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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The st. Louis Republic publishes a letter
from a resident of that city who is a cor
poral in the Third United States Artillery
at Manila. The writer says:
We have fellow from Indiana in our
battery, whom we call the judge An ideal
hobo Hoosier lawyer. He has a Bible. He
is one of those chaps l imagine that would
get up on Sunday morning, walk two miles
to the meetin house. get things fixed COM
fortably for the other brethren, shout during
services above all others, and then on his
way home, steal a watermelon from Deacon
Jones. and after dinner go to chicken fight
out behind the barn. Well / borrowed his
Bible and looked up the ninety-first psalm,
which l read and appreciated. / have never
for moment felt other than that with
proper care and caution all would be well
with me.
This corporal is not much of a man or
he wouldn't borrow comrades Bible for
spiritual comfort and then abuse the owner.
Moreover, 1.-The Judge must be from some
other State. There are no persons Of that
kind in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Mr.. Frank G. Carpenter, in an interesting
letter from Chile, published in the Sunday
Journal said: 81 was offered to-day a
pair of solid silver stirrups, each of which
weighed a pound, for thirty-five Chilean
dollars, or almost $12 of our money" That
is to say he was offered two pounds of sill
yer for about $12 in gold or it's equivalent.
When Colonel Bryan gets his discharge and
is paid off he should go to Chile, buy silver
stirrups weighing pound at Sc apiece and
bring them home TO be coined into Bryan
dollars
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The German peace celebration and parade
yesterday were characteristic and typical
in more senses than one. Here, as in their
native country. the Germans are at once
warlil1e and peace-loving-always ready to
answer the country's call and fight to the
death, yet delighting in the pleasures of
home when peace puts an end to military
duty. Yesterdays parade was happy
Implication of this idea; soldiers mingled
with civilians, old veterans with young, the
men of the Franco-German war with those
of the war with Spain, the American flag
with the German, military organizations
with civic, and robust patriotism pervading
all. There is only one thing that Germans
love better than war, and that is peace.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

An exchange, commenting upon the in
spection of the surgeon-in-chief at Camp
Thomas which disclosed the defective po-
Icing remarks that the discovery came too
late. In the cases in which commanders
neglected to take care of sinks, its lateness
was not responsible for the disease. The
single fact that the sick list in one regi-
ment was for a long time twice or three
times as large as that of its neighbor shows
that the officers of the regiment which had
the long list were in some degree response
l,la
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Candidate Bailey has made blunder II
he has engaged Knight of Labor to come
here to talk to labor unions. Perhaps Mr.
Bailey is willing to take his chance out
side of the unions with his alleged anti
union orator. There are wage-earners so
chained to the Democratic party that they
will vote the ticAet quite regardless of
their interests, but no wage-earner who
voted against the policy which would
cause him to be paid in silver on a silver
basis win vote for 16 to l this year
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Dun's Review of Oct publishes a COM
parative statement of business failures by
years and quarters Of years from 1875 to
Js9S. inclusive which contains some sug-
gestive figures. Without going further back
than 1892, which was the last year of Har-
rison prosperity, the table shows that the
number OF failures increased from 1854 In
1859 to i5,2t2 in 1893 with 1885 in 1884 and
1s1s7 in 1895 The liabilities Of falling con-
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Pathetic Scene.

The minstrel man lay dying. He called
his eldest son to his bedside and said
MY boy, 1 cannot leave you any money;
I have spent that as fast as 1 made it. But
you shall inherit the heirloom that I re-
ceived from my father. 1t will make you
living; it made his and it made mine.''
Then, laying in the hand of the young
man the worn and stained joke-book, he
breathed his last.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The period of witchcraft has a fascination
for New England fiction writer's and Pau
line Bradford Macke. in making its perss-
cutions her theme, has followed a we'll
Ing new in the story of Deliverance Went
worth. she makes an interesting tale and
shows that she has studied the history of
that old time closely. The plot is ingenious,
though somewhat improbable, but the SEX
ting Of the story is accurate Unlike most
tales Of witchcraft, the Genouemenf is not
tragic. the witch" being found innocent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

British statesmen are beginning to wonder
If there is not q political side to Emperor
Williams approaching visit to Palestine
OF course there is. He does not go there
for fun, nor to say his PRAYERS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Reports from different sections of the
State tell of an increasing interest on the
part of Republicans. When Republicans
appreciate the Importance of indorsing the
course Of the President in the management
of the war they will leave General Apathy
without a command
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

1t took the German government and news
papers some time to understand that the
United States did not intend to brook any
interference with it's policy regarding the
Philippines. but. having realized the situa-
tion, they propose to make the best of it.
The Germans have considerable sense.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

A sound-money Democrat who votes for a
Democratic candidate for the Legislature
in Indiana votes for the reelection of Sen
ator Turpie, vicious advocate of the
16-to-1 heresy. In other words, a sound
money Democrat who so votes stultifies
hirnnca1R
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Those citizens who believe that the prac-
tical surrender of Cuba with $4,000 soldiers
in fortified towns by the surrender of San
tiago was a remarkable military achieve
ment, and applaud it. can make applause
effective by voting for the party of the
President who was responsible for the cam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The Governor of Mississippi and other
State officers deserving the capital in fear
of yellow fever is not a creditable perform
ance The fear of the disease makes it
more fatal Where the yellow fever did not
cause panic. as at Santiago. the fatality
seems not to have been greater than that
Of other fevers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

1t is said that every paragraph Of the
last communication from the American
commissioners in Havana to the Spanish
commissioners began with I'VE insist"
making practically an ultimatum regarding
the evacuation of Cuba This may be
''shirtsleeve diplomacy" but it is business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

New York Herald.
Hobson has had so much success in rails
ing the sunken Spanish vessels that he
might well be allowed to try his hand at
raising the Cuban debt. which seems likely
to be source of controversy between this
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Uncle Sam to Kaiser William: Want me
TO do just as please with the Philippines.
do you? Why, bless you, that's what in
tended from the beginning"
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Reduction.

How women change" said the man who
has been married year. my wife used to
write to me and send me bushel of kisses
in her letters"
"Um,'' said the man who has been married
a quarter of a century.
But now, when leave for the office, she
just gives me peck. And a short one at
that"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

A cablegram says that under the head
ing Another American Triumph London
newspapers point out that Mr.. Dawkins, the
new finance minister of India, has an Amer
lean wife" That is British triumph, not
an American
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

General Wheeler testifes that there were
no hardships that a soldier should complain
Of" True but that does not prevent Demo-
cratic editors from complaining.
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHIcAGO-Palmer House, p. o. News Co, 217
Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific 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. Ebbtt
House and Willard's Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Americans generally will go as far as
does Senator Lodge when he said, 1--WE can
not return the people of the Philippines to
Spanish tyranny"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

The sufferings Of the soldiers were moth
ing compared to those Of yellow editors
who are trying to make a case against the
administration
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10
Col. .sBiil" Bryan Overlooked.

Omaha Bee.
When the PopOcrats talk about giving
army commissions to inexperienced civilians
they overlook the list Of appointments OF
the F7pocrauc Governor OF nebraska
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Dnuhted.

blushing?"
Him. You are not blushing now.''
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There is a healthy moral

There IS a healthy moral
In the case of Mcintyre;
He loaded up with Quinine
Till his noddle was on fire;
And then he uttered nonsense
In the crowded lecture hall
Together with some gibberish
He'd gladly now recall.
OF course, you see the moral.
It's simple as two peas
just fill yourself with quinine,
And do not lecture, please!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Only for a Moment

Really, now" unused the autumn leaf,
II don't seem to be on"
But just then it dropped.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

and set free Altogether. it is a study =,
Puritan life worth the reading Lamson
Wolfe & Co., Boston, publishers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-10

Baltimore Herald.

17oItIIlIVIt IItTITU-
AS usual, the bad faith Of the white man
Is alleged 70 I've at the bottom of the OUT
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indianapolis, Ind.

Subscribe with any Of our numerous agents or
send subscriptions 10 the
JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
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TWENTY PAGES.
SUNDAY, APRIL "a. 1898.
h Coal Question.

rHE bulletins Of the past few days
have brought no announcement
more significant than the n
saying that England has given notice
coal Is c~ontraband of war. This
little item is Of the greater account be-
cause OF In news of ten days ago
which was TO the effect that at several
Canadian ports barges were loading
with coal. the intention being to get
these cargoes beyond the three-mile
limit and then sell TO warships that
might be In need OF a supply. OF course,
for all operations on this side of the
Atlantic this is a market made handy
for Spanish ships.
Recently a consul for this country in
duced the proper authority at Jamaica
TO apply to London for a ruling on this
question. The answer Is reported to be
that coal. as contraband of war. can
be sold only in quantities sufficient to
permit a warship TO reach the nearest
home port.
IL has come TO pass that coal Is a
u ntItcsitN III Iootl haNai ~
fare-a government may as well be
short OF cannon as TO be lacking coal.
According to all accounts Spain is sur
pr,singly short of coal even at places
like Cuba and Porto Rico where with
reasonable foresight she might have
been well stocked. There are those who
find in this shortage a satisfactory rea-
son why the Spanish feet has fingered
80 long at the distant islands of the
coast OF Africa. .
Thus the rule announced by England
is Of highest Significance; for that mat
ter. the announcement from London II
almost equivalent to notice that no
naval war ran be maintained by any
power in the world without England's
consent, since England has almost a
monopoly Of the coaling stations at
points removed from the home harbors
OF the leading nations Of Europe.
II the announcement lately made on
England's behalf is true. eve to the
extent that a wsrship may coal at her
stations sufficiently TO reach the neares'
home port. IL will make all the differ
ence In the world. Spanish boats nigh,
even go TO Canadian ports for coal or Il
some OF the Islands near Cuba. but one
call will exhaust the limit-lt is said &c
be the fact that one English rule is thai
the same belligerent ship cannot get Goa
at the same station oftener than ones
in three months.
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garding the Oregon are not the product
Of the press news service. which. on the
contrary, has confined itself to the mem
ton of what IL understood to be the
purpose of the government with ref
erence to assistance for her.
The reports that have the most shady
look are those that come from Cape
Spanish feet is still at anchor there.
This policy is so u~naccountable that
there are plenty of Americans who be-
gin to doubt the honesty of the news
that comes from that quarter: there are
those who suspect that we shall be
hearing the feet is still stationed on
the coast Of Africa, whereas II will have
advanced far on it's trip across the
the ocean. to present Itself suddenly and
to our dismay at some point near u
coast. There may be warrant for this
suspicion. although II is not easy to per-
suade ones self that this sort of Span
ish tactics could possibly be made to
work successfully.
Auf weidersehen, Havana. Tele-
graphic communication with the island
has been discontinued The Blanco
contingent has the news service under
the completest kind Of censorship now:
to expect an honest statement from
Blanco sources of the conditions that
will presently prevail in Havana is idle
the Spanish censorship can have
everything its own way. Indeed. from
nearby points our own government
may have an eye out lest information
thai would not benefit the blockade be
permitted TO reach too many people.
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Not Always the News.

a LREADY the Standard has
n warned Its readers to look
out constantly for the kind OF
wal news that really isn't news at all.
There viii be plenty Of II. Not that
the reports sent TO the newspapers
Offices In these exciting times have In
them anything that is in the nature Of
press service aims to carry TO the pub
lie only the information that II reli-
able-there IL enough of truth In the
news these days without making neces-
sary to resort to romancing.
Al the same time. many items that
may very properly pass at first as news
turn out to be not well founded. For
instance, a well-known London news
paper had IL. in time for quotation
yesterday morning In this country's
press, that the Paris, the swift Amer
lean line steamer. lately purchased by
our government, had probably been
captured on the south coast of Ire
land. That proved not to be true. yet
the item was proper for publication at
the time. Its authorship was given,
and IL reached the public, thus ex-
planned. for what II was worth. IL was
the same with h rumor about the
fouEdering OF h Topeka. which has
turned up all right. Then there have
been the disturbing reports about the
Oregon. the greatest anxiety is felt for
the safety Of the splendid ship. II will
~ noted thst most Of the alarms re-
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through q year OF war experience. the
federal government was q good deal
wiser than when the firing In Charleston
harbor swept the nation on its feet. The
time OF service for the volunteers was
heightened and the country's financial
methods were radically revised.
In the new war upon which we v
entered. the government will profit by
the experience through which the ma
no ninety-day men this time. as was the
case hen. During the civil war IL came
to be the rule to enlist recruits for three
years or the wsr President Mckinley
has concluded to make for his volun-
teers a two-year term-that IL the An
nouncement in yesterdays prociama-
ton. the option on the governments side
being. of course. that the time limit Is
removed IL the war reaches an earlier
close.
II has vexed the administration to de-
eide on the best course i'm the matter of
the enlistment of soldiers. At first the
war department preferred simply a
ttInBtf III titat VI NV teo 's'
and the the enlistment of volunteers as
a provisional army. with officers COM
missioned by the United States. OF
course, the friend Of h national guard
were promptly heard from. Their wish
was that the state organizations be called
into the field, as they are. with such ad-
ditional enlistments as may be required
A. an AA-s. -..l. rA-l-cVr, -..SN-lG-~
that the effective strength so laboriously
built up and brought under discipline in
the last twenty years ought not to be
disregarded. The point urged against
this plan was that a legal dificult Is
involved. there being question as to the
power OF the president or ever Of o
gress to employ the militia of the states
for operations outside the boundaries
Of this country.
In the end the conclusion IL simply
to call for volunteers. 1t is understood,
however. that a plan has been made
whereby the members of the militia will
enjoy a preference. That is probably
implied in the sentence in President Nc
Kinley's call which says that details
will be Immediately communicated to
the proper authorities through the war
department"
Nominally. the militia in the states is
a total almost large enough of itself to
meet the call Of the president. The in
fantry ~cou for more than a hun
dred thousand men in the oficial report.
New York's total is 1868 men. Penn
s~ylvania has 1920. Nc other state has
half New York's number: Illinois falls
slightly below six thousand men. as also
does Ohio; Massachusetts is below
$500. The total cavalry force In the
militia is reported under recent figures
at 5.270-in this branch South Carolina
leads. The artillery Is nearly as strong
as the cavalry, showing a total of 1905,
Louisiana leading in this branch.
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whisk~r. for "a pillow.

That history repeats itself has Just re-
ceived another proof. Some years ago the
men of a Bavarian regiment, OF which
Prince Macmillan was chief. In order
that they might show their devotion 10
him. cut OF their mustaches and sent
them to the princess. who had Just De-
come a mother. that she might use them
as a pillow. Something very like a repeu-
ton of his has just taken place at Rap
polstweller. in Alsatia. The chief OF the
fire brigade was a few days ago presented
with his first child. a o The hremen
thereupon called n meeting at which II
was decided to make the baby boy an
honorary member OF the corps. ana the
men subsequently cut OF their mustaches
and boards to form the stufing OF a RED
velvet pillow for the baby's use.
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The Presidents Call.

+, yHEN the var Of the rebellion
w broke out. the government at
Washington made two serious
mistakes-it borrowed vast sums of
money on dangerously short time and it
made the term Of enlistment for yolun-
teers too brief. After II had been
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-24

Those Berlin newspapers that are
talking about the pro-Spanish sympa-
thies of the n-American repub-
lies. should go to school while their
spanish friends and acquaintance are
going to sheol.
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number of Southern states to rebel

The movements of Captain Sampson's
squadron keeps the fotilla of newspa-
per correspondents at Key West guess
ing.
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In most places II is only necessary
to run around the corner to take a
schooner.
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II all hope Of recovery is past, pos
sibly MIR. Bellamy is putting in a por-
ton Of his time looking forward.
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It's worth the whole price OF the
$500. 600, 900 bonds to near the South
unite in that grand. sweet song. Rally
Round the Flag, Boys"
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The presidential call finds the Ameri-
can people at home n glad to enter
tain IL.
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However. when the war strikes Its
gait IL may quickly make up its pres
ent deficiency In killed. wounded and
missing features.
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Instead OF the Oregon. the spanish
squadron Is more likely to take the
consequences.
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With Sampson in command OF the
blockading fleet. Blanco should not I'M
derestimate the strength of the oppo-
sition.
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We can also confidently upon
the observance of strict neutrality by
Ii Hung Chang.
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The Latin peoples" will please con-
strue the sentence. date nobis otium, or
words to that effect.
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The Spanish fleet is lying low. but a
little later in the season ii will lie sew
eral fathoms lower.
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We are coming. Father William,
125. 900 strong.
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The report of the capture OF a Span
ish fishing boat right under the guns
of MORO castle Is true. n~otwithstand-
ing it's fishy character.
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This is a war in which few die and
none resign except John Sherman.
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The carnage part of the programme
is delayed "a few days.
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The blockade is particularly after a
certain blockhead named Blanco
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Although a few guns have Numbered,
the war as yet isn't much of a blood
and thunder AFFAIR.
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What the matter with Weyler?
Why doesn't he come over n pac-
ify us?
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The British flag never did run to neu-
trail tints.
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The Paris. true to her name. is swift
enough to take French leave of any
Spanish chaser.
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AS to this talk of the Latin races
who's betting on the Latin races. any
how