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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

| The four Indiana regiments and two bat
| teries of volunteers have been ordered to
| join the troops at Chickamauga, and
will probably take their departure at once.
| New Orleans Mobile Tampa and other
points on the Southern coast may be re-
garded as the front" and the manner in
| which the authorities are hurrying troops
| to these places seems to indicate a purpose
TO use them soon in aggressive movements.
| 1t is not improbable that these Indiana
| volunteers will be among the first to be
transferred to Cuba The plans of the au-
thorities have not been definitely made
known, but activity of some sort is GER
tainly contemplated at an early date, and
whatever the movements are the Indiana
men are evidently to take part in them.
Within a short time they may be in the
| thick of battle. they may be driving a re-
treating foe before them in bloodless con-
fiict or they may be left on guard at home
ports; wherever they are they will do their
duty to their State and the Nation. There
is no room for doubt on this point. Indiana
soldiers have borne the test before Over
100000 of them served bravely in the civil
war, and with such an example of valor
and loyalty to inspire them their sons can
not be less than resolute and undaunted. In
some respects, perhaps, these young volun-
teers show greater courage than did their
fathers in taking a similar step, for the
latter, when the first call for troops came
had but vague idea of war and it's dam
gers, and enlisted gayly and with spirit
of adv enture, scarce believing they would
ever be called to battle. These young men
are more enlightened The civil war is not
yet far enough away to be a mere tradi-
ton. They have heard the veterans tell of
it's horrors, they have seen the great monu-
ment built in honor of the fallen, they have
seen the rows of unnamed graves. With
clear understanding Of the possibilities Of
their course they have offered their serv-
ices to their country, and for that act de-
serve to rank as heroes. They may never
meet the enemy, but it will be through no
fault of theirs; that they will return un-
scathed and in brief time is a happy posi-
biity, but they will have done what they
could in offering themselves when the coun-
try called. They belong to the Nation now,
not to the State alone. but they have the
honor of the State in their keeping.
Though they are now United States troops
they are Indiana's sons, and Indiana trusts
them. Tears and cheers and prayers will
follow upon their going, and wherever they
may be will be the center OF the stage to
those who are left behind. The people are
proud of them now, and they bid them
farewell will look forward to the day when
they can welcome them home and prove
their admiration and esteem. All honor to
the Indiana boys!
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and kept his pledges to the sound-money
men who gave him their votes in 1896. Serv-
ing his second term, his name has been
identified with the passage of one important
law for the benefit of veterans and Of the
passing of a still more important bill in
the House that protecting pensioners
against the hasty action of bureau officials.
He has so commended himself to his party
in the House that he was unanimously Sc
lected for the important position of secre-
tary Of the congressional campaign COM
mittee. No man is selected for that posi-
ton whose ability and judgment are not
recognized by his associates. So far as the
personal interests of constituents are con-
cerned, no man in Congress has been more
conscientious and painstaking.
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THE STAR AN EMBLEM OF LIBERTY.


The sight of the Cuban flag is becoming
quite familiar in this country and, as the in
dependence of the island is assured.
it. will continue in evidence. The
single star, which is it's distinctive
feature, is borrowed from the United
States flag, as the same emblem
has been in other cases. The United States
was the first nation to adopt a constella-
ton of stars as a national flag emblem.
This was done by resolution of the Con-
tinental Congress, in June, TIT. Previous to
that time the only country whose flag car
ried star was Turkey, which had the star
and crescent. The American idea was orlgi-
nal in the adoption of star to represent
each State and the addition of one for each
new State, and it has given birth to sew
eral new flags. The flag Of Liberia, a col
ored republic, which owes its origin to this
government and people, consists of eleven
stripes and a white star in blue ground.
The flag of Texas, while 1t was indie
pendent republic, bore a single star-hence,
the Lone Star State. OF the South American
republics which gained their independence
since the adoption 9pf the United States
flag, the flag of Chile has one star, that Of
Venezuela seven, and that of San Salvador
thirteen. The flag of Samoa has one star
in recognition of the joint protectorate of
the United States, with Germany and Great
Britain The flag of Cuba, with its single
star, will make the latest addition to the
stellar list. The United States have made
the star an emblem Of liberty,
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the brains of the first man that hissesl''
The dreamer who wrote the article referred
to adds that for half an hour the captain
paced up and down the pier. waiting for
Kisses from the cowed multitude, but In
vain.
The Duchess Dues has passed success
full examination In France as a driver of
auto-motors. She took her examiners, who
were a state engineer and two experts APP
pointed by the project of police, on her car
through the Bots de Boulogne and around
Paris She drove at the regulation maxi
mum of speed which is sixteen kilometres,
or about ten miles, an hour. According to
those who are supposed to know automobi-
lism is now fast supplanting the bicycle
craze in France.
The Empress Elizabeth of Austria who
is now living in the royal palace at Buda.
has q new Greek teacher in the person OF
an Englishman named Barker. He accom-
panies her on her rambles. which are very
extended, for she is a passionate pedestrian.
and reads to her aloud from the daily pa
perS the while. A servant in attendance
bears a pack of miscellaneous newspapers
in the English, French, German, Italian.
Hungarian and Greek languages, and M.
Barker is expected to translate from all
these.
Oh. Uncle Sam is a proud relation;
Now can lick the whole ereation
Look around! Look around!
threatened with some Spanish weather.
He's got his States all j'ined together:
Look around! Look aroundl
Look around and cheer Old Glory.
Philadelphia North American.
He meekly stood before her,
He humbly bowed his head:
I'm going to fight the Spaniards,"
In trembling tones he said
And did she weep. imploring
Him not to go away?
And did she say she loved him,
And beg that he would stay?
All, no! She was his mother
And he was twelve or So
She took her slipper to him
He decided not to go.
Chicago News.
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was that OF ex-Secretary Olney urging a
larger participation in the affairs of the
world than we have taken in the past.
1t is probable that our Interference In the
Cuban troubles has stimulated this new In
terest in international affairs, but the fact
that during the past few years the United
States has been a successful competitor in
the markets of the world is in part respon-
sible for feeling that we must look out for
our interests when the powers are inter-
esting themselves in the future of China.
The occupation of the Philippine islands by
this government and the declared purpose
of the President and Congress to exercise
authority in Cuba when it shall be captured
until a stable government shall be set up
have led the press and public men to ex-
press sentiments more or less favorable to
the establishment of a colonial policy like
those of European nations. 1T will take
some time to get the American people to in
dorse a policy so at variance with that of
the fathers of the Republic and our own
traditions. They will go as far as to have
the government secure coaling stations for
our fleets wherever they may be needed,
but 1t will take time to convince them that
it is polite or expedient to exercise authority
by force over such. people as those who oc-
cupy the Philippine islands '}~
There can be no doubt that the events
of the past few weeks and the conditions
which they have disclosed have given the
United States new Importance in the esti-
nation of rulers and statesmen in Europe.
We have shown that with large navy the
wishes of this government will receive re-
spectful consideration. The nation which,
more than any other, controls the food sup
ply and other essential staples is not one to
be ignored, much less to be treated with
Britain, it is a subject that our people will
long consider before assent is given to any
proposition which will commit us to an
agreement which will bind US to stand by
that government. So far as our interests
are identical such an alliance can be de-
Tended but alliance which would commit
US to cooperation in maintaining her claims
in every quarter of the globe cannot be
considered.
These topics are new ito the American
people, but in the immediate future they
will receive a large part of their attention
because SO potential a nation must partici-
pate in the general affairs of the world
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SCIENTIFIC.


Tests on three-inch line shaft eighty
feet long, running at two hundred revolu-
tons minute, are reported to have shown
a power consumption of 6.21-horSe power
with babbited boxes, and of only 3.01-horse
power after change to roller bearings.
A singular accident has been reported
from chemical factory, where a work
mans clothes became saturated with dust
from the grinding of cnlorate of potassium.
A spark from the workman's pipe fell on
the clothes, when the entire suit instantly
flashed into flame. producing fatal burns.
Floors are made in France from a mix
ture of six parts of good plaster with one
part of freshly Stacked lime. This is hard
ened, when very dry, by thorough satura-
ton with sulphate of iron or zinc-the
former giving a surface twenty times as
strong as ordinary plaster, while the latter
is chosen for it's whiteness. Linseed oil
boiled with litharge turns the rust color
given by the iron to a beautiful mahogany,
which is further improved by a coat of
copal varnish.
A Paris ice company now obtains its sup
plies from the Glacier du Casset near Bril-
ancon. The foot of the glacier is 5000 feet
above sea level, and the three-hundred-
pound blocks of ice are carried to a sta
ton 400 feet lower by a telpher line 600
feet long. The loaded cars or boxes on this
line pull up the empty ones. no engines be-
ing required. The cars bring down hourly
about ten tons of ice, which is carried in
carts from the lower station to railway
about eleven miles away.
Two kinds of i'll effects are produced on
the eyes by the electric arc, according 10
Prof. A. j, Rowland. When ones field of
vision takes in such an arc as the ordinary
arc lamp. an. accidental short circuit. or
the break OF a large current at high poten-
tial, the eyes suffer sort Of paralysis, and
on looking away one sees as through fog
The effect Is transient, at the worst being
working near ares taking large currents, es-
pecially If one electrode Is metal, more Sc
rious harm may be done an external burn
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

A wise man is never less alone than when
he is alone-Swift.
Who fails for the love of God shall rise
a star.-Ben Jonson.
All you hold in your cold dead hand
is what you have given away.-Joaquin
Miller.
Every man is valued in this world as he
shows by his conduct he wishes to be val
ued-Bruyere.
The biggest news isn't always to be
looked for under the biggest type.--CIeve-
land Plain Dealer.
The scarcity of rhymes for Cuba has no
great deal of sRfering.-Puc e.7 country q
It's only natuSal that bunting should in
crease in price. And the more it goes up
the more of it's used.-Philadelphi Times.
hope peace will come soon, and come to
stay, and so come as to be worth the keep
ing for all future time.-Abraham Lincoln.
Take care Of your pennies, and some one
will come along with scheme to take care
OF your dollars for you.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
"They tell me he has had sixteen desper-
ate love affairs, and look how fat he isl
Yes. He is an immune. '-CleVeland Plain
Dealer.
Every man knows some girl who always
carries around a music roll in the street
car. and who he knows can't play.-The
BaChelor.
Why will people insist upon being neigh
borly when your house looks as though a
cyclone had recently visited it?-Feminine
Observer.
1t is Foggs opinion that a man has lived
a tolerably successful life when he escapes
the poorhouse, the Jail and the insane asy-
lum.-Boston Transcript.
The fact that she can't tell herself what
she means by a little while" doesn't pre-
vent q woman from getting mad when a
man asks her.-New York Press.
Girls would not be so willing to get mar
ried and leave home if their fathers and
brothers would pick up after themselves.
house by the litter he leaves behind him.
-Atchison Globe.
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General Merritt, who has been sent to
the Philippine islands. has instructions
of an army to conduct campaigns and win
victories, since he is to seize the territory
and then rule it. He is to be a military
Governor, with unlimited authority. In him
is vested legislative, executive and judicial
power. Considering the people General
Merritt will deal with, his task will prob
ably be a very difficult one. They are ig-
norant, vicious, and have been held In check
for years by force and dominated by rulers
who have robbed and oppressed them.
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The Spanish minister of finance has asked
the Cortes to permit the Bank of Spain,
which is the agency through which the gov
eminent acts, to issue notes without limit
and to suspend the requirement of metal
lie reserve against those notes. The gold
premium on Spanish bank notes has more
than doubled since the battle of Manila, the
notes now being worth but 81 per cent of
their face. When the reserve is suspended
and the issue is unlimited. the currency of
spain will have little, II any. purchase
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

The Cuban volunteers at Tampa who have
done so much to ineite the war are dis
posed to make trouble because the authori-
volunteers and require them TO carry the
stars and stripes. instead of the flag of
Cuba Clothed and armed by the United
States, the Tampa Cubans should not hest
tate to act as United States volunteers. If
they do not they should be left out of the
frht
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

One of the things already demonstrated
in this war is the superiority Of smokeless
powder for shore batteries, and the dis
patches say that our ships have been ma
terially hindered in action by the smoke
which enveloped them and interfered with
aiming. After the appropriation of $50, 900 600
for national defense the government made
great efforts to obtain an adequate supply
Of smokeless powder, but it seems it was
only partially successful. This Is another
illustration of the wisdom of preparing for
war in time of neace
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People who were thoughtful enough dur
ing the civil war to save the files of Har-
per's Weekly, which was the only important
pictorial paper at that time scarcely real
lied then what a treasure they were pre-
serving, but later they found its value. The
text did not matter much; it was the pic
lures that told the story of the war A
glance over them as years passed on re-
vived the memories of half forgotten
events, and for those too young to recall
those bitter years made real their history
as nothing else could do. Even the cartoons
the famous cartoons by Nast-were eff
fective when they were old-a supreme test
of this species Of satire. A pictorial his
tory of this war will be equally desirable
and may be given much greater variety and
effectiveness. The art OF illustration has
greatly improved within thirty-five years,
and artists and publishers are more num-
erous. All these pictorial papers are giving
especial attention to the war, and among
them the complete story is told. Harper's
Weekly still holds leading place in this
class of publications, but Leslie's Weekly
and Golfers Weekly are close rivals. The
best artists are in their service, and the
drawings are literally made upon the spot
instead of in the seclusion OF the studio. In
this weeks Collier, for instance, is a full
page drawing by F. C. Yohn Of a scene at
Chickamauga. The wise person Is he-or
more probably she-who, ahaving a little
leisure, occupies it in selecting the best of
these pictures and arranging them in a
scrap book. Such a book soon comes to
have value that no elaborate illustrated
history prepared after the event can posi-
bly, possess. The scrap book as commonly
seen is a tumble of unrelated facts. but one
of the kind here suggested. prepared with
intelligence and discrimination. is worth all
the trouble involved in the making.
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American correspondents and newspapers
should stop abiding to masked batteries
IS "dastardly and treacherous" devices of
the enemy. They are prefectly legitimate
methods of warfare, and it is our business
to beware OF them.
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Tive naval bill now pending in the House
provides that any officer of the navy, as
constituted by this act, with creditable
record, who served during the civil war.
shall, when retired, be retired with the rank
and three-fourths of the sea pay of the
next higher grade" Under the present law
they receive three-fourths of the pay of the
rank on which they are retired.
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Those foreigners who attribute the rise
in the price of bread to the war practically
admit that the United States can starve
Europe. There is no knowing what we might
do in the event of a. warlike alliance against
US, but it should be understood that a gen.
eral short crop of wheat is the cause of the
doubling of the cost of bread.
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1t may be remarked without offense to
any enc that the Board of Public Works
has succeeded in awakening an army of
protesters against their system of apprais-
ais and assessments. In fact, if any consid-
cradle portion of them would enlist the
board could recruit a regiment.
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The explicit statement by the State De-
partment should set at rest the rumors re-
garding the landing of coEtraband goods or
French gunners by the Lafayette While
the sympathies of the French people are un-
doubtedly with Spain. the government seems
to be acting in spirit of strict neutrality.
1t is not quite so certain ABOUT the colonial
authorities at Martinique.
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Citizens regardless of party and sect are
complaining that the streets, for the sweep
Ing of which they are taxed, are in a very
filthy condition. This complaint should not
be made pretext for the appointment of
mere inspectors of sweeping and sprinkling.
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Detroit Journal.

II know thou wilt not forget mer' ex-
claimed the soldier fondly. at parting, The
thought of me viii tug at thy heartstrings
ever and anon"
Her lovely head reposed now upon his
bosom: that being understood. let us pro-
coed. IL you please.
'Ah. yes. Adalbert." she whispered. "and
moreover, Will tie a string about my finger
as we'll"
Clearly her regard for him was something
rather profound than otherwise
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we have reached that stage of the war
when we talk of the army to distinguish
between the United States army and volun-
teers. What is known as the regular army
is the United States army, while those who
have enlisted for the present war are United
States volunteers. The former has the alb
breviation of U. S. A. and the other that of
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The nomination which Representative
overstreet received yesterday by SO deci-
sive a vote was deserved recognition of
his faithful and effective discharge Of his
duties. Upon all public questions Mr.. Over
ssreet has stood with the Republican party
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81 couldn't go to war. My wife won't let
me-"
And I wouldn't go, because my wife
wants me to-
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General Blancos statement that Admiral
Simpsons recent bombardment OF Matan-
zas resulted lin the killing Of one mule led
a waggish Tennesseean to send the admiral
the jaw bone of mule. highly polished. the
teeth secured by gold nails. with the In
scription: While this weapon may be re-
garded by you al obsolets. we trust that the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-15

Police Judge-This is the eighth time in a
year you have been brought before me-
Offender-I guess that's right; but 1t has
always been a different policeman.
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TO lombard a city without landing force
to hold it seems to be an unfinished job.
though the object may appear later on.
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The power OF Don Carlos lies in the fact
that he is "a millionaire twenty-one times
over" Such men can always have follow
ing in land of adventures.
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Considering the contempt with which
the mule is treated" said the Cornfed Phil
osopher, who can blame him for turning his
back on mankind?'
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Wars are not, conducted on ciyil-service
principles. Germany should remember that
ITO the victors belong the spoils."
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victories won with 1t by your iIlustrious
ANCESTOR may inspire you to still greater
victories with the additional equipment you
POSSESS"
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From now on there will be no question as
to who is first in command over the Indiana
troops. 1t will be your Uncle Samuel.
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Several Spanish war ships have been de-
stroyed by external agencies, but not one
from any kind of internal explosion. Nor
vas the Maine.
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BUBBLES IN THE AIR.

He-What is a nice. sensible present to
give young girl?
She-Oh. candy or roses.
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1t is very evident that a couple of COM
panies Of men and a gunboat cannot land
and capture any town in Cuba.