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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
Glass Factory Lockout.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
ELWOOD, Ind. Oct. 1.-THE Elwood
plant Of the Macbeth-Evans Lamp Chimney
Company was closed to-day in a lockout
There is a disagreement over the quality
of the glass turned out. the men holding
that they should not be held responsible for
flaws in the ware. An early settlement is
looked for.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN. Ind. oct. l6-Wiley Gambill.
County Commissioner. is in a precarious
condition at his home in Cass township,
the result OF being struck on the head with
a neck yoke by w. r. Higg. member OF
the County Council. during a dispute over
gravel roads. The grand jury has returned
an Indictment against Mr. Higg. charging
him with intent To kill. He was arrested
to-day and placed under 5000 bond. which
given
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
Telephone Franchise Granted.


Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
BEDFORD. lind. Oct 16.-James Rud-
dick. who has erected Il seventy-mile tele-
phone system. which connects a number of
towns OF Importance on its line in direct
communication with this city. has been
granted a central Office franchise by the
Bedford City Council. The wires are now
in position To the corporation line and the
connections will be made at once.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17

The nineteenth annual meeting OF the
MOhonk Indian conference began at Lake
MohOnk yesterday Merrill II. Gates. sec
rotary of the board of Indian commissions
ers, was chosen president OF the confer
ence. Mr.. Gates made an address I'm which
he reviewed the progress made ia the solu-
ton OF the Indian question during the past
year He was followed by General l. j.
Morgan, ex-cOmmissioner of the Indian
affairs, who advocated the education OF the
Indian by the public
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
FISH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Active steps tn That End Are Taken
i'm and Near EIwood.

Special 10 the Indiana polls Journal
ELWOOD. Ind. Oct. 16.-The fact that
the local authorities intend To- vigorously
prosecute all offenders against the new
game and FISH laws was demonstrated last
night. when John Gunder Howard Simp-
son and Ed Hennegan, well-known glass
workers. were arrested. charged with using
a sixty-foot seine i'm White river. along
which they have been in camp for several
weeks. Other members Of the camping
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
TO THE MAN WHO THINKS.

mittee where the congregations fail 20 act.
This Will necessitate a tax of cents per
capita on the entire membership.
The leader of the nights meeting. the
Rev. j. Cumming Smith. elOquently urged
the Importance Of ceaseless evangelical
work in all the churches. The synod will
meet next year on the second Monday OF
October at Goshen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD.
Plan Of supply Continued. Necessitat-
ing Continuation of the Tax.

Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MADISON. Ind. Oct. l6.-In the Presby-
terrain Synod to-day the most important
action taken was with reference TO the
committee on supply. Of which the Rev.
]. l.. Leeper is chairman. After "a warm
discussion il was voted 30 continue for AL
other year the plan or having vacant
churches supplied with pastors by this COM
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
District Meeting w. r. VI. :.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, oct 1.-THE annual
meeting of the Lafayette district Of the
Womans Foreign Missionary Society will
be held at Battle Ground on Oct. j.. l9 and
20 Delegates will attend from the entire
district and long programme has been
prepared. Three sessions a day are TO be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
wells County Oil Leases sold.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
BLUFFTON. Ind. oct. l6.-Oh property
valued at 100000 was sold here to-day by
the Preston oil Company to Lafayette Nc
Williams. Chicago Capitalist. IT includes
so acres Of oil leases located ten miles
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17
Furniture, Carpets
Stoves
w. III. MESSENGER
2Oi East Washington st.
THE DRAMA.
At the Thenter. To-Day.

GRAND-VaudeviIle. 2:15 p m. and S:15
p. m.
PARK-"M'liss. melodrama, p. m. and
p. m
EMPIRE-Harry Bryant's Burlesquers, 2
.. m. and ID. m.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17

| south of Button. in Wells county. on
| which are twenty-siX wells with one hum
| dred barrels daily production
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17

The body OF the Duke OF Alba who died
IN New York on Tuesday. Will be sent TO
Spain for burial
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-17

The carnival crowds the cooler
weather are helping the business of the the
aters. at the matinees especially. Strangers
I'm the city find good melodrama at the Park
Theater burlesque and variety at the En-
pire and vaudeville at the Grand.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
Fooled Him.

Up in Harlem there lives an old gen.
tleman who is remarkable for his abb
sent-mindedness, his nervousness and
his disposition to go of at half cock.
The other night he attended dinner
and did not reach home until o'clock.
He was feeling pretty good, but he was
master of his movements. He does not
carry night key, as he seldom goes out
after dark, so he rang the doorbell, and
his daughter, who had been sitting up
for him, opened the door. Her mother
had gone to bed and was sound asleep.
The daughter is a rather waggish
young woman, and, as she opened the
door, she said: "Just think-it's 1
o'clock and papa isn't in bed"
4Whatw yelled the old gentleman.
"Not in bed? Where is he, then? OH,
he must be in bedr'
'sYou can look for yourself, father"
said she with grave countenance.
Up the stairs he hurried, full Of ex-
element. He ran into the bedroom. A
light was dimly burning, his wife was
sound asleep, but she was alone.
His daughter had followed him up
stairs.
My heavens, daughter, where can
he be?' cried the old man in alarm.
Here he is, father" said the young
woman, leading him up to the mirror
over the chiffonier.
The old man looked and tumbled, and
it cost him half dozen pairs Of gloves
to keep the incident from reaching the
ears of his wife.-New York Evening
World.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
A Helpful lnstitution.

A lunch room has been opened in
Kansas City, under the auspices of the
Young Woman's Christian Association,
where food is sold at exact cost The
prices seem almost impossible, but judi
cious management will accomplish
wonders. Cream of tomato soup is sold
for 5 cents; roast beef with potatoes,
the same; two salmon croquettes cost 2
cents; mashed potatoes the same; peas,
3 cents; cabbage salad, A; apple pie, .;
coffee, tea or milk, 8; cheese, cent;
two sandwiches, cents; hot roll, l
cent; butter, cent. The men have
found out this wonderful opportunity to
get food at cost prices and are begin
ming to edge their way in among the
women. Unless they become too nu-
merous they will not be debarred. Let
US hope SO kindly an Institution will
prosper, and pave the way for many
similar ones.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
An EXCLUSIVE Colony.

Those who work in the Du Pont pow
der mills on the Brandywine, in Della
ware, form queer colony. They are
all Irish people, whose ancestors came
to this country when the Du Points
started in business and went to work
for them. For generations the Du
Points and these people have passed
their positions from father to son. Like
their employers, they intermarry and
are very exclusive. They live on what
are called Du Points banks, which are
about three miles from Wilmington
The people of Wilmington know hardly
anything about them, for they have few
outside acquaintance, and their visits
are not frequent. The hills about the
banks are the highest in Delaware, and
it is at the base of them that these
workers live.
The town is lighted at night by the
electric plant in the works. The people
have their own places of amusements,
the principal being the Brandywine
Club, which has finer building than
any club in Wilmington. They also have
dances and theatricals frequently. Near
ly every one Of them has lost relative
by an accident in the works. They have
their own graveyard, too.-News York
Press
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
HISTORY OF RUBBER.
WORLD HAS BEEN SLOW TO APP
PREClATE ITS USES.
Man Vino Came with coiumbus Saw
Haytians Playing Ba1l-Early Used
to Exclude Water from Coats and
Boots-IncreasingI Imp ortations.

The world was long time learning
the uses and value of rubber. For two
centuries after the Spaniards saw the
gum in the hands of natives of the new
world, it was little more than Curl
osity. Old Herrea, who went with Co.
lumbus on his second voyage, made a
note of an elastic ball which was mold
ed from the gum of a tree. At their
games the nude Haytians made it
bound high in the air. The Aztecs were
familiar with the gum and called it
ule. and from them the Spaniards
learned to smear it on their coats to
Keep out the wet They had crossed
the seas for gold, and never dreamed
of time when the sticky milk the un-
eouth Indians drew from strange trees
would be worth more than all the
treasure of the hills. ION Feb. %, 1899,
ship carrying a cargo of 1,167 tons
of rubber valued at $2,210,000 sailed
from Para. for New York, leaving 200
tons behind on the wharf.) Jose, King
of Portugal, in 1866, comes down to us
as the wearer of pair of boots sent
out to Para to be covered with a water
proof gum. Yet three hundred years
were to elaDse before a Connecticut
Yankee should make pair of boots
of rubber which would not decompose.
DR.. Priestley, author of a work on Per
spectiye, now forgotten, recorded that
caoutchouc pronounced kachooko was
useful in small cubes for rubbing out
pencil marks-hence the name rubber.
The India linked with it refers to the
savages who gathered it in the Amazon
wilderness. DR.. Priestley's cubes were
half an inch long and sold for three
shillings, or seyenty-fye cents apiece.
A stiff price, for the finest rubber to-
day is dollar a pound. Its price for
ten years has ranged from sixty-two
cents to $1.09. The conversion of the
gum to useful purposes made but slow
headway. The first waterproof cloth
in 1897 was the work of<an English
man. 1t was tentative, and, of course,
it would not stand heat. In 1928
Charles Macintosh, of Glasgow, dis
covered naDhtha, and, dissolving rub
Der in it, produced a varnish which,
when spread on cloth, made it really
imperyious to water. AS late as 1880
the Importation of rubber into England
amounted only to $4,000 pounds. In
1899 no less than 16,075. .584 pounds
We're consumed in that country, and the
consumption in the United States
reached 81, ,606,737 pounds. Most of the
rubber used in the world still comes
from equatorial South America, and the
forests where the Indians gathered ule
are as dense to-day and almost as little
known to white men as in the time of
Cortez. .'-Ainslee'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
Elephants in England.

While excavating for the foundations
for the new buildings of the Victoria
and Albert museums in South Kensing-
ton a car load of fossilized bones was
brought to the surface by the workmen.
These were taken in charge by DR..
Woodward, Of the geological depart
ment, who pronounced them the re-
mains of the primitive denizens of the
soil that lived there before man came
to Interfere with them. The bones be-
longed, he said to a London newspaper
representative, to the elephant, the stag
and the primeval horse, and date back
to time before Great Britain became
isolated, ere yet the Straits of Dover
had been cut through
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

BILE. Almost hidden beneath the pile
was little heap of baby shoes and
stockings, and among them a tiny pair
of blue shoes. They were bit faded
and worn, with faint creases at heel
and toe, where the chubby foot had
pressed its weight against mothers
knee. The soft, white hand of the sales
lady seemed to linger caressingly upon
this particular pair, as she sorted over
the clothing for each new customer.
There were round-faced Irish moth
ers, with their frowsy-headed offsprings
clinging to their skirts; yellow-haired
Swedes, whose wondering blue ewes
took in every detail of the crowded ta-
BILE, and dark-browed Italian women
carrying their babies within shawls
that were their only covering. Bernice
Colby served them all graciously and
sweetly, yet, as each turned away, her
eye glanced with half relief at the tiny
blue shoes, still unclaimed.
How foolish am!'' she whispered to
herself. why cannot give them up ~
With sudden impulse she held them
out as broad-faced Irish woman, with
a child in her arms, stood beside the
table.
"Och! Mem, but them's foine, in
dade." said the woman, with a gay
laugh. "But Jamey's fut ne'er'd squeeze
into the loikes O. them"
A scarlet wave swept Bernice's cheek
as she dropped the little shoes and has
tily sought among the clothing for
something more suitable for the sturdy
"Jamey." Far back In the store, partly
hidden by the crowd. a man stood,
watching Bernice's table. 1t was a
dark, handsome face, yet showing the
marks of dissipation. As he witnessed
the little scene sneer curled his lips.
"Heartless and cold! Willing to sell
ner dead baby's Shoes" he muttered.
Hastily pushing forward, the man ap-
preached the table. His upturned coat
collar and the soft felt hat, pulled down
over his brows, nearly concealed his
face, yet as he brushed past the eyes of
the two met. For second the wom-
ans heart semed to stand still within
her bosom. as she recognized the mans S
face; then he passed by and was gone
That night, as Bernice was being
driven to her own luxurious home, she
leaned back amidst the soft cushions
with weary sigh. Not because of the
unusual exertions of the day was she
spent and weary. but the sight Of that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
THE LOST GARDEN.

Somewhere in the distant Southland
Blooms garden-lost to me-
Warm with poppies burning fragrant,
Drowsy fires may not see.
Subtle shadows fit and beckon
Down dim pathways bound with yew,
Where white wrath wanders lonely
'Twixt the darkness and the dew.
"In the ruined walls that echoed
Once to happy-hearted moods,
Now the stealthy, lightfoot lizards
Unmolested rear their broods.
"And beneath the oleanders,
No clear voice sings, as of old;
But the feet caressing sunbeams
Whisper secrets to their mold.
Though | follow as the southwind
Fares his way through wood and plain,
Though l question hill and valley,
l shall never find again
My lost garden-where lie buried
Joys that swift the glad hours sped;
Only one could bid me enter;
Only Love-and Love is deadw
-Ainslee's.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
DAVID D. THOMPSON.
He Is the First Layman Ever Mad
Methodist Editor.

He Is the First Layman Ever Made
Methodist Editor.
David D. Thompson, Methodist
layman, of Chicago, was elected edi-
tor of the Northwestern Christian Ad-
vocate by the Methodist General Book
Committee at Cincinnati. Five ballots
were taken, with Thompson and S. j.
Herben. New York, leading. This is
the first time layman has been elect
ed to such position, and is taken as
indicating the strength lay forces are
exerting in the church. The so-called
Rock River proposition" for equal
lay representation in the Methodist
General Conference. was drafted by
Thompson in 1907, and adopted in 1900
by that body. He was an active mem
ber of the Lockland- Wyoming Church.
while residing in Cincinnati, and at
Evanston, ILL.,. where he now lives; but
he has never preached.
The new editor is 4S, n graduate of
Delaware, Ohio, and is a son of a
former superintendent for fifty years
of the Western Book Concern printing
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
An Innovation,

II notice." said Bronco Bob, ''that
you make rule at political gatherin'
to have all the speakers close friends
an partners lined up on the platform
with him."
's7es; he is usually accompanied by
some of the distinguished men of his
own party"
well, it's mighty good idea. In
Crimson Gulch, when man has any
thing to say, he jes' gets up ON the keg
an takes his chances. But I'll have
the boys adopt your way. 1t keeps the
opposition from maxim a man redick-
locus by comm up behind an gettin'
the drop on him while he is bowin'
and serapin' to the folks in 'front.'
Washington Star
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
Hawsers of Monster Size.

The largest cable of modern times g
the MANILA hawser which was used to
tow the drydock to Havana. 1t is-twen-
ty-three inches in circumference, but
it is by no means the largest that ever
as been made. although it has the rep
utation of breaking the record.
There are at least two others of a
greater circumference, but both older.
One of these had circumference of
twenty three inches. and was used for
the purpose of anchoring the ship North
Carolina in the navy yard at Brooklyn,
while the other was a twenty y-four-inch
hawser, which was used as sheet-an-
chor cable on the Tennessee, when she
was stationed In the Mediterranean N
the eos.
Such an enormous rope was naturally
found to be unwieldy, a fact which was
abundantly demonstrated when the
vessel encountered storm In the Bay
of Naples. When the Tennessee re-
turned to her native home Id America
the hawser was sent to the 0akum nifiis
and made it Into oakum
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
a Baby's Shoe

60 HE ladies of st. Marks were
holding rummage sale. Beau
q tiful women, high bred and
dainty, stood behind the counters and
handled wares with the deftness of
their more humble sisters. The accumu-
lation of cast-off articles, which clutter
the attics of every household, was
spread upon the counters and shelves.
Crowds of people, from the lowest to
the highest grade of society, thronged
the store, elbowing each other rudely.
At the further end of the long store was
a table piled high with children's cloth
ing of every description. your choice
for 25 cents!" was the motto upon the
card, hung conspicuously above the ta-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

Two little girls with snub roses and
public-school voices stood in front Of
the window of Third avenue drug
store yesterday afternoon.
"My!' said one. Look at the
sponges! Most thousand of 'em
What dyer s'pose they use 'em all for?
| didn't think they was SO many states
in the world" The other little girl
looked at her aompaHion with whitening
seorn.
Don't yer know" she shifted con-
temptuously, 'tthat windows has to be
washed y-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
Not Learned in society WAYS,

There is no use of talking" said
one navy officer: I can't help admiring
that man Noah. The way he built his
own boat and then sailed it was re-
markable."
Yes, answered the other. st show
ed good workmanship. But, you see.
Noah wasn't obliged to represent any
body automatically when he touched
at foreign ports. doubt very much if
he would have known how to behave
in a drawing room.''
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

everywhere as an old friend. He is
under next to no expense, and If it
rains on any given date he simply stays
over and gives the show the next night
/ thought of the trials and vexations Of
plotting big company over the road"
added the advance agent, "and I en-
We'd him from the bottom of my
heart"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
The Benefit of the Doubt.

"Don't you think some of our Con-
gressmen waste great deal of their
timer"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum,
with great deliberation, "you ought not
to be too hasty in judging. Unless you
look through a mans private ledger,
how are you going to know whether he
has been wasting his time or not ?"-
Washington Star.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
His Next Meal.

"That man says he never knows
where he's going to get his next meal ;,
rs he SO poor y
"No, but he's collector and eats
wherever he happens to be."-PhiladeL
phia Bulletin
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
sickle from the sphinr.

The oldest piece Of wrought iron in
existence is believed to be a roughly
fashioned sickle blade found by Bel
zoni, in Karnas, near Thebes. It was
imbedded in mortar under the base of
the sphinx, and on that account is
known as ..the sickle of the sphinx
1t is now in the British museum. and is
believed to be nearly 1000 years old.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
The FamiIY Si,ver

Fer the lands sake said the wom-
an in the blue Mother Hubbard as she
fastened the clothesline to the division
fence, what do you think of them
Joneses telling around that the burglars
got in their house an stole the family
silver? Family silyerl Huh.,
Its SO, though, I" said the woman in
the next lot They had dollar an
quarter piled on the mantelpiece fer the
grocery bill, an it was all in silver
Indianapolis Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

Farmer-See here. you! You remem-
Der putting two lightning rods on my
barn last spring, didn't you? Well, that
barn was struck six weeks after and
burned down.
Peddler-Struck by lightningf
t.It was.''
"In the daytime?"
..No; at night"
@Must'a' been a dark night, wasn't
IT."
Yes; dark as pitch"
Lanterns BURNING"
"What lanterns?''
''Didn't you run lanterns up 'em dark
nights?''
"Neyer heard o. anything like that"
'.Well, If you didn't know enough to
keep your lightning rods showin' you
needn't blame me. G-langw
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
1t cured Her.

No." said the man in the mackin-
tosh, "my wife doesn't give away any
of my old clothes or sell them to the
ragman any more. cured that habit
effectually once"
How was that?" they asked him.
When fould she had disposed of
coat hadn't worn for several weeks l
told her there was letter in it she had
given me to mail the last time had 1t
on. And that was no lie, either,v he
added, with deep satisfaction.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

81 reckon Bobby's got letter from
his uncle"
Shouldn't wonder. He's allus been
purity kind to Bobby"
Yes; he's the sort of feller that prom
ises to give boy lot of presents II
he's good, an gives 'em to him any. .
how."-Puck.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24
only a "B1uf.n

The Parson-I hope you are not going
fishing on Sunday, my little man.
The KIDD, no, sir; am merely car
rying this rod SO those wicked boys
across the street will not suspect that L
am on my way to Sunday school.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-05-24

Mr.. Isaacstein-Misther Goltsteln, dit
a shentleman gone In here a leedle vile
ago init hees hat all smashed und dirty,
und puy new one?
Mr.. Goldstein-yell, maype he might,
/ dunno.
Mr.. Isaacstein-vell, If he dit, CLAIM
a percentage.
Mr.. Goldstein-vy is dot?
Mr.. Isaacstein-Pecause it vas mine
leedle key vat trowed der panama peel
on der siteyalk.