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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

Flatulency, sourness, I'd taste, loss Of
appetite, a sense of weig It or fullness after
eating, together with uneasiness, impa-
thence, irritability of temper, nervousness,
anxiety, lost energy, depression Of spirits,
sick headache, bad dreams and sleepless-
ness, come from weak and debilitated
nerves. That kind of nerves have to be
braced up, strengthened, invigorated and
helped if you would have sound stomach,
a keen appetite and cheerful mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

WILLIAM L. LANE, President.
THOMAS NJ. HARRIS. Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

Cash on hand and I'm the hands OF
agents or other persons. ........... $,969l0
Bonds owned by the company.
bearing interest at the rate of
per cent. secured as follows
United States per cent.............. ss.l75oo
United States 365 per cent-..-....... las, 1000
Brooklyn Rapid Transit per cent $4,000
Portland Gas per cent............. 10000
Debts otherwise secured. 5.s4S.G
Debts for premiums. .................. 27.15s0
All other securities ...........-....... 2fSf75M
Total assets ...........-..---..-..... S56s n
LIABILITIES.
Amount owing and not due. to
banks or other creditors. .......... SOS o0n
Losses adjusted and not due........ $500 %
Losses unadJusted .--.---.-----..----. $4,000
Amount necessary 10 reinsure out
standing risks ...................... 762i7ss
Total liabilities 7I7G1
The greatest amount In any one risk.
$4,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25
Copy of Statement of the Condition
OF THE
Fire Insurance Co.
On the 3lst day of December, 1900

1t is located at No. Court street, Brook
Ign, N. Y.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

coburn Coal company sells the best Coal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

Park patrons will welcome Johnny and
Emma Ray. the great destroyers OF gloom.
At that popular playhouse this afternoon
when they VII; begin three days. engage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

JOHN NJ. DOVE.
Manager Home Office, Liverpool, Eng.
HENRY w. EATON,
Manager New York Once.
JOHN NJ. SPAWN
Attorney for Indiana, Residence Indian
apolis, Ind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25
Copy Of Statement Of the Condition
OF THE
United States Branch of the
UNION
Assurance Society
On the 3Ist day of December, 1900
1t is located at No. So Pine street, New
York City.
HALL G. HENSHAw, U. s. Managers.
Home Ofice-s1 Cornhill, London.
The amount of its capital is ...s2, 50o, 900
The amount of its capital paid up is 100000
The Assets of the Company In the United States
are as follows
The Assets of the Company In the United States
are as follows

Cash on hand and in the hands of
agents or other persons. $121, $685.
Real estate unincumbered.. 2O0,00o.0
Bonds owned by the company,
bearing interest at the rate of
various per cent, as per sched-
ule filed 1,12s37O.o
Debts otherwise secured....... 9,919-7
Debts for premiums ................ 1S3,676.5
Total assets 81 $40. So. q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

John S. Spann s Co.,
14s East Market Street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25
LIABILITIES.

The greatest amount In any one risk.
$1,000.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

Harry E Feichts lecture on the ober
ammergau people and Passion Play brought
out another large audience at the Grand
last night This repetition of the lecture
was made more Interesting and enioyable
by the presence OF the choir OF ST. Maryis
Catholic Church. which sang sacred song
and appropriate hymns. An augmented
orchestra rendered parts OF the original
musical score OF the Passion Play
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

This IS the Zoos last week as a favorite
place OF amusement. Beginning with Fri
day the institution will be devoted entirely
70 training animals for Mr. BostoclS's show
~ tne fah-AH az, exposition I'm Buffalo
Each day until Friday will be given Over
10 a benefit for some worthy local organ
ization. Fine programmes have been pre-
pared and Indications are that the Zoos
last days will be its best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-25

Walter Appleton Clark. the highly tai
ented young American painter. has COM
pleted the portrait of James X Hackett
which was ordered by the committee of
the New York Players Club This Is the
nrst time the honor OF admission to the
clubs select gallery or stage heroes has
been awarded 10 so young a man as Hack
EFT The portrait represents Mr. HacketR
as Rudolph RassendyI
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

A herd of sheep was bong driven
over Fourth strccJ "a Jew days since.
The woody animals were umid and
had a hard time to dodge the trolley
cars and vehicles Th1 door of the
Holland pen establishment between
Main and Walnut streets. stood Invite
iugy open 10 looked cool and dark
inside the building and the bell sheep
decided to- investigate. lie came
bouncing through the door like % ub-
beer BAN. and when his resonant ba-a-a
rang out the clerks looked up I'm sur.
prise The other sheep from the
street saw the tail of their leader
whisk through the doorway and with
one accord they ran into the buld-
ing
The clatter OF hoofs. the blcatmc.
the profanity OF the hordsmeu and the
little screams of the lady clerks made
hubbub that was heard o. blocl;
away Finally the sheep werc driv.
en- into the street and with n sheep.
ish look the attaches Of the place re-
sumed their duties Cincinnati En-.
Qulrer.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Try and understand your neishbpr,
aAd you will be understood.
Noble natures fay confidence with
gratitude, ignoble ones with treachery.
Time is a grateful friend; use 1t well.
and it mover falls to make n suitable
Tequital.
1t takes q genius to compel himself
to like the disagreeable tasks he has
to perform.
Buffoonery is the corruption of wit,
as knavery is the corruption of
knowledge.
The business of the head is to form
good heart, and not merely TO rule
an evil one, as is generally imagined.
Some persons virtues are so dis
agreeably self-sufficient that they
make their friends more charitable to
humber vices.
Raise not your wits credit at the
expense of your judgment Many a
friend has been sold for n jest with
Folly for auctloneer.
Prejudice and Partially limit attcn-
tion to what fayors our side. and thus,
as II were, makes us deaf in one ear
and blind in one eye.
Have as little as possible to do with
people you cannot trust: when on
marshy ground tread lightly. and get
over 1t as rapidly as you can.
1t is harder and often finer to endure
the injustice and caprice Of the world
than 10 die for it. for the world needs
noble lives more than noble deaths.
A man is relieved and gay when he
has put his heart into bis work and
done his best; but what he has said or
done otherwise shall give him no
peace
Exclude the exclusive and they will
but knock the harder. Men and women
arc like shadows; follow your shadow
and 1t will keep just ahead of you;
turn and flee and 1t will follow you.
Courtesy opens with her silver key
doors which even tie golden key Of
wealth fails to unlock. and tact sue.
cccds where even truth fails II she
forces her way, and discretion is the
perfection of reason.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
Dad Was Near.

In whispers glowing, raptufous and
feryent they spoke of what would be
when they twain became as one.
Wrapped in each others arms and the
friendly darkness born of n purpose
ly eXtinguished chandelier. they
rocked not of the complaining creals
OF the over-burdened chair which sup
ported their united weight; neither
heard they a suspicious sound which
loated in through the keyholc. n
sound as of fat and elderly man
breathing heavily outside that nper.
ture.
"Only think. sweetest sweetling!
Just think, dearest darling" he whis-
pered, ecstatically. ~won't we he hap
by when we're married and have a
house Of our own? Love. kisses.
bliss"
Rates taxes! bills! servants! doc
tors! youngsters" said n sepulchrnl
voice sOiemnly.
The chair was suddenly relieved OF
It's double burden, the gas farcd MP
brazlngly; but when they opened the
door moment later awkwardly bid
ding each other good night. the hall
was emTty, AMI they saw AID heard
nothing 10 account for the warning
voice.
But far away UP the staircase an
elderly man, with q cruel smilc On his
face and a substantial corporation he.
meath his walstcoat crept stealtlily.
In bestockingCd Understandings. TO
his nights resting place.-Tlt.Bits.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
Unnisnnted Mortality.

had now come to the middle OF
Chapter XXX.
He Is dead" 1 whispered slowly.
raising myself from where 1 bent
over his face, pale as plaster, on the
blood-stained couch.
Milady raised her lustrous, ques-
tioning eyes.
"He is dead! He is deadw l muir
mured a thrill or exultation creeping
inadvertently into my voice
Milady's eyes grew soft with sud
den tears. HE did me n great
wrong" she moaned. very low. Yet
he was my husband. 1t seems but
yesterday And now
lie is dead" l repeated. calmly.
Soon her little boot began to beat
an impatient tattoo on the floor
"Sacrement" she cried sharply. Il
shall die of shame! You-you sit there
silent as n 6let of beef while 1 suffer.
In Heavens name, speak to mew
I arose and bowed deliberately be.
fore her, Madame" l cried, "he is
dead"
AS this statement appeared to meet
with no refutation. and inasmuch as
Milady was not getting hot under the
collar, 1 decided hereupon to skip
without further parley to Che 3ter
XNXI.-New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
Barometric Tees.

Whoever observes these interesting
insects finds It easy enough to fore
tell exactly the kind OF weather 20
be expected. At least this is the
opinion of many raiscrs of bees.
Generally the bee stays at home
when rain is in the air. When the
sky is simply dark and cloudy these
busy workers do not leave their dwell
ing all at once. a few go out first,
as though the queen had sent out
messengers to study the state Of the
atmosphere. The greater number re-
main on observation until the clouds
begin to dlssipatc, and it is only then
that the battalions entire rush out In
search Of their nectar A bee never
goes out i'm a fog. because It is wei
aware that dampness and cold are
two fearsome. redOubtable enemies.
| We do not mean, however, that the
| bee is n mctcorologist I'm the absO-
lutte sense OF the word It's cleverness
| consists i'm never being taken I'M
awnrcs, for II possesses untiring vigil
auce. Often one may observe the
sudden entrance OF bees into the hive
when n dense cloud hides the sun.
and even though the rain Is not i'm
evidence. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

the State of Durango, there Is scor-
pion, generally known as the Durango
scorpion. which is much feared The
stories about even this creature. how
ever, are generally exaggerated, and
Or. Edward Palmer. who has lived
in that State. says that he has known
but one death to result from the sting
of this creature. and that was Of a
young woman who was in very bad
health at the time.
In the same way stories about cent?
pedcs are also exaggerated. We have
no dangerous species in the United
States. The tropical centipedes bite
with their maXillipeds and possess poi
son glands. The old stories that they
eXude poison from the tips OF their
sharp claws and leave n trail like fire
when they walk over the skin of hui
man being are entirely false. Their
bite is poisonous, but the result is not
serious.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
ONE OF THE CREW is A ooo
Ha Does His Share OF the Work on Board
Provincetown Fishing Schooner.

Provincetown Fishing Schooner.
One of the crew of the schooner
Isaac Collins. OF Provincetown. Cap
tain Joseph Bragg, is n Newfoundland
dog. That is, he is one of the crew by
common consent. for he makes him
self useful as well as ornamental. and
certainly earns his salt.
This Observation-Disclosures. Bobbie by
name. holds the office Of chief high
bell ringer of the Collins. and during
thick weather when the men are scat
tered away taking In cod off the Grand
Banks, Bobb.e keeps the great bell
aft giving loud tongue across the lead
colored sea. that the men may keep
the vessel in range OF hearing. And,
further, on any occasion when not
otherwise occupied he will grip in his
mouth the dory's painter and hold her
alongside while the men get aboard
and take in the days catch.
Captain Bragg takes considerable
satisfaction in the work of his dog,
and says that he thinks that others
might find the race equally useful in
their business.
He came upon Bobbie when East on
one Of his trips in the Collins, when
the dog was puppy. That was six
months ago. The men all liked the
pet and they began to fool with him.
One of the games that Bobbie enjoyed.
in common with most other little
dogs, was to take n ropes end In his
teeth and tug and tussle with it. One
day the captain, with an eye to the
economy of nature. decided that Bob
bic should be made useful. He was
getting along to the age when he
ought to be made to learn the bust
ness. With ingenuity that seems to
have passed by others he rugged up
the great bell to the main boom. just
aft the companionway. attached a
bit of rope to the tongue or the bell.
and told Bobbie by well-known signal
to "Slck him"
Bobbie did as he was hidden, and.
at the first cry of the great bell. was
fairly intoxicated with his efforts. 1t
beat playing with the men all out of
sight, and he couldn't get enough of II
and hasn't been able to get enough
ever since. One day recently, when
lAc COilluS tleu up at Whit, Cup-
tain Bragg fixed up the bell so that
Bobbie might be heard ana sketched.
The recital was n new experience for
7 wharf with its ever-present crowd.
and among the men who worked there
usually blase enough for most that
goes on, however new and strange 1t
might seem to the visitors, there was
wonder and admiration
BObbie could hardly wait while the
bell was being attached, and wanted
to take hold right away. And when
finally all was ready he took the
ropes end in his jaws, and there was
rare music for the waterfront It's
bell that sounds far, as there is, in
deed, plenty of occasion when the
wind sweeps strong and the fog hangs
thick on the lumpy sea waves.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
THE TAEATkE IN PERSIA.
Religious Performances In the Month OF
Mourning Ate nded by Women.

Religious Performances IN the month OF
Mourning Attended by Women.
-he Persian theatre, like that of
European countries. presents both
tragedies and comedies. The serious
dramas are the means OF religious and
political propaganda, while the comic
plays deal with the evils I'm public
life and the weaknesses and burdens
OF the powerful.
The religious dramas are an inheri-
lance from the old Persian rites and
are similar 10 the old English miracle
plays. They are called in Persian
"ThaRleh" or holy plays. They at
first consisted only Of songs of lamen-
tatiob In memory OF the murder OF
Hassi;n and Hussein. the sons of All.
son-in-law OF the Prophet. Then they
developed into tragedies that continued
to treat always OF the troubles of
the house of Ali.
The festival performances continue
always for nine days and during this
period the strict rules of the harem
are relaxed and the women are al
lowed 10 attend the theatre. The wives
of the Yhah also attend n an enclosed
box.
The theatre in Teheran looks like n
circus. che performance taking place
on stage in the middle of the build
ing, which is not supplied with either
curtain or scenery. Great expense is,
on the other hand, lavished on the cos
tunes and professions that are a large
part OF the performances. These "Tha-
siehs," which take place only in the
month OF mourning, Moharrem, have
almost the character Of n religious
ceremony. The admission is free, and
there is no applause. There is, on the
contrary. frequent lamentation from
the audleDce. which is likely to be
moved by IT'S emotion to sudden out
breaks.
In addition to the principal theatre
Mt Teheran during the month of
mourning, there are in other cities and
at tie other small courts. perform
ances OF the religious plays. Every
pious Persian of the necessary wealth
thinks it his duty to provide for these
performances in the improvsed thea
tres and public squares for the benefit
of the poor and others who cannot see
the official performances ut Teheran.
Farces are, on the other hand. acted
during the entire year by wandering
troups OF actors, who, like the aero
bats and animal tanners Of other lands.
pitch their tents in the public squares.
They play extemporizcG farces large
ly which deal with the important
and wealthy persons of the town. The
scandals of the town. and politics also,
enter into these pieces In addition to
these two kinds of dramatic perform
ances. there are travelling troups OF
marlonettes that are very popular with
the people.-New York Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
a rrIbute to nusler.s 800.

in response to a paragraph ,n Nature
calling attention to- the proposal to
erect q memorial 90 Professor lux
les, the editor recently received TWEEN
tyGyu cents. accompanied by an an
ouymous letter. from which he pub
fishes the following extracts
In nature tie reader is informed OF
q movement ON foot in Ealing FOR
memorial Co the memory Of Huxley.
With gladuoss 1 hasten 60 contribute
my mite enclose postal
order for is. as some little help toward
the memorial Even now / am Civ
Ing beyond my means. as + am merely
n casual dock labOrcr. living from hand
TO mouth. and often hardly able %
make both ends meet Eut < never let
Wy mind get rusty, and from my boy
hood have bad "a Keen porti8llty for
natures leading lights and their works
Among the brightest OF those and Of
whom any nation might be- Justly
proud flashes out Thomas Henry
Huxley"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
SHEEP. HER0INc.

"A gray, slow-movins, dust-bepOw4sred
That on the edges breaks to scattering
spray,
Round which my faithful collies wheel
and bark
"A babel of complaining tongues that make
The still air weary with their ceaseless
fret;
Brown hills akin to those of GaHlee. 80
On which the shepherds tend their
charges yet
The long, hot days. the stark, wind-beaten
nights;
No human presence, human sight or
sound
Grim, silent land of wasted hopes. where
they
Who came for sold oft.times have mad
ness found;
"A bleating horror that foregathers speech.
Freezing the word that from the lip
And sends the herdsman groveling with
his sheep,
Face down and beast-like Oh the tram
pied grass.
The collies halt, the slow herd sways and
reels,
Huddled in fright above the low ravine.
Where wild with thirst herd unshep.
Beat up and down-with something dark
between;
a narrow circle that they will not cross,
a thing that stops the maddest in their
run,
A guarding dog too weak to lift his head
Who ticks a still hand shriveled in the
-Sharlot NJ. Hall. in the Land of Sunshine
Prescott, AriZ.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

Down in Florida they have an os.
trich farm which Is q decidedly inter
csting place to visit The star feature
is "Corbctt,' an ostrich. which has
been broken TO the saddle. This wiry
bird weighs somewhere around &c
pounds. and. with neck erect. stands
about eight feet high. His rider kccpi
his seat by firmly grasplrg the two
wings of the bird. The gait of the Os
trich is q numbering sort of dog trot
which becomes delightfully."- easy when
the bird IS travelling fast Unham.
pcred with n rider and travelling with
the wind. this muscular creature can
outstrip any horse. The ostrich as ns
ferociOus as ne is stupid. and bis keep
er has TO exercise constant care. fOi
one Kick from this untamablc creature
is almost certain deaCh lie strikes
straight out, and with his claws car
tear man 90 ribbons
Ostrichcs swallow their food with
out chewing. and or you wish to dem
oustrotc this, feed him half a dozen
oranges fin rapid succession. You
viii plainly see q series of bulges ir
his neck as theyygo down New Yort
Sun.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27
Animal sngacIty.

The marmoset is not generally an
animal whose intelligence Is well de-
yeloped. The following anecdOte,
however, Will prove that there are
individual exceptions. NJ Hatcbet-
SOuplet possessed one of these mop
keys, which was subject to toothache:
for. when Il had eaten nuts, il mani
Tested It's suGerings by expressive
pantomime II would try with its
fingers to get out the small pieces OF
nut lodged In its teeth. only doing
so with great difficulty.
It occurred 20 NJ. Ratchet SOuplet
one day to suggest to the mcLkey a
hotter means OF getting out Of the
difficulty. lie took toothpcS and
used IL before the animal Then,
after giving the monkey a 10. o. nuts,
he placed in the middle cf its cage
short stem OF iron. which hc had
sharpcDed 10 q point on stone The
monkey seized the iron and tried G.
use it rs he had seen bis master Go
with the toothpick Not finding % "a
his liking, ne proceeded TO put @ 6uci
point upon Is by sharpening &c on the
stolc.
lie dislodgcd the pieces OF nut. and
always afterwerd used his iron tooth
pick with most satisfactory results.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

Vermicelli cut into little letters is a
thing commonly found In modern soup.
But 1t is not often that it saves r man
from financial DISASTER as It did I'm
the following case: An American Wis
iting England was dining in London
the other day during the height of the
Wall Street boom. The talk turned
on that subject and the American.
who had bought largely at high figures,
maintained, against the general opin-
ion. that the great prices rested on
solid business basis Suddenly he
saw in the spoonful Of soup which he
was raising to his lips four letters
forming the word sell" Somewhat
shaken by this. for he was n man OF a
superstitious turn Of mind. he went
on With his soup In troubled mind
until only six Of tho small white capt
tails remained floating In bis plate.
They spelled the word Unload"
Hastily rising be excused himself upon
n plea Of indlspositlon and took a cab
to the nearest open telegraph Office. He
Cabled TO his broker. ordering the ira
mediate sale Of all be held in railways.
AS New York time is i've hours behind
our own. the thing was done before the
market closed The next day the pan
&C. began. lie had got out ut the top
OF the marbct.-LOndou News
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1901-08-27

Tho evolution of use hammock is
progressive wonder There is no
remote corner OF the country here
The old uucy0ltcd swing Arrangement
for being uncomfortable and failing
out has not penetrated Nc can De
found iu the businesses Of Idaho and
the furthest corners OF Porto Rico.
The wcllsupporlcI uncomfortable
hammock of reccfN years follows
moro slowly on thc tract, of Boss pre-
dcccssor, but ST also s finding ts way
20 places afar OF frou Nantucket
on that wise island Tie pattern OF
all comfort iu hammocss Is made out
of sail cloth by OLD sailors who know
by Inheritance what these sea beds
ought 90 bee. oven for C.c ashore
Now York Mail end Exp css.