Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 362, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1902 — Page 3

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THE INDTAWAPOI.XO JOURNAL. StNDVY, DEC RUBER 20 1002.

BUND FISHES ABOUND

STItAXGB FLORA hXD FAUNA' OF DONALDSON F All 31. Attorney General Taylor and Dr. C.N. KlRrnmunn Irge Its value I'erpetual State Reserve. aa Attorney General William L. Taylor will c?i'ie to be Introduced In the Legislature in the early part of the session a bill providing that the State shall establish a perpetual fish, game and forestry reserve on the Donaldson farm In Lawrence county, near Mitchell. The attorney general is enthusiastic on the subject, and believes that the Legislature could do no wiser thing than to provide a place where Indiana flora and fauna, particularly specimens that have become extinct In other sections of the State but which still flourish on the Donaldson farm, shall be preserved. The Donaldson farm was won for the State through Mr. Taylor's efforts. It was formerly the property of a Scotchman named Donaldson who died without having taken out naturalization papers. After a legal battle which found its way to the Supreme Court the attorney general secured the escheatment of the land to the State. Yesterday Dr. Carl H. ZIgenmann, professor of biology In Indiana University and an authority on blind fish whose reputation Is not confined to the United States, visited the office of the attorney general. Ir. Eigenmann had Just returned from exploring the farm and he expressed his surprise and wonder at Its scientific resources to Mr. Taylor. lie was emphatic In the statement that it should be set aside as a fish and game reserve. In describing the tract of land and particularly the caves found in it where blind fish, abound. Dr. Eigenmann said: " SCIENTIST'S DESCRIPTION. "The Donaldson tract In Lawrence county contains some of the finest scenery in Indiana. There are deep, narrow gorges with rapid flowing streams, and there are sink holes of amazing depth. "The tract to the south is entirely drained by underground streams, which form the gorges and brooks as they come to the surface. The underground streams can be entered at two places; one called the Twin Caves, and the other the Rising Springs. At both of these places the roof of the underground stream has fallen in; at one of them (Rising Springs), the underground stream is exposed for a distance of about one hundred yards. At this place, with a small boat, the stream can be followed down for a short distance, and up for an indefinite distance. The exact distance is not known. We have spent two or three hours in going up stream, and the same time coming back. "At the Twin Caves the roof has also fallen in, but the water is not exposed; it runs, however, but one hundred feet from the entrance of this cave. The stream can be followed at this point to near its exit, at what is called Donaldson's Cave the most picturesque cave in Indiana. In Its course there is a very large room, overrun with fallen rocks. Near the lower end of the stream the main cave has become blocked again by a fallen roof, and a new cave is being formed, which at present is only about eight feet wide and eight or ten feet high. At the end of a short tunnel of this description the water falls over a precipice, down which we have not yet gone. "Donaldson's Cave itself is really a trio of caves. There Is a single entrance, which immediately splits up into three; one to the left about ten feet above the floor of the cave, is insignificant; the other to the right leads into a room about forty by one hundred feet. The one straight ahead is the present living cave, containing the stream. The other ones are extinct, the water having left them long ago. This cave stream abounds in blind fishes. The roof in some places is from forty to fifty feet high and in others requires stooping to pass. "The land is so rough that it would be worthless as farmers' land. It Is, however, covered by the most magnificent trees in Indiana practically an untouched forest. Some of the trees are falling over as the result of old age; others are at their prime; green oaks and poplars sixty feet to the first limbs; some are evidently ready to be cut. tudeine from the dying upper limbs. while there is an abundant undergrowth of trees from one Inch to six and ten Inches through. "The place ought by all means to be preserved as nearly as possible in its native state, barring the removal of tho trees which will undoubtedly deteriorate from now on." THE TRUST QUESTION. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) a bill fo the compulsory adoption of voting machines in Marion county. He says that he does not believe this law will conflict with the State Constitution. Yesterday forenoon a number of the representatives met with about twenty of the county and township road superintendents and supervisors at the courthouse to hear the views of the road men on the question of amending the laws so there will be a uniform scale of wages for men and teams employed in repairing and building of roads. There are at present three laws that conflict on this subject. The supervisors may pay as high as $3.50 per day for this work, while the superintendents, who are apfointed by the County Commissioners, are imlted to $2 and 52.50. While the superintendents and supervisors are anxious to have a uniform wage established, incidentally they would like to have their own salaries increased. Rumors Anent Speakership. Considerable gossip to the effect that various deals and combinations have been effected by the speakership candidates is going the rounds of the politicians, but the most reliable Information that can be secured on this point refutes the rumors. A deal may be made before the caucus is held, but at present every candidate is in the race to win. All four of the candidates declared yesterday that they knew nothing of any combination. It has been- reported that Sayre would withdraw in favor of Marshall, but the Wabash man denies that emphatically. The most persistent rumor is that Morgan. Sayre and Kirkman are combining to beat Marshall, but that also is not only denied by the three men con cerned, but it is pointed out mat sucn combination is virtually impossible, because neither of them can control the vote of his supporters once he is out of the race, The most plausible combination, accoralnc to the politicians who are interested in the race, i3 a deal between Marshall and one of the other candidates, by which the latter throws his strength to the Lafayette man with the understanding that as a reward he will receive the speaker's best committee assignments. . All four of the candidates were in the city yesterday, but there was little fence building for them to do as there were no out-of-town members here during the day who are not already committed to one of them. Deputies Are Ella-!hle. Attorney General W. L. Taylor yesterday ' gave his opinion on the question whether T. H. Johnson and A. W. Dudley, members of the Legislature that passed the bill mak ing the changes In the law governing the office of state oil Inspector, were eligible, to appointment as deputies. Mr. Johnson had asked the attorney general for an opinion and he is Informed by Mr. Taylor that he is eligible to the deputyshlp. The attorney general holds, first, that a ?enator or representative under the State Constitution is -not eligible to election or appointment to an office during the entire term of such officer, where such senator or representative was a member of a General Assembly ' which created such office or increased its emoluments, and. second, that '.ch disqualification extends only during the four year term of such senator, or the two-year term of such representative. He rays the Indiana Supreme Court has . not construed the point in question, but that Justice Story has construed the United States Constitution, which is similar to that of Indiana, as meaning that appoint-

mnt. ,a restricted during the time for which a member of a legislative body is elected. ,

Political Plcknps. " Senator. S. D.' Coates, of Winchester was in the city yesterday. Mr. Coates will make his debut In the Senate ihls winter, representing Jay and Randolph counties. Will Whittaker, secretary of the Republican State committee, was able to be at headquarters a few hours yesterday. Mr. Whittaker has been going through a siege of catarrhal fever. Senator S. L, Strickler, of Grant county, who was in the city yesterday, states that he has prepared a bill for the revision of the Indiana statutes. He may not introduce the bill, however, as he understands that another member of the Legislature has prepared a similar measure. Timothy Nicholson, of Richmond, headed a delegation of Quakers from various sections of the fetate. that called on Senator Beveridge yesterday to discuss the national militia bill which is now before the Senate. The Quakers desire to be exempted from the provisions of the bill because of their religious principles which lead them to oppose all war. - CITY NEWS NOTES. Miss Margaret Johnson, of Fort Wayne, is visiting her sister. Mrs. S. R. Cunningham, 1302 Highland place. Col. C. C. Matson and daughter. Miss Nell Matson, and Miss Haddy Daggy, of Greencastle, were in the city last night to attend the theater. Charles II. Brown, who has been employed in the -Indianapolis offices of the Panhandle Railroad, has been transferred to the general offices in Pittsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Rrown, with their daughter Lois, will leave for Pittsburg to-day. The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Hall place Church will meet with Mrs. Ella Snyder, No 2304 North Illinois street, Tuesuay afternoon. Miss Clara Barge, the national organizer of the young people's work, will be present. The Methodlät ministers of this city will spring surprises to-day on their congregations In a novel way. All the ministers will change pulpits and no one In the congregation will know who is to address them until the hour of service. This scheme was evolved recently at one of the ministerial meetings. The "You-Go-I-Go" Club, of this city. was entertained Friday evening at Shelbyville by Miss Bessie Trout, who served a dinner for the club after its arrival there on an interurban car. The members of the club, who were Miss Trout's guests, were: Misses Mila and Sallie Anderson, Estelle Zondezarr, Cordelia Hughes, Nora Ensey, Regina Ferguson, Brssle and Gertrude Brown, Edna Randall and S. E. Richardson, Joseph Minor, Earl Minor, Wesley Adams, James Randau, Lawrence Cummings, Luverne Williams. Horace Griffiths, Fred McCrea, of Indianapolis, and Tealmer Vaumes, of Cincinnati. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The -Marion basket ball team will play the Rivals on Tuesday evening of next week. The Sunday Boys' Club will meet at 4 o'clock. Only boys over fourteen year? of age are eligible. Dr. W. F. Hannah will speak at the men's meeting this afternoon at 3:30, his subject being "The Health Trinity." Three receptions will be held at the build ing on New Year's. Schoolboys, from to 5; newsboys, from 6:30 to 8, and seniors from 2 to 10 o clock. The junior meeting will be held at 2:30. The organization of the boys will be perfected. Fred Rosebrock is president, Paul Kellogg vice president, and Ned Nelson sec retary. The new additional physical director, Mr. Rudolph Miller, will arrive on Friday. A reception will be tendered him by the gym nasium club on Saturday evening. A nash light picture will be taken of the club on this occasion. Darmody'a Body Brought Here. The body of William Darmody, who was shot and killed Christmas night in Madison, was brought here yesterday. It was taken to the undertaking rooms of Shirley Bros. Mrs. Darmody and her daughter, who were visiting relatives in Madison at the time of the murder, accompanied the body to this city. The family lives at 33 North Keystone avenue. Cor oner Auston. of Jefferson county, has returned a verdict of shooting with intent to kill against Frank Hellman. who gave himself up to Sheriff Crozier a few minutes after the murder. Mrs. Darmody said yesterday that Hellman deliberately shot her husband in the stomach and then fired another bullet into his body while he was lying on the gTound. Hair Caught In the Rollers. Miss Winifred D. White escaped a series accident yesterday morning in the prlntlns establishment of the Phalanx Publlshlng Company. Miss White is engaged as a typesetter on a Simplex machine and got her hair tangled in the mechanism. In an Instant the hair was wrapped in and around the rollers. Her screams attracted the attention of a fellow-workman who turned off the electric power before she was seriously hurt. Miss White sustained a few painful bruises on her head and face. Tfeitro Stole Girls' Tnrse. . A negro stole a purse from Miss Mayme Schuller last night at 9 o'clock in front of her home, 722 Fort Wayne avenue. The man walked behind her and when she was about to enter the gate he grabbed her purse. It contained t0 cents In money, a pen knife and a number of calling cards. THE ANCIENT OZARKS. The nimalayns Are Nevrcomers Compared Tfith Them. S. D. Chamberlain, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Men speak in wondering words of the beauty of Jura, of the grandeur of Everest,' of the awe-inspiring canyons of the West, of the Andes and the Alps; but no man has ever looked upon a scene more lncltive to thought and profound meditative imagination than the rugged hills of the lower Ozarks. He who climbs the Jura stands upon a peak of the modern world, but the man who stands upon the highlands of Ozark county looks upon land so old that the brain becomes weary in attempting to measure its ages, though measurement be made in epochs not In thousands of years. The Himalaya mountains have, during some thousands or millions of years, poured their deposits Into that body of water which we know as China sea, and by filling the basin of that sea have deposited so much alluvium that the empire of China, with its untold population, now occupies the space over which the water once flowed un.L..iiniul T nnlr tn vrmi mjnt and n n t A I v, i,.,,. vn inaiandr of Phina are: conjecture tne depth of the alluvium deposit i those lowlands and then comprehend, if can tne ageiJ during which the Hlmalaya mountains nave Deen ousy mang up the basin of the sea, and by wash of the tides and overflow of the rivers, building the land of China as we know it to-day. The brain wearies of the effort. We are Incapable of comprehending such almost Infinite time; and yet we do know that the mountains of Asia are the youngest mountain ranges on earth, and that the lowlands of China belong to the last days. We may grasp a suggestion of facts by romnarison. sometimes. If the Himalayas are the youngest, the Ozarks are the oldest of the mountain ranges, and Deiween me dates which gave them birth,, the Rocky mountains, the Appalachians, tne Apen I nines, the Alps, the Andes, the Nevadas. fh Circassians, the Caucusus. the great mountain ranges of Australia ana Ainca had birth. Yet these were not reared sud denly bv some continent creating explosion. but slowly, surely, tenderly, as it becomes mother earth to" develop her giant children. Thus, bv analysis. - we arrive at the age of the Ozarks, yet fail to comprehend; for we cannot measure tneir ancient neigni; nor picture the stormy world. We can ttiIv imaeine revolving, enveloped in rinnds. the rain in ceaseless torrents de scendlng. and the wide ocean rolling free and unbroken, save where the Ozarks breased the waves and turned the tide back nnnn Itself. The lover of nature finds food for these reflections when he visits tne region soutn f Snrincfleld. Mo. During the recent campaign It was my privilege for the third time to answer a party call to go into that most picturesque and to me delightful portion of this State. Springfield Is located unnn a very hiffh table land. Much of the countrv surrounding It Is level as an Ideal sea floor. ; Yet the city lies at an alti-

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tude of about 1,900 feet above sea level. I ana weoar uap, a xew miles to me east; of Springfield, is now the highest place in tne state. There are some lead mines in that section, and thereby we may know that the wash from higher levels once flowed into that onetime valley, for none of the lead there is of plutonlc origin, but is an a reconcentration of other deposits. It follows from this consideration that the tableland of Greene county was once washed by the terranean sea on the west and by the ocean on the east, while to the north the Ozarks reared their mass very far above their present heights. Natural changes are very strange. The valley has become the high, land and the mountains of old are now simply big hills divided by creeks and rivers, which have eaten their way deep down Into the nrlmarv rocks. and -the soil and the great piles of rocks wnicn once crowned the Ozarks have been washed awav and now constitute th niiu. vial deposits of Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and j.anas. Cedar GaD is straneelv misnamed- It la not a gap. It is a promontory. It Is the vniy iana m Missouri entitled by its elevation to be called a mountain. Yet it Is not a mountain. It is simply an arched neck of Iana connectine two elevated Dlateaus: and north and south of it, deep-cut valleys nfnkrLt?ilrK,ad x"1! .aii.d transportation impracticable. North of the railroad water flows into the Gasconada; south of the railroad water flows into the White river. The raiiroaa riae at Cedar Gap and about one tune iu me easi onngs into view, looking soutnward. a scene of wonderful hantv. Heavy rainfalls during many ages have cut th land into ten thousand fragmentary runs, ana a tnousand small channels might be counted from the car windows. It is probable that the country immediately south of Cedar Gap may never be very proaucuve or minerals, for that section represents an area not of deposit and re construction, but of waste and erosion. Its mineral wealth is being carried, or has been carried, to lower levels. But if it lacks in this It Is fortunate in other regards. Its narrow valleys raise abundant crops, and its hills grow apples, peaches, grapes and pears of an exquisite flavor. Vast stretches of primary forest provide cheap lumber, cheap fuel and almost inexhaustible grazing ground for cattle, hogs, sheep and goats; and when, in the course of time, railroads traverse the section we may with reason anticipate that the great springs and other water powers of Ozark, Stone and Taney counties may be utilized ior extensive manufacturing. Grove i neifhS ntcKrnK i.. iÄS!-? throve is neither picturesque nor Interesting. except in the fact that we find at Mountain Grove a small counterpart of the Greene county plateau, and we note wlth surprise that, whereas Greene county nas mree cnanneis oi aramage, to the south and west, Wright county has but two, to the northeast and to the south. In brief, somewhefe between Springfield and the grove we crossed the backbone of the Ozarks, and we were unconscious of the change. But as we turn southward into Douglas county we again face the evidence of time's titanic energy, in which little waterfalls are singing merry music to the wastes and solitudes; we watch wild birds, unscared, which lazily float in the air; we look on either side of us and see great ledges of rock In the bluffs, strata for strata on either side and at equal height. Then we know that we are living In the presence of the ages; time has plainly written its lessons there that we may learn. We pass from ragged Douglass Into more ragged Ozark county. There is a range of hills in the western part of Ozark county which probably marks the highest original plane In the old mountains in that section. These hills rise to an elevation of about 900 feet above the lowest lands in that district. They are almost bare of vegetation, and are rapidly wearing away. It is reported to me upon good authority that sea shells had been found upon these hills. I believe the statement to be true, although I did not myself climb to the highest points, for it is well known that the sea once covered that entire belt, even when the mountain ranges to the north were far above the water. The physical features of the country indicate that a range of high submerged land at this point formerly connectea the , Ozarks of Arkansas and Missouri. The land in Taney county was largely formed as an alluvial deposit. This fact Is established by the character of the soil upon the high, level lands in the neighborhood of Brown Branch and Bradieyville. and Is further supported by the deposit of considerable quantities of iron ore and Jack in the lower sections of the county. The zinc deposits there are not rich in percentage, but are In large bodies. Before closing this brief article upon the larger Ozarks, let me describe a scene in the western part of Taney county, of such character, scope and beauty as to command the rapt attention of any lover of nature who may fortunately see it. At a distance of some five miles northwest of b orsythe, the winding road climbs by easy ap proaches iar up ine soutn slope or a mountain. We pause. Below us is the abvss. Above us the mountain rises soma 200 feet. Many miles to the southwest Boat man's mountain Is dimly seen upon the horizon. We look southward into Arkansas to a point where hill joins hill, and other hills hide the valleys until we think it all one level plain. Yet between us and these points which limit our vision we look across a sea of hills, and we know that deep valleys are there. We trace out the dimly defined valley of White river and mnrk the course of erosion. One hundred and eighteen miles of White river's channel is in view. Ave couia not iorget tne scene if we would. Its grandeur is overmastering, and - we realize that we are looking unnn a valley which once was a basin Into which the Ozarks poured their lavish treas ures before white river ate us way through the divide ana arainea mat val ley into th3 gulf. WOMAN IX KENTUCKY. She Nov? Has More Leg-al Rights Than Her Husband. Philadelphia Record In a recent newspaper communication the Ttev ev. Edward Everett Hals asks: " hat do the women need?" It is hard to conceive or anything which they lack. However, should there be anything they may fancy, they have only to reach out and seize it. Judging from their success in getting things in the past half century. Thus a man who was "laid off at the Chicago stocKyaras was surprised to find . that his .daughter sue ceeded to his job. The women have done even better than that, according to an observing and evidently resentful Kentucky judge. More than forty years after the late Mrs. Stanton and Miss Antnony Degan to demand legal and other rights for women. Kentucky still proudly recognizea rwacKstone and the common law as the brightest products of civilization. Under the common law, as interpreted by the great Jurist, the husband was the head of the family. He could dispose of property without the consent of his spouse, but she could not exe--cute a deed of sale -without his sanction; he could collect her earnings or any moneys due her, and within the limits of reason he could administer to her corporal punishment in order to restrain any disposition to become a new woman. Within a jear or so this condition has been overturned by legislative enactment, and the last of the patriarchal strongholds has been abandoned by degenerate man. It is through an opinion handed down In a divorce suit by Judge Toney, of Louisville, that Kentuckians, including the thoughtless legislators who adopted the measuie. realize the revolutionary force of the statute. The common law is abolished. It Is true that under the enactment the man and wife are still one, but it is obvious that it is the wife who is the ruling authority. As the judge expresses it, "the gray mare is the better horse." In every legal contest between man and wife, he avers, the man is the under dog. Jf she have an estate. and he none, he is a mere pensioner on her bounty ancj may be kicked off the premises. On the other hand, if he have property it is mainly hers. The Judge mentions a wife of wealth who is sailing' on the Mediterranean in her yacht and whose Louisville mansion is in the care of servants, while the husband Is in - the county almshouse. Although the wife m every case is entirely Independent of the husband in the control of her property, he is responsible not only for her debts, but also for. any fines which may be Imposed upon her and for damages In any slander or other legal action against her. While the husband "Is not entitled to her personal property, nor to her rents, nor her earnings, nor anything which is hers, he is not even allowed to give her a mild Blackstonlan chastisement to keep her In a good humor." dolefully declares the Judge, who is obviously appalled and mortified by the situation. It was the complaint tf the early woman's righters that tho laws governing the marital relation were like a Jug handle all on one 'side, and that the man's side. To transfer the handle ts the other side does not make It more impartial. For many, years it has been only In Kentucky and some other Southern States that the views of the Old Testament patriarchs and of the early church have continued to be venerated. With the sweeping away of the common law in that section the husband ceases to be anything more than a oource of revenue, in a legal sense. . Xmai Jewelry. In the very latest and up-to-date styles. Diamonds direct from the cutter, of which I make a specialty. Before buying give me a call. I will save you 10 per cent,. J. P. MULLAXX.Y, Jeweler. 28 Monument place.

SOME DEADLY PLANTS

THIRTY VARIETIES ARE TO BE FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES. Certain Kinds of Fangt Often Harm fnl to Man Many Species of Dvrarf Larkspur. Washington Post. There are, according to Prof. V. K. Chestnut, assistant botanist, Department of Agriculture, thirty poisonous plants in the United States. It is somewhat satisfactory to be informed that these piosonous plants make more victims among animals than men. Nevertheless, there are a few which affect men exclusively, and which the horse, mule or goat can eat with , , , , .,, . Impunity. Poison ivy Is an illustration of this fact, although some persons are even immune. Water hemlock, it Is stated by Mr. Chestnut, "kills a number of children," and he instances two quarduple fatal cases in New Jersey of comparative recent occurrence. Statistics in regard to poisonous plants are lacking, due principally to a general Ignorance of the subject, but recent inquiries develop the fact that fatalities among animals especially, and consequently severe loss In value to farmers,, have occurred In many of the States, notably in Colorado, from the loco weed, and in Oregon from the cicuta, a species of water hemlock. The State of Colorado expended over $200,000 in a fruitless effort to exterminate the loco weed pest. The popular belief that instinct warns or admonishes animals against eating poison ous plants and vegetables is not borne out Dy tne 8taUstICS- -complete as they are. h inf.rr iainn. J v" Siven. There are plants, too, not of themselves poisonous, but which, eaten lmmoderately, produce death in man and beast. in the latter classification it is mentioned that horses sometimes die from obstruction to the intestines by eating the hairs of crimson clover, which under certain conditions accumulate in large balls. Among the thirty plants enumerated by Mr. Chestnut, the most conspicuous and the one which most often deceives the Inexperienced human being is the false mushroom. This fungus, the botanical name of which Is, In English, the fly amanita, requires special mention, as there are several species, each dangerous and deceptive. The fungus has been used In Europe for centuries to extract or manu facture from its mushy fibers the fly poison In universal use. It Is worthy of note that inis ny lungus. or amanita, which is a handsome, robust species, from four to sixteen inches high, is free from larval pests and the usual signs of decay, and it is highly attractive in appearance, taste and. smell. In its early stages the shape of the cap is very strongly convex, but by gradual expansion it becomes flat, and even .concave. It is invariably warty. In color It varies from nearly white, through all snaaes or yenow, to a bright red. As a rule, it is more reddish in the center and light yellow outward, but sometimes the color is uniform throughout. THE FLY AMANITA. ' The enlarged base is marked with short, stubby projections of the skin, which are generally replaced upward along the lower part of the stem by soft, flexible shavings. ine general snape or tne plant is very much like that of the orange amanita. It differs conspicuously, however, in the absence of a cup, and in the possession of white instead of yellow gills and stems. It has also a warty, instead of smooth cap. and, like the edible species it resembles, grows in pine and oak forests from spring till late fall with this marked difference. that the orange amanita does not appear until late November. It will be borne in mind that the meadow mushroom never grows in forests, hence this species of the false edible only deceives in Its likeness and relation to the orange amanita. The symptoms of poisoning come on generally within two hours after the fungus is eaten, and consist in a less rapid beating of the heart and an extreme difficulty In breathing. After two or three hours there is a profound stupor, often preceded or ac companied ny cold sweats and nervous phenomena such as giddiness, double vision and lockjaw. Vomiting sometimes gives xelief to the patient, but it is often difficult to produce this effect after stupor has set in, even with the most powerful emetics. This condition may last from eight to ten hours in milder cases, and one or two days in more serious cases. Death follows in from eighteen hours to two or three days from gradual weakening and a final stoppage of the heart's action. The "death cup" is the name given the amanita phalloides, which more nearly re sembles the common mushroom, and which Mr. Chestnut describes as not being so large or brightly colored as the "fly poison" species. It is, he says, decidedly attractive to the Inexperienced or to th experimenting epicure, and when fresh it has neither a disagreeable odor nor taste, nor has it any ill appearance due to the presence of larvae. It grows from three to six or eight Inches high, and has a smooth satiny cap. wnicn is strongly convex at nrst, finally becoming flat or slightly concave. It is usually white or straw colored. but may oe green, ngnt Drown, yellow or even spotted when found growing in dense shade. The stem is white and nearly smooth. The covering present in the funcus when young almost invariably slips away from the cap in this species at maturity and forms a more or less conspicuous cup at tne oase or tne stem, sin dry weather it sometimes partially adheres to the cap. The cup is. however, invariably present. In connection with the white gills and spores and the bulbous base, it is the dls tlnguishing feature of the species. LIKE COMMON MUSHROOM. In general shape the death cup Is some what like the common mushroom, but Is very much more like another species, the sought after by expert epicures. The leplota, like the death cup, has a smooth, satiny cap, white gills and white spores, but it is distinguished by the absence of a sheathing cup and by the ball-and-socket attachment of the stem to the cap, as well as by its occurrence chiefly In meadows. From the common mushroom the death cup may be at once distinguished by its cup. by its white gills and spores, and by its growing in woods Instead of in meadows. The death cup is the most poisonous of all the fleshy rungl. It Is found usually in cine forests, where it often erows In greater abundance than any other species of fungus. Bometimes, however, it en croaches upon lawns near the border of woods. The plant Is recorded as growing In California and in various parts of the Eastern and Middle States, In the vicinity of this city It is extremely abundant at this season of the year. A large number of cases or poisoning have been attributed to this fungus In ancient as well as in modern times. In most of them the plant was taken to be edible fungus. In a few Instances the mere handling of the plant caused serious trouble. A third part of an uncooked mjediumsized cap proved fatal to a boy of twelve years of age. The symptoms are characteristic: no had taste warns the victim, and usually the first effects ao not appear until from nine to fourteen hours after eating. There is then considerable pain, and there may be cramps In the legs and other nervous phenomena, such as convulsions and even lockjaw. In a few cases there are spasms. The pulse is weak and either quick or slow in its action. The pupils of the eyes are sometimes auatctl. The abdominal pain Is rapidly followed by nausea. vomiting ana extreme aiarrno?a, the dls charges assuming tne peculiar "rice water" condition characteristic of cholera. The latter symptoms are . persistently maintained, generally without loss of consciousness, until death ensues, as ifdoes in from two to rour oays. Mr. Chestnut, however, observed that there is very little danger of flndinir either the fly amanita or the death cup mixed wun tne meaaow musnrooms sold by regular dealers or brought Into market by people who make It a business to do so, but diligence should be maintained by mar ket inspectors in scrutinizing all new kinds of fungi hrougnt ior general sale. THE OTHER POISONOUS PLANTS. The other poisonous plants specified by the professor -do not io nearly concern man, at least the urban individual, but they are of Importance to the farmer and the suburban resident alike. He heads the list with the American (false) helebore.

pokewed. corn cockle, dwarf larkspur, or stagger weed, of which there are over twenty-five species In the United States. Then there Is the "black, wild whisky, or rum cherry," the "woolly loco weed," the

Tattiebox." "irarden of mvrtle spurge. the plant known by the singular name of "the snow on the mountain." the. poison oak, ivy, sumac, etc, the "red buckeye." also called the "small buckeye," and "horse cnestnut," while the "Ohio buckeye" is held to be intermediate between these species in Its poisonous qualities. ine Droad-leaf laurel, also called "canco bush." "spoonwood." "wicky." etc.. is a fine shrub, sometimes growing as high as forty feet, but generally from four to eight reet high. It Is well known In Maryland. The narrow-leaf laurel, called variously sneep laurel." "lambkill." "low laurel. etc.. is also poisonous, as is the plant known variously as "Jimson weed," "devils apple" "stinkwort " "James town lily," etc. Bittersweet, woody night-shade, fever twig, etc., and sneezeweed complete the specified list and those that are pretty generally known. at least, to the botanist, and which should be generally known to the farmer especially. ESCAPE FROM SIBERIA.' Perils of a Political Exile In Ills Es cape from Banishment. One of the stories in the Wide-World Magazine is the very exciting one of an es cape from Siberia. The author, Rurik Ko wallsky, tells how he journeyed to Siberia with the express intention of rescuing an old student friend. Alexis Semlonowski, who had been exiled for life on account of his political views. For many weeks an op portunity for. escape is looked for, but in vain. Then one day Semlonowski is nearly drowned while bathing; In fact; he is "given up for lost by his friends. But he comes to the shore and is secretly carried to his own home, where he is hidden for some weeks in a closet. Meanwhile permission is given to his widow to return to Russia. Semlonowski is hidden in the sledge, cov ered over with furs, but just before the frontier station is reached a Cossack spy party m another sledge, discovers the pre r, nf tt mnn uhnm h sunned u ence of the man whom he had supposed to be dead. To outwt the spy, the rescuer resorts to this stratagem: "Mounting the box. where the spy sat in sulky silence, I drove the sledge clumsily down the incline we had now reached. The Altai mountains stretched far away on the west and the frontier our goal lay close ahead along a rough road leading through broken coun try. Suddenly I pulled the left rein, tne sledge upset and both of us floundered out into the snow. Before the Cossack could rise I seized him and bound his arms with a rope I had in readiness. A loaded pistol held to his head gave additional weight to my threats and demands, and he had no choice but to obey my next order. Loosening his arms for the purpose l made him take off his clothes and put on others, and then I tied him to a tree, where I left him, promising him an early release if he behaved properly. I left the sledge where it had upset and harnessed one of the horses to the narta. In the meantime Alexis came forth from his hiding place and with my assistance for his limbs were so cramped that he. could hardly stand hastily donned the Cossack's dress and fur cap. His face had already been stained with walnut juice so as to hide the pale ness of his visage. His emaciated figure was muffled in a long fur cloak as mucn for disguise as for warmth. Having com pleted his toilet the supposed Cossack mounted the box beside me. "We presently drove up to the custom house at Troltskaskavsk, a low wooden building by the roadside, about 200 yards from Chinese territory and divided from it by the River Salenga, which was spanned by a stone bridge. Two or three officials came out and the weary business began. One of them examined my pass, which was accepted without remark. Meanwhile the supposed Cossack tendered to a second of ficer the papers connected with Mme. Semlonowski. He acted his part coolly, answering questions in a hoarse, gruff voice. "While the baggage was being searched the supposed Fheodore advanced and asked permission to travel with the party as far as Urga. where, he said, family affairs re quired his presence. For this purpose a written pass had to be made out. Noticing that poor Alexis was becoming chilled and faint with such prolonged standing. I called to him to mount and control the horses. which were getting fidgety at the delay. .Meanwhile, the official leisurely indorsed the remaining papers and calmly ad dressed himself to the task of filling out a pass for the supposed Cossack. In order to hide my impatience, I looked out through a small window which commanded the road along which we had just come. Heavens! what did I see? Far away down the road, running toward us, I saw the figure of a man, shouting and brandishing his arms as he ran. It was Fheodore! Some peasant must have set him free. Everything was lost, for in a few moments the truth must transpire. Alexis, what would be his fate? "Quickly I turned, snatched the still wet passport from the hands of the astonished officer and then darted out of the office. I sprang to my friend's side on the box, seized the reins and, with whip and voice. urged tne norses forward. Shouts and calls to stop came from behind us and presently a bullet sped past us and touched our middle horse, which, maddened with pain, dashed on like wildfire. A moment later the land of exile and bitter bondage was left behind. The bridge had been rained and crossed; we were in Chinese territory. where tne uussians dared not follow us. For a time our perils were at an end. "Little more now remains to be told, ex cept that we reached a Tartar encampment in safety, staying with these hospitable people till Alexis was strone enouch to journey farther on. Having accompanied the happy husband and wife to a place of safety, I finally reached England, where I found that the moment a foreigner treads on British soil the bitter memories of past oppression ana espionage pass from him like a fearful dream and he stands redeemed and regenerated by his new-found liberty." FIGHTING INDIANS IN TEXAS. Story- of the Siege of Flat-Top Moun tain Told by a Ranger. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "A short time ago," writes a correspondent, 4I took a buckboard at Stamford, Jones county, which is the north wester rf Texas terminus of the Texas Central Hallroad, and drove to Flat-Top mountain, a distance of twenty miles, through a pasture which incloses under one fence lw.000 acres of grazing land. Flat Top is one of thousands of buttes scattered Irregularly in that region. From its pinnacle one can see as far as vision can reach. It is now a land of farmers and stock raisers, but when I was there, between twenty and thirty years agt, it was a land of death and danger. "In 1876. the year of the Custer calamity on the Little Big Horn, being then a Texas ranger, I halted at Flat Top , with a squad of eight rangers. By some strange means the Comanches and Apaches just beyond the -Texas border had learned of the Incident of the Little Big Horn, and, elated with the success of the Sioux, the Southern savages were bent upon massacre. Reynolds, a sergeant, called 'Mage,' was in command. Standing on the peak of the butte he saw through his telescope a string of warriors, 200 in number, moving rapidly toward the site now occupied by Stamford, where a dugout sheltered the family of a buffalo hunter. 'We must save them, Reynolds said, and in less than five minutes seven men were trotting toward the advancing line of Comanches. The eighth man was galloping southward to secure reinforcements. "The wife and children of the hunter were taken up behind the rangers, and by a rapid march a rugged hillock was reached Just in time. The rangers were armed with carbines and revolvers, and Mrs. Carr, the wife of the hunter, had a long-range buffalo gun. left at home by her husband, who started a week before to trap beaver on the upper forks of the Colorado. The Comanches were allowed to ride within close range, when a volley unhorsed five of their number and disclosed our position. Surprised and no doubt badly frightened they retreated In confusion. Our horses, which we had abandoned, were running over the rang, and were soon caught by our foes. "By the number of horses they ascertained our strength, except that Mrs. Carr was not ngured m their calculations, and tne warriors oegan preparations for a sie ire. I We had a few pounds of Jerked buffalo meat and a little bread. Water was at first a grave consideration, and we felt the more I concerned Decause oi tne ract tnat the chli dren were already crying from thirst. After dark we found a small spring at the foot of our natural fortress, and we soon filled our canteens. The food supply was placed in Mrs. Carr's hands, and she proved a vivandlere worthy of the trust. Wt ascertained afterward that during the thirtysix hours of the siege she ate nothing, dividing her share among her little ones and leaving all the rest for the men. "To cut the story short, the Comanches made desperate efforts to rush our fortress. each time retiring with loss, Mrs. Carr slaying a big buck with a bullet from her

heavy carbine. ,Our courier returned At sunset on the second day of the siege, accompanied by Mr. Carr and thirty cowboys from a Coleman county ranch. After a fierce battle the reinforcing men broke through the cordon of savages and entered our fortress, bringing plenty of food, ammunition and water. - The next day the Comanches raised the siege and departed toward the Double Mountain fork of the Brazos river. They left their dead, seventeen in number, being in a hurry to get away, because, as we afterward learned, Maj. John B. Jones, the commander-in-chief of the ranger force of Texas, was approaching the scene from the Panhandle with three troops of his noted Indian fighters, following the trail of the raiding: redmen. "The youngest of the Carr children died of croup during the siege. Three of our garrison were wounded by the bullets of our foes, having been incautious in the efforts to obtain advantageous shots. One of the three. John Ward. died. We buried the child and the ranger in the same grave, one of the men reading the Episcopal burial service. "The grave of John Ward and little Lucy Carr can still be discerned by the inscription It bears, roughly cut with a tomahawk on the sandstone monument we placed at the head of the double grave. It is rugfc-ed stone, honeycombed and lichen-grown, weighing two tons or more, it took our combined force to turn it over. All the tomahawks we could procure were worn out chipping a smooth surface for the epitaph, which reads; " 'Here lies John Ward, a ranger, and Lucy Carr, in whose defense he died. Soft rest the prairie turf unon the breasts of the ranger and the little child "Major Jones overtook the warriors, recovering our horses and many more the raiders had captured. While retreating and fighting the rangers, in reverse, they ran into a squadron of United States dragoons, and between the rangers and the regulars the Comanches were pulverized, losing, together with those slain In the siege of the butte, 114 of their 200 warriors who sUrted that moon on the warpath." GOVERNMENT CLERKS.

Comment of an Old Chief Clerk Upon Recent Events In the Civil Service. Washington Star. "Recent events In the civil branch of the government service in Washington have brought the question of retirement therefrom to the fore in an acute phase," said an old and experienced chief clerk, "and have emphasized the four conclusions that were forcibly brought to my notice when I entered the service ten years ago. "In several of the departments, and In one In particular, a number of old clerks have been reduced to low salaries and to other work In one sweep, as a preliminary. it is supposed, to their ultimate retirement from the service, or, to be exact, their dismissal. Most of these government employes have given from a fifth to a fourth of a century to the service of their country, and tneir dismissal by the Eovernment at such a time when the same government pensions on noerai annuities Its employes in other branches calls up a question which vitally affects a large portion of the population of Washington. "In the military, naval, revenue, marine, and, to a limited extent, in the life-saving service, the government in two instances educates and In all maintains these employes liberally during active service and retires them upon age or physical disability upon good pensions. In the judicial branch the government practically pensions its judges by making the appointments for life. But incongruously in the civil branch it dismisses its employes when by reason of age or physical disability they cannot perform their duties according to the standard set by their chiefs, neither will it allow by legislation these civil employes to establish a fund from their own salaries upon which retirement may be effected. "While in the other branches of the service of the government employes look forward to retirement in comfort when Incapacitated, we must look forward to four Inevitable results, as follows: "1. Reduction in salary. "2. Dismissal. "3. Voluntary resignation when incapacitated for work to forestall dismissal. "4. Death in harness. "For a striking local illustration I will quote from the report of the first assistant postmaster general for the year 1901 In commenting upon the Inhumanity in dis missing old employes. Letter carriers in greater or lesser number are each year dismissed for physical disability, and in nearly all Instances they are men who have been in the service over twenty years. The re port In part reads: " 'Sooner or later the entire free delivery system will be threatened by the physical disabilities which are overtaking these venerable employes. As the men errow old and are unfit to cover their usual mileage postmasters and superintendents are dis posed to curtail their routes and thus cre ate short special routes commensurate with their endurance. This is an exDenslve dan. amounting in some respects to an indi vidual pension, and the practice Is not en icouraged or authorized. A carrier almost 'worn out In a physical sense, yet retaining full possession of his mental faculties, is an employe who challenges the sympathy of his superiors, while at the same time they are convinced that for his relief as well as for the good of the service some change In his employment should be made. " To dismiss him simply because he Is old Is heartless; to continue him to the detriment of the service is hardly JustifiaDie. it is a question or the highest im portance, worthy of the careful consldera tlon both of Congress and of this depart"The general superintendent of the rail way mail service, having an army apnroxl mating 10,000 men under him, in his report for 1901. urged that legislation be passed which would enable the faithful men In service who had become incapacitated to protect themselves out of a fund raised from their own pay. Ue pointed out how railroad companies, banks and other corporations had already established this system, and contributed largely to the employes' fund, end continued: " 'The matter of superannuating employes has become a burning question with many of our large railroad corporations and other corporations for some time past, and, though it has been said that corporations have no souls, we can now truthfully say that some of them have advanced along humanitarian lines In this age of reason and progress and left behind them the traditions of a past era. They have taken steps to pension their faithful servants who by reason of age or other infirmities are disqualified for performing further duty.' "It would seem that if Congress will not establish a pension fund for its civil employes in the form of retirement, as in the army, navy, revenue, marine and life-saving services, it ought at least allow Its employes in the civil branch to safeguard themselves by maintaining a retirement fund out of their salaries which may be used for protection in old age. "The recent heavy reductions and the prospective dismissals have stirred up the department workers to an astonishing degree, and it is the one absorbing topic discussed in every department in Washington among all classes of clerks, young and old. All feel the utter hopelessness of their position. It may be said that it Is a fortunate thing that all of the heads of the different departments and the chiefs of the different bureaus in the capital do not think alike on this highly Important point to so large a proportion of the workers here. Many would not under any circumstances dismiss an old and faithful clerk. I have heard many superior officials say. 'No, I am here but for a short time. I will never put my pen to the reduction or dismissal papers of a clerk because of his age, when an employe has practically given his life to the service of the government. Let Congress do the killing; I will not.' Others whose personal motives may be the best do not see their official duty In this light. "One thing Is reasonably certain, and that is if other departments eventually fall in line with the one where the reductlpns and dismissals have been so marked, popular feeling will be so great that Congress will be forced to pass some enabling legislation for the protection of those who remain. While such an act would not help those who have gone before. It will save the government from further reproach In turning its old employes into the street after the service of a lifetime." New Uses for Peannti. New. Tork Evening Post, Two new uses have been discovered for the peanut, which have already attained Importance and are expected to be much more largely developed. For about a vear, at Petersburg, Va., peanut shells and vines have been ground Into -meal for a cattle food, which of course bears no comparison with the nut meal, but Is nutritious enough to sell for about $5 a ton. This is not consumed in this country to any extent, but is now shipped In great quantities all over the world. Peanut butter was Introduced about two years ago, the chief maker being a wholesale candy manufacturer In this city. Beginning with this on a small scale, his factory now ships It by tons to all parts of the country. No attempt has yet been made to build up an export trade, Dut this is ex I Dected In the near future. The "butter." which is a light brown piste, is made by

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New Phone 97z Treats Diseases of Women and Abdominal Diseases only. Most cases are curable, without operation If timely diagnosed and properly treated. DR. C. I. FLETCHEB. RESIDENCE 102S North PennsylraaU strt. OTICE 7U South Meridian strssC Office Hours I to 10 a. m-, 2 to 4 p. bl. T to t p. m. Telephone Residence, new, 27; old. Utl Frown. grinding up first-quality shelled Spanish peanuts and putting the meal through a process by which, it is said, all the oil and nutriment of the nut are retained in the paste produced. The so-called butter is used to spread upon bread and also to flavor sauces and gravies. It Is said to be very palatable to most persons, and the claim is made that it is particularly digestible, being therefore much favored by dyspeptics. In nutriment, it Is asserted, one pound of the butter is equal to two pounds of beef. It is put on the market in small jars and large palls, and is sold In bulk for 20 and 25 cents a pound. BOOM DAYS IS ALABAMA. Dottle of Whisky Tared the Way for a Nlgjht Lodarlnaj. New York Tribune. When the boom In the Iron and coal trade first struck Birmingham, Ala,, the hotel accommodations were extrem ly poor. There was only one house In the town where transient guests were regularly accommodated, and the sudden influx of visitors soon filled It to overflowing. Thid was an old ramshackle building, and the proprietor of the place all at once found himself In control of a virtual monopoly. As usual under such circumstances, he became extremely independent. After every room had been filled, and all the cot beds for which he could find room In the halls and other odd places were occupied, it mattered little to him that other visitors were compelled to walk the streets all night in lieu of a place to sleep. Birmingham was the county seat, and when the courts were in session for a week each month the crush was particularly great. Two civil engineeers from Louisville reached the place late one night in the early part of one court week and sought accommodations at the hotel. In answer to their inquiries the proprietor told thera that he had absolutely no place for them. "Can't you give us a hakedown in the office here?" asked one of the men. "1 ain't done got nothin " was the reply. "But; look here," remonstrated the first speaker, "we are a long distance from home, and unless you put us away somewhere we shall be compelled to walk the streets all night." The only response was an unfeeling yawn and a reiteration of the assertion from the proprietor that he couldn't help it, ho "done had" no place to put them. "Well." said the visitor, "I suppose wemisht sit down here awhile and get warm." The proprietor gave a somewhat reluctant consent, and one of the men opened his valise and took out a bottle of Kentucky whisky. The proprietor eyed it with some interest, and a request for some glast. hot water and sugar was complied with, rather cheerfully. When the glasses were brought by the proprietor himself there were three of them on the waiter. The whisky was sampled and appeared to meet with instant approval on the part of tho proprietor particularly. Several more drinks were sandwiched between a number of time-killing yarns, and the proprietor became enthusiastic in praise of the quality of the red liquor. It should te explained that little except white corn whisky was seen in that part of Alabama in thoa days. After the proprietor had become somewhat "mellow" from repeated draughts on the bottle, mixed with a reasonable amount of hot water and sugar, the owner of the bottle put It in his valise, snapped it shut, and. getting up, said somewhat disconsolately: "Well. I suppose we might as well go out and walk the streets, as we can't get a place to sleep here." The demeanor of the proprietor had greatly changed from what It was before the bottle was produced. Upon the announcement of departure being made h Immediately got up and said with considerable dignity and warmth. "Don't yo do no such thing, sah. Yo come with me, sah. 1 reckon we'll find a place for yo', sah." j He took a candle4 and the two engineers, followed hlra upstairs. He stopped at a' door and began a vigorous pounding. At length there were some signs of life Inside, and a countryman In his nightclothes opened the door, while another sat un tri the single bed which the room contained, and asked In a sleepy way: "What's the matter, sah?" "Come," said the proprietor. In an authoritative tone, "it's co't week, and yo done slept M cents wo'th: git ui and let the gen'men from Louisville sleep." The former occupants of the bed seemed to think he practice was regular, and thy were shortly walking the streets, whila the "gen'men from Louisville" took the!? places in the bed.