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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

John Mo-ley's Life of Richard Golden
is to be published in the autumn. 1t IS
heralded as a work Of unusual Importance.
Mr.. Kipling's new volume Of ballads.
The Seven Seas" is coming out in Octo-
Der. 1t is to contain some heretofore un-
published ballads as we'll as many which
have appeared in periodicals since the pub
LEGATION of his last book of verse.
The largest sum paid for a single novel
is said to nave been s50.O 600, paid TO AL
phonso Daudet for .Sapho," published i'm
1884. Twenty thousand pounds was re-
ceived by Victor Hugo for Les Misera-
bles." which was published in ten Ian
guages.
Mr.. Blackmore has just celebrated his
seventy-frst birthday; George Macdonald
is his senior by one year; Mr.. Meredith
and Mrs. Oliphant are each sixty-eight;
Miss Braddon is hfty-nine: Sir Waiter Be-
SAINT ffty-eight,. Ouida ffty-six and MIR.
William Black fifty-five.
Dean Farrar's new book, THE Bible:
What 1t Is and What 1t Is Not is now
going through the press. but no date can
yet be fixed for its publication. The work
has been a long time in the writing. and
is expected to prove a very important con-
tribution 10 the discussion OF the Scrip
lures.
Professor Vambery is finishing the trans
lation of a Turkish book. of interest to
todtAAS VI III tHDtO VI li4Ao anu I'll
trail Asia. 1t is an account Of the travels
and adventures of Sidi Ali Refs. q Turkish
admiral. in the time Of Sultan Soieiman
the Magnificent, who visited India, At
ghanistan, central Asia and Persia during
1553-5I.
The volume of short stories said TO be
written in collaboration by Thomas Hardy
and Mrs. Henniker tLord Houghton's
daughter) will be published In this coun-
try by Roberts Brothers,. An English
critic intimates that il is only I'm THE
Spectre of the Real" the last story in the
volume, that the hand of Mr.. Hardy APP
pears. 1t is a somber. striking and I'M
pleasant tale of married life.
A Christiana paper says that Ibsen has
just commenced to write a new drama.
He will remain I'm the capital of Norway
all summer. and expects to nave the play
ready. not only in the original, but in Ger
man. English and French TRANSACTIONS. in
December. He has just entered his sixty
ninth year. and enjoys the perfect health
peculiar to literary men who do not over
work or dissipate-
Is the genius ever uncertain of his own
powers? Coleridge was not. at least. In
a long letter Ito John TEelwalD which has
Just been sold at auction In London he
wrote: II shall live down all your objec-
tons. l doubt not that the time will come
when all our utilities will be directed I'm
one. simple path. 1 am not fit for
public life: yet the light shall stream TO a
far distance from the taper In my cottage
window"
world is a copy of the Psaiter recently
sold I'm london for f5. 256. This PsaIter
was printed In 1859 for the use OF the Ben
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

ago. and at the very time when Abraham
was born a Chaldean poet was composing
a great epic in twelve books which formed
the close of a long preceding period Of epic
verse. This shows that literature is not a
modern invention. 1t also shows that the
Mosaic age was. so to say. a literary one.
and that IL Is not at all incredible that
Moses wrote the books of the Old Tesla
ment attributed to him. In fact. many of
the ancient records recently discovered
furnish confirmation of the historical parts
Of the Old Testament. There never has
been a time when these explorations were
prosecuted as vigorously and intelligently
as they are at present. and they are likely
TO result in further discoveries both inter-
esting and important.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

On the market yesterday morning a farm
er was complaining of the abundance of
everything and the low prices. Il nave got
plenty Of stuff. but 1 can't get anything
for it. Why. I've got ten acres of fine
sugar sweet corn and / can't get but 3
cents a dozen for it. That won't pay for
pulling. I'll let it rot before I'll sell IL for
that well. 1 don't know about that"
said a gardener more thrifty looking than
the first speaker. 'Of course, 3 cents a
dozen for corn Is cheap, but 1t beats MOTH
ing. A quarter of a cent an ear isn't much.
take very long to pull thirty-four dozen.
That would bring a dollar, and 1 never
knew a time when a dollar would go as far
or buy as much as ii will now" The lat
ter was the more sensible man of the two.
1t is true 3 cents a dozen is not much for
sweet corn, but after the corn has ma
tured the owner woul better sell it at a
low price than not at all. Not many per-
sons earn a dollar more easily than by
picking thirty-four dozen ears of corn. A
man could do it while he was standing
around berating the hard times. and. as
the second speaker above quoted said.
there never was a time when a dollar would
go further than IL does now for groceries,
dry goods or anything else. The average
American wants to make too much money
and get rich too fast. He should learn not
to despise the day of small things.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

An injection into the nose of hydrogen
peroxide is DR.. K. p. Edwards's remedy
for persistent nose bleeding.
The California trap-door spider (Cteniza
Californica) has been seen by DR.. Davidson
to construct a nest with its hinged door
in ten hours, another specimen having
made a hole: large enough to conceal it
emerge they at once build their own min
nature nests, renewing them every spring
until they reach full size.
A German Investigator, 0. 10th, has
found that. as compared with tin, the
transparency of alcohol for Roentgen rays
is GOO. that of water 300, cork 2,450, ebonite
ium p, lead O.29. gold OBS and platinum O.25.
Solid substances and their powders are
slightly different in transparency, proving
that there Is some reflection or refrac-
ton.
The name of ceramic stone" has been
given by NJ. Garchey, a French inventor,
to a new building stone obtained by him
from broken glass. The -glass-broken
bottles, window panes. etc.-is reduced TO
powder, different kinds are mixed if varie-
gated color is desired, and the pulverized
material is devitrified by passing success
sively through. two furnaces. the second
being one of high temperature. The pasty
mass Is then passed under a press, which
gives il shape and consistence.
Specimen sections of the terrestrial globe
eighty-four feet in diameter the scale being
Observation-Disclosures, or about eight
miles to the inch, have been made M Lon
don by Mr.. T. Ruddiman Johnston, F. r.
c.. s., who believes such a globe can be
finished in two years. Every important
geographical feature and every town Of
5000 inhabitants will be shown. The globe
will be revolved slowly. and will be viewed
from a spiral gallery running several times
around it to the north pole at the top.
A discovery expected to be of importance
in time of war is claimed by Colonel Bel
lon. of the French artillery. When a tel
ephone is placed sufficiently near a tele-
graph line. yet without actual contact.
certain sounds are heard on the passage
of a current along the telegraph line, and
by long experiment this observer has been
able to separate these sounds into the char
acters of the Morse alphabet. and TO draw
learn with practice to read the message
passing over the wires from the telephone
sounds. This makes II practicable to
with its current or giving any indication
whatever to stations along the liLe.
Several years ago NJ. Moissan. who's re-
searches with the electric furnace have laid
the foundation OF a new and important
branch of chemistry. discovered that when
iron saturated at a high temperature with
carbon is cooled under pressure. a portion
of the carbon crystallizes as minute dia-
monds. This has led NJ. Rossel to sus-
pect that diamonds may be formed in the
manufacture of very hard steels. Exam
ination of many samples of such steels
proves this to be the case. very minute
crystals having been found, the largest
only a hftieth of an inch in diameter. but
having all the chemical and physical prop
critics OF true diamonds. The crystals are
obtained By dissolving the metal In acid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

1t is an interesting question how far the
introduction Of refrigeration in ocean
steamers may be destined to affect prices.
By this process meats. butter. poultry. eggs
and game are transported frozen from Aus
tralia, New Zealand South America and
India directly through the tropics and un-
der the equator with safety and great dis
patch. This brings the world nearer to-
gether, and the farmers and producers Of
all countries into direct competition. The
effect seems TO be that if American farm
ers are to raise a surplus and market it at
all, it must be at such prices as are made
by their competitors in other countries. 1t
all goes TO prove the necessity of develop
ing and protecting a home market.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Word comes from Pittsburg that the
iron, steel and glass manufacturers. who
have for some time been making a can
vass to ascertain the truth about the free
silver movement, are now in possession of
facts which warrant them in the conclu-
sion that the silver craze is on the wane.
AS a result, mills and factories which were
shut down two or three weeks ago have
resumed, with few exceptions. This start
ing UP is. it should be emphasized, the re-
suit of canvasses which have led the manu-
facturers to believe that the election of
Mckinley is assured. That is, as the prob
ability of the opening of the mints dies
out, the opening Of the mills has begun.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The treasurer of Scott county. Kansas,
has announced to the taxpayers in a circu-
lar that taxes will be lighter nex year. for
the reason that the District Court has de-
clared that s146, GOO of county bonds and
considerable amounts of township bonds
are void-a fact upon which he congrat-
uiates the people OF Scott county The
bCEds were issued in payment for county
improvements, but the spirit of Populism
which has cursed Kansas caused the
county official to offer congratulations
because the purchasers, who may be Of
foers of savings banks. will be robbed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Women s~uffragists in Illinois are happy
over a decision of the Encouragement of
the State to the effect that a woman can
be legally appointed to the office of town
ship treasurer. He pointed out that the
law provided that mo person shall be de-
barred from any occupation, profession or
employment. except military" and held
that as persons includes both sexes,
women were eligible to an appointiye office
the same as men. Sure enough; if a woman
Is not a person what is she?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The editor of the Bedfordshire Times and
Independent. published in Bedford. Eng
land. recently conceived the happy thought
of bringing the mother city in touch with
its namesakes across the water. There are
nearly a dozen towns of this name in the
United States and Canada. and the Times
put itself in communication with them
for the purpose of collecting Information
that, as it says. would place the old
mother at home on speaking terms with
some of her chickens in America and the
colonies" In response to the request of
the Times a member of the Journal staff
forwarded a description Of the town of
Bedford. Ind, with an account of its in
dustries. Mr.. j. Harrison, associate ed
itor of the English paper. sends. in return.
a very entertaining account of his city,
given on another page of this paper.
American readers fiatter themselves that
they are well posted on the history,
geography and social conditions of Eng
land. but it is safe to say that the ma
jority have little knowledge of the an
cient Bedford. except as it is associated
with the name of job Bunyan. To some
it recalls the name of Howard. the philan-
thropist. but comparatively few can tell
anything of the early history or of the
present condition of the city. To be ac-
quainted with these things helps to estab-
lish closer relations. AS the Times puts
it. the exchange of paternal greetings
should conduce to the formation of cos
mopolitan friendship and work for peace
amongst the English-speaking people," At
all events. it is a new departure in the way
Of bringing about such friendship, and the
Journal is glad to do it's part in furthering
the English editors plan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

tina "a silver dollar is sixteen times as
large as a gold dollar II this statement
was not vouched for by the Pittsburg Dis
patch, one could not have believed Mr..
Bryan SO ignorant or so absurd as to have
given 1t. IL Mr.. Bryan's definition were cor
rect. a gold coin the size of the silver
dollar would be worth $3.50, the specific
gravity OF gold being 19.4. while that of
silver is iO.5. which means that a piece Of
gold weighs 81 per cent. more than a piece
of silver OF the same dimensions.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The speech Of Senator Sherman is a mod
eli Of clear statement and historical ac-
curacy. There is no attempt at oratory.
but everything is sacrificed to make the
facts he states so clear that any man who
can read car understand. Republicans
who have complained the past week of
too much Bryan would find it profitable
to compare his vagueness with Sherman's
clca ruess-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
Am Imuox.tbIe Conyersation.

My dear" said he. that waist doesn't
fit you in the back at ALL
1T doesn't matter. said she. People in
front of me can't see it. and / don't care
what they say behind my back"
The feminine reader is allowed the choice
of two solutions: Either the woman who
didn't care about the, fit of her waist was
fibbing. or, what is more likely, she never
axicfed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Crossing the Atlantic ocean in six days
and thirty-one minutes. as was don by
the American line steamship st. Faul on her
last trip. Is a great feat in ocean travel.
The first trip across the Atlantic by steam
was made by the Savannah in 1919. She
sailed from Savannah. Ga. to Russia. by
way of England. and returned to New York
direct from st. Petersburg in ~twenty-six
days. That was considered a great per-
formance at the time. as. indeed. 1t was.
The earliest regular transatlantic line
of steamers. the Cunard line. sent
it's first steamer across in 1910. For
many years ten days was the average time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

No Hypocrite.

Don't you think that worrible is a bit
of a hypocrite?"
mo. sir! No. indeed. I believe that
when he said he would be glad to see the
day when every man who disputed his be-
lief would be strung up by the neck. that
he meant every word he said"
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Post.

two children on one OF the boats going
down the river a few days ago. They
were evidently Off for the day. for the
quite lunch time when the two children
began TO beg for something TO eat. so the
nurse opened the basket and gave each OF
dren. a little girl OF perhaps four. had
trouble with her egg. The shell didn't
come OFF nicely. but bits of the white stuck
TO IL. The little girl worked away for q
moment. Then she gave the egg back 70
the nurse.
Give me another oAe. please. mammy..s
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Scientists who know all about 1t here.
blu: who nave never tried it at s. degrees,
say thai DIR. Nansen had passed the dam
ger line. Being on the SPOT, the Doctor
may be regarded as the best judge of the
degree OF danger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The railway employees at Logansport.
no., have issued a call for a mass meeting
of railway men in favor of sound money.
to be held tomorrow. The call is signed
by seventy-seven employees of all depart
ments, of whom thirty are Democrats. IL
wage earners are interested in the prost
perity OF their employers. then no other
class have more at stake in the money
question than the employees % railrca.is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The illusions of the Republican press to
the forthcoming speech of General Harri-
son lead to the conclusion that wherever
he speaks on the issues OF the o u the
country will listen II he spoke in n re-
mote town, he would open the campaign
for the whole country just as effectuaIly
as he will by speaking in New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
x-Governor Foraker.

Already the striking tailors in New York
have established ~seventy-hve cooperative
shops. which are in charge Of men who
have the. ability to manage them. The
trouble is with contractors, who take the
work from the clothing manufacturers and
desire a large profit as middle men. 1t is
said that this change promises the best re-
suits. as the cooperative shops can COM
pete with the contractors successfully.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Four years ago. when General Weaver.
of Iowa. Populist candidate for President.
and Mrs. Lease. went to Georgia TO advo-
cate his elecSon they fled the State because
of assaults with stale eggs, and the Atlanta
Constitution headed an amusing account of
the assault with Weaver Skips." Now that
he is following the Bryan boom and Is a
candidate for ~elector. the Constitution re-
fers to him as IA man OF high patriotism
and distinguished ability"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Of crossing, but it was gradually reduced
until about eight days became the usual
time. This has been steadily lessened until
now We have a floating palace that makes
the passage in six days and thirty-one min
utes. This is very rapid ocean travel, but
with the undeveloped resources of cleo
tricity and improvements in naval architec-
ture 1t may be greatly outdone in the fu-
fnra
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

italists are closing factories for political
effect is only less idiotic than the threat
of q silver orator on the street corner to
the effect that I'VE will compel capitalists
to run their business and give employ
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The central New York Chautauqua As
sembly has sent a communication to the
headquarters OF the Honest Money League,
proposing to arrange for a joint debate of
the silver issue between candidate Bryan
and Mr.. Cochran at Assembly Park at such
time as may be mutually agreeable TO the
gentlemen referred TO. and Mr.. Cochran has
expressed his willingness to join in the de-
bate. AS Mr.. Bryan is travelling on his
eratory he ought not to object.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

1t is more than probable that the United
States will be compelled to pay for the
lives Of the three Italians who nave been
lynched In louisiana Italy does not take
much care CT its subjects when at home.
but when they are slain by mob violence
abroad it exacts a good price for their
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Mr.. w. c. Paris writes a letter to the
owners who have telegraphed that they
had never contributed to Mr.. Brysn's sup
port as a lecturer probably told the truth.
but 1t is equally true that Bryan was paid
at the rate of $1,000 a year. and that the
checks were made in his favor and passed
through a hank in Lincoln. Neb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

'What an idiot human nature Is in gen
eral.' said the cornfed philosopher. as he
leaned his chair against the wall and APP
.propriated the grocer's particular fan.
For instance, / know of a nineteen-year-
old boy who is right in the throes and
thrills of a first love affair. and still that
kid is kicking because he is not old enough
to yotafp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

dollar a bushel for wheat under free-silver
coinage should remember that So cents
worth Of silver and AZ cents worth Of wind
do not make q dollar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16
Reminder of Duty.

IF you don't give me a quarter" said
little Willie. I'm going TO tell about you
kissing sister,"
But 1 hadn't evsn thought of kissing
your sister, protested the young man.
You ain't?' said Willie. puzzled. Then
/ wonder what she told me to say that to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

During the past ten days the newspapers
which give the news have devoted much
of their space to Mr.. Bryan's trip and his
oratory. Mr.. Bryan is done, having been
taken OF the roa by his managers for a
month. The coming week the other side
will occupy a large space in all newspa-
pers. In this issue will be found the speech
es of Senator Sherman and his colleague.
ex-Governo Foraker.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

The day after Mr.. Bryan's speech stocks
advanced all along the line. and yet no one
has charged a completely between the b..
o. of the p. and the bulls of the stock
market
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Sc Sixteen Pages -

"A false balance is abomination to the
Lord; but a just weight is His delight
Proverbs. XII, !.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

For the real American citizen there can
be no eneEy's country within, the borders
of the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

Can be found at the following places:
NEW Y~ORk-Windsor Hotel and Astor House.
CHIcAGo-Palmer House and p. o. News Co..
81 Adams street.
cIScISSATIJ. r. Hawley & Co.. ia Vine
street
L~OUISyILLEC. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co.. 3s Fourth avenue.
81. ~LoUIS-Union News Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House. Willard's Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange. Fourteenth street. between
Perm. avenue and = street.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-16

One of Mr.. Bryan's definitions of a dol
hr was given In Pittsburs. which was