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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

About thirty-fve clerks are employed in
the Indianapolis postoffice in the distribu-
ton of the mails. A part of these men dis
tribute for the mails going out and a part
for the delivery in the city. Those who
distribute for the departing mails must
know all the routes the postoffices along
them and the hour of departure. If an in
experienced man should be put in one of
these responsible places it would take him
weeks 10 learn a few essential things and
months to become an expert Meantime he
would delay or wrongly send thousands Of
important letters. TO the great inconvenience
and loss of thousands of people Yet there
are those who insist that every clerk be
changed as often as there is a change of ad-
ministration, TO the end that forty men may
have small salaries regardless of the fact
that tens OF thousands Of people would not
get their letters promptly. Under the pres
ent system man who should make a Sc
Ties of blunders in throwing punches OF
letters would be dismissed Other clerks
distribute the mail received for delivery.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

The Kansas State Board of Agriculture
does not celebrate itself by issuing calen-
dar, but it does issue a decorated card which
every properly patriotic Kansan will hang
upon the wall where he may gaze at it
proudly throughout the year. An artistic
design, representing wheat and corn with
a sunflower and bunch of grapes to lend
a touch, is at the top. Beneath is an inn
pressive array of figures showing the total
amount of farm products of the State for
1897 and their values. Wheat and corn, of
course, were the banner crops. 51,O26 6O4
bushels of wheat and 152,14e999 bushels of
corn having been raised the values being,
respectively, $S4, SS5, sO4 and $2S.555, 2sS Many
other crops were in proportion, and the
total value of ALL added to the value of
live stock, reaches a grand total of $3.50, 49,
143 for the year. The Indebtedness Cancelled
in 1887, as estimated by the state bank
commissioner, is SSOOOO,OOO-of this $25, 900
being in mortgages. the remainder in bank
debts. Truly, it is not poor Kansas" this
year. Its farmers are its plutocrats.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

The caliber of a man may be accurately
estimated by a simple test. Do the man
an unusual favor and see how he receives
it. If he be i'll bred and of small personal
magnitude he will take the favor as a
matter of course and wonder a little that
it was not larger or did not come sooner.
He had expected it, and more all along.
and is really little gratihed that the world
is beginning tardlly to recognize his i'm
portance. Yet ingratitude and want of ap-
probation of the efforts efaothers is not a
fault 1t is the blank place where nature
made an omission in assembling the man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
The Smnrt Man.

Lend me dollar said the Simple One.
Haven't but SO cents said the Smart
Man, $50 L will lerd you a half aud owe
you half
And that" said the Simple One, after
he had taken the 30 cents. ito the best of
my comprehension, makes us square. You
owe me a half and owe you half, which
same have just borrowed. Somehow 1 am
a half dollar ahead. but why should such
feeble intellect as mine question the gifts
of the godS?''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

Rapid distribution is the result of months
and even of years of experience. A new set
of clerks could not distribute with any ac-
curacy the mails received in one day. Yet
there are those who insist that these twenty
or so experienced distributors be dismissed
to make room for the reward of new men,
even If the mails of days should accumulate
I'm the postoffice
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

A bill mas been offered in Congress which
provides that all officers who served more
than one year in the navy shall be put upon
the retired list without pay. but such OFF,
GERS are to be given swords bearing suit
able inscription. If the bill should further
provide that such officers should wear such
swords on ell occasions of official ceremony
Mr.. Speaker Reed would present a new
feature for those who think they can make
% rioat,1r
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORk-Astor House.
CHTCAGO-PaImer House. P. o. News Co., 217
Dearborn street. and Great Northern HOTEL
CINcINNATI-J. r. Hawley & Co., 154 Vine
street
LOuIsvILLE-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co.. 256 Fourth avenue.
ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Willard's Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

Gardiner G. Hubbard, who died at his
home near Washington yesterday, was a
man Of strong and beautiful character, who
had much higher claims to public esteem
than his large wealth. honorably acquired.
Few men have left behind them a finer
record of good and useful works.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

When the Mexican war service pension
bill was under consideration, Senator ALI
son said, recently, that provision was made
in the estimates for $500 widows. TO the
CONSERVATION of his committee it was aft
erwards discovered that there were 1900
such widows. 1t was also discovered that
many of these widows were young women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

The latest story of extreme modesty
comes from Boston, and its victim is one
of the members of a society that opposed
the Bacchante statue. 1t is said that this
particular maiden refuses to turn her spec
tacles toward the door in the winter time
for fear of seeing the weather strip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

rhe Dingley law prohibits the importation
or lottery tickets, ana the New orleans
concern which moved to Honduras after
Louisiana abolished the traffic in that state
by law has gone out OF business. Thus has
the protective tarn ruined one INDUSTRY.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

Congress is asked by petitioners to enact
laws to prevent gambling in stocks, prod
uce and other forms of speculation by tel
egraph. If past reports are true. several
senators would object to such legislation
on personal grounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
g the water they supply.

Mr.. Bryan who has gone to Mexico to
study up on the silver question, had his first
lesson in San Antonio before crossing the
border. When he went to bank there to
convert his American money into Mexican.
he received $1,000 of the latter for $500 OF
the former. Mr.. Bryan could scarcely be-
lieve his eyes. He had heard stories about
the great difference in value between
american and Mexican silver dollars, but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

When George Washington wished for
free university in Washington city condi-
tions were very much different than they
are now. Then there was not a real uni
versity in the country; now there are a
score, and several very good ones which
are nearly free. Just now there are many
things which the country needs more than
a free university in Washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

he supposed they were highly colored for
tnat they were not. At first he Thought
some mistake had been made by the bank
and would not believe otherwise until he
had taken a pencil and, with some assist
ance and directions, figured 1t out for him
self. This was a good lesson for a begin
ming
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
The Counted PhiIOsOpher.

Association of ideas" said the Cornfed
Philosopher, lis much. After a wifes
caresses have once become fixed in mans
mind in association with parting from
some Of his hard-earned wealth, they give
him that tired feeling even when he knows
there is no request to follow them
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
Twenty Pages

It is reported that most of the factories
In and about this city will not shut down
a few days during the holiday season, as
has been the custom, because of the orders
on hand. Even prosperity seems to have
It's hardships
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
More information.

Tommy-Paw, what is mistetoe?
Mr.. Figg--Mistletoe, my son, is an excuse
for kissing girls whom there is no other
possible excuse for kissing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

The Evansville police judge who has in
augurated the practice of having bad boys
who are brought before him severely whip
ped instead of fined or sent to Jail. may have
builded better than prison reformers know.
A revival Of '1arruping' would be better
than the curfew. A leather strap possesses
general reformatory qualities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12
In All ProbabiIity.

Weary Notwithstanding 1 think you
are bit cracked.
Hungry Higgins-Shouldnt wonder I'm
dry enough to crack, Lord knows.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

Better fifty years of Europe than cycling
for six days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-12

10S degrees. In very general way, it may
be said that bodily activity depends uron
body tenperatures
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15

George Bowles. manager of 'Chimmie Fadden. -
arrived here yesterday with the very latest
Hoytian bon mot. The eminent playwright and
popular legislator visited Europe last summer
and entertained some friends at supper the other
evening with an account of his experiences there.
A member of the party asked Mr.. Hoyt how he
should like to live permanently in England. The
r~eady-witted dramatist replied: Live in Eng
land? No. emphatically no. I'd rather be a
tailor In the United States and spend my life
making dress coats for Marshall Wilder"
Mr.. Bowles is in advance of ''Chimmie Fad
den" which, with the exception of a month spent
IN Chicago. has never been seen in the West.
New York. Boston and Philadelphia liked it so
well that ii has practically played in those cities
for an entire year. On Sunday the company
starts West and it goes with giant strides. Leav-
ing New York at 10 a III. Sunday, il reaches
Louisville on Monday. indianapolis Thursday.
Kansas City the following Monday. Denver the
next Monday and then jumps to San Francisco,
in California, the piece will remain until the
winter SHOWS have gone.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
TRICKY NOAH H
UPLAND STOCK DEALER sNATCHED
A $500 DRAFT AND ESCAPED.
Common-Sense Engine Works Go to
the Wall I'm Muncie for S135,0OO
Other Indiana Failures.
to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
MARION. Ind. Jan. 1I.-Another episode
occurred at Upland yesterday connected
with the alleged robbery Of Noah Wilhelm
at Dennison. o.. which results in an afh-
davit charging him with embezzlement and
grand larceny. Besides other things of which
Mr.. Wilhelm claims to have been robbed
was a draft for 500 on the Liberty National
Bank. of P~ittsburg. Wilhelm had over
drawn his account at the Upland Bank TO
the amount Of s., 800. Cashier Johnson Sc
cured Wilhelm's promise TO indorse a du-
plicate of the draft said TO be stolen. which
would be worth 500. in the event that the
original should not be presented for pay
ment. Johnson went TO Pittsburg and pro-
cured the duplicate which he presented to
Nicholson for the latter'S Endorsement.
When il was showed through the window To
him. Wilhelm seized it and took to his
heels. Johnson snatched u revolver and
started after him. Wilhelm found refuge in
a barber shop, otherwise there might nave
been "A dead stock dealer in Upland yeSter-
day afternoon. Wilhelm was arrested and
tried before Justice Pugh, but was released
for the reason that the prosecution failed to
show that the draft was a thing of value.
ing and had Il warrant issued for Wilhelm's
arrest again on the charge OF embeZzlement
and grand larceny, but meanwhile Wilhelm
had taken a. weStward-bound train. and is
now missing. Attorneys here express the
opinion that the conviction of Wilhelm Will
be impossible, as the draft was
made payable to his order. 1t is also not
the draft. and therefore stand a loss of
another $500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
A New Discovery by The Shakers

For more than a hundred years the
Mount Lebanon Shakers have studied the
cultivation of medicinal plants and sought
to extract from them their healing es-
sences. Their laior has not been spent in
vain. They have made a discovery that
will prove a blessing 10 mankind. II con-
sists of a cordial that causes immediate re-
lief in cases of indigestion. The impor-
lance of this discovery will be apparent
when we realize that nearly nine-tenths OF
our suffering are caused by dyspepsia or
indigestion. Nearly every person you meet
has this digestive trouble I'm some of its
varied forms-sick headache. distress after
eating. pain and fullness in the chest after
eating. palpitation OF the heart. etc. are
but symptoms of Indigestion. To relieve
these sufferings has been the study of the
Shakers. and they have succeeded. The
reason the Shaker Digestive coroial has
such an immediate and salutary effect is
that it causes the food eaten to be di-
gested, for il is undigested food that causes
the distress. The Cordial causes the food
to be digested before there Is time for II
TO ferment and sour on the stomach. When
the food is so digested IL gives strength and
vigor to the feeble body. makes one feel
bright and cheerful, and makes one gain
in flesh.
The Digestive Cordial is so prompt In its
action that the very first dose Will have "a
perceptibly favorable result Ii gives i'm
mediate relief.
Every druggist has been sent "A supply OF
our handsome Donkey Puzzle Books. and
a copy may be had for the asking. 1t tells
all about the Cordial. as well as Laxol. the
new castor oil.
Try n twenty-hve-cent bottle OF Digestive
Cordial and see what IL Will do for you
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15

yers were engaged to act as counsel for
the company which he represents. and that
the charges OF the lawyer were so heavy
that the company refused TO pay them. Suit
was entered for recovery OF the fees and,
after considerable litigation. a Judgment
was awarded the plaintiffs. Mr.. Thompson
states that the case was carried 10 the Su-
preme Court. IL being claimed that such
fees barred the common people from APP
preaching the courts for the redress OF their
wrongs. and denied the poor equality be-
fore the law. and that the department of
Justice In sustaining such eXtortion was vio-
lating constitutional law. Mr.. Thompson
alleges that his exceptions were overruled.
Therefore. the Justices of the Supreme
Court are charged by the petitioner with
aiding and abetting extortions. aiding and
abetting In barring people from approach
ing the court for redress OF their wrongs;
assisting to establish a privileged class: de-
nytng the people equality before the law.
compelling poor people to submit TO oppTes-
sion and wrong. and TO purchase protec-
ton at extortionate rates. II IL alleged
that the defendants are guilty of Illegal
usurpations. grave misdemeanors. extor-
lions. expressions and divers malicious
acts: that these defendants have joined
themselves to an association known as the
Massachusetts Bar and they have con-
spired with OTHER member OF the said bar
TO obtain special privileges for themselves
and for their own rapid enrichment; their
extortionate fees have not been earned"
Against .w~iId-Cat- Corporations.
TOPEKA, Kan. Jan. 4.-Colonel VIII
liam A. Harris. chairman of the Senate
on railroads, introduced a bill
I'm the Senate to-day which. If IL becomes a
law. will cause a revolution in the manner
OF organizing and managing corporations
I'm the State of Kansas. Kansas has ac-
Quired a reputation for being "a good State
fl which TO organize a corporation The
result is that the office of secretary of state
has been flooded. Some of these corpora
rtions have proven insolyent- Others have
been notoriously rotten. The purpose OF
the bill. according to its friends. is TO dis
courage the organization of wildcat cor
porations and So shape the laws as TO pro-
tcct alike the credit of the State and the
money OF honest investors. Under the pro-
vision OF the measure no corporation mere
after organized shall be OF any validity UNI
less the amount Of capital stock stated in
its charter is in good faith. and paid up In
money or its equivalent at the time OF III
ing the apDlication for charter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
Indiana Notes.

Homer Smith, aged fifty, a farmer,
dropped dead at Palmer yesterday.
DR.. ]. Nj. Wright. of Mound City. Mo-.
has been retained by the First Presbyte-
rian congregation, of Anderson, at a salary
of $l,ON per year.
At the Republican postofice primary in
ceived 40 votes in a total of 1869. There
were nine candidates.
The Anderson iron and bolt and the Gould
steel works resumed operations yester-
day. This puts every plant in Anderson in
The Henry county farmers institute in
New Castle closed yesterday. The in
structors were II. Il. Terry, of hudson, D.,
and Mrs. Virginia Z. Meredith, of Cam
bridge City.
The sixth annual meeting of the Ran
dolph county farmers institute closed yes
terday at Winchester. ID. b. Johnson, of
Mooresville. and T.. II. Collins, of Carmel,
were the instructors.
Twenty thousand dollars will be expend-
ed by farmers of Lake county whose land
adjoin the Kankakee river by building a
nine-mile levee from Redoak island to
Shelby. Thousands of dollars were lost
last year by the farmers on account OF
high water. The levee will be seven feet
Cattle thieves have been at work in
Hamilton county. On Tuesday night three
head were taken from Eli north
of NoblesviIIe. and four head were taken
from the Spannuth farm. four miles south
OF Noblesville. The same were found on
Wednesday at the stock yards in Indian
apOliS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Announcement of the Twenty-Ninth
of the Association.

The convention has accepted the gen.
erous hospitality of Des Moines. Ia. and
will convene there Tuesday, Jan. IS, and
hold until Saturday, Jan. 80. inclusive. The
sessions will be held in the Central Chris
tian Church, corner of Ninth and Pleasant
streets, at 10 a. m. and 2 and S p. IN. The
chairman of the local committee on ar
engagements is Mrs. Mary j. Coggeshall.
54 Seventh street, Des Moines; the chair
man of the subcommittee on entertain
ment is Mrs. Martha c. Callahan, of Des
Moines no street and number necessary,
to whom all delegates should write as soon
as they are certain of attending the con-
vention. Visitors who are not regular
delegates may also secure from Mrs. Cal
lanan information as to hotels and board
ing places. The railroads have given their
usual rates of one full fare. to be paid go
ing, taking a certificate from the ticket
agent and getting a return trip for one
third of a fare. For fuller information
write to Mary G.. Hay. chairman railroad
committee. log World building. New York.
Among the speakers of whose presence
we are assured are Susan B. Anthony. Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw. Carrie Chapman Gait.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, Harriet Taylor
Upton, Henry b. Blackwell. Mary G. c.
III Il vi VI ID vi <
lucky, Alice Stone Blackwell. Eleanor Hol-
brook Blinn of California. Laura A. Johns
of Kansas; George A. Gates. president OF
Iowa College: Rev. Ida G. Hultin, of ILL.,
nois; Mayor John McVicar. of Des Moines:
Rev. DR.. Breedon. pastor of Central Chris
tian Church of Des Moines; Francis NJ.
Drake. Governor of Iowa: Adelaide Ballard,
president Iowa Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton. and Matte Locke Macomber, presi-
dent Woman's Club of Des Moines. Others
who have been invited but not yet heard
from are Catherine Waugh McCulloch. of
Illinois: DR.. Mary ID. Hussey. Of New Jer-
sey: Mary b. Clay. OF Kentucky; Eliza
beth Boynton Harbert, of Illinois; Annie
l.. Diggs. of Kansas; Mrs. Cannon, mem
Der of the Senate of Utah: Martha A. Il.
Conine, member of the Legislature of Col
Mary l.. McLendon. of Georgia; Rev. Car
oline j. Bartlett. of Michigan, and Laura
A. Gregg, of Kansas.
On Tuesday evening a reception will be
given to the convention by Mrs. +. NJ. Hub
bell, Terrace Hill. at which it is hoped all
those attending the convention VIII be pres
ent.
final evening of the convention.
This will be the first national convention
of our association held in the West since
the time we used to hold series of conven-
tons, moving through several States. i'm
addition TO the annual convention at Wash
ington. and it is earnestly hoped that the
delegations from all our States will be full
and that the interest in the convention
will be proportionate to the encouraging
results of the past years work. which will
be summed up and reported there.
SUSAN b. ANTHONY, president.
RACHEL FOSTER
Corresponding Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-15
Notes of the Sfnge.

Olga Nethersole is still confined to her hotel
at Columbus. o.. and viii have to cancel her
dates a week ahead. She has a severe attack of
quinsey.
The Cinematographe's stay in IndianaDo polls Is
drawing to a close. The fine set of views being
shown this week will be seen only to-day and
tomorrow. The engagement OF THE Sidewalks
of New York" ends with these two Gays. on
Monday begins the annual visit to the Park OF
the Boston Howard Atheneum Company.
"Charley's Aunt has just finished a run Of
four years at the Globe Theater. London. AS is
the case with most successful plays. the man
ayers 10 whom ''Charley's Aunt" was first sub
mitted had little faith IN il. and the author sold
il for a sons. Mr.. Penley, who plays the Aunt.
was also doubtful of success, but borrowed the
money to produce the play. 4 year or two ago
he is said TO have put by E2J0,0o 81, l25, COO o.
his profits
One of the favorite attractions Of the season
will he at the Grand next Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday. when Sol Smith Russell will present
his latest creation. "A Bachelors Romance.
Mr.. Russell is one OF the men who have made
for themselves a secure place in the history Q
the American stage. No man Possesses "A create
power OF touching the emotions OF the people
as well as their disabilities. and II Is probabi
for this reason that many people go TO see Russell.
who 20 TO the theater at no other time during
the year.