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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
AN uNsUsTAINED CLAIM.

In his able address to the Indiana
Teachers. Association President Swain
assumes for the specialists who are con-
nected with universities superiority
which, when brought to the test of
achievement, is not sustained. He as
sumed that the student. standing aloof
from practical contact with affairs and
studying them only from such results
as he can gather, is better prepared to
solve the complex questions of capital
and labor than are the men who have
been intimately connected with the
great industries for years in different
capacities. That is. the professor who
is a specialist in his way can unerringly
present a. better plan for the manage
ment. say, Of the transportation in
terests of the country than can men
who have been connected with them for
years and who have an amount of data
which no man who has not had such ex-
perience can obtain 1t is an assump-
ton that "the best methods Of munich
pal government" cannot be hoped for
until the specialist, after an investiga-
ton which cannot include practical ex-
perience, can evolve from some mys-
terious source systems far better than
can be educed by men who have been
connected with municipal affairs. 1t is
an assumption. and one which belittles
the wisdom and the capacity of men
who have been useful in practical af-
fairs. to intimate that the best method
of taxation must come from the spe-
cialist of the university. 1t is an as
sumption that nothing that is worthy Of
consideration in municipal manage
ment, taxation. finance and such i'm
portant matters can be expected from
men who. in their practical connection
with these affairs for years. have had
an opportunity to consider details and
conditions by contact with them. and
that no real solution of such economic
topics can be hoped for until the world
accepts the theories Of the university
taught specialist as infallible. For In
stance, periodical published by
school of economics contains an article
of twenty-five pages. in which the
writer demonstrates his theory of bank
issue of paper money by aigebraic equa-
tions. Theoretically. IL may be perfect;
but the practical world will. for some
time yet. put more faith in system
evolved from the experience of men like
John Sherman. ex-secretary McCulloch
and jay Cooke
1t is not denied that mer like Prof.
Ely have made valuable contributions
to the discussion Of economic questions
and have rendered. gdod service with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30

A recent amendment to the Constitu-
ton of New York empowers the Legis-
lature to authorize the use of voting
machines at all elections in that State,
and an effort will be made to have a
commission appointed to investigate the
merits of the Myers voting machine.
This machine has been publicly exhib-
tied at several places and used in quite
a number of local elections. The New
York Tribune says: LAS means of
rapid and easy voting, with absolute
secrecy, no fault whatever can be found
with it. Besides. it has the supreme
virtue OF counting the ballots automat-
icaily and beyond the possibility of
error. so that as soon as the machine
is opened at the end of the voting hours
the result is instantly known, and tam
pering with the returns is out of the
question" The cost of the machine,
about $1,000. will furnish an argument
against its general introduction, but as
it saves the entire cost of printing bal
lots and the time spent in counting
them it would pay for itself in few
years.
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here In such plight as that, and you a can
udate Tor the Legislature" The ofrer Va .
accepted vas
Typewriting by the piece costs at leas,
90 per cent. more here than in Great Rr,,-
ain The best women typewriters In ~.
York. those who have little Offices Of Their
own, work with remarkable care "a -
curacy- They are feeling the current 49,
times, however. and, though scheduIs r",H
have not been reduced. there is much iess
writers, SO to speak, have reduced the s ssPs-
Der OF their assistants. -
The Vienna newspapers are lannon's 10.
the amusing character Of their ADVERTISE
ments. Here is literal Translation Of an
extraordinary advertisement which Ia.
been appearing recently: "A young pr,ro.
the owner OF lordly estate OF great value
has the intention TO marry. He seeks
handsome and intelligent girl OF abouf
twenty years Of age, of good family and
with cowry OF not less than 1900, 900 gueI-
dens Gl,0O0,0oej Apply" etc.
The erectiors OF great reservoir in nm
per Egypt is now an assured fact Ths
work will be begun this spring Tn N.
next Egyptian budget the sum Of 10 600
Egyptian pounds, about SSO.OOO viii no 81,
apart for the purpose, ii is announced Ths
height or the Gam IS TO be so Regulated
that the Island OF Phllae on which as fha
Temple of ISIS will not be flooded Tbs
Is due to the protests received from ali
parts of the world when the subject was
first discussed.
A warning has been sounded in the way
in which books from a circulating librarv
should be handled. 1t is conveyed in the
suggestion: Don't wet he fingers to turn
the leaves of such books. The authorities
among the circulating libraries at Ores
den have been conducting a series of ex-
periments TO determine If books in general
use become medium for the communion
ton of infection Soiled leaves were rubbed
first with dry fingers and then with Wet
ones and the results microscopically exam
ined. No microbes, or few, were found on
the dry fingers, but many on the others,
Unto dentist the other day
A woman went in quest
OF some one who could find way
To give toothache a rest
Into the chair herself she threw.
And opened her mouth so wide
That the dentist a. There, that will do
/ mean to stano side"
-PhiladelDhia Record
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SOME DIETARY REMARKS.

The statement of the Hammond Qnd.)
Tribune that large numbers of horses
are killed in the vicinity of that town
every week tends to confirm the re-
ports concerning the introduction in
some of the Eastern markets of horse
meat as an article of food. In fact. the
Hammond paper says of the animals
killed there. portions of the carcasses
are dried and other parts made into
sausages." There is no reason. in the
nature of things, why the flesh OF the
horse should not be eaten as we'll as
that of the OK. The idea is somewhat
repulsive to Americans. but probably
that is mainly due to custom. In mat
tiers of this kind great deal depends
on education and habit. Horse flesh has
long been a common article of diet in
the cities of France, large quantities of
il being sold to the poorer classes, who
find it a good substitute for beef, and
much cheaper. 1t is used more or less
in other parts of Europe, and no preju-
dice exists against it. Exploring par
ties, notably some of Fremont's, have
often been reduced TO the necessity of
eating their horses and mules and
found them good food. The inhabitants
of besieged cities have sometimes had
similar experiences. and all who have
eaten the meat. whether from necessity
or choice. have testified to it's good
qualities. The truth is the old adage
mil disputandum de gustibus." applies
to articles of diet as well as to individ-
ual tastes. The time was when an
American would as soon have thought
of eating a snake as a frog: now frog
legs are considered a great delicacy,
and a large business is done in supply
ing city markets with them. Musn-
rooms, which for generations past have
been highly esteemed in Europe as an
article of food. are only just beginning
to be appreciated in this country, and
a large majority Of Americans still call
them ''toadstools" and regard them all
as alike poisonous. Millions of pounds
of this palatable and nutritious food
go to waste in this country every year
simply because OF popular ignorance.
Americans who have been educated I'D
to eating frog legs and mushrooms
which are regarded as a table delicacy
in Europe. but why should they not be
eaten as well as any other animal that
lives in shell? Oysters and CLAIMS are
not particularly appetizing in appear
ance, while a lobster or crab is as re-
pulsive looking as a tarantula. Terra
pins. which sell for fifty dollars a dozen
in the Eastern markets, and which
American epicures think the finest food
in the world. are unknown in Europe.
and Frenchman would probably go
into fits at the sight Of one. And so on
through the entire list and all around
the world. National habits vary as
much as individual tastes.
1t is difficult to see any reason why
horse flesh should ever become popular
as an article Of food in this country
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sense. He has simply taken hasty
look at the tenement districts which
swarm with the most worthless class
of citizens from his own country and
the continent of Europe. and has ut
tered nothing but criticism and abuse
OF this country and its institutions. His
opinions are not worth listening to be-
cause they are founded on insufficient
premises. and Colonel Rend was only
expressing the feeling Of self-respect-
ing American when he objected to any
honor being paid him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
MAKING SCIENCE RIDICULOUS.

InlS is the season Tor the annual
meetings of societies for the investiga-
ton and exploitation Of divers and sun
dry things. There are societies and So
cieties. The scope Of their inquiries and
discussions embraces pretty nearly
every thing in the eartn or above or
under it. including some not dreamed
of in our philosophy. The Journal is a
friend to all investigation and to the
promotion of all knowledge, but it can
not help thinking that some of the fads
represented by some of these numerous
societies are hardly worth the time
wasted on them. For instance, at
meeting last week in Princeton, NJ j.,
of the American Psychological Associa-
ton one member delivered long ad-
ments he had made to discover the
different degrees of sensibility to pain
of different individuals In making the
experiments he had used an instrument
of his own invention. resembling in
shape a lead pencil sharpened at the
end, with a delicate spring balance in
it's body. The point of the instrument
was placed in the palm of the hand
where the smaller lines cross"-mark
the exactness-and a graduated scale
showed how much pressure the person
could stand. In this way the lecturer
said he had experimental on Ameri-
can, English and German professional
and business men, American and En-
glish women Of the nonlaboring classes
and men and women of the slums in
Boston, Paris and London. AS result
Of these experiments he announced that
women are more sensitive to pain than
men: that the laboring classes are less
sensitive to pain than the nonlaboring
classes; that women Of the lower classes
are less sensitive to pain than those of
the higher classes, and that in general
the more developed the nervous system
the more sensitive it is to pain. If
there is anything new. remarkable or
valuable in these discoveries the Jour-
nal fails to see it. Everybody knows
that as pain is nerve sensation, the
more highly developed the nervous sys-
tenn the greater the sensitiveness to
pain, and it ought not to require series
of experiments in two continents to
determine the fact that the palm of a
laboring man or woman is less sensi-
tive to the pricking of sharp-pointed
instrument than that of professional
or nonlaboring person. The admission
of all that the lecturer claimed does not
add anything to the sum of human
knowledge. and as for the novelty or
value of his discovery, he might as we'll
have spent ten years in demonstrating
that greyhound can run faster than
a fat pig. Our friends the scientists
should be careful not to make science
ridiculous.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
EMANCIPATION IN SIGHT.
Fashion VIII Now Allow Woman
to Have n Lot of Pockets.
New York Evening Sun.


Put your money in your pocket is - sug-
gestion women have only obeyed recently,
and that since New York tailors, through
profound and unSelhsn thought, nave
learned properly to distribute as many as
seven of these capable, necessary and who'll
ly unobtrusive pouches at convenient points
in the perfect talior-made suit. According
to a leading maker the requisite arrange
ment Of seven pockets directs two for
skirt, four for a top coat and one for tha
body of the suit. and though the gown may
be built upon the richest silk or satin foun-
dations, no tailor who consults the safety of
his patronesses' belongings makes her pock-
cts of the same material, save one. That is
V-shaped affair, and let into the right
hand back seam Of her skirt, just within
convenient reach CT her right hand This
is meant to hold handkerchief only. sincs
nowhere else can the square of linen be
deposited that it will not throw out of shape
the perfect lines of q weIl-made gown. The
second pocket of Importance is located in
the skirts front and placed at the angle
and depth of the right hand pocket in
mans trousers. The top of this buttons
over or not. just as the customer prefers;
and it is made throughout of stout twilled
sesia with double seams. It's special mis-
sion is to hold lizard skin wallet or
little. purse of knitted gold or silver wire.
punches Of keys or one of the new pocket
rings women use nowadays. on which
knife glove hook. pencil. bachelor pin cush-
ion and memorandum book are strung.
Through the best of silk pockets the sharp
points and weight of these little necessaries
would quickly bore disastrous hole, where
as the cotton g00dS can easily stand tne
years hard wear in all safety. Pockets
number three, four. five and six are located
in the top coat. Two with or without flaps
in the outside fronts of the coats skirts
and are lined with gray velveteen. Women
who are careful to keep their coats in good
shape rarely use these at ALL except for let
ters, or occasionally to shelter cold finger
tips. The gray velveteen viii not rub of
on the most delicate gloves, ard Il holds
the paper safe. as satin or silk would not.
Just inside the lining of the coats skirt
on the left side is inserted narrow, shall
low velveteen-lined change pocket with an
the left hand. is long. invisible slit in the
coats front, lined with suede and meant
TO hold lorgnons. Then at the waist line, on
the right side of the gowns tailor basque,
Is set crescent-shaped nook. lined with
fine channels skin and offered as a recepta-
Gle for a tiny watch, the sort OF timekeeper
shoppers wear hung about the neck by
thread-like gold chain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Christmas comes but once a year. but the
bills hang on a long time.-Philadephia
Record
If you know how to spend less than YOU
get you have the philosophers stone
Franklin.
Gresham pretty hard.-Philalelphia North
American.
No, Angelina the weather forecast man
can hardly be termed a storm scenter-Buf-
falo Courier.
While a man is thinking how a thing
ought to be done a woman will do it.-De-
troit Free Press.
There is something saddening in the con-
dition of the cuckoo element at this time
Atlanta Constitution.
Senator PETER eats mince pie three times
day, which accounts for his bilious ideas
OF Hfe.-Atchison Globe.
An examination of New York banks, as
well as the police force. seems to be impera-
tdve.-Phdladelphia Press.
The interest which the King OF Korea is
manifesting in the war seems to be purely
platonic.-New York Press.
A man who can eat buckwheat cakes and
sausage and digest them need not worry
about death.-Atchison Globe
The slver-tbngued patron OF closed car
riages finds a stormy opening TO his lecture
season.-Louisville Commercial.
Landlord-Pm afraid I'll have to raise
your rent. Tenant wish you would;
I'm sure L can't raise it.-Truth.
Last years presents that have been kept
so nicely they can be sent away again are
called birds nests.-Atchison Globe.
The dividends paid by the Tobacco Trust
show that plenty of people have money TO
burn.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
There seems to be every evidence that
Mount Rainier smokes and there is no suit
able cure for the habit.-Chicago Post.
Minnie-I want to introduce you to a
young lady-a very nice girl-and she's
worth her weight in gold Bob-Stout girl,
1 hoDe?-Puck
Mr.. Cleveland discovered on his return TO
Washington that the treasury deficit was
still there, unimpaired and fiourishing.-Kan-
sas City Journal
Hetty Green complains that conspirators
want to kill her. Why not let them go
ahead, Hetty? Look at the board bill YOU
might STRAIGHTFORWARD Plain Dealer.
mot on your life" said the insurance So
Hcitor, upon hearing some one remark thai
honesty is the best policy. And thus the
saying became current--Philadelphia
Ledger.
Mrs. Knervz rang the bell for the domes-
tic. "Norah," she said when the kitchen
lady appeared, I'll feed the canary myself
after this. The doctor says 1 must take
more exercise. Chicago Tribune.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

A gospel ship to do mission work along
1,50o miles of shore line in the Puget sound
region is soon to be put In commission by
the Episcopalians of Tacoma.
Miss Emily Davies. who laid the founda-
ton Of Girton College in 1862 is still living.
Nine Bodichon. who gave. the first endow-
ment to Girton G5.00O. is dead.
The japanese Mikado is a man of great
personal magnetism. He is in fine physi-
cal condition and is naturally extremely
vivacious. His eyes are brilliant, his teeth
white and regular and his smile attractive
he has been great reader and is especial
~ well informed regarding French litera-
ture.
Franz Kossuth. who had raised quite a
furore in Hungary by trading in the men,
DRY of his fathers name. has had the
chagrin of seeing his fictitious boom col
lapse. Among other things the liberal mar
~ all over the country decided not to Ia 4,
part in any public reception that might be
given to him.
A Milan paper relates that the sculptor.
Giuseppe Grandi, who died on Dec. 1. liter
ally worked himself to death. BY way Of
illustrating his conscientious realistic meth
DDS. 1t relates that some time ago he or
dered an eagle. from the Alps and a lion
from Hamburg menagerie, which he
placed in specially constructed cages 50
that he could enter and anger them ~
order to get the desired ferocious expres-
sion.
Edward Dudley Duncan. the Representa-
tive-elect of Washington county In tns
Tennessee Legislature. who is WALKING f.
the Capitol at Nashville. was too poor "a
pay for the ordinary expenses OF his ca ~.
paign. He walked all over the district ana
talked to the voters in the open. At one
time. when Duncan's suit OF clothe<
showed the wear and tear OF his novel cen
vass. q friend. who kept crossroads ren-
era1 store. said to him: "Come IA herr
Duncan. and 1t yourself out In some de.
Ssn we can't a have you rou psrdine yoq
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30
A HOME REFORM.


The Journal does not call attention
to the law-defying allowances made
election officers By the Marion County
Commissioners. as outlined yesterday
morning, with the intention of CRITICS.
ing political opponents. 1t would have
condemned such lawless extravaganza
If ii had been countenanced and made
effective by men of it's own party. 1t
simply calls attention to the wrong to
illustrate too prevalent custom. and
one which involves private as well as
public integrity. To allow an election
officer pay for nine days when he is
not entitled to compensation for three
is morally a crime. and a greater one
than is involved in the act Of permit
ting two hundred men to draw SIS.
when, at most. they were entitled to
only Sc each. The act of permitting
two hundred election inspectors. in de-
fiance of the decision of the court. to
take $12 more Of the taxpayers money
is not a minor offense either in law or
ethics, but compared with the perni-
cious influence a repetition Of such Of
lenses has upon public sentiment in
regard to the use of public money. 1T
as the agent of another or of corpora
ton should pay for three times as
much service as was rendered he would
be denounced as a thief and would no
longer be trusted by those who heard
of it, In what degree does the crime
of rohbing one man differ from that of
permitting the robbery of the taxpay-.
ers of county?
The frequent repetition of these Of
lenses in this and other counties. and,
to some extent. in public affairs gener-
ally. has become so great an evil in its
influence upon public opinion that it
seems time it should be generally de-
nounced and those made an example of
who are responsible for such shameless
practices. There should be a toning up
of public sentiment in regard TO the ex-
penditure Of public money. The money
which the people contribute for the sup
port of city. county and municipal gov
eminent should be as scrupulously ex-
pended as private funds. AS full and
faithful service should be demanded for
the public as is expected and demanded
by the Individual 1t should be held to
be as infamous for officials to collect
three times as much for a given service
as it cost them in time and material
as it would be to take the money from
a public cash box.
In general very loose notions prevail
about the taking of the substance of
the people through the machinery of
local government and devoting it to the
carrying out of schemes which have
little connection with the welfare Of
those who contribute the money. Rarely
does a State association meet that does
not make some claim for assistance
from the public treasury for purposes
to which it's members would not con-
tribute dollar or ask others to SUBJ
scribe money for.
Now that the public conscience has
been aroused by the revelations of cor
ruption in several cities. would it not
be well for those who would be prac-
teal reformers to assail the minor evils
to which attention has been called? The
subject is commended to the organiza-
ton to promote good citizenship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-12-30

A case recently decided by the Supreme
Court of Iowa is in some respects one Of
the most remarkable lawsuits record.
1t is known in Iowa as THE Jones County
Calf Case" IT grew out of the purchase
of five calves valued at forty dollars. The
case was in the courts about twenty years.
was tried. appealed, reversed and retired
again and again. One trial lasted three
weeks, and about 40 witnesses were ex-
amined. At one time and another all the
lawyers in Eastern Iowa We're engaged IN
the case. Long before the litigation ended
the question Of costs became the overshad-
owing one, they aggregating $4,000 not in
GLIDING lawyers fees Such litigation fur
nishes a pretty good illustration Of what
fools we mortals be-
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Colonel Rend, of Chicago, was not
polite nor yet hospitabIe to a stranger,
but his rebuke 10 John Burns was de-
served by that Englishman. and Rend
deserves vote of thanks from self
respecting Americans for his courage
in administering 1t. When Burns ar
rived in this country his first request
was TO be taken 10 the "slums" 1t does
not appear in the accounts OF his
meteoric fight across the country that
he has shown any interest in the con-
dition Of any class of the laboring pop
ulation except that limited one which
comes under the head OF unskilled, and
which is most easily affected by hard
times He has not inquired concern
ing philanthropic or benevolent institu-
tons or any OF the public measures
taken to alleviate the condition of the
unfortunate and the unemployed. He
has not investigated labor In any