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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

| the German empire There will, consequent
ly. be some surprise to learn from Mr.. Null
halls comparisons of official statistics that
since 1878 there has been an increase of ZIG
per cent. in the value of the products Of
all industries. The increase in all lines or
manufacture has been largely in excess of
| 116 per cent, because agriculture has not
kept pace with other industries. That the
| output of the industries of Germany has
more than doubled in twenty-five years
| need not cause surprise when the radical
change which was made in the revenue sys-
tenn by Bismarck is noted-a change which
secures to- the industries of Germany the
home market and makes it sharp com
petitor in the markets of the world. Bet
ter conditions at home have lost the United
States a portion of that immigration from
Germany which brought industry and
thrift
The most important fact which Mr.. Null
hall has brought out is chat there has been
There are 2.275, 600 farms in Germany, with a
total acreage of 100000 acres-an average
of less than twelve acres. One-fourth of
the farming land of the empire is in these
small farms. The estate" in Germany
averages but rs acres, against an average
of $40 acres for the American farm. Out
side OF the cereals for which the markets
of the world make the price, farm products
are so high in Germany that the product per
acre is $31. All the. work is done by hand,
and must always be because of the small
areas of the farms. Consequently, the farm
hand in Germany produces but $3.50 year,
while in the United States his product is
1920 There is no cure for this. The use Of
labor-saving machinery is quite impossible,
so the small farms will continue to be titled
by hand, the farmer consuming large
part of his product. The fact of the small
areas in farms has been most favorable to
the beet-sugar industry, beets being largely
a hand-cultivated crop. Years ago Ger
many was able to feed herself, but its con-
stantly increasing population compels the
empire to look to outside food producers
| for the supply for two months in the year.
| At the present rate of increase in popula-
ton Germany must import one-fourth of
the food it's people will require these are
of the imperial government to join other
European governments in getting control
| of portions of Asia and Africa.
| There is one other bit of useful Informal
/ ton which the Mulhall figures furnish, and
| that is that the management CT railroads
by government as illustrated IN Germany,
| does not insure low rates of transportation.
| The German railroads. presumably run in
the interest of the people, paying a much
| lower scale of wages than prevails in the
| United States charge $1.50 a ton per mile
| for carriage, to Y cents in the United
| States. The grasping American railway
| monopoly will continue to be the favorite
| theme of the orator who is rescuing the peo-
| pie from bondage in exchange for votes,
| but the practical citizen will prefer the
| grasping monopoly at less than half the
| cost of the paternal government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Rev. r. G. Hobbs, of the M. Z. Church,
regarding the relief expedition which was
sent out last summer for the famine suf-
ferers in India. The relief consisted Of a
cargo of grain. and DR.. Hobbs was placed
in charge of it. Briefly, it was a decided
success. The vessel, carrying 10000 bushels
of grain, mainly corn, left San Francisco
on June II. and on reaching India, after
a voyage of eight weeks, it was distributed
without price by means of American mis-
sionaries. The unloading at Calcutta was
done free of cost by the dock men of that
city, and the English government donated
2O,0O0 rupees for freight expenses to the
ADMINISTRATION districts. The result Of
the expedition seems to have demonstrated
the wisdom of taking actual supplies in
stead of money. Dr. Hobbs figures that
$4,000 was made by so doing. Including all
donations, the $4,000 that the government
paid for chartering the ship, and all the
expenses in connection with the trip, $50 900
was expended. DR.. Hobbs says that upon
the arrival at Calcutta the cargo could
have been disposed of for $4,000 cash. Be-
sides the relief afforded, the moral effect
of the distribution of the grain was ex-
cellent and left a lasting impression among
the people DIR. Hobbs corroborates all that
has been written regarding the extent and
destructiveness of the famine. He says
there were 100000 people afflicted, of
whom probably 100000 died. as a direct
result Of the famine, and many more in
directly. All the relief that was sent, in
GLIDING $50, 100000 from the English people,
did not prevent an immense amount of
suffering, but there was no more notable
incident during the famine than the ar
rival and distribution of the cargo OF grain
from the United States
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

English book reviewers object to the
American spelling they find in some vol
umes submitted to their consideration. 1t
is gratifying to know that not all American
publishers cater to English prejudice as do
some, the theory Of tho latter being that
because English readers''will not stand
American spelling, therefore, English spell
ing must be inflicted on American readers,
since the expense of setting the type twice
is not to be thought of. English spelling,
such as favour" colour honour, "
Wagon" and the like. is quite as objec-
tionable to readers accustomed to the other
forms as the latter can be to English read
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The collapse of the strike of the British
engineers for an eight-hour day is not
cause for surprise. The wonder is that the
thousands of men held out so long and
made such a sturdy fight. 1t is no less a
wonder that the most intelligent mechanics
in Great Britain did not see the impossi-
bility of success before they entered upon
the strike. The British engineers have al
ways received higher wages than those of
the same trade in any of the neighboring
countries. With no import duties to offset
the difference in wages, Great Britain has
lost ground at home by the Importation of
the cheaper-made goods of Germany and
other countries. The proposition to reduce
the hours of labor of most important
class of workmen involved a further loss
of home trade, because it would increase
intelligent men, who claim that labors con-
tribution to production is at least 70 per
cent OF the cost of the product, do not see
that increasing the cost of labor by any
means adds to the cost of the output, and
that such an increase, If more than the
expense of a competitor to put his goods
into the same market. shuts the employer
paying the higher wages out of the market
or involves him in ruin. The eight-hour
day is desirable but it cannot be accom-
plished in highly-competing industries if
undertaken in the country of but one Of
these competitors, with nothing to prevent
the influx of the merchandise produced by
lower wages and longer hours.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The introduction of bill in the Virginia
Legislature to prohibit flirting has led to
the unearthing of a precedent. Cooke, in
his History of Virginia. in describing the
scenes along the James river, says:
Here is a group on the shore by the
home Of a commander. They are whipping
a man, and when asked what had been his
offense, the reply is grotesque- lie has en-
gagged himself to marry two women at one
time, and the commander is 1nfiict1ng the
punishment directed by Governor Wyatt S
proclamation for that offenSe. The said
proclamation includes women in the class
of offenders-is even chiefly aimed at them
and their doings. 1t forbids them to con-
tract themselves to two several men at one
time; for women are yet scarce and In
much request, and this offense has become
very common, whereby great diSquiet arose
between parties, and small trouble to
the government Therefore, it must cease,
and every minister should give notice in
His church that what man or woman Soever
should use any word or speech tending to a
contract of marriage to two several persons
at one time, as might entangle or breed
ScrupleS in their consciences, should for
such their offense, either undergo corporal
correction, or be punished by fine or other
wise. according to the quality of the person
so offending"
The proclamation referred to was issued
in 1921. So it appears that the flirting evil
which it is proposed to restrain now by leg
islation existed in Virginia two hundred
and fifty years ago. 1t will be found hard
to eradicate. .:.+--.-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

would be popular with Chinese buyers. This
shows how yigilant and shrewd British con-
The statement quoted above conveys a use
fui hint to American manufacturers regard
ing the necessity of consulting the pc
cuiiarities and tastes of the people with
whom they wish to trade. Failure to do
this is one reason why they have failed to
get their due share of the Central and
South American trade
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

To the people of this country 1T is in
credible that any affair like the Dreyfus
case in France could shake the foundations
of established governments, yet such is the
report. France has not had a change of
government for So long time that there
was reason to believe that its people had
dropped the custom of changing rulers and
forms of government every few years. In
stead of overturning the present govern
ment because OF the Dreyfus affair, it is
more probable that that excitable people
will be applauding the course of the present
administration ere long. The Frenchman
has many rare qualities. He can teach the
world economics. but he is far. too excitable
to be comfortable neighbor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
GERMANY,s INDusTRIAL pRocREss

Having shown in the North American Re-
view the progress which the various sec
lions OF the United States have made in
periods Of decades. Mr.. MuIhall. the British
statistician. has taken the readers of that
periodical to Germany in its last issue to
show the progress which has been made
there since the establishment of the empire.
The general impression is that there can
be but little opportunity for growth in a
country 50 old and 50 fully populated as. Is
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

About two years ago there was good
deal of talk about a colony of Italians,
started by the late Austin Corbn, OF New
York, near Hamburg, Ark. The colony was
backed by large capital and was expected
to be very successful, socially, financially,
and every other way. This expectation has
failed Like all other undertakings of the
kind looking to the substitution of cooper
ative and syndicate energy for individual
effort, it has collapsed. AS means of prog
Tess. there is nothing superior to the fun
damental principles of human nature, and
these do not include communistic enter
,,,.isee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
Christian science.

Mrs. Fa1de, Faith Curist-How is your
grandfather this morning, Bridget?
Bridget-He still has the rheumatics
mighty bad mum.
You mean he thinks he has the rheu-
matism. There is no such thing as rheuma-
tism.'
Yes, num-
A few days later: And does your grand
father still persist in his delusion that he
has the rheumatism"
mo. mum; the poor man thinks now thot
he is dead. We buried UNI Yesterday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

New York Sun.
In The Indianapolis Journal an accom-
plished, but somewhat severe critic of art.
sheds this light on light:
A picture cannot be sufficiently finished
where the beholder must dance about in
all directions in order to get. the right
light and to make out what IS intended to
appear in the indstinct background.
This opinion cannot be accepted without
qualification. The Hon. Michael Angelo
to get the best view OF q landscape you
must contemplate It with your head look
ing backward between your outstretched
best light and bringing out the background.
The Hon. Heinrich Heine, who was as fond
of light as man can be. ayerred that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Rev. Mr. Denham, of North Tonawanda,
N. Y, surprised his congregation last Sun
day by asserting that Gods will would not
be done on earth as it is done in heaven
until the plan of government advocated by
Edward Bellamy was fully realized. 1t was
the first intimation the Tonawanda people
had had that the Boston man was inspired
and that everybody in heaven worked for a
st,-;,&
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

It is said that of $4,000 foreign immi-
grants who arrived in the United States
last year, "a .26s. or more than 40 per cent.
remained in the State of New York. while
10.24S settled in New Jersey and 1885 in
Pennsylvania. This left comparatively few
to be distributed throughout the rest of the
country. or these, 24.5S1 went to New Eng
land and the rest, in numbers ranging from
$50 to 1900. to Western and Southern States.
Indiana received 1865 Considering the bet
ter opportunities for poor men in the West,
especially in agriculture. it is surprising
that so large a proportion of foreign immi-
grants should remain in Eastern States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

At the meeting of the Princeton alumni,
held at Delmonico's on Thursday evening,
made some remarks concerning the recent
trouble about Princeton Inn. and concluded
BY saying: THE friends who give us adj
vice do not know our difficulties. and cam
not stop to explain them. But one thing is
sure. Prohibition viii not stop drinking in
Princeton; II will only increase the trade
IN corkscrews Dr. Patton is getting
roasted BY his Presbyterian brethren
elsewhere for these utterances. and Chicago
ministers are particularly severe on him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Representative Lewis. of Washington by
his sensational effort to make it appear that
the regular army is a menace to the liber-
ties of the people. will not cause the old
residents of the State he represents to for
get that attachments of this same army
have frequently saved them from the fury
of the Indian. But the Lewises and the
Jerry Simpsons must have bugaboo. while
they send their sons or other relatives to
West Point whenever there is an opening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Something is due to the men who fought
in the Union armies, and the least of these
things is to suppress misstatements to their
discredit. For instance, the New York
Times permits correspondent to make the
statement that in four years the Army of
the Potomac lost 100000 men from desertion.
The writer or the editor could have gone
to the official records and found that the
number of deserters at the close of the war
was in round numbers, 10000 for all the
armies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The State Department publishes the fol-
lowing extract from recent report by the
British consul at Annoy:
1t has not infrequently occurred that the
sale of foreign goods has been greatly Grip
pied by having some label placed upon them
that was offensive TO Chinese superstitions
or tastes. Many colors have peculiar rec
Ognition by the people: some offend their
tastes and others their superStitions. Some
are all right on some kinds of goods and
all wrong on others. me chinese VIII often
medicine, scents, sweets, ETC., for the sake
of getting a lucky label. Some colors and
combinations of colors are to the Chinese
unlucky.
the government some 400 designs for trade
marks and labels which. in his judgment,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Current notices of Mr.. Hallet Kilbourn,
of Washington, who has developed suicidal
insanity, fail to mention that he entered
public life from Indiana. A New York
paper says he was born in Rochester and
was California pioneer, but having lost
a considerable part of his fortune, imagined
that all was gone" Mr.. Kilbourn was born
in Rochester, N. Y, but came to Indiana
when a very young man and was resident
of this State when he was appointed chief
clerk of the Interior Department under
Caleb B. Smith, Mr.. Lincoln's first secretary
of the interior. He was a constituent, an
ardent supporter and personal friend of
Hon. Schuyler Colfax and a very genial
gentleman. His going to Washington was
the beginning of his separation from this
State, but he continued to vote here for
many years After he quit office and en-
gagged in business in WASHINGTON intro
ducing Western enterprise and methods, he
made a great deal of money, and it is not
likely that he has lost it all. His friends,
who are numbered by thousands all over
the country, will unite in hoping that he
may entirely recover from his present affiic-
ton,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The Princeton president once took an active
part in trying the late David Swing for
heresy. and If prohibition were cardinal
doctrine of the church. as it is of many
individual beliefs. the Chicago brethren
would doubtless enjoy serving him with a
dose of his own medicine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

1t would have been better if the State
Oratorical Association had admitted Notre
Dame University and Moore's Hill College
and cut down the oratorical programme
accordingly. The art of condensation and
of boiling down is an important feature Of
education, and especially of oratory.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Regarding news from Cuba, it is pre-emi-
nently true that one story is good till an
other is told. 1t takes quite a number of
lying accounts from either side to develop
the truth, and even then it has to be pulled
out with forceps
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Havana dispatches say it is rumored there
that Emperor William is going to make a
naval demonstration at that port. He could
do it without exciting alarm or protest,
whereas if the United States were to do SO
Spain would boil over with excitement at
the outrageous action of a presumably
friendly power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The Journal has already said that the
policy of naming the public schoolhouses
of indianapolis after members of the school
board would. soon or late, result in some
very inappropriate names, and it sees no
occasion to reconsider the statement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

The New York Sun has lost nothing of
its Calvinistic orthodoxy since the death of
its late editor, Charles A. Dana. 1t con-
cludes a caustic editorial regarding the
resignation of Rev. Dr. Hall by saying:
1.-THE present need in the session of the
Fifth-avenue Presbyterian Church seems to
be not a new pastor. but revival of re-
ligious faith"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

There are many ways or getting the light.
The habit Of dancing about IN all direc-
tons in an art gallery is distinctly health
ful 1t takes the cramp out of mind and
body. The indianapolis critic ought to be
grateful for a picture with a dancing light
that makes him dance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-PaImer House. p. o. News Co. 2I7
Dearborn street. and Great Northern Hotel
cINcINNATI-J. r. Hawley s. c.. 154 Vine
street.
LoUIsvILLE-C r. DeerIng, northwest corner
of Third and jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co. 255 Fourth avenue.
ST. LoUIs-Union News Company. Union Depot.
WASHINGTON, D. c.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
Not Utter sinners.

"Yas," said the native, to the tourist, I'VE
may lynch a niger er so a week down
heah, but I reckon we amt SO pow'ful wick
ed a community after all Stranger, fer
thutty mile around these parts they amt
cyard player ner a dancer toe be found. .
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

New York would Ike to unload its costly
the time has not yet come when the. federal
government will take "any old thing" that
nobody else wants.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

An English. woman is establishing a
home for poor authors, at Autibes.
France. There are a great many poor au-
thors, as everybody knows, but is it wise
to encourage them to live?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly asks the
question: do people read editorials?" If
he wants to know positively let him say I'M
complimentary. things about people in
editorials and then watch them call on the
editor,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
Sixteen Pages

It is suspected that young Mr.. Mcclellan
had been reading Of his fathers campaigns
just before he wen: into the House and pro-
claimed the lncompeteney of the army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23

Shell think that public flirting is worse
than foolish.
He-It is 7 know fellow who got mar
ried that way. 49,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-23
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.


Things only come mans way" said
the Cornfed Philosopher. when he goes
after Them
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-11
' > WELTER-WEIGHTS READY FOR THE FRAY.

Young Mcconnell of the San Francisco Athletic Club, who is a protege of Alex Greggains, the clever exponent of fsti- cuffs, is increasing daily his number of admirers and followers.
 Mcconnell, as every sport lover knows, Is matched to fight the clever McKeever before the National Club on the evening of Tuesday, June 21. Owing to the years of hard experience which McKeever has had while battling for coin and glory, it is presumed that he will be a strong fla vorite among the bettors who invariably play the old dog for the hard road, but as general thing a line cannot be drawn on the fighters because one man may be sent well to the front by those who make the betting figures in the pool rooms. Many instances may be cited which will prove that the favorites in gambling cir cles have frequently been the recipients of a good listing and beating in the ring. But be that as 1t may, 1t can be taken for granted, however, that Young Mcconnell will give his friends and admirers "a run for their money and who can say that McKeever has any particular cinch on the game?
 The Slatington lad, although a polished mechanic pugilistically, Is not very dan gerous chap: in fact, he has but two