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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
Greatness.

How great is he who lets not toll
Take from his soul its radiant hope;
Who let's not circumstances foil
The inner life OF larger scope;
Who looks upon all worldly strife
To know his only purpose there
Is 20 sustain an earthly life
That shall immortal issue bear.
How great is he whose ear can hear
The rhythmic beat OF natures heart;
That pulse OF God which throbs so near
Mans puny will and placid art.
Whose mind fronts every turn of fate,
Like some tall peak the compass round.
Content DER clouds of doubt to wait
In blessed calm eternal bound.
Whose love responds to all good will.
Like low vale that greets the sun,
What time its golden harvests fiji
The homes where never love is done.
How great is he who still can feel
Warm friendship for the few who win
The prizes IN our common veal,
Though none may come his life within.
Who quick through sham and show.
And lay all social fellies bare.
Yet the broad shield of kindness throw
over the wrongs he findeth there.
How great how very great is he
Who with fine service nils his day,
That more of happiness shall be,
And wisdom point the perfect way.
Charles ". Stevenson.
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Cures for N Cold.
Boston Transcript.

Boston Transcript.
Just about every person one meets now
is carrying about a preventive or a cure.
so-caled, for some phase of a cold. For
1t is the time of year when that affic-
ton seems 10 be prevalent and il seems
this year TO be more prevalent than for
several seasons. 1t is more than sus-
peeted by a good many that we have
deal 10 learn yet about colds. In many in
stances they appear to be only inconven-
lent, and not very harmful, so that little
time and attention are given 10 suppress
ing them altogether when we have
many serious ills 10 contend with. Without
going into any description of the many
severe complaints which may and assur-
eddy do result from colds, ii may be said
that the most innocuous cold is somewhat
contagious as witness the way I'm which
a case OF mild ''snuffies' goes through
family. Each household ought, then, 10
set itself TO solving for its own use and
behoof the problem of keeping cold from
entering the house at all. No way, per-
haps. is so effective as 10 let in plenty of
cold air at all times OF the day and night.
Let IL in judiciously, that is. heat it 10
a certain degree, and then let IL escape
while more comes in 10 take it's place.
We all need to take leaf from the way
in which the successful sanatoria are con-
Quoted. There, where only the delicate are
ministered TO, the basic remedy is fresh
air. and plenty % it-even 10 sleeping out
20 fnOrs IN order 20 secure suf1ciency OF
II. Just little OF this treatment used at
home Will 90 more than anything else
to keep these institutions for the consump-
tiveS from becoming over-crowded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
The Sinful Brother.
Harper's Magazine.

Harper's Magazine.
1t was at a certain church meeting, and
the good bishop. was calling for reports. He
had a rather stern, sharp manner, which
sometimes Jared a little on the nerves
of the more timid. BY and by he came 10
Brother B., a lay delegate.
Brother B.. what is the spiritual condi-
ton Of your church, demanded the bishop.
briskly,
"I consider It good" said the brother.
What makes you think IL is good?" went
on the bishop.
We'll, the people are religious. That's
what makes me think so"
What do you call religious? Do they
have family prayer
Some OF them do and some do not"
do you mean TO say that a man may be
a Christian and not hold family prayer
Yes. sir; l think So
do you hold family prayer
Yes. sir" returned the brother. quietly.
And yet you think man may be
Christian and not hold family prayer?
II have a brother who Is better man
than / am who does not hold family
prayer"
What makes you think he is a better
man than you are7
Everybody says so, and know he is"
why does not your brother. IL he is such
good man. hold family prayer" thun-
dered the bishop.
He has no family" meekly answered the
brother.
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- MODERN FABLES BY GEORGE AIDE.
The Modern Fable of the
Society Trimmers and What Broke Up
the Experience Meeting.


One Evening a Company of Tourists who
knew all about the Fall Line OF Goods
found themselves laid out in a Jim-Crow
Town. AS usual, there had been Good
Show there the Week before. but on this
particular Night there was nothing billed
except a Rummage Sale at the Presby-
terrain Church. So the Wayfarers stuck
to the Office of the Commercial Hotel,
where they borrowed Cigars and volun-
teered a few Chapters from a Busy Life.
The Man who told his Story early in the
Game was at decided Disadvantage, be-
cause the next Author had TO raise him
a few. the one who came in last of all
was sure TO be the King Bee.
The Talk Carnival opened with brief
Session of the Home wreckers' Assoca-
ton, after which they started in 10 tell
how they had skun the Other Fellow at
Games of Chance. They hated to talk about
Themselves. but they had to do it.
The average Poker Story should run as
Serial. 1t has a Preamble about as long
as the Moral Law. The Ma. who is spin
ming it in order TO entertain himself be-
gins by relating how he was on a Sleeper
between East st. Louis and Effngham. He
tells the Name OF the Book he was reading.
the Color of the Pullman Conductors
Whiskers and the Speed at which the Train
was running. Having settled these i'm
portant Details he slowly approaches the
Plot of the Piece. 1t seems that Albert
Hieronomous. who used to travel for Skim
slime, Walrus & Co., asked him to como
into the State Room and hold Cards so as
to make it four-handed. The Narrator ex-
plains that he had desire to Play, but
hn xxyon inst 70 OTIs A he foII-
about meeting a Mining Expert from Colo
RADIO and a little Fat Man who owned
Gents Furnishing Store in ST. Joe. He gives
the Conversation in regard to fixing the
Ante and Limit and forgets who had the
first Deal, but anyway they all dropped
out the first time around and made IL
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
How did Judas Iscariot die?-W.
He strangled himself.

How did Judas Iscariot die?-W.
He strangled himself.
State who played 1.-The Sprighdy Ro-
nance of Marsac," and when was it played
last IN IndianapOlis?-G. Il.
1t was played here but once, last season,
by Macklyn Arbuckle.
Is there a law to compel school teachers
to keep the American flag up over school
houses during school hours? If So when
was the law enacted?-Reader.
There is no such law, either state or ma
tional.
In what year was the Black Hawk war?
.. I'm what year was the great fire in New
York? 3. In what year was Andrew Jack
son elected President?-L. c. w.
In 1892. 2. There were two; one in 1885, an
other in 1876. 3. In 1S2S and again in 1882.
Where do monsoons occur, in China or
Japan seal. X.
In both. but more marked in China sea-
Here the name monsoon was given first.
but it now is applied to periodic, aIternat-
ing winds elsewhere,
Are there any public lands in Missouri,
and if SO where are they located? Also is
there government land office in the state?
j. Z. MCC,
There are PSI 900 acres vacant and subject
to enry, and United States land offices at
Bonneville, Ironton and Springfield.
What horses hold the worlds record in
trotting and pacing. and what are the rec
oTds "A.
Trotting. Cresceus, one mile, 2:02i4, made
Aug. p 1901. at Columbus. o. Pacing. Star
Pointer, one mile, 1894, Aug. 2S, 1897 at
Readville, Mass.
When was the parachute first used. and
by whom was it invented ?-Grace.
1t was developed and first employed sue
cessfUlly at Strassburg. in 1857. by Francois
Blanchard, the aeronaut, who was pen
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amount to Considerable. How can they
keep going and lose Money all the time?
/ never meet any one who admits that he
is feeding his Income TO the Man with the
Spotted Shirt. All the People L meet are
big Winners 1t must be that all these
Games inherited what they've got"
When he paused several OF his Compan-
ions stretched and said it was time to
turn in.
Moral' The Man who gets Cleaned sell
dom blows about Ii.
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of his purpose. gave him permission. Then
the archangel Michael. who stood by the
steps of the throne, filled with love Of God
and of His words, suspeeting the malev-
alenee of Satan. prayed that he, too. might
be permitted TO bestow four gifts on man.
And God, as he had known that Satan de-
sired 10 bestow curses. knew that Michael
the nature of both, and gave him also per-
mission.
'Then a strange thing came to pass, for.
10, the gifts Of each were the same, and
their names were-WOTk and Wine and
Woman and Death"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

He had landed at the Track with SIS and
a Badge. and he went back with Two Thou
sand and then a Lot in his Side Pockets
that he didn't take the Trouble to count
Two or three others who had put the
Bookies out OF Business and broken the
Hearts of the Professional Gamblers
Clipped I'm to the SYMPOSIUM and at last
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

Ivan wotherspoon

Ivan Wothefspoon,
And il came 10 pass on the morning OF
the sixth day, as Adam lay asleep I'm Eden,
the devil passed by, and beholding him.
recognized him 10 be creature OF Gods.
and was filled with envy. hatred and mall
OF God and bowling himself. he spoke with
subtle words and said. have beheld thy
creature made in thine image, and fam
would / bestow upon him four natal gifts
And God, knowing his Utmost thoughts.
and at the same time the Observation-Disclosures
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

Jack. The ST. Joe Man opened it and he
the Hero of the Story, fingered on a Pair
OF Seyens but kept a One-Spotter on the
side and then picked up a Seven and an
Ace and made a foxy Bet of Two Bits and
so on and so on. When it came time 10
change at the Junction he had everything
except their Clothes.
The little Group in the Hotel Office lis
tened to one of these Typical Tales lasting
from 7:30 to S:45. The Next Man was re-
minded of what happened to him in Ell Paso
when he sauntered into Cy Ryan's and
dipped a big Iron Dollar on the Single o.
He caught it and let it lay for a Repeater
and then pushed the whole Stack over on
the Red and Red come. Then he sprinkIed
a few Yellow Boys on the first twelve and
couldn't so wrong. After playing fifteen
minutes and losing back $40 he was still
2,250 to the Good when he cashed I'm.
1t seemed that No. 8 knew how to Inhale
a few, for he butted in with a Beaut Of
how he put a Crimp i'm Faro Game at
Seattle. He told another of the just-hap-
pened-in Kind He was idly -balling
the Layout while waiting for a Friend to
get through with Game of Stud. He
caught the Tray and then began to Pyra-
mid. The Tray came right for him twenty
seven times hand-running, and then the
Dealer fell In Fit and begged him to
Stop. He went back to the Hotel with his
Overcoat Pockets full Of the Bank Roll.
A Clothing Salesman took the Floor with
one of those justly celebrated Pipes about
Just before the Fourth Race a Friend
came to me and told me to get a Piece of
Money down on Lou Perkins" 1t seems
that Lou Perkins was commonly regarded
crippled Goat, and it case of
write your own Ticket, the Price running
as Long as 275 to /.
but the best / could get" says the
truthful Clothing Salesman, was 200 to T.
He took so worth of Lou Perkins al 200
to !, and she came i'm sideways nodding to
several Acquaintance in the Grand Stand.
trembling. knowing not what had befalen
nd he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
INDIANAPOLIS a GREENFIELD RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY.

PASSENGER CARS. Leave Georgia ana Ne
rfdian streets. First al a m, and hourly
thereafter until % D m hast car leaves ~
IL 30 =. m.
FREIGHT CARs.-Arrives az Georgia ana
Meridian streets at ; a "a. and leaves at a
Also arrives at 10 and leaves az a-se +. IN.
COMBINATION. PASSENGER AND EX-
PRESS cARS.-Lsaye Georgia and Neridiaa
streets at a m. a m. II neon. p D
ID. N.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

UNION TRACTION co. OF INDIANA
Station-Union Block,

nr-ans Run Oy c~nzaI ~

For Anderson. AuRele. AsTlOn. Elwo0d. A.
exandTla anc IntsTmedlate statlons-Lsave f.A
q. IA ana each hour thereafter until ia y ras
s.I6 u. m and ~ Is :. n.
LiIalted trains for Anderson and Auncle-
Leave 500 ana IL 90 a. n. 90 and SEQ , N.
arriving Anderson IN one hour ana ~ enty i've
minutes and Auncie In two hours It's a N
and 100 p m trains make direct ecnnectiors
81 Anderson with limited trains for Elw0od-
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NY life closed twice before It's close;
II yet remains 10 see
II Immortality unveil
A third event 20 me
30 huge. 50 hopeless 10 conceive
Are these that twice befell.
Parting IL all we know OF heaven
And all We need Of hell.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
INDIANAPOLIS. GREENWOOD a
FRANKLIN "a. IA co.

Passenger cars leave Pennsylvania and wash
ingtCa streets First a. m. and hourly
thereafter until 10 p Last car leaves az II .
n m.
Combination passenger and express lfayss
Georgia and Meridian streets for Greenwoot onlT
81 $40 m and s:so .. n.
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RAILROAD TIME CARD.

i. NJ. time is in BLACK figures. Trains marked
thus: Daily; Sleeper; P-Parlor Car; c
Chair Car; D-Dining Car; t-kxcept Sundays
i-Sunday only.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16
BIRDS THAT LOVE SAP

Observations a City Garden. WOodpecker Feast
Curious and Amusing Traits of the Hummine Birds.
Bird Wisdom and Cunning
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trembling knowing not what had befallen
him and doubling if he were himself And
while ne doubted, voice came TO him,
saying: "In thy heart thou didst hate un-
cleanness and love purity. and that only
which we love abides.
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car. IND. a LOUIS RY.
EI!II!IIl!ITI4
nc ERIE a WESTERN N. n.

CLEVELAND LINZ.

Toledo, Chicago and Michigan ex -.....fIoo .lo2s
Toledo Detroit and Chicago linn. ZIG 90 10 %
Auncie. Lafayette and Lsporte spec ~ 20 tlO.3S
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
An inopportune serpent.


Frank Saunders. a Whittier man.
stood still in the face OF impending
death from the caving-in Ct a bank.
unable to move ON account CT the spell
which a huge rattlesnake had thrown
around him. and he is now under the
care of a physician at Anaheim. hav-
ing been perhaps fatally injured by
falling earth The accident happened
in Santiago Canyon. where Saunders
and $. ]. Adams. also of Whittier,
had gone to inspect an outcropping of
coal. AS they were uncoyering a ledge
the earth above them begaa to split.
and an immense cave-iD was impend-
ing. adams called 10 Saunders to leap.
and himself quickly scrambled down
the mountain He supposed Saunders
was following, but on looking back
saw him gazing intently at the ever
widening creviee above. Adams was
quick to detect the object OF his COM
panion's gaze-a big rattler-which
he'd its head steadily directed toward
Saunders. The next moment several
tons of earth fell. burymg the hypno-
TIED man from sight When Saun-
lers was exhumed he was found to
be badly injured. lie stated that he
was all the time aware of his danger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
Pleasantries of war.

A reader has sent us the following
story of General Yil3oen, which, he
says, is absolutely true.
While on the way to keep an appoint,
ment with the Boer general our cor
respondent met friend of his, an Off.
Ger in the Scots Guards. who had seen
service in South Africa.
BY the way. I'm going to see an
acquaintance of yours" he said to the
officer General Viljoen."
"Oh, he is no friend Of mine," was
the comment. HE once stole our con
voy and we had to go on quarter ra-
tons for a fortnight"
Later our correspondent told General
Niljoen of his meeting with the officer
and what the latter had said.
The General laughed heartily N the
story. Tell your friend" he said, Il
did not steal his convoy. only bor-
rowed it"-London Express
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
Eyftv Dollar. ~ 81, Dovvu

Carmel. Ind. Dec. 15.-Mr. Joseph L.
Duffey relates an experience that has
aroused considerable interest in this
locality. 1t is best given in his own
words:
When l was working ia the fields. .
says Mr.. Duffey. II would b.. ready to
quit. but / could not get to the house
/ was so weak. 1t was worth fifty
dollars TO get to sit down
Il had no strength and a person
without strength is not much use.
But bless the Lord took four boxes
of Dodds Kidney Pills and they gave
me health. strength and appetite.
Il might say / AL cured. but will
keep on taking Dodd's Kidney pills.
Yes. I'll get them IL II takes the last
thing on the farm"
Dodd's Kidney Pills have effected
quite a number Of other cures here and
Il seems safe to say they are an effec-
tive and permanent cure for all dis
eases arising from the Kidneys
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23
{:sAl5S':;:;e Side
The News ~

1t is mistake to think that reich
stag is German for trough house,
1t will be lucky antitrust bill that
comes out of the committee of Congress
with its stinger intact.
Corner lots in Medicine Hat are hardly
at premium these days; in fact, they
are away below zero.
! Strong and Yohe have returned to
/ New York, but as yet the fumigation OIL
Gals have done nothing about it.
If the isthmus of Panama is so I'M
healthful it ray be necessary to boil the
water in the new ship canal before US
ling it.
DR. Lorenz is different from some 9TH
er physicians with whom you may have
a casual acquaintance. He refused a
$4,000 fee.
Next yeaor when the farmers visit
the fat stock show in Chicago it is to be
hoped that the town will not burn so
many Of them.
Perhaps when science has advanced a
Mount Pelee and make it do the greater
part Of the worlds work.
Congress could we'll afford to adjourn
for day out of respect for the memory
of Tom Reed, for he showed it how to
keep from wasting time.
No woider the postal business in Chi
cago has Kept outgrowing the facilities,
when the ,ails are loaded down all the
time with 'onymous letters.
BY observ ng closely the case of yen-
ezuela the Su an of Turkey can see what
he would ext ,rience If it were equally
safe for credit rs to 80 cunning for him.
About 5O0.Ot persons in London are
idle and looking or work. This is year
in which England could use something
like Boer war to employ IT'S surplus
population.
/ There was great fire on Peachtree
street in Atlanta the other day That
should offset the work of Jack Frost. who
was shopping about the country trying to
Kill the peach crop for next year.
At Washington. Ind. a man was fined
over the telephone because he could not
spare sae time to come 10 the justices
OFF e to tsSe his punishment. If he paid
Dds fine thu, same way be has made a
s-.ar discovery.
Mohaeut's wife in her plea for divorce
J SAYS tbs. her husband hired detectives TO
shadow her while he was in prison. How
ever. she did =9t have 10 do anything of
the sort. as she aS~ays knew where he
spent his evenings.
Chicago is behind some other cities in
the matter Of requiring licenses for ho-
tells Any one who intends to burn from
dozen to fourteen people in single
night certainly should be made 10 pay 4
good stiff license for the privilege.
Macaroni wheat can De grown here
successfully, according to the Secretary
/ Of Agriculture What sport il would be
for the Kansas hreezes pisyfuIly 10 skip
through the long holes.
Assistant Postmaster GcnerA Madden
viii probably have the members Of the
CoarF of Appeals arrested for leze nsa-
jesty fer reversing one Of his decisions IL
regard to secoad-class mail matter
Sixty armed police evsctsd family
from Lord dc Freyne's estate in Ire
1 land the ether day As the family cor
sisted az man 20 years Of age, his wife
and one child. Il Was not thought aeces-
sary to cable for Lord Kitchener CT to
cali cut the reserves
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-12-23

as to the hardship and deprivation en-
dured by the men who work underground
|. have not been exaggerations.
One after another. 'workingmen in the
| employ of the anthracite operators have
come forward TO describe a daily routine
of hardship. A miner of the Markle com
pany, which is supposed to be one OF the
best conducted of the mining corpora
tons, told of his eviction by the COM
pany for failing to pay rent during the
strike. His sick wife, who was evicted
with him, is dead as a result of the pro-
cess and her mother, a centenarian, is
| dangerously i'll. A widow whose husband
had been killed in the mines told how she
with the help of her two boys had work
ed thirteen years to pay off a rent bill
due the company. The sons were not
paid in cash, their earnings being Kept
by the company to apply on the debt.
These are but special features of n story
of hazardous work, scanty earnings and
heavy overcharges for the mining sup
plies furnished by the employing com
panies. Testimony offered by the sup
erintendents of public schools was to the
effect that nearly third of the children
in the mining region do not attend school
These plain stories of what appears to
be commonplace experience in some parts
OF the coal fields have their value and
they will have their weight with the COM
mission. That body is not Composed of
sentimentalists and will NOT be likely to
disregard the many industrial, economic
and commercial factors involved in the
management of great industry. 1t WILL
however, be forced to take cognizance of
the plain fact that there is a minimum
standard Of living conditions and that
when human beings are required to live
below that standard the law of common
humanity demands attcntion first of all.
Clearly. in the opinion of the Chicago
News. the limit has been passed in the
case of many of the anthracite miners.