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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
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universal feminine language-and promise
to act as a guide to the unhappy novice
and see that nobody else got the best OF her.
There some pathetic little things to
be noticed at the market place from time
to time. A certain stall keeper on the south
side of the market house. out on the side
walk in the burning hot sunshine, is a wom-
an who owns a little truck garcen on the
southern outskirts of the city Her husband
runs the garden. while she manages the
little stall at the market place. She has
been on the market for many years and IL
well known to all regular marketers- She
always has a child with her at the stall TO
act her assistant-her own child-and
you may visit the market three days a week
for month and never see the same young
ster at her place Of business. Like the old
woman who lived in the shoe. she has been
extremely prolific in the way of offsprings.
One day not long ago a woman customer
who has long patronized the little stand,
and who has come TO know the different
children, paused in making some purchases
to look inquiringly around and ask, why.
where's Johnny-isn't this his day 10 come
to town.
The stall keeper carefully measured out
the vegetables that her customer desired
as she answered:
'Johnnys dead-Johnny got scalded."
For all the matter-of-fact way I'm which
she said ii there was tremer IN her voice.
The customers face showed the horror
that she felt. She had liked Johnny. lie
was always such a sweet little fellow-so
courteC She had been thinking OF buy
ing him something on his birthday.
Johnny dead?-scalded.' she repeated
How terrbler'
You bet said the market woman as she
placed the vegetables in a paper sack and
handed the parcel over the counter She
didn't know what else TO say. She knew
OF no other way in which to express her
feelings. But there was look in her eyes
look that the other woman understood.
for the other woman is mother. too.
And you haven't missed a single market
day?" said the other woman.
II couldn't AFFORD to-" said the stall
keeper.
Poor Johnny" said the customer. rear
ranging the various paper sacks I'm her
basket TO hide the moisture that came into
her kindly eyes.
The market woman pressed her thin lips
together The next moment she was cali
ing out:
Fresh homegrown vegetables.-nice ripe
Misunderstanding beans-lettuce. radishes-
the best on the market
LOUIS w. JONES.
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ting him have a measure of the big red
vegetables at half price
I'll tell you what I'll do he said. 'I'll
get all our neighbors TO buy of you if you'll
sell em to me cheap this time. You see,
them's just the kind my mother wants, but
if pay you what you ask for 'em 1 won't
have enough left to get the watermelon"
There was nothing about this argument
that appealed to the stall keepers sense of
humor Instead he took the matter as
seriously as did the unlucky youngster and
essayed to point out to the boy the adj
visibility OF going back home after more
money.
a look of intense disgust spread over the
little chaps face at the mere suggestion.
Look here" he said. and his sharp brown
eyes flashed with indignation, i've already
missed half the morning when 1 might "a
been helpin' the fellers to win game. Do
you think I'm goin' all the way back home
and then come down here again? Not
much. I'm goin' to have them tomatoes for
half price or go home without 'em. I'll owe
you the rest of the money if you won't
come down in your price. and pay you next
Saturday-sure pop!''
With this generous offer the transaction
took a new turn. The stall keeper hesi-
was unusual-blamed unusual But the boy
saw his advantage and lost no time in fol-
lowing ii up. He represented that it was
well worth the mans while to trust him. as
there was no telling how much trade might
come of it eventually. In the end the stall
keeper gave in; the boy walked off victori-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

among the curious little stalls on these
balmy summer mornings, studying the
combinations of colors and feasting not
their palates, but their eyes on the glorious
heaps of melons and plums and golden
peaches and green vegetables, fresh from
the good Indiana orchards and gardens
Midsummer is when the local market is
at its best. and ii is indeed an entertaining
experience at the present time of the year
10 stroll through the market place on
bright July morning. inhaling the odor of
the delicious fruits, watching the various
go. listening 10 the cries of the busy STALL
keepers and eavesdropping occasionally
when a promising conversation is started
between buyer and seller.
On Saturday mornings, in the summer
time, all Indianapolis goes TO market There
is an endless procession of market bas-
kets to be seen in the vicinity of the court
house. There are marketers of all kinds
and of all descriptions. from the buxom
old housekeeper who makes close bargains
and revels in the occupation down to the
disappointed little boy who was to have
had his Saturday morning all TO himself
for the laudable purpose of playing first
base on the Little Hoosiers's nine, but who
has been compelled. on account of the
sudden illness of his mother. to give up
his valuable time To the hateful business
OF buying a chicken and an assortment of
vegetables for the Sunday dinner
There was a troubled little fellow of this
sort at the market place one morning re-
Gently. He had been allotted a certain
sum with which to purchase everything on
the penciled list which his mother had pre-
pared. He had bought half the things on
the list and his money was already nearly
exhausted. His face wore woe-begone
expression that was pathetically funny as
he tried TO coax a tomato seller into let
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ously. with his paper sack of tomatoes
tucked comfortably away in one corner of
his big basket, and five minutes later was
bullyragging and browbeating a vender of
watermelons into giving him the best one
of the bunch" for cents less than the price
demanded.
Everybody has come in contact, at some
time or other, with the determined house
keeper who drives bargain with the unerr-
ing precision with which a carpenter drives
a nail If you have not come in contact
with this stern creature in a business way
you have surely met her on the street cars
from time to time and if you have once
met her under such circumstances you will
never forget her. She carries all of her
market purchases home in enormous bas-
kets-carries them herself because she will
not trust the delivery men to bring to her
home the exact things that she has bought.
You can't tell her, she says. that those fell
lows will deliver at your house the same
nice ripe canteloupes that you picked out
at their stall. No, sir; she knows better.
They bring, instead, some poor substitutes,
and when it comes to delivering a peck of
potatoes, do you think for a moment that
they will not take three or four of 'em out
of the basket when your back is turned?
Don't trust anybody; that's her motto, and
she lives UP to it,
You will see her at the market place with
out having to search very far, and she is
one of the most interesting types of all. if
you care to study character. She wouldn't
trade at a grocery store for anything in
the world, for she dearly loves the all-satis-
flying sensation of engineering a good bar
gain. If she succeeds in buying a dozen
eggs for cents less than the price asked
by the grocer whose store is just around
the corner from her house she feels that
the morning has been productive of some
of the joys of life. 1t may be true that
what she spends in car fare to and from
the market place will just about even
things up in the long run, but she never
thinks of that. 1t is such delicious feeling
to realize that she has saved cents here
l cent there, and, maybe, as reuch as
3 cents where she least expected to
| meet with such extreme good for
tune. With her a visit to- the mar
ket is not a matter of an hours atten-
ton to the supplies of her Kitchen Ii means
an all mornings sojourn amid the crowded.
narrow passageways between the stalls,
| pricing at every stand before buying a
single thing so as 10 feel perfectly sure
| that when she does buy ii will be at the
| lowest possible terms. working and toiling
| as If her very life depended upon the saw
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

The ex-resfdent OF Indianapolis. when he
discusses the Hoosier capital and its en-
virons with a former fellow-townsman, is
always sure to ask, among other things,
"And is the old market-place still in exist
ence?-do the sellers of vegetables and
fruits still congregste on the sidewalks
about the old courthouse?"
Residents of the city. living here year in
and year out. are so accustomed to the
quaint market-place in the very heart of
the town that they never think of IL as any
thing unusual. and il never occurs to them
that people from other cities look upon il
as one of the decidedly unique features that
help form the makeup" of the Indiana
metropolis.
81 was in Indianapolis once" said an
fastener to a resident of the Hoosier capt.
tai the other day as the two men were sail
ing together down the Hudson river. IT
was there for day. and 1 remember par
ticularly two things about the city-the SOL
diers' anc sailors monument and the mar
ket-pIacs-" And so it is with most visitors
TO indianapolis; they carry away with them
q mental photograph of the rambling army
of vegetable and fruit stands and buck
sters' wagons that border the courthouse
on three weekday mornings (and all day
and evening Saturdays and vividly recall
in after years that one place of confusion
and disorder in otherwise exceptionally
neat city-a place that is somewhat dirty,
perhaps. but always picturesque.
This will be the last summer of open-air
marketing about the courthouse. With the
erection of the new market house adjoining
the old one the sidewalk vendors will be
compelled TO give up their old haunts and
HE them away from the elements and the
public gaze 10 the shelter of brick walls
and a substantial roof. With the passing
of the out-of-door market one of the fea-
lures OF local life that has contributed to-
ward making indianapolis town rather
than a city will have disappeared. The
time Il not far off when all of these little
northumberland enough i'm their
way, but a drawback to the citys dignity
will have vanished, and then will Indian
apolis find itself real metropolis.
The good citizens" may pirate of the de-
STABILITY Of wedding out the street vendors
about the courthouse. and doubtless the
good citizens are right concerning the mat
ter: the municipal officials may scold about
the indiscriminate distribution OF banana
peels and such things. but just the same
there are those I'm the city who will be sorry
TO see the last OF the quaint open-air mar
ket. and among these will be the painters
and srt-students who love to wander
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

among the ladies, the object of which is
literary advancement and social culture
through such means as may be decided
upon by the members from time to time.
Early in each year the officers are chosen
and the programme completed for the COM
ing year. The first part of the present pro-
gramme treats of the German Empire. with
other studies; the second part, of Russia.
The membership is limited to twenty-five.
The present officers are: President, Miss
Elizabeth Cockayne; vice president, Miss
Mary Boston, secretary, Mrs. Josie Bar
nett; treasurer, Mrs. Matte Mannon. The
executive board includes Mrs. Eleanor
Lewis. Mrs. Mary Caddy, Mrs. Hattie Tay
lor, Mrs. Carrie Anderson, Mrs. Carrie Alex
ander, Miss Boston, Miss Cockayne. The
annual guest day, reception and mothers
day are looked forward TO with great IN
terest.
In one of the accompanying illustrations
are shown two of Pendleton's oldest build
ings. The little shoe shop has quite unique
history. In 1929 a tailor named Ward built
it for a shop, and upon his death willed it TO
the poor of Pendleton. The poor received, the
profits for a short time only, for the man
who was appointed to collect the rent and
distribute the same to the needy sold the
building to Charles Mitchell, disappeared.
and to this day has given no account of the
money thus received. After k, eping this
room for several years as a drug store, Mr..
Mitchell sold it to Mr.. Silver. The lot is still
In possession of Mr.. Silvers daughter, and
is the site of the present poseoffice. The
lager building, constructed in 1858, was for
many years the home of the Masonic order.
This stood until 1893, when it was removed
to make room for the more pretentious three
story temple now owned by the Masons In
the lower room of the old building many
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

prominent Madison county men have kept
store and prospered.
The oldest order in Madison county is the
Pendleton Chapter No. Al of Royal Arch Ma
sons, instituted in 1872 Although this order
is not the strongest in numbers, it is recog-
nized as being in the front rank. The odd
Fellows. with a membership of 243, the X.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

During the last fiscal year one In every
40l railway employees was killed and one in
every twenty-four injured.
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of P.'s with 169 and the Red Men are fast
gaining prominence. Each of these orders
has a corresponding lodge for the ladies. in
which vast amount of interest is shown.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-06-11

march Cecil lay asleep, and the man
who had thieyed from him, the man
whose soul was stained with murder
and pillage and raplne. sat erect be-
side him. letting the insects suck his
veins and pierce his flesh.
1t was only when they drew neal the
camp of the main army that Zackrist
beat off the swarm and drew his old
shirt over his head.
'You do not want to say anything to
him." he muttered to Cigarette. Il
am of leather, you know; l have not
felt it."
And she dashed the spurs into her
mare and galloped off at the height of
her speed Into camp-a very city of
canvas, buzzing with the hum of life,
regulated with the marvellous skill
and precision of French warfare, yet
with the careiessness and the pictur-
sequences of the desert life ~peryading
It
What she had done had been told
long before by In orderly riding hard
In the early night to take the news Of
~ Udil4t, HI III hnOAC hOSA was Oh
watch for its darling, the savior of the
honor Of France. Like wave rushing
on wave of some tempestuous ocean,
the men swept out to meet her in n
great surging tide of life, impetuous,
passionate. idolatrous, exultant. with
all the vivid ardor. all the uncontrolled
emotion, of nature south born. sun nur-
iured. AS her soldiers had done the
night before. so these did now-kissing
her bands, her dress. her feet. sending
her name In thunder through the sunlit
air, lifting her from off her horse and
bearing her in a score OF stalwart arms
triumphant In their midst.
She was theirs-their own-the child
pf the army, the little one whose voice
above their dying brethren had the
sweetness of an angels song and whose
feet In their hours of revclry flew like
the swift and dazzling flight of gold
winged orioles. And she had saved
the honor of their eagles: she had given
to them and to France their god OF vic
tory.
ut was nothing" she answered them
lit was nothing. 1t was for France"
For France! They shouted back the
beloved word with tenfold joy. ard the
great sea of life beneath her tossed to
and fro In stormy triumph, in frantic
paradise Of victory. ringing her name
with that Of France upon the air in
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weight that seemed to Cypress bis chea
was almost as hard TO bear as when the
actual pressure of his dead chargers
body had been on him.
-Four other troopers were placed on
the straw beside him, and the mule
carts. with their mournful loads, rolled
slowly out of camp eastward toward
the quarters OF the main army. Gnats
and mosquitoes and all the winged
things of the African air tormented
them, and. tossing ON the dry. hot
straw. they grew delirious. some fall
Ing asleep and murmuring incoherent-
", others lying with wide open eyes Of
half senseless. straining misery. Ciga-
retfe came to the side of the Temporal
ry ambulance in which Cecil was plac-
ed. He was asleep-sleeping for once
peacefully. with little trace Of pain
upon his features. as he had slept the
previous night. She saw that his face
and chest had not been touched by the
stinging insect swarm. He was dou-
bly, screened by a shirt hung above him
d~exterously ON some bent sticks.
"Who has done thatY' thought Ciga-
rette. As she glanced round she saw
without any linen to cover him Fac
krist had reared himself up and leaned
slightly forward over against his con.
rade. The shirt that protected Cecil
was his, and on his own bare Shout
ders and mighty chest the tiny armies
of the flies ard gnats were fastened.
doing their viii uninterrupted.
As he caught her glance a sudden
ruddy glow of shame shone through
the black. hard skin of his suuburned
v~isage-shame to which he had never
been touched when discovered In any
one of his guilty and barbarous actions.
"Ugh," he growled ~savagely. He
gave me his wine. One must do some
thing in return; not that feel the in
sects-not L; my skin is leather, see
you; they can't get through it. but his
is white and soft-bah-like tissue pa
per-"
81 see, Zackrist. You are right. 4
French soldier can never take a kind
ness from an English fellow without
on%trunning him In generosity. Look.
here is some drink for you"
She knew too well the strange ma
ture with which she had to deal TO say
a syllable of praise to him for his self
devotion or to appear TO see that. de-
spite bis boast of his leather skin. the
stings of the cruel winged tribes were
drawing his blood and causing him
alike pain and irritation which. under
that sun and added TO the torment of
his gunshot wound. were a martyrdom
as great as the noblest saint ever en-
dured.
And all through the march she gave
Zackrist a double portion of her water
dashed with red wine. that was 80 vel
come and so precious tothe parched and
aching threats. and all through the
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-06-11

thunder shouts like spears OF steel
shifting on shields of bronze.
But she stretched her hand out and
swept it backward to the desert border
Of the south with q gesture that had
awe for them.
"Hush.- she said softly. with IN ac-
cent Ia her voice that hushed the riot
Of their rejoicing homage till 1t lulled
like the lull in a storm. Give me no
honor while they sleep yonder. With
the dead lies the gloryi"
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-06-11

WANTED5 YOUNG NJ EN- from Ian
der county at once TO prepare for posi-
tons in the Government Sersice-Rail-
way Mail Clerks, Letter Carriers, Gus
tom House and Departmental Clerks,
etc. Apply to
Inter State CORES Inst,
Cedar Rapids, la.
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Special Features.

ruIlioualr>s of the United Ststss; psrt-
cu'ars About Three Thousand ADericnn
Magnztes. Organized Labor; Strength 81 ths
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The following table gives the arrival ana
departure of passenger trains at Battle
Mountain.
WEsTBoU.D
ARRIVES DEPARTS
So.3 2.57. p. m. I'm. p.
No.5 1011 !. N. lcl1, p IN.
~EAsTnoUNr
80. la. a. n. 4:aa. a. m.
No. 4:S4. ,. M. 100. p.m-
Local freight leaves Csrlin al : a. m
Local freight leaves Winnemrcca at a. m.
daily arrives at Battle Mountain about Q a. n.
The Nevada Central arrives from Austin at
y 60 l.. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays
and leaves for AUSTIN on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays al 20 A.
W. 7. oNYoS, Agent.
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p XIV.

weeks after the battle
of Zaraila Cigarette. in con-
4 versation with Cecil. had been
scoring England.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-25
YACHTING.

II was visitors day in the races of the
Conanicut Yacht club at jamestown
taken by visiting yacht The weather
conditions were almost perfect and 30
boats started In the several events and
the visitors were Priscilla. Opitsah II. Mi
ladi. Scatt. Marguerite. Ingomar anu Yes
per. The management was not entirely
satisfactory. and this caused some con-
fusion, but II is hoped that the officials
at the Potter's Cove races today will profit
by yesterdays confusion and have MAJ
ters more simplifed.
The confusion OF yesterday is easily ex-
cusable from the fact that the ConaSlicut
Yacht club has only been a member OF the
association week and has not vet had
time to arrange its affairs with entire
80 atisfac ction. The races furnished some
very exciting moments. particularly the
race. between the Marguerite and the Car
olne, which was very close.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-25
RESERVES
STRIKE
TENTS
After Week Of P|easurabIs Duty
Naval Battalion Broke Camp
and Started Homaward.

After restoring the camp ground 20 its
usual appearance and striking the big
sibley tents which have been their home
for a week. the various commands OF the
Rhode Island Naval Battalion. loaded
the baggage into the whale boats and
cutters and started homeward.
The tour Of duty has been one OF in
struction and o, pleasure. and though
thunder showers have visited the camp
occasionally the weather in general has
been very pleasant.
The camp was at an end early this ar
ternoon md as tho boats have 10 go near
ly toward the four points ~ the com
pass, the steam cutters services were
In demand no matter which way the wind
was blowing II was a welcome aid. too.
for N IL no Joke 10 tow one Of the big
cutters against a head wind when not
encbmoered, TO say nothing OF the ton
or more OF equipment
Such OF the boats as had a fair wind
come home in nne style under sail and
the commander and staff had the chance
TO come 20 the city from Warwick after
being landed from the steam cutter.
Each command went AZ once to the
armory and BY the time everything was
snugly slowed the boats hosted in and
the camp stafr packed II was quite late
me men nave undoubteoly received
great beneft from the weeks drill which
have been 20 accustom them 20 the rou-
tine of life on board ship and 20 train
them 30 that in time ~ war or sudden
emergency body ~ experienced men
would be competent 10 be ordered aboard
a battleship.
Adjutant General r NJ Sackett arrived
at camp In accordance with his annual
custom. yesterday and was accompanied
by the assistant Inspector general. Major
Bruce n Armour They drove over from
East Greenwich. arriving at Quonset
Point about II 80 o'clock and remained
until about O'Clock in the afternoon.
Departing they expressed their pleasure
at the high-grade work which had been
done and the fne appearance Of the snen.
Yesterday AZ o'clock In the morning
the battalion marched 90 the wharf aud
manned cutters. preparatory TO n ieet
drill under the direction of Lieut.. &. ~.
Lawson. navigating officer. The steam
cutter served az flagship Upon an or
der every cutter stepped. the masts and
ran NJ the sails.
The cutters formed n single column.
the flagship leading and then oblidued
IN lire % the front. and later into a pis-
toon formation.
Commander Sim, took the steam cut