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The San Francisco call., 1903-12-20

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thsY slowly sD4 not wttAOUe wonAar-
nsnt hung their own baats agaansa o.
rough wan
This hare BhsspherA3n' neogv \ pr4A-
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jest notifies yOz an right hsro Ehak
she gossi Do an y0u fs1sRs lAGS my
meantn'f An e. II seems tAaG Ghas Aars
II Christmas svO. which sams I plum
fsrgits until Ia kid tails M. I rOohou
it's ahou tn proper oapeR e Ice GA@ss
here war nxin'B q Ouzn kssD Eham nails
from b0tn' hlgh-haaAnd WIN RnnGnanA
Anyway, Bar x akn1 rD2u' 2 SAkO nnv
ohAncss tO-n1Eh4 "a hsAn' Ehzt Ca Rn
a last rOund-up. an fDT NJ Snos EAas
0utnt II G-gofn' meek an humAlAS
".
u WAs laAs Whan thO RnR x DvB -
rived Rt ths KhsGD camp Curtis ana
every herdsr was out soaFuhfng eoR Ehs
lost boy. and except for single g4eAn
OF Hight in one Of the cabins thS place
was dark and silent Reddy EOok a long
breath. a. though 70 braOo h4nssff foS
the ordeal Of peaoeably RDproanhfnR -
derned sheep Outat," ana thsn turned
to pick UP ~Runny." where ha Sbood
by the fence trying with cold Rtfls nsta
to rub the sleep cut OF his s1eA They
had bundled the boy I'D ln cid coats,
and Reddy lifted him very much a. onsA
would lift bag OF wool; and yst. In
spite OF the seeming rudeneaa, there
was deal Of tenderness in his touch
We'll kid" he said. II reckon this
Is where you comes In fer a heap o.
palaver an salt water. Jest imagines
your mothers over there where that
light Is Come on. you feI1erA- An
don't 20 hang back, neither, OF I'll
shorely do some hard shootin' when
git back to my gum
The thought Of salt water was Ger
tainly a fearful one. but each man
gulped hard and determined to stand
up to tn deal" This was not the way
they had expected to approach the
sheep camp. and one or two OF them
wondered what the "oId man" would
say when ne heard about IT.
The old, mani" snorted Reddy.
Damn the old man. I'm a-leadln' OF
this here procession, an you Jest ropes
Z me. An now. kid. knocks on this
here door, an you takes y'r salt water
bath an your sea-foam." And It was
even so that Christmas eve in the COW
country. And in the midst OF the
mothers teary joy over the lamb IL 1T
was lost and found again. Reddy
turned and dug Long Dan hard in ~
ribs.
Stop VT snivelin', ye blamed fooli"
he said in hoarse whisper. This amt
no funeral-this here's a Christmas
party!"
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Of testimony. Tom would not say an
other word. His heart was almost
bursting. He would not implicate
Sam, as he had no evidence, although
he could not help feeling that somehow
Sam was at the bottom Of the matter.
The principal gave him till the next
morning to confess and proposed after
that time TO confer with Toms father.
There were no tears for Tom this time.
He marched back to his room with set
teeth and compressed lips. but never
with prouder bearing or straighter
form. He took his seat and opened his
book, staring at It with unseeing eyes
while HIS soul ragged In turmoil within
him. But out from the page looked the
trusting eyes of the little Emmanuel,
morning and by noon the story had 90
spread among the boys. helped by the
industrious tongue of the gloating Sam,
that Tom dreaded the hour Of dismiss
sal
With the utmost deliberation, how
ever, Tom adjusted his cap, and with
out an outward tremor made his way
down stairs and through the yard. Not
a boy spoke to him and he spoke to no
one. Here and there he heard the word
transfer" and now and then the word
thief" His rage famed high in heart
and cheek. but he would have gone to
the stake rather than reveal that every
taunt stung him as no dagger could
have done.
Tom sat through lunch at home with
the same stony exterior, escaping the
notice of some of the family, while
father and mother were wiser than to
ask the cause in public. As they rose
from the table Tom took his fathers
arm and steered him into the little
den" beyond the library and shut the
door. Lifting his arms to his fathers
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genger. Every one was watching the
ball and no one seemed to see the
peril in which Sam stood. The car was
now only a few feet away, and Sam
was in the very middle of the track.
The noise OF the boys drowned its ap-
proach and. even II the motorman had
now looked. he could not have stopped
the car In time to avert the accident.
Tho principal was watching from a
second-story window, but his frantic
shouts and motions were vain. On
came the car and, without a word of
warning, Sam was struck q terrific
blow In the side and thrown headlong
upon the pavement. But 1t was not the
car that struck him. Beside him in
the street there lay another boy who
had taken his life In his hands to save
his enemy. It was Tom who had seen
the whole thing and realized that there
was no possibility of escape for Sam
except as he himself should act. But
could he get there In timer And, even
so, was he required to risk his own life
to save q foe7
All this, in an instant, went through
Toms brain, and then the appealing
eyes of the little Emmanuel settled it.
With swift prayer for aid and Swifter
feet to the rescue. Tom hurled himself
in front of the car and against Sam,
knocking him outside the track and
away from its fatal path Sans head
was badly hurt. but anything was bet
ter than the certain death which
otherwise would have been his. Tom
was unhurt. except for severe blow
upon his leg from the passing car. Sam
was tenderly carried to his home and
Tom took his place In school without
a word. The bell rang and school was
In session. very few having rightly
understood what had happened.
During the afternoon the pain IN his
leg, scarcely noticeable at first, became
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neck and laying his head against his
fathers breast, the pent-up feelings
burst forth in one great sob. Sitting
down in the great easy chair and TAX
ing the boy into his lap, the father soon
heard the whole story. He comforted
the boy and promised to call later in
the day upon the principal Meanwhile
Tom need not 60 to school that after
noon.
So he went to his room while father
telephoned to the principal. saying:
tom never has told me an untruth.
Give him the beneft of every possible
doubt" Tom was debating whether or
not he ought to go to school. If he did
go, the afternoon would be wretched,
but II he stayed at home It would be
almost confession Of guilt He looked
at the little Emmanuel, and the loving
eyes spoke sympathy and courage.
Tom was no coward and 30, with q
last look at the boy in the picture,
he went on his way to school, some
what comforted ana yet dreading
every step.
The boys were In the street prac-
ticing for the final football game with
the Brodericks next Saturday. Games
were now tied. and the last one would
determine the championship between
the two schools. One member of the
Bryant team was Ill and, for fear that
he would not recover In time, Sam
Mack was put In his place for practice.
As Tom came down the street. Sam
had Just kicked the ball, which had
landed in the midst Of a bowling
group Of boys. Sam, all intent upon the
ball, was backing slowly up. expecting
to see the ball emerge and return to
him, according TO the signal given.
He did not notice that he was upon
the car track, and that a car was
rapidly descending the hill, toward
him The motorman was looking be-
hind and carelessly talking with pas
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Reddy, were more or less familiar with
the Bible story, though they had heard
it in the days Of their youth, and now
the days of their youth were far behind
them. When "Runny" came to the part
about the shepherds. however. Reddy
interrupted with a sudden oath-for
which he Immediately apologized.
Shepherds, did you say. kid? Are yo'
plum shore now they wuz shepherds?"
wy, course they was shepherdsI
They was watchin' their sheep at night
jist as my papa does, ofn an of'n; an
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he had taken that day to go to town,
and In consequence was not at home
when the boys returned. For this Red
dy was grateful. for thereby he was
saved the trouble OF making explana-
tions; and in the old mans absence
the warming and feeding of "the kid"
seemed less Of a treason. And under
the influence OF the warmth and food
"Runny" became quite talkative. So 1t
was that before long 'the kid" was tell
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had noticed the child shiver. The boys
stirred themselves. 'T reckon he Is
cold, Dan" said Reddy. Wed better
git outer here" Dan lifted the child to
his saddle and swung himself up with
him. Reddy ranged alongside. and they
started.
"Curtiss' kid, Reddy," said Long Dan,
tentatively.
Yep" answered Reddy, and again
silence fell upon them
III.
The "old man" had no stomach for q
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wen they saw IN big staF-o hggW'n
any we ever see here-theY-
Are yo' plum shore noWf AfnS ~
meanin' cattlemen, kid7"
Runny's lips cuEled in r4ShhSOus h-
dignation.
"Cattlemenl No; my mamA'B tOlA me-
ofn an of'n. They was shaphSrdD,
watchin' their sheep Jest a. tail ~.
An wen they saw the big, big star
Reddy drew a long breath ana
looked around him helplessly.
"Ain't that HI, boySf Jsss th4nk
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ers ell about the wonderful being
known as Sanity Claus, embellishing the
narrative with several fancles which
were distinctly original with himself
They hadn't been so intimate as this
with a child for many long days, and
the experience was wonderful. They
smoked and eyed the marvel before
them; and when "Runny" began to tell
them about Bethlehem and the wonder
full star that the wise men saw, they
were, to a man, pictures of attention
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Of nEa asrn sheep OUTFIT But 80 on.
kid I reckon kin stand most any
thing now" and he folded his arms and
was silent
'Runny'' finished the story and then
even a deeper silence seemed to fall
over the men Of the Bar x Presently
Reddy walked heavily across the floor
to the door and passed outside Soon
he returned with the extra rope that
had hung at his saddle bow, and with
rather unnecessary unction buried II
deep under some trash IN corner
Then he unbuckled his pistol belt and
hung the same on a nail over his bunk
broad sweep OF his hand called at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31
Indiana Notes.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Attorney Ros-
coe ID. Wheat has filed information against
the Creamery Package Manufacturing Com
pany. of this city, alleging that it is causing
a nuisance in the west part of Portland by
reason of the quantities of unburned saw
dust, einderS, etc, which come from it's
smokestack and are scattered the
neighbOrhood. The headquarters and gen.
MARION.-A suit for SIS 900 damages has
been filed in the Circuit Court by Frederick
Harrison against the American Oil and Gas
Company. Harrison asks damages for per-
sonal injuries suffered on Aug. IA last while
he was in the employ of the company. The
sight of his left eye was destroyed and he
was otherwise injured.
TERRE HAUTE.-Tom Ewing confiden-
tial clerk for j. l.. Warden & Co, has left
the city, and is said to be short in his ac-
counts from 81 500 to $4,000. He admitted a
shortage of the former amount, and ii is
said he has gone to his former home at
Neoga, ILL.,, to try to raise the amount.
COVINGTON.-The contract has been let
for building large canning factory here.
So 900 to be spent on buildings and $4,000 on
machinery The Fountain county
grand jury has adjourned after returning
sixty-five true bills, mostly for liquor law
violations.
WARSAW.-An unknown man, found
dead along the Pennsylvania tracks here
Friday morning, has been identified as
John Scanon. employed as cook for the
doube-track construction gang, six miles
east of Warsaw.
SOUTH BEND.-William Weber. a
wealthy and well-known farmer. has been
made defendant in a $4,000 damage suit for
the alleged alienation of the affections of
the wife of John Beaver.
JASPER.-Fritz Harder. naftsman,
drowned at the Duber's milldam on Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31
CELEBRATING A VICTORY
PURDUE SENIORS BURN A DUMMY
"ELEMENTs OF MECHANICS"
New Boxing and Wrestling Classes
test POstpOned-COllege News.
special 70 the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan. 30.-Around an
immense bonfire on the Purdue campus this
morning the senior classmen celebrated in
novel way the victory over Mechanics"
the most difficult subject in the engineering
curriculum. huge representation of the
textbook "Church's Mechanics" was borne
to the fire and consumed while the $50 SEN
iors cheered loudly. In all more than
Hickman announced the object of the cele-
bration and was followed by John f. G.
Miller, the star athlete and scholar of the
class. who recited an original poem telling
of the troubles of the class and of Its vic
tory over the common enemy. William
Bane delivered funeral Grafton and Presi-
dent a. j. Crane of the senior class pre-
Leslie of the junior class. who acknowl-
edged the gift with a speech. 1t is intended
10 make the celebration an annual affair on
the same spot. At the conclusion of the
ceremonies a salute was fired by a squad Of
cadets
Professor Freeman, director of the Pur-
due gymnasium, has formed classes IN
wrestling and boxing which are becoming
very popular. Several years ago wrestling
and boxing matches were held in the gym
nasium and these may be revived. The
classes are largely attended.
The Masonic Club of Purdue Will give a
finch party and banquet at the House OF
Lords" tomorrow night. The club is thriv-
A second banquet is planned for later in the
winter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31
BITTER TEMPERANCE FIGHT.


Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, Jan. 30.-The
filing of an application by Stephen Wagner,
of Borden, this county. for a license to
operate a saloon has stirred up one of the
bitterest temperance fights that ever ex-
listed i'm Clark county. simultaneously with
the filing of the application a remonstrance
against the issuing of the license was filed
by the temperance element, with 22l names
attached Only les names were necessary
TO defeat the applicant, and the remon-
strators laid back on their oars TO await
results. To-day a petition was filed with
the auditor by sixty-eight of the people
whose names appeared on the remonstrance
asking that their names be taken Off
This leaves only 153 names, which is fifteen
too few to prevent the issuing of the Ii
cense. The demonstrators have until Mon
day morning, when the commissioners
meet, to secure fifteen more names to their
paper, and II they fail in this the applicant
will be granted a license. The remon-
STRANGE is a blanket remonstrance and has
been used on two previous occasions.
Prof. Borden. who is sole owner of Bor-
den College. located i'm that town, is the
one who is fighting the saloon element,
and he has announced that he will close
the school for good after the spring term
because the people of the town Will not
give him their support in suppressing the
LIQUOR traffic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31
PREACHER 0UTWITTED


1T is. easy to sing the praises of Postum
Food Coffee; In fact. i should be most un-
grateful did 1 not says Mrs. r. b. Wright.
gregational Church OF Boise. Idaho
Five years ago I was a nervous wreck
and yet hard 10 convince that coffee was
Injurious. Postum was recommended by
Z friend and found 10 be delicious and
ugshening. In short time my nervous
ness left me and to-day 1 am well and
hearty. without moments illness
My husband has been relieved OF bill
liousness by It's use and our eldest daugh-
ter. who was a delicate child, has won
derfuily improved In health. She has gained
In flesh and is stronger than ever before in
her life. while I scarcely know | have any
nerves. The whole family, children and
all prefer Postum 10 coffee.
How sorry | feel when l hear anyone
say: 1 don't like Postum / know they
have not properly prepared II and have
teaspoonfuls of Postum to a pint of water
which must boil at least fifteen minutes
after boiling commences. have cups warm
and serve very hot with good cream-this
Il cup MT for a king.
II know many who have been benefited
from It's use; nervousness, dyspepsia with
countless other Ills, vanish when Postum
becomes the family breakfast drink and
cofIee Is left out
at our table recently, a clergyman WAS
asked II he would not have his cup refiiled
He replied. Il never allow myself but one
cup Of coffee and when informed that he
had been drinking Postum. he exclaimed
ana grAttied that he had been outwitted
This was considered a good Joke bv fhs
younger members Of the family"
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one time were puzzling. but which. when
the secret was discovered. were found in
genious affiliations OF optical views
Inc simplest is the japanese lucky mir
ror, fair model of which the writer saw
IN Broadway shop couple of days ago.
This is a fiat plate and handle made or
metal resembling steel. One side Is so
highly FURNISHED that il reflects well
as the best silver backed looking glass
The reverse Is chased i'm low relief with
figures of vines, birds. clouds and ideo-
the usual fashion IL does not differ from
an ordinary mirror. but when large
beam of light is thrown upon il and re-
fiected upon a dark wall or ceiling, In the
reflected surface appears luminous face.
Telegraph or other figure. The result is
secured in the original welding or casting
OF the mirror, when a piece like the figure
ii is TO produce is fused into the circum-
jacent mass.
A similar effect is produced In silvered
mirrors by just laying the rejecting
character in one kind of tin foil and fllling
in the rest OF the surface with a foil of
the same appearance but different reflect
ing quality. Akin to this style Of work are
the magic lacquers which at certain OBJ
which invisible when looked upon at
right angles To the lacquer's surface
oldest of the Oriental mirrors are those
set at the bottom OF cylinder or trun-
Gated cone. whose surface is waved or
undulating. The base reflects I'm ordinary
manner, the sides in such Il fashion TO
produce foci or focal circles at various
points. From one point of view the
locker sees a faint halo about his face at
the bottom OF the cylinder; from second
point misty human face alongside OF
his own; from a third face looking at
him through his reflected eyes.
The principle which underlies these odd
images Is the same as that used by Cooke
and Maskelyne in London producing their
ghosts. and seems 10 have been EN-
ployed with great skill by Cagliostro In
the eighteenth century
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-01-31
SPEAKS FOR THE KAISER.
Baron Won Sternberg Says Germany
Has No Interior Motives.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The World this
morning prints an interview with Baron
Won Sternburg which will contain the fol-
lowing among other remarks of the Ger
man diplomat:
"It has been said that the German En-
peror has Interior designs and motives in
Venezuela. That is absolutely false. The
Emperor admires and understands the
Monroe doctrine as well as anybody. The
report that the Emperor has Interior mo-
tives is false for two reasons: First, his
admiration for President Roosevelt and
America and things American. Second, he
approves fully the Monroe doctrine and
would not think of acting contrary to 1t In
Venezuela or of trying to obtain even d
coaling station there.
THE German Emperor would no more
think of violating the Monroe doctrine In
izing the moon. The Monroe doctrine is a
peacemaker. 1t is the best safeguard for
peace the United States ever had. Foreign
powers recognize that the point beyond
which they must not go is the taking of
territory in South America. Land grabbing
by Germany only would result in disaster
TO her.
There has been a lot of nasty smoke in
the air. and / have come to try and clear
some of it away. l know that the Kaiser
is most anxious to show the American peo-
time l have seen him he has emphasized
his desire to win their appreciation. The
Emperor absolutely appreciates that
America is friendly to him."
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INDIANA OBITUARY.
Maj. William II. Strickland, PrOmi
nent Resident of Columbus.


Special to the indianapolis Journal
COLUMBUS. Ind, Jan. 30.-Maj. William
T. Strickland. whose serious condition from
a paralytic stroke was reported in Fridays
Journal. died at f:30 o'clock this morning
without having Tegained consciousness. He
was born in Bartholomew county. Indiana,
on May q, 1884, and was the son of the
Rev. Samuel Strickland. a native of North
Carolina, who came to this State in the
early twenties. He was the oldest of thir-
teen children. His youth was spent on his
fathers farm. and at the age of eighteen
he married Sarah G.. Eddleman, who died
soon afterward. His education was gained
in the Sardinia Academy, in Decatur coun-
~, and at the academy at Rushvile. He
began teaching school in 1854. In 1851 he
married Maggie h. Barrett. to whom three
children were born, two of whom survive.
In 1861 he enlisted as a private and when
the F1fty-second Regiment, /. V. L., was
organized was promoted to a captalncy, i'm
which position he served eight months,
when he succeeded TO the command of the
regiment
In 1881 he was elected representative from
Decatur county TO fill vacancy. but as he
was then in the army he never took the
seat. In 1870 the voters of Decatur county
again elected him to the Legislature and he
General Assembly. He was one of the thir-
ty-four members of the House OF Repre-
sentatives who resigned 20 prevent the pro-
posed redistrictins of the State for legisla-
tive purposes. IT. 1879 he came to Columbus
and associated himself with Marshall
Hacker in the practice OF law. In politics
Major Strickland was an ardent Republican
and served his party as chairman of the
county organizati zion I'm 1896. He also repre-
scented his ward in the City Council for two
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A NEW PENALTY.
What the Minneapolis Lawyer Sued
Magazine For.


1t is an unexpected outcome of the Nc
Clure Magazine account of THE Shame of
Minneapolis that man whose name Is
not given in the account of the fall and re-
demption of the city should sue for libel.
This is County Prosecutor Bodrdman, to
whom the article refers only three times;
once in a statement that 1.-The county prose-
cutor offered it ithe grand jury only rou-
tine work to do once in the statement
that the prosecutor politician; he
knew the Ames crowd: they were too pow
erful to attack and once I'm the state
ment that the county prosecutor was be-
ing ignored" by the reformers. The infer
ence from these careful references to the
official who considers himself damaged to
the extent of $4,000 was that he was weak
rather than willful-not necessarily that he
was member of the gang that was plum
dering Minneapolis
1t is to be hoped that the result of the
prosecutors suit will not deter McClure's
Magazine from any intention ii may have
to publish the details of the shame of other
plundered cities-Philadelphia for instance
with the names of the plunderers. The
newspapers do much to keep the municipal
atmospheres sweet, but the fact of per-
manency insured by magazine publication
may act powerfully as deterrent. The
newspaper is ephemeral. The magazine is
bound and goes on public library shelves,
TO be read and consulted for years TO come
To go down to posterity as Mayor Ames
of Minneapolis, does in McClure's his por
trait branded moral leper," is to get
into a ''rogues' gallery" open at any time
to the world, and likely to be opened many
times by the world. The thought may we'll
give pause to the municipal official con-
templating career of spoliatlon. a
burned-in brand of stole and caught at
it, is not the alluring example that leads
men ostensibly respectable into the ways
of the CRATER To be sure, no one ex-
poets to be caught. but he may be. and
McClure's has furnished a new penalty
additional TO those of newspaper publicity
and court punishment.