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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

A committee of eminent physicians called
on the President a few days ago to be-
speak his interest in a bill which will be in
troduced in the next session of Congress to
provide for the appointment of a commits
sion composed of eminent psychologists to
make a thorough investigation with a view
of discovering the yellow fever germ The
committee consisted of the surgeon general
of the army and the presidents Of the
boards of health of New York, Boston,
Charleston, New Orleans and other cities.
The matter is of sufficient Importance to
justify government action. A single vista
ton of the yellow fever costs the country
vastly more in the interruption of trade
and travel than the entire cost of scien-
tifc investigation would be, not to speak
of the destruction of life. Some time ago
the Brazilian government offered a reward
of $225,00O for the discovery of the fever
germ, but the discovery has not been made
as yet. The present movement for the APP
pointment of a commission originated with
the American Public Health Association,
their plan being to establish a laboratory
in Havana, the home of yellow fever, and
pursue the investigation until the germ
shall be discovered.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

OF science encourage pupils to give Ave.
six and even seven years to study, the re-
suits being the easy lead of German and
Swiss manufacturers, especially the former.
in the world of colors and fine chemicals
An example of what this policy OF scien-
titic training has done may be seen In the
great color works at Ludwigshafen, on the
Rhine. This establishment In 1866 had
thirty workmen, while Ii now employs five
thousand men. including over one hundred
trained chemists. its chemical laboratories
themselves being on the scale of those OF
great university. This factory is but one
of several, the annual production or Ger
manys coal tar industry alone being $5O,-
000,o00.
A novel wave motor pumping water by
the rise and fall of floating buoy sliding
on an upright tube was some months ago
designed by Mr.. p. Morley Fletcher. an En-
glish engineer. A large experimental ap-
paratus is now being practically. tested,
dismantled vessel having been moored a half
mile out to sea as workshop. The motor,
with a total weight between eleven and
twelve tons, is kept upright by a submerged
table of steel about twenty feet in diameter.
which is provided with suitable mooring
chains and from this base the steel hy-
drometer tube, about thirty feet long and a
foot in diameter, rises to a height OF ten to
thirteen feet above the normal water level.
The oscillating buoy, made from steel boiler
plates, is of cylindrical form, about ten feet
in diameter and five feet deep. The piston
is fitted to the tube a few feet under water,
the tube serving as practically stationary
piston rod, and the pump cylinder has
maximum stroke equivalent to ten feet.
This apparatus delivers water for driving
turbines or other purposes with pressure
equivalent to that of d fall of fully 800 feet.
Among the many uses for which 1t is be-
leved this motor will prove valuable Is that
of automatic fog horns kept in constant
action by air compressed by the pump, and
that of light buoys or beacCns lighted cleo
trically from a small power station on the
buoy itself. 1t is estimated that with a
wave oscillation of only one foot thirty
times minute each of the eight-ton buoys
so numerous on British coasts should yield
thirty-two horse power for driving ma
chfnerV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The Tower press is what Miss Marie
Corelli rather neatly calls the newspapers
Familiarity known in this country as 'yel-
Iow''-the papers that indulge in coarse
personalities and sensational articles built
out Of nothing. This lower press in London
has been rudely attacking Miss Corelli be-
cause her portrait has been exhibited in
public gallery where a fee is charged for
admittance This young woman is a writer
Of novels which considerable number of
people read and profess to like, but she
has not sought personal notoriety and has
hitherto firmly refused to permit her por-
trait to be printed or her photographs
placed on sale. 1t is because this painting
IS on exhibition and some engraved copies
have been made from it and sold that the
papers abuse her for advertising herself
after having affected exclusiveness. Four
thousand invitations, it is charged. We're
sent out for a private view. Miss CoreIli
explains In a card that her portrait was
painted by a friend whom she wished to
benefit, and adds. tartly: -Four thousand
Invitations were sent out were there?
was not aware of 1t. / do not know four
thousand people, thank God!' 1t is an UNI
dignined wrangIe and of no consequence 20
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they are imposed upon, the recipients OF
their charity being unworthy, but shrewd
enough to affect ali the Indications Of want
and suffering. Such giving not only helps
the persons receiving aid, but is an injustice
to the really deserving. 1t is better for
charitably disposed people to suppress the
wish to engage personally in relief work
but to leave the work to be done by those
better informed as to individual needs than
they can be. 1t is only by organization that
charity can be properly dispensed in city,
and to that organization the task should be
Iaf<
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
Merry Autumn.

It's all a farce-these tales they tell
About the breeZes signing,
And means astir DER field and dell,
Because the year is dying.
Such principles are most absurd
l care not who first taught EN-;
There's nothing known to beast or bird
TO make solemn autumn
In solemn times when grief holds sway.
With cOuntenanoe distressing,
You'll note the more of black and gray
Will then be used in dressing.
Now purple tints are all around;
The sky is blue and mellow:
And cen the grasses turn the ground
From modest green to yellow.
The seed burs all with laughter crack
On featherweed and jimson
And leaves that should be dressed in black
Are all decked out in crimson.
A butterfly goes winging by;
A singing bird comes after;
And nature, all from earth to sky
Is bubbling DER with laughter.
Don't talk to of solemn days
In autumns time of splendor,
Because the sun shows fewer rays
And these grow slant and slender.
Why it's the climax of the year
The highest time of living!
Till naturally its bursting cheer
Just meIts into thanksgiving.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The Philadelphia Inquirer has kept tab on
more than a dozen Democratic newspapers
IN Pennsylvania which have recently called
their readers attention to the Is ct that they
are now printing more advertisements in
their columns than for some years past.
POLITICALLY, however" says the Inquirer,
s'these newspapers tell a different tale With
one accord they continue to deny that there
has been any improvement in business"
Pennsylvania is not the only State where
this interesting paradox is seen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
Cats by VIII.
London Letter.

An extraordinary story Of eccentricity was
developed in little police court case day
or two ago. An old lady was summoned by
a sanitary inspector for keeping a house
which had developed into a common null
sance owing to the number Of cats residing
therein. 1t turned ont that these cats were
a legacy to the old lady from an old bach
elor gentleman, who left her forty-nine cats
and an annuity of E10 with each cat a
further sum of 2150 Is to come TO the old
lady at the death OF the last of the forty
nine cats provided she can show that all
the cats died a natural death. So far only
four out of the forty-nine cats have expired,
the old lady being thus mulcted of E4O-four
of her annuites. No provision having been
made for kittens. all little cats as they APP
pear are drowned. and as they appear two
or three times month, the old lady. as she
ENORMOUSLY informed the court, has quite
enough on her hands. and so could not Keep
her house I'm as good a condition as the
sanitary officer desired. The court was or
opinion that ii would he best for the in
terests of the community II few OF the
cats were slaughtered. And what about
nv e10 from each of them?" shrfeked the
old lady. Finally she compromised by
promising to engage & couple or strong
women to wait upon her cats and 20 cover
tho top OF her garden with network, so as
10 prevent armies of cats suddenly invading
her neighbors' premises.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

At an educational gathering in Philadel-
phia one speaker addressed his remarks to
parents. 1T is your duty" he said, ito be-
come acquainted with the teachers of your
children, to inform them of the peculiar
needs and dispositions of each individual
pupil. The teachers all want to know you.
and when you thus cooperate with them,
furnishing information concerning the ma
ture of your children. then the ideal public
school will at least be in view" Why, Of
course. If there is one thing more than an
other that the teacher needs it is to have
the parents come and. tell her all about
their respective Johnnies and Tommies and
Jennies and Mamies. She viii learn that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

About three years ago few persons in
this city, moved by the love of music and
by civic pride, undertook to promote the
organization of high-class local orchestra.
1t was thought that such an organization
would be a distinct factor in advancing
musical culture in the city and great help
in the May music festivals The theory was
right, but for some reason or other the
movement did not succeed. Since then one
of our local musicians, Mr.. Carl Schneider,
has organized symphony orchestra which,
though not as large as some, is distinctly
high class. Mr.. Schneider has not asked
any assistance in organizing his orchestra,
all he asks being that the public will give
him and it chance to show what they
can do in the way of @high-class musical
performances. Those who wish to assist in
promoting musical culture in the city must
remember that a local home organization
of this kind is much more useful in an edu-
cational way than a music festival which
comes once a year and is gone. The May
festival has an important mission and per-
forms it well, but the local orchestra is
even more important, because, if sustained,
1t is with us always. Mr.. Schneider has an
nounced series of three symphony con-
certs during the coming season, the first
one on the evening of Nov. 20, and they
should be literally patronized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

There are no such fire departments as
those in American cities and no such fire
fighters as American firernen. Unfortunately
1t must be added that there Is reason for
this superiority in the fact that fires are
much more frequent in American cities than
in European. A special dispatch from an
American correspondent in London says:
In the face of a condagration which the
New York fire department would have eX-
tinguiShed in couple of hours, London S
fire brigade was helpless. Its efforts,
In America, seemed pitiably weak and child
ish With little picayunG engines throwing
miserable streams of wAeer no higher than
the second story, the entire. absence of fire
towers or combination noZzles and a slow
and clumsy staff of firemen recruited from
old sailors in the navy, this great city was
threatened with destruction. Following so
soon upon the great fire. at Blackfriars, a
few weeks ago, when millions of dollars
through the inefficieney of the fire de-
partment, this event has awakned London
to the fact that it is far behind the times,
and that its government IN the practical
work of extinguishing fires Is partial
failure. and that it may we'll take a lesson
from New York. The brigade, too, was
slow In getting to work, and there was a
noticeable lack of cohesion among the vari-
Gus sections Their motto seems to be glory
struction OF property worth millions, which
a little dash and brilliancy of work could
easily save. Besides, their apparatus gen
orally is not nearly up to the American
standard, and when pinch comes, as 1t
came to-day this is painfully evident
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

Johnny is remarkably bright but peculiar
child. who needs very careful treatment:
that Tommy has large brain. which they.
the parents. fear will be overworked. and
that he requires to be restrained rather
than stimulated that Jennie is extremely
smart and that Mamie is positively brilliant
If you just understand how to bring her
out. Every youngster of them is budding
genius, is unlike every other child. and needs
especial attention. Oh, yes, the teachers
want the parents to tell them about their
childrenf
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The government appraiser of merchandise
in the New York custom house says that
by Jan. 1. or by Feb. at furthest, the rev.
enues of the government will exceed its ex-
penditures, and after that the country will
hear no more of deficits. The surplus stocks
imported under the Wilson law are nearly
used up, and when they are gone the reve-
nue. from customs duties will greatly in
crease.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

Consular reports received at the State De-
partment show that the Importation Of
American flour into China has increased
from 1858 200 in 1891 to 81 172, 900 during 1885,
The Chinese do not make bread, but they
eat -four dumplings about the size Of a
small biscuit, filled with finely chopped
meat These are made up in great guam
titles and are prepared for eating by be-
ing steamed over boiling water. They also
use great deal of flour in the manufacture
of Vermicelli
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

YOU" said she. as she came down the
stair. leisurely pulling on her gloves, you
used to say was worth my weight in
gold"
We'll, what if I did?' he asked, looking
at his watch for the third time in fifteen
minutes
'tAnd now. you don't think I am worth a
wait of two minutes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

the public except to illustrate the attitude
of the pictorial press. which is near to be-
ing synonymous with lower press. toward
rash persons who refuse to give up photo
graphs of themselves on demand These
papers are of pretty much the same grade
on both sides of the water
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
Sixteen Pages

Business has improved very decidedly dur
ing the last year. but the best feature in
the situation is the universal belief among
business men that it will be much better
half the battle.
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1t is said that friends of civil-service re-
form in Washington, even the commission
ers themselves, are beginning to think that
the President will have to modify former
executive orders to some extent in order
to prevent the repeal of the entire law.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

One principle the Sultan clings to with
the persistence of grim death, and that is
the firm resolution never to give up in any
struggle until he is driven to it. His ex-
perience with Austria has demonstrated
most effectively that all nations do not run
when warmed as Greece does.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The evidence seems to be that the man
who was married to Mrs. Walkup at Mil
waukee was i'll at the time they went to
be married. Whether he was ill while sim
gle is not fully substantiated, but the fact
is beyond doubt that he was i'll mated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21
An Easy Test.

Timmins-I have never been able to make
UP my mind whether am a genius or not
Simmons-It is easily tested Just act like
a hog when you are i'll society, and If you
are genius, people will admire you for it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

The remark in dispatch that there will
be more dogs and scientific men" on the
next expedition of Nansen to the north is
not intended as reflection on either the
scientific men or the dogs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

Pigs were used to carry life lines to shore
during a South sea shipwreck. Another
blow at Shakespeare. Those lines may with
out doubt or dispute be accredited to Ba-
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Very Remarkable

Very Remarkable.
There must be something remarkable
about Jinkss baby"
HAS links been saying sop
mo; he hasn't"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

Gen. Cassius MarcelIus Clay has Jared
very well, on the whole, in having been
able to keep his child-wife contented for
three years. If she had been like some
women = Mrs. Walkup-Ketcham, for in
stance. dose of cold poison might have
have used one of the guns upon him that
he keeps to protect himself from imaginary
euan1ies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-21

1t looks very much as if the Queen of
Spain were more anxious to see Weyler
than Mr.. Weyler is to see the Queen.
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR.

A weather prophet may well be called a
storm scenter.
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Not sumctentIv Snecific.

"By the way. what has become Of Eb-
berson?
Last / heard of him, he was running
little pothouse out West
Jack or beer?"
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