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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

The Washington correspondent who said
a few days ago that President Mckinley
had settled upon 70 really definite policy
in regard to Cuban affairs probably knew
or guessed at the fact. He is waiting and
hoping for developments which will make
the way clearer and the task easier. Those
people who have neither knowledge of nor
regard for international considerations will
charge the President with objectionable
timidity. All that they desire is that Cuba
be declared free and independent and if
to secure it should involve us in troubles
and even in war; it seems that it would suit
them all the better Enthusiasm is the
quality conferred upon many persons who
seem not to have been endowed with suffi-
cient strength to carry a sound judgment.
The conditions in Spain and Cuba are
such that the President need not take deei-
sive measures at once. Spain is changing
it's Ministry 1t is not beyond possibility
that the policy which the Liberal Minis
try may adopt will make settlement posi-
BILE on some basis. If Spain were coun-
try of to-day Cuba would be better off as
province, as are most the dependencies of
Great Britain Those patriots who are sup
porting the revolution at the safe distance
of Key West and New York are loud in
their declarations that nothing else than
independence will be accepted Independ-
ence may be a great thing for Cuba, and
it may not. The doubt is expressed be-
cause a certain amount of intelligence is
needed to uphold a popular government
With ADLER leaders and quite as intelligent
masses as has Cuba, the history of the at
tempts at popular government in Spanish
American states is not such as leads to the
confident assumption that similar govern
ment would be successful in Cuba.
These and similar reasons are sufficient
to cause the President to wait until it can
be seen what comes of the change of Min
istry in Spain. If nothing comes of it the
President can have it to say, in the event
that he must adopt a positive policy later
on, that he waited patiently for Spain to
change its policy and to bring the war to a
close. The most conservative do not ex-
pect that the President will wait forever
Our own interests and the dictates of hui
mainly demand that the barbarities in Cuba
Gha m ar1d
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STENOGRAPHERS AND TYPEWRIT-
ERS.

The statement that there is a large de-
mand for male stenographers and type
writer's in the departments at Washington
need not necessarily raise a cry that an I'M
just discrimination is being made against
young women, though this will doubtless
be heard. While it is true that many women
fit themselves for such occupations, it does
not follow that they should take precedence
of men in applying for positions. If they
come in competition with them they must
take their chances and ask no special IA
yors. When they do this they must be
even better qualified for the work they pro-
pose to undertake than are their male ri
walls, for in spite of the innumerable women
engaged in Office work traditions and preju-
dices to considerable extent still lean to
the employment of boys and young men.
That this feminine superiority is frequently
shown accounts in part for the readiness
with which female stenographers secure po-
sitionS and for the satisfaction they give.
The chief reason is, however, that the great
number who have taken up these pursuits
have lowered the rates of compensation;
girls are employed to act as stenographers
and typewriters for less pay than a young
man is willing to accept, and consequently
fewer boys are fitting themselves for such
work. It is perhaps not true that the girl
of sixteen or eighteen is, as a rule, more like
ly to be imperfectly qualified for her work
than the average boy of the same age but
it is unfortunately the case that a great
number of girls undertake to fill positions
as typewriters and stenographers whose
general education is SO limited that even If
they are expert in taking notes their lack
of familiarity with any but the narrowest
vocabulary causes them to make serious
verbal errors in transcribing them. They
are apt to be poor spoilers and have but
a rudimentary knowledge of the rules of
punctuation. The boy may have the same
faults. but is more likely to become aware
of his deficiencies and to overcome them.
She commonly expects to remain a stenog-
rapher until she marries; he is merely prac-
ticing the art as a preliminary TO some
thing better and more lucrative. Even
where the qualifications of the male and
female applicants are equal the employer
who selects the former has the right to his
preference and is not deserving of censure.
This is as true in the government depart
ments as elsewhere, and until the civil
service law makes it obligatory that an
equal number of men and women shall be
given positions the preferences of the heads
of bureaus will make themselves felt The
demand for boys, above noted, should not,
however have the effect of causing rush
of young men to seek the positions. A
salary of $500 or $1,000 has its attractions
TO the impecunious youth. but if he have
any ambition beyond a bare living and does
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
EXPERT TESTIMONY.

Those who are following the trial of Luet-
CERT, who is charged with numbering his
wife in Chicago, must be impressed with
the worthlessness of the expert testimony
which has been presented For some time
the drift of such testimony has been toward
unreliability, because the experts have been
questioned and have given answers favor
able to this or that side of the controversy.
This has gone SC far that there is quite
what of the relation of advocates for the
side for which they testify. In the case
in question the differences of opinion regard
ing things with which every fairly-read
physician should be familiar are surprising.
Any intelligent physician, TO say nothing of
definiteness whether certain bones presented
in testimony we're those of human being
or a domestic animal. With few of the
bones of a fish Agassiz was able, it is said,
to describe it's form and size, but here we
have men calling themselves experts in
anatomy disputing whether certain bones
were those of a woman a sheep. One
of them must be right about the matter
but both witnesses. If experts, should be
correct.
An exchange, commenting upon this di-
versity of opinion. says that it is not diff
iicult to explain why it should be so. by
a natural mental process" it goes on to
say, unconscious even to himself. an ex-
pert employed to testify for party to a
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
LITERARY NOTES.

A selection of English Lyrics" made by
Mr.. w. E. Henley, is promised. A man who
can himself write as good lyrics as Henley
should make a good selection of other peo-
pies.
Il understand says Miss Glider in the
Critic, that Mr.. S. r. Crockett has declined
the offer of $4,000 made to him by Major
Pond for a series of readings and lectures in
this country.
The German edition of Mr.. Edward Bel
lamy's Equality is to be followed shortly
by an Italian edition. Although the book
was published only recently, it is now APP
bearing in four countries and three lam
guages.
Readers of Renan will be interested in
the announcement that his biography is
about to be published by Madame BARNES
teter. The late Madame Renan gave to the
blographer much assistance and Madame
Psichari, Remains daughter, is now revising
the proofs.
Halle Erminie Rives, of Christian county.
Kentucky and GAINESVILLE, Tenn, has en-
riched literature some with a novel called
Smoking Flax" which comes to join "A
Fool in Spots, , and other brain children OF
this literary Titan goddess" The yellow
journals of New York give Miss Hives s
book great send-on.
Mr.. &. G.. 2itton, the photographed high
priest of Dickens, is preparing a volume of
waits and strays by the novelist which are
almost totally unknown. The book. entitled
ITO BE Read at Dusk" will include stories,
essays and articles. There are to be two
editions, one English and the other Ameri-
can with such differences that Dickensites
will want to possess both.
Mark Twain's new book, in which the sur
viving Innocent Abroad" or, TO be more
accurate and to quote Mr.. Clemens, tine
only one who remained innocent" is found
Following the Equator, will soon be
ready. Those who have read the manu-
script say that it is in the authors best
style and that it abounds in fun and philos-
ophy In the form of a diary each chapter
begins with a quotation from 'Puddin head
Wilson'S new calendar.
Mr.. Davis's Soldiers of Fortune" has
gone into its iftieth thousand; so has Mir.
Aliens Choir Invisible"-two stories which
have almost nothing in common. save the
fact that they are the work of young Ameri-
can writer's Mr.. Davis was in England
when his book made it's great success there
and here MIR. Allen is about TO so abroad
az he has not already started. and will find
a cordial welcome awaiting him, for the
English press has lauded his work as highly
as the papers In this country.
DR.. w n. Drummond, of Montreal, the
author Of The Wreck of the Julie Plante'
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A NOVEL BENEFICIAL SCHEME.
A Railway Company Planned better
than 1t Knew.
Fhiladelnhia Record

Philadelphia Record.
About four years ago the president of the
Illinois Central Railway Company devised
a plan to interest the large number of en-
ployes of the road in its welfare by a
scheme which at once attracted the atten-
ton of students of economies The en-
ployeS were given the opportunity of SUBJ
scribing to the stock of the company at
par, one share at a time, payment to be
this railroad, recently issued, shows that
nearly two thousand shares are owned by
employees, all having been purchased in sin
gle shares on the installment plan; and par
tial payments amounting to nearly $780, 00
have been made on 1924 shares additional
The present market quotation of the stock
is about $40 per share above par.
The railroad company has discovered a
new and unlocked for benefit to itself re-
sulting from the success of this experiment.
Prlor 10 this time nearly ali of the stock
was held in the East, practically none be-
ing owned by the farmers or business men
living outside OF a few large cities. The an
nual report states that since the employees
have become owners of stock large pur-
chaSes in the aggregate have been made
by other persons of moderate means, and
these are at the present shareholders, reg
istered in the stock books of the company
whose homes are in every State and in al
most every county served by the railroad
This is regarded as very important and
valuable outcome of the experiment; so
much so, indeed, that it has been decided
to issue free passes over the company's
lines to all stockholders from the stations
nearest Chicago and return at the time of
the annual meetings of the company. This
railroad runs through an extensive agri-
cultural district, and the patrons are large
ly farmers. who are, as a rule, unfamiliar
with railroad investments and heretofore
ignorant of the way to buy the stock. They
were accustomed to regard the owners of
stock as a class of Eastern plutocrats and
seemed to think that Wall-street bankers
and merchant princes only could fathom the
mysteries of stock purchasing and owner
ship. These persons would probably never
have dreamed of owning stock themselves
and would not have inquired at all about
the matter but for the information dis
seminated among them by the employees of
the railroad.
Such experiments are calculated not only
to develop more harmonious relations be-
tween employers and employed, but also to
diffuse a knowledge of the simple princi-
pies underlying financial affairs among the
people, ignorance of which has bred up a
large class of Popuists silvertes Green
hackers and cranks of all kinds. Let the
farmers become investors in railways, en-
courage them to attend the annual meet
ings, make them personally interested in
these great arteries of trade life, and a
leaven of knowledge will be diffused
throughout the country which will dispel
ignorance by enlightening the people. slim
ulate saving and encourage small invest
ments in legitimate enterprises.
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quently in the country. III all those years
he was an attractive personality. AS a
speaker he was eloquent and logical. In
like many of his followers, he was neither
bitter nor abusive. AS a citizen he was
generally respected for his kindly instincts
and courteous bearing. To the last he was
true to the cause of which he was the first
teacher. At times he did not go so far as
some of his followers. but in whatever he
did he held the esteem Of the best men of
his State, fact which was demonstrated
on his ninetieth birthday in the ccngratula-
lions which poured in upon him. He pos
sessed the rare faculty of carrying his au-
dience with him and was master of a keen
satire, which he tempered with humor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
THE UNITED STATES AT THE PARIS
EXPOSITION.

Hon. John Sherman, secretary Of state,
has asked Governor Mount to see that In
diana is properly represented at the Paris
exposition in 1900, and the invitation is I'M
derstood to imply that the United States
will depend largely on state representation.
If this is so there is danger that the work
may not be satisfactorily or creditably done.
1t should be admitted at the outset that the
United States government should be grandly
represented at the exposition. AS the open
ing exposition of the twentieth century it
will be a very notable event, and it is evil
dent already that the French government
and people will spare no labor or expense
necessary to make it finer and grander than
any that has gone before. In such a COM
petitive exposition of the worlds resources
and progress the United States ought to
stand in the first rank of nations. 1t can
not do otherwise without subjecting itself to
criticism not only from the authorities of
the French government but from others
who will put forth the greatest possible eff
fort to make fine showing. To insure such
a representation as the occasion demands
Will require anu well uiISCtCu
effort on the part of the general government,
backed by a liberal appropriation and intel
ligent management. There should be no
Sinking of the duty and no farming out of
responsibility to the States. If this is done
some States viii be poorly represented, 9TH
ers not at all; there will be no cooperation
or unity of action, and the outcome may be
national humiliation or disgrace. So far as
the States are concerned, each one should
decide upon its own line of action, but ii
were better to do nothing at all than to do
it in a slipshod or illiberal way. To be
properly represented at the Paris exposition
Indiana should have larger appropriation
than it had for the Chicago exposition, and
the business should be far better managed.
But, whatever the States may do, the
United States should proceed on independent
lines. irrespective Of state aid or action, and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
SHREDs AND PATCHES.

A good time is never as good as the rec
objection of it.-Atehison Globe.
truly elegant taste is generally accom-
panied with excellency of heart.-Fielding.
What if it is midnight? Every stroke OF
the clock brings morning nearer.-Rams
Horn.
Every cloud has silver lining; but it
won't be WORTH talking about if silver goes
much lower.-Puck.
When the devil dreams he is a minister
preaching about politics it makes him mad
to wake up.-New York Press.
If we could all be good women as our
mothers were there would be little wrong
in this world.-Philadelphia Times
I'D be very glad to put my pride in my
pocket said a woman. but / can't; my
pocket isn't big enough.-New York Even
ing Sun.
The world has had it's troubles. but it
has never been without consolation of be-
heving that it was entering upon new
era.-Puck.
meets her husband in heaven he will fall
down at her feet and thank her for 1.-THE
Bachelor.
Now that New Orleans doctor has iden-
titled the bacillus of yellow fever, it can
go ahead and have checks cashed at the
bank.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
When a woman in a street car is engaged
in purchasing newspaper the newsboy
calculates on riding at least q mile before
she finisheS.-Roxbury Gazette.
There are men on the way to Klondike
who have never felt themselves equal to the
task of shoveling snow off ten square feet
of sidewalk.-Roxbury Gazette.
Beautiful is the activity that works for
good and the stiffness that waits for good
blessed the self-sacrihce of the one and the
seif-forgetfulness of the other-R. Collyer
1t is a crusty old bachelor who is respon-
sible for the remark that when woman
cannot think of any other way to spend
her money she decides that her teeth need
Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

AS generally expected and foreshadowed
by recent dispatches. Senior Sagasta, the
Liberal leader, has been called to form a
new Spanish Ministry. He will undertake
the work under the greatest possible diff
culties. With two formidable insurrec-
tons on its hands. in Cuba and the Phil
ippine islands, with an empty treasury and
ruined credit, a discontented people, a fee
bic government and threatened revolution
at home, the new Cabinet will plunge at
once into. sea. of troubles. Probably no
minister ever assumed office under greater
difficulties. and if Senior sagasta proves
equal to the situation he will be SPANS
grand old man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03
AUTUMN's YELLOW AND GOLD.
What a BOtnnist Knows and Does Not
Know About Color Change of Leaves.
Washington Star

washington star.
Probably not one person in a thousand
knows why leaves change their colors in
the fal'' remarked an eminent botanist
1.-The green matter In the tissues of a leaf
is composed of two colors, red and blue.
When the sap ceases to flow in the autumn
the natural growth of the tree is retarded
and oxidation of the tissues takes place.
Under certain conditions the green of the
leaf changes to red; under different aspects
it takes on yellow or brown hue The
difference in color is due to the difference
in combinations of the original constitu-
entS of the green tissues and TO the varying
conditions of climate, exposure and soil. A
dry, hot climate produces more brilliant TO-
lage than one that is damp and COOL This
is the reason that American autumns are
land and Scotland
There are several things about leaves,
however, that even science cannot explain.
For instance, why one of two trees growing
side by side, of the same age and having
the same exposure, should take on bril-
turn yellow, or why one branch of a tree
should be highly eolored and the rest of
the tree have only yellow tint are Dues
lions that are as impossible to answer as
why one member of a family should be per-
fectly healthy and another sickly Naples
and oaks have the brightest colors.
people should be careful not to touch
the gorgeous red and yellow autumn plants
which are not known TO be harmless. Our
two poisonous native plants display the
most brilliant autumn colors of any species
in our woods and highways. The poison-
Gus sumach resembles a group of young ash
trees. The poisonous ivy resembles the
have but three leaflets, while those OF the
WOOdbine have FIVE
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

not wish to spend his life plodding away
in Washington department he will turn
his face away from the temptation in the
beginning, for when he is once in the coils
of the service the enervating influences. the
short hours and light duties will gradually
weaken ambition in spite of himself; his
plans for making his stay but temporary
will fade. and his dread of giving up
sure thing" for the uncertainties of bust
ness and the easy clerical routine for hard
work on his own responsibility will finally
cause him to become a fixture so far as
the matter depends on his own choice. 1t
is not an enticing prospect that the govern
ment demand opens to him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

The resolution of Miss Goldman, the
New York Anarchist, to abolish God from
the affairs of the universe. presented in
the Dsbs labor convention in Chicago.
shows TO what extent the rebelious sem
timent of those who are anxious to destroy
social order goes. In fact no one thing
is better calculated to show us whittier the
heresies of the teachers of anarchy lead
than this b'asphemous resolution to abol-
ish Cod from the universe. Such shock
ing avowal however. can but cause many
people who may be unmindful of the exist
ence of Supreme Ruler of the universe
TO step and think about it. and to be CRATE
full that such a power holds the millions
from the godlessness of the Anarchist.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

That 1.-The sick man of Europe" Turkey,
has regained his health and spirits finds
proof in the declaration of the Willingness
of the Sultan to take the lead in the con-
cert of Europe to put an end to British bar
barities in Egypt. This means the trans
fer of Egypt to Turkey. The impudence of
this suggestion appears when it is remem-
bered that for years the British govern
ment practically prevented the blotting of
Turkey as government from the map of
Euope
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-10-03

At the annual meeting of the American
Institute of Architecture which has just
closed in Detroit. the president recon-
mended that permanent paid secretary be
kept in Washington, and suggested the APP
pointmeEt of a committee to work out a
plan for the establishment of national
architectural museum to be located in
Washington. He thought many wealthy and
patriotic clients of the individual architects
could be induced to help the plan and that
1t would be of incalculable benefit to the
student of architecture and to all lovers OF
pure art in that work. The suggestion is (.
good one. Architecture is the most practi-
cal of all the arts, and is fully as worthy
of promotion as painting or sculpture. We
have art galleries and collections galore.
but no institution of the kind suggested.
The architects should take hold of the
matter.
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The statement that the value of the estate
of the late Senator Fair. of Nevada, is
much less thar it has been estimated should
cause no surprise. The shrinkage of estates
running up into the millions is so common
as to be a rule
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woman,. sublime Fnith.
Chicago Tribune.

"Abner." said the young wife Of Editor
Purkezet. of the Gumtown Ledger. I've
seen it in several of the city papers that
Rudyard Kipling makes $50 600 a year writ
ing stories. Why don't you hire somebody
to run the Ledger for you and go 10 writ
ing stories2"
IN reply Abner merely binked at her in
a helpless sort OF way and went on writing
dunning letters to delinquent subscribers