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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

some years. and IN 1t, 1t is said, he tells
much that he has never put in print be-
fore
Edmund Clarence Stedman. Gotham's
banker poet. when he heard that Bishop
Potter was advocating the founding or a
Westminster Abbey in this country, sent
word to him that he should be most happy
to kill off the first ten poets for the Poets
Corner.
Miss Christina Rossetti left property to
the value of about $4,000. a sum the inter-
est on which would make one very COM
Portable in England. Her brother William.
been estranged. is her sole heir and ex-
ecutor, which would seem to ~disprove the
rumor.
Rudyard Kipling is not as prolific a writer
as he was some years ago. His success
early in life has made him conservative
with his pen. He polishes his work with
more care than he used to expend upon
1t. and is said to regret that he cannot call
back certain rather crude productions that
bear his name.
NJ. Paul Meurice. who since vacquerie's
death is the only surviving executor of Vic
tor Hugo. states that the manuscripts vet
to be published include Ocean consisting
of two volumes. mostly in prose, phich con-
tain an account given by an eyewitness of
of letters.
A hitherto unknown work of Leasing has
been brought to daylight by Prof. Richard
Forester, of Breslau. 1t is a small octave
and contains explanations on Aesop which
strikingly illustrate the classical acumen
and thorough mastery over his subject
possessed by the German dramatist. The
book was written in In and has never
been mentioned before, except in two
meagre references to it made by two Less
ing biographers. 4.
A Sir Walter Scott Club has lately been
formed in Edinburgh. and has already five
hundred members Its president is Charles
Cooper, editor of The Scotsman. MIR. Cooper
has suggested that something might be done
by the club towards fostering the reading
the young. Memorial tablets have just been
placed on those houses in Edinburgh spe-
cially associated with Scott. Burns. Adari
Smith and Raeburn.
A German translation of the first book by
the namesake and eldest son of Count Leo
Tolstoi appeared in Berlin simultaneously
with the Russian original. The books Ger
man title is die versuchung'' c'The Temp
tation'), and its contents resemble, in more
of the father. After reading it a German crit
les verdict is that the son will never fall
heir to the fathers fame. 1t is weak in its
fable and very uneven in its treatment and
style.
The following statement is made concern
ing John Fiske's early achievements in
reading: AT seven he was reading Caesar,
and had read Rollin, Josephus and Gold
smiths Greece. Before he was eight he
good deal of Milton, Bunyan and Pope. He
began Greek at nine. BY eleven he had read
Gibbon, Robertson and Prescott, and most
of Froissart, and at the same age wrote
c.. 1000 to A. D.. 1920, filling a quarto blank
book of sixty pages.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
a simple Device.

San Francisco Chronicle.
We have often heard the old-fashioned in.
junction DOT your is and cross your rs.
so often that it has grown to have almost
3 scripturai sound, and IL has become a
second nature to conscientious people to
obey II without question. But what valid
reason is there for our doing IL? One or
the most valuable among recent innova-
lions in our school system is the. intro
d,Iction of what is called vertical writ
ing and the elimination Of All useless Hour
ishes, TO the end that eligibility may be inn
proved and increased skin attained. Even
Edison. to whom the world owes so much
81 useful invention. has devised a system
of handwriting which is supposed to elm
mate all useless lines. and by means or
which ne can write fifty-foer words a min-
ute. Yet in Mr.. Edisop's brilliant mind
this very simple, though radical. change
has not occurred AS a matter of fact.
there aIs no letters in our alphabet which
resemble the written ~ and H." when
these and the as and "e's' with which
only they might be c~onfounded. are formed
with due propriety. Only those who have
experimental can realize the very great
saving OF useless labor and the gain in
speed when We do not pause in our heaclong
course along the written line TO dot our
is and TO cross our is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The passing of it's 21a per cent. semi
annual dividend by the Canadian Pa
cific Railway Company does not affect
rnany people in this country, but it is a
serious blow to the British stockholders.
who have been receiving 5 per cent. on a
capital of $65, 900, 900. The Canadian Pa
cific had a subsidy of SIS, 600, 900 and 25.-
900, 900 acres of land from the Dominion
of Canada, and a guarantee of 3 per
cent. interest on it's common stock for
twenty years. But the twenty years
have expired, and now this subsidized
road must pay it's own way. In 1898
preferred stock amounting to $1,000, 900
was sold for the alleged purpose of pur-
chasing equipment, but there is reason
TO believe that it was used largely to
railroads which never should have been
built, but, having the advantage of be-
ing outside the United States, SO hat
our interstate-commerce act could not
touch it, it's dividend, guaranteed by the
Dominion, has enabled it to obtain bus
mess which the law alluded to prevent
ed American roads from competing for.
Now that the company is on it's own
resources, it cannot earn the money to
pay the interest on it's stock, which has
fallen SO 1-3 per cent. in two weeks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

A bitter controversy has arisen in Leb-
anon, O., over the propriety of wearing
patched trousers to church. The beginning
of the controversy is not stated, but prob
ably some one made a display of such
patched garments in a manner to give Of
Tense. The offense was taken, and now
there is an element which supports the
original offender by appearing regularly at
church in much-patched trousers. People
should wear their best to church,; and when
there are those who do not, for the purpose
of stirring up strife. it shows that they are
very ignorant of that gospel which is pure
and peaceable. 1t is, however, strange that
the meaner traits of old Adam come to the
surface in church quarrels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The American committee which has under
taken to erect a Tennyson memorial on the
Isle of Wight issues an appeal for an adj
ditional subscription of 81, 600. 1t is proposed
to erect a lofty granite monolith in the
form of an Ionic cross. The site of this
memorial is the top of a bold cliff seven
hundred feet above the sea and visible from
the deck of every vessel that passes up and
down the English channel. 1t is entirely
fitting that Americans should contribute to
such a monument. Tennyson belongs to the
world, and has at least as many ardent adj
mirers in this country as in the land of
his birth. 1t is a small sum that is needed,
and should be made up readily. Mrs. James
t. Fields, of Boston. we'll known in liter
airy circles, has charge of the subscriptions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
REFORM.

There are indications that the eccen-
trio developments in the newspaper
field noticeable in recent years, and
which have been a source of pain to the
judicious, are gradually giving way I'M
der the dictates of sober second thought
serious second thought with the en-
terprising, and often too impulsive,
American being, in the main, synony-
nous with common sense. The first of
these d~eviations from the primary pur-
pose of a newspaper-that of furnishing
a brief and unbiased record of current
events-was the appearance of sensa-
tional tales, multi-headlined to attract
attention, and having an appearance of
truth, though truth, save in minutest
measure, was not in them. This was
partly the result of competition-the de-
sire to obtain a scoop" on a hated rival
and partly of the natural propensity of
human creatures. not excepting report
ers, to exaggerate when no restraint is
placed upon their statements. This dis
position to make startling stories out of
trifing incidents and to seek for the
uncommon and sensational instead of
everyday occurrences gradually In
creased until the entire press was dis
credited, and the term "a newspaper
story came to be used by many to i'm
ply doubtful authenticity. Some pub
fishers. it is gratifying to say. lave new
err willingly encouraged sensationalism
but so many have done so that their
influence is felt and has increased the
difficulty of the conservative in secur-
ing accurate accounts of daily happen
ings. However anxious the conscien-
tious editor may be to publish only the
unembellished facts in his paper, he is
continually hampered by correspond
ents, contributors and improperly
trained reporters, who have mbibed the
idea that they may dress up" a story
to suit their taste if the truth is not suf-
ficiently exciting. When the events oc-
cur outside of the editors immediate
field of observation he can only use his
judgment as to their accuracy. and is
likely to be misled into printing matter
not possible to verify. There are papers
enough which do not care to verify their
own stories, but the number of these
reckless ones decreases year by year. A
majority would no doubt prefer to adj
here to the truth in their news as well
as their editorial columns if 1t were pos
sible to do so. They had not, for in
stance. any desire to misrepresent the
facts in the recent childish fracas in
dacious correspondents telegraphed de-
tailed and graphic accounts of an ARRAY
In which pistols were fiourished. blood
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The removal from Indianapolis of the
Salvation Army plant recently estab-
lished here is a high tribute to the char
acter of the town. The detachment of
the army goes ecause. as it's leaders
say, they do not find the class of people
here from which they secure converts.
In other words, there are no slums here.
no class SO degraded and poverty strick-
en- and wretched hat it is beyond the
reach of the ordinary reform methods
operated by the churches and benevolent
organizations. This is not the first, but
the second or third time that the Saliva
ton Army has sought for a field here,
and it deserves thanks and honor for
it's wish to let no possible misery go un-
relieved. That the city does not need it
does not lessen its Importance as a re-
generating element; it only proves that
there is less sin and crime and distress
thar in many places of its size, and this
is a cause for rejoicing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

think Thy thoughts after Thee. o God.
-Kepler. the astronomer
How Congress-like is the Indiana Legis-
Observation-Disclosures North American.
The double arreled gun is another form
of the deadly Observation-Disclosures Times.
There is not a wide margin between say
ing a mean thing and doing a mean thing.
Detroit Free Press.
History of the war between China and
Japan: Ii Hung Chang and the Japs did
the t.-Chicag Post.
The first condition of human goodness is
something to love; the second is something
to everence.-Gcorge Eliot.
The difference between AZ natural resent
ment and spite Is the difference between
US and other people.-Puck
What a great statesman John L. Sullivan
might be IL he weres a member OF the In
diana observation-disclosures Post.
Low fsrt>. the income tax. three bond
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Women who compose the Philadelphia
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals nave control of the dog pound in
that city, and have refused the application
of a jefferson College surgeon for a dog
with which he wished to try the experiment
of transferring a sciatic nerve to a rheu-
matte human patient. The women refused
to give up an animal because, If you please,
the surgeons treatment would hurt him.
1t is such things as this that give weight
to the charge that woman's brain is light
err than that of man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Gen. Roy Stone. the special agent in
charge of the office of road inquiry of
the Agricultural Department, has been
considering the subject of the employ
ment of convict labor in the building
OF highways. and has come to the con-
ciusion that such b can be safely
and profitably utilized in the work. He
admits that p~enoiogists generally are
opposed to the proposition. He shows
that in the vicinity of Charlotte, N. c.,
convicts have built miles of substantial
roads to the satisfaction of the people.
In spite of the opposition Of the New
York Prison Association. a very salts
factory experiment has been made in
connection with the Clinton prison.
Even the warden, who did not favor the
lproDosition. concludes . report ON the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

AS long as slavery existed the acquisi-
ton of Cuba was a pet scheme of South
ern leaders. They wanted the island as
an additional slave State and a lever
for the slave trade. In 1S4S President
Polk authorized the American minister
at Madrid to offer 500, 900, 900 for Cuba,
and the offer vas made and rejected in
the most peremptory manner. Again, in
the session of 1850 a proposition was
urged in the United States Senate by
Mr.. Slidell. of Louisiana, to place $50, 000.-
600 in the hands of the President with a
view to the acquisition of the island.
but it was not adopted. In those days
Spain was in constant fear of flibuster-
ing expeditions from the United States
for the capture of Cuba, and the schemes
of the Southern leaders were a source
of continual irritation between the two
countries. Slavery has been abolished.
but there are strong reasons why Cuba
should belong to the United States, as
undoubtedly it will eventually.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
If the disturbance at the statehouse

If the disturbance at the Statehouse.
Monday night, had had an adequate
cause, like the u~surpation of Green
Smith in 1887, it would AVE been a
commendable thing if it had resulted in
busting him. But in this case the cause
was trivial-the appointment of about
d dozen employees, with an aggregate
compensation of $4,000. 1t was a con-
snict begun by the Governor for the ap-
pointment of the chief sweeper of the
S~tatehouse and his subordinates. 1t was
the meagerness of the issue which gave
the affair it's most unpleasant feature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph has
invested in a new dress, thereby greatly
improving it's appearance, and is having it
self printed on a press which folds it right
side out. For this latter reform it deserves
the sincere thanks of all exchange editors.
The Telegraph has for years had a habit
of folding itself with its inner pages out,
and has thereby been a severe trial to the
patience of a long-suffering and much-en-
during class of newspaper workers. Its 9TH
erwise meritorious character, which has
been clouded by this custom, will henceforth
shine as pure gold.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Chicago clergymen and some other good
people who read the Interior are reported
TO have been much shocked last week when
hey learned that the original of a picture
of Hope" in that excellent religious paper
was a ~well-known burlesque actress. How
they happened to recognize her or how they
discovered her identity is not explained,
but. at all events. they said they were
shocked. They We're still more cut up when
they found that this picture was from a
photograph of the actress as she looked
when posing as a living picture on the the
atrical stage. Hope is modestly draped
and makes an attractive appearance, even
in a religious paper; the editor says he did
not know who the original was. and did
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

event they die. The business appears
to be prosecuted among the poor and
large families. Cases Of families in
which there vas the greatest destitu-
ton were presented. showing that the
parents deprived themselves of the neces-
saries of life at times to get the rs cents
a week necessary to pay the premium.
Several cases were presented in which
parents who had paid from 500 to $3.50
as insurance lost all a nah to
longer pay the weekly premium. Very
naturally these revelations called out
large audiences to the hearings. The
petitioners ask the Legislature to pro-
hibit such insurance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

not and does not care. but the devout pa
irons of the sheet are much grieved over
what they consider the Dissertation of its
pages. These sentiments and scruples are
beyond the comprehension of the average
person who Is able to admire a pretty pic
ture without stopping to ask about the
social standing or the moral character of
the individual who sat for it. Perhaps it
argues a lack in his own moral character
that he has never stopped to wonder
whether the model, say for the Venus of
Milo, was a proper person. To put such a
standard in force might make a sad
change in the popularity of accepted art
idols
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The New York Evening Post is much
shocked over the Indiana legislative row
ard thinks the affair is "one more con-
tribution to the mass Of scandal which
all over the country is d~iscrediting rep
resentative government Just what
form of government the Post would like
to substitute as an improvement it does
not say. At one time it would no doubt
have been ready to recommend an i'm
perial dynasty with Grover Cleveland as
car. but that time has gone by.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Ex-United States Senator Walsh, OF
Georgia. in an article in the ~Independ-
ent, says that if the South would raise
its own bread and meat during the next
five years and not more than 5000. 600
bales OF cotton it would become abso-
lutely prosperous and financially indie
pendent. Last year the South produced
over 5000, 600 bales of cotton. when there
has never been a pressing need for more
than $500. 600 from the United States.
This surplus has caused the fall in
prices. as a surplus of other articles al
ways does.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The author of THE Manxman" writes
such a microscopic hand that he has no diff
fculty, it is said, in getting seven hundred
words on one sheet of note paper. If this
be true the author Of 1.-THE Manxman"
should be boycotted by editors until he
learns wisdom and sends in typewriter
manuscript. 1t apparently is something Of
a fad with literary persons who ought to
know better to put the largest possible
number of words on a sheet of paper, and
the memorable typewriter rule is the only
sure cure for their folly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The United States cruiser Columbia.
now coaling at New York, has been or
dered to join Admiral Meade's North
Atlantic squadron in southern waters
and to touch at " on her way.
She will sail on Tuesday and will reach
the Cuban port Just about IN time for
the authorities there to salute the Amer
lean flag, provided Spain concludes to
apologize for the recent alleged insult.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The condition of Cuba is most de-
plorable, and the taxes imposed by
spain are without precedent in modern
times. The debt of the island is s225.-
700, 900, and $39. 0O0. 600 of taxes is collect
ed annually from 1900. 900 people, Ev-
erything is taxed. The tax on a barrel
Of -four before it reaches the consumer
Is s12. There is a tax on every occupa-
ton every article. OF this immense
tax s2S. 100000 goes to the home govern
.oopt
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Why should an ordinance that was
passed in the interest Of the people, and
which is still their only protection
against greedy corporations. be repealed
at the request of the latter? An answer
to lis question might throw some light
on the current discussion concerning
natural gas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
JustianhIe AssauIf.

"McGobb." said the superintendent, you
seem to have dubbed this man a good deal
more than was necessary"
How could OF help it?' asked officer
McGobb. 'Pfwin Oh ashked UNI fwy it was
there was no shnakes in ould Ooireland tn
gazabo told me he Supposed it was because
they had all come to this country an got
on tn nolace foorce.,'
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Attention has been attracted to child
insurance in Massachusetts by an in
v~estigatfon now going on before the in
surance committee of the Legislature by
reason of the astounding developments
which the testimony furnished by char
liable associations has presented. Mrs.
Atund, of the Society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children. said that the
John Hancock Insurance Company had
insured lbs. 900 children under ten years
of age. The insurance is to cover the
funeral expenses OF the children in the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The Illinois Legislature is about to
consider a bill which provides for the
abolition of the fee system and the pay
ment OF salaries. In Illinois. as here,
the people oppose the fee system be-
cause of the exactions practiced by
many county officials.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

While woman suffrage has received a
more emphatic setback than usual in
Massachusetts, it has scored victories in
other legislatures. In California it has
been sent to the people for inai decision.
In Maine municipal suffrage was car
ried by a large vote in the House. and
the same branch of the New York Leg
islature, by more than a t%wo-thirds
vote, has proposed UGH an amendment
to the Constitution.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The records of the Probate Court of
Cook county, Illinois, in which Chicago is
situated, show that during the last ten
years the wills of forty-six millionaires
have been probated. The estimated value
of the estates covered by the wills was
$91, 400, 600 and the requests to charities and
public institutions aggregated 81, 300, 200. This
is a fair showing for Chicago m~illionaires.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17
BUBBLES IN THE AIR,
The difference.

"You called me a liar, SIR shouted the
angry citizen to the other citizen. You
will live to regret that yet, sir"
"That Jist shows the difference in fell
lers," remarked Rubberneck Bill, who hap
pened to be in town with a load of steers.
when a Teller calls me a liar he don't
live to regret it. No"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

Mrs. w. x. Vanderbilt, who lately Sc
cured a divorce from her husband, has
sailed for Europe with her daughter, five
maids, one man servant and sixty or
seventy pieces of baggage. Divorce does not
seem to have worked hardship in her case.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

The conference relative to the introduce
ton of gas meters by committees of the
Council, Board of Trade and Commercial
Club did not develop a sentiment so much
in accord with the proposition of the Cor
sumers' Trust that its officers can con-
graduate themselves on the immediate exc
cution of their scheme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-17

land and Italy asking protection for
their citizens against mobs. and Ger
many, France and Denmark excluding
American cattle and meat. it looks as
If Mr.. Cleveland might soon nave all
Europe on his hands.