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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
A SAMPLE EMPLOYER.
Remains i'm Business, but Does Not
Make Fortune.

Correspondence of the New York Commercial.
In an article Few Fortunes In Business
you say: 1.-The business world in full of men
who at, sixty and seventy and seventy-nve are
still In the harness because they have TO be. They
are not faiiures-far from fiji But they have not
piled up the fortunes that the New York
Journal refers to so lightly. They cannot quit.
They must keep at IT, That is true gos-
pei. and your description of the tolling. care
worn white heads IL not q bit overdrawn.
1t appealed with peculiar interest and force
to me. because happen to know scores Of men
who are still In the business harness at three
score-and-ten years. and most OF them because
Portable" and they must still work on as long
as their health permits
know intimately a man In Maine still In active
business at seventy mine. For more than sixty
terruption in one line Of Manufactures. some
times he must have had as much as 150 men on
or os at r his psn S on bean oss
down for short periods. But he must have dis
snsed In wage; alone an aysrass Of at Least So
dustrfes partially dependent his plant for busi-
nss out THAT IN sixty to
Ing ss L. his yso small
wheels Of industry moving.
Yet. to-day. he has practically nothing outside
ters him. There isn't lazy bone in his body.
his habits have been most exemplary and he has
made no bad ventures. But in middle life he
the only one he knew and that was gradually
becoming Improbable, owing to various things
hard to teach an old dog new tricks'-so he
kept on at the only one he knew. It has had
since then good years. and bad years''-but
he had to stick to IL.
To-day he couldn't sell his plant for a tenth
part Of what II has cost him: doubt II his house
would bring half what he paid for Il. All about
him scores of mechanics, young middle
aged and old, who have been In hardly any other
employ than his: most OF them own small un-
pretentious houses. keep teams for pleasure. have
money In the savings bank small investments
that pay something. and they contemplate the
down grade OF life with composure, for the most
part Most OF them really better of than
their employer in this worlds goods.
Still. he IL full Of energy and pluck and
says: ct shall peg away till peg out"
And this case Is only of thousands all
about US: To be proprietor and employer
Is not all velvet" DIRIGO.
Hotel Touraine. Boston. April .. 1903.
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surplus ..........-... 4OScoostfs
Ey. United States de-


The Ffnancier says: ''One feature OF the
official statement OF the New York Asso-
ciated Banks last week was a decrease or
$4.5S2 200, instead Of a gain In loans. The
latter had been looked for az the result OF
more liberal offerings Of money by the chief
lending institutions during the week This
loss. however. may have been q reflection
OF the previous weeks business, when there
was large liquidation Of speculative ac-
counts on the Stock Exchange. while. con !
trary to expectations. the official statement
OF the banks for that week showed an I'M
portsnt increase I'm loans. The banks gained
*. o5s 100 in cash. OF which s. 500 600 consisted
OF specie. This gain was smaller by -. 30
than that estimated from the tfaceable
numbers OF money during the week The
discrepancy may be accounted Tor In great
part, however. by the average system OF
the banks. The average gain for the fort
night. as shown by the official statementa
was g. les. coo. while the average Of the tsti-
mates for this period was s.. 1l5.1U- Oepos-
its increased $3i3.l0o. which is only q little
below the difference between the gain IN
statement was harmonious. The required
reserve was increased $500. which sum.
deducted from the increase In cash. leaves
81 977 rs as the increase In surplus reserves.
This item is now slo.9s5.f75. Calculated on
the basis OF deposits. less those OF 81. zS3 900
so 800 276. Circulation showed the small In
crease OF $4,000, but even this light gain
Is noteworthy for this period Of the year
when. usually, there Is a large reduction OF
the banks last week were 900. agains {
500. 10000 in the previous week. This re-
duction was due 10 the fact that the Stock
Exchange was close on Wednesday,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
CONCERNING JAGs.


LIES Monotony.
A. x. Bond. In Booklovers Magazine
VARIETY Il mot the sPss of life it is
sistent with mental vigor; and the more sensi-
tive the mental tissue the more 1t cries out
against monotony. The feminine mind Cfor
minds, like bodies, are male and female. al
though / confess that occasionally the sex of
mind and body do not correspond finds simple
Of the mank,although men must eventually be-
come excessively uninteresting objects of con-
SEEK in battle the needed refreshment. Ali Wig,
orous nations have kept themselves in COED order
by s; at Least ONE wa. to each seneraton be-
the warrior found in alcohol q relief TO nonot-
and the drinking bout. are the principal themes
Of ancient epic.
unbroken monetony OF self-control without de-
generating? This Is problem worthy OF earnest
thought. No race so far In the worlds history
has done SO without in time losing its home and
its independence.
has nlled to some degree the place OF the Old
time war Of swords. In the social and domestic
% n, oTa tes r.s % ads
routine. 1t Is down IN the ranks OF the toler for
daily bread that the awful s blight Of the hum,
OF intelligent form OF jag Is most evident
Dress Is forbidden as luxury beyond attain
ment. Alcoholic excess Is a curse whose hideous
after results are only too we'll known. Litera.
turs has come in a blessed relief to countless
thousands. A coy corner sofa. first-class now
eli, and for a few hours toll. worry and WEAKNESS
forgotten I'm a voyage through some world
are Of the Imagination or through an cid world
where may look on without personal respon-
sibIlity at the strange panorama OF human lie
Or history with its quaint recitals. or poetry
with its untrammeled fancy. will pour the foods
OF Lethe over the tired spirit.
Earnest and women have OF late years
Iabored with wonderful success TO combat the
monotony OF the lives OF their less favored fell
low beings Much has already been done through
cheap entertainments. through holiday festivals
through summer vactions for mother and child
Only the edge OF the problem has, however, been
hal hA ~ hmm anti
for a relief the dreadful ennui OF existence.
Blessed Is he who shall find or devise new
and harmless Jag that shall come into the tired
lives OF the masses like burst of sunshine on
a leaden day. dispensing the haunting shadows
OF yice-jags, and giving the necessary relief
from grinding monotony without any deInoraliz-
ing after effects
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26

BOLTON Hall. IN the Independent.


In the neglected corner OF a yard. between two
paving stones. a peach tree sprouted. White
from the darkness and dropping with the heat
the wonder was that IL survived. Foul water
fell upon Z and ashes covered its shoots. Then.
when II had grown 10 be a saplIng, a thief
scrambling over the fence used it prop and
broke its stern. and an idle boy carved " c.
upon its bark. Still IL struggled upward,
crooked. bruised and gnarled. 1t even pushed
through n crack in the fence. stretching toward
the light. Then the professors considered its
case Professor Jukes observed, that its bios
som fell into the mire; he tabulated them "a
chow that lie per cent. blew over the fence,
al per cent drifted into the tenement, and OF
the remainder 7s& per cent. went into the gutter
Those that were carried away by lady slurn-
mer were unaccoCrted for.
Professor Obscurity noted that the peach from
which the sapling sprang was rotten before the
seed had sprouted-
DR. Know Howe said this solitary tree was a
sexual pervert and called attention 10 its un-
svmmetrical limbs a mark OF degeneracv
The IN. c." was equivalent to tattoo. certain
slgn OF criminals.
They all concluded that this tree was created
bad and had better be quietly killed with drugs
which they called euthanasla (to hide their bru-
stality)
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An EnRraver's Fate.
Philadelphia Ledger.

II William Blake could have received SIS 900
at any time In his life for any or all OF his
works his strange history might have been very
different. Perhaps. under those conditions n
single copy of his Book OF Job would nor have
been worth S2S.oU9 now. or another OF his works
So soo-prices brought at Lord Crews sale Blake
had trouble enough 10 make living and TO
scrape together the cost Of his plates. which
10 get any public attention TO induce any
body but his own little circle 10 take him ssri-
death Blake 10 one of the most costly fads that
a collector can take up. and the poetic value Of
70 complain that the worlds recognition came
too late. This queer. rapt genius never would
q condition Of tn being Bssides. II his works
had been popular Eesd Impressions would not
are the congregations OF ART
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
A Penny saved.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.
Seeing a friend step on the platform OF
weighing machine Mr.. Pneer stepped up
behind him.
Lets see how much both OF US weigh. :.
he said
cent In the slot
81, and stopped.
How much do you usually weigh q
asked Mr.. Pneer.
zone fsrty-thres. guess. That's whs1
II was the ether day.
"Then my weight Il l5l. Thanks~
And Mr. Pnssrs countenance gloWeG VIII
serene satisfactten - he stepped down.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
In Purgatory.
New York Times.

New YORK IIilts.
The Rev. DIR. Charles Wood. OF Phila-
delphia, has a story which he tells ION the
excellent authority of Mr.. Booker T.. Wash
ington." A negro had dream in which he
telling a friend about IL next morning
when the friend interrupted him, asking:
WAS there any niggers there?"
''Yaas. sir. there was lots Of them" was
the reply.
ANY white men?''
''Yaas. sir. lots OF them"
what were the white men doing?"
EVERY one OF them was holding a niger
tween him and the IRE" said the dreamer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
PRIVATE WIRE ADvICes.
Bank Statement Was Good, hut SELL
ing Persisted After It's Issue

Meyer & Kiser's Teiegram-J
NEW YORK. April 25.-The opening was
somewhat irregular and lower, Influenced
by lower prices for Americans In LoEdon.
where the aggressive attitude taken BY
Russia in Manchuria was regarded with
some concern. The decline Of points ~
Metropolitan Street-railway was the OPEN
ing tendency to unsettle the traction issues.
the selling of which was carried also 20 the
railroad issues. The market, as a whole.
was largely professional, and after the an
nouncement OF the bank statement. which
was considered very good-and slightly bet
ter than expected-traders renewed their
selling, closing their commitments on the
long side and switching over 10 the other
Amalgsmsted Copper ruled heavy. IN view Of
the weakness In Rio Tintos In London, bat
was fairly well supported near the close
The active issues averaged a loss OF about
one point from the last nights close. Az
there was no news directly affecting rail-
road interests here IL is believed the selling
emanated largely from the traders.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
Money Rate. Abroad.

IoNDoN.-Money, 3HaSh per cent. Dis
counts. ga and 3d. Consols, 81 5-l6a92a.
PARIS.-Three per cent rentes. eSf 171zc
for the account. Exchange on London, z5f
lie for checks.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. rates: Short bills.
21l per cent; three months bills. "a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26

NEW YORR.-Imports OF merchandise
and dry goods at the port OF New York for
the week were valued at sl2,s3iSa
Imnorts OF specie for the week were
.,5 iag In SILVER and SIS .3i6 in gold.
Exports Of specie were $54s.os2 In silver
and S16,1l4 I'm gold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
Markets for silver.

NEW YoRK.-Bar silver. $3.50: Mexican
dollars, 4lisc.
LONDON.-Silver bars, 2f12d an ounce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
BARRY SAWS
MILL SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS

exclusive of the $50 900 gold reserve in
the division OF redemption, shows:
Available cash S222. $50 oS2
Gold uz.sSuooo
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rreaaurx statement.

Northumberland statement OF
the treasury balances In the general fund.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.


NEW YORK, April 25.-The statement Of
averages OF the clearing house banks OF this
oitv for the week shows.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26

Amalxamated Copper....-
American Car q Foundry.
Am. Car q Found. pref.
american Lnssed OIL.
Amer. Linssed OIL pref.
American Locomotive..-..
Amer. Locomotive pref.
Amer. Smelt. & Refining.
Am. Smelt. & Rem. pref.
Anaconda Mining Co. 49,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
Colorado Fuel q Iron.
Consolidated 6As-..-....:.
Continsntal Toeeeco pref.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
SAFE DEPOSITS.
s. A. FLETCHER & CO.'S
safe Deposit Vault,
"a East Washington Street

Absolutely safety against Ere and burglar Po-
ucemAn day and night on guard Designed for
safe keeping Of Money. Bonds. Wills. Deeds. ABB
otracts. silver Plate. Jewels and valuable
Trunks. Packages. &C. Contains 2 100 boxes.
Rent % tn s45 Per Year.
JOHN 3. TARKINGToN Manager.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
A WOmau's Rack.

Dublin. Mich, June 29.-To the
many women who suffer with weak
back and pains and tired feelings in
the small Of the back. the experience
Of Mrs. Fred Chalker Of this place will
be interesting and profitable.
Mrs. Chalker had suffered very
great deal with these back pains and
although she had tried many things,
she could find nothing that would re-
lieve her. The pain kept on in spite of
all she could do.
At last she Glanced to read the story
of another lady who had suffered with
the ~backache. and said she had been
cured by Il remedy called Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. and Mrs. Chalker thought
she would try the same thing.
After the first two boxes had been
taken according to directions, she be-
gan to feel some better, and she kept
on till at last she was cured.
Her pains are all gone, and she is
very grateful. She says: "Dodds
Kidney Pills helped me greatly, and 1
will always recommend them as cure
for Pain in the Back"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
The Man Who Found Him SELF

The son Of an immensely wealthy
American, having graduated from col.
lege according to writer in The
Worlds Work, went to Paris to study
art He worked hard in the Paris
studios for three years. One day he
made up his mind that he would never
be great artist, and that he would
rather be successful farmer than o
fairly successful painter. Now-al
though still a young man -he has a
model farm, covering ten thousand
acres, in Illinois. He knows every
foot of it. what it should produce. and
he sees that it produces everything il
should. He has built magnificen.
house. in which not an ornament Jars
the finest taste. He goes to Europe.
every winter and studies European
methods Of scientific farming and cattle
raising. He is developing the land as
his fathers did before him. He employs
scores of men; he helps the small farm
ers about him; he is likely to be a
great factor in the development of the
State during the next few years. And
this is the. story Of young American
vino works for the love of 1t, and who
is great success because, anxious to
do things, he knew when he had not
'.found his work.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
Supreme Court Sustains the Foot
Ease TrQde.Mark.

Buffalo, n. Y, June 28.-The Su.
preme Court has ordered a permanent
injunction. with costs, and a full account
ing of sales, to issue against Paul B.
Hudson, the manufacturer of the foot
powder called 'Dr. Clark's Foot Pow.
der" and also against retail dealer of
Brooklyn. restraining them from max
ing or selling the DIR. Clark's Foot Pow
der, which is declared. in the decision of
the court. an imitation and Infringement
Of 'FOOTEASE." the powder to shake
into your shoes. now so largely adver.
tised and sold all over the country Allen
S. Olmsted, of lie Roy. n. V, is the
owner of the trademark, FOOT
EASE" and he is the FIRST individual
vino ever advertised foot powde. ex-
tensively over the country. The decision
in this case upholds his trademark and
renders all parties liable who fraudulent
ly attempt to profit by the extensive
"FOOT-EASE" advertising. in placing
upon the market a spurious and similar
appearing preparation. labeled and put
up in envelopes and boxes like FOOT
EASE. Similar suits will he brought
against others who are now infringing
on the FOOT-EASE trademark and
common law rights.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
FOR WOMEN
Much That Every Woman
Desires to Know
About sanatiye Antisep-
tic Cleansing
And about the Care Of the Skin.
Scalp; Hair and Hands.


Too much stress cannot be placed on
the great value Of Cuticura Soap, Oint-
ment and Resolvent in the antiseptic
cleansing of the mucous surfaces and Of
the blood and circulating fluids. TIM.
afIordiug pure, sweet and economical
local and constitutional treatment for
weakening ulcsrations, innammationsS
itcdngs, irritations, relaxations, dis
placements: pains and Irregularities
peculiar to females. Hence the Cuti-
cura remedies have wonderful infu-
ence In restoring health. strength and
beauty to weary women, who have
been prematurely aged and insalided
by these distressing ailments, as well a.
such sympathetic Affections as anemia,
chlorosis, hysteria, nervousness and
debility.
Women from the very first have fully
appreciated the purity. and sweetness,
the power to afford immediate relief
the certainty Of speedy and permanent
cure, the absolute safety and great
economy which have made the Cuticura
remedies the standard skin cures and
humour remedies of the civilized world.
Millions of the women use Cuticura
SOip, assisted by Cuticura Ointment,
for preserving, purifying and heauti,
flying the skin, for cleansing the scalp
of crusts, scales and dandruff. and the
stopping of falling hair, for softening.
whitening and soothing red, rough and
sore hands, for annoying irritations;
and lucrative weaknesses, and for
many sanative, antiseptic purposes
which readily suggest themselves, as
well as for all the purposes Of the toilet.
bath and nursery.
Sold throughout the xorli. Cntieura Resolvent c n
form Of Choeofa:e Costs. 9ils 7c per vial Of Co., Oint
So; Psrs Rus de q Pafx; Bosion, IL Colambus Ava
a1rssnd for "a Book for Women"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
LAUGHING GAS AND MUSIC
A Chicago Musical Dentist Pulls Teetl

A Chicago Musical Dentist Pulls Teeth
to Three Four Time.
Laughing gas with music" II the
latest combination Of science effected
by an enterprising Chicago dentist.
'ToOth-pulling pleasure band
concert with each extraction" is the
motto Of thie dentist. Street pianos
avoid the block in which his Office is
situated, for out of the windows float
the strains Of Mr. Dooley," The Holy
City," and rollicking airs from 'The
Prince of Pilsen," instead Of the
shrieks and groans Of patients.
(which tooth?' asks the dentist of
a prospective patient. "Ah, this one?
Looks like stubborn one. Oh. no.
it won't hurt a bit. What did you say
your favorite opera was:"
At this point the new patient gets
restless and, with the rubber dam in
his mouthsi gurgles something about
looking for dentist, not theater."
With the air of an impresario. a
Fanciulli or Sousa, the dentist moves
about his work. The gas bag is
brought out. and with it a mysterious
box with long tubes attached.
There's Only One Girl begins to
away, and when he awakes the tooth
is out and there is surprise at seeing
the blazing sun instead Of the falling
curtain Of an opera.
Its great" said the dentist. "but
1t sometimes causes strange fancies
among my vic-er-patients, l mean.
One man attempted to throw viOlets
on the stage when he heard The Mel
ancholy Marshmallow.' 1t takes only
a few gulps Of gas and the soothing in
Huence of The Palms to put the most
nervous patient in shape for operation.
mo, can't say-that GOttschalk's 8
Last Hope or the Swan Song is pop
ular. There's too much feeling in
them. Take sweet, impressiOnable
young woman, with dreamy blue eyes
and fluffy hair. and turn on There's
Nobody Just Like You Effect! Well,
l should say SO. Just gulp or two
and l can pull every tooth in mouth.
Sometimes they even want encores and
are willing to sacrifice another tooth
Just for the concert and the gas effect.
''For the youngsters I have some
lively, catchy music. After ! pulled
four molars for a. boy the other day
he woke up and asked me which way
the circus parade had gone.
''The music soothes the patients and
they are more readily affected by the
gas. They do not hear the noises Of
the street. and. fixing their thoughts
on the music, they do not fight against
the gas and become unconscious more
quickly. The therapeutic value Of mu-
sic in dentistry is now recognized
Chicago Inter Ocean,.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-07-02
All the Picture Lacked.

Commander Seaton Schroeder, ex-
governor of Guam. stopped recently in
San Francisco on his way from Guam
to Washington. He visited one night,
in company with several naval officers,
a theater of the western city.
The gentleman sat in a box at the
back. of which was a mirror. Studying
and regarding himself in this mirror
between the acts. one of the members
of the party said humOrously:
Schroeder, here is picture for you.
Talk about manly vigor and grace,
how is this for picture?'
ut is very well indeed" replied the
other, "only it wants hanging."-New
York Tribune.