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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

ton of national patriotism. a few years
ago one of these teachers deplored the
senseless and noisy enthusiasm which
greeted the stars and stripes by saying that
the flag is simply "a fabric in three colors. :"
We have been told that an Americans I'M
Questioning and unreasoning love for his
country and his pride in it's power and its
growth is vulgar passion which should
be left exclusively to ignorant and unbal-
aneed natures. How far the poison of such
a fatal sentiment has deadened the spirit of
patriotism of the few who have lost faith in
the masses it is impossible to say, but it
may be safely assumed that it has not
touched the mass of the American people.
What we need as people is the aggres-
sive faith and the intense devotion of the
British people. To that extent we can fol-
low the example of the Englishman.
During the jubilee days no croaker lifted
up his voice. No Englishman declared that
the days of the empire were numbered.
From lord to the humblest subject of the
Queen all shouted the glory of England
and extolled the prowess of the English
England there was no dscord in the mighty
chorus. Upon other occasions, pending
elections, or in the disputes which occur in
England as among all peoples discordant
voices will be heard; but when it is an &C.
casion for the extolling of England and
Englishmen every voice joins in the pas
sionate reclamation of devotion and pride.
Tomorrow many orations will be spoken.
1t is the day of the national jubilee, so
these orations should be devoted to re-
counting the great achievements of the
American people. The history of no other
nation within the same period contains so
many events and achievements calculated
TO enthuse the mind of the American with
intense love and pride of country; history
warrants him in making every demonstra-
ton of exultation over the fact that his is
the foremost nation of the world. Yet
many orations will be doleful predictions
portendng disaster and distortions cal
culated to weaken the sentiment of nation
atty rather than strengthen it. Dema-
gogues will try to array section against sec
ton and class against class, and even the
thoughtful patriot who speaks will point
out so many dangers that his listeners will
depart from hearing him with a subdued
feeling.
Let us rescue the Fourth of July from
those who devote it to jeremiads and turn
it into a day of exultant glorifcation of
the Republic and of the American Nation
Let the birthday of the Nation be devoted
to cultiVating the exultant spirit of Ameri
can nationalism. There are three hundred
and sixty-four days left for considering
special matters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The recent raising of $236,OOO by the Bap-
fist Home Missionary Society in order to
secure the promised donation of $25O,OO
made by John D. Rockefeller shows the
value of organized effort in such matters.
Those who had it in charge determined to
confine their efforts to the large cities
They began by holding parlor conferences
of leading church members in twenty cities
In this way they got the business and
financial men together, and these appointed
committees who took charge of the local
canvasses. Presently a generous rivalry
sprang up between the various committees
and finally between the churches until sub
scriptions came very easily Toward the
last the money fairly poured in. The larg-
est individual subscription was $1,000 and
the smallest 80 cents. Only $237,0OO was
needed, but when the subscriptions closed
about $247, 900 had been paid in. 1t was a
well-managed piece of work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
THEY DON'T sNEEzE.
Popularity of CoIored People Not
Generally known.
Washington Star.

1T was Professor Schroeder, of Louis
VILE" said a surgeon who first ventured
the opinion that the negro never sneezed.
The statement was made in reply to a
question of Professor Gross, the famous
Philadelphia surgeon, and in whose mem
DRY statue was recently dedicated in this
city. A smile passed around the listeners
there was some doubt about his statement.
reiterated ii with some force.
He then explained that while there
were no structural arrangements about the
breathing apparatus of the colored race
that had been discovered which prevented
ored man did not Sneeze. though he could
be made to sneeze by the use of snuffs pep
per or other irritants. He had, he said, never
made any experiments in that connection.
He also said his observation had been con-
fined TO colored people in the Southern
states. Atmospheric or other conditions
might exist elsewhere which might cause
in the South. The debate on the subject oc-
cupied nearly an hour al a meeting of the
International Surgical Association, which
held a convention in the old Lincoln Hall
some years ago.
Since then I have often spoken of 1t
have directed the attention of hundreds
to the subject / have yet TO hear the first
one say that they have ever heard negro
man or woman sneeze. BY negro, / mean
. a black man or woman. / believe that
mulattoeS sneeze occasionally and the
nearer they are to white the more frequent-
ly they sneeze, but even they are less sensi-
tive to influences which produce sneezing
than the people of the white race 1t has
been observed also that Indians sneeze very
seldom, while Chinese sneeze ten times as
much, even, as the white race
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

In the great strike of coal miners which
begins to-day public sympathy, on general
principles, will be strongly with the min
ers, Their life is an exceptionally hard one
and in the best of times their wages are
none too good The business depression of
the last three or four years has affected
the coal-mining business like all Others
and the miners have had to bear the brunt
of it until their condition seems to have be-
come intolerable. Whether the mine owners
and operators can afford to pay the wages
demanded the Journal does not know, but
they ought to do if they possibly can.
If business would justify it the miners
ought to receive even more than they are
asking, and everybody will join in hoping
they may get at least what they demand.
The danger is that business will not justify
it, and that by striking they will make
their condition worse instead of better
Nevertheless, as long as they adhere to
peaceable methods and do not interfere
with the rights or property of others they
will have a full measure of public SYM
pathy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

Leading contractors and builders in this
city agree that there are more men en-
ployed at good wages now than ever before
in the city. and yet there is a considerable
number seeking employment. This is at
tributed to the tendency, very noticeable in
recent years, of mechanics and workmen to
come from other cities and smaller towns
in the State to the capital. 1t is difficult to
understand why they should do this, as
competition in all lines of work is as great
here as 1t is in the smaller towns and
ygorkmen VINO are acquainted ought to
stand better chance there than they would
in a strange city. But, whatever the cause
the fact exists. and it is noticed in other
cities besides Indianapolis. Organized labor
might do a good thing by discouraging, as
tar as possible, this tendency of mechanics
10 flock TO the cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

When Congress has time it might pass a
resolution directing its chaplains to repeat
the Lords prayer to conform to some
form of prayer in, which the main object is
not to address the members. Last week
the Senate chaplain thanked the Lord for
inclining the minds of senators to harmony
in tariff legislation. A few hours later the
Senate knocked out three of the Senate
committees amendments, which would in
dictate either that the chaplain was mis-
taken as to the agency which caused the
committee to be sustained on previous
votes or that the Lord had ceased to i'm
part wisdom. Many years ago a person,
feeling his need of instruction, asked to
be taught to pray. The Great Teacher gave
a sample prayer. The official chaplain may
forget it or ignore it, but he cannot i'm
prove upon it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

the curmination of a grievance of long
standing and have the appearance of being
he beginning of a native rebellion against
British authority, if not religious war.
they may not reach that point, but as far
s they have gone they have these charac-
.eristics. British rule in India depends as
much on Oriental submissiveness as it does
on British prowess. and if the natives ever
unite in a general insurrection and succeed
in rousing religious frenzy throughout the
country they will give the British govern
ment trouble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The public schools of the United States
are fast becoming genuine nurseries of
patriotism. They teach love and reverence
for the flag, the pupils celebrate national
holidays and sing THE Star-spanged
Banner" and the banner itself floats over
many of the schoolhouses. This is all right
and commendable. The extension of school
drilling, now practiced in many English
schools, win be a further step in the same
we shall have several millions of school
boys well grounded in patriotic principles
and trained to the manual of arms. In
the chapel at West Point is the motto.
Our Country, Right or Wrong" That
motto might we'll grace every school build
ing in the United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The publication of the census of Russia
showing that the population of that vast
realm has increased 100 per cent. in the
last forty-fiye years and 20 per cent. in the
last twelve years causes surprise. Many
people insist on being ignorant regarding
that great and controlling power. 1t will
not do to say that much of this remarka-
Bile increase is due to the acquisition of new
territory. since it appears that nine-tenths
Of the marvellous increase is in the terri
tory which the Car has held many years
Again. those who do not appreciate the
growing Importance OF Russia insist that
me increase lis due to the early marriage
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

of the people, which insures rapid increase
Of population in spite OF the high death
rate Compared with the United States the
quality of Russa's population is inferior.
but the time is past VIXEN those who de-
sire the reputation of being fairly informed
can afford to ignore the growth of Russia
in every direction which will make a great
nation. AS matter of fact. the popula-
ton of Russia is rising in the scale of
intelligence
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

1t is said that certain employers of alien
laborers in Pennsylvania will institute pro-
ceedings at once to test the constitutions
atty of the new act imposing a tax of 2
cents per day for every such laborer en-
be commendable. viz, to give preference
to American labor, it is of doubtful con-
stitutionality. The right even of an alien
to labor cannot be disputed and the i'm
position of a tax on the employers of such
labor is discriminating legislation. We ex-
clude Chinese. but nobody has ever thought
of imposing special tax on those who en-
ploy such as are here.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The last census of Massachusetts shows
that in 1891 the number OF males in the
State was 1,214, 701, and of females 1.2S5, 1872
The excess of females was, therefore, TO-
ISL against 1858 in 1885. During the ten
years the aggregate population has gained
Cos, or, but the lead of females has fallen
off 1852. This would indicate that the males
in Massachusetts are staying at home and
the women are leaving to seek their for
tunes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

Thus far the powers have made no re-
Spouse to the notice given them by the
Sultan Of Turkey that he proposes to re-
tain Thessaly. This may mean that they
cannot agree. which the Sultan has more
than suspected. Turkey is no longer the
sick man of Europe"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

For the first time in years. a Fourth of
July celebration is proposed on the South
Side. 1t is under the direction of veterans.
The address of Governor Mount, the music
and other attractions should call to Gar
field Park tomorrow the largest audience
it ever contained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

In their orations tomorrow the purvey-
ors of calamity will tell their audiences
that the larger part of the American peo-
pie have already been reduced to pauper-
ism and slavery, in the face of the fact that
most of their hearers rode to the meetings
in good carriages or on bicycles costing
from $40 to 500 each
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The same week that tramps are reported
to be marching westward through Kansas,
an army of $1,000, for the Pacific coast.
fears are expressed by the farmers in Min
nesota and the Dakotas that they cannot
get help to secure the great wheat harvest
which is growing
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The grasshopper, which threatened to de-
vastate South Dakota, has been assailed by
his foes, the most formidable of which is
a small white parasite. The other is a con-
trivance which is called a "hopperdozer,"
and scoops him in by the million. Thus
the grasshopper. which laid Kansas waste
in 1879 is no longer feared.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

art department" has just published the
likeness of Hans Won Bulow, the pianist
for that of Baron Bulow, the new Ger
man minister of foreign affairs. Another
did worse by publishing as the portraits OF
three new school principals the pictures OF
three persons who were principals in SEN
sational will case pending in the courts IN
that city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

1t is to be hoped that no person now liv-
ing will live to see another sale of bonds
by the United States government in time
of peace. That disastrous page in our his
tory should remain closed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
Sixteen Pages

Those persons who always find that the
foreign way of doing things is much better
than the American way could not enjoy an
old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The Prince of Wales set the fashion In
hats by wearing a new style during jubilee
week. 1t is described as being a bell
shaped. rolling brimmed beaver, FUZZY in
texture and white in color. SO far as
known, there is only one person in the
United States who wears hat answering
that description, and he is cranky Demo-
cratic editor in a Missouri. town.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

on July the Dominion of Canada was
thirty years of age, but young as it is,
its rulers act upon the assumption that the
United States were created as an annex
to Canada.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
BY Comnarison.

"Saiy," said the second waiter, "this ham
looks mighty lonesome in these sand
wiches."
of course it does,' said the head waiter,
after critical inspection. You are cut
ting the bread too thick for the ham"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The Municipal Voters League of Chicago
was composed of a large number of excel
lent citizens who were animated by the sin
gle purpose of securing a decent Board of
Aldermen. In most of the wards it's COM
mittee, after careful examination, Endorsed
one of the party candidates. The league is
now divided because quite a number of
candidates who were elected through its
efforts voted with the boodlers upon some
street railway franchises. But the league
did the best it could.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
The Cheerful Idiot.

Barking dogs" said the oracular board
er, never bite
It's queer, too, when you come to think
Of it," said the Cheerful Idiot. For what
good is a bark without any seize?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
The Good old Days.

"Ah. I wonder if we shall ever see a re-
nassance of the good old times, when men
ran for office on their merits
And couldn't get elected unless they
wore hickory shirts and chewed plug to-
baCcO."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

Even the man who has TO work about
every day in the year has some thing to be
thankful for He is not required to attend
a summer school
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Really Inkfnd.

Timmins-I do my best humorous work
after night.
Simmons-Huh! I thought there was no
law against stealing jokes in broad day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The Raines excise law in the State of
New York may be open to objection and
unpopular, but it has resulted in. the col
lection Of So, 527 Ss1, of which the State re-
ceived one-third. This large sum was col
1ected between May and June 2S 1897. This
is vast sum of money. even for the State
of New York, and will cause many tax
payers who would otherwise be compelled
TO contribute to the public funds to become
sturdy supporters of the Raines excise law
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04

The New York Times has discovered that
one of its contemporaries which has an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-30
ASHBAUGH AT WICHITA.
Story in the Customary Country
Newspaper Style Prevailing
at Wichita.

John Ashbaugh, the auctioneer, who,
with his bride, recently went to Wich-
ita, to paralyze the people of that city
by selling them bicycles at unheard of
low prices, seems to have found rath-
er rough road.
The Wichita Eagle says of a recent
experience of Ashbaugh'S:
"A man by the name of Ashbaugh
from Topeka struck town yesterday
with a cargo of cheap bicycles which he
stored in vacant store room on East
Douglas street, and tried to auction
them off He gave street parades and
talked a good deal from an open car
riage.
During his talk he took occasion to
roast A. j. Musselman, saying he
was a sissy boy who parted his bangs
in the middle and didn't know anything
of bicycles or the business. He further
declared that Musselman'S advertise
ment was a fake wherein Al had as
serted he was taking orders for the
self same wheel for SIS. Al had SO ad-
yertised but he added he would not
feet, and would prefer not to sell them
at all. Ashbaugh got excited and
flashed $500, saying he would bet that
much that Musselman nor anyone else
could buy them at that price, as he
alone had exclusive agency from the
Mississippi to the Pacific At this
point AL stepped out and said: I am the
dude who parts his hair in the middle
and I am here to cover your $500, and
here is the money; either put up or
take my bluff
Covered with confusion, the stranger
more to what Wichita agents could or
could not do
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-30
Wild Project of Collecting All
the Unemployed
In the United States at Pitts
burg to Demonstrate
HOW MANY THERE ARE
The President of the Painters
and Decorators
Is at the Bottom of the PrOpo-
SitiOn.

Pittsburg. Aug. 3O.-M. P. Carrick.
president of the Brotherhood of Paint
ers and Decorators of America, says
that a proposition is to be presented to
the St. Louis convention to mobilize the
army of the unemployed of the country
in the vicinity of Pittsburg in the event
of a determined effort on the part of the
operators to start the mines with i'm
ported labor.
1t is understood, President Carricl1
says, that an appeal will first be made
to the railroad men of the country, not
as organizations, but as individuals, to
not handle coal dug at non-union
mines. If this fails. then the mobiliz-
ing in Pittsburg win be considered.
These men, he says, will not come here
to destroy property, or take part in
riot, or insurrection, but will be here
to show that this is peaceful battle
and that the working classes are as a
unit in crying for relief
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-30
BOILING CADAvERS.
An Exhibition Will Be Pro-
vided for the Jury in
the Luetgert Case.

Chicago, Aug. 3O.-The trial of Adolph
Luetgert, for the murder of his wife,
began in earnest today, the preliminary
work of securing the jury having been
completed.
Long before the case was called the
corridors of the court building were
thronged with people anxious to gain
admittance.
Contrary to the expectation of the
state, the jury will be asked by the
defense to witness an experiment in the
vat in the basement of the sausage fac
tory. This is to be the result of an eX-
pertinent conducted by Luetgert's at
torneys Saturday and yesterday. The
body of a woman of about Mrs. Luet-
gert's age and weight, who met her
death by violence Thursday, was taken
to the factory at Sol Diversey avenue,
and immersed in a solution of caustic
potash. The result exceeded their ex-
pectationS The experts reported that
solution of the potash for the same
length of time, three and a half hours,
and under the same circumstances as
ed the body of his wife, the complete
and the solution had but little effect up
the clothing.
AS a result of the test, the defense
will, it is said. ask Judge Tuthill to re-
move his court and the jury to the
basement of the big sausage factory
for few hours and witness another
experiment, which the defense claims,
will completely disprove the states
theory of disintegration.