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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

Disadvantages of Being Rich.

IL 10 not necessary in these spectacular
days Tor men and women to distinguish
themselves IN any remarkable way in order
to get into the newspapers Sometimes. In
deed, IL 10 not necessary for them to do
anything at oil; to be 10 sufficient to bring
them into notice. II they beloag to royal
families, or are scions of nobility. public
attention is likely TO be focused on them
at any time. In this country TO get into
office, or to be o candidate for office, will
bring their pictures and most picturesque
biographies before the world at once. Even
to be related To an official dignItary Is
to run the risk of being written
I'D. The movements of very wealthy
people are considered by the populace
matters of as much interest as those of
public p~ersonages. TO be q multi-million-
aiIe is to stand in that white light" which
once bcat upon thrones. But official Dig
nitary and private citizen have hitherto
been allowed n measure of privacy by the
curious and eager public that now seems
likely to be THERE no more. The right has
been conceded to each man OF them all to
do his wooing in secluslon. Henceforth
be cannot do this; not. At any rate, if he
lives in New York. and the reporters of
what Kipling calls that provincial city
get on to" him. There, for instance, is poor
Eddie Gould. son of Jay. Eddie. according
TO MI accounts, is o modest, unassuming.
well. behaved young man. The rumor got
ont the other day that lie was engaged to q
certain young woman. daughter of a wolf
known physician of the metropolis. This
was enough. The public had to be told
about that. and half q dozen TO
porters started ont to find hun.
They argued that he would probably visit
his iiancee in the evening, and that to 20 to
her house would be the easiest way to
catch HIM. So they hung about the neigh.
borhood until s O'clock. when their enter
prise was rewarded by seeing him enter.
Then they followed him. and sent up their
cards. Mr.. Gould came down to the din
ing-room, where the six reporters waited,
and there received congratulations from
them on his approaching marriage. which
he had not announ ced, but which they In
tended to nnounce authoritatively In the
several papers with which they were con.
nected. Much TO their surprise. MIR. Gould
blushed like q school. girl. Evidently they
expected him TO discuss the subject In the
same cool and disDassi0nate way with
which he would treat q rail-
way deal or rise IN stocks.
Why these reporters did not insist upon an
interview with the prospective bride 10 not
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

ONE of the papers which is devoted to
the adulation of Mr.. Cleveland COM
mends his manner of spending the sum-
mer months to it's readers as most sensi-
BILE and worthy of general imitation.
And so it is; it is the very thing we all
would like-tO go away to q "Gray
Gables" the middle of June and remain
until the first of October; but when the
Philadelphia Record commended this
sort of thing to the public it had in
mind the very wealthy and the rich
proprietors of reform newspapers. But
a general invitation might prove en-
barrasslDg. For instance. if all the
toilers who operate the varied machinery
of the world'sindustries should HE them
TO Buzzard's Bay and Gray Gables, what
would become of the countryf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

as the great German statesman who
conceived the idea OF German unity and
worked it out. He stands as the en-
bodiment of the idea. Because he does,
while no more than a common subject
like the masses. he is held. in spite of
his belief In imperialism. in the high
est regard and veneration. He rarely ap-
pears in public, but when he does, as he
did the past week on the occasion of the
marriage of his son, the masses greet
him with acclaim they refuse to the EN-
perOr. Without a crown, he is the king
of the German nationality. not
because he is the exponent of popular
ideas. but because. by his power and
persistence, the German people have
been fused into a nation which can cope
with the most powerful, and can, as
much as any nation. shape the policy of
Europe The wiser of the German
people see that popular institutions can
be more easily obtained under the present
conditions than they could if Germany
were a half dozen independent govern
ments. The commercial and industrial
classes see i'm a united Germany the
greater capacity for internal develop
ment and greater power in the COM
mercial world. 1t is no ~hero-worship
which calls for the applause for Bis
marck when he appears in public. for
the Germans are not herO-wOrshipers,
but the recognition of the fact that he
Is, more than any other man, the creator
of the greater Germany of to-day. Such
is the potency of the sentiment of ma
tiOnality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

WHILE some people who do not know
about it denounce the Presidents sug-
gestion of retaliation upon the Cana
dian government for breaking treaty
compacts. the ship-owners on the great
lakes heartily commend that policy. At
the close of 1891 there were 1862 steam
vessels, 1.243 sail vessels and 765 canal
boats and barges under the American
flag engaged in the commerce of the
lakes. This feet has a tonnage of 1,154.-
$40 tons. twO-tifths of which has been
built during the past five years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
MONEY FOR ELECTRICIANS.

How Young Men May win Fortunes by
Study, Patience and Experience.
New York Mail ant Express.
Almost daily advertisements appear stat
ing that "a young electrician may secure
permanent employment, with a chance to
rise. by addressing" etc. one of these ad-
vertisements was shown q leading cleo
triciAn to-day, and he Gas asked It's m
port.
Il am glad you have asked me that ones
ton" was the answer. There are hundreds
of young men in New York to-day who
would like To get oft of the store or count
iDg.room, and into some sort of skilled work
which holds out the PROMISE Of satisfactory
ment of electrical science has opened up o
field of extraordinary usefulness for the
young men of this country. They are
taking advantage OF IL, too, but the de-
mand for electricians 10 away ahead of the
supply.
hundred dollars. he should spend IL study
ing the science of electricity in some tech
rudiments he will find no trouble in getting
employment in some one of the big cleo
trical works.
"A couple of years of conscientious toll,
ut low wages, probably. will fiji the young
man for one of the positions referred TO in
the advertisement you have shown me-.
Every city and large town IN the coun-
try has it's electric-iigbt plant and fele-
phone exchange. There mnst be n enper-
Intepdent for each one of these, and IL he
thoroughly understands his business ho
can a salary ranging from S1.5O0
to S 5000 q year. Every electric-light-works
generates power for electric motors which
are used in running printin " presses and
other light machinery. In the putting up
and care OF these motors the services Of ca
pable men are required, and If the men are
young and hustlisg so much the better.
Then too. electric roads are being con-
A...-A~ - Il -A-A. IL
tricians are needed In the work of con-
strnction. and they are needed to oversee
and operate the lines when the cars begin
to run. If you have never seeu a COM
pletely-equipped trolly system of road you
hav missed O treat. The electric roads IN
Rochester, Minneapolis. Boston. Troy,
Albany and other cities are models In their
way. and give lucrative employment TO
hundreds of young men who knew nothing
of electricity n few years ago..
lyon must remember that the science OF
electricity IL as yet IN It's infancy. Tie
pillow of progress has merely scratched the
surface of the field. To be sure, Edison has
done much. bnt much more remains TO be
Oone. IL would be interesting TO estimate
the number of electricians in this country
to-day who are experimenting with the
problem of induction. You have often
heard the disa agreeable buzzing wh~n you
have placed the telephone-rcceiver 10 your
ear. We'll, that Ia caused by induction,
and the man who can destroy IL will reap
millions.
by all means encourage young men to
take mp the stud of electricity and "a
make that their life work"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

The Stevenson incident shows that
the men who served their States in tho
late war are in danger of being crowded
by the names of men who did not serve
their country during that period. 1t is
a period when a man who accepts a
nomination is styled colonel or "gen-
eral," but rarely anything lower in rank.
1t is supposed to help a man with the
people to have been q soldier. If the
of men who never enlisted are
thrust into the record as "brave SOL
disrs" while nearly half of the veterans
of the late war are living, what may not
be expected later ONT The honor of war
service 10 a distinctive property. and for
all time il will have value. At the
present time il is almost impossible to
tell from The incomplete rosters whether
= man who may claim or have it claimed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

JUST as the Democratic convention
was getting under way in Chicago. and
do%wn-pours of rain were of hourly Oc-
c%urrence. a person called upon Mayor
WashbuIne to predict that the city
would be deluged during the conven-
tion and after unless the Mayor should
purchase of him n little invention by
which he could cork up the heavens and
insure fair weather. The Mayor re-
fused to negotiate, and now it is sug-
gested that he is responsible for tho
daily showers which made the Wigwam
a vast shower bath.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
TIE POTENCY OF THE NATIONAL IDEA,

Bismarck has had little to do with the
perOr William came to the throne. He
is, in fact, O dismissed minister. but a
man of so much Importance hat his
criticism annoys the almost absolute
ruler with all his power. While n ruler
Bismarck was not always popular. He
has very little faith in popular govern
ment. But while he represented the
imperial idea. the German people recog-
nized in him tho potential leader and
the German patriot whose whole pur-
CAPABILITIES into which Germany was
broken and fuse them into the German
nation. Germans recognized. while he
was engaged in the work. that the great
minister was not seeking personal aR-
grandizement, but was moved with the
idea of creating a great and control-
ling German nationality. There is
no sentiment which moves a people
like that of nationality. Germans might
be divided into Imperialists. Democrats
and Socialists, in regard tn their ideas
of government. but, to make q German
nation which should embrace the Ger
man race. they all dropped political
divisions and followed the exponent of
Imperialism in the accomplishment of
this purpose. To-day, whatever ideas
different elements of the German peo-
ple may hold in regard to government.
they are a unit for German nationality.
1t may be a sentiment. but it Is a con-
trolling principle. Bismarck is regarded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
Women I'm Political Copvention..

kefe Field.
Women Ought to be interested in ~politics.
The Augean stables will never be really
cleaned until the mothers and daughters OF
the Republic realize their responsibilities
ss citizcns. but noise and Mysteries play no
part In q noble womanho0d. and
1t In significant that the female yeA-
ers who injected Themselves into the Re-
publican national convention. advocated
the candidate least approved of by capital
and labor. came nsought and were there
the women alternates from Wyoming.
Knowing their duty. they preserved = be-
coming silence. and thereby did more for
their cause than the platitudes of one
of another.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

A'ao
tory and all the sciences and ologies, it
follows that their instructors must first
have that knowledge. It does not follow
that the requirements of such teachers
are profound. To secure the store of
information expected to be attheir COM
mand they must necessarily scatter"
somewhat and perhaps know less ofany
given subject than did their predeces-
sOrs. 1t lie possibly this necessity for
covering so much ground specifically
and the difficulty of mastering any
special study that gives rise to discon-
tent among ambitious teachers.
The prospect for an improvement in
this direction is not cheering, however.
In private schools. academies and
high-schools specialists have an OPP
p%Ortupity. but each year seems
to add something to the lower
grade curriculum of the public schools.
The latest effort in this line in local
circles is to include music in the regular
course, the Indiana State Musical AS
ISOLATION having resolved to petition the
Legislature for a law requiring all
teachers to pass an examination in this
art. This plan, the Journal believes, is
n that should not be carried out.
Music has been taught in an irregular
and perfunctOry way In the %Indianapo.
lis schools for many years. At times
there has been a special teacher and at
times not. Some teachers, with a suffi-
cient musical education, have Taught
their pupils howsto read by note. Prob
ably in all schools of the lower grades,
at least, there is more or less singing of
songs, as a part of each days programme.
This is all we'll enough, doubtless,
though many parents and musicians
believe that miscellaneous singing.
in which the inevitable tendency of
each child is to raise his voice
higher and louder than the rest. is
injurious both to the vocal organs and
to the musical ear" of the unframed
singer. However this may be it is
hardly probable that in a single case a
musical taste or musical ability has been
developed or helped by any instruction
SO received. AS a matter of fact pupils,
on taking private instruction of a proper
scientific sort. are apt to find it neces-
sary to uDleafn methods they have &C.
quired in the schools. That the Ease
would be- different if each public school,
teacher knew enough of the art to pass
an examination in it is not to be sup
posed. Such mn examination could only
be rudimentary and superficial, because,
rs every one knows. music is q study
that is not mastered in one year. or two
scarcely in a lifetime, and Young men
and women fitting themselves to teach
in public schools will scarcely
be able or willing to spend
the necessary time and money
on this single branch of learning.
Even should they do SO they will not be
able to make musicians Of the children
unless they turn the shoots into con-
se~rvatories for the sole encouragement
of the science. AS well ask that all
teachers be artists. In order to teach
drawing, or linguists. to assist their
pupils in German, or stenographers. to
teach shorthand, or experts in what
ever may chance to be the fad of the
day. Some things must be left to spe-
c%ialists, and music should certainly be
one in that line of studies.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

THE Freeman say that for many
years pnst Mr.. George l.. Knox, of this
city, has sent an annual remittance of
money to his former master in Tonnes
see. who has been overtaken by old age
and poverty. 1t is known that Hon.
Fred Douglass rendered material aid to
the family of his former master when it
was greatly needed. and probably there
are other cases Of the kind. They are
very creditable to human nature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

II Marion Chronicle notices the return
on a visit to old friends of Miss Callie
Winslow, who twelve years ago went from
JonesborO, Grant county, to India, as q
missionary among Indian women. After
ten years of untiring work she has re-
turned to her native country for q years
vacation, during which she will lecture
at various points for the cause of foreign
missions. She speaks HindoostanI fuently
CuriOsities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

THE Brooklyn Eagle. the g~ennineness
of whose Democracy is not to be Ques-
toned. makes a pathetic appeal to the
mugwump press of New York not to
rub 1t in" to the defeated Tammany-
ties in the excess of their delight owe the
downfall of Hill. The Eagle knows that
Tammany needs to be cOnciliated i n
every way possible; but apparently the
muRwumps haven't thought of this ne
cessity, tor they are engaged with great
vigor in rubbing it in" to the tiger with
vinegar and salt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

for him that he was in the Union army
is entitled to the honor or not, since few
States have published alphabetical lists
of the names of the men who served in
their organizations. Would it not be
well for States at this late day to pub
lish alphabetical lists of their volun-
teers, as a few States have dOne7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

In the procession of the country's
prosperity, indianapolis marches in the
front rank, the clearincs of it's banks.
last week, being 30.4 per cent. in excess
ef those during the corresponding week
of last wear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

"a DEMOCRAT in whom there was
neither variableness nor shadow Of
turning" says one admirine organ of
General Stevenson. Sol And how
about those five times he raj for Con-
gress on a Greenback and peoples
parfyn firkct9
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

ONE would think that the purveyors
of calamity would retire in disgust when
they see by the clearinghouse reports
that, week after week, the volume of
business is from II to 90 per cent.
greater than n year ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

CANADA's public debt is owe $780,
0OO, 900, and was increased S1,05l,54
during May. AS the revenue of the Do
minion is constantly declining and the
expenditures are increasing the outlook
Is dismal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
Britain Congratulations

fHTHNVIFHI1
candidate would not receive congratuIa-
tions from wealthy Americans now abroad.
Oh. no: not at oil. lie will be congratu-
lated. as of yore. by all the nritishers. big
or small. who believe in free-irade: and
Europeans every where who want our
factories shut DOWN that theirs may ID
opened.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

THE section in the Democratic plat
form declaring the party's undying love
for the Union soldier bears the "hOO-
doo'' number thirteen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

THE announced great demand for cut
lery is of the metaphorical and savage
variety, and therefore cannot be affected
by tariff regulations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
SIXTEEN PAGES
For President,
BENJAMIN HARRISON, Of Indiana.
For VIcE-PREsIDENT,
WHITELAW REID, of New York.

BELATED exchanges are still dropping
in bearing the picture of Isaac Pussy
Gray.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

THUS far no announcement has been
made of public reception to the lndi-
ana delegation to Chicago and it's chape-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26

"Going to the worlds fart"
oh, ycs." replied tho Democratic delegate.
"T've bought q honse and lot mp there"
"Going to be in on the boem, eh1"
Boon, nothing! l want TO save hotel ex.
penses."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
Traces.

Tired Tompkins-Thcy was q little cross-eyed
Teller here. with a game leg, war'nt theyi
Young Mrs. ~Fitts-Tbere was, but how did you
guess itl
Tired Tompkins-I thought I recknized his
teeth-marks on this here pie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
BUBBLES IN THE AIR


Hungry Higgins-Please, Mister, kin you
gimme 10 cents to help buy me -
DRINK"
Nav. A locomotive. Iseein the papers that
q good locomotive earns 800 q day."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
ConsoitnE Him.

"fnever shall have faith In woman again."
said he. bitterly, just after she had refused
him.
"Oh, yes you will" said she. "You may not
have quite as much faith in yourself next
time, but otherwise 1t will be just the same"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
Self-Sacrihce.

Mrs. F1gg-Tommy here has been smoking
cigarettes.
Mr.. Figg-You young scamp! Don't you know
you won't grow a bit II you keep that upl
Tommy-Yessir. That's why I smoked 'em. I
heard you tellin' nav that / was CROWN so fast
that you couldn't hardly pay for my clothes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-06-26
New Test.

"Now. MI. Billings" said the physician, as he
pointed toward "A pair OF autographs on his Of
flee wall, "will you kindly tell me whom those
portraits representa-"
cleveland and Stevenson" answered the pa-
tient, clearly and distinctly.
You're all right" said the doctor, cheerfnlly.
There is no paresis about you"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-04-09
The availability Of Cleveland as presi-
Dental candidate will be discussed I'm to-
morrow's IwELvE-PAGE DISPATCH by
Hon. Waller X. Staples.
Spare the Capitol.
ri ~~ot. t,,,~r, xrt~.sDton

The DISPATCH thus heads remonstrance
against proposition to annex the new
State library building TO the Capitol, the
combined structure 10 form q cross.
Every intelligent man in the State, who
gives thought to the subject, will endorse
this appeal for the preservation of the
Capitol in its present form-the form
which Mr.. Jefferson selected for marked
architectural beauty, which consists chief
ly in its severe and classic simplicity Next
TO the Capitol at Washington it Is the best
known public building IN the country, and
II is richer even than the National Capitol
in historic associations. These associa-
tions will become more and more interest
ing and cherished rs the years roll by, and
Virginians q hundred years hence will
wonder that the idea of marrlng its classic
outlines and graceful proportions by q
modern annex should have been enter
tained by anybody for a moment.
We echo the DIsPATCH's appeal-spare
the Capitol. 1t would be better that
the library building should be located
outside tho Capitol Square than that
il should be placed in juxta position, or
even in too close proximity, to our his
torIc State-house But there is no need
to go out of the square for suitable
site. The proper place for 1t Is the site
now occupied by the old armory or bell
tower ON the Ninth-street side Of the
park. There it would be. sufficiently
conspicuous without crowding the park
cr overshadowing the monuments which
adorn the esplanade on which the Capitol
stands. To put it back near the Gov
ernor's mansion, which is perhaps the
only other available site. would be to hide
il from view and thus rob the park and
the city of the full effect of this hand
some and imposing addition to their
for these and other reasons that the COM
mission having the work in charge will de-
eide in favor OF the Ninth-s treet site
above suggested.