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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

Watts-There is ten-year-old boy in our
neighborhood who can read and speak
Greek,
Potts-What is his name?
ts-Padoupokipolopols or something
of the kind
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
The Cheerful Idiot.

Gould you suggest some suitable badge
for our Don't Worry club?' asked the
typewriter boarder
How would pine knot do?" asked the
Cheerful Idiot.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

A partial adjustment at Hong-Kong of
the prize money claims growing out of
Admiral Deweys destruction of the Spanish
feet shows that each common sailor in the
squadron will receive about $780,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

In respect of physique the present volun-
teer army is undoubtedly superior to that of
1s6l-perhaps not in patriotic spirit, but in
physical qualification. This is due partly to
q higher standard of hygienic and athletic
qualification and partly to Its more rigid APP
plication. 1t shows a tendency in right
direction that should be firmly adhered to.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

Unless the Spanish fleet got out of the
harbor of Santiago before Commodore
Schley got in front of it, its chance of es-
cape was very small. The mouth of the
harbor is so narrow IL at his searchlight
facilities would render escape well-nigh inn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
Tennyson'. Debt to Environment.

This book is happily named since it essays
to show in what direction and TO what ex-
tent the development of Tennyson's char
acter and poetic genius were affected by
circumstances. 1t is study of Tennyson's
England as an introduction TO his poems.
showing how the influences of nature, the
inspiration of romance. the discipline OF
sorrow, the environment of the sea, the re-
wards of success and other external con-
ditions affected or colored his poems. The
author of the work is Prof William G.
Ward and II is written in a spirit of keen
analysis and high criticism. Boston,: Rob-
ertS Brothers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The man who retains and reiterates his
confidence in the shrewdness of the Yankee
naval commanders and the prowess of the
American sailors will, in the end. have le-
gitimate cause for saving Il told you So"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
Burning Patriotism.

"Walworth strikes me as being somewhat
patriotic
Somewhat? He is as patriotic as man
with a wooden leg"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The defeat Of the unfair proposition to
tar the gross receipts OF corporations. pro-
posed by the majority of the finance COM
mlttee OF the Senate. makes It very clear
that the Democratic senators from the
states which participate largely in the gen
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The first Memorial day officially set apart
by the commander-in-chef of the Grand
Army was May 80. 1865 1t was predicted
at that time that such an observance could
last but very few years. The general
observance of to-day will prove that those
who do not understand the American peo-
pie should not set themselves up as
rronhefa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
AMONG THE NEW BOOKS.
"FlyinG Islands of the Night" I'm RI
Iey's Homestead Edition.

Critics and reviewers in commenting on
Mr.. James Whitcomb Riley's work almost
invariably confine their remarks to his dia-
lect verse, leaving those of their readers
who are unaequainted with his productions
to assume that he has written nothing elses
when. as matter of fact, the proportion
Of his writings in conventional or literary
English is considerably larger than that In
dialect. This is readily explained on the
ground that as he was the first to discover
that genuine poetry may be expressed in
the unlettered speech of the Western farm
er and that he had made himself master
of that form of expression, but the explana-
ton does not quite excuse the disposition
to ignore his other and as many oiscrim-
mating readers consider, his better work.
When his Flying Islands of the Night
was first given to the public but little at
tention was paid it by the reviewers, Theses
gentlemen apparently being unable to decide
what manner of book it was. What 1t really
is is a fantastic drama of fairyland in
which land and fairies, with their attend
ant sprites and imps. are not patterned aft
er the familiar fairyland of childhood, but
have characteristics all their own As fairies
are best understood and appreciated by
children it follows that only those who are
in closest touch with children can write OF
the elf world acceptably, and 1t is not sur
prtsing, therefore, but a natural develop
ment that Mr.. Riley, whose verses for chill
dren are familiar in every household. should
be able also to lead them in the imaginative
field. If mature readers whose imaglnationS
have lost their powers of flight during years
of prosaic pursuits are not able fully TO
enter into the spirit of this production Of
the fancy or become interested in the adj
ventures of the grotesque beings. they can
at least take pleasure in the songs scattered
through its pages-songs that almost sing
themselves. As the prelude says:
For the Songs sake; even so:
Hum it, and let 1t go LII
All untamed and wild of wing
Leave 1t ever truanting.
1.-THE Flying Islands of the Night proves
Mr.. Rileys versatility, and suggests the pos
sibilities had his mind turned wholly to
purely imaginative work instead of the por-
trayal of simple emotions in homely lam
guage.
The last sxty\pages of the volume which
is the sixth in the beautiful Scribner edi-
tion is made up of nonsense rhymes,
rounds and catches and stray verses in
keeping with the main poem. This edition,
of which there are to be two more volumes,
is sold only in sets and is handled by the
Bowen-Merrill Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The First Mate-How clear and bright 1t
is in the West.
The Second Mate-Why not? The captain
has been sweeping the horizon with his
glass,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The beauty of Dewey's glory is that it is
not diminished in the least but rather in
creased and made to shine with brighter
luster each time he is heard from.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

The way for Germany and France to pre-
vent 8 closer alliance between the United
States and Great Britain is for those peo-
pies to show less enmity toward us.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

There is a close family resemblance be-
tween the insurgents in Cuba and those in
the Philippines in that both are going to
do something as soon as they get arms.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30
AT the sign of the silver Crescent.

bles "A Transatlantic Chatelaine" by the
same author in that Ii is a story of mod
ern French life. the scene being for a while
at Paris, later and principally I'm Touraine.
The characters include the heroine, who
marries a wealthy jew TO restore the for
tunes of her family very worldly priest,
a young American studying art. 1t is q
bright and clever story. Boston; HoughtoTs.
Miffiin & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

vented that gentleman from becoming even
worse liar than he has already shown
himself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

Admiral Dewey should be listed as
missionary. BY cutting Off Geographic COM
munication between the Philippine captain
general and his home government he pre-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

down an open hatchway and had his ribs
broken, and Merrill, of the same class, went
down with the Maine.
John Nicholas Brown, who gave 500, 900
for public library building In the city OF
Providence a little more than year ago.
has recently increased this amount to near
~ $250,000 in order that the building may
be placed in proper surroundings. The ad-
ditional sum for the library is $4,000 and Ii
will enable the trustees TO place porch.
entrance steps, terrace and balustrade
with 1nclosing wall and other needed details
around the library building proper.
The hapless little boy King of Spain puts
innumerable questions to his military pro-
fessor concerning the forces of the United
States, and Indicates to him the plans of
campaign which he thinks would be sue
cessful. Every morning, on going to en-
brace his august mother, he says to her:
Madame, | have a favor to ask of you:
l wish to go to Cuba to fight the Ameri-
too young. He declares that he is King,
and weeps with vexation because he can
not serve his country.
The young Queen of Holland has had the
courage to declare her complete distaste for
music of all kinds. In this she differs
strongly from her father, the late King
William III, whose musical enthusiasm was
such that he is said, when Prince OF
Orange, to have disguised himself in order
to play second violin in Maiibran's orches-
ira. On the other hand, Queen Wilhelmina
takes the greatest interest in painting and
sculpture, and has herself pretty talent
for sketching.
She sits alone in the window seat,
Watching the soldiers who throng the
street;
A tear clings fast to her gentle eye,
Her bosom heaNes with a sudden sigh,
And her slender fingers that clutch the sill
Wave proud adieu with royal will.
But her mouth in its motion never Stacks
Ger the gum she cheweth to pay the tax.
There are women who go to the battle front,
Women in hospitals bearing the brunt,
Women who serve meath the Red Cross
sign,
Women whose mission seems half divine.
But Annabel sits at the window high,
She cannot go where the bullets fly,
But steadily onward through packs and
packs,
She cheweth the gum to pay the tax.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

Joseph Jefferson mt Home.
This little work by Nathan H. Dele Is q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-30

A protracted. continuous and verbose de-
bate on war revenues seems out of place
after war has begun.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
Adulterated Rice.

1t seems almost Incredible that so
cheap and common an article of food
ae rice chould be adulterated. Yet it
is true that rice is sold on the market
which las undergone process for Civ
ing it color. The articles used are oil
and paraffin. The paraffin is made
from petroleum and is used for many
purposes besides making oandles-for
instance, to give fine laundry work q
polish.
The objection to the use Of these
oily substances to polish rice is the
fact that they soak into the grain and
make it hard. 1t requires more time
to cook through, and even then it will
be hard. The reason they are used is
because people buy things that look
nice, and rice looks nice when it has
been oiled.
There is law in Germany requiring
those who treat rice in this improper
manner to label it "oil finish" or
''paraffin finish.' But rice that is ex-
ported is not marked.
The Legislature, on the initiative of
MIR. Dymond, enacted by unanimous
vote law, which goes into effect to-
morrow, which makes the use of par
afin in the cleaning of rice or propar-
ing it for market illegal. The punish
ment for such adulteration is fine or
imprisonment, in the discretion Of
the Court.
The use Of Legislation for the repres-
sion Of food adulteration is both legiti-
mate and popular. It is extending be-
cause in our days science is continually
discovering new ways of initiating or
adulterating natural products.
The treatment of rice with oil or
parafin is dishonest, because it in
creases the weight of the grain, and
you are paying for oil when you think
you are buying rice. tits also deleteri-
Gus to health, because in the cooking
the grain becomes hard and less
digestible.
In making this particular form Of
food adulteration misdemeanor, the
Legislature has staken step in the
tight 1;saa. direction. direction l15:. AIa:1 0..c T:=:-
Democrat.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.

= Words cannot heal the wounds
that words can make.
= Don't cry over split milk, but
rush around and find the cat.
= The man who boasts that he has
no vices frequently overlooks lying.
= Because you can't get eli you
want, don't neglect what you can get.
= Papa-Did you ask God to give
you your daily bread this morning?
Bobby-No, papa; l looked in the pan
try last night and saw that there was
enough to last for three days.
Truth wears well. People have learned
the. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are reli-
able little pills for regu iatiDg the bowels,
curing constipation aud sick headache.
They don't grippe. Evans Pharmacy.
Find the cause Of each wrinkle
on man s face and you will find that
it was put there by worrying over
something that worrying could not
help.
"A housemaid says her mistress
is inconsistent. She charges her not
to break dish, and if she does break
one she charges her for it just the
same.
More than twenty million free samples
OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve have been
distributed by the manufacturers. What
better proof OF their confidence In its mer-
It's do you want? It cures piles, burns,
scalds, sores In the shortest space Of time.
Evans Pharmacy.
= An old man was on his knees at
the roadside, breaking stones. The
minister who was considered not over
devout addressed him. "Ah, John, L
wish l could break the stony heart of
my hearers as easily as you break
those stones!" ''Ye should try my
plan, sir, said John. "Gang to your
knecs!'
- Lieut.. Stone, Of the End Texas
cavalry, who is just back from Cuba,
tells story of how a United States
scout, named Shorty Gonzales, out
witted the Spaniards while he was
doing spy work. He was intrusted
with an important message to dis
tant commander, and started on his
perilous journey across the country on
mule. Fearing he might fall into
the hands Of the Spaniards he placed
the message in rubber tobacco pouch
and then forced it down the animals
throat. Sure enough, the scout was
stopped by the Dons, but after being
searched he was permitted to proceed.
Arrived at his journeys end, the mule
was killed and the message delivered.
Gonzales naturally was the hero of hhe
hour.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
Democrat.

Hot days days followed by cool
nights will breed malaria in the body
that is bilious or costive. Prickley
Ash Bitters is very valuable ct this
time for keeping the stomach, liver
and bowels we'll regulated. Sold by
Evans Pharmacy.
"You say your brother is young
or than you yet he looks much older" i"
eyes, he has seen great deal Of trou-
BILE; but I never married.
- The Jewish Year Book estimates
that there are in tho world about H.
100000 of the race, more than half
being under Russian jurisdiction.
When the time comes to harvest
the wild oats you have sown, you can't
hire any one else to do the reaping
for you.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07

ard $ neck. 'The boy was carried to
my hut" says Sir Samuel, "but there
was no chance of recovery, rs the
fangs had torn open the chest and
injured the lungs. These we're ex-
posed to view through the cavity be-
tween his ribs. He died during the
night"
The worst Of the Swapping" bites
OF mammals is that Of the wolf. The
jaws, unlike those Of the felidae, are
very long. A male VOLTS head often
seems to be more than quarter of its
length, without the tail. Some judges
set it at nearly a third of the total
length of its body, The bite is always
snap, which will tear away mass Of
flesh from still running animal, or
infiict mortal wound on the lower
parts of the body. The crocodile bite
Is the most formidable Of the swapping
order. Though it's teeth are only a
row of spikes, it can cut off a limb or
bite fish weighing seventy pounds
into two pieces as clearly as if they
were divided by knife.
MINOR FORMS or BITE.
Among the minor forms of bite to
which persons in the country are liable
are those of the fox, the ferret, the
rat and the stoat. The writer has
seen large greyhound which coursed
fox completely disabled by two bites
inflicted instantancously- across
the greyhound muzzlc, the other on
its thigh. He has been bitten through
the finger by ferret, q most painful
experience, and has seen a six pound
pike, lying apparently dead on the
grass, spring up and bite person S
hand, cutting the forefnger to the
bone. The pike did not "ba,k like a
dog as did that which Mr.. Briggs
caught, but it certainly bit like cat.
Addcr's fat is still sold in the New
Forest as an antidote to rat bites.
Horses usually seize q person by
the arm or shoulder when they bite.
The result is more often very bad
bruisc, like jam in door, than a
wound. But the great offender in this
respect is "our friend the dog" and
the greatest sufferers are young chill
dren. We have known little girl of
10 years almost bitten to death by
petted St. Bernard dog, which was
jealous of her, and boy of 6 mauled
and lacerated by bulldog for the
same reason. AS most persons keep
dogs for their own amusement, it is
incumbent on them to remember that,
though the best of domesticated ami
mails, they are, potentially, dangerous
wild beasts, and if they show signs of
vice should be dismissed by enthana-
sia, not sold to someone else.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07

For broken surfaces, sores, insect bites.
hurns. skin diseases and especially piles
there Ia one reliable remedv, DeWitt,a q
Wtioh Hazel Salve. When vou call for
D'Vttrs don't accept counterfeits or
frauds. You will not be disappointed
with DeWitts Hazel Salve. Evans Fhar-
macy.
- True friendship is said to be like
sound health; the value is not known
until it is lost. No one wishes. to lose
either, though, to prove the maxim.
Yon invite disappointment when you
are pleasant, easy. thorough little pills,
They cure constipation and sick headache
Just as sure as you take them. Evans
Pharmacy.
= When the heart is sad, and de-
spondency sits at the entrance of the
soul, a triAine kindness drives away
despair, and makes the path cheerful
and pleasant.
Do not think because q man
snaps you up every time you speak to
him that ne mas not an agreeaiDie dis-
position. It may be that he has o bad
stomach.
One Minute Cough Cure surprises peo.
pie by Its quick cures. and children NAV
take e In large quantities without the
leass danger: It has sscn Cor itself the
best reputation OF any preparation used
to-day for colds, group, TICKLING In the
throat or obstinate coughs. Evans Phnrs
macy. - !;
- Death has wonderous power 20
stillall those prejudices and one.sided
judgments which, In the heat Of our
daily strife for the worlds goods and
honors. We are too apt to make in re.
gard to one another.
DsWitps Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale Of any Salve I'm the world.
This fact and it's merit has led dishonest
people TO attempt to counterfeit it. LOOK
out for the man who attempts to deceive
you when you Gall for ,DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salye, the great.pile cure Evans
Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
Lawyer and Expert.

Judah Philip Benjamin, who was at
torney general Of the Southern con-
federacy, and afterwards member of
the English bar, is said by his biogra-
piers to have had great power in ap-
plying "the theory OF the law to daily
practice" The Fortnightly Review
lately reported an instance of his
shrewdness and convincing logic:
He was counsel fora plaintiff who
owned cargo of cotton, and claimed
damages against Liverpool ware
houseman, who had accepted it to be
warehoused at stipulated rent. The
warehouse, it was said was old, and
the walls and roof gave way, in consc-
qucnce of which the cotton was dam
aged.
The defendant spared no expenses in
procuring witnesses of the class known
as experts" upon whose evidence,
rightly or wrongly, 50 many cuasstic
remarks have been made by Judges
and others.
One after another these men came
into the box, with the full confidence
OF vast experience architects, build
crs, engineers, warchousemcn, and all
who could assist in demonstrating to
the jury that no stronger or more per-
feet warehouse had ever been con-
structed.
At last, by way Of climax, came Il
gentleman whose great prestige and
combined experience as both architect
and engineer eclipsed that of all who
had preceded him. He gave his evi-
dence in that calm and measured tone
which demands acquiesence from all
who hear it: AID explained the impos-
sibility of the accident having occurred
In consequence of any improper con-
struction or want Of repair.
"While this was going on, Mr.. Ben
jamin sat taking note in solemn
gravity; then he rose to cross-exam,
inc the witness"
II think, sir, you said you had had
great experience in the building of
warehouses;"
"Yes."
"And that you have carefully con-
sidered the causes which lead to their
weakness?"
Certainly"
"And you have applied those con-
siderations to the present case?'
L have done so.
Then you will kindly answer me
one more question? Why did that
warehouse fall?"
The witness paused, and Benjamin,
with pleasant twinkle in his eye, sat
down with almost bump on his seat.
The pause continued, and the effect
OF 1t was so striking that jurymen,
bystanders and all could not resist O.
hearty laugh, which terribly diminish
ed the effect of long and reasoned
reply which the expert finally went on
to give.
THANK you," said Benjamin. "I
have no more questions with which to
trouble you"
The result was irresistible, and no
ingenuity on the part Of the learned
counsel for the defendant could re-
trieve the lost ground. The verdict
was for the plaintiff. .-Ne,o York
Herald.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
Found His Long Lost Daughter.

HoT SPRINGS, Ark, August q. Mr..
Hughes, a wealthy retired broker, of
New York, while passing through the
Arlington Hotel dining hall, discover
ed his own daughter, who had been
lost to him for twenty years. Hughes
wife deserted him years ago, taking
with her their only child, little girl.
The wife deserted the child in Chicago
and it was reared by strangers. She
was employed as waitress in the Ar.
lington when discovered by her
wealthy father.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-09-07
S. S. S. r., FPs. Blood
LOST STOCK.

r OST mislasd or destroyed five Shares
~ Of the Iron Belt Rni,dir g and Loan
Assnni.ttnn OF Roanoke. Va, Cart'tcate
OF 81 Ok M. 2930, Series r. All parties
are warned not to trade for asid Stock
JAS w. POORE.
Belt"n. 8. G., May IA, 1893 8-2m.