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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
MONEY IN FACT AND FICTION.
Modern Fortunes Exceed the Widest
Dreams of NoveIists.
Harper's Weekly.

Harper's weekly.
These are strange times in the accumula-
ton of rtunes-strang than any fiction
could ever have made them. Think of il
for a moment Andrew Carnegie, a canny
little Scotch boy, came TO this unknown
hand a few decades ago barefooted. and
last year offered 70 settle the Venezuelan
imbroglio, between Germany, england
France and Italy and the South American
republic by loaning Venezuela the entire
sum OF these International debts. And yet
a fortune so huge as to permit of such
offers Is as nothing TO the power of another
man. Mr.. Rockefeller, personally a quiet
American citizen from Cleveland. a simple
liver with few habits OF luxury, could
easily buy half a dozen Of the independent
Kingdoms OF Europe; could. without feel
Ing IL TO any great extent in his pocket
book. take up the debts of all the republics
OF Central and South America.
Again, in 1874. Alexander Dumas pub
Cristo.' the basis of which is the fabulous
wealth OF an individual. The count finds a
cave fun of almost priceless Jewels. He
buys mems lives: he spends money every
where: he comes to Paris with a notice
from his Italian bankers giving him un-
limited credit on a. Paris bank. There is
no limit on what he can draw from NJ.
Dangiers> II is entirely unprecedented.
Nothing like 1t was ever known before. He
draws five millions of francs. and ruins the
banker. and stu no complaint from his
Roman house. He rights wrongs: he saves
more lives; he Furnishes the guilty by the
use OF unlimited wealth. And then by and
by he leaves on the Island OF
Monte Cristo with MS bride and sails away.
As Macmillan sees his ship disappear on
the horizon, he finds Monte Cristo's will
leaving him his whole fortune. This for
tune, DumuS suggests in two or three
places. was one hundred million francs
$0.O00,00. II Is the greatest private for
tune the Frenchman could conceive of In
1sf+-it is considerably less than the income
OF John ID. Rockefeller in 1903.
So you might run on, If it did not tire
the brain 10 conceive more. But. most
remarkable OF all. this one individual made
his unprecedented wealth with his own
brains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

three minutes each, and then sound deep
and stay beneath the surface for thirty
or forty minutes.
AS a whale would come to the surface,
there would appear always at the whales
right side and just about where his head
would connect with the body, a great, long
tail or fin, Judged by five fishermen and a
number of Indians after seeing IL about
fifteen times at various distances" to be
about twenty-four feet long, two and one
half feet wide at the end. and taperins
down to the water, wheresit seemed to be
about eighteen inches in diameter, look
ing very much like the blade of fan of an
old-fashioned Dutch windmill
This great club was used on the back
of the unfortunate whale in such a man.
Der that it was a wonder 10 me that
every whale attacked was not instantly
killed. Its operator seemed to nave per-
feet control of its movements, and would
bend it back till the end would touch the
water, forming a horseshoe loop, then
with a sweep ii woul be Strengthened
and brought over and down on the back
of the whale with a whack that could be
heard for several miles. If the whale
was fortunate enough to submerge his
body before the blows came. the spray
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

The summer gardens are fair to-day,
But stlIl my thoughts will drift away.
From their fragrant blossoms of varied kue.
To the dear old garden my boyhood knew;
/ can close my eyes and see it yet,
With old-time blossoms in beauty set,
/ can hear the music or bird and bee,
And this is the picture that comes TO me:
Fragrant lilies and hollyhocks,
BIuehells, monkshood, and four-o'- CLOCKS,
Larkspur and morniEg-glories show.
And tiger lilies in stately row.
And the honeysuckle that used TO climb
Above the window in summer time;
The roses crowding each thorny bush.
The old, old. red ones. the white and blush,
None more worthy OF words of praise
Mid their regal sisters Of later days.
The hands that tended these blooms l know
Were done with earth's labor long ago,
And the eyes that watched their growth Will
pride
Gaze on the gardens beyond the tide,
ON never fading flowers that expand
In the light OF Gods beautiful summeriand.
oh. the summer gardens are fair to-day,
Hut still my thoughts win drift away
To the fragrant blossoms or varied hue
In the dear old garden my boyhood knew.
Henry c. l.. Haskell. in Home and Flowers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06

/ wonder what's all dis rough house
about ditching Broadway! L has known dat
lane since l sold papes in Park Row, and it
never wasn't a walk trough a orchard, or
a stroll on de beach by moonlight. OATS
what makes it Broadway.
De foist time L ever was in de country,
when 1 took me job wit Miss Fannie, dere
was so much no-noise dat it near turn me
into a fit. 1t keep me wake nights; and in
de day / was lodging fire engines, cars,
amblances and trucks dat wasn't dere, till
L near crossed me eyes, trying to see bote
ways to once. Let me tell you: most of
desc mugs OATS making de holler about de
Broadway ditch isn't on to de proposition.
If New Workers ever struck little old By
when it wasn't torn UP or down. or being
sewed, or gassed, or water lined, or rooted
for wires, or paved or repaved, or re-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL.

THE Journal is in frequent receipt of in
quiries of a personal character, the re-
sponses to which seem hardly suited for
Insertion in its regular column OF CUES
tons and Answers Replies have COM
monty been made by mail where addresses
were furnished, but have now been placed
In the hands of a special editor. well quail
flied as a general advisor, and nswered in
q separate department. Correspondents
wishing to communicate with this depart
mcnt will please address 'Fidelia," care of
the Journal
What shall / say to a young man when
ne leaves me at the door after having taken
me to the theater ?-Green.
Any pretty informal speech to let him I'M
derstand that you have enjoyed the evening
will do. Don't be stiff; don't make set
speeches.
Is it correct or permissible to attend the
meetings OF a literary club when one is in
oeep mourning u. Z.
I see no objection. Literary club meetings
can hardly be classed as amusements, and
are seldom sufficiently hilarious to jar on
the feelings of the most sensitive mourner.
Hostess: Since your rooms are so small,
why engage musicians at all for your enter
tainment? II you must have music, why
not make your piano do?
I am in a quandary: will you help me out?
My husband. who died three months ago,
expressed the wish that 1 should not put
on mourning after he was gone, and / have
respected his wish. / am about to go from
here, however, where ! am a comparative
etranger-back to my old home, where both
my own and my husbands friends and rela-
tves live. Ny own sisters and my mother
fn-lQU ~ nnffo a. an14Ifxnd that 4 am nor
dressing as a widow, and insist that 1 shall
provide myself with mourning costumes be-
fore returning. What would you advise?
Widow.
Your relatives are probably less concerned
with the wearing of mourning in itself
than they are with the fear of what people
viii say" If you don't wear it. Most meg
would prefer that their widows should not
go about dismally draped in black in their
msnory. but comparatively few widows
have the moral courage to refrain from this
course. They are afraid of not seeming to
pa proper respect to the memory Of the
d. naE You will probably do like the
It disregard your late husbands wishes
ftr ths sake of custom. You might compro-
n Sc ny wearing black and black and white,
bur declining to don crepe and long wells.
u - these latter features Of the insignia
of woe that men object 10 most.
My husbands relatives. a number of whom
live in the neighborhood. undertake too
much supervision Of my misunderstanding
this, giving Instructions to that, etc. / don't
waot to offend them and / don't want to say
ar1tEing about the matter TO my husband.
What shall I dom.
Be %tactful; which Is 10 say, be invariably
polite under every provocation. Listen at
tentively TO the advice, and even court it;
then unostentatiously follow yonr own
plans and make no explanations or apologies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
AN ENEMY TO THE WHALE.
rang Creature Said to Exist In
Alaskan Waters.

Forest and Stream.
While operating a fishery on Admiralty
Island, Alaska, last summer, my attention
and the attention of the fishing crew was
almost daily attracted to a large marine
creature that would appear in the main
channel of Seymour canal and our immedi-
ate vicinity. +.
There are large numbers of whales of
the species rorqual there. and the mon
ster seemed to be their natural enemy.
The whales generally travel in schools.
and while at the surface TO blow one
would be singled out and attacked by the
fish, and a battle was soon in order.
1t is the nature of the rorqual to make
three blows at intervals of from two to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
"THE
Chief of the Murphy Family Permit
ted to Resume OIden Spelling.
New York Tribune.

tea 10 Resume OIden Spelling.
New York Tribune.
Murphy is a name worn by many thou
sands of American citizens of Hibernian
origin. Few, if any, probably are aware
that the ancient Irish rendering of their
patronymic is "O'Morchoe." The O'Mor-
chOes reigned as kings in Wexford in
ancient times, and until 1879 the chief Of
the family. or rather of the clan, was
known as The O'Morchoe." For some rea-
son the name was then corrupted into Muir
ply. But a few years ago the senior lineal
descendant in the male line of the old kings
of Wexford secured permission from the
crown TO resume the old name and title of
1.-THE O'Morchoe.' and was presented as
such to the King at the levee held the
other day. at Dublin Castle. along with The
O'Connor Don, lord lieutenant of the Coun-
ty of Roscommon; The MacDermott. The
O'Donoghue and The O'Brien. who figures
in the peerage as Lord Inchiquin. The
THE" to the chiefs OF the houses that in
olden days exercised sovereign sway in the
Emerald Isle. and i may add that the
wives OF these chieftains are accorded both
officially and ct court the prefix OF
Madam instead of Mrs"
With regard to the lord lieutenant of
Roscommon, the Don appended to his
patronymic is not a surname, but a title,
concerning the origin of which there is
some dispute, but which is evidently de-
rived from some Spanish ancestor, the
family name being O'Connor.
The O'Morchoe has large estates in Wex-
ford. is very rich, much interested in the
history and in the fortunes of his family,
and will doubtless be glad to hear from
all those bona fide members thereof who
are established in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
Attended Like a Princess.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
A small procession went into florists
shop on 9Th avenue last week which at
tracted the attention of all the customers
in the place. There was a nicely dressed
young woman, presumabl a governess, an
other who was a lady's maid, a footman
and last, but by no means least, a private
detective. In the midst of all these grown
people was one tiny little girl, simply
gowned. She took great interest in the
floral display, and went around to the diff
ferent stands and counters admiring them.
But never for moment did the retinue of
four allow her out of their sight. They
screened her from general obversation and
crowded about her. With the advice of the
governess, the child made some trifiing
purchases. A carriage outside was waiting
for her, and the retinue preceded and
closed in. To general inquiry, the shop
keeper answered:
THAT is little Miss Carnegie, and she is
never allowed to go out without a body
guard A private detective is always near
her. You know the children of the very
rich may be kidnapped any day and held for
ransom. She is very Intelligent, and
knows Just what she wants to purchase"
And some one remarked that the life of
such a child was surrounded with more
state than that of a European princess
and that she should grow up, always tc
be followed by a retinue, and never to be
alone was a fate which hardly compen.
stated for q large fortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
Art in Conducting,
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

The death Of Lieut. Dan Godfrey-sad
enough as the actual fact is-surely brings
to the mind some profitable thoughts on
the subject Of the art of conducting. He
was man who thoroughly believed in that
art Of conducting; he recognized the infiu-
ence of the conductor upon band, and he
fully realized the enormously important
part which the conductor played in any Or
chestral combination. The bare statement
of these truths seems at present somewhat
to trench upon the province OF common
place. Yet there was time when the con-
ductor was looked upon with little rever-
ence enough. when 1t was considered that
the leader of the orchestra was good
enough for every purpose, and when the
relation between the timebeater and the
band was regarded being practically a
nominal element in successful playing. Such
a phrase as 1.-The personality of conduc-
tor was then noneXistent. Even at the
present moment you hear comments in I'M
intelligent quarters upon the valuelessness
of conductor and individuality on the
part of conductor is regarded in such
quarters Pigment of the critical brain
Not perceiVfng the nature of an "undis-
tributed middle in their logic these men
practically say that no band that is bad
will play well under a good conductor and
that therefore, no good conductor is re-
sponsible for the fine playing of a good
band. Such pioneers Lieut.. Dan God
frey (for speak now of English conduc-
a different point of view, and today, among
musical audiences, the art of the conduc-
tor is regarded with reverence and discrim-
mating criticism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
New Place for Old Neckties.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Don't imagine said an experienced ho-
tel housekeeper, that the hall boys or ele-
vator boys wear all the half worn-out neck
ties you give them, or that they take them
home to fathers and brothers. or send them
to aunts in the country who are making
crazy quilts. They know where there is an
old man and his wife who buy old neckties
at a price that gives the hotel boys far
more pocket money than they need to
spend. The old folks clean and renovate
the ties and sell them in some stores for
new. The old ties ripped apart, steam
ed. scrubbed and put together again. When
they are pressed or altered in shape they
look like new.
AN English square of fairly good ma
terial will sell for half dollar. The old
man and woman I speak of will make
neat four-in- hand and two made-up bows
out of 1T. The four-n- hand she sells for so
or even IS cents. The bows will net rs
cents each. Not a bad profit
II found this out from a bell boy who
was called before the manager one day to
explain how it was that he had $35 in his
telescope trunk when he had been in the
hotel only three months, was a waif when
employed and had paid out more than half
he had in wages for his uniform. There
had been theft in the hotel and his room
was searched. We sent one of the porters
to verify his necktie story and found it all
right
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
CEYLON TEA ICED"
SILK CULTURE IN CHICAGO.
Worm Can Form Cocoon by Feeding on
Red Mulberrfes.

Chicago Correspondence Philadelphia Press.
SIX dresses are I'm SIGHT. for all Chicago
girls who want them. The experiment OF
raising slkworms. instituted in May by
Albert Labarthe has proved a practical
success. Already many thousand yards OF
genuine Chicago silk have been reeled of
the cocoons by Mr.. Labarthe He will dur
ing the next day or two send the remaining
cocoons to the Agricultural Department at
Washington. which supplied him with the
eggs for an official test of the quality OF
the silk
The point OF this experiment" said Mr.
l.aharthe yesterday, does not lie in the
proof that the silkworm can form his CO.
coon In the United States readily AS in
france or China. but in the fact that he
can do SO after being fed on the red null
berry instead OF the white There are no
white mulberries in this country
he effect OF this test Is to show that it
Is practicable to begin the silk industry in
Cmcago at once. l have had experience with
the industry in the department OF the Loire
In France 1t is likely that | will now i'm
port large number of eggs and begin the
raising of worms z big scale NV test
shows me that l will be able to feed nv
worms on the red mulberry for five years
during which the white mulberry trees
which l will plant growing The white
mulberry Is, OF course. better food than the
req. But 1t Is not absolutely essential
lhere ls no reason why within ten years
vast amount or SILK should not be pro-
duced right here in Chicago
The chief requisite of silk raising is the
necessity Tor sedulous care. The eggs are
nrst placed In an incubator. In three days
the worms are Matched. These are fed on
the mulberry for about thirty days At
the end of that time they form the cocoons
In ten or twelve days these cocoons are
steamed. This is for the purpose of killing
the worm inside. Then the cocoons whose
outside is the silk. are sold to the manufac-
tories. Twelve hundred 1850 yards OF
unbroken silk thread comes from each CO.
coon 1t is reeled of and the process OF
manufacture begins. The cocoons with
the worm inside. bring 81 a pound. II the
Industry gets started here" concluded Mr.
labarthe. the price of silk will certainly
be much lessened''
Mr.. Labarthe did not to make an
estimate as to the probable cost of silk
under these conditions 1t would be
cheaper, he said He spoke in a way
which suggested that the woman'S millen-
mum may soon arrive. and that an aver
age of six silk dresses to every wardrobe
is not impossibiity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
EAST INDIAN PUGRIES.
Decorative Use to Which They Are Put
in Houses in This City.
From the New York Post.

From the New York Post.
The officers wives who live in Havana
have discovered a decorative use for the
picturesque palm-graSs braided sombreros.
They make beautiful waste paper baskets
of them Thus the artistic headgear of tbs
don is given lowly but useful place in the
household. large Importation of them
waste paper baskets-is at the present
time fiattening the pocketbooks of New
York women.
1t is not only the Spanish-American whose
headgear is misused for arts sake. The
turban pugri of the East Indian now
furnishes many coy corner, Turkish
room or oriental nook.
We imported these head draperies just
few at time, thinking that only a col
lector or a crank would want them" said
the head decorator of New York concern:
but the women conceived the idea of MAX
Ing them into tides. receptacles, covers ana
divers things, and the result is we can't get
enough of them. We have a big consign-
ment at present and an East Indian to ex-
plain what they are. There's the puttee-
dar pugrt. a turban in general use by the
Hindus and Mohammedans, the Joori-dar
pugri, noted for its complicated knot on the
crown; the khrkee-dar pugri. full dress
affair, worn by native courtiers with its
magnificent band of brocade The HYDRA
bad mustalik. a muslin affair. and the
chakveedar from Mysore make boudoir
covers and cologne bottle holders while the
mundeel, with gold stripes. and the Shum-
lar or shawl turban, find their way to the
top of the piano or the back of the divan.
Our demonstration does not approve OF
the way the pugrt is used, and breaches the
wearing of it upon the head in graceful
folds. He says that everything depends
upon the folding and wearing of the turban
or pugri. One can display good or bad
taste. In its unfolded condition the pugri
is a strip of material varying in breadth
from nine to twelve inches and in length
from fifteen to twenty-five yards In the
process of making up attention should be
paid to the shape Of the head. If the per
son need height. then the folds should be
piled up high: If width. the rounding plafts
should be employed. Loops and ends are
fantastic, and in highly tinted materials
add piquancy to a youthful face.
In the everyday pugri of Hindustan orc
long end is wound around the head until 1t
fits like a wreath, then the other end is
brought toward the front and folded back
leaving the pieces to hang down like a
scarf"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-23
Radium and Cancer Cures
rom the Baltimore American


The more that is learned of radium the
more marvellous its properties and posi-
bilitfes appear to be. Cancer has been the
scourge of the human race Its painful
character and the grim tenacity with which
1t clings to victim when once il has OBJ
tanned hold have inspired dread I'm the
mind and hopelessness where the disease
has shown itself. No disease has developed
more remedies. For fifty years they have
been multiplying, and they come from al
most every quarter of the globe Among
the most pathetic features of the trouble
has been the rush of the victims to avail
themselves of the healing properties of one
or the other of these remedies. They prob
ably do not In their unbiased moments
have the slightest faith in one OF these
from their terrible burden. they fly to
these nostrums, invariably without bench
cent effects The X-ray has given some
promise of success. and some cures have
actually been made by II. but 1t Is said
that there is some awkwardneSS I'm the
chinery which makes IL uncertain the work
of the light not being the same at all
times. 1t Is reported from London that
radium has been used with the most graft
flying results in cancer caSeS-in fact. that
a number of the latter have been cured.
1t would be rash from this statement to
conclude that an infallible or even a gem
eral remedy had been discovered. One
swallow does not make a summer and in
this instance II is necessary to know what
manner of a swallow ii is. There is. how
ever, hopefulness in the report which would
not have been made had not the develop
the experiments with radium give the most
extraordinary promise. 1t is said that it
will be possible to cure many other dis
eases with 1t.