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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-22
POET RILEY KNEW HIM WELL.


Special to the indianapolis Journal.
FORT WAYNE. Ind. Oct. Thames
whitcomb Riley. who is spending an un-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-22

Have you seen Mrs. AustIn's Sew pres.i
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-22

Park Commissioner Merritt gave a de-
iightful talk on the park system OF this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
PRIZES OF THE BRITISH BAR.
High Salaries and Large Fortunes Are
the Rule.


From the Cornrll Magazine.
The lord high chancellor of Great Britain
Is second only In position to the archbishop
of Canterbury. and he enjoys an income of
10000 q year. The lord chief Justice of
England has salary of $1,000 a year. The
master Of the rolls has a salary of $1,000.
year. and the lords OF appeal in ordinary
have the same. The lord justices Of the court
Of appeal and the judges Of the high court
earn $1,000 year each. The masters of the
high court are chosen either from barristers
or from solicitors. but all the other office
holders to whom we have alluded must have
come from the bar. $1,000
The attorney general makes much more
money than any-of these dignitaries His
salary is only q, 000 put, he has fees as
well, sometimes to Avery large amount.
The solicitor general has $4,000 q year be-
sides his fees. Gf course the double work,
legal and parliaHsentaryi.w which these off,
GERS have to undertake is most arduous, re-
curing an iron cons tftutlon and q mind
that requires bue ylittfSc time for rest The
private practittunerSa3n some few cases
make larger incomes Than any Of the Off
many who maker five fSures, but there may
be always one tor- tHo leaders who are
achieving this. The leaders who are chiefly
before the public In culinary cases do not
often make more than from Is, coo to E6 900
a year. LargeBq fortunes are frequently
made by men who specialize in patent cases
who are engaged In rating appeals and
compensation work, or who practice their
profession at thG parliamentary bar,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Royalty in Abyssinia.
From the New York Tribune.


Speaking of kings" said a traveller re-
Gently returned from Abyssinia a short time
ago. people who haven't seen the king Of
kings have no adequate conception of real
royalty. Don't know who the king Of kings
is?" he exclaimed in establishment at the
lack Of information on the part of his au-
ditors. "Menelik, King Of Kings and Con-
quering Lion Of Judah, to use his full name
King Of Abyssinia is good enough for
everyday use. It was my luck to be In
Ads Abeba on January 7. the Abyssinian
Christmas. and the emperor invited US to a
feast. After a long wait we saw the en-
peror coming from his palace surrounded
by attendants. We dismounted and fol-
lowed him to a tent and were seated at his
left. He occupied a small chair of state
He wore q long coat of fantastic colors.
covered with gold lace. That was bad
enough, but the straw that broke the back
of royalty, so to speak. was the rest Of the
out1t-white trousers and patent leather
shoes! Perched on his head above a piece
Of white muslin drawn tight about his
brow was q big gilt Panama hat, the band
literally covered with rubies and sapphires.
There was a diamond stud in his left ear,
and a red silk umbrella deeply fringed in
gold was held over his head. II that isn't
royalty, what fs?''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
G0ADENBEEis The Depenabl Store" SEVENTH AN STREETS
arved ivory brings So or. $50 more.

carved ivory brings So or. $50 more.
full toilet set SO mounted is worth $500. 1t
is the artistie~value Of the carving that
counts in the cost not the quality of the
ivory itself Thus single small article
Of approved carving and staining will cost
five times as much as a billiard ball of ten
times the weight, the ivory in which is cut
from the best part of the tusk. The billiard
ball Is turned by machinery and the small
article represents much tedious labor and
artistic skill. -! !. .-.ss..,
The art of staining ivory is a secret of
the carvers. The carvers 4who work on
American ivory goods use designs of an
other character from those popular with
the East Indian and japanese ivory carvers
The American work is usually done in low
relief and the subjects are adapted to this
treatment. The ivory carvers in this coun-
try do very little figure work. The Italians
are the most valued ivory caryers ip New
York, though there are Frenchmen and
Germans in the business. Every ivory .tusk
has to go through a process OF seasoning,
artificial or natural, to be fit for working.
The London market sets the price for crude
ivory. African, rather than Asdatic,- tusks
furnish the ivory for American carvers
Most Of the tusks that come here are from
four to five feet long. 1t Is unusual to
get perfect slab Of ivory over six inches
in diameter. as the upper and thickest end
of the tusk is hollow and the ivory coarser
than in the solid part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16

feet: Here are to be seen myriads of sta
lactites of all shapes. several being over 10
feet in length. For a distance of 800 feet
there Is series Of drops of from to 5
feet each, until descent of 60 feet neces-
states the use of a rope. Another water
course joins here. 1Stalactites are still OBJ
servabie on all Sides The height of this
portion varies from 40 feet to 100 feet, and
the width to 40 feet.
+. descending another drop of 20 feet and
travelling In northerly direction coo feet.
with continual downward slope, the most
spacious and beautiful chamber Of the
series is seen. The height Is not less than
$50 feet. with width of 90 feet The
arched roof Of the cave is of smooth blue
limestone. with veins Of white marble rum
ming through in every direction. There are
numerous very remarkable punches of
stalactites, and large fossil, resembling a
porcup1ne, Is visible at distance of $50
feet. A beautiful stream Of water passes
through the cave. forming on the floor ba-
sins OF all shapes and sizes. Between 1000
and 5000 feet farther on smaller caves are
reached. giving evidence Of great bodies of
water having passed through. About three
miles from the Bunspnfa caves, and six
miles from Marulan. are the Terrara caves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16

silk ones shown me on this occasion were
both modish and convenient.
There has been a difficulty of late years
in contriving a wholly satisfactory hunt
ing stock, and numerous patterns have
been invented, none of them quite so good
in effect as the plain self-managed stock,
and all liable to certain drawbacks, but
all rather more easy to adjust. A pat
ented stock which attracted my attention
the other day looks more successful than
any 1 have yet seen. 1t consists of a stiff
linen collar. buttoning at the back like
clergyman's "choker," but the collar does
not, like the latter, end in the neighborhood
of the studholes. On the contrary. it is
continued in the form Of two widening
ends soft and unstarched, very like the
ends of an ascot. These are brought round
in front and tied and secured in the same
way as an ascot. with hunt-pin. The
effect. on a man who knows how to tie an
ascot reasonably well. is decidedly good.
I saw a number of these stocks worn by
equestrian visitors on the occasion Of a
recent royal review. so the thing is safely
past the academic or shop window. stage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
"Fire-Walking" Theories.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
In this column referred some time ago
to the flre-walking ceremonies performed
by the natives Of Fiji and elsewhere Prof.
8. P. Langley Of Washington. as the result
Of his investigation. showed that a possible
explanation Of the feat was to be found In
the particular constitution Of the stones
which were heated. and over which the
nre-wa1kers tread barefooted. Mr.. Andrew
Lang criticised this view Of matters, to my
mind, ineffectively. Prof. Langley's con-
tention was that the stones, however heat
ed they might be, had slow conductivity Of
heat, SO that practically the fre-walker did
not tread on a red-hot surface at all. It
was remarked further. by ships engineer.
that natives could rest with their naked
feet applied to a steam boiler without ex-
periencing Inconvenience. Now. Prof. A.
C. Haddon. in Nature. gives another acA
count Of Fiji fre-walk. The result Of
an examination OF the stones over which
the walk takes place showed that the min,
eral was feeble conductor OF heat, hence
Prof. Langley's contention. receives support
from more recent scientific. research. The
sole OF the foot. II IL added, WAS never In
contact with hot stone for more than half
a second: and II, as Is demonstrated, the
heat OF the upper surface Is more appar-
ent than real. we readily meet with an ex-
PLANTATION OF q supposed ''miracless's DIR.
Fulton. who watched the Fiji ordeal. found
that when he stood. Immediately after the
ceremony, on one or two Of the stones, hi
boots were not even singsd. 7s'ff s.s9s'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
AS TO SIGNING NAMES.
Some 1diosyncrasies of Women In
This Respect. % .e-a
men In
From the Baltimore News.

From the Baltimore News -' E'ii'-5ff! =
Large firms which have a great deal OF
correspondence with women are often very
much put to 1t to discover whether or NOT
the writers Of the letters they receive
should be addressed as Miss" or as "Mrs
Almost invariably there is nothing In the
epistle to indicate. Lucy Smith signs her
name Lucy Smith apparently with the SUI
premest confidence that the head Of the
firm will know she married John Smith In
1900, and has been happy ever since: and
also that her name before she was married
was Lucy Jones. -a 49,
Then comes the by no means ca sily solvad
problem to the business people of how thew
snail address their letter to her If thew
make the envelope read Mrs. Lucy Smith !"
and that lady is spinster. she is apt to
to some other house. If she Is addressed
as Miss Lucy Smith, and is a natron.
she's sure to get furious, and she remarks
10 whoever Is nearby that If Boots Shoes
them. So the astute manager of the mailing
department. is fain to write her down plain
Lucy Smith" and let it go at that.
me postman must decide whether she's
maid. wife or widow III
The rules that women should follow in
signing their letters, business and social.
are expounded every now and then in the
inquiry department. OF newspapers. while
Wnole pages In books Of department are de-
voted to the subject. and still nine out of
every ten letters received by an editor who
handles a large correspondence are SUBJ
scrlbed as before explained without nary
handle at all. or else are written out fatty,
Mrs. Mary JONES' just as II Mary had
been baptized Mrs" and that word was
legitimate part of her. "~ '+.'-
There are also still a few ladies who COM
placently sign themselves Mrs. Dr. Brown
or Mrs. Captain Green.' just because their
husbands have right to those titles. and
whats his is hers" This Is the worst
mistake of all, Of course, and. luckily has
at last disappeared from country newspa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
EPIDEMICS OF 1902.
Mortality From Cholera in China,
Japan, Philippines and Egypt.

Prom the Chicago Tribune.
!, The mortality from epidemics for the first
ten months of 1902 has been exceedingly
large, and yet 1t has been 80 evenly dis
tributed over this period. month by month;
and the regions affected are so far away
that public attention has not been at all
concerned with 1t. In fact, cholera and
plague are as common incidents of the
orient as famine or loss of life by food.
None Of these attracts the consideration Of
the American public or Is at best more
than a days wonder. If tidal wave on
our shores should sweep away thousands
as has happened recently in Japan: II the
Mississippi river should overflow it's banks
and drown thousands as the Yellow river
did few months ago in China, and as 1t
does every year. the public would be ap-
palled, but would soon forget. Even the
phenomenal disaster In Martinique at our
doors already is forgotten. 1t Is not to be
expected. perhaps that catastrophes thou
should excite any lively interest in this
country. 80
ofcial reports from the Philippines
Egypt. Japan and China indicate that the
those countries Is the worst since 1862
when the west, as well as the east was
suffering from Its ravages and our own
country did not escape. Then the streets Of
sions until at last It became a problem how
to bury the victims. During the present
year cholera has ragged most viruiently in
Egypt and China. though thousands have
died In Japan and the Philippines. China
still is in the clutches of the pestilence
According to one correspondent 1t broke
out simultaneously In Manchuria, Canton
and Shanghai. and from these centers
spread SO rapidly that nearly every prov
ince of the empire Is now infected. The
disease has made no distinctions. It has
ragged in the slums Of Shanghai and found
its way into the imperial palace at Pekin
AS only incomplete records of mortality
are kept In the orient II Is impossible to OBJ
tain anything like an accurate statement
but 1t Is within bounds to say that cholera
alone has caused over half a million deaths
this year, and other epidemics. like plague
and measles, will add nearly a quarter Of
million more to the list. And yet the
situation is hopeful one. There was a
time. and that not long ago, when epidem-
les swept over Europe and this country. A
half dozen years ago Cuba was the breed
Ing place Of yellow fever. The progress Of
medical science and Of sanitation has made
such advances, however. that epidemtcs will
not be SO widespread or as fatal in, Europe
and this country as they have been. It Is
only In countries where people are filthy
and fatalistic and where science and clean
Illness have not yet made progress that
the pestilence walketh by MONDAY"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Prevention and Cure Of Colds.


For ten OF the twelve years Of his life
my son suffered from influenza, which no
amount of precaution could ward or, and
which. with or without doctor, was often
weeks in running its course. at the end Of
which time he was about ready for a fresh
one. At last became convinced that an
overindulgence In sweets was one fertile
cause. and many a box OF candy-the gift
Of unwise friends-was suppressed. and the
colds became less frequent. On his tenth
birthday he began upon rising in the morn
ing series OF cold sponge baths, fol-
lowed by friction with coarse towel. That
year his colds were limited to two. When
the second began to make its appearance
we determined to try heroic measures. and
for thirty-skxe henrs he went without food,
with the exception OF a cupful Of hot water
and the juice OF an orange taken on the
morning of the first days fast. The sec
end morning he awoke without vestige
Of cold. and q happier and more triumph
ant boy it..would have been hard to find.
As many OF my friends and family have
tried this with equal success do not hest
tate to recommend IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
PARIS NEW RAILWAY.
Magnitude Of Undertaking Not Seen
by Ordinary Observer.

Paris Corr. London Hines.
Few Parisians, much less foreign visitors,
have any idea of the engineering works ne
cessitated by the Metropolitan railway.
They simply notice that some of the most
freouented routes through Paris are dotted
with wooden Enclosures, which increase the
difficulties and dangers of pedestrians In a
city already perilous from Its trans, cycles
and motor cars Yet some of these opera
lions are extremely interesting. The orig
inal line, indeed, presented no serious OBJ
stacles 1t runs through Paris from east
to west, from the 'vincennes to the Neuilly
barrier, and merely required tunnels under
the Faubourg st. Antoine, the Rue de Ri
yoH, the Champs Elysees and the Avenue
de la Grailde Armee. The branches from
the Place de PEtoile to the Trocadero and
the Port Dauphine were also easy opera
tions But the line from the Place de
rEtodle to the Place de la Bastille, q Sec
ton of which was recently opened, Is OF
different character.
The line had to pass over or under three
trunk railways for level crossings were
out of the question with lines by each Of
which hundreds of trains daily entered or
left Paris. The Metropolitan line accord
ingly tunnels under the Western railway iE
the Boulevard DIES Batignolles, 100 yards
from st. Lazare station, but that line Is
not very wide, nor is it much below ground.
Not so with the northern and eastern lines,
which are both Wide and deep where they
pass under the boulevard. The Metropoli-
tan, therefore, energies from underground,
and at a very sharp gradient becomes a
viaduct passing along the middle of the
boulevard. It Is very unslghtly, as have
previously observed, but 1t is a remarkable
piece of engineering.
Still more noteworthy Is the work going
on under the Place de rOpera. Three sto-
ries, so to speak, OF railways are there be
ing constructed. One line from Auteuil to
the Opera, another from the Place du Dan
ube at the northeastern extremity Of Paris
to the Palais Royal, and a third from Cour-
celles to Menilmontant all reach or pass
this spot, which will therefore be the great
center Of traffic, and there will be a station
serving all three lines, yet almost impe.-
cept.ble from the surface. Just as the
Credit Lyonnalse has three stories of vaults.
there will be three stories OF lines, with
stairs so arranged as to make ingress or
egress easy. I do not speak Of projected
line from Montmartre to Montparnasse, cut
ting Paris from north to south and tunnel
ing under the Seine. because this has not
yet been commenced.
One result Of the lines already opened
is that several omnibus and tramway lines
have been given up for want Of traffic. and
that the companies have instituted an ac-
tion against the municipality for allowing
the breakup Of q monopoly for which they
pay a considerable sum-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Temple Of Asculapius.
From the Lancet.

The discovery by DR.. Richard Herzog Of
Tubingen Of the ancient temple OF Aescu-
lapius, on the island of Cos. Is likely to
solve the interesting question whether
there were lying-in and other hospitals be-
fore the Christian era. The temple is 1871
yards wide by 40lh yards long and was
found under small Byzantine church .ded-
icated to the Blessed Virgin OF Tarsus. The
columns of the temple. were found lying
whole or In parts In place called Cond1e
Baktchessi, or the garden of the flower
buds. A Greek inscription was found on
the entrance hall of the temple, which read
when translated: "Shndry elders from diff
ferent states have decided by vote to carry
on this holy asylum of Aescuiapius.'' A
Of an image in relief Of q serpent, the sym.
boil Of the god, besides numerous votiye of
ferings. Excavations will continue until
che whole site has been cleared up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
IVORY mouNT1Nas.
Carved and Stained, They Are In Grow
ing Favor for Toilet Articles.

ing Favor Tor Toilet Articles.
From the New York Sun.
There is growing liking just now for
toilet and desk appliances mounted In
carved ivory. The ivory setting Is much
more distinctive and costly than silver.
The extremes Of hot and, cold In the Ameri-
can climate have always been injurious to
IVORY setting. cracks being apt to appear
On the surface after only a few months.
use But Ingenious manufacturers now pro-
vide against this drawback by leaving space
between the article and the setting to allow
for expansion and contraction. So the
chief obstacle to the popularity OF ivory
mountings II removed.
4 A hand mirror framed IN pain ivory is
worth only SO or $l2; but mirror Of
similar size framed in richly stained and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16

Florida-Atlantic Coast Lines
famous trains leave Washington 3:16 D. m
$40 p. m. Office, Col Pennsylvania avenue.
advertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Hosiery.

Lo girls Ribbed
with splced
seamless foot Regular
49,.
21 coo Ladies' Heavy Cotton Hose with
allover,
quality. Sale price
consisting of blue
white dopstitch
worth 12Ac Sale price.
Chldfens
Of the best lots in the chdrens xl rib with double
foot double heel and
quality, with
Chldren's Hose absolutely the
double and heel the double
Guaranteed stainless Regular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Fire Underwriters Sale 3
OF HOSIERY AND UNDERWEAR
Goods of Worth for Next to Nothing.


o hm
free from damage i'm way
he sail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16

Boys and Little Mems $1.5O Strong
wearing School Shoes, including perfor-
calf, kangaroo calf and g Il Il e
box calf; sizes to 51. eO Il Il ~
Clearance Sale Price,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16

Ladies' Felt and Cloth House Slippers,
with or without fur trim
ming; the. .$1.00~ and 75c. SHN~
kinds Choice, at Clearance oVVVSo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-16
Ladies' Underwear.

Ladies' Underwear.
No doz Extra Heavy
and IN m Blu nod n n
izes) II
and
n neck all
at price
and
the
on
Vests. 75c price.
IN an heavy
with buton the fronts
n and2 pc
L Thread Vest
: ii ; TAP: s s::: N: i: : . ::@' 81: 1212c.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1903-04-03

I M. l.. Decker has the plans for the fine
new residence he expects to build on
north Kalamazoo street.
The True Northerner was in error last
week in stating that John Often and
Loren Wise were in Jail. Both paid their
fines
Congressman Hamilton has ended the
South Haven postoffice contest by the
announcement that be has decided to
recommend the appointment of George
H~Myhan.
: John Rose died of paralysis last Fri
day at his home north of town after
long sickness. 2His age was 73 years and
he was member of the q. A. II. The
services were held at the house Monday,
and burial was in Austin cemetery
G. G.. Chappell went to Kalamazoo,
Sunday, after Ishmael Covell, who es-
capped from the county Jail here last
! April. Covell was arrested by Sheriff
| Shipman. He was awaiting trial on
charge of adultery when he escaped, and
is now held for forgery.
! Reports from various points in the
! fruit belt, published in the Country Vis-
! itor, show that there will be good
many peaches this year. although not
nearly full crop. Growers will be wise
to thin thoroughly the varieties that do
bear, insuring fine fruit and good price.
The NJ. f.. church was packed at the
local option meeting last Sunday even
ing The principal address was made
/ by l.. II. Titus, and it was one of the
strongest arguments in favor of the law
ever made to Paw Paw audience. Hon.
j. j. Woodman also made an excellent
short address.
The Pere Marquette took control of
the S. Ii, q +, line April l. AS yet, no
changes have been made except to take
off the Sunday trains 1t is understood
but one depot will be used at Hartford.
The Pere Marquette auditor has been
here and checked up the station. 1t will
probably be but a short time until
something will be doing" to carry out
the projects of the new owners.
At the county convention of the Nj. w.
A. held in South Haven, Wednesday of
this week, Lincoln III. Titus of this place
and Charles Il. Gait of Bangor were
elected delegates to the state camp of
the order to be held in Owosso, May g..
A very interesting and successful meet
ing is reported to have been held at
South Haven, and every camp in the
county except Almena and Decatur were
represented.
The First National bank block will be
at least two stories, possibly three, with
a full stone front. 1t is expected the
postoffice will occupy half of the first
floor, and both that office and the bank
will be furnished in the most modern
style. An agent of the postoffice depart
ment has been here, has seen the neces-
sity of larger quarters and made an ar
rangement with the bank which he will
recommend to the department, and there
is no doubt the lease will be made.