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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

of the nurseries and greenhouses of the gcv-
eminent The secretary replied, declining to
discontinue the practice and now the florists
say they will lay their complaint before
Congress. They claim that the large annual
appropriations for the care and adornment
of the parks IN Washington are largely di-
verted from outdoor improvements to the
production of flowers for free distribution,
and that, owing to the time, space and at
tenton given to this the propagation of
plants suitable for outdoor decoration is neg
of war. replying to his. they declare that
very large sums of money are being divert
ed from their legitimate purposes. viz, the
decoration of parks and public reservations,
and are being used for the production of
flowers which. under no circumstances, can
be used for the adornment of public reser-
vations, but instead are distributed to a ia
vored class. greatly to the detriment of the
said reservations, which are shamefully neg
lected, considering the enormous sum APP
propriated. this greatly to our detriment as
citizens and business men," In proof Of
their sincerity, the florists have offered to
raise the wages of their employees from 10
to % per cent. if the government will go out
of the free flower business. This has led the
labor unions to espouse their cause, and it
is thought the business men of Washington
will take it up. The florists are right but
they will not succeed. The appropriations
for the government nurseries and green
houses should be devoted to the propagation
of such trees, shrubs and plants as are suit
able for planting in the public reservations,
and not for the production of flowers to be
distributed lavishly among personal friends
and favortes But the practice is estab-
lished, and abuses Of that kind are very hard
to abolish. Every high official in Washing
ton whose house and tables are frequently
decorated with government flowers, and ev-
cry member of Congress who receives
handsome bouquet now and then, or can
have one sent a lady friend, and of course,
all the wives and daughters of these favored
individuals will object to giving up their
flowers. The floral abuse will continue un-
til some strong man at the head of the gov
eminent shall take the matter in hand and
reform that, along with many other abuses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


Mrs. John d. Rockefeller, Miss Helen
Gould, Mrs. Charles D. Site kney and Mrs.
Arson Phelps Stokes serve no wine with
their dinners.
Captain William H. Summer, of Boston,
who has retired from active work though
in excellent health was a seafaring man
for siXty-one years continuously.
Christopher Columbus, who was an adj
miral in the Spanish navy at the time he
discovered America was paid at the rate Of
Loco francs year, which about 1898
Miss Hamilton, NJ. D., the English doctor
at the court of the Ameer of Afghanistan,
says that few of the chief ladies in Cabul
can read and write, but hardly single one
outside of the capital can do so.
One of the most popular clergymen in
England is the Rev. Archdeacon Boyd Car
penter, the new chaplain-in- ordinary to the
Queen. He is known as a broad church.
man and is fond of game Of billiards with
the young men of his neighborhOod
The government is TO be asked through
Congress to contribute $4,000 to the fund
being raised in Pennsylvania for a monu-
ment at Chester to John Morton, who cast
the thirteenth and deciding vote in 1776 by
which the Declaration of Independence was
adopted.
An American negro recently died in an
Australian mining settlement. He was a
man much esteemed by his mates who re-
corded their feelings in these few words,
burned on a sheet of bark: I'm memory
OF Black Sam, name unknown, a white man
all over"
Americans are tagging a long ways be-
behind Europe in the improvement of the
horseless vehicle. For example, there are
now in Berlin SEQ tricycle. cabs of the Heydt
pattern; the driver sits in the rear while
in front there is a comfortably cushioned
seat for the passenger.
The souvenir medal to be issued for the
transmisssssippi exhibition will show on its
reverse a typical Indian. mounted on a
pony and spearing buffalo On the OBJ
verse side will be profile of a woman S
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
THE AUXILIARY OF THE WAR SHIP.

Two weeks ago, when it was announced
that Russia, Germany and France would
combine to check British aggression in the
Orient and would divide China among them
selves, many people said that British as
tendency would soon be a thing of the past
They specifically reasoned that these ma
tions have four times as many men as Great
Britain can put into the field, and ere long
their combined fleets will exceed the fleet
of England. Those who will give the sub
ject maturer consideration will not accept
any conclusion that is drawn from larger
armies or even the possession of more ships
unless the latter are skillfully handled. In
case of war over possession of lands in
the Orient armies would be of small account
compared with a navy at hand and with the
best appliances.
When it comes to a navy, that is not the
most effective which contains the most
ships. Time was when the greater number
of ships could win when handled by a great
commander. With sail and wind, the war
ship could go on three years cruise and
be effective. Sail and wind are no longer
depended upon, consequently the war ship
is no longer a free rover. The iron ship.
with immense armament. requires steam,
and until some inventor of the future can de-
wise methods of generating steam without
the use of large quantities of coal, the war
ship cannot get away from a coaling sta
ton for a long time. 1t is said that the
German fleet which the war lord has dis
patched to China could never reach that
region unless its bunkers were filed with
coal at half dozen British ports on the
journey. Should coal be refused the Ger
man ships along the way they would never
get to China, but would become disabled
monsters. able neither to proceed nor to
return when the supply of coal should be
exhausted. The life and usefulness of a
war ship depend upon coaling stations near
the arena of action Russia has but one
such port in Asia, and Germany has none
On the other hand, England has several of
each other, and all the resources of Japan
are probably at her disposal in the event Of
an attempt to get control of China by the
three powers said to be hostile to Great
Britain and to ignore Japans interests.
Not her ships alone give England the SUI
periority she holds in Asia, but her ports
and coalng stations which she can hold,
and from which she can menace, and, should
it come to the test, defeat ali her adver-
saries. This fact should be a lesson to the
United States. Hawaii in our hands, no
navy could successfully make war upon our
Pacific coast. Such is the Importance which
an insignificant island with a deep harbor
miles away from the mainland. can be to the
defense of ports of populous country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Assuming 1t to be settled. as it seems to
be, that James Kirtley, late treasurer of
Benton county. committed suicide, the case
presents the remarkable feature. of a per-
son firing three bullets into his head, of
which one made scalp wound, another
shattered the skull and punctured the brain
tissue, and the third went clear through
the head. This does not show remarkable
vitality so much as it does remarkable nerve
and persistence. Each of the first two
shots must have caused quite shock. one
of them very strong one. yet the man had
sufficient self-control and determination to
continue firing till he accomplished his pur-
pose. The case is probably without prece-
dent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Colonel Warning, chief of the street-clean-
ing department of New York, has made a
report in which he says that thorough in
vestigation has been made looking to the
possibility of developing a money value
from the coal ashes of domestic fires, of
which 100000 loads, equal to 100000 cubic
yards, are collected every year by the de-
partment. Repeated experimental analyses
of these ashes, the report says, indicate
that they will yield coal, clinkers and fine
ash to the amount of $663000 worth. The
fine ash, Colonel Waring says, would make
an excellent substitute for sand in mortar,
while the clinkers could be utilized for other
purposes. 1t is in such ways as this that
modern economy utiizes waste.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

To own and carry 100000 bushels of
wheat, as Mr.. Joseph Letter. of Chicago, is
now doing implies the ownership of con-
siderable nerve as well as wealth Mr.. Lei
ter says the wheat cost him about 40 cents
a bushel, but close observers of the deal
place the average price between so and IS
10000. a considerable sum to have tied up.
The daily cost of carrying 100000 bushels
Of wheat is estimated at $3.50. of which
amount $3.50 is for storage. This co,ints up
pretty fast. but a rise OF cent bushel,
aggregating $4,000. would cover the cost for
a good many days If Mr.. Letter should sell
within few months at dollar bushel he
would make q large profit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The Journal is pleased to learn that the
Sentinel is determined to investigate the al
legged Irregularities against the Republican
County Commissioners. 1t regrets that the
Sentinel did not exercise the same sort of
zeal when a Democratic board let a bridge
contract to an out-of-town concern for %
per cent. more than the bid of the home
competitor. and that it did not protest when
a Republican and the Democratic members
of a board awarded Democratic attorney
an outrageous fee. Reform should not be
spasmodic.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

belongs to Mexico. though 1t seems to have
been uninhabited when the American guano
hunters took possession OF it. Gazetteers
note the island as claimed by France. .
though there is no evidence of French own
ership. 1t is probable that the American
Guano Company was acting "op it's own
hook" and that the United States govern
ment will disclaim all responsibility for its
acts. In that case the hauling down of the
flag will have no important slgnlcance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

About a year ago a pretty and popular
young woman of Rome Ca. took a Eu-
ropean tour. Before leaving home she took
out policy with an accident insurance
company. On the way North she was BIZ /.
ten by small spider, and subsequently the
wound proved serious and disabled her for
many days. She brought suit for damages,
and the company. after protesting that it's
policy did not cover such an accident,
finally paid the full face value of the policy.
So it may be regarded as settled that a spi-
der bite is an accident.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

That hauling down of the American flag
on Clipperton island by Mexican marines is
one OF those acts the quality of which de-
ponds on circumstances. If the flag was
there by right It was a very serious bust
ness. and would call for PREPARATION. but if
the flag had been raised there in defiance
or contravention OF Mexican authority. the
marines had a perfect right to haul II down
The island, which is worthless except for
the guano on IT. lies about eight hundred
miles Of the Mexican coast. and presumably
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

During the year 1897 the United States fur
nished more than one-half of the wheat re-
quired by European importing countries.
The years exports of American wheat and
flour were equivalent to about 1S2, 900, 900
bushels out of the worlds shipments of
about S20000,000 bushels. But for the United
States the peoples of European countries
would have had to live on very short RAJ
ffoDS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The janitor of the government building at
Atlanta, well-known white Democrat, has
rendered his resignation rather than obey
instructions from Washington to divide time
and work with his colored subordinates. He
wanted an office, but drew the line at clean
ing spittoons
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
inconsistency.

Scotty the Slug-Funny, amt it? When
one of us gets croaked in prize fight, the
papers calls it good thing, and when a
Willie guy gets done up in a football game.
they all say it is too bad.
Mickey the Mug-Yes An if that's the
way they look at it. wot fer do they have
laws agin fights an allow football to go on?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

II want to get a couple of books for two
young men," said the girl in the bookstore,
land | don't know what to choose.
"Er-what sort of young men are they?"
asked the really intelligent clerk
"One teaches in our Sunday school, and
the other-well. he is not that kind of a
young man at all, you know.
"Ah, 1 think l have just what you
want"
And he handed out two copies of Quo
Vadis."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The Journal does not know about Presi-
dent Winston. of the University of Texas.
but when he declares that the colored pep
ulation which can read and write is more
criminal than the illiterate." it believes that
he spoke from prejudice rather than from
statistics
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

This state OF complete chemical inertness in
living protoplasm is llkened by G. de Cam
dole to that of an explosive mixture, whose
components can remain indefinitely in con-
tact without combining until certain tem-
perature Is reached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The Journals exchanges from different
cities. in reviewing the business of 1897, all
report great improvement and unmistakable
signs OF prosperity. In Chicago the bank
clearings increased $162, 6S9. 232 over 1885, and
in St. Louis they increased Sos, 1Ol, 5s7. In
cent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Governor Lowndes, of Maryland, will not
be a candidate for senator, because, when he
accepted the nomination for Governor, he
practically pledged himself to devote the
four years to carrying out certain reforms
and that pledge he proposes to keep. Good
for Governor Lowndes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Chicago is about to petition Congress to
aid in digging its river deeper. Unless ar
rangements can be made to supply better
quality of water for the stream. it would
seem to outsiders that the present channel
is quite deep enough.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

A Chicago alderman is an ardent advocate
of cUrfew law for that city, and not only
wants to keep children off the streets after
8 O'Clock D. m, but would send men and
women to their homes at that hour as well.
There would be a hot time in that old town
the first time an attempt was made to en-
force such an ordinance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

1t Is cause for congratulation any day in
the year that the output of hard money in
the United States during the year 1897 was
more than $7O.OOOOOO, and several millions
above the highest figure ever realized.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Fusion" cries a Democratic editor in
Minnesota; what is it?" He answers:
Joining a lot of disgruntled Republican
and Populist office seekers, who would sell
their birthright for a little Office" Severe,
but nevertheless true.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

NAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY,
Indianapolis, Ind.
TIE INDIANAPOLIS JoURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
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 Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Men who have interested themselves in
getting or attempting to get pensions for
deserving veterans have had such an ex-
perience as leads them to disbelieve all re-
ports about padded pension roll. Pensions
have doubtless been secured by perjury,
which it is impossible for the bureau to de-
feet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The Pittsburg Dispatch has printed very
interesting letter from Mr.. P. c. Boyle, edi-
tor of the Oil City Derrick, who is known
not only as an expert IN petroleum, but a
student of the history and evolution of ar
tiheial lighting. In this communication the
writer shows that the last half of the CEN
fury is entitled to be called the era of light
Mr.. Boyle shows that from the beginning
to 1850, when the Argand burner was in
vented, little progress had been made in ar
tif1cial lighting. Candles were supposed to
have come with the twelfth century, but
stearine candles were not known until one
fourth of the present century had passed.
The oldest oil lamp in remembrance was
used to burn whale OIL but with petroleum
came numerous inventions for the burning
of coal oil, which is the great light now
outside of cities. Gas came to large cities
years ago, but it was expensive. Hluplinat-
ing gas was followed by the electrical light
which has rapidly extended over cities to
smaller villages. There is reason to believe
that it will supplant gas in residences, and
will even find its way to the isolated farm
house. Streets are made nearly as light as
day. and when invention cheapens the cleo
trio light none need sit in darkness With
the coming of the era Of light, great indus
tries have sprung up in which millions and
millions of dollars are invested and employ
ment given to thousands and thousands of
men in the manufacture of plants, lamps
fixtures, and in operating them. The electric
lighting itself has given employment to
thousands more men than labor-saving ma
chinery has displaced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

If General Weyler was acting as "a sol.
der animated by honor and patriotism
when he committed his Cuban butcheries
the world would dread to see him when he
was acting real naughty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
Sixteen Pages

The income tax in Prussia touches all in
comes OF $225 and over and yet it taxes only
SAG per cent of the people, which means
that 1854 per cent. of the people of Prussia
live on an income of less than 1925.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

New Workers are still talking about the
exodus of a theater audience in that city
that found the play on the stage too nasty
for its taste. they seem to be good deal
surprised at fheir own virtue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Watts-There is no such thing as telling
the quality of whisky by the taste these
days, is there?
Lushforth-No. The only test is the feel.
THE feel?''
YES. And you have to wait till next
morning for that"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
THE INDlANAPoLIsI JoURNAIE SUNDAY JANUARY I8gs

Spain's vicpims. 1t must be this display Of
mercifulness that has so angered Mr.. Wey-
Ter. He hates to see his work undone in
srlch q ruthless manner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The worst case of shortage on record is
that of the Kansas hardware dealer whose
entire stock of nails had to be sold for tax.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

Yes, certainly. but who is to rescue the
Klondike relief expedition when it gets
stranded in the cold Northwest?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
A Substitute.

Kansas City Journal.
Yes Yes; q gold watcn or diamond ring
n nouiu nave made handsome Christmas
kerehief is quite useful 9 '''
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

The Chinese were never regarded as emo
tionaI people yet they seem very easily
touched.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

now begun. Supplies are going from the
United States to Cuba for the relief Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
The Eject.

Curious Visitor-Dld you ever shave2
The Bearded LADY, did once. And felt
absolutely immodest,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
DifTerence in Rennrr.

Detroit Free Press.
Txio,s.,s Slsner feast or a famine with the
s.It,,a,.r who returns and describes the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02

In Kansas City, Karny is one of those
secret orga nizations made up of those
hearty testers who are convulsed with
laughter when a blindfolded candidate pass
ing through the mysteries Of initiation, is
invited to sit down, only to be plunged into
a tub of ice water A year ago the testers
found a candidate wholly devoid of their
quality of hUmor. The fun of being tum-
bled blindfold into a pile of chairs was so
delicate that he could not see it, and when
ne fished himself out of tub of ice water
with broken rib he was filled with wrath
instead of mirth. WheE he got out he went
to a lawyer and sued the jolly testers for
$4,000 damages. He found a court and a
jury who could see no element of fun in
breaking mans ribs. Now that the jury
has given verdict of $4,000 against the
organization, its members cannot appreciate
the courts performance as having the ele-
ment Of humor about it. In the light of the
verdict the defendants do not see so much
fun in the initiation as they did.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-02
chinery has displaced.


Humane societies and professional philan-
TO an extreme 1t was announced a few
days ago that the officers of the Gerry So
ciety in New York had used their authority
to prevent a little nine-year-o daughter of
Thomas A. Edison, the inventor from dane
ing at a public entertainment in aid of a
charity. The entertainment consisted of tab
leaux, chorus songs and a few little dances,
all by children, and of harmless kind, and
not in any sense such as the law was in
tended to prevent. The patrons of the en-
tertainment and the parents of the children
were indignant at the interference Mrs.
Edison said to a reporter:
Commodore Gerry's action in preventing
my little daughter from dancing for charity
was wholly uncalled for. There could be
no harm at all in any of this afternoon s
programme at the Carnegie Lyceum. If
there were the slightest idea that there
could be anything ACKNOWLEDGMENT 1 be-
lieve that is what the Gerry Society was
oStenSibly organized to PREVENT certainly
should not have let my. daughter come, in
the first place. Her dance is a simple parlor
dance.
The interference was made more offensive
by the fact that it was not made till the
entertainment had begun. The little Edison
girl was waiting to go on with her part
when the prohibition came. Mrs. Edison,
herself, was present, and when the cnAld
er in a box. greatly disappointed. The &C.
ton of the society was gross perversion
of law and abuse of authority.