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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
POSTMASTER'S STORY.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-Frank I. Sefrit
postmaster at Washington, Ind, spent sew
eral days in the national capital this week
At the Raleigh Hotel the other night he
was meeting old friends and making new
ones. Mr.. Sefrit is a sportsman and just
returned recently from hunting trip into
the wilds of Arkansas. He related some
Of his experiences in the woods and also
told of an incident that happened ON the
b. & o. train as he was coming to this
city.
"a gentleman on the train" said Mr..
Sefrit, was attacked by violent pains in
the nature of cramps. He was doubled up
in his seat and undoubtedly enduring the
most excruciating agony 1 endeavored to
aid him, but he said the only relief he
could get was by the use of morphine; that
he had suffered from these spells for a
long time and would rather be dead than
be longer a victim to them. / made a
hasty search through the train for a ply
stefan, but could find none. Returning, /
told him there was no doctor at hand, but
that / had in my grip a hypodermic sy-
ringe the use OF which 1 understood. and
that If he would trust me, and desired it.
would put ii at his service He quickly
assented. 1 fixed up a fourth of a grain
and administered it, following the drug
with dose of spirits frumenu. In short
time he was relieved. He got OFF at a
small station, and this morning / read of
a passenger on a branch road of the B. x
o. who had shot himself on the train,
The description Tailed with that of my
sufferer of last Sunday, and 1 feel sure
that it was him. l have been buying all
the papers to-day to try to learn his name
but 1t was not ascertained. 1t gives me
a feeling of depression when 1 think OF
the man."
To a question Of one of his auditors as
to how he happened TO be so opportunity
provided with such first aid TO the
wounded" Mr.. Sefrit continued. II was
coming TO that, for / don't want you tC
think I'm a morphine fiend. About three
years ago I was of hunting and spotted
a deer. Ny shells were loaded with buck
shot and had been crimped too tightly
I was also in an awkward position tC
shoot, and that. coupled with the recoi
| OF the gun broke three OF my fingers-anC
| / didn't hit the deer, either. II was five
| or six hours. full OF intense pain to me
before 1 could get TO a place where my
| fingers could be put In shape again. Thai
| taught me a lesson. vowed that / would
never again go hunting far from hell
without safeguarding against the contin
| gency of accident. / got that OUTFIT anC
| was instructed IN the use of II for suci
an emergency. IL had not been removed
| from my grip when l started on here, anc
so 1 was enabled TO play the part OF thu
good Samaritan.
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not what number. And young New York.
from that time on, grew like child in an
orthopaedic corset. There were no places
set apart In the plan for sparkling foun-
tains under shady trees; no edihce to inter-
rupt the monotony of eternally straight and
parallel lines; and the streets, each with
it's number like a convict in a prison; and
the avenues, all the avenues, stretched on
ward, onward indefinitely, with the sky for
background; and not an inch of land lost
all is geometrically correct and convenient
for the little children who. going to school.
measure, by the number of blocks they
pass the number of miles accomplished.
But in the general correction, one street
emancipates itself. Broadway, from the
south to the north of the city, traces a
diagonal line, makes even a bend-imposst-
BILE as il may seem-at Grace Church. and,
maintaining its name individuality, runs In
adventurous manner across the chessboard.
making merry upon meeting her little Sis
tiers, so well balanced and keeping straight
file, saluting such proper ladies as are the
avenues; here leaving a strip of land so
narrow that ii cannot be built upon-a lost
space; there minging unanimously with
the life of another artery, destroying all
frightful symmetries and creating all along
it's course picturesque fantasy.
I'm straight New York, Broadway runs
riot"
The commissioners who committed New
York to the rectangular plan incurred
grave responsibility. They mortgaged the
future. The ideal for city 20 aim at
is not that the newly arrived stranger shall
be able TO dispense with a map end find
his road unaided.
The commissioners OF 1S12-whose names
ought to be execrated by every inhabitant
of New York-left little space for parks.
Let US quote their report:
1T may be matter OF surprise that
few vacant spaces have been left and
those so small for the benefit OF fresh air
and consequent preservation Of health. Ger
tainly. IL the city OF New York was des-
tined TO stand on the side OF a small stream.
such as the Seine or Thames. a great num-
Der Of ample spaces might be needfrl. But
those large arms OF the sea which en-
brace Manhattan island render its situa-
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superiors. She must always stand in the
presence of a physician or the head nurse.
first being spoken to or offer a suggestion
or express an opinion. If she is called TO
account for mistake made through obedi-
ence TO direct order from superior she
is not allowed to explain or TO offer any
excuse. She must understand technical
terms used by the physician, but must
never use them herself in answering his
questions about the patients under her
charge. Above all, she must quench every
spark of sympathy for the suffering she
sees all about her. To her, If she wishes
to succeed, patient must not be regarded
as an individual, but as a case. This is
very necessary, for If to work and disci-
pine were added the nervous strain of SYM
pathy with suffering she would not last a
year. AS 1t is, the average term of serv-
Ice for a nurse Is limited to ten years.
Given training like this, it is easy to
see why the nurse trained in a hospital is
often unpopular in private work. Loaded
to the eyelids with etiquette and theory a
woman would have to possess an unusual
amount of tact and common sense not to
antagoniZe her patient and his entire fam
lily by insisting upon the observance of hos
pital rules in a private house, to say Moth
ing of the domestic upheaval caused by
the extra work made for the servants. She
is stepped in rules, and all she knows is to
apply them as forcibly they have been
applied to her during the years of her
training. OF comforting little attentions
to an Invalid she knows nothing; a ease"
does not require comforting little atten-
tons and she has had no cnance 10 learn
them. If such pleasant coddling were
originally natural to her the hospital dis
cipline would grind it out.
She knows her business; the patient I'M
der her charge would probably receive the
best OF scientific care; to the slightest or
der OF the physician she is most conscien-
uously obedient, but she is quite likely to
turn the whole house into a hospital ward.
When she leaves the whole family is apt
to heave great sigh of relief and to dwell
with delight upon the memory of the old
fashioned nurse, a simple woman with soft
hands and a low voice, to whom nursing
comes as naturally as rocking a baby.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
ART IN THE CITY.
The Rectangular Plan-HOw New
York Came to BE Laid Out that WAY.

Jean Schopfer, in Architectural Record.
AS everybody knows, the city of New
York-with the exception of the down.
town districts, which already existed-was
planned out by commissioners appointed in
the beginning of the nineteenth century to
determine the lines which the city should
follow in it's growth. The New York of
to-day is their workmanship to the very
letter. 1t is the triumph of the straight
lines. The sight of that endless series of
friend of ours to compose ballad in prose
which we take the liberty to quote:
I'm straight New York. Broadway runs
riot"
On a chess-board imagine a line cutting
the squares it traverses into obtuse and
sharp angles. all equal geometrically to
two right angles; doubtless, but in reality
so different; this is Broadway crossing New
York.
New York's birth was a natural one. A
settlement of houses placed right and left
on the extremity of a narrow tongue of
land; houses upon houses, streets upon
streets; churches upon churches, that had
grown according to the increasing neces-
sites of life. in picturesque irregularity.
Each street received a name. New York
was formed ike every CITY IN the WORD,
and IL did not lack charm.
When, on a somber day, the Councils of
the city reunited, Councils composed of
grave men with shaved upper lip and round
beard covering the chin. The eldest men,
Der arose and spoke:
"Brother-citizens, complaints of the disor-
der and irregularity of our town multiply;
the license OF our streets Is extreme; they
cross at all manners of angles, stretch out
or stop, according to their good pleasure,
and assume fantastic names difficult TO re-
member, whose origin is often obscure and
even vulgar. This is contrary TO propriety
and good policy. There are, moreover.
graver faults; wasted grounds, little fields
shaped places. This scandalous state of af-
fairs must not be allowed to continue.
II propose that we decide upon a general
plan, by which our dearly beloved city may
be properly developed. and which should
bring order and correction TO the scattered
flock Of our houses.
LET US divide the land of the peninsula
of Manhattan in equal rectangular lots,
where the streets will reach from the Hud-
son 10 the East river: perpendiculariy,
| throughout the entire length of the city,
may be traced avenues. Let us make away
with the use of sonorous names: let Us
number from south to north; let the ave-
| nues be counted from one TO ten, the fifth
serving TO divide the east and the west OF
| the city. In this manner all will become
clear and arithmetical, and our children
going 10 school in the morning can measure
| by the number of the blocks passed the
number of miles accomplished: twenty
blocks being equal TO one mile, or TO 1,609 OF
| those metres which the French people, who
| love chcange, have adopted as measure
ment."
| Having spoken in such wise he spat on
| the floor and held his peace.
Old New. York was laidlout as It stood
] and lots for the new tdyvn were traced
On paper up to two hundred and ] know
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ton, In regard 20 health and pleasure as
well to convenience OF commerce. Pc
cuiarly felicitous When, therefore. from
the same cause the prices OF land are so
uncommonly great IL seems proper 10 adj
nit the principles of economy to greater
influences than might, under circumstances
of a different kind have consisted with the
dictates Of prudence and the sense OF duty"
placed economy! In the middle of the
century Central Park was opened and az
the end OF the century Riverside was
planned; but all the rest Of the city. as
far as One-hundred-and-fifty street
Is practically without parks gardens.
as those wise commissioners wished Il % be.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21

L>eslie's Weekly.


IL Is a well-known fact that Tennyson
had a special dislike for interviewers, and
during the later years OF his life was
moved 10 adopt extraordinary measures TO
protect himself from the gaze OF lion
hunters and other curious people IL Is not
altogether pleasant 10 be told by a writer
in Temple Bar that American visitors were
the most persistent invaders OF the privacy
OF the poet in his Isle OF Wight home. Be
ing acquainted with the poets habits OF
Quietude and privacy. and the unlikelihood
OF catching sight OF him by fair means.
they threw courtesy 10 the winds and
climbed wall and hedge. A pretty little
summer-house in an outlying part OF the
grounds was gradually torn 10 bits and
carried away In souvenir fragments There
was. however, a trap for the unwary in
the person Of an old man. a taxidermist OF
Freshwater, who increased his singular
personal resemblance 10 TennysOn by
adopting the same garb. This consisted OF
huge soft felt hat. whose brim approx
mated 60 the proportions OF a small UNI
brella. and a voluminous cloak which
marked genius in every fold. Thus
equipped the double" was accorded the
eager recognition OF strangers. and enjoyed
a vast deal of that homage so disfasteful
10 its authentic recipient. Ii is not stated
that the double" ever essayed 10 write
poetry.
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Kansas City Journal.

hdhsds CITY
He-Heres a dispatch that says a hus-
band and wife were shot at for kissing
on the dorstep
She--The idea! / should like to know IL
a man hasn't the right to kiss his wife
on his own doorstep IL he wants to-"
He-But IL wasn't his wife nor his door
step.
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known in her province as seer and COM
monty regarded as saint.
"Brentano asserts that she could neither
read nor write. never having had any
schooling whatever. She never left her ma
tive hamlet. yet in her discourses displayed
most intimate knowledge of holy land,
though deriving her information on Pales-
tine solely from the biblical stories read to
her. or referred to in the scant religious in
structions she had received.
Among GATHERINGS voluminous writings
by proxy is Life of the Virgin. dealing
with the most minute details of Mary's life
after the crucifxion, a Subject on which
the Bible is silent. as every Christian
knows. In the introduction of the book
Brentano says that Catherine claimed TO
have obtained the material set forth by
revelations from the Virgin herself. That.
] admit, did not make her statements more
trustworthy in my eyes. particularly as
the Vatican always denied The Life OF
Mary the imprimatur, thus characteriz-
Ing II as work not approved by the
'church. However. not approved must not
be taken for absolute disapproval. In the
latter case GATHERINGS works would be
placed on the index
THE chapter which particularly interest
ed me was that dealing with Mary's resi-
dence in Ephesus. she went there with
John shortly after the crucifxion.' says
Catherine. and proceeds to point out mi
nuteiy where she lived. how she lived. etc.
Living in the neighborhood. this chap
ter impressed me more than all the rest
and l resolved to investigate the case on
the spot. Though there was then no rail-
way connection with Ephesus. the ancient
city could be reached without much diff
Guilty. and with companion I Travelled
there on mule back. leaving Smyrna on
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
FROM OLD POINT COMFORT.
President-EIect Palma Will Sail for
Cuba To-day.

President-EIect Palma will Sail for
Cuba To-day.
New York, April 16-Tomas Estrada
Palma, President-elect of the Cuban
Republic, left here to-day for Old Point
Comfort on special car attached to
the regular 9:25 a. m. train over the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He will sail
for Cuba tomorrow on the steamship
Admiral Farragut. Prior to his de-
parture Mr.. Estrada Palma made a
statement, in which he said he should
endeavcr to bring about a settled con-
dltion of affairs in Cuba as soon as it
possibly could be done. More than all
else, he said the country needs a re-
duction of tariff duties He had made
few promises, and he did not believe in
high salaried officials. Those in office
should work. The statement contin-
ues:
The people of Cuba are grateful to
the United States. We were received
with open arms in the time of our
trouble, and what was done all the
world knows. l believe that more
generous tariff arrangement will be ef-
fected. 1t must if the Cuban Republic
is to lift itself up. The reduction of
tariff by the bill which it now appears
VIII pass the House, is beneficial, but
the reduction is not great enough to
work the greatest good. The condi-
tons in Cuba press the necessity for a
more liberal reduction in the tariff
rates "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
NOW EN- ROUTE TO CUBA.
rREsIDENT-ELECT PALMA TALKS
OF HIS PLANS.

will First Form Cabinet and Send
Message to Cuban Congress-Wiu
Endeavor to Unite the Various Gu
han Factions, VIII Seek Develops
ment of Natural Resources of
country and Reciprocal Trade Re-
IatiOns With United States-GOn-
yaIo de Quesada VIII Be Minister
states Dollar Will Continue to BE
the Cuban Money Standard.
washington, April 16.-President-
elect Tomas Estrada Palma of the new
cuban Republic passed through here
this afternoon en- route to Cuba His
first important acts as the President of
the new republic, he announced to-day,
will be the formation of a cabinet and
the dispatch of a message to the Cuban
congress. One appointment, he admit
ted. was practically decided upon. viz,
that Of Gonzalo de Quesada to be Gu
han minister to the United States. The
first message of the head of the re-
public to the Cuban Congress will be
submitted Immediately after he as
sunles office. Its main features will be
recommendations along the following
lines:
First, all possible measures calculat-
ed to unite the various political fac
tions of Cuba so that all elements will
work together in the interest of the
new government; second, the develop
ment of the natural resources of the
country, with reciprocal tariff relations
with the United States; third, the
maintenance of the most friendly rela-
tions with the United States govern
ment.
MIR. Estrada Palma said that the
United States dollar would continue
70 be the standard in Cuba. He said
he was hopeful of securing a substan-
tial reduction of the tariff on sugar.
tobacco and other Cuban products. In
response to a direct query he said that
the Cuban government would not es-
tablish such reciprocal commercial re-
lations with any other government
than that of the United States. He
said his efforts would be concentrated
on restoring his country to it's condi-
ton before the raYages of war devas-
tated it, He did not anticipate any
serious difficulty or confusion conse-
duent upon the change of regime as
most of the offices were now adminis-
tered by the Cubans.
The President-elect received official
notice from Postmaster General Payne
that the agreements reached between
them in a recent conference had been
framed as arranged. They continue
the present postal and money order
arrangements between the United
States and Cuba until permanent
convention shall have been signed
Accompanying the President-elect,
beside r. A. C. Smith of New York,
the president of the American Mail
Steamship Company, who will go only
part of the way, are the following
Cubans, who will remain on the island
with him: Jose, his son; Gonzalo de
Quesada, r. Narganas M Morales, R.
Sierra, NJ. Gonzales and Manuel Ros.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
EVER GET TULIP
On other Things Than Liquor.

On Other Things Than Liquor.
1t is profitable for anyone to study
food in order to regulate the health,
not with medicine. but by building up
healthy nerve centers with good food
A man who has made something of
a study of this line writes from Iowa
City: when l first tried Grape-Nuts
it was at the table of a prominent
state official and the remarkable taste
attracted me. l afterwards inyesti-
gated the subject carefully and dis
covered that Grape Nuts contains dex-
trose sugar. The starchy part OF the
food is transformed into starch sugar
or dextrose. Those same results are
produced by the digestive organs by
the action of the saliva and the pam
create Juices of starchy foods. These
facts convinced me that Grape-Nuts
is a natural, pre-digested food, and
lust what ! requird and needed.
/ had been suffering from full feel
ing after meals and generally more or
less headache. All this trouble left
when l quit using white bread, warm
biscuits, etc.
II was about this time came home
from school. broke down physically
and mentally. / only weighed l2O
pounds. At my earnest request Mother
began serving Grape-Nuts every meal
and she said she had never eaten any
thing that agreed with her physical
condition as did my new food" as she
termed it.
In five weeks 1 weighed 13S pounds,
a gain of 10 pounds, and feel so
strong that / have been able to DO
from 10 to Is hours Of hard work
daily. NV mind has never seemed so
clear before, and l am thoroughly con-
WINGED that there is no food IKE
Grape Nuts to produce health ana a
strong and clear BRAIN" Lee airing
ton, Box 1855, Iowa City, La.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
TO DErERMINE WATER SUPPLY.
GeOrgians Secure Big Increase in
Important Appropriation.

OGOTEAanS GeCuEC DA8 AMCEGubC Az
Important Appropriation.
Washington, April 16.--At the in
stance of Senators Bacon and Clay
the Senate Committee on appropria-
tions inserted in the ssundry civil bill,
which was reported to the Senate to-
day. a provision appropriating $4,000
to be expended in improving the wa
ter resources of the country. This
item is of particular interest to those
who rely largely upon artesan well
water for domestic purposes. 1t is es-
pecially important to cities of Georgia,
South Carolina and other states, who
depend largely upon the development
of artesian wells for their water sup
ply.
d. M. Hall of Atlanta, official n.y.
drographer in charge of irrigation and
water supply in Georgia and other
Southeastern states, has been here for
several days urging a ratification of the
bill as ii passed the House originally.
and it provided that the money should
he expended in the develop
ment of the water supply "in arid
and semi-arid Districts The
Senate struck out the language quoted
so that the money may now be used
without any reference of arid or semi
arid sections of the country. But for
this change in the bill the Southern
states would have been excluded from
the benefits of the appropriation. Not
only have the Georgians, with the aid
of Representatives Livingston and
Adamson, secured a change in the
wording of the bill. but they have also
obtained an additional s150,000 for the
purpose.
The amendment now reads For
gauging the streams and determining
the water supply of the United States
and for the investigation of under
ground currents and artesian wells
and the best methods of utilizing the
water resources, $3.50, 900. Georgia and
South Carolina expect to derive mate
rial benefit from the expenditure of
this appropriation, which is largely
due to the energetic effort of the sem
ators and representatives named.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-04-17
MARIE STANLEY ACQUITTED.
Found Not Guilty of Numbering Old
Veteran, RObbing Him and Throw
ing His body in Well.

Veteran, RObbing Him and Throw
ing His body i'm Well.
Ottawa, Kan, April 16.-The jury in
the case of Mrs. Marie Stanley, IS
years old. who has been on trial here
for the past week, charged with hav-
ing killed James B. Booth, an aged
war veteran, returned verdict to-
day finding her not guilty. The jury
went out last night. Booths body was
found in a we'll on Jan. 10 last, near
the home of Mrs. Mary Mccoy mother
of the defendant, and blood
strains were traced to the Mccoy
house. Mrs. Stanley, her mother and
her sister, Bessie Browning a young
girl, We're indicted on a charge of muir
der in the first degree, the information
alleging that the three women had
first struck Booth with an ak, and
then thrown him into a we'll in such
manner that he was mortally wound
cd by the fall. He had been robbed of
800. and his watch was found in the
possession of Mrs. Stanley,
who had left Ottawa soon after the
murder, for Topeka. The women, with
two children, members of the family.
were placed in Jail and kept there un-
til last week, when Mrs. Stanley alone
was held for trial, Mrs. Mccoy and
Miss Browning being released.