cent. I'm weight One would sun
pose. as a matter Of course that slr~~ -,ornaus
quantities Of the DRUG would produce an fnfoier-
= a. - - - - A4 &c., -
they do nothing OF the kind The average white
man down there who keeps under the Influence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR.
He Has a Better Time, on the Whole,
Than His City Brethren.
New Orleans Times Democrat

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
1.-The popular conception of a country doctor
Is ludicrously wide OF the mark, at least as
far as this State is concerned" said a man who
sells surgical Instruments, and spends a good
deal of time with the rural trade. 1T is based
on novels mainly. where the rustic practitioner
to duty. who either drives about in a ram
shacle gig or rides a 'gaunt gray mare with
his medicines in a pair OF saddlebags. The doc
tors old gray mare, as / remember her, is
quite a standard character in fiction. This dole
full portrait may be true OF other localities"
the instrument man went on, but IL certainly
isn't true of Louisiana and especially south
Louisiana. The average country doctor Of that
section is far more prosperous than the average
doctor in a city. L know at least half a dozen
who earn fully $4,000 a year, ana a 5000 prac-
tice Is comparatively common. This is not mere
guessing, but 1 speak from a personal knowl-
edge of the facts, CLEANED in the course of long
business relations. To be sure, Ii takes hard
work to earn such sums. One ply s1cian OF my
acquaintance, who lives forty miles from a rail-
road, uses eight horses in making the rounds
OF his patients. He keeps several at points
on the go for two or three days for a stretch,
but he is healthy and happy in spite or the
strain, and last year he collected 5000 cash.
He expects to keep up this pace for six or
and gradually retire from active life. That is
the plan of most Of our successful country doc
tors. and it has made fine openings for many
bright graduates from the medical colleges. 1
have noticed. incidentally. that the country doc
tor usually retires at an earlier age than the
city man. and is able TO enjoy life before be
rural practice is that there are comparatively
few bad bills-exactly the reverse of the con-
ditions in a city. When a farmer sends for a
physician he pays him: A customer or mine
counts last year out Of a total OF over 81. 200.
If You are looking for medical starvelings." add
ed the instrument man. you'll have TO go to
town to find them The country Is not their nab
it9t-except in stories
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
THE COST OF THEATER SEATS.
When They Are Not Sold at Fancy
Prices They Are Bargains.
New York Tribune.

YIN lAbdA
The announcements which have just been
made of the reductions OF prices of seats at
two Broadway theaters again call attention
theater in New York. If it were not for the
Americans habitual i~nsistence on paying the
gets. the managers would not be able to do
what they do. But IL is the law Of the country
that the poor must conduct themselves exactly
like the rich, and this is one of the best of
the reasons why the poor grow poorer. while
the rich, by industry and frugality, are grow
ing richer. The young man who gets SIS a
week will do almost everything before he will
and is worth it, to the theater and have her
sit in any but the most expensive seats.
This condition has led TO the curious result
that there are now almost no theaters of moder-
ate price in New York. The managers of the
ask whatever they like for their seats and they
can get IL; wherefore their prices have a natur-
al tendency TO rise. And then, since. If this
burst-probably the young mans pocketbook,
because of the pressure of air without and the
prices extremely low, SO as to catch the young
man and his girl when they fall.
one of the Broadway theaters from 50 to SIS
merely emphasizes the fact that theaters charg-
though only half a dozen years ago thar was
the regular price everywhere. Now the regular
which is asked at some OF the theaters well
away from Broadway. But these theaters are
not really In New York. They are in the city
| geographically. but in every other respect they
Norwalk.
Then. getting back into New York, there are
the continuous performance, houses. where the
highest price is 80 cents, unless q few seats are
set aside at 70 cents to crafty the haughtiness
of those who are bound to be superior TO their
surroundings. wherever they are. These are the
natural refuge of the poor young man and his
girl. and they can feel that they are enjoying
indispensable glory. since there is nothing in
the theaters where they are which can be bought
for more than they have paid.
Recently two Broadway theaters which seem
unable to determine whether they are variety
theaters or not have cut their prices ruthless
l down 10 the 80 cent scale. The experiment
thus far appears 70 be a success. The occasion
for ii. however, is partly due to the decline of
the music hall in New York. Three or four
years ago New York people would pay any price
If you would only give them vaudeville; now
| they will-well, they will not pay any price.
But the decline of vaudeville is a separate sub
ject. which has been written about before. And
so has this one. for that matter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
GOOD WORK FOR MARCH
SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS IN THE IN
IAN OIL FIELD.
Activity Is Phenomenal for the Sea-
Higher Prices Soon.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MONTPELIER, Ind, March 30.-Oil OPP
e~rations in the Indiana oil field for the
month of March show an increase in all it's
branches. During the month there were
176 wells completed. Thirty-three were gas
wells or dry holes, and the rest show an
output of 2.S34 barrels. This is an average
Of twenty barrels per we'll per day.
Never before in the history of crude oil
in Indiana has the oil business from every
standpoint presented such a favorable out
look for the oil man in general. The runs
of oil from the Indiana field do not increase
as they should with a large number of
new wells completed each month, and the
shipments are of such a quantity that but
little Indiana crude remains in stock. 1t IS
being shipped more rapidly than it is being
produced. The older crop of wells is fall
ing off in output, and the newer ones fail
to produce enough to keep VI the average.
The present outlook is for n much better
price for the product. Dollar oil would
stimulate the drill, and new pools would
be sought after by the trade. There are
many extensive oil pools yet in the State
which have never been tapped by the drill,
and when they are this State will stand
second to none as far as the production is
concerned. All that is needed to find the
product is.good prices from the pipe lines,
and the operators will do the rest.
During March an attempt was made to
extend the State-line pool to the north into
Monroe township, Adams county, a couple
Of miles north of producing wells. The
venture was located on the Habegger farm,
but when completed failed TO find oil in
paying quantities, much to the disgust of
the citizens of Decatur. The State-line
pool is one of the most promising ones In
the entire oil area of the State, and many
news wells Will be put down there the
present season. Before the close of the
season miles of new territory will be de-
Veloped in all directions from the center
of the field. Hartford City has a regular
oil country boom on. and some more than
average wells are being completed there.
The new strike reported during the past
few days to the southwest OF Marion is ex-
aggerated considerably, and is not such a
producer as reported. Its output was less
than 100 barrels a day. A we'll is not what
1t will produce the first few hours after
completion, but what it will do after it has
settled TO its daily average production. The
Hamilton county strike near Noblesville is
the most prominent one during the month.
and may lead to the opening up of quite an
extensive area of new territory.
The following figures show the work done
In Indiana oil fields the past two months:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
The Burning of the Helpless.
Case and Comment.

If the protection of the helpless is ever
the duty of the State. such duty certainly
requires a greater care for the prevention
of fatal fires in schools. orphan asylums
hospitals and similar institutions. Most
day schools kept in buildings more thar
two stories high need better fire escapes
and better fire drills for the pupils. The
so-called drills which they have are otter
little more than a farce. But the most
crying need is in those school dormitories
hospitals, o~rphanages and homes for The
helpless. the friendless or the aged. where
many people under a single roof sleeT
every night in imminent peril OF cremation,
The burning Of normal school pupils al
Fredonia, N Y. and the burning of or
phans at Rochester. N. V. have recently
startled the public 70 some appreciation
OF these dangers. Legislators who do MOI
count the protection OF human life less I'm
pcrtant than game laws or regulation OF
pa wnbrokers may well give attention to
this subject
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
BRITAIN's QUEEN SPEAKS.
Interesting Address to the People OF
"Her Dear Old Fatherland."

COPENHAGEN, March 3O.-Replying to
the representatives of the 500 Danish as
sociations this afternoon, Queen Alexandra
made an interesting speech.
Receive" said her Majesty, "my heart
felt thanks for the beautiful address ex-
pressive of the love and sympathy with
which my dear compatrfOts still surround
me, Notwithstanding the lapse of so many
years. 1t was a heavy blow which befell
my husband and myself when God called
our beloved and acknowledgements
Queen Victoria TO himself. May God give
us strength and wisdom to discharge the
manifold and great and difficult duties
which have devolved upon us. In the con-
fdent hope of being able in the future to
contribute towards strengthening the bonds
which have for so many years united Great
Britain and my dear old fatherland, l ex-
press again my profound gratitude to all
who signed the address,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

all the time, experiences nothing except a slight
feeling OF exhilaration-at least so / was assured
by dozens of habitues. Whether the use OF the
stuff is Of any real benefit is something L am
~skeptical about. / never took a grain of ii my
self, and L was the only man on our plantation
who didn't have a touch of fever"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

mediately to Amazonas, where he would
receive further instructions regarding a
special mission. Admiral Mello refused to
go without knowing his real destination,
and was thereupon arrested for disobedi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

NEW YORK, March GA dispatch from
the Heraid's correspondent in RI d.
Janeiro says that Admiral Justine De Pro-
senca, governor Of Cobras island, Informed
ADMIRAL Mello that the government set
nm al @peFty and ordered him 10 80 I'M
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

Increase drilling wells. .
Increase rigs up and building. ....:.......2
Net increase In new work. %
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
Summary of Completed Wells

Increase completed 2
Increase new production, brls .........26
Increase dry holes <
Abandoned wells 90
Average Jauary wells. brls. Is .
Average February wells. brls........... liz
Average March wells. brls. 20
Drilling Wells and Rigs
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26

GET PERMIT AT TICKET OFFICE FOR FREIGHT
TRAINS
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
He Had Paid For 1t.
thing.

An American had quite an amusing
experience recently while on trip
through Switzerland. While standing
up in a moving train his foot slipped.
and he fell against the window. which
caused it TO break. without the pieces
falling out. The conductor Immediate
~ went to him and demanded the usu-
al fine of 81. francs GO cents. which
was paid. receipt being given.
a few stations beyond where the ac-
cident occurred the crew was changed.
but the American went on as far as
Basic. When he arrived at this termi-
nus. he waited until most Of the people
had left the car and then he threw his
dress suit case with all his force
through the broken window. He was
at once surrounded by the station mas
ter, his assistants and everybody OF au-
thOrity within the station, but as he
claimed not to understand them there
was much gesticulation and talk until,
Just as the American was about to be
arrested. an interpreter was found. to
whom he showed his receipt. to the as
constituent OF the authorities and the
amusement of the bystanders.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-26
Australian Nfct1nnmes.

The inhabitants of New South Wales
have long been known as "cornStalks."
ali allusiCa to the length and slimness
CT the aveg0ge young New South Wales
native. Nictorians are known as gum
suckers with reference To The gum
that is found Oh nEny native trees.
some of which is re.!sncd hy Juveniles.
Grow eaters as applied to the South
Australians. ewes rs origin to a state.
mcnt that ia times OF drought the
wheat farmers of Sn:itli Australia are
yriven TO the source suggested for food.
"Wheattielaers" is "A more euphonious
name sometimes used for the same
province.
The Queens 0nders are known as "ba-
nana landers.' that tropical fruit grow
ing there abundantly. Western Aus
tlalians-or. as they are now generally
called. Observation-Disclosures known in the
east as sand grOpers'' or "gropers."
The Westralicns themselves group all
the other states into 't'u, her side" and
call the residents "t'other siders''