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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
BUFFALO BILLS GRUDGE.
The Bull Fighters of Spain Nearly
Killed Him Once in Barcelona.

The Bull Fighters of Spain Nearly
Killed Him Once in Barcelona.
New York Sun.
'If war does come between the United
States and Spain the women of Spain Will
do just as the women OF our own t country gya
the women and children, well as the
men, will give their last cent to their coun-
try, and you can bet your boots and socks,
too. that the Spaniards amt afraid of us:
L admire their grit, if have got a personal
grudge against them. The bull fighters
tried to kill me once / was in Barcelona
with my show. One evening after the per-
Torrance 1 got into my carriage and drove
to the various newspaper offices and had
4 will wager any amount that the people
in my show can lasso and ride any bull IN
Spain 1 didn't think it necessary to tell
my interpreter that ] had done this and l
went home and went to bed. | was stopping
at the House of Four Nations, and it was
built in a square and had large, beautiful
morning my interpreter and agent came
rushing into my room, crying:
"'Get up!~ Get up! Dress at once! They
are . going 3, to ? Kill sIl,s you
The bull fighters they answered,
breathlessly. Peep, into the court below at
the maddened mob
II did, and, by jimmy it was sight!
The court was damned with men as mad
as so many, mad bulls, and they were flying
ing to tear me limb from limb I dressed
leisurely and put a Colts revolver in my
hip pocket-just to keep me company, you
knoW-and then / went downstairs. I got
the interpreter to ask them what they
meant. Their spokesman demanded to know
why l had put such an insult to them in
the paper, and at that every matador of
'em brandished morning paper. 1 told
them that 1 had merely made that wager
and was ready to stick to it. They then
asked me how much l would wager. Now,
the people of Spain are distressingly poor,
so I offered to bet 100000 pesetas, for knew
they couldn't cover it. This crazed them
and they tried to get at me. In the mean
time my agent had gone for the American
consul and police officers. to protect me and
quell the riot and l saw 1 had to talk for
time / began to drop, offering 900 pese-
tas, and / had got down to $1,000 and was
losing wind when the consul and officials
arrived. The consul saw that there was
blood on the face of the moon, and he and
the police advised me TO withdraw my chal-
lenge The bull fighters told them that 1
had attempted to ruin the national sport
and had grossly insulted them; that they
had to make the people believe that these
bulls were very fierce and that no one in
the world could capture and ride them but
themselves, or else the sport would die an
ignominious death. so / withdrew my wager.
But / had to have police protection during
the rest of my stay in Spain, which was
quite long enough for me to sink S125, COO
Excuse me from Spain and Spaniards; but
must say that the men, women and chill
dren have grit
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Art in Schools.
New York Evening Post.

Otto Stark formerly located in this city,
where his pictures stin appear in the pass
ing exhibitions, is now (as he writes in
private letter. engaged in helping to solve
the interesting problem of art in the public
schools of Indianapolis" Mr.. Stark re-
ceived a long and thorough training at the
New York Art Students League and at Ju-
liens Academy in Paris, and is therefore
well equipped for such task. 1T is an
open question whether the cause of art in
the Institutions of learning, both public and
private does not lose more than 1t gains by
the average art instructor" whose incom-
potency must be but too obvious to both
pupils and parents. Fashionable boarding
schools are in this respect worse offenders
possibly than the public schools. If the in
structor be a competent teacher, so much
the better for the pupils, but she (for ii is
usually a woman) must be "genteel" and
content with a small income. The prestige
and a possible private pupil or two are
supposed to make it worth her while to de-
vote her time and attention to the school.
All credit is due to the exceptions to this
too general rule. Meantime, there are many
serious. splendidly trained women in all the
large cities of this country who add TO their
training that natural endowment for teach
ing so valuable TO such position, but who
simply cannot get desirable situations be-
cause they are t0o serious and advanced
in their work. or who cannot exist upon
such meager incomes as are too commonly
paid.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
ODD BOWERY SLANG.
Tough, but Graphic Dialect That Gets
Into General Use.
New York Mail and Express.


Slang, like hot air, rises. It starts in the
speech of the least educated to become in
corporated into the daily talk of the best
informed. 1t is true that the best informed
use slang alphabetically and with mental
quotation marks. but nevertheless they use
it. Slang is the outcome or bright mlnds
not well stored with words. Hence 1t Is
East of the Bowery they do not say beg
gar. They say "a man with his hand out
When Stephen Brodie wished to say that a
certain popular novelist was not Of very
heavy mental calibre he said that ''if that
gent fell on a wet sponge he wouldn
In the lower walks of life man does not
get angry; he gets red-headed.' He does
not expose money; he flashes a wad'" Il from I'm
happens to be well-to-do he has thick
wad,'' so hard that you couldn't knock a
dent in it with an AK No man ever struck
lessly threw EN- into him" the :" en- be-
ing two hard fists.
slang parlance, ION the swine" If his cir
cumstances are a little more reduced, he is
ION the swine train" And when he lis on
the caboose Of the swine train" his condi-
east of the Bowery; he did croak" And
If he happened to die a violent death. be
men are not stabbed: they are just "cut. .
Lobster" most favorable expression OF
contempt, originated on the race track,
where it was used to designate slow morse.
And as there is no quality of mankind which
the native New Yorker holds in more rev.
erence than rapidity. both physical and
mental it naturally followed that a man
mentally inactive became lobster"
When person is in hard luck. he is "up
against it, and if the luck grows worse.
he is "up against it for fair" If a person
goes to another persons house and so be-
HAYES that discredit is brought on the
house, he puts the whole drive on the
hog which IS a variation of ION the
swine" and easily traceable to tramp slang.
If one person rushes at another like "a
bull at a gate the other person attempts
to ''beat in the roof of his head which
might we'll discourage the oncomer.
East of the Bowery drinks, rats and
fists are always thrown in. If the citi-
zen of this district should unwisely throw
i'm too much red liquor the next MORN
ing his ''ears would be a foot out" mean
ing that his head would be long. In this
district the youths and maidens do not
court, they simply win each other. De-
feat is impossible. it would appear.
No one east of the Bowery Attempts to
do anything He or she makes a stagger
at it.'f Beer is known as "hops;" cigarettes
as pipes" If a girl has a pretty figure she
is dead swell built, and every man is
guy" Ii he is intelligent, he is wise
guy" If he isn't he is lobster guy" II
he is tall, he is a high guy" and if he is
strong he is a husky guy"
Finally comes the an-pervading express
sion get next" the great Shibboeth of the
East Side. It's inhabitants get next to
pretty much everything they can.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
INANIMATE THINGS.
Theory that They Have an Unpleas-
ant Sense of HumOr.

ant Sense of HumOr.
Boston Transcript.
We have all read and talked about the
total depravity of inanimate things, but the
sense of humor in inanimate things has not
been written of as it ought to be. There
can be little doubt that inanimate things,
especially # they are small and elusive,
stance, a man had in his desk one of those
curving things with a handle, in which
sheets of hlotting paper are held. 1t was
convenient, as long as it could be prevented
from getting showed under on his desk. One
day the man missed this pad when he was
writing, and wanted it.. He had cleared
space occupying the center of his desk, and
all around this space was litter or papers,
letters and things. Naturally he supposed
that the pad had got under these things.
He searched amongst the papers, but took
care not to get any of them upon the cleared
space in the center. He searched over the
was a good time to put his desk in order.
He cleared up and sorted out all the things,
and put them in .pigeonholes or within
But no trace of the pad could be discoy-
cred. He was discouraged, and as 1t was
near lunch time, he locked up his desk and
went out to lunch. When he came back he
opened the desk, and there exactly in the
middle of the desk, on the very spot which
his paper had occupied when he was writ
ing, was that pad, simply glaring at him.
1t seemed 10 wear an expression that was
positively. malicious The man was forced
to conclude that the pad had strong sense
of humor with a tendency to practical Jok-
ing, and that it had concealed itself in some
corner of the desk while he was searching.
and while be was gone had whipped itself
out into the most conspicuous spot on the
desk, as a way of laughing at him. Of
course it wasn't possible that he could have
absent mindedly dislodged it while he was
looking over the papers and gone off and
left it there.
Lately the same man had slender little
pencil, about two inches long. 1t was
very amiable little pencil, of pleasant man
nerS and Suave movements. and the man
used to hold it between his forefinger and
his middle finger and direct it with his
thumb. while he was Scrawling memoranda
or doing other things which required pen
cih He kept it in waiStcoat pocket One
day this pencil turned up missing. He
wanted it, and wanted no other pencil. He
searched all his pockets several times over.
and looked all over his desk and shelves,
and even searched the floor. No trace of 1T.
He sat down to write with long. uncon-
genial pencil. 1t seemed to baulk and mock
him, and he said to himself, 20 Lord, wish
that little pencil would appear! and at
that very moment it dropped upon his paper
as if from the sky, but really from over his
right ear, where it had humorously con-
cealed itself. Though of course the humor
came in the temperance rather than the
disappearance; articles without grain OF
humor in them may conceal themselves be-
hind ones ear, especially if the ear offers
ample opportunity for such concealment;
but to flip out just at the psychological mo-
rnent-that takes real humOr.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
A Fellowship for Women.
Baltimore Sun.


A number of Baltimore women have formed
themselves into an Association for the
Promotion of the University Education of
Women and have raised the sum of $500 to
offer a fellowship for foreign study during
the year beginning next fall.
This movement is for carrying out in a
local development one of the chief ideas of
the National Association OF Collegiate
Alumnae which for some years has annual
ly sent abroad for study deserving young
American women and has opened for them
the doors of many universities and institu-
tions hitherto closed TO the fair sex. The
Women's Educational Association OF Boston
has done similar work.
1t IS proposed by the Baltimore ladies to
offer taeir fellowship in the first instance TO
women of Baltimore and its immediate vi
cinity, or to women who have identified
themselves with educational interests in
Baltimore. Applications will be received by
tho committee of award until March 20. The
fellowship will yield the holder the full value
of $500
1T is not planned that the fellowship shall
be bestowed upon women intending to be-
come doctors. 4awyerS. or minister's al
though they aEs not barred The idea seems
to be rather chat the fellowship shall most
benefit wonkan who hope to become profess
sors or TO follow literary or scientific pur-
suits Preference will be given 70 graduates
or not more than five years standing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17

istration; 10 the knowledge and skill of his
confidant and friend, the manager or ms
forests the great noble often owes the
largest part Of his income, and the sons OF
aristocratic houses not infrequently prepare
themselves, by professional study OF the
sort, for the duties which will devolve
upon them in the care Of great landed
estates
Although we have no counts or prices and
no laws Of entail for keeping together the
landed property of wealthy families, it is
already easy, and might be made still more re
years long enough to carry out it's plans
large tracts of land suitable for growing
timber, and, while such corporations are
usually obliged by law to sell their land at
the end of a given period, they are, to GER
tain extent, compensated for this restric-
ton by the trifiing present cost of such
property. which would make the profit on
the original outlay when the land was sold
at, perhaps the end of one hundred years
with it's covering of well-matured timber
great enough and sure enough to be very
attractive.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
KAFFIR CORN.
A Crop That Stands Drought Better
than Any Other.


Franklin Matthews, in Harpers Weekly.
In yielding fodder this corn has another
desirable characteristic. 1t remains green
until after the seed is ripe. The yield or
this fodder is nearly double that of ordinary
corn. The grain makes good flour and is
also a good popcorn. AS food product 1t
is not quite so nutritious for live stock as
Indian corn but the margin or aie rch &c
able to reveal it. In a given quantity II mas
been found that Indian corn has Sl7 per
cent. of the substances that produce neat
and fat and support muscular EFFORT
Kaffir corn produces S0.7 per cent. or the
same substances in the same quantity or
corn 1t is more difficult, however, for the
farmer to prepare the grain of kaft1r corn
for food than the old-time corn kafhr corn
is harder and grittier and needs more grind
ing than It's rival. Neither cattle nor swine
make as great growth in weight whlle pc
ing fed for the market on kafnr corn as on
the old-time feeds. but an exhaustive ex7
pertinent made by the State Agricultural
College in Kansas in 1886 revealed that when
cattle and hogs are fed together red Kaffir
corn (the white Kaft1r corn not being so
nutritious as the red) is the best ration that
can be used on the farm. That part of the
product that the cattle fail to use in beef
making the hogs absorb, and the minimum
waste results. Elaborate tables have been
made showing the superiority OF Kai11r corn
to all other kinds of corn for the Western
farmer, all based upon the fact that 1t is a
drought resister, that it has the power to
grow again after 1t has taken a forced rest,
and that it does not become fired, as ordi-
nary corn does in time OF not winds.
4 remarkable thing about alfalfa and
Kaffir corn has been demonstrated in the
experiments at the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege, and that is that twenty pounds of
alfalfa hay and eight pounds Of Kaffir corn
make the ideal dairy ration" 1t is
serted by the experts at This institution
that on this ration it is possible for the
Kansas dairy COW to produce the very best
butter at cents pound. Allowing cents
a pound for freight to New York city, the
Kansas dairymen assert that they can put
butter on the market in the metropolis
cheaper than any other producers in the
country If that be true the outlook for
the farmer who cultivates these unfailing
crops of alfalfa and Kafir corn must be
rosy for whether the farmer decides to
transform these crops into butter or into
beef. pork or mutton he seems to be in
position to do so at the minimum cost.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
A COLLEGE, OF FORESTRY.
What Cornell Expects to Do for the
Science in New York State.
American Architect.

American Architect.
The bill for establishing a college of for
setry at Cornell University and for placing
in it's hands for management a tract of go
600 acres in the Adirondack mountains has
been passed by the New York legislature
and signed by the Governor, and it's pro-
visions are to be Immediately carried out
The faculty of the college is TO consist of
a professor two instructors, a forest man
ager and such rangers and superintendent
as may be required: and it is provided that
the proceeds of timber cut and sold from
State.
The intention evidently is TO try to found
a school which shall be to this country
what the great foreign schools of forestry
are TO Germany and France and in view
OF the immense value to a territory like
ours of the restoration Of the natural
growth of timber and the proper admins
tration Of the dwindling forests which still
belong TO us it is to be hoped that it will
receive the popular support that II deserves.
In Germany there Is no profession more
highly esteemed than that OF forest admin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Along the Noisy City Ways.

Along the noisy city ways
And in this rafting city car,
On this the dreariest of days,
Perplexed with business fret and jar1
When suddenly young. sweet face
Looked my petulance and pain
And lent it something Of its grace =
And charmed it into peace again.
The day was just as bleak without,
Ny neighbors just cold within,
And truth was Just full of doubt,
The world was Just full of sin.
But in the light of that young smile
The world grew pure the heart grew warm,
And sunshine cleaned a little while
Across the darkness of the storm.
1 did not care to seek her name .
1 only said, God bless thy life,
Thy sweet young grace be still the same
Or happy maid, or happy wife"
Phillips Brooks
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17

times mother comes here, hunting up
boy whom she has not heard OF for months,
to be not the kind Of mother that the boy
wants TO go back to; and we don't make
their relatives and get rid of ali past asso-
sl.r,f
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Right Is Right.

Muse on his justice, downcast soul;
Muse, and take better heart;
Back with thine angel to the field,
And bravely do thy part.
Gods justice is bed where we
Our anxious hearts may lay,
And weary with ourselves, may sleep
Our discomfort away.
For right is right, since God is God;
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be dsloyalty,
To falter would be sin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Silk Supremacy
Corset Convenience

Is obtainable at our Corset Department.
where you get the benefit of our fitting
rooms.
REDFERN. perfection in Corseting. boned
with genuine whalebone. long, medium
and short hip, in black and white,
from SO to......................... =. so
The other popular makes are all here-P.
D.. r. & G.. II. * H.. w B., AMERICAN
LADY, KABO and HOSTS OF OTHERS.
Then THAT SUMMER CORSET is on hand.
with all it's companionship and comforting
qualities, in all new shapes. Special for
Monday
OUR NO. 50 SUMMER CORSET. ....49c
A fine Jeans Corset, worth Use, for. ...49c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Black Dress Goods

Black-now and always, especially NOW,
are all the stylishly-dressed ladies buying
BLACK DRESS GOODS. Our counters are
every day with customers buying
those excellent values in Poplins, Crepons
and Messarettes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Two reason for this remarkable
Offer

FIRST-The desire to protect our Pattern
Hat purchasers by combining to them ex.
elusive styles.
SECOND--A great many of the ex-
tremely stylish patterns were imported fre-
CARELESS of final loss) especially for our
opening. The Ladies who favored us with
their presence on that occasion will doubt
less not allow this oppOrtunity 10 mass.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Next in Line

Are Hats from our own workroom. beauti-
fu creations, also copies of the most
unique, none but the best materials used,
ranging in price from $3.50 to
SIS, at the uniform price of. ~ 1000
Hundreds of Trimmed Dress and Street
Hats at S.. SD, So and. .9Sc
SHORT-BACK SAILORS of Satin-fnished
fancy straw braid. our dollar quail
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DRESS SHAPES, blacks and colors, con-
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fine Milans, $3.50 qualities;
NuOlCe ss--..s'ssss..... - = O
FLOWERS, every conceivable kind and
color combinations, from the best down
to, per bunch. .........................0
ORNAMENTS-26 new designs in Cut
Steel and Rhinestone Settings. 81 90
quantleSi cnolce .................-..,.....0 Doc
RIBBONS, fine silk Taffetas. in 10
new shades and black, 4Oc quality ...20c
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
|E ;:H The VIM. II. Block CO.
Merry Millinery Mono
lOOue

OLE mn FOR ANY $40. S2S, $40
MlU,UU OR INTERMEDIATES PRICE
PATTERN HATS.
These original Works of Art being a
combination of skill and the most choice
materials obtainable. forming fashions lat
est DEGREES
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Glove Values

GLOVES for LADIES, 2-clasp Pique, ev-
cry Glove color made, real bar
GLOVES for LADIES, 3-clasp, all
colors, a rafting good one at.....S 20
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Innings and Findings
Ribbon Rehearsal

RIBBONS, Taffeta ground, Satin stripes, in
turquoise, green, cerise lavender and yell
lows, :: inches wide, regular 70c
quality, per yard. ............,.........09
RIBBONS, stripes in all colors, 4 inches
wide a regular BIC Ribbon, to-mor-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-17
Special Sale of COlOred Dress Goods
20 Per Cent. Off on all Fancy Weaves.

ny piece. No exception made as to quality or the
ave sold at the discount is taken off Just the earn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-06

even If of small denominations, to repre-
sent a half years pay.
What army business is that?" he was
asked.
Lending out money. Of course. You
see. the boys get mighty badly strapped
in a week or two after pay day. Many
of them want some cash, and are willing
to pay literally for it. A man who has
some money handy has no trouble in plac-
ing it out at good profit. A soldier who
wants S. doesn't mind paying back 81
when pay day comes, in order to get it.
One can pick up a snug sum every month
this way.
"Of course, one has to take chances,
you know, of losing money sometimes.
There's no way to enforce collection. If
a man dies or gets sick or discharged, the
loan may be as well given up as gone. II
is necessary to charge stiffiy on this ac-
count But there's nice margin of profit,
after all. / wouldn't mind putting out ST.
900 and taking the risk"
The soldier with an eye to the main
chance put his wad back in his pocket.
BY this time it is probably beginning TO
do service again.