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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

@(nfcdgo Tribune.
a We need eight or ten lines yet TO fill out
his column, announced the foreman
n Thereupon Editor Clugston, of the Spike
Iown Blizzard, sat down and began writing:
- Dur thanks are due TO the Hon. -'
r. Here he paused.
- ELL he said. who's the guy we sent to
EongreSs from this district the last time?
Jackson. replied the foreman; 'Clem
: jackson.
- Clement Jackson" he proceeded.
- who SO ably represents our district in Con-
greSs. for a package of -
- Here he broke of again.
81 "Bill. what was that stuff that came from
nc Agricultural Department the other
day
s.. Some kinds of seeds. L guess fed 'em
TO the pigeons"
- valuable garden seeds. We haven't
Any garden. but we are Just as much
obliged 10 him as IL we had. Congressman
jackson never forgets his constituents We
kpredict that he viii be elected again with
Out any opposition worth mentioning"
~ Il Reckon" said Editor ClugstOn as he
sftepped uP TO the case to put the item in
TYPE himself, when he sees this he'll send
me a lot OF HIS old speeches. darn him."
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One Idea OF Justice.

Brooklyn Eagle.
2 The youngster had got hold of news
paper. and IL just naturally happened that
count OF a crime. The offender, il said
had been traced TO a certain neighborhood,
where all track of him had been lost
q "a wouldn't like TO live there" said the
youngster.
= why not?" asked his father 'sWould
You be afraid of meeting him?''
= ''Oh, no." answered the youngster, "but
Y wouldn't want 10 be locked up."
- Why should you be locked up2'
g why, they know that somebody IN that
peighborhood did it, don't they?"
81 Certainly"
Then. or course, they'll lock up every
Body there until they find out who IL is
81 The father laughed.
= You have strange ideas of Justice, he
4afd. They've got to find the right one
end lock him UP. The can't lock up every
body who lives in the same district
- They capI?'
- Certainly not. That would be unjust
and against the law"
say" said the youngster, 1T wish some
body would come over to our school and
) say that"
- 'Why?"
"a Cause what amt fair for grown-up
2eople oughtn't to be fair for boys"
- "Of course not"
- We'll, when our teacher can't find out
who's been playing tricks she keeps the
whole room after school. and sometimes ii
looks TO me like IL doesn't pay to be good -
s The father went back TO his paper with
some new thoughts relative to methods of
school discipline. Justice to the child is
sven more important than justice to the
man.
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PENSION OFFICE LETTERS.
Some Queer Missives Received by Of
fciaIs from Applicants.
Wa hington Post.

Washington Post.
The average tale that is told in the off,
cial papers that drift into the government
archives at Washington by the thousands
daily is what has come to be known as a
human interest story" There are dreary
wastes of platitude and heaviness, weari-
some monotony and hard luck stories
galore. But amidst all these, relieving the
tedium of the rest, are bright bits of un-
conscious humor, sharp sallies of wit and
expressions strikingly original and funny.
Strange as it may seem, the great bulk of
the queer among the official mails
reaches the Pension Bureau, that great
natural Mecca of the stories of pathos and
suffering. The veterans have a way of
writing epigrammatic letters on occasion,
and of drifting into the late President
Lincoln's habit OF illustrating points with
The following from a man who is some
thing of fatalist in his way will show a
peculiar vein of thought and expression:
1 Alwase Been a PUBLICAN Party.
/ Alwase Saciated with 1t.
i Been turned Down bi 1t.
/ Reed my Bibel.
find from IL hel is doomed.
i am also doomed.
j Spoas must go to the Boanard.
1 Must Cloas.
Down in Smokey Valley, KY, lives a vet
eran who evidently regards the receipt or
official letter from washington as a
mark of distinction and Importance. Pre-
sumably he wanted to show the answer TO
his neighbors as an earnest OF his close
ton. For this is what he wrote TO the COM
missioner of pensions ad iteratim and In
toto:
Dear Ser:-I haven't got nothin espeshel to
write about but just thote 1 would con-
gradulait you on the effercacy or your WORK
in general and your standing as high and
onerbel gent in particlar l would like TO
have the oner of your repli in ten days
written on a typewriter &c.
1t is not to be supposed, Of course, that q
pensioner or his witnesses are masters OF
medical phraseology. Sometimes, however,
the veteran wanders from the path OF gen.
eralities followed by most lay minds and
gets the vernacular of the medical frater-
nifty mixed to a rather ridiculous degree.
Thus the following discovered in the
papers filed by claimant who was seeking
a pension under the general laws: "Paral-
ysis of right side has gradually extended
to adjacent parts Of the brain matter, caus-
ing paralysis of application and Intention
What he really meant and what he was
pensioned for was paralysis of the right
forearm resulting from shell wound.
Many man has been taught the value
of attention to details, but IL is not every
body who needs the receipt But not long
ago q man who gives evidence of close OBJ
servation and who does not believe in gilt
tering generalities had this to say in an
affidavit flied in pension claim to show
the widowed claimants financial standing
- says upon oath that claimant has
| only two. horses and two cows and very
young colt, a two horse wagon, worth about
fifteen dollars. Had some other property
when soldier died, namely. two mules, one
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the borax in either a powered or crystal
liZed state to the surface.
DO CIGARETTES HARM your
Here Is a Test by Which You Can
Tell.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
There is an easy way. II you are cigar
cite smoker, to tell whether or not the habit
Injuries you." said a physician. DO YOU
feel, after inhaling the smoke. a languor, a
sinking and a great depression? Do you feel
melancholy. hopeless. weak? If you DO
you should abandon smoking at once.
'"The tendency of tobacco Is TO weaken the
action of the heart. But in very strong, ro-
bust persons, this weakening effect is very
slight; 1t is not felt at all, and these persons
tobacco cannot be said ito injure. But in per-
sons whose hearts and constitutions are
frail the effect is strongly felt, the symp-
toms being those that have just described.
and such persons ought not to smoke
1.-The director of the physical laboratory at
Yale has tabulated the records of all the
smoking and nonsmoxing students for a
period OF nine years He has found that the
smokers are shorter in stature than the
nonsmokers and that they do not develop
as well. During their four years course at
Yale nonsmokers gain a per cent. more In
height and 26 per cent. more in chest girth
than the smokers. The former. too. are
quicker than the latter They learn quicker.
walk quicker-excel In the speed of all the
physical and mental acts"
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EngIishman's Remedy.

philadelphia Record.
- "Englishmen are so guileless," laughed a
man who has just returned from a trip
abroad While In London l was enter
vtained at the house OF man who Is promf4
uent Ia Affairs over there, but who has
never visited America. He seemed very
much interested in the forms OF municipal
government that exist over here, and when
told him how much political corruption
he became puffed up with the Briton's. ma
donal pride. We wouldn't permit such
things In England. don't you know he
SID What would you do about it?' |
fnq 11red, - Do he exclaimed, why we
should write TO the newspapers abotrt Ii
and expose the rascals!' Z"
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CONCERNING BORAX.
Mines and Mining.


Herodotus, the father of history. although
he was very close observer and wrote
OF almost everything coming under his
eyes, does not anywhere speak of borax
or or what we know as such. Yet there is
no doubt but that it was known and used in
his time and earlier. In the desert regions
consisting Of old lake beds in Thibet and
Asia Minor. and from the volcanic regions
or Tuscany, in Italy, the worlds supply of
borax was obtained until about fifty years
ago, when North and South America began
to present fields nearer home. The favor
able regions for its existence. in paying
quantities, occur most generally where old,
dry lakes are found, situated in volcanic
regions. Italy is an exception to this; and,
although verdure is abundant at Castle
nuevo and elsewhere nearby where boracic
acid is produced. yet the region is volcanic,
and gases are constantly emanating from
the numerous orifices that abound over a
large tract Of country. In Italy borax, in
solution, Is produced from the waters of
many springs; In Asia Minor and Thibet it
is obtained as a white powder and in a
crystallized form from the old, dry lake
beds. On the Sea of Marmora there are
large deposits Of borate of lime in which
there exists large percentage of boracic
acid. OF late years an English company has
secured these deposits. and for some years
them. AS might be expected in such a
country, borax was discovered in many
places in the high. dry, desert plateaus of
South America, as early as 1926. About
1895 deposits were discovered at Ascotan.
in Bolivia, and about the same time borax
discoveries were made in Peru and Chile,
where, by crude methods crystallzed borax
was made in limited quantities; the guam
THY Of borax then used in the world COM
pared with what Is used now, was small,
but the prices realized were high, being in
most countries from 80 cents to 81 per
pound.
A strange feature about borax is that
regions producing it have in no case as yet
been exhausted the mineral In the old lake
regions continuing to send up borax from
below as alkaloid. and where worked
this year 1t may be worked again the year
following Especially II there be any pre-
cipitation of snow or rain at any time OF
the year, the waters will penetrate the soil
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team of horses, one heifer, and one steer.
One mule died, one heifer was killed by
lightning. The remaining mule was sold TO
defray funeral expenses and other debts.
one horse was taken sick, after which was
not worthy of attention since that time and
the horse was given away. The steer was
sold TO pay doctors bills and other debts,
and further afflant states not.
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The Lady and the Pennies.
New York Times.

She sat down in the only vacant seat on
an Amsterdam-avenue car. and, ike all
right-minded patrons OF the street-car cor
poration, her first thought was 10 pay her
in a waiting attitude and. as later events
proved, was fully cognizant OF her search
for small change. He patiently waited
while she ransacked every compartments
The search ended in a failure, and the
second call for Fares, piease! FASTENED
the handing over OF dime. she was visi-
bly, disappointed.
Here cheer up" said the unfeeling cons
ductor as he handed her five pennies in
change.
The little incident furnished occasion for
fll-concealed merriment among the passen-
gers.
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MAKING FATHER HAPPY.
Alarming Disposition Of Women's
Clubs to Consider Him.
Philadelphia Record.

A young woman of Chicago has surprised
q woman's club by an appeal In behalf of
the father Hitherto the old man has not
been mentioned with kindness at the meet
ings of progressive women. 1t has been
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c. W. KRIEL.
English Block
Main Cigar Store.
LOG Monument place.
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Therefore the kadi is not merely a judge
I'm cases of law. He is the wise man of the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
FLOWER PARADE
DREW The CROWD
Continued from Fifth Page.

! horse in the lead and Cresceus close be-
hind, with the automobile by his side.
/ They were going like the wind when they
passed the grand stand and the great
trotter was sent off amid a storm of ap-
plause. They went around the turn at a
terrific clip. but when the back stretch
was reached il was evident that ketch-
am was holding the game horse in, but
when they reached the three-quarter pole
the PAGER was webbing. which showed
he was getting tired, and the automo-
bile was squirting out a string of steam.
/ Cresceus pulled past them both and came
down the home stretch like whirlwjnd,
and before he reached the wire every
body in the grand stand and along the
tracks were on their feet yelling like
coyotes. \ hundred stop-watchcs showed
that Cresceus had trotted his last quar-
ter in twenty-nine seconds and the mile
in 2:1134.
The pretty little mare. Cute, gave an
exhibition mile yesterday, pacing without
driver or rider, and she was given great
ovation. She made a fine start and
when the pole was reached the judges
said she made it in thirty seconds fiat.
She came around the home stretch like
the wind and people began to think she
was going to make a great showing, con-
sidering the condition of the track. and
everybody began TO yell. which convinced
Cute that the race was over and she he
gan to check up two hundred feet be
fore she reached the wire. but passed
under, making the remarkable time of
2:12H.
The two-twenty trot and the two-sev-
enteen pace were great races, but both
We're unfinished when night put a stop
to the performance In the first heat
of the 2;20 trot an unfortunate miX-up
on the back stretch caused two good
horses to be distanced Easter Prince and
Charles Wilkhurst The judges We're APP
pealed to TO have them kept in the race,
but they finally held that under the
rules they must go. or the five heats
trotted Bachelor Maid and David Medium
won two each and enc was taken by
Tom Miller.
The three-year-old 2;20 pace was a good
race for the condition o. the track 1t
was generally conceded that the horses
made good time. Golden Boy won the
first and third heats and the race. but
the colts We're all punched a the outcome
and the winner of no heat had very
much space To spare.
The thrce-quarter mile dash was an eX-
citing race and there were ten starters.
II was the last race and nearly dark
when II was .inished II was reported
that one Of the horses in the race had
severely injured the tcndons Of his right
hind leg. bat the name CT the horse was
not learned.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
new BUILDING ON
EAST DOUGLAS
Upon Property Belonging to
C. NJ. Stewart.
WILL COST $4,000
Work TO Begin Early Monday
Morning.
COST ST.

Bright and early Monday morning work
viii begin or "a large brick building in the
1898 block on East Douglas avenue, just
west OF the Mentholatum factory. Plans
have been drawn Tor this structure, and
the contract has been let 10 J. II. STAINS
berry for its construction. c. NJ. Stewart
is owner Of the property, and win pat uo
building which will be q credit TO the
East End, costing in the neighborhood Of
$4,000
The building viii be made two stories
nigh and the walls viii Be constructed
with sufficient strength TO admit Of adding
another story when it becomes necessary.
Three large store rooms viii front On
Douglas avenue on the nrst floor. and viii
extend back the length Of The building
s. feet. The second floor win be divided
into apartments and fitted up for living
purposes. 1t VIII consist of eight large
apartment rooms. The front Of the build
ng will be constructed OF the best
Iiaiity of pressed brick and the store
.ooms VIII be fitted up with large plate
lass display windows. The whole build
Ing vii be equipped with the latest mod
crn conveniencCs, making it one or the
best combination store and apartment
buildings in the eastern part Of the city.
The material to be used in its construc-
ton is partially on the ground and the
balance is on the way, 50 no delay IS eX-
pected after the ground is broken next
Monday morning.
This is another move toward the up
building of the eastern portion of the
city. Within the last two years more
buildings have gone up in that section
than in any other part Of the city. The
new Frisco depot added much to the
East End, and on the strength of it many
property owners near there have decided
to build. East Douglas avenue is always
crowded with teams and shoppers, and one
merchant who conducts a business beyond
the tracks stated yesterday that in the
past two years business had doubled, not
only for him, but for other merchants
and business men in the same vicinity.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
ROBBERY IS SAID
TO HAVE OCCURRED
Report That Railroad Man
Lost $500 Watch.
NEW FOUND FRIEND
Record of Crime During Week
Past Very Small.

An air Of mystery surrounds persist
ent report on the streets last night TO the
effect that q railroad man. whose name is
said to be S. r. Martin. and who Is sup
posed TO be from either Harrington or Nc
FaTland, was robbed yesterday morning
about l O'Clock OF a watch valued az S4Oo
and g pOcketOOok containing sd IN silver
and bills.
The robbery is said To have occurred
in the vicinity Of the Badger grocery
store on North EnpoTia avenue. At the
police station last evening it was said
that no report had been made OF any
such robbery. and no one there knew
anythiEg about it.
The remainder OF the story in circula-
ton, which comes from a reliable source.
is as follows:
Martin. who came 10 Wichita for the
fair and races. has been IN the city for
three days. He is supposed 20 be here
still. Wednesday afternoon while AZ the
races. he struck Up an acquaintance with
man with whom he later became quite
well acquainted. AS each was atts nding
the races and fair here alone, they de-
cided to see the remainder OF the fair
together.
After coming Up town Wednesday even
ing from the fair grounds. Martin and
his newly found friend took in the Pike,
Later they had supper up town and after
ward went in search OF a lodging for the
night Martins acquaintance was not
well acquainted with the city. but he
knew of q private residence on North
Emporia where he thought they could get
a room.
1t was about 1 O'Clock when they arrived
at a particularly dark spot near the
badger grocery store. As they were
walking along Martins friend suddenly
turned on the railroad man and ordered
him TO give UP whatever he had of value
Under threats that his life would be
taken i he refused. and big revolver as
an inducement. Martin quickly obeyed
the orders Of the man.
The robber got line gold watch valued
at about 500. said 10 have been a present
to Martin not long ago. The pocketbook
containing the 500 which the robber got
also contained some railroad transporta-
tion
Even if the above reported robbery is
true. and there is every Indication that
SUCH is the case. the police department
is TO be congratulated on the manner in
which crime has been avoided in this city
during the week past Thousands Of Wis
itors have been here and thus far two
robberies make up the complete list Of
crime
on other years the list was much big
ger. The local police made every at
tempt this week TO avoid long list Of
robbeTies. holdups. etc. during the week.
and the above record shows just how well
they have succeeded. IL is said that
criminals have learned to give Wichita
wide berth. Unlike the police of other
places, here they arrest all suspicious
characters Immediately upon their arriv-
Il in the city. Their are held until after
the fair is all over and none get d chance
10 work. Knowing this. the many law
breakers who visit other places pass
Wichita up in seeking fields in which TO
reap an easy living
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03

messed the production of 1.-TWO Little
Waits" at the Crawford last night The
piece is one of Lincoln J. Carriers melo-
dramas, and was well staged.
Miss Lottie Emmons did clever work in
the dual role OF the twin sisters and made
some quick changes. which completely
mystified the audience.
Mr.. Harry Farnum as DR.. Young. is
very pleasingS~wh;le Miss Oracle Els
worth and Master Marion as the Two
Little Waits" would be more acceptable
if they We're less stacy.
Miss Marion Hyde as Pinkey has a
good comedy part. but over-Goes it just
a little.
The scenery used, as is the rule with
Lincoln Carriers plays. is splendid The
moon-rise and moving clouds in the first
act being especially pretty. as was also
the snow scene ii the last act.
Monday night the Mercy Stock com
pany begin a weeks engagement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
REUNION SENTIMENT STRONG.
Commander Smith Explains the Nj
mercus Meetings This Year.

Department Commander \. W. Smith
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic left
for Sedan yesterday after having "A pleas
ant visit with the old boys IN this city.
He said before leaving that this IS the
banner year in the history OF the state
for reunions. He attributes the reawak-
ening TO the fact that the veterans are
beginning to realize that their ranks are
thinning and that within "A short time
they will all have passed away. The re-
unions have been exceptionally enthusiast
tic and the attention to speakers very
great.
Mr. Smith has been away from his home
practically every day since July attend
ing reunions In one place OF another and
vet was unable To be at half Of those
held. He has made many speeches and
has had 2 trying time generally Few
persons can make better Grand Army
speech than he can and none is more pop
ular before 2 Grand Army audience.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
Sunday Excursions on the X. c., NJ. &


Every Sunday the K. G.. n & o. rail
way viii sell from Wichita tickets AZ
one fare for the round trip TO all points
on its lire except Anthony. Kan. These
tickets viii be available for passage on
the regular train leaving Wichita AT 80
a m. and viii he. limited for return 70
the same day No baggage checked On
Sunday excursion tickets Trains arrive
and depart from the Missouri Pacidc
depot. corner wichita and Douglas ave
nue.. Wichita. Kan. l. Z. SHERWiN,
Passenger and Ticket Agent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
At the Crawford.

The popular Norey StocS company, who
give complete productions az popular
prices. viii open tHeir annual week enc
easement AT 1he Craw sord on Monday
uieht. October 8 For iheir opening plan
they VIII give In Dixie Land. rev Ca
Wichita TIE Morey Stock company pro-
duces DO OLD and WORKOUT plays under
new tides. but presents q Varied line O;
Productions never before seen ~ popular
prices Luella Morey is still being fea-
ttred and is sgETertea This season By The
strongest company they ever CaFriad-
Between The acts sntortai2ing specaaifies
Val oe Introduced. consisting II illus
trate6 songs sna singing AID dancing
For Monday night ladies free seats NAY
l,ss reserved before p n. al Howe
iewslry store Prices. 70 =. y AMI 5.
cents
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
Kansas DAY BANQUET.

Victor Murdoch. president Of the Kan
sas Day club. has asked the officers and
a number Of the members OF the club
10 meet with him at the Copeland hotel
in Topeka on Friday evening. October 2.
for the purpose Of making @ program
and other arrangements for the Kansas
Day club banquet on January =.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03

J. c Bentley. of Belmont. kan. IS
her attending the fair. Mr.. Bentley
manages the Nursery Stacl farm. ~ Bel
mont. hsuEuau county the same being
owned by %. H. and J G. Bentley atr
Bentley IS handling some pure blood
Poland-China hogs and some registered
Hereford cattle upon his ranch. 5e was
member Of the legal profession and
praeticed in Wichita for twelve years.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-03
COMING LOCAL EVENTS.

The ladies of the Children's Home board
will serve dinner today at their room in
the Barnes block. They viii be pleased
10 have the friends of the Home patron
iZe fhem