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of disease. On tho other hand. Senator
Boards Of Health should be charged with
the matter of quarantine. because 1t has to
do with police powers. which pertain to
the State. 1t may be said that statesmen
of the Vest type are in favor of having
the federal government assume all respon-
sibiIities with which an expenditure of
money is connected. Inasmuch. however.
as a malignant disease in one part of the
country affects the commerce of other por-
tions, it seems that quarantine should be
under federal supervision.
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A few days ago the managing editor of
the New York Evening World, one of the
yellow journals of the metropolis, caused to
be printed an edition of the paper an
nouncing that war had been declared upon
Spain by the United States. He also or
dered page of war news to be cabled from
London. This announcement was really go
ing too far even for a paper that made no
pretense Of accuracy. The edition was sup
pressed and the editor put under medical
treatment, the accounts variously repre-
senting him as ill with brain fever and as
hopelessly insane. That his mind is serious
ly weakened there is no doubt, and his condi-
ton is precisely what might have been ex-
pected as a result of years of struggling
after sensational effects in his paper. The
nervous strain upon the responsible head Of
a reputable newspapers which handles none
but legitimate news is severe even in ordi-
nary times 1t is more wearing in times of
public excitement like the present, when
choice must be made out of the mass of
Geographic and other matter that presses
for attention and to all of which space can
not be given. But to be constantly devising
sensational tales, to plan startling an
nouncements to engage in the manufacture
of wild and impossible stories intended sole
ly to attract attention-to do these things
for a series of years and to carry the re-
sponsibility of them is a course that leads
naturally and directly to mental breakdown.
The editor of the Evening World did not
expect the stories told in his paper to be
believed; he probably did not care whether
they were believed or not; he simply wanted
to print things that would excite wonder
and make the paper sell. He was simply
fulfilling his contract with an employer who
is moved solely by self-interest, but he could
not bear the strain. Like the Immortal
j. NJ" he assumed the pressure" Of ar
ranging the affairs of all the world in gen.
eral and of the United States and Cuba
in particular according to plans of his own,
and the pressure was too great for him.
Fortunately, such papers swiftly lose the
confidence of the public, and when by
chance they tell the truth are not believed
without confederation; but were 1t other
wise the really responsible men, the pub
fishers, would not alter their policy. If by
announcing that war was declared they
could bring about war they would make
haste to announce i. in giaring headlines
and hysterical language. The time viii
come perhaps, when the public, by with
drawing its patronage, viii make it inn
possible for such papers to be profitable.
They are read now only from sheer cufIos-
itv or By peopIe Of visiafed taste who find
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similar questions, to which the pupils could
make no reply. The next day, says the
Argonaut one of the teachers was amused
to overhear the following conversation
among the pupils in the play yard A little
girl had got some of her companions about
her and said. gravely: Now. children, let
us play i am the superintendent You've
got to know more about common things;
il you don't you will all grow up TO be
fools. Now, tell me-" she said. looking
sternIy at playmate, how many feathers
has a hen?'
Here is a story at his own expense that
Consul General Lee is fond of telling: I'VE
had surrendered at Appomattox and was
riding slowly across the desolate country
toward my home My heart was heavy. my
the road / saw an old man plOughng close
to the fence As 1 approached him he
eagerly inquired of the news at the front
1t is bad. very bad l replied: General
Lee has surrendered What is that you're
sayin'?' almost screamed the old fellow.
General Lee has surrendered and all is
over For fully minute he regarded me.
and then said, with great contempt: That's
all you know about II. That little upstart
of q no count Fitz Lee mout have suTren-
dered. but Uncle Robert? No. stree, neverI
Gee up, Bess.
In March come the March winds,
They blow and blow;
They sweep up the brown leaves
That green ones may grow.
Aha. heigh-ho.
j. w w Houchton,
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sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Half our mistakes in life come from be-
ing in a hurry.-Bishop Thorold
True merit. like a river. the deeper it is
the less noise it makes.-Halifax.
Any man may make mistake. but none
but fool will continue it-Cicero.
one-half the world doesn't know how the
other. half lives on its husbands salary.
All the world does not love lover;
certain portion OF it considers him a chump.
Puck.
Care to our coffin adds nail no doubt;
and every grin, SO merry, draws one out.
-Wocott.
The cotton workers of New England are
lilies-they toll not, neither do they spin.
-Bede's Budget
Every woman should fall in love, but she
oughtn't to fall so far as some of them do.
-Bede's Budget.
If you lend man grass seed Aell come
around later to borrow a lawn mower.
Christian Work.
No man respects his wife near so much
if she doesn't believe half the lies he tells
her.-The Bachelor.
Our bravest and best lessons are not
learned through success. but through mis-
adVenture.-A. b. Alcott.
Castles in Spain these days. says the
real estate agent, ARE not worth dreaming
about. Philadelphia Record
To have what you want is not always the
purest joy, but to have it just when you
want it is.-Philadelphia Times.
A woman who really loves her husband
never tries to rule the roost. Show this to
your wife.-Phiiadelphia Inquirer,
1t is said that war is needed to thin out
the population. And yet there is nothing
slow about the doctors.--Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
1t is the same with the average man as
with the lobster. He is not so green after
he has got into hot water.-Boston Tran
script.
The oftener a woman insists that she
knows a thing is so the more you may
know she'd give to be certain of it.-New
York Press.
Chicago man who has family of sew
eral manageable daughters has -placed in
each of their rooms the motto, Learn to
say yes New York Tribune.
After man has been married about six
months he takes to carrying little wad OF
string in his pocket and wears pins under
the bottom edge of his vest-The Bachelor.
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Arthur Balfour is credited with this an
swer to a young woman who expressed a
regret that she had never heard Disraelfs
conversation: You needn't do that; you
have only to imagine a braZen mask talk
ing his own novels"
A London prophet has damaged his
reputation by two inconsistent perform
ances. A week after positively predicting
the end of the world in 1900 he paid a large
sum to secure a fifteen-year lease of a
house wherein he carries on a mercantile
business.
Professor f. c. de Sumichrast the chair
man of the department of French in Har-
ward University. is the recipient of an in
frequent honor in the shape of a commune
cation from the Academic Franchise
through M. CASTOR Boissier, it's perma-
nent secretary: conveying it's thanks for
Professor De Sumichrast's translation of
Racine's Athalie' and for his services in
the cause of the study Of French.
Prof. William James, of Harvard, saws
the Boston Herald has been telling how
he passed an examination in anatomy he.
fore the late DIR. Holmes. The first oues-
t non put TO him was as 20 the nerves at
the base or the brain. 1t so happened that
MIR. James was we'll up in that subject and
ne promptly gave an exhaustive reply ooh
well, If you know that you know everv
thing" said Dr. Holmes cheerfullv- ar .ef,s
talk about something else How are Ali
Your people at homer"
Undeterred by the fate of Henry Savaoo
Lander, William Jameson Reid an expIor-
er, Of Boston, has decided to visit the citv
of Larissa in Thibet, and will start AZ the
end of the year. His plan is to work bv
gradual stages as near as possihIa - T ~ ~
rlssa without detection, and with +ha &c
slstance of trustworthy guides 10 male .
dasn Tor the sacred city by a uni1,,a
melhod which he has devised and uhich
will enable him to enter and exarni,,a In tt
place without being perceived ~
me question Of What's in name2' has
just been up before the attorney general
of Colorado to decide A woman roto~,,
public in Denver was married recently and
the question at once confronted he, as n
" name she should sign in her official
attorney general, who gave his onininn
tnat, as there is no authority of Law, fo.
, mU,nsn III Soiorado to drop their maiden
heretofore. DIS
Bishop Turner, who is on his wav IA nro-
side over the South African Conferences -
Pretoria, has been accused by a crit4c sie,,-
ing ing htnselI Bruce-Grit, of preferrine muIat-
toes to negroes, and thus renlies fo M
tack: We know that God duo thts a.
verse out Of black, and that black cb ul1l
Irselsneu millions, billions. trillions. ouadri,
said Let there be light or + 81 +Iar ever s
WHITE We believe God himself Is re.x,l %
a Il, a = bruce-Grlt ooesn't believe IL he IL
who does not believe fhat -. any negro
serves and worships is a Nero Guu ne
~ ! lscsnt visit 6 inspection. the state
= =. OF schools in Maine, while
u the town Of Pembroke. asked ! n,,,,,,,s.
Of questions OF the pa,.sile =, . 8 '1t
tie little things il Ire s., ~ sSnooi about
sHow many seed. cor,.,. 4. - e apout them.
IA an appie9s he nss5<e ,,is s.SshsS are there
law has the cow helI fessh:o ,su IL N which
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of lightning, and the second giving view
the clouds were clearly outlined by illumi-
nation from the distant flashes; The time
of exposure in each case was about nIteeH
minutes.
Frequent sea disturbances that are some
times called earthquake waves are recorded
in New South Wales. Mr.. III. G. Russeh,
the government astronomer, states that
these have a period of about twenty-six
minutes from crest to crest, which CORE
spends to the period of waves from e aItn-
Quakes, but il has been shown that only
about per cent. have really origlnated N
earth movements. About GO per cent. nave
their origin in confined waters far 10 the
south under q low pressure. The low par
ometcr is accompanied by rise IN sea
level. resulting in currents that meet IN
Bass's straits, producing waves that are
transmitted through Tasman sea and are
recorded by the Sydney and New Castle
tide gauges. Heavy gales originate at lesst
10 per cent. more in the Tasman sea- The
remainder of these periodic waves, Wnlcn
somewhat resemble those that have been
noticed in Lake George, are beiieved TO be
due also to meteorological causes, although
the connection has not yet been traced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

The reports concerning the health of Lord
Salisbury are conflicting, but there is good
reason to suspect that the one which asserts
that his debility has compelled him to take
a vacation is true. He is now in his sixty
ninth year. Forty-fve years ago he sat in
the House of Commons as Lord Robert
Cecil He has been a member of the House
of Lords thirty years He became a minis
ter of the crown in 1866 and since that date
has been prime minister three times.
Twenty years ago he was the colleague of
Disraeli in negotiating the great treaty
which has given peace to Europe. Twenty
years ago he succeeded Lord Derby at the
Foreign Office, which, with all its labor
and responsibility, has had a fascination for
him. He has doubled its duties by joining
it with the premiership. There are two OPP
posite opinions regarding his merits as
statesman, but whoever gives him second
place in the ranks of British craftsmanship
does Salisbury an injustice.
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OF the various findings which may possi-
bly, be made by our naval court of inquiry
the most embarrassing, because the most
pregnant with uncertainty, would be that
the Maine was blown up from the outside
without attempting to fix the responsibility.
a report that she was destroyed by an ac-
cidental explosion from within would end
the matter as an international incident A
report that the Spanish authorities were
implicated or privy to her destruction would
mean war but report that she was un-
doubtedly blown up from the outside with
out attempting to fix the responsibility
would raise a cloud of questions as to the
extent of SPANS responsibility that might
take months to settle and end in arbitration
~ last.
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A cablsg-am in the Journal of yesterday
quoted an interview published by a leading
paper in Vienna with the Spanish axnbassa-
dor to Austria, in which he said: IF dur
ing a wa- the United States should incite
the Philippines to revolt Spain could re-
venge herself by raising revolts in the
american Southern States" Nothing could
better illustrate the ignorance of Spanish
statesmen regarding the situation in this
country. The Spanish ambassador to Aus
tria is, of course, person of considerable
Importance, yet he is ignorant enough to
Imagine that the elements of revolt exist in
our Southern States and that Spain could
rely upon assistance from that quarter. If
the ambassador will come to this country
we viii guarantee him free course in some
school for the feeble-minded.
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All of the authoritative writer's on inter-
national law declare that interference in a
conflict on the ground of humanity can be
justified in extreme cases. Wheaton justi-
fies the interference of England, France and
Russia in the Greek insurrection against
the Turks in 1897. The grounds justifying
intervention are furnished in the protracted
conflict in Cuba
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

In the illustrated history of the war,
Campfire and Battlefield" several pages
are devoted 20 copies of the caricatures Of
the war period The most of them are
hideous and are devoted to abuse of Abra-
ham Lincoln. One of them, used during the
campaign Of 1864, when General Mcclellan
was the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, represents Mr.. Lincoln on his back
with Mcclellan standing on his heart as
giant-killer, having slain the President with
the Constitution. Like much of the same
effort to-day, it would be nearer the fact to
characterize the indecent and malignant
work as lampooning rather than caricatur-
sng.
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Possibly some other man might have dis
covered the process of preparing steel as
did Sir Henry Bessemer, but as he did so,
and as his discovery has revolutionized the
uses of iron and steel, he is entitled to a
place among the very few men whose dis
coveries have given an impetus to civiliza-
ton which cannot be measured by years.
Before his death Bessemer must have
realized something of the work he per-
formed to quicken the advance of civiliza-
tion. tits not too much to say that civiliza-
tion in material things is fifty years ahead
of what it would have been in commerce
and industry but for the Bessemer process.
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bruce. vlew. on Ms..ng the Race.

. Register Hruce's death recalls the fact
mat he could never be induced to pay any
attentlon 20 white women who linked their
lives in matTimony with coloreeI men. There
We're two notable cases of the kind here.
IN one OF which colored Moses married
a white woman who was employed in his
once, and in the other a colored physician
persisted in going outside of his own race
Tor Wife. Both men were prominent in the
councils of the -Afro-AmeTicans but this
made no difference to Bruce, who was al
most white himself. If they had married
decent colored women il would have been
All right according 10 his ideas but when
they persisted in taking white women for
wives he crew the line and would neither
receive visits from them nor permit his wife
to visit them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

At a politico-military banquet in Havana,
a few nights ago, Captain General Blanco.
responding to a. toast to the, King of SPAIN
said that the Spanish flag now waving in
the western world would remain here for
ever. because it represents liberty and civ
ilization. Spain is andswili ever be-" the
captain general added, "the first power in
America" If the general loses his present
job he might get employment as profess
sfonal humorist.
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Here is a tough one," said the religious
editor.
Perhaps I can help you," said the police
reporter. What is it?"
"A fellow stole ten bushels of wheat when
the stuff was worth only 60 cents bushel.
Now, he's got religion and wants to know
whether he ought to pay the man ten BUSH
els of dollar wheat or six dollars
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Reduced Rates to Clubs
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

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Sixteen Pages

He was an Ohio President who said:
''He serves his party best who serves his
country best" The President who would
increase the chances of a costly and bloody
war to promote the election of a few party
friends upon war popularity would not,
in the end. serve his party best.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

Some Washington correspondents have
shown q great deal of enterprise, not to
say originality, in circumstantial reports of
proceedings at recent Cabinet meetings. To
read some of these reports one would think
that members of the Cabinet make daily
confdants of the able correspondents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

The discussion Of national quarantine
Dill IN the Senate puts senators in new re-
sations- For instance, Senator Vest, who
has been one Of the most ultra champions
IS the rights Of sovereign States. holds that
Is the duty CT the general government
g assume the responsibility Of quarantine
the event Of the appearance Of malignant
tease, and that federal officers should be
ne lockout to prevent the importation
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their ''yellownessg ana vuIgarity such q
stimuIant for their minds as cheap whisky
is for their stomachs. Those who read
them regularly cannot fail to become men
tally weakened, though they may not be
in danger like the editors. of hopeless in
sanity. It<may be that considerations of
public Welfare will yet cause these yellow
journals to be included in the prohibition
movement along with other aids and ac-
compartments to immortality and misery
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sane and cheerful spirit and leaves the
reader better for the reading because of
new and wholesome views Of life. With
the short story such a feature of current
literature the pity IS that there are so few
writer's like her
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

Those property owners who have paid the
heavy assessments to improve streets with
the understanding that all subsequent re-
pairs would be met by general appropria-
tions will not be easily reconciled to the
Tasgart theory that abutting property must
bear the expense of successive coats of
asnha1t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

When Governor Leedy declares that the
administration is anxious to obtain new
regiments to be used to suppress strikes
and still lives, it is evident that the fool
killer has abandoned Kansas to it's fate
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

Variety the Spice of Life.
The tramp along the road doth go,
His days pass idly by;
Sometimes his face is filled with woe,
And sometimes filed with pie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-20

The fiery Don who proposed to fight Sena-
tor Mason cannot be familiar with the fate
Of his illustrious countryman Don Quixote,
who Joined combat with a windmill
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More Information.

Tommy-Paw, what is lady of a COM
Portable figure?
Mr.. Figg-A woman who is uncomfortably
fat
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Only Fair Play.

She-Be to my faults a little blind.
He'll be little blind if you'll keep your
mouth a little shutter.
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Nnlcago I7mes-HeraId.
A prize fight in San Francisco LAST ueelx
was deslared q draw because as the press
aispatchss state the referee would havs
reen KILLED. IL ha had rendered aec}siof
~ favor 81 either side How 1eIiahtfzIl
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-08
Tom James Remains.

Tom X. James, who came 40 town
this time as steward of the Scandia,
will not go on TO Manila. MIR. James
likes to serve his country all right, but
so long as there is no opportunity for
campaigning with General Merritt. will
remain here for the present. Mr.
James, by the way, has been a valuable
man in connection with the expedi-
uons. He fitted out with supplies all
OF the ships leaving San Francisco with
troops excepting the Pacific Mail boats
He was engaged as the best available
man for the business and gave entire
satisfaction. Mr. James has been i'll
for some time, the result of overwork
in getting the ships off to Manila from
San Francisco.
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HAWAIIAN REGULARS.
Two Hundred Men Call Respon-
ded TO Readily,

Gen. Merriam has agreed that if two
companies of 100 men each Will vol
unteer he viii muster them in for ac-
tive garrison service. Fifty per cent.
or 100, must be members of the First
Regiment. The others may be recruit
ed from the outside. There would be
for the companies six officers, who are
probably available already.
Enlistment rolls for the 100 men
19ve been sent to the various com
panies. Up to last night about thirty
regulars, seven Company II men and
two G men had signed or signifed
their Willingness to do so. There will
be others from A, c and, perhaps. B
and d. r and f viii likely be the
nucleus for the new formation. 1t be-
gins to look like the 100 military men
Will be secured, after which there will
probably be no trouble in enIisting the
required number Of recruits.
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In Words and Pictures.

Mr.. Burton Holmes. whose delightful
illustrated lectures were given here
some weeks ago, has announced as the
first of his course at the Columbia
Washington, D. c., THE Ha-
waiian Islands" While here Mr.
Holmes secured for his stereOpdcOn
views on Hawaii. Maui, and Oahu and
a number of stock pictures. He shows
the Honolulu Fire Department in ac-
tiOn and canoe party surf riding with
kauilani and other prominent people
in the beach scene. In the States Mr.
Holmes takes engagements only in the