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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

Edwin strother, lat Of Fort Smith,
Ark, Junior in the Normal, and pres
fdent Of the Athletic association, has
trod the thorny path that leads to
the inner councils Of the Sigma The.
tas. s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

The funeral Of the late Philip Cal.
lahAn will DO held tomorrow morning
At . o'clock from the Church Of tho
Immaculate Conception.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

Nrs. w. T. Reed and children. wife
ana family Of the brakeman and bar
Der, will arrive from Utica, n. X.
Friday. on No, !.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

The county commissioners adjourn
ed this morning, after a busy three
days session. The commissioners re-
funded bonds held BY ID. winternitz
for 5000. by Dr. w. r. Upton for $500
and by Frank Roy for $500. A mum.
Der Of Attachments Of assessments
were made.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

A novel organization has been Of
fected In Santa re. the Commercial
club having merged IT. interests With
those Of Company r. n. q.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

Governor NJ. a. Otero and Terrific.
rial Secretary J. W. Reynolds came
over on No. . this afternoon and will
return TO the capital on No. Z.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

Miss Sarah Newton and Edward
Cary were married Monday afternoon.
November 2. and left for California
on No. Z the same day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

W. T. Reed, the barber. is expecting
his family before many days, and ia
looking forward to the alluring pros.
pect with "Choy.'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

w. Wallace has Just received four
carloads OF Santa Fee vitrined brick.
which he VII begin 90 lay at nee on
various, streets.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04
MEADOW CITY HAPPENINGS
Council meeting tonight.

Sigfried Nahm. the west side mer'
chant, Is under the weather as the
result Of = V cold.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

The street gang is laying a crossing
In front OF the Wells Fargo once.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

W HAS ARRivEO-rHE BOOTH
20 be used by the Ladies' Guild on
Dec. 10. when subscriptions will be
taken for the Ladies' Home Journal
and Saturday Evening Post. ii.44
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-11-04

You can't help seeing Boucher's %.
tonight. He says there's q carload
here now "and more coming"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

poet, who on Friday addressed the Ir-
vington Athenaeum. read from his works
to the students.
Next Saturday. Nov. Is, Butler will play
Rose Polytechnic at Terre Haute.
The Phi Delta Thetas gave a dance Mon
day night in their hall on Audubon road.
Miss J. Anna Carpenter. of Chicago, Wis
tied college friends a few days last week.
Miss Mayme Hoover. after short visit
with friends at the residence, returned to
her home in Anderson Tuesday
President and Mrs. Scot Butler will give
a reception Wednesday evening for the stu
dents and faculty of Butler College.
Miss Hazel Wagner went to Homer, H.,
Wednesday. where she was maid of honor
at the Jurgensmeyer-Palmer wedding,
which occurred Thursday evening.
The ri Beta Phis will give tea to-mor-
row afternoon at the home of Mrs Alfred
Potts. Mrs. Charles B. Clark will read a
paper. The hostesses will be Misses Maria
Leonard, Pearl McElroy, Edna Cooper,
Pearl Leedy, Fannie Miner and Laura
Parker.
The opening of the new library is post
poned indefinitely on account of a strike.
There are still few fixtures TO be put in,
but otherwise everything is finished except
ing the stack room. The stacks were to be
here some time ago, but the strike in New
York has delayed them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Nov. THAT the
elements are to be harnessed to serve the
purposes of man, is illustrated in the project
now under way near this city. Two miles
north Is to be formed Niagara-like falls
by the waters of White river. The big dam
now being constructed is attracting the at
tention OF people far and near. This dam,
with the power house and electrical plant
complete, will cost 100000.
1t will be a great boon to Noblesville, as
its promoters claim that its services will
be better and cheaper than the city now
has. The equipments for this plant consist
of the very latest and best machinery and
appliances. These work automatically and
are self-adjusting. When complete and in
operation, a child can, with the switching
of a lever, control the waters of the river
at high or low tide.
In the construction of the dam, besides
a haif-mile of embankment sixty feet wide.
there has been used 40 tons of cement and
40 thousand feet of lumber, besides thou
sands Of yards of sand and gravel.
The water has a fall of seventeen feet,
with a capacity of 1000 horsepower. Be
sides the present bed of the stream, the
millpond will cover 175 acres of land. 1t
will be five miles long and some places one
half mile wide. The water In this millpond
will average twenty-five feet deep and some
places 1t will be fifty feet deep. This body
of water will be of the finest boating
courses in Indiana. A park near this dam
is already talked Of.
All the water of the river will go through
immense Samson turbine wheels and none
of 1t will be wasted. Little levers will con-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
PROF. BLATCHLEY'S REPORT.
An Estimate of It's Scientific Value by
One Qualified to Judge.


The long delayed report upon the geology
and natural resources of Indiana for 1901.
combined with the report for 1902 comprise
a volume of over 1000 pages. 1t is poor
example OF the printers and binders craft
and a fall from table would knock it out
of its cover. The fine colored maps
pasted to the single thin pages Of the book,
and to unfold one of the maps is to tear
out a leaf The State should have given
the book better setting as there is large
demand for these reports among manufac-
turers and all interested in Indianas nat
ural resources, as well among biologists
and students of natural history. That the
report has been held back year since the
author completed it is of little moment, ex-
cept TO those interested In the oil and gas
statistics. The essential parts of the
port, those relating to the natural history
and geology, are permanent and will be
authentic treatises for years to come. Gov
ernor Porter used to say that the freshest
and most useful reading was to be found
i'm the State and National Surveys. The
demand for the volumes is already in excess
of the supply. The reason is that Professor
Blatchleys reports of previous years have
been up to a high order Of work and are
eagerly sought for by naturalsts and
Libraries No other State has so complete
and thorough a treatise upon its birds
some $50 species-as that furnished to one Of
Professor Blatchleys recent reports by Mr..
Amos Butler, who has devoted the leisure
of years to their study. In the following
report was given a list, with localities. of
the Towering plants of the State by Prof
Stanley Coulter. of Purdue University.
The earliest report on our geology was
by Professor Owen, of New Harmony. II
described many new types of fossils. a num-
Der of which were destroyed twenty years
ago by the burning OF the university
museum at Bloomington. Then followed the
work of Dr. Cox and Professor Collett upon
the general geology of the State. with es-
pecal reference to it's economical products.
To them we owe the exploitation and de-
velcpment of great coal fields and de-
posits of oolitic limestone The latter Is
now sent to every part of the United States
and is one of the best building stones
known. lending itself especially 10 the
formation OF gigantic statuary. IL is a nota-
BILE source of State revenue.
Later came the development OF our nat
ural gas and oil industries and the study of
our clays. cement-producing limestones
and material for glass making. For in
formation as to all these sources OF wealth
and utility the State has depended mainly
upon the bureau OF geology and natural
history. and an immense amount of work
has been accomplished and recorded. No
one of the numerous State naturalists and
biologists has possessed so great versa
tility of knowledge and fertility OF re-
source as has Professor Blatchley. DR..
Collett had abundant means and did not
hesitate to call TO his aid and pay from his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

creases the power 1S5 units, and each raise
will increase the amount of power proper
tionately. In connection with this plant
mammoth icehouse is under contemplation.
Acres of fine ice could be cut from this
milpond.
The company operating this big river
project is known as the Noblesville Hy-
draulic Company, and is composed almost
exclusively of Noblesville people All the
stock has been taken, and outside capital
lists have offered a premium for it, which
goes to show that it is feasible PROPOSE
ton.
The officers and directors of the company
are Thomas Griffin, president; Harry Nc
Grath, secretary; w. E. Dunn, treasurer;
a. r. Tucker, A. d. Booth and George
Miller.
The plant is being erected under the SUPER
vision of r. c. Beardsley, civil engineer
of Elkhart, Ind.
To Thomas Griffin. the president, is large
~ due the credit for the new enterprise. A
year ago he bought the old Connor dam
and mill site, four miles north of town.
with view Of using the water power there
for the generating of electricity. This was
the beginning of this enterprise, and this
property is included in the later and larger
deal. Mr.. Griffin is a member of the firm
Of Griffin Brothers, hardware dealers Of
this city. He began life as a blacksmith.
and by hard knocks, industry and honesty
has become one of the leading business men
of our city. All the other officers and direct
ors are among our foremost business and
professional men. The work is nearing
completion, and will be in operation Jan. j.
WILL H. CRAIG.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

troll the rise and fall of the water in the
reservoir so that two men-one day and
one night-can have a monster body of
water under as absolute control as woman
who sits before sewing machine can stop
or start it at will. Harnessed up like
monster horse, the river will work away
twenty-four hours a day without lunch or
sleep, without going out on strike, or closing
down for lack of fuel. If there is too much
water in the stream, there is an outlet for
ii in six large gates that will discharge
$4,000 cubic feet of water per minute. If
there is more power being used than there
is flow in the river in a dry season, the
gates can be closed and the power drawn
from the stored UP water in the reser-
voir.
The saving in fuel will be enormous. To
get at the facts here are some comparisons:
The electric light plant of this city has a
capacity of go horsepower It's fuel bill
amounts to s7OO per MONTH or IS, 400 per year
Here Is this new water plant with 1000
horsepower, eight times large as our
home electric plant operated by two men
with an expense of less than $1,000 a year
In this comparison it must be borne in mind
that the plant in this city is operated only
about ten hours day, while the river works
steadily along twenty-four hours every
cay in the year.
This power will be used in generating
electricity for lighting purposes and to run
mills and factories. If market is not
found in this city for the product of this
plant, other towns and cities will be in
vaded. The capacity of the plant can be
aSiIy increa Sed hy raising ba laval of Tho
top of the dam. A raise of one foot in
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Charles III was swept back TO the throne.
He. who never said foolish thing and
never did a wise one" took up the ques-
tioniug where his luckless father was
stopped by Cromwelrs executioner. But
times changed again and the old query
caused more trouble. The Stuarts were
kicked out and the Nassauers were coaxed
IN. with the Hanovers, TO stay. 1t Is an
historical fact that. with perhaps or
two notable exceptions. the members Of the
last line Of English Kings have never
asked the question well.
immortal, those guileful grunts are twist
ing up the web of the fates where counting
houses have succeeded courts, where COM
merce has taken the place of chivalry,
where civilization, modern civilization, has
replaced the picturesque glories of the old
and the middle time. They are the phil
csopher's- stone, the lamp of Aladdin. the
ring of Thoth, the hammer of Thor, the
thunderbolts of Jove the sum and sub
stance, the beginning and end, the thick
and the thin. the long and the short of HUI
man activities.
where are you going my pretty maid?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

OF Boston, Mass, who for forty-fve days
has taken no nourishment whatever. Mr.
Pickett. who is fifty years old. came 10
Detroit to be treated for intestinal trouble,
and Or. Benjamin r. Hoyt, under whose
care he placed himself, ordered the fasting
treatment. When he began his long fast
Mr.. Pickett weighed 1872 pounds. but to-
day he tips the scales at only 10. loss of
about one pound per day. DIR. F. NJ.
Dewey. of Meadville, Pa, specialist on
fasting. arrived in Detroit to-day, in con-
sultation with DR. Hoyt. and he pro-
nounced the case as satisfactory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08
BUTLER COLLEGE NOTES.

The Sigma CHS will give dance Friday
night at Brenneke's.
Miss Mary Bailey is spending Sunday at
her home in Edinburg.
Miss Fay Shower and Miss Alice Goode
visited chapel Saturday.
Miss Hazel Springer is spending Sunday
at her home in Elizabethtown.
Miss Eunice Darnell is spending a few
days at her home in Lebanon
Mr.. Chester Darnell, of Lebanon, visited
Sigma Chi brothers last week.
Miss Jessamine Armstrong. of Kokomo,
is the guest of fraternity friends.
Yesterday morning at chapel Mr.. John
Townsend Trowbridge, editor, author and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Thumbnail Sketches of
a World Turned TOPsy
Turvy by the First -
Crunts Of the First Man
Where the Dinosaurs
Might Have Prevented
Trouble 49," Tho Real
Reason" Whispered in
Palace and Hut - - %
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Curious Old RcwsPa-
per. The n en- p n | =
Dsily Intelligence.
Ow ne Il by FIR. J. n.
Jarnison. of IndionsPo-
lis. is n Human DoSU-
rncat Of u In o mn o n
Interest OO<0020
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

What the Noblesville Hy-
draulic Company is doing to
secure 1000 horse water
power. Great dam that will
give a fall of IL feet. Mill
pond TO cover IT'S acres.
Boating Course and Park.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

Fast of Forty-Five Days.
One of the most remarkable fasting
cases on record is that of Frank Pickett,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-08

The situation was certainly OF intense
tnterest. Three volumes could not cover it
Justly. An epic might have been written
about II (what Homer and Virgil were
thinking about. one wonders). but the es-
sential thing OF all was the magic grunts
OF the first man that brought about the
contamination. BY the aid OF rude marks,
scratched with bone upon cave walls,
rough carvings upon the bones OF prehfs-
toric animals, later hieroglyphics (the work
evidently OF Semitic scholars with a lore
that died with them). anthropologists have
finally determined just what it was that
the great hullCing brute of first man said
when he broke his silence and caused the
dinosaurs to prick up their ears II Is not
proba BILE that the result OF their researches
the most remarkable bit of knowledge
over stolen from the tomb OF the past-win
ever be given to the world through the
Royal Society. or the French Academy. or
even our own Smithsonian; because the
publication might have a tendency TO
weaken some Of the ponderous, laboriously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
JEWISH AND PAGAN FEASTS AT CHRISTMAS TINE
COINCIDENCE SHOWS HOW EARLY CHRISTIANS
CONFORMED TO PREVAILLNG CUSTONS

1t strange circumstances that at the
dawn Of Christianity every festival Whlch was
observed by the Jews should be equally soienlnl]eu
by the Christian converts OF the first century
great portion OF these converts had gone over from
the Jewish to the Christian faith; and this por-
ton was for long time. unable wholly to ernanci-
pate itself from early customs and habits Even
the Apostles themselves were tenacious OF the
Jewish feasts and retained among others those
OF the Passover and Pentecost II was but by
slow degrees that the Christians were able to
estrange themselves from the Jewish ooserVances,
and transform the festivals which they mad
brought with them the day Of their conversion
into Christian anniversaries. BY this Formulation
the festival of Easter was grated the feast Of
the Passover; Pentecost was converted into an
annual commemoration OF the descent Of the Holy
Ghost. and out OF the Jewish Sabbath arose our
Sunday.
Among early Christians there many. too
who dweIt in heather countries: and not a few OF
this class. having themselves abandoned the super
stitions OF paganism for the simplicity OF the
Christian doctrine, introduced heather festivals
among their brethren. and gave such an interpre-
tatOn to their TRANSPORTATION as was consistent
with the character of their faith. While
Easter has succeeded to the Feralia of the Ro-
mans, there be little doubt that Christmas
has taken the place of their Saturnalia This fes-
tval. instituted in honor OF Saturn, was cele-
brated by the Romans with the greatest splendor.
debauChery and extravaganza. 1t was, during its
duration. epoch Of freedom and equality; the
master ceased to be master and the slave to be
slave; the former waited at his own board upon
the latter. The ceremonial of this festival
opened December 10 by the lighting OF profu-
sion Of waxen fambeaus in the temple Of Saturn.
expiatory offering to the Telenting god.
who had in remoter times been worshIpped with
human sacrifices. At this festive boughs
and laurel profUsely suspended in every
quarter, and presents were interchanged all
sides
The Christian Church anxious to abolish the
celebration Of these Saturnalia. in which she
blushed to see her disciples partaking. and
therefore appointed a festival in honor OF her
Divine Master to supersede them If. during the
Roman games. the order OF social affairs was in
verted and the mental raised 70 be master, 1t
not unnatural that they should in their purer
features be adopted the model OF anniversary
IN commemOration OF Christ. who had appeared in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

the garb Of & mental and had elevated those who
the slaves OF their sins Though of heather
origin the festival Of Christmas longer exhibited
sacrifices Of bulls or goats; was carefully pruned
OF those disgusting features and extravagances
which nourished and excited debasing passions
and yet in order that 1t might not prove revolving
to the habits and feelings OF the convert who
was called upon to resign the meretriciOus blan-
dIshments OF the Saturnalia, it was permitted to
retain such customs from the pagan celebration as
not wholly irreconcilable with the spirit OF
Christianity. The torches which had shed their
efrulgenos through the temple Of Saturn shons
with undininished splendor In the temple OF Chris
tan worship. The Saturnaliaa custom OF decking
the streets and houses with laurel and oOughs
and exchanging presents was also preserved and
has partially descended to own times. The
interchange of presents supposed to typify
the gift which Christ by His coming had lavished
upon mankind.
There is one custom in particular prevalent in
some countries, and formerly common In England.
which strikingIy designates the origin Of our
Christmas festivities. And II Is this: From among
the domestics of a family 1t was the practice TO
elect the Christmas King, or Lord OF Mis-
rule, and to assign him species Of sovereignty
both over the other servants well as the I'M
mediate members OF the family. In this way, as
SeIden remarks 1.-The master waited on his servant
as the Lord OF Misrue," and the like" says
Stow. had ye in the house Of every nobleman OF
honor or good worship were he spiritual or tenn
poTal.''
dressing up puppets. called Christmas children. hid
ing them Christmas Eve setting persons in quest
Of them and giving a reward to the finder; nor is
II improbable that this custom also derived
from the heather practice OF sending puppets
presents during the Saturnalia- AT Rome" says
an ancient calendar. ''sweeJmeats were presented
the fathers in the Vatican. as well as all kinds
OF little images; and these last found in
abundance in the confectioners shops" IN England
the bakers used formerly to bake kind OF baby or
little image. OF paste. which they presented 10 their
customers; in the way chambers gave
Christmas candles
The following singular tradition. nom which some
have been willing to derive the name given to this
festival in the East. prove OF interest IL is
related by some OF the old fathers OF the Church
that on the night of Christ's birth number OF
fountains and rivers were turned into wine: and.
they add this miracle took place the very night
and at very hour OF His nativity. in order that
the dsbelevers IN the truths OF revelation might
be turned from their Unbelief. ST. Chrysostom says
in one OF his homilies that the water drawn on
that night kept for years without undergoing
any natural change; and he concludes that from
this circumstance arose the tradition nentiSned
above. Epiphanius, the hrst 2ather OF the Cnurch.
places so much credit In the tale that he ventures
70 mako Use OF 1t one weapon Tor eonlo1noAhs