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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
IDA MAY.


Her First Experience at the Institute
for the Deaf.
Ida MAY comes back to school this morn
ing Several years ago grandpap. exercis-
ing considerable strategy, brought her UP
on the cars and wrote her down on the reg
lister in black and white-"Ida May Ballis-
ter, aged eight years, Regnar, Perry coun-
ty, Indiana And this completed the list of
formalities whose sum total admitted her
into the institute fold. Prior to this, and
while she was still sojourning in Perry
county, grandpap had had long sealed en-
velope from the superintendent at Indian
apolis, and he and Cousin Aleck had pored
it's contents together by lamplight
after the chores were DONE Cousin Aleck
had read off a great many questions from
the big white sheets, and then had written
down the answers to them as grandpap
told them off. and Ida May sat on his knee
and wondered why, and dozed and walked
up. and wondered why and dQzed again.
1.-The pupils name?'" Aleck began.
Ida May Ballister," responded grandpap
"'Age?'"
Eight a-goin' on nine
How long has she been deaf""
"Purt' nigh year now, 1 reckon"
what caused deafness.
Scarlet fever" patting the childs hand.
HAS she ever been to school? Are
her parents deaf? Is there consumption in
her fathers family? Is there consumption
in her mothers family? Is there scrofula
or inherited disease on either side? What
is her general health? And so on, down
long list of questions concerning Ida May.
her parents and her grandparents, till all
were answered and the residence certificate
duly sworn TO before the squire.
Ida May was lamentably Indifferent as to
whether her ancestors were consumptive or
scrofulous, but became widely interested
when Granny and Aunt Mary began to cut
out clothes for her and sew them up. Each
garment was marked with a little bottle of
gray ink that smeled funny. and that
turned quite black when Aunt Mary ironed
on it with a hot flatiron, like thing in a
fairy tale. That was TO keep them from
getting mixed up, auntie told her. Ida May
did not see why they should get mixed up.
Surely neither grandpap nor granny nor
Cousin Aleck nor Aunt Mary could get into
her little pieces. Still Ii was undoubtedly
fine thing to have ones clothes marked in
the magic ink. and she carried them across
the road to show to Katie (who could hear,
but whose clothes were unmarked with
sublime Inconsistencies of their signifi-
canoe.
I'm glad 1 amt goin' away to school,"
said Katie. She was obliged TO mouth
every word and syllable to make Ida May
understand the motions OF her lips, and
she managed to conceal envious sniff
under a simiitude Of pity.
"nnos going away to school?" asked
Ida May.
why, you are"
ME? i amt either.'
Katie laughed derisively and skipped
pebble down the road.
Whats them for, them" she mouthed
back over her own gate, pointing TO the
new garments. Your Aunt Mary told my
ma you was a-goin." Ida Mays heart
sank ; she did not wait to argue the ques-
ton. but struck out for the cornpatch
where Granpap was hoeing.
"Granpap! Katie said 1 was a-goin away
to SCHOOL,
Hey? She did. hey? Well. I reckon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28

them, but must have them to bed with her.
For she had decided to stay with the teach
er and eat in the big dining room and learn
everything in the books before she went
home to tell Katie about the beautiful
floor. But she would not sleep in the pri-
mary dormitory. So Miss Noel undressed
her and covered her up and sat near by
till she went to sleep gazing at the queer
lights that were made of little glass gourds
with wire in them. Then Miss Noel went
down stairs with a smile of relief and
amusement. But not for long. There fol-
lowed down the eerie dimness of the stair
case piercing cry-"Gran-pap!'' Ida May
had walked from a dream which was
repetition of all her recent terrors. The
wall diminished on Miss Noers reappear-
ance, and "Oh," she sighed in content.
"youse mine" The tired lids were closing
once more when she started up to say
pleadingly:
will they bite?"
What, baby?"
Those things" pointing to the knobs of
the adjacent bureau drawers. IF L goes
to sleep will they jump out and bite me?'
mo- they won't hurt you. You're mine
bers ago. And IL Ida May remembers it at
all when she arrives to-day from Perry
county at the beginning of the fall term it
is with large contempt for her former re-
luctance She Frances and smiles and
gesticulates with the other three hundred
who are so delighted TO return to the insti-
tute and each other after long and rather
lonely vacation. She is ecstatically happy
when the superintendent (who turned out to
be the large man in the swinging chair
the path so that she may be the first to
greet the teacher and schoolmates who ar
rive late. And she stares with cold and
stony indifference at the grief of newcom-
ers as her predecessors once stared at her.
She tells her polite lie about hating to
come to school, cheerfully the rest.
for a certain sophisticated one, who is Ida
Mays chum, has warned her that 'if you
act glad to come back everybody thinks
you haven't got a nice home" So for
Grandpaps sake, and Granny's, and Aunt
Mary's, and Cousin Alexis. and for her
own small pride she squeezes tear, wipes
II off directly as II relieved at having got
that necessary feat performed and adds
with a twinkle of irrepressible satisfaction,
but love to be with deaf mutes just
like me-
'Silver to silver creep and wind,
And kind to kind"
OLIVE SANXAY
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28

What percentage of the worlds cotton
does the United States produce?-M. s. s.
About IS per cent.
Will dynamite explode if placed in
fire?-F. h. B. .s-s ,...ts
If thrown in it is very likely to explode
with utmost violence. yet in small uncon-
fined quantities it will burn quietly If flame
is introduced to It.
Who was Bruce. of Mississippi?-T. B. W..
Blanche K. Bruce, a negro political lead
er, who was United States senator from
Mississippi from 1875 to 1881, and was ap-
pointed register of the treasury in 1881, a
position he held at his death, March IL,
1885,
In case there are three candidates for the
same office does 1T require majority over
the other two, majority of all the
votes cast to elect candidate?-R. NJ j.
A plurality elects-that is, the successful
candidate must have more votes than any
other competitor. not necessarily more
than ali.
What nation used flag with skeletons
head on it? 2. Vino commanded the troops
during the Boxer uprising In China ?-H E.
None; the deaths head banner was the
especial property OF pirates of juvenile fic-
ton. q Field Marshal Won waldersee of
the German army. Vice Admiral Seymour,
of the British navy. had led an early. un-
successful advance.
On what date was the battle of Stone s
River fought, and what were the losses
Listener.
Dec. 81 1862. and JAM 2. 1853. The Union
losses were 1.730 killed. 7.SO2 wounded, am
losing, altogether 81 per cent. of the force
engaged. On the Confederate side 1,2sA
were killed. 7.s45 were wounded. and 1,oz7
were missing. or % per cent. of all.
What Is the meaning of Pandora's box
2. Why Is the upas tree so deadly poison
Gus; also its shade?-C- ]. G.
Pandora. according to an ancient Greek
legend. was the first woman on earth, and
to her the gods gave a box filled with
winged blessings for mankind. Prompted
by curiosity. she opened the box. when ali
but hope flew away. 2. Neither Is deadly,
II IL Of the bread-fruit family. native OF
Java. and exudes gum with which the
natives once poisoned their arrows. This
fact travellers fantastic tales and versifi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-28
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

What percentage of the worlds cotton
does the United States produce Pm. S. s.
About IS per cent.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13

PoLLED ANGUS. DIsl- oRNED WITH CLIP
PEE6. DISHOHNED WITH CAUSTIC.
mcnccs to look red, us though the
blood was about to start. This will
take from fifteen seconds to about half
Il minute to each horn.
There is Ct course some pain caused
to the young calf by this use Of caus-
tic, rs it has the effect of entirely
burning away the skin from over the
horn. but this pain is not in the ma
ture of Il violent nervous shock, and
there is 10 loss Of blood. There can be
no possible danger from its use. For
a short time after the application the
calf aoes around shaking it's head, but
it never refuses TO eat Immediately
after, when the pain is the greatest.
In some instances the calf shows no
sign of suffering after fifteen minutes
have passed. The operation appears
to be mere humane than removing the
maturcd horn. ard doubtless it is so.
The head of an animal dishOrned
with chemicals presents much differ
ent appearance from one dishorned
with clippers. In Il neat job with the
chemical diShorner it would be difficult
to distinguish between it and the head
Of an animal of the polled breeds
When the clippers are used, the head
presents square appearance, rather
unnatural for an animal without horns
and yet many prefer it to the rather
pointed head of the polled breeds OF
the animal dishorned with chemicals
1t is economical to buy caustic soda OF
potash in sticks costing about % to sc
cents Il pound. and a pound will dis
horn hundred calves Or more.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
DISAPPOINTED IN ROOSEVELT

Charlotte News.
The Richmond Times, discussing
the general record and certain speci-
tic acts OF the President Of the United
States during his brief mount encv of
his high office. says:
We confess that we are disappointed
in President Roosevelt. He is the same
reckless rough rider that he was in the
Spanish-American War. There is no
knowing when his revolutionary spirit
will break out of bounds We do not be-
lieve that conservative people of this
country will trust him for another
term.
We cannot think of anything in the
public record of Mr.. Roosevelt before
he succeeded to the presidency to
warrant confidence that as president
he would prove anything else than u
rough rider. One might have in
dulged the hope that he would not
and, indeed. he ha: ridden less rough
ly since he went in the White House
than a great many people expected
him to-but the country has known
him for several years as one of those
volatile gentlemen who do things first
and think about them afterwards.
Considering his natural impulsive-
| ness he has been thus far 4 more con-
servativs President than there WIS
any reason to believe he would BE-
but it will always pay to watch him,
as one does the trick mule in the cir.
Gus. to see what he is going to dc
next.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
TOO MUCH HASTE TO GET INTO
DEAD MEMS SHOES.
Concord Standard,

Concord Standard.
1t does not seem to us too early to
raise voice in protest against the
immoderate, we are tempted to say
the indecent, haste at filing offices
after the death of officiais. Almost,
if not quite, parallel with the an
nouncement Of death comes nomina-
tiops of men to fill the place made
vacant. We havenoted a very recent
example and we are led to believe
that before the body OF a lamented
State officer was really cold there
were aspirations, and calculations,
and possibly manipulations for the
official plum. Ifit is not in exceeding
,ly bad taste our sense of the fitness OF
things is greatly at fault.
II it is said that you must get into
the push or be left, we would say be
left with dignity maintained rather
than succeed at it's sacrifice.
We think the reprehensible drift
could be checked by we'll pronounced
deliberation on the part of the APP
pointing power and frowning down
Of \ suggestion of appointment while
the thoughtful and the appreciative
of great. good officer are yet sigh
ing over his providential removal 1t
hardly seems that man to grace a
high and noble office would enter a
scramble for the position.
We are impressed that it would
greatly elevate men in the estima
ton Of elevated society if a very de,
cisive reformation should be wrought
along this line.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
News and Notes.

f. II. Taylor, a Nebraskan, is an
nOunced as the chief in charge of agri-
cultural interests for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
The agricultural department of the
st. Louis exposition will have the lar
gest of all the buildings, covering more
than thirtytwo acres and having per-
imeter Of more than a mile.
insecticides and Fungicides," farm
ers' bulletin No. 146, concerns the
chemical composition and effectiveness
of certain preparations and contains
information of interest in anticipation
of the annual warfare on bugs and
plant diseases.
The Barry gold medals for new and
valuable fruits We're awarded by the
Western New York Horticultural soci-
~ to the originators of the Perfection
currant and the Charlton grape.
In English experiments it has been
noted that the number of small pota-
toes increases with the number of
stems that potato produces and va
rieties with strongest stalks were the
best drought resisters.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
DISCERNING STOCK.


Casstic Potash Treatment of the
Young Horn In High Favor.
A common method now to do away
with the horns Of stock is to prevent
their growth by the use Of chemicals
on the calf. This seems to have had its
beginning about the year 1890 and i'm
mediately grew iii favor. The Mary
land station seems to prefer this meth
cd to cutting or clipping the horns and
has the following to say about 1t:
1t is quickly and easily done. 1t is
comparatively painless, causes no nerv-
Gus shock. and it is done at time
when there is no milk flow to injure.
The ordinary method is to use stick
Of caustic soda OF caustic potash when
the button or small horn can first be
felt Clip the hair from over the button
with pair Of scissors, wet the end or
the stick Of caustic with saliva and
rub the skin over the horn vigorously.
The opera ton requires about two min
utes. The work can be done very easily
by one mau-in fact, as easily as two
can do It, The best age at which to
perform this operation is as soon as
the button or young horn can be felt
with the finger. This is usually when
the calf is about q week old. But 1t
can be done with perfect success up
until the time the calf is month old
or even older if the operator is careful
to make thorough application. 1t is
better to use the caustic Oh the calves
when they are young enough to insure
that the operation will be effective. and
this age is from three days to three
weeks
In our work at this station we have
used the stick caustic potash or caus-
tic soda entirely, and in its use we
necessarily handle it with care, not
allowing it to come in contact with the
fingers, rs it has a burning or corrOd-
ing effect and will take off the skin
very quickly. This can be prevented
by simply wrapping the end Of the
stick in a piece of paper to serve as a
handle In applying the caustic to the
head it is well not to allow the spot
to become too moist as it will run
down the side Of the head. making q
sore, removing the hair and leaving
scar which may show, and then
there is danger Of it running into the
eye, which would certainly cause
blindness 1t would be well to have
some water standing close by, so that
the caustc could be dipped into it a
couple of times during the application.
In using the caustic thorough rubbing
is necessary, and insufficient rubbing
caused many failures. 1t is we'll to
rub until the skin over the horn COM
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE.
Advantages of the County Paper as an
Advertising n-dium-To Reach the
Country People the Country News.
paper nust be Used

Pro6ts bic Advertising.
The country paper! What a power
it is in the world, Notwithstanding
its humble position! 1t really out
numbers all other classes Of publica-
tons. 1t fills larger place than one
would imagine whose eyes never
light upon any but the great news
papers of the East and the West
Country people are not reached by
the papers of large cities. even in
these days OF rapid travel. The cir
culation Of city papers in country
towns is comparatively small, and the
local paper is the one in which they
are maturity most interested; conse-
quently, the local town or country
paper is the very best for all adver-
Using which is of general nature.
For anything that commands trade
outside of ones own city, the country
papers are best; they are business
guide, and sort of pulpit for the
whole community. What better field.
for instance. can the patent-medicine
man have, or the agricultural imple-
ment man, to say nothing Of the hun
dreds Of standard, all-round good
articles which are always on the
market and always in tho advertising
field?
The great gain in this class of
papers for advertising is the fact that
they are read. No sooner does the
paper arrive than the reading begins.
From white-hsired grandma to Sue
and Johnnie. the paper is read from
beginning to erd, and no. part of it
more thoroughly than the ADVERTISE
ments.
There are whole families up and
down the land who know the whole
list of ads, and can tell exactly what
and where to buy, where to get in
sured, which route to travel, and all
about every sort OF article and the
| prices, from needles and pins, to
houses and lands. We know this by
actual experience with these people
| in their homes; so do not underesti-
mate the value of country journals.
They reach the people, and they do
duty at more firesides than the metro
politan dailies ever can, because the
great masses of the people who make
up the population Of the towns and
villages do not see the great metro
politan pages.
To reach the country people the
| country weekly must be used. There
is no substitute.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
FOR SINGLE MORAL STANDARD.
Rev. DR.. Peters Combats Idea That
Men Must Sow Wild Oats.
Ba ltimore Sun, 3rd.

Baltimore sun. 3rd.
Rev. DR.. Madison c. Peters preached
last evening at Emmanuel Baptist
| Tabernacle, North avenue aud ST.
Paul street, on The Pace That Kills.
taking his text from Galatians 81,
For whatsoever q man sowetb, that
shall he also reap" DR.. Peters said:
lone Of the most thoroughly abom-
Unable and dangerous ma1ims 10 the
very common one that a young man
must SOW his wild oats. 1t is notion
that has ruined thousands. l have
| somewhere seen a sculptured repre-
sentation of Bacchus, the god of drink
and revelry. He is riding on \ pan
Their at furious bound. How many
a man thinks as he begins his fast
life that he has mounted . we'll broken
stsed and that he can stop it when he
pleases. But he finds when he ap-
proaches the chasm that he is astride
| a savage beast that no human power
can pull up.
There is an awful mystery in the
downward progress OF sin, and how
often do we see that men who were
once the masters OF sin become its
slave. They never intended to be
bad. but step by step, they lowered
themselves, freely INDUCING their
baser passions until vicious life be-
came domineering, then uncontroll-
able. Ii the sum OF all the pain that
comes from the sowing of wild oats
could be harvested it would rend the
| |, rho har CT
that comes of sowing wild oats is Bit
ter disappointment, a loveless home,
a heart consumed to ashes. the misery
of the unsatistied, and the shame OF the
uEcean.
Nothing ever comes from the sirens
maddening song except misery and
disappointment. Edgar Allan Poe,
one OF the most brilliantly gifted men
of letters America ever produced, died
friendless and alone in the streets Of
Baltimore before he was 38. The
Raven which he saw on the bust
above his chamber door was delirium
; tremens--
"Only this and nothing more"
What a price to pay for few days
of sensual delights. Young men
make a sad mistake wnen thev think
it necessary to have personal ac-
quaintance with the seamy side OF
life. The social vice is astonishingly
on the increase and is sapping the
physical strength and the moral man
hood of the nation. Behold the sons
of our rich and indulgent fathers gal
Looping through sensuality to a quick
decline, enduring the agonies Of \
shattered life, dying of extreme old
aye before they are So.
Il plead with you, young men, wit b
an earnestness which almost takes my
breath away, avoid as you would a
malignant fiend the mocker of wo-
mans purity and lifes holier affec-
tions. Not one woman in q hundred
passes the portals OF shame through
deliberate choice. Mans dannable
deceit and base betrayal open the
door. Yet society draws back It'll
skirts lest, perchance, it touches the
woman's garments as she passes, bat
to the man puts forth a willing hand
to clasp with his, which led her to
destruction and disgrace. Society
stones the woman, but is all smiles
on the fallen man. Sex should make
no difference in sin. l protest against
stoning the woman while the man
| goes free:
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
TWAS NOT REBELLION.
Gartonia Gazette .

GartOnia Gazette.
Speaking of the war of 1S61-'65, we
note with some satisfaction the atti-
tude Of the Washington Post and the
New York EUcning Post toward tho
historical title for that great conflict.
Both defend it against the title of
'.Rebellion," while the New York
paper declares its belief that the title
which will finally fix itself in history
is that Of The Civil War" This is
the designation used by John Sher-
man in his Forty Years Recollections,
while Blaine, in his Twenty Years,
uses the terms .'insurrectionary
States" '.rebellious States" and
rebellion" although he speaks of
the Immediately antecedent events as
the political Revolution of 1860"
Attention is called in quotation else
where to Grants use of the term s'war
between the States" in the closing
pages of his memoirs. But those
who hope for better things at the
hands of the historian must not lose
recollection of the fact that in the
Governments official records the four
years war is known as The Rebel
lion" 1t ought not to be so.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-13
Cheap Mt the Price.

A certain pompous and officious judge
in Il western town had just fined a
young lawyer $40 for contempt of
court. After it had been paid a grave
old attorney walked up to the bench
and laid down ten dollar goidpiece.
What is that for?" asked the Judge.
For contempt, your honor" was the
reply.
But l didn't fine you for contempt
Answered the judge. There must be
some mistake
ooh. no. there isn't" replied the old
man. Il have cherished a secret con.
tempt for this court for long time
and I'm willing to pay for it."-Chica.
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