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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-03
sHREDs AND PATCHES,

The cutest baby sayings come from the
brightest mothers.-The Bachelor.
Censure is the tax a man pays to the
public for being eminent.-Swift
Many failure is calvary road to a
resurrection success.-Ram's Horn.
Experience teaches people lots of things
they would rather not know.-Chicago
A man doesn't often get away after his
engagement is Announced. "-Atchison
try is drifting into arnica, but they shouId
Budget. eue
II the war keeps up much longer the news
boys will have voices like preachers.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The LATEST way to win a girl is To nav
plenty of attention to her mother.-New
Providence has given us hope and slean
as compensation for the many cares of
life.-Voltaire. VI
A bright future cannot be depended unon
unless fellow keeps crowding the clo,,as
Dack.-Denver Times.
Down where they hang their clothes -,
the equator they don't produce our kind 81
folks.-Bede's Budget. "-iiu VI
We are well aware death is anpl,p, 60
us. yet we swallow his sweet hate 49,
rush.-Bostcn Transcript vain
Though great man may, by rare nos.,
bility. be an inhdel. vet an intellect af =.
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A SKETCH OF MRS. LOWE.
The New President of the Federation
of WOmen's Clubs.
New York Tribune.


The election of Mrs. Rebecca Douglas
Lowe, of Atlanta, to the presidency of the
Federation of Womens Clubs, at Denver,
yesterday Is striking proof of the en-
Lowe is woman of wealth and society,
personally charming and brilliant in CONVEX
Satlon, and is the mistress of one of the
most palatial homes in the South. Until
three years ago she had never been identi-
fed with any organization of women, and
at the Atlanta exposition where the ac-
tivity of Southern women had its birth, she
took no part. Nearly all the leading women
of Atlanta excepting herself were members
of the womans board of the exposition
Soon after the exposition closed in 1885
she, with number Of other socially prom
lnent and Intellectually distinguished women
Of the city of Atlanta, including Mrs. John
King Otley, the wife of Chief Justic James
Jackson;, Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of Gov
ernor Atkinson; and Mrs. Charles A. Read
formed the Atlanta Woman's Club. The
club idea was awakened and a wonderful
impetus was given to it. Hundreds of bright
women became members, and the club es-
tabliShed itself in elegant quarters in the
Grand Opera House building. 1t became the
nucleus of a state organization, which now
includes over hundred clubs. The interest
the women take in the club work is a
ans clubs are new. Mrs. Lowe was made
president of the state organization. and
gave literally of her means. and of her
efforts to the success of the movement.
She has all along kept in close touch with
the most advanced thought in the fedora
ton, and is a warm personal friend of Mrs.
been the life Of the work. 1t has been said
that she cares nothing for advancement in
the federation, but has been pushed for
ward by those who recognize the value of
her leadership.
Mrs. Lowe is the wife of William B. Lowe
who is one of the largest railroad and brick
contl actors of the South. He is self-made
man. and has made fortune out of his
enterprises. He has been in enforced re-
tirement for over five years, being prac-
tically an invalid. Last year he went abroad
with Mrs. Lowe, and spent several months
in Germany for his health.
Mrs. Lowe resides in a magnificent home,
IN Peachtree street Atlanta. Living with
her is her only daughter. Mrs. James w.
English jr.. who, previous to her marriage
two years ago, was Southern belle. Mrs.
loves only son, w. b. Lowe. jr., is en-
gagged in mining enterprises in Colorado.
Mrs. Lowe is a keen student of society, and
Is engaged in the preparation Of a society
novel, which she will shortly publish.
Before her marriage Mrs Lowe was Miss
Rebecca Douglas, and she is descended
from one of the most distinguished families
in the South
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highest order must build upon Christianity
DE Quincy.
81 regard a sense of humor as one Of the
most precious gifts that can be vouchsafed
to a human being. Henry Labouchere.
Earth has no richer JOY than that which
comes when we find dollar in the pocket
of last years frock.-Feminine Observer.
"a synonym" said the girl, lis the word
YOU use when you can't think how to spell
the other word. New York Evening Sun.
What we learn with our sweat and our
blood is worth our ink.-Boston Transcript.
There are still those who think this coun-
The mosquito is the only living thing that
has nerve enough to send a bill into a man
who doesn't owe it a cent.-Atlanta Journal.
Wherever you find patience. fidelity.
honor kindness, truth there you find re-
spectability, however obscure and lonely
men may bell. w. Beecher
Why is it every dessert that you wish to
make requires eight eggs when there are
only three in the house and the day is Sun
day?-Feminine Observer
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SCIENTIFIC.

The paper church at Bergen, Norway,
is made waterproof by coating of quick
lime, curdled milk and white of egg
The precise length of the mile of the an
cient Romans has been investigated by
Senior, Antonio Blazquez, who finds it to
have been the same as the Arab mile-1 672
metres-although it has been hitherto rated
at 1,4S1 metres.
Krypton, the newly-discovered fifth eie-
ment in the air. is supposed to be somewhat
greater in density than oxygen, and to con-
The sixth constituent, now Suspected to ex-
ist, is believed to be, like helium, lighter
than nitrogen.
The largest camera in the world shown
at the international Photographic Exhibi-
ton in London, is feet high, u feet long
when fully extended and takes a plate of
5X4 feet. plate-holder in the middle of
the body, to accommodate short-focus
lenses, forms room 7x7x3 feet, in which
the exposure may be watched.
Artificial teeth that have become firmly
implanted in the jaws of dogs and men have
been made by DR.. Zamesky from gutta
percha, porcelain or metal. Holes are made
in the base of the tooth, which is then
placed in cavity formed in the Jaw. and in
a short time soft, granulated growth en-
hardening-firmly holds it in place
The production of fog by ultraviolet light
formed striking experiment by Mr.. C. T.
r. Wilson at the last soiree of the London
Royal Society. The beam from an arc lamp
was focused in a tube of moist dustless air
ana In rev minutes blue fog was seen
In the illuminated cone. On cutting off the
ultraviolet rays, by a sheet of mica, no fog
appeared. This suggests that the small par
tlcies giving rise to the blue of the sky are
produced by the ultraviolet rays of sun
light absorbed in the upper layers of the at
mospherc.
The drinking of pure water by some spe-
cies of butterflies is carried to such excess
that Mr. J. w Tut, an English entomolo-
gist suggests that it may have literally be-
come vice: 1t appears to be certain that
they drink infinitely more fhan Il ra|,Ir4
Dy their tissues under any possible condi-
tons. and specimens have been observed
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


The full name and title of the Spanish
admiral at Santiago is Pascuele de Ger
vera Tarpte, Condo de Jerez, Marquis de
Santa Ana.
The recent death Of Ii Hung Changs
father-in-law, General Yang, recalls the fact
that that official was condemned to death
some years ago for peculation on a large
scale.
Frau Lili Lehman, who retired for a
while from the stage on account of illness.
has reappeared in the great Wagnerian
roles in Vienna, and her powers are said to
be almost fully restored.
On one occasion when Mrs Gladstone gave
a dance the guests were surprised to notice
as the evening went on that the masculine
or, at all events, the bachelor-portion of the
community was conspicuous by its absence.
"Oh, deari" exclaimed Mrs. Gladstone, Il
quite forgot to send out the mems invita-
tons; they are all in bag under the Sofa
Prince Henry of Prussia has received a
number of valuable presents from several
Chinese magnates, including a sceptre of
dark-colored jasper about 1000 years old
over a. oozen pieces of porcelain more than
1000 years old, and several antique orna-
ments of gold or white jade. The total va
lue of the presents the Prince has received
is said to exceed 10000.
Charles r. Henderson, the newly elected
president of the National Conference of
Charities and Correction, is an Indiana man.
His father was born at Corydon Professor
Henderson was born at Covington, Fountain
county, prepared for college at Lafayette
and afterwards spent ten years as pastor of
one of the churches at Terre Haute. He at
present occupies the chair of sociology in
the University of Chicago.
There is much to be learned about Ameri-
can customs and characteristics from the
Spanish newspapers. One of them, published
in Barcelona, says: '"The average height
among the Americans is feet 2, and they
have never produced an athlete. This is due
to their living almost entirely upon vegeta-
bleS they ship all their beef out of the
country, SO eager are they to make money.
There is no doubt that one full-grOWn
Spaniard can defeat any three men in
America
Mr.. Norman, correspondent of the London
Cronicle, has recently purchased a farm in
Hampshire, and is fitting it out with Aneri-
can agricultural implements. He is aston
ished and delighted with our inventions in
this line Not only articles for use on the
English journalist, but those intended for
household use as well. He says that we
ever seen in his life, and it is as much as he
can do to keep from buying every new
thing that he sees.
The mysteries of palmistry
l cannot understand;
Yet when man and maiden shy
Go driving meath the summer sky
l then foretell a marriage by
The lines within her hand.
Brooklyn Life.
De good Lawd hide me out er sight
Fer .dey got ship thows dynamite
En- blows you up lax a streak er light:
En- de war won't end in de mawnin'!
De good Lawd keep me day en- night
rum de ship dat come wild de dynamite.
or III go ter glory on a streak er light.
I'm de war won't end in de mawnin'!
Atlanta Constitution.
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as in any other corporation. the directors or
trustees must derive their authority from
the majority.
Applying these general principles to par
ticular cases it follows that majority of
the American people have a right to extend
their government over the inhabitants of
any territory that may come under their
control without asking the consent of such
inhabitants. and enforce the Constitution
and laws of the United States to any ex-
tent deemed necessary for the promotion of
the general welfare and the greatest good
Of the greatest number. The consent of all
the governed has never yet been given to
any government, and never will be till the
arrival of the millennium, when, according
to the theory regarding that condition,
there will no longer be necessity for gov
eminent Of any kind.
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HEROES IN THE HOLD.
Unsurpassed Bravery of the StOkeE
and the Man at the Throttle.

Baltimore Herald.
While we are showering unlimited praises
on the gallant men who stood on the bridge
of the fated Merrimac, and on his COM
panons who were at their perilous posts OF
duty on the upper deck on that memorable
morning i'm Santiago harbor let us not for
get the heroes in the "Stoke hole.
If Lieutenant Hobson and his associates
were brave, what is to be said of the sub
lime courage of the engineer whose hand
was at the throttle, and the fireman who
shoveled coal into the blazing furnaces as
the good ship sailed into the Jaws of death.
Here were heroes, indeed-heroes of song
and story, of romance and rhyme, such as
might inspire poets to the loftieSt flights,
and the pen of the historian with glowing
imagery.
On the bridge stood man who played IN
the great lottery for the grandest prize of
life. Whether he lost or won, enduring fame
was his. Success meant the listing of his
name on the roll of Immortality along with
those of Dewey, Paul Jones. Decatur, Perry
and Farragut. What laurel wreath of ev-
erlaStlng glory for one single act in the
great drama of war!
But down in the hold twenty feet below
the surface of the rolling pillows, in omi.:
nous darkness relieved only by the light Of
Pickering lamps, no sounds save the drone
of the engine, the creaking of the hull and
the sWash of the flashing waves came to
tell aught Of what was tranSpiring above.
Nothing but the soul of valor to inspire such
men. No place for them on fame's eternal
camping ground. Nothing but the Self-Same
spirit of Jim Bludsoe to keep "her nozzle to
the bank till all but himself were safe on
ShOre
The man with his hand upon the valve
and his keen ear intent upon the warning
bells. the men, grimy, sweating, blackened,
furiously piling coal into the yawning roar
ing furnaces-neither knowing when the
dread explosion would come that might send
them, torn to fragments and scattered upon
the four winds, to their fearful doom-these
were the real heroes of the Merrimac
They knew there would be lasting re-
ward for, them, no glorious heritage which
they could transmit to their children. no
renown such as would envelope the leaders
at ThermopNlae at the Alamo, or the cool
and daring lieutenant on the bridge above
them. To them it was duty, plain and SIM
pie, humble and obscure. with the full
knowledge that the reward must be the
consciousness of duty well performed. No
substantial promotion, only a fleeing no.
toriety, no pointing to the way where glory
waits!
All honor. say we, to the intrepid engineer
and firemen of the Merrimac. Long may
their memories be preserved by their adj
miring countrymen. All honor to men
whose only reward is the consciousness of
duty performed.
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NEW WORDS IN LITERATURE.
Language Must Grow by a Very Nat
uraI Process.


Brander Matthews, in Harper's Magazine
:, We know that growth is condition Of
life, and that only dead language is rigid.
We know now that it is dangerous to ele-
vate the literary diction too far above the
speech OF the plain people. We have found
out that nobody in Rome ever spoke Cic-
eronian Latin; Cicero did not speak it him
sen ne dlo not even write 1t naturally; he
wrote IL with an effort, and not always to
his own satisfaction at the first attempt
we nave discovered that there was wide
gap between the elegance of the orators
polished periods and the uncouth bluntness
OF the vulgar tongue of the Roman people:
ana we believe that this divergence was
broader than that between the perfect style
OF hawthorne. for example, and the dialect
OF Salem or of Concord.
by experts like Whitney we are told that
tnere mas been less structural modification
or our language in the second half of the
nineteenth century than in any other fifty
mas been enormously enriched, but the
skeleton OF our speech has been only a little
developed. With the decrease in illiteracy
the conserving force of the printing press
must always hereafter make change in
creasingly difficult-even in the ohvious
cases where Improvement is possible. The
nalrect influence of the novelist and the di-
rect lnnuence OF the schoolmaster-very
powerful each of them, and almost irresist-
tne slde OF the conservatives. To seize these
1acts f1rmly, and to understand their appli-
Catlons, is TO have ready always an ample
answer for all Inose who chatter about the
impending corruption of our noble tongue
But we may go further. The study Of his
=! tory SHOWS US that he future of English
Is dependant not the watchfulness of its
guardians, not upon the increasing richness
ana nexlDility Of its vocabulary, not upon
the modification of its syntax, not upon the
needed reform Of its photography; it is not
CONDITIONED upon any purity or any cor
ruption or the language itself. The future
OF the English language is dependent upon
the future of the two great people that
speak 1T; 1t Is conditioned upon the strength
the energy, the vigor and the virtue of the
British and the Americans.
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In one of the crude newspaper cuts SOL
der is represented as handing out from an
old haversack cartridges as the Fourth of
July firecrackers at Santiago. The old hav-
ersack and the haversack Of to-day are
quite different articles. That of 1861 was
made of slazy glazed cotton, simply a bag
into which to thrust food in a tumble The
haversack which is being made by $50 men
and boys at the Indianapolis arsenal is of
two thicknesses Of brown duck, with a.
pocket for a covered tin plate in which to
put meat ration. When the tin plate is
opened it is a frying pan. Each has a
sheath for a steel knife, fork and spoon
and pockets for other articles. 1t is slung
over the shoulder by good leather strap
Major Varney has made and shipped more
than 1900 of these convenient pieces of
equipment In the same degree all the fit
tings of the soldier of to-day are better than
those Of thirty-five years ago.
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William Savage, landsman on one Of
Admiral Dewey's ships at Manila, felt so
good over the victory that he embraced a
favorable opportunity to celebrate by get
ting drunk. Of course. this was wrong
though many q. man has got drunk without
half the inducement, and William was tried
by a summary court-Tnartial convicted and
sentenced to fifteen days solitary confine-
ment on short rations. When the finding
of the court came before Admiral Dewey
he Endorsed it as follows:
The proceedings of the court-martiaI in
the case Of William Savage, landsman
United States navy, are approved. The
sentence is disapproved. In consideration
of the recent victory won by the squadron
under my command Savage is ordered re-
leased from custody and returned to duty.
In the next fight william will do his duty
better than ever. and the chances are he
viii not get drunk again.
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bloody conflict also shows how thoughtless
and wicked are those persons who urged
the President to attack Havana with a few
thousand men when it was known that its
defenders are sixty thousand at least DEM
agogues raised the cry, ION to Havana. -
and their thoughtless followers Joined clam
orously in the demand
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been larger this year than ever before, es-
pecially for noisy ones. AS might be ex-
pected. war goods are in demand. Among
the novelties is a rocket which, on bursting,
reproduces in floating aerial lights the naval
signal, Remember the Maine" The phil
ippine cracker" is a device several feet long
which emits some half hundred explosions
in imitatioa of the action of quick firing and
heavy guns Then there are Manila bat
teries,' national batteries and firecrack-
ers much bigger than ever before. 1t will
be a noisy Fourth
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1t is understood that the railway COM
panies will pay for the stamps affixed to
eheir bills Of lading. The express and tele-
graph companies should be made to do the
same; therefore, If the present law is not
sufficiently explicit, Congress should make
Il so before adjournment The express and
telegraph companies are of those that win
be favored during the war by increased
business. There has been little reduction in
their charges for ordinary business during
the period that other charges have been re-
Auced
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Mr. H. S. Townsend inspector general of
schools in Hawaii. is much disturbed over
the uncomplimentary comments made by
certain American papers in regard to the
natives of the islands, particularly with ref
erence to their intelligence. Mr.. Townsend
Indignantly denies that they are ignorant,
and quotes statistics to show that the educa-
tional system of Hawaii is more compre-
hensive, the attendance at school better, and
the ability to read and write more general
among the native-born population than Is
the case in the average agricultural COM
munity in the United States. He says:
When first L came among the Hawaiian
people l was surprised to find the school
children able to put to shame, with their
knowledge of Garfield, Grant, Lincoln,
Washington, Gladstone, BeaconSfield, Bis
con, the American schoolchildren with
whom l had come in contact. Although the
Hawaiian press has detertorated somewhat
since that time, Hawaiian newspapers still
give a greater amount of news from foreign
lands than would be appreciated by the
readers of American country newspapers
Our statistics of literacy are liable to give
a false impression, since they include all
persons over six years of age But it is as
rare an occurrence to find an illiterate adult
Hawaiian in Hawaii as it is to find an illit-
crate adult American in the most favored
State in the Union; and such has been the
case for a generation. Yet these are the
people who must bear the brunt of the
malice or ignorance OF cartoonists and writ
ers, who think it funny to caricature them
as ridiculous savageS.
Accepting Mr.. Townsends estimate it
seems to follow that the annexation of
Hawaii will be decided literary and intel
lectual acquisition
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Complaint is made that thrifty persons
manufacturing various articles are using
the flag printed in colors to stimulate the
sale. 1t may be added that this is the only
Nation which permits the emblem of it's
authority to be used in such a manner.
Just now a bill is before Congress which
makes it a misdemeanor to use a represen-
tation of the flag to promote the sale of in
Ferior goods. The wonder is that it has
not been passed
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Those persons who have led themselves to
believe that war with Spain would rot in
volve bloody battles viii be forced to change
fheir minds when they read the details of
the fighting about Santiago on Friday. The
loss in killed and wounded viii be found TO
have been as large. in proportion to the
uu9nber engaged. as was thar In some OF the
more important battles OF the late war. The
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A private in Southern regiment at Mo-
bile, in resisting arrest for disorderly con-
duct, struck his captain in the face. Inside
of twentyfour hours he was on his way,
under sentence of a court-martial, to the
United States military prison to serve a
sentence of two years with hard labor. AS
sault and battery is not a very serious of
tense at civil law, but soldiers should be-
ware of trying it on an officer
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1t is a fact that in every community in
this State the volunteers. are, as a rule,
the best and most useful of the young men.
The general loafer, whom everybody would
like to be rid of, does not volunteer 1t is
well, since such men are as useless as SOL
diers as they are as citizens.
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II it wasn't for wanting the war news
It would undoubtedly be a great relief to
Chcagoans to be rid for one Sunday of
their four-pound newspapers. AS it is they
will be able to do great many of those
things they have planned to do but never
could find time for
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1t is gratifying to know that If the West
ern writer's cannot write. but allowed the
earlier honors of the convention to be car
red off by the musicians, they can talk
At least, the speeches made at the final
banquet were numerous enough to strike the
musicians, to say nothing of other helpless
listeners. dumb