Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 September 1901 — Page 3

THE IXDTAXAPOLTS JOURNAL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1901,

RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS

rOVSVI.VAMA COMPAXY SPKXDIMtS MUCH MONEY IN INDIANA. Truck Dettveen Ilrndford Jonctlon, O., and Logansport Max He Doubled L. E. &. W. Grades Cat. Facial t th Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Aus;. 31. The greatest Improvement ever made on this division of the Pennsylvania Railroad system Is now nearinff completion. The improvement consists of elevating th3 track and lowering It at various places between this city. Upland and Dunkirk, and when completed will have cost in th neighborhood of one million dollars. The heavy Krade Just east of this city has been cut down many feet, and an elevated track, supported by piles, extends through the city. Yesterday a party of ofllclal3 of the railway company visited this city in a special car. The party Included Ralph Peters, general superintendent of the southwestern division; General Manager Peck, of Pittsburjr; W. D. Loree, superintendent of the Indianapolis division; J. A. McGrew, chief engineer of maintenance of way on the southern division, and Assistant Engineer Brüning of the same department. It was learned here yesterday that It Is the intention to make a double track of the road from Bradford Junction, O., to Logansport, Ind. It has been noticed here for some time that the roadbed was being constructed much larger than for a single track, and the risht of way has been widened by the purchase of an additional 6trlp of land all alorijr the line. adout. men are at work, but it is not believed the Improvement will be completed before spring, although the work is carried on nivrht and day. The I,ak Krie & Western Railway Company also has umier way. just south of the crossing of the Pennsylvania line, an Improvement of no small dimensions. A large granc? of men is engaged in reducing the grade there sixteen feet. The grade was cut about fifty feet when the road was built, and the addition cut will make It the deepest in the State. In order to make the Improvement a connection has been made at the north edge of. the hill with the Panhandle switch to the South Side glass factory, and it is now used as a Y. The dirt token from the Lake Erie cut is turned over to the Panhandle and used by the' company in its till. At the Panhandle crossing the Lak; Erie track will be dep res yd six feet, and the Pennsylvania trestle work Is l- feet above the level of the Lake Erie, m;ikiri a headway of over twenty-three feet. At the crossing the Pennsylvania will p'ace huge stone abutments and steel trusses will carry the track. An abutment of concrete has been erected just south of the larjre plant of the Hartford City Paper Company to keep the dirt off the mill building?, a the elevated road at this point is even with the top of the mil! roof, and a protective measure was imperative. The latter company has erected xi new bridge over Lick creek, a small stream that runs west of the paper mill, that cost VAJW. Hut few Americans are found among the large gang of laborers, as they quit each payday, and their places are iilled by Italians, who labor hard, live frugally and save a large part of their wages, depositing it with Italian bank in Pittsburg er New York, but freiuentl sending it to their native land. The improvement is one of the most gigantic ever attempted in the State, the railroad civil engineers assert. fienernl Itniluny ev. David R. Gray, for several years generaV agent of the Southern Pacific in Salt Lake, has been appointed general agent in the intermountain region for the entire Harriman system. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad has created the office of assistant general passenger iigerit and appointed John M. IJeall to that position with headquarters in St. ' Louis. Mr. Reall is the Pacific coast passenger agent of the Southern Railway system at S.m I'ranclsco. Mr. Markhlll. of England, is to be assistant general manager of the Interoceanic Railway of Mexico, an Lnglish-ownsd corporation. There is a rumor current in railMay circles that the Mexican road has innight the controlling interest in the Interoreanie and that the two roads will be merged. The Colorado Sr Northwestern Railway Is to be extended to Salt Lake City. The anrouncement is made by Thomas H. Mann, who has just returned to Denver, from Vicago, where be was called on Monday ast by Col. S. 11. Dick, one of the projectors and builders of the Colorado A Northwestern, and who recently gained control of the stock of that road. Waldemar Rrumrr.er, formerly manager of a railway owned by British capital in Argentina, will arrive at the City of Mexico in a diy or two to assume the general managership of the Mexican & Vera Cruz Railroad. He comes with remarkably full power, such as has never been granted before t any manager of that road. George Foote, the present general manager, retires and takes up the duties of resident engineer. BURNED IN WRECK. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) this number. The bodies identified were those of Marian Ashmead, aged 16: Anna H. Herr. 16; Mrs. Matilda Cross, 21; Mrs. Alice Matthews, 41; Irene Wield, 16; Dora Wield. 12. all of Philadelphia: Harry Johnson. ;;;. Hulmeville, and Montgomery Marvel. L'l. Seaford, Del. The federal and local inspectors to-day began an investigation of the hull of the Citv of Trenton, which is docked at Neatle & Levy's shipyard. The port boiler, which exploded, is still at the bottom of the river, having been blown out of the boat. . SHOCKING ACCIDENT. 3Inther and Rabe Dragged Half a lllork Under n Trolley Car. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Aug. 31. Mrs. Fannie McGill, carrying a baby in her arms, was run down by a trolley car on Twentieth street and Fourth avenue to-day and mother ind child were mangled to death. being dragged half a block under the car. '1 he accident was witnessed by many peoIle. John Smith, the regular motorman, and Charles 'ourseen. a learner, were immediately arrested and placed in the county Jail without lnd. Smith is charged with murder and Courseen with manslaughter. SI Victim of Tenement Fire. NEW YORK. Aue:. 21. Two more victims cf the fire in the tenement houses in Brooklyn last night, in which four persons lost their llvs and seven were seriously injured, died to-day, bringing the number of dead up to six. Minnie Beck and Joseph Beck died at the hospital to-day of their injuries, and their mother, Mrs. Annie Beck, who was badly injured, it is aid, cannot recover. The li-t of dead now I: Mrs. Rothgitser. thirty-seven years; Annie Heck, ten years; Lillle Beck, three years; Minnie R.-ck. rive years; Joeph Beck, two months, and Frank Budd infant. park Fell from Pipe- Into Powder. ALTOONA. Pa., Aue;. Sl.-At Munson. a mining town north of this city. Emanuel Rlnus. a German employe, was emptying powder from one keg into another, a -.his home, when a spark fell from his pipe ato the powder. The explosion which followed wrecked the h.mse and buried the Rinus fatnilv in all directions. The father, mother and two children were n rnMv burned and mangled. All are living, but their death Is expected. Two Miner Killed ty tin C plo-lon. P1TTSTON. Pa.. Aug. 31. -Two miners, Joseph Jo!-ki and Charles Pmck. were killed to-day by an explosion of j;;ts while at work In No. 0 shaft of the Lehigh and Wllkesbarre Coal Coinpany. While proceeding to their i lumber in the mi'ie they Unite. 1 a body of Kit Ih at had accumulated. A number of miner who entereo the shaft to r'cver their l..'(s were narlv suffocated by the after-damp. MrurU l l.luht Hint;. ALTOONA, Pa.. Art.. '.'A. -1 at v. a thunderstorm I. L. Mark-, jiped twentythre. , w.;s str.i' k liv liKhtMi.g ar d killed With four fotnpani' ns Mark sought shelter in a tavliion on the top of a hill on the

golf grounds. The building was struck and all of the men were rendered unconscious. When assistance arrived Marks was dead, having been badly burned on the upper portion of the body. His companions were all revived. At the same time about 100 men and women who were attending the golf tournament were assembled in the golf clubhouse, and several persons were severely shocked by the .same bolt of lightning that killed Marks.

Thirteen Have Died. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. Cl.-E. H. Bradley, of Seneca Falls, and Mrs. Elizabeth White, two of the victims of the Falrville wreck Thursday evening, died at the Homeopathic Hospital to-day. This makes the total number dead thus far as a result of the accident thirteen. Tito Lives Lost In a Ponder Mill. rOTTSVILLE. Fa.. Aug. 31. The powder mill at Krcb's Station was destroyed by a terrific explosion at noon to-day and two men were Instantly killed. They were Iris Rupert and Richard Houser, both of Kreb's Station. PEACE JUSTICE TANGLED. Novel Point Raised by Judge Arrested for Game Law Violation. DES MOINES, la., Aug. 01. Judge N. M. Hubbard, of Cedar Rapids, and Judge II. II. Trimble, of Keokuk, prominent in the legal profession, were arrested at Ledyard, Kossuth county, to-day by Deputy Game Warden Rellly, charged with violating the game law In shooting prairie chickens before Sept. L They were taken to Algona and tried before a Justice of the peace, who reserved decision till he could look up the law. Judge Hubbard acted as counsel for himself and Judge Trimble, and argued that In legal parlance the day ended as soon as it was begun and that really the closed game season was ended and they had not violated the law. APACHES RESTLESS. Settler Near Ihm San Carlo Reservation Are OroninK Uneasy. TUCSON, A. T., Aug. 31. Advices from Fort Thomas state that the Apaches are getting restless and trouble is feared. Over 200 Indiana ara gathered near Fort Thomas, holding meetings and discussing grievances and numbers of Indians are coming from the northern part of the reservation to Join those at Fort Thomas. Settlers are feeling uneasy at San Carlos, which is sixty miles distant from the nearest post. There are only six privates and a sergeant at the fort. GOODY-GOODY "DRUMMERS." "Gldfona" Who Neither Swear, Drink, 'Ilooie" Nor Play Toker. CHICAGO, Aug. SI. Commercial travelers, who have banded under the name of "Gideons of the State of Illinois," began a two days rally her to-day. The society is composed entirely of "drummers" who have pledged themselves not to use profanity, drink intoxicants or play poker. A membership of 2,0o0 is claimed. The Gideon button which members wear is known to commercial travelers the country over. JOURNEYED PROM IRELAND. Eleven-Year-Old Boy with a Leather Tag: on Ills Coat. Thomas Toolhill, eleven years of age, who left Clonmell, Ireland, Aug. 22, with a leather tag fastened to his coat, and on which was inscribed "Indianapolis, Ind., U. S. A.," arrived in the city last night and Immediately became lost. He said he had an uncle here and his name was "Patsy." He did not know where his uncle lived, but said he was night watchman at the Insane Hospital. It happened that Toolhill was on leave of absence and was not at the hospital. He was found at a late hour and his relative was taken from police headquarters, where he was sent for shelter. The lad, with his carpet bag and an oldfashioned bird cage, containing two Irish linnets, attracted considerable attention at the Union station. CAUGHT REDHANDED. Two Colored .Men Were Stealing: Hay and Out. Ira Mitchell, 783 Center street, and Ed Gurnell, both colored, were arrested last night by Detectives Gerber and Lancaster while they were In the act of making away with some baled hay and several sacks of oats taken from the stable of Frank C. Bute, in the rear of Polster's saloon. Butz called police headquarters and reported that some of his feed had been taken. Sergeant Hyland told him to watch the place until the district patrolmen could get around. A little later he called up and said the men were in the stable. The detectives were sent up and got the men just as they were about to get into their wagon, in which they had loaded the plunder. r VIRGIL F0UTZ LOCATED. lie Deserted from the Regular Army at Fort Snelling, Minn. Virgil Foutz, of 325 Henry street, who deserted from the army at Fort Sneliing, Minn., in January last and was arrested here several days ago and turned over to the local army officers, from whom he escaped, was found last night by Detectives Splan and Haley at the Park Theater. He was sent to headquarters and again slated as a deserter. I ii iou Veteran Legion. Encampment No. SO, Union Veteran Legion, has elected nine delegates and nine alternates, who, with six or seven past officers, will attend the national encampment at Gettvsburg, Ta., in October. They will take with them Col. B. D. Miner, who Is a candidate for national commander, and they expect to bring the headquarters to Indianapolis. Excursion rates to the great battle lield will be open to all. Contractors Talk of a Suit. It is said that a number of contractors are preparing to hie suit to enjoin the Board of Works from inserting the 3 per cent, clause in contracts. The present system is to hold 3 per cent, of the contract price for work to secure the payment of defaulted coupons. The contractors charge that between $10) and fcAODO is now being held up while there is no security for it. William Wilson ou a Tear. The police are looking for William Wilson, who is wanted for assault and battery and malicious trespass. A light ensued at Colon Daugherty's saloon because he used profane language In the presence of the wife of Albert Wilson, of McClainsville. Wilson also assaulted Samuel Pag of S.il Dougherty street, and threw rocks through the windows of the saloon. Selection .ot Yet Mnde. The board of control of the Woman's Prison met again yesterday, but iid not elect a superintendent for the institution. A meeting will be held this week and the applicants fr the position will be asked t meet with the board in o.-Cer to enable the members of the board to make a suitable selection. Miss Pray will net as superintendent for thirty days. Flourished a llevolver. Hugh F. Gaon. of Gibson City, III., was arrested by Bicycle Policemen Streit and le)-li last night after he- had gone into a s ilo.ni at e't South Illinois street and threatened several men with a revolver. He' had been in the place earlier in the eve-ning. at which time there was some trouble'. Arrewt of J nut en I,. Inron. .lames L. Parsons, of 510 East Fifteenth street, was arrested ye sterday upon a warrant charging that he practiced medicine without first securing the license required by law. A patient ef his complained to I r. e'nriyer. sec re tary of the- State Hoard of Mi die al Examiners. Mrs. Austin's new drees is fine us silk.

FARMING ON A BIG SCALE

DAVID HAKI HAS FOlTtTIIL RANCHES AND 22.000 ACH KS. He I.Ives in Missouri, bnt, Like Many Other Snecuasfel Men, Was Born In Indiana. Sunny South. The great State of Missouri has the distinction of having within her borders the most extensive farmer in the United States, if not in all the world. That person is David Rankin, of Tarkio, Mo. He doesn't know but what he is the largest stock feeder in the world. Besides his farming interests Mr. Rankin is interested in many other enterprises. David Rankin is a typical practical farmer, being of Scotch and German blood, in appearance a Scotch-Irishman. He Is six feet two Inches tall, and weighs ISO pounds. He wears gold-rimmed eyeglasses, which fasten around his ears. Hi3 beard Is gray and heavy. He wears a heavy vest and a "biled" shirt with a roll collar, but no coat, on his every-day trips to his numerous ranches. To those who have' never visited a large ranch the method of carrying on the work would seem to be a great problem. Mr. Rankin has fourteen ranches, containing 22,000 acres of land. It takes about 700 teams to till the soil and do the work. He has 220 men employed to work these ranches. Each ranch has a foreman, who is re-, : I to make out a monthly report, fillii . t a printed blank. This report is c.t: ! "the monthly report," and It is submitted to Mr. Rankin about the 5th of each month. An examination of the final statement of the past year's work shows that a total of 7,539 head of cattle had been sold for $172,520, and 8,249 head of hogs for UH.S46.14. The total clearance of his operation during 1900 brought him 1100,000, and he expects to do about as well this year. In reply to a letter dated July S, he says: "We are busy cultivating the corn at this season of the year. We are getting over about 1,000 acres per day when our teams are all at work. We use the double row riding cultivators this year, and find them to be a great help in the way of farming." The double row cultivator referred to is a disc plough, so arranged as to plough the weeds on both sides of a row of corn. Mr. Rankin has nicknamed them a "snake killer." They are used extensively in Missouri and Kansas. Possibly a few are found in the South where cotton is cultivated extensively. They plough from twenty to twenty-five acres per day. A LIBERAL GIVER. Mr. Rankin gave $50,000 to the Tarkio College, which is among the leading educational institutions of the central States. By this he shows his appreciation of the higher education and refinement of those who have a desire to. become more profi cient in these attainments. Although there is neither pomp nor pride In Mr. Rankin, he might be termed a practical, every-day business man, possessing the necessary ideas and Qualifications to make things move in a business manner In his business circles. A tabulated statement of his operations for l'joo show some astonishing figures. Besides the figures given of his stock transactions is to be found the following: Number of acres, 22,190; expenses, including interest, $91,851.13; expense per acre, $4.77; corn bought, 385.7S9 bushels; amount paid for corn, $105,4.09. The most profitable ranch is the one looked after by Foreman George Ross. In this statement is to be found: Number of acres, 3.28K; number of cattle, 1,825; net proceeds of cattle, 144.59S.90; net per head, $24.39; number of hogs, 1,232, with proceeds of same, $17.954.19; expense per acre, $4.27; corn bought, 9S.720 bushels; amount paid for corn, $".,455.81. Thus it will be seen that the operation of this one ranch is a very considerable amount of business for an ordinary man to think about. It costs Mr. Rankin $;,() per year to buy chain harness. He says he can't afford to buy leather harness, as it would keep a small army busy repairing harness. The barn at the home farm of Mr. Rankin is four stories high and is of the octagonal shape. The Rankin home is an attractive place and is handsomely furnished throughout. Mr. Rankin states that it "isn't Iiis idea," and that a man who borrows as much money as he does ought not to put on so much extras around him. But Mr. Rankin apologtically remarks that it is women's ideas put into effect. To the question of how he made his money he said: "I made every lollar of it farming. No, I'll take that back. When I was free my father gave me a colt. I sold it ami went in debt for an eighty-acre farm. When I was married my wife made bread in the top of the fiour barrel. It was six weeks before I had money enough to buy a breadboard. That's pretty poor, ain't it? But I kept on and finally got my land paid for. 1 got my start in Henderson county, Illinois. I tried putting my money in banking for a while, but I didn't like it, and when 1 got a chance bought land here for $10 an acre or less. That was in W,9. I have given away 10,000 acres and have 22,000 left." CAME FROM INDIANA. Mr. Rankin was born in Sullivan county, Indiana. May 2S. 1S2T. His father moved to Henderson county, Illinois, when David was eleven years of age. Before coming to Missouri Mr. Rankin served two terms in the Illinois Ie?islature, and pictures of the two assemblies are now displayed in his office. Next to his father, Mr. Rankin shows the greatest interest in Tarkio College. On May 19, 1883. David Rankin, W. A. Rankin, Edward F. Rankin. John A. Rankin. W. F. Rankin. Robert H. Baines. W. O. Miller, R. M. Stevenson, John 1. Stevenson, S. H. Prather and J. F. Hanna bound themselves with Dr. S. C. Marshall to establish and operate Tarkio College. The main building was destroyed by lire in January, 189Ü. Within three months from that date $50.000 was raiseti for the erection of a new building. Mr. Rankin gave $27.tmo of this amount. At this time Mr. Rankin's contributions had aggregated $."7.0 0. He made a newproposition to give $1 for every dollar raised elsewhere as an additional endowment fund, until $10,0) had been raised. His recent contribution of $.v.ooo was in compliance with this promise. The Tarkio College campus of twenty acres overlooks the town. Rankin's ranches surround it on the north, south and east. Mr. Rankin is a cloe observer of things and he fully realizes the pood qualities of a man. He is both polite an accommodating, ami t ho writer feels under obligations to him for favors and for information used in this article. Much could be written of Missouri's richest farmer and his extensive undertakings. In rtligion Mr. Rankin has been a potent factor in putting into effect some very practical religious principles. The town of Tarkio will ever call to memory in days and years to come the many Rood deeds and virtuous qualities possessed by David Rankin. He has elone much for his town ami county, and the State takes great pride in showing to the- world what pluck and energy couplfd with business principles will acceimplisb in Missouri. The running expenses of Mr. Rankin's ranches are $:'( per day. He is a busv man. busy but elc-ve-r in the highest sense ef the word. Broadminded and unprejudiced, yet always contending for what he thinks is right. In the town where Mr. Rankin predominates no intoxicating liquor is sold, which speaks highly of the moral standing of a community in Missouri. Comparatively speaking. David Rankin is e onsieiered the most ex tensive farmer in the world. He is known throughout the .Mississippi valley as the champion stock raiser and feeder. His metho.j of working his vast army of men is so pra. tical that the results are always profitable. Then, too. in hi methods the small items are verv care-fully looked after, which saves many dollars in the course- if a ear. To his practical methods ;md e!o.-.e application to business can be attributed bis marvelous MUCCevs ill life. In re-ply to the question if he ever rested he said no. not ofte-n. having visited Europe om e and once to Yellowstone Park and California. His everyday life is spnt in riding around detailing the operation of his vast estate. He has an office jut back of the First National Rank at Tarkio. Mo. His private secretary is a very busv man. and I- a great help to Mr. Rankin in the eltscharge e! the many duties that are hourly looked after. The manag'-nunt 'f such .in est.tte Is ensi leral le of a task. As much system is used in the management f this estate- as a superintendent would use in running a larse factory. But few States, can boast

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The company is composed of substantial Indianapolis business men. Its officers are: JAMES S. CRUSE. President. LEWIS G. AKIN, Vice President CYRUS J. CLARK, Secretary. O. Z. IIUBBELL, Treasurer. This company owns 1,040 acres of rich California oil lands. Its capital stock is $1,200,000. The shares are $1.00 each. They are fully paid. They are nonassessable. For purposes of development we offer $500,000 worth of stock for sale. The price at present is:

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A SHARE Stock is selling fast. During the last three weeks about one-fourth of the amount has been sold. The purchaser of every share of stock sold will receive back in cash the full amount paid for it before any dividends are paid. Within six rods of our land are three wells producing each 300 barrels daily. Within three-fourths of a mile is a gusher flowing 1,000 barrels daily. Surrounding our land are more than five hundred wells. No one failed to produce paying oil. No one drilled has failed. We own an interest in a pipeline running to a railroad two miles distant. This means available transportation without extra cost. Our output for the first year has already been sold by contract at a good price. PURCHASE STOCK NOW

The of such a man as David Itankin, and none of them can compare with him on farming. Missouri is proud of him. rOLYGAMOl S MOXKHY PACKS. How Tliey Are Ilroken I'p Uy llnmllintliiK the Simian HriftliHm Yonngr. The Strand. Monkeys In India are an unmitigated nuisance, especially in the country. 1 have often come across in the jungles adjoining the villages of northern Bengal whole troops of them, whose depredations In fields and orchards were the despair of the unfortunate villagers. These troops always consist of one huge mule and about one hundred females. The fact is, when a little monkey is born in the pack it is suffered to live if a female, but instantly killed by the father if It happens to be a male. The mother, however, sometimes manages to hide the little one until he is able to get about and then sends him away before the big male catches sight of him. In this way it often happens that individual males are to be found living by themselves in single blessedness. Now, getting tired of solitude alter a time and perhaps believing in union as a source of strength, these bachelors often join together and form a pack of their own a sort of club. Then the fun begins. They want wivesvery naturally. But how are they to get them? All the female monkeys of the country belong to the harem of some big brute or other. Clearly the only solution is to attack such a harem, kill the gotha (the aforesaid big brute) and then divide the spoils. So an ultimatum is sent and rejected. War is declared. The battle is a fierce one and often lasts several days. The party attacked always tries to retrr-at and often traverses several jungles, fields and even villages. But the pursuit is hot and vigorous, and at last a stand has to be made sometimes in a village green or even an orchard of some country mansion. In the actual fight the females generally remain faithful to their lord and master and help him fiercely against his numerous assailants. But the result is a foregone conclusion, and the several widows after a very short period of mourning usually manifested by n show of ill temper are comoled by the victorious males. Now, these battles cause sad havoc to the fields and orchards of the country, and often prove a positive danger to the people, for, though monkeys seldom attack men, woe to the luckless one who ventures to come near them in their deadly struggle. Moreover, when pressed by hunger these packs are not to be trifled with. You may not mind even the damage done to your orchard by hundreds of monkeys gobbling up everything they ran lay their hands on, hut it is quite a different matter when you have to shut your doors and windows and stay in for days at a time because of the army outside. Consequentlj', the object of the natives is to break up these packs by capturing their leaders. Killing is against the dictates of conscience, but capture is not, especially as the monkey is liberated in a short time, as will appear presently. So, when a pack is about, the natives employ the following method: Close to an orchard a bit of level space is selected and a hole dug in it about two feet deep and six or eight inches in diameter. A noose is made at one end of a long, stout rord and placed over the mouth of the hole. The cord is then passed through a pulley or ring attached to a tree close to the house and the other end held some distance away by a concealed person. The noose and ahmt ten or lifteen feet of the cord are covered with sand. Then a nice, tempting banana is placed in the hole, and a number of rotten ones covered, however, with fresh skins are strewn all over the sround. When the rat k comes, the fcmnles are too shy to venture out into the open space in ar th- house, but the big gotha is v. brave f How. He sees the bananas on the ground, h-aps down, takes up one. throws it away ia disgust, then another, with the same result. Suddenly h notices the nice, tempting one m the hole and plunges his arm in. Immediately the tord is pulled, the noose fastened on th arm close to the shoulder, and the monkey dragged willy-nilly to the tree. wh re the pulley or ring is attached. Then the hiding shikart comes forth, and. circling lound and round the tree with the tord luld ticht in his hand, binds the unfortunate monkey safe and fast, all but the htad. The pulley or ring is introduced not merely to bind thf monkey to tue tree, but also because it would be highly dangerous to drag the infuriated brute right up to a person. The monkey, however, is not killed. Instead, they lather hi head and face, no .-P'fial tare being taken in selecting the hr.est soap or the purest water. The operation is an interesting oru- and a source of great amusement to the bystanders. The monkey, however, dodges hjs head about, only lo gt a pood dose ,,f SoM j,, xs ej r3 and mouth. Then he has enough of it. especially as he feels dreadfully achy all

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Drilling of the first well on our KERN RIVER OIL FIELD property began Aug. 24. For one week now we have been drilling to a Lake of Oil. L. Dort, expert, who examined the fields of the United States aud Russia for the Standard Oil Co., said the oil sands were 600 feet deep and the supply inexhaustible. His report, made early in the development period, has been confirmed by operations in the field. Our land in this field is situated on Section 30-28-28. On the same section and those adjacent are the largest and best wells of the field. That there is no chance of failure to strike paying oil has been demonstrated. Within a radius of two miles from our land more than 500 wells have been drilled. Not one well has failed to produce paying oil. Not one well has since failed. On the contrary nearly every well has increased in capacity. The cost of producing oil is about 4 cents a barrel. Oil in the field is now selling at 60c to 80c, according to gravity.- Two miles from our land is a railroad. The pipe line in which we own an interest runs to the railway and available transportation is assured. Prices are going up. The combine recently organized by producers has fixed the price of standard grades to start at 75c to 89c a barrel. Sixty to sixty-five carloads a day are shipped from this field.

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over and the cords cutting into his body every inch to say nothing of the personal remarks and the highly adjectival language of the bystanders. He submits to his fate with Kastern stoicism. His head is shaven clean as a billiard ball, and then his face as well, nice and smooth, like a baby?. Then they let him go. But, alas, such is the vanity of life, his wives will not have him now that his beauty is gone. They disown him completely, cut him dead. Nay, they drive him away from the pack with contumely, with the ends of their tails in the absence of domestic broomsticks. And thuK being without a leader, the pack is soon broken up. TIIK HOTEL HOUSEKEEPER. A Ilnsy Ofllcer tlint I Seldom Seen hy the Gnefttn. George Barry Mallon, in Ainslee's Magazine. One of the officers of the hotel who Is seldom seen by the guest, but to whose watchfulness is due much of his comfort, is the housekeeper, who does on a large scale exactly what her name implies. She Is the superintendent of manj' servants, of the chambermaids, of whom in the big hotels there is ono for every twenty or twentyfive rooms, of the paint-cleaners or hall maids on each floor, of the many women constantly at work in the linen room marking, hemming and sewing: of the women who do nothing but clean windows, and others who clean curtains and brasswork, and of the many women who scrub floors from morning till night and after big banquets and balls until well toward morning again. She hires them all and discharges them a somewhat simpler problem in hotels than in private houses, because the hours for all servants are regular, and for this reason the service is more desirable. The Housekeeper is responsible not only for the order and cleanliness of all her rooms, but she is expected to notify the proper department of necessary repairs. It is not necessary to send outside of the hotel for any kind of repairs. If the furniture needs doing over or repairing, it is moved to the furniture shop in the basement by men who do nothing all day long but move furniture. In this shop a dozen skilled workmen are busy. There are silversmiths, cabinetmakers, tinsmiths and plumbers and blacksmiths, picture framers. steamfitters and brass workers and clock makers, in their own shops in the basement, working day after dav for the big hotel, and knowing little or nothing of the life that goes on in the dozen or more stories above them filled with the wealthspending people of another world. There is a printing office, whose presses run long hours printing menus, notices and the various blanks used in the hotel's complex system of bookkeeping, and there arc scene shifters for the private theaters that may be constructed in the large rooms between the close of the afternoon reception and the time to raise the first curtain. Knbber Tire Hull FiKhtn. Atchison Globe. St. Joe had her bull fight, and, now- tli.it the gore of the battle has been mopped away, it is voted a disappointment. Fifteen hundred people, among them several hundred women, assembled in the baseball park and gazed breathless while seven toreadors, with real sashes on. tormented a bull. In older to take away the cruel features, stockades had been built behind which the toreadors took refuge when the bull got too close to their heels. Finally, after getting the animal to roar and paw, it became exhausted and lay down to rest. This was something new in bulls, and the management was at a loss what to do next, until the president of the Humane Society stepped from the audience, and decided that the bull had had enough. It was then dragged from the field, a buy walking besid it with an umbrella to "keep the sun from its noble countenance, ami a veterinary was called, who reported that the reason of the bull's ennui was cramps. It v.as shot, and this was the only blood shed at the performance. Two other steers were trotted out. and one refused to play, and was put out. The other played only a few moments, and began to eat grass. The toreadors, during the performance, kept out of the way of the bull's horns, which was merely a grandstand play of agility, as the horns had been sawed off. and rubber tips put on. Humping against them was as harmless as bumping against a cow's bag. The people who paid a big admission were sore; this soreness was the only suffering attending the fight. However." there are lots of people in rit. Joe w hose imaginations are in such good trim that they will turn pale when they talk about it, in years to come. How hard some people try to 1e "tough!" And how silly they usually are! Th rubber-tire bull fights introduced at Omaha, and taken up at St. Joe, are positively the worst evr.

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The Southern Pacific Railway recently issued bonds of several million dollars for the purpose of changing its power machinery to utilize this fuel oil. It now has contracts for delivery to it of 3,000 barrels daily. The Santa Fe Railway has a similar contract. Hundreds of factories and steamships have changed their power machinery. It is certain they would not do this unless the supply was known to be permanent. The cheap fuel has already caused hundreds of factories to spring up. Heretofore coal at S15 a ton made needed factories prohibitive. The oil is in some cities, not in the producing field, being used as the only fuel for cooking purposes. The supply is increasing daily, but the market demand is setting the pace.: A recent contract was made to supply Hawaiian sugar men with nearly a million barrels a year.

A LITTLE MONEY, WELL INVESTED, MAY MAKE YOU RICH. IT IS SURE HERE TO BRING GOOD RETURNS. THE PRICE IS NOW 20 CENTS A SHARE. IF YOU WANT STOCK AT THIS PRICE NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY IT.

A GIRL IN THE CHORUS. Marked Chararterfitlrn of the Tren-ent-IJay Type. New York Post. This account of the present-day chorus girl, her ambitions and temptations, is given by one who speaks from what she knows, and, of course, from the point of view of the chorus: "Between the old-time and the modem chorus girl the difference Is marked. It used to be exceptional to find one under thirty years of age, and grease paint, spangles and electric lights were supposed to cover all the neglects of. nature in the way of beauty, but that day has passed. Indeed, It is most exceptional to find a young woman as old as thirty now in any firstclass production. So many pretty girls there are, and o young, in every show, that one never thinks of picking out the pretty ones, but rather the ugly ones. The era of spangles and cheesecloth has passed, and to-day the choru3 girl is arrayed in gowns of the best material and make silk stockings, tights and gloves, and her shoes are always made to order. "In selecting a chorus for a large production faces are not always the first consideration; indeed, many managers note tht figure first, and if the face is fairly good, 'she will do.' It is amusing to note the excitement when the manager appears on the scene to choose the girls for a new company. He moves through the crowd (thcio are often three and four hundred), touching this cr that one on the arm or shoulder, making a pleasant remark to one, a sarcastic remark to another, greeting an old-timer with a laugh or joke, and finally disappears this is the signal for the rest to go and those he has chosen to gather around the piano to have their voices tried. This trial depends on the manager. Some make it a farce, in fact, often cut it out entirely. "A musical production with a large chorus always rehearses from four to eignt weeks this means a repetition of music twice and sometimes three times a day, tiresome steps to practice and marches that keep the girls on their feet for hours, ant. no salary. Those who need money are allowed to draw in advance during r hearsals. Finally comes dress rehearsal night, and all its worries somebody else's dress, the wrong tights, misfit shoes girls often wear shoes too small for them at dress rehearsal to stretch them,' and frequently faint from the pain this last rehearsal often lasts all night, and principals and chorus mingle in the scramble for sandwiches and coffee between the scenes. "The average chorus salary 1S, with all stage shoes (sometimes four and five pairs), stockings, and gloves deducted, so much each week, if desired. The 'show girl' oft n has one costume to buy, costing from ilX) to $J00. One can readily see that the chorus girl tloes not make any money unless the show has a run, with these deductions fro.n the first few weeks' salary. "Chorus life is not necessarily an Immoral one. It offers few temptations to the young woman of good common sense, no more temptations than other callings, and the evil associates tend to disgust rather than attract. The stage dor Johnnie never bothers a girl once he is shown he is not wanted, and the girl who goes out with him does sf of her own aceord. College boys particularly are not insistent, and the easiest fellows in the world to manage. The acteirs are not so attractive when you know them. "The stage-floor mother, though not a much in evidence here as in Europe, js sun well known. There are two distinct !ype: the rne dowdy and crabbed, who repels the young man. and the other who openly encourages him to meet her daughter. Ti.c theater is no place for girls who cannot take care ef themselves, and the molhcr has no right at the stage door whateve-r. "The real tempter, both on and off the stage, is the girl friend; f-he It la who proposes dinners suppers, etc. teUs you ,ow wealthy n and so i. of the princely presents be lavished on so and ho. and that she "knows he would just give you anything you wished, if you only jollied him a little.' This friend is generally known as a 'gord fellow.' but to her can l charged the misfortunes eif many bright, ambitious perhaps too amtitiou girls. Sometimes she means no harm, but the wise girl does well to steer clear ef her invitations. "The young woman wh: Is finally promoted from the t horus is the intelligent, studious, hard worker, with or without any extra amount of talent, and who succee.; through her own efforts. Ileal talent without ambition to levdcp it counts for little. Of course. " sometimes voting women spring Into prominence who are neither studious rtor extraordinarily Intelligent, but accident or pull is the explanation of these cajs.

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of the men in the front row, who ia never accused of 'counting the house,' and who always attends rehearsals she is the on who finally becomes a 'star." " The Bell-Capped (iardrn Sentinel. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Horn Aug. 29, 1V9. Is anything more charming. In its way, than an old-fashioned single hollyhock, with its pink, or white, or yellow, or purple flower and the little pollen powderel tree springing up from the bottom of th -orolla. A bee sjiould be buzzing in It, for a bee is never deliclously pavilioned as in the bell tent of the hollyhock. IHMe Eating. Notes and Queries. 1 am told by a lady retident that In th Hampshire parish in which I am writing there is living at the present time a good woman who once at a New Testament, day by day and leaf by leaf, between two slices of bread and butter, as a remedy for fits. This was treating the Bible as a fetish with vengeance. rolltlcal Chlrkfni. j letioit Journal. I Counting chickens three rears befor they J are hatched Hanna hps 222 votes in th j Electoral College and Teddy Is not out of I the Incubator. Keep your eye em Teddy, but ! mark Hanna. Tlie Difference. I Philadelphia Record. i "It's only the history of nation that re. i peats itself." says the Manayunk I'hllosoj pher. "Your personal history is repeated j by the neighbors." Hedged In. Atchl.-on Globe. .4..... . . ...... a ....... ........ vi... I he runs up against some kind of a Monro ! doctrine. JscU Tar, Jolly " is the word generally associated with the jack tar. He is tho picture of health, and the health bubDles over in mirth and merriment. When people are sick, especially when sickness attacks the lungs the eloctor often aelviscs a sra vovare. But in the y larjje majority of cases uic sea vuysc is impossible. It is to the men and women of tha workaday world to whom sea voyages or change of climate are impossible, that Dr. Pierce's Golden .Medical Discovery comes as the greatest earthly boon. The effect of this medicine upon those whose lurs are "weak is remarkable. Kven hcrc there is bronchitis spitting of blood, emaciation, weak ncss, c o n el i tions which if un checked or unskillful.' treated lead to consumption, "Golden Medical Discovery" in ninety-eight cases out of a hundred works a jerfcct and ierTnAncntcurc. It strengthens the ttomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition, so that the txlv m all its parts is not merely fed but nourished. And it is by nourishment that Nature builds up tha hotly to resist or throw off disease. "I had a terrible couh .otr.rtVins; ovr a year Koandcou.J find nothing to Mo; it. or ry rn t do tac a particle of c od." wnit j. M Karr. 11. of Cameron. Scrrvrn Co.. t'.a. " I chano-i to ee an aivrrtirinf nt ol ourv and f.TtV" with uM a to;t of vour iavahnSle e;lde Mescal IWovery.' lief ire I had takf u hi'J ft bottle I 41 entirely well.' Dr. Pierce' Pellets cure constipation.

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