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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
FOR WOMEN'S READING
UNsELFIsH FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN
WOMEN CAN AND DOES ExIsT.
A BOOK I'm which To Record Family
eminent by Love Disputed.

The cynical man fand his name is legion)
is inclined to scott at any purely unselfsh
friendship existing between woman and
woman. 1t is 10 be regretted, says writer
in the Philadelphia Times, that many
women likewise voice this sentiment and
pooh-hooh the factor of genuneness as al
lied to any relation existing between two
of Ewes daughters. 1t must be admitted
that when woman starts in 10 be ugly,
cats are angels in comparison. and in the
matter of criticism and, condemnation the
feminine judge is far more severe than her
masculine prototype.
IL has always been a cause for thankful
ness in the heart of the writer that her
life's msdeeds will not at the last day be
brought up before some severe censor of
her own sex, but this fact does not lessen
her belief in the sincerity of affection main
tanned by some women for others. And
where such feeling does exist can there
be anything pleasanter.. purer or more per-
feet? The real woman friend is not fair
weather butterfly who vanshes at the first
approach of storm clouds. No. indeed ill
ness and trouble coming into the life of the
woman whom she calls friend but serve to
bring out all the best In her nature. Self
is made subordinate and with hearty good
Will she turns in 10 help by sympathy and
deeds of purest charity, leaving no stone
unturned to bring about happy results and
finding no labor too hard If by such means
she renders some service TO the one whom
she calls friend.
And then, when the clouds lift, what a
congenial companion she proves and what
royal good times those two have together
utterly upsettng the theory that women
cannot be thoroughly ccntented unless en-
joying the society of the sterner sex. The
happy, helpful girl bachelor of these fin
de steele days has shown that she can get
along very we'll without any assistance
from the sex which once was regarded as
sort of Rock of Ages TO which woman must
cling or be lost in the seething sea of her
own misplaced independence.
Travel where you Will, the thoroughness
of woman's friendship for woman is DEM
onstrated. Jealousy and envy, the two
specks that men declare mar every union OF
this sort, are not discernible where the
women thus allied have sufficient nobility
of character and breadth of mind TO recog-
nize and rejoice In superior beauty or
talent possessed by another without thx
fact ranking until all harmony is lost
A friendship based on these principles will
thrive whether it. is between two women
two men or a man and woman, despite ali
the soothing and worldly wise comment to
tha
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Praise for the Wheel.


IT wish 1 could ride a bicycle" said a
sweet-faced grandmother to the writer
the other day '.Great things have
"a whole new world-but have
higher education. as I do these bicycles
| should like to ride one
The speaker was an eminently fem
mime specimen OF the "oli" as
compared TO the so-called new"
woman; consequently, the fealins she
expressed about the bicycle is perhaps
the highest possible tribute to it as a
sport for women. Indeed. the prime virtue
of the bicycle in this respect is that 1t
attracts such a vast number OF women
who would not otherwise consider or at
tempt an active outdoor sport. To the nom
athletic woman it has come like a reveal
ton and on this account, If on no other
in deserves the extraordinary popularity
il has won with her sex ~
The ease With which wheel and the
ability to ride 1t may De attained Is per-
hans the chief reason for this. Many a
woman to whom tennis, rowing, horseback
riding. golf and the like were. even had
she the inclination to try them, Impossible
her reach, and hence is led TO take II up.
But there is another and stronger reason,
for the scscle has fos
and that is the independence of it. ON a
bicycle a woman IL Independent of many of
she who does not ride perceiyes this.
whether consciously or not. and longs to
experience the novel sensation; while she
who does ride feels. though perhaps uncon-
sciously too the exultatfon OF IL. She is
free i'm way al last. No woman ever for
gets the sense of physical power and ex-
nansion that ills her when she first finds
that she can ride alone. or the still greater
triumph of steering her way through traf-
fic. overhauling, sweeping past pedestrians
swiftly moving men whom, afoot
she could not begin TO keep
pace with--and leaving even horses
far behind. The experiences. small
ically. and though all but the superficial
pleasure Of II may pass unrfmarkeily by
quite the same again Although only in
play. as II were. the sense Of physical pow
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
General Notes.

Postmaster-general Wilson returned to-
day from two weeks vacation in s.r-
gina.
Secretary Hoke Smith returned to the
city to-day after a two weeks trip 10
Georgia during which he took part IN the
anti-silver campaign.
Two hundred and fifty thousand do,.ars in
gold will be shipped BY the steamship Saale
which sails for Europe on Saturday.
The monthly statement prepared by the
director OF the mint shows that during
July the total coinage OF the United States
mints amounted to $3.235S00, as follows:
$is. 500.
Mr.. Eckels. the controller, has returned
from Illinois.
cago to-day over the b. & O.
To-days statement of the condition of
the treasury shows: Available cash balance,
$751;, las, $50; gold reserve, Sl07, 236, 1856.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
discipline for Children.

New York Times.
woman experienced in training a large
family of children and also in the manage
ment of institutions of reforma tion gives
il as her judgment that children should be
treated like little animals until they are old
enough to be reasoned with: then moral
suaslon may supercede stern direction. She
thinks that In their infancy and early child
hood they should be made to obey just as
we force an animal TO obey. thus instilling
a natural habit OF obedience This, while
the child is impressionable, starts ii on the
right road, and when its reasoning powers
begin 10 develop at two, three or four years
the word obey is not SO tremendous a noun
tain to climb for either mother child,
and moral suasion is the more easily ac-
cepted by the little one. Obedience must, of
course, still be enforced, but, il has
learned the habit, there is not likely to be
as much difficulty as IL no forcing had been
practiced. Her opinions are of value, for
her children are examples of the most beau
tiful obedience and respectful courtesy. One
does not often enough see inherent deiicacy
and respect toward parents in children or
the present generation: any new idea or
old one In new form for the better training
of young America in this respect should
have a cordial reception.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02

HaunocLs to sleep In.
Philadelphia Press.
Why spend lots of money buying beds for
the summer cottage, or why sleep uncom-
fortably on the wretched beds supplied?
Try hammock. 1t is delightfully."- comfort
able. takes up little room at night. need
take UP none in the day, and costs very lit
tie. Beside, there are sure 10 be more
friends than can have beds in the summer,
but IL it's hammocks the little cottage can
boast of hospitality as elastic as the oc-
cason requires. One small room that won't
hold bed will swing three hammocks, all
the heads going on one hook, the other
ends being bestowed as the room permits
Any hammock will do, but the best one is
the regular sailor laddies canvas hammock
Two widths of single sail cloth make a
luxurious bed hammock. They are made
dashed with small cord run through cord
finished holes, a heavy ring being set in at
the end. The hooks must be put up with
screws, for nails are not safe
To make up the hammock for sleeping,
first. a comforter, then another and a lit
tie blanket won't hurt. These should all be
wider than the hammock is and their
weight should stretch the hammock out
quite fiat. Now the sheet, then the pillow
to help hold the hammock fat, next the
| top sheet and pair of blankets. and n you
| want TO be very swell a spread. Whether
you have the spread or not an extra COM
forter should go over the foot. All this
| sounds like lot of clothes, but most folks
are used to sleeping on top of mattress
| that is impervious 10 cold, while the lizzie
cottage or camping-out house is often more
chilly in summer than warm, else why 60
| away for the summer?
There is an art i'm getting ones sell
| snugly into hammock an that must be
| learned You swing yourself between the
sheets, the canvas promptly caves down
/ delightfully."-, putting you into coy pocket
! Now you must roll to one side and tuck
| the overhanging clothes under. then roll
| the other way and tuck the other side un-
! der you. Now up with your feet and dowr
with them again, and there you are as snus
as a par OF bugs unLer a rug. The extra
comforter pulls up in the. night IL needed
! and may hang loose. After you have
learned these hammock tricks you will
never be willing to sieep in big, uncom-
| Portable bed again, and nothing will seem
| more delicious than the sway that comes
| in the night time when you turn over. BY
| day the clothes can be hung on nail be-
| hind the door and the hammock may swing
with both ends from one hook. Try it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Are women Growing TaIIers

New York Tribune.
There are indications that the American
woman is gradually growing taller and
larger. A few years ago the average skirt
length taken in the fashionable dress
making establishments was forty-two
inches, and forty-two inches was the
length used for all the model gowns sent
over here from Paris. The model length
has now increased to forty-five inches and
the increase in other measurements is in
proportion.
The middie-age6 American woman shows
an inclination to grow broader across the
hips and shoulders, and stouter and
thicker through the arms; but the college
graduate, the university woman and the
debutante grow more gracefully vigorous
every year. The typical college graduate
is from two to four inches longer from the
waist down than formerly. Her waist is
getting longer. her chest fuller. and her
limbs narrower. The midde-aged women
grow corpuent and clumsy through indo-
lence and indulgent habits OF life. while
the ever-increasing tendency toward ath-
letic sports and outdoor exercises is i'm
proving the younger of the sex. The stat
uesque. Juno type, may yet express the
American woman.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02

In regard to the recent agitation looking
onward the condemnation OF the canal. r.
g. w. Davis, OF the Indianapolis water
company. enumerated some of its advan-
tages yesterday The principal one men,
toned by him is the safeguard against a
water famine in case of large fire. In such
case the sealed valve opening into the canal
could be opened and water drawn from this
source. Tho canal is also useful he saws.
from il at bridges or along its banks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02

starts tomorrow in a steam launch for
oxford The Bimeta1iic League has in
vlted Mr.. Crisp 10 conference, and he
will be dined previous TO his departure for
home by the Speaker OF the House of Com
mons, MIR. William c. Gully, and by Mr..
John Hare the actor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Foreca.t for Friday.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-For Illinois
Fair, followed by showers in afternoon I'm
extreme northern portion; variable winds.
For Ohio-Generaliy fair; slightly warm
err: westerly winds. becoming variable.
For Indiana-Fair: variable winds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
WEATHER BUREAU FIGURES.

Temperature Record Yesterday
Morning aad Last Night.
The local forecast official of the Weather
Bureau furnishes the following observa-
tions taken yesterday at the places and
hours named.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02

LONDON. Aug. i.--charles F. Crisp. ex-
Speaker Of the United States House OF
representatives, is sightseeing in London.
He recently visited the place where he was
born In Sheffield. Jan. %. 1876. while his
parents were on visit to that cit. He
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Thc Davenport My.tery.

WASHINGTON, Aug. l-Information was
received here to-day from the chief OF po-
lice of Glasgow, Scotland, that Dana Dav-
export, the theological student. who has
been missing from his home here since July
5. had been fatally injured by train in
Glasgow. Davenport's father is an Episco-
pal minister here, and there is complete
mystery surrounding his sons disappear
ance.
IL is supposed that young Davenport's
mind became unbalanced through too much
study. How he reached Scotland is UNI
known, trace ever having been found
or him from the day he missed until
he was picked up by the side Of the Scotch
railway. His name, age and occupation
were all the Scotch authorities were able
10 obtain from him before he lapsed into
Inconsistencies. IL is supposed that nc
was hit by a train and killed, though some
he had been murdered, as his gold watch
missing when he was found.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Hank Notes Outstanding.

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA statement pre-
pared by the Controller OF the Currency
shows the amount OF national bank notes
outstanding July 81 to have been s211 ISL
sos. an increase for the year Of g, 1896. 4ie.
The amount of circulation based on United
States bonds was Ss5517.333 an increase for
the year of 8.53l49e. The circulation Sc
cured by lawful money amounted TO So 7n-
f15. decrease for the year of 81 6SS 0S,
The amount or United States registered
bonds on deposit to secure circulating notes
was s207, So. 500. and to secure public deposits
Sl5 32s Ooo
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Extrnordinnry Rninfnli.

LAWRENCE, Kan. Aug. 1.-The monthly
weather report issued by Chancellor SNOW.
of Kansas University. says the month of
July just closed was characterized by an
extraordinary rainfall. exceeding by far
any previous July I'm thirty years. The total
rainfall was 1905 inches, being 59s above
July average.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Haumoclx. to sleep In.

er and independence has been felt, and
such sensations are epoch-making for indf-
vlduals as for masses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
Local Weather Report.

Bar Their R.H- Wind. w'ther. Prec-
z a. m. .So.l5 81 81 North Pt crdy. 900
Z p. Md. a 30 INVEST. Pt crdy. 900
Maximum. temperature, So: MINIMUM tenn
perature. o.
Following Is a comparative statement of
the temperature and precipitation on Aug. L:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
P1nn. for the Orinoco syndicate.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug. 1.-Donald Grant
NJ. z. Ciapp, ". III. Fisher and J. a. Bow
man, of this State, have returned from
Venezuela. where they closed negotiations
for the operations of syndicate which
will open that country to American capital
and give American manufacturers and
wholesalers larger market and closer con-
nections with all northern South America
than ever before. Part of the concession
which is granted to this syndicate, il will
be remembered. Is claimed by Great Brit
ain. now that the negotiations have been
closed and the syndicate organized. the
Orinoco Company, ii Will demand full pro-
lection Of all It's rights TO the land by the
United States government. This is entirely
likely, say the concessionaires. to force an
issue on the question of the Monroe doc
trine between this country and Great Brit
ain The concession on the Orinoco river Is
said TO he worth many millions. The Orin-
oco syndicate will be obliged. under the
terms OF concession. TO induce colonists to
locate, and they will open the mines and
placers. The latter are largely on disputed
soil. and, IL Is said. will quickly bring on
conflicts with British authorities there.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-08-02
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Increase for July Is Now Placed at
93S.435, 93S.


+ WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-The monthly
treasury statement of the public debt
shows the total debt on July 81, less cash
in the treasury to have been 500. 1Os,eo5
an increase for the month of $3s. 49,, $685.
This increase is due to the delivery TO
the London syndicate, during the MONTH of
81. 157.7 100 in per cent. bonds. together
with a loss of ss.ssO.S $50 in available cash.
The debt is recapitulated as follows
Interest-bearing debt. s747, 800. 400; debt on
which interest mas ceased since maturity,
81 699. $50; debt bearing no interest, 1881. 1885,
3S4; total, 81. 127. 25S. AIS. Certificates and
treasury notes offset by equal amount
of cash in treasury, $5s1, 799, 1893. The cash
in the treasury is classified as follows:
Gold, SIS, 1905 silver. S512. 746.149; paper,
Si23, 376, 791: bonds. dsbursing officers ball
ances, etc, So 900. 1913: total. SS07, 1891. $50.
against which there are demand liabilities
amounting TO $500 24S, 3O0 leaving a cash
balance in the treasury of SIS. 1850. The
monthly statement of the receipts and cx-
penfiitures Of the government during the
month of July shows: Receipts, so 069, 6e7
as against $S4. S09.3 39 for July. 1894. The
disbursements during July, 1895. amounted
to $3S54s,063, as against s36. 64s.5S2 for July,
1894 OF the receipts S14076, S94 were from
customs and So. soc, 405 from internal reve-
nue.. During July, 1894. the receipts from
customs were sS.437,3SS and from internal
revenue, sos, 200 4S7. The pension payments
last month amounted to $12. 1885, 27. a reduc-
ton OF about $4,000 from July. 1884,
The evening times., 1895-11-07
MIR. MoRsE.s SECOND TRIAL.
He Is Charged with Libelin4 Mrs.
Helen GOugnr.

He Is Charged with Libeling Mrs.
Helen Cougar.
Boston, Nov. THE second trial OF the
libel suit brought by Helen N. Cougar, OF
Lafayette, Ind, the temperance orator,
against Congressman Elijah A. Morse
was begun in the United States circuit court
before Judge Putnam md Il jury Yesterday.
The counsel for the plaintiff is Harvey
y. Shepard and for the defendant, Hon.
The plaintiff sues TO recover $2o,oOO
damages for an alleged libel contained in u
letter written ny Mr.. Morse in declining to
enter into joint debate with the defendant
in the campaign of 1892. In the letter,
which has been published several times,
the plaintiff was called Il soldier or fortune,
who worked for the side that paid her the
best, and the writer expressed IL ls his ofpin-
ion that the complainant had been guilty
of grossest false statements and that she
lacked sincerity.
Mr.. Shepard opened for the plaintiff and
stated to the jury the substance OF the facts
upon which the plaintiff was libelled.
He called Il number OF witnesses. Including
Mrs. Cougar. The first witness to take the
stand was W. ID. Farnham, jr., who at one
time was treasurer of the Prohibition Stale
committee, and he was followed by several
others, including Deacon Edward Kendall,
the recent Prohibition candidate for gov
ernor. All OF them testified to their opin-
ION OF the plaintiff as a woman. Counsel
for both parties say that the evidence will
b. practically that presented at the first
rial
The evening times., 1895-11-07
WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS.
University Club Is Having Trouble
with Unsecured Creditors

with Unsecured Creditors.
The University Club, at the corner of
Seventeenth and l streets northwest, Will,
as stated in The Morning Times to-day.
close its doors at date, probably an early
one, to be determined by the board of
managers. The club men assign as the
reason for this that they desire to move
into a less expensive establishment, as they
do not care to meet unnecessarily expen.
sive fixed charges on the property.
1t was stated last night also at the club
that the unsecured creditors desire a settle
ment, and that there are now negotiations
pending to bring about such n settlement,
these negotiations SO far being entirely
unsatisfactory to the creditors
The mortgage debt of the club foots NJ
$50, 900, and the debt to unsecured cred
TORS amounts to about $40. 900. OF
this SO, 900 about $S 900 is due to local
business men.
A conference was held yesterday at
the club rooms between a committee oi
the unsecured creditors, OF which Mr..
S. C. Palmer was chairman, and a COM
mittee of the Officers of the club.
After the conference Mr.. Palmer said
to The Times that he did not care to
discuss what had taken place, but that no
agreement had been reached. He, in
fact said that the did not think that the
unsecured creuItors Wouiu get any 'hiuS
He estimated the liabilities of the club
at S93 900.
The club appears TO be anxious to settle
its debt as early and as equitably as pos
sible, and they hold that the property
when sold should pay all claims dollar for
dollar.
They will make their change OF head
quarters certainly before January, this
matter and others TO be settled at meet
ing of the club to be held on Saturday
night.
The evening times., 1895-11-07
GREAT BRITAIN.S FUTURE.
1t Depends, Says MIR. Cha I'm berlain,
CpOn Her Colonies

London, Nov. IA banquet was given
here last evening on the occasion of the
opening of the Natal Railway, at which
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the colonies, Sir Charles Tupper,
Canadian high commissioner, all of the
colonial agents in London and several
members of the House of Lords, and the
House OF Commons were present. Sir
Charles Tupper offered a toast in honor
of Mr.. Chamberlain, referring in very
complimentary terms to the colonial
secretary.
Mr. Chamberlain. upon rising to reply,
was enthusiastically received. He said that
Great Britain was apDroa ching n critical
stage in the history of her relations with
the autonomous colonies. Upon their opin.
ions of her policy during the next few
years-certainly the next genera ton
would depend the future OF the British
empire. This hung together on a thread
so slender that even a breath might sever it.
Not long ago statesmen despaired of the
possibility of maintaining a permanent
union, fOreseeing that a time would come
when the colonies, having attained posi-
ton of independence. must be expected TO
clamor for an entire separation. This
time had arrived sooner than had been
expected. These great communities had
taken rank with the nations of the world.
He did not suppose that the idea OF COM
pellng them to remain In the Empire was
within the range of intelligent speculation.