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The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23

A Free-Hand Portrait Which Has
Some Very LifeIikc Touches.
Kansas City Journal.

Nlty
President Roosevelt has so much vigor
and animal spirits that he is saved from
coarseness and perhaps from dissoluteness,
by the mere force of his education and NOR
al stamina He is possessed of tempera-
ment and ambition which would be danger
Gus, were il not for his lofty aspirations
and unflinching patriotism. He is impulsive,
quick, passionate and pugnacious, and the
salvation of himself and the country from
disaster or humiliation lies solely in his good
Judgment and amenability TO the advice and
influence of those of his counselors who are
ripper in experience and more conservative
in habit.
In action the President is sudden, but GER
tain. He never deviates from his Trajectory.
The projectiles he discharges, although they
may whirl whistle and roar, never wander
They hit the spot. He is like the bee: he
cannot work without buzzing. He wasn't
born to hide his light under a bushei.
If Mr. Roosevelt were an Indian savage
he would have the gaudiest blanket, the
longest scalp belt and the most fantastically
rigged-up war bonnet in the tribe. he would
paint his face in varied hues, and partici-
pate in sun and stomp dances with an
abandoned fury that would be the envy and
despair of all the other bucks. He would be
the chief medicine man and the terror of
all the nearby whites. Even in spite of his
civilized training, the President is some
what outlandish. He Is the only veteran
general ever known in this country TO at
tend after war. army encampments in his
old uniform. But nobody finds fault with
him for travelling in his khaki, sword and
spurs It's just "Roosevelt's way" they
say.
He can't stay down any more than, a
cork nor fall wrong as easily as cat. Luck
is with him, and his success is constitu-
tional. Nature permeates him and he is a
part of nature. He speaks spontaneously
and acts with a jerky intuition. He treats
himself as if he were fact detached from
himself. He rejoices in existence. He felici-
tates himself for what he says or does, and
wants everybody to hurrah with him. And
vet he is giving the country an excellent
administration and is so popular with the
people of all classes that his denomination
is a foregone conclusion and his reelection
practically assured.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

The baby should weigh 201z pounds on
its first birthday.
Every Frenchman is born with debt OF
$50 on his shoulders.
American sewing machines find large sale
lin British India, all other parts OF Asia ana
in the islands of the Pacific.
American packinghouse products aggre-
gate 144,O00000 worth a year. 81 per cent. OF
which go to the United Kingdom.
There has been started i'm Maiden, Mass,
a goat farm for the production of goats
milk. The promoters expect that there will
be a large demand for the milk, especially
for the dietary treatment of sick babies.
The investment i'm pleasure yachts in
America is about $50 100000 and the annual
cost of their maintenance is about $6,00O0o0
a season. When a steam yacht Is chartered
the price usually is $40 month per yacht
ton.
1.-The continued drilling in Ohio for oil and
gas and the consequent raising of the gas
TO the coal surface is, and will be, source
of verys great danger IN coal mining Tor
years to come" says State Inspector Bis
sison, of Ohio.
Albert Belt, since the interference with
the work of the De Beers diamond mines
during the Boer war, has yielded to John
ID. Rockefeller the reputation of being the
only Millionaire in the world. Ii Hung
Chang had half a billion.
German papers state that it is possible
TO keep eggs fresh for any length of time
by simply immersing them i'm a 10 per cent
SOlutlOn OF Oh SOud, CoIilIlolllA
called liquid glass. Eggs preserved in this
way will hatch year afterward
Bank Superintendent Kiburn i'm his last
report saws that there has been no failure
among trust companies in the State OF
New York i'm eighteen years. and. with a
single exception. no trust company has in
recent years sustained an impairment of
capital.
A steam lifeboat has been built i'm Eng
land and sent TO Australia. The craft is
flfty-six feet long, thirteen feet wide and
draws three feet seven inches. The hull is
ma5e of steel, the engines have 226 horse
power and the boat will make fifteen miles
an hour
OF the immigrants landed i'm New York
during the last six months. $50 have already
become public charges. The steamship
companies have their agents securing every
European country for steerage passengers
and employ numerous local agents i'm al
most every village.
In Russia 2,Sl0 men in every million are
annually called into the army; in Germany,
4,l20; I'm France, $500. To get so large a
number of Frenchmen weaklings have to
be taken. This makes the mortality I'm the
French army three and half times that
of the German army.
Tourists in Egypt will soon be able to
cross the Sahara desert in a four-miles-an-
hour automobile especially constructed for
travelling over sandy wastes. The vehicle
the speed seems slow, it Is greater than
that or camel transportation.
Three-fourths of the great mass of manu-
factures which enter into international COM
merce are composed of iron and steel, cop
per and cotton, of which we are the world $
largest producers, and for the manufsc-
ture of which We have facilities at least
equal TO those of any other country.
The number of theological students i'm Ger
many has diminished gradually from 4.2s7
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
The Call Of the Wild.

said in my heart, Il sick of four walls and
a ceiling.
have need OF the sky.
have business with the grass.
1 will up and get me away where the hawk is
wheeling.
Lone and high,
And the slow clouds &C by.
will get away 10 the waters .hat glass
The clouds as they pass,
To the waters that lie
Like the heart or a maiden of doom
drawing nigh
And dumb for sorcery Of impending joy.
1 will get away the woods.
Spring. like huutsrpan's boy,
Haloos along the hillsides and unhoods
The falcon i'm my will.
The dogwood calls me. and the sudden thrill
THAT breaks in apple blooms down country roads
Plucks me by the sleeve and nudges me away
The sap is in the boles to-day
And in my veins a pulse that yearns and goads"
Richard Hovey
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
THE PYTHONs DIsROBE.


Philadelphia Press.
All four of the big pythons at the 10
oiosical Gardens came out in their sum-
mer suits yesterday.
Moved apparently by a mutual spirit of
sociability, the four big fellows began TO
crawl out of their skins Saturday after
noon and completed their disrobng act
yesterday. An ordinary three or four-foot
snake can wriggle out of its skin in
quarter of an hour. but with the pythons
undressing is a lengthy affair in more
senses than one. The reticulated python.
measures seventeen feet from the end of his
nose to the tip of his tail and the three
india pythons are nearly two or three feet
shorter
Wriggling out Of a skin-tight garment
seventeen feet long without single but
ton. string or hook il is not a thing
be done In hurry. Even a violent wrigge
means az best perhaps half an inch OF
progress toward the completion OF a toilet
that is TO last for three months and from
the first wriggle TO the last one is a mat
ter OF a good many hours
All of the snakes finished undressing i'm
time for dinner. however. As il is a mat
ter of weeks between python meals. this
does Eot indicate a record toilet on the part
OF the quartet at the Zoo.
The pythons did not shed their appetites
with their skins. Keeper Hess placed
three or four chickens I'm each cage and the
snakes made mouthful of the meal and
yawned for more. 1t came in the shape of
a large family of rabbits that went the
way of all flesh laid before pythons. and
tnen tne ulieTS lay GOWN LOT IL lew udES
sleep.
Before the reticulated python went to
bed he took long look at himself in the
mirror made by painful of water in his
cage. His new coat was of many coiors
and could have furnished all the tints
necessary TO equip several rainbows. APP
parently the design of his suit pleased him.
for after surveying himself from several
points he wound himself up in an endless
chain and denied himself to all callers.
When Keeper Hess removed the old
clothes from the python cages he found
he had enough to fill a bushel basket.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
THE BORN NEWSPAPER MAN.
lie Cannot Get Away from His Trade,
Even i'm Vacation.
rlesns Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat
Speaking of vacations" said an old
newspaper man. do YOU know 1t is almost
impossible for the newspaper man. the real
newspaper man. the fellow who has il i'm
his blood. who gets excited when the fire
bell rings. ard all that sort of thing-do
you know il IS almost impossible for
man OF this sort TO take "A vaca ton? He
simply can't break away from the office
completely. The bOokkeeper. the clerk. the
lawyer. and doctor. and men engaged in
other kinds of business. can generally get
away and forget all about the little affairs
of the Office. the store the shop. and
But the newspaper man cannot altogether
snap the ties which bind him to the office
where he is employed. There is a certain
subtle. indefinabe something which chains
him TO the Office and nc simply can't break
away. | suppose II is because OF the eX-
citement of the business. The newspa-
per office is sort Of world-ccnter. All the
forces of society. politics. religion. every
thing counted among the world activities,
seem to converge in the newspaper office,
and | suppose man becomes so accustomed
to highly y-tensioned life that he can't get
away from the feeling of interest. There
Is pathetic side to this condition l know
of no more melancholy spectacle than the
newspaper man trying TO loaf. His Vaca-
ton season Is a perfect bore. He is a fish
out of water. and is ever 1Ouncing back
toward the waters edge where the waves
are splashing, and beating, and breaking on
the shoreline. All OF which brings me to
the point | have i'm mind. namely, that ii
would not be bad idea for the newspapers
of the country to establish vacation papers,
that is papers TO be got out during the
vacation period of newspaper men. Papers
Of this kind could be scattered over the
cDutry at convenient and comfortable
points. and they would be a great boon to
newspaper men. Make 'em broad and lib
eral, and allow the fellows who loaf to
write anything they want to write You
would get fine lot of stuff. You would
bring the talent of the country in closer
touch. and you would add great deal to
the life of the fellows who really do not
know what to do with the few weeks they
are given TO loaf i'm during the hot season.
What is the matter with the vacation
naner. ielloMs. lust for lmck2'
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
How He studied womanLlna.

Literary Bulletin.
Morgan Robertson. author of Sinful
Peck" i'm discussion the other day of
suthors' wives and the help they may be
to their husbands told this story on him
self. I'm my early days of writing he
said II much deplored my inability 10 write
a salsble love story, and was Informed by
a wise olG editor that | lacked knowledge
of women. Study them he said Pay them
compliments and attentions and watch
tneir faces. Find out what pleases and what
speeches Impressed by his words | de-
cided TO experiment upon young friend
or my wffes-a pink-cheeked maiden.
whose nuny. yellow hair / had often
praised Gin my own way. and confiden-
tally Informed her that once, unknown TO
her. | had kissed her fluffy. yellow hair
while leaning over her shoulder hadn't of
ceurse-I was only experimenting: bur |
watched her face closely. and, though she
said nothing. there was no mistaking the
fact that she was pleased. I had scored a
point. and made note OF what I had learned
but forgot 10 mention the incident to nv
wife. Then i buckled down To other work
gave up love stories. ahd forgot the incl
dent The maiden moved out OF our neigh
oorhocd and ont OF our lives: but. two years
afrer her name chsnced TO be mentioned
and my wife sweetly asked me IL | had
kissed her hair lately. I was dumfounded
At hrst. then indignant-then 1 remembered
and explained It seems that the maiden
had betrayed me. for within twenty four
hours OF my imbecile speech a member of
her family-a most masterful woman-had
put on her bonnet and called on my wife
10 report my misdoing. And rather than
worry me and hold me back I'm my work
that large-mtnded wife OF mine had carried
doubt and misgiving in her heart for two
years. and only spoke at last when she
thought my hardened soul could stand the
shock OF discovery. Now. l have heard of
authors wives who rendered assistance 10
their husbands by taking dictation. by cor
recfing proof. bV tnventing DlOfS nv 0fxirsy
intuitively good advice. and by soul-stirrine
Inspiration; and | have heard OF that au-
thor'sNwife who rendered splendid service
10 him by getting out OF his way when he
wanted 10 work; but, surely. Mrs. Robert
son IL I'm class by herself-above them
al"
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23

Mr.. Howells's home at Kittery Point, Me-,
consists of a picturesque collection of build
ings which have been a growth and de-
velopment. and are the more interesting for
that reason. The dwelling house was or
iginally a small plain farm house which
purchased by Admiral Craven and
added to-a room here, a wing there-as
need required Then Mr.. Howels pur-
chased il from the admiral and turned the
barn into an admirable detached library
and workshop. panelling it with yellow
pine, and adding hospitable fireplace for
logs. The erstwhe barn is now lined with
books and pictures. and is the scene of
much of Mr.. Howells's more recent literary
work. Among its treasures are a spindle
legged mahogany table and an old ''sea-
faring secretary" which were once the
possessions of the admiral Nerandas and
vines help TO make the homestead spacious
and beautiful and the fine old trees and
superb view OF the bay and OF the sea 10
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23

TO keep your desk Uttered with papers, so
that when the old man comes around he
will think you're terribly busy. Then he
won't pile any more work on you Well"
continued Mr.. Garrett II made up my
mind that. contrary to this mans advice.
| would always keep my desk cleared And
L haye done So.
To-day Mr.. Garrett is getting salary of
S12,o0o year, while his clerkly counselor
is still drawing $50 month and wondering
why luck is against him.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
kept His Desk Clear.
Philadelphia Record.

Railroad circles as well as a large por-
tion of the general public were greatly in
terested in the resignation of w. A. Gar
rett from the general superntendency
OF the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad a
few months ago to assume more impor-
tant position with the Queen g. Crescent
road. Mr. CARROTS rise I'm the railroad
world has been phenomenal but one little
story which he himself told to neighbor
hints at a secret OF il all.
When ] first went into the railroad
business as young man.. said Mr.. Gar
rett. II called aside by one OF the
clerks who said TO me: Now. Garrett.
let inc give YOU tip. You want alway
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
Revival OF Dumas.

W l. Aiden's London Letter.
We are 10 have a six penny edition OF
the works OF the elder Dumas, but IL is
not 10 be complete edition. The pub
Usher will omit such works as are mot
agreeable 10 English or American taste"
In other words. the edition Is 10 be edited
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-08-23
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SUNDAY. AUGUST as 1908.

the Isle of Shoals complete it's charm Here
Mr. Howels rests little and works much,
being one of the most industrious authors.
His last volume was the much-talked-of
Questionable Shapes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
LEGISLATION ,sO LEGISLATORS.


On the authority of a Senator who is in close touch with the workings of the upper house it can be said that an early recess of the Legislature, either for six months or for a year, is among the proba bilities. This, 1t is said, Is the pre- vailing sentiment among the leaders In both houses. although no definite propos!- ton has as yet been submitted.
 Opinion Is quite general among the members. that the present sitting of the Legislature should consume not more than thirty or thirty-hve days. and that e recess should then be taken until next fall or until next January.
 The harmonizing of the Code of the State is regarded as the matter of most vital importance with which the law makers have to deal for the present. and it is held that this can best be furthred by adjourning for time, after legisla- ton of immediate importance is disposed of, leaving select committees to be ap- pointed in charge of this task, and with sufficient time for their adequate con sidcration. It is believd that within the next two weeks the matters of legislation that cannot we'll be deferred can be got ten out of the way. and that then it would not be wise to continue the whole leStslativ body in session with little to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
l,314 PAID POLL TAXES LEGAL LIMIT TO PAY EXPIRED
 LAST NIGHT. Last Day Was Marked by . Rush 70 Pay and 460 Voters
 oualifled-'Twas
 Busy Scene.

One thousand. three hundred and four teen poll taxes for the year 1903 have been paid to Tax Collector George W. Halls of Montgomery County.
 The lists closed last night at o'clock. the announced hour of closing. Up to that hour the Tax Collector did . large busi- ness. Yesterday 4S9 Montgomerians paid their poll taxes. Candidates and their friends were busy around the office and many eleventh hour sinnsrs' were re- stored to grace.
 There are 4.5sS registered voters of Montgomery County. Most of the 1914 voters who paid their poll taxes for 1903 are non-property holders, majority of the property owners having paid their voting tithes along with their property assessments. Taking this into considera- ton, and the number of voters exempted from poll tax through age. disability and military service. 1t is thought that most of the registered voters will be allowed to participate in the primary and the election of this spring.
 man to pay his poll tax was Jack Bradley of Ward l. who came" in just three minutes before the lists were announced closed.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
NEaRo sHoT N1aRo.
Norman Toris Wounded by Dsrta
 NcGshso and Will DlA

xNVIAAb00 4oX1B .WOO0000 " 0UA -
 McGsheo and Will DlA
 Norman 1oris. a young negro. was shot through the forehead last night about S:a0 o'clock in Vesuvius by Bertha Ac- Gehee a negro. Toris wlil die.
 McGehee. after the shooting. ts said to have gone north post haste. following the tracks of the Louisville and Nasnviiie Railroad. He has not been apprehended oy the police.
 Toris IS . negro about 2 years of age. McGehes is also a young negro and for merly an intimate friend of Toris.
 Last night McGehee and Toris had hot words over family matters and 1t is said that NcGehes was threatened by Toris.
 After the quarrel McGehes went to . barber shop across the street from the Blue Store. where he learned Toris was in search of him and on trouble bent About that time Toris entered the snop. McGe- hee drew . revolver and fired once. The ball took effect in the center of the me- gro's forehead.
 Toris was taken to his home near the shop and the police were tslephoned.
 Mounted Patroimen Miles Smith and Ed Graham responded but the man they wanted had been gone some time when they arrived on the scene of the shooting. Both patrolmen were of the opinion that the negro would die within twelve hours.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
THE ROADS CONVENTION.

It Will Meet in Montgomery To-
 morrow.
 A convention to consider the question of good roads is to meet in Montgomery tomorrow at the Council Chamber. Commissioner of Agriculture and In- dustries Hon. R. R. Poole. has request ed the Probate Judges of the various counties of the State to appoint delegates from their respective counties and it Is certain that the convention will be com posed of staunch and public spirited citi- gems of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
1t Will Be Called to Order at Noor
 Tomorrow

The Good Roads Convention will meet in Montgomery at the Council Chamber tomorrow at 12 o'clock.
 The convention has been called by Commissioner of Agriculture and Indus- tries, Hon. R. R. Poole and will be con- posed of delegates from each county ap- pointed by the Probate Judge thereof.
 The business of the convention will be to consider the question of good roads in Alabama and to discuss the ways and means of securing them and to make sug- gestions to the legislature as to the wisest and most practical legislation that can be enacted looking to that most im- portant and much desired result.
 It will be called to order at noon by Commissioner Poole and then organiza- ton win be perfected.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

form all dutiss. and b. subject to all ha- biittiss. penalties. disabilities and for feitures now or hersattsr confsrred or imposed by law on clerks of the Circuit
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

No one can land in South Africa with out a permit. and none but refugees. Gov ernment employees and persons engaged in a service of a public nature will be permitted to move up into the Trans vaal,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

Senator Powell of Butler took the train for his home at Greenville at the close of yesterdays session and may not re- turn to the capital before Tuesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

Lieutenant-G Governor Cunningham has been in Birmingham since Friday, but is expected to return in time for the open ing of tomorrow's session of the Senate. President pro tenn. Goldsby and Senator Bullock of Franklin took turns yesterday in directing the proceedings of the upper house.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

Senator Acree of Dale left yesterday morning foi his home at Newton, where he will sperd Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

do beyond what must of necessity be done by committees almost altogether
 A resolution was recently offered in the Senate for joint coT..sS.e @ inyesti gate and report as to the feasibility of a recess. This committee has not been appointed. but will be soon. Meantime d good deal of talk has been heard of recess and an early decision in the mat ter is looked for
 The select committees, which are yet to be appointed, will be charged with the work of revising the statutes so as to bring them within the requirements of the new constitution and this is no light task. Their work will be merely to go over the ground in advance, breaking the way for definite action on the part of the entire Legislature when 1t shall convene again. and this is something that cannot be done hurriedly.
 II am pleased to see that there is a general disposition among the press and the people and the legislators to do full justice to our judiciary said visiting lawyer yesterday who had looked in on teh Legislature and had discussed the pending bills to rearrange the Judicial Courts and increase the Judges salarie know from personal intercourse with
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

and does 1t promptly and effectually.
 s. S. puri6es and invigorates the thin acid blood, and builds up the entire sys- tenn; then the unsightly eruption and sores heal. the skin becomes smooth and soft, and all signs of the Eczema disappear.
 Our special book on Skin Diseases free.
 The Swift Specific Co.,, Atlanta, Ga.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
Local Cotton Market.

Quotations for spot cotton in the local cotton market yesterday were follows;
 Strict middling ..........................9 II-to Middling S-to Strict low mldonng. ng........................0 I-I0
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
SKIN CRACKS AND BLEEDS

ton and s soreness. s.
 s. s. s. neutralizes these acid poisons 8 and cleauses the blood of all irritating sub stances and humors
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01

The fight on the stamp tax feature of the general revenue bill continues with rnabated vigor. The members receive aaily letters from their constituents ask ing that fight be made against 1t, and delegation after delegation has come to the Capitol to oppose it. The special sub committee is meeting every day in its work upon the bill.