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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-20

cut the three wires on the lower arm: Have
you anything TO do the cutting WITH
Yes. sir" replied Jack. I've got
jackknife that will do anything.
The boys leg was sore and his head
hummed and th-Obbed, and IL was nard
climbing. but he managed TO reach the bar.
\ moment later the severed wires fell, and
the quiet man had drawn telegraph IN
strument from his bag and was sounding
them. As Jack reached the ground he
heard the rapid clicking.
The quiet man presently arose.
An engine with doctors will leave Cald-
well in fifteen minutes, ne said. and re-
lief train will be made up az once at Ham
yes, Sir" said Jack. What next?"
Are you hurt?" cried the quiet man as
he stared at the boy.
"Only a scratch. sir" He flung his coat
aside ''Waitin' orders, SIR" he said.
Go down the line and tell the trSinmen
to report 10 me here at once. We must go
at this work in orderly way.
WHO shall | say sent me?"
Manager Robbins"
The boy whistled as he sped along.
The new general manager" he MUIR
INJURED. and he's a corker. too"
Then followed hours of the hardest work
the boy had ever known. he was the man.
ayers right-hand man, his messenger. his
lieutenant. his devoted aid. his faithful
clerk. Through all these scenes of suffer
ing and toll the boy never faltered. The
old woman got at him and bandaged his
head and begged him 10 rest. but he shook
MS bandages at her and hurried back 10
the side of the quiet man. The quiet man
was a man Of steel, who. with one arm
dangling by his side, gave his orders, and
sent dispatches and kept an ever watch
full eye all that was done
And then when nights shades had fallen
and merciful GOODNESS had come with the
setting OF the sun, and the second relief
train was about to leave and the track
repairers and the wrecking crew were at
work, the quiet man turned to the boy and
grippcd his shoulder
We'll. my lad" he said. with a dry sob,
eve have done what we could. please God.
He looked at the lad. you have found me
a hard master" he said.
You are Just my style said Master
Jack a little brokenly.
Come" said the quiet man, 1--WE can so
now" He leaned on Jacks shoulder as
they walked toward the train. He was tired
and faint. And remember. he added. with
little smile, that vacation is indefinitely
postponed"
"All right. sir" said Jack.
w. r. Rose. in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The ChangefuI Sleeve.
hiladelDhia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
If you have had any delusive hopes that
the sleeve uncertainty had simmered down
and that there was any settled agreement
among gownbuilders as To what the NOR
row would bring forth. just go to Paris. II
that is too expensive. study the sleeves
shown the best models sent from there
and from London, or worn by the smartest
people at the summer dress resorts" as
some one calls them, and the result will be
the same.
The sleeve is in state of f1ux just now.
We are a long. long way off from that
period of comparative peace twelve or fif-
teen years ago. when, whatever other
change was made in a waist. the sleeves
stayed stationary. Like most flowing
things, however, the midsummer sleeve is
uncOmmOnly pretty. Here are few va
riatiOns seen in elaborate costumes from
nrSt-claSS houses:
The elbow cuff first. last and triumphant.
IL is very deep and loose and faring, that
1t may show pretty lining. Don't have it,
X you can't line it richly. Edgings are
used often, but always mistakenly.
Over-sleeves and tight cuff of all-over
lace or embroidery. with the full droops at
the elbow (Which daily grows sloppier and
is In daneer Of OVERRIDING itself out of
fashion.) This effect is a direct reversal
of the embroidered under-sleeve effect and
as such has its value.
A shirred shoulder cap of the same ma
terial followed by a very baggy elbow
sleeve and an even baggier rufiie also of
the same material. Suitable only for thin,
soft textures. but in them very pretty.
Deep tight cuffs of contrasting material.
running up high toward the elbow on the
under-arm and cut low on the upper part.
Little shaped bands sometimes stitched. of
the gown material, running around the cuff.
and with button set where they end, are
a smart finish.
A slashed effect the rather tight upper
sleeve. but with the under pieces set in
smoothly instead of the full effect. We as
sociate with slashing.
These "hy-away' arrangements, our
sedate grandmothers would have called
them, though not till after they were
themselves done with similar pomps and
vanities. Of course. necessitate a sleeveless
Elton and a chill, If the night be cool. But
they artistic and expensive and it is
impossible TO do anything but keep one
arms still and look pretty in them, and try
(unsuccessfully) TO keep them out of ones
food at the table, so they will probably
suit their brief hour undisturbed. When
the season of wearing coats in good earnest
arrives. however. we shall seei
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marriage coming 10 II money is the chief
element? Not that it's a matter OF personal
interest to me. but I feel in myself the max
ing OF a philosopher and I should like TO
get the right view of the problem"
Money is not the chief element" re-
piled the matron with some warmth. max
ing a personal application OF the remark.
as is the manner Of women. My Henry is
not n rich man and never will be. he hasn't
the money-making gift: but I'm sure the
fact doesn't make us unhappy. And yet"
she added thoughtfully. when baby Alice
grows up l should like to see her marry
well in a financial way. meaning by that,
in such "A way that she would never come
20 want"
you would be a managing mamma, too,
then
Yes. and so would you. Minerva. have
no doubt. You would have the wish. at
least. TO have the path Of life made smooth
for your daughter-and money certainly
does help"
But / always thought. though perhaps
I am old-fashioned." here Minerva blushed;
II always thought affection was the one
important element" CShe hesitated TO use
the word love; it seemed not made for
careless speech
Minerva" said the matron with a touch
Of asperity. when you are older you will
learn that love and riches and consequent
peace of mind may belong together Must
you go; don't hurry. Oh. by the way.
Minerva. come TO diner Sunaay. Henrys
going TO have his cousin here-a cousin he
thinks a lot of. but whom 1 am not well
acquainted with. and l want you TO help
entertain him. You will? All right; we'll
expect you"
THERE" she said to herself as she gath
cred up her sewing basket I'm glad
thought OF that She'd make a good wife
for Joe and ne ought to have a wife He's
worth half a million, but | needn't tell her
that. though l reckon she'll forgive me If
she becomes Mrs. Joe
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Mrs. Astor's sharp Tongue.
New York Times.

New York Times.
Mrs. William Astor will make her annual
summer appearance in Newport this week.
She comes from London. With her comes
a story about a conversation in a we'll
known West End drawing room, the sub
ject OF which was the RELOCATING OF the
chaperon 10 the place where other old GUS
toms nave gone. one OF those engaged in
the conversation was severe old lady who
belongs to Londons most heavily moss
had made some caustic comment on
speech OF Mrs. Astor's relating TO the sub
Jet Wilcn caused MFs. Astor 10 remark,
quietly: It's a question that ought not
TO concern the English mother much. any
way, since the majority OF the English
girls ! have ever met Were perfectly safe,
with or without a chaperon." And it is
said that the old lady is still trying TO
figure out what our lady McAllister meant.
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HIGH LIFE COSTLY.
Increase in Expense of Keeping Up
Position i'm England.
London Letter in Philadelphia Times.

London Letter in Philadelphia Times.
The Spectator, discussing the new stand
ard of wealth in recent years, remarks
that fifty years ago an income of $1,000
ESQ., O0) was accounted wealth sufficient TO
maintain a good place in society Disraeli,
one of the keenest observers of society,
declared that income IF $4,000
vertable Alladins lamp, but wealth now
begins with an income of 10000 &l00C00)
yearly, which, if the possessor lives up TO
his position, does not leave him as free
from money cares as though he was really
rich
The country house hired shooting a Lon
don house, a wife's and daughters dress
moor in Scotland and six weeks yachting.
leave little free cash and nothing for inn
prOVementS. Many expenses which the rich
incur without thinking must be avoided.
and at the end Of the year the possessor Of
such an income will think whether this or
that could not be economical.
This is true assuming that in addition TO
100000 a year, there Is inherited the
plant" of luxurious life, but in the case
of a man starting in society with an in
come of 10000 ard no plant, he is far
poorer. Purchasing and installing himself
in suitable town and country houses must
reduce his free income TO tl4,OO0. As he APP
proaches fifty years of age. allowance for
his sons, pensions and other claims Will
make a still further reduction. He will be
we'll fed and lodged. but will worry re-
sarding the position OF his children, and
will be anxious, in shame-taced way,
that his sons do not seek fortunes and
brides.
The Spectator does not think that the
truth of this is based upon iuxuriousness
or wastefulness peculiar TO to-day Such
luxuriousness and wastefulness existed
equally formerly, but the increase in the
number of rich men has caused an increas
in the price OF everything that the rich
seek, especially fine houses and furniture.
Opportunities for sport, such a rich
mans fishing. cost from $4,000 10 $50. 900
annually. There is no proof that vice has
increased. Gambling certainly has not.
Wastefulness seems greater because more
money Is wasted. but, prOport0nately. il Is
no greater Our grandfathers did not
chronicle everything. while newspaper ad-
vertisement OF to-day Is responsible for
much OF the appearance OF mad luxury in
European society.
The Spectator thinks that a special evil
to-day is the increased inclination 10 graf
ify impulse without reference TO old re-
straints and certain reaction against
goodness, which contains more intellectual
pessimism and less defiance OF heaven
than such movements have usually had.
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Ice Cream and Sauce.
Boston Transcript.


For ice cream ii seems TO me that no
rule is quite so good as the simple one
which has served me faithfully for sew
eral years as a working basis. namely.
one-third rich cream TO two-thirds rich
milk. with sugar and fiavoring as one
likes. No eggs. you see and no cooking.
and if it is frozen slowly it comes out
just what it's name signifies. ice cream.
There is frozen cUstard appearance or
taste to it. neither does it seem like just
unusually good and cold corn starch
pudding 1t is smooth, creamy and alto
gether delicious.
If fruits are to be added to it add them
whole or cut in bits. and when the cream
is frozen almost hard enough. and thus
avoid having the fruit come to the mouth.
as so many Jumps OF ice.
Speaking OF sauces for zee cream. the
one of melted chocolate or vanilla, maca-
roni and others delicately favored has
been exploited thoroughly.
An apricot sauce poured over ice
cream CT neutral flavor is dessert worth
the having, as one experience will con-
vince you. A dish Of vanilla may be used
for the ice cream or a few drops OF milk
for ten minutes with three four of
the kernels and the sugar you think they
require. Press the fruit through sieve
and 10 cupful OF IL add a tablespoonful OF
MADEIRA Set on ice to become thoroughly
chilled before getting into contact with
the Ice cream. Doesn't that sound alur-
ing?
And a raspberry sauce may be counted
on TO electrity plain and unassuming
ice cream. Squeeze the juice from the
raspberries until you have half a pint of
II. Sweeten ii and cook IL for ten min
utes or so. Pour ii over a teaspoonful or
so or arrowroot and put over lie fire TO
boil and thicken a bit. Remove from the
fire. add the juice OF half a lemon Set
away 10 get perfectly cold. and just at
the last. II you feel so disposed add half
a cuptul or so of fresh raspberries TO the
sauce.
OF course IL is understood and agreed
that these sauces must be as cold with
IN Few degrees as the ice cream they
are 10 complement Don't forget that ii
-
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Odds and Ends.

An old-fa shioned country remedy that a
village housewife recommends TO drive out
moths. is tanZy leaves. These sprinkled
freely about woolens and furs prove effi-
cient.
Put tablespoonful of ammonia in a
quart of water, wash your brushes and
combs in this, and al the grease and dirt
Will disappear Rinse, shake and dry in
the sun or by the fire.
In packing the picnic hamper. if it is in
tended 10 make coffee for the al fresco
luncheon, IL is wise TO grind and measure
the coffee beforehand, putting it into small
cheescloth bags that may be dropped into
the pot when the water is boiling.
New and striking veilings are being made
for use as hat craperies. a red chiffon,
embroidered with green golf sticks, recent
ly seen, would be pretty around a white
duck hat with the accompaniment or a red
golf packet with green lapels but scarcely
under any other conditions.
White chiffon and Valenciennes are COM
bined 10 make many handsome hats. rang
ing from pancake shape to the large
Gainsborough. White satin is much used
on beige and tuscan straw, with perhaps
touch of color given by a cluster OF roses,
haring bow a rosette of tulle. Great
fluffy. white plumes are charming on these
strawS.
When a polished table is stained by hot
dish. one restoring process is TO use first
wood alcohol and then linseed or olive oil.
This treatment Is excellent for keeping any
polished furniture in order, and is one of
the few things for which wood alcohol may
be used. The latter is cheaper than the
pure and for certain domestic uses is quite
as good.
Many housekeepers complain of the
trouble they have i'm mixing French dress
ing. Put the ingredients tone tablespoonful
of vinegar. three tablespoOnfuls of oil.
saltspoonful of salt and quarter that
amount of mustard into a bottle. Cork
tightly. then shake the bottle vigorously
for a few minutes, and you will have a per-
feet emulsion. This is by far the easiest
way TO mix French dressing.
4 fern dish for the summer cottage can
be arranged at small expense. Buy for
few cents a pressed glass dish Of circular
form, choosing one as similar as possible in
size 10 the silver fern dishes. and line it
with tin foil Put a few bits of broken
china in the bottom before filing the dish
with earth and planting with the fern. a
little powdered charcoal added occasionally
keeps the soil in good condition.
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The Third Person.

Now these are the words her husband said:
oh. Yes. your gowns all right
Bat YOU know YOU never look Well in red.
And the thing too gay and bright,
You lisht the room Ike a abloom
With its hundred leaves astir--
a rose too fair f0T clown 10 wear
said the Tertium Ouid 10 her
Now these are the words her husband said:
Good Lord you women wise
You have raced and chased till you look half
dead
And have circles beneath your eyes"
Tonight your smile IS faint the while
AS stat in the mist's dim blur.
You're tired. know. but you're loveliest So"
Said the Tertiuri Quid 10 her.
Now these the words her husband said
Hell pay for 10, every cent
But why should she choose that man instead p
She ought 10 have been CONTENT
''Oh. women are dear and women queer
And are bought with coin forbid:
And their husbands may grow wise some day.
Reflected the Tertium Quid
-NcCrea Pickering. IN Smart Set
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ticed with the Porto Rican importations.
These are made OF straw and women wear
them around the house during the day.
These sandals, which have only come into
fashionable notice during the present sea-
son, are merely soles OF thick plated straw
with diagonal loops over the place Tor the
great toe The wearer soon learns how 10
manipulate them by hopping bird fashion.
Porto Rican women OF the higher class
wear them altogether in summer. In Porto
Rico they come as low as cents a pair.
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Pats Unnecessary Voyage.


II Pat Grove is in South Africa he Is
subject to our eNtraditiOn treaty with
Great Britain. But II is hardly worth while
10 go 10 the trouble and cost Of catching
him and taking him Nebraska to be &C.
quilted like his pal by an Omaha jury Nor
If ne had known with what leniency an
Omaha jury looked upon the offense of kid
mapping q rich mans son and holding him
up for a ransom OF S25 600 would he have
taken the trouble TO put the ocean between
him and such sympathetic and admiring
friends
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-20

women who came minus hats. The next
thing women will be going without mats al
Easter.
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Porto Rican Sandals.
PHILADELPHIA Record

Philadelphia Record.
II taDs a gifted woman to wear sandals
proper and just now what may be called
toe al 1etics are being extensively prac-
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State of Indiana. Office OF Auditor of State
/. the undersigned, auditor OF state OF the
State of Indiana. hereby certify that the
above is correct copy OF the statement OF
the condition OF the aforementioned com
pany on the 18th day OF June 1901. as
shown by the original statement. and that
the said original statement is now on file in
this Office
IN witness whereof / hereunto suh-
scribe my name and affix my off,
lSEAL.l cial seal this 18th day OF July
1901. w. II. HART.
Auditor OF State.
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A. w. DAMON, President
w. ]. MACKAY, Secretary.
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F. c. MOORE. President
EDWARD LANNING, Secretary.

The amount of its capital is........ 81. 1000
The amount of its capital paid up is 100000
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1t is located at IS Cedar street, New York
city. in the State of New York.
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Sunday Journal. BY Mail. s. Per Year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-20

State of Indiana, Office of Auditor of State.
l. the undersigned. auditor of state of the
State of Indiana, hereby certify that the
above is a correct copy Of the statement of
the condition of the aforementioned COM
pany on the 3Oth day OF June, 1901, as
shown by the original statement. and that
the said original statement is now on file in
this Office.
In testimony whereof / hereunto SUBJ
scribe my name and affix my Off
ISEAL.l cial seal this 18th day of July,
1901. w. II. HART
Auditor of State.
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Statement Of the Condition
OF THE
Springfield
Fire and Marine
Insurance CO.
On the 10Th day of June, 1901.

1t is located at 292 Main street, Springfield,
Mass.
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Copy OF Statement of the Condition
OF THE
Union Central
LIFE INSURANCE co.
On the 3Oth day of June, 1901,

1t is located at No. $50 West Fourth street,
Cincinnati. o.
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Cincinnati. Q.
JOHN NJ. PATTISON, President.
E. p. MARSHALL. Secretary.
The amount of its capital 800 900
The amount of its capital paid up is. 10000
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NJ W. ADAMS. President
JOHN l. ADAMS. Secretary.
The amount OF its capital ooo.0
The amount OF its capital paid Up is.... 2oo.o ooo
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Total Liabilities .........-........ 50. 4Oo, O279o
The greatest amount insured in any one
risk is not over 100000, but does not as a
rule exceed 5000.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-06-07

Sells & Grny's United Shows.
travelling on its own special train
aud carrying n big mcnneerin. ear
loads Of superb horses and over 100
performers, will appear in Rock,
Ford. for nh afternoon and evening
performance ON June II. Fresh
from winter quarters in Savannah.
Georgia, the show comes TO Rocky
Ford resplendcnt in the gli,,ering
glory Of new costumes. gorgeous
trnppings and beautiful band
wagons. Its parade and perform
nnccs are described by many
papers M exceptionally bright,
clean. refined. interesting aud en-.
tcrtaining. To the conventional
features necessary to every tent
show are added entertaining inno-
vntions. many Of n startling nature.
which make the performance
unique and memorable. IL
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-06-07
SugarBeetCrop
Outlook Good for an
Enormous Yield.

The beet fields in this portion OF tie
valley, taken as whole, present a mos,
prosperous appearance. In every in
stance where the crop has been properly
attended TO, and the bccts ,hinned early.
the outlook is mos, promising. Many OF
these fields would seemingly indicate an
enormous yield, which clearly demon
Siratcs the necessity OF the work bcing
done at the propcr time, for where the
work in tile fields is delayed, and the
becIS become too large before thinning.
not only is the work decidedly morc cS-
pcnsivc, but the yield per acre is very
greatly lcSscucd.
We learn from reliable sources tlin,
there are now somewhere between 500
anl 600 men that have been brought
nio the valley a, a very Large expense To
the Bcc, Sugar factory. solely for the
purpose Of assisting the farmer. aud
where the farmer has handled ;hosc met,
properly, aud taken advantage Of their
presence. the work has progressed very
smoothly, but III soiiic lew instances. The
farmers have been slow To engage this
help, and push the thinning Of their
bec;s. Delayed thinning no, only in
crrascs the expense OF raising the crop.
but. also. affects the sugar content Of the
,~v,, as well as the tonnage per acre:
hence. the farmers should Lose no time In
handling the labor. provided for this
work. 20 as 10 .ccurc the lest results
irotu his growing crop.
The Sugar Company has done It's full
duty in placing tho extra help within the
reach o; the farmers and only loss Can
rrsai, by not iakin. advantage Of the
facilities which the company has pro-
vide,i by iasii, expenditure Of money.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-06-07

One o, the most remarkable hut
l,ns,-uo,iccd facts in connection
with the war in the Transvaal Is
the extreme youth of n large part
OF General De Vets army. When
hns,ili,ies broke out almost every
grown man enlisted. even the en-
fecblcd, but the pace has been too
rnpid for the venerable bnrghcrs.
As they were killed or incapnci-
,n,cd their places have gradually
been taken by mere school-chil-
dren. many only thirteen or four
teen years Of sgc. Under the title
of "Thc Youngest Soldiers in the
World" in the june Cosmopolitan,
Allen Sangree throws more light
ON the makeup and life of General
DE Vets commanders than any
thing hitherto published. The
naive. simply written letter from
fourteen-ycar-old Deneys Rcitz to
his father. the Secretary OF state
of the Transvual Republic, has
seldom been cqunllcd for vital
interest by any carefully written
article on the war.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1901-06-07
Tho Sparks Safc.

One Of the sights Of Lamar ID
til. safe in the office Of the Sparks.
Tn. door is ornnmcn,cd with this
notice:
This is a newspaper mans safe
aud therefore contains no money
II holds books and subscription
accounts which are kept more for
their hnllowcd associations than
for their intrinsic or bankablc
value. The safe is not burglar
proof, neither is il worth burglar.
ing"
On top Of the safe lies mn ALI.
gator wrench which is used Ms a
key.