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Theatrical Notes.

The Grand will have a big vaudeville act
next week in the Beaux and Bellies octet
The four young women and four young
men who compose this little company of
singers and dancers have played in all of
the best vaudeville houses in the country
from New York to California The act
which the octet presents was written by
H. T. MacConnell. who composed the
catchy score for George Lederer's produc-
ton of 1.-The Casino Girl two years ago
and also some of the bright musical num-
bers of THE Liberty Bellies. The act has
been costumed in the most lavish manner,
and a special stage setting Is carried. There
will be two more performances OF the
Grand's current vaudeville bill to-day.
these being the last opportunities to see
Fraulein Capell with her trained horse and
dogs.
'Bolivar's Busy Day" has caught the
fancy of the Parks patrons. There are
many funny situations and good musical
numbers in the piece, and Billy Van has
never before had so many chances for
nirth making. Although Nellie O'Neill is
still absent from the cast the show is pleas
ing large audiences. The Royal Liliputians
come to the Park next Monday for half
weeks stay, and Ii Is understood that the
midget comedians are giving better enter
tainment than ever.
The Jolly Grass Widows burlesque COM
pany concludes its week at the Empire with
a matinee and an evening performance to-
day. The show has done a pretty good
weeks business, but Ii would have done
much better If IL had contained more new
features. Phil Sheridan's City Sports COM
pany comes Monday as next weeks at
traction.
Miss June Van Buskirk. who created such
a favorable impression among Indianapolis
theatergoers when seen at the Park in
Sergeant James" about six weeks ago. has
been singled out by Kirke La Shelle to play
the leading girl character in the forthcom-
ing production of Checkers which, by
the way, will be seen in this city before the
end of the season. Little Miss Van Bus
kirk has had a busy season OF It she
started out by creating the ingenue part in
Sergeant James," and later on was en-
gagged to originate the character or Ella
Seafcrth in Augustus Thomass new play.
1.-The Earl of Pawtucket."
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The Virgin Mother.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal:
In his comments on Judge Baldwins SER
mon of last Sunday in to-day's Journal Mr..
Hetero Doxy does Mary. the mother of
Jesus, great injustice. Are we Ito believe
that laws of nature were set aside on the
mere say-so of one Jewish maiden?" he
asks. But the Jewish maiden never said
so. In every instance in which she is repre-
sented as speaking the third person is used.
How can this be?' Mary asked of the
angel. I'm this / am the servant of the
Lord said Mary. Then Mary said, MY
soul extols the Lord" in her song, the
Magnificent" All this is said of Mary by
some one of whom nothing is certainly
known. So of Joseph. We have not a
word of his speaking directly from him.
IAN angel of the Lord appeared to him In a
dream" some one tells US. But all not Of
Mary's own utterance is of no consequence
in the relation, because nobody else could
answer all questions, and Mary has not
spoken. And, further, in so far as her say
ings as recorded by others can be regarded
as authentic, they make against more than
they tend TO establish the spiritual father
hood of Jesus. Your father and / have
been searching for you in great distress. .
she is made to say. The same writer the
author of Luke. or the redactor of that gos-
pei In speaking. of Joseph and Mary. re-
peatedly says, the childs parents 1.-The
child's parents" 1.-The father and mother of
the child" So of their wonderment at the
things that were said Of the child when
they dedicated him, as the first born, to the
Lord. it is inexplicable If the tales of the
revelations to them OF his immaculate con-
ception are true.
Hetero Doxy has no ground for his cast at
Mary, but he is right as to the ''immacu late
conception of Jesus. 1t is fragile OF SUI
perstition which. II advanced to-day for the
first time, would be given hea ring. and
Judge Baldwin. in holding to its truth,
while brushing aside others Of the miracles
1<s.1 -
funny. His attitude suggests comparison
between him and the late Myron w. Reed.
Mr. Reed was an advanced thinker who felt
required to pose a fossil while Judge
Baldwin is a fossil who tries to pose as an
advanced thinker. 0. w. SEARS.
Indianapolis. Feb &c
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No wonder He Became Rich.

Youths Companion.
The shrewdness OF one OF the founders OF
a famous estate in Maine gave rise to many
amusing stories, one of which has recently
been retold.
One day the man, who was a large lum-
Der operator, was experimenting a crew
which was breaking up a log jam in the
river. Suddenly the spruce on which he
was standing slipped. The lumberman
dropped out of sight in the water, and the
logs closed over him.
The nearest Frenchman saw the accident.
Hopping briskly over the slippery logs. he
helped the boss" 10 land.
Nothing was said about the accident.
After an hour or so the Frenchman began
to get anxious, because the reward which
he considered due was not forthcoming
He approached the lumberman, and, pull
ing clumsily at his cap stammered:
81 see you fall in, m sier. an i run queek
to pull you out fore you drowned"
"Prob'ly, snapped the lumberman,
''probly. IL you'd been tending to business
as you'd oughter you wouldn't have seen
me fall in,''
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1873 February e 1903
(Qticura
% YEARS OLD TO-DAY
With the Worlds Record
Medicinal, Commercial
and Financial.

1t is difficult to realize the mighty
growth OF tie business done under
this name. From q small beginning In
the simplest form, against prejudice
and opposition. against monied hosts,
countless rivals. and trade indifference,
Cuticura remedies have become the
greatest curatives of their time, and,
in fact, Of all time. for nowhere In the
history of medicine is to be found an
other approaching them in popularity
and sale.
In every cline and with every people
they have met with tie same reception.
The confines Of the earth are the only
limits to their growth. They have con-
quered the world. BY rail and sail, by
caravan, by saddle. and on the backs
Of human beings, they have made their
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way to the farthermost parts Of the
earth.
There seems to be something about
Cuticura remedies which invites the
confidence OF mankind. National pecu-
liarities, European, Eastern, and Ash
attic teachings and traditions seem TO
have no adverse influence upon them
Hence they are to be found In every
part of the world, and the sight OF
them in the bazaars and native shops
of foreign lands has inspired the Ameri-
can traveller with patriotic emotions
second only to those produced by the
contemplation of his country's flag.
To the test of popular judgment all
things mundane must finally come.
The world has rendered its verdict
In favor Of Cuticura.
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of Lebanon. Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Pearcy of
Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Weiland of
Chicago. Arthur Strickland and Frank Da-
wilson, of Greencastle. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
F. Hummell of Chicago, and Miss Evange-
line st. Clair of Milton.
WAYNE COUNTY WEDDINGS.
Special to the indianapolis Journal
RICHMOND. Ind. Feb. T.-Charles Z.
Bennett and Miss Anna NJ. Lammert were
married at the brides home by the Rev. c.
Huber. William l.. Seaney and Miss Nellie
Osborn were married a the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Os-
born, of Boston. Ind. by the Rev. Mr..
Hoeffer.
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An enjoyable entertainment was given
in the parlors of the Y. NJ. c. A. last night
by Laura Cameron Stephenson. Thomas E.
Smiley and Archias Elmer Winters. The
programme consisted OF readings. and Mr.
Smiley gave a number of extracts from
his books. One of the best numbers was
"A Song OF Childhood" by Mrs. Stephen
SON. Following Is. the programme. Aunt
to Folks" Thomas h. Smiley; "A Statue Of
Liberty" Laura Cameron Stephenson;
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MADAME MOHL'S SALON.
Subject of Reading by Madame Fredin
Before the Alliance Francais

The salon OF Madame Mohl which held
from 1s4S to 1880 in Paris and which was
notable for the association of Madame
Recamier and the meeting of such French
notables as Chateaubriand. Guizot. THEIRS
st. Simon. st. Hilare and many others. was
the subject OF a reading before the Alliance
Francois at the Propylaeum last night. In
spite OF the bad weather the attendance
was full. The reading was by Madame
Blanche Fredin, o. Cincinnati. and was re-
ceived with expressions OF extreme enjoy
ment. After the reading Madame Fredin
gave a selection from Victor Hugo
Gems"
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TRUTH OF MIRACLES.
Judge Baldwin's Statements and
Those of His Critics.


Those of His Critics.
To the Editor of the Indiana polls Journal:
"Hetero Doxy' is very gleeful in his COM
ments on Judge Baldwin's address at the
Propylaeum Sunday on miracles. From
this critics standpoint the judges posi-
tions were untenable and did not bear the
test of criticism all of which is unjust
and a one-sided view of a very strong.
forceful address. the words fitting close to
his ideas. True, there were many ques-
tons fired" at him; some were irrelevant
and others really silly, but all that came
within the scope Of sense and reason were
answered satisfactorily. The writer has
no set and cock-sure views on the question
Of miracles as those Of "Hetero Doxy," but
attended the meeting in receptive mood.
/ now freely admit that the orderly, logical
and illuminative reasoning of Judge Bald
win in handling the somewhat doubtful and
unusual conditions surrounding the mir
acles did produce very marked impression
on my mind and that of others with whom
/ conversed. To many of the free thinkers
present and the two self-proclaimed wild
eyed Socialists, who occupied seats near
mine, whose tantalizing interrogatories
were intended to be smart. reason or ad-
mtted fact is of no avail. According to
.'Hetero Doxy," the idea borrowed from his
fOrerunner, Hume, PROOF OF miracle is an
impossibility." Many thinkers, more than
the peer of either. and somewhat dextrous
in the puncturing of shallow casuistry,
claim there is no contradiction between
what We know by testimony and the evil
dence upon which a law of nature is
based" Development in phenomena Of an
apparent suspension of what was formerly
considered natural law, and the investiga-
tions into the occult field unveil most con-
founding conditions that would almost seem
to contradict the much used. assertion of
the agnostic, that the laws of the universe
are never suspended" Probably not really
suspended. but in instances phenomenally
and greatly varied from supposed condi-
tons. Things are not always what they
seem to the superficial theorist. Judge
Baldwin's arguments and conclusions were
wholly based on Christ exercising divine
powers in the miracle performance. To say
that the creator of watch designed to
strike twelve the instant the sun crosses
the meridian cannot change the pinions and
cogs thereof TO strike twelve an hour be-
fore or after meridian noon is not a conclu-
sion founded on sense or fact
Indianapolis, Feb. q. ORTHODOX.
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Mohammednu Converts.

To the Editor of the indianapolis Journal:
The article on "Tennyson's In Memo
riam,'' which recently appeared in your
columns. contained the following state
ment: There has never been an adul,
Mohammedan converted to Christianity -
Robert E. Speer. OF the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions at New York
saws: 1.-THE statement Is not true. Hun
dreds of adult Mohammedans have been
converted 10 Christianity In India, Persia
Turkey and Egypt Some OF them are
among the most effective workers in the
Christian churches. NJ.
Dalnhi Ind Feb q
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William w. Herod. a well-known attor-
ney, is suffering at Eastman's Sanatorium
from recent operation for bladder trou-
ble- Mr.. Herod's condition yesterday and
last night was such, DR.. Eastman said,
that his speedy recovery was assured.
His temperature and pulse were normal.
although the patient was weak after hav-
ing passed through two operations. DIR.
Eastman said there was not the slightest
truth in the report that Mr.. Herod's condi-
ton was critical.
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Carbide Test Posfnoned.

The Stuart carbide. a new headlight. will
not be given a test on the Big Four Knick-
erbocker train to-day as arranged for. The
test has been postponed indefinitely at the
request of the inventor, who desires to still
further perfect his invention
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BY NAY MANTON,

Blouse jackets made with small capes
are much liked and will be much worn
during the season to come. both by young
girls and mature women. The very stylish
model given is adapted TO all sutings and
vas cheviot in tan color and is tailor
stitched with corucelli silk. The capes and
the revers are exceedingly smart, but the
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he changes the contour of his face COM
pletely converting a round visage into a
long one. One of the largest audiences or
the season will probably be in attendance
at Warfield's performance this evening.
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former can be omitted and the jacket can
be buttoned over snugly, as shown in the
small cut. whenever preferred.
The blouse consists of the fronts and
back and Is fitted by means of shoulder
and under-arm seams. The fronts are
deeply faced and rolled back to form the
revers and are gathered at the lower edge
to blouse slightly over the belt. The capes
are arranged over the shoulders and the
neck is finished with a turnover collar. To
the lower edge is attached a circular basque
portion which can be omitted IL a plain
blouse Is desired. The sleeves are in bishop
style with cuffs cut after the latest model.
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Philadelphia Telegraph.
1t takes long purse and a fine figure
to always look we'll in f1oppy hats slinky
skirts, art jewelry and moppy hair
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THE THEATERS.
To-Day's Schedule.

ENGLISH'S-'TheA uctioneer," Sis D. m
GRAND-Vaudeville. 2:15 and Sis ID. m.
PARK-"Bolivar's Busy Day." 2 and
p. m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. and p. m.
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The quantity of material required fol
medium size IA years. is 2iz yards "A inches
wide or la yards 81 inches wide.
The pattern 1857 is cut in sizes for misses
of L. II and 1G years of age.
/ PATTERN COUPON
For patterns of garment illustrated above
send 10 cents tcoin or stamps)
Cut out illustration and inclose IL In letter.
Write your name and address distinctly and
state number and size wanted. Address
Pattern Dept, The Journal
Indianapolis. Ind.
Allow one week for return OF pattern.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-03-25
MONUMENT TO A HORSE

The Masonic order of Illinois is about
TO do an extraordinary thing and yet
something that is entirely praiscworthy.
The Illinois Masons will erect a monu-
mcnt TO a horse. The story, as told by
a correspondent, is interesting, The ami.
NAL to be thus honored was gray mare
owned by the late Robert Miller OF Sulli-
van. H. Some time ago Mr. Miller pro
vidcd in his will that a farm OF zoo acres,
a tract of as fine farming land as existed
in Illinois, was to be left TO the Masons
OF Illinois on which 10 erect a home for
aged members Of the order the income
from the farm TO be applied toward the
maintenance of the institution. Mr.. Miller
recently died and the Masons have taken
possession OF the bcqucst They are now
about to erect suitable building. While
a committee OF Masous were inspecting
the farm they aame across circular
fence around a small mound on one cor
ner OF the farm. They asked what it
meant. and the story of the horse became
known. Miller in his younger days made
three trips to California and back on
horseback, the first trip having been made
in iSIs, and he rode the gray mare all
the way on each occasion, in all travelling
about $4,000 miles. Mr. Miller prospcred
fairly well upon these trips, and he natu-
rally entertained deep affection for
his faithful mare, When she died he gave
her burial with considerable ceremony,
selecting beautiful location on the farm
and erecting a fence.
The board OF Masons. when they in
spected this grave and heard the story,
decided at once to erect a granite mont
ment that will endure as long as the
Masonic home made possible by Mr.. Mil.
ler's legacy. II will be a return favor
to the owner OF the faithful animal that
perhaps he would have appreciated more
than anything else.
Millcr's affection for the animal that
carried him three times across the CONT
nent makes it easier to understand why
Caesar made his horse consul
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-03-25
ARTIFICIAL FUEL

One of the effects of the prolonged
coal strike at the Pennsylvania mines was
to stimulate investigation along the lines
of providing an artificial fuel 1t would
seem that the manufacture Of briqucttes
has now reached the Importance OF an in
dus,ry which has promising future.
The Berlin correspondent OF the British
Transcript writes that William de la
Barre, a director Of the Washburn-Pills-
bury mills, Minneapolis, is in Madgeburg
buying machinery for the briquettc works
that W. u. Washburn intends TO build
at Bismarck, n. ID. The making OF
briqucttcs or artificial fuel, from Ignite
and coal dust has already been described,
and the process is tolerably familiar TO
the public. 1t is estimated that $4,000
square miles Of Ignite underic the Da-
kotas and Montana, while another wide
belt extends through the gulf states from
Florida 90 Texas. German gcologlsts have
long believed that American cities would
solve the smokeless fuel question by
the use OF briqucttcs. President Francis
of the ST. Louis exposition, during his
stay in the German capital, accumulated
pamphlets and other information on the
subject, with a view to the introduction
Of briqucttcs at the St. Louis exposition.
lie brought home with him several sample
lriqucttcs made from Dakota Ignite, sent
to the German works by Mr. Washhurn.
When a firm OF the magnitude and inn
portancc in the industrial world as the
Washburn- Pilsbury company goes into the
artificial fuel business 1t undoubtedly
means much for the public.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-03-25
HUGE BANK CHECKS.

New York Evening Post.I
Wall street banking these days involves
the use OF some very large checks. Single
items for $5,ooo,ooo or $4,000, 900 are
frequently seen. and much greater
amounts are sometimes transferred
through the interchange OF narrow slip
OF paper. Most of these items are col
lected through the clearing house, except
in cases where they are deposited in the
bank OH which they are drawn.
At the time that the Third Avenue rail-
road property changed hands, two checks
aggregating SJ4,5oo, 900, were given out
One of the checks (for $4,000, ,ooo)
passed through the clearing house May
20, 1900. 1t was drawn by Kuhn, Loeb
K Co. on the National City bank, and
was collected by the Bank of Commerce
for the Morton Trust company. Another
check, drawn by the same firm for SI7,-
100000 on the Bank of Commerce did
not pass through the clearing house, it
being collected by the Morton Trust COM
pany from the bank direct. Previous TO
that, on February I, 1901, check for
ss3,I27,ooo was drawn by J. p. Morgan
& Co. on the First National bank.
That was also collected direct without
connection with the purchase of Southern
Pacific stock by the Union Pacific COM
pany, a check for $I4,S9o, 900 was drawn
on the Mercantile Trust company March
S, 1901. The check given a fortnight ago
in payment of Lake Shores holdings OF
Reading stock was for 1900, 900, and
ranks, so far as known, as the second
largest check ever used in local banking.
An interesting question often asked III
Wall street concerns the amount of capi-
tai that a large bank could raise at an
hours notice. That is, how much accom-
modation could bank extend to a GUS
toner unexpectedly confronted with press
ing need, or for the purpose of financing
great deal with. A banker Of interna-
tional experience is authority for the
statement that Wall street facilities in
this regard are superior to London's, in
that large undertaking could be financed
here with much greater dispatch than on
the other side.
Said all officer of one of Wall streets
most important banks: 1T is no trouble
at all nowadays to raise $4,000, 900 or
$4,000 900 within an hour. have seen it
done too often TO think for a moment
that it would tax seriously large bank S
resources. Five times that sum, say
$s5,ooo,ooo, can be raised at - hours
notice. 1t has been done. OF course no
one bank could do it, but the great Wall
street institutions are linked together in
such way as to provide almost unlimited
resources for the financing of any safe
deal. The large banks think little OF
SI,ooo,ooo or Sa,ooo,ooo loans these days,
whereas in former years they attracted
general attention, for such large amounts
were realized only after considerable ne
gotiation. But that has all changed now"
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-03-25
TRIBUTE TO ADVERTISING

The value OF advertising evidently is
appreciated by the town OF Pine Bluff,
N. G.. which has had a bill passed in the
legislature providing for the taxation OF
property for the purpose Of raising reve-
nue. to be expended in advertising the
town as winter resort. The bill pro-
vides for taxes at rates ranging from /,
to 10 per cent OH real and personal prop
erty; on citizens whose names appear on
the poll list on goods purchased by mer-
chants for sale in their stores on in
comes from hotels, boarding houses, rent
cd rooms, livery stables, hacks, express
wagons; on the incomes earned by doctors,
lawyers, dentists, nurses, laundries, news
dealers. butchers. hucksters, real estate
agents, on receipts from shows, lectures.
billiard rooms, and on incomes of more
than one dollar a day within the cor
porate limits OF the town. The taxes are
not mandatory, but each item in the
scheme is to be voted upon by the cti-
zens. The sentiment of the people favors
the movement, and it will no doubt prove
TO be a good thing for the town, providing
its attractions as winter resort are such
as to appeal to the public after they are
duly advertised.
The Butte inter mountain., 1903-03-25

Buffalo society. continues to shine and
simmer like a dead mackcrcl in mud
hole. 40 wonder it is trying to make the
point that the Burdicks and Pencils did
not belong to the Four Hundred and
ought not to be classed as the real thing
At the same time Buffalo society has re-
eeiycl terrible blow that will keep its eyes
In blndages for some time. The Buffalo
incident shows upon what a thin crust
society trcads as a general thing. There
are not many cities, Butte of course ex-
ccpted. whose social Mont Pelee may not
begin TO erupt at the least agitation.