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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
On the Sleeping Car.
Ford. in Golfers Weekly.

simeon fOru, In COlllerS s weekly.
Some folks sleep in sleeping cars-any
one who has ears can swear to that-but /
am not so gifted. 1 attribute this mainly
says a sleeping car blanket is of the size
and consistency of a cold buckwheat cake
and sits equally well upon you. Certainly
they are composed of some weird. uncanuy
substance, hot in summer, cold in winter
and maddening in spring and fall. For a
man of three feet six they are of ample
proportions; for man six feet three they
leave much to be desired. and the tail man
is kept all night in suspense as to whether
he had best pull up the blanket and freeze
his feet or pull it down and die of pneu-
monia.
And then the joy of getting your clothes
on In the morning, especially in an upper
OF your neck and while in this constrained
attitude to adjust ones pants without
splitting out ones change or offending the
lady in the adjoining section requires GYM
nastic ability of no mean order. You are
at liberty to vary this exercise. however.
of the car and cropping under the berth
for your shoes, which the African poten-
tate has in the still watches of the night
smeared with backing and artfully con-
cealed.
But what change comes Ger the dusky
despot as you approach your destination.
That frown before which you have learned
to tremble is replaced by a smile of child
like blandness. His solicitation regarding
your comfort during the last ten minutes
of the journey is really touching. And
when at last he draws his deadly whisk
broom upon you all your resentment dis
appears and you freely bestow upon him
to give your oldest daughter music les
sons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

the entry floor; upon inquiry the doctor
learned that from Monday morning till
or even enough time off to battle and change
her clothes. OF course she was extremely
foolish to permit such a thing. on the pa
was her first nrivate case and feeling shv
about obtruding personal wants In time
OF general stress, she had relied on coffee
and determination to pull her through. The
thought you were trainedi unfortunately
contains not a grain of exaggeration. L
have gone to a house where after a days
patient at 10 o'clock on the morning of the
second day the nurse was still in charge;
no one had given her night lunch, breakfast,
or even a cup of coffee. She had been on
duty for twenty-six straight hours, working
strenuously all the time; not member of
the household seemed equal to taking her
place, or indeed dreamt of the necessity of
doing so. Later it was rumored that this
girl had become Incorporate?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

lived. he thinks. In addition 10 which
they have the following points in their
favor. They do not howl at the moon;
they do not make friends with visiting
burglars and bite the parson; they do not
transform the front lawn into q depository
for ancient bones.
Like most big ganders they are bellig-
erent. The minute the front gate clicks
they come rushing around from the back
yard with wings outstretched and Tapping.
looking for fight 1t is no use to say
Good doggy, nice doggy" TO them. They
cannot be BATTERED or cajoled. Moral sua-
sion falls futile.
The average burglar who hears about
Huebner's geese will doubtless be of the
idea that one has only to say ',shoo,
chicky," TO send them scuttling Any burg
lar who knows a geese will know better
A big gray gander isn't afraid of anything.
These two will attack anything that
comes In the front gate with the savage
ness of bulldog. And they are able 10
do about as much damage. They take fiy-
Ing leaps at the intruder, beating him
about the head with their wings and punch
Ing In the face with their bills.
All the time they keep up such a kissing
and honking that the noise is enough TO
scare away the stoutest-hearted burglar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
OSTRICH FARMS IN AUSTRALIA,
south Africa Losing Her Supremacy
for Feathers.
New York Times.

new 1Ork Times.
While the ostrich farms of the American
Southwest have proved themselves so sue
cessful that the raising of the domestic
plumes may now be considered an indus
trial fixture, ostrich farming in Australia is
fast booming to the front and sending out
a feathery product which is far superior
TO any ever derived from Africa itself. In
speaking Of this subject last week the man
ager of big New York ostrich feather
house said:
1T was only about the time that we VEN
tured TO produce ostrich feathers in the
United States that a South African visitor
travelling through Australia suggested the
feasibility OF ostrich farming in that coun-
try. The right sort of country and the
right sort of climate obtained there he
said, to make the venture a success even
beyond that of sheep farming. Within the
following year the first Australian ostrich
farm was started in a Sydney suburb.
''The farm is located near one of the i'm
mense headlands guarding the entrance to
Port Jackson, and commands magnificent
panoramic view of the waters of the broad
Pacific. Kraals were built. exactly as the
animals are housed in Africa, and twenty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Chicago Tribune

A clever writer in one of the Chicago pa
pers talks about the "unnaturalness'' of
city life and about it's enervating and de-
moralizng influence. Thus does the city
continue to be the object of literary ohio
guy. Thus does il continue. to be abused
by those persons who of all persons are
most in its debt. How many litterateurs
can be hired to live i'm the country? They
all live in town. They see town. They
talk town. They write town. Once or
twice year they go out into the country
and continue literary tradition by signing
for the clearness, the reserve force, the
simplicity, the undistractedness of country
life. Then they come back to town and
by living town life at about ten times the
gait maintained by nonliterary and non-
artistic persons, they get so much town
that they have to write railing articles
God made the country and man made the
town." God the first garden made and the
first city Cain.
These reflections are just, but they can be
stretched too far. Fauna and flora are not
the only works Of God. Human beings
were also made by Him. Indeed, they are
-conventionally regarded as His chef
d'oeuvre Certainly they were the climax
of His creating activity. Is there any rea-
son. therefore, why tree should be ma
ture" and man shouldn't? And is there
any reason why a group of trees. should
be natural and group Of men shouldn't:
Why is a grove any nearer to God than a
city? The things which are done by crea-
lures created in Gods own image may be
assumed to be part Of Gods natural world
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
NEW JAPANESE INDUSTRY.
Ladies' Demands Supplied I'm the Land
of the Rising Sun.
London Telegraph.

London Telegraph.
1t is, perhaps. hardly recognized how for
midable a competitor Japan is becoming TO
the continental nations in supplying some
of the items of ladies' daily demands Ii Is
now several years since great West End
firm introduced the luxuriousiy soft and
comfortable quilted dressing gowns and
Jackets from the Land of the Rising Sun,
and by supplying English patterns as to
size and shape to the Japanese workers
was enabled TO offer the home customer
what she wanted in these directions, allied
with the charms Of color and embroidery
that are distinctively Eastern.
Luton is more and more relying upon
Japan for the straw plaits and braids
which go to make the smart and inexpen-
sive hats and toques now appearing so con-
spicuousiy in the milliners' windows. and
this year stride forward has been made
in sending over what are technically known
as ..chip fancies," which have hitherto
been almost exclusively supplied by Italy.
And now there Is a new branch OF enter
prise to be noted with regard to the more
dainty features OF our table linen, and
japan Is prepared to give US lunch, side
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

by slow degrees lapsed into quotable Ian
guage. Amy man who is fond of horses or
who knows anything about their points"
as he does in men. You might as well say
that all men look alike. In fact, there
never were two horses that looked exactly
alike, but have seen men, who were twins,
that / could scarcely tell apart. / would
recognize in an instant the photograph of
any horse 1 knew well, as readily as
would recognize the photograph of any man
i know. Take newspaper cut of any ia
nous horse, cover up the printed lines un-
derneath, and I'll tell you the name of the
horse. No, I'm not an exception. Almost
any man who is in touch with horse affairs
will tell you the same thing"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

New York Evening Post
The man in the barbeTs chair remarked
that he had originally lived In southern
Wisconsin.
when you first came In" answered the
barber. II noticed that you had a Southern
accent"
BY this simple speech the metropolitan
barber acquitted himself OF that narrow
provincialism which sometimes makes menu
bers OF the less learned professions fan on
their geography.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
Horse Pictures.
Philadelphia Record.

'I often wonder" said the man who grad
uated from the bicycle 10 the automobile,
"why newspapers print pictures of horses
A horse is a horses, and that's an end of il.
One horse looks exactly like another, and
especially Is this true when you see lot of
photographs OF horses. 1t seems to me like
a silly custom" The old horseman pricked
UP his ears and snorted. After a few luridly
uncomplimentary remarks he gradually and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17
Geese ms watch Dogs.
New York Sun.

Having discharged the family watch dog
In disgrace, j. ID. Huebner, a Los Angeles
cottager has installed two enormous gray
greese as guardians of his home
They are two shades more efficient as
sentinels than the best watch dog that ever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Mary Mons, in Atlantic Monthly.
young nurse OF my acquaintance was
found early one moyainS unconscious on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-17

Next week-"A Strange Grave"
copyright In the United States of America
by ID. T. Perce.l
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
HISTORY ON MANS SKIN.
A Piece of Artistic TattOoing Re-
veaIed by an Arrest of the
Paris Police.

A remarkable life story is reported
from Lyons. In consequence of COM
plant lodged by local butcher, a
young man, of weak and miserable ap-
pearance, was arrested for theft. He
protested that he was innocent of the
charge, and that he had never before
been in the hands of the police, says a
Paris report to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. ITO prove the truth of my
statement" he continued, barring his
breast, "look at this, and see whether
1t would not be easy to esta bish my
identity"
The young fellow having stripped to
the waist, 1t was found that his body
was entirely tattooed with historical
scenes, which included the murder of
the Due de Guise and the death Of Pres
ident Carnot
The mans life story was as remark
able as the rest. Son of the wife of a
superior officer in the French army,
and born out of wedlock at Marseilles,
he was placed by his mother with a
woman in that town, who received 60
francs month for some years for his
keep. Afterward he served on several
coastlng vessels as cooks boy, where
he met a former student of the Beaux-
Arts school, who was also in difficult
ties, and who tattooed his body in a
most artistic manner.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17

The Four Track News, with monthly
edition of $4,000 copies, has steadily in
creasing subscription list, while it's sys-
tenn Of distribution is one of the best en-
joyed by any magazine. In the United
States and Canada it is handled by thir-
ty-four news companies, while the Inter
national News Co. distributes it through
out Europe. Foreign Offices for the re-
ception of subscriptions are maintained
at London, Southampton, Bremen, Paris,
Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool, Hamburg
and Geneva, and files are kept at the Of
flee of every United States consul and
consular agent in the world. Through
the express companies and tourists
agents it is also Oh sale at upwards of
500 places, embracing 21O cities in forty
five foreign countries.-From Printers
Ink.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
THEY TOOK NO SOUP.
In che Early Days of the Republic
1t Was Food for TnvaIidS
Only.

Serving dinner in courses is COM
paratively modern fashion, first in
troduced in diplomatic circles in
Washington, D. c., and initiated from
France. Up to the date of President
Folks administration the course din
ner among Americans had made no
further progress than that of serv-
Ing fish and soup separately. Soup
was considered such foreign "trip
perry that a note written by Gen.
Winfield Scott. in which he explained
that he was "just sitting down to a
hasty plate of SOUP" covered him
with such ridicule as to materially
contribute to his defeat as a candi-
date for the presidency, says Lippin-
colts. Soup in the early days of the
republic was considered as food for
invalids or poor people only; later,
when the social splendors of the
court of Empress Eugene attracted
rich Americans in focks to Paris,
French table manners and custom
pushed the old English dinner fash
ions to the wall. It is doubtful, how
ever, if soup ever found place on
the dinner table of the wealthy
Maryland or Virginia planter, unless
green turtle, which was really a
stew, might be SO called.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
Additional News Items.

Herbert and Belle Leinsheck, of Den
yer, Col. are visiting at the home of
their grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Kartak. They arrived last Monday and
will remain few weeks.
Miss Elizabeth Mathewson returned
on Tuesday to Elgin, ILL.,, after spending
two weeks with her mother Mrs. M.
MatheWson.
Misses Elsie and Meta May spent
Tuesday evening at Johnson Creek.
Mrs. Anna Fuchs has gone to Roches-
ter, Mimi, for a few days visit.
St. Marks school picnic will be held
at TivOli island tomorrow afternoon.
Joseph and 10y McAdams of St. Paul,
are city visitors.
Miss Pearl Eaton who teaches in the
Neenah public school is spending her
vacation at her home here.
Mrs. L. Kniesel, Mrs. w. D. Sproesser,
and Mrs. Eliza Weber are at Madison at
tending the university exercises, Miss
Minna Weber is member of the class
of 1903.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
Announcement of Nursery Inspection.

An expert entomologist, employed
by the Experiment Station, will in a
few days inspect nurseries, in acocr-
dance with theeSan Jose Scale law.
hhe cost of inspection, as provided by
laT, will be five dollars $500 for dach
zen acres devoted wholly or in part to
nursery stock grown for sale purposes.
Nurserymen who .have their premises
inspected by the above mentioned en-
spector while On his regular trip will
not be required to pay any part OF his
travelling expenses, but those who de-
lay making application until the in
spector has left the state will be charg-
ed travelling expenses in addition to
the fee required by law,
All nurserymen desiring to have their
premises inspected should apply at once
to
Agricultural Experiment Station,
Madison, Wisconsin.
w. A. Henry, Director.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
News of Our " "
~ ~ County Neighb0rs.
To Correspondents.
Don't write on both sides of your paper

Don't write on both sides of your paper.
Don't fail to sign your letter. Letters
unsigned will not be published.
Don't write on scraps of paper. Use
a full sheet of paper and begin your lete
70 two inches from the top. Place the
Name Of the town at the head of the page.
Spell it out carefully.
Don't fail to have your letter mailed
so it will reach the Republican office
Thursday. To do this you must know
the time Of your mail collection where
you live.
Don't forget that accidents, fires, mar
riages and crop reports are the best kind
of news and if of sufficient Importance
may be enlarged upon.
Don't state personal opinions. The
editor does that.
Don't write on soft paper with hard
pencil so that the writing is hard to
read by lamplight.
Don't forget if something startling
happens in your neighborhOOd, murder.
railway accident, big burglary or large
fires, to notify the Republican at once.
We use that kind of news in our local
columns. If mailed these letters should
be marked Special in the corner OF the
envelope.
The Republican will furnish all sup
plies on application.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
KING EDWARDS II. LIGHT.
from This Extract 1t May Be Drawn
That His Majesty In About
Ffve-FOOt-Six.

Why people should make bets on
matter about which they have no
information, and then ask me to de-
eide them without ascertaining
whether know any more than they
do, Is one of the mysteries of edi-
torial life, says a writer in London
Truth. Here is the latest example Of
this singular practice:
Sir: I should esteem it a favor If
you will kindly answer in your Truth
columns or privately, what the
height of King Edward VII. is, as two
papers have already been written to-,
and they decidedly disagree, one stat
Ing five feet five and one-half inches.
and the other five feet four inches,
and 1 shall, therefore, take your
measurement as authentic, etc"
One might have supposed that his
previous experience would have
shaken this gentleman's confidence in
editorial infallibility. Why did he
not write to the kings tailor? (
have never had occasion to take his
majesty's measure. But if my guess
Is to decide the knotty point,
guess five feet seven inches. No
doubt plenty of people will be ready
to correct this off hand; but 1 do
not believe I can be more than half
an inch out either way. Certainly
both the figures given above are I'M
der the mark.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
LUNACY ON THE INCREASE.
A Swedish Professor Says That Edu-
Gated Women Are the. Chief
Victima

Hermann Lundborg, of the great
Swedish lunatic asylum at Upsala,
says that lunacy is increasing among
Swedish women and more especially
among the educated classes. In the
lower classes insanity is brought on
chiefly by the cares of life or intern
perance, but in the educated women
the main cause, he contends, is their
education.
DR.. Lundborg emphatically asserts
that the forced training to which this
class of women submit themselves is
most hurtful.
ut is monstrous," he says, "to sub
Ject women to this competition, and
If the competition does not cease eff
fects upon future generations will be
disastrous"
DR.. Lundborg states that the Swed-
ish who have been educated in acade-
mics have remarkably small families
when they have any and that I'M too
many cases their family relations are
unhappy owing to their inability to
discharge household duties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
Song of the FOur-Track Road.
By MINOT J. SAVAGE,

have taken seat in the parlor car;
There's novel by my side;
Ihaye, In my pocket, good cigar,
And Pm off for rushing ride.
Oh away from the fuS and worry and wear!
drop life's weary load
At least for time Pm free from care
AS fly DER the Four-Track Road.
The majestic Hudson Is On my left;
The CatSkillS rise in my dream.
The cataractS leap from the mountains cleft
And the brooks In the slnliget CLEAN.
There's rest and health in the woods no
doubt
Who cares for the Wall Street code?
The bulls and the bears may fight 1t out.
Pm off on the Four-Srrck Road.
Pm weary of stocks and bonds and rates
Of SOciety's empty clatter-
OF popping corkS and the rattle of plates
OF forms and dress and chatter.
Pm aching to be alone awhile
In Natures calm abode;
So, as / measure each rushing mile,
Pm blessing the FOur-Track Road.
"God made the country, and man the town."
Sc the country to-day, say L;
l long to look on the mountains brown
And the blue of the arching sky.
So hurrah for the gliding palace, where
My traps are so Snugly bestowed!
Hurrah for the freedom of Gods fresh air!
Hurrah for the FOurTrack kOad.
From Four RACK News for June
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17

Prof. J. W. Jaeger of Sleepy Eye. Mimi
is visiting his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Aug.
F. Jaeger.
John E. Humphrey and wife were
Sunday-visitors at Jay Perrys in Piper
Vile.
Messers John Owen, Frank Fytherleigh
VIM. Samuel, T. W. Jones, R. P. Lewis,
Rev. and Mrs. John d. Jones, Misses
Kittie Jones and Maggie Lewis were
among those from here that atten led the
M. E. Convention in Milwaukee on Satur-
day and Sunday.
Mrs. R. Pritchard has returned home
after spending a few days with relatives
at Wales.
Miss. Meta Behl returned to her home
in Watertown after spending the past
two months at her uncles, Ed NARROW.
Richard Humphrey accompanied by
his sister Kathryn spent Sunday with
relatives at Waukesha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Christensen enter
tanned number of friends iday
evening.
Miss Ella Lewis of Chicago, is spend
ing her vacation at her home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaacson and son Arnold
of Holland spent Sunday at Mr.. Gullek-
sons.
Several from here attnded the gradual
ing exercises at Pipersyille on Monday
evening,
John D. Jones of Wild Rose. is the
guest of his son Rev. J. D. Jones.
Miss Kathryn Owen left on Monday
for Fond du Lac where she will visit
with relatives.
Miss Ruth StrOOn of OconomOWec, is
the guest of Mrs. E. G. Humphrey.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17
FOR THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MEET
ING AT BOSTON.

The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
R'y will sell til kets from Chicago on
June %, rs and II at one fare for the
round trip with return limit of July
I'd and provision for an extension of the
return to August 1st. Tickets will be
sold via direct line and variable routes.
Tickets reading via New York City will
admit of stop at that point and will also
be good on Hudson River boats if desir-
ed. Tickets will also admit of stop-over
at Niagara Falls, Chautauqua and Put
in Bay and may be used between Cleve-
land and Buffalo by boat if desired. Any
additional information, with schedule Of
trains, etc., will be promptly furnished
on application to j. R. Hurley, 7. P. A.,
400 E. Water ST.. Milwaukee, or C. F.
Daily, Chief Asst. Pass. Agt., Chicago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-06-17

Japan is again said to be preparing
for war with Russia, which inclines
some of us to belief that the Joke is
becoming stale. Those foreign coun-
tries do lot of preparing" but
mighty little fighting. They might
adopt President Roosevelts's advice to
"speak softly and carry big stick. :"