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to sailors, who have retained the use OF
them, commonly i'm the form of gold hoops,
down to our own time. 1t has long been
a common belief among sea-faring men Of
all nations that the wearing Of earrings
strengthens the eyesight and is a certain
cure for sore and bleary eyes.
THE EYESIGHT THEORY.
As a matter of fact. the strengthening
of-the-eyesight theory is generally accepted
by the educated classes as well. for one
often hears of ladies who firmly believe
that they have benefited accordingly. Let
it be said at once. however. that this popu-
lar theory has never obtained medical ia
vor. 1t is, indeed, nothing more than a
superstition; probably a corruption of that
which taught that anything representing
the solar system would, if worn either on
the finger. or on the arm, or in the ear. act
as a talisman. In the case of Inflammation
or the eyes, however, il is just possible
that ear-piercing might once have been
adopted as a modification OF the old drastic
counter-irritant that took the form Of in
Serting a seton. =.
From ElizaDethan days the use Of ear
rings by women has continued TO the pres
ent time. The shape of the ornament. how
ever, changes completely with the fash
ions; long, heavy pendants being succeeded
by smaller ones. and these by single stones
in almost invisible Citations, set close TO the
lobe of the ear In the days before the dis
covery Of anaeSthetics, by whose agency
the nerves IN the lobe OF the ear are now
numbed preparatory 70 piercing, the latter
operation used to be quite an important
event in the young girls life. There was
the sensation OF vanity aroused by the
requirement of the coveted ornaments.
which carried with them the distinction OF
being considered grown w. mingled with
the exaggerated dread of the pain which
the piercing involved. A coarse but humor-
Gus engraving entitled Ladies Ears Bored
Gratis, and supposed to be designed by
Rowlandson, was published in 1894. Need
less TO say, 1t is a shaft aimed at the pro-
verbal vanity Of the sex. Esr-piercing
also formed the subject OF a celebrated
painting by Sir David White. r. A II Is
known as the First Earring and was
executed for the first Duke Of Bedford i'm
1885, the figures being portraits Of members
or the Russell family. In this picture the
calm and persuasive eyes Of the mother;
the look towering between vanity and fear
or the little girl, when the private operator
approaches TO fix the sparkling appendages
TO her ears, together with the rich and
natural colorlng, cannot soon be forgotten
by any spectator.
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Design study has been taken UP by the
classes in advanced drawing.
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The new frat of Tyroleans, a January,
'O3, sorority, met with Miss Ella Glass yes
terday afternoon.
On last Tuesday the Indianapolis Cold
Storage Company was visited by the classes
in mechanical drawing.
The Athletic Association cleared sos. IS
from the football game Thanksgiving be-
tween the Shortridge and NJ. T. H.. s.
teams.
VIII Wheeler entertained the Sheikhs at
his home Wednesday evening, when plans
for the annual Christmas dance were dis
CuSSed.
An entertaining programme was heard
during the exercises in the auditorium Fri
day morning. Musical numbers and reclta-
lions were given.
The senators of the Manual Training
lis School are still busily engaged with
the negro deportation bill. At the last
meeting nothing definite was done concern
ing the question, which will again occupy
the minds of the members at the next meet
ing
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the image of the golden calf was fashioned
by Aaron out of gold earrings belonging
rings were more or less peculiar to Eastern
nations. At first the. Greeks and Romans
expressed the greatest contempt at the
men Of the Oriental nations with whom
they came into contact wearing earrings.
Eventually the Greeks first and then the
Romans adopted the custom. With the
former, however, it was the result of a
The oracle of Apollo having declared that
If they wished 10 have good citizens they
were to put what they held most precious
into the ears of their children misunder-
standing the gods meaning. they pierced
the children's ears and adorned them with
gold. With the Romans the fashion owed
its origin to feminine vanity; and in the
luxurious days of the empire fabulous
prices were given for these useless orna-
ments, so that 1t was said of Roman ma
irons that they often had whole patri-
monies suspended to their ears. One young
aristocrat, by name Galba, stole and
pledged one of his mothers earrings, and
with the proceeds betrayed the expenses Of
most costly and celebrated earring on rec
ord is that of Cleopatra, which contained
a pearl valued at 10000 sesterces, or nearly
100000. This was the gem which she
dissolved in vinegar and swallowed at the
banquet given to Antony, in order to win
the wager that 1t was possible for a meal
to cost such an enormous SUM. Both the
Greek and Roman men of that period af-
fected earrings, but with the Romans the
practice was confined TO the mobiles.
DANES R RESPONSIBLE.
The Danes are generally credited with the
introduction of earrings into this country.
On several occasions, when the sinews of
war were at low ebb, the Danish women
came to the assistance of their men folk
by yielding up these 10 the melt
ing pot. while King Sweno was ransomed
from this source. That the Saxons. who.
doubtless, initiated the Danes. were ex-
tremely fond of earrings is proved by the
ract that a Saxon law expressly enioined
that earrings and necklaces should. at a
mothers death, fall to the lot of the daugh-
ter. After the tenth century, however. the
FASHION seems to have declined throughout
Europe, and earrings are neither found in
graves nor seen in paintings or SCULPTURES
me wearing of them was reintroduced into
england in the sixteenth century. and
Stubos, writing in the time of Queen Eliza
Detn, says: The women are not ashamed TO
make holes In their ears whereat thew hang
rings and other jewels of gold and precious
stones. But what would Stubs have said
II he mad lived to see men thus adjoining
themselves, which became the vogue short
~ For example, in the famous
CnandoS portrait Shakespeare is DENOTED
with earrings, while if one closely scruti-
nlzes the pictures of the great mobiles of the
DAY It VIII be found that many of them are
wearing a lett earring only, usually a pearl
IN the seventeenth century earrings were
no longer worn by Englishmen of birth ami
position the fashion becoming transferred
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
JIM TRIMBLE GOT AWAY.
Most Surprising Thing That Happened
in a Mountain Feud.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Uncle Sam Whitney, as the old noun
taineer was called, had been telling mt
about the county fair and how his mule
took a prize, but he suddenly stopped and
uttered such a sigh that knew there was
more to come and asked what it was.
Jim Trimble was thar" he replied.
''Well, what of it?"
1.-THE Whitneys and the Trimbles don't
hitch up, and haven't for twenty years
You mean there's a family feud."
Il reckon that's what you'll call It,
though il pears mo- like a shOotin' match
10 me. The Whitneys have got four of the
Trimbles, and the Trimbles have got about
the same of the Whitneys. Nobody of any
account left 'ceDt Jim and me. He had a
mule at the fair, too"
And was there any trouble?' I asked.
mot much trouble" he slowly replied,
'but I was nightly disappointed"
Did you look for more prizes?"
mo, sub. That Jim Trimble got away
from me. Yes. got slick away. and the
Lawd only knows when 1 may meet up
with him agin. Thar he was, and thar /
was, but he dun got away"
Just how do you mean. Uncle Sam"
jest as 1 said. suh-he dun got away
from me"
Was there any shooting?"
"a trife of shootin'. sub"
"And you shot and failed TO bring him
DOWN.
THAT was about the way Of it. I was
token suddenly sick and fell down, and
while 1 was lynn thar Jim Trimble walks
off. None of the family ever did do the
souar' thing"
| hadn't got the puzzle solved yet, and
after a time l inquired Of the old man:
You say you were suddenly taken il?"
Yes. sub"
What was the cause of it?'
why, them two bullets that Jim Trimble
fired into me, befo' he walked away, of
co'se." replied the old mar with a look of
establishment that 1 hadn't figured it out
long before.
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A Letter from sEIizabeth.o
Philadelphia Telegraph.

l. hlAduelpnld IeleSrapn.
At least one American woman is the pos
SCISSOR of a letter from the author Of
Elizabeth and Her German Garden
The American admirer IF the book deter
mined, II possible, TO make the acduaint-
ance OF the person who wrote it. She is a
resOurceful American, and sought 10 ac-
compllsh her purpose by sending a letter
10 the London publishers of the work.
IL was an invitation TO the author to
come 10 this country and visit the Ameri-
can at her beautiful country place. which
Is situated IN the western part OF this
state. The writer said that she would be
oenghted to have her and that she was GER
tam such a lover of nature would find
Huch TO admire in the country. different
as II was from the authors beloved north
IN the course Of a few weeks a letter
came from the author of the book. In II
she SAID that she would be deifghted 10
accept the writer's hospitality. and that
she ana the Man of Wrath had intended
several years ago TO make a trip to this
she said that she had a drawer full Of
letters sent by her publishers. and that
enc read them when the weather did not
psrmlt her TO sit I'm the famous garden.
one 10 let her correspondent
hnoW When they were coming to this coun-
Try ana 10 accept her invitation
letter. "i name - ~
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
THE RILEY -FARM-RHYMES.

No poet ever sang OF the homely life OF
the American p~ecPle-"the commonality Of
men"-as Mr.. James Whitcomb Riley has
done; none ever came SO close to them, TO
their simple, everyday interests n
thoughts, as he. He touched the human
note when, years ago. he wrote the "Old
Swimmin' Hole and Leven More Poems"
and IT was instantly recognized. Readers
who were unmoved by and Indifferent TO
the verse that ordinarily came under their
~notice-praised though 1t might be by the
literary elect: readers of whom it would
nave been said that they would under no
circumstances care for or appreciate
~poetry-these people were quick TO give the
need Of laughter TO the humor, Of tears TO
the psthos, of these verses. and to testify
TO the absolute fidelity of the p~ortrayals to
the life that they knew. The sentiment ex-
pressed in them was not the forced, false
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And was not found again, though heaven lent
His mother all the stars.
Here is a picture of old time as the old
man recalls it:
'In the jolly winters
OF the long ago
1t was not so cold as now
o. MOI Mo-
Then. as 1 remember,
SnOwballs to eat
Were as good as apples now,
And every bit as sweet!
I'm the jolly winter
OF the dead-and-gone
Startin' out rabbit-huntin'-
Early as the dawn
Whoever froze his fingers
Ears, heels, or toes
Ord a-cared If he hadI
Nobody knows.
Nights by the kitchen stove,
Shellin' white and red
Corn in the skillet, and
Sleepin' four abedi
All the jolly winters
OF the long ago!
We were not so old as now
O.! No! Nol'
Winter was a season whose trials evident
ly impressed themselves on the mind of the
poet as a boy, for he say again:
II have just about decided
Itud keep a town-bOy hoppin'
Fer TO work all winter, chopin
Fer a old fireplace, like 1 did;
Law! Them old times wuz contrary!
Blame backbone o'winter, 'peared like,
Clean on into February!
Nothin' ever made me madden
Than fer Pap to stomp In, layin'
On a extra forestick, sayin':
'Groun'hog's out and seed his shaddert"
But many more ~favorites are here, and
all cannot be quoted. The new volume is
a desirable addition to the Riley library,
even though all the poems it contains are
possessed in other forms. 1t is a holiday
volume in every sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
HISTORY OF EARRINGS
THE BARBAROUs ORNAMENTS, RINGS,
NECKLACES AND BRACELETS.
Origin of the Custom of Piercing
WOmen's Ears Ascribed by
Some to

London Globe.
The threatened revival among young girls
of the custom of wearing earrings has
called forth a diatribe against what is de-
nounced as a senseless and barbaric prac-
tice. But earrings have never died out;
they are still commonly worn by ladies OF
the preceding generation; it is only that
fashion had decreed what was certain to be
temporary abstinence in the case Of their
daughters. Is it the unnatural though
harmless operation of ear boring involved
that has aroused the ire of the advanced
opponents of the custom or can it be the
misfortune of their possessing ugly ears
and the dread of not following the fashion?
For it is a fact that whereas the APP
pendages enhance the beauty of we'll
shaped ears they accentuate the defects
of badly formed ones. Earrings are just
as much relics of barbarism as are rings,
necklaces and bracelets, but the feminine
nature will have to undergo a very great
change before the use of all or any is dis
carded. According to a M-ohammedan
legend Sarah, being jealous of Hagar, de-
clared she would not rest until her hands
had been imbued in her blood.
Then Abraham pierced Hagar's ear quickly
and drew a ring through it, so that Sarah
was able to dip her hand in the blood Of
Hagar without bringing the latter into lam
ger. From that time it became a custom
among women to wear earrings.
ABRAHAM'S GIFTS.
Curiously enough, the book Of Genesis
enables the custom to be traced back to
the same people and TO the same period.
Among the presents which Abraham's serv-
ant carried with him when he went forth
to take a wife unto Isaac, and which he
gave 70 Rebecca at the we'll, was a golden
earring of half a shekel weight" The
practice of wearing earrings must have
been a common one with the Israelites
while wandering through tbp desert for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
Shortridge High school.

The Delta Phi senior boys frat will
give a banquet at the Denison a week
from next Friday night. Each member
will invite one young lady guest.
< x
The first practice of the girls basketball
team will likely be held tomorrow in the
Y. w. c. a. gym" under Miss Nehrbas.
Regular practice days will most likely be
Monday and Thursday.
\
The Golfer of the Athletic Association
will be benefited TO the amount of S5S0.S5.
the Shortridge part of the Thanksgiving
football game receipts. The squad will be
given sweaters, which will be paid for from
the Athletic Association treasury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
What Earl Lii Wanted.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

Philadelphia Telegraph.
When Ii Hung Chang was in New York
in 1896 he was much impressed by the
~splendors Of the Waldorf, in which he and
his suite had rooms. One day he sent for
the ana OF the hotel and asked him,
with the engaging directness which char
acteriZed his intercourse with Occidentals,
his age. his salary. and presently the cost
OF the building. When he had satisfied his
curiosity in regard to various details OF the
hotel management, he said to Mr.. Boldt:
Il want you TO come back with me TO
Ohlna anu Duiu mt q hotel gUst IKE tHis.
Why" Mr.. Boldt asked in surprise,
why does your Excellency wish 10 have
such a hotel as this?' so that / may have
hot water whenever 1 want il" said Ii
Hung Chang.
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women Have Their shoes ..Shined."
New York Letter.

-Vth A|tNNtI.
NeM tork women don't make any
Iii ABOUT having their shoes polished IN
1 view of all hands on the ferrvboats.
IIe5e IS as a simple matter of fsct. 10
DO oo "a reason why they should hesitate 10
woman of five or ten wears aso T]"oui6n't
Will e"Ought OF such a thing. Once In a
an over more nor or less blondined young wom-
which eHhlbits the adherence IN
uonaI+y hoIds the thing called conven-
onenNats 10y aking a seat on one of the
s street Sootblack stands on a downtown
but $50 having her shoes freshened up.
attention a one always attracts a lot u
nrscttoon' and there Is no liability of the
bowena- becoming common. Women do.
boothiea Patronize in numbers the indoor
shoe ~ stands, or. rather. seats. OF those
ers houses that keep the shoes of custom-
tbir po.shed up. and IT is 40 uncommcn
a%IonsstI see them in these shops seated
49, % the frugal men who take adVant-
IS OF uhe opportunity TO have their foot
eS"i pohshed up free OF charge.
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Nj. II. III. 8. Affairs.

Design study has been taken UP by the
classes in advanced drawing.
X X <
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East or West.

He rises with the morning sun
Who makes OF time his creed.
And rescues from the ~crumbling hours
The days immortal deed.
Or he may sink himself as low
As evenings sunken sun.
II he forsake the dying day
And leave the deed undone.
-Aloysius Coli. In the Era
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su Tor catarrh. throat and lung trouble con-
indianapolis. Ind. Keep This for reference
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
THE JEFFERSON IND HARDIN COUNTY OIL FIELDS.
Map Showing the Best Known Surveys and
Locating Wells That Have Come in
and Those Being Drilled.

There probably 100 derrieks oil lands in Jefferson
county, but the number Of wells being drilled thirty
according reports received from the field This is due
mainly the fact that many the companies have yet
been able to the machinery with which to begin the
work Of drilling They have put up their derrcks and made
every preparation for active work. but will be able make
much for weeks to the demand for oil
well outfits is much greater than the present supply.
The map shows the oil wells that have been brought In
and those that being drilled The total is hrtyfo.
will be that there are very few outside Of the Veatch
and Bullock leagues. There reports of many other wells
going down in surveys, but has been impossible
obtain reliable information to the location Of any except
these indicated by the map.
The wells around Sour Lake two discovered few
years ago, and two that now being drilled
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05
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Bsaqs the n The Eild Y0g Have AsaE BouTti
q ANZzltz<I
MININe oPgRAToR wANTEp.
Is Charged With Embezzlins $50, 600
Of MINING Propertv

Los Angeles, Cal. July "A warrant
has been swore out at Yuma, Ariz., charg
inS O. \. Pease, . prominent mining pro
moter OF Denver. with embezziing $50 90.
The compliments are L F. Bradshaw
OF Quartzite. Ariz-, F. ". DeidersheIrn. OF
Denver and Richard Darling. superintsnd-
ent OF the Diamond Ridlite Mining COM
pany. II IS alleged thae Pease vas ap-
pointed BY the complainant as a trustee
OF mining property located at Cusrtzite.
Arizona and that he disposed OF the prop
erty and appropriated the funds 70 his
own use. II is said that Peass is now
located in Chicago and Governor Murphy
has been requested 20 issue extradition
papers.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05

Trains 40. 4 ara t-F1f-nl-- srse1er
between Aeuulls Lsttls Rock and of a.
Eru1l CITY rea ra-ii-llrE rhzlr cars BE-
tween Memphis ard 81 esfserf1r1
Trims 80 ard f-st1l rral a.ar-arr
between lslahgrr.a CstF ard Ee-rrrfs
Fres reclining chair cars 6etUee1 kses-r-
oxford and Memphis
Crrrseticls Al II Ee-o. uffh c. =
2 a. y ~ 9El1h1ma Clfy. R4La 500
Pc nd ErlEcu- AZ roltE llrAicstar ulfh
u r. ~ 4fffie kceE alsh f-t-.e
Ecca- Hot afrf- 8 t-ateTl 1o- Ert
Spr-aCs- ~ Eercgrs vim aH f--aq f.-
az points Dort1. sy-th. aglthess- 49,
n4rtheaEL
g. 2. HaET ~ IS a.
ORlaaems CITY ID 7
g. p LEz ~ i A.
Isle A.ncE AK
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05
Up. MORGAN MAKES DEAL.
Buys TWO Big Steamship Companies
and COMPLETES Worlds Circuit.


san Francisco, July "A special to the
Chronicle from Tacoma. says:
1T is definitely announced By interests
clceely connected with the Northern Pa
ci5c Railway that p. Morgan &, Co,
have purchased of George B. Dodweu,
l'rcde ick Dodweu and Hugh C. Wallace
this Northern Pacific Steamship company
ARD tle Washington and Alaska Steam
sf company The sale of these lines
wes affected in New York I'm May By Geo.
d. Dodweu ana Hugh C. Wallace who
have recently returned. Men connected
with The Northern Pacific confirmed the
sale bat would not permit the use Of their
names.
il was originally arranged that the an
nouncement should be made only by Mr..
Morgan after his return from Europe.
The purchase Of these lines gives Morgan
q Co, a complete transportation system
around the world with headquarters in
New York. 1t comprises the Leland line
from New York to London, the Glen line
and Northern Pacific Steamship line from
London to Tacoma and the Northern Pa
cific, Burlington and Erie railroad from
Tacoma to New York
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve win
quickly heal sores, cuts and burns. 1t
cures piles. eczema and skin diseases.
Beware of worthless counterfeits. Geo.
Van Werden. Gus Saur.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05
White Man Turned Yellow.

Great CONSERVATION was felt bv the
friends OF N. A Hossrty OF Lexington.
Ky, when he saw he was turning vel
low his skin slowly changed color. also
his eyes. and he suffered Terribly. lis
treated by the best doctors. but vitho1t
benefit Then he was advised 20 trr
Electric Bitters. the wonderful Stomach
and Liver remedy. and De writes
After taking two Bottles was wholly
cured a trial proves IT'S matches
merit for all Stomach. Liver ard KID
ney troubles. oziy sc. sel1 ~ Gsh-
rings pharmacy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-07-05
LOSS is 100000.
Six-Story Brick and Iron Building In
Baltimore Burns Down.


Baltimore. July 4-The six-story brick
and iron building on the corner Of North
and Lexington streets. directly opposite
the city hall. and known as the "Hoen"
building. was completely destroyed by ere
today The FIRE originated on the third
1ioor. but the cause is stu undetermined
An Of thu floors except the first were .oc-
cupied by Hoen & Co. uthoSraphers and
printers. Their loss is serious one and
may reach 100000 as they had many val
liable cuts and photographic apparatus
which is almost impossible to replace.
The other occupants of the building. ali
Of whom are on the first floor. are the
Southern Electric Co. the Hammond
Typewriter company. the Cash Coal com
psny, Gately x Haskell. book binders
Baltimore County Mutual Fire Insurance
company and the Belgravia Land com
psly- No detailed losses OF these con-
Germs are as yet obtainable, but rousS
estimate places the damage at H5Oo9o
The loss on the building win probably
reach .-oo, making a total loss Of about
s65oooo all of which is said TO be covered
by insurance.
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Fourth Celebrated in China.

Pekin, July 4-The Fourth was cele-
brated here today at the United States
legation guard with athletic games and
fireworks. The German minister. DIT.
Mumm Won Swartzenstein. CAV a din
Of the American guard. Messrs. Squires
and Rockhin and the other members Of
the United States legation celebrated the
Fourth at the summer legation in the
hills
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ouARRgL RESULTS SERIOUSLY.
Soldier Kills Antagonist and Commits
Suicide.

Columbus. O.. July 4--Thomss spsldsar
vas shot ard killed ~ Albert Johnson.
who then killed himself NIB Erar-
Jorseasea rf1s AZ the United states bar
racks IN this city sSday- TIE mea uere
seTgeants IL tho general recruiting ser-
vice.
The tao ulen were aione IT. thel- Guar
tiers - The garrison az 1he ane - fza
tragedg- johnson bad been 20 tiss srrrv
f5T ahcl- Ten years Sesic5ze has z.r-re8
- fter FOR eisnres1 Tesrs 70 m
stated - TIE barracks that ihey aad alea
s1zrre-llas 5-st o1.ora IKE 1raE@1y