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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-16
GARLAND DELLS.
Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WAVELAND, Ind, Aug. 15.-Last Jun
day proved a record breaker for crowds at
the Dells. From early morning until far
into the afternoon people came in throngs
to enjoy a days outing. For a drink Of
clear, sparkling minerals waters for which
the resort is noted, people will come for
miles and after a climb over the hills and
a boat ride on the river one feels that the
day has been well spent. The beautiful
grounds are crowded with tents of campers
from every point of the compass and one is
led to imagine at a first glance that he is
entering a white tented city. AS the shades
of evening begin to fall and lights begin
tn twinkle in the various camps. strains of
sweet music greet the ear and one almost
~iInagines a scene from fairyland.
A party consisting of G.. NJ. Mimic, of
Newtown, Ind, O. NJ. Meeker, T. +. Meek
er and f. NJ. Meeker, of Attica, Ind; B. B..
Galloway, of Covington, Ind; Roy Laggle
and L.. G. Ronk, of Veedersburg, Ind, and
S. r. Long. of Flora. Ind, came Saturday
to spend a few days.
Fly fishing along the creek below the
Dells has been good the past week. Mr..
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tuted. Each time public sentiment be-
comes crystallized In form OF a demand
for any particular regulation OF the money
or morals Of the State some enterprfsin<
attorney discovers that a former Leg1s-
lature has made provisions for Just such
an emergency. The latest discovery of this
kind is an anti-treatlng law. Some weeks
ago the temperance advocates OF the State
started a movement against the prevailing
custom OF inviting your friend TO have
something" All of the stereotyped argu-
of discoutaging overindulgence were re-
hearsed. and the temperance people became
convinced that excessive drinking would be
no more IL there were only a law making It
a misdemeanor 10 purchase a stimulant for
another. The sentiment started a search
of the statutes. and IL was discovered thst
the Vermont license law contains a clause
which has until recently escaped atten-
ton. apparently waiting to present itself
In response to the demand. The clause is
as follows:
"No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or
furnished to "A person or other person, or
any number of persons. 10 drink fn the
licensed premises in the way commonly
known as treating"
Authorities In all of the license towns ara
serving notice upon all liquor vendors that
this section OF the law must be rigicly
enforced hereafter. Temperance workers
have taken the matter In hand. aud prom
Use to vigorously prosecute all Offenders
believing that liquor drinking will be great
ly diminished IL treating can be abolished.
Ii is undoubtedly true that a majority of
men insist that they drink only 20 be So
cable, and Vermont will test the truth OF
the assertion. The result Will be worth
watching.
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dianapolis: III. H.. Hawks. Goshen; Mrs.
Quincy A. Myers ano daughters Melissa
and Marie. Logansport: Mrs. Robert Hum
phrey and daughter. Helen. Logansport;
Mrs. r. Fl. Shirk and daughter Helen. Tip
ton; A.. p. Kepler and family. Richmond,
Ind: Lula and Mary Fisher. New Salem;
w. r. Leslie, Versailles; Mrs. C.. A.. Ed
ridge, Agnes S. Chamberlain Crawfords-
VILE; Cora b. Knox. Paoli: Mrs. F.. Martz,
Fort Wayne; j. s. Lambert, Liberty; {. a.
Hittle. Greensburg; Milo j. Thomas. Rome
City: Mrs. S. T.. Tyler. Indianapolis; Miss
Lydia Martin Petersburg: Mr.. and Mrs.
G. ID. Meigs, indianapolis; H.. p. Hart,
son.. South Bend; j. A.. Murphy and wife,
indianapolis: Josiah Morris. Rockville; r. >.
Lewis, Columbus; Mrs. M. J. Penhaiegon
Decatur: John McKarney, Nashvilei j. n.
Mock. Kendallville: ElnoTa l.. and w G.
Griffith. Indianapolis: Mrs. j. 5. Libby, In
dianapolis; Lucy Page CASTOR. Chicago;
Syracuse, N. Y; 6. II. Thompson, ]. f.
Bippus, Huntingdon; Mrs. Nj. r.. Dittmore.
Mrs. ]. b. Cress, knightstown; Mrs. M, &.
Mossman. NJ. Il. Grove. Fort Wayne; Mrs.
Henry Harris, Bertha l.. Harris, Antwerp;
Il. w. Bray, Noblesville: f.. j. Todd and
family, Flora; Daniel Waugh and family,
Upton; f. ID. Sullivan, Kendalville; w. a.
Winston and wife. DR., and Mrs. f. Heath.
o. p. Foreman, indianapolis; j. ID. Hogue,
John Emerson and A. G. Simpson and fam
lilies, Vincennes; q. III. Frazee, Rushville;
Sarah Hathaway, Mishawaka; w C. Gauts,
Vawter Park; Il. NJ. Hartman, South Bend;
S. b. McCracken, Fanny McCracken, Elk
hart: Mrs. l.. G.. Breaks, Charlottesville
Warden Wyatt, N. Earle, Dora c. and
Laura f.. Meredith, John III. Link. Rush
Vile; Ida S. Meyer, Richmond: Il. W. Gard
ner. Fortville: Cora Boyden. Elwood; Ches-
ter G.. Livingstone, j. T.. Johnson and fam
lily, Montezuma; Alfred b. Paul, Indian
apolis; S. S. Arkman, Greenfield; Francis
NJ. Robb and wife. Morgan Park; 5. Harris,
Alfred b. Paul and wife, indianapolis; j.
MacGregor, Mt. Vernon; Lena Buell., Fern
Dillon. Mrs. Warden Wyatt. Mrs. Burt,
Rushville: Wilbur Helm, North Man.
chester; Eva Souder, kokomo; Dallie Como
way. Carthage; James a. Curless, Marion;
]. w. Shields, Mrs. II. 5. Constant, IF. Nj.
Statesman, Peru; Mrs. ID. III. Swain. Bluff
ton: j. G. Buchanan and wife, North judi
son: S. l.. Blue. Claypool; IL. X. Stark and
family. Frankfort; Miss Ethel Elliott,
Kankakee: Mrs. &. w. Morrison, Elwood;
S. $. Aukman. Greenfield; Maude Nc
Claughlin, Milford: r. l.. Higgenbotham
and wife. Delphi: Mrs. /. NJ Houser, Helen
c. Carpenter. Mrs. Dwight Chapman, Bess
F.. Carpenter. South Bend: John G. Gipe,
Alexander; j. L. Osborn and wife, Liberty;
Miss Olive Daily, Decatur.
Winona Hotel-D. NJ. Dukes, Peru: r. X.
Warren. Three Oaks. Mich: George Stiles
and wife, Louisville; Agnes Van Valken-
burg, Hartford City: c.. f. Knickerbocker
]. III. Serff, w. II. Smith, c. H. Mayer and
wife. Mary Bell, Grace Lyons, Elsie Keehn,
Eleanor Pierk. Indianapolis; N. T.. Roberts,
Lille Carnahan, Louisville, KY; j. "A. Price,
Fort Wayne: A. F.. Martin, Greenfield;
James Atkins. Nashville; d. A. Pohlman,
Anderson, William Houston, Mt. Gilead.
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much use for science when that work was
to be done. Pure blood cattle would not
have survived long in a contest with the
natural elements. Crop rotation and fer
tiliZation would have been a needless waste
of time and labor when every man could
get all the land he wanted to cultivate.
What the farmer needed then, In the way
of live stock. was hogs and cattle and
horses that could stand long marches and
endure the seyerest exposure. What he
needed In the way of personal qualities,
was not scientific learning. but a strong
back and arms with which to fell trees.
guide the sod pillow, and build his log house:
skill in the use of a gun so that he could
kill wild animals for meat and wild men
for safety; and a courage and self-reliance
which neither obstacles nor perils could
daunt. These are the qualities he needed
then. These are the qualities he has most
needed the greater aprt OF the time since.
And fortunately he has never lacked them.
But a wonderful change has taken place.
and m like every other trade, bust
ness and profession, is affected by IL. A
comparatively small share of the good
farming land of the country remains un-
occupied. The farmers main problem is
no longer how to protect his land and live
stock from the incursions of wild men and
wild animals, or how TO get enough money
to buy the adjoining forty" or "eighty."
His great problem now Is, how TO increase
the productiveness and value of the land
and stock he has. He has never had much
use for science before. The solution OF his
present problem requires its aid. The ques-
tons of fertilization, of rotation. OF the
Improvement of the qualities and quanti-
ties of hay, corn, wheat and potatoes
raised, of the proper way 10 feed cattle so
as to produce meat. or TO produce other
and better cattle, are questions for the
answers TO which he must apply to the
chemist. the veterinary and other persons
who have specially studied these subjects.
The agricultural colleges OF the country
have a grea. future before them IL they
are properly conducted. Competition in
farming is going TO be intenser hereafter
~ ft haC baan hnVa4nfnra anA if 10 m
ing to take a great deal more learning and
skill and brains to make even a moderate
success i'm IL. The farm of the future will
be so valuable a piece of property, and So
much will be required OF IL. that a man
will no more think of undertaking TO work
II without special preparation than he
would now think OF becoming a lawyer, "A
physician. al engineer or a teacher Of
Greek without special training.
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OF THE
T Q

This Is a story with a moral. The moral
Is. never maxi an engagement over a tele-
phone unless you are absolutely sure you
know who the preson is at the other end Of
the line.
In one of the downtown ofaces there Is a
young lady who is very fair and because
she Is so she hiss numerous admirers. In
fact. this young lady has so many wor-
shippers at her shrine that she frequently
has to give some of them the ''mitten."
However. there is always one dearer than
all the rest. And so 10 was with this girl.
The young man whose picture might be
found framed on the mantle piece Of her
room was a handsome youth who came
from an old Virginia family with a family
tree like q forest monarch. He was a type
of Southern gentleman, and the young lady
who figures in this story lust doted' on
him. She had a weakness anyway for the
atmosphere or the South and he embodied
the chivalry and honor she had learned to
admire In her romances. This young man
lives out OF town, but whenever he IL In
the city, and the young lady has no pre-
yious engagement, there Is a dinner at a
cafe and a pleasant evening either at the
theater or park
1t so happened that the young man was
I'm Indianapolis one day last week. He
called at the ONCE Of the young lady and
explained that IL he could arrange to stay
over he would be pleased 10 have dinner
with her and take a drive In the evening.
This. of course. was all very pleasant for
the fair blonde. but she had promised TO go
to the theater with another friend. She
did not tell the son OF Virginia for he. being
a man of honor, would have refused to be
. party to deception and might have an
ether gin After . brief silence, In which
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been a guest of Mrs. L. l.. Sharpe at Wav-
erly Beach. has returned home.
Mrs. T.. L. Spooner. OF Cincinnati. who
has been staying at Holmes Island. left
yesterday for Cleveland.
Rev. and Mrs. l.. T.. Regain. OF Chicago,
left yesterday for Beulah Park. Cleveland.
They will return 10 their cottage later in
the season
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T.. Bowel and children
have returned TO Chicago. after spending a
week at the Dorland cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. &. a. Winslow. Of Georgia.
and Misses Lillian Edison and Edith Wilson.
of Chicago. who nave been guests of Mr..
and Mrs. \. l.. Parker at Oak Grove cot
tage. left yesterday for Chicago.
Commodore j. G.. Murfey. of the Pine
Lake Yacht Club. has returned to Prospect
Point cottage after a two weeks lake trip.
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10 Indianapolis after a short outing at
Wawasee.
Mrs. Cynthia Sloan and daughter are At
the lake for several weeks.
Blanche Sullivan, of Peru, Is here for the
remainder of the season
New arrivals registered at Wawasee Inn
are Elizabeth Irwin and Mayme Kern. Coz
lumbus. r H. A Young. Marion: w j.
Warden. Indianapolis Frank Garner, Mum
Gle; Mrs. Pursell and daughter, Indianap-
oils; Mrs. 8 kiser, Mr.. l.. NJ Goode. In-
dianapolis: Flora Meyer. l. II. Frank.
Marion. j. r. HIATT. Dorothy Douser. Ave-
Ign Parks. r. III. George, Indianapolis.
Don Hawkin and wife are spending the
remainder OF the season with Mrs. Haw-
kins's father. Colonel Durand, of Chicago.
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PINE LAKE.
,ec,al. to the Indianapolis Journal,

special 10 the lnuidfld polls JOur1lai.
LAPORTE, Ind, Aug. 15.-Though the
weather has hardly beeen suitable for a
summer resort the past week has been
quite lively at Pine lake. Any number OF
entertainments and parties have been given
at both the regular amusement places and
the cottages.
The absence of Commodore ]. c. Murfey
of the PIN Lake Yacht Club, and Robert
Sharpe from their summer homes the past
two weeks has prevented the sailing of. the
final heats of the regatta, but it is expect
ed that at least one and possibly two of the
heats in the series will be sailed next week.
The week has been gay at the Pine lake
grove, the red letter days being Sunday,
when about 1000 Indiana Harbor fremen
came down on a special Lake Shore train
and spent the day. and Wednesday, when
the grocers, butchers and bakers of La
porte and Michigan City held their annual
picnic there. Baseball games, athletic con-
tests of various kinds and amusements of
all sorts were the features of the day. To-
morrow the Second Regiment Band will
play at the grounds, the indianapolis Grays
will play baseball and Prof. Jack Cassell
will make a balloon ascension and para
chute leap.
James Wallace and family, of Indianapo-
lis, have taken possession of their cottage
at the ChautauQua.
Mrs. Ed Doran, Mrs. Mary Fetzer, Mrs.
Kate futile and Miss Kate Cranberry, of
Michigan City, are spending a couple of
days at the Fry cottage.
The Misses Mabel Coplin. Edith Alex
ander, Wealthy Dolan and Mabel Brooks
are occupying the Strawberry box this
week. Miss Ora Hood is the chaperon.
Shooting the chutes is the popular form
of amusement for the bathers.
A picnic in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Cutler. of Council Bluffs. Ia, and Mrs.
Christie and daughter, Miss Zetta Christie,
of Bryan, o., was held one day this week at
Bluffside Beach.
Franklin May is a guest at the Straw
berry Box.
Will Hailmann. assistant superintendent
of the Schwab Training School at Home
stead, Pa, and formerly a resident of La
porte, being a son of DR.. w. n. Hailmann,
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WINONA LAKE.
q the Indlanapolis Journal.

Special 20 the indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW. Ind. Aug. 15.-The largest
week in point OF attendance in the history
OF Winona has Just closed, from 6.OO TO
10000 persons being on the grounds at
Winona Lake every day during the week
TO hear Ceratore and his Italian band of
ifty-hve pieces. Excursions have been con-
Quoted from all over the northern half of
Indiana, and all Of the crowds which have
visited winona rave been highly pleased
with the entertainments and the treatment
received while on the grounds. The Audi
torium. with a seating capacity Of over
1000. has been crowded nine times this
week to hear the Italian band and its won
derful leader. and thousands have been
unable TO secure seats for the concerts.
Baseball has been a daily feature at
Wfnona during the week. and some very
pretty contests have been witnessed. This
weeks programme closed the season of
1908 at Winona as far as the programme
Is concerned, although next week there will
probably be more persons on the grounds
for the week than at any other time for
the season. the winona National Bible con-
ference commencing on Sunday. This Is
the ninth annual conference conducted al
Winona under the direction of Rev. J.
Wilbur Chapman. and In the past eight
years the attendance has grown from
thirty-nve to aboYt 5000. This year 1t Is
expected that the attendance will reach al.
most 1000 1t Is quite a question TO care
for the crowds. III necessary the homes OF
the people OF Warsaw will be thrown oper
to the visitors. and all can secure good &C.
commodations. Clara Morris. the world.
renowned retired actress. was also a spe'
cial feature at Winona on Wednesday even
ing. and lectured to about 1000 persons IL
the Auditorium on "A Peep Behind the
Scenes"
The Kosciusko County Teachers Insti.
tute, under the direction of County Super.
~snten6ent Edison p. Sarbar, has been In
progress at Winona during the week, the
meetings being held in the chapel OF the
Inn. Many prominent educators have beer
present and spoke at the meetings, and the
sessions have all been very interesting and
instructive.
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the young lady was racking her brain for
an excuse to give the other man, she in
formed the gentleman that she would be
delighted to take dinner with him.
Now it happens that the man with whom
the young lady had the engagement is an
elderly person. but one of those frisky old
bachelors whose company is sometimes far
more appreciated by girls of twenty than
that of men of their own age. He was
exceedingly fond of the young lady who
works in a downtown Office, and finding
that he could arrange to take her to dinner
before the theater decided to telephone her
to met him at a cafe.
Work was heavy that afternoon and the
young lady had little time for reflection
over the difficulty which she was in. or to
think what to tell her elderly friend when
he should call I'D. The phone rang and
she answered. Hello came a voice that
had a familiar ring. 'Can you meet me at
$50 for dinner" Why, certainly she
could. She would leave a note at her
boarding. house for the elderly man, say
ing that she had been Unexpectedly called
to see a sick friend and could not attend
the theater. That would be easy, for he
was such a considerable man and would
never know the truth.
With a light heart the young lady re-
sumed her labors and all the while was in
wardly congratulating herself on the
Quickness of her brain and the alertness
with which she had conquered the situa-
ton. Giving an extra fifteen minutes to
her toilet that evening the young lady was
at last ready and made her way to the
cafe where she was too meet her friend
from out OF town. Before going she framed
a nice note of apology for her other friend,
telling him with all the art of deception
that feminine mind can command how
sorry she was. etc. but that she was on a
mission OF charity.
She arrived at the cafe and had just re-
moved her hat and gloves. given a brief
glance In the mirror. knowing she was at
her best, when a pang struck her heart.
There. within ten feet, dressed up and
smiling i'm his most pleasant manner was
the elderly gentleman for whom she had
left ths note. and who she supposed at
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that increased, betokening untold agonies,
and soon a large crowd was hurrying in
the direction of the noise.
As the crowd neared the place from
which the cries seemed to come they APP
peared to issue from a gayly-lighted house
However, it might be a murder i'm cold
blood before a crowd of frightened guests.
Just as the people who were attracted to
the house arrived at the gate and the Off
Ger of the law was preparing to make a
grand-stand entrance to the relief of the
suffering. imagine the surprise of those
outside when a round of applause greeted
them. Was it possible that a murder had
been committed in the quiet of North New
Jersey street and the perpetrator was being
~applauded? This question was soon an
swered by some one in the crowd %announc
ing that it was an impersonator and that
she was just going to respond to the encore.
Feeling very queer. the crowd disappeared
and the young lady who was giving the
reading never knew how realistically she
had performed.
This is a story about a high-school grad
uate who thought it would be easy to sell
life insurance-just as easy as getting his
French lesson. But getting French lessons
and doing the other things incident
to a high school course and being
a successful life insurance agent are
two very different things, which the
young man in question found out with
a jar to his pride. But the young man or
woman just out of high school-or college
either. for hat matter-has got to receive
a good many bumps. Inc perhaps IL all
these young men and women run into the
snags in their paths as soon as did the
indianapolis boy who started out to sell
life insurance right after he got his diploma
from the Manual Training High School. per-
haps they would be better of.
Well, last June, about a week after the
close OF school. this graduate from the
Manual Training High School, secured the
position of solicitor for an Indianapolis
life insurance company. He spent several
hours with the superintendent OF agencies.
who told him something about what Is re-
CURED to be a successful life insurance soli-
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that moment was searching for a friend to
take her place at the theater.
If the young lady had not been endowed
with strong presence of mind she would
have ''keeled over but instead she greeted
her friend in a natural way and they were
soon discussing everyday matters over their
soup. The dinner was soon over and they
were at the theater. but the mind of the
young lady was as far from the play as
the north pole from orange groves. How
ever, she braved it out and her companion
evidently did not notice anything strange
in her actions.
After bidding her friend goodnight and
thanking him for the pleasant evening, she
hurried up stairs to do the natural thing
for a woman-throw herself On the bed and
cry. She was just in the act of taking of
her hat and wondering what i'm the world
her friend from out Of town would say
when she spied a note on her dresser.
Knowing well the handwriting, and hoping
and fearing at the same time. she tore it
open. "Was Unexpectedly called out of
town." 1t began. but we will carry out
our arrangements next time" That was
enough, she need read no farther. She
was saved and promising herself that she
would no more try to break an engagement.
she threw herself on the bed and cried
from pure joy.
III was i'm the vicinity of North New Jer-
sey street. near Tenth. and for a time pam
demonium reigned in this usually quiet To-
cality. The incident happened early Friday
evening and was enjoyed by a large crowd
who saw the joke and appreciated 1t to-
gether. A gentleman who lives in the neigh
borhood and his wife had started out TO
make a call. They were passing Fort
Wayne avenue. discussing the beauty of
the night. when a piercing cry of help was
heard. This man and his wife stopped, and
again the cry came as from one in the
throes of death making an appeal for help.
BY this time a policeman. who was max
ing his rounds. heard the call. and despite
his corpulent proportions and bulky uni
form did "A 10O-yard dash act that would
make a high school boy turn green with
envy. Others also heard the cries Of help
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THE OLD-FAsHIONED FARMER.
He Filled q Need of the Country, but
He Is Now Passing.
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal.
The old-fashioned. zone gallus" farmer Is
doomed. like the Indian and the buffalo, to
extinction. He must give way TO the sci
entific agr~iculturist." Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson says so. and he speaks as
one having authority. THE farmer of the
future" Mr.. Wilson declares, must be a
practical scientist. The man who does not
understand the science of the soil has no
business on the farm"
We shall all be sorry TO see the old-fash-
toned farmer go. His sheds have been built
of straw, his horses have often been thin,
and ne has sometimes yoked his mich cow
with them; he has known little of crop
rotation or soil fertilization. and he has not
always trimmed his trees or his whiskers
properly. He has. nevertheless. added a
great deal to the gayety and picturesque
ness of nations, and he has done for Amer
lea what the scientific agriculturist never
could have done. Imagine, IL you can, the
scientific agriculturist coming over the
Allegheny mountains and redeeming the
great West from the red men. the wild
animals and the forest. We did not have