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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

In Massachusetts the license law re-
Quiros that saloons shall have tables and
chairs. n that no drinks shall be
served to persons standing at a bar.
That provision is not always enforced,
blu when it is patrons sit at tables. On
the other hand, it is proposed by a bill
before the Legislature that there shall
be no tables and chairs in saloons. but
that all patrons shall stand up and
drink The Massachusetts law was de-
signed to prevent a body of men from
going in and having an all-round
treat while the provision of the pend
ing bill would seem to be in favor OF
that sort of patronage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

One Of the worst results Of the Demo-
cratic financiering which has piled UP a
debt of SIS. 600, 900 in this State is the ne
cessity it imposes of rejecting really de-
serving measures or cutting Town neces-
sary appropriations almost to the starv-
alton point. If the State were out Of
deb the Legislature would not hesitate
a moment to make a more liberal pro-
vision for a soldiers home, to establish
a State HON for dependent children, to
increase the accommodations for the in
sane, etc. These and other claims that
might be named are very meritorious.
and some of them pressing, but the big
Democratic debt casts its shadow over
them all.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
sHREDs AND pATcHEA

Women lie oftener through kindness thaa
malice.-Detroit Free Press.
Every man should keep a fair-sized ceme-
terry in which to bury the faults of friends
-Beecher.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a
ruined edifice. before the single word
faith.-Napoleon.
If France wants a President who will
never resign let her get an A-merican.-DaI-
las News Dem.)
1t is an open winter. That's how all these
billiards. happened to blow in.-Pittsburg
acknowledgement.
Why is it that a missionary call from
Calcutta sounds SO much louder than one
from kalamazoo.-Puck.
1t is sometimes almost as unkind to tell
the truth about others as it is to tell a. lie
on them.-Ram's Horn.
The fin-de-siecle lover put it thus: 81 love
the very ground Miss Bloomer wheels
over.'-Yonkers Statesman.
DR.. Parkhurst seems to be sincere. in hs
crusade against bosses. lie is roasting the
women - Tribune.
The European tranquility is now so thick
that no one of the powers dares to turn its
back or even sneeze.-New York Press.
When a man with an eloquent voice re-
cites poetry, 1t has the same effect on some
women as skinning o~nions.-Atchison Globe.
There are two men in the Kansas peni-
tertiary who have also served terms in
the Kansas Washington Post.
DR.. Gresham seems to be having a hard
time in introducing his celebrated brand OF
arbitration soothing syrup.-Chicago Dis
patch.
Wonder IL persons who are treated with
anti-toxin obtained from a horse will there
by show any appreciable gain in horse
sense boston Transcript.
That's the girl But why do you
think they are engaged ?t Because he has
stopped taking her to the theater and goes
to church instead."-Life.
Scientists demand an instrument to meas
ure the depth Of ~snowdrifts. Something. no
doubt. that will be more accurate and COM
Portable than the trousers leg.-Chicago
Post.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
SUGAR AND TOBACCO IN CUBA.
A Million Tons of Sugar and $4,000
Tons of nnuaH

Letter in New York Christian Advocate.
The great fertility of the soil and tine
development of large agricultural indus
tries. OF these, the most important is that
duction of this article was innate at
$4,000 tons. The small plantations nave
been for the most part abandoned, it being
found impossible to compete with the beet
sugar reduced in Europe except by inn
proved machinery and more economical
Cuba Is at the present time by far the
largest cane-sugar producing country in the
world The great factory in the neighbor.
hood of Cienfuegos, known as "ConStancia,"
has lately turned out as much as 5000, 600
pounds of sugar in one year. Some of the
extent; the cane is brought to the factories
by railways which traverse the fields In
every direction. The factories are large
and costly establishments, and, including
from 100000 to $1,000 900 respectively. Form
Cuban capital, but now English capital il
chiefly employed, and machinery of Eng
hsh make is largely used. The United
States also furnishes an increasing quantity
of both capital and machinery. AT thu
present time an American syndicate is in
vesting several millions of capital in the
establishment of a plantation and factory
in the neighborhood of Trinidad dc Cuba,
while the bureau of statistics shows that
last year three times as mYeh iron and
steel and manufactures thereof was exc
ported to Cuba from the United States as
was sent thither four years ago. Nor are
there any signs of decrease in sugar culti-
walton. Immense tracts of land still await
the cultfvator, and the demand for Cuban
sugar shows no abatement. There 10 no
labor difficulty to face. and the invest
ment of capital in this industry meets with
satisfactory returns.
Next in Importance to the sugar industry
comes that of tobacco. The plant, which Is
the island; but the variety which is culti-
waited in the district lying west OF Havana
the Vuelta Abajo. the lower VALLEYS
that which has gained a worldwide reputa-
ton for special excellence. Thirty million
pounds OF leaf are said to be an average
Is manufactured in the factories OF Cuba,
and the exports increase year by year.
such as the "Cabanas," the "Partagas.1
etc, employ upward of one thousand peo-
pie, and pay an enormous sum annually
in wages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
Several years ago h Pennsylvania

Several years g the P~ennsyivania
Ieetslature somewhat thoughtlessly
passed adm providing for the payment
oy~xoancs- commissioners of so cents and
upward for the heads of hawks. owls.
weasels. minks. and other animals sup
posed to be destructive" Investigation
shows that there has been paid under
the law an average of about $780, 900 a
year, and that a large part of it has
been for the heads of chickens, turkeys,
English sparrows and other birds made
to resemble those of hawks and owls.
Such legislation is stupid anyhow, for, in
the economy of nature. all animals have
their uses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
Programme of German Socialism.
Herr wilhelm Liehknecht. In the Forum.


Socialism has been accused OF aiming at
oppression of personal liberty. Now I beg
you to look at our programme, and you
will see that every point of it is a striking
refutation of this childish reproach. What
do We ask for? Absolute liberty OF the
press; absolute liberty of meeting: absolute
liberty of religion: universal suffrage for
all representative bodies and public offices
in the state and the national
education; all schools open TO all: the same
opportunities of learning and education for
ali; abolition of the standing armies and
creation of national militia. so that every
citizen is soldier and every soldier citizen;
an international court of arbitration be-
tween the different states; equal rights for
men and women-mcasures for the protec-
ton of the working classes Limitation of
the hours of work, sanitary regulations,
etc.. Can personal liberty: can the right
of the Individual be better guaranteed than
by this programmed? And can any honest
democrat find fault with this programmed
Far from intending 10 suppress personal
liberty we have the full right to say that
we are the sole party In Germany that
fights for the principles OF democracy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

fore. This has created a deadlock, and
the aid of the our is sought to have
the right to the custody Of the children
passed upon. There is a chance for
some able n eloquent pleading in the
case. n the result will be looked for
with interest in households where the
authority is in dispute.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

A few days ago one of the Journals dis
patches contained an account of a Seattle
man whose head was cut in two by a cir
cular saw, the detached piece being clap
ped on again by a thoughtful bystander, to
the apparent convenience and benefit Of the
victim, who was alive and conscious at
latest reports. A correspondent who seems
to cherish suspicious of the truthfulness of
this tale writes to ask If it is known
whether or not the saw was injured. AS
to this the Journal cannot say, but is free
to declare it's entire confidence in the ac-
curacy of the story. 1t might base this
faith on the unimpeachable veracity of AS
ISOLATED Press reports, but in this case
relies chiefly on the Seattle climate. If all
accounts of the climate given by Puget
sound residents are to be relied
on-and who shall dispute them
it is not at all marvellous that
a man lives after the top of his head
has been cut off. Indeed, it would show
a rude skepticism in regard to climatic
tales to hesitate for a moment to accept
the sawed-head story. The air there is so
pure, and healing. and invigorating that
the halves of the head nave probably
grown together by this time, and the
owner is more enthusiastic than ever over
the charms OF the climate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

The arrest of the ex-Queen Liliuoka-
lani for alleged completely in the late
attempt at revolution shows that the
present government is determined to
maintain it's authority. A deposed queen
has no more rights than other people.
and If Liliuokalani was foolish enough
to take her chances with the insurgents
and make her house a place of conceal
ment for arms. ammunition and dyna-
mite bombs. she should suffer the conse-
Quences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

President Eliot. of Harvard. has come
to the conclusion that football is unfit
for college use'' and that it has been
forced on the colleges by a tyrannical
public opinion, partly ignorant and
partly b~arbarous." Certainly, Harvard
has won no laurels at football; but if
it's failure should lead Harvard and 9TH
err colleges to do away with the ntercol-
legiateN contests. restoring the schools to
their original functions as institutions of
learning. it will be most beneficial.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

A revised version: Then Carlisle said
unto Cleveland, Almost thou ~persuadest
me to be a oun money man. And
Cleveland said, would to God that not
only thou, but also all that hear me this
day. were both almost and altogether
such asyI am. except these bonds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

1t is probable that Professor Zeublin,
In his last lecture in the university ex-
tension course. on Agricultural Revo-
luton" did not have reference to this
country when he spoke o. the union of
small farms under great proprietors.
Such is not the ase now. whatever it
may be in the future. There is. how
ever, reason to believe that the tenden-
cy at the present time is not in that di-
rectiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

the National Guard, gave a minstrel per-
formanc in a New York theater a few
nights ago. They were members Of a char
table society and the entertainment was
for charity's SAX One would think that
the fathers, brothers and lovers Of these
young ladies would rather have made up
the sum realized for charity out of their
own pockets than to see them make such
an exhibition of themselves.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

There can be no general difference be-
tween the inmates in the two State pris-
ons. yet from the southern prison there
has been constant complaint of the In
subordination and cruelty to prisoners
under Warden Patten, while nothing Of
the kin has been heard from the north
ern prison.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

"How can the government be put upon
a silver basis when it only coins suffi-
cient silver dollars to redeem the coin
notes?', asks a silverite. When it has
no gold with which to redeem it's gold
obligations. and must use silver, is the
natural answer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

"You can stop the drain on the gold
reserve by passing a law to increase the
revenue said Senator Sherman. And
no one has yet contradicted the state
ment. *
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
SIXTEEN PAGES

Instead Of literally being a trust. the
whisky organization which was known
by that name seems to be a conspicuous
case of general distrust.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
As to Women.

The brand-new woman, who surely is here,
May be all right in her s~elf-imposed sphere,
But the same old woman, who shrieks at
a mouse,
Will continue, as ever, the boss of the
house.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
b In THE AIR.
Long Distance,

Yabsley-Well, Nudge, and are your
views on the financial question?
Mudge-Telescopic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
Modest Youth.

TOMMY wouldn't be as stuck up as girls
is for anything.
Jimmy-Me neither. They thinks they are
just as good as boys.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
A Idea
]. NJ. Barrie

j. NJ. Barrie.
A humorist would cften no ken at he vas
ane If 1t wasna by the wy he mAks other
fowk LAUGH. A body Gamma be expeeitt bath
to max the joke an 10 sect. Ma. tina
would be doin' two fowks' wark-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03
Is Ite

watts-Isn't there a play called the Ken
lucky Colonel?"
Potts-I believe there is. 1 think it is
some sort of a tank drama, though 1 am
not sure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-03

Forty young ladies. with their faces
biackened. and clothed in the uniform or
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10
ONE HEAD USHER


The way. wherein uo pinetea PROM
uii r. ~ tits Calling.
Il isas old rs the Proverbs that the
cohblcr's children are always poorly
shod
Tho restaurant man goes home for
dinner. and the bartender Is n total nb.
stainer.
The druggist may patronizc the faith
cure and the railway man knows Of nc
greater luxury than u ride In buggy.
The street car conductor is glad to get .
NV of. ~ he can take q long walk.
a moro remarkable case than any OF
these IL that Of the head usher at the
thoatcr, and one theater in particular.
Probably every plnygoer in Chicngt
knows him The title Of "hcad usher
does him an injustice. He is more like
host or the chief of reception commit
tee.
There are head ushers who pounct
upon You, grab the coupons, thrust them
bnck into your fumbled hands aud shout,
First aisle to the rightr
There are other head ushcrs who tell
you to hurry mp ur step lively. They
give loud warning that all coupons must
be ready.
They shout, Hey, therer' and are
constantly distracted because of the i'm
mcnse responsibility which they imagine
is resting upon them.
As soon as snippy young man gets
into,a box Office or is engaged as an
usher, he begins to imagine that he
owns the house, the company and good
part of the frontage in the block.
But the exceptional head usher is
calm, polite, attentive and solicitous.
No matter how rapidly the crowd may
pour in, it seems that every one who
comes receives some courtesy at his
hands.
He doesn't shout or grab and the
small children are not afraid of him.
The most remarkable thing about this
model master of ceremonies, however,
is that he knows very little about actors
or plays.
The other evening, when the house
was crowded and the performance wa
being received with noisy approval, q
man who came into the foyer between
acts remarked to him, well, it's 6
funny show.
II dare say" he replied; "the houst
seems to like it, "
Didn't you see it,"
ono; / was out here all the time. "
"Is that so? Don't you step inside tC
sec the performances"
"Oh, no. My duties keep me here. II
the . years that have been in this pc
sition have never seen performance.
At first the man wouldn't believe it
but it was fact just the same. Chi
cago Record.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10

The circumstances attending the
adoption of the legend 'E Pluribus
Unum' as the motto of the United
States have never been fully explained
by the historians. 1t was probably used
on coins-and some say upon early
colonial flags-long before it was regu-
larly recognized by the leading officials
of the new republic. The Oldest coin
bearing the motto in full is colonial
cent coined by New Jersey in the year
1856. The same year it appeared on a
small medal recognized among the col
lectors of coins as 1.-THE confederate. "
This medal was national token, l be-
lieve, and was coined by authority of
the general government. 1t bore on one
side ID stars and blazing sun, the lat
ter surrounded by the word ''Confeder-
alto, which gives it the name by which
it is known to the numismatists.
The words in the headline are I'M
doubtedly from Virgil's "Moretus, p" a
poem devoted TO a description of GER
tain salad In the rhyming recipe he
gives instructions for mixing the proper
herbs and pounding the same i'll NOR
tar until the various colors blend as one.
Some one has very appropriately said
that "the colonies were mixed i'll the
mortar of the Revolution and came out
as one homogeneous nation. - st.
LOUIS Republic.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10
MUSIC WITH MEALS.

One Respect In Which Oklahoma Hotel
Keepers Are Up to Date.
The hotels of Oklahoma up to last fall
were few and far between. Having tried
several with little satisfaction, party
of hungry "tenderfeet" was directed by
a commercial traveller to a little place
on corner. The commercial man said
it did not look inviting, but it was clean
That was an inducement the party had
not heard of in that section, and it
turned in for supper. The dining room
was one in which the family lived. A
folding bed stood in one corner An old
time bureau was opposite. A box stove
was in the way, and about it were
several old fashioned rockers A few
family pictures hung from the wall
with the old, old motto, invoking the
blessing of the powers celestial on the
household. The party asked for supper
and was told to be seated until the meal
was prepared. Two girls, delicate and
with much WEAKNESS in their faces,
spread the table. When the meal was
brought on, they simply said, Supper is
ready" and disappeared.
ic PhllN Sdthtitd dbOut tiiC iilCoi
aud it was agreeably disappointing.
While it was being devoured-thati is the
best word to use, even at this distance
from the table-the two girls came into
the room. accompanied by their mother,
a woman whose hair was white and
whose face was study. There must
have been time when she was beauti-
full They came in as if they had been
billed for the occasion. They went to
one corner of the room, and then the
party discovered that there was one Of
those old time melodeons in an out of the
way place. The mother took her place
at the keys. and as the mournful melo-
dies responded to her touch the daugh-
tiers sang, Nearer My God to Thee"
Nellie Gray" and then "Lorena."
Think of "Lorena" on melodeon in
Oklahoma! The party having finished
supper, one of them paid the bill, and
then the music ceased. 1t was ques-
ton which no one of that party was ever
able to agree upon, or they had not up
: to last accounts Was the music of that
night for the purpose of entertainment
or to forestall the possibility of dupli-
eating any of the orders? = Chicago
Tribune
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10

There is q certain GOODNESS almost to
be called a positive want of cordially
between snakes and human beings.
More, the snake is never a social favor
tie among the animals called lower. No
body makes an intimate friend of a
snake. Popular natural history books
are filled and running over with anec-
dotes Of varying elegance and mendac-
ity, setting forth extraordinary atfec-
ton and cooperation between cat and
a mouse. horse and hen, pig and q
cockroach, camel and lobster. COW
and wheelbarrow and so on, but there
is never snake in one of these quaint
alliances. Snakes do not do that sort of
thing, and the anecdote designers mag
ination has not yet risen to the feat of
compelling them, although the stimulus
of competition may soon cause it.
The case most nearly approaching one
of friendship between man and snake
known to me is the case of Tyrrell. the
zoo snakekeeper, and his "laidly worms. T"
But then the friendship is mostly on
Tyrrells side, and, moreover. Tyrrell is
rather more than human, as any one
will admit who sees him hang boa con
strictors around his neck. OF course
one often hears of boys making pets OF
common English snakes, but boy is
not a human creature at all. He is a
kind of harpy.-Arthur Morrison in
Strand Magazine,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10
TRUCKING A CRAB.
African Natives Take Advantage of His
Industry In u Heartless Manner.

African Natives Take Advantage of His
Industry In "a Heartless Manner.
In Africa there exists certain mem
Der of the crab genus commonly known
as the great tree crab. This peculiar
shellfsh has an offensive trick of
crawling up the cocoanut trees, biting
off the cocoanuts and then creeping
down again backward.
The theory is that the nuts are shat
tered by the fall, and the great tree crab
is thus enabled to enjoy hearty meal.
Now, the natives who inhabit regions
infested by this i'll conditioned crab are
well aware that the lower portion of the
crabs anatomy is soft and sensitive, and
they believe that the "bivalve" was
thus constructed in order that he might
know when he had reached the ground,
and when, consequently, he might with
safety release his grasp of the trunk
So what they do in order to stop his
depredations, which often ruin the CO.
coanut crops, is this: While the crab is
engaged in nipping off the cocoanuts
they climb half way up the trees and
there drive row of long nails right
around the tree, allowing an inch or sc
of the nails to project.
The crab has no knowledge Of disas-
ter, nor yet the>fitness Of things. As he
descends the sensitive part of his body
suddenly touches the nails. Thinking he
has reached the ground, he naturally
let's 60 Instantly he falls backward and
cracks his own she'll on the ground
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-10

Office in Executive Building. King Street
Francis NJ. Hatch, Minister Of Foreign Affairs
,ieo. Potter, Secretary.
A. 81. NJ. Macintosh, Clerk.
J. w. Girvin, Secretary Chinese Bureau.