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material into products OF much value where
durability impermeabiIity and great cleo
trical resistance are important.
Artificial silk manufacture has made rapid
progress, three successful kinds having been
described the CHER day by Professor Hum
mel in technical lecture at Leeds. The
first is made from collodion, or gun cotton
dissolved in alcohol and ether, which is
forced through fine capillary tubes and dried.
Inhammability is removed by special treat
ment. Though the fiber has high luster, it
is lacking in strength and elasticity. and is
not readily dyed, yet it is being extensively
manufactured in France and Italy. Van
duara is q cheaper artificial silk, made
from glue or gelatine. The solution exudes
is fine threads from a series of nipples, and
these are dried on a travelling band and
wound on a large bobbin. The machines
hours to produce 10000 yards of thread,
equivalent to the yield of $4,000 cocoons.
The thread is made waterproof by fornalde-
hyde, is dyed readily, and is useful for mix
ture with other fibers, but is itself deficient
in strength. A cheap and strong artificial
SILK IS made from 'mercerized" cotton, or
cotton treated with strong cauStic soda. This
product is stronger than the original fiber,
with greater affinity for coloring matters,
but hitherto has failed on account of shrink
age. This defect having been completely re-
moved by mercerizing" the cotton fabric
under high tension, the material is now be-
ing made in large quantities.
becquerelS discovery or the Photographic
action Of uranium in the dark has been
followed by some interesting experiments
whose results were described by DR.. w. ].
Russell at a late meeting of the Royal Pho
tographic Society. It appears that all urani-
urn salts have this property, not only as SOL
ids, but also in solution, and that the sub
stances are quite as active after being kept
two years in the dark as at first Other ma
terials affect the sensitive plate, with the
striking difference, however, that their ac-
place through glass. Printing ink acts upon
the plate, not only when in contact, but also
at distance, and the property is long
tanned, as was demonstrated by reprOduc-
ing pages from books printed in 1905 and
1641. The effects of different printing inks
drying oil contained Other vegetable oils
have a like action, animal oils slighter eff
feet, and mineral oils quite inactive.
Turpentine and the turpeneS, as well as all
the essential oils of commerce, which con-
tain turpenes are active. Alcohol and ether.
q means of testing their purity. Deal,
spruce oak and mahogany give sharp and
accurate impressions of their grain, even
after they have been dried for scores of
years. Magnesium is the most active of the
metals, being followed in order by cadmium,
cobalt and anthony. Pure mercury is in
active, although so slight an impurity of
zine as 1900 of l per cent. makes it exceed
ingly active. DIR. Russell is inclined to favor
the theory that these effects are due to
peroxide of hydrogen, and shows that at all
ent with solution of one part in five mil
lion of water
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The Indianian, a little monthly magazine
published in this city, is doing good work
in encouraging the systematic study of
State and local history in the public schools.
A series Of historical questions are printed
III each issue for the use of teachers, and
prizes are offered for correct answers. Pa
pers on historical subjects appear in each
number, and puzzling questions are an
swered. 1t is a very commendable under
taking. Children are apt to grow up know
ing too little of the history of the country
in which they live, and in Indiana there is
large field of local lore yet unworked. An
investigation and classification of such facts
and traditions of practical benefit to the
State and a plan for stimulating such work
should meet general approval. AN outline
for beginning study in local history is
given in the current number of the Indi-
anian.
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ending its rule to the uttermost parts Of

tending its rule to the uttermost parts Of
the earth.
Colonel Roosevelt presents phase of ex-
pansion. as it is called, that is somewhat
new. The extension of power, the raising
of the national flag. which has caused many
to be vainglorious in the manifestation and
assertion of physical supremacy, is not
the reason that makes him an expansion
list. He is an expansionist because he be-
lieves that it is the duty of those who pos
sess civilization to extend it to the worlds
waste places, because it is for the interests
of mankind to have 1.-THE higher supplant
the lower life" 1t is no more deliverance
from the tyranny of Spain that Cuba needed
than higher civilization. TO have driven
Spain from the island and then left it's peo-
pie who have no adequate idea Of free gov
eminent and who are burdened with pow
erty and broken with starvation, to them
selves would have been doubtful service
on the part Of the United States. The work
that must follow has been begun at San
tiago by General Wood. 1t is the task of
teaching the people civil government and
the value of civilization which elevates
people. General WOOQ Is QOlnS a great
work in eastern Cuba. What he is doing
there others can do in the rest of the ISL
and. The same beneficent work must be.
taken up in Porto Rico whose people are
bodily stunted and feeble because of made
quate nutrition, which Spanish exaction has
prevented them from getting. In the Phil
ippines the same policy of teaching civiliza-
ton must be adopted The people may never
attain the stage which we have reached
but their condition can be vastly improved.
Nor is it a question of self-government
at the outset. There can be no question
about the consent of the governed. 1t
is question of civiizing, because civiliza-
ton has bettered every people that has been
touched by it.
While it cannot be said that the method
or policy outlined by Colonel Roosevelt is
novel, he has put it before the people in
a forceful manner, which will attract wide
attention and create a contempt for the
fears and narrow objections of those
who are the leading opponents of non~
participation in the worlds work of extend
ing civilization.
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TO EXTEND CIVILIZATION.


At the dinner of the, New England Society
welt began what the Brooklyn Eagle calls
the principal speech of the occasion with
the following sentences:
AS the years go by, this nation will real
lze more and more that the year that has
just passed has given to every American
the right to hold his head higher as a citi-
zen of the great Republic which has taken q
long stride forward toward its proper place
among the nations of the world. I have
scant sympathy with that mock humani-
tarianism, a mock humanitarianism which
is more alien to the spirit of true religion
than 1t is to the true spirit of civilization
which would prevent great, free, liberty
and order loving race of the earth from do
because there must neds be some rough sur
gerry at the outset. l do not speak simply
of my own country. i hold that through
out the world every man who strives 10 be
both efficient and moral, and neither quail
ity is worth anything without the other
that every man should realize that it is for
the interests of mankind to have civiliza-
ton go forward. for the interests Of man
kind to have the higher supplant the lower
life. Small indeed is my sympathy with
those people who bemoan the fact, some
form of verse that the champions of civili-
alton and of righteousness have overcome
the champions of harbarism and all the
champions of .outworn tyranny, whether
the conflict be fought by the Russian ruler
of civilization in Turkestan, by the English
champion of the higher life in the Eastern
world. or by the men who upheld the stars
and stripes as they freed the people of the
tropic islands of the sea from the medieval
tyranny of Spain.
This is a doctrine which the most CT us
would have denounced as heresy a year ago,
and it requires time for many of us to
break away from the policies and traditions
of a century. There is abundant evidence,
however that those who approve the senti-
ments of Colonel Roosevelt, which the New
Englanders in Brooklyn punctured with APP
plause, are rapidly increasing in number.
This change is due quite as much TO the
resentment of the real American TO tho pre-
dictions of such pessimists as Schurz, Car
negie, Edward Atkinson and senator Vest
that the Republic has not the stamina to
enable it to retain its vigor and at
the Same time teach the people of
the islands we have wrested from
Spain better civilization. as to the views
of men like Colonel Roosevelt. The real
American believes that this Nation has tire
ability to do in t-uEs. and the Philippines
what England has done in the East, with
out bringing degeneracy ami destruction to
the Republic and its institutions The Amer
lean people arc not infecscd with the tinlid-
ity of those who use the wori imperialism.
Militarism and the "maa IN lorses.ack''
have ceased TO be respectable hugbc;,rs. 1he
American people rsse II all sLch lnsiaIlations
and assumptions Of weakness. They know
that all the great reforms in local govern
nsent in Great Britain have taken place
since that nation has been engaged in ex-
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

The Baroness Burdett- Coutts is said to be
worth about 100000. and her income is
set down as being close upon EGO a day.
II am famous at last" said Senator Lodge
the other day. II have achieved the distinc-
ton of seeing my name on a magazine
poster"
1t is said that when Cornelius Bliss was a
small schoolboy his teacher asked him if
Jerusalem was a common or proper noun.
Neither" replied the little pupil. its an
ejaculation"
George Bartle, clerk in the Department.
of State, in Washington. has been continu-
ously in the public service for fifty-four
years having been appointed an assistant
messenger by President Polk in 1916.
Two of the most famous living Scotsmen
are cripples-Lord Kelvin who is the great
est living Scottish scientist, and DIR. James
Nacgregor, OF Edinburgh who is said to be
the greatest living Scottish preacher
1t is said that Mr.. Anthony Hope was
much struck by the fact that George Alex
ander and +. A. Sothern. actors. had made
enough money out OF the lramatixed form
Of THE Prisoner Of ZeEida to live in a
luxurious manner He determined 10 become
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The Journal wishes a merry Christmas
and happy one to its patrons and readers,
friends and enemies. Christmas is a good
time to bury hatchets and grudges. They
can be dug up later if necessity requires.
but they should be given rest, at least on
Christmas day. Dickens, in his Christ
mas Carol after a jug full of hot stuff''
has been passed around and the family
glasses f1lled-'two tumblers and a custard
cup without hande"-makes Bob Cratchit
propose: "A merry Christmas to us all, my
dears! God bless us" which all the family
re-echoed. God bless US every one said
Tiny Tim, the last of ALL And so the Jour-
nal, scattering it's benediction as far and
wide as it can. would say, God bless US
every oneu"
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his own dramatist after seeing what profits
had become possible by presenting the story
of a successful book on the stage. 1t Is now
said the financial side of his work is a most
attractive one to Mr.. Hope.
1t is told Of the late General Garcia that
on a rough road near Holguin he and some
of his troops overlook an old woman bear
ing on her head heavy load of wood Gar
cia dismounted. took the burden, gave It to
two of his soldiers and put the woman on
his horse. which he ordered another Of his
men to lead.
A recent visitor to Mr.. Ruskin at Brant-
wood describes him as in good health, ready
and even eager to listen, but extremely ST
lent and uncommunicat tive: He still bright
Alps. "Once get the MASTER said his at
tendaut, Ito be interested in an Alp, and he
is h III again.
G essman ]. l.. Barnett, of Alabama.
WI stature by the way, is almost as
sn as Senator Simons. is called, for no
apparent reason. 1.-THE Jack of Spades" In
one of his early cases he arose behind a
huge railing to make motion, when the
judge said: Mr.. Barnett, it is the custom
for lawyers to rise while addressing this
court"
Colonel Roosevelt says this about boxing:
when 1 was in Harvard and spared for
the championship, / suffered heavier pun
ishmcnt than any man there did, and
have been knocked out at polo twice for a
ten times longer period than Choynsd was
knocked out for. don't care much for pro-
fessionaI sport of any kind, but thorough
ly believe in boxing, exactly as l believe
in football and other rough, manly games.
cent people should ever allow the hard
hitting game qualities which make man
q man 70 be monopolized, by the men who
don't believe in decency.
Rudyard Kipling has again been en-
trapped by witty interviewer. The funny
part of the story is that Kipling did not
know he was being interviewed. He uncon-
sciously told how his great "Recessionar'
was written. THAT poem" said Kipling.
gave me more trouble than anything I
ever wrote I had promised the Times
poem the jubilee, and when it became
due had written nothing that satisfied me.
The Times began to want that poem badly,
and sent letter after letter asking for il.
made many more attempts, but no further
progress. Finally the Times began sending
kilograms. So l shut myself in my room,
with a determination to stay there until [
had written jubilee poem. Sitting down
with ali my previous attempts before me, I
searched through those dozen of sketches
till at last I found just one | liked That
the 'RecessionaP was written And when
he finished that poem his masterpiece
before him.
So often the doing of Gods will
Our foolish will undoeth!
And yet what idle dream breaks i'll
Which morning light subdueth.
And who would murmur or misdoubt,
When Gods great sunrise finds him outR
Mrs. Browning.
God bless the master of this house.
Likewise the mistress. too,
And all the little children
That round the table go
And all your kin and kinsfok.
That dwell both far and near;
I wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year!
Old Carol
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time report the delinquencies of which he
complained. 1t is further asserted that the
heads of the staff corps will controvert
many of his statements. There is reason to
believe that the adjutant general of the
army is responsible for much of the bitter
ness When General Grant was in command
of all the armies in the field the heads of all
the departments of supply were in his
hands, while the War Department. under
Stanton, put forth its energies to furnish
troops and supplies. 1t was a great system.
1t should be renewed. The secretary of war,
usually a civilian. cannot suddenly be sup
piled with the capacity to plan campaigns.
The energies of his department should be
directed to the general administration of its
affairs, leaving the campaigns and troops
to the direction of the commanding general
and his subordnates.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND LAW.


The Christian science 'healer" who was in
was afterward brought before an English
court on the charge of having caused his
DEATH was defended on grounds that may be
of interest to the medical fraternity here,
which is trying to secure more stringent
legislation in regard to irregular practi-
TONERS. The lawyer. speaking in behalf of
the accused, said that in common law it was
very doubtful as to whether one was bound
to call in medical aid. The defendant, he
people who were conscientious in their be-
lief I'm America he added, Christian
scientists have over million followers and
many churches, and the belief in Christian
science had spread very rapidly in England
The Americans, as every one knew, were 70
fools. The prosecution called their belief
crankism. Christian scientists called it a
creed, and they had every right to their
opinions. But let US look at ourselves" con-
tinued the speaker. I'VE who call ourselves
Christians; we, with our religion and diff
ferences of opinion on points of doctrine are
agreed upon one doctrine, and that is the
doctrine of the collection plate. So. let us
be charitable There is nothing whatever
extraordinary in Mrs Mills or any other of
the healers, or those who profess to be fol-
lowers of her creed, taking a guinea week
as payment for what they do 1T is nothing
more than the Christians themselves strug-
gle to do in their churches
The court did not specifically accept or APP
prove of these arguments, but practically
did so by declining to set the case for trial.
If the law does not require that medical aid
shall be called in. the natural inference is
that when one does cali It he has the right
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Alleged Experience of PennsyIVa-
MIA Hunter with a Bear.
Bellefonte (Pa.) Special.

Bellefonte (Pa.) Special.
J. M Wingate. a young sportsman or
Green Brier had novel yet t thrIill d,, eH IN
the neighborhood Of the Bear Meadows
Wingate and several others were camping
in that locality hunting deer. ON TUESDAY,
after standing on d crossing all day with
out seeing any game, Wlngate started LOT
camp about o'clock. He was following
trail from the top of the ridge to the lower
lands, when suddenly he stepped In q bear
trap, hidden beneath a covering OK leaves,
and the ponderous steel claws crasheu s sliue
on Wingate's right ankle, tearing the faSh
badly but without breaking the bone Inc
shock and sudden pain caused the man TO
swoon. When he came to his senses ne was
Mortified to see, not twenty feet away;
monster she bear sitting on her haunchcS
and curiously handling the hunters gun.
Wingate attempted to free himseH from
the tran but the springs were so powerful
he could not bulge them, ana, IN auallo,li
every move of his was watched Dy tne 0Iu
bear in such a threatening manner ina, no
hunter feared every moment he would be
attacked Wingate made a spring ana was
up a tree ten feet before the bear realzed
eroWl she plunged for the man. The Dlood
of Wingate's ankle trickled down the Tree
trunk, and this saved ms IRE. LnJ oiu nb;cb
licked the blood from the tree trunk WhiG G'
being a barked slippery elm, nectnle "a, az stP5
pery as glass, and when bruin Hhdlly ulSu
10 climb it she could not.
Tn the hears rage and fury she worked SO
hafd that the tree trunk was coNeIeu WIZ
q lather, which was flnaily coated on uae
hears body and in half an hour she was
so exhausted and SO covered with the elm
Iather that she rolled over and could not re-
gain her feet Wingate, seeing the bear
dilemma. slid down the tree. and by lying
full length was able to reach his gun, when
II was out the work OF minute TO seno d
bullet from the 45-caliber Winchester into
bruins brain. The bear having been killed,
VTingate tried to release himself. FOR az
ieast .. half hour he pounded the trap with
stones in an attempt TO break it, and when
more dead than alive the pounding was
heard by several of his companions, VIZ
went 10 the mans rescue. When released
from the trap Wingate had to be carried
into camp though his injuries are not IT,
garded as very serious. The pear ~
dragged in. and when dressed weighed -
pounds. the largest bear killed IN thess
rarts thus far this season.
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AS far as appears from the summary of
the two army bills reported by the House
committee on military affairs, both are de-
fective in that they make no provision for
training officers for the increased army. The
weak point in a volunteer army is the lack
of military education, training and expert
ence in its officers. A regular army largely
made up of new recruits would have the
same defect unless supplied with trained
officers. If the army is to be increased at
all provision should be made for increasing
he number Of trained officers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-25

The reports from General Otis, in Manila,
of the situation there show that he is bring
ing about the good results in that city which
General Wood has secured in Santiago The
city is quiet, the natives are. coming in be-
cause of the protection afforded, and the
general conditions are greatly improved-all
of which goes to show that when protection
Is given the people and the local courts are
sustained in enforcing the laws, it is not
difficult for American soldiers to give the
people better government than they ever
knew and that they appreciate it.
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In New York the officers of the New Eng
Land Society were careful to make it clear
that they did not confound the Pilgrim who
landed at Plymouth, Mass, Dec. p. 1920,
with the Puritan. The president Of the as
ISOLATION, at the dinner addressed those
present as acknowledgment and the more
careful speakers used that designation. The
Puritans came later to the larger part of
New England, and by numbers over
Swallowed and finally swallowed up the Ply
mouth colony but those who formed that
colony called themselves Pilgrims
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"ENGLIsH as SHE IS sPOKE."
Some Mrs. sInIaprOps VIII" Travel I'm
the Nations Capital.

washington Post.
There was tall young woman at that
same florists, u selt-possessed young per-
son, with that sublime air of unquestioned
omniscience which the diploma OF small
institution of learning alone can confer. l
emphasize the small, for the big UNIVERSE
ties do not confer omniscience. They go
further and teach their graduates what
Socrates in his wisest moment discovered
that they know nothing. Anyway, this
young woman knew 1t all and the timid,
shrinking little elderly woman with her
sOh, Jennie" the little woman said,
'ain't those chrysanthemums just lovely?'
Jennie looked vexed. but she corrected tho
plural with kind condascension.
Yes, mother" she made answer, these
chrysanthema are remarkably line.
That word condeScension reminds me
of a conversation ] overheard the other day
between two worthy danes at table in a
little restaurant in f street where shoppers
most do congregate at luncheon time. They
were eating mince pie and talking OF OLD
world ariStocracy.
of people," said the one, why. they're too
stuck up to live. They just marry these
wealthy American girls for their money,
that's all. They don't think we're near as
good they are
u know it," answered the other, gulping
down a mouthful of the coffee for which
the place is famous ~ know it. They
think-well they think it. the greatest con-
densation on their part to marry an Amer
ican-the greatest condensation.
The English of those two women. by the
way throughout their entire conversation
was pictureSquely interesting III the eA-
IRENE. Two words that the elder of them,
an Illinoisan, l guess from her accent uSeo,
appealed to me as unusually expressive and
perfectly new to me, though doubtless they
are defined at length in some of the appal-
ling exhaustive dictionaries. They had
a great deal to say Of the housekeeping or
certain Sally, surname to me unknown.
Evidently Sally was somewhat or STAT
tern. -
my landv' said the elder woman, Il
went there to supper once and wish you
could have seen the pudding Sally put on
the table 1t was q perfect loblolly and
nothing else She always was just to som-
nicky to live, anyway.
it seems to me word so wondrous clear IN
its meaning that it doesn't require d deti-
milton.