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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

What 1 aspire to be. and am not comforts
me-Robert Browning.
IF YOU have knowledge, LET others light
their candles by it.-Fuller.
The most manifest sign of wisdom is con-
tinued cheerfuness.-Montign
Everything man likes to do woman can
proye is wicked.-Atchison Globe.
The world is not so much in need of bet
ter preaching IS it is of better practice
PANS Horn
Mrs. Bloomer is with the saints, but her
works, though divided. go marching along
Cincinnati Tribune
Bobby-Why doesn't the clock strike thir-
teen, pa? Papa-Because. Bobby, il hasn't
the face to do it---Judge.
Also there is strong desire on the part
of all that Gresham resign or be kicked out.
Philadelphia North American.
Ned-The woman / marry must be an
ideal housekeepel. Ted-You'l suffer less
with a practical che, old man.--Vogue.
Faitn-Don't you love the early poets
Morton fmanagine editor of a nagazine)-
Yes, / do; they re all dead.-Harlem Life.
AS the Thermometer went down in Florida
the oranges went I'D, and the Northern mar
kets viii pay the difference Philadelphia
Press.
a contest of brains may not be as exciting
a one of muscle bu it is vastly more cred
liable TO institutions Of learning--Kingston
Freeman.
AS Jackson Day approaches the Democrats
are again reminded " the fact that they
once hal a united Observation-Disclosures North
American.
We hear very littl. said of the rock
ribbed Democracy tlese days, though the
ribs can be seen vey distinctly.-Kansas
City Journal
The Chinese may at least comfort them
selves with the reflection that they have
done as we'll as the oemocrats.--St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
wondeE why II Is tat always feel the
most like putin nonny3n the hat when ma
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06


who prize their citizenship. and none
in the community carry it more worth
ily." The best mechanics and laborers,
they are the best men in their communi-
ties. Such men. who have helped to
make profits. it is right and prudent to
remember at the close of the year by a
share of the profits. AS scales of wages
are fixed for classes of workmen. the
better men cannot be paid higher by
special contract, but they can be rec
ognized in a manner beneficial to both
employer and emDloye. In that small
assemblage, where a leading employer
paid this high tribute to the character
and worth of a large part of the men
he has employed for years, there was no
representative of the employees to carry
word of it to them-a fact which made
the tribute all the more valuable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
ELECTRICAL LOCOMOTION.

Whatever may be the outcome of the
electric railway lines now projected
from this city to neighboring towns
there can be no doubt that a number of
such lines will be constructed in the
not distant future. Electrical locomo-
ton is in its infancy, and is likely to be
developed to surprising degree dur
ing the next few years. 1t seems but
yesterday that the first electric car was
introduced and now all cities and grow
ing towns are traversed by electric rail-
ways. An electric railroad is projected
from Chicago to ST. Louis, another from
Washington to New York. and no doubt
the next decade will see several long
electric railways in successful operation.
The intramural railway at the worlds
fair, which will be pleasantly remem-s
bered by many readers of the Journa1,
demonstrated the efficiency CT electric
ity as a means of rapid transit in large
cities The cars on this line were forty
seven feet long, with transverse seats
for ninety-six passengers, and they We're
crowded every trip. Each motor had a
DYNAMO of 532 horse power-considera-
bly, more than twice as much as the
elevated roads. These motors could
start their train of four loaded cars each
and attain a speed Of ten miles within
twice the train length. This is much
better than could be done with steam.
This was year and a half ago, and
electric engineering has made much
progress since then.
In view of the probability that within
a few years Il number of electric rail-
way lines will be constructed between
this city and neighboring cities and
towns, it is worth while to consider the
probable effect. The first obvious effect
will be that which accompanies all rapid
transit by suburban lines. namely,
dispersion Of population. Persons doing
business in the city can live much fur
Their from their offices and places of
business This will have a double eff
feet Many persons now living in the
city will move further out. while many
who now live too far away to do bust
ness in the city will practically become
a part of il. The suburbs will be eX-
tended. and, as distance will be reck-
oned not in miles. but in minutes coun-
try residences will multiply. Business
will be benefited, as every line will open
up new country and bring new trade
to the city. The retail trade of the coun-
try for a considerable distance around
will be practically absorbed by this city,
where large assortments and sharp
competition will offer inducements that
dealers in small towns cannot compete
+ with The small towns and the country
will receive benefits also: the comforts,
conveniences and advantages of city life
will be diffused the average standard of
living will be advanced and the general
welfare promoted These results will
not come Immediately nor all at once.
but they will be a part of the social evo-
luton and advancement which the de-
velopment of electrical locomotion will
| surely bring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

In club in this city, not long since,
one of the topics which came under dis
cussionaswas the merits of what is
known as profit sharing. Among those
who spoke was citizen who is an en-
ployer of hundreds of men and is, fore
most in movements to promote the pub
lie good. He did not believe in gem
eral distribution of any part of the
profits of manufacturing business for
the reason that many employees were
more than paid by their wages. These
are the men who have no interest in
their work and seem to render the least
possible service for the wages they re-
ceiye. There are other employees, and in
his works they have constituted large
proportion. who take an interest in the
affairs of the employer. They are al
ways on time and do not slow down
their machines twenty minutes before
the closing hour SO as to have their
work in condition that they can leave
the minute the whistle sounds. They
are men who are careful Of tools and
mar ID in the use Of material
-specting n " he said.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The agent who was sent to Washing
ton by Western cattle raisers and eX-
porters of beef to try and have removed
the European embargo on American
beef reports that there is no prospect
of any relief from this Congress. The
trouble grows out of the sugar schedule,
ar while leading members of both
houses of Congress admitted that it
ought to be changed, they assured him
it was useless to expect it to be done
this session. This simply means that
the live stock interest is to be sacrificed,
for the present at beast. to the Sugar
Trust Meanwhile the live stock men
have decided to lombard Congress with
petitions in the hope that it may yet
be shamed into doing something.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
An Ala to Inc Growth of Art.

A group of artists of this city has lately
been spoken of las the indianapolis
school," because Of distinctive and adj
mrable characteristics of its work The
existence of such a school implies the pos
session the part of these artists of
sympathetic and harmonious tastes and an
ability to work along the same lines and
attain certain uniform results without de-
stroying the individuality of any one of the
number. The influence of such workers
upon outsiders is much greater than if
each took his own Independent course I'M
modified by the tendencies of the others.
Their artistic concord encourages other
prants in the same field. and they draw
to themselves the laborers in different de-
partments of art work; they serve, in
short, as a nucleus around which the
thetic interests of the community form and
from which emanate those influences which
create an 'art atnosphere"--a thing of
slow growth in the, hurryng commercial
American life, but ayet necessary to the
highest enjoyment of modern privileges.
Complaint is made by impatient critics
that in, this city, the growth of art is
hopelessly slow, bat a brief retrospect
shows this to be Untrue. For instance, it
would have been impossible, ten years ago.
to have produced here work so admir-
azine, Modern Art. An editor competent to
conduct it might possibly have been found,
but home talent could not have produced
the meritorous artistic and literary ma
teral which now fills its pages in such va
riety. The Typography and other mechani-
cal features which make it such a delight
to the. eye could not have been done, prob
ably, in any publishing house in this city,
but the printers art has advanced also,
and under the guidance Of one who has
evidently made a study of what can be ac-
/ complished with type and ornament, good
paper and ink and careful press work, the
result is all that could be desired. Each is
sue of Modern Art is object lesson in
printing, unequaled by any periodical that
has come under the Journals observation.
It's beauty in this respect and its more dis
tinctive art features have won the atten-
ton and praise of connoisseurs and critics
both in this country and in England. The
one thing that excites wonder is that such a
publication comes from Indianapolis, which
does not rank as an art center. POSSIBLY,
when the newly-discovered Indianapolis
school becomes better known this mystery
will be explained. Whether Mr.. BoWles oD-
tanned his inspiration from this school or
whether a similarity of tastes has drawn
him to it, cannot be said, but at all events
he must now be classed as an important
! member of the group composing the leaven
| that will, it may be hoped, finally perme-
| ate the whole lump and make TINS city
an arr center In fact
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

In passing a resolution urging gen.
eral and thorough investigation of city
affairs, the New York Chamber of Com
merce adopted a report in which it IS
said:
The credit of this city. the State and
the Nation are suffering in the estimation
administration that has for quarter of a
century characterized the government of
the metropolis of the United States.
American honor is jeered and scoffed at
in the leading money. markets of the world
because Of the repealed character of our
municipal rulers.
This does not 1state the case too
strongly. The whole American people
and our national reputation abroad have
suffered from Tammanyism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

those who truly mourned. were not
affected by, the magnificence of the OBJ
servances. In the grief Of these last
bitter moments they would perhaps have
been glad to have their dead to them
selves. to have turned the staring. in
quisitiye world away. and to go to the
grave free from the prying eyes of
strangers They would have waived all
useless forms If custom would have per-
mfttcd it.
There was another funeral on Friday
where the public was not factor. In
a neighboring town child died. The
parents We're too poor to buy casket
or to hire carriages and hearse. The
father made with his own hands neat
box in which the body of the little one
was gently placed two brothers dug the
grave in the cemetery and then drew
the casket to the place upon a, sled. the
weeping father and mother walking be-
hind. Even the burial was conducted
by the family, with no one present but
the sexton. 1t was great contrast to
the other funeral. but it was not. as
one account describes it, distressing be-
cause of the lack of the usual accom-
paniments. The ones who loved the
child performed for it all the last sad
oftices-a memory that will not sadden
them in later years: they were at lib
erty to indulge their grief as they
pleased, and upon the sacredness of
such grief no stranger has right to
intrude. Mourners who have inwardly
rebelled at the customs which put them
on public exhibition and parade at a
time of all others when they longed for
seclusion will not look with compassion,
but with a degree OF envy upon the
family which, by force of circumstances,
was permitted to lay it's own dead away
undisturbed by irritating convention.
Such enforced simplicity as that de-
scribed is not to be desired, but that
there is room for reform in the manner
Of conducting funerals will hardly be
denied. A tendency in that direction has
been observable for some years past in
certain circles. but it has hardly reached
the point which good taste can COM
mend. There are times in the career of
a man or woman when parade and os-
tentation and public ceremonial may be
fitting, but surely such time is not when
the soul has gone and only the empty
shell is left to honor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

Secretary Carlisle is not as sensitive
as was Philip +. Thomas, Secretary of
the Treasury in the latter part of James
Buchanan's administration. Thomas
was from Maryland. and when certain
Baltimore bankers disparaged his abil-
tiles to the President he promptly wrote
his resignation and handed it to Mr.
Buchanan in person, saying that he did
not care to serve in the Cabinet of a
President who would sit quietly by and
hear him abused by his enemies. The
Carlisle family do not resign.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

Latest advices indicate beyond any doubt
that thousands of people in several coun-
ties of South Dakota and western Ne
braska are in destitute and almost starv-
ing condition. Trustworthy persons who
have visited the locality estimate that not
less than 10000 families suffering for
the absolute necessaries Of life. Two crop
failures in succession have reduced the peo-
pie to a condition of utter restitution, and
the winter finds them without food, fuel,
clothing or money. Relief movements are
on foot in Omaha. Chicago and other places,
but in the meantime there is much suffer-
inr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

Mr.. Robert Fanshawe contributes some
verses to Harper's Weekly, which, there Is
reason to suspect, he wrote in order to
weave in a certain word. His theme is
flowers in winter These, according to
his statement, always bloom for ''her."
And T." he says in the fourth and final
stanZa:
And I, who think upon their bliss
To have her near them every hour
Long for metanorphosis,
To be, like one of them, a flower"
1t isn't every poet who could handle a
metamorphosis like that, and the Harpers
owe him an extra large check for his skill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
of Great Range.

This here paper" remarked Mr.. Jason,
eevating his voice above the clatter of
the supper dishes, this here paper tells of
a tenor singer whose voice has a greater
range than any the reporter ever heard.
l bet he couldn't beat the hired man we
had when I was a boy. I've knowed that
Teller to be heard three miles when he
was CALM hogs of a still eYenin'."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

AT the time when a few friends Of
education are demanding that the State
of Indiana embark in university en-
terprise which shall vie with Ann Arbor,
Johns Hopkins, Chicago and Harvard,
some of those institutions are making
strenuous efforts to obtain more stu
dents, and all of them except Harvard
are cramped for means to carry out the
designs of the managers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
TW ELVE PAGES

In few States has A. p A.ism been
more aggressive than in Massachusetts,
yet the old Clerk OF the House of Rep
resentatives. who has served ten years
and who is a Catholic, was reelected by
n vote of ZIG to Is after that issue had
been made against him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The New York compulsory education
law went into effect in the LIST inst, and with
the opening Of the schools tomorrow the
days of juvenile truancy will end. The
law requires the parents or guardians of all
children between the ages of eight and six
teen years to send them to school, and i'm
poses penalty for failure to do so. The
police in all cities and towns are required
to report to the school authorities the name
and residence of all children whom they
find out of school in school hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

After having an unbroken period of
prohibition since 1858, Names State
agency solo $33S.S06 worth of intoxi-
cants for medicinal and mechanical pur-
poses. which means so cents worth for
each man. woman and child in the State
This looks as if the old-fashioned barn
raising may have fallen under the list
of mechanics made by the official dis
pensers of stimulat ting beverages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

( In view OF the fact that six important
appropriation bills, carrying appropria-
lions for the support OF every branch of
the government, have yet to be dis
cussed and passed, Congress ought not
to waste much time over a currency bill
which does not stand the ghost of a
chance Of becoming law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

in to dinner. Mrs. Hearst is rich widow
and Mr.. Hill is a bachelor. and the nimble
tongues Of Washington gossips have al
ready married the pair and have contrib
uted a goodly portion of her cash to his
presidential campaign fund. AS one in
genuous correspondent puts it. These call
culations may be a mite premature, but
there is something very beautiful in the
union of sl5,O0o.0O0 in cash to a good
swinging presidential ambition" All of
which goes to show that this is a great
cnllnfrx
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The dishonest contractors who have
been putting off shoddy work upon the
city in the construction of worthless
catch basins have disgraced themselves
and their calling. The preparation of
such frauds by one contractor brings
VII under suspicion and makes one Won
der if the days of honest work are past
NO bid for any public work should be
received hereafter from the offending
Contractors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The claim that Bloomington is an ex-
cellent site for a State University be-
cause OF the high standard of morality
that prevails there is scarcely sustained
by the charge that the city marshal has
been accepting regular brides from sa-
looms and gambling places for immunity
from disturbance. The wicked capital
is not as bad as that.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The South Side has able champion in
Commissioner Meyer, of the Board of
Public Works, and il what he affirms in re-
gard to the attitude of the people of that
side toward public improvements is true,
the people of the North Side will do well
to follow their example.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The Society for Improving the Condi-
ton of the Poor in New York city hav-
ing offered to expend $4,000 in wages for
working at street cleaning, more than
five hundred cloak makers who have
been on strike have awaited themselves
of the offer and gone to work. No strike
in New York has ever received as much
public sympathy as this of the cloak
makers or better deserved it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

Governor Pennoyer may be a crank and
a wild ass OF the plains so far politics
goes. but Williams College will not speak
lightly OF him now that he has made 1T a
gift of $4,000. The offering is in memory
of his son. who died there last year. and
the income is to be used for the support
OF needy and deserving students, prefer
ence being given to those from Oregon
when such are in attendance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
sudden Change.

What has come over Nudge? He used
to be one of the most peaceful men on
earth, and now ne is continually swearing
that we ought to go to war;
'He was examined for life insurance a
few days ago, and the result showed that
he would not be fit to so into the army
in case of a draft
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The Rev. Myron w. Reed has been elected
chaplain OF the Colorado Senate. the Pop
ulists having a. majority in that body. He
had been defeated for chaplain of the House
the day before
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
No Reform.

He hasn't tried to make amends,
He hasn't changed his ways;
He still calls on his lady friends,
And stays, and stays, and stays.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

Engineer Brown seems to have been the
only official who has gained by the investi-
cation of the Council committee, and he
has gained because he has had an oppor-
tunity to show in his testimony that ne IS
the ready master of all the details OF the
work in his department, and to make 1t ap-
parent to candid readers that the sus-
picions that the engineering OF the city mas
been more expensive than it should be are
baseless. There was feeling at one time
that Mr. Brown was devoting time that
could have been more profitably expended
in making the surveys and the estimates of
the cost of elevating the railway tracks
a project which, it is safe to say, does not
commend itself to over one citizen in five.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
The Excited POpuIncc.

They howled outside the palace gate,
They clamored loud for blood;
Said they, "Oh, IL this reign keeps up,
Our name will soon be mud
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06

The New York independent emulates the
daily press in its spirit of enterprise and
disposition to hustle for information
suited to the taste of it's readers. It's latest
issue contains a review of the work accom-
pished during the past year by each of the
religious denominations and their various
branches Brief articles containing the facts
are contributed by some one in authority in
each denomination. and statistics of mem
bership showing gains are tabulated care
fully This. valuable religious showing in
wolves a great amount of correspondence
and much labor, and is very creditable
piece of work.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-06
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