Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1890 — Page 12

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1890.

BEMAIKS OF BIG ANIMALS

Mastodons, Elephants and Otber Great Creatures Once Eoamed Over Indiana. Evidences thai the Stale lias Undergone Extreme Climatic Changes is the Prehistoric Past A T&Ik Trith Profcs3cr ColletL Ex-State Geologist Collett ivas discoursing, tne other day, upon Indiana, a subject Tvith which ho is thoionshly familiar, and his knowledge not only goes tact to the years heforo the war, bat reyerts through the time ox tne pioneer and the Indian, through the period of the Mound-bnilder to an age antedating man. "There was," remarked 1'rofessorCoIlott, "a3tho testimony of the rocks shows, a period when the area of earth now called Indiana was subject to arctio ice and cold; there was another period when a tropical warmth prevailed here. What rnagnilicent forests there must have been we can on!y surmise, and what enormous animals roamed through those forests. "Leaves of the lire oak," continued the Professor, "have been found near the mouth of the Waoash; the cypress, white gum, tear-blanket sumach, all tropical or subtropical plants, still survive in Indiana, remains of the warm climate that once prevailed. In animal life the fresh-water mollutikan shells which are found in the shafts of coal-mines at Kvansville, now prevail on the Trinity river, Texas, and streams flowing into Mobile bay and the Gulf of Mexico. .Reaching back to an earlier history in prehistoric time, a number of large animals, requiring tropical or sub-tropical environment, lived in Indiana. "How do you know this!" inquired a lis tener. 'Tarts of skeletons of forty-six elephants have been discovered in Indiana and contiguous territory, fully rivaling the modern Asiatic specimens, as indicated by bones and teeth. The mastodon, still larger in his wondcrlul physique, as proved by his structure in bone and teeth, was a common inhabitant of this part of the continent. The structure of the teeth of this animal indicates that he was originally intended to be a flesh eater, but the environment required him to change his habit of life and become a vegetable eater. Remains of this animal, almost perfect specimens, were found in Illinois, about lifty miles west of Lafayette. Well-preserved teeth have been found in Hamilton county, near Noblesville, at New Lebanon, Shoals, and the largest found in. this State near Terre Haute. The last-named specimen was a whole lower jaw, inclosing the teeth, in a good state of preservation. A number, of more imperfect specimens were found near Quaker Point, in Vermillion county. 'T'ernaps the most wonderful, case of mastodonio remains was discovered in excavating thn bed of the Wabash and Erie canal, in 1342, a few miles north of Covington, in Fountain county. The route of the canal there was along a swamp, the old river bed of the Wabaah, twenty-five or thirty feet above the present bed of the river, and tne old bed was tilled with miry peat. Here were found the huge bones of the lower jaw and the teeth. Now comes a strong story, but it was told me by Mr. Perrin Kent, an observant farmer of State Line City, a man of unimpeachable veracity, and the story Touched for by others who saw the same thing. Mr. Kent told me that the irishmen working in the swamp split open the leg bones of the monster animal and extracted the marrow, which had changed to adipocere, and they used it as an excellent grease for their boots. Think of it; those fellows gTeasing their boots with the marrow of animals that were perhaps contemporaries of Noah. Using ex-mummies as fuel on an Egyptian railroad is not near as shocking to the mind of the archaeologist. "By the way," said the Professor, turning from his subject, "it is a popular superstition that flesh petrifies. This is far from the troth. Flesh never petrifies; it may, especially if fat. turn to adipocere and keep in a perfect state of preservation during the lapse of many years. To return to the mastodon: Specimens of abont sixty-five different individuals havo been found. Near Hoopeston, I1L, and that is so near that Indiana was probably a part of n'u forage field the tusks of a mastodon were found ten feet in length, about three inches in diameter at the terminal and five inches in diameter at the place of insertion into the jaw. It was in fair condition, but went to pieces on exposure to the atmosphere. Instead of slanting downward in this remarkable animal, the tusks were turned up, making an arc of a quarter of a circle. The mastodon, owing to the formation of his jawbone and teeth, chewed cross-ways while the mammoth chewed lengthways on his grinders. My brother, Josephus Collett. has in his collection the entire lower jaw of a mastodon with a full set of teeth in good condition. In the State collection there are several specimens of teeth f t the elephant and of the mastodon. scmf of which were found near the present sive of the poor-house in this county. "A few teeth of the ancient horse have been found in Indiana, others havo been found in Illinois. I sent the specimens to Prof. E. D. Cope, who determined that they were so. The teeth of the ancient horse are abundant in the phosphatio remains of South Carolina. Of the teeth found in Indiana one came from Bartholomew county, one from the banks of the Ohio, in Crawford county, and one was reported to be from . Hamilton county. These animals were smaller than our breed of horses, about the size of Indian ponies, indicating, according to Professor Cope, that the horse was an animal indigenous in America. It, however, had become extinet before the advent of the Spaniard. "The next prehistoric animal in Indiana in size was probably the giant beaver. Our common beaver weighs from sixtv-tive to eighty pounds; the giant beaver, from th structure of his skeleton and size of his bones, is estimated by Colonel Foster, of Chicago, to have weighed 800 pounds. The incisors were of such sizo and strength as to be terrible weapons in war and perfect instruments for cutting down trees in dambuilding. These incisors were sharp and delicately striated along their entire length. The remains of almost an entire head were found near Delphi near the partial remains of an elephant. The teeth of two or three individuals have been found near the mouth of Pigeon creek in the vicinity of EvansvilJe. A ell-preserved skull and teeth were found near Muncie. "The sloth at one time probably crawled through our forests. Kemains of an animal similar to the South American sloth were found, as reported by Professor Worthen. in Illinois, near Galena. The collared peccary, or solid-footed hog, now having bis habitat in Texas and Mexico, was once a roamer of our woods. The bones of ee vera! of these animals have been found in Ohio, and a specimen was found in this Stato in Carroll county. In the State Museum is part ofthe lower jaw of a great stag closely allied to tho Irish stag. This was 'found at Alton, Crawford county. Fragmentary bones of a tapi. nearly approaching the South American typo, were found by Mr. F. A. Lincke near Evansville. "All these animals had to be preserved from atmospheric action or they would never have remained for us to marvel at in this day. The larger animals, as the elephant and mastodon, had generally been mired iu swampy places, deep enough to cover them with muck, and they were thus to tome extent preserved. The mastodon at Hoopeston, IlL, was discovered in opening a ditch to drain a pond. The animal had ventured in for water or food and had mired so that he was unable to extricate himself. Imagine him trumpeting his distress and peril to those old forests. Even the contentsof his stomach was sutliciently preserved to determine its nature to be of such vegetation, grata and reeds, as were afterwards found on the neighboring prairies. Specimens of fresh-water shells were found at the same time, which Dr. Stein, theerninent trtsh-waterconchologist, determined to be such species as are now living in the fresh-water pools of Indiana, Michigan and Illinois. From this it might bo concluded, as Professor Koch has, that the mastodon survived until the advent of man, a few thousand years ago, and that the great animal became extinct through tho agency cf man." s i , Imports for the Past "Week. The imports for the week ending yesterday, upon which duties wero collected by Surveyor Hildcrbrand, were: Kingan &, 2.0C0 sacks salt, ?.C0; Chas. Mayer &

Co., CO cases sundries, $91(J.00; Kahn Tailoring Company, 1 case woolens, $X).70; Aug. M. Kuhn, 3 caskj wine, Si-'; Tanner & Sullivan. 1,(2 boxes tin-plates. $1,918.10; Kipp Bros., CJ cases sundries, JG07.35; Wm. Taylor, 1 packago sundries, $21.80; I lollweg JL Reese, 18 packages of toys. $257.70: Key. J. M. Oldfather, 13 cases household goods, $CL'2G; Jacob Bos, 4 casks wine. $100; Kranrke & Schindler, 2 cases cut plosb, &16.S5. , THE PATIENT aXO SILENT BEGG1E. lie Fares Poorly Where the Organ-Grindcr or Story-Teller Receives a Cup Fall of Pennies.

For several days, mornings and afternoons, there has stood at the northwest corner of Washington and Pennsylvania streets, a blind beggar, holding his hat bofore him in mute appeal for tho small change of passers-by. He is probably thirty-two years old, and a more patient face surely was never turned toward pitying humanity. It is singular, however, how small a percentage of pity becomes materialized in cash. Tho reporter watched this blind mand and tho passing throng a f nil hour by a Waterbury watch. Many hundreds of people came and went. The sightless man had, though blind, at least one eyo to business, and could not havo found a better corner, one around which there is more travel, anywhere in the city. The lips of the blind beggarmoved at times, but noaudible wordscamo from them. Several of the passers-by looked up as they noticed the motionless object before them, thrust their hands into their pockets as though with a sudden impulse to benevolence, but there the generous feeling appeared to be suddenly dissipated, and the hand was withdrawn empty. "Don't you know," remarked a friend to tho reporter, "that this country, and especially this city, is the worst place for mendicancy of that character. The modest beggar has no show here whatever. We are not accustomed to street-beggars of this kind. The class of mendicancy that succeeds with ns is that in which the asker of alms is rather more highwayman than beggar. Tho blind beggar with the hand-organ fares passably well. Mennever contribute, even with tho seductive addition of music, but women and children drop pennies into the tin-cup. In Europe, a street beggar like that young man would do much better than iere. People would drop pennies into that old straw hat, men as well as women. They have been educated up to it. In this country, as you can see by tho faces of the passers-by and the impulse of their hands to their pockets, men are shamefaced, they don't like to make spectacles of themselves by walking up and dropping a nickel in the hat. They have a twingo of conscience as they pass on after suppressing the benevolent instinct, but they invest the nickel or ten-cent piece they would have given at the first cigarshop they come to and think no more abont it. Then we like interesting beggars, goodlooking mendicants, with a story of having seen better days, or with some romance about them. "The beggar who reads the papers and keeps constantly in touch with some great calamity will succeed in business. He must work a disaster only while it is new. There's no money in 'grasshopper sufferers from Kansas,' or in the story of 'lost all in tho great Are at Chicago and even the Johnstown disaster fails to bring the cash. Those things are all too old even for the most sequestered country communities. Probably the wounded-in-the-Franco-Prus-sian-waP story did service longer than any of them. Strange to say these beggars were always alleged French soldiers, never German. Now and then they had an accompaniment of song that brought tho cash when less vocal demonstrations would have utterly failed. I remember, three or four years ago, two lusty fellows, well fed and well dressed, in semi-military suits of blue, went through our business, streets roaring out the Marseillaise. One of them had lost an arm or two and a leg. He turned the hand-organ aud sung, while the other, who had a fine tenor voice and was only minus an arm, attended to the collections. Small change was showered upon those fellows, and they certainly played a highly-remnnerative engagement here." The hour was about up when a portly old gentleman stepped up to the blind man, and, with a Very impressive manner, donosited a coin in the hat. The blind man murmured his thanks, and then removing the coin from the hat placed it between his teeth. For a moment a shade of doubt lingered upon his countenance, but after another trial with his teeth the look of seraphic patience returned. FATHER BESS0XIES IN FRANCE. He Enjoys His Visit but Retains Admiration and Love for His Adopted Country. A reporter of this paper has just received a letter from Father Bessonies. It bears tho post-mark of Sousceyrac, a little placo in tho department of Lot, Franco. "It seems to me," writes the good priest, "that I am at the end of the world, for I find hero, in my native village, everything in a primitive state, but warmer and more sincere hearts do not exist anywhere, for relatives and frienda seem to dispute who will do the most to celebrate here my golden jubilee. Very littlo can be got here to furnish grand dinners, but by railroad Paris is at no great distance and the best restaurants of the French capital are put to contribution. Toasts are drunk and the compliments paid me by the Mayor of the parish an old doctor of medicine and vieux ami, will compare favorably to any that could be made in Indianapolis. "All this, though, does not make me forget the friends of my adoptod country, which, in almost every respect, is far superior to La Belle France. 1 can. I believe, mention two things in which France is superior to the United States. One is the mail service. There is not a family, no matter how distant from a postoilice, that letters and newspapers are not, if they arrive at the ofiUce. delivered at their domiciles the same day, Sunday not excepted. Wnat is said of mail matter must also be said of telegrams, for here in the country the postoilice is, the telegraph otiice and the postmaster must bo a telegrapher. Then there are the roads; they cannot be better. A man has charge of a short distance, and is always at work either repairing or breaking stones that may bo needed tor repairs. He has a shade made of straw to protect him from the sun and a very small stone house to protect him from the rain. As to his board I can give no information. "I learn," farther writes the father, "that the phylloxera, the vine disease, is disappearing where it appeared at first, but is extending to other places. The people hero are now planting young oak trees by the thousands to raise truflles around their roots, and they train dogs instead of hogs to unearth them. Yankees are not up to that as yet, but will rejoice at the prospect of having plenty of them. Religion is flourishing here. The people are all Catholics, and in a congregation of over two thousand not one will miss mass on Sunday." Tho father intimates that he is getting ready to return, but does not give any hint as to when ho may arrive. Condition of Associated Ranks. Tho associated banks yesterday reported to the clearing-house that tho loans, deposits and reserve for the week ending the 12th inst. were: Loans $7,096,271.78 Deposits 10,315,190.19 Cash reserve. 5,791,346.09 During the week loans Increased. 26,492.19 Deposits increased. 27,090.12 Reserve increased 50,52.G7 The banks hold $2,532,049.90 cash in excess of the C3 13 per cent, required by the clearing-house rule. Iteal Estate and Building. During the past week ICS deeds were filed with the county recorder, showing a total consideration of $104,707. Building is being carried on with unusual activity for this season of tho year. Since Monday twenty-soven permits were issued representing an outlay of $29,223. Those who rocured permits yesterday were J. W. Gilert, frame dwelling. North Meridian street, near Fourteenth. 2,800; Edward Cornelius, repairs, No. ZiH North Meridian street, $i5,000.

SHARPERS IN THE COUNTRY

Tho Graciousness They Assnmo in Swindling the Too Credulous Farmer. A Retired Patent-Right Man Tells now He and His Partner Operated Their Fork Scheme in a Neighboring State. A man in this city who had many nps and downs in his early days was communicative a day or two ago about some of the makeshifts to which he resorted to bring in a dollar or two. "I was quite young," said he to a reporter, "and had but little to restrain mo in undertaking whatever came in my way. I was one winter laid up at a hotel in this city with ill health. The house was the headquarters of patent-right men, whose articles were Bomewhat meritorious perhaps, but whose methods might be questioned. I was thrown largely in their company and a warm friendship sprung up between one of them and myself, so that when spring came he proposed to me to join him, he having determined to quit his old partner, who, ho said, 'had no sand.' I was about broko and my head swam with the stories I had heard all winter of making six. eight and ten hundred dollars a day, eo I went into the business. Securing a good team of horses and a buggy, we set out one morning to make a trip in an adjoining State, supplied with only necessary clothing, a lot of printed contracts and notes in blank, and a model of our article of sale. I remember the inorning as well as if it was yesterday. We rode quite a distance, my partner saying little, but keeping bis eyes open. Finally 1 heard him exclaim: There's a good Injin.', It was the name the sharks had for a gullible farmer. He know his man from the fact that his house and barn had been heavily rodded, showing that ho had fallen into the hands of a lightning-rod man." "I should think," said the reporter, "that one experience would have made tho farmer more wary." "No." said the old-time sharper, "ourS was entirely a different scheme. We drove into the farmer's yard, and with the usual preliminary conversation, easily gained admittance to the house. The courtesies of the day were passed and tho conversation was directed to the rods. We complimented the man's foresight in providing against destruction of his property, and perhaps of the lives of his family. We filled his head -fnll of such palaver, and, as if about ready to leave, casually introduced our business. It was not hard to interest bim. the implement being one he could use to good advantage. We explained that the company we represented had sent us out to appoint agents for the sale of the fork, for it was a patent fork in which we were interested. We had heard, we said, that he was a reliable, active man, thoroughly responsible, and would like it if he would take the agency. There would be no expense attached, we explained indeed, we would give him a fork for his own use. All that he would have to do was to sell four forks in each township for us that is, give ns the profits of the first lour sold, $25 on each fork, and the further profits would be his. We would sell him the forks at the factory price of $10. We read him the contract, a pretentious mass of fine type and blank spaces, obscuring by accentuation the shady meaning of its iron-olad features. The note was a very plain blank, with nothing of itself to attract attention, which we desired should be given to the showy contract. It did not take us long to get our host's consent to act as our agent. He readily got the impression that ht would have nothing to pay, that the note was not a noto unless tho amount of it was not made out of the sale of the forks, and that we were as honest as we acted snd locked. He signed a contract, a copy of which we left with bim, and a note for $400. He had concluded he could work four-townships, which, at $25 per fork, amounted to the face of the note. My partner immediately, but with seeming indifference, put all the papers in the valise. As soon as we could gracefully do so, we left, showing the greatest interest in bidding each of the family good-bye. As wo started we checked up, as if forgetting something. 'Oh. by the way,' said my partner, 'can you tell ns the way to Blanktownf We want to reach there by dinner" "And you went to that placef 7 "Blanktown was in the opposite direction from where we were going. It was all & part of the scheme. If the farmer should conclude to reread his contract, or some enrious neighbor . should drop in who had not been 'psychologized as the term went, the contract might lose its innocent appearance, aud the party of the second part might repent and start after us. Hence the innocent question, to throw pursuit oft" the track. In this case wo wero not pursued." "Hid you two always travel together?" "It was necessary to do so. I was instructed to engage the family in conversation, and so thoroughly entertain them in another room, if possible, that they would not distrust the psycological influences of tho business transaction in which the head of the family was engaged. Success often depended npon keeping him free from interruption. Indeed, wo found that the worse the weather the better for our business. The farmer would more certainly be at home, and more likely havo no neighbors calling on him." "How did you dispose of the notes!" "At that time there was a certain banker in this city who paid liberally for paper of that kind. It was always good, as fakirs of our kind chose only responsible men. The banker paid 50 per cent, down and 25 or 0 per cent, more when the notes became due. The company always had the best lawyer available retained, aud they never lost a noto. It was, of course, a lucrative business, but we never saved anything. We received half the receipts, and one day received $1,000 in gilt-edged paper. Money came easy and went easy, for it was just like findincr it. When we got several hundred dollars ahead we would go into town for a week or two, spend it all, and have to borrow money to get out." AN AUDACIOUS PLOUGHMAN. Scientists Gave Him a Cold Shoulder When Asking a Hearing to Upset Kepler's Laws. While the American Association for the Advancement of Science was in session in this city there appeared here a man about thirty-five years old, with a face bronzed by sun and weather and hands that showed plainly that ho was accustomed to hard manual work. He said that he had come to place before somo of the astronomers and mathematicians a discovery that ho had made, and to ask the aid of some one of them to write a formula for the fact that he had discovered, as he was an unlettered man, having received but a meager common-school education. This was William B. Motheral, a farmer from North McGregor, la., and tho subject to which ho dosired to call attention was "The Gravity Curve; a Consideration of Its Properties and Relations." He knew nothing about algebra or geometry from text-books, and worked all his problems out arithmetically. He has been working upon this gravity curve for seven or iight years, and is a genius in mathematics, seeming to understand the philosophy of the subject by a kind of intuition, though he is no lightning calculator. It has long been known what was tho energy of a planet moving in its orbit when nearest tho sun, or in perihelion, but the aphelion energy, that is, when most distant from tho sun. has never been moro than approximately known. Mr. Motheral had worked out a formula whereby this can be calculated exactly by ordinary arithmetic, but he could get no scientist to pay any attention to him, as he has no great Gift in expression and his appearance is altogether too farmer-like. His discovery is an attack upon Kepler's laws. Kepler's laws are founded upon observations by that astronomer, and for nearly three hundred years have gone unquestioned, so that really it seems altogether absurd that an Iowa ploughman should come forward with a theory supported by figures with which to disprove the accuracy of these laws. It was Kepler who discovered by comparing together seven oppositions of tho planet Mars that its orbit is elliptical, from which be concluded that the orbit of each planet is an ellipse with tho sun placed in ouo of its foci. Having

next ascertained the dimensions of the orbit of Mars ho found that the radius vector, or line joining the planet and the sun. described equal ereas in equal times, and that the same was true of the other planets, these results constituting the first two of the great laws of planetary motion. The third that the squares of the periodic times of the Planets are proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the sun. The book containing these great discoveries was placed by the Inquisition on the list of prohibited books, which led this patient man to remark of the book. . "It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 0,000 years for an observer." Professor W. W. Thrasher, of Butler University, Irvington, and Mr. Charles P. Jacobs became interested in Mr. Motheral when he was about to leave the city, and wrote a sketch of his theory of the gravity curve, which has been published in a small pamphlet of ten pages. Tho subject is not one to attract tho ordinary reader, but will doubtless interest the scientific now that the ploughman's theory has at last got into print. THE LOCAL MILK SUPPLY. .- Under Stringent Rules and Inspection Consumers Obtain Generally a Pure Article. The conversation was upon milk, a subject to which Dr. A. W. Bray ton has given some attention. "I think," said the Doctor,

"that Indianapolis has an abundance of the best milk in the world. The great interest taken in this matter by the Board of Health and sanitary committees, from time to time, have imbued these of our milk-sellers who were disposed to knavery, if there were any such, that if they furnished poor milk it would be found out, and punishment would follow. Generally, the people who get poor milk, like tho woman who found the naughty words in the dictionary, are those who are looking for it. Probably no city of its size on earth is surrounded with such excellent conditions -for the production of good milk." "Are not a number of diseases, incident to infancy, brought about or aggravated by bad milk!" the reporter asked. "The troubles that come to infants from the use of cow's milk," the Doctor repliod, "are due not so much to the dairyman as to the bad care that is given themilk after it is handed over to the customer. As a rule the dairymen take better care of their milk utensils than the housekeepers do of theirs. Many dairymen have adopted the plan of delivering milk in glass jars. This is an excellent plan, for glass can be more perfectly cleansed than any other material in which milk is kept. If people will give the matter attention and follow the directions given by the Board of Health and physicians they can raise babies quite as well npon cow's milk as upon mother's milk. This is proved to be so by our experience each winter, when babies use large quantities of cow's milk. This year, allow me to say, has been one of almost unprecedented success in raising babies, both as to quantity and Quality. -Babies in the market this year rank A No. 1." ; "Is tuberculosis ever communicated from cow's milk!" "There has never been a case of this kind in the city of which I have any knowledge, There have never been any baciiliary studies of milk here under the microscope. My idea is that no milk of that sort has ever been sold here. Even in the East I apprehend there is a large element of scare in it." FRATERNITIES AND ORQASIZATIOKS. Odd-Fellows, Metropolitan Encampment will meet tomorrow night. ' The hall of Carroll Lodge has been beautifully frescoed, and is now one of the handsomest lodge-rooms in the State. General Ellis, of Ohio, has formally assumed the command of the Army of Patriarchs Militant, as lieutenant-general, with headquarters at Troy, O. A. C. Daily, G. K.. and wife left for Topeka on Friday, and B. F. Foster, I. E., C. F. Harper and wife, grand representatives, and J. W. McQuiddy, Miss Alice McQniddy, Mrs. LeFever and Mrs. Hougland left yesterday to attend the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, which will meet to-morrow at Topeka. The Bundle of Sticks' says of the recent competitive exemplifications of Kebekab work at Chicago: "The floor work should be sacred to the lodge-room, and, while imErovement is commendable, it should not e forgotten that the object of the work is solely to impress npon the initiate the sacredness of obligations and the beautiful lessons of the degree. To compete in such work is to rob it of every worthy motive and reduce it to hollow mockery." The annual report of the grand secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, to be made to that body to-morrow, will contain the following statistical information: Subordinate lodges, 8,789; increase, 255. Encampments, 2.1S3; increase; 82. Rebekah lodges, 2.01C; increase, 253. Lodge initiations, 59,844: increase, 3,632. Encampment initiations, 11,1T5; increase, 840. Lodge members, 612.200: increase, 23,708. Encampmentmembers, 110,487; increase, 8,515. Rebekah members, 115,893; increase. 18,957. Total relief, $2,656,519.12; increase, 8155.248.80. Revenue, $6,854,611.43; increase, $430,181.80. Knights and Ladies of Honor. Indiana Lodge received two petitions for membership last Thursday evening. All lodges should at once send the names of their lodge deputies to Grand Protector George A. Byrd. The committee on arrangements for tho union meeting of lodges of the city will meet on Tuesday evening at Hope Lodge. Supreme Representative George H. Godfrey, of New Albany, and Supreme Treasurer E. J. McBride, of this city, visited Compton Lodge last Wednesday evening. Marion Lodge conferred the degree last Wednesday evening, John M. Ludwig. of Oaklandon, being the candidate. This lodge will give a musical and literary entertainment Wednesday evening. Past Supreme Protector Frank D. Macbeth was in attendance at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ohio in Dayton. Tuesday and Wednesday of the past week. The order in that State has more than doubled its membership during the term just closed. Moses Alexander, of the Grand Lodge committee on finance, was in the citv during the pastweek. He.reports the order to be in a flourishing condition at North Vernon, where he lives, and that Benevo lent Lodge thero has conferred the degreo upon eight applicants since the late session of the Grand Lodge in that place. Elizabeth Lodge conferred tho decree upon one applicant at its last meeting and received several applications. This lodge has offered four prizes to its members, to be f;iven to those presenting the four largest istsof beneficiary members who receive the decree during the term ending Dec 31, lbSO. The prizes will be given as the first, second, third and fourth, according to the number of applicants each competing mem ber presents. Knights of Honor. specifications prepared for its hall, 'which Will. Uu vicvieu iuis taiii Victoria Lodge will have two candidates for the degree to-morrow evening. The degree team has added another feature to the work, which it is thought, will make it more interesting than anything attempted oeiore. Knights of the Orient. Capital City Council of the Knights of the Orient will give a public installation of officers-elect, at the hall. No. 60 East Market street, Wednesday evening. In addition to the ceremonies, a progiamme of vocal and instrumental music, and speeches has been arranged. Articles of Incorporation. The following articles of incorporation were filed with the Seoretary of State yesterday: Chicago Suburban Land and Investment Company, of Liverpool; capital stock, 100,000; incorporators, Herman Fry, Frank K. Windbiol. John Trier. - Albert Lippmann, N. G. Fry and Charles Roller. MiBhawaka Water-works Company, -of Mifthawaka; capital stock, $20,000; directors, Wallace H. Dodge. Henry G.Nites and John : J. Schindler. La Porto Electrie Company, of La Porte; capital stock, $25,000; directors, John H. Harding, Albert J. Stahl, Lloyd F. Weaver, James M. Hannuni, Frank H. Morrison, Gustavo Miller and C. H. TruesdelL The Carroll County Creamery and Cheeso Factory Company, of Delphi; capital stock. $10,000; directors. William Bradshaw, James U. Johnson, William D. Schuepp, James U McCain and Andrew II, McDonald

m II III 1 I 1 M T 1 T M 1 milllT 1 The Local Stage Will Haie Them With Good Performers Daring the Week. X&llC-lVWCUj WUOUllCUaiiXiUllSUBOUU th. Grand with Intense Melodrama at Farce-comedy and sensational melodrama will be given at the local theaters this week; beginning to-morrow night at English's Opera-house wjtli one of the lat est productions of the former kind. It will be presented here for the first time by a company of comedians and vaudeville per formers that will compare favorably with the best organizations of its character. Tho combination is headed by that clever singer and commedienne, Miss Flora Moore, and the people surrounding her are good performers. Miss Moore, It will be remembered, appeared here last season in "The Fakir," and her work created a fine impression. The Hustler' .is the name of the new piece to be presented. Like all farce-comedies it depends largely upon the versatility and cleverness or the people presenting it, and for this reason the management made the best possible selections for thevarious characters. Among the male members of the company John Kerncll. Irish comedian, and Max Arnold, iu German dialect work, aro the two principal fun-makers, though there are other comedians in the cast. Mollie Thompson, Emily Vivian, Ollie Archmere. Georgia Lincoln and several more of equal ability in songs, dances and new specialties are on the programme. 'The Hustler" drew large audiences in Cincinnati, Columbus and other places. ; The Grand Opera-house will remain closed until Thursday evening, when that eccentric and versatile young comedian, Frank Daniels, will begin an engagement to fill out the week.appearingasPackingham Giltedge in "Little Puck." The amusing skit has been somewhat changed and freshened up since last season. New music, including songs from "The Sea King," "Castles in the Air" and yThe Merry Monarch," the latest opera successes, has taken the place of the old, and quite a number of original specialties add new life, to the performance. Mr. Daniels is one of the drolliestand most entertaining exponents of farce-comedy, and his characterizations show an originality that is delightful. Mr. Daniels, however, does not try to give the entire entertainment, and has secured a supporting company that will present "Little Puck" in an artistic manner. Bessie San sou, the bright English comedienne, is still in the cast, as are Arthur Moulton, Kobert Evans and William Steadman. The new people are Edward Morris, Irish comedian; George IT. Wood, an actor well-known to the vaudeville stage; Jessie Ollivicr, formerly with the Uoston Ideals,7' and Jmases Lnllian Uarr, Katie Allen, Kose Chesneaii, Fanny Johnston and Annetta Zelna. forming withal rather a formidable array of talent. The sale of seats will open Tuesday morning. The old-time sensational actress. Madam Nenville, and her son Angustin. a comedian of considerable ability, will hold the stage at the Park Theater this week, presenting their ultra-sensational melodrama, "The Boy Tramp," one of the plays that never fails to attract large audiences at this house. It was seen at the Park last season and tho season previous. "The Boy Tramp" deals with low life in New York, and abounds in the wildest dramatic situations imaginable. Madame Ncuville's character in this piece affords her wide range for the display of her strength as a sensational actress. The scenery and novel stage appliances form an interesting feature of the performance, and, it is said, several new effects have been added this season. There is a striking scene in which the Brooklyn Bridge is shown. The company is all that is necessary to present the drama in a satisfactory manner. All the theaters will be open next week on account of the State fair, which begins Monday, Sept 22, and managers Dickson & Talbott have provided exceptionally strong attractions for the d liferent houses. The engagements will each be for the entire week, with the exception of the Strauss Orchestra, which will appear at Tomlinson Hall Wednesday and Thursday nights, and give a matinee on the latter day. At English's Opera-house Archibald Clavering Gunter's strong drama, "Mr. Barnes of New York," with Emily Kigl and James Noill in the principal parts, . will be the attraction, and at the Grand Bartley Campbell's melodrama, "Siberia," will hold the stage. The company presenting the latter play includes nearly thirty people, and all of the scenery used in its production is earned. The Park will oiler the new comedy, "Ole Olson," with G. J. Heege, the Sweedish dialect comedian, in the leading role. The Eden Mnsee. too, will be open with a long list of novelties. At the Grand matinees will be given on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, and at English's on Wednesday and Saturday. The Park will give daily matinees as usual. Stage Gossip. Sardou expects to visit this country in January. Miss Kate Fletcher will leave on Sunday for Boston to join Mr. James O'Neal's company in ?The Dead Heart." K. E. Graham will star next season in a musical comedy written for him by Fred G. Maeder. author of "The Canuck." "Kunaway Wife," etc. McKee Rankin claims the distinction of being the first actor and manager to take a complete American company abroad. This was ten years ago. The scenes of the new play which Sardoa is writing for Stuart Kobson are laid in Paris. The story depicts club life in that eity. It is to be ready for production in September, 1691. Mattie Fergnson, of Scanlan's company, has done some of tho prettiest playing the California stage hasever seen. Her modest, gentle stage manners have won her a strong San Francisco liking. Nat Goodwin arrived in New York on Wednesday. He will begin his season Oct. 6, and Oct. 20 produce Mr. Leander Richardson's comedy, "The Nominee," at Hooley's Chicago Theater. Mr. Goodwin also brings with him a new play called "The Viper on the Hearth," which will be seen with "A Gold Mine." The New York clearing-house will be the scene of tho third act in Helen Dauvray's new play, "The Whirwind." The principals in the comedy are in the gallery when a serious panic arises because of newsof the failure of the "Pine-street Bank." A "run" upon this institution is witnessed from the clearing-house windows. The wife and daughter of the bead of the ill-fated bank aro sight-seers at the timeof the commotion in the street. Dunlap's Stage News: In "A Tale of a Coat," which is being done at Daly's Theater, there is a newspaper reporter who does a great many mean things, and is twice kicked from the stage. Mr. Boucicault, who is the author of the play, is said to have done this to get square with the reporters generally, who for many years havo abused him. When "A Tale of a Coat" reaches the big city on Lake Michigan, if it ever does. Mr. Boncicault will probably hear from the Western reporters. Vegetable Salad. Boston Herald. - Cook two good-sized beats, one small carrot, one pint of shelled beans, the same quantity of string or batter beans; cook all separately. "When all are done remove the skin from the beets carefully, cut tho carrot and tho beans in very small pieces, mix them with the shelled beans, season with salt, and add a tablesnoonful of butter while they are warm. Set all aside to become cold", then add the beets, cut in small pieces, and two tablespoonsful of chopped capers. Carefully prepare a crisp head of lettuce and arrange it in a salad-bowl; pile the vegetable mixture in the center. 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ment. Music, Comedy and Emotion. Night Prices: 10c, 20c, perfectly cold before adding to the vegetables. A pretty garniture for the salad is small bits of lobster; the Ted of tho lobster contrasts well with the green. This salad mav be varied bv the addition of anv veg etable to suit the taste, and the omission of any one mentioned will not injure its good ness. WHO GETS OCT TIIE NEWSPAPER? A Study in Journalism That All Newspaper Men Will Appreciate. Edward W. Townsend, In San Francisco Argonaut. (The managing editor, news editor and city editor seated in the managing editor's room, smoking cigarettes, exalting the 6coops they had that morning and belittling the scoops of the esteemed conteraporaries. renter tne rropnetoranu ruuor smoking a cigarette.) Proprietor audEditor Gentlemen, there's got to be more pop about this oilice or there will be some high-salaried positions vacant. We were beat to death by "The Bawl" on the strikers' riot: the seminary scandal should have been headed up and run on the first page; that dreary old Apache outbreak stall' should have been boiled or killed, and say, who was on when that Apache story cameY Managing Editor It came late; Bowler was in charge. Proprietor and Editor Take Bowler oil the night desk to-morrow and pnt him in charge of the weekly. Take Plater oif base-ball and give him the night desk. I want some pop arouud here at night. I want some one to make up the paper who knows the difference between a first-pace story and the Doxology. 1 want (Exit kicking) (When the Proprietor and Editor is gono the others smile knowingly and wearily.) Managing Editor That's the kind of a fool the Lord ordains shall own newspapers. Still, as long as he has sense enough to hire good newspaper men he can have the credit of being one himself. You can have twelve columns for local to-night and sixteen for telegTaph. (News Editor and City Editor retire to News Editor's room.) News Editor Wasn't that rich Puffer saying the Boss was no newspaper manf City Editor Pot and kettle! News Editor Puffer ordered that Apacho story him&tdf, without consulting me. He doesn't know a news story from a hair mattress. Got a cigarette. BillyT Thanks. Keep that fight inside of a column to-night, and spread on the strikers' riot. (The City Editor goes to his room and explodes to his assistant and a copy-reader.) City Editor Once & city editor had something to say about local matter, but now a news editor, with no more newspaper sefise than a jay, orders you oh, it makes me tired! . . A , Ass't C. E. What has that luminous genius been ordering now, Billy? City Editor Says we must keep the fight down and spread on tho strike. Ass't C. E. Rats! "Tho Bawl" spread the strike thi9 morning only because they knew we would keep it down. City Editor Yes, and to-morrow it willspread the fight for the same reason. Then the "boss" will come shouting for pop, and blame this end of the shop Ass't C. E. The only end with any news sense in it. . Winks prodigiously at copy-reader. City Editor 1 guess you're about right. Jack. Got a cigarette! inanus. .Let's go out and get a wad. Join us. JimmyT (Late thatnight. Night Editor andForoman standing over forms. Night Editor with bandfuls of proofs, . Foreman with handfnlsof type.) Night Editor (to boy) Johnny! Take this to tho telegraph room and ask one of the young professors there to raise it to a four head, and say that that Chicago special must be chopped oil, and to rush up tho tail of the Sacramento stall, and ask New York what he means by duplicating the Associated Press with this Prince George rot. Johnny Yezzir. Foreman It's a good thing there's one newspaper man in the shop, Mr. Bowler, with kids or back-numbers running nearly every other department. Night Editor Much obliged, Alex. It does seem as if I was the only man with any news sense left in the shop. Have a cig'arette. Start the strike on tho first page and let it break over. Take the light out of the second page and put it on tho ninth. Foreman (to assistant) What is this blankety blank Dllodil Cream ad. doing on the third page! Assistant Foreman Marked there. Foreman Top o' column! Assistant Foreman. Top and next pure reading. . Foreman (after several minutes speechlessness) Well, blank my blank e3cs! With a blank blank blank fresh editor telling you where to put the blank news, and the blank blank business-oflice marking everv blank ad. with a contract position, blank me if I see how we get the blank paper out at all these days! Assistance Foreman It never would get out if you wasn't a hummer, Alex. (In Mormon's beer joint latter same nieht. Seated at table; Dunnigan, who has been doing late police, and Lynn, who did the figbt.) Dnnniiran "Aw. CO chase yoursolf " I says to'm. "You may bo city editor." I they have for desk men thoso days! Always having fits about features, and missing corking stones under tneir nosesLynn (interrupting) If it was not for tV loikes avyou an' me, Duuni, to kapo thim from haviu' th' heads bate oil thim every maruing. Shure, Dunni giyo us a cigarette, my bov shure, whin I tuck iu me sthnll to-night. I was thiukin' howth'divil wud they get out the papr at all. if it wasd't ior th lew av us left. Hero's looking at you, Dunni. Johnny Soy, you knows dat kid wot works nights in de biznesa oilice? Well, he says to me, be says: " We'ro do ones wot gets dis poiper out." he says. Wid dat I gives him a poke in de eye, for de biznessollico kids is dudes. See! Him a-saying de bizness oftice gets out de poiper! Soy! ef it wasn't for mo a-taking orders to do blokes in de telegraph-room and swearing at 'em proper, I'd like ter know how der don't throw away der snipe. Chimmy, give me a pull bow der bloomm' poiper would get out at all. Dat's wot I'd like ter kuow. See." Petitions fur Free Gravel Roads. The County Commissioners yesterday received eight petitions for free gravel roads. The roads arc located in Washington, Lawrence, Warren and Center townships.

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