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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29
From Carpenter TO
Scientist

~ NE of the largest scientific col
lections in the great National
~ Museum in Washington
collection which has made
that section of the museum in which
it: is the finest in the world-was
given to it by a man who began life
a. a carpenter and who did not begin
to study science until he was forty
ore years of age. His life shows that
it, is never too late to achieve great
.ssccess.
fRalph Dupuy Lacoe was this mans
n4me. His father was a carpenter,
aad he followed the trade. He was
working as a carpenter when he was
.tTenty-siX years old. Then he un-
dhrtook to cut railroad ties TO supply
a; railroad being built near his home
IL Pittston, Pa, and with the money
thus earned he bought coal lands. He
gradually became prosperous, though
never more than modestly rich. /.
sWhen he was forty-one years old
his health failed, and he was forced
To go TO Florida. To pass way the
tame, he collected specimens of marine
gtowths. He fell in love with the
work, and, despite his illness, he
studied earnestly, and in the end be-
came one of the most valued of Amer
ian students of insect and plant life.
His chief branch was the study Of
extinct and fossil insects and plants,
and the collection which he finally
gave to his country, by his gift TO the
Rational Museum, comprises nearly
10000 specimens of ~paleozoic plants.
Eater he gave his fossil insects and
fishes, which made the National Mu-
scum collection as perfect as any in
tle world.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

A handsome waist which will be
more exclusive than anything to be
seen even at a haberdasher's may be
made of Japanese crepe and embroid.
cred in butterflies. White crepe with
red and black butterflies is very effec-
tive. Single butterflies may be pur-
chased ready to applique. if one does
not care to embroider them. These
crepes are also very dainty when
worked in the new Russian cross
stitch
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An Accommodating CONDUCTORS

/ Il was travelling up in Canada, Just
bver the border OF New York State,
this last summer" said the talkative
drummer, when, just as the train was
about ready e pull out of the station.
i negro ran up excitedly.
Hey. theTel he shouted 10 the
conductor, who was singing out All
aboard Mr.. Martin says would you
i;old the train till he kin change his
klothes, and he'll be along in a few
tminutes?'
+, For sure, said the conductor. in
u matter-of fact way. And we waited
Nor FIVE minutes before Mr.. Martin
burned up in his wedding raiment."
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Why does a widower pay a medium
five dollars to hear his wife talk,
when in life he would have given her a
ten-dollar bill to keep quiet?
Why does the politician in public
say the masses" and in private 'then,
a%sses?"
Why does a man who spends two
hours shaking dice complain when
asked to go down to the cellar and
shake the furnace?
Why does the nan whose cigars
cost ten dollars a hundred pay only
twenty cents a pound for candy for
his wife?
Why does the ba1d-head who sits
in the front row at the theatre pick
out the rear pew in church?
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Ribbon Girdles and Sashes.

The most exquisite girdles and
sashes for evening gowns are being
fashioned out of the dainty new rib
bons which have raised panne velvef
flowers on them. These are rapid,
taking the place of the hand-paintef
Dresden novelties so much in vogu,
until recently.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

full to hundreds of colored families
who live on the estate and work for
her husband. She teaches the wo-
men how to look after their babies
properly, and what to do in case OF
sickness. On a lonely plantation, per
haps twenty or thirty miles from the
| cine chest and acts as physician TO the
countryside.
l know a Jamaica woman, the wife
of a coffee planter, who once vaccin-
ated everybody for miles around her
husbands estate when there was a
smallpox scare. There was no doc
tor within reach, so she journeyed TO
town and got a supply of vaccine and
instructions how to use it. Her
promptness and courage probably
saved scores OF lives.
After this, nobody will be surprised
10 hear that the planters wife super
intends the laborers on the estate
when her husband is away. You can
often see her directing a gang who
are making up a road on the planta-
ton, picking coffee or planting bana-
mas.
Many of these Jamaican planters
belong to the oldest and noblest Eng
lish families, just like the old South
erners. Their ancestors ~immigrated
generations ago, and the plantations
and the family plate and family pride
have been handed down for perhaps a
couple of hundred years after leaving
| the old country. Such a life as that
which Thackeray has described i'm the
earlier chapters of The V~irginians''
is lived to-day, in much the same fash
ion, on many Jamaican plantations.
There is the same generous hospi~
tally, the same pride. the same solic-
itous care for dependents. the same
free, open air, rollicking life.
The Planters Home Is 1.-The Great
House" There.
The planters residence is called the
great house," as it was in the South,
and the planters house servants are
looked upon as the luckiest of the ne
groes on the plantation. They have
all the faithfulness and all the lively
wit and humor which is associated
with the Southern darkey, and their
habits and amusements correspond TO
his. He dances the cake-walk; they
dance the "shay-shay." He tells Uncle
Remus stories; they tell Anancy
stories, which are very similar. They
make up songs about the events OF
the day. just as he did in the good Old
times, and those songs eventually be-
come enshrined in folk lore.
For example, a plantation "busha'
(overseer) named Bayse was going TO
be married. Telling the news TO one
another, it was natural for the pianta-
ton hands to put it in the form of a
song:
"Busha Bayse a 60 marry to-marra,
Marry to-marra, marry to-marra;
Busha Bayse a go marry to-marra,
Blow me organic, blowl"
A colored man named Charles Hig-
gins refused to kiss a girl named Mat
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the city Of Ancestor worshipper.

81 never heard OF a more gross mis-
scarriage of justice" said the Phila
l.delphan. Its outrageous"
i But wasn't he guilty. asked the
stranger within the gates.
Eyes. but the jury d~isgracefully
tneglected to take cognizance of his
sancestry," WAS the reply.
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AT the Woman,s Club

Madam President" said that Of
envious enemy, Il think we
TO PCT a pin under the ON
.mittee.'
"My dear Miss Jones'" replied the
President, smiling her sweetest, the
Irhair appoints you TO the vacancy on
Ihe committee
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On the Jamaica plantations there is
the same bond of loyalty and liking
between white master and black SER
wants that distinguished the old
Southern estates. The color question
causes no trouble there.
The planters wife is Lady Bounti-
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"Calcomined."

Uncle Sambo-Please, sub, DR..
Smith. | called to git calcomined.
DR.. Smith-Eh-what?
Uncle Sambo-Calcomined against
he smallpox, sub.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-29

IN TARNIN', missis, an how
~N dy dis blessid marnin',
lV1 ma'am?"
quite we'll, thank You,
Nurse, and how are your"
well, ma'am, 1 don't so we'll as I
was when | used to nuss you blessed
mammie, but l sposen / IS older now,
an mus look out fe all sorts OBJ mis-
cry"
The speakers were an old negro
'~'nana,'i or nurse, on a Jamaican plan
tation and the planters wife, a Colo
NAL Englishwoman. The mana
might have been one of the old nam
mics" OF the South before the Civil
War. She fitted the part exactly. The
planters wife-tall. stately, patrician
in every line of her figure and every
feature, but gentle and kindly withal
-resembied those women who In
spired the Southern chivalry one hears
and reads so much about. And these
two women fitted into the picture well.
for the whole plantation, with its
busy, merry life, might have been a
slice cut out Of the old South of ante
bellum days.
Poets and novelists have deplored
the passing of the old South. 1t they
.would only take the short sea trip
down TO Jamaica they would find the
old Southern life being lived in al
its glory on hundreds of plantations
there. The only notable difference i:
the absence of slavery. There are
thousand points of resemblance, bu'
perhaps the closest is the likeness o
the mana" to the Southern mann
ME"
Fondness of the Nurses for Then
Little Charges.
Old nurses in Jamaica are Just a;
fond of their longtime chillun" a;
the good, old-fashioned mammies o.
the South were. When one of her
former charges marries, Mana /:
lust as welcome in the new home q:
She was in the old one. She goes there
and waits until her services are re
CURED again, regaling everybody
meanwhile with stories of what {
"blessid chile" Missis was.
Some of these Did 'nanas" have
nursed mother, daughter and grand
daughter, one after the other. Natur
ally their authority over the family i
that of "a absolute. despot. 1t i:
amusing TO see how they still trea
the mother and grandmother as lit
tie children, and how these LONGTIME
children" take "nana's" scolding as i
they really do not know they are
grown up.
Here is a conversation between on
Of these dear old women and her mis-
tress, the mother Of eight children:
Miss Lily" ANYONE whom Mana
ever knew as Miss" remains Miss,
although she may have been a wife
and mother for a generation). Mis-
Lilvl you musn' walk pom dat damn
grass wild dem thin shoes. Come Ii
dis moment, an put on thicker ones!
"Oh, Nurse, I'm only running acros
10 the chicken yard. My feet won
get wet
'Neber mind if you was only goir
one stepl Come in an put on yor
thick shoest
Nurse. you're an old tyrant, but
suppose | must" And the mother O
eight children meekly did as he
nurse told her.
Loyalty of the Black Servants {
Their Masters.
On the Jamaica plantations there
the same bond of loyalty and likin
between white master and black SCI
wants that distinguished the oil
Southern estates. The color questio
causes no trouble there.
The planters wife is Lady Bount
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THE"GREAT HOUSE"
OF THE. PLANTER

INTERESTING Conditions IN a
British Province that Remind the
Tourist of Ante eIlum Days, IN
Dixie's Land -
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oO0oOOoo oO0000oooOooOOOOOooooo.

We sell Hart.
Schanner & Marx
Clothing.
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Beautiful Women.

Plump cheeks, flushed with the soft
glow of health and a pure complexion,
make all women beautiful Take a
small dose of Herbine after each meal;
it will prevent constipation and help
digest what you have eaten. soc.
Mrs. VIM. NJ. Stroud. Midlothian,
Texas. writes, May 81. 1901: I'VE
have used Herbine in our family for
eight years, and found it the best
medicine we ever used for constipation,
bilious fever and malaria"
Sold by F. B. Lille & Co.
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KICK FROM PERRY.
Carnival Committee Makes Statement
in Regard to Rates.

Perry, Okla, Sept 1t.-Editor
Leader: Please publish this explain
atory statement
The Perry people voted s1,1OO
worth of railroad tickets to the Guth-
rie carnival celebiation. Mr.. Corkins,
the Guthrie agent OF the Santa Fe, ad-
vised the general passenger agent of
the Santa Fe system against meeting
the rate of $1.0O made by the D., f. and
G. from Guthrie to Enid on the oc.
casion Of the opening celebration Of
the Cherokee strip. and says that
Guthrie people will go to Enid for
various reasons regardless of rates
DO Guthrie people endorse Mr.. Cork
ms statements? We believe Guthrie
people are friendly to Perry.
D. (. Howendobier,
Chairman Perry Carnival Com.
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Councilman Pe-kins said today: Il
refuse to march up the nil and den
march down again"
Already good effects come from the
new roads Freight rates are dro9-
ping
The american Expross company
will open here nsxt week.
Several box parties are being or
ganized for Dora" Sunday night.
Manager Brooks case has been
quashed. He has violated no ordin.
ance, hence can not be fined.
The local w c. T. U. is sharpening
It's knives for IA active campaign.
Ticket Agent Wells of the Santa Fe
station. has resigned Wells is
splendid man and he is greatly missed
at the ticket window.
Passenger Agent Tedford OF the
Santa Fe, is in the city trailing bust
ness for his road
The rain of Wednesday flooded the
south town bottoms Several i'm
prompts swimming parties were out.
The directors OF the Guthrie club
held meeting yesterday afternoon
and considered several propositions
of moment to the city The board
also discussed plans for paying carni-
val band premiums. The board had
nothing to do officially. with the car.
niyal, but feels that the city's name
should be preserved from assault
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sANrA FE lMpRovEMsNrs.
Mucn Needed Changes Being Made at
Union Depot

Considerable improvement IS being
made at the Santa Fe depot
A strong retaining wall. of stone.
has been built back Of The depot and
the spaces reserved for onrnibuses.
cabs. and baggage wagons. etc. at
each end Of the depot. are being paved.
The steel for the sheds which will
be erected west Of the depot. to ac.
commodate passengers, has arrived
and the work will commence immedi-
ately. Two tracks will be used, in.
stead Of one and the right of way be-
tween the tracks will be paved.
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DON'T KICK

X you get poor cigar. The trouble
Is not so much with the cigar as it is
with you There are plenty of good
cigars in town, and we always have
them. So there is really no excuse
for going hungry for a good smoke
CIT you have the nrice) unless It Is
because you are too lazy to go where
they are kept.
Smoking Tobacco.
II you are a lover Of pipe tobacco
don't forget that we have a nice lot of
Il selected by one OF the most fastid-
GUS old smoker in the land and
Pipes
OF every kind to smoke It In.
oLsMiTH ARMS co.
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Are you a deputy United States
Marshal, or posseman? II 30. yoa
need a day book Special printe4
torms. For sale BY The Leader.
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ALL VOTED DRY.
No Saloon in Lafayette Block IL
Guthrie, Vote Officials.

There was proposition made the
owners of the Lafayette block, where
in are located the territorial offices.
to place a saloon on the first floor
thereof The governor was asked if
he would care II such a business was
allowed to go in, and he in turn sent a
letter to each officeholder on the sub
ject. Every officer but one respond
ed. and all were unanimous against the
saloon.
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A little life may be sacrificed to a
sudden attack of Group If you don't
have DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil on
hand for the emergency
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Try bottle Of Mayhower. Missourrs
Best bottled beer, is absolutely pure.
has delightful flavor. For sale al
William Barringer's.
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Old papers. clean and folded, already
tied and ready to carry, Csc hundred
at Leader office.
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We have placed on display the most complete
Line of High Grade Clothing ever seen in
Guthrie. This season we are showing more
styles and exclusive designs than we have any
previous season, and prices are within the
reach of all. To appreciate these facts you
should examine our enormous stock of cloth
ing.
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Let us show you
the new fall
shapes in Has.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

Belgrade, June 1S-The position of
King Peter l. promises to be little
more than that of royal captive. The
real government of the country will
be military dictatorship under the
leaders of the revolution, Colonel Mas
chin and Colonel Mitschlitch. The new
king is almost without personal adj
herents and the ruling spirits of the
army, it is thought, would just as read
lily murder him as they did his prede-
cessor should he oppose their aims. At
present the whole country is under
military rule, and although no projects
in the country districts have been re-
moved, each is accompanied by an
army officer, who attends the project
wherever he goes, even to the tele-
phone. This policy has led to one good
result-not single case of disorder
anywhere has been reported. Extreme
ly forcible arguments were found nee.
essary to repress the radical aspira.
tions of republic.
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Killed at Trail Smelter,

Rossland, B. c., June 1S.-Leo
Chameron, foreman of the matte crush
ing department of the Trail smelter,
met horrible death. He went to the
matte bins and 10 minutes later was
found dead in No. bin with both
feet off. His clothing had become en-
tangled in shaft making so revo.
lutlons minute, and the unfortunate
man was whirled to death.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

It's no use crying over watered milk
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

nat camp are
nd, md some fine 5
posed -
BIRTHS
The Rossland
n,aced several
arm mine at r.
y Kootenai lax
Gently by one
aver experienc
liant. Little
,hree small \
beach were bl
The smelter
of providence
gives a net ct,
a and the va ~
percentage q
s4,sO7.46' or 'a :
per ton, le e,,
charges. IL
ounces per
$50 ounces.
Luther wa
of San Fran
and has bee
property LOCI
according td
.oner, the o
The owners
have spent
in developI
siderable nj
Late last
Duck, owne
ed about t'
| B. c., on II
river, was
| 10000. 7
hydraulic
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clubhouse
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list in tt
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inc enter
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month pl
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built at
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600 tons
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Idaho, |
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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

Butte, Mont, June 1S.-A Missoula
special says: Pat Donovan, well
known rancher west of here was shot
fatally by three highwaymen just be-
fore dawn. AS he lay on the ground
Donovan shot and killed one highway
man and fatally injured another.
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...Dressnaking

am prepared to do fashionable
dressmaking, and all kinds of sewing.
Also have samples of suitings, waist
ings, ETC., and can order direct for
patrons.
MRS. D. TRIBE.
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Bride to Be Suicides.

New Orleans. June 16.-Within an
hour of the time set for her mar
riage Miss Hattie T. Thomas commit
ted suicide by taking laudanum. She
left note asking her family to pray
for her.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

bodies are allowed to be taken away
the relatives will cut a lock of hair,
take piece of the destroyed clothing
or secure some other article, which is
to be held by the remaining members
of the family as something to remem-
Der this horror stricken occasion.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

Great Falls, Mont, June 1S.-George
Barnreiter, 6 years old, was drowned
in the Missouri river here by the sink
ing of leaky boat Willie Hanshaw,
who was with him, waded to shore.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19
.I|A[S AND
Or EVERY
item. of '"'s ss
|" Nature Gather
w.sk-Ns~ 0
| she~1nss-Ma
| and personals

Such general general
the Occur r. d .,,n
at At a lively s cl,p
t. t,lct, just y Te s,I,
that camp "a are !
and and some fine :
posed. II
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

bodies are allowed TO be taken away
the relatives will cut a lock of hair,
take piece Of the destroyed clothing
or secure some other article, which is
to be held by the remaining members
of the family as something to remem-
Der this horror stricken occasion.
At Work on the Debris.
The outdoor scene is nearly as bad.
Hundreds of men are at work in small
crews on the heaps of ruins which in
some instances stand fully 20 feet
high, AS timbers are pulled aside, a
new victim comes into view. In the
cases of death of women, only corsets
can be found on the bodies. In some
cases arms, hands, legs, feet and other
portions of the bodies have been torn
away, and in only one or two instances
have the several limbs been found.
Thousands Of men have reached here
today. all coming from the surrounding
country, some on horseback and many
in wagons, as there is no other trans
portation. A large vigilance commit
tee has been formed and for the time
the city government has been placed
in its hands. Armed men patrol the
path of ruin, urging and commanding
idle men to go to work.
Hail Six Feet Deep.
One feature Of the days scenes is
the large piles of hail which lie on
the streets. In some places they are
six feet deep and have the appearance
of sand and snow drifts. Notwithstand-
ing the hot sun of the past two days,
the piles of hail are so large that it
will be days before they disappear.
Large quantities of bottled beer are
found in the heaps, and the men at
work, when they found the beer, stop
ped to take a refreshing drink. No
drunkenness or fighting has been seen
and it would not be allowed.
Free Eating Houses.
Free eating houses in all parts of the
town have been established. Every
thing is free. Workmen only are sup
posed to eat, but loafers also come for
their share. Men are at the tables
constantly, and this caused consider
able confusion. Many eating places
are in buildings, but others are in the
open sun. Relic hunters are numerous,
walking to and fro over the ground
constantly. Watches, knives, spoons,
forks, and in fact everything imagin-
able is picked up. Pocketbooks with
money are taken from victims before
they reach the morgue. Watch charms,
pins and other things are also taken
from the clothing before the relatives
have time to secure them. This action,
if discovered, is punished as quick as
possible by the special officer, but can
not be stopped entirely.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-19

MRS. D. TRIBE.
The Washington times., 1903-06-10
Will Be Coded to Germany.

1t is this agreement between the two
sovereigns which has been embodied in
a law presented 20 the Swedish legisla-
ture by the cabinet, and which has re-
ceived parliamentary sanction-a meas
ure providing for the cession of the
Swedish city and seaport of Wismar, and
of the island OF Peel. which commands
the entrance of the Bay OF Wisfnar, to
the grand duke of Meckienburg- Schwer-
in The Swedes, like the Germans. are
disposed to be sentimental, and the clos
ing debate in the Swedish chambers took
the form of a species of eloquent fare
wells addressed to Wismar, which in
past centuries has played so great a
role in the history of Sweden, the CON
Guiding address by the minister OF for
eign affairs being heard by the entire
house standing.
Germany will doubtless at once take
advantage of the establishment of its
Sitie 10 Wismar. to fortify it, and it
will doubtless become ere long quite as
much of naval stronghold of the en-
pire as KEEL.