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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

fire and police forces will be paid at the In
diana Trust Company's Office tomorrow
morning for the month OF October, instead
of at the treasurer's Office.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-01

FASCINATED BY THE SIGHT.
The great crowd gazed tx horror, fasci-
mated by the awfulness of the sight, as
one by one the broken bodies of the foot
ball players and students were carried
from the ruins. Many of the women could
not bear the sight and turned away Ex-
pressions of pity and sympathy were heard
everywhere, particularly when some boy,
with blood flowing from gashes in his face
and head. and with limbs bruised and
broken. was tenderly lifted into an am
bulance to be hurried to the hospital
Strewn over the ground were hats, shoes,
football toggery, megaphones, streamers of
Purdue colors. grips, telescopes, suit
cases and articles of all kinds, the prop
erty of the passengers that had occupied
the first three coaches of the special
Many of these articles bore silent wit
nesses TO the terribly tragedy which had
been enacted. A football was found near
the wreck of the first coach, so smeared
with blood that its original dull yellow had
been obliterated. 1t seemd to tell a
story of its own-that IL had been held by
a member of the team as he explained to
his fellows some play that was to bring
success In the afternoon. The grips and
suitcases, many of them bearing the ini-
tails OF their owners. had been crushed
in and broken open. their contents scat
tered in the debris Some OF these were
bloodstained.
These articles were picked up by the
force OF patrolmen and railroad men and
piled on one side for Identification at the
police station later on The bits Of par
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14

pause, o youth or maiden" wrote
Andrew Lang in the Windsor Maya
zine, before you accustom your lips
to this fatal formula, 4 have no time to
readr You have all the time which
for you exists. and it is abundant.
What are you doing with it-with your
leisure? Mainly, gossiping. Our mod
ern malady is gregariousness. We
must be in company chattering.
TO be always with others, always
gregarious. always chattering, like
monkeys in treetops, is our ruling vice,
and this is the reason why we have no
time to read and why you see so many
people pass their leisure when alone
in whistling or whiting. They have
time to white"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14
AS 1T is WRITTEN.
A List of the Greatest Ten Men the
World Has Known.


Who are the ten greatest men the
world has known? DIR. ]. McKeen Cat
tell gives Napoleon. Shakespeare, Mo
BANNED, Noltaire, Pacon, Aristotle,
Goethe, Julius Caesar, Luther and Pla-
to. "The method followed" says the
author. ito discover the 1000 men who
are pre-eminent was this: took six bi-
ographical dictionaries or encyclope-
dias two English, two French, one
German and one American-and found
the 1000 men in each who were al
lowed the longest articles. In this way
some 5000 men were found. then Sc
lccted the men who appeared in the
lists of at least three of the dictiona-
ries and from these selected the thou
sand who were allowed the greatest av-
erage space. Thus was obtained not
only the thousand men esteemed the
most eminent, but also the order in
which they stand. According to this
list. the ten most eminent are given
above. 1t is curious that these ten pre-
eminent men are so widely separate in
race and age-twO Greeks, two French
men, two Germans, two Englishmen,
one Roman and one Arab and two in
the fifth century and one in the first
century before Christ, one in the sixth,
one in the fifteenth, two in the six
teenth and three in the eighteenth CEN
fury. The ten names last on the list
are Ohio. Sertorius, Macpherson, Clau-
dian, DOmitian. Bugeaud, Charles l. OF
Naples, Fauriel, Enjantin and Barbery,
names hardly ever heard" - Philadel-
phin Record.
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Notable Paintings.

Probably the smallest painting ever
made was the work of the wife of a
Flemish artist 1t depicted a mill with
the sails bent. the miller mounting the
stairs with a sack of grain on his back.
Upon the terrace where the mill stood
was a cart and horse. and on the road
leading to it several peasants were
shown. The picture was beautifully
finished, and every object was very dis
tinct, yet it was so amazingly small
that its surface, so the story goes,
could be covered with a grain Of corn.
In contradistinction to this the lar
gest painting, exclusive of frescoes and
panoramas. IS TintorettOs Paradise"
1t is hung in the grand saloon of the
doges' palace at Venice and is 81 feet
wide and 81 feet high.
Michael Angeles fresco in the Sistine
chapel of the Vatican completely COW
ers the vaulted roof, which measures
1913 feet in length and 40 feet in width.
This painting delineates the creation of
man, his fall and the early history of
the world. with reference to mans
final redemption and salvation.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14
CHINESE FESTIVALS.
Six Curious Feast Days That Usher
In the New Year.

Six Curious Feast Days That Usher
In the New Year.
The first day of the Chinese New
Years feastS is called Birds day (Kay-
YaO and is supposed to bring TO mind
the utility Of the feathered tribes as
food. On this day all orthodox Chinese
abstain from eating flesh, and they
sometimes observe it as a day of fast
Ing. The second day is Dogs day QNu-
Yat. This day is especially held sa-
cred to the canine hosts Of the Flowery
Kingdom. The Chinese nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that they eat the flesh Of
the dog and esteem it 4 great delicacy,
honor their dogs more highly and take
better care of them than any other race
of people. In every large Chinese city
there is workman whose sole trade is
that Of making collins for departed
CANNES.
The third day, Hogs day (Chen-Ya0,
is celebrated in honor of a hog that
once drew a valuable manuscript out
of bonfire of trash. The fourth feast,
Sleeps day NaOng-NaO, is honor2d Ill
memory of Pun KoOn Venga, a shep-
herd who clothed himself in leaves,
grass and bark of trees. refusing TO
make use of any part of the sheep. Ell
Their for food or clothing. The fifth day
is Cows day (New-Ya0. This day is
conSecrated to the COW that sucked the
orphan who afterward became rich and
built the celebrated Temple of Cows.
The sixth day is Ma-Yat, or Horse day,
and is set apart to call to mind the use
fulness of that noble animal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14
Loaf mhlnnfIon

The Chinese had all the grand secrets
Of electrical discoveries more than 5000
years ago, and they made use Of the
magnet as loadstone long before that.
Historical records show where their ar
mics were led across the vast plains of
the interior Of the nation by a combi-
nation Of electricity as a combined
power Of loadstones and some other
substances unknown to the Celestals
Of the present day.
This form Of electricity is among the
lost arts and must come to the front
with other grand discoveries within the
next few years. But not the great and
learned shall have the benefit OF this
forthcoming discovery In electricity.
The one who shall have this golden
key to grand electric mystery shall
have the fruits Of his labors.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14
INGENIOUS TORTUREs.
Crucitiex Of Punishment Inflicted on
Offenders In Morocco.

oGcndcra In Morocco.
In Morocco the torture OF offenders,
real ana suspected. has been and Is
still much practiccd. Much ingenuity
Is shown in the inniction Of pain-such
devices as the rubbing Of red pepper In
to the eycballS. tying up the wrists ut
height from the ground, etc.
At the death of the late sultan pre-
tender proclaimed himself the rightful
heir TO the throne and had certain
success. When presently overcome by
the legitimate authorities, he was
seized, thrown down, when chillies
were applied to the inside of his mouth
till it swellcd with pain. and he was
desired to shout ont his titles and quail
tiles as much as he pleased, being or
course unable TO utter Il word After
that he was thrown into jail to rot there
till he died.
A refinement of cruelty is the torture
of the "iron glove" as ii is called. A
lump of qucklimc is placed in mans
hand, which is closed up into n fist.
Then the fist is tightly bound with
leather thongs and plunged into tub
of cold water.
The agony soon becomes extreme.
The torture is continued for eight or
ten days until in the end modification
cnsues and probably death. Again, a
form of lying up" Is TO chain or fasten
cd so that he can only escape strangu-
lation by standing on tlptoe.-Kansas
City Independent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14

The rat Is remarkably well equipped
for the peculiar life he Is ordained to
lead. He has strong weapons In the
shape of four long and very sharp
teeth-two in the upper jaw and two
in the lower These teeth are wedge
shaped and by wonderful provision
Of nature have always fine, sharp
cutting edge. On examining them care
fully the inner part Is found TO be of n
soft, ivorylike composition, which can
easily be worn away, and the outside
is composed of glasslike enamel
which is exceedingly hard.
The upper teeth work into the under
so that the centers of the opposed teeth
meet perfectly in the act of gnawing:
hence the soft part is being continually
worn away, while the hard part keeps
a hard. chisel-like edge all the time. and
at the same time the teeth are con-
stantly growing up from the bottom, so
that as they wear away a fresh supply
IS ready. Should one of these teeth be
removed by accident or otherwise, the
opposing tooth will continue to grow.
and there being nothing to wear it
away it will project from the mouth
and be turned upon itself and if 1t be
an under tooth 1t will often grow so
long as to penetrate the skull.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-03-14
Frogs That Sing.

In some cases the CLOTHS Of the frog
presents a considerable analogy to the
upper larynx of birds. Cuvier COM
pares their mechanism to kettledrum,
DR.. Abbott to a steam whistle. Nari-
Gus species of the hylOdes. or tree frog,
found most abundantly in South Amer
lea, make the best approach to song.
Some OF their sounds are tlutelike, 9th
ers metallic, others again clear loud
trilled rattle, sometimes piercingly
shrill.
That under certain circumstances the
effects are pleasing we can gather
from such a keen observer as Darwin.
He says, "Near Rio Janero l used Of
ten to sit in an evening listening to a
number of little hylG which, perched
on blades Of grass close to the water,
sent forth sweet chirping notes in har
mony. "-LondOn Answers.
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The POInr Bear.

The animal par excellence which the
hunter. the amateur arctic traveller and
the young explorer hopes and dreams
Of killing is the polar bear. The reason
for this is the magnificent trophy
which the great white skin makes.
This feeling was no less strong centu-
ries ago than it is now, for we read
that one of the early Icelandic sea row
ers to Greenland quarreled with and
killed his bosom companion because he
had slain a large bear instead Of leav-
ing that honor to his chief. With the
modern repeating rifle the bear stands
no chance against the hunter, no mat
ter under what conditions they may
meet, and if he is hunted in the native
way, with the assistance of dogs, there
is hardly more excitement than in kill
ing musk oxen, except for the wild.
heller SHELTER dash over the ice to over
take the animal after the dogs strike
the hot scent-Leslie's Monthly.
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MORA HOUSE.
The Elegance of which Wesley
Wrote Has Long Departed.


Wrote Has Long Departed.
John Wesley was the guest of Lady
MORA at MORA House. Usher's island.
Dublin, In 1775. Writing of the house,
the great Methodist said: Il was
surprised to observe, though not a
more grand, yet far more elegant
room than any | have ever seen In
England. 1t was an octagon about 20
feet square and 10 or 10 feet high, hav-
ing one wlndow-the sides Of II inlaid
throughout with mother of pearl
reaching from the top Of the room.
The ceiling, sides, furniture Of the
room were equally elegant. And must
this, too, pass away like a dreamT
Half century ago the elegance OF
which Wesley wrote departed from
MORA House. The Mendicity institu-
ton dismantled 1t, took down the inte-
rior decorations and covered the gar
dens with offices. 1t is today as dis
NAL looking n place as is to be seen In
or around the Irish capital, which has
many reminders that IT was once
capital in deed as well as In name.
Among other notable visitors to MORA
House in the days of Its glories was
Charles James Fox, who there met
Henry Grattan. 1t was In MORA House,
too, that Pamela found a refuge while
her husband. Lord Edward Fitzgerald,
was dying in Dublin Newgate not far
away across the river Liffey.
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RPaSeurinE.

ooh, Harold" walled the lovely maid
en-, in whose expressive features grief
and indignation seemed to be strug-
Cling for the mastery, "hOw can be-
lieve you in the face of all this evidence
of your perfdy and double dealing?
The letter to Blanche, in your own
handwriting; her photograph, found in
your possession; the fact. as told me by
q dozen witnesses and tacitly con-
fessed by you. that you kissed her the
other evening when you were together
in the conservatOry-hOw can you rec
oncile these things with your contin-
ued professions Of love for me?"
"All these things, darling" said the
hero of the story, the light of truth
shining in his dark brown eyes and the
impress of sincerity stamped upon his
noble forehead, will be satisfactorily
explained in the next chapter"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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A STRANGE LEGEND.
Origin of a Curious Custom Observed
by Bulgarian Mnsons.

Nine master maSonS who were en-
gagged in building citadel in the time
of the Voivoid NeIgoe found on re-
turning to their work each morning
that the portion of the wall which they
hdi completed the day before had fall
en- to pieces during the night and was
lying in a heap OF ruins in the ditch.
Manol Of Curtca, the head mason, in
formed his comrades one morning that
n voice from heaven had warned him
in his sleep the night before that their
1abors would continue to come to
naught unless they all swore on that
very morning TO immune in the struc-
ture the first woman, be II wife, moth
err daughter or sister, who should ar
rive with the morning meal of one
or either of them. They all took the
oath, and the last man had hardly been
sworn when ManOl's own wife appear
ed. carrying her husbands breakfast.
The oath was kept, and the woman,
known in the legend as "Flora of the
Fields" was murdered and her blood
and flesh Incorporated with the wall Of
masonry.
\ curious practice of the Bulgarian
masons the above scene is laid in Bull
garia). which survives to this day, tes-
titles to the vitality of the legend. To
insure the solidity of the houses they
build they measure with a reed the
shadow of the first person who passes
after the digging of the foundation
has been completed. When the foun-
dalton is commenced. this reed is buried
under the first rock, usually the corner
stone
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CnrI L, NfrnHuremenfa

A solid cubic ;ua! Of anthracite coal
weighs ninetythrte pounds. When
broken for use, it weighs about fifty
four pounds Bituminous COL. when
broken up for use, weighs about fifty
pounds The consequent rule for the
approximate measurement of coal in
a bin or box is to multiply the length
in feet by the height in feet and again
by the breadth in feet and this result
by ffty-fOur for anthracite coal or by
fifty for bituminOus coal. The result
will equal the number of pounds, and
10 find the number Of tons divide by
2000.-POpuIar Mechanics.
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A Fent of Memory.

Some light Is thrown on the POSSIBLE
tiles Of memory culture by an interest
ing recital contained In the autobiog'
raphy of Robert Houdin, the famous
conjurer. He taught his son to glance
at, say, shop window and to memo
riZe accurately, as In brain picture
the windows contents. Then he would
ask him to describe the contents, check.
ing and correcting him as he went on.
On one occasion Houdin was com
manded to the Tuileries to give a per-
Torrance before the French court. AS
he passed through an anteroom to the
saloon he babe his son note the arrange
ment of the rooms and the contents OF
the bookcases. Then Mt the close Of the
entertainment Houdin astonished his
audience by giving what he called a
Second sight" test. Declaring his I'M
familiarity with the Tuileries, Houdin,
blindfolding his son, asked him to send
his gaze through the wall of the room
to the chamber beyond, to describe the
arrangement Of the chamber and to
read the titles Of the volumes on the
shelves of the bookcases. This feat the
young lad accomplished, to the aston
ishment Of the court.
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Inndnn,s Hf~heaf Lnvel

The highest part of the city Of Lon
don is the middle of Pannier alley, run
ming between Newgate street and
PaternOster row. Ben Jonson tells us
that in his day this was a stand for
tripe sellers and earlier still for bakers.
The exact spot is indicated on the east
wall by a stone monument consisting
Of boy sitting upon a pannier, or
bakers basket, holding in his hand q
bunch of grapes. On the pedestal is the
following inscription:
When we have sought the city round.
Yet still this is the highest ground.
Aug. o. 1858.
Were we to include Greater London
then Hampstead heath would be the
spot, for it is 424 feet above sea level,
or 81 feet above the cross of st. Paul
London Standard.
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Where Barley Is Cultivated.

Barley extends over wider climatic
range than any of the other grains and
is successfully cultivated over great
er breadth Of the globe than any other
cereal. 1t fourishes under the heat
and drought Of the borders Of the torrid
zone and grows sturdily and maturely
on the northern verge Of the temperate
zone, ripening and thriving under vari-
GUS adverse circumstances which wheat
is wholly unable to resist Barley Is
found in the Farce islands, near Cape
North, the extreme point Of Norway;
near Archangel on the White sea, and
In central Siberia between So and SO
degrees north latitude. In genial ell
mates, such as those of Egypt, Barbary
and the south Of Spain, two crops Of
barley may be reaped in the same year,
one in spring from seed sowed the pre-
vious autumn and one in autumn from
a spring sowing.
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Undertal<ers.

In England in 1914 undertakers were
men of influence who undertook for q
consideration to get such persons re-
turned to parliament as would prove
submissive to the royal will of King
James |. The three chief undertakers
of 1914 were Lords Bacon, Somerset
and Neville. They undertook to bribe
the chief speakers and men of infiu-
ence in parliament that year over to
the side of the king, with but partial
success. Then there were undertakers
in Ireland in zoos. They were English
and Scotch colOnists sent to north Ire
Land and were each allotted 1000 acres
of land. They were men Of capital and
undertook to pay a mark a year for
every six acres and to admit no recu-
SAINT for tenants. Hence the name as
applied to them. But neither the his
tories nor the dictionaries give any rea-
son for calling the men who bury our
dead undertakers.
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shaving Among the Hindoos.

The Hindoo is a contemner of boards,
and one-half of his head is devoid Of
hair, he only leaving long lock which
grows from the back of the head. This
is a relic of the belief that has taught
Hindoos the angel of death used this
cue to drag them TO heaven.
Women are great patrons of the bar
Der. for the Brahmanical law is very
explicit on this score and provides that
widows must keep their heads shaved.
This rule is most rigidly enforced, and
the unfortunate widow has TO make
herself as ugly as possible. and grace
fully submits to an operation which
deprives her of her greatest ornament,
for Brahman women have splendid
heads of hair and their couture sets 1t
Off to exceptional advantage. 1t is put
up in a coil. The rich partially cover
this huge knot with thin platter Of
beaten gold. while the poor intwine in
it the gorgeous flowers of the marigold.
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Almost Lived There.

During a burglary epidemic in the
country an inspector of the police force
one night made tour through the bur
glarized district Considerably after
midnight he saw young man emerge
noiselessly from a substantial home
stead and made after him.
Did you just come out Of that cor
ner house," the inspector asked, over
hauling him.
The young man, while Of respectable
appearance. was plainly Ill at ease and
confused.
81 did" he said.
"Do you live thereT demanded the
inspector.
"Well, almost" was the embarrassed
answer. But can't see that it's any
Of your business as long as her father
doesn't object. London Tit-Bits.
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old Minds and Climate.

The unenlightened frequently make
the mistake of thinking that lack of Op-
portunity is responsible for the exist
ence Of single women. but | lay most
of it to climate The New England eli
mate is not conducive to matrimony
or even lovemaking. And even after
the crucial moment has passed and the
single woman has drifted from girl
hood to spinsterhood a cold climate,
raw winds, chill rains and snow tend
to increase the loneliness of IT, There
may be old maids in the south, but
never heard of them being called by
that name. | have known some single
women. schOOlteachers, anywhere from
seventeen to fifty, and some of their
grown boy pupils were eternally and
perennially in love with them. \ sin
Gle woman who has made up her mind
not to marry has a hard time to keep
her resolution in the south, for she is
always assailed to break it. The very
climate breathes love. All, there 1t is!
AS l said, old maids are surely a mat
ter of climate.-Harper's Bazaar.
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"Rev. Mr.. Stems remarks over Door
John were so sympathetic, l thought"
said the widows friend.
sympathetic? replied the widow.
HE said John had gone to join the
great majority"
"WellY
"Well, in his sermon several Sundays
ago he declared that the great majority
of people go below"
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Leonardo du Xinci.

Leonardo da Vinci, the celebrated
italian painter, sculptor and architect,
died in 1919. He was born in 1852 and
became well versed in all the sciences
and arts of his time. His most famous
picture is The Last Supper" painted
on the wall of convent at Milan. He
is said to have anticipated Galilei,
Kepler, Copernicus and others in their
astronomical theories and also some Of
the discoveries of recent biologists,
somewhat vague language.
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The Peacock on n Rainy Day

The peacock, glittering with jewel
like eyes, has a voice by no means suit
ed to its beauty. Its cry is harsh and
disagreeable. When the rain falls, it
sits on some high perch uttering its
doleful sounds, with it's beautiful tail
feathers drawn into the smallest posi-
BILE space. Like a vain creature as it
is, it never spreads its fan unless the
sun shines.