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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14

nebulous mass OF light, through and over
which the clouds OF ions were still stream
ing Ike waves or hre The temperature
was barely endurable. but it was no worse
than the sitting closeness of their sub
terranean abode.
THE first effect of the outer air was to
produce an impression of waking from
a dream. But glance over the landscape
dispeled this impression in a moment
What they saw must be reality. though
awful beyond conception. Nainly their
eyes looked for the great city. No city,
not even ruin. was there. They longed IN
vain for human help; not an animated De-
and his works-it might be said every
yesttge of the work of nature-was gone.
On three sides were what seemed great riv-
ers of slime. while toward the north, the
region which had Swarmed with the LIE
and activity of the great world-center, was
a fiat surface of dried clay, black sand or
steaming mud, In which not even an IN
sect crawled. In the thick and vaporous
air not bird warbed its note. To return
10 their dungeon was like a prisoner re-
turning 10 biz cell Farther they must go
some sign of humanity There was no tel
egraph 10 send word of news from other
worlds. When the professor had stored
seeds and provisions in his vaults it was
with the thought that. If the worst should
happen, he and his companions might re-
populate the earth But now every such
prospect dissolved away.
LAS their strength ebbed, a holy calm
spread over the souls of all. The professor
found words: Such is the course of evolu-
ton. The sun, which for millions of years
gave light and heat TO our system and
supported life the earth was about to
sink into exhaustion and become a cold and
inert mass. Its energy could not be re-
vived, except by such a catastrophe as has
occurred. The sun is restored to what it
was before there was an earth upon
which ii could shed its rays, and will in
time be ready to run its course anew. In
order that race may be renewed it must
once more elapse while life is reappearing
on earth and developing in higher forms.
But to the power which directs and con-
trolls the whole process the ages of hui
manity are but as days. and 1t will await
in sublime patience the evolution of new
earth and a new order of animated ma
ture, perhaps far superior to that we
have witnessed as ours was to that which
preceded it, q"
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Diet, but he did not dare to renig, otherwise
some might have suspected that he
was cheap Varnish and low-down Quit
ter. He was a .Feather-weight and an in
valid. but he wanted to be Game.
So he stood in Line with the copper-lined
Founders who had Bull Necks and weighed
about 20 on the Hoof. and made awful
Bluff at going along with them. He knew
that TO take Vichy would be Misdemeanor,
and TO duck altogether would be Crime
and might block him out of the Good Fellow
Division for ali time TO come.
Consequently, he would Stick with his
Breast-Bone against the Railing and con-
tinueoo hoist until he was Pie-Eyed. Then
some one would take him out and boost
him into a four-oared Hack and send him
Home.
Next morning he would awake with the
Head spread out over two Pillows and his
only JOY in Life would be the proud Re-
membrance that he had demonstrated his
Desire to be Good Fellow.
He learned, also, that in order to be the
genuine 1t. he must go to the Track and
get on friendly Terms with Whispering
Ike. the Boy who holds the Watch on the
Morning Gallops and gets a Commission
from all the Poor Houses
In Short Ti|>he had lot of Good
Stories about being nosed out and was
sleeping with the Dope-Sheet under his
Pillow. Although he went $1,000 to the
Bad on the Meeting, he made the Personal
Acquaintance of at least a dozen Celeb
rites who wore Red Vests, carried Field
Glasses and bet nothing but Markers
therefore he had the glad knowledge that
slowly but surely he was absorbing
some of the Attributes which distinguished
the Good Fellow from other Members of
the Brute Creation.
After all, the only cinch Method for be-
coming a steam-heated Gazabe is TO ex-
hibit a tall Nerve in a cut-throat Session
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
QUEER IOWA HOTEL.
Rooms Named for States and Typical
Men Assigned to Them.
Minnapolis Journal.


The man who makes the Winnebago City
Enterprise what Ii is, struck a remarkable
hotel in Iowa the other night. The rooms
were not numbered, but named, each room
for a State. Into these rooms the landlord
places people according to their character
iStics. The Enterprise man says
Il was assigned TO a room called Della
ware. 1t was correctly named, too for IL
one of the smallest rooms in the house.
man who was occupying New Hamp-
shire made complaint to the landlord that
the man in Maine was drunk and bolster
Gus. and was thus keeping him awake This
seemed strange when We recall that Maine
is a prohibition State. Two men in Montana
were keeping up the reputation of the wild
West by indulging in a noisy poker game
big capitalist had New York. which was
the best room in the house. The Alabama
was too ordinary for anything and a farmer
was occupying ii the night / was there.
II was funny to stand in the Office and hear
the bellboy tell the clerk that towels were
wanted in Iowa and soap in Minnesota. and
that the man in North Dakota was kicxir e
like a steer because he had no fire. Send
two Manhattan cocktails up to Mississippi. .
was one of the orders that the clerk gave
BE sure to call the man in Florida at 5
oclock in the morning" said one of the
employees. And thus ii went. This hotel is a
curiosity to the travelling public
The man who slept in Texas complained of
scorpions and hairy spiders and the man
occupying Nebraska suffered from drought
nearly all night.
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HOW TO CHECK A SPREE.
Quick Application of Food VIII De-
stroy Craving for Drink.
Washington Post.

"A matter that cannot be too sharply
impressed upon the minds Of the large and
increasing class of men who have the habit
of going off on periodical sprees," said a
Washington physician who has had an I'M
usually extensive experience in the treat
ment of alcoholism, lis that periodical
drinker, or dipsomaniac, rarely, IL ever,
has any desire TO take the disastrous first
drink when he has food in his stomach.
1t is the hungry periodical as we call
them, who yields to the overmastering de-
sire to absorb that bad first drink, and thus
finds himself embarked upon big spree.
The advice that l invariably give to my
dipsomaniac patient-and L grieve to say
that there are many Of that type in Wash
place, when they feel that overwhelming
craving for strong drink attacking them,
and partake of any sort OF food that is the
most quickly prepared. bowl of milk
and crackers will serve as well as anything
else. 1T is not only the partaking of the
food, but ii is the time for elaboration
which the action gives them-the time to
think over the trouble and bedevilment
yield to the inclination to take the first
drink. And when the dipsomaniac walks
out OF the eating place, with normal nour-
ishment in his stomach, the abnormal de-
sire for strong drink has disa ppeared-it
is only the hard daily drinkers who can
even think. without nausea, of drinking
liquor on a full stomach. and 1 am not
speaking of that class.
"A great many OF the dipsomaniacs /
have treated have been government men,
who after comparatively light breakfasts.
still lighter luncheons, and close applica-
ton to work all day, have started for
their homes hungry, nervous, tagged out.
At the time when they are due for their
periodical spree this state is dangerous for
them. They are not in shape to fight the
longing which strikes them for that just
one good, big hooter, and then home'-alas.
they never get home after thar 'one big
hooter.' a number of government men,
subject 10 those conditions, who used to
come under my care regularly-and in pref
ty sad state-now make rush for the dairy
luncheon Immediately after leaving their
offices at o'clock, drink couple of glasses
of milk in quick succession, with perhaps
a sandwich and then they walk out all
right, take their car, and go home. without
having absorbed that evil drink No. !. The
edge may be taken off their appetite for
dinner, but they have saved themselves
from the misery of another spree-and how
glad they feel over 1t when they find them
selves safely tucked in their beds, with
clear heads, clean mouths, a long sleep
ahead of them-and an awakening with a
joyful morning heart-not dismal, devil
racked head. Food is the Snemy of drink
i'm the dipsomaniac's case, and it wouldn't
hurt any for the Post to recite that fact
for the benefit of the unfortunates who
haven't yet learned il"
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GAME TWO COULD PLAY.
Woman Artist SCOT Even" with a Mas
cuIine Member of the Cult.
New York Times.

New York Times
No one but the very closest observer
might have guessed that she was an art
list, so artfully had she disguised her pro-
fession. Not vestige of the artistic aban-
dom was discernible about her dress-no
concessions to color schemes, no odd
shapes of fabrics-but very correct and
stylish tout ensemble gave her quite the
appearance OF a leader of fashion rather
than a worshiper of the paint brush and
easel. To the close observer, however, the
large but neatly tied package would have
been the telltale sign-for it certainly could
not possibly contain anything else in the
world than sketches.
She was in a Sixth-ayenue elevated train
and was tired. She sank into one of the
cross seats, put her package behind her
and leaned back YEARLY. She had been to
any number of publishers and they had
all been so encouraging, but. Publish
ers have a way OF being encouraging, but
even an artist cannot live on mere encour-
agement, especially when IL is of the pure
ly verbal variety.
Opposite sat a young man with all the
the collar. the necktie, and the inspired
look He even wore the soft hat and OK
ford shoes with broad ribbons that are
sometimes adopted by the ultra of his pro-
fession He sat and squinted at the girl
for long time before she noticed him.
When she did turn toward him he had
already taken out little pad and pencil
and had closed one eye, half closed the
perspective. 1t was the calmest, coolest
thing one could wish for. The girl felt
the blood mount to her cheeks To speak
TO him and demand that he cease his i'm
pertinence would mean a possible greater
impertinence on his part. There seemed
TO be no redress.
Suddenly she had an idea. She calmly
leaned forward. produced the large pack
age. opened her purse, drew forth little
silver pencil and, closing one eye and
squirting the other, she began TO carefully
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
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who do not take the daily issue miss the
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THE Daily Journal covers the special
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Many city readers OF the Sunday issue do
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ers. The scarcity OF hired girls has be-
come so great that the Boston women have
adopted this means last resort The
publication from which We gather this In
formation does not state how the young
girls to be obtained, but We suppose
they are to be kidnapped. When taken in
early youth, before their habits are formed.
and trained for six weeks in this insti-
tuition in the Back Bay, it is expected that
they will prove quite doeile. Parties OF
Boston women armed with lassoes will go
out about twilight in those haunts where
young girls congregate, at ice cream soda
and chocolate caramel feeding time, and
with loud club-woman whoops will insti-
tute drive" When the young girls are
thoroughly frightened a def toss OF the
lasso will bring them TO the ground. They
can then be bound and borne of TO the
Back Bay house. The method seems rude,
especially for Boston. but we must have
servants. If young girls prefer working in
factories instead OF perspiring in a kitch-
en-, something must be DONE and quickly
at that. The end justihes the means IL
there are no servants forthcoming IL Is
clear there are only two courses open: Bos-
ton women must wait on themselves or go
and live IN family hotel. The general In
dignation against the young girl because
she won't be a ''slavey'' any longer seems
to have no effect at all upon her determine
tiOn-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
power for industrial purposes. for elevators.

power for industrial purposes, for elevators.
or for lights
The gas plants were crippled for the same
reason. The lack of water stopped Tor
time the cable cars, as well as the electric,
and people who lived four or five miles from
the center Of business realized the distance
for the first time in their lives The tele-
phone service. while not entirely abandoned,
was seriously restricted for want or eiec-
tricity.
For domestic purposes people carried
water from distant wells, or bought OF
teamsters who hauled Ii in barrels from the
Missouri river. The city was without fre
protection. except such as was afforded by
watchmen armed with pals, and conse-
quently the use of oil for lighting cooking
was too dangerous to be permitted.
AT night the dark streets were minutely
patrolled by police and firemen, who We're
re-enforced by regiments of militia and
some 400 uniformed employees OF the Metro
pOlitan Railway.
People who lived or Gid business above
the fifth floor found that their rooms or Of
fees were almost out of reach. Printing
plants were generally useless, and all sorts
of expensive expedients We're employed by
the newspaper publishers TO print their &C
customed editions.
For day and a night the indirect results
of the flood took great busting city back
into the past; furthermore, the surplus
water was Immediately responsible for 9TH
er deprivations. Most of the telegraph lines
were down and communication with the
West was impossible.
Miles of track were wrecked, sixteen
bridges across the Kansas river nave been
washed away, while the Union Depot and
hundreds of engines and cars were under
water. Instead of 200 passenger trains on
Monday there were hut six, all told. The
stockyards. packing houses and such por-
lions of the wholesale district as bordered
upon the Kansas State line Were without
communication with the mainland except
by the periloUs use of boats.
Hundreds of families in Kansas City,
| Mo, and thousands in Kansas City, Kan,
were left homeless by the flood. To realize
what the rising waters meant ii is only
necessary TO apply these conditions in imag-
inatiOn to any other large city.
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where. the black object had just disap-
peared. Every minute ii grew larger and
brighter. In half an hour this effulgence,
seen to project away from the sun like
ian or the tail OF a comet. An unearthly
glow spread over the whole landscape, in
the light OF which pebbles glstened like
diamonds. BY the time the sun had set
10 the Eastern States its size seemed TO
be doubled and its brightness to have in
creased fourfold. Before il set on the Pa
cific coast the light and heat became so in
tense that everyone had TO seek the shade -
The American continent was forwarned
OF its fate, but could not escape IL. For a
time the cable told OF the devastation of
Europe, and then Of the West. Then all
communication ceased. and when the sun
appeared on the second day Its rays
struck the continent like a fiery flood AS
they advanced from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific everything combustible which they
struck burst into name, stones We're crum-
bled by the heat. towers and steeples fell
as II shaken by an earthquake. Suddenly
the sun was cut OF by a rising cloud OF
blackness coming in from the Atlantic
The whole ocean was boiling like a pot
and the rising steam was carried over the
land by gale produced by the expansion
OF the air over the ocean. Moving with
inconceivable velocity, the gale passed
over the continent, sweeping before IL every
vestige OF human work that stood in its
path. Even the stones OF the buildings
cracked and pulverized by the heat were
now blown through the air like dust and
churned with the rain, buried the land un-
der torrent of mud. The lightning played
necessarily everywhere. and, If il did not
destroy every being exposed TO It, IL was
only because no living beings survived
where IL struck. Constantly thickening
and darkening clouds poured down their
storm of rain upon the ruins. But no re-
lief was thus afforded TO the mass OF
cringing humanity, which remained pro-
tected in vaults and cellars. The falling
flood was boiling hot. scalding 10 death
everyone upon whom IL fell"
For days. weeks months the baad of sur
vivors I'm the underground laboratory con-
tinued 10 exist there by means OF artificial
~ produced oxygen. When they emerged
IL was impossible to say whether il was
day or night The illumination was
brighter than anything ever known In the
brightest day, yet no sun could be seen in
the sky. The latter seemed flled with a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-14
CATS LONG JUMP.
Seventy-Five Feet Through the Air,
Striking the Pavement Unframed.

New York Herald.
Miranda, a tortoise-shell cat belonging to
Albert Hall, who lives in an apartment
house at undred-and-twenty-th third
street and Morningside avenue, ran away
from home Monday, after making a daring
leap from the roof of a six-story building.
and mas not since been seen in the neigh
borhood. The police were notified, and yes
terday they sent out a general alarm.
In the neighborhood of its home Miranda
is famous and popular 1t can perform
many tricks, and has for long time been
a playmate of the children. On Monday
the cat took a death-dealing, nerve-racking
plunge from the roof of the Ronda to the
sidewalk, six stories below, and never
turned hair. Striking the pavement, 1t
dust that it might have accumulated during
its transit through the air, gazed about TO
study the compass, and, maxi sure of
its bearings, started down Morningside
avenue on a dead run. In its wild flight II
turned around not once, and when last OBJ
served was heading as swiftly as 1T could
get there for the Bowery, where it was due
10 have arrived long since.
On Monday evening Mr.. Hall took the cat
to the roof. Soon afterward Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Schultz appeared on the scene, bring
ing with them a fox terrier and Scotch
collie The dogs made a dash for Miranda,
and Miranda fled in terror. Then began a
thrilling race about the roof. Mr. and Mrs,
Schultz and Mr.. Hall Joined in. the former
to prevent the dogs from hurting the cat.
and Mr.. Hall to save his pet from trouble.
The Kissing of the scared grimalkin, the
barking of the dogs and the shouts of the
owners of the trio caused a commotion
which attracted a dozen tenants to the roof.
After setting the pace for ten minutes and
seeing no chance of escape so long as she
stuck to the roof, Miranda sprang upon the
rail- and. Ito the horror of ali, leaped off
into space.
Between the roof and the sidewalk, dis
tance of seventy-five feet, Miranda turned
a dozen somersaults and rolled over several
times on striking the pavement. In tffy,
however. she got up, arched her back.
looked every way but up, and started down
the street at full speed. From the edge of
the roof the owner got last glimpse OF his
pet.
William Jones, hallboy, was on the Sec
>ond floor fire escape, when he heard a noise
overhead, and, looking up. saw the cat
tumbling toward him. AS IL got near he ex-
tended his arms TO catch 1t, lost his bal
ance and fell into a baby carriage on the
sidewalk below, from which he bounded to
the sidewalk, breaking his left arm. The
baby carriage was unoccupied.
Careful inquiry has been made through
out the neiglaborhood, but no trace of the
missing cat has been found.
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the Table.
1t was a Proud Moment for the Amateur
when he sat in this Distinguished Company
and began to pick up Hands and then put
them down again. The Sheep that walked
into Armour's Packing House had the same
kind of a Chance that Herbert had when
he put his Elbows the Green Cloth and
tried to keep from trembling.
He had been against the one-call-two
Boarding House Game. where they hand
back everything over 81. but he was not
accustomed to dallying with Friends who
took out Pencils and began to figure how
much they could get on his Clothes.
They were the kind that started in to play
just about where he left Off The only Rea-
son they didn't kill him with the Ante was
because he looked so Good to them that
they wanted to keep him in. 1t was one of
the Games that begin to get Ripe about the
time the Church Bells are ringing.
The Trimmers Union had no way of
knowing that they would ever get TO him
again, so they decided to make one Job
of it.
After Herbert had signed up all the
Checks and put Cold Towel on his Head
he began to Roar somewhat and talk about
chopping on the ail-night Seances.
You must not Beef" said Cousin Jim.
"a True Sport never lets on. even when they
unbutton his Shoes"
do you know, 1 sometimes suspect that
1 am not qualified to be Hot Dog said
Herbert. 81 find that begin to pass away
about a. m. Perhaps it is owing to some
Oversight in my Early Training, but 1
notice that after 1 have taken thousand
Drinks I cannot put the Red Ball into the
Corner Pockets. l have a Timid Nature.
and somehow / cannot learn to whoop the
EAe on Pair of Mines. I'm afraid that