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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

party met the Empress. We walked around.
had a good time. looking at the sights, and
were served with refreshments. Our off,
cial visit was TO begin on Monday. On
Sunday we were invited to dinner with
the Emperor. again we were at formal
dinner on Monday night
NEVER EATS AT BANQUETS.
THAT dinner was one of the pIeasantest
ever attended. We talked constantly
with the Emperor across the table. The
Emperor was not quiet a moment. He
asked everybody questions and argued and
explained and proclaimed his opinions, and
we fought him back and had good time.
Somebody noticed he wasn't eating any
thing and spoke to him about it.
oh he said, I had my dinner at
o'clock. / never eat anything at these
affairs. 1 get my dinner every night at 6
and so 10 bed at $3.50 and get up at In
the morning. / busy and have no time
TO eat at irregular hours. 1t interferes
with my work
We talked about all sorts OF things The
Kaiser led the conversation. He is a won
derful man. His stock OF information about
all sorts of subjects seems inexhaustible.
He fires questions at you If he were a
human Gatling gun. He bores into you
and drills through you. and If you haven
the information he wants he leaves you
very quickly and goes along 10 somebody
who can tell him what he wants to know.
He will not tolerate stupidity. When he
asks "A question he expects a rational and
reasonable answer and a feeble don't
know" makes him shrug his shoulders and
move on to the next man. He speaks eX-
cellent English. with just twinge of the
German accent. and he is vastly inter-
ested in everything American.
The Kaiser is a disputatious man. He
Will argue with you on any subject at the
drop Of the hat He has decided opinions.
but he always has a reason for the belief
that is in him.
He and 1 had a run-in about the new
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

sense of the harmonies of color, and the
pleasing effect is the more remarkable be-
cause the bright hues are preferred, not
ably red. II 5eems to be the custom for the
kerchief which binds the locks TO be a light
er or brighter shade than the waist, and
the skirt to be a darker, solder shade than
either.
Pink headEears, a brilliant red blouse and
petticoat in dun or dull crimson is a very
popular combination, and it looks better
tune is compounded Of pink and nile green,
and 1t is charmingly picturesque.
All Russians smoke cigarettes in prefer
ence TO pipes and cigars, even the heavy
faced laborers in the streets. have never
seen peasant women using the weed but
among the middle-class women IL is in
dulged in publicly TO degree. After meals
at restaurants they light a cigarette, and
sometimes they smoke when they saunter
with their men friends in the summer gar
dens OF st. Petersburg and Moscow To
western eyes the spectacle of young
woman walking in park putting a cigar
cite while her escort is not smoking well
nigh reverses "the modesty of nature"
Some who use the weed in public evident
ly are not respectable, but just as evidently
others are. | saw a specialized young Wom-
an with the sedate and seasoned face OF
school teacher riding in a droschke on
the banks OF the Neva, very unconcernedly
produce a box of matches and a silver
cigarette cas- and proceed TO light up;
There is a species of combination day and
sleeping much affected in Russia, and
one night ! Travelled by il out from Mos
cow. Every passenger mas long seat 10
himself without bedclothes, and he sleeps
on IL without removing his clothing. Many
Russians do not even remove their boots.
Among the passengers was a Volga 'mer-
chant and his young wife. All the men
were smoking as they lay in their berths.
and IL occurred to me IL might be Offensive
to the only lady OF the party. But SEEM
ingly IL was not, for she smoked herself
The primitive democracy of the Slavs
shows itself in their treatment OF their
women. They do not leave the practice Of
religion solely TO their wives. Indeed II
outward zeal and an assiduous perform
ance OF public devotions are any indication,
the Russian is more pious than his wife OF
daughter. And he asks less of the hardest
sorts OF mental labor from her than the
German peasant She is his helper IN the
harvest field. but in the cities you rarely see
her bend beneath heavy burdens as you viii
In south Germany
AT other and easier tasks the Russian
woman hnds ready employment She pre-
SIDES In the box office OF the theaters and
is the ticket seller or assistant in the rail-
way stations. At the country railway cross
ings she acts as fiagman and IL Is a fine. II
naii mum orous. spectacle TO see these
daughters OF the steppe kerchiefed and
barefoot standing with green flag over
tnelr shoulder and erect as soldiers-the un-
conscious picture OF prairie Amszons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09
THE WOMEN OF RUSSIA.
Interesting Factr Concerning Their
Personality and Life.

Personality and Life.
Moscow Letter in New York Mail and Ex-
press.
More often than not the face Of the Rus
sian woman of the better class is long
oval that derives its expression and its at
Effectiveness from the eyes. The features
are seldom quite regular and the cheek
bones are frequently a little pronounced.
But the eyes are curious and winning
combination of sleepiness and vivacity.
Their prevailing color seems TO be brown
or dark gray and almost always they are
black dashed.
A countenance thus lit up is very like
the American in its life and quick intelli-
gence. but qualified by a repose and lam
guor that seems to be of the East.
The peasant face has neither the ianguor
nor the life of the better class countenance.
1t seems almost centuries removed from
the compensationS and penalties of self
consciousness, The women you see at work
in the country or the city seldom give the
stranger more than brief. injurious
glance. Then they go about their tasks.
Not often do their eyes meet you. but
when they do the gaze is as impersonal and
as unobtrusive as may be. The peasant
women of Russia are the soul Of uncon-
scious modesty, and they achieve that ef-
feet with minimum of clothing. When at
work in the hay or the wheat they wear
gowns looser and more flowing than Is the
wont Of the Western continental peoples.
Their garb seems a modification or the
voluminous drapery of Asia But obviously
the entire costume is composed of only two
or three pieces. and In the ardor or the
days work these are, in part, discarded.
AS a primitive type the faces Of these
women often interest. Stolid they may be
and eloquent OF the unthinking lives the
bulk of the population live. but they are
not hard and they do not bear the marks
OF degrading toll. They suggest an I'M
awakened intelligence rather than a spirit
brought quite down to the soil from which
IL gains its sustenance.
Sometimes the women have a Madonna
like softness of contour and an expression
that could only come from the simplest and
completest faith unquestioningly followed.
Their costume argues correct, IL rude
taste and true feeling for what Is comely
An whose dress does not show some little
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with an annual profit of from $751; 600 TO
500 900, 000 added to by freight traffic net
gain earnings of $40,0Oo000 year.
Because the operators refuse to recognize
the labor organizations of the miners and
incidentally accede TO their demands for
wage agreements this vast industry has
been tied up for many months. the miners
and their families are suffering from hun
ger, and the great populace Of the East and
middle West is threatened with a coal
famine of proportions never before heard
of in the history of the country. With this
in view 1t is no wonder that awe and ter
ror are beginning to be felt in the pronun-
citation of the word anthracite.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

scene-The settle of the Fox Inn. stagfoo
sane.
Characteristic speaker Ca returned soldier
nd his friends, natives of the hamlet.
Had he and but met
BY some old ancient inn
We should have down to wet
Right many a nipperkin
But ranged infantry.
And staring face TO face,
shot at him. as he at me.
And killed him In his place
Ill
shot him dead, because
Because he was my foe,
You see; my foe. Of course. he wass
That's clear enough: although
".
He thought he'd list. perhaps.
On-hand like-just as L
Was out of work-had sold his traps
No other reason why
Yes; quaint and curious war Is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat IL met where any bar Is.
Or help to half q crown
THOMAS Hardy. In Harpers Weekly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-11-09

Atlanta Constitution.
How long have we had that manuscript
on handy asked the magazine editor
Eight years. replied the assistant editor
Hem. And the authors been buying the
magazine every month during that time!
II only knew for certain that he came
from 2 Iong-ltved family I'd keep Il eight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
euATEMALA's NATIONAL BIRD
The Quetzal Commits Suicide When
 Caught and Gagged.

The little republic of Guatemala deco rates it's coat of arms its stamps and Its official documents with the pictures Of a. beautiful parrot. The bird is of rich green color, with tufted head and long tail which frequently grows to length of four or i've feet It Is found only Tn inc forests of Guatemala. The green par rot of Ouetzal, as 1t is called, has been made the national emblem of Guatemala. just as the American eagle has become the national emblem of the United States. And the parrot perches gracefully upon pedestal in the Guatemalan stamps much tie same as the great eagle which screams from the reverse side of the American dollar.
 The Guatemalans are very proud ot their national bird. and have written many songs and poems about IL. The parrot was selected for the national em" blem because it was found very hard to catch. since, when once imprisoned, 1t always kills itself rather than remain in The liberty-loving people Of the South American republic say this bird, which so skilfully eludes capture and dies rather than surrender Is typical of their own country and its people.
 The QuetZal lives In the widest parts of the, mountains. and never visits the neishborhood of the towns or cities. The only parrots ever brought ont of the for ests are caught by the native Indians The parrots are toa wary ever to be caught fin a trap. The Indians first watch the parrots. sometimes for days at time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
Spoken in the Philippines.l
Washington Star.

" otdI.
 Here are the languages they speak in the Philippines: 1iocano, Igorote. Pan- gasinan. Pampangan. Tagal, Biscol, Bicol. Vasayan, while in the northern part of Luzon there Is stil another tongue. and the Jolo tribes speak still another, making ten languages for. the 10, ,000, ,00( people. The dialects and languages of the "non- Christian tribes,' as Governor Taft designates large proportion of this 100000, are beyond comprehension In answer to a question when he was before the House Committee on Insular Affairs a few weeks ago Governor Taft gave the following idea of the linguistic qualities of the inhabitants of the Philip. pine archipelago:
 Beginning at the north of Luzon there is a language in Cagayan and Isabala that is different from any other in the island. On the west side of the northern end of the Island of Luzon Is the Ilocano. In Benguet they speak an 1gorote lam guage, and also Ilocano to some extent. Coming down the map there are the Pan gasinanian and the Ilocano. In Paugasi- nan both are spoken Pampangan is spoken in Tarac. in the southern part, and Pangasinanian Is spoken in the northern part. In Bulacan. Cavite. Ba- tangas and Tayabas Tagal is spoken and in the northern part or Ambos Camerlnes. In Albay and Sorsogon and the southern part of Ambos Camerines the Bicol is spoken. In Masbate, where the three tribes meet, the Bicol. the Visayan and the Tagal are all spoken. In Samar, Leyte, Cebu. Bohol and Negros Visayan is spoken and also Romblon. In Mindoro the Tagal is spoken. Where the Visayan language is spoken they have two dia- lects. the northern and Cebuyan. The Jolo tribes speak a language of their own"
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as effectually as though 1t had ceased to exist. I have never learned it's Indian name, bu. among the whites it is known as the phantom ship.
 In making soundings of this supposed 'bottomless lake" several discoveries were made. The first sounding was made about 100 yards off shore, and 1t was supposed that possibly the depth might be 100 feet But as the lead ran out the excitement of the engineers grew with each 100 feet until over 1,200 were out. At l,2l0 feet the machine stopped and their pent-up feel ings exploded in wild yell of delight
 For a number of days the soundings continued. The greatest depth recorded was 1,9s6 feet, which. making allowances of the stretches of wire would give Z,VOo feet. As Lake Bailkal, in Siberia. the deepest lake in the world, Is only 4Oo ieet deeper, there is little wonder that the saunders were excited.
 No fish have ever been known to exist In Crater Lake Recently club of noun tain climbers. with headquarters at Port- land, Ore sent to Washington request that Crater Lake be stocked with trout, and the Government experts are going to find out If such scheme is pracu- cable It is easy enough to put trout into the water but the question Is. Is there sufficient food in the water to nour- ish the fish after they are there! Ihe eA- perts will tow small gauge nets over the water at all hours of the day, animaicu- lac will catch fin the gauge. and from its abundance or lack of it can be ascer- tained if the water contains nourishment.
 The temperature of such deep oooy of water is of scientific interest. also, for there is no data on which to base even guess as to that of the bottom of Cra- ter Lake; but the supposition Is that 1t will be very little above freezing. The temperature of the ocean remains at about 40 degrees Fahrenheit all the year round, even in the tropics. Nevertheless, some volcanic heat may yet remain to warm the depths of Crater Lake. An in- teresting series of experiments may be undertaken to ascertain the temperature of the lake at various depths by the Gov eminent experts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
and so do not see how this can be oth-

and so do not see how this can be oth- erwse.
 Girls, on the contrary. remain in school
 several years longer. They learn little
 chemistry and botany. and mathematics,
 and things like that. What is the result
 The young woman feels that she does
 not care to marry man earning mod
 crate salary. She wants lace curtains. She wants to start in housekeeping where the parents leave of."
 But Judge" the interviewer interrupt
 cd, "there are people who might answer that it is all very well to have learning in at least one branch of the family, and that if the husband can't have 1t. there Is no particular reason that the wife
 shouldn't"
 .I cannot take that view of it," said the Judge, precisely.
 "It is never well for a woman to be bet | ter educated than her husband. Girls would make better, wives and mothers and housekeepers if they finished school at from IA to Is years of age. As it Is, | they obtain a smattering of many studies, | which. in my opinion, cannot do them much good. They are possessed by a ] spirit of unrest today and develop ambi- tions not compatible with the happiest | homes.
 This ambition has to be expended some way, upon soihetHiis, anu u is eApehueu | in buying lace curtains. expensive furni. turc, and articles beyond the means of l the average workngman.
 The young American woman is not content to begin housekeeping in one or | two rooms. and do the work herself. as Is the French or the German woman. She | must have a maid. or even two maids. There. are exceptions, but this is the rule today. Of course, in Germany the woman
 sometimes does all the work of the fam 1 fly, is a regular beast of burden, and
 would not advocate anything so extreme l as that. certainly not"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
UNIQUE LABOR BUREAU.
Walters Who Stand Around on the Street Corners with Bundles

New 1ork Times.
 After the last tardy broker has hurried down Nassau Street and tho Wall Street day is un- der way. and after the usual stream of law toward the courts. as the clock on St. Paul s points to the half hour after 10. from score to half 0 hundred men gather about the north west corner of Nassau ani Ann Streets.
 Each has a bundle under his arm each is dressed in black, and try hH he may to ap- pear indifferent, each wears an eXpcctdnt air. In the jost1e of humanity at this busy corner. little attention is paid to the black garbed group, and by noon the men and their bundles have disappeared
 But if one was 10 watch he would pos bsck. but minus the bundles and several do- grees better dressed. These men come singly pass through the group. single out or more men each, speak 10 them. and hurry away with them.
 The men with the bundles are walters who are out of employment or who work uptown in the evenings and who come downtown each morning to get few hours work Gdring the rush hours in the restaurants of the business district.
 The restaurant men depend upon finding such extra help they need at this street corner labor bureau, and the supply usually equals the demand.
 For years this corner has been a recognized meeting place for walters seeking work and for employers, and the recent effort of the police to drive the walters from their corner was unavaillng. for the are quiet and we'll behaved, and when the police made arrests the magistrate had to decide that 1t was not crime to wait in the street for a chance to earn dollar.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

1884 when our brother Dutchmen became mad on tulips. This craze took hold of all class IS, rich and poor, learned and ignorant, though. of course. the rich were able to collect the largest and best selec-
 tions, only. in due time, to find them- selves ruined when bulbs once more fell to their normal onion-price value. AS everybody was crazy in the eagerness to purchase tulips. the price rose enorm- ouslv. Diamonds and precious stones were regarded as trash in comparison with a few good bulbs. Those were the halcyon days of growers and bulb mer- chants. Many made their fortunes. though some came cropper with tha buy CT, in the inevitable smash which was not long in ensuing. As much as i0eo0 pounds is accredited to have been given for collection of forty roots. The era2e dropped as quickly as it arose, and when the fictitious prices began to drop Hcl- land was plunged into state of financial difficulty even worse than that which prevailed in England at the bursting cf the South Sea Bubble. or of that in France during the Revolution.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
EQUALITY OF HUS-
 BAND AND WIFE
View of Justice on the Dangers of
 over-Educating Women.

Soston Journal.
 Justice Baldwin of the Connecticut Su- preme CoNrt. who recently surprised the women of New Haven by telling them ,heir tastes were too expensive, adds
 T think that the interests of the State md the family are best served when men md women both marry yonug. Other shings being equal, a young man who narries at 25 has a better chance of a career than the man of p who is unmar- jed This is always providing that he aas the right sort of a wife
 owing to the fact largely that our wo- men today are spending so many years at school-until lS or 25 and even older hey are obtaining ideas of life of me- fhanics or of clerks upon small salaries. No woman should feel that she knows more than her husband.
 Our young men are obliged to leave school earlier than the women under pres snt conditions. They must earn a living and take part in the work of the world
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plan property deals from the plain topped desk which stands under the small win- dows admitting the light from Lombard Street. The walls are hidden by sets or sheivcs upon which stand boxes of papers recordirfe his transactions and documents of all sorts pertaining to them.
 This negro financier had system or
 his own in keeping track of his extensive interests. On every side in this den are to be seen evidences of the care he must have taken to keep everything in order. He was strongly opposed to altering the office in any way, even when the demands of his business required more room. and the place today is an almost exact repro duction, plus the accumulation on the shelves of It's interior half century
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04

unity they discover their haunts. Then they smear the limbs of surrounding trees with thick glue. The parrot perches on the sticky limb and Is held fast. The natives remove the bird from the limbs by simple expedient of cutting off their feet. For many years 1t was supposed by scientists all over the world that the green parrot grew without feet.
 No parrot has ever been brought from it's forest home alive. They struggle des- perately when caught and when they find they cannot escape they kill themselves. They always commit suicide in the same way by pecking at their breasts. They calmly peck hole through the outer skin until the jugular vein is exposed. A final peck sewers the artery and the bird quickly bleeds to death. The quetzal dies but never surrenders The green parrot stuffed. but with its feet missing, is to be found in natural history museums all over the world. But no one has ever sue cceded in keeping a specimen alive m captivity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
How the Tulip Wrecked Holland.

LOHuOn Anateur GaruehIHB. .
 In these sober days when the tulip, the queen of spring flowers. IS to be bought and sold as cheaply as 3s. per hundred It may seem hard to realize that tune was when a single bulb would fetch as much as 250 to 800 poun Is. Yet 1t is too true that. in the days of old. stolid, and phlegmatic Dutchmen absolutely lost buytE~ aud collecting It was in the year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
A Heart to Heart Talk With Women
 6. B. Hartman, M. D.

S. D. h0rtman, M. D' IF ALL the sick mothers. invalid daughters and diseased sisters in
 this broad land would take the following ladies' simple and direct tes- timony to heart and do as they have done, no pen could describe the bene- fit that would follow.
 There are SO many women, especially married women, who drag themselves weariIy around from year to year without any particular disease. and yet miserable beyond description.
 They ache and tremble and throb, growing more nervous, tired and de- bilitated every day.
 For this class of sufferers Peruna is the most perfect remedy in exist ence. It relieves. 1t soothes, 1t quiets. 1t strengthens. and no tired, over worked woman in the land should be without Peruna in the house for a single day.
 Psruna Brings Health.
 Miss Inez Hen 1erson, 554 Adelaide Street, Toronto, Ont, Financial Sec retary of the Roysl Tempfars. writes: There Is nothing SO good in life as health. and the one who brings you health should be your friend, and this is how I consider Peruna.
 
 health, and while not exactly sick in bed, I have been unable to enjoy life. Frequent headache. earache. and a drumming in my ears made me real ize that there was something decid- ediy wrong with me. My physician said 1t was a deep seated catarrh and that to be cured I must seek dffer- ent climate. I felt pretty blue until reading of the cures performed by Peruna decided to try 1t. took four bottles, which brought me great re- lief, so that I kept on taking it for four months. when I fould that my head was cIea,- and all the unpleasant symptoms gone"
 INEZ HENDERSON.
 Saved From the Grave.
 Mrs Sophia Hartful, of Spencer Brook, Minn.. writes: