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Quarterly Report Filed.

c. F. Shinkle. receiver of the Peoples
Building and Loan Association Of Bloom
ington, ILL.,. filed his quarterly report with
the clerk of the United States District
Court Yesterday.
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Petition in Bankruptcy.

Adolph Holm. Muncie, Ind, tailor. filed
petition in bankruptcy in the Federal
Court yesterday, placing his assets at 1857
and his liabilities at s623.11.
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BY forwarding a subscription OF $4,000
yesterday to the Presbyterian National
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VANDALIA LINE

vANDALIA LINE.
$1.OO-Terre Haute and Return-$1. 90
75c-Greencastle and Return-7Bc,
Sunday, October 10.
Leave Indianapolis TBS a. m. Returning.
special train win leave Terre Haute 1856
p. m.
BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Excursion Sunday, Oct. 10th.
Lawrenceburs, Aurora and Way
Points.
$1.OO or Less Round Trip.
Special train will leave Indianapolis
Union Station at 1880 a. m. Returning
leave Aurora at 7:20 p m.
LAKE ERIE q WESTERN r.. r..
s1.OO-Michisan City 90
Sunday, Oct. 10.
Leave indianapolis $50 a. m.
s1.25-Cincinnati and Return-s1.25,
Via c., HI. & D., Sunday, Oct. 10.
Special fast train stopping only at Rush.
Vile, Connersville and Hamilton. will
leave at 7:15 a. m. Leave Cincinnati re-
turning go p. m.
Stylish Fall Clothing
On credit without security.
MENTER, ROSENBLOOM CO..
Ito N. Penn. st.
Feed your horse JANES'S Dustless Oats
LanEsenkamp Bros, Brass Works.
Founders and nnishers. Brass railing WORK
1915 E. Georgia 81. Phones LII
Garland Stoves and Ranges.
We have the largest assortment and stock IN
tho city. II will pay you to G. koch.
RING 4 BRO. s1s-8S2 Virginia ave.
A happy thought. Mrs. Austins pancake
tastes delicious. Your grocer waits upon you.
These crispy mornings don't forget Mrs. Aus
tins pancakes. Always good. At all grocers
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Leave Indianapolis TBS a. m Returning.
special train will leave Terre Haute 1886
n m.
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VANDALIA LINE.
S1.OO-Terre Haute and Return-Sl. O(
75c-Greencastle and Return-7bc,
Sunday, October 10.
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New pianos at sizes and W at wuichnsr's.
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These crispy mornings don't forget Mrs Aus
tins pancakes. Always good. At all grocers.
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BIG FOUR ROUTE.
Excursion Sunday, Oct. 10th.
Lawrenceburg, Aurora and Way

Special train will leave INDIANAPOLIS
Union Station at 7:30 a. m Returning
leave Aurora at 7:20 p. m.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-04-25
THE AMERICAN FATHER.
Average Man of Family Gives Too Lit
tie Time to His Children.

Average Man of Family Gives Too Lit
tie Time to His Children.
Is 1t right to the child that he sees
and knows so little OF his father? Is
all this commercial strife worth the
price of a child being almost a stranger
to his own father2 Men are sometimes
surprised that their children go in
stinctlvely to their mothers. and so
little to them. But aside from the nat
ural instinct which draws every child
to his mother, why should the fact
cause any wonder? A child attaches
himself to those who give him the most
attention. to the one who joins him in
his play. And II. as so many fathers
do, a man places business first in his
life all during the week, and buries
himself in those modern curses, the
Sunday newspapers. on the day when
he is at home, what can he expect from
his childl II Is a case Of the child not
seeing the father during the week, and
the father not seeing the child on Sun
day. A man must be the Wage-earner
and the family supporter That Is the
duty laid out for him. But when that
is accomplished Is it worth his while to
push on into the commercial maze at
the expense Of the sweetenlng that
should come into the life Of every man
In short. what prohteth 1t a man sup
pose he gain the whole world-and
not know bis own chlldl-I.adies'
Home Journal
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Mark Twain,s Engine.

Capt. Thomas Bixby. under whom
Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain
served as pilot and engineer on the old
Mississippi River boat Swallow, has
given in a New Orleans paper the fol-
lowing description of the engine of the
Swallow:
The craft was a little, shaky affair
which piled between st. Louis and
Cairo. 1t had a stern wheel, place
for freight and passengers, a pilot
house and a place on what may be
called the pilot deck for the engine.
That "engine" went aboard when It
was needed, and only then. 1t burned
no wood or coal, but ate a powerful
sight Of grass. 1t was a large gray
mule named Jerry, which worked a
tread-mili that propelled the boat
Samuel Clemens was chief engineer
and pilot.
He had a system Of signals which
was effective and ingenious. BY pull
ing a cord he could raise head OF
cabbage Just out of reach OF the mule
The "engine" would start and begin
TO walk after it, and the boat ioated
majestically down or up the river, as
the case might be.
without desiring to be personal, | will
say that Jerry was one Of the most In
telligent animals ever met. His voice
was more on the order of a fog-horr
than a whistle, being too much Of q
barytone for the latter. When Samuel
wanted to whistle for landing he just
hit Jerry with a stick.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-04-25
VALUE OF AN IDEA.
One Bright Young Man Got High
Price for His

One Bright Young Man Got High
Price for His.
An elderly gentleman, whose appear
ance correctly indicated him to be
man Of wealth, handed a young man
a check a few afternoons ago In the
lobby of an uptown hotel. Observing
that it was drawn for $1,000. friend
remarked that the young man must
have rendered some important service
to the benevolent gentleman.
He has," replied the latter. "He
put 81 100000 into my pocket"
"Why didn't he keep 1t hlmselr|
asked the friend, enviously, as such
examples of generosity are rare.
Because he could not use 1t; the
81, 900 will be more valuable to him. |
will explain, as neither of us were ac-
tuated by motives Of generosity. but
cold business.
"As you know, | am the president OF
a corporation, which some people call
trust, that is one of the largest ad-
vertisers In the world. as we spend
thousands--yes, hundreds Of thousands
of dollars year in letting the people
know just what they must have, what
ever else they don't have
eve believe in advertising, and this
young man knows 1t, and has profited
accordingly. He came to me to-day.
as we are utter strangers, and asked
me If | would pay him S1.0O0 for an
idea on advertising our goods. ! did
not try to beat him down to $l00, n
good figure for an idea, but promptly
told him that would gladly pay his
price II, upon communicating to Inc
the idea, | considered 1t worth what
he demanded. Otherwise would pay
him what |, and not he, considered 1t
worth.
ITO this he readily assented, and in
an hours talk he explained to me the
brightest Idea on advertising | have
ever received out of thousands OF sug-
gestions. We will make over 81, 100000
profit inside Of a year on increased
sales and permanent business retained.
So, you see, his price was cheap
Fortunes have been made in busl-
ness by the advertising of a single
suggestion In such a manner that the
public see 1t out of the great mass OF
printed matter going through their
hands, and this tide of advertisement
flows so rapidly that there must be
something above another which at.
tracts public attention. This some
thing was what that bright young
man gave to me, and l am very much
obliged to him."-Washlngto Star.
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A SLOW PROCESS.
Cooling of the Earth as Relating to the
Length of the Day.

Cooling of the Earth as Relating to the
Length of the Day.
Professor Woodward, In the Popu-
lar Science Monthly, has lately given
an account of his researches on the
progressive cooling of the earth and its
relation to the length of the day. Does
the length of the day vary2 Was it
formerly shorter than now? Will it, in
the future, be heightened? The an
swer depends upon the mass of the
earth, which varies, since meteoric
dust perpetually falls upon the surface
and thus increases the quantity of
matter; and on its volume which be-
comes smaller as the mass Is progress
sively cooled Laplace concluded from
the data at his disposition that there
had been no sensible change in the
length of the day for 1000 years.
Woodward has repeated his calcula-
ton with new data, and concludes that
the duration of the day has not chang
ed as much as half a second during
the first 100000 years after the be-
ginning of solidifcatiOn of the earth's
material When the cooling Of the
earth finally reaches its term the
change will be marked. Professor
Woodward's result is that the ratio of
the change of the day to Its initial
length is two-thirds of the product of
the loss of temperature multiplied by
its cubIcal contraction. For example,
IL the primitive temperature Of the
earth was 5000 deg. G, and II its cubi-
cal contraction was that of iron. the day
will be finally reduced about per
eent-that is to say, by about an hour
and a half. The lapse Of time neces-
sary to bring this about is enormous.
Three hundred thousand millions Of
years are required, according to Wood
ward, for 95 per cent Of the total con-
traction to take place. The length Of
the day will not be sensibly affected,
on the other hand, after the expiration
OF 100000 OF millions Of years. The
fall of meteoric dust tends TO increase
the mass Of the earth. and thus to
change the length of the day, but the
effect due to this cause is not above
ne-two-hundred-th -thousandth Of the ef-
feet Of secular cooling. Twenty mill
lions OF small meteors. weighing on
the average one gramme each. fall on
the earth daily. but in 100000 Of mill
lions OF years the length OF day will
not he increased a quarter Of a second
on this account Taking everything
together the day will shorten. not
lengthen. but the process win 60 on
with extreme slowneSs.
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TO WHOM DOES BABY BELONG ?
Three Women Claim 1t and Naturally
There Is Tang1e.


Three Women Claim 1t and Naturally
There Is a Tangle.
The chief magistrate in the Canton of
Berne, Switzerland, has been called
upon to give judgment In a most com
pllcated case, which suggests the prob
lem submitted to King Solomon about
twenty-nine centuries ago, says the
London Mail.
A tailor named Meier, who married
Swiss girl three years ago, threat
ened to divorce her because they had
no family. At the end of last year he
went to Germany on business. few
months afterward he received a letter
from his wife with the good tidings OF
the birth of child.
The father was overjoyed, and pre-
pared to return to Berne. The child,
however, died soon after its birth, and
the poor wife was afraid to tell her
husband. So she determined to adVer-
tise for a newly born child. Forty
eight hours afterward woman called
on Nine. Meier with baby, and bar
gain was struck transferring the child,
which was registered as Nine Meier's
child.
The husband paid his wife a flying
visit. saw the newborn babe and re-
turned to Germany happy man. A
little while ago the real mother Of the
child appeared, and, having repaid the
money which she had received, de-
! manded her child. In this dilemma
I Nine. Meier again advertised, this time
for little girl months old, of whom
a detailed description was given. To
her great joy a woman appeared with
an infant SO like her own that any
observer would have taken the two
children for twins. Again bargain
was struck, aud Nine. Meier had ar
ranged everything to return her first
adopted child to Its mother when this
child caught cold and died.
The real mother (of No. u then turn
ed ND and refused to take Nine. Meier S
word, although the death certificate
was shown her. and she claimed baby
No. 2, which she swore was her own.
To make matters still more compll-
Gated, the mother of No. baby now
came upon the scene and claimed her
child. Neither promises nor threats
had any effect on the two women, who
both claimed the same baby. In de.
spair Nine. Meier wrote to her hus.
band In Germany, making clean
breast of the matter, and telling him
what a terrible predicament she was
| in.
The husband arrived home on the fol
lowing day and refused to believe his
wife's story. had everything packed W
and took his wife and child off to Ger
many with him.
At the instigation Of her husband
Nine. Meier has now put In claim fol
the child also, and the magistrate
therefore, has the herculean task be
fore him of deciding to which of the
three mothers" the child belongs.
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CHAPTER V.

left Freeman at his own door, and
wandered away in search of some spot,
in which distraction and calm might
come. But the search was vain, and |
returned to the village to my lodgings.
The tall chimneys had begun to pour
forth their volumes Of black smoke to
befoul and bepoison the air, which had
cleared itself somewhat in the night,
When entered the village it's pave
ments resounded with the clatter OF
clogs: the daily contingent of toll,
which almost emptied the village Of
men and women, young and old, was
drowsily marching out to its various
stations. The men and lads on their
way to Lacroix and Steinhardt's Chem.
ical Works attracted most of my atten-
tion. They we're of fearful and won
derful aspect; they were of brilliant
colors, curiously blent, or we're wholly
blue or green, or a fine MephistoIean
red; they were, indeed, quite "subdued
to what they work in"-dyed even to
the roots Of beard and eyebrows. As
| looked, | wondered whether the con-
slant wearing Of this engrained war
paint were not Of itself enough to keep
ever alive in these men, peaceful a.
they looked, fierce passions, which in
other men usually slumbered. An
outbreak OF savage nature among them in
the mephitic vapor inwhich they worked
might be no very unusual thing; was it
some such outbreak, ending in fearful
death for one of them, of which the dead
man lying in that house, with the
white blinds drawn, had been a terror
stricken witness? Or had his confess
sion been merely the raving of delirium?
-delirium, which seemed in some
measure to have been commune ated to
me, tired rs was with the excitement,
and with want of sleep.
When reached my lodgings, went
to bed, and slept for some hours. |
awoke more myself, disposed to take a
clearer and soberer view of things,
Over my late breakfast | resolved what
would do, |, for my part, would say
nothing Of the confession heard in the
night, until could be sure it had some
foundation in fact. This would that
morning try to discover in the village,
knew that any of the shopkeerers
would be only too ready to welcome q
gossip; for except at meal times, and
in the evening, the village is nearly
empty OF customers.
, / found the draper, a little middle
aged man, who bore the evidences o.
hard work in the mills from his earliest
youth. He was the very man n
would have chosen FOR my purpose; 4,
had feminine fondness for gossip, snC
he knew the affairs Of every one In thC
village, and all that had happened fol
a generation or two. had no diff.
Guilty in arriving quickly at the end
had in view. He already knew that
had been called up in the night to visi
the dying victim Of applied chemistry
and that Freeman and I had been will
him till he end.
"Very deliriops," said the draper
az hear say he was-iabbered and ram
bled away about a KINDS o. stuff, anS
then slumered (slumbered) of again
| suppose? Yea; that's the way the!
do. Eh, deai! IT'S bad business TO
the wife and the family"
care diseases like his" / asked
"oiten got at the chemical works7"
'SSay," said he, 81 think not tn
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BsSClenCe
4 .lSIsl1iyerltiOn|

The English sparrow, which has
made so many enemies in the Eastern
and Central States, has invaded the
Rocky Mountain region. For some time
past, T. D. A. Cockerell reports, IT mas
been known in the northeastern Sec
ton Of New Mexico, at Ration and Las
Vegas, and It seems to be gradually
spreading westward and southward.
having recently been noticed, for the
first time, at Albuquerque.
An acre of grass land, according to
experiments. gives off not less than
6.4O0 quarts of water In twenty-four
hours, and an acre OF sunfowers would
give a relatively greater quantity. In
fact, swamps have been reclaimed ana
malarial marshes rendered inocuous Dy
planting sunfiowers or eucalyptus
trees, which are great bumpers Of wa
ter, and also exert other influences
eounteracting baneful conditions OF air,
earth and water.
Mount st. Elias is $500 meters In
height Mount Fairweather is 4.94O
and Mount Logan is 5,947. There Is
higher peak still that has never yet
been climbed. 1t lies in 631S degrees or
north latitude and in 155 degrees or
west longitude and has been called
Mount Mckinley. Its altitude Is GLIB
meters or 20,226 feet, and will proba-
bly, remain uncllmbed for many years
owing to its remoteness and to the In
herent difficulties Of the ascent
In weather forecasting, no clouds are
worthy of such attention as the cirrus
clouds, which attain greater eleva-
tion than any others, averaging In sum
mer height Of Ave or six miles above
the earth. Their sudden appearance In
a clear sky is generally signal OF foul
weather, especially when their stream
ers have an upward tendency, for this
indicates that the clouds are falling.
After heavy rains, on the other hand,
the formation Of these clouds Is often
a sign of improvement.
In a recent bulletin issued by the
Lick Observatory. @. d. Perrine, after
describing the continued expansion OF
the nebulous rings and spirals around
Nova Persei, the new star In Perseus,
adds the interesting remark: "lf TINS
nebula is expanding In all directions
and should continue to expand at Its
present rate, some of 1t should reach
the solar system in $50 years" 1t may
be added that long before 1t could at
tain such extension the nebula would
become so rarefled as to be Invisible
and probably insensible to any present
means Of observation.
The recurrent alarm about the ap
preaching exhaustion Of the coal sup
ply in Great Britain has been famed
little by the recent appointment OF
royal commission to inquire into the
matter. About thirty years ago SINH
lar commission Investigated the British
coal supply, but since then. 1t Is said
unexpected changes in the coal trade
have taken place which affect the ques
tion. At present Great Britain pro
duces one-third of the worlds entire
supply of coal. No immediate danger
of exhaustion is feared, but among thu
duties of the new commission Is to In
quire into the possible substitution O
! other fuel, or the employment of kinds
of power not depending upon the us'
! of coal.
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that day-the daughter of Salmon p.
Chase, or, .as she is now remembered,
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague-has for the
last eighteen years occupied an in
conspicuous place In the salesroom of
Thomas e. Young's carriage house In
that city.
The huge vehicle is now quaint and
out of date In many ways, though
traces of its departed elegance are not
lacking. A well-worn footboard In the
rear gives evidence of the military ap-
pearance of two liverled footmen who
gripped with tenacity at the black
strap handles In order to maintain
their equilibrium In front Is box
seat for the driver, draped somewhat
in the fashion Of hearse of the pres
ent day.
The interior of the carriage, with Its
ample seating capacity for six persons
is lined with heavy lilac satin, while
the handles and door latches are of
silver and ivory. The carriage Is jet
black and It's heavy running gear. to-
gether with its ponderous body and
substantial trappings. gives the I'm
preston that 1t Is looking with
naughty disdain on the glossy traps
which surround it In the salesroom,
never admitting for a moment that its
former glory has been lessened a whit
by the vagaries of fashion.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague gave the
carriage In trade for a more modern
vehicle about eighteen years ago. Its
value now Is simply that of a relic,
but in the estimation of Mr.. Young
this value is increasing each year.
I Mr.. Young also has stored away In
his lofts the Seward carriage, which
is an exact counterpart Of the carriage
shown at Buffalo as the equipage OF
Abraham Lincoln. This, with the car
riage of Gen. Tecumseh Sherman,
says the Washington Star, he pur-
| chocad ahnut fwpntv vearS nQO
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smells seem to agree wi most folk
pretty weel. "
"But the work Is very dangerous,
is it not? Don't accidents often hap
penn"
"Yea; it is risky. When they work
over the watts, and the retorts, and
things, they nun tie up their mouths
and noses wi clout, and even wi
that they may sometimes get choked
and overcome dwalmlike all at wonst
wi th' smell, or sommat, and then
they're a goner.
Accidents often happen, them
"Weel, mon. they do and they don't.
Mates, you see, are aye at hand. The
lads often get an eye burnt, but they
don't reckon much to that. See /;
there's lad over there by tn beer
shop door"
looked and saw a sturdy fellow all
red, with a white handkerchief tied
round his head under his cap.
"He's been two or three times like
that-wi' his eye burnt. Oh, yea; it's
risky; but we don't often ha' a grit ac-
cident. The worst | remember was q
lad on tn night shift that fell in and
was smothered; he was found in thing
next morning. That was bad busl-
ness; a. tn hair was off, an tn skin
and flesh was--but it mak's you feel
queer; yea, can see ii do. 1t was q
bad business.
every Horrible" said /, while my
heart thumped almost audibly. "How
long was that ago?'
"Let me see. It's matter, ! do be-
lieve, O. Is year ago."
II hope" said /, "a death of that
sort don't often occur"
"Nay; or our folk, quiet as they are
mostllns, might pull the whole men
agerie down"
was surprised to see the vindictive
glitter that passed from the little mans
eyes.
"Has there realty" l asked with
some constraint, been any other death
like that since the one you mention?'
"Nay; | Gonna remember one. +"
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Ito be continued)
SHE LOST NOTHING.
Omission In the Wedding Service that Didn't
Count


Count.
A distinguished naval officer was
telling this story on himself the other
evening to gathering OF his friends.
At the time OF his marriage he had been
through the Civil war and had had
many narrowing experiences aboard
ship, through all of which he kept his
courage and remained as calm as a
brave man should. As the time for
the ceremony came on, however, his
calmness gradually gave way. At the
altar, amid the blaze Of brass buttons
and gold lace marking the full naval
wedding, the officer was all but stam-
peded, and what went on there seemed
very much mixed to him. Fearing the
excitement OF the moment would tenn
pofarily take him off his feet, the officer
had learned the marriage ceremony let
ter perfect, as-he thought, and be re-
membered repeating the words after the
minister in mechanical sort Of way.
After the ceremony was all over and
all was serene again, including the
officers state OF mind, the kindly
clergyman came up and touched him on
the shoulder.
"Look here, old man," he said, "you
didn't endow your wife with any world
ly goods. p"
whats that" asked the bride
groom with something Of astonishment
in his voice.
"Why, repeated the sentence with
all my worldly goods | thee endow' sew
eral times and, despite my efforts, yov
would not say it after me. :"
The bridegroom seemed perturbed fol
moment and then beaming ligh
came into his face.
"Never mind, SIR" he said, "sh,
didn't lose q blessed thing by my fail
ure. "-Washington Star.