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Standard Oil Men Laid on.

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-Three hundred men
employed in making steel tank cars at the
works of the Standard Oil Company at
Whiting Ind, have been discharged. Cur
tailment of expenses is given as the cause.
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The Surer Way

Have your cake, mullins, and tea biscuit home
made. They will be fresher cleaner, more tasty and
wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to
produce at home, quickly and economically fine and
tasty cake, the raised hot biscuit, buildings, the
frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, cruers crsts and
mullins, with which the ready-made food found at
the bake-shop or grocery does not compare.
Royal is the greatest Of bake-day helps.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENSBURG. Ind. Nov. ia party
of surveyors has just completed survey
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States. The minister IL is believed. will
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ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
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SONG or SHEAyES AND ROPES.
One Sound Heard, In tho Building OF .
House, That Pleases Mr.. BiIltOps.

Musical sounds are by no means the
only ones that are pleasing to rs." said Mr..
BILLIONS; there are some simple, homely
sounds that may give us positive delight.
For instance
Next door to where live they are build
ing n house; and when, In the course Of the
work, they have got the walls up, all around,
another story, they bring up the floor beams
10 Law on them These beams they hoist
I'D from below with simple block and
tackle supported at the head ofan upright
stick of timber; and the pleasing sound
To which refer IL that heard when they are
swaving up floor beams with this tackle.
the rhythmic singing OF the sheaves in the
tackle blocks and the sound OF the strain
inp Of the rope rs they hoist. The delight
that this sound gives springs from the
PLEASURES Of recollection and those OF anticl-
patton; it is the sound OF the hosting OF
sail on boat
at brings back the water with its freedom
and a boat, catboat, sloop, or what not,
moored, perhaps at some aa s.rna pace ts
men standing on her deck and swaying
M her mainsail, hosting away with regular
swings at throat halIiards and at peak.
The sound that the hoist OF the moor beams
Ira,es ia for all the world. like that Of
Getting ts up sail on boat; and that last short
swing swing that they give here. to get beam
iust high enough, is the last final pull that
y yom give there to the peak, to make the
sail set smooth, before you straighten out
the rattle ON deck cast loose and MI away,
sFor that matter ] like the sound or docks
and tackle anywhere; even If they are heard
nnjv in the hosting out or tho hoisting In
~ the cargo OF a ship tied up at a city wharf,
" heard, in fact, Il is a sound that
gives pleasure, that savors OF ships and the
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Fruit Trade OvercrOwded and New Lines
Must he Opened.

There has been established uptown,
probably the pioneer of other like agencies.
an employment bureau for Greeks, who
have become an important element in the
population Of New York. At the door are
the flags of Greece and the United States
and the announced purpose OF the agency
is to find work for male Greeks. There
are, practically no female Greeks in New
York
The influx of Greeks into the United
States. which has been going on actively
for many years and which ia practically
limited to New York and vicinity, few OF
the Greek immigrants going either South
or West, continues unatated and the dis
parity between the sexes in Greek immi-
grafton does not decrease. During the
first three months of 1908 OF las Greeks
who landed at Ellis Island, 1880 were men
and boys ana only forty-five were women
or girls. The Greek mems special adapta-
bility is at gardening or sllk weaving Greece
being one of the countries i'll which tho
manufacture Of silk and cultivation OF
cocoons is important
The Greeks who come to New York ars
usually robust. They are much taller
than other immigrants from the Mediter-
ranean and they take TO the hard work rS-
CURED of all newcomers without hesitancy
or Sinking Recently they have over
crowded the retail and wholesale fruit
trade for which they have special fitness.
and it has, therefore, been found necessary
by many Of them to seek other lines OF
employment, particularly those lines in
which the competition with other workers
il less than in the fruit business The
Greeks of the city are generally industrious
and temperate
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tho line about his shoulders. Now the
men on deck heaved In, and presently had
their mate with them, unconscious, but
safe.
A swift examination by the surgeon
showed that there was no fracture from the
blow Of the cat block, and In TEN minutes he
was around again, declaring to the officer
in charge Of the work that he could surely
hook that block the next time.
Meantime his mate on the anchor had
been hanging tight 10 the shank and watch
ing his chance to imprison the unwieldy
hook. But now the captain interfered
and ordered that effort to stop and the man
to come back on deck He had formed a
different plan.
There was no use trying TO run to Glouces-
ter with the anchor hanging. That was
straight into the storm, and the side Of the
ship would certainly be badly stove in,
perhaps putting her out OF service entirely
for some time. With war just declared
that would be catastrophe no Captain
would care to contemplate. especially not
that one.
He determined instead to haul up the
anchor as far as was possible, so that it
should have the smallest room for play,
and then to run across the storm to Prov
incetown. hoping thus to avoid the danger
GUS .pllnging Of the ship.
All day the cruiser steamed across Massa-
CHuStttb nay, 50 SLOWLY kIlAG IL e6crIleU at
times she was hardly making any head.
way, Just at nightfall she made the harbor,
and in quiet waters once more the unruly
anchor was let go again.
The OfiiCers were at dinner when the
carpenter came In and spoke softly to the
First Lieutenant.
Compartment AlOi is full of water"
he said, and named three or four others
that were also filed.
After all 1t had happened, the anchor had
punched hole through the thin plates OF
the ships side. But the leak was not big
one and the pumps easily kept the water
down.
A day or two later, in perfectly quiet
water, men went out on a catamaran and
put a lead patch over the broken place.
While they were at 1t painters were swarm
ing about the ship. The curious New Eng
landers who fiocked out from their now
protected shore in small boats to. see their
protector rowed around and around the
cruiser and commented on the neatness of
her appearance, and wondered that the
captain would undertake to paint ship in
war time. but not one OF them spied that
patch just at the water line close to the
stem.
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WHEN 1.-THE Old MAN. WAS RILED
His Sons Knew what to Expect and That
Ended q Civil War Battle.

LANCASTER, No, July 30.-One Of the
battles of the civil war was fought just
east OF here, near the hamlet Of Athens, on
Aug. s, 1851, and the people of Clark county
have annually celebrated that greatest
Of events in their quiet neighborhood.
This year they are arranging for pro-
gramme that will surpass all former efforts.
They are determined that the world shall
not forget this battle field Of the back
woods although the big histories have ig-
nored 1t.
Athens is between sixty and seventy
miles north Of Gettysburg. 1t was gar
risoned by about 500 Federals under Col.
David Moore The Federal soldiers had
been under fire before and were well dis
ciplined Col Martin Green and LOO
Confederates were approaching from the
west. The Confederates were armed with
shot guns, old-fashioned pistols, corn
knives, pitchforks and clubs At Edna
they scattered force of Federals and be-
came 80 enthusiastic that they thought
nothing could stop them. A Confederate
flag was run up on the court house. and
these raw soldiers thought they had saved
Missouri to the Southern cause. There
it was learned OF the Federal force at Athens
The Confederates were keen for another
scrap and demanded to be led against the
enemy.
What happened Is thus told by ". T.
Roberts of this city, who carried musket
with the @Johnnies":
we left Edna with nearly 1000 men,
but about 900 dropped out az we got closer
to the bear. The attack began little after
daylight. We approached from the south
and west. / never saw people so full OF
fire as our boys were. Some Of the officers
who were men OF experience, had grave
doubts about the outcome on account
Of our lack Of discipline, but hoped that
enthusiasm would make up for It, At first
the Confederates did right well. It was
their first experience under trained fire
and it looked like they might become
soldiers.
Now and then our boys would break
out with the triumphant rebel YELL The
Federals were hard pressed and fighting
with great heroism. There was another
veil, but 1t was not from our side. The
enemy had got reanforcenents from Keo-
kuk. Our people heard OF it and became
demoralized. They didn't know whether
the resnforcements amounted to 100 or 10 900,
but imagined the worst.
"The tide OF battle was turned against
Is by an odd incident right here. Col.
Moore Of the Federals lined up his n
creased force and ordered an attack Plac-
ing himself at the head Of the column, he
drew his sword and cried,
Come on, boys Wen give EN- hellr
Fighting with the Confederates were
John and Will Moore. sons of the Federal
commander They heard the roar of their
sire across the cornfelds and knew what
it meant for them. They had been fighting
bravely, and their faces and bodies we're
for them the battle was over. Turning to
his comrades, John said:
The old mans rled, fellows, and there
amt any use bucking him any longer. l
am going home
And home he went on the run. The
worst of 1t was that the rest Of the boys
took Johns word for the Colonel's dam
gerols ire and skedaddled for tall timber"
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RAISING .ALLTGATORS.
One Breeder Has Farms In Arkansas and
Florida.

NEW ORLEANS, July sO-The departure
by express to-day of two cages OF small
live alligators to Hot Springs, Ark, dis
closed the existence at that place OF an
alligator ranch for the purpose Of raising
alligators for the market and that another
alligator ranch, owned by the same breeder.
is in operation in Florida.
The hunting Of alligators has almost
exterminatsd them In Louisiana and Flor
ida, and II IL evident that in few years
the wild alligator will be extinct. In view
Of this and the great demand for alligators
for geological departments, an effort In
bein,, made to raise them by hand.
A considerable part OF this years hatch
ings instead of being mounted, Is being
cent 10 the Arkansas and Florida ranches,
and raised for the market.
1t ia a slow process, but II is thought
that the alligator will become 80 much
more valuable when the wild ones ere
killed OF that 1t will pay to raise them
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Slas Hutohins made no sign that h4
in moment Mr., Martyrs burly foot shiv-
cred the light door, and with a tug OF his
powerful arms he had pulled what was
left Of it of it's hinges and disclosed to view
the senseless form Of his little son. The
heat and the terror OF the situation had
overcome him.
Martyr picked him up and strobe out
to the pump with him. Dashes Of cold
water from half dozen willing hands-for
all the children had trooped out with no
more thought OF Hutchins than II he had
not existed brought him around In
few minutes.
Then Hiram Martyr went back to tho
schoolroom and picked a pad from the
teachers desk and wrote on 1t: This
school is closed until further notice. Hiram
Martyr, Trustee"
This he pinned upon the front door. Then
he said: Run out, children. I'm sorry
to have cut your schoolin' short, but we'll
probably open in q few days with some one
to run the school that knows how.
The children stood around, wide mouthed
at the words. Hutchins sat at his desk
in brown study. He was wondering
what TO do next, But Mr. Martyr decided
the question for him.
Young man." he said. I've nothin'
ag'ln YOU dare say you're good for
somethin' but from all accounts you amt
a leader OF men, nor boys, neither. and
advise you to get some place wher you
won't have no occasion to show authority.
Your resignation is accepted"
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H' tNs sH 80
CURIOUS
CONCEPTS OF
THE FUNNY MEN
SEEN AND
DESCRIBED
THE=
HUMOROUS
SIDE of LIFE

What in the name Of the Russian Con-
sul!' he exclaimed where in--?'
YOU'RE in my house. sir, informed
him in my politest manner. You have
the honor to be at present enjoying the
"'Your house9' he shrieked. Your
house? Well, get yer burned old house
out OF here, then It's trespassing on my
pr sps;- .,,, s,,,,.;,,. ,,,.s.,, 49,, J..
upon yourself to order Lochinvar Leary
from his own dwelling? What's more, sir,
l wish you distinctly to understand that
your land is trespassing under my house.
III give you exactly one week In which
TO dig up said land and remove every spade,
estate of my own which wish to move in
Maybe that wasn't calculated to make
him hot! Why, for about ten minutes
there he'd have made Hades look like
midwinter ice carnival.
"Did he remove his blamed landp Not
much. He took the matter to court and
laid claim to my house on the ground that
when he bought the land Il included every
thing on it. What do you think Of that
for orust'
Naturally | put in counter claim that
as had bought the land on which my house
stood, and az that land a. present happened
to be his land why, Of course, his land was
my land,
would have been decided II another one OF
those things hadn't happened along. The
trial had scarcely been on ten minutes
before a guy stuck his head In the door
and yelled
Say. it didn't take that court more'n
about two instants to adjourn to the
furthest corner of the judicial cellar. and
at that We didn't get there any too soon
When things had finally. blown over
bat Il
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INV. but I'm tired" remarked Loeb
inyar Leary, when he had given his order.
srye been house-hunting all day
Didn't know you'd lost one put in the
bartender.
sDidn't your I suppose you meant that
"a Joke But 1t amt one. really did
bse house, and I've been hunting for 1t
al day long, Fill up that glass again and
I'll tell you how it happened
Twas along in the early 'os that I
ven, out to Kansas zepheria was a COM
Ing city when went there Before left
it had started going.
First thing l did after striking town
was buy couple of the cheapest building
lots could find erected a sumptuous
residential palace on EN-.
Folks said was foolish to build such
magnificent dwelling in such poor part
of the city. But I've ALWAYS held that it's
the house that makes the neighborhood.
not the neghborhood that makes the house.
way il waited long enough. As it turned
ont, however, I blew things away. But
that's getting ahead of my story.
Twas In the second month of my sojourn
at Zepheria. that it happened. noticed,
just before lay me down for my afternoon
nap, that the sky seemed to have taken
on a sort Of yellowish tint, and that the air
was chiller than ID had been, but didn't
attach any significance to that at the time,
Il remember that my sumber was sort
INV dreams that considerable things were
doing in the thunder and lightning line.
'"Then came that awful bump. Say.
you know how you fee going upstair
IN the dark when you think there's just
one more step, and there isn't? Well.
buror, I uneak of met aS IL yOu'd
calculated on at least three steps that
weren't. " woke me.
Il rubbed my eyes and went to the win
dow. | looked out, and Good Heavens"
I cried Vas | awake or dreaming'
Il pinched myself and looked again.
could scarcely believe my eyes. Instead
Of the familiar shanties and garbage piles
characteristic OF my part OF town. was
now gazing ont upon the SWEETEST residential
street in all the city.
looked | darted from room to room ex
aiming everything. 1t was certainly my
house all right
Then hurried down to the cellar stairs
My heart almost stopped at the sight that
cellar get under my house? And that day
light flooding in through the ceiling at the
far end, where did that come from?
Further reflection was interrupted by
commotion in what was evidently the coal
bin A terrified face appeared over the
edge.
lis it all over? chartered the faces
teeth
1T seems to be all over I said All
except that far corner there where the
daylght's coming in: And reckon We
can cover that by moving over the house
little further
What are you driving att? The face
gazed at me in wonder. rs the cyclone
over'
me. Yes, that's all over.
THE face heaved . sigh OF relief and
dragged the body and legs that went with
! it out Of the coal bin.
| Il started back up the stairs. My coal
bin acquaintance followed. His surprise
( upon reaching the ground door was even
n greater than mine had been upon entering
The cellar.
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IN THE sEARCHL1GHTs GLARE.
4 Flash That Caused an Engagement 70
Bc Broken on.

The story came into his mind as he was
crossing the Hudson on a ferryboat which
fo~ u moment was brought into bright
light as 1t passed over the waving comet-
like path Of an electric searchight.
They're bad things" said the man with
the "Reminiscences. Il mean aearchlights.
know of one that broke an engagement,
"She was a very pretty girl who was
spending a week or 40 in one of the Hudson
river towns not very far up. He--that is,
the man she was engaged to--was working
overtime down here in the big city. He
couldn't get up to see her very often.
well, there happened to be in the same
town with the girl a very nice young chap.
a handsome fellow who WAS rusticating
and working up for the fall examinations
for entrance TO college. She was SYM
pathetic and tried to help the handsome
Young chan with his Lain and Greek.
she didn't lose her heart to the hand.
near losing his to her. don't blame him.
At any rate. it was the same old story, more
or less.
got whole day OF and went up to see her.
The young chap came around In the even n.
piazza overlooking the river.
"The young chap. was going away from
the town the next day. and he got reckless
and put his arm on hers az it lay on the
edge of the bench. Nothing IN UGH, you
know. and the girl wasn't much to blame
for not Withdrawing her arm.
Just then the man from the city spied
a Hudson River boat coming down. He
had hardly told the girl who was between
the two men, about It when the steamers
searchlight Rashed the darkness, and threw
electric daylight all over that piazza;
"The searchlight operator must have
been prompted by some evil genius, for hs
let the end of that light wave rest on that
piazza for several seconds. II was light
there plenty long enough for the man from
the city to see those two arms together.
You see, the chap who was trying to get
into college and to make love at the same
time was 30 overcome by sentiment that he
couldn't get his arm away quickly enough.
Il think the pretty girl married . teloV
from the West the nett year"
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THE RESIGNATION OF
/ SlLAS HUTCHINS.
One Day in the Life Of a School,
teacher Who Did Not Know
How to Manage Boys.
BY CHARLES BATTFLL LOOMS.

1t was Silas Hutchins's first day as
teacher Of the East Paynville school. He
wac young man with an abiding faith in
Silas Hutchins, an amazing lack Of tact
and determination to rule the school from
the start. He entered the schoolhouse
that morning stranger to most of the
pupils, with chip on his shoulder.
Now, as it happened, they were willing
to start fair. As Jim Stcbbins said to
Jason Fellows
Let's size up the moo teacher, an II
he's half way decent Wen help him run the
school and keep Ike in order. But II he's
a chump. he can run it himself a nd we'll
have hand nthe fun. too"
And Jason assented. with q secret hope
that Mr.. Hu.chins would prove chump.
They had been on the side of the late school
master, Jonathan Symonds. because he
had appealed to ,heir better instincts; hut
Jason was perfectly willing to Civ. his
better instincts a rest for this rn. a,d he
hoped with all his heart that Hutchns
would not come up to their standard
Silas Hrtchins had read numerous stories
about young men who had risen to great
ness and who had got their start by obtain
lag the mastery over unruly boys; but he
tltu Hot hho" tHd' ptS-hcodcahcss 10 Otliy
distantly related to force and cannot work
the same results.
He rang the bell out OF the school window
and the children came hustling in, a giggling,
hearty lot. When they were seated he rose
and disclosed the chip on his shoulder
Children" he said, ~ have come to
this school to teach you all you ought TO
learn, and intend to do it, Exchange Of
glances between Jim and Jason. Il don't
know how you feel about It, but intend
to be master hero.
IF you all obey me you will find that
am all .right=-and you'll enjoy your work;
but I'd like to see q boy break rule. I'd
have him out here in minute and I'd show
him by the feeling OF his palm that there
are two rulers in this school. myself and
this"
Here he held up. ferule. He may have
meant to bc jocoss, but he failed to elicit
a smile from single pupil.
Now Wen begin school, and remember
no monkey business or you'll find that
I'm pretty tough man to deal with
more injudicious speech. never was
made Ly n young man just beginning a
career At the start Of II he had not an
enemy In thc school At the clos, he was
an unpopular man.
The morning session passed without
incident Jim and Jason wcrr aching to
show him that he wasn't master; but a
survival Of the feeling that Mr.. Symonds
had aroused in them kept them al their
tasks. And, for wonder, Ike Robert s
behaved himself, whether through fear
or from lack of opportunity It would b.
hard to say.
He was dull, heavy boy, with no ainbi-
ton and little wit. He had been In the
district school for four years and had
learned in that time nothing that bright
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Why. Then Nobody Can Spell It.

Sure and a foin young clerk asked me how
will tell yez. Sure, il young man OF yur
education can't spill Il. how do yez think poor
man like me kim
PennspIranin Punch Boui.
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Something to He Thankful For.

"A pain have from eating jam"
Sail rkilosophic Mary Jane;
But. oh how clad. how Tlad am
M bed has rot . collnterpane|
&C. HdrrCrd Ldr,poon
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Why ElGec

Elgip--Do YOU mean to continue manu-
featuring watches9
Waltham--For a time.
ennsylrdnia Punch Bori