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The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The London municipalities bill, which has
been introduced in the House of Commons
as a government measure, shows that the
British IDEA of municipal government in
large cities differs fundamentally from the
American. Briefly, it may be said the Amer
lean idea tends to Capitalization and con-
aolidation, while the British idea tends in
the other direction. The charter of Greater
New York, enacted Dy the Legislature in
1897. and approved by the mayors of New
York, Brooklyn and Long Island City,
unites into one municipality the various
cities and communities lying in and about
New York harbor, including the city and
county of New York, the city of Brooklyn
and the county of Kings, the county of
Richmond and part of the county of Queens.
This area of 359 square miles, with popu-
lation of about 3,36O,OO0 is placed under
municipal government and one mayor. No
such Capitalization of power has ever oc-
CURED in any city or group of cities before.
The British idea of municipal reform seems
to be very different. At present the city of
London, with all of its divisions and sub
urbs, embracing seventy-1ive thousand acres
and a population of more than four million,
has but one mayor, known as the lord may
or, and his jurisdiction is very meager out
side of the limits of the old city proper,
which embraces but very small part of
modern London. Outside of the lord mayor
the legislative and executive government of
the great city is vested in local boards,
councils and guilds, including a common
council Of two hundred members and
board of aldermen of twenty-six members.
A London dispatch says:
The new municipality divides the metropo-
lis of London into fifteen municipalities,
each electing a mayor, councillors and alder
men, with full local powers. The area of
the metropolis known as the city of London,
under the jurisdiction of the lord mayor and
measure which deals exclusively with the
territory embraced by the administrative
county of London. The new bodies will
have the same powers as are now possessed
by the great provincial municipalities CT
England, and will not be connected with the
London County Council, the governing body
of the administrative county. This council
in future will deal only with matters of
general metropolitan concern.
This is a step away from Capitalization
towards local government. Instead of one
great municipality under lord mayor and
common council, it provides for fifteen mu-
inequalities and the same number of mayors
and councils, who are to have exclusive
control of strictly local matters. The fed
eral or central government is continued,
but it will deal only with matters of gen.
eral metropolitan concern, while local af-
fairs will be managed by the local govern
ments. 1t is somewhat remarkable that
solidated in one municipality, Greater Lon
don is about to be subdivided into fifteen.
1t looks little as if the British people
appreciated the value of local government
better than we do
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
A VIEW OF REPUBLIC CAMP
A Lively Mining Town in the Fame.
"MorninE Glory" Region.

"The longest way round is the shorts,.
way home" sang the boy of our partv vvba-
We first came within sight Of the ri,t--
camp of Republic. We had hidden for.,.
five miles by stage from Bossberg WasS
to Grand Forke =. c.. and then thirtv-o,.,,
miles by stage from Grand Forke. r g -
Republic, L. s. A, jaunt of eighty rn,la,
Ca jounce, the boy called IT'D. while fron,
Bossberg to Republic as the crow eies !.
but thirty miles. The route lies aropna
mountain range which may in time be TIM
neled. The town of Republic Is situated =.
a slope of the mountain with beaut,e,,,
views in all directions. 1t has one ro.tn
street. Clark avenue, about a half nua !,
length, lined with store and office buildirgs
and the remainder of the town Is comnosas
Of residences set down at any angle tbs,
pleased the owners fancy These buildine,
and residences are of all styles of arcbitao-
ture, from the board shanty with canyas
roof to the pretentious home with fancy
shingles, cornice and L. The town presents
q picturesque appearance, and is but two
miles from the great Morning GLORY mina
which has made the region famous Ona
year ago there were few scattered cabirs
on this site. The town now numbers naar1,
1900 inhabitants. and the predictions ar.
that from 5000 to 10000 people viii be II.
Gated here by the middle of next summer
The first smelter returns from the Morning
Glory, in February 1898, one year ago. vera
S10S to the ton, and the dividends paid sino.
that time have averaged $4,000 month
The Morning Glory claim is in omen tree.
less ground, north of Granite creek. ana
near the Okanogan wagon road. Three
workings have been started, all SHOWING
very rich ore. The region all about Repuhlio
is remarkable for the number of promising
properties opened, and for ease of workine
them. Wages are high. ranging from 90 N
20 81 day. Living is also high as all sun.
plies are brought in on freighters. eighty
miles over the mountain roads, but every
one is busy and prosperous. Business lots
range in price from $3.50 to S1,50O. and resi-
dence lots may be had for SIPS. The town
is remarkably free from the rough element
usually found about the mines New build
ings are going up almost every day and
prospecting will begin in earnest as soon as
the snow is off the mountains.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

the kind She thought she would try what
she could do in the way of child's story,
and sent the manuscript to st. Nicholas.
Sir Wemyss Reid. in a personal sketch
of his friend. the late Mr.. Black. in the
Speaker. tells how the novelist outwitted
the Saturday Review. When a Daughter
of Heth'' appeared it took the town by
storm, and as II appeared anonymously Sir
Weruyss heard for the first time from an
acquaintance who the author was. 1t was
with certain sense of injury that he
asked: why. if Black wrote the book. did
he not put his name 20 t?'' 'Oh, don't you
know? was the instant response. That
Is the best part Of the joke. The saturday
review has been down upon everything he
has written, so he purposely published this
book anonymously in order 10 take in the
saturday Reviewers, and they were the first
people to sound the praises of "A Daughter
of Heth.' II his name had been on the title
page they would have damned it," Unlike
many bits of gossip about successful au-
thors. this-as Sir Wemyss learned later
from Mr.. Blacks own lps-was strictly true
Mr. w. l.. Alden, who contributes a very
readable literary letter to the Saturday is
sue of the New York Times. has been Sc
verely criticised for speaking disparagingly
of Jane Austen's novels and comes back at
his critics in this fashion: After all, who
has the right TO decide this or that book IS
better than another one? Certainly ones
preference ought to have no weight in the
matter. | think l have already said that
have never been able to read Jane Austen
but the fault is wholly mCe | have never
had the slightest doubt tnat the verdict of
the intelligent public, which places her
among the first of English novelists, was
right. George Eliot's books bore me, and
Rhoda Broughtons delight me, but I know
very we'll that the one belongs to the front
rank and the other in the second Ask any
ten men which was the best novel published
last year, and you will probably obtain at
least nine different answers. The Academy
may be wrong in its selections but the
chance that it is right is at least as great
as the chance that a selection made by any
other critical authority would be better
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The wife of a Boston physician recently
bought an Angora kitten of dealer in pets,
paying IS for IT, The animal died after a
few days and the doctor performed an
autopsy. discovering thereby that death was
caused by tuberculosis. He has theTeupon
brought suit against the dealer. not so much
for the purpose of recovering the purchase
money and damages allowed for his trou-
bic and anxiety as TO call public attention
to the danger incurred by taking diseased
pets into the house and exposing the fam
lily to contagion. People have long under
stood or, at least it has for long time
been dinned into them. that it was unsafe
to harbor stray cats because of the chance
that they might carry germs Of diphtheria
scarlet fever and the like in their fur. The
possibility that the animals may themselves
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

A story is going the rounds of the papers
telling how Mr.. Rudyard Kipling once ap-
piled for a position on a San Francisco
paper and was given an assignment to write
up mercantile failure. He is described as
having done the work in excellent literary
style, but with the omission of all essential
facts, such as the amount Of liabilities and
assets. He, however, made a vivid pen por-
trait of the bankrupt representing him as
a rascal ripe for cell. AS the story goes.
the report was not printed and Mr.. Kipling
lost his job. This tale is told to show that
though he may be a great literary artist he
cannot do newspaper work. Whoever wrote
it probably drew on his imagination
Kipling was employed on an English news
paper, published in India, when he was six
teen or seventeen years Of age, and re-
mained there four or five years. While re-
porting was probably not such a fine art
in India as in California, young Kipling
could hardly have been so ignorant of the
work as he is represented. The probability
is that he did not apply for a position in
this country at all. 1t will be remembered
that his first visit here was on his way home
to England. AT that time he wrote some
not entirely complimentary letters about
US to the paper he had left, and after he be-
gan to be famous these letters, which would
otherwise never have been heard of here
were dragged to light, reprinted and circu-
lated to his sprejudice This prejudice is all
forgotten now. The American public likes
Kipling and reads everything he writes. 1t
recognizes him as the strongest literary
force of the end of the century and as a
man who has apparently such reserve
power that greater work may be expected
from him than any yet accomplished The
reading world listens to the bulletins from
his sickroom with keen interest, feeling that
his death at this stage of his career would
be an immeasurable misfortune.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
WE DECLINE oF THE BARRICApE.

France may be said to have passed
through its crisis successfully. In this
country the election of a president does not
cause crisis, but in France the trial or re-
fusal to give a trial to an inferior army Of
ficer threatened the stability of the govern
ment. There was some excitement attending
the election of the new president Exctable
members assailed the opposition with epi
thet, and portions of the emotional popu
lace shouted spit upon Loubet." The rab-
bic, which was ready for riot, had to be con-
tent with smashing a few windows. 1t must
do something to show its spirit, and that
was the least. The crowds swarmed the
streets, but the police would not permit
wild-eyed orators to speak. The claimants
to the throne of France removed to a safe
distance. An army of a hundred thousand
men was called to the city, which sup
pressed the emotional lawlessness of the
Partisan mobs. The dead President is buried
and his successor is in office, and the army
will obey. Its officers have turned deaf ear
to the offers of the leaders of factions that
would repeat the coup d'etat of Napoleon
III.
The French people can be congratulated.
They are making progress toward that self
possession which IS essential to the exist
ence of permanent government. After MAX
ing allowance for the activity of the police
and the presence of the army, there are evil
IDENTIFY many less thousands who have a
passion for the barricade. Perhaps the
Partisan populace has more serious objec-
tions to being killed than those of earlier
days. Possibly the turbulent element re-
calls the days made hideous with slaughter
and demonism by the Anarchists about the
time Paris was surrendered to the Germans
and have no stomach for a repetition. We
will hope that the French of Paris, by
longer contact with the self-contained peo-
pies with which they have come in contact,
will learn that revolution and bloodshed
when there is a change Of rulers is un-
seemly. Itfis hoped that the lesson which
sturdy Germany gave them a generation
ago has not been forgotten. Perhaps the
Paris populace has ceased to take the yell
low journals which have been their teach
ers as seriously as in the past. Perhaps
a little reason and common sense have
modified the traditional crazy emotionalism
of the populace. If such shall prove to be
the case, there Is hope for France
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The United States Indian agent at Ana
darko. Oklahoma, has received a message
from Geronimo, the famous Apache Indian
chief, who for a number of years was the
terror of the white men of the West, and
the United States should relinquish all claim
to the Philippine islands and turn them over
TO the natives. He says further that the
United States should be whipped into sub
mission by the Filipinos. Can it be that
Geronimo is bidding for the anti-expansion-
ist nomination for President?
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The latest statistics of the Treasury De-
partment relative TO the consumption of in
toxicants show that the consumption of dis
titled spirits reached the highest mark per
CAPITA in 1865. that OF wine in 1883. and that
ef malt liquors in 1888 In 1860 the consump-
ton Of distilled spirits per capita was 2s6
gallons. while last year it was gallon a
head. In 1898 Ol.1s7.75S gallons Of ardent
spirits were consumed in the United stntes.
Last year the aggregate consumption was
only 51o5l.S17 gallons. The consumption of
matt LIQUORS reached its climax in 1885, when
Il was 1886 gallons, or 1905 gallons
per capita. Three years later the quantity
consumed was only 100000 gallons greater
than in 1888 which shows falling of per
capita when the increase in population DUR
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

be afflicted with ailments likely to be ac-
quired by human beings adds a new and not
agreeable interest to creatures so common
as pets, and win be apt to detract from
their popularity. Pussy has rather a hard
time of it now, subject as she is to the
uncertainties of the human temper and the
fckleness of human affection, but if she
is to be quarantined against unless she car
ries doctors certificate about with her
she has rougher road before her than
ever. AS for the human creature himself.
with all the newly discovered dangers
threatening him from every SIDE his only
hope for safety seems to lie in complete
isolation from his kind. constant fumigation
and an eye trained to recognize a threaten
ing microbe while it is yet afar off.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

Two or three weeks ago a letter was
printed in a Cuban paper, purporting to
lave been written by General Gomez. in
which he offered his sword to Aguinaldo 1t
is now known that it was an effort at yellow
journalism in the Spanish language. General
Gomez wrote nothing of the kind. His re-
ception in Havana shows that just now he
Is the most popular of Cubans, as he should
be. If his influence is real, his services
will be of great value to the Cubans and
the United States in establishing a good
and stable government in that island.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The Medical Record quotes an old regular
army officer as saying that "if one could see
what the American volunteer can turn a
good government ration into, one would
of miracle could save the volunteers from
destruction" This is equivalent to saying
what everybody of experience knows, that
half of the appetizing and nutritious quail
ties of all food consists in the manner of
handling, preparation and cooking
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
ExnIanation.

''I would be thought more Of" Mr.. Dism
Dawson explained, IF people emily under
stood my nature more better. 1 am that
kind of guy that never gives up when he
has once started to do somethin'. That's the
reason I've always been afraid to start in
at anything"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

1t is not likely that Germany has made a.
demand or request for the recall OF Chief
Justice Chambers from Samoa, and if she
did our government would not comply with
it, since Samoa is no more German territory
than it is American. But it is not unlikely
that the government may recall Mr. Cham
bers of its own motion. He is said to have
been the cause of a good deal of friction
since he went to Samoa on account of his
lack Of tact. Mr.. Chambers is an Alabama
Democrat and was formerly the law partner
of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The course of the Kansas City dentist
who was sued for $4,000 in a breach of
promise case and confessed judgment be-
fore the case was ended. is explained He
said he did it to save the feelings of the
''other woman" whose name was being
dragged in, but it is now ascertained that
he owns not more than five thousand dol
lars worth of property and knew he would
lose that anyway 1t was just a case of
letting go gracefully.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

If President Mckinley had ordered Dewey
to sail away from the Philippine islands
after destroying the Spanish fleet thus leav-
ing the inhabitants under Spanish rule, the
same people who are now abusing him for
holding the islands would be calling him a
coward for having abandoned them.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
Two schools.

'It may pain you to notice" said the real
ist, that 1 am worth much more in the
market than you"
mot the least discomfort" said the ideal
ist Even now the mule is worth more than
the horse"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

W. c. T. U. members in various parts of
the country are fiercely resolving to ex-
terminate a blind pig" said to be con-
cealed in the recesses of the Congressional
Library. Is it. or is it not the same kind
of an animal which has lately found home
in a woman's athletic club in Chicago? Or,
perhaps, the latter is not blind
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26


A new building material has been invented
in Switzerland, the main ingredient Of
which is waste paper. The substance ia
called papyristite. 1t is an artificial STONE
which is spread like a cement, and which
hardens in twenty-four hours. It's peculiar
properties make it of great value 1t is as
hard as marble. yet is noiseless and feels
of velvety smoothness to the foot It is
also light in weightl and is very mex
pensive. 1t is intended principally for floors
and roofs. a roof frame having been pat
ented to use with it, making the roof when
finished without seam. The papyristite can
be treated to look like marble or mosaic.
and in spite of its hardness san be sawed
and cut without difficulty. 1t is impervious
to dirt or filth of any sort as 1t is without
seam. Architects and builders of different
countries have examined and tested the new
product and seem invariably to give it their
unqualified approval It appears to be we'll
adapted to cold as well as to warm coun-
tries, showing no tendency to contract or
warp. Patents have been applied for in the
United States
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The oyster famine did not last long, the
potato famine was short lived and the egg
famine will soon pass. When the ice in
Chesapeake bay melted the oystermen re-
sumed business, when the cold weather re-
laxed potatoes began to move, and when the
south wind begins to blow again the voice
of the cackling hen shall be heard in the
land, and the egg famine will be over.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

Jewett said that Aguinaldo is the tool of the
worst classes-"the renegades, the beach,
combers, the soldiers of fortune and the des-
perate characters that have assembled in
the Philippines" He said there would have
been no conflict had it not been for "the
Vaccinations of these walking delegates, tin
generals and the gang of conspirators that
are using Aguinaldo as their tool" Colonel
Jewett predicted the speedy collapse of the
insurrection
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

1t is doubtful if as many strong, able and
eloquent speeches have been made on any
previous anniversary of Washington's birth
day as on the last one Collected and print
ed in book form they would make a rich
symposium Of true Americanism.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

and the kindred races of northern Europe.
Such civilization could come from no other
race That race or a blending of kindred
races has done all that has been done to
give the modern world civilization. As yet
there is no sign Of decline in quality or
races but elevates them
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

selves as much as anythin' fer not hs,,..
cleaned up the hull tree while the,- la ~
about it''--David Harum.
DO not put all of the best ngs at the to-
Of the crate Have Just as good a lavar !.
the bottom also: for there are aorosfin,as y
evil-minded persons who open the pacisss
at that end-Her Maiesty the KIM -a-5e
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

ing that period is considered. These ire
futable facts should remove the fears of
those who have been led to believe that we
are becoming nation Of drunkards
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

That only one member Of the committee
of fifty selected by the Commercial Club to
confer with the committee of the Legisla-
ture regarding the street-railway bill put in
an appearance is the cause of humorous
comment. 1t may be added that the one
member who appeared did not know why
he bad been notified to appear There is
but one organization more Intellectual than
a committee of fifty and that is a commit
tee of one hundred.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

There are some statesmen in Congress
whose farewell addresses the American peo-
pie would be glad to read. Not that they
would be profitable. patriotic or inspiring,
like that of Washington, but they would fill
a long-felt want and relieve that tired feel
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

Nearly 100000 pounds of cotton seed oil
were exported from this country to Mar
part of it is made into olive oil, much of
which is sold in the United States. Thus the
French sardine, made of little fish caught in
the waters of northeastern Maine, preserved
in olive oil made from cotton seed, is a home
,,rrdurt
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The weakness of the well-meaning man
with good cause is that he takes a recess
and is tardy when the vital moment is
reached. The man who is attached to a
bad cause by mercenary or other personal
considerations is always ready for the roll
call This weakness of the good man came
near defeating the county bill in the House
Yesterday
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
Not worthy the TitIe.

"Pkillns is quite an original genius, eh?'
II can't see what you base that assertion
on. All he has ever done was to invent a
car coupler and write book on the Spanish
war"
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

Atthe Minnesota College of Agriculture
are fifty young wcmen who are pursuing the
study of scientific farming with the inten-
tion of following the business. There are
a great many successful women farmers in
the West, including several conspicuously
SO in Indiana. and there is no reason why
they should not become leaders in scientific
farming If the boys continue to desert the
farms the girls will have to take their places.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26
BUBBLES IN THE AIR.
OH OH

The Housewife-Is this here milk pure?
Don't you try to deceive me, now.
The Milkman-I will not, ma'am. 1t is
not pure. 1t is half cream.
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

Strictly speaking. there is no curfew law
ing all persons to remain in their homes
after o'clock in the evening answers the
same purpose
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

While they are about it, why don't the
friends Of Grover Cleveland try to make
it permanent thing and run him for king
Instead of President?
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

"Cyrano de Bergerac" has never yet been
produced in England-at least an English
version of it. The British theatergoers
know good thing when they come across
The Indianapolis journal., 1899-02-26

The admirers of Colonel Bryan imagine
that they have discovered a conspiracy to
drop their idol in 1900 and take up Senator
Teller