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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sun. ---.-- \
Interesting statistics have been compiled
versary of the foundation Of the Ere 1ch
Academy The original acadernfcians.
thirty-five in number received on Jan.
1885, letters patent from King Louis Nil,
and the institution. planned by Cardinal pe
Parliament. however became jealous of the
establishment in the State OF a powerful
literary corporation. and for two years re-
patent. In 1898 the academy received an
other blow from the politicians. as Il was
was reorganized. The forty seats have had
lis occupants since the foundation OF the
institute. The sept OF NJ CASTOR Boissler.
ia that which has held the least number OF
.sImmortels" NJ. Boissiers predecessors,
beoinning with De Bourzays In 1886, We're
oniv seven in number. They enjoyed their
chairs for an average of thirty-four years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

potent as well as the most beautiful among
them. according to my estimation, are cer-
tain OF the so-calIed Plantation melodies ana
by unusual and subtle harmonies. the like
of which I have found in no ether songs
but those OF old Scotland ana lrelancS5
these touching songs. like those OF FosteIs
have not been composed BY the negroes
while others did not originate on the plan an
tation, but we're imported from AREA AREA
One might as well condemn the so,,,d an nns
that the inspiration for aaeS music should
music itself should be true. expression
OF the peoples real feeling To read the
snt e Of the the Blood though
that, of course. makes IL easier Tor MIN.
Schubert was thorough German, Dut
the second symphony Of the &C Major Sym
phonyp or in some Of his piano pieces: IKE
the hungarian Diyertissemsns he struck
ever respond HE white Composers who
Thackeray.s speetaeles 50 that he ex-
claimed. Behold. vagabond with a
Strikes via ean n ss sets the
heart thrilling with happy pity had
similarly sympathetic comprehension Of tho
b Deep Informed p they WERE these songs We're
adopted by the negroes on the plantations,
they thus became true negro songs.
Whether the original songs which must
have inspired the composers came from
Africa or originated on the plantations
matters as little as whether Shakespeare
invented his own plots or borrowed them
from others. The thing to rejoice over Is
that such lovely songs exist and are sung
at the present day. I, for one, am de-
whether the inspiration for the coming
folklore songs of America Is derived from
the negro melodies, the songs OF the eTe-
oles, the red mans chant, or the plainuye
ditties of the homesick German or Nor
wegian. Undoubtedly the germs for the
races that are commingled in this great
country. The music Of the people is ike
a rare and lovely flower growing amidst
while others trampe 1t under foot, and
thus the chances are that ii will perish be-
fore 1t is seen by one discriminating spirit.
The fact that no one has as yet arisen to
make the most of 1t does not prove thar
nothing is there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

A college of psychical science" has
been established in Boston, and the only
wonder is that in that intellectual CEN
ter. where Mind is always spoken of in
capitals, a school for the especial study
of mind has not been opened before. 1t
is not society for the investigation
of ghost stories, as some may suppose
from the name, but will have classes in
dietetics, hygiene, psychology, physical
culture, massage, voice culture. hypno-
tism, physiology and pathological psy-
chology. Some of these studies indicate
an unorthodox belief on the part of the
founders that mind is product of mat
ter. What, for instance. has massage
to do with mental and spiritual science
as the latter are commonly understood?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
Her Friends killing Her.


A man in town whose wife is sick was
told by the doctor that no visitors were to
be admitted under any circumstances as
their presence would tend to make the
woman worse. These orders he gave to
his wifes mother. who was in charge; He
found that evening on returning home
that six women had been visiting his. wife
all afternoon. There was Mrs. AZ" the
mother said in excuse; .'she had cousin
once who was sick the same way, and
thought she might know some remedies"
Mrs. B. was admitted because she was the
kin, and might get mad IL refused. Mrs.
C. was let in because she was the richest
woman in the neighborhood and it wouldn't
do to offend her Mrs. d. always loaned
the patient fatIrons every week, and OF
course had a right to come in. Mrs. T..
brought some jelly over and brought Mrs
man promptly ordered his mother-in-law
out of the house. and put professional
nurse in charge. The next day he found
more women had been in. The nurse told
them they couldn't come, but they brushed
right past her and rushed in: The patient
was much worse, and as a last resort the
husband had two policemen standing at
the bedroom door. with orders to arrest
any one who tried to pass. The doctor
says the woman has lost the little chance
she had of recovery, and that 1t Will De
her visitors who killed her.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
Young wa.hington sculptor.


The well-known young sculptor, James
Paxton Voorhees,, who by the way, Is a
son of Senator Voorhees, of Indiana. has
Just completed bust of Richard, Malcolm
Johnson, of Kentucky, once a. Vice Presi-
dent of the United States. which will be
placed in a niche in the Senate Chamber:
Mr. voorhees, has also submitted a model
Of statue of the great phllantnropist,
Robert Dale Owen, whose arguments as 10
the right of the United States government
to accept the sum of 100000 at the hands
of an Englishman for the purpose OF estaD-
that institution possible. The bill for the
erection of this statue in the smithsonian
Institution grounds is now pending before
Congress. AS both the subject and artist
are Indianians the combination ~ pecu-
liarly appropriate Mr.. Voorhees, il the cree
ator OF the celebrated "Head OF Christ
now on exhibition at Schauss in this city:
Mr.. Voorhees, was in town yesterday and
asked him about the prospects of the re-
ligious lecture to be delivered by his father,
the Senator. He said 1t would not be given
to the world till the expiration or the Sem
ator's present term.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
THE GOVERNORS ASSURANCE.

Governor Matthews did we'll to assure
the people of Bloomington and vicinity,
in his address, that there is no general
desire to remove the State University
to indianapolis or elsewhere. If the
purpose of the college is to discipline
and educate, the less distractions and
designations within reach of the young
men who attend, the better. Study
should be the one purpose of the higher
institutions of learning, so there can he
no place SO conducive thereto as quiet
surroundings. Some of the most useful
institutions of learning in the country
are now located in small villages. AS
colleges, none in the land has turned
out more able .nen in proportion to
their graduates than such institutions
as Dartmouth. in New Hampshire, and
Williams, of Massachusetts. True, they
are not prominent in the football re-
ports, nor do they furnish bands of
travelling minstrels. They do not have
State aid; but they do educate in an
old-fashioned way, which gives young
men the discipline which enables them
to become prominent and successful in
after life.
A college president recently published
a paper in magazine showing how
greatly the cost of college course has
increased in thirty years. The expense
has doubled at most colleges. This is
not because the tuition in most institu-
lions has been largely increased, but
because much more is spent for socie-
ties, in festive occasions, in amusements
and other matters which do not pro-
mote scholarship. At Bloomington,
President Angel, of Ann Arbor, said
that half the boys in Western colleges
are compelled to bear their own ex-
penses. This being the case, the aim of
the managers of colleges should be to
discourage or prohibit costly indul-
gences. and to discountenance unneces-
sary expenditures. Such policy can be
much more easily carried out in a place
like Bloomington than in or near
large city.
If Governor Matthews in his address
had gone little further and suggested
that the managers of the State Univer-
sity ana like institutions should curtail
their courses of study by eliminating
all such purely speculative departments
as that which, by a figure of speech,
they call economics and sociology I'M
til there is something more definite to
teach than the more or less modified
heresies of Henry George, he might
not have pleased as generally as he did,
but he would have made a timely sug-
~eStiOn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
rhe EnaIe.. chain scheme.

some are born great. some achieve
greatness and some have greatness thrust
upon them" SO said Shakespeare of men,
and the Saying is equally applicable to
women. Edna Brown Is one OF those who
have achieved greatness OF course, every
body knows who Edna Brown Is. Not to
know her or, at least, not TO know of her,
would almost argue ones self unknown.
When the name of Edna Brown is men
toned although it is an assumed one, of
which 1t might be said as of that assumed
by Junius stat nominis umbra.' every
body knows that II means the operator
of the endless chain scheme, which has
swamped the Kanevilie, H., postofiice with
an avalanche OF letters and threatens to
convert the entire population of the United
states into raving maniacs in search OF
Cancelled postage stamps. Readers OF the
Journal probably noticed in yesterdays
issue letter from the postmaster at Kane
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

If Senator Mills really believes, as in
Dictated by his speech of Friday, that
Claus Spreckels, the sugar king, is
scheming to bring about the annexation
of Hawaii by the United States. he is
probably the only person in the United
States who does so believe. 1t has been
notorious from the beginning of the Ha-
waiian troubles that Spreckels was op-
posed to annexation. and that he ia
yored the monarchy. Under the corrupt
reign of the Queen he could get any
favors from the government that he
wanted. He is interested in the impor-
tation of Japanese labor. which would
not be permitted II the islands were an
nexed to the United States, and which
is also regarded with disfavor by the
present government. 1t is much more
likely that Spreckels assisted in pro-
noting the recent attempt to restore
the monarchy than that he is behind
the annexation movement. Mr.. Mills
probably got his information by grape
vine. via Texas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
An Art Lover.

WashlHgtOH fUst'
They say that the American millionaire
Is not capable of apprecIating anything
more artistic than the design on the face
of a dollar, though personally, I think
that's about the most artistic thing In the
world However met one millionaire
not long ago--he's from Mlnnesota-who is
an artist to his finger tips. He owns lots
OF pctures-a Gerome, a Corot.A sfeisso-
and he has come East to buy more pic
lures and to place his daughter In an art
school in New York.
You see,' he said co1tidentiaily, 81 get
such lot of pictures and some of them
are scratched in sending. Now, ! want my
daughter TO study art, that she can
lust fix anything like that. you know
paint over any scratches and fix the pic
lures up they'll look gooss as new
And II that isn't an appreciation OF art
in the noblest and highest sense Ia like
to know what Is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

The superintendent of public schools
in Chicago is opposed to the introduce
ton of military instruction in the
schools. He says.
1t is the province and aim of the public
schools to develop the minds of the boys
along lines of thought which in times of
trouble will lead to peaceful arbitration
rather than to force of arms. 1t is our
theory to develop. and train the intellect
SO that each individual understands himself
and his relation to his fellow-beings. Then
we believe that in great emergencies requir-
ing deeds of valor land courage, heroes and
statesmen will rise up and patriotism Will
not be wanting.
This objection seems to be based on
an erroneous conception as to the OBJ
ject of military instruction. It is not
advocated as means of developing the
military spirit, but on account of its
advantages in the way of physical ex-
ercise, trainings, the, mind in quiclxness
of action and the moral effect and disci-
pline of learning to give prompt
obedience to orders. 1t must be re-
marked, by the way, that the great in
crease of labor troubles in recent years
and the growing disregard for the rights
of property leads to a suspicion that
the public schools are not doing much
towards disseminating sound views of
the relations of capital and labor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

Word from Wen Chow. China. is to
the effect that missionary women there
have been beaten by the natives, the
feeling against all foreigners being very
strong since the opening of the war;
1t is good time for all missionaries in
that country to be given a years leave
OF absence. There is reason to doubt
whether their teaching has beneficial
results upon the heather Chinee" at
any time; just now their labors must
be attended with so many difficulties
as to be particularly hopeless.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

So the pooling bill cannot be passed
with the Sherman amendment reducing
the price OF Pullman berths so per cent.
because the Pullman company has so
many friends among the representatives
whose public life ends March 4. Does
this mean that these retiring states
men are anxious to secure the good
graces of the Pullman company to the
end that they may get positions as por-
tiers and thus continue to be supported
by exactions upon the public?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

At the last election in Michigan the
voters adopted an amendment to the
Constitution making full citizenship un-
der the laws of the United States a
requisite for voting. Under this pro-
vision a foreigner must have been in
the country five years before he can
vote, and the Encouragement Of Mich
.gaia has decided that this applies to
those who have been voting for the last
arrivals
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

The much-announced lecture tour Of
Ex-Governor Waite, of Colorado, is re-
ported not to have been the great sue
cess he and his limited number of adj
mircrs imagined. He tried three cities,
and in the last the dreary emptiness Of
the benches was too much for him.
The number of people in this country
who will pay fifty cents to listen to an
archistic rant is very limited. even in
good-sized cities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

Mr.. Beerbohm Tree is the latest
theatrical aspirant for American favor
TO arrive from England. On landing in
New York he was greeted with tele-
gram from Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall well
coming him lin the name of America"
AS the Kendals are themselves not re-
garded with universal favor by the
American public and have certainly not
been delegated to speak for the coun-
try, this greeting seems trife fresh
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

There is something Of the fitness Of
things in the announcement that one
branch of Congress will take up the
bankruptcy bill which the other has
passed The present Congress should
be the first to take advantage of a gen.
eral bankruptcy law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

The speech of Senator Mills in de-
Tense of the Presidents Hawaiian pol
Icy, delivered in the Senate on Friday.
clearly demonstrated his right to the
title of chief of the cuckoos. His in
tense desire to prove the infallibility OF
the President even led him to arraign
Congress by denying its right to call
on the President for information touch
ing affairs OF state. IF the legislative
Branch can cab on the executive
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
HI. Opportunity.
MS VpPo'
Chicago Tribune.

NIIlCdgU IrIbUIIe.
What is the matter, Gerald. exclaimed
his Mortified wife.
The matter9' shouted the young doctor.
dancing Jig, throwing his hat violently
against the ceiling and stamping on 1t as Il
came down. THE natter. he repeated.
catching her around the waist and whirling
her In d mad waltz about the room. "Dh,
noth.ng-oniy my bottle of affti-toxine has
miles that has any. and have lovely
case of diphtheria over In the next block"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

Now that thousand families are re-
ported to be starving in Newfoundland
the British philanthropists who have
been agitating themselves over the
lynchings in the United States could
find better employment in collecting
relief fund for British subjects.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Why He Wept.

Jabworth is most ridiculously sentiment
al. When that fellow at the MINISTRIES sang
My Sweetheart of Long Ago the other
night, Jabworth actually shed tears"
Yes. His breach of promise suit comes
to trial next week.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
Definitions.

The Ring-The other fellows.
Accommodating the other fellows out.
An Uprising of the People-Beating the
other fellows.
Poplar Madness-The other fellows beat
ing us.
The Truth-x.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

There was no possible excuse for an
attack upon General Grant by men,
Der of the Illinois Legislature pending
the passage of a resolution urging the
pensioning of General McClernand. His
fame is secure. and in the history of
that period he stands beside Abraham
4 sv,<<
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
Test of Greatness,

you were pretty good one in your day."
remark I'd Napoleon to Caesar, as they sat
gazing INTO the everlasting fire, but no.
tice you are not getting into the newspapers
and magazines to any great extent. How
do you account for it?''
The noble Roman rubbed his bald spot
thoughtfully, but could evolve no answer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

The perennial conflict between the
Twin cities, st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Is said to have been a factor in the de-
feat of Senator Washburn. which shows
that inconsequential matters affect
grave issues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

Ii may not have occurred to the SEN
ators who declare that they will block
all legislation for. the relief of the pub
lie treasury as far as they are able, I'M
less the free coinage Of silver is pro-
vided for, that they are likely to injure
their cause before the country, but it
does to others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
More Information.

Tommy-Paw, what does the paper mean
by saying that a man has strict sense of
Justice?
Mr.. Fight generally means that he is
the kind of a man who will devote all his
time to getting even when some one Injuries
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
oLDEN-TIME CRANKs.

The records of Congress show some
queer freaks of legislation, and they
are not confined to the present era of
vagaries, either Who, for example,
would suppose that the government had
ever engaged IN the lottery business as
a means of raising money? The rec
ords show that during the revolutionary
war Cong, SIS adopted scheme pro-
posed by special committee by which
100000 tickets were to be sold at SO
each, the prizes to amount to 900
in treasury notes, payable in five years
and bearing 4 per cent. interest. A
later report on the subject stated that
the tickets Were selling but slowly, and
recommended that more tickets be Of
fered in the different States, and that
the Governors of those States should
use their influence to push the sale. 1t
is not recorded how much money was
realized from the scheme. but it could
not have been much. and if any treas
ury notes We're issued to pay the prizes
they probably went the way of all the
other paper currency of that period and
landed finally in the slough of repudia-
ton.
temperance reform had not made
much progress at that time, for in 1777
Congress passed a resolution directing
the Commissary General to purchase
thirty hogsheads Of rum, ito be distrib-
uted among the soldiers in compliment
for their gallant behavior in the late
battle of Brandywine." Whether the
name of the battle suggested this as an
appropriate way of rewarding the sol
diers, or whether it was supposed they
would prefer the beverage of the period
to a mere vote of thanks, does not ap-
pear, but they doubtless got their rum.
In the same year that this rum resolu-
ton was passed member submitted a
memorial asking Congress to print an
edition of the Bible. The memorial
was referred to a committee, which,
after due consideration, reported adj
versely on the ground, of expense. but
offered a substitute that Congress
should order 10000 Bibles from abroad.
There were cranks in the land in those
days, as well as giants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
An "Advanccdv Version.

Her voice is heard above the drums
That call the rabble where he stands.
Her form before his vision comes
And takes the battle from his hands.
He sees his ancient prestige pass
Like summer growth before the frost,
Then knows himself again an ass,
And mourns another Eden lost
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

A professional and business women's
club lately organized in Chicago will
discuss the question How to Cultivate
Faith" How to cultivate an income
would be more to the point
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27

Would it not be better for the Legis-
lature which proposes to create new
boards to leave the investigation of
prisons to them when they have less
than forty working days left?
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SIXTEEN PAGES

If sound financial plans could help
we would already be saved, but unfortu-
nately this Congress is hostile to sound
finances.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-26

The annual report Of the Ellis Island
Immigration Bureau for The year e1diag
psecs 81. lisa. shows taat the total num-
Der Of Immigrants handed at the por. OF
Nsw Yerk VAS isf.sss. OF these is.a5l
came from AastFia-HunsaFy. 80 frcsa
setSiaaa. sSSl freas Denmark. sss4 gron,
France. Z.Sis fresn Germany, 1855 from
0seece. ssTzs frad Italy. 1855 from the
Netherlands. Sses rTeTn- Norway, If7s from
Portugal. - fraaa Reainanla. a1.as from
Russia. iisS fra;a Finland. ~ from
rosaa&. rs freas Span. 1851 froaY Syse-
den. l62 from Turkey IN Eursee. ID. 40
from Eagi2R<a. - so froa Ireland. ss4
sFosa Wales. ssss fsosn Seosaansi. asnisr
The heading 'aas srSssfiNa." and ..rsais-
eessAaisesas" 80. Taess were sSaSi ssases
ahi ss,sss Terraces There were "A "a
aHtse- b yezsis et as. ll7.ssa between xAa
ages OK : ara ~ asa II. 81 over - wears
OF age OF tAs eosAi number fan<lsa ia. :
ssSi there wsre daring tire yea4 lea DE-
barred from efsssrlag .Ga oeeaSry. o.
.a.aom IS were paaasrs. : 14a diseases. 3
were ex-eo0yissa end 10 wsSe esnsrac4
lAso.NSs. Taevs ~sve = s1s sn.ralgrazes
wse could asiths- RAD nor write. 81 81
Aa1 seas sss3s IS e&sA wAa1 tlSs lsnss,a
T'ae ins~sigEssss ayo1xas 20 shis roaatry
4 toial ct s.. s6AsgS