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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

handle II its fortune is made.
Then guileful publishers on this side give
circulation to all the British matron
has said: the book is described being
OF intense interest, one of the greatest
novels Of the day. and with a high moral
purpose concealed under its nastiness. The
author is described with great minuteness.
and If she-it is usually a ''she'-can be
induced to make a visit to this country
the advertising is easy. 1t is assumed
that the public has an absorbing interest
in the personality of writer whose book
1t has read or is going to read, and it
is related that she eats two soft-boiled
eggs for breakfast shows individuality in
her garb (Which, being interpreted, means
that she is a guy that she loves Amer
leans. dotes on candy, and is going to write
another book more advanced than the
first. Her and that of her novel is
on everybodys lips. and so rapid Is the
progress of one of these literary epidemics
that everybody reads the book and pro-
fesses to admire 1t before any one makes
the discovery that it is unspeakably dull
and not worth wasting time on. But so
successful has been the trick that it will
undoubtedly be worked again, and now
that the Heavenly Twins" and the rest
have passed in the night and are practical
ly forgotten, a new fake of the same sort
may be expected any day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Every time we break the law of health
we drive a nail into our coffin.-Ram's
Horn.
1t is only right that he who asks for
giveness should be prepared to grant II 10
others.-Horace.
A man never has real trouble until he has
a son big enough to wear his clothes.
-Atchison Globe.
We are quite confident that Mr.. George
NJ Pullman is permanently out of politics.
Washington Post.
Many minister has prayed for a fair
parishioner without getting her.-Philadel-
phia North American.
II girl has once done wrong. IL Is proven
in a court room that she never did
right.-Atchison Golbe.
Does Henry George wish 10 be understood
as setting up the single tax against the gold
cure?-Detroit Tribune.
A folding baby ca .riage has been invent
ed. This with the invention of a noiseless
baby, will make life worth living for a few
more years.-Buffalo Express.
Paradise will be the reward of those
kings who restrain their resentment and
know how to forgive.-Eddin Saadi.
Language is not always precise. The fly
doesn't necessarily love the fiy-paper. for
all it may be stuck on it.-Philadelphia
Times.
lie <AulcIlCtu halfway UNION does not
admit colored men TO membership. IL is
made up entirely of the plain people.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Students of language would confer
favor by deciding whether an advanced
and a forward woman are the same.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
The women are particularly pleased with
marriage CEREMONY so impressive that II
makes the chils run down their backs
-Atchison Globe.
The race is becoming warm that Col
Breckinridge's opponents may crowd him
int confessng to a fresh batch OF sins
Washington Post.
UrIess the Rev. Myron W. Reed OF Den
yer, has gone to drinking beer and neglect
ing his hair he has no right to call himself
an Anarchist-Chicago Tribune.
I'VE are bound to win,'' said Debs in Jail
as he opened a letter containing 500 of
some FOOLS money contributed for his de-
fense.-Louisville CoIrier-Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

neighborhood OF SeraIng He is on record
as having crowed no less than 80 times in
one hour.
Fanny Crosby. the blind Methodist hymn
writer. is now seventy years OF age. She
has written about three thousand Sunday
school hymns. many OF which are widely
known. She was born at South East. y.
Y. in 1893. and lost her sight when SIX
weeks old through the ignorant application
or warm poultice to her eyes. She has
been an inmate OF and teacher In the In
stitution for the blind in New York since
1855. In 1855 she was married TO Alexander
Van Alstyne. a musician. who was also
bllnd. Her first poem was published in
1871, and her first volume of verse. "A
Blind Girl and Other Poems" In 1874
An interesting phase OF the higher edu-
cation OF women is now to be seen at Chi
cago University. Nowhere. probably. in
this country are women. both as students
and teachers. so thoroughly on an equality
with men. For in no way. il may be said
is the question of sex ever raised The
women members OF the faculty are paid
precisely the same as men holding similar
positions and they nave young men as
well as young women in their classes. one
full professor "a DEAN; two assistant pro.
fessors zone OF whom is DEAN; one assoc
ate professor (and DEAN: three tutors. one
lecturer. one decent and one reader COM
prise the women on the faculty Women
hold ten OF the forty university fellowships
carrying a stipend with them. and four
of the twenty-elght honorary fellowships.
OF the total number of students C4s), 20i
are women.
What is il speaks TO US in drear .?
Is il a voice from Evermore?
Or is il something that we ate
The night before?
Detroit Free Press.
She fell upon his neck,
In wild alright shrieked he.
This picnic youth with the pale. sweet face;
a caterpillar she
Detroit Tribune.
Now Fate with her eraser comes
To blight Ambitions soul
And deftly wipes the name OF '-Debs
From Fames majestic scroll
-WashinCtou Star.
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THE NUMBER NINE.
1t Has Recently Been n Subject OF
Study by German Professor.

Stuuy ny ~ Uerman PROFESSOR.
New York Tribune
II is not often that a single figure has
enjoyed the distinction of being the SUBJ
ject of long study and investigation on the
part of a German university professor But
The Number Nine" is the title OF a long
and learned article in recent edition OF
Am Urquell, by Professor Reinhold, at
present rector OF the University of Berlin.
In early times, writes in substance the
Professor, the first uneven number CD and
its multiple 90 were considered OF especial
Importance, likewise all numbers which
Christian mystic writers, the legends OF
nations. the religions OF modern peoples,
all go to prove the holiness sanctity OF
the number nine. In ancient Germanic life,
In poetry, in religion and law, the number
nine is met everywhere. 1t still has its in
fuence in German customs and German be-
lief. In scandinavian mythology We find
groups of nine WalkyrieS, nine Discs, nine
giant mermaids, or women OF the sea, nine
mothers of the god Heimdall, nine virgins
OF the Menglod-FreyJa and nine dwarfs.
In the middle ages nine heroes were
usually grouped together, as is TO be seen
on the beautiful fountain at Nuremburg
and the Hause salon of the Cologne City
Hall. In the poetry OF the fifteenth cen
tory groups OF nine are favored Proofs OF
this to be found in the festival plays,
Nos. 50 and AZ, of the Keller collection, and
the poem, THE Nine Poor Wanderers" Of
Hans Sachs. There are nine judges in Ice
landc and Germanic law, known the
Mines" In Lucerne there existed until li95
the nine men who sat in judgment On
ordinary police cases Nine children were
formerly looked on as the ideal number for
tales in groups of nine. In Grimm faify
tale nine birds quarrel over the wishing
clock. They say in Tyrol when niHs
parents meet there is a witch among
them" We also find nine a favored num-
Der for those people who make sacrifices
of human beings and animals
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fair valuation. paying for the same with
per cent. bonds and sinking fund to
redeem the bonds. the roads being ac-
quired by the exercise OF the right Of
trolled by directors appointed during good
behavior by the President. who among
other things. shall fix the compensation for
each class OF employees and make regula-
tons for the employment of all persons
who shall be on probation for year.
and thereafter. IL satisfactory. shall not be
discharged except for sufficient cause after
full hearing, the object being 10 keep men
i'm the service during good behavior as
far as practicable. These directors shall
fix the rates of interstate traffic at all
times. which must be sufficient TO pay
running expenses. the interest and in
stallments on the sinking fund and to keep
up the equipment State officers will be
consulted relative TO rates in States, but
the national board of directors should be
supreme. There are other details respect
ing the care OF superannuated and injured
employees, and that each States rates
must be sufficient in the aggregate to pay
the expenditures therein and for interest
and sinking fund.
There can be no government ownership
of railroads which does not involve the
not be subject to frequent change like a
popular branch of the Legislature, and
every empioye must be as free from
political bias as under private manage
rectly employed by railroads 1t would be
essential to perpetuity of popular govern
ment to put railroad management and
employment beyond the reach of PARTISAN
pie must see that such control must be
assured at the outset Such being the
case. some of the loudest advocates of
the government railroad must be left out
for at fair price-not all of the $780,.
100000 of capitalization which interstate
roads represent paper, but at a fair
cash value after the water shall have been
wrung out. The roads must be run on
business principles by men of large ex-
perience and good service must be the
only pull upon position. Such gov
eminent control as President Blackstone
and other able and clear-headed men sug-
gest will have no places for the Debses
the Towards. the Sovereigns and those
men who have no capacity for practical
affairs. In devising plan there will be no
room for the PETERS. the Kyles and like
cranks.
1t is more probable that the moro the
subject is discussed and the more light
there is thrown upon it the less inclined
intelligent people will be to have the gov
eminent operate the interstate reads. con-
Guiding that when laws shall be passed
controlling interstate commerce, even to
the rates of transportation, the mission of
the government will have been performed.
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communication. lessen the cost of trans
into closer communication, shorten the dis
lance to markets. save wear and tear OF
vehicles, increase the draft power OF
horses; in short, they increase the value
of land. help commerce, help education.
help investments. and help everything that
conduces to the material welfare Of the
people. The president of the State Board
OF Agriculture of New Jersey says that
on new macadamized road which leads
past his farm to the city of Camden his
teams haul eighty to 125 bushels of pota-
toes, where formerly they hauled only
twenty-five. In other words, it has quad
rupled the draft power of his horses. and
if horse can haul four times as much as
formerly the driver saves the time of three
trips. This New Jersey man says. further,
that lone of our counties has issued $780,
600 of four-per-cent. bonds and put down
sixty miles of stone roads, averaging six
teen feet wide. and though they pay the
taxes to meet the interest on these bonds,
their tax rate is now lower than il was
before the road was built" Mr.. H. G.
Chaplin, of New York, an ardent advocate
of good roads, says that the so-called Ca
nandaigua, or McAdamized roads, in that
State have increased the value of the ad-
joining farms many times the cost of the
roads, and that the cost of keeping them
in good repair is much less than that of
keeping poor roads in poor repair. There is
abundant evidence that good roads add to
the value of adjoining lands and materially
reduce the tax rate. If even the poorest
roads are a necessity and add something
to the market value of farm lands and
products, it stand to reason that good roads
would add still more, and the better the
roads the greater the benefit
Now is the time for the press of Indiana
and people who are interested in better
paratory to bringing it before the next
Legislature. County agricultural societies
should take it up and local good roads So
cieties should be formed. AS the question
is entirely nonpartisan, the legislative can
didates of both parties should be given to
understand that they are expected to side
with the friends of progress on this ques-
ton.
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The Minister Wn. Not In II.

''Er-our revival has resulted in so many
accessions to the church." said the minis
ter, leaning back in his chair, and putting
the tips of his fingers together, that l.
UNI. ah-I think it would not be a bad idea
for my salary TO be increased
I'm afraid we can't do it, brother" re-
piled the deacon. You see, the only way
we got so many of them to join was by
explaining that with a large membership
the burden of carrying a minister at the
salary you are now getting it would be but
little felt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

Mr.. Herbert Spencer. of evolution and So
cial philosophy fame, has pronounced ex
cathedra on the fate of the United States
He says we have before us civil war, i'm
mense bloodshed, and, eventually. military
despotism of the severest type" If this
dire prediction was not due to the fact that
ing from bad attack of indigestion. it at
least shows he forgets that this country is
mot peopIed by Spaniards, Mexicans or
South Americans.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

a London correspondent says that the
delegates of masters and employees who
form the Cancellation board for miners dis
putes in Great Britain have accepted the
principle which is designated as a mini
mum living wage. and that the new scale
will advance the wages Of miners 80 per
mum has been or can be fixed is not ex-
planned. but ii would be interesting to
know what compensation in Great Britain
is regarded as minimum living wages. A
system of wages adopted throughout
Europe upon the basis of a minimum liv-
ing would have excellent results, but the
European minimum would be far below
that Of the United States.
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The Reason OF His Action.

did you ever notice that a great big
man is usually more tender and consider
ate to his wife than any other kind of a
man tsp
He has TO be. II he does not treat her
about twice as we'll as she deserves. all
the other women will be calling him an
overgrown. tyrannical brute
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

The British authority. Beerbohm, says
that the yield of wheat this year throughout
: che world IS 1O4OoOOOO bushels less than last
year, and as much under the average har
vest of 1891. 1892 and 1Sss-a decline of 5 per
cent. which must tell on the surplus which
has held prices down the past five or six
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

Brooklyn, y. Y. harbors a woman who
has written three thousand Sunday school
hymns When the quality OF the prevailing
Sunday school hymn is considered IL hard
ly seems credible that one woman can
carry such an awful responsibility and still
live.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

A good deal was said last week in the
New York papers about the party of pill
grims which sailed from that city for Lour-
des but not one mentioned whether or
not the travellers were supplied with copies
of Mr. Zola's guide book TO that health
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

Lillian Whiting, an alleged literary wom-
an of Boston, devotes some space in a re-
cent letter to criticising ships That Pass
at Sea" Her comments show that the
book referred to is 'Ships That Pass in
the Night" but they do not show that she
has read it. The most cursory critic ought
to be able to get the title of a book cor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
THE INDIANAPOLIS Jo,rRxAI

Can be found at the following places
PARIS-American Exchange in Paris SO Boulevard
de Capucines
NEW YoRK-Gilsey House and Windsor Hotel
PHILADELPHIA-A.P p. Kemble, 3735 Lancaster
avenue.
CHICAGO-Palmer House. Auditorium Hotel
CINCINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co, I54 Vine street
LOUISVILLE-C. T. Deering northwest corner Of
Third and Jefferson streets
ST. LoUIs-UniOn News Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House and Ebbit,
House.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

1t Is interesting to note that several
Cleveland papers stigmatize ten Demo-
cratic Senator'S as more shameless traitors
than Benedict Arnold-a thing they never
did say OF Jefferson Davis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
An EIoouent plea.

People have no right TO jump on US in
the manner they do" said the trust mag
nate. Ever since the trusts came into
play. nearly everything controlled by them
has been reduced in price. The only adj
vance made, almost, is in the prices OF
United States Senator'S"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
Astonfshed Her.

He-You are rhe one girl among thou
sand.
Shell didn't suppose there had been
more than dozen or so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

If the Pullman Car Company would de-
vote one-eighth of it's annual dividend of s
per cent to the payment of its porters the
travelling public might be relieved Of the
necessity Of purchasing civility.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

If Debs is convicted. and sentenced for
contempt of court the time he is now serv-
ing in jail will be deducted from his SEN
tence. Perhaps, expecting to be convicted,
that is the reason he refused to give bail.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
TW ELVE PAGES

If the President hoped that his letter
would act as oil on the troubled waters.
he was woefully mistaken. 1t has acted
more like oil or a smoldering fire.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
Applying His Vocabulary.

WASHINGTON star.
'Dere's 4 fine word. said plod ling
Pete. as he laid down the piece OF paper
that had been wrapped around a ham
sandwich. Oats q fine word. .nrocras-
innate what does n mean
''It means ter nut of -
Does liz An ter t'ink OF me bein' pro-
crastinated FUN six trains this week
Well. wellr'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

1t must make Mr.. Cleveland feel very
proud to learn that a mass meeting of the
royalists of Hawaii protested against pro-
mitigating the republic on the ground that
deposed Queen TO be restored to the throne.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

Before the President wrote his letter to
Chairman Wilson there was a breach be-
That still remains. with an added breach
between the President and the Maryland
Senator. Thus. instead of one. we have a
pair of breaches
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

The majority of the present School
Board have passed so completely under the
control of the Frenzel influence that his
following agree upon everything in secret
caucus, or, more strictly. get orders out
side and go in and vote them without
giving any opportunity for discussion.
There was no canvassing OF the fitness or
intendent. but after a little preliminary
skirmishing TO make futile show of in
dependence the majority voted as agreed
or instructed outside. The Indianapolis
School Board has never been in such parti-
san or personal dictation before-a fact
which should be borne in mind that the
Evil may be remedied next year.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

The case of the nine-yesr-old Virginia
miss who killed herself because her mother
made her stay at home from school and
take care OF the baby may be regarded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.

as revolt of the daughter" quite In ad-
vance of the English illustrations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

The Secretary of the Treasury has APP
proved a new design for the one-dollar sill
yer certificates. which represents history
tnstructing youth. History IS represented
iby a female figure in a reclining position
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-22

!, AT the time of the Homestead strike.
which was even less excusable than the
recent one. because the men were paid
unusually high wages. the attempt to pro-
tect the property of the company and put
down lawlessness met with the disapproval
and criticism OF nearly all the leading Dem
ocrats in the country. Senator Palmer.
Senator Voorhees,. and even Mr.. Cleveland,
10 say nothing of hundreds of Democrats
OF less prominence. came out in public in
terviews expressing sympathy with the
lawbreakers and practically condemning
the efforts made to protect property. Their
action at that time leaves no doubt that
they would have pursued the same course
during the recent strike but for the fact
that Democratic administration was COM
PEELED 10 enforce the law. Their recent
course was due 10 compulsory patriotism,
but after all this is better than none.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-02
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
Captains Are Silent Regarding the Sinking Of
the Cyphrenes at Sea.

ST. JOINS, N. F., Jan. 1.-The Dutch
tank steamer La Flandre, Captain
Schmyck, II days from Antwerp, for New
York, in ballast, arrived here yesterday.
Her port bow was crushed in and all her
compartments were flooded with water
She collided on Saturday with the British
steamer Cyphrenes, Captain Kelley, from
Savannah for Liverpool, loaded with cot
ton. Both captains decline to tell how the
collision occurred. The crews were also
instructed to give no particulars of the
accident.
The Cyphrenes had her bows driven
right into the foremost and the water
rushed in at terrible rate The ship was
80 badly damaged that she sank within
three hours after the collision. The cap
tain and crew of the Cyphrenes at irst
made every effort to save'her, but found
that her injuries were too great and
launched the boats.
The Cyphrenes' crew of 81 men all
got aboard La Flandre, and the vessel
made for this port. Besides the other
damage to La Flandre there are holes in
her bottom and the plates on her port side
were started for great distance. All the
port compartments were filled, and the
crew was compelled to flood the starbOard
quarter to trim the ship.