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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
WILL REsURRECT TOWN.
HindOstan, Ind, Which Has Long Been
Buried, to Be Rebuilt.

Chicago Chronicle.
For the past lightweight years the town
of Hindostan, Ind, has been practically
dead Previous to that time it had enjoyed
a boom and was looked upon as the future
metropolis of White river 1t had an ex-
cellent water power, which was used for
milling purposes But one by one the fam
lilies that had settled there moved away,
and for half century there has scarcely
been trace of the once flOurishing viii
lage.
In 1915 company of Eastern capitalists
was formed and a town laid out at the
falls. Sawmills, gristmills the HOndostan
Stone Company and various other enter
prises were started and did a fiourishing
business for several years. The power to
operate these plants was procured by
dam erected across the river at the falls.
After many years successful operation an
epidemic locally called the black plague ap-
peared and literally swept the town from
the face Of the earth The county seat and
county buildings were removed 10 another
town and with them went all the stores,
mills and business of the place, which then
was Il rival to Nincenncs, Henderson ana
Louisville. The houses were removed. de-
stroyed by the elements permitted to
decay and for more than sixty years the
old site of the town had been cultivated
farm land To-day there is no trace of the
once fiourishing town.
Recently northern Indiana capitalists,
with Jerome Herff, of Peru, Ind, at the
head have been investigating the water
power and the Indiana Hydraulic Company
has been formed with the purpose of utiliz-
ing IL for manufacturing purposes.
\ traction company has just been or
ganized 10 construct an electric railway
from NiEcennes To Shoals. with branches
from Shoals To West Baden and Indian
Springs. The company also proposes the
erection of a dam and power house at
Shoals. well at HindOstan. and il is
said work Will be commenced in the spring.
The company is now acquiring by purchase
and appropriation proceedings the title TO
the real estate which will be used In the
ar pr-ar l,,~
back water from their dam. The company
is well capitalized and has had careful sur
Veys and estimates made Of the land to be
used and the power which can be gene
rated.
Several rival corporations have appeared
in the field and are locating sites for hydrau-
lie power plants and interurban lines and
their various interests are now i'm litigation
All of the companies claim 10 have plenty
of capital behind them and it is probable
that the legal battle will be hotly contested.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27

was built, it was SAID, because if tie Ameer
of Afghanistan should die or otherwise
cease to reign there would probably be dis
turbances in that country which might al
feet the Russian border district, including
even Bokhara and which the Indian gov
ernment would be powerless to control or
prevent. 1t was necessary, therefore, Tor
Russia to take precautionary measures.
But to this day the British people accept
this explanation with somewhat sinister
reservation. Henry Norman, for example
in his latest book year ago asserted that
the Murghab branch was simply delib-
crate military measure against Great Brit
ain, and served only the purpose of facill-
tating the invasion of India and placing
Herat at the mercy of Russia.
To-day all is quiet along the Murghao
branch. The trains are few and slow, and
no tourist cars are switched from the main
line to the southern road, but if a war cloud
should some day spread over that region
what a transformation would be witnessed
along the little road as the hustle of mill
tary movement should pervade 1t from end
to end. while Russian regiments were hur-
rying to the gateway leading TO Herat.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
ORIGIN OF DIAMONDS.
New Evidence That Strengthens the
Volcanic Hypothesis.
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Over few scientific questions has there
been a more animated discussion in the last
few years than that involving the manner
in which the rarest and most costly of jew
els originated. On general principles, OF
course one might take it for granted that
the agencies of manufacture and transpor-
tation which had produced the observed re-
suit were exclusively terrestrial. This
would seem TO be the most natural supposi-
ton. Still, until about a quarter of a CEN
tury ago, most of the diamonds that were
discovered were picked up in gravel at such
distances from the place of their birth that
no satisfactory clews could be obtained.
Even after the wonderful deposits in South
Africa became known the mystery was not
fully solved. The stones were embedded in
a peculiar blue dirt or soft rock. which
filled crevices or pipes in the crust of the
earth.
Such a position was suggestive of vol
canic action, the more so because there are
many other places in the world where there
have been intrusions from below. Practi-
cally all of the latter, though, were of lava
or lavalike material, or else quartz. Some
of the gold obtained in this country is
with which the South African diamonds
were associated was neither lava nor
quartz. Hence their position and environ
ment were not conclusive enough to allay
all doubt Moreover, the fact that in
very few meteOrs minute diamonds had
been found excited a suspicion that their
bigger and more beautiful relatives had
also reached the earth from outer space.
The meteoric hypothesis was beset with
greater difficulties than the volcanic the
Ory, perhaps. but it exercised a strange
fascination on the popular fancy and even
appealed to the judgment of a few miner
alOgiSts.
Moissans experiments threw a little light
on the process of production, but did not
settle the question of origin. When sugar
has been dissolved in water, IL can be in
duced to crystalline around a bit of string
that is suspended in the solution The first
great difficulty to be overcome in initiating
this procedure with carbon. which is the
most refractory of all elements, was TO
induce it to melt. Only after the electric
furnace was brought to bear, and pressure
as we'll as heat had been applied, could the
Frenchman obtain crystals. The skeptics
felt that this brilliant achievement did not
clear up the main point involved I'm the dis
pute They said: Yes. it is evident that
carbon can be dissolved in iron; but we
knew that before The presence of those
microscopic crystals in metallic meteors
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
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board of each prisoner while in custody.
IhlS explanation is sufficient to show the
full meaning Of the sailor tramps story.
1t implies direct cOllusion between hObOes
and various rural officials. The trampS are
boarded free of cost and in ideness. In ad-
dition Bishop said he usually made from
$50 to SIS each winter in tips from officials
whom he accommodated. The officers get
the profit from boarding the men and the
fees for arresting them. Bishop said that
he knew about forty men who follow this
life every winter.
This story was told on the witness stand
at Medina in the course of an investigation
of the sheriff of Orleans county, New York,
who has resigned under charges. 1t is here
related in the past tense because the next
night Bishop was found dead on top of a
freight car, his skull crushed in. Presuma-
bly, he was struck bs low bridge while
stealing ride.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27

France in 1893 of misappropriation of the
funds of the canal company and received a
sentence of a fine and Imprisonment, but
the sentence was never enforced He died
Dec. z. 1894.
What is heaves in a horse? 2 Can it be
curedE D. What is the proper treatment
Tor case OF two years standing?-G. w G..
Broken wind is another name for the
malady. of which spasnodic expiration is
the chief characteristic and which is not
we'll understood Many writer's place it as
coming from a diet containing much in
digestible food. 2. Very rarely I'm severe
cases. g. a veterinarian should be con-
suited If possible. Turning out to pasture.
or substituting cOrnstalks for hay in the
animals food. sometimes will bring about a
cure of a mild case.
What is the origin and meaning of the
word "loco-foco, as at one time applied to
the Democratic party? 2 What is the orr
gin of the term texas" as applied to the
superstructure of a river steamboat
c. w. T.
1t came from a turbulent meeting in
Tammany Hall, New York, in 1894 Here
one faction left the meeting and turned
off the lights, but the others relit them
with a sort of friction match then popularity
known as loco-focos. The name was given
in derision and long after the passing of
the faction to which it first was applied,
was popular designation of the entire
Democratic party of the country. 2. Die
tionarles give only the information that ref
erence is to the State of Texas, and don't
explain the source otherwise.
Will you tell me by what process matches
are made Wv. S. s.
Here, roughly, is the process of the con-
cern that, through exclusive ownership of
remarkably ingenious machinery, practical
ly controls the match industry of the coun-
try. Well-dried two-inch planks are cut
into sections the length of the completed
match and these blocks are served to ma
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27

chimes that cut them into thin strips, each
of which contains the splints of fOrty-four
matches. AS cut from the block the strips
are placed in iron plates arranged in an
endless chain, are then heated so that the
subsequent paraffine coating will soak into
the wood, pass on to receive the parafiine
and the material that forms the business
end of the match, then are cooled and dried
In air blasts, and finally are taken out auto
matically and packed in boxes that are fed
into the machines for filling. The only
handwork rests with girls, and consists of
slipping covers on to the boxes. When the
endless chain of iron plates has given up
its finished matches it Immediately receives
another charge of the wooden strips.
Did BlondeI find the prison in which King
Richard OF England was confined in Aus
tria? 2. VIII you give me a brief descrip-
ton of the life of Sir Robert Walpole?
&C. 3. w.
He did. according to tradition. 1t runs
that Blondel wandered about Germany in
disguise until he came to the castle of Dur
renstein, in which, by report was an illus
trious prisoner. Being unable TO see this
captive. Blondel sang the first stanza of a
song he and Richard had composed, and the
second stanza was sung in the familiar
voice from within the castle. Blondel then
FASTENED to England, where he was the
means of bringing about the Kings release
2. Birth at Norfolk. England, in 1876; edu-
cation at Cambridge; election to Parliament
in 1701; service in the Cabinet, beginning
with 170S; expulsion from the House and
Imprisonment in 1712; selection as prime
minister in 1715 and again in 1721, when.
from the latter date, he was practically
ruler of England for twenty-one years. be-
ing made Earl of oxford in 1742 two days
previous to the elimination of the waning
of his power in his resignation as prime
minister; death March IS, 1745. These are
points in a life so eventful as to be difficult
TO sketch briefly.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
A SPECIMEN OF GRAFT.
In Rural New York Tramps and
Policemen ''Stand In"
Golfers Weekly.

Golfers Weekly.
While so many stories of official corrup-
tion are coming out, here is one worthy
of attention. George Bishop, of Buffalo.
was sailor. In summer he made his liv-
ing on the great lakes. In winter his oc-
cupation was that of a professional pris-
oner at county and village jails. This was
his method as related by himself:
81 get into a town and | goes up to n con
and says Say. how are you fixed for a
little time? And he says. How much do
you want? / say, oh, about five or ten
days Then him and me fixes it up. He
takes me before the justice and | pleads
guilty and down L goes. Time up, L get a
tip and skip over to other parts, where
the officers are all right, get a little time
off them and back | comes under a new
name, then down again, out again and so
on"
In most of the rural parts of New York.
as in other States police officers are paid
by fees for each arrest made. and sheriffs
or jailers are given allowance for the
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
London Tit-Blts.

LOndCn I1t-BltS
A famous Canadian judge. who has A
great fund OF anecdotes. and who would
never think OF suppressing joke because
he is himself the victim Of H. tells of am
attempt which he recently made To pols
fun at an Erishman. He was returning IL
his home after a session OF court In a dis
tant county. and as the train was standing,
at small station, about twenty miles from
his destination he espied an old laborer
whom he slightly knew. about TO enter =
carriage. The judge promptly took the
man into parlOr car with himself and maid
for his seat. AS the train rolled along pasf
pleasant farms, the judge. knowing the
mans great love for the Emerald isle
said:
well. John. this is a great country. this
Canada It's away ahead OF ireland.
isn't it?'
Tears came into the eyes OF the old man
st the mention OF his native land and he
shook his head as he replied.
NO. indeed. this country Is nothing lika
Ireland"
Tut. tut. man." said the Judge, in a per
suasive tone: you'd be a long time i'm Ire
land before you'd enjoy the honor OF rid
ing in a parlOr car with Judge"
''rrOth. and you're right" replied his COM
panion, " and you'd be a mighty long time
! in iceland before they'd make you a judge.'s
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
Down in New Orleans lie

@HERE has been a good deal Of dis
cussion and speculation as TO the
origin of the word Hoosier as
t<I3E>Ns applied distnctively TO Indiana
- and its people. without reaching
any definite settlement of the question.
Former Governor Joseph A. Wright and
Hon. Oliver II. Smith, pioneer lawyer and
author Of Early Indiana Trials" derived
IL from the question, who's here?' or
Who's yer?" supposed to be the stereo-
typed inquiry Of persons hailing the inmates
of a pioneer cabin. That derivation seems
rather far-fetched and it would apply to the
pioneer residents OF any other Western
State as we'll as to Indiana. Others have
derived the word from the supposed boast
of early backwoodsmen and fighters. I'm
a nusher" or I'm a Hussar." These deri-
vations, like the other, seem somewhat i'm
probable. Perhaps the word had no def
mite origin. but just grew.
Whatever its origin. it came to be dis
tinctiveIy applied TO Indiana at a very early
period in the history of the State. Its first
appearance in literature was in a clever
poem entitled The Hoosiers Nest writ
ten by John Finley and published as New
Years address in The Indianapolis Journal
In 1880. Finley had lived in Indiana since
1S23 and had become sufficiently familiar
with the term to make 1t the subject of a
poem. Mr.. Meredith Nicholson discusses
the origin Of the word very intelligently in
his admirable book, THE Hoosiers," but
beyond stating the different theories and
derivations he does not throw any new light
on the subject and it is not likely that any
person ever will.
The next earliest recognition of the term
after Finley's poem, published in 1880, is an
article from the New Orleans Picayune, re-
printed in The Indianapolis Journal of Aug
II, 1889 1t probably appeared in the Plea
yune about fortnight earlier. The John
sonian style of the article as well as its
subject makes it somewhat of a literary
curiosity. 1t reads.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
"a HOOSIER.
- BOLD PEASANTRY. THEIR COUN-
TRYS PRIDE.

IR1+S PRIDE.
There is a primitive and pristine SIM
plicity OF character and independence OF
mind about a Hoosier that pleases us much.
His step is as untrammelled by the artifice
of fashion and as free from the constraint
Of foppery as the mighty rivers of the West
are from obstruction in their impetuous
course TO the ocean; or as the path of the
buffalo herd, over the wild prairie. Born
on the fractuous soil Of freedom, and
checked in his growth by avarice or dis
similatiOn. he rises TO manhood with mind
unwarped and a spirit unbent like the
trees Of the forest around him. He loves
liberty-loves ii in his hearts cOre-he
would fight, he would die for It, He raises
not his voice for liberty as the dema gogue
does, to ascend TO power, nor as the sOrdid
political speculator does to obtain place:
nor as the mercenary tool of party does for
a consideration Of dollars and cents; but he
cries from his soul ''long live liberty" be-
cause the instinct of his free and unsophis
ticsted nature tells him that it is the
1nalienable birthright, and heritage of man,
and he thinks that to live without it is as
impossible as to exist without the free air
that wantons round her Western home. He
may be ignorant of the use of the eye-glass,
but is his aim with the rifle less deadly?
He may not know how to lead his partner
through the mazes of a quadrille or French
cotiilion. but his spirits less buoyant
or the feelings OF his heart less sensitive?
Ee may not be able to discuss the merits
of the last novel. but thinkest thou that he
is ignorant Of the cardinal principles of
liberty? In word, he may not be a thing
with his face hid in a stock. in starch, long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-19

phia, and especially those who are
aged and infirm," and there is COM
mentary of the ironic whims of cir
cumstances in the fact that since that
time 100000 have been paid out in
benefits.
In that first year seven merchants
were aided at an expenditure Of
$500, while in the year just passed
forty-three benefciaries were on the
roll, and $10,200 we're discussed. Com
parisCn of these figures might afford
matter for interesting speculation. Is
the merchant of today more reckless
than he Of half century ago, Or is it
that the number of merchants has in
creased, and, therefore, of course, the
number Of unsuccessful merchants.
More than 100000 are now in the
invested fund of the organization, and
it is almost constantly receiving ac-
cretions, so that there is plenty left
wherewith to provide for the unfortu-
nate plutCcrats Of the future, if the
supply of unfortunate plutOcrats holds
ut.-Philadelphia North American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-19

pirates Of the Mediterranean coast
and with desert tribes at Figig, on the
Algerian frontier, and with other wan
derers away around south at Tablet
Indeed, it is difficult to name a part
of the whole empire that has not in
late years been the scene of disturb
ances.
At present there is a formidable re
volt against the sultan himself and a
determined effort to put pretender
upon the throne. The latest news is
OminOus. It is said that the sultan
and his remaining retainers are be-
sieged in Fez, the people OF which are
not altogether well affected coward
him. In such circumstances rne hold
ing of the city may be difficult, es-
pecially since there is no adequate re-
lief force in sight. If Fee falls, and
the sultan is captured, the revolution
will be complete, and that will not be
good thing for any one concerned.
For it is understood that the revolt
ton is reactionary. 1t has been or
ganized against the sultan because he
has assumed too favorable an attitude
towards those modern Improvements
which to conservative Moorish eyes
seem like devices of the evil one. Be
yOnd doubt the accession Of a reac-
tionary sultan would bring On fric-
ton with foreign powers, and that
would be disastrous to Morocco.
~:+ SC h q
more interest because Of the inteTna-
tional importance Of Morocco, due to
it's geographical position, and because
of the conflict of covetusness which
might occur among European powers
in case of a complete collapse Of the
native dynasty. Morocco commands
the western entrance to the Mediter-
ranean, faces Spain, and abuts upon
the best part Of the French empire in
Africa. Great Britain, owing to
Gibraltar, just across the strait, and
being much interested in the Med1-
terTanean, would try to lay hold upon
at least the northern part Of Morocco,
or would greatly dislike to see some
possibly unfriendly power get it.
Spain, owning Ceuta, would like to ex-
tend her dominion from Ell Riff clear
down to Cape Blanco. France, own
ing Algeria, the Senegal, and the
Sahara, and thinking herself the
rightful mistress Of the Mediter-
ranean, regards herself as the only
| legitimate heir to the Shereefian
throne. Even Russia has intrigued
for a footing there as well as
in Abyssinia, while Italy and Ger
many are by no means offering to
pose as negligible factors.
1t does not yet appear that any one
of these rivals is secretly encouraging
| the present rebellion. On the con-
! trary, the assumption is that the
movement is purely a native one
| New York Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-19
MARCH FARM NOTES.

Make ready for spring that will
soon be here. Now is the time to pre-,
pare for early April chicks. Do not
put this off till spring work presses
on all sides.
The incubator and brooder should
be made ready for work; the nest
boxes in the Matching room should 1a
cleaned and painted with either a
lice paint or a lime wash. Kill the lice
in advance and save trouble.
Test some of your eggs either under
a hen or in the incubator, and see il
they show good fertility. If not, 3tir
up the fowls and make them dig, dig,
dig all day long in deep litter Of some
kind for all their food; hard work
scratching helps fertility
1t is far better to test your own
eggs in this way than to start your
incubators and fill them without
knowing how your eggs are running
1t is a saving both of time and eggs
to test them. Ten or q dozen in the
machine for a week will tell the
story. If found to be all right, fill the
machines and go to work Matching, if
not, apply the remedy.
There is q continued clamor every
spring to know why eggs do not
hatch better. Eggs from fat hens
inactive hens and idle, lazy hens will
not hatch well If you hope to have
early chicks, you must make all your
fowls scratch and dig all day long for
small or broken grain. This active
exercise works off the fat, imparts
vigor to their organs and adds materi
ally to the egg production and fertll-
ity.
Plenty Of straw for litter is worth a
lot for egg production; it should be
at least a foot deep all over the floor
Of the hen house, better more than
less; small grain thrown into this
furnishes the inducement to dig; no
whole corn, all broken corn if ftly, so
as to have the small pieces to hunt
after This is the value OF small grain;
it furnishes plenty of work to keep
the fowls busy to find enough to eat.
All they will hunt and dig for will moi
hurt them, providing the litter is deep
and the grains small, like oats, wheat,
barley, millet and small broken corn.
Once more we say have new strou8
blood for your turkeys. In week or
two it will be too late for this season.
and then when fail comes, you will
wonder why your turkeys did so poor
| ". This can be avoided by assuring
vigor to the young turkeys as they
come from the shell. To have by IN
heritance a strong constitution means
much to the young turkey. This will
not come as the result Of inbreeding
Most of the ailments of turkeys may
, be traced to bad management and in
| breeding.
Seldom do we see so much interest
| centered about new breed of fowls
as was shown the past winter in the
Orpingtons This fowl is to England
what our American breeds are to thi