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SHREDS AND PATCHES.

A dull remark shines i'm the shadow OF q
great name.-E. S. O'Connor.
The surest thing about first love Is that
it is not likely to be the last.-PUck.
You can speak well il your tongue de-
liver. the message of your heart-John
Ford.
He's a poet, isn't hep" "Oh. no. He
merely writes verses for a valentine pub
lisher."-Life.
IL all the humor OF life could only be
known. what jolly world this would be.
Rams Horn.
The dying Of great hope is like the
setting of the sun. Life's brightness il
gone.-George Eliot.
Honorable poverty is one of the lost arts
and the trail of the trade mark is over us
Henry Watterson.
The man who has more money than he
knows what to- do with is usually conspic-
uous by not doing it.-Puck.
The Bradley Martin ball is over Now
comes the inaugural ball Then base
ball.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Il think 1 catch your drift" remarked
Gilhooly when about a ton Of snow fell on
him from his neighbor's roof.-Tammany
Times.
Some of the most dissatisfied wives in tho
world are those whom their husbands leave
entirely free to do whatever they choose
-Harper's Bazaar.
Some people with faults are like the
robins Lowell speaks of: they eat up your
cherries. but you would rather have the
robins than the cherries.-Alice w. Rollins.
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1t is certainly true that unsettled ques-
tons disturb the repose of nations when the
unsettled question affects the liberty of
people This is illustrated in the case of
Crete. Geographically, Crete belongs to
Greece. and its people were allied TO Greece
by all the ties which mold communities into
nations. Crete, when the Greeks fought to
overthrow Turkish rule, in 1921, failed to
throw off the yoke of the oppressor. Its peo-
pie fought with heroism and made them
selves masters of all the territory outside
the fortified cities. In 1880 the allied pow
ers, France. England and Russia, inter-
vened to secure the independence of the
rest of the insurrectionary territory, but
put Crete under the viceroy of Egypt. In
1910 the same powers took it from Egypt
and replaced Ii under the dominion of its
old masters. the Turks. where it has re-
manned ever since. always protesting and
frequently attempting TO throw off the yoke
OF the most odious power in the world.
Crete revolted in 1859. and again in 1866. but
the great powers. which use such peoples
pawns in the game of statecraft. have
always interviewed to keep the protesting
Cretans under the power of Turkey. Now
there are Indications that the powers will
appear as the allies of Turkey.
The population of Crete is about 10000 of
which about 10000 are Mohammedans. OF
these very few are Turks, the bulk of the
Mussulman population consisting of natives
whose ancestry embraced the religion of
Mohammed from prudential considerations
in the early years after the Turkish con-
quest of 1861. The island is 160 miles in
length and from ten to thirty-five miles in
breadth. That its people are essentially
Greek appears i'm the fact that the Greek
language is generally spoken. The Greeks
have always regarded Crete as a part OF
their territory for obvious reasons. When
ever the Cretans have attempted to break
the power of Turkey, Greece has either SYM
pathized or assisted. With the assistance
of the Grecian fleet the Cretans could not
throw off the yoke of Turkey. The indica-
tions are that this will not be permitted
The powers are suspicious. Russia is afraid
that Great Britain will gain something by
Cretan independence, while Great Britain
to avert any possible danger of a European
war, will probably unite with the other
powers to keep Crete under Turkish rule
and prevent it's annexation to Greece. Ma
| tional jealousies and suspicion between
| European governments seem as potent and
make the rulers as selfish now as during
| the era of Napoleon. Turkey which these
same governments occasionally threaten tc
| destroy, because it is an organized outrage
| upon civilization, will be assisted by the
| great powers in fixing the worst form OF
| slavery upon the brave and Christian people
of Crete.
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The dinner given Thursday night to En-
bassador Bayard by the Royal Societies
Club of London was complimentary to him
personally and not without significance in
its strong expressions of friendship for the
United States by distinguished Englishmen.
Assuming that the expressions are sincere
they are creditable TO those making them
as they are TO this country and people. The
personal compliments to MIR. Bayard were
of less significance, though no doubt very
pleasing to him. His service as ambassador
to the court of ST. James has been unique
in the solcitude il has shown to establish
friendly feelings between the British and
American peoples rather than between the
governments. Mr.. Bayard has not shown
any aptitude whatever for diplomatic ne
gotiatiors as international affairs properly
so-called, but he has evinced the greatest
anxiety through personal and social chan
nels to cultivate good feeling between the
two peoples. Latterly he has been entirely
ignored in the negotiations between the
two governments relative to the Venezuela
controversy and the arbitration treaty.
These important negotiations have been
carried on and settled by other representa-
tives of the two governments, while Mr..
Bayard was delivering speech after speech
telling Englishmen how much thicker
blood is than water and how wicked it
would be for the two great English-speak-
ing peoples ever to go to war. To do the
British people justice they seem to have
met Mr.. Bayard half way and TO have
shown a good deal of friendly feeling in
response to his efforts, but such sentiments
| require constant nursing 10 keep them
alive. If they are to be KEEP live Ameri-
cans would like to see some of the fine
speechmaking and assurances of brotherly
love done by the British ambassador to
the United States. 1t used to be the rule
that United States ministers to England
were appointed on account of their sup
posed ability to protect American interests
| against the wiles and aggressiveness of
| British craftsmanship. MIR. Bayard has de-
voted his entire time to "jollying" the
| British people and assuring them that the
American people have profound admira-
ton for British institutions. If our future
ambassadors to the court of st. James are
| to be selected for that sort of work the
| British government should be given to I'M
| derstand that a British ambassador will not
| brings with him a lot of complimentary
speeches and addresses for Americans. The
| jolying should not be all on one side.
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Chica go Post


Our kindly and discriminating contempt
latest issue by printing a large number or
opinions from the literary men OF America
relative 10 the desirabiity Of the arbiIra-
ton treaty. This is particularly interesting
as exhibiting the literary person a man
of affairs and not the impractical head-in-
air creature we have been more or less ac-
customed 10 meet AS an evidence OF the
antagonism of the profession of literature
to the ordinary details or life. Melville l..
Stone. in his capacity of bank president.
tells a little story. He says that in 1893
when the panic was at its height: when
banks were failing and ruin seemed immi-
nent: when bank presidents and directors
sat up all night tremblingly awaiting the
crash: when newspapers We're rushing out
extras every hour detailing some new and
appalling calamity; when everybody ex-
pected the worst every minute. and bust-
ness men could talk OF nothing save the
peril OF the situation: he was sitting IN his
office one morning. worn In body and sick
at heart. The door opened and we'll
known literary man entered the room The
usual salutations were interchanged. and
the literary man. taking a chair and look
ing Mr.. Stone searchingly I'm the face as II
er preyarication said: Tell me- Mr.. Stone
is there any truth I'm the rtmors that
hear. that there Is slight furry In fnan-
cial circles?" And Mr.. Stone. like "A noble
man. says I'm telling this story: How
could l dissipate such sweet ingenuousress
as that? These are the people who write
our novels and lay bare TO us the great Sc
crets OF the universe. the complex prob
lens OF human nature.
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GROUND HOG DAY his SPECIALITY.
Belonged to the New school Of Joar-
nalism, but Never Knew Ii.
Buffalo Express.


An overworked editorial brain on the
Omaha World-HeraId adds the following
information TO the stock of human knowl
edge: only .16l days till 1900"
ThlS reminds us of editorial geniu,
who formerly did editorials on an Fri.
pa paper. His speciality was ground hog
day. Weeks before that suspicious sea-
son arrived he would begin TO print para
graphs announcing the date OF ground
hog day that year. what it sgnified IL the
sun shone or failed TO shine. and all the
cession of the seasons in general. The
amount of space he could fill with his
ground hog day articles was amazing. and
he always contrived TO give the subject
an air of Importance. II stood on the edi-
torial page as the equal OF the tariff or
the last legislative scandal. As the great
day drew near he would multiply his bull
letins. Finally his readers would be in
formed that Tomorrow will be ground
hog day. Next morning the climax OF
the campaign was reached in the proud
announcement that To-day is ground hog
day." and likely as not the information
would be p clean SCOOP. for zeal always
tells in the newspaper business. Then
the next day there would be a brief REM
iniscent item to the effect that 'Yester-
day was ground hog day.. and so the mat
ter would lapse into the perspective Of time
until another year came round.
One year he tried to get the boss" to
issue ground hog day extra, with por-
traits OF the ground hog casting his shad-
ow. skctched on the spot by our own artist
This was before the days of the new jour-
nalism and a too-conservative administra-
ton frowned on the scheme. The ground
hog man, however. kept up his faithful
watch for some years longer. until finally.
one Inflated spring. after making his regu-
lar preliminary announcements, he was
called out of town on the day before ground
hog day, and the paper came out next
morning with no allusion whatever TO the
subject He came back 10 work the day
after. but when he discovered the omission
he became a changed man. His spirit was
broken. and although he was Kept on the
staff for n long while. his efficiency was
gone. and he was just a deadwood warning
to other journalists. He belonged to the
new Journalism and didn't know IL.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Rudyard Kipling has been honored by the
English town OF Bermondsey. II has a
street named Kipling. and place named
Ruyard.
In 1869 a Rev. DR.. Crane wrote tract
on popular amusements. in which he said
novel reading has become the vice of the
age" and warned his readers and listeners
against so evil q habit. so soul-destroying
a recreation. as novel reading. His son Is
Stephen Crane.
Mr.. Samuel II. Howe, OF Boston, has
purchased Longfellow's Wayside Inn, az
Sudbury. Mass. and will convert IL into a
permanent memorial of the poet. restoring
il as nearly as possible 10 the condition
1t in when Longfellow wrote the
Tales" Mr.. Howe is descendant Of the
original owners OF the inn.
One of the few modern authors who de-
pend entirely on novel writing for living
is +. Frankfort Moore. This young Eng
lishman spent twelve years in a newspaper
office, then he burned his boats and turned
TO novels altogether. He has written ten
or more creditable books in the last two
years.
Mrs. hansen. who accompanies her hus-
band to London. is said to be q harder per-
son to interview than the Pope himself. AS
to both her husbands polar work and his
personality she processes complete txnor-
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The Jews may reasonably be supposed TO
have as high regard for the Old Tesla
ment the most orthodox of Christians
yet their teachers have no hesitation in
CHASING part of it as fiction. In lecture
last week on the and abuses of the
novel, Rabbi Krauskopf, of Philadelphia,
had this to say:
There has never been a people without
some sort of fiction. OF the ancient hiSto-
ries who can tell where fiction ends and
fact begins? Strip your Old Testament of
the pure or mixed inventions of the imag-
ination and you will probably sacrifice upon
the altar of historic accuracy all that pre-
cedeS the records of the patriarchs, even
much OF the stories of their lives, as well as
much of the story of Moses Strip the New
Testament of its fiction and you rob Chris
tianity of half its creeds. Remove the books
of fiction from the collection of books which
constitute the Bible and you will greatly re-
duce the bulk of your Scriptures; but you
will also deprive 1T of half its charm and
worth. The mission of the Bible is to help
men along the path of godliness to God.
Whatever can help Ii in accomplishing this
Is the failure of properly grasping the truth
that makes so many people accept with
little favor the statement that there are
books in the Bible that had their origin,
wholly or in part, in fancy instead of fact
as if truth revealed by the imagination
were less true than that revealed by reason.
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The mayor of New York has appointed
committee of one hundred prominent citi-
zens to take charge of the exercises Incl
dent to the formal transfer of the Grant
monument to the city. The ceremony will
take place on April q. In the circular let
ter sent by the mayor to members of the
committee he said:
The transfer by the Grant Monument As
ISOLATION to the city of the tomb of the
illustrious general imposes upon the city a
trust in which every citizen should have a
proper pride. i am extremely DESTROYS that
the COMMITTEES should begin its labors at
once and perfect with great care the neces-
sary arrangements for so important an
event.
General Grant died July %. 1885. The de-
lay in the completion of the monument has
been unfortunate, but better late than
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SCIENTIFIC.

OF the LOG kinds of car couplers enumer-
ated by the United States Interstate-com-
merce Commission, IS were in use in 1895,
when the number of automatic couplers of
all kinds had increased to 40S,S56 from S0,5i0
in 1889.
The remarkable popularity of the new
dark rays, or critical rays" reported by
that photographs by them of the living
hand show the bones, while only the flesh
is seen if the hand is dead.
The proposed Italian weather observatory
on Mont Rosa, at a height of 1900 feet,
will rank fourth in elevation among the
those of Arequipa, Mont Blanc and Pike s
Peak being the only loftier ones.
A test of the purity of metals. rivaling the
spectroscOpe in delicacy, has beer pointed
out by Prof. j. A. Hennig. who has found
that the electrical conductivity of pure
metals is immensely Increased by intense
cold while the increase in alloys is not
more than 10 per cent.
present of some deer from Queen Vic
toria is said to have brought to the French
colony of New Caledonia pest similar to
that of the rabbits in Australia and the
mongoose in Jamaica: The deer have null
tiplied with great rapidity, and now invade
the plantations, causing great loss 10 THE
farmers.
A London inventors driving wheel for
cycles, motor cars and railway locome-
tives, has its circumference mounted on Six
teen or more smaller wheels, which strike
the ground in succession. 1t is claimed that
a bicycle geared to 150 inches is propelled
as easily as an ordinary one geared TO q
inches, a speed of a mile a minute being
not difficult.
Wells are declared by DIR. Casey A Wood
an American specialist, TO be a cause Of
eye-strain well known TO ophthalmogists
Experimenting with a dozen typical wells
he has found that every kind affects the
ability to see distinctly, the most object
tionable being the dotted VEIL and the diff
ficulty decreasing with increase in size oi
the meshes. The least Objectionable wells
are those without dots, sprays or other
figures, but with large, regular meshes
made of single threads.
is, in a manner analogous to electrotyping
or the usual method of plating with cop.
per and some other metals-is claimed by
NJ N Fradin, q French electrician. Seeking
to verify the statement that carbOEic Oxide
and carbonic acid are evolved on passing {
current through sulphuric acid between
carbon electrodes. he was led TO the conclu
sion that the carbon actually dissoves In
the acid. AS test of this theory, h,
plunged in the acid cathode of platinum
which after a time became coated with
compact layer of carbon.
Specimens of artificial gold ore that de
fed detection have been shown TO Edin
burgh scientific men by Mr.. j. c. Johnson
oc Adelaide, Australia. The discovery. som,
years ago, that gold could be deposited from
Its solution to the metallic state on AN,
suitable base. such as iron sulphide. led Mr.
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preme Court with a chief justice at Sl0.5CO
a year and eight associate justices at sl0.-
600 each; nineteen circuit judges at 5000
each; sixty-four district judges at s5.co0
each; the United States Court OF Claims
with five judges at 1880 each. There is a
district attorney and marshal for each dis
trict and a clerk OF each court. but. allow
ing for all expenses. SIP seems like a
very large appropriation for the support
of the federal judiciary
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-14

The following persons have subscribed
500 each toward a fund to purchase Parks S
beautiful statue, "Bacchante," for presen-
tation to the Indianapolis Art Association,
viz: Benjamin HARRISON, c. w. Fairbanks,
John G. New. A. G. Harris. Allen NJ.
Fletcher and d. M. Parry. Any person who
desires to contribute the above or smaller
amount without waiting to be called on
can leave his or her name at the Journal
office. The opportunity is a rare one for
obtaining exquisitely beautiful work of
art, the retention Of which in the city will
be source Of perpetual pride and pleasure
to its people
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cumstances. while, as every man knows.
ccurtship involves time and trouble. to say
nothing of the chance OF disappointment in
the end. AS for affection. which cannot. of
course, be guaranteed by a chief of police
or other intermediary, that will come
eventually. as readers of that thrilling
tale, He Fell in Love with His Wife
can testify. Indeed, it would be we'll to
have that work at hand in every charitable
institution as a means of convincing the
skeptical of the benefits OF tits form of in
dividual benevolence. The West Virgin
ian's example is TO be con mended.
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day. they may have assurance that those
years and their glories are to grow brighter
and brighter in the countrys record; that
they mark an epoch whose Importance is
not yet to be measured. If the veteran as
an individual Graves a little share of this
praise and esteem it is a human hunger.
and should be gratifed. For the service
that he and his comrades rendered was
great And they are dying. one hundred a
dayi
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a Canton special to the New York Mail


1t can be stated positively that the Nc
Kinley administration will favor the crea-
ton of a special commission by Congress
at it's extra session to consider the gen.
eral subject of reform. of the currency.
The design will be TO have this commission
make it's reports when Congress meets in
regular session next December, the idea
being that the evidence collected and the
recommendations made by tho commission
will be of practical value to Congress in
formulating legislation upon this subject.
Mr.. Mckinley has stated recently that
he expects to call a special session of Con-
gress about March Is. The new tariff bill
will be completed before that time, and can
probably be passed in thirty days. By the
time Congress meets in regular session, in
December, the tariff law will probably have
been in operation several months, and its
effect on the revenues will have been dem
onstrated. That done, the question of cur
rency reform will be much simplified.
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In an address at the entertainment OF the
Loyal Legion Friday night President Par
sons, OF the State Normal said in effect
that IL he were directing the school sys-
tenn OF Indiana he would have less cube
root and more OF the practical details of
the machinery of local government. less
abstruse science and more OF civil govern
ment and the duties and rights of citizen
ship taught I'm the public schools. The
audience heartily applauded the sentiment.
and IL Is probable the mass OF the people
Of Indiana cordially approve the views Of
President Parsons.
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Eastern writers for Eastern periodicals
are sometimes very amusing. An article of
patronizing tone in Harper's Bazaar on 1.-THE
Woman of the Middle West" speaks of her
as a woman of the plains" A little les
son in geography and a definition of the
middle West Is recommended to the
writer before she ventures on further ad-
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Windsor Hotel and Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palmer House end p. o. News Co.,
III Dearborn street -
ClScINNATI-J. X. Hawley & Co., 1S4 Vine
street.
LOUISvILLE-C. T. Deering northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets and Louisville
Book Co.. &c Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON, II. C.--Riggs House. Ebbtt
House, Willards Hotel and the Washington
News Exchange. Fourteenth street. between
Penn. avenue and + street
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The railroad which the Russian govern
ment Is building across Siberia from the
Ural mountains TO the Pacific ocean will
be $500 miles long-the longest single line
railroad In the world. Connecting with
transrussian railways. it will form a con-
tinuous track from st. Petersburg to vladi-
vostok. on the Pacific. 800 miles in length.
When this line shall be competed. the
person who is In haste ca.n travel around
the world in thirty days.
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HOW COul1 HeS

She surveyed her lord and master as be
lay snoring in the stupor of intoxication.
She wrung her hands.
"Oh. how can he drink sop she walled.
How hep" she continued. "Espe-
cialy when l don't allow him more than
a dollar week out of his salary for spend
ing money"
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Ex-Queen Lliuokalani's secretary and
factotum, Mr.. Julius VI. Il. Palmer, insists
that she is as much queen as ever. and
proves it on paper. From present appear
ances she will continue TO be paper queen.
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Judge McKenna, of California, whom the
President-elect has selected for his Cabi-
net. is good a man that all that his OPP
ponents can bring against him is that he
is Catholic and a friend of Archbishop
Ireland. That objection does not count.
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A Great Bird.

II wounded a turkey once" said the Un-
suspected Liar. so big that it took five
men to hold him.
After the usual expressions had been
passed around, he continued
Il meant, to hold him after he was
cooked"