Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 25, Ligonier, Noble County, 15 September 1904 — Page 2

The Mountaineer’s - Dream

By HUGH A. C. WALKER

HE air of sleepy quiet which had T brooded over the little = valley town for a year had changed to a buzz of extitement. Commencement was on again. at Watauga college; the town was full of enthusiastic alumni -and visiting friends from every corner of the surrouading country. | It was on a different errand that the two Arvey brothers had come down from their home on Stump House in their white-covered wagon. Only a month before their father had died, leaving his large family dependent upon the two.grown-up sons, and they were at Watauga for the purpose of straightening up his small business affairs and making certain arrangements concernin; the management of their little mountain farm. This required only a short time, however, and: on Tuesday morning they found themselves drifting with the crowd toward the college, wholly ignorant of the exercises going on there. The scene on the inside was a revelation to both, for never before had an Avery, from Stump House, been within a college building. There, upon the high old rostrum, -sat the young men of the graduating eclass, clothed in their best, the center of attraction to all the vast assembly below. One by one they stood before the audience, and with fervent, rustic eloquence delivered their graduating speeches, each of which called forth enthusiastic applause, loads of flowers, and a cra§h of . discordant music from the noisy brass band in the gallery. Then, when the speeches were all over, the gayly beribboned diplomas were handed to the graduates by the president, -after which came more applause and another rapturous burst of music from the gallery. The scene—impressive to those who were riost accustomed to Watauga commencements—was one which remained forever fadeless in the memories of the mountaineer brothers. - The Arveys' journey hom?> that afternoon was an unusually quiet one. For hour after hour neither’ spoke; both sat gazing in a kind of trance upon the mountain scenery which had been familiar to them from childhood. No sound disturbed the stillness ex‘cept the rumble of the wagon and

the hocof-strokes o 2 the little mules upon the flinty mountain road. It was the older brother .who broke the silence. ; “Tom,” he said, ‘l'm gwine ter stan’ on thet same platform some day an’ say my speech an’ git my paper’. . “I’ve sworn the-same, Gus,” came the-. laconic reply; “the Arveys hev got ter be heerd frum.” It was doubtless fortunate for the brothers that they could not comprehend the ‘obstacles that lay between them and the doors of the college; both had times of discouragement, and it required the strongest determination, combined with frequent visits to Watauga for fresh inspiration, to keep them faithful. At the end of three years, however, by persistent labor and with the aid of the

teacher at Double Springs, himself a Watauga graduate, they had = prepared themselves for entrance into college. :

As it was found impossible for both to attend at the same time, _the

rather delicate situation arose of deciding which ene shouid first enjoy the coveted privilege. - .

“l s’pose, Gus, bein’ the ioldest,’y,ou ought to be the first to go,” Tom suggested, rather reluctantly. _ But. Tom had not proven a very

successful farmef, and that was probably the reason for the plan proposed by Gus - ! “No, Tom,” he explained, “if you go on now an’ graduate you can help me along a sight better. Besides, I alw'ys seemed to have a kind o’ knack o’ runnin’ the farm; you must go nrst.” So it was decided. On the first day of October Gus carried Tom and his little handful of belongings down to Watauga in the wagon, and after seeing him properly settled in his new world, turned his own face again toward Stump House. " It was dark when the wagon rolled intc the yard. | After the mules had

“IT<IS NOTEING.” Do you remember, long and long ago, When griefs came—weighty griefs that meet a child— : And you went in to her to sob your woe, How patiently and soothingly she smiled? Do you remember how she healed each .~ bruise : » And stopped the hurt that came from slip or fall? How suddenly the little pain you’d lose At: “Itisnothing—nothing much, at all.’ Do you remember how, long, long ago, You would awaken, trembling in your fright . : When some fearsome things, which only - enlldren know, Were ptering wildly at you from the nignt? : o § 2 3 Do you remember how she made you see They were but waving shadows on the wall, - ; And how she wove into a lullaby - Her “‘lt is nothing—nothing much,atall?”’

And you remember, long and long ago, .How every little fret of night or day Before her talisman, when whispered low, Would vanish, would be driven quite away; : 3 ’ And you remember, too, how each soft word ] A newer happiness to you would call, As though the joys of youth came when they heard, Her “It isnothing—nothing much, at all.”

And can you hear it now? Of all the rest That life has let us keep within our hold, This memory must be the very best— This precious thing that is not bought or - - sold, : When days are dark and nights are saddened, now, £ 2 Out from the shrouding silence does there fall, While her cool fingers seem to touch the brow, ! - This: *“lt is nothing—nothing much, at all?” ] —W. D. N, in Chicago Dalily Tribune, : e e Name Has Familiar Sound. 1t is announced that the Dutch nams for automobile is paardelooszoondeerspoormegretroolrijtuig. One occasionally hears it called something like that by gentiemen who have repair bills to pay,

been stabled and fed, Gus stood for & few moments looking siiently across the mountains as the mnight slowly fell around them and blotted them from view. In the window of a cabin across on Roundton a red light flickered, and there came to his ears the sound of a girl’s mellow contralto voice singing an old corn-shuck-ing song. “Leastways, I'll be near Annie,” he said, with almost a /sigh. Then he walked slowly across the yard and entered the house. : “Good evening!” ‘“’Evenin’, sir!” “Trying to cool off some, are you? Rather warm weather yet—for October.” ‘“Well, no, sir, I wasn’'t here for that partic’lar purpose; but it is about as cool a place as I've struck, this side o’ the mountains. Just stopped to take a look at the old college as I was passin’.” The first speaker was Dr. Blackwood, the venerable president of Watauga college, dignified but kindhearted, tall and straight .n spite of his years—a perfect picture of the old southern gentleman. While walking across the campus toward his home he had come upon the stranger seated on the ground under a magnificent water-oak and gaziné intently at the college building. In the road a few steps away stood a white-cov-ered wagon to which two sturdy-look-ing little mules were hitched. In the background beyond the collego stretched. the dim outlines of the Blue Ridge. J - As the doctor showed no disposition to move on, the stranger, with an air of -deference, rose to his feet and leaned his long, gaunt form against the water-oak. The doctor continued: - ; :

“You have never seen the building before? Or is there something in its architecture that interests you?’

“Oh, yes, doctor, I've seen it a good many times. To tell the truth I king o 0 loeve the old place, somehow; used to think I'd come'to school here myself, but my dreams never did come true Still, T love to stop here an’ watch the boys an’ just imagine I'm one of ’em, don’t you see?”’ : * The doctor’s next step was to igquire the stranger’s name, for he had become deeply interested ‘jn his story. ;

“Arvey,” came the answer, and the stranger’s rough, brown hand took within its strong grasp the soft, white one of the doctor. :

“From Stump House?” e oYes. sir 2 : “Related to Tom Arvey that grad uated here in ’88?7

“Yes, sir, he’s my younger brother.” “You don’t say so!” exclaimed the old gentleman. “Why, I am truly glad to know you, Mr. Arvey. How is Tom getting along? * The last news I had of him he had 'gone out west soon after graduating—four years ago it must be?” “Yes,” replied Arvey, “Tom went west just four years ago. I mnever heard from him since he left; don’t even know if he’s alive. He was to help me through college, but, poor fellow, I don’t know what’s become of him. It’s all right now, anyhow, for I'm too old. Besides, the home was all broken up by deaths and marriages; and it was powerful lonesome livin’ in the old house all by myself —an’ I couldn’t ’a’ asked Annie to wait on me any longer. We're mighty happy in our little home up yonder; but I've never quit dreamin’ of the colleze education I expected to have, an’ every time I come down this way I set here an’ just look at the old place over there. An’, somehow, it alw’ys seems to make me feel better —an’ I go back to Annie with a lighter an’ stronger heart. We've got a fine little feller at home, just a year old—named Tom; I'm goin’ to send him down here some day to take my place an’ live out my dream for me.”

The mountaineer shaded his eyes with his hand and looked iat the sun in the west. From a group of students - sprawling on the grass near the college came the strains of ap old song: 2 “oOh, he never cares to wander from his' own fireside” . . . : “Now I must get started for home,” he said, “for it’s gettin’ late; .goodby, doctor.” : A moment later a whip was cracked over the heads of the little mules, and the white-covered wagon was rumbling away toward the mountains. —National Magazine.

LUCK IN THE LETTER “B.”

‘Worst Foes of Gardener Begin with ‘ “W?’—“D” Related to Things of Doleful Nature.

A writer has discovered that many of the worst foes of the horticulturist begin with “w,” and he instances worms, weevils, wind and other workers of wickedness. This suggests a question as to whether there is any natural grouping of good or evil things under particular letters. Take “b,” for example, and consider how many boons and blessings to man begin with it. The baker, butcher and brewer bring him bread, beef and beer. For additional foods he has bacon, black bass, beans, bloaters, broccoli, broth, bivalves, bananas, berries, biscuits, buns and butter. After a banquet of bonnes-bouches he may bring out his 'bacey while he bestrides his bicycle. These are but a few of the beneficent things included under that blessed letter “b.” Now, as a contrast, take ““d,” and among the first words we think of are damp, dark, dreary, dank, dull, drowned, dismal, dirty, damned, dusty, dastard, daft, ducked, dosed, dragged, doubtful, disgusted, doctor, diseased, doldrums, dungeons, depressed, despairing, dead, drunk, and so on, the very sound of which is enough to drive one into doleful dumps. ‘ Two Styles. Mrs. Spenders—l wonder what will be the popular styles in hats thls season? Mr. Spenders—My dear, women’s hats will be divided into two st¥les this season, as usual; the style you don’t like, and the style I can’t afford.—lllustrated Bits. % O — TR D | Even the wise man who thinks he knows it all doesn’t know why the strenuous old hen lays an egg instead of standing it on end.—Chicago Daily, News. . ; o

THE INTERESTING PANORAMA AT OCEAN-LINER’S DOCKS. ' MANY TRUNKS AND PEOPLE The Coming of. the Ai'chbshop of Can- . terbury—The Mission of Clinton Hall—Astor House and Hotel Astor, and Other Things.

. EW ' YORK.—Just o now one can get o f =ood “news storfl;'fi/’ : - ies” every day by &;fig: : simply hanging (G N around the docks L D} and seeing the : N 1 people thronging | <s{ [ ) bome from Eu- . ‘T'“'.i[fl[. rope. ‘ \" The trunks, for !% one thing! The L) multiplication of 4 —~ mountains of bagx gage seems to know no limit. The 17 boxes which a woman takes with her to Europe nowadays do not represent a desire to smuggle—at least not mainly. They do represent altered objects of travel. The idea is no longer self-culture, visiting famous galleries, meeting intellectual people. Society is the. goal, one 01 two great resorts are invaded while the shrines of art are neglected. (Trunks are/necessary to carry dresses for a continuation of the extravagant gayeties only interrupted by the ocean trip. Even at sea an ostentatious woman will don a different costume every evening to crowd her way into the smoking room, not to smoke but to play cards. - - The incoming people are at least as interesting as the trunks. Here is the young countess of Yarmouth, for instance; she who was, Miss Alice Thaw, of Pittsburg, and whose mother put a fun-loving, generation under obligation by stating officially for the first time just how much a title does cost.

The earl of Yarmouth—the ‘“‘noble earl” . who owed little debts to half the smart men in Ne‘wport, who went upon the stage as an actor to provide hiniself with pocket money, who has for yvears led his creditors a merry dance, does not accompany his wife. Mrs. Thaw says there has been no quarrel. Perhaps there has not. But Britain, while it holds more vicious men than the earl, can scarcely hold one more worthless.

Yet the cruel game goes on. Miss Lulu Pfizer, of Brooklyn, is the latest. She is to marry Viscount Newry, heir of the earl of Kilmorey. Her elder sister is engaged to a German baron. The Pfizers are prominent in poloplaying and horse show society.

The Archbishop’s Visit. B HOUGH noct quite , @ recent arrival, & the archbishop of X ‘ Canterbuty conL ; tinues to interest & :;- T the country. After s the Knglish fashe * ion, he will travel oo about the country R and Canada, but Ifi’//\'/ New York still Gk talks of him. PR The gaiters of Sy, “his lordship” ‘ =S4 were a source of perpetual amusement to the hotel bellboys. Quite the proper thing in England for an archbishop, it irresistibly appeals to the risibles here to see a solemn, clerical countenance rising out of priestly black and above a pair of knee breeches. :

" The primate of England will find in America the same questions of high church and low church that worry him in England. He will see on the west side a great ritualistic church, where more men than women kneel in prayer at all the numerous services. A little way further down he will see another, smaller, so high church in its tendencies that it owns but a nominal obedience to Bishop Potter and looks for spiritual direction to a bishop away off in Wisconsin.

Upon another local problem that has troubled Bishop Potter the archEpiscopal visitor took a prompt stand. He cannot see why Bishop Potter should be criticized for assisting to open a decent inn, such as English coreligionists have found so useful, and he calls Bishop Potter a ‘‘great and wise leader of the church.”

Time does not lessen the virulence of the ‘discussion of Bishop Potter’s part in opening the “Subway Tavern.”’ But a good deal of the quarreling in this world would stop if people could meet each other, try to see with each. other’s eyes; try to understand. The advocates of the Subway Tavern say: “It does not poison people, like the cheap hells abeut it. It tries by every honest means to encourage the sale of coffee and ‘soft drinks,” or even beer instead of fiery stuff. <t is a kind of club house, with games and newspapers for evening entertainment.” The denouncers say: ‘“To open a saloon under decent auspices encourages people to drink who might not otherwise do so. It is trafficking with the evil one.” : . I think the solid sentiment of New York is behind Bishop Potter. Admit that the joke ‘is rather caustic:when young men of the east side talk about dropping in for a “sanctified cocktail.” It does make you wince a little. And yet— : ) . The Case of Clinton Hall, ® < AKE the case of =] AOR I Clinton hall. In o ? a tough neighborS hood, famed for ; /‘ \ pestilentgal dance e ’ . halls where young \ people learn noth- ; ing good, practical L P hilanthropists N v have opened a ho- ; tel, complete in every part, beaui o tifully if quietly I 4 fitted up, managed : : with | the perfection of tact not to offend any preju‘dice. There is a restaurant, bowling alley, one of the most beautiful halls in the city for dances and for such intellectual treats as the performance last winter of a Greek play by native Greeks. Away up is a roof garden,

where to admission is free except on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. The place is a godsend to the east side. It is becoming a favorite center for weddings, parties and festivities of all sorts. The concerts are decorum itself. e Now this is°a hotel. It serves liquors with meals. There is no bar. A good course dinner is served for 35 cents. I have just eaten dinner there to-night, not for the first time. There was .practically no drinking at the tables about me; but to run a hotel in New York without liquors:and expect ;he very people it is necessary to rreach would be fantastic. Clinton hall is a business preposition. It pays five per cent. No one feels as if he were accepting a charity in patronizing 1t Others like it are to be built in different parts of the city. B - The most “interesting” place of public resort in the neighborhood of Clin-' ton hall is a down-cellar restaurant, whose proprietor has made money by furnishing four kinds of wine to his dinner patrons and filling up their glasses as fast as they empty them. Rows of carriages stand in front of the dcor waiting for people from uptown with plenty of money who have come to “see bohemian life.” After dinner everybody goes upstairs to drink more stuff and to sing and frolic. More than half the people who eat there any night are more or less “spfung.” The music is tantalizing, the heat of the place provokes thirst. .~ Which influence in the neighborhoed is the worse—that of this free booze place or Clinton hall? This is the kind of problem New York likes to put before visitors. & Astor House and Astor Houses. | = 'HE Astcxr - House” ) : still means the old & ¢ Grecian - fronted | S¢ . = ‘| place ?own-bowu A\ familiar to two | ( generations of | '\ ‘ business men. The : /. - “Hotel Astor,” : \”\A V. just opened upo % town, suggests f ~y contrasts. John Jacob AsRS tor, with difficulty ; on account of la- - .= bor troubles, has built this wonderful place for Muschenheim, who has been a favorite and successful restaurant Kkeeper. The managers of the great hotels are nowadays mostly German—Boldt, of tne Waldorf-Astoria; Hahn, of two or three big places; Muschenheim, of the Astor. For a time the new place, tour miles as the crow flies from the city hall, will be the acme of possible lux‘ury in public accomodation. .It takes a good deal to “phase” a blase New York crowd, but the street front of the Astor is blocked with gazers wondering at so much of its magnificent appointments as can be seen from the pavement. The hotel is = not larger than the Waldorf-Astoria, but in magnificence of furnishings it is not surpassed in the world. Its fire protection is the best that art can devise. It has a great Louis XV. ball-room, a grillroom . decorated in “American Indian style,” appropriate for “burning at the steak;” it has a suite of rooms for rich collegians, decorated with wall paintings of college sports. A yachtsman can have a suite fashioned like the cabin of a ship, an idea that may have been suggested by the sterns of Spanish galleons imitated in the windows of the New York Yacht club on Korty-fourth street. :

The building of a great $5,000,000 hotel is no experiment for Mr. Astor. There seems to be no limit to the present taste for luxurious surroundings. The 20 splendid and costly hotels of New York are its most successful ones. Mr. Astor’s personal holdings in New York real estate are assessed at $35,000,000. On real estate he pays the heaviest tax in America. Marshall Field of Chicago pays upon a larger total, but $10,000,000 in his case is personalty, partly merchandise. Mr. As-. tor’s wealth is really far in excess of $35,000,000. His mother, Mrs. Astor, and his brother, W. W. Astor, of London, are both great holders of local lands. The latter is assessed for $27,500,000. The three Astor fortunes include half a dozen great hotels, fine apartment houses and rows of private residences.. It is so great that it insures itself and saves money by so ‘doing, like some of the great steamship companies. Its property grows in value without care and without fail. The erection of a record breaking hotel is merely an incident in the “improvement” of a certain piece of land. What will stand there when this marble magnificence has in turn become ‘“behind the times?’ Where is the limit?

Horses Still Used in the City. F 7 Y NYONE who ‘ doubts that horses are still used in : the city might A visit the scene of il building opera- ‘ /‘YQV tions for the new )AWS | B Pennsylvania staP@j\})fi/ %/////// tion. ° Here the *Wq’/ greatest station in Iy (’)/‘ New York is soon 30 ™ -to stand. To ex--s;‘ cavate for it two . gigantic ' steam =Z shovels methodi-! cally paw up the soil and deposit it in two-horse carts, a single shovelful to a cart. When the shovel swings again the next cart is there to receive its load. Two hundred and fifty horses are employed in the work, 125 wagons. This is called the greatest piece of excavating ever attempted in New York for a single building. : The opening of the subway in October will be the first of a series of gigantic openings that will mark New York’s physical transformation. Soon will come the tunnels under the East and West rivers, the completion of two gigantic East river bridges, the electrification—if that's the word—of the Grand Central station, and the furnishing of the New Haven suburban lines with a six-track service. Materially it is a wonderful place that the men belind the shovel are scooping out. { . OWEN LANGDON. The Reason Why. The Statistic Man—We live much longer now than our ancestors did, don’# you know? : The Joker—Ah! but you must remember that nowadays we don’t hang for gtealing.—Ally Sloper. =5 :

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IRRIGATING INDIAN LANDS.

Terms of Reclamation Law Permits of Building Canals for This Purpose. :

The recent: action of congress in passin> Senator Bard’s amendment to the Indian bill has put another definite task upon the reclamation service. The secretary of the interior is now authorized to subdivide and utflize the Indian lands along Colorado river. The reclamation of the country adjacent.to what has sometimes been called ‘“‘the great American Nile” is thus assured. The plans to irrigate these lands have long been regarded with special favor in southern California. Thechambers of commerce in Los Angeles and other cities were, indeed, nothing loath to urge congress to take prompt action in the matter.

,The passage of Senator Bard's amendment is especially interesting as it is now possible for the secretary of the interior to carry out an agreement made with the Indians years ago to the effect that their lands ‘might be subdivided and irrigated by a private corporation. Suitable laws were passed but the company failed to build the works, and the Indians have been waiting for other relief. From time immemorial they had been accustomed to cultivate the lands along the river in spots wetgby the natural overflow. These areas have now passed into the hands of the whites. All that $s left the Indians is the desert land that, without water is valueless. With water, however, it can be made to produce several crops a year. Under the amendment to the Indian bill, relief has finally come to the impoverished Indians. The secretary of the interior is now free to build the necessary canals under the terms of the reclamation law, and to allot to each Indfan five acres of land with water. He need not wait on any private corporation. As the Indian families average from five to six persons, this would give them ample lands for their support, judging from the experience of the Mormons in Utah, where the average irrigated farm is less than 30 acres. The lands not utilized by the Indians are to be opened to white settlers who will pay for them. Under the terms of the reclamation law the sale of the lands will serve to defray the expenses of the irrigation works, payment - being made in ten annual installments. Southern California and adjacent portions of Arizona should be benefitted by the influx of settlers which #s sure to follow the irrigation of the land.

FAMOUS. WAR GOVERNORS.

The Men Who Deserve the Title—The Late 'James T. Lewis Not . One of Them. !

James T. Lewis, who died recently at| Columbus, Wis., at the age of 83, was described in his obituaries as “the war governor of Wisconsin.” He was not the war governor, strictly speaking; but the phrase “war governor” has come to be used in the case of the governor of any state during, or soon after the close of, thes civil war. ‘Gov. Lewis was elected in 1863. He was inaugurated in 1864, when the critical point in the war had been passed. The actual: war governor of Wisconsin, states the New York Sun, was Edward Salomon, who, after leaving Wisconsin, made his home in New York and became well known as a lawyer in this city and was at one time a candidate for judge. The most celebrated war governors were Andrew, of Massachusetts; Sprague, of Rhode Island; Curtin, of Pennsylvania; Morton, of Indiana; Dennison, of Ohio; Yates, of Illinois (father of the present governor); Buckingham, of Connecticut; Austin Blair, of Michigan; Joel Parker, of New Jersey ( a democrat); Berry, of New Hampshire; Kirkwood, of Iowa; Leland Stanford, of Galifornia, and E. D. Morgan, of New York. -

So long as the federal government continued to call upon the governors of the various northern states for their quota of troops, supplies and equipment the vigilance and activity of the war governors were matters of great importance. @ 'When the government was able to take the matter of recruiting into its own hands practically, the war governors lost their importance as such.

Andrew served five years, Morton six, Buckingham eight, Salomon, of Wisconsin, two; Morgan four, Parker three, Blair four, Curtin six, Berry two, Sprague three and Dennison two years. : : .

Alexander Ramsey, afterward secretary of war, was governor of Minnesota, then a minor state, during the war period; Israel Washburn, of Maine, and Andrew Johnson, afterward vice president and president, of Tennessee. The Ameer’s Prophets. The ameer of Afghanistan forces the prophets in his domain to make good tLeir predictions or else take the serious consequences. Recently some astrologers remarked in the ameer’s presence that the country would within two months be swept by a pestilence. The ameer had them put Into the prison to wait the plague. If it does not arrive on time they will be tortured to death for giving out predictions that were not verified by events. - i

APARTMENT HOUSE STORY

Strangers Brought Together by the Death of a Child and Two Old Songs.

Friendship does not mature rapidly in apartment houses in New York. Southern and western people marvel at this -when they first come here. Gradually they become acclimated. Occasionally an [unexpected incident breaks the custom, says the Sun. .

Two families lived under. the samq roof in an apartment house in the hundreds. The occupants on the first floor were New Englanders. After they had been there for a few months a southern family moved into the apartment, three flights up. A feeling of mutual dislike followed a trifling misunderstanding, and when the women met occasionally each turned her face from the other. About this time there was a new arrival én the first floor. Such events in an apartment house are quickly forgotten, except in the family in which it occurs.

A few nights ago the new arrival sickened suddenly and died. The night was hot and all the windows in the building were wide open. The word was passed among the children who met in groups in the_“street in the evening, and they went around the block into another street to play. ) The bereaved parents sat alone with their dead. As the night deepened a woman’s voice in another apartment broke into song. .

It was a familiar air. It drifted out of the windows and filled the street. It attracted the attention of a few pasers who stopped a moment and then hurried on.

Later the same voice was again heard. The words and the air were more familiar than the first. The lines of the chorus, “Thou art so near and yet so far,” were sung with more than usual tenderness. They were peculiarly appropriate to the situation on the first floor. When they ceased the low moan of a woman was distinctly heard. In some way it was made known to the singer that the song was appreciated, and a request was sent up to have it repeated. It was sung again. Along toward midnight the singer’s voice was heard rendering, “Lead, Kindly Light.” Not until the next day, when a white hearse stood pefore the apartment, did the woman who had sung know why she had been requested to repeat the song. She did not know until the next day from which apartment the request came. .

When she learned she hurried out and purchased a wreath which was placed- on the white coffin. This was the beginning of the acquaintance between the New England family and the people from the south. It grew, and the occuparnts who erstwhile turned aside when they met became neighbors, something rare in apartment life in New York.

THE PRIMITIVE INDIAN.

Has Always Worshiped a God, There- ; fore Cannot Be Called a Heathen.

Charles Gibson disputes the assertion that the primitive Indian is a heathen, states the Kansas City Journal. Says Mr. Gibson: “The Indian’s green corn dances are looked upon as a wild, savage proceeding, but in reality these annual festivities are a s’pecleS' of religion. The Indjan is more serious, sober and on good behavigr at a ‘busk’ than at any other time. | “The reason for these annual:festivities is the ripening of corn, which is two-thirds of an Indian’s living. When he has corn in his crib he has plenty to Hive on. These dances were originally held at the ripening of all fruits. In fact, it was the custom to celebrata and in a simple way give thanks to the Great Spirit for granting the privilege of feasting upon the fruits of nature. The Indian has always in his simple way worshipped God. - “The square srounds wherein these ceremonies are carried on are very sacred, when the customs are carried out properly. For instance, a drunken man is not allowed inside the tucho, as the dance ground is called. No loud talking or boisterous person is allowed to come within the grounds; furthermore, no woman with a clouded reputation is allowed to come into the grounds night or day. The ceremonies are very solmenly carried out and no foolishness is allowed. It is also a custom not to allow any four-footed animal to come "about the place, as they are looked upon as unclean. “The man, woman or boy who had ‘eaten green corn before these ceremonies were concluded was not allowed to take part at the ‘busk,’ as “#heir taking a hand would destroy the good virtues to be received from ths Great Spirit. The person who ate green corn before the black drink was administered at the regular ‘busk’ was considered a backsllder," French Economy. In France old shoes are bought up in large quantities by leather dealers and sold to factories. There they are taken aparf and submitted to long pracesses, which turn them into paste, from which the material '{s transformed into imitation leather, finally coming out in a form which very closely imitates the finest morocco. < 3

STATE NEWS HAPPENINGS.

GILLESPIE gURDERzTRIAL.‘ It is Expected That it Will Commence Next Monday. T Rising Sun, Ind., Sept. 6.—The Qhio county circuit court will convene here Monday morning, September 12, and it is expected that the trial of Jam~s Gillespie, Mrs.. Myron Barbour -nuod Mrs. Belle Seward on the charge .of complicity in the murder of Elizalweth Gillespie will be’ called the following Wednesday. ‘ B At a meeting of the jury commissioners Monday the jury was drawn. The names were not made public. however, the officials believing that the men selected would leave the city before they could be summoned. Mrs. Myron Barbour, who has been visiting in Cincinnati, has returned here. Her husband will return some time this- week. James Gillespie, who is confined in the jail of Ohio county, says he is confident of acquittal. Mrs. Belle Seward remains constantly at her home, Mrs. Margaret Gillespie the mother of the murdered girl, and of two of the defendants, is in excellent health. o .

MISTOOK THE ORDER. Wrong House, Family and All Was Being Moved. - Hartford City, Ind., Sept. 6.— Michael Capper, the veteran housemover of tuis city, made a serious mistake Saturday. J."R. Johnston has a dwelling near his factory, for which he gave Capper the contract to move. Mike misunderstood .the orders, and he jacked up the wrong house and was moving- it away, family and all, when J. P. A. Leonard, the owner, happened along and saw his dwelling headed for & new site. The moving was stopped, and jt was found that Capper had just missed it one house. It was set back in place, and the right house moved. ) . : FIRED THE FEATHER 'BED. Little Tot Wanted to See the Fire Hecrse Bouncing ‘Along. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 7.—The little 3-year-old son of “Jack” Courier, living on Washington avenue, the-aristo-cratic part of the city, went upstairs in his father’s home Tuesday afternoon. and set fire to the feather bed. He hastened down stairs and across the street and remarked to a boy about his age: “See. I have set fire to the house to let the fire horses ¢ome. Why don’t you start a fire’in your house?” The fire department was called out and sived the house from destruction.

. HIS NECK BROKEN. - But He Eats Heartily, and is Able to Talk With Friends. Elwood, Ind., Sept. 5.—A puzzle to medical science is Omer Scott, a young man residing north of this city, whose neck was broken by a hayfork falling and penetrating it during the harvest season. He lives, eats heartily and converses with friends. Physicians say it is one of the remarkable instances where a man with a broken neck is-alive. Scott promises to survive for a number of years, although he will always be a cripple. ‘ Democratic Headquarters. Indianapolis, Ind., #Sept. 6.—Things changed for the better at the democratic ‘state committee headquarters Monday. Four more rooms were added, the speakers’ burear was opened, and Chairman W. H. O’Brien, who arrived during the afternoon, announced that ‘a bureau is about.to be establlisked. for bringing home the absent voters. : -

Tried to Rob a Corner-Stone. Indianapolis, Ind;, Sept. s.—Thieves secured a crowbar and attempted to break into the corner-stone of the new Holy Angels church Sunday morning. A large hole was. ‘torn in the brick wall, and the men would have removed the corner-gtone had they not been discovered by Merchant Policeman Bennett. - , Will Be Placed in Full Operation. Hartford City, Ind., Sept.. 7.—The local plant of the American Window Glass Co., one of the largest factories of its kind in the United States, and which has been operating on half time for several months, because 2of the shortage of fuel gas supply, will be placed in full operation September 25. - Escaped From the Sanitarium. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 7.—Discovery was made that the Rev. Elwood .O. Eliis, former. secretary of the Friends Yearly Meeting, who was declared temporarily insane after his escapade a month ago with Miss Bessie Slick, had escaped from the sanitarium ai Oxford, O. it

Clubhouse Deadicated. Cannelton, Ind., Sept. 7.—The Evansville Furniture -association, 50 strong, spent a day at Camp Sherman, near Tell City, in a semi-annual outing. The members dedicated the new clubhouse erected recently by Hon. A. P. Fenn, the chair king of Tell City. . Numerous Divorce Suits. , Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 7.—The September term of the Vigo county court began Tuesday, and of 260 cases in'the superior court 96 are divorce suits. In the circuit court 31 out of 300 cases are of similar kind, - Wedded at Twelve. : Kokomo, Ind., Sept. s.—The granting of a decree.of divorce to Sylvia Thader revealed that Mrs. Trader ‘had married Richard Trader at the age ot 12 years, and at the age of 20 is the mother of three children, the youngest of whom was placed in her care. Boy Fire Eater Burned. Hvansville, Ind., Sept. s.—While trying to imitate the professional fire eater by blowing gasollne and cotton balls from his mouth, John Fuerbacher, aged 14, was probably fatally burned. . Foiag

WEALTHY FARMER ARRESTED..

Suspected of the Murder of Melville Wells, But Protests Innocence.

North Vernon, Ind., Sept. 7.—lmmediately after the conclusion of kis investigation of the assasgsinatidn of Melville Wells, of Cincinnati, which occurred late Saturday night while he was. walking along the railroad track on his way to visit his children, Coroner Crouch issued a warrant for the arrest of Fred Willman, aged 50, a wealthy farmer, living north of, this city. Sheriff James Orell, with four deputies, went to Willman’s home and took him in custody. The accused made no resistance, but stoutly protested his innocence. Willman was taken to Vernon and lodged in jail. It is not known when he will be given a preliminary hearing. It is rumored that another arrest will be made on Wednesday. - SECOND WRECK. Same Train and Same Crew at Almost the Same Spot. - ) ~ Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. s.—Within 20 feet of the scene of the Vandalia wreck of August 8, at Plainfield, in which half the train was burned and a dozen people injured, the same train, No. 20, with the same engine and the same crew, experienced a sécond wreck Sunday afternoon. Practically .the came cause led to the accident, a broken wheel. This time there were no injuries. The engine came to a standstill within ten feet of where the engine was stopped in the wreck of a month ago. N "The crew of the train says that among the employes of the Vandalia road the spot near Plainfield is known as the *“hoo-doo spot.” THE FORT WAYNE TEAM. It is in First Place in the Champicnshiff Race, Central League. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 6.—The defeat of Marion in the afternoon game Monday by Fort Wayne establishes the latter baseball club in first place in the championship race of the Central league, with a total of 83 games. No cther team.in the league, by winning all of the remaining games, could score more than 82 victories. ‘The contest, henceforth, for second place, will be among Wheeling, Terro Ha#tte and South Bend. The race throughout the season has been interesting. - OVER A RENT BILL, Robert Davis SBhot and Fatally Wounded John Swaney. Evansville, Ind.,, Sept. 7.—As a result of a dispute over a rent bill, Robert Davis shot and fatally wounded John Swaney, at Degonia Springs, near here Tuesday night. When the two men met each carried a shotgun.Swaney shot at Davis first, but the shot missed its mark. Davis then fired a shot which took effect in Swaney's breast. Davis was arrested.

Neighbors Quarrel. Shelbyville, Ind., Sept. 6.—Charles Driscoll and his son John are lying at the verge of death as the result of a feud of long standing between ‘the former and Martin Hill. Sunday evening they engaged in a quarrel at their homes in Fairland, where they live on adjoining lots. _ ) Body Had Been Robbed. - Portland, Ind.,, Sept. s.—William Gick, 24, brakeman on the G. R. & L road, was struck at Decatur Sunday morning by a passenger train. At first it was believed that he had fallen asleep on the track, but later reports have it that his watch was missing and his pockets turned inside out. Small Riot at Sullivan. Sullivan, Ind., Sept. 6.—Trouble between white miners and colored laborers, which has been making for some time, resulted in a small riot Monday night, when a crowd of miners forced two Negroes to leave the city. Many shots were exchanged, but no one was injured. - ' The Oldest Odd Fellow. ~Richmond, Ind., Sept. 5.—E. B. Viectors, of Cincinnati, 91 years of age, came to Richmond for the purpose of visiting White Water Lodge of Odd Fellows, of which he is the oldest member. He was initiated 58 yea&t ago, and was the first man in Eastern Indiana to take the degree.

" Opened With a Barbecue. Evansville, Ind., Sept. 7.—Over 4,000 people atended the barbecue at Yankeetown, Ind.,, Tuesday, the occasion being the throwing of the first shovel of dirt of the Evansville & Eastern Traction Co. : "~ Charies Boxer Cut on Train. Booneville, Ind., Sept. 7.—As the result of a cutting affray on the train from Evansville Charles Boxer lies at his home in a dying condition, and Don Taylor, his assailant, is in jail. Both are .coal miners and about 32 years of age. He Got Away. Marion, Ind., Sept. 7.—Grant H. Harring, who stabbed a man at Alexandria, was arrested here and jailed. - He was handcuffed and locked to a heavy ring in the wall. However, with the assistance of a friend, made good his escape. Killed in a Runaway. . Evansville, Ind., Sept. 5.—M. Rosenbaum. one of the wealthiest citizens of Mt. Vernon, Ind., was killed in a runaway. In company with two members of his family and a friend, he went to the cemetery to decorate the graves of his brother and father. ; Drowned in Presence of Fiancee. Attica, Ind., Sept. s.—Edward Green, aged 17, while wading a creek, stepped into a bed of quickstand and was drowned. He was one of a party of young people who were picnicking. In the crowd was his affianced. © _