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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

nual election of officers In its hail. at the
corner of Washington and Alabama streets
The election was one of the most spirited
that has ever been held. The socfalistic
element entered iato the fight, the Socialists
supporting a ticket of their own. On ac-
count of the large membership OF the
union, the election was done by balloting at
polls, which were open from o'clock in
the afternoon until o'clock I'm the evening.
Following were candidates for the promi-
nent offices: Business agent, E. c. Collins.
Frank Mathers; president, Arthur Dem
hedge, Edward Poliitt. Fred Pentske; vice
president. George June, John Buchorn; Sec
rotary, Homer Mailman, Frank weisman.
There were twenty-five candidates for the
position Of delegate to the Central Labor
Union.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

There is a great lack of employment this
winter among the machinists. The men
are being laid off by the tens and twenties
at the various factories OF the citS. Within
the past month over hundred rachinists
have found themselves out Of EN- Enjoyment.
Where the Atlas iron works employed over
fifteen hundred men during the summer.
they have now cut this force I'm two and are
only using about eight hundred ,men.
Yesterday the local union OF the Fedora
ton Association Of Macninists held its an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

Albert Young, general organizer OF the
Transfers international Union. has left the
East and is on his way to San Francisco.
where he will attempt to bring a number OF
independent unions under the Jurisdiction
OF the Transfers international Union. The
independent unions affiliated with the
American Labor Union, a Western organi-
cation which is competing bitterly with the
American Federation OF Labor. II Is hoped
at the teamsters' headquarters he will be as
successful in the West as he was IN The
East
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
PRESIDENT HUBER In BUFFALO.
An Attempt to Amalgamate Two Large
National Organizations.

William Huber, president Of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, is
In Buffalo attending a conference OF COM
mittees from, the Amalgamated Society of
Carpenters and the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Ioiners. The conference is
being held with a view to perfecting the
amalgation of the two organizations. The
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters Is q
large English organization with headQuar-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
Minerals In: the Human Blood

Investigations Showing Curious That Garry nvs
of rintoEv formed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06
Jurisdictional Question Before Labor

One that Gs@ Ds.s sss 1 nM Duff
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-12-06

To secure wife pro tenn. the newcomer
need but have means enough to buy a small
house or a bamboo hut. sewing machine
and irons. Other furniture is welcome. but
not essential IL the bride-elect likes the
man, she is usually quite content to take
chances at securing tables and chairs. a
sofa and bed. How to find wife? Ask a
real estate agent Yquitos's marriage broker
par excellence. IL he were not he would
have TO shu. up shop. But a sewing
machine agent, or dealer In hardware. viii
DO as well aud for similar reasons
House, sewing machine. irons. furniture.
II there are any. and the clothes and lew
eIry she may acquire. is pro tenn. wife's per-
quisites; they are In her name and no one.
not even a Chinaman. would be mean
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
Attractive Farm Homes.

I wish I could more forcibly impress
on the mind of the farmer the value
of attractive surroundings. Every
farm home should be attractive. It Is
not necessary to have a fine house or
fancy cottage, or expensive lawn fence
to make the farm home pretty. To be
sure, a neat fence, a few ornaments on
the house and the free use Of paint
help nightly, but the chief attractions
can be made of trees and shrubs. A
shady lawn and a shady driveway are
always attractive. Groups of trees,
shrubs or flowers fail to charm.
The lawn may not be kept perfectly
smooth, all the trees may not be clean
ly pruned, yet the home place orna-
mented with them does not fail to on
vey the impression that peace and con-
tentment dwell there. As a lady from
the city said: "a pretty farm homo
suggests a happy birds nest. We do
not notice the dwelling so much as we
do the surroundings. II the surround
ings are pretty we know that the In
terror of the house is all right and
that it is the abode of love and con-
tentment and all that makes life worth
living. We look to the city for fine
mansions, but to the country for pref
ty homes."-Mr. Grundy, in Farm and
Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
WHAT THIEVES THINK.
They Are Held in Check mt Weddings
mud Funerals by Supersti-
lions Eears.

The .pickpocket is superstitious. He
will rarely rob a person who squints, this
being accounted a certain sign of disas-
ter, and If it happens that the purse he
steals contains foreign as we'll as Brit
ish money, it is believed to augur that
he will travel a good deal in the immedi-
ate future: but whether in the company
of a couple of police officers or not there
is nothing to show.
Weddings and funerals are significant
events for the professional thief, says
an exchange. To pick a pocket at a
funeral would be to court immediate dis
aster, but many of them think If a purse
stolen at a wedding contains gold it por-
tends the best of luck for the thief dur
ing the ensuing six months.
Some p~ickpockets have a favorite pair
Of boots that they wear as long as they
can keep them on their feet, and If they
are not arrested while they are wearing
them they cut the boots into little
square pieces and give them away as
lucky tokens" to their friends.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
PRYME'a PHILOSOPHY.


In order to be popular, forget to
say a good deal.
The way to make q man forget .
favor is to do him one.
Boomerangs and evil thoughts act
in a similar fashion.
A big heart usually goes with q big
body, but q big head rarely does.
Wisdom is always conceded to :
rich man until he loses his riches.
Do not emphasize your own virtues
by charging on the failings Of others.
The most depressing humidity is
that caused by the tears OF q woman.
A genius is q man who refuses to
believe in the impossibilities OF other
people.
A safe way to judge a man is to as
certain just what friends he doesn't
make.
No marriage ceremony has ever been
gone through without a hitch-of
bride and groom.
Some men who take a post graduate
course are. In the long run, glad to
become letter carriers.
Inc CidlIlS W WlSuOul VI Owls anu
a multitude of men rest upon their
looks, and nothing more.
The heartache of many a widow
has been tempered by the reflection
that she looks her best in black.
To get rid of q bore, ask him to re-
peat his longest and favorite story
twice. Even he cannot stand that.
A fool is generally a person who de-
tects your faults while you are in the
act Of calling attention to his own.
The grievance of not a few women
against their husbands Is that the lat
ter give them no ground for grew
anceS.
The success of an amateur gardener
often depends upon the number and
the appetites OF his neighbof's chick.
en-
Only d smart mar a conceal from
q oma the fact that he isn't as
smart as he would wish her to think
he Is.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
H HAIR.
Proper Care of 1t Is . Toilet Dsty
which But Few Women Seem
to Have Mastered.

Next in Importance to the complexion
in effect upon a woman's looks is her
hair. As in the case of the complexion.
1t lies largely with its owner as TO
whether it shall be attractive or un-
pleasing in appearance. This is not the
view held by numbers of women They
think they have been born with hair OF
this or that character, and that they can
not hope to change 1t. If it is curly they
rejoice; If it is straight and stin they
deplore; but they do not think they can
get the better of nature. So, too, with
the women of sparse locks. They mourn
over the st~inginess of nature in this re-
gard, but it does not occur to many OF
them to take simple measures Tor
proving the quality OF their hair.
Many a girl who has sleepily and re-
luctantly given her hair h prescribed
hundred strokes every night before go
ing to bed would have rejoiced to Know
that 1t was one of the worst things she
could do for her head. Where that hair
brushing theory originated 1t is hard 70
tell, but every woman has heard II, anu
nearly every woman has been foollsn
enough to do it at some time or another
In the course of her life.
The office of the hair brush is to re-
move dust from the surface of the hair,
to stroke down and smooth the snaris
and to distribute through the hair the
natural oil that should be spread from
the scalp.
Instead of doing this most women be-
labor their heads with the brush, drag
ging out and breaking off hairs in clus-
tiers, irritating the scalp and injuring the
roots of the hair. Watch the average
woman brush the hair, and see the vigor
she puts into it. She is not SATISFIED
with the brushing of the hair alone, but
goes to the scalp, and brushes this as
though 1t were a surface Of metal in
stead of being skin filled with a network
of fine nerves. 1t is altogether possible
that she uses a wire hair brush as an In
strument of torture, thereby cutting on
many hairs that the ordinary bristles
would spare.
So far as keeping the hair and scalp
ClcdB, IAC DCot u WoiiSh -
as not to be sinners. Ihave known wom-
en-, tidy in other respects, who did not
wash the hair once in six months. |
have known of children IL to IA years old
who could not recollect ever having been
told of the necessity of shampooing the
hair. Their mothers kept the dandruff
from accumulating by means OF a fine
comb! The women who do recognize
the possibility hat the hair occasional
ly needs to be washed as much as any
other part of the body very often employ
agents that are almost as bad as neglect
would be. Women wash their hair with
baking soda, with borax, with ammonia,
with potash, with soaps of different
kinds, with alcohol, with almost any
lotion that is recommended by equally
ignorant friends. These preparations
are used also with a total disregard OF
the proportions in which any one OF
them should be added to the water for
shampooing, or of the character of the
hair or scalp to which they are applied.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
AN ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENT.

to be of a soft gray-green. The Stats
and holdings may be painted to match
the green, may be white Or in dull,
u~nvarnished oak. If water colors,
tinted engravings, s~ilhouettes or small
pictures of any kind have to be taken
into account, the canvas left perfectly
plain forms a charming background;
If china alone forms the ornamental
ton. a simple stenciled design in tones
of brown and olive-green. with perhaps
a touch of warm Indian red. might be
introduced in each panel with excel
lent effect. In any case, the china If
well grouped, even though not of the
rarest Though the more uncommon
the better), will have fulfilled an en-
tirely satisfactory purpose, consider
ably more pleasing and artistic than
that to which odds and ends are rel
egated-the inconsequent adornment
of the spare room, that universal
snapper up OF. unconsidered trifies."-
The Queen (London).
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17

have a chance one day OF wearing a
coronet with strawberry leaves. The
duke is a great scholar. Miss Deacon
is an exceptionally clever young wom-
an, we'll read ana a brilliant CONVEX
sationalist.
Writing in a recent number of M. A.
P. MAINLY About People, T. P. O'Con-
ner says under the heading: Two
American Beauties"
1.-THE Miss Deacons have arrived in
London for the season Once again
America has given its beauty and
charm to the old world.
Miss Gladys Deacon made her first
appearance in England about two
years ago and was chaperoned by Mrs.
Arthur Paget and by the duchess of
Marlborough. Her friendship with the
latter dates from 1895. when she acted
as one of the duchess child brides
maids in the memorable wedding in
New York. This youthful intimacy
was maintained, and Miss Deacon
formed one of a brilliant house party
at Blenheim when the German crown
prince was the guest of the occasion.
Her style of beauty is fair. blue-eyed
and radiant, she has a %rose-leaf COM
plexion, sunny hair and the sweetest
of smiles. She has been educated on
the continent and spent some years in
a French convent. AS a consequence
she is a good linguist. cosmopolitan
and thoroughly up to date.
For a girl in smart society she is
a simple dresser. wears few jewels and
prefers girlish gowns of crepe, muslin
or chiffon. Her portrait has been
painted by Whistler and by several
other noted artists in London and
Paris.
The younger Miss Deacon is almost
as beautiful as her sister, but in an en-
tirely different style. She is taller,
darker, more stately and much more
sedate, Her school days have been
passed in Berlin.
These two lovely Americans ap-
peared at Mrs. Adair's recent fancy
dress ball, one dressed as a Greek
maiden and the other as Primavera
after Botticelli's famous picture"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
CASE PUZZLES PHYSICIANS.
One Leg of n Mckeesport, Pa, Woman
Is Sixty-Seven Inches
Around.

A McKeesport (Pa.) woman is suf-
fering from an affection that puzzles
the medical profession. Her afHiction
in medical circles is termed ele-
phantiasis.
Mrs. Lynch's legs for ii years have
been steadily growing until the left
leg between the ankle joint and knee
measures 81 inches in circumference
and weighs over 100 pounds. The
right leg is also charging rapidly and
the last two years has increased to the
measurement of &c inches at the calf.
For almost IL years Mrs. Lynch has
not been able TO walk well, but with
In the past five years she has been
barely sble to be about her room. Day
and mig hit she is compelled TO remain
in bed. She suffers little pain and has
little hopes of eve recovering. Many
Physicians have visited the patient
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17

Crossroads, Tenn, Sept. l4.-Orbra Youns.
the ten-year-old son of Lester Young, of this
place, is a bright boy, and one who is very
well liked by all who know him.
For some years Orbra has suffered a great
deal with a form of Kidney Trouble which
was very annoying, and which made him mis-.
cradle all the time. He had to get up three
or four times every night, almost all his
life.
His father heard of a remedy called Dodds
Kidney Pills, and bought some for the lit
tie fellow with the result that he is now com
pletely cured of the old trouble. He says:
"Dodd's Kidney Pills soon gave me great
relief, and now | can sleep all night without
having to get up. We will always praise
Dodd's Kidney Pills
There are many children suffering from
Kidney and Urinary troubles. These dis
orders should be promptly corrected. Dodd's
Kidney Pills is a safe and sure remedy fol
all such arrangements.
Master Orbra Young conquered his trou'
bles and made a we'll boy of himself by using
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and any one may do
the same by the same means.
Parents should see to it that their children
are given a fair chance in life, and there Il
nothing that can undermine the health o.
a growing child as much as Kidney and Uri
nary arrangements.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17

#55lA9bS
MAY WED A
Gladys Deacon, American beauty
Heiress. Is in Favor with
English Peer.

Gladys Deacon has been the guest OF
the duke of Norfolk and his sister,
Lady Mary Howard, at Arundel castle
The invitation extended TO the lovely
American girl has been q subject OF
much comment in London, as the
duke is one of the most reserved OF
men and has no liking for the new and
rich who year after year get a frmer
footing in London society.
Since the death of the duchess six
teen years ago the duke has lived al
rnostdhe life of a monk except when
official duties at court. compelled him
to appear in public. Moreover, the
duke is not a lover of young people
and seldom is seen speaking to the
young girls of society.
That Miss Deacon has been down to
Arundel by the dukes special invita-
ton has, of course, given rise to
rumor, and it is suggested that Miss
Deacon being a Roman Catholic and
the duke a Catholic leader, and being
anxious for a direct heir TO his duke
dom, the bright American girl might
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17

possible. One Of the essentials for
quick returns is poultry. With good
management the hens should lay every
day during the greater portion of tho
year. One OIL two good cows will also
be found ~seryiceable. Is milk, butter
and eggs are cash at all eason Small
fruits, such as Strawberries. currants.
gooseberries, raspberries and black
berries, Dol give returns. but grapes
and orchard fruits require more time.
On a small farm 1t will not pay to
depend upon the cereal crops. Stock.
fruit and vegetables give better profits.
and bring in cash long before the harv-
est comes for corn. There Is nothing,
however, that will give larger and
quicker profits than fowls. and as they
multiply rapidly the number can be
largely increased every year. The
fowls will also consume much waste
material.-Farm and Fireside.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
N BOOKKEEPING
better Half in Trying 70
Keep Accounts.

Most persons know SO many competent
business women that it will not do to take
too seriously the popular SANDER that the
better half of the race cannot master the
principles of banking. Still there is occs.
~sionaliy a joke of this kind good enough to
stand with apologies, and a recent one from
the Chicago Post will not be taken amiss.
My account book" she said, proudly,
Showed that | had eight dollars and fifteen
cents more than | really did have, 50 | felt
at liberty TO spend the excess"
But there wasn't any excessi" he pro
tested.
"0n, yes, there was!" she replied. '"rhe
book showed it,"
IF you didn't haye the money" he urged,
ut was a shortage
Certainly not she returned, ut was
right there on the book-eight dollars and
fifteen cents more than | had, and when the
balance was so much bigger than it should
be, l felt free to spehd the money"
"lf you had more money in your purse
than he book showed" be suggested, what
thenf'
II should have spent it, she answered.
EITHER way. it all the same"
Now he is trying to get her TO give up
keeping accounts.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
THE TENANT FARMER.
The Interests of the Land Owner
and His Tenant Farmers
should BE Mutual.

The last census informs us that the
percentage of American farms operat-
ed by tenants is thirty-fve, or more
than one-third. The increase in twen-
ty years amounts to 10 per cent, and
since 1890, of Z per cent, showing that
the rate of increase is growing high
err as time passes. This shows that we
are drifting toward a system of land
lordism. 1t is not denied that tenant
farming is bad for the farm, and that
farms worked by tenants not only do
not increase in value, but often de-
crease in value compared with farms
worked by owners. The common GUS
tom of landlords is to spend as little
of money or labor as possible to make
the farm attractive to the better class
of tenants. What is wanted is the
cash where money rent is stipulated,
OF the lions share of the crop when
that is the agreed rental. Therefore
the less the landlord spends in making
the farm a good one, the greater his
net profit at the end Of the lease.
Some landlords provide all needed
conveniences for their tenants, such
as comfortable houses, vegetable gar
dens, fruit trees. poultry houses, lots.
stables and pens for live stock, with
a little ornamentation about the tene-
ment thereon to please the wife and
children. On farms thus managed the
best tenants will be found, and they
remain until ready to move into a
home of their own and cultivate their
own acres. The tenant of the skin
flint landlord has to change his place
| and his landlord before he will be able
to buy a home. There are many ways
in which the landlord may benefit his
| tenant while benefting himself. He
can counsel with him, unselishly adj
wise him. He can furnish him reading
matter that win increase his crops, for
farmers as well as farms need fertiliz-
ing. He should advise the tenant to
take good agricultural papers, to at
tend and participate in farmers insti-
tutes, and in every way he can en-
courage him to do better farming. For
between landlord and tenant there
should be such a community of inter-
est that what is for the benefit of one,
is also for the benefit OF the other
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
ARTISTIC
Excellent Effect May be by
the Clever Arrangement OF
Odd Bits of China.

The Illustration suggests an artistic
and completely satisfactory arrange
ment for turning a miscellaneous col
lection of china to eminently decora-
tive account. Surprising the plates,
Jugs and bric-a-brac here shown to be
of varied and strong coloring-or in
deed, if they were of a blue color or
any other uniform tone-a plain black
ground is necessary to give them their
fullest value. Accordingly they are
ranged upon a narrow shelf, placed at
the height of an ordinary picture-rail
below a frieze distempered a pale
daffodil-yellow. This shelf, it should
be noticed, does not run straight
around the walls, but is fashioned with
bracket-like projections, on which
jugs, vases and such like may stand.
The wall below is spaced out with
Stats" such as panels filled with
Fabrikona or some other coarse can
vas, which in this instance l imagine
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
Delicious summer saua.hes.

Crook necks OF saucer, the summer
squash, is a delicate vegetable, and one
not served often enough on the aver
age table. 1t contains little real nutri-
ment. but is one of those vegetables
whose mission it is to assist digestion
of other food and to afford that variety
which helps the appetite. Wash and
pare one or two and cut into square
pieces. Put the pieces into boiling wa
ter and cook for 20 or 80 minutes.
Drain OF every drop of water and
beat with a potato masher until quite
smooth. Stir into the squash a small
cupful of milk, a tablespoonful of melt
ed butter, two beaten eggs. pepper and
salt. Better still, stir all these togeth-
er and add to the squash after mixing
Turn into a buttered dish. sprinkle with
bread crumbs and bits of butter and
bake.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1903-09-17
Next Years Layers.

Select now the pullets for winter
layers. If there are a great many
pullets that were Matched out, go into
the poultry house and sleect the larg-
est Matched. Do not be tempted to
keep many because they are beautiful,
if they are small, as such pullets will
not be of sufficient age to begin laying
before cold weather sets in. AS fowls,
old and young, are subject to the con-
ditions of heat and cold, much labor
and expense can be saved by retaining
only those that come into full plum
age and reach the adult stage before
winter. If a pullet begins to lay be-
fore winter, she will then probably lay
right on through the winter; but should
she not begin in the fall, she will
probably defer such work until early
in the spring. Use heroic and prompt
measures, by culling out the flock and
getting rid of every pullet that has not
reached a stage of growth that may en-
able it to give a profit. There is no
sentiment in the keeping of fowls. The
keeping of poultry should be a business
matter.-Farm and Fireside.