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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
A NEW CHARGE AGAINST SCHOOL
HISTORIES.

1t seems that the Grand Army does not
embrace all the people who are dissatisfied
with our school histories. Prof. Goodwin
Smith enters the September North Ameri-
can Review to say that Mr.. Depew and
others fear that the hostility against Great
Britain engendered by our school histories
will be one of the leading causes of war
between the United States and Great Brit
ain. The Governor General of Canada has
recently charged in a speech that our
school histories are the enemies of interna-
tonal good will
Prof. Smith set himself to the task of as
certaining if there was ground for these
charges. He obtained copies of three of
the histories more generally used in our
schools. He has read them carefully and
gives extracts from them to show the tone
in dealing with the American revolution.
He comes to the conclusion that the charge
is not sustained; that, while the language
is patriotic, it is not venomous, and that
there is a disposition to treat events fairly
The chief criticism of Prof Smith is that a
disproportionate space is given to the revo-
luton in these histories, averaging about
one-5eventh of the book but making one
third of the contents in several In summing
up the professor is confirmed in his belief
that "the influence of the American books
in stimulating international i'll will has
been overstated"
There can be no doubt that the professor
is right in his judgment. Two peoples do
not keep alive the resentments of another
century. Nations are judged by others by
their present rather than their past poll
cies. 1t is certain that historical state
ments cannot cause the nation which was
victorious in the two appeals to arms be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
to hold enmity or foster i'll will. On the
other hand, it cannot be assumed that
American school histories are so generally
read in Great Britain as to inspire Ill will
on the other side. But if there were ground
for the charge it would not do for
the educators in the United States to edit
their school histories so as to meet the ap-
prevail of the royalists In Canada, because
to do so would be to suppress great causes
and the story of great wrongs. 1t might be
necessary to strike out the names Of John
Adams, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere and
John Paul Jones and the deeds which in
spire national enthusiasm.
The dislike of Great Britain is less in this
country at the present time than it is in
Europe Now and then an act of Great
Britain stirs us up, but when it is modified
the hostility subsidies. The frequent Of
fensiveness of Canadian officials is the
greatest cause of dislike for Great Britain.
In the sealing, the fishing and other dis
putes the aggressiveness of Canada is often
exasperating, but it has been practiced
so long that the American people care little
about if
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19


Those who read newspapers will remem-
Der the past week or two as filled with
more than the usual number of events
which would indicate an unusual condition
Of unrest in nature as well as among the
human family 1t has been one of the
apparent periods of epidemic when men
seem to have lost their habitual balance.
Every paper presents a series of railway,
mine and other accidents which would indi-
cate a general prevailing carelessness.
Atrocities in the way of lynchings, muir
ders and suicides were never more numer
GUS and rarely have borne evidence Of
greater fiendishness. Diseases like yellow
fever seem to have filled thousands of peo-
pie with terror and the whole country
with apprehension. tidal wave has en-
quilted a town in Texas, fire has scourged
tied with destructive windstorms. In
short, for those people who are determined
to find evidence that mankind and all with
which mankind has to do is going from bad
to worse and from worse to perdition, the
past ten days have been most favorable
season. Holding up the record of the
events of these days, the cynic could easily
show that civilization is failure. Fortu-
nately the tendency of the world cannot be
fairly judged by the events of two weeks.
Comparisons must be made of conditions
separated by years. While there seem to
be periods when horrors multiply, it should
be remembered that with all the achieve
ments of the past few years which have
made life broader and more desirable the
fishing the news of the world must be taken
into account. No note is made of the great
mass of humanity which pursues it's ways
in peace and security. Thousands of trains
run every day, but we only hear of the
two or three on which there were acct
dents. We hear Of the two or three fiend-
ish crimes in a large city, but no one I'M
dertakes to make record of the evidences
of kindness and graciousness because it
would be too long, and, what is more inn
portant, because such deeds are so COM
mon and natural that no oSe takes note of
them.
Not long ago q specialist made it appar-
ent that such intense heat as we had the
past two weeks deprives many people of
self-control and weakens the purpose of
all. When one realizes the power of the
sun during the day and the impossibility
of sleep during the night, the wonder is
that so few people are stricken down or
fired with desperation. II is easy to believe
that not few of the accidents are due not
so much to recklessness or carelessness as
to the breaking down of the faculties un-
heat 1t would be no more than fair that
those who seem to delight in the apparent
increase of the exhibitions of wickedness
should make some allowance for the effect
of the high temperatures.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

In the current number of the North
American Review is an article entitled
Chinese Slavery in America" by Charles
F. Holder, a man devoted to scientific and
literary pursuits, which will attract some
attention because the writer uses plain lam
guage and shows that Chinese women are
sold into slavery in California and are
treated as such by the purchasers. Most
of these women are fraudulently brought
into the port of San Francisco or struggled
over the border into that city. He asserts
that 1,5O0 of the ESQ Chinese women in San
Francisco are slaves in the fullest sense.
He says the slave dealing class of Chinese
is an important element in Chinatown, and
that the crime is sustained by the high
binders. He asserts that Chinese girls who
escape from bondage are hunted, and if
they cannot be recaptured are murdered
by "hatchet boys"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Goes without saying-the diff1dent lover.
Boston Transcript.
Necessity fathers the invention of many
lies-Philadelphfa Bulletin.
Why is it the truly good woman is rarely
really stylish one?-Philadelphia Times.
That wasn't such bad mistake of the
boy who spelled it neutrality-suspicious.
Book.
Whether life is worth living depends
good deal on whether you think it is or not.
Puck
No hatred is so indispensable as that
which is without shadow of basis.-Colliers
Weekly.
We know accurately only when we know
little; with knowledge doubt increases.
Goethe.
A good face is letter of recommends
ton, as a good heart is a letter Of credit.
-Bulwer.
Never marry girl who is is not afraid of
q mouse unless you want to play second
violin.-Chicago News.
1t is not safe to trust women with Sc
crets. Men are more relable-in the ratio
of about six to fve.-Puck.
A man may be simply teeming with senti-
ment, but he doesn't look it when he has
hay fever.-Philadelphia ITEMS.
You are not guilty because you are ignor-
ant; but you are guilty when you resign
yourselves to ignorance.-Mazz1ni.
AS soon as a man shows signs of getting
away, a girl begins to write him letters in
which she calls him my own. The Bach
elor.
The schoolboy who is not up on history,
or any other branch for that matter, is
pretty sure to be down on it-Phiadelphia
Record.
The average woman asks her husband If
he loves her in the same tone that she asks
the grocer if his eggs are nice this morn
ing.-N'ew York Press
An uptown man who thinks he is humor-
Gus says he is beginning to think editors
cannot take jokes. He hasn't disposed of
one for months.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

there were $500 deaths from the disease at
Philadelphia, and during the present cen
fury it has appeared there in seventeen
years. In 1853 there were 12S deaths there
from this cause between July and October
In 1873 there were seventeen deaths from
the disease at Cairo ILL.,, and it also pre-
vailed to some extent that year at Louis
vile and Cincinnati, and at st. Louis in
1854. All these cities are much better pro-
tected now than they were formerly, and,
with improved conditions and the advan-
tage Of climate, there is very little danger
of their having visitation from the fever.
Nevertheless. in a period of September heat,
precautionary measures are not amiss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

The first number of the Klondike News,
published in Dawson City, has appeared.
1t is II by inches in size, with four pages
of three columns EACH and will be published
weekly at the moderate price of $40 a year,
invariably in advance. In the first num-
Der the publisher who is also editor, bust
ness manager. compositor and pressman,
tells how he got his plant into Dawson
and how he built his office of logs, moss and
earth. He says: I'VE are proud of it, for
we built it," He brought a printer with
him, but the latter got claim and threw
up his job. The editor feels that he has
a mission to fulfill and will continue in
journalism. The paper will be independent
in every respect and the editor says:
Anyone who does not like it may have his
money returned by applying at the office -
Among the advertisements are several of
dance halls, one firm saying: Our hall is
first class, and for an exciting game our
cardrooms cannot be beat" In the city
columns 1t is announced that Gus Becke
and Tom Wilson have put in two more men
behind their bar to weigh gold dust. They
now have SEVEN 1t is also stated that
Log cabins in Dawson are renting at SIS
per month, with none in the market Any
person going to Dawson would probably do
well to take a trunk full of log cabins
The News announces that it is Tin the field
to stay" and while it does not state ex-
plicitly that now is the time to subscribe
that seems to be implied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
SCIENTIFIC.

Rarefied air has been found by Herr Lev
instein to produce strong fatty degenera-
ton of the heart, liver and muscles, with
death through deficiency of oxygen.
1t has been ascertained that the pith of
the sunfower is the lightest solid known,
it's specific gravity being .02S, while that of
elder pith--hitherto regarded as the light
est substance-iss. 90. Cork is "a.
A pit at Peruschowitz, Silesia, has
reached a depth of $500 feet. The tempera-
ture is u degree Centigrade at the top and
GO degrees at the bottom. an increase of one
degree for every 143 feet Of descent.
Electro magnets. which have been en-
ployed at Woolwieh for hoisting shells and
other iron objects. have been put to work
in a plate mill for handling plates. The
chief difficulty encountered was the lifting
of too many plates, but 1t was found that
this could be overcome by skillfully break
ing the current--caustng one or two plates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
Sleep and Its Uses.
Journal Of Hygiene.


1t is pretty certain that we do not yet know
all it's uses, but know some of them.
The waste which goes on continually dur
ing labor of any kind is not balanced by
every meal we eat There is some loss of
material in the blood and in the tissues
which is greater than can be repaired dur
ing labor Indeed. activity prevents repair
in the body from taking place, Sjust the
same with a machine. You cannot re-
pair your watch while II is running. You
must send il to the matchmaker, and he
stops its action, takes it apart and cleans
when loaded with freight and sailing UNI
der high pressure over the ocean waves,
but il is sent to the dry docks. 1t is so
with our bodies. They cannot be repaired
from the losses sustained during day OF
hard work unless sent into the dry docks
of sleep, if | may use such an expression.
If the sleep is sound and good the Wis
medicatrix naturae, or the reserve forces
of the system restore the equilibrium and
make the tissues and the blood as good.
or almost as good as new. II this We're
not so the very complex and wonderful
body Of man would not last long. Nor
would there be much comfort in living or
value in the work done.
Experience shows that there can be
greater suffering than from long and con-
tinued loss of sleep Everyone knows how
almost worthless he is after a Wakcfal
night and how completely he is done up"
after several of them in succession.
Another reason for sleep is found in the
necessity for the removal OF certain waste
products in the system from broken~down
tissue. While many of these are removed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
Senator's who Have wheels.

washington EOSt-
Between ten and fifteen senator's ride BIZ
cycles Now they are looking for room
in the Capitol where they can store their ST.
lent steeds. Somebody stole the lamp from
Senator Tillman's wheel. That caused the
trouble. A bicycle stable will have TO pc
arranged with man to look alter the
wheels and keep them safe and clean SEN
ator Til!nlan is a most indefatgable rluer
ignoring the street cars altogether except
on the rainiest of rainy days. Senator
Warren, of wyoming. Is new recruit, but
manages to pedal along skilfully, While
Senators Bacon, Chandler and Elkins are
all old 'stagers and enthusiasts, although
Mr.. Bacon is noted for his extreme care
lessness. Senator Chandler has nearly hve
thousand miles to his credit, but TINS Is
because he spends his entire summers rid
ing over the New Hampshire roads.
Among the Populists, Senators Butler ana
Ky.e are good wheelers Senator Faulkner
looks like a promising member or an atm
Ietic club when he dons his Abbreviated
trousers and golf hose, with a. hobby cap,
but he will not ride at night. Inc Day
light he says, is good enough for MN.
Senator Perkins, of California, used TO ride
one of the old-fashioned high-front big
wheel machines. but when he mounted
low safety the other day he mastered the
art of cycling under new conditions In less
than half an hour. Senator Wetclore ana
Senator Wolcott ride fine wheels ana are
the best-dressed cyclers in the SENATE:
Senator Lodge can ride Wheel, out
doesn't and Senator Mcmillan has also
ceased the sport. He was riding down the
Bois d'Boulogne in Paris one day when he
had a bad fall, and since then cycling mas
lost it's charms for him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19


rate about SIS head will be expended to
get these delinquents into school, The law
provides that the school authorities may
build special house or home for the tru-
ants, but there Is nothing in it which au-
thorizss the school commissioners to use
that money 10 build schoolhouses for the
city at large. The rapid and almost alarm
ing increase of the expenditures of school
boards in many cities has called forth pro-
test and in some the work of placing
public instruction upon a reasonable basis
has begun. We have not reached that stage
here but the present regime will take us
there in a few years. At the present time
school expenditures are increasing more
rapidly than wealth and population. A few
more acts like the raising of $4,000 to pro-
vide for 1900 or 1900 truants will create a
public sentiment that will demand retrench-
ment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
A CASE OF BAD MANAGEMENT.

The State fair this year was decided adj
vance and Improvement over any of recent
years, and the Journal hopes it will prove
to have been success financially. The re-
suit shows that, with live and progressive
management, real attractions and fairly
good advertising, the managers of the fair
can count upon a liberal patronage. They
deserve credit for their efforts in these re-
spects this year and are to be congratu-
lated on the result This said, some words
of criticism must be added. Some mistakes
were made In the management, particu-
larly on the day of the great pacing race,
which sent thousands of people away in
bad humor and which will almost certainly
hurt the fair next year. Whether it was
due to bad management miscalculation or
intention, the managers did not keep faith
with the public regarding the special race
That was the event of the week. More than
one-third perhaps one-half, of the people
who were on the grounds on Friday after
noon went to see that alone. Besides a
great outpouring from the city and vicinity
there were people from all parts of this
State and great many from adjoining
race of recent years, and to see the whole
of it. Instead of that, after tiresome wait
of several hours, they were given only two
heats, and those unsatisfactory. The man
ayers were not responsible for the slowness
of the track caused by the rain of the day
before, nor for the somewhat sluggish con-
dition of the horses, caused by the chilly
weather but they were responsible and
blamable for not calling the race earlier
in the day and having it finished by day.
light 1t is quite likely that a combination
of circumstances may have worked against
the managers in this regard, but they
should have forestalled any such combina-
ton of circumstances by calling the race
earlier and seeing that the way for the
event was clear. Failure to do this caused
great disappointment to thousands who had
to leave before the second heat was paced,
and to other thousands who were prevented
by darkness from getting good view of
it, The management was also partly re-
sponsible for the crush in getting out of
the grounds and the failure of transporta-
ton facilities, for if the great race had
been called an hour or two sooner it could
have been finished in time for the crowd to
have got out of the grounds in leisurely
manner. For this feature of the failure
of transportation those who undertook to
supply it were measurably responsible, but
the managers should see that it never oc-
ours again. They will be fortunate if the
dissatisfaction caused by the events of Fri
day does not rankle for quite a while The
managers of a public exhibition should
make it point to keep strict faith with
the public.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

Miss Parker. respectable young woman
Of Chicago, has been having an unpleasant
experience growing out of her resemblance
to woman not so respectable Mr.. Bel
mont, a commercial traveller, temporarily
sojourning in the unswept city, had a cas-
ual conversation on the street with an at
tractive female who, as he discovered later,
made use of the opportunity to nip $50
from his vest pocket. The next day Mr.
Belmont saw Miss Parker in a florist
shop, thought he recognized her as the per-
fidious peri, and had her arrested Her
friends rallied to her aid and got her out
on bail and appeared in court next day to
prove that she was not within miles of Mr..
Belmont at the time specified, and that she
wasn't that kind of a person, anyway. Mr..
Belmont declared that she was the girl and
no other, and that he could not be mistak-
en-, but the court decided that he was.
Now Mr.. Belmont is under arrest on
charge of perjury and will have chance
to repent his haste and his too great con-
fidence in his power of never forgetting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

Chicago Post.


Pictorial journalism enlivened the break
fast table this morning and impaired an ad-
ditional flavor to the fruit and eggs by pre-
senting to our entranced view the Dloody
knife which is supposed to have inquired
in the interesting operations at MT. Luet-
CERT s vat Not content with this exposition,
one Of our contemporaries added materially
to the display by exhibiting the corset steels
on a charger. And yet we were not satlsneo:
1t seems to US that the panorama was not
complete without the hairpin ana the talse
tooth. What we really need to make our
breakfasts sit comfortably on our stomacnS
is a first-class etching Of the superior lateral
fncisor. and we are greatly surprised tnat
our Journalistic colaborerS, VINO are usuaiiy
SO attentive to important details, should
have failed us In this modest request ana
expeetation We have arrived at that stage
since the inception of the Luetgert inquiry
that we cannot enjoy our oatmeal unless we
are feasting our eyes at the same time on
the various products Of the Luetg5rt us-
p1nes Every day we tremble with appIe-
hension that we have reached the last OF the
exnlorations, but every morning we are de-
iiphted 10 discover that a new apd appetlz-
ing spectacle has been prepared TO allay the
fedium of the natutinal meal. For the bene-
ut OF our felow-citiZens who happen 10 De
out of town we have written to Mr.. French
TO ask him If he will not allow the original
Sketches OF the Luetgert trial trophies 10
be placed on exhibition at the Art lnsti-
tute, and we hope for favorable reply.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19
How English Boys Eat.


LONDON Letter.
The English schoolboy is gub1ect TO Spar
tan rules in the way of diet was sitting
by a Jolly little chap the other DAY VINO
was at home for the holidays, and we De-
pan talking about food Ca subject OF con-
Versa ton that invariably tempts the Eng
fish schoolboy into eloquenceo He told me
that the lads at nearly all the big private
schools in England were very Dadly Ied.
Their breakfast consists OF weak tea or
coffee stodgy oatmea! porridge, stale oreau
and a sparing amount of rather rancid put
fer If their parents desire TO pay extra
for the privilege they may have meat. but
it's not nit to eat then, remarked my
Youthful entertainer dolefully. Dinner con-
sists of soup occasionally hot or cold meat
Every tough, and that beastly Australian
stun. at that, you know. volunteered my
informant) two vegetables and a PUDDING
With this rejection Is served glass OF beer
land that's half water, ike the soup
Tea is the next meal, and consists or tniSk
slices OF bread and butter, tea tbeasNy
stuff remarked the crowley ana soineT
times lam in which case no butter Is AZ
lowed The final meal is supper, ana TINS -
Spartan in its simpiicity-brea ana cheese
no butter and one glass OF beer. Yet. on
this rather scanty allowance the Engnsn
boys seem to flourish exceedingly, ana they
are certainly almost invariably Wen man
nered. we'll bred little gentlemen OF course.
il is understood that am speaking Of the
upper classes The English low-class boy.
as q rule is a young rutiian.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-19

The Anneke JAMS estate having lost some
thing Of its prestige with people who want
to count themselves among the heirs to
vast riches, Kansas City has brought to
light another in the shape of a Holland
estate founded by genuine sea pirate, one
Jonas Berntsson Wennerman-Lambert,
early in the eighteenth century. 1t is worth
now something like the neat sum of $780,
100000, and American heirs to the old pirate
are being anxiousy sought for. This eager
ness to discover as many heirs as posi-
BILE is an invariable popularity of the altru-
istic persons engaged in looking up such
claims; the natural selfishness of human
nature would, under ordinary circum-
stances, lead the heir who first learned of
wealth in prospect to limit the number of
claimants, but not so in regard to the
estates of pirate kings and the like. The
discovered heirs who pay the bills should
rate this unselfishness highly.