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The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

Save in Exceptional Cases the jour-
nalist Loses His Identity.
Walter Avenel, in the Forum.

waiter AVenel In the Forum.
Does the novice dream of reputation also
In the helds of journalism? 1t is q dream
indeed! He will too often find his hopes
ruthleSsly crushed between the upper mill
stone of a ceaseless grind of nerve-wearing
work and the neither milestone of fear, on
the part of his employer, that the acqusi-
tion OF some measure Of popularity the en-
hancement of professional reputation in the
the office payroll There is no hope of
literary laurels for the writer who sticks to
the ranks of newspaper workers, because,
first, newspapers have little use for writ
ingS of distinctively literary character,
and. second, the training that fits writer
for journalism largely units him for liter
ature, and vice versa. There is a fellow
feellng between the author and the news
paper man, but no real professional kinship.
Dickens, Kipiing, Howelis, Willard, Haw-
thorne. Stevenson, Hay, Blaine, SAKE, Whit
man. Harte, Twain, Taylor, Murray Bar
RE, and less brilliant luminaries, abandoned
the proftless moiling of news and editorial
service to harvest fame and fortune in other
helds, most of them as authors-writers of
books. Richard Harding Davis, e. w.
Townsend and Opie Read are following in
their footsteps. Many more are doubtless
destined to, some degree of effulgence in the
The book writer looks for a profitable fol-
lowing among readers, who number millions
If he succeeds, all is well with him. The
newspaper writer is the hired and often
servie dependant of a journal whose ex-
iStence rests wholly upon the patronage of
the circumscribed region wherein it circu-
lates, and the amount of his salary depends
no more on his own capacity than on the
ability of his employer to induce people TO
buy the paper and business men to adver-
tise in it. The bookmaker is in business
for himself; the other is not. The right to
write a book for money-a book of course.
with a proper motiYe--is just as clear as
the right of a merchant to sell honest goods
for money. The book may not always be
literature but if it has the selling quality
and lifts the author above want it certainly
works some good to him and 10 the world,
and therefore needs no further justifca-
ton.
There are few celebrated editors. They
may be counted on ones ten fingers. The
regulations which some of them enjoy are
due as much to their positions as publish
ers to their ability as editors or writers,
possibly even more.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

It is very gratifying TO learn from official
and other sources that the condition of the
troops about Santiago has improved since
the battle. The wounded are doing well and
the men in the ranks are generally free
from sickness, despite the hard service, the
privation, the limited diet and the trying
climate. 1t was quite generally feared that
1t would be otherwise-that men would be-
come victims of climate and exposure to an
extent that would incapacitate a large part
of the army. After sucn a desperate en-
gagement as that of Friday, July l. a re-
action might have been expected with
much sickness. This did not come and it
js-a high testimonial to the self-control and
fortitude of the men that they have passed
through these trying periods without loss
of soldierly efficiency 1t is not yet known
how far intelligent self-control and helpful
ness can ward off disease or how easy a
prey those men become who succumb to
hard conditions and Encouragement.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

ST. Nicholas.


Another very interesting and very sad
thing about Lake Superior is that it never
gives up it's dead. Whoever encounters ter
rible disaster-happily infrequent in the
tourist season, and goes down in the angry,
beautiful blue waters, never comes up again.
From those earliest days when the daring
French voyagers in their trim birch-bark
canoes skirted the picturesque shores of this
noble but relentless lake down to this pres
ent moment, those who have met their
deaths in mid-Superior still lie at the stone
paved bottom. 1t may be that. so very cold
is the water, some of their bodies may have
been preserved through the centuries.
Sometimes, not far from the shore, the
bodies of people who have been wrecked
from fishing smacks or from pleasure boats
overtaken by a cruel squall have been re-
covered but only after the most heroic ef
forts with drag-net or by the diver Once
on trip down the lakes l met a clergy
man who, as we passed a point of land
some miles before entering the narrowing
of the lake at the 500, pointed out the place
where the ill-fated Algoma went down on
the reef some eight years ago, and as he
looked he said slowly: Il was at the fu-
neral of one man who went down with her.
and the only reason his body is not at the
bottom to-day, with the other thirty-eight
that were lost is because it was caught in
the timbers of the vessel and could not
sink
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10


One of the literary clubs this week was
discussing the Spanish Inquisition, and
question arose as to when it ended. 1t was
established in CASTLE and Aragon, two dis
tricts which were then as fiercely intolerant
and superstitious as they are to-day. in 1880.
1t reached it's highest power in the last CEN
tury, and found its high-water mark In 1867.
when it managed TO secure the expulsion OF
the Jesuits. 1t then began to grow weaker,
and was suppressed in 1Sf2, when the Con-
s,ttution of Cadiz was adopted This is
usually considered the end OF that Infamous
institution but. in 1914. when King Ferdi-
nand was restored, his first act was to
abolish the Constitution and re-establish the
Inquisition. In 1898 there was another revo-
luton and a new Constitution, and again
the lnquisition was abolished. In September
OF that year ferdinand was again reinstated.
and the same year he recognized the all-
thority of the grand irquisitor. This condi-
tion continued until the Kings death, In
1888. His successor, Maria Cristina. recog-
nized the lnquisition until 1910. during which
tine she took no action respecting officials
of the holy office. In 1854 there was another
constitutional change, which is said to have
ended the institution.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
RecessionaI-Hymn After Victory.

God of our fathers, known of old
Lord of our far-hung battle-line
Beneath whose awful Hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine
Lord God of Hosts, be with yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget
The tumult and the shouting dies
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget
Far-called navies melt away
On dune and headland sinks the fire.
Lo, all our pomp Of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre
Judge of the Nations spare yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe
Such boasting the Gentiles use
Or lesser breeds without the Law
Lord God of Hosts, be with yet,
Lest We forget-lest we fOrgeti
For heather heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard-
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee TO guard
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord!
Amen.
-Rudyard KiDling
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

a few months ago, while the war which
is now on was simply a possibility an ell
terprising magazine published History
OF the War with Spain," which was illus
trated and ran through several numbers. 1t
must be more entertaining reading now
than then because it shows how far from
the fact a bright writer could be six months
before the war. The war ships are illus
trated and a terrible battle at sea is pic
tured. AS written the United States got the
worst Of the war at the outset and very
shortly found itself involved with Great
Britain and Germany. The former fur
nishes the feet and the latter the troops.
Our war authorities woke up one morning
70 learn that Germany had landed an army
Of $4,000 men in Canada, which. with 10000
Canadians. were 70 invade the Northern
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

ure a relic of '76 in reality The comments
of the Philadelphia papers are favorable 10
the reconstructed building. One Of them
says: THE entire work has resulted in
reproduction of the simple elegance of a
rich colonial type. At no time has invention
been employed. but only industry to dis
cover the original condition and then to fol-
low the lines clearly indicated. The work in
its unfolding disclosed at every point the
refined taste Of the men who conceived and
constructed the building. Nothing new has
been interjected. The work has been a
single historical restoration, but no less
work of profound responsibility"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

The work of restoring Independence Hall
in Philadelphia to the plan and condition
1t was in on the Fourth of July. 1776, has
been going on for a long time and was COM
pleted in time for the Fourth OF this year.
Between 1776 and 1880 a good many changes
and additions were made in the structure,
the most of them not to its real improve
ment in appearance or convenience. The
original plans were carefully studied by
architectural experts. and the restoration
undertaken in patriotic and reverent spirit,
and with the purpose of making the struct-
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

Professor Small, who occupies the chair
Of sociology in the University of Chicago,
and who has been visiting Butler University.
speaks in the highest terms of it's faculty
President Butler, he says, is one of the able
scholars of the West and the members of
the faculty are young men who are pre-
pared for their work by study abroad and
are ambitious Professor Small expressed
surprise that Indianapolis does not seem to
realize that it has in Butler one of the best
schools in the country
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

In Senators Cullom and Morgan and Rep
resentative Hit the President has three of
to recommend to Congress the legislation
necessary to make Hawaii part of the
United States. Senator Morgan led the ele-
ment of the Democratic party favoring an
nexation in the Senate, having become con-
WINGED of the fitness of Hawaii for annexa-
tion by spending several months on the
islands
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

Washington Post.

washington Post.
1t seems sometimes as If the fates were
conspiring to discourage patriotism. There
Is for example. a certain soldier over at
Camp Alger who enlisted for the express
purpose OF shedding Spanish blood He
was telegraph operator here In town, and
by dint or hard work and extra hours he
managed 10 earn about 500 a week. But
ne was honestly patriot. and he was
brave, SO ne became soldier at SIS n
month Scarcely a week had elapsed be-
fore his superior officers discovered his
aoiiity as telegraph operator. Since then
graph service. He has hard work, ne has
long nourS. he works, in fact, ever so
mucn harder than he did here at home but
ne receives only $15 a month, and 1t isn't
likely that he'll ever get chance to spill
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

Complaints against the character of street
sweeping are increasing and are heard in
all quarters of the city. In some neighbor-
hoods 1t is said that petitions are being
signed by residents asking the Board Of
Works to provide better service. The in
adequacy of the service is not a matter of
opinion; it is one of fact. 1t is only neces-
sary for the observer to look at the condi-
ton of the streets at any hour of the day
to see that they are not wel1 kept. The
dust is there that should be taken away
and a look at the sweepers in operation ex-
plains why this is So The revolving brooms
push a little of the refuse before them. but
they scatter clouds of dust in the air. This
covers the clothing of persons unfortunate
enough to be passing, settles on the adj
joining lawns and porches and enters the
houses, injuring books, carpets and furni-
ture. AS the machines approach residents
along the way are driven into their houses
where they sit with closed doors and win
dows until the nuisance has in some de-
gree abated. The sweepers do not operate
between Street-car tracks, and the cars
send volumes of dust in every direction
The people pay for this service and they
have right to demand that it be of a bet
ter quality. That it be better has been
proved in past years. Then the streets were
really clean; the dust was not scattered
but was taken up in passing and the entire
street was covered by the machine, no wide
margins and "streaks'' Of mud and refuse
being left as now. The public has no inter-
est in any machine further than to insist
that If one does the work properly and an
other does not the first should be chosen
great many visitors will be here this
summer, and it is desirable that the beau
tiful thoroughfares of the city should have
nothing to mar them, but it is more i'm
portant that the comfort of the citizens be
considered. The sweepers now in use will
have to be abandoned sooner or later, and
the sooner the better.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

There are spots in the ocean where the
water is five miles deep. If IL Is true that
the pressure of the water on any body in
the water is one pound to the square inch
for every two feet of the depth. anything at
the bottom Of one of the ''five-mile holes
would have pressure about Ii Of IL. 200
pounds to every square inch. There Is moth
ing of human manufacture that would re-
sis1 such a pressure.
That It exists there Is no doubt It is
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

Her children clung to her skirts, crying
for food, and there was none to give them.
True, there were plenty OF cold biscuits,
raspberry jam and butter, but she was
hygienic mother and would rather let her
children wait till the morrow, for the grocer
had failed to deliver the oatmeal.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

The proposition which has been made by
several rich German-Americans to purchase
a war ship to be named th9.Teutoffc and
piygent it to the United States would prove
their loyalty to their adopted country but
no such demonstration is needed to establish
the patriotism of the American citizen of
German blood
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
THE TNDIANAPOLIs JOURNAL.

Can be found at the following places:
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-PaImer House, p o. News Co., 217
Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and
cINcINNATI~J. r. Hawley & Co.. 154 Vine
street.
LOUISVILLIc-C. T. Deering, northwest corner
of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville
Book Co., 256 Fourth avenue.
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbitt
House and Willard's Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

An enterprising person, presumably Of
Irish ancestry, rises in Spokane, Wash, and
recommends that the Nations flag be
changed from red white and blue to red,
white and green. The new combination. he
argues, would be an aesthetic improvement
and more agreeable to the aesthetic taste
Does the Spokane person see anything green
in the Nations eye?
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

There are men," says the Rams Horn,
with obvious reproach, who can show you
the road to heaven quicker than they can
direct you to the nearest church" But why
not, especially as all roads do not lead
through the church? Heaven IS the impor-
tant goal not the wav stations.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

An exchange cannot see the use of insist
ing upon the surrender of the Spanish
troops in Santiago. now that the fleet has
been destroyed. AS all there is left of the
Spanish in the war is the 5000 men in Cuba
bearing arms. it seems important to cap
ture and disarm them as fast as possible.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
Missed 1t.

I'VE are selling these goods" said the
clerk, "at positive loss. Practically, we
are giving them away
Then" said the lady with the naughty
demeanor, IT must decline to purchase. /
cannot accept gifts from a shopkeeper.'
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

known that the pressure OF a well-corked
glass bottle at the depth of 300 feet is
so great that the water will force its way
through the pores of the glass. 1t Is also
said that pieces of wood have been weighted
and sunk in the sea TO such a depth that
the tissues have become so condensed that
the wood has lost it's bouancy and would
never float again. 1t could not be even
made to burn when dry.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

This from book review in the Boston Lit
erary World: This book must have been
written, as it is published, in Boston. There
is thought in it, and some brillancy."
HeYings!
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the
vanquished gain, says Longfellow. Maybe
so, but somehow the theory doesn't seem
to fit the vanquished Cervera and his men.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
The Cornfed PHILOSOPHER.

'It is odd." said the Cornfed Philosopher,
'but true. that the man who speaks without
thinking is the one most apt to say what
he thinks"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

When Populist paper in Kansas declares
that it will not support man for Congress
until he cuts his hair fourteen inches
shorter" disintegration has begun.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
He Didn't.

How did you feel when you were well
out to sea?
II wasn't we'll when was out to sea-"
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10

An exchange says that in naval eyes,
the loss Of his feet was "Cervera's end"
1t looks that way. since his country is with
out feet and other nations seem to have a
full supply of naval commanders.
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

and women who believe that the world can
be made moral and healthy by legisation.' =
The Indianapolis journal., 1898-07-10
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-13
TO JOIN SIMPSONS FLEET.

Philadelphia. juno 12-The guuboat
Peoria formerly the pilot boat plila,-
delpha. sailed from the Lc3+eguc Island
navy yard, 1T l1.30 today probably to
join -Adp'iA4tl fampson's fleet in Cuban
waters, 1t was expected that The gun
boat Dorothea would accompany the
Peoria south. but her departure was
delayed by reason Of the failure Of sail
ing orders from Washington. The
Dorothea is 4 new boat recently COM
plcted At Cramps ana is expected to
develop a high rate Of speed.
The Peoria carries battery of s.
Founders and is under command Of
Lieut.. Ryan. The boat Princeton viii
probably leave the navy yard this week
and the Fish Hawk a week later.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-13

| day affairs are at standstfll. Old GLORY
| floats over the naval station at Cavitt
and the garrison and employees have evac-
uated the place. The hospitals are full
| of wounded.
| The insulting and bombastic proclama-
| ton of the governor of Manila has evil
IDENTIFY borne fruit, for when the Petrol
| first searched the navy yard, the doctors
and a deputation of Sisters of Mercy from
the hospital came down to beg our men
not to kill the wounded or fire on the hos
pitfalls. They seemed surprised and de-
lighted when they were assured that such
practices were not in our system of war
fare.
The wrecks of nine vessels are dotted
around in view of the ship in which this
dispatch is written.
The Spanish transport Manila was
found in three feet of mud up near the
navy yard. but the Petrol was able to
tow her off and She came out under her
own steam ana anchored near the squad
ron She is a beautiful little steamer Of
about 2uy0 tons. on board were supplies
for the navy and 500 tons Of coal. The
Raleigh is now filling her bunkers from
the coal In addition to the Manila, Il
dozen small tugs and steam launches have
been seized and are now being used by
the American ilcct
The terms of the surrender of Manila
have not yet been fixed The commodore
wants TO avoid commandment, IN the in
terests of humanity and TO keep from in
iiicting terrific loss on unorendug neu-
trails BESIDES this The rebels are EnaSscd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-06-13
BEAUTIFUL OLD GLORY.
Floats Proudly Over Guantanamo Bay. IN,
First Landing Place in Cuba.

| Copyright, 1888, by The Associated press
| On Board The Associated Press Ro,t
Wanda, off Santiago dc Cuba. June n
=. M.-Via Kingston, Jamaica. June -
| MONITOR three days the scene Of tbo
chief military and naval operations has
| been Caimanera and Guantanamo hav
The American flag is flying on the shore
ana ia the harbor, first planted on Ct1han
soil by United States marines from tho
| transport Panther. under Lieut.. Col p
w. Huntington, covered by the guns Of
the cruiser Marblehead. commanded by
Commander McCaila, whose name Is a
synonym for activity and fighting.
The battleship Oregon has ALREADY
coaled in the smooth water of the harbor
and has sailed away The battleshln
Texas is coalng, today, to be followed bv
other ships.
The squadrons Of Rear Admiral Samn.
son and Commodore Schley are still off
Santiago, maintaining a strict watch day
and night TO prevent the possibility az
the escape of Admiral Cervera From
men who have landed to take obserya
tons Of the harbor it Is definitely learned
all agreeing on the point. that the Span
ism cruisers and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers are there, but these vessels are
regarded by naval experts, after all, as
men in buckram."
As high naval officer remarked. to-
day, Spain throughout her whole his
tory has never sought naval fight and
never will. She has always lodged and
IS now lodging. Cervera never intended
to fight. He intended to dodge and he
has succeeded. Spain will never send an
other fleet to these waters during the
present war"
Severe storms prevail in the channel be-
tween Santiago de Cuba and Jamaica.
The press dispatch boats have encoun-
tered these storms for the past 10 days,
making the voyages very difficult The
heat adds discomfort, but daily service
is maintained