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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
THE ANGLO-sAxON RACE AND
COLONIZATION.

A retrospective survey of the nineteenth
the significant fact that while the influence
Of the continental nations seems to become
more and more restricted to their old terri
torial limits or to so-called colonies" oc-
cupied chiefly by soldiers and state Of
ficials, the spread of Anglo-Saxon civiliza-
ton has been surprisingly aggressive. Two
hundred years ago the population of Eng
land and her colonies was between 5000. 900
and 100000. That of France and her colo
nies as officially stated in $685. exceeded
100000, and that of Germany at the same
time was probably upwards of $4,000, 900.
From that time to the present the French
and German peoples have each about
doubled in number. while the speakers of
English, including the American people,
now number 1875. 100000 persons. AS in popu-
lation SO in commerce, manufactures and
wealth the English-speaking race easily
surpasses all others. In all of these re-
spects, as in others indicative of racial en-
ergy and growth, Great Britain and the
United States, one or both, lead the van,
while the continental nations of Europe fol-
low after with steps growing slower and
slower. France began to colonize over
three hundred years ago, yet to-day her
colonies contain scarcely more than 100000
Frenchmen. The French are not a migra-
tory or colonizing people. The German
population of German colonies consists
largely of government officials. In German
East Africa census of 1896 showed a Ger
man population of only 1874. nearly all gov
eminent officials This shows the incurable
paternalism of the German government,
and also that it is not adapted to colonial
ton. The German people are migratory, as
is evidenced by the great number of native
born Germans in the United States, but
they do not seem to take kindly to coloniz-
ing work, and those who come to this coun-
try soon become merged in the American
people and their children go to swell the
ever-increasing army of English-speaking
people, In few generations the German
language will almost have ceased to be
spoken in the United States and the coun-
try will be peopled by an exclusively En-
8lish-speaking race. Fifty years hence no
other language but English will be taught
in the schools of Porto Rico, and English
will be generally spoken in that island as
we'll as in Cuba, which is destined to be-
come Americanized whether it is annexed
to the United States or not. According to
Mulhall, the highest statistical authority,
from 1901 to 1890 Spanish-speaking people
increased from $780, 900 to ASSOC. OOc; Italian
speaking people from 15,O7O,OOO to S3,4OO $50;
German-speaking people from S6,S2D,0OO to
70, 200, 900; French-speaking people from 3D.
$4,000 to $780, 600; English-speaking people
from 2O52O,OOO to 11,1OO,OOO.
These facts are more than suggestive.
They are conclusive that the British and
American peoples are the only really colo
nizing peoples, and that the English
speaking race is destined to rule the earth
in a moral sense, if not in reality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

Frederick Palmer in September Forum.
Roughly but surely and swiftly, the ies-
son was forced home to the pilgrim that the
klondike is no place in which TO make a
fortune in great hurry. However easily
one may learn TO pan color out of gravel.
one cannot acquire In day the character
istics of patience and nonchalence and sue
cess In dealing with obstacles which, with
the veteran prospector, are as much
matter of experience as OF natural fitness
Therefore, most of the pilgrims have start
ed for home, sadder and wiser men, to seek
their old vocations They have done Daw-
this winter. The hardy few who remain
behind will. no doubt. discover new dig
gings;" and some of them will secure the
fortunes to which their efforts surely en-
title them. A part of those who will spend
the winter in actual prospecting viii go up
the tributaries cf the Stewart river. in
Northwest Territory. The remainder--the
greater part-will go into American terri
tory. The future of Alaska as a great gold
producing country seems assured If the
finding OF color at the mouths OF the
tributaries of the Yukon means. as in the
case of Forty Mile. the Klondike and Birch
creek coarser. gold in greater quantity on
the smaller creeks.
cheaper food and cheaper transportation:
and the railroad being built from Skaguay
to Lake Bennett win make such freight
rates from the coast 10 the lakes as Will
render the struggles of the packers of the
winter of 1928 a memory Capital skill
and machinery viii soon combine TO work
with profit ground which. under present
conditions. does not receive more than pass
ing notice.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

A good intention clothes itself with power.
Emerson.
Doubt whom you will, but never doubt
Any suffering is a kind of martyrdom;
for the intention of life is happiness.-Chi-
cago Post.
The greatest and best test of a rams
devotion is during a womans illness.-Fem-
mime Observer.
The approval of your conscience is an ex-
cellent thing. but it is not sufficient to get
you a raise of salary.-Puck.
1t isn't always a girls plain face that
keeps her from neutrality-suspicious. it's
her wisdom.-Chicago News.
Love not only makes the world go round.
but similarly turns your head If you are not
very careful-Philadelphia Times.
If the women get to working in Christian
science on love affairs there won't be any
hope for the men.-New York Press.
No matter how much your experience
may have cost you. you can't bring it back
to be exchanged for some other kind.-Puck
If you wink at the faults of the average
man, he at once concludes that he has
thrown dust in your eyes-Detroit Journal
A joke is no joke unless it has the right
kind of man to tell it and the right kind
of person to listen to it.-Merchant's Jour
nal.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who was perfectly satisfied with his
success in life IL he had a gold pen?--Atch-
ison Globe.
No man has become truly great until peo-
pie will listen with interest to him when ne
imparts information about himself.-The
Commentator.
The average small boy loses faith in his
mothers veracity when she says 1t hurts
her more to whip him than 1t hurts him.
Chicago News.
If the average man were as brave and
handsome as his wife believes he is, he
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
Story of One-Armed Veteran of the
Rebellion.

Rebellion.
Washington Correspondence Chicago Post.
Theirs Is a one-armed veteran in the
Treasury Department who had an expert
may interest some of the heroes of the war
of 1895. His arm was cut off close TO the
shoulder. Couldn't your arm have been
methods had been known thirsy-five years
ago?"
not under the circumstances connected with
my case" and then he went on to tell me
what these circumstances were. His sim
pie story made such an impression on me
that want to tell it in this column.
Il was shot in the arm about half way
between the shoulder and the elbow. said
he. THE bullet came out at the elbow,
SCATTERING the bone badly and almost pull
verifying 1t at one place tied handker-
wound to stop the flow Of blood, and after
the battle l was carried to the top floor of
a four-story building, which was seized for
to that floor, and | lay there forgotten in
pile of rubbish for three days and four
nights. The accumulated dust of years
covered the floor to the depth of an inch or
two. The weather was intolerably hot, and
i had not a bite to eat or a drop of water
during all that time. On the fourth day
the building was cleared of wounded, the
army having changed its base of operations,
necessitating transfer of the hospital.
After everybody else had been taken out
two men CHANGED to visit the fourth floor.
They Were taking a last look and 1t. oc-
Cured to them to go up on what they sup
posed was a deserted floor and see what
was there. 1 lay unconscious, and they
thought me dead. They improviseG
strotcher, put me on 1t and started down.
Stars with me.
"At the top of the last fight (the first
fight from the street, they stumbled and
slipped off the stretcher and rolled down to
the ground floor. 1 was still unconscious
and the men placed me on the stretcher
again. A surgeon who happened to return
to the building to look for some forgotten
articles stopped the men take take look
at the corpse. He asked them where they
were going with me. They replied that they
were taking me out to bury me. He said,
Wait a minute; believe that man is alive
A close examination satisfied him he was
right, and he then and there amputated my
arm, handaged the wound and sent me on
to another hospital. 1t was months before
/ recovered and 1t was weeks before
could articulate.'
1t never occurred to this veteran to COM
plain or to make q fuss. Such things were
of common occurrence and in the rush OF
great events were forgotten. II anything
of the kind had happened in the Spanish
American war and the yellow journals had
heard of It they would have filled pages
with the "hOrrOr"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

cabinet closes. an assistant switches on the
current, the electric stove in the slate be-
comes hot in thirty seconds, and on OPEN
ing the cabinet the spirit writing appears in
black.
The mysterious region to which Tesla in
PRODUCED us in 1891. an electrostatic field of
weird and startling effects, is being dill
gently explored. The lack of necessity for
special apparatus brings the experiments
within reach of many physicists, Tesla's
simple method of producing alternating cur
rents of great frequency being to connect
the secondary terminals of a high tension
coil with the internal armatures of
Leyden jar. which discharges itself disrup-
lively, the disruptive discharge yielding the
desired current. Details have been greatly
varied and improved In a recent striking
exhibition in Paris, NJ. Radiquet connected
a rheostat, vigrator. induction coil, OAR
rheostat being placed directly upon no
volt circuit The coil giving 22-inch spark,
had condensers of variable capacity. in
sulated in paraffine. The induced wires were
connected with the armatureS of a Leyden
jar, this being D'ArsonvaPs arrangement;
Tor producing alternate currents of great
frequency. and the external armatureS of
the jar were connected with the Oudin res
onator. The latter was formed of a sole
mold OF 1876 feet of 1-1O-inch uninsulated cop
per wire wound on a cylinder of paraffiaed
wood. The contacts were fixed at the OPP
posite sides of the upright cylinder, one a
little higher than the other, and a tangent
screw changed the number of spirals in
each OF the two parts of the solenoid, the
lower part of which produced the oscilla-
lions OF great frequency. while at the upper
part were the currents of great frequency
and very high tension This apparatus was
a great success. Ine resonator created all
round 1t, within radius of six and a half
Ieet; very intense alternating electrostatic
neld in which GeiSSler or Crookes tubes
became luminous when simply held in the
hand, a rotating iron wire became cord
covered with tufts of fame the ribs of an
umbrella glowed brightly. and tufts of
violet light six or eight inches long stood
out upon the hands. A theater dancer carry
ing mysteriously lighted objects will be
to the general public
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
GOVERNMENT SECRET SERVICE.
1t Has Accomplished Good WOrl
During the War.

thc W6rs
New York Evening Post
Assistant Secretary Meilxlejohn, of the
War Department, who has had charge OF
the secret service work during the war
with Spain, will make an interesting report
to Secretary Alger of the operations of that
branch during the last three or four months
The labors of the detectives and agents
most exciting chapter in the history of the
conduct of the war Many of the details
must remain. part of the secret. records
of the department, but the general results
Will be related in Mr.. Meiklejohn's report,
and may be Incorporated in the forthcom-
ing annual report of the secretary of war
A great deal Of the work of the secret
service division was accomplished in con-
nection with the secret service agents OF the
tr reary d 9eparsment All OF whom are
over the country, and who were instructed
to report to Washington every suspicious
worthy of surveillance. The police and de-
tective forces of the large cities were called
upon for a similar service, and a great deal
of information was accumulated from
watched, and probably most of them would
be greatly surprised to know that their
stationed at various points in Canada,
while our consuls abroad were authorized
to use means of securing information, not
only of the plans and operations of the
enemy, but of the work of possible spies
who were connected with the Spanish
agents in the United States
There were three important Spanish spies
against whom a mass of evidence had been
ccumulated-certainly enough to convict
committed suicide; another captured in
Montreal died in custody. The third. who
had enlisted in the army at Tampa, and
who had formerly been in the English
army, was released. There was no doubt
that he could have been convicted as a spy,
but in that event there was no alternative
for the court but to sentence him to be
shot. penalty which the department did
not desire to impose after the war was
over He could have been tried for fraudu-
lent enlistment. but this proposal was too
farcical to be entertained in consideration
of the enormity OF the mans offense. 1t is
doubtful whether Mr.. Meiklejohn's report
will go very much into the operations of the
secret service, but IL will be valuable as
showing the extent and efficiency of .his
branch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
DOCTOR JOHN HALL.

So accustomed are the American people
to place their leading men of official life in
the front rank that when the expression
great men of the country is used they
ere apt to think instinctively of presidents,
political orators. men who influence multi
tudes in party contests. War Increases the
list, and they worship at the shrine of gen.
erals and admirals. needless of the less
spectacular but not less. notable and worthy
workers in the worlds vast field. 1t is not
detracting from the distinction of military
and political heroes to say that their
achievements are often less productive Of
benefits to their land and to mankind than
the labors of men equally great along other
lines The influence of strong man is felt
in whatever direction his strength is exert
ed. If he is in professional life his power
is felt in that field first, but is not bound
by that limit. If he is a minister, for eX
ample, his own denomination does not alone
profit by his teachings. Phillips Brooks
was an, Episcopalian, but his memory is
cherished by multitude who cared moth
ing for his church, who hardly knew, per-
haps, to what sect he belonged. DIR. John
Hall is another man of this class, one of
the truly great men of his century. He
was an orthodox, loyal Presbyterian, and
a great power in the denomination through
out the country, but his personality reached
far beyond the church's walls For half a
century. both in the United States and in
Ireland, where he began his work, his name
has been one which has inspired people to
say, when they heard it. "a good man."
If they did not also say great it was
because the sympathetic human traits of
his nature suggested themselves before his
intellectual qualities for, with I'LL his schol-
arship and his mental superiority, his great
heartedness and his simplicity of character
made the first and deepest impression. AS
enc biographer said Of Him, some years ago,
1.-The glowing humanity that pulsates
through his utterances is something nobler
and more precious than the cold scintilla-
tons and auroral flashes of scholarship and
philanthropy" He served his New York
church for thirty years, and ties like those
between father and children bound him to
his congregation. Now that he is gone they
will mourn, but the loss is not theirs alone
He belonged to the world, and the world
is better for his having lived
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

Ex-Minister DENLY says that the contract
granting a concession to a syndicate, of
which ex-senator Calvin S. Brice is the
head for a railroad in China is most
important step in the development of China
BY Americans. The road will be nearly
eight hundred miles in length. through the
richest and most popuIous part OF China.
Mr. DENLY believes the Chinese government
viii give American capitalists the prefer
ence in its railroad concessions. because the
United States is the only nation that can
be trusted not to seize the territory devel-
oped by It's people. This shows the value Of
4 reputation for national honesty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

It is said that experienced officers doubt
the wisdom of sending troops to Southern
camps preparatory to sending them to Cuba
and Porto Rico the coming fall or winter.
They believe that both regulars and volun-
teers would fare better at military posts,
where there are comfortable quarters. good
sewerage and conveniences for camp life.
The experience of the war has certainly
demonstrated the danger of keeping large
bodies of men in one camp for consider
able length of time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

would probably have married some other
bettci-looking woman.-The Bachelor.
More hearts pine away in secret anguish
for unkindness from those who should be
their comforters than for any other calam-
ity in life.-Young.
Say" remarked the first boarder ibid
you notice any leather in that beef stew2''
Yes" replied the other Just trace or
two. philadelphia Record.
You say it makes you hot to think that
so many men are liars. but 1t would make
you a good deal hotter if everybody told the
truth.-Merchant' Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

ply the gap in the RACES of its contempt
rary the Telegraph placed at its disposal on
that morning dispatches received from its
own correspondent. The Times returns
grateful thanks, and it is safe to say that
the Telegraph will lose nothing by the re-
fusal to profit by its neighbours misfortune.
Such civility is not the American way at
present, but it may be some day when a
scoop" is not chief end and aim of pub
licafion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

1t is said the total number of Spanish
troops vet to be transported to Spain from
Cuba will be between 10000 and 125.OOO
This, with the 5000 prisoners already sent
from Santiago. indicates that. after all
losses by disease. the Spanish army in Cuba
at the close of the war numbered from
10000 to 10000 men. This was great army
TO suppress an instruction of half-starved
and half-armed Cubans. and it did not sue
coed. either.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

The Indianapolis battery returns from
Porto Rico without the loss of a man and
with but three or four indisposed. and those
not seriously. And yet it has seen much
more privation than any other Indiana
command
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
The Savage bachelor.

Awful, wasn't it, said the Sweet Young
Thing, 1.-THE way that horrid old Khalifa
dropped his wives along the road when he
ran away?"
Il shouldn't wonder" said the Savage
Bachelor. IF he got up the war solely as
an excuse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

The regular regiments which were at San
tiago are receiving enthusiastic welcome by
the people living in cities where the COM
mands are located. No soldiers are better
entitled to recognition than the disciplined.
silent veterans of the United States army.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

ChapIains do not seen to understand mill
tary law and usages as. well as they do
ecclesiastical. Two of them. are row under
investigation for calumnious charges re-
garding their superior officers. and a third
is likely to be. The talking habit some
trouble
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

What Premier Sagasta said about Spain
was that she is "anaemic." instead of
"amalgamic." Anaemic describes a dis
eased condition in which the blood is
deficient either in quality or quantity. That
fits Spain. but it was bold for a Spanish
statesman to say it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

In 81 cases treated in one division hos
pital in General Lees corps, between July
and September, there was a total OF twenty
seven deaths. But the papers engaged in
niInte such figures
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

In some of the Pennsylvania regiments
which are to continue in the service dis
charges will be given to men who have
families dependent upon them. Efforts will
be made to fill their places from regiments
to be mustered out. Some general plan of
that sort might work well.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18
Patriotism.

What do you think of Billerbee's patri-
otto scheme of putting double postage on
all of his letters?'
1T is simply beautiful. What a pity it is
that Billerbee doesn't average more than
three letters month the year around
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

A regular army officer of thirty-five years
service was asked few days ago how long
1t took to make trained and seasoned SOL
diers out of raw recruits. about two
years." was his reply Yet there are civil
ians who think it can be done in two months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

The United States is in honor bound to
give the Cubans every possible chance 10
establish an independent government. and,
If they succeed in doing so and restoring
peace. to withdraw its troops from the
island. Meanwhile pending this outcome it
is bound to preserve the peace and enforce
order
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

1t is said that Ada Rehan has long been
under orders from Manager Daily to indulge
in no newspaper interviews Miss Rehan
would probably say something interesting.
but, Oh! If a lot of the smaller-fry stage
people were under his authority!
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

The trouble with most of the Cuban and
Philippine insurgents who are so insistent in
their demands for absolute independence"
is that they are ignorant of the first princi-
pies of self-government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

1t is said that one of the first things done
by the United States after getting possess
sion Of Porto Rico viii be to make COM
plete and accurate survey of the island.
something the Spaniards have never done.
and also an investigation of the title of I'M
occupied lands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-18

The London Daily Telegraph has set a
conspicuous example in newspaper cour-
tesy. The injury to Colonel Rhodes and the
eDts with Kitchener's army, deprived the
London Times OF special information con-
cerning the battle Of pmdurman. To sup