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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-04
AN EXPERT OPINION

Mr. H. L. BORT. an expert civil engineer who has examined theO oil fields of he
Standard Oil Company, having spent a year making scientific animate of the B
Knowing the Oil fields of the world through careful study aud particularly thos
rnuce as WELL M Having beeni identified With the Marvellous development of the Ker
rims the past. year (Which perod has seen nnetenths of its evelopmentl / can co
absolutely demonstrated to every capable and experienced Ill man Who has investigate
belt of this Kern field comprises a formation of such peculiar and hitherto unknown
Within its boundaries Ea absolutely sure of striking pay OIL here being n casesw her
"Can m one easonably doubt the fuure of California oil under these cncumsta
Kern river oil costs my &c per barrel to producer"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

]. Pierpont Morgan was for several
years student at the University Of
Gottingen, and there won distinction
and notable prize for excellence as
o mathema tician.
Giuseppe Zanardelli, the new Italian
premier, has been in public life 40
years and sat in many cabinets, but
has never been premier before. He
is regarded as wise, strong and pa
triotic.
Capt. William E. Augustus, assistant
chief of the Paducah (Ky.) fire de-
partment, claims to be the Oldest paid
fireman in the United States. He is
now completing his forty-ninth year
of continuous service.
Rev. Minot j. Savage is the latest
celebrity to raise warning voice
against the folly of overwork. He de-.
clares that about half the worlds eff
| fort is wasted, and that we should be
better off if we should spend in dig
nified idleness some of the time we de-
vote to useless labor.
The man to whom the world is in
debted for the discovery that there is
close connection between a mosquito
bite and malaria is Maj. Donald Ross,
a medical officer of the British army.
His discovery resulted from thorough
investigation of a widespread epidemic
| Of the disease named among troops in
| India.
w. A. Clark, of Montana, is said to
have entered into partnership with
Grand Duke Michael to work copper
mines in the Ural mountains. 1t is al
legged that the grand duke, who owns
the mines, offered Mr.. Clark share
in them II he would take control. This
offer resulted in Mr.. Clark investing
s5,000,00O in the property.
The new senator from South Dakota,
appointed by the governor to succeed
DR.. Kyle until the next session of the
| legislature, is a native of New Hamp-
shire, which is indifferently represent
ed by its sons in the United States
eendtcs lHeTe are Ho natives VI Nc"
Hampshire in the senate from other
states, and Senator Gallinger, the Sc
nior senator from New Hampshire,
was born in Canada at Cornwall.
A Chicago woman, who has organ
ICED an anti-cigarette league among
the smallboys, gave public exhibition
the other day of the progress her
charges had made. Prizes were Of
fered for the best essays on "Why I
Don't Smoke Cigarettes" One small
boy wrote: 81 smoked cigarettes for
two years, and then 1 quit because
they were hurting me and the dealer
stopped the pictures" He didn't get
| even a look at the prizes.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Her Charm for the povs.

"Just see! They act like grown-up
men," whispered the woman on the
excursion boat, calling her friends
attention to three small boys who
were admiringly eying dainty
young woman wearing a waist of
such fimsy open work that arms,
neck and shoulders were ali on view.
But the woman did not understand
boy nature. From where she was sit
ting the woman who thought she was
shocked couldn't see wha. tho BOYS
saw. 1t was the picture of a cavalry
man, with drawn sword, on the live
liest kind of horse, beautifully tat
tooed on the dainty young woman's
arm.-N. Y. SUN.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
INFLUENZA AND SUICIDE.
According to Medical Authority Mel
anchOly Follows In the Wake
of the Disease.

Three recent occurrences, the
deaths of DR.. Guernsey and Rev. Mr..
Babcock, of New York, and of DR.. Will
liam II. Daily, of Pittsburgh, by suicide
after an attack of influenza, can hard
ly fail, we should say, to impress upoL
the medical profession and upon the
general public the dangerous charac-
ter of the emotional perversion that
often follows in the wake of that dis
ease and lasts sometimes for very
long period-as long as two years, to
our certain knowledge, in some in
stances, says the Medical Journal. All
three of the victims whose names we
have mentioned were men in the prime
of a successful and creditable career,
with every reason to look forward to
many more years of usefulness and
happiness, but the wretched detection
consequent on their ailment seized
upon them and overthrew their men,
tai balance. Even men who are nat
urally the greatest optimists-optim-
istic almost to the extent of being vi
sionary-are caught in the tolls Of this
dreadful melancholy, and in too many
cases yield to the suicidal tendency.
The intellectual faculties, so far as we
have observed, are but little, II at all,
impaired; so soon as he has recovered
his physical strength and even soon
err, the subject is able to do his or
dinary amount of intellectual work,
and do it as we'll as before. But any
occasion of emotional disturbance, no
matter how trifing, upsets him. makes
him lachrymose, and plunges him into
the despair that so often leads to sui
eide.
When we add to the vast physical
damage wrought by influenza, direct
ly or indirectly, this melancholy phys
ical sequela, we have some idea of the
death-dealing power of the disease. In
the absence of any specific curative
treatment, we must bend our efforts
toward restricting the spread of the
infection-with no great prospect OF
substantial success, it must be admit
ted-and toward preventing patients
who are apparently convaescent from
resuming their ordinary course Of life
too soon, having first, IL we are able,
prevailed upon them to give up work
and take to bed in the incipiency of the
ailment. From the particular point
of view of the not uncommon suicidal
tendency in the after-melancholy, we
may well urge upon the friends of con-
valescents who are affected with this
sequela unusual watchfulness, even to
the degree Of rousing the patients re-
sentiment, which, indeed, might prove
Q wholesome restorative.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27

and which is altogether a notable
specimen of the sartorial art.
1t is light blue in color and, says
the New York Herald, silk is the
usual material of which it is fash
ioned. Over long gown, which is
copiously ornamented with en-
broidery and miniature paintings,
falls loose wrapper, and beneath
this is a small jacket reaching to the
waist. Around the neck is collar,
which is a distinctly European fea-
ture, but, on. the other hand, above
this is q headdress which is decidedly
Chinese and the latest invention of
. distinguished tailor in Peking.
Thus, while Chinese ladies' of high
rank dress in some respects like
their European sisters, they still con-
tinue to differ from them in some
very essential respects. 1t has been
conjectured that the reason may be
because they are determined not to
initiate them too closely, and that
this is why they are now wearing
such Q picturesque headdrsss.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
HOW TO CLEAN METALS.
Useful Suggestions Which should
Find n Prominent Place In the
Household Scrap Book.

To clean brasses quickly and eco
nomically, rub them well with vinegar
and salt of oxalic acid. Wash imme-
diately after the rubbing and polish
with tripoli and sweet oil. Unless the
acid is washed off the thing will
tarnish SO quickly its last estate will
be worse than its first. Copper ket-
ties and saucepans, brass andirons,
tenders, candle-sticks and trays are
best cleaned with vinegar and salt.
only to be well washed afterward.
Things for show-even pots and pans
need the oil polishing, which gives
deep, rich yellow luster good for
six months. Oxalic acid and salt 10
the thing for furniture brasses-if it
touches the wood around it only inn
proves the tone. Wipe the brasses
well with wet cloth and polish thor
oughly with oil and tripoli. Some
times powdered rotten stone does bet
ter than tripoli. Rub after using,
either with dry cloth or leather, un-
til there is no trace of oil. No matter
what sort of brass is to be cleaned it
must be freed completely from grease,
caked dirt and CRIME. Wash with
strong ammonia suds and rinse dry
before beginning with the acid and
salt.
The best treatment for wrought
steel, which has knack of growing
gray, lusterless and ill-looking, is to
first wash it very clean with stiff
brush and ammonia soap suds, rinse
well, dry, by heat il possible, then oil
plentifully with sweet oil and dust
thickly with powdered quicklime. Let
the lime stay on two days, then brush
1t off with a clean, very stiff
brush. Polish with softer brush and
rub with cloths until the luster comes
out. By leaving the lime on, iron and
steel may be kept from rust almost in
definitely.
Before wetting any sort of bric-a-
brac, and especially bronzes, remove
all the dust possible. The less dust
water finds about fine lines and cram
nies the less it can leave there. After
busting, wash well in strong white
soap suds and ammonia, rinse clean,
polish with just suspicion of oil and
rotten stone and rub off afterward
every trace of the oil. Never let acid
touch bronze surface, unless to eat
and pit it for antique effects.-Emily
Holt, in st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Early Use Of Petroleum.

Petroleum has been known from an
cient times. 1t was put to practical
use as fuel in the region around the
Caspian sea much earlier than else
where. Under the name of "Sicilian
oil" it was burned in lamps in Rome in
the days of Pliny. 1t entered into use
In the arts in China centuries ago, and
was discovered by the early settlers in
Canada and the United States. AS
first known petroleum came from
springs, AMI among its first uses, APP
parently learned from the North Amer
lean Indians, was its employment as =
medicinal agent to cure rheumatism
and ne neuralgis.--Scientifc American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
SHAKESPEARE FORGERIES.
Remarkable Work of nm Irish Author
Recently Sold by Auction
in London.

Among the thousands OF books that
formed the library of Z. j. Stanley
NJ. p, lately undergoing disposal in an
eight days sale at Sotheby's, was one
precious product of the ingenuity of
that arch forger of Shakespeare, Sam
uel William Henry Ireland. It is the
quarto volume which deceived the
world when it was published in 1896,
under the title of Miscellaneous
Papers and Legal Instruments under
the Hand and Seal Of William Shake
speare, including the tragedy of King
Lear and small fragment of Ham
let,' from the original MSS. in the
possession of Samuel Ireland, of Nor
folk street." In the book world the
reign of the rogue is but span, but
the inventive Ireland's was rather
long drawn out, and Boswell on his
deathbed, kissing the forged manu-
scripts and believing his lips to be
sanctifed by the process, was not the
only great man who was taken in by
the swindle, says the Pail Mall Gazette.
This book is not only interleaved
with manuscript copies of the orig
inal forgeries, but is also preceded by
an account in manuscript signed by
Ireland of the suppression ION the
discovery of the forgeries) of the orig
inal issue in folio. Ireland's success
Is but n record of human credulity.
Young Ireland was first tempted by his
fathers unintelligent enthusiasm for
Shakespeare to forge an autograph of
the poet on a carefully copied old
lease.
His audacity grew with the growing
credulity of his dupes, and ere long
locks of hair, private letters, annot-
ated books, and so or, were plentifully
produced, and all inquiries were put of
with lying explanation. Boswell,
Wharton, DR.. Parr and hundreds more
were deceived, but those like Malone,
really qualified to judge, denounced
the imposture from the first. Ire
lands audacity now reached the folly
of producing deed of Shakespeare's
bequeathing his books and papers to a
William Henrye Irelaunde, an as.
sumed ancestor. A new historical
play was announced, entitled "Vorti-
germ" and carefully concealed until
its production by Sheridan at Drury
Lane; but it was vapid and un-Shake-
spearean and was hopelessly damned,
The old man now began to smell a
rat and demanded an explanation
from his enterprising son. 1t was
Forthcoming in the form of the con-
fession in manuscript affixed to the
volume sold to-day. I'm order," one
reads, "to further obliterate as much
as possible the complete impression of
the present reprint, reserving no more
than the annexed copy" which as a
literary curiosity consequently ranks
unique. 1t was bought by Mr.. Jack
son for G122.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
1T THE OLD SAILOR COULD TALK.

1T THE OLD SAILOR COULD TALK.
ed the fluffy-haired girl, whose head
was adorned with fitting rose gar
den.
They all three sighed in unison.
"Early in the season." began the
philosopher again, "the houses hand
ling correct sailor shapes boldly dec
GRATED their windows with the plain
hats. 1t gave Inc the blues to observe
these windows. 1t was like gazing at
the picture of long-lost love. Parties
of girls down town for shopping or for
luncheon would give them glance
only and hurry on to millinery dis
play of brave feathers and lace. But
each girl, whether she selected tailor
ish fedora, golf hat, a shirt-waist hat
or white lace picture hat, must have
sent one melancholy thought back to
the sailor. For every girl who ever
held tender thought for certain
man remembers how he told her that
she should always wear sailor, add
ing that a shirt waist and sailor hat
were the prettiest articles of apparel
ever worn by woman. She must re-
call what he said about the way her
hair blew out about her temples from
beneath the hat and how it cast be-
coming shadows in her eyes. How
many pretty stories could the old
sailor tell of moonlight condolences as
it lay modestly on the lower step Of
the veranda! Por old hat!-how many
times has it been nearly drowned be-
fore 1t was fished out of the water by
q long boat-hook while two eager
young faces watched it bobb.e under
the jabs Of the hook and two pretty
white hands at last shook it over the
side of the boat and laid it out in the
sun to dry! How well it kept the secret
OF the long walk in the shady path
leading from the galleried hotel to the
waters edge, when it was swung care
lessly at the side of its owner! Not
hint did it ever give of the moment
II was transferred to the other hand
because the one which held it first was
wanted by some one. 1t even held its
peace demurely on the center table
when mamma asked pointed questions
about the wearer's cleaning third
finger"
"The good old sailor" mourned the
fluffy-haired birl, glancing at her own
third finger. at was always a mas
cot"
"Almost always" corrected the sal
low young woman, looking pensively
at her unadorned hand.
"Then,' said the philosopher, when
the summer grew tired and that round
straw hat was getting yellow with the
leaves, how bravely the sailor rode the
top wave Of some girls sun-bleached
hair as she went to market. And in
the cool evenings, along the broad ave.
nues, what visions one got by the gleam
of bicycle lamp of laughing face
under a sailor hat!
"Poor old sailor hat! Its last sad
rites are being performed in the back
rooms Of shops. Pine boards are be-
ing nailed overit. Its fate is sealed."-
Chicago Daily News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
LIKE HEAVEN.

When you hear OF good in people-tell Il
Whef you hear tale ,f evil-Quell It.
Lei the goodness have the light,
Put the evil out of sight,
MAKE the world we live in bright,
Like TO Heaven above.
nou must have work to do-pursus Il.
~ a failure. try again-renew It.
Faiiure spurs us to success,
Failures come. but come to bless,
fltting us for Righteousness,
In the Heaven above.
them.
10 temptations hover round you-chase
them.
He who ruleth over al
ne VIII help you. though you fall,
Gladly hears you when you call,
From His Heaven above.
have you any wrong to rlght--rlght II.
70 you nave sin to fight-hghti It.
GOD Himself, will help you win,
Let His Spirit enter In,
Making right the heart within.
Flt Tor Heaven above.
-Sohn Sterling, in N. Y. Observer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27

A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Teacher-"If four boys have 20
peaches and 80 apples, what will each
have?" Bright Boy-"Cholera NOR
bus."-Philadelphia Press.
Prison Visitor-"What brought you
here, my man?" Convict-"Danged if
remember, but it wasn't an auto
mobile, cause they didn't have none in
them days."-Philadelphia Press.
"Smiggins thinks pretty well of his
voice, doesn't he?" "Yes; but it's
just about got to the point where he'll
have to choose between his voice and
his friends" indianapolis News.
He-"Col. Higgins, whom you met
this evening, took prominent part
in a recent engagement" Shelves,
| noticed, smokeless powder on the
lapel of his coat."-Baltimore Herald.
Any man has right to consider
himself a gifted orator who can get
people to stay in room and listen to
him talk for two hours without hav-
ing the door locked.-Chicago Daily
News.
The little girl was watching her
mother and father discussing plate
of oysters the other night. Mamma"
she said, after some thought, "you eat
them face and all, don't you?"-Boston
Journal.
81 don't see your point at ALL" re-
marked the pincushion. ITO tell the
truth" replied the needle, "neither do
I. You see, I've only got one eye, and
that's at the wrong end."-Philadel-
phia Record.
A couple of young men went out fish
ing the other day, and on returning
were going past farmhouse, and felt
hungry. They yelled to the farmers
daughters: "Girls, have you any but
termilk?" The reply was gently watt
ed back to their ears: "Yes, but we
keep it for our calves" The boys cal
culated that they had business away
and they went.-Country Gentleman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
KILLS THE BLOOMER IDEA.
stroyed Chances of Old-Time
Dress Reform Plans,

Fifty years have elapsed since
Amelia Bloomer publicly advocated
the wearing by women of the cos
tune which has since been known
by her name. Strangely enough, she
did not originate the idea. She was
editing temperance and women's
rights journal and the editor of an
opposition paper suggested that she
and her kind ought to wear Turkish
trousers in public. Mrs. Bloomer
took up the suggestion at first in q
spirit of humor, but the controversy
grew serious and Mrs. Elizabeth
Smith Miller tried the experiment
of wearing the newly invented cos
tune for women. 1t was very diff
ferent dress from that donned by the
advanced advocates of semimasculine
attire for women in these days. The
trousers were loose and baggy and
they came down to the ankles, where
they were fastened by drawstring.
In short, they were exactly like the
bathing trousers which women used
to wear 25 years ago. No one could
have found fault with them on the
score of modesty, especially as the
skirt which went with them came
down far below the knee. So much
for ancient history.
The most obvious comment to be
made on the subject is that in half a
century the advocates of the bloomer
costume have not succeeded in having
it generally adopted by women. To-
day it's use is wholly in the hands
of bicycle riders, and 1t may be added
that they have turned use into such
an extensive and ridiculous abuse
that they have practically killed Mrs
Boomers idea.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
THE GIRL PHILOSOPHER
Passing of the Sailor Hat Leads Hsv
TO Indulge In sundry sentimcn-
tai Spcculntions.

"The saddest subject of the year 10
the demise of the sailor hat" said the
girl philosopher as she removed long
hatpin from her pancake straw, ornate
with polka-dot satin ribbon. II won
der If there is girl living who has not
a host of tingling memories associated
with the little round straw hat, sim
pie in its plain band of her college col
ors?"
"0r his college colors," suggested
the sallow young woman, smoothing
out long plume on her Gainsbor-
ough.
"0r with the band pinned on by a
little brass emblem of the army" add
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
COMBINATION DRESS.
tures by Adopting semi-Euro-
pean House Gowns.

Never before have fashionable la
dies of China shown as much inter-
est in European costumes as they
are showing now. Though like their
spouses they are conservative in al
most all things, they have not of late
been able to close their eyes to the
charm of modern fashions, and as a
result they are now wearing on fes-
tive occasions costume which is
partly European and partly Chinese
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Maryland breakfast Rolls.

Boil and mash six potatoes and sift
into them one quart of -four. Add
three well-beaten eggs, one teacup Of
butter and one cake Of yeast, or half
cup Of bakers yeast. Let rise over
night. In the morning break off small
bits, roll quickly in your fingers and
make envelope-shaped, putting Bit
of butter under the turned-over lid.
Let rise again and bake in a very hot
nven
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
F.ds in Portrait Painting.

One of the newest fads in portrait
painting is to portray the fair sitter
under the shade of her parasol. She
must seat herself in garden chair
and must hold her parasol over her
head, so that its shade falls upon her
face. None of her features is hid
den, but she is as under becoming
canopy. A famous society painter Of
England Is making a speciality Of
these portraits, having done one Of
Princess Victoria and another Of q
famous court beauty.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
The Day of the Young Man.

This wording of an advertisement OF
a summer hotel; Especial rates for
young gentlemen over Sunday and for
vacation" reminds us, that these are
the days when the young man, and,
above all, the unattached" young
man, is the great desideratum. Not in
the world of business, where we are
told the young man is needed; not in
the political kingdom, but in the seri-
Gus circles Of the hotel piazza and
the country house, where lonely maid
ems 80 about seeking the "young man."
N. Y. Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
DAINTY salad for summer.

Select six fresh cucumbers all the
same size. Pare, cut in halves length.
wise, scoop out the centers and lay
in water till wanted. Dry and fill with
q mixture Of sweetbreads and peas.
dressed with mayonnaise. Set on q
green lettuce leaf on individual plates,
Serve with dainty plain bread and butt
ter sandwiches and baked apples
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Good Dialect.

"That's what call good dialec
verse;" said the magazine editor en-.
Enthusiastically; show in the world do
you write such gems?"
"Oh, thank you!" replied the con.
tributor, blushing modestly. "You see,
l blindfold myself and use a stub PEN
Boston Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
studies Elementary Diplomacy.

The sultan of Turkey is one of the
most enthusiastic chess players in Eu.
rope. He will play for hours without
intermission, and will not allow any
matter of state to interfere with the
game in which at the time he is en-
gagged Chicago Record-Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Hereditary Re,embI.pc..

"What you chillun been doin'?"
eve amt been doin' nuthin'."
"Deah me! You grow noah like
youah pa every day."-Indianapons
News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27
Past and Present.

Women with past never refuse q
present.--Chicago Daily News,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-09-27

A vanilla bean kept in the sugar
box imparts q delicious favor to the
sugar.