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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
The Secret of the Sphinx.

sunday Magazine.
what is the meaning Of that vast human
mead that rises out of the cleaning sand be-
Sloe the great pyramid of Ghizeh? Hewn
out OF the solid limestone rock it towers
above you to height of seventy feet, and it
stretches away in the form of the body of
non 10 a length of $50 feet in front of you.
Scuiptured with consummate skill, it re-
poses in graceful ease on the sand. The
race gaZes with a sublime patience and mys-
terry into the far distance. Its features have
been much mutilated by the ravages OF
tlme, ana many of the finer lines have been
worn away by the craving tool of the winds,
nolulng as cutting edge the desert sand.
But still the eyes preserve their ancient
human look of unfathomable mystery and
cam, eternal patience Why was
thlS colossal figure constructed? Was II
mere caprice or was it meant to express
dehnlte purpose?
That question is involved in the meaning
OF IT'S symbolic shape. The people who fash
Toned 1T we have reason to believe were as
tronomerS as well as sculptors They came
from a land where the stars were first OBJ
served and their phenomena studied in con-
nection with the affairs of men: where the
priests watched the rising and setting of
sun and stars in temples that were astro-
nomical observatories and were Orientated
to certain astral movements The event Of
greatest Importance in Egypt has always
Deen the annual inundation of the Nile The
whole welfare Of the country has depended
upon TINS event from time immemorial. we
can imagine therefore, how profound would
be the interest manifested in everything as
soclated with it, and especially in the signs
IN the heavens that indicated its approach
me two signs of the zodiac through which
the sun passed at the time of this periodic
flood were Leo and Virgo May we not sup
pose, then, that the woman's head and the
lions body were carved in the rock in the
composite figure of the Sphinx in order to
represent the combination of these two con-
stellatons as perpetual heradic record or
the annual baptism and resuscitation of the
land under the benignant influence of these
suspicious stars?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
Beautifying the Parks.

Park improvement is a. matter that is
likely to be of much interest and impcr-
lance in this city for years to come. The
land already bought for park purposes has
some natural advantages, but is very far
from being in the condition of a pleasure
ground; the same is true of any that is like
ly to be purchased in the future. The i'm
provement of such lands is an art, and
should be intrusted to none but an expert
landscape gardener. The services of such
person may be costly, so far as his remun-
GRAFTON Is concerned, but such expenditure
may well be taken into account in estimat-
ing the total cost Of improvement. A mis-
take made by an inexperienced man in the
beginning in the laying out of the grounds
may, in the end, prove more costly than the
hire of professional gardener. Such an
expert is much more than a mere engineer
with a knowledge Of drainage systems and
the ability to lay out walks and drives. He
must combine the qualifications of the for
mer, the forester and the botanist in addi-
ton to the eye of the artist who has studied
nature until he can initiate her plans. He
will not first proceed to uproot and lay
waste, as is so often the disposition of
those who undertake to beautify grounds.
He will be familiar with the character of
ready growing on the land and with the
soil and other conditions necessary for such
trees and plants as he may wish to intro
duce. He will leave untouched all living
vegetation, especially thickets and shrubs
ard trees, until the plans for the park are
complete in every particular. He will. know
how to prepare, drain and enrich the soil in
order that it may produce strong vegeta-
ton and good turf. He will have the skill
to foresee the effects produced after trees
have grown large, and to group ard plant
accordingly. He must. in short, know
thousand things that can be gained only
after much study. If Indianapolis is to
have parks much money will inevitably be
expended, and pains should be taken to see
that the outlay is wise from the start. Ex-
perts are employed in every line Of business
in these days; our city cannot dispense with
them in this work
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

The greatest firmness is the greatest
mercy.-Longfellow.
Opportunity does great deal that ability
gets the credit for.-Philadelphia Times.
Women sometimes talk in order to attract
attention from what they wear-Feminine
Observer.
If honesty did not exist, we ought to in
vent it as the best means of getting rich.
-Mirabeau.
half hour on any subject, except baseball.
Adams Freeman.
Blessed is the woman who can live with
out style" for she shall be let serenelv
alone.-Detroit Journal
How things changei Once a stamp tax
caused war; now a war causes a stamp
tax.-Topeka State Journal.
There are many ways Of being frivolous
only one of being Intellectually great; that
IS honest labor.-Sidney Smith.
Blessed is the man who likes a cold din
ner on hot day; for his wife will live long
10 cook for him.-Detroit Journal.
1t may seem an easy task to shop. but II
isn't when you have to make one dollar do
the work of five.-Feminine Observer.
1t requires practice to ride in hanson
and not look as though you felt that every-
script.
When a man says that all women are
alike he has had an experience with one Of
them that is no credit to him.-Chicaeo
News
What right have we to pry into the secrets
Of others? True or false, the tale thar is
gabbled to us, what concern is it of ours?
-Bulwer.
Never NEEDLE with man who is rnind,ro
his own business. Don't poke your f1rqar
into a bumble-bees' nest because II ineetSs
quiet on the outsfde.-Puck.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
AN ISLAND EMPIRE.

An English wit once said, apropos of an
Anglo-French alliance. 1.-THE best thing
l know Of between France and Eng
land is the sea-. This is more than
a witticism, for it indicates the
main source of Britain's security and
power. That depends as much on her insu-
lar position as upon her navy. The sea is
Englands best friend in more ways than
one. 1t not only floats her navy but it sep
arates her from her enemies and enables
her to surround herself with a wall of
waters as well as ships. 1.-The royal navy
of England" wrote Blackstone more than
century ago, hath ever been it's greatest
defense and armament; it is it's ancient and
natural strength.-the floating bulwark of
our island" But the ocean itself is more
ancient and natural defense of England
than her navy-an ally which remains true
under all conditions, which costs nothing to
keep in commission, which is always mobil-
lied, whose service is rendered freely,
which is on duty by night and by day the
year round, and which no combination of
enemies or circumstances can ever swerve
from its allegiance. The ocean that sur
rounds England. separating her from other
lands by water passes, every inch of which
she commands, is her best defense Her
and is a tower of strength which Spanish
armadas, French fleets nor the allied pow
ers of Europe can ever overcome.
But if England's insularity is her best
protector what shall be said of the ocean
defense of the United States? If the COM
paratively few miles of English channel and
North sea which separate England from
the European powers are her greatest safe
guard, how much safer is the United States
from foreign enemies with thousands of
miles of dividing waters? If England, whose
shores are washed by one ocean, is proof
against foreign invasion, how much more
so is country which has the whole
width of the Atlantic for an ally on one
side and that of the Pacific on the other?
Geographically speaking our empire is
continental, but in a military sense at
least as far as foreign invasion IS con-
cerned it is insular. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that this war has demonstrated beyond
a doubt that hereafter the United States
need have no fear of invasion by any for
view of the established strength and eff
fectiveness of our navy, the strength of our
coast defenses, the great distance to be
traversed by an expeditionary force, the
enormous requirements of a modern invad-
ing army, the difficulties and cost of trans
portation and the impossibility of landing
troops in the face of determined opposition.
it is entirely safe to say that not single
hostile foreign soldier will ever set foot
within the United States, unless it be as a
prisoner, like the Spaniards, who have re-
Gently landed. Our Imperialism will be that
of a country continental in extent and in
sular in effect, flanked by two oceans and
imnregnable to attack from any quarter.
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the earth on fits axis. keeps 1t In its course
around the sun, and moves II In space WIFI
the solar system. of which the EARN is Dut
an infinitesimal part and which itself IS put
an infnitestimal part Of the universe. At
tempting thus to conceive or the energy o1
the universe, who shall speak with pompouSS
pride of great world-powers among NATIONS
Hundreds Of farms in Germany, according
to Herr F. Koenig, have been doubled in
value by the improvement Of Doggy land
through "moordamm-cultur." The system
consists in drainage by open bitches, which
are four to five yards wide and twenty to
twenty-five yards apart, and the covering
OF the cultivated area by layer OF sano
four to six inches deep. The sand is never
mixed with the moorland, even In ploWlng.
The draining enables the air to penetrate
the raised soil, while the acids are washed
out, and the covering of sand keeps the peat
in a favorable state of decomposition and
moisture. insuring a good supply OF nitro
gen. and also acts mechanically to give
readily grown, with no strict attention to
rotation.
Investigation by DR.. LIE Neve Foster into
an underground fire at the Snaefell lead
mine, Isle of Man, has brought to notice
some interesting facts concerning carbonic
oxide poisoning. This gas though occluded
by certain rocks and minerals, is never
natural constituent of the atmosphere Of
mines, and DR.. Foster satisfied himself that
the twenty victims of this fire were killed
by caHbonic oxide from the burning timber
in the mime. A small fire was found to
give dangerous properties to a startlingly
large volume of air. The burning of
cubic foot Of larch produced enough car
bonic oxide to occupy All cubic feet of
space, and enough noxious gas is contained
in twenty-five cubic feet of timber to give
/ per cent.-sufficient to cause quick in
sensibility and death-all through the mine.
This shows the Importance of using fire
resisting materials for lining the shafts and
roadways of mines. A valuable agent in
restoring still living sufferers from carbonic
oxide is oxygen, and it is recommended
that cylinders of this gas be kept in mining
districts
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PULLMAN PROFITS.
Lesson Drawn from the Immense Dir-
idend to Be Distributed.
San Francisco Chronicle.

san Francisco Chronicle
The travelling public will take a lively in.
tereSt in the special dividend of 500 ner
share which the Pullman Palace Car Com.
pany will add to it's regular uuarterlv A.
vldend OF y. The gross amount is $4,000,
this vast accretion the Pullman Companv
confesseS to having a surplus of $4,000 on
which it proposes to distribute in the form,
or new certificates of stock against an in
creased capitalization.
All this would be a matter of some nrida
to the public, as showing the fine business
conditions of the time. were it not for tbS
fact that three-fifthS of the aggregate earn.
ings of the Pullman Company are in excess
of what it is fairly entitled to for the sery
ices rendered. When a man stops to tSin,-
what it means to collect $3.50 for the pTivi-
lego of lying on shelf, six feet two inches
long and four feet wide, for one night ba
is amazed that States which regulate mas
senger fares on railroads, should permit a
corporation using these roads and, there
FORE the franchises under which thew oper-
ate, to pursue such course of piracy There
are hotels built on costly sites and paving
large taXes-Such, for example, as the Mills
Hotel in New York-which give the guest
a good ROOM with heat, light and service.
for % cents a night. There are more thar
mako charge of so cents. A dollar room is
good enough for any transient traveller
81 one is luxury which may be expected
to have a bath attached and to contain in
fittings, furniture and service many of the
features of a fine private home. Yet for
a nights use of a mere niche. so cramped
that one must dress and undresS while living
down, and so confortless with it's thin mat
tress and its leaden blankets that one may
not sleep save from exhaustion, the Pull
man trust charges $3.50. A dollar would he
quite as much as the accommodations are
worth where the cars are new and up to
date. Half dollar would be too much for
a nights shelfroom in some Of the dirty and
shaky old carryalls that are wearing them
selves and the public out in California
1t would take but five such extra dividends
as the Pullman Company is about TO de-
clare to equal its total capitalization. which
goes to show that the Pullman people have
better thing than did Ali Bahia and his
Forty Thieves. No reasonable man would
however. begrudge their vast profits if they
had earned them. But they do not earn
they eXtort; and as extortionists we do not
see why they should not be curbed by the
same kind of legislation which. in several
States. has compelled the railroads to make
a fair rate of TRANSFORMATION.
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plies with this: Because Hoo Ra In .
tongue OF the Rameses) means the t, sne
the king! the king!'" Well THIS NAV iigl
but there are other alleged origins. an9 De De.
of them Is Sanserit; another is Nors one
that represents the word as probahIv = Sc Sc
ruption of ''Tur Aie!" translated .'cr1 Sor.
Aid!' battle cry: the philologists n aori
monty trace 1t to the middle high Ger TOin-
"hurren.' that is the suggestion Of ian ttn
Century dictionary. Hurren is one of mans 1le
words like hurry, whir, whirl etc Trbsnyy
signify hasty and disturbed motion ana ii e
the Morse and Teuton languages have t fba al
In fact, 1t is an onomatopoetic word p,,;
the most romantic derivation is froISs
''Haroi" the cry of the Mortimer who I'm I'm
aged the seas and the coasts and iny,aSlvss
England under William the Norman SIee
the battle cry, which was heard AT HIN I'm
ings. "Ha Ro!' was an abbreviationr' ~
''Ha! Rolio!' the name of the great No~,pDf
man who conquered Normandy, and foI In m
the ancestor of the Conqueror. This is tSs
real origin Of ''Hurrah!" which. whata,ass
it's linguistic derivation and RELATIONSHIPS
was first used in its character of a ponniaS..
cry in England and went back to Germ 5,e,a :,
and into France, in which latter lane1aess
1t is spelled ''hourra." The popular pronu53
citation is always Murray and the ' nro-
nunciation of 'huzza," a kindred cry. Ia
"huzZay" -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

The citizens Of Cincinnati are making ar
rangements to excel every other city that
has entertained the National Encampment
of the Grand Army. Among other things
it is proposed to have an entertainment
every day and every night for a week. To
every man and his wife who presents evil
dence that the man is a member of the
Grand Army. book of passes to all the
theaters, gardens and special entertain
ments viii be given. containing coupons
which will take them once to every show.
The coupons have been so arranged in se-
ries that only a given number will be adj
mitted at a given entertainment. This is to
prevent crowding and going more than once
to the more popular resorts. Most extensive
arrangements have been made to care for
the rank and file of the Grand Army. Gin
cinnati is said to be putting It's hand down
deep into its money pocket because its citi-
zens have come to suspect that the Grand
Army has got the Impression that the city
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
BENJAMIN West.
Philadelphia Record.


Benjamin West, a tablet to whose memory
was unveiled at his birthplace, near Swarth-
more, last Thursday, was an English rather
than an American painter, despite the fact
that he first saw the light in the new world
Made much Of by George III, and sue
ceeding Sir Joshua Reynolds as the
president of the Royal Academy, he was
one of the most celebrated artists Of his
day. Now we find his work conventional
and tame, valuable chiefly as illustrating
the art of the last century. Vests parents
came of good old Quaker stock, and the
lad, born Oct. 10, 1898. early developed a
taste for the fine arts. BY the time he
delphia as a full-fedged portrait painter.
In 100 he journeyed to Italy and shortly
after took up his abode in England. There
his fortune was soon made. George III
took him under his special patronage and
commissions flowed in upon him from all
quarters.
West fondly imagined that the huge can
vases he covered with religious and historic
subjects resembled those of the old mas
tiers, whereas the likeness existed only In
the matter of size. Still he was the fash
ion and chorus of praise was chanted by
the critics in his honor. OF his Death
on the Pale Horse" now owned by the
pennsylvania. Academy Of the Fine Arts,
washington Allston wrote: mo fancy could
nave better conceived and no pencil more
happily embodied the visions of sublimity
than his has in his inimitable picture from
revelation. It's subject is the opening OF
the seven seals, and a more sublime and
aWful picture l never beheld. 1t is i'm
possible 10 conceive anything more horrible
than Death on the white horse, and | am
certain no painter has exceeded Mr.. West
in the fiery horror and despair which he has
represented in the surrounding figures"
West was one of the earliest members OF
the Royal Academy, and he held the office
of president of that association for twenty
eight years. He died in 1890 in his eighty
second year and was buried in ST. Pauls.
In addition to the death on the Pale
Horse the academy owns the paul and
Barnabus" and Christ Rejected" The
latter, considered the artists masterpiece.
year. West was the master of John Trum-
bull. the military painter of Revolutionary
fame.
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The Banjo in the Army.

Musical Age.
"A correspondent writes TO us from Tampa,
Fla, as follows: You will never be able
TO appreciate what godsend to the human
race the banjo is until you come DOWN here
and, strolling out of an evening, hear tho
hundreds of them being played in the camp
AS kipiing says in his poem on this instru-
ment:
You couldn't pack a BroaJwood half
mile
You mustn't leave a fiddle in the damp
You couldn't raft an organ up the Nile
And play it in an equatorial swamp
You cannot conceive what a blessing his
little half-musical Instrument IS 10 the SOL
diers. The day Is full of activity for them,
put In the evening there is nothing 10 do,
and in the halfway tide of friendship there
IS little pleasure in conversattca. lsa5 wien
nve hundred banjos play Home Sweet
Home all together. the CT lsing of tire
frogs sounding dreamily and comfortably
through the interludes. you begin to feel
very emotional. and to appreciate that tnc-
ltion is fine thing now and then an I irht
the banjo is very much misunderstood in
strument.
In the silence In the camp before the nght.
When us hsod to make your VIII AMI say
You can can hear my strumpty-tumpty Ovsr
ExplaaRba8 tsn to one WAS always fair
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

has been reluctant to undertake the enter
tainment OF that extensive organization,
and now 1t is proposed to show that no city
has surpassed Cincinnati. COMMANDMENT
chief Goblin, being in command Of brigade
which may see active service should the
war continue may not preside over the en-
campment. 1t is remarkable that only one
city is asking for the next encampment,
and that is Richmond, Va, and also that
thus far but one man is an aspirant for the
position of commander-in-chief and he has
not even the nominal Endorsement Of his de-
partment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

The attention Of people who think they
can eliminate politics from the management
Of schools by putting the appointment of
the commissioners in the hands of the
mayor Is invited to the situation in Chi
cago. Mr. Lane, who had been school gu
perintendent there for some years, was not
in political harmony with the mayor. Ac-
cordingly, that gentleman decided to turn
him down" and to that end recently made
several appointments on the board which
would insure the election Of another man
to wit, DR.. Andrews. the 16rto-1 president Of
Brown University. Mr.. Lane had been a
good superintendent and DR.. Andrews
knows nothing about the management Of
public schools. but politics demanded the
change and got it. 1t could hardly be worse
had the commissioners been elected directly
by the people,,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
LITERARY NOTES.

Thomas Hardy is preparing another COL
lection of short stories
new book by Mr. Rudyard Kipling will
be ready for publication in the autumn.
John Kendrick Bangs has succeeded Lau-
renee Hutton as book reviewer for Harper's
Magazine.
Few authors have ever attained the rank
of classic so quickly as Stevenson. A
Stevenson Reader for school use is being
complied by Lloyd Osbourne, the noveiist's
stepson, who is staying in London. A critic
gays II IS not the kindest service that cali
be done an author but there Is no danger
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

Watts-I am strictly in favor of allowing
the Philippine natives to govern their own
country.
Potts-They say there IL lots Of gold in
the islands.
"Whatp'
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!ringfeld Republican

The origin Of 'Hurrah." as the eianuIa-
ton OF popular enthusiasm is once hgaIn
~ ulscusslon-a wanton Egyptologist/ hav-
pragnatic assertion that there car 5ba M NJ
DOUBT that the ancient Egyptian soldiers
Hoo RAJ Hoo RIA! Hoo Raj" ana ~ ~
4verage questioning man asks whv tl,e
Egyptoiogist, whose name Il epraflsx
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The less we have to do with the Spanish
in a diplomatic way the better. Besides be-
Ing utterly insincere and INSCRIPTIONS they
are trained in all the arts of diplomacy.
while we are not. Such people are best
negotiated with from behind shotted guns.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

What will New York reporters do now
that the signal service man, Familiarity
known as Farmer Dunn" has got mad and
resigned. When news was hard to find the
reporters could always count upon Dunn for
something to put in, though perhaps not to
fill, an empty column. However, they have
the consolation of knowing that though
Dunn has quit the weather will go right on
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

ccTe ed on the last day Of the session that
the United States flag behind the speak
er's desk had not the full number OF stars.
ana . resolution was introduced directing
he clerk Of the House to procure en- up-to-
date nag. This should put patriotic Ameri-
cans "a their guard to see that none but
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17

The privilege of entering the Senate
chamber and House of Representatives is
granted specifically to the officers of the
army and navy who have received the
thanks OF Congress. But perhaps Dewey,
Hobson and the rest will not regard it as
such a tremendous privilege after all