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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-23
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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26
rREEs 10 COX Ed.
Eent Into Fantastic Shapes by the
Pranka of the Wind.

Eeut Into Fantastic Shapes by the
Franks of the Wind.
Wildwood, the resort on the Jersey
coast where the ceremony of casting
flowers upon the sea on Memorial day.
in memory of naval heroes, was inaug-
urated. has good reason for its name.
1t Is located upon an island which Is
separated from the mainland by Grassy
Sound For about two miles a grove Of
trees, perhaps the most remarkable In
the world, fringes the sound. The place
takes its name from the trees. which
have been shriveled and distorted into
all kinds of fantastic shapes by the
gales which swept over it from the At
lantic for centuries. The coast is COM
pletely exposed to the full sweep Of the
southeast and northeast storms. which
in the winter rage for several days at a
time
Some of the trunks of the trees have
twisted into numerals, letters of the al
phabet and weird forms. which give
the grove the reputation of being haunt
ed among some of the negro servants
and ignorant white people who live in
the locality.
one tree, which must be fully 80 years
old. has been bent over until it forms
the figure 8. looking at it from one side.
while from another point of view 1t Is
perfect oval. From the lower left
hand corner projects branch which
startlingly resembles a snakes head
with the tongue sticking out.
Two of the largest trees started to
grow up from the ground, then changed
their minds and bent downward, shap-
ing their trunks into the form of the
letter w. Still another tree has grown
in the form Of the letter N. two trunks
starting from the same root below
ground and a third growing from one
to the other in a diagonal direction.
Another consists of two trunks running
straight up and parallel to each other.
At no less than five different points
branches or stubs have grown from
one trunk into the other, forming sort
of natural ladder, for a distance Of 30
feet from the ground.
The warm southeasters have brought
nOurishment to Wildwood, and vines
and plants grow luxuriantly. Some Of
the grapevines are Of mammoth size
and, trailing along the ground, have
run up into trees and expanded until
they seem like immense boa construct
ors. Even the upper branches Of the
trees have been twisted into curious
shapes, and a number have been cut
out in the form of different articles.
Three of them are almost exactly the
shape of triangle. harp and pitcher.
In walking through the grove one can
scarcely find a tree which has not some
odd form about it. A large holly can
be seen which really consists of two
trunks twisted about each other. Each
trunk is fully a foot in thickness, and
it is supposed that when young two
slips were blown around in this way
and have gradually grown together
The spiral separation can be traced
from the roots fully forty feet from
the ground. Philadelphia Record
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

by the companies showing the relative
number of farmers now using the tele-
phones at their homes. At the present
rate of construction it will be possible,
before the end of the year, to talk by
telephone to 1000 farmers in Marion
County. There are telephones in the
houses of / 200 to 400 Boone County
farmers, and probably in those of an
equal number in Hendricks County.
There is farm service from nearly all
the city and town exchanges in the gas
belt 1t is probable that there are
farmhouse telephones in seventy of the
ninety-two Counties of the State.
In some instances there are small
systems where three or four farmers
each get $40 telephone outfit, use the
wire fences for lines of communication,
and are thus restricted to conversations
among themselves. Such a system is
used just outside the limits of this city,
where six families of one name on adj
joining farms have this easy communi-
cation withone another There is no
exchange" One ring calls one of them,
two rings call another. and so on TO
six rings In more pretentiOus sys-
TENS the wires are strung on bean poles
or fence posts from farm to farm. and
an exchange is established with switch
ing facilities. The companies are dis
couraging crude equipment, however,
and these homemade lines are thus
only used for strictly local purposes.
The companies will not connect their
lines with them. They say chain is
no stronger than it's weakest link, and
they will not have the general service
impaired by a weak part of it.
Here are some things Mr. Sheerin
said in his Buffalo address: The tele-
phone is a greater boon to farmers than
to any other class. The great draw
backs to country life are its isolation,
meager opportunities for social inter
course and fewer opportunities for pro
lection If the farmer is out of touch
with the market the telephone brings
his ear close to It; the weather report
is brought to his door to protect his
crops and his cattle; the telephone
saves his horses weary miles of trave
to transact his everyday business.
Good Lines Desirable.
1.-THE farmer should not put up cheaI
grounded telephone lines on nativ,
poles 300 to 400 feet apart, marrinl
the landscape The poorly constructed
telephone is worse than no telephone
The line should be regarded as part Of
the road itself and equally for the pur
pose of facilitating messages. The tel
ephone is a messenger-it is a troop O.
messengers. 1t should be as free from
interruption on the highways of coun
try as the bearer of a writ of habea
corpus. There is no way by whicl
messages can be transmitted with S,
little wear and tear to the roadway.
1.-THE time is not far off when tele
phone lines will be looked on as sacre'
property. In some respects the tele
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

Few countries have suffered more
the introduction of insect pests than
the Hawaiian Islands. The two chief
coffee. while a considerable amount of
fruit is also grown. Along with the
imported trees came their insect enc
mics, notably the scale insect and the
aphis. In the course of time these
increased so prodigiously that they
threatened to destroy the industries Of
the country. Man is doomed to a con-
slant struggle against nature, and he
is often compelled, so to speak, to fight
her with her own weapons. So 1t was
in this case. The trees were being de-
stroyed by insects; remedy: import
more insects. So in 1890 certain
ladybird (Vedalla cardinalis) was sent
over from Australia. 1t became COM
pletely naturalized, and increased pro-
digiously, feeding on the scale insects,
which it soon reduced in numbers, I'M
til they became comparatively scarce.
But there were other insect plaques
aphides and others of different orders.
The government therefore employed a
naturalist to import more insects.
These were brought from Australia,
and many of them have established
themselves and done good service. One
Of the most useful is a ladybird which
feeds on the aphides, which had serl-
ously attacked the sugar canes. 1t has
done such good work that there is
every prospect of the canes being
speedily cured.-Chambers' Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

guessed they were chicken thieves, and
former experiences made 1t 100 to
that he was right. He was. He stood
a poor chance of catching them, so he
called up his neighbor a mile down the
road the wagon took, and asked him
to hustle out on the highway with his
two sons and three shotguns while he
would call up some other neighbors,
and the posse would soon be in pur-
suit. The thieves were captured and
punished, the chickens were recovered
and the community relieved of a nui-
sance.
man at Valley Mills had young
horse be valued at 81 900. 1t took sud
denly sick at night, and before he
could come to Indianapolis for vet
Urinary surgeon and take him to the
farm the animal died. II would have
given $500 if / had had a telephone"
he said. He talked about his loss
among his neighbors; they had a fell
low-feeling. and there is going to be a
telephone exchange there. with lines to
farmers houses roundabout. One has
recently been put in at Cumberland;
others are scheduled for Acton and
Clermont. In Perry and Decatur
townships, in this County, and in
White River Township, in Johnson
County, gangs of workmen are now
busy putting up country telephone
lines.
The manager of one of the local COM
panies was asked if it was doing any
thing In this line and answered: Yes,
we are now working in the north and
northwest part of the County, in the
west and northwest besides the east
and southeast and south and southwest
sections 1t is said that this pretty
| generally reflects the general situation
with all the companies over the State
So with good roads. scientifically
built, for either his pleasure or work
with the bicycle ready ON the back
porch. with the trolley cars whizzing
past the house. the rural mail delivery
to bring him his daily newspaper an6
the telephone to keep him in instant
touch with the markets. the farmer
has to pinch himself occasionally to Sc,
if he really is a farmer and not tn,
hustling resident of a metropolis. In
J dianapolis News.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

Telephone companies are not able to
keep up with the demand for telephones
by farmers. They would make despe-
rate efforts to do so if they could get
the material but all factories are be-
hind the orders. The companies are
nursing this rural desire for telephones.
They wish the farmers trade.
1t is said that the necessity of meet
ing this demand is mainly responsible
for the recent call for another $1,000
900 on the stockholders of the Central
Union Telephone Company by John !.
Sabin, the new President. In his circu-
lar letter to the stockholders he said:
There is no use crying over spilled
milk or abusing one another for things
not accomplished The people Of Illi-
nois, Indiana, Ohio and Iowa want tel
ephone service. Are you giving 1t with
fewer than 10000 stations? When
you have 100000 exchange stations
then you will have a good start, not
before. You are not satisfying the
public because your system does not
reach far enough. There are scores
of villages and small towns that, taken
as whole, should have 100000 tele-
phones in which the Central Union has
not a single instrument"
Pushing Rural Business.
According TO figures given by S. Z,
Sheerin, of indianapolis, in an address
at the recent meeting of the Independ-
ent Telephone Association of the
United States, at Buffalo, the indie
pendent companies are more largely en-
gagged in furnishing this kind of service
in Indiana than the older company. He
said the Central Union, according to its
own figures, had $4,000 telephones IL
the State, while the independent com
panies had $4,000. 1t is probable thai
the reason the Independent companies
have more telephones In the rural dis
tricts is because that was a field no
cultivated by the Central Union wheI
It was alone in the telephone bushes.
in this State. The new companies
were quick to get into the neglected
field, and they are cultivating it well.
No exact figures have been gathered
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26
Large AntIers.

The biggest pair of elk antlers in the
world is said to be that which hang
in Head Keeper Manleys Office in the
lion house at the Philadelphia zoo. In
height the antlers are above five feet.
and the distance between the main
horns at the widest part of the loop is
four feet six inches. At their base the
antlers are fourteen inches in diameter.
Undoubtedly" naturalists say, "these
are as big and heavy and perfect pair
of horns as ever grew" The elk that.
carried the huge antlers was sent from
the West to the Academy of Natural
Sciences. The skeleton excelled In
weight and size any that had ever been
seen there.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

phone Is the most important use of the
highway. Trees should give way to
the telephone as they have to the max
ing of roads. Where telephones run,
trees should be set back % to 80 feet
The country telephone lines should be
of the best material, on well-shaped
poles at least % feet high and six
inches In diameter. AS time passes,
poles will probably be shortened and
the wires be as near the ground as cleo
trical conditions will permit, except at
road crossings.
MANY small exchanges are prefer
able to fewer large ones. Village ex-
changes should have connection with
town exchanges and county seat ex-
changes, and these with city and long
distance exchanges, so that the farmer
may speak to anybody anywhere. For
this he ought to have not only a good
equipment, but even a better equip
ment than any one else. His line should
not consist of WORKOUT or old material
from town and city lines. He is much
more dependent on good service than
the city man."
Telephone rates to farmers as a rule
are lower than the city charges. The
companies say the construction cost
of the country lines is much less. In
this county the farmer gets his tele-
phone for SIS year and this entities
him to free service in the city and out
side it within the county. Take the
New Augusta exchange as illustration.
| OF 10 patrons, 80 are farmers, the most
distant from the town living five
miles out. In addition to having quick
communication with 40 other farmers
six stores, call two or three doctors
or veterinary surgeon, ring up two
butchers and consult with a justice of
the peace These are all within easy
reach at New Augusta. So are two saw
mills, one grist mill and a blacksmith
his neighbors or to get harvest help he
may know without leaving his house
whether he may get them. He can call
to his blacksmith or his barber: ANY
thing ahead of me-" and when there
isn't hitch up his Maud S. and "be
there in a minute Or he may mount
his bicycle or jump on the interurbar
car-when the Indianapolis & Logans
port Rapid Transit Company gets
down to business. Calling up the post
office, if he hasn't rural delivery, he
may save valuable time on harvest
days. by saying: This is Gilmore; any
mail for me to-day" In an emergency
the telephone connection with the doc
tors will requite him perhaps for the
years charges telephone charges).
Thief Catching by TeIe phone.
The protection" aspect of the tele
phone was we'll illustrated near New
Augusta The News. not long ago. toll,
of farmer near that town who wok
up at night in time to see two CHECKER
= thieves drive out of the barn lot. II
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26
WIRE FENCE rELEPHoNE-A CALL TO DINNER

crop, which was rated at a little more
than $3OO,OOOOOO. America exported
100000 barrels Of apples last year,
and as they learn to care for apples as
they do for other fruit they will export
still more. Apples selected for quality,
size and soundness, carefully wrapped
in paper, as oranges are, and boxed like
that fruit, will bring fancy prices when
apples are scarce and will prove as pay
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26
Value Of the Apple Crop.

Wheat is a great crop in the United
states. but there are several others that
beat it in value, and among them is the
apple crop. AS nearly as statistics can
give it, the apple crop Of 1900 was 2l5,-
100000 barrels, and 81 a barrel is a
fairly moderate average to put upon
them. That would yield $430,OO0,0O0,
or so per cent more than the wheat
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26
Public Expenditures in Mexico.

The Mexican army of more than
$4,000 men is supported upon a trihe
more than 100000 Mexican dollars a
month. The Mexican congress does
not cost $1,OO0,OO0 a year
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

What has become OF the old-fashion-
ed child that cried so hard that it held
its breath7
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

ing an investment as any fruit that
can be put up. Abroad, all over Eu-
rope, American apples bring 81 bar
rel when they are selling here at 81, and,
of course, they retail for very much
larger sum. Orchard owners IN this
country have just begun to learn what
may be done in the apple way.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

When a girl goes to stay all night
with another girl, it is a great pleasure
to have love affair to tell about.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-09-26

Mlrth is natures best remedy for Ins.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16
TO BE RETURNED HOME.
The Georgia College Youths Held for
Their Parents.

Norwood L. Terrell and Julian Smith.
who were arrested in Philadelphia. Pa.
late yesterday afternoon, were brought to
this city last night by Detective Helan and
are lodged at the House OF Detention, to-
gether with their former companion,
Green H. Dalaperriere. whom it is claimed
they robbed OF about sf20 In cash Word
was received from the parents of the boys
in Georgia to hole them until an arrange
ment could be made for sending them
home In charge of an officer or friends
1t is not thought likely that the charge
of grand larceny against Terrell and
Smith, because of their alleged theft, will
be pressed by the local authorities
The boys were together for time last
night and exchanged views on their mis-
fortunes. They all came here Tuesday
afternoon last to witness the Inaugural
ton, after having run away from the
North Georgia Agricultural College. After
sightseeing Wednesday, It is alleged, Ter
rell and Smith took possession OF funds
belonging to Dalaperriere and made a
hasty exit from the city for the North
Complaint by Dalaperriere. however, led
to their arrest and return here
The story told by Terrell and Smith is
that they were invited to come 10 Wash
ington by Dalaperriere at his expense, and
that after reaching the city they ran
short of funds. They saw n'o~~-
Dalaperriere 49,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16

The Spanish War Guard held an enthusiastic
meeting in headquarters OF the command We'd
nesday evening and elected officers follows:
+. s Hodgs1n, Captain: j. T. Wilkinson First
Lieutenant; Ii. W. Meyers, Second Lieutenant.
Each Of the officers elected responded with an
address congTatulatine the members on the as
sured success of the organization. The company
is negotiating for the purchase Of arms captured
from the Spanish army, and hopes soon TO parade
with them The command will be formed on
vIes similar to those OF the old independents
companies which existed prior TO the advent OF
the natipal guard. Permanent quarters have
been secured in hall jl6 Ninth Street, and as
semblies will lac held every Wednesday and Friday
evening. Lady friends OF the organization have
arranged testimonial euchre party 10 take
place Monday evening next in the L. Y. L. Hail.
90 Pennsy lyania Avenue.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16
DECLARED OF UNsoUND MIND.
Seven Persons Ordered Committed to
ST. EIizabcth's Hospital

Justice Cole, sitting for probate bust
ness, yesterday afternoon signed orders
committing hIfred West, Edith Sampson,
Grace Ethel Abbott, Kate Murphy. Ed
ward p. Hayes. Frank L. Manning, and
Baker Wooden 10 st. EliZabeth's Hospital
for the Insane, for curative treatment. An
investigation as TO the mental condition OF
the persons named was held at the re-
quest of the District Commissioners, who
were represented at the proceedings by
Attorney a. Leftwich Sinclair. In each
case two physicians were appointed by the
court to examine the mental condition of
tine subjects. and these testified that the
persons named are of unsound mind
Edward p. Hayes was committed TO the
asylum about four years ago, and had re-
covered HIS reason to such an extent that
il was believed he wGdld become entirely
cured Of his trouble in time. Within the
last few months, however, he became
worse, and at the request Of his relatives
he was again committed TO St Eliza
beth's Hospital.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16
A WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE.
She Charges Her Husband with De.
sertiOn and Biramy.

Maggie NJ. Wheeler yesterday fled suit
for divorce from her husband, Robert A.
Wheeler on the grounds of desertion and
abandonment. She also alleges that the
defendant committed bigamy by marrying
a woman named Louise NJ White in Octo-
Der. 1886. II is stated that the complain
ant and defendant were married or Octo-
Der %, 1898, in this city. Notwithstanding
this, 1t is alleged, that the defendant, IN
der the name Of Aaron j. Wheeler within
a year after, abandoned his wife and mar
ried a woman named White
Mrs. Wheeler states that her husband
was indicted, tried, and convicted Of big
amy in the Supreme Court Of the District
in October, 1897, and was sentenced to
term Of four years in the penitentiary at
Trenton, n. J. The complainant asks that
she be allowed TO resume her maiden name,
Maggie NJ. Clark.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16

The following deaths for twenty four hours
we're reported at the Health Department up to
room yesterday: sallie Kirby, IS years; Eliza
beth Jones 90 wears; Ann Contee, "a years;
Alfred Williams 66 wears; Adolph Adler, Cj
wears; Charlotte s linchman, 81 years; Louisa
Conway. - years; Pau! T. Brown. IS years ,
Robert r. Siniins Il years; Silas Washington. "a
wears. Walton Dorsey, 45 years: William H.
Miller. 20 years; EIneiine Howard, % years;
John Proctor. 81 wears; Paul Hoover. II years;
irene Cox. years; Leroy Long. II months:
Harold VI Davis > months; BYRON f. Kingdom,
. months: Earl l.. Lewis, month"; Mary Duckett
DAYS; Dana j. Dixon, days.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-16
DggGY'S Psysee
Mat HzkaEskey
Sentenced to the Penitep,;arx

Thomas Berkeley. convicted OF larceny from the
person in Criminal Court No. l. was yesterday
sentenced by Justice ns-nard to two Years I'M
prisorment in the pententiary at Moundsville
W. Va. In the case Of Lavinia Willis, colored,
convicted Of larceny. sentence suspended and
the prisoners personal bond taken for her good
behavior. Anthony Kent, colored convicted of
receiving stolen property. sentenced TO threa
years Imprisonment in the MoundsyiIe peniten-
tiary.