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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
FIRE HORSES KNOWLEDGE.
They Know When 1t Is a "Sure
Enough" Alarm.

Scribners Magazine.
The fire horses-two for light engines and
three when the machines weigh more than
four tons-are trained as finely as the men.
They are the pets of the house and of the
neighborhood. Some of them learn in
week to run to their places at the signal;
others require months training. The les
sons are simple enough. A raw horse is
made to feel the whip as he hears the sig
nal bell. If he is an intelligent animal the
starts for his place the instant the bell
rings. Many horses seem to know quite as
well as the men when the alarm is one that
means business. They really seem to count
the strokes. story is told of one horse
who when changed from Harlem to q sta
ton near headquarters was wild to run
when his old number sounded and quite in
different to the new one. which really
meant business and to which he responded
only under protest.
The stories told in the department about
the horses are endless. Some time ago an
old gray fire horse that had been attached
to engine was transferred to the hose
truck in the same building. The two rooms
were connected by an open door. One night
there was an alarm. The hose truck men
had disappeared. They thought he must
have been stolen. The engine had left for
the fire and disgrace was imminent for the
hose company. Suddenly horse was heard
kicking in the engine stalls next door and
although 1t was not the missing gray it
was quickly forced into hose service and
the company got off in a minute late. At
the fire there stood the old gray harnessed
to the engine. After the excitement was
all over the mystery was explained Upon
hearing the familiar alarm the gray had
trotted in next door. and. finding a strange
horse I'm his usual place. had pushed him
out of the way back into his stall The
fremen In their hurry had not noticed the
substitution and had harnessed the horses
as they stood and left. good fire horse
will last about six years and will stand heat
and excitement when even men are driven
back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Take IL as the Calf Does.
The Family Doctor.

The Family Doctor.
Milk is fluid which readily coagulates in
the stomach and forms a curd. Now the
curd of the milk of different animals diff
fers much in it's consistency. hardness and
digestibility. Cows milk forms very
hard. indigestible curd compared to that
obtained from the milk of an ass, for ex
ample. All milk coagulates when acted on
by the gastric juices. so that nature is
careful to provide this fluid In such form
that II can only be swallowed in driblets.
and after complete mixture with the sal
iva. While water is provided In running
streams and ponds and lakes and seas so
that men and animals alike can drink them
selves full IN deep draughts. milk is pro-
vided In reservoirs, called udders. from
which II can only be obtained In tiny
streams by much pulling at teat. This
gives the key to the whole position In
order to use milk properly. and in such
way that IL can be readily digested and as
simulated IL Is necessary. firstly. TO dilute
1t, and. secondly. To imbbe IL in driblets
The practical method OF carrying out these
principles Is to take half pint OF new milk
freshly drawn from a healthy COW. add to IL
half q pint Of distilled or boiled water. or
a little less OF rice water. or wheatenade.
oatenade. and then sip IL, or. In case of
invalids, 10 suck II, like a cocktail, through
a straw or glass tube. There are many peo-
pie who are gradually dying OF starvation
because they can digest nothing. who would
DO restored to considerably Increased
standard OF vitality II they would learn the
proper method OF using milk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
No More Haxfng.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-Colonel A. l..
Mills, superintendent of the United States
Military Academy, has made his annual
report to the secretary Of war. He says
the discipline OF the corps of cadets Of
the academy has been very satisfactory.
He makes the following reference to haz-
ing: During the year there has been
no relaxation OF proper efforts to make
permanent the reforms already accom-
plished bearing on the treatment accorded
new cadets by their older comrades. The
regulations governing the subject
have been carefully enforced and with
but single exception that Is
worthy OF note. cadets have shown
a soldierly regard for their obligations in
the matter. The exception referred to, the
fiTst under the new regulations, Is that OF
a cadet who, without authority. made a
fourth class man assume a constrained
position and used threatening and abusive
language to him. For this offense the
cadet was brought to trial by court-martial
and, being found guilty, was dismissed. No
one conversant with the progress new
cadets now make apprehends any i'll effect
in training from the passing Of hazing."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
A PunctuaI Bird.
Country Life in America.

What tempts the little humming bird that
we see in our gardens TO travel every spring
from near the equator TO as far north as
the Arctic circle. leaving behind him. as he
does. for a season, many tropical delights
He Is the only one of many humming birds
that pluckily leaves the land of gaily COL
ored birds to go into voluntary exile in the
north, east of the Mississippi. How il stirs
the imagination to picture the solitary
tiny migrant. mere atom of bird life NOV
ing above the range OF human sight through
the vast dome of sky Borne swiftly on
ward by rapidly vibrating little wings he
covers the thousands OF miles between his
winter home and his summer one by easy
stages and arrives at his chosen destina-
ton, weather permitting, at approximately
the same date year after year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

WASHINGTON, Oct. ia committee
headed by b. II. Warner. chairman of the
citizens executive committee Of the recent
national encampment Of the G.. A. r., and
Hon. ]. II. Brigham. assistant secretary Of
agriculture. called at the White House to-
day and presented to President Roosevelt
a gold G.. A. r. badge, commemorative Of
the national encampment. The badge is OF
solid gold. handsomely embossed and en-
graved. The President expressed TO the
committee his appreciation OF the thought
fulness which prompted the presentation
and Indicated that he would treasure the
badge as a memento of the visit TO WASH
ington of the members of the G.. A. R., and
Of their uniform consideration of him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17


OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 16.-Probably 5000
delegates to the National Convention of
the Disciples of Christ arrived on the
morning trains. The big temperance rally
planned for at the convention in Mime
apolis last year, which began last night,
was continued to-day under the leader
ship of w. II. Boles, of Alma, ILL.,, chair
man of the temperance committee of the
Christian Church. At o'clock there was
a song and praise service, led by Simpson
Ely, of Rochester. Mimi, and at
$50 DR.. George F. Hall, of Chi
cago. delivered an address on the
'Irrepressible Conflict" DR.. Hall said the
Christian people of the country were in the
conflict for prohibition to stay and that
they were laying the foundation for a
movement that would make an aggressive
fight against the liquor traffic for all time
to come. G. L. Wharton, of Hiram (O)
College, was the next speaker, his address
being on 1.-THE Liquor Traffic in Foreign
Countries" DIR. Homer ]. Hall, of Frank
lin, Ind, then delivered a discourse on cal
cohol and Medical Science" His address
was along technical lines and appealed to
his hearers in the interest of public health
to lend hand to the cause of prohibition
DR.. D. R; DUNCAN. ex-president of the
Christian University, of Canton, Mo-, had
for his subject What Shall We Do with
the LOCALIZED Salo0n?' speaking twenty
minutes.
A prohibition song by 1.-THE Beveridges'
was followed by an address by w. ]. Lila
mon, dean of the Bible College of Column
bia, Mo-, THE Triple Appeal to Prohi-
bition." He was received with a round of
cheering that indicated his popularity with
his denomination.
The afternoon session began with a song
led by the address of Mr.. Emerson. He
described in detail the conditions existing
in Kansas and referred to Mrs. Nations
campaign, remarking that the State needed
more women like her. The meeting was
then thrown open to those In attendance
and a dozen people made brief remarks,
following which the meeting was address,
Jacjman, Battle Ground Mich: Prof G..
w. HOFFMAN, Eureka, H.; NJ. w. Hark-
ins, Anderson, Ind, and others.
Seven thousand people attended the first
regular meeting to-day. The principal
part of the programme was the address of
welcome and responses. Mayor Frank +.
Moores delivered the address on behalf of
In eulogistic manner and according
them a cordial welcome Governor Hol-
comb, now a Supreme Court justice well
coined the visitors to Nebraska and Judge
w. w. Slabauch and Mrs. Jennie r. Burns
spoke for the Christian churches OF Omaha.
The responses were by Harvey o. Breedon,
of Iowa. president Of the convention; r.
secretary of the Foreign Christian Mis-
sionary Society, and Mrs. Nancy f. Atkin-
son, of IndianaDol vice president of the
Womens Board OF Missions.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The President
las appointed Rev. Alvey Mills, TN Episco-
pal minister OF Massachusetts, to be q
chaplain In the army.
In regard to the character of vehicles In
Chile, Consul Mansfield at Valparaiso, in a
report 10 the State Department, says that
they are primitive In design and crude In
construction and finish. There are no large
rnanufa ctories In Chile for the production
of vehicles. and two-wheeled carts. are al
most exclusively used
Secretary Root has approved the preiim-
mary plans prepared by the board of off,
GERS at West Point for the improvements
at the Military Academy. These plans
have been submitted by Colonel Mills to
the supervising architect OF the treasury
for suggestions and amendment. The ac-
ton Of Secretary Root to-day, however,
settles the general plan for the new build
ings leaving IL for the architects yet to
work out the details.
Consul General Listoe. at Rotterdam. in
forms the State Department that the pros
poets for the importation Of American BIZ
cycles are not very bright at present, ow-
ing to the fact that the pro pro- Of 6i-
srlands. The consul says bicycles can be
built as cheap. and well in the Neither
lands az I'm the United States.
Rear Admiral Evans, second In command
OF the Asiatic station, reported TO the Navy
Department to-day his departure from
Shiakwan yesterday for Woosung. on his
temporary flagship. the Helena. The ad-
miral has just completed investiga ton
OF the condition OF affairs I'm the upper
Yaagtse-Kiang country, where IL was re-
ported that there danger OF an up
rising OF the natives against the foreign
element
Acting Secretary Darling to-day issued an
order announcing TO the navy with regret
the demise of Rear Admiral T. o. Selfridge
and ordering. az mark OF respect TO the
memory OF the deceased. that on the day
after the receipt or the order the flags In
navy yards and stations and on ships In
commission be placed ct half-mast and
minute guns be fred.
cabIegram from Manila announces the
deaths Of twelve enlisted men I'm the army
Only one was the result OF cholera.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Kansas City Platform Endorsed.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Ind, Oct. 1.-THE Demo-
Gratis of Wayne county to-day Endorsed
the Kansas City platform and nominated
the following ticket: For senator, Milton
III. Woolley. Williamsburg: joint represen-
tative CWayne and Fayette countless,
Lycurgus w. Beesen, Milton; representa-
tive, Clifton w. Merrill, Richmond: judge
Thomas j. Study, Richmond prosecuting
attorney, John c. Dodson, Cambridge City;
clerk, Harry Daily. Richmond; auditor
Hardin ii. Peelle, Centerville; treasurer
Rudolph Hoover, Cambridge City: sheriff
Jacob II. Lichtenfels. Richmond; coroner
DIR. A. j. Summers, Milton: surveyor
Charles Grimes, Wayne township; COM
missioners, Oliver Cook. Greensboro Rob-
ert Riley, Franklin township.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1.-THE sessions of
the Women's Home Missionary Society
of the Methodist Church to-day were taken
up with reports from the West Central
States, from the West Southern States.
from Florida and from Texas. Reports on
buildings. hospitals and the national train
ing school was also read. The correspond
ing secretaries of the various conferences
gave abstract of their work during the
past year. The following delegates read
reports: Mrs. William T. Brown, Indian
apolis; Mrs. Henry c. Hedges, Mansfield.
o.; Mrs. Jane Bancroft Robinson. Detroit:
Miss Henrietta Bancroft, Detroit, and the
Rev. w. II. Riley. Cincinnati. The So
ciety subscribed $4,000 TO Rust Hall. part
of the Lucy Webb Hayes National Train
Washington
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Naval LEGISLATION Needed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-In his annual
report to the secretary of the navy Judge
Advocate General LemIy urges certain mat
tiers OF legislation which are very much
desired by the navy. He is anxious that
courts-martiaI should have the power to
compel the attendance of civilian witnesses
and that the same tribunals be allowed
TO use depositions He also wishes to con-
solidate examining and retiring boards,
and to empower commanding officers OF
naval stations in the island possessions
of the United States to convene general
courts-martial. Their inability in this mat
ter now gives rise to great inconvenience
and delay in the administration of justice.
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They Prefer English.
Springfield Republican.

The discouragements attending the use
of any language other than English in this
country are illustrated by the dissolution
of the Welsh Congre gational Association of
Western Pennsylvania, an organization for
carrying mission work in the Welsh
tongue In the petition to the court ask.
ing for dissolution and a reorganization of
the association a new body IL was ex-
planned that the Welsh churches and their
members had gradually abandoned their
native language to such an extent that fur
ther work on the old lines was useless.
There are large sections Of the population
In New York city. Chicago. st. Louis and
ethsr cities that use languages other than
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no Moro EnIistment. at Pre.ent.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-The order re-
ducing the army to the minimum of $500
men Is in course of preparation at the War
Department and is one of a series of or
ders that have been issued cutting down
the regular army as the decrease could be
made. as result of the reduction of the
force in the Philippines. The manner in
which this order will be carried out is to
discontinue enlistments until the number
fixed has been reached.
Secretary Root has called on the heads
of the various bureaus for estimates con-
corning the proposed reduction of the army,
and as soon as these are received the order
will probably be issued.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

Green, Toledo, o.; Prof. Henry c. King.
o.: Rev. Sidney Strong, Oak Park. III. The
following officers for 19O2-03 were NOM
mated: President. Samuel B. Capen; cor
responding secretary, Judson Smith, ID. D.;
Charles III. Daniels, ID. D.; James l.. Bar
ton, ID. D.; treasurer. Frank III. Virgins.
The deficit of $500 in the fund of the
advisory committee will be taken from the
treasury of the board
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

BASSE TERRE. Island OF Guadeloupe,
Oct. ls-Between midnight and o'clock
this morning loud detonations were heard
and glimmering lights were seen in the
direction of the Island of Martinique There
were two earthquakes at Les Saintes
islands off the southern extremity of
Guadeloupe, and at Marie Calante island,
south-southeast of Guadeloupe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
NEW PHASE OF THE FIGHT.
Democratic Factions of Sullivan APP
peal to the Courts.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Oct. 16-James M.
Lang, county auditor and chairman Of the
Democratic central committee. caused
sensation this afternoon by filing man.
damus proceedings against County Clerk
Robert Taylor, to compel him to appoint
Charles T. Akin as a member of the board
of election commissioners. Taylor was for
merly chairman of this county and one
of the leaders of e Democratic faction.
He was succeeded by James NJ. Lang. who
was AFFILIATED with another faction.N
Mr.: Lang claims that under the law he
has the right to select the election COM
missioners, who must be certified by the
county clerk. The Taylor faction and those
represented by Lang are very bitter against
each other, and to-day's action is another
development occasioned by the belligerent
Democratic factions of this county. The
organization here is badly disrupted and
many sensational developments may be ex-
pected IL the present condition or affairs
continues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

founded on good sense. The particular bad
luck TO be feared In passing under a ladder
tumbIing down A minor consideration Is
that the painter on the ladder IS indiffer-
ent whether his paint drops down on the
passer-by. and most people have prejudice
against paint on their clothes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

OBERLIN, o.. Oct. ls.-The annual bust
ness meeting Of the American Board of
Foreign Missions lCongregationaD was
held to-day. The president nominated the
committee on new members- II includes
David Fales. Illinois. and w. w. Mills.
Ohio For corporate members the follow
tng among others were named: J. Tyler
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

Rochester Post z,

Rochester Post Express.
Given Knockout drops. felonfously as
saulted, temporarily deranged, hand
cuffed, locked In q cell In a jail. trans
ferred to a madhouse-this Is the story
of a citizen OF Kansas. Back OF ali this
are numerous testimonials OF high char
acter The rewards OF virtue In Kansas
are>not always to be desired. apparently.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.-Because of the
pressure of official business 1t is improb-
able that the President will be able to at
tend the Inauguration of Woodrow Wilson.
Earlier in the season the President had
hoped TO be present on that occasion and
to be the guest of ex-President Cleveland.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Not Necessarily superstftieus.
Record

IL Is assumed that a majority of the
people OF Chicago are superstitious because
OF 500 persons who passed q thirty-foot
ladder which leaned against a building no
less than 36s went around instead OF under
f. The inference Is that they believed II
to be bad luck 20 pass under q ladder II
a wers mere superstition which caused the
majority TO 60 around, the superstition Is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Consress's Duty To the Navy.


Secretary Moody's anxiety concerning
the lack OF officers I'm the navy In solidly
based New ships are being added every
few months to the fleet. yet they require
more officers than the Annapolis school
can turn out. The ships now In commission
from now viii be far worse II emergency
measures cannot be taken In the meantime.
Evidently large classes must be entered
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
Recent Army Orders.

WASHINGTON. Oct 16-Major B. X.
West. commissary at San Francisco. has
been ordered to this city for temporary
duty In the Office of the commissary gen.
eral-
Major Lotus Niles. Artillery Corps. has
been granted two months leave of absence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17

English. but they may see their future In
the fate of the Welsh tongue in western
PennsyIyania
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years TO come. II Congress has a duty 10
perform In the matter of legislation, IL
should not postpone action beyond the
coming winter Having authorized the
new warships, Congress must provide for
a force of officers sufficient TO run them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-17
EDUCATIONAL.
- NORIES'S
BUSINESS C0LLEG

Only school here using the Laboratory Neth0ds-
Only school here teaching touch cor piano. type
writing and English. These methods enable the
learner 10 20 from the school into the Office
without intermediate experience Positions
cured. Call phone write n ID. Worries.
The independent., 1902-11-20
Anidrosis, SkoWegdn, Me.

AS now perfected, offers men and
women the most perfect guide to
health and wealth ever provided on a
hundred times the amount invested
This fuming and bathing alone
promptly dissolves and disinfects for
forced excretion all coagulate, corrupt
matter which clog, poison and disease
the blood, but to expedite the work
in constipated dyspeptics, flushing of
stomach and colon with antiseptics,
makes this the most perfect method
ever invented for human renovation
even in the hands of any inexperi-
enced member of a family. Every
community should be provided with
agents in practice and outfit sales.
Book, ten cents postage.
The independent., 1902-11-20
Advics TO Hide Shippers

In an interview with Mr.. Thos. Nc
Culloch, the Oldest established hide
dealer in this city, some valuable
suggest ms relative to the shipment OF
hides and furs was obtained. For the
benefit of our readers we reproduce
them.
In shipping hides they should be tied
secureIy-in such a way that they will
not come loose. The tag should be at
tached to the hide either at the nose or
tail and in such manner that it can
not be easily torn off. Loose tags fire.
quently make it impossible to identify
and determine from whom it was re-
ceived.
Never put more than one hide in a
bundle. Railroads will deliver only the
number of bundles called for in the
bill of lading. If two hides have been
tied in one bundle and get broken
apart that makes two bundles; the
railroads will deliver but one bundle
and retain for themselves the largest
hide. Last winter twelve hides were
sold by one railroad in Lincoln at
one time as "uncalled for" made nee
essary on account of the poor manner
in which they had been tied for ship
ment and the illegible and insufficient
addresses on the tags.
Always write letter Of advice to
the uide house to which you make the
shipment Enclose with the letter
railroad receipt and describe in Detail
how the hide was marked. 1t is fire.
quently a good plan to even describe
the color of the hide, and size, as near
ly as you can estimate it. The age Of
the animal from which it was taken
is frequently a valuable piece Of in
formation.
Always salt the hides we'll as soon
as they have been removed unless the
weather is freezing cold and likely to
remain that way. A bucket full OF
salt should be used for a hide that
weighs SO or 60 pounds; a smaller
hide would require less salt. Spread
the hide out for few hours, or over
night. after sailing before tying into
a bundle.
A little care in the shipment of hides
will generally secure prompt remit
tance and full pay to the shipper 1t
is more frequently the shippers fault
than any other when the return is not
prompt and entirely satisfactory.