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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

1t appears that a few Of the inmates Of
the State Soldiers Home at Lafayette have
petitioned the Legislature to make an in
vestigation or change some of the officers.
This is to be expected. We are not all happy,
and some mortals are so constituted that
unless thoroughly regenerated they will
complain of the accommodations furnished
in the house with many mansions. Some of
the complaints made by these men, partic-
ularly those relating to the taking of their
pensions, are false, while the complaint that
they are required to work is both false and
frivolous Those who are we'll are required
to work an hour or two a day to keep the
grounds clean. They also complain that the
water is impure; but the water comes from
driven wells nearly four hundred feet deep.
The truth is the home is a carefully man.
aged institution. The trustees are business
men of experience, and the officers are
competent. A man who has seen better days,
said recently: II could not ask for better
treatment than receive at the home; the
food is good and abundant, and the quar-
ters are nice and comfortable" The Legis-
lature should not heed a few chronic grumb-
lers, but the managers should dismiss those
inmates who are obnoxious and make room
for men who will appreciate the privileges
of the State Soldiers Home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
All an Experiment.

ton that he was making an experiment
with the "embamed beef But, as a mat
ter of fact the whole business of furnishing
fresh beef to our troops in the tropics was
an experiment The volunteer troops, their
friends al home, correspondents, like Rich
ard Harding Davis, and the newspapers
which took their cue from these correspond
ents complained so loudly of the salt pork
used at Tampa, although salt pork was
good enough in Florida and Louisiana. dur
ing the civil war, that effort made
to provide a different diet for the troops in
Cuba. Instead of being loaded in refriger-
ator cars at the stock yards and delivered
fhis soldiers meat was unavoidably sub
jected to repeated landings under a hot
sun and unfavorable conditions. NO doubt
spoiled, as would be inevitable under the
circumstances
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

A communication relative to local govern
naent, printed on another page. misrepre-
sents the position of the Journal on the sub
ject. In all it has said regarding the need
Of reform in local government. the Journal
has emphasized the fact that it believed
majority of the county commissioners and
township trustees were honest. 1t has at
tackled the system, and has cited individual
Instances only to prove its defects. Our cor
respondent himself recognizes one of these
~ Suggesting a plan by which the people
may know better what the county business
Is and how it is being conducted" This is
one OF the main objects of reform in local
government No honest official can object
to the adoption Of better methods Of trans
acting public business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
Mr.. Beveridge.


Mr.. Beveridge is accused of being IA
spread-eagle orator" and there is no doubt
that he has q tendency to "hfalutin." But
nobody can read such an address as that on
The Vitality Of the American Constitu-
ton" which he delivered before the Allie
gheny County tPennsylVania) Bar As
sociaton Il year ago, without real
izing that he is also man OF
genuine ability, who should outgrow his
youthful faults of eXuberant oratOry and
develop with greater age higher standards
of style His character is beyond criticism
his desire to render good service to the pub
lie seems deep and strong and altogether
the promise of his entrance upon a national
career is great. IL is sign of hope which
Indiana thus raises before the country. and
it will be heartily welcomed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The annual report of the Commissioner of
Taxes and Corporations in Massachusetts
shows the same tendency toward increased
expense of local government there that ex-
lists elsewhere. The net debt has increased
in 12S towns, or as we say in Indiana, town
ships. The aggregate net debt of the cities
and towns in the State is s121 3S5.139, which
is larger than ever before. Last year it
was $ll5,79S.Ss9. which was the largest up
to that time. Assuming that the average
rate OF interest is per cent, then the mu-
inequalities which are carrying the above
debt raise $6,7l2 457 for interest every year.
This is heavy drain on the people. The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

.,rbe New God" is a translation from the
German of Richard Voss, by Mary A. Robin
son. 1t is another of the romances which
have as their central thought the story OF
Christ. "The New Cod is vigorous and in
teresting, and there are many very beauti-
full features in it, Among the characters in
troduced are the Emperor Tiberius, Pontius
plate. Mary Magdalene and other histor-
zeal folk Velosianus the king OF priests,
becomes intensely Disguised with everything
his life, his world. his gods and all-and
sets forth to seek q living God. He meets
the daughter of Jairus-the maiden who was
raised from the dead, and together they so
to Jerusalem. reaching there just after the
cruciixion. There is very strong chapter
descriptive of Pontius Pilates sentence or
Christ and of his visit TO Christs tomb
There are also some wonderful descriptions
of the pagan Tevels under Tiberius and
Caligula- The story Is told in brilliant lstyle
vet i'm a sturdy, strong fashion. The trans
lator has succeeded in retaining the strength
of the original German and adding 10 II
much gracefulness in English. Harper u
Brothers, publishers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The correspondence of "A first-class news
paper during the civil war was valuable
and instructive record Of events. Some or
the men who were correspondents at that
time afterwards became famous in Journal
ism. One of the best, though he died less
than ten years after the close of the war
and before his career had eliminated, was
Charles A. Page, correspondent of the New
York Tribune. A native of Illinois and
largely self-educated. with an instinct Tor
news and full of energy and patriotism. he
became one of the best correspondents OF
that historic period. His letters 10 the Trih-
me written from the front and almost
from the firing line, contained very graphic
accounts of the movements and battles or
the Army of the Potomac. Interesting as
they were at the time they are even more
50 now on account of their historic value.
They have been collected and published In
q volume entitled. Letters of a War Cor
respondent" The letters are intelligently
edited and annotated by James X. Gilmore
and with their accompanying maps they
make valuable contribution TO civil war
literature. Boston, l.. c. Page & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
Whn,a Whn.

This annual biographical dictionary. edited
nv Douglas Sladen, WIS first issued as
record of English and other European liv-
ing celebrities. bat the volume for 1899 con-
tains several hundred American names. The
information given, so far as examined,
seems more accurate than is usual in such
chronicles, and, though brevity is the rule.
the important facts of each individuals life
are given together with some that are less
important to the public, as the character OF
his recreations. The Hon Col. John Hay.
Winon's Point Shooting Club and OF the
Vernon Duck Club Gen. Lew Wallace Is
represented as having house and steam
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places;
NEW YORK-Astor House.
CHICAGO-Palner House, p. o. News Co, 217
Dearborn street. Great Northern Hotel and
Grand Pacific Hotel.
street
LOUISyILLE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and Jefferson Streets and Louisville
Book Co., 256 Fourth avenue.
ST LOUIs-Union News Company, Union Depot.
WASHINGTON. D. C.-Rggs House. Ebbitt
House and Wizards Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Education to have those and others treating
of plant and animal life on farms, with
simple treatises on soils, introduced in the
schools. seems to be a practical idea. The
leaflets referred to are very popular, and no
doubt the scientific teachers at Purdue can
extend them SO as to cover elementary in
struction in practical botany and agricui-
tural chemistry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

That is not religion which causes a
woman to remain in public in a trance forty
eight hours and bark like dog NEW like
a cat and hiss like a serpent. 1t may be
temporary alteration, hysteria or some
thing Of that sort, but it is not religion,
much less worship. The wonder is that
people in a State like Indiana can mistake
any such manipulation as having eny con-
ncetion with the Christian religion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Bryan has undergone a change Of stock
expressions. This versatility of his is a
gratifying matter, and one that leaves room
for faint hope that some day the charac-
teristic may extend itself to his political
belief long enough to permit him to change
his political views and lose that feeling of
loneliness that has almost been the ruin
of the man. He no longer says anything
about "crucifying mankind on a cross of
gold,' but speaks instead of the terrible
tendency of the expansionists ITO muffie the
tones Of the Liberty Bell"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Gloves" said he. were known to the
Greeks"
'They must have been, in the nature of
things said she. For did they not have
both theaters and married couples in those
days?'
Which goes to show that the workings of
the Great Plan were just about the same in
the days of the ancents.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The Kansas City Times Dem.) says that
Mr.. Bryan will not do for 1900, and Chair
man Wall, of Wisconsin, the most infiuen-
tial Democrat in that State says the party
must abandon 16 to 1. On the other hand,
not a convert is mentioned to the cause of
free silver.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The popular feeling against trusts and the
demand for their suppression by law are
very strong. but the fact should be recog-
nized that it is difficult matter to deal
combinations of capital, are a national evo-
luton of business, due largely to the fierce
competition of modern trade. and how to
prevent them without interfering with per-
sonal rights and with business is a very
difficult question.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Kansas papers applaud the House for re-
Jecting an amendment to the postal appro-
priation bill appropriating $25 600 for a fast
mail from Kansas City to point in Kansas
because it was designed to carry Kansas
City daily papers and nothing else. 1t APP
pears that Jerry Simpson was the sponsor
for the scheme. There are other fast mails
which exist for no other purpose than to
carry the newspapers of the larger cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Representative Scott, of Montgomery,
when he told the House on Saturday that it
was there to consider the interests of In
diana and not to indulge in political bum
combe like the trust instructions to the next
Republican national convention. was right
If the Legislature can devise a law which
viii prevent combinations from cutting
wages it will accomplish something prac-
ticaI
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The proposed Nicaragua canal will shorten
the present route of 1850 miles from New
York to San Francisco by way of Cape
Horn to 4,92S miles across the isthmus. The
wonder is that work of such national
Importance was not constructed long ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
RennhIicnn Editors.

The annual meeting of the Indiana Repub-
iican Editorial Association will be held at
the Denison Hotel Thursday evening and
Friday Jan. 2s and p. The annual dinner
will be at o'clock Thursday evening. The
business sessions will be Friday.
JULIAN d. HOGATE, President.
A. w. HOWARD, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

All that the township and county reform
bills do is to make governments therein
conform to the restrictions which have been
found to be necessary in federal and state
governments.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The Bank of England having reduced its
rate of discount from to S15 per cent, it is
predicted that the. s75,OOO,OOO of floating in
come home, causing an increase of gold i'm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

has developed a number of members who
possess the faculty of saying something to
the point on a pending measure in five
Or ten minutes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Opponents of expansion who are demand
ing that we sell or trade off the Philippines
forget that we cannot make any title to
them until after the treaty is ratified.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
The Only one.
snringdeld Ropublican.

Springfield Republican
General Grant has been dead over thirteen
years, and il IS time that his son and name
sake be called Z: s. Grant. without the
''ir." appendage- The only L.. s. Grant on
earth is the man running for United States
senator in California; on his Wife's money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
PorticuIors wnntnd.

Hungry Higgins-How would you like to
be one of them swell dudes an have you
alcohol battle every day?
Weary Watkins-Inside, or outside?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

1t now appears that the secret Of the
Keely motor was fraud, an apparatus TO
compress air having been found under the
machine Air, however, is boundless, and
when it becomes the great motor. by COM
preston, as many predict it will, 1t may
be regarded as the next thing to perpetual
motion
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
Pretty Strong.

'"Then told him what l thought of him. -
I'm good, plain language, L presume?"
well, yes. In fact, some of my express
sions were positively military"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

KANSAS NIIy J0uIHdI.
1.-THE buffalo is extinct in Kansas, and It
is thought the Populist is going the same
way observes the Cleveland Leader This
Is an unfair association of names. The
Kansas buffalo was respectable and In
offensive beast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The sentiment OF the people of this State
with reference to the local government re-
form measure or a better one as substi-
tute, is expressed in the hackneyed phrase,
If not, why not?" The members OF the
State General Assembly are in a position
where they must act favorably on The rend-
ing bill or show good reason for not do
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

report shows that the aggregate local as
sessment of taxes was S43.792S7S, of which
and II per cent. for the counties and State.
The State tax was only $i.50oOoO. This shows
that in Massachusetts as in Indiana. the
cost of local government is many times
greater than that Of State government. 1t
shows that tax reform must begin at home.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The Springfield (Mass.) Republican sug-
gests that the export of silver bullion should
be carried in official and other reports as
is other merchandise. The Republican is
right. The treasury reports of exports and
imports should not cause it to appear that
silver bullion is different from iron or wheat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

Mater-Isn't there something scorching?
Pater-I guess it is only Laura and her
young man saying goodnight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

The resolution OF Mr.. Neal. of Hamilton.
commencing the leaflets on plant life which
have been issued by the agricultural depart
mont Of Purdue and directing the Board OF
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

On the whole, last week was not a happy
one in the Indiana Legislature for those
whose vocation is tax-eating
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23

In reading of Richard Harding Davis's
Illness, it should be taken into consideration
that that learned gentleman is much given
to roasting" even when his temperature
is normal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
The old Adam and the New Eve.

This story is a translation from the Ger
man of Rudolf Colin, comparatively new
writer and there is an endeavor to give II
Importance by means of an introduction by
Edmund Gosse and another by the author
himself While it affects to approve to
certain degree of the endeavor the modern
woman is making even in Germany to as
sert her individuality outside of the domes-
tic circle, it is really a revelation of the at
titude of the German mind toward woman
as a creature meant chiefly to minister 10
the erosser needs of man. II also demon
strates afresh that the German woman Is
half a century behind her English ana
American sisters in development. 1t IS an
unpleasant story throughout; the heroine
herself though meant as an agreeable char-
acter' is not sufficiently well drawn to so
impress readers of the tale, and when s she
comes to grief does not win sympathy Sns
is dominated throughout by her father ana
husband. two exceedingly coarse selhsn ana
tvrannical men. If intended by the author
as typical Germans, he does his country no
service by portrayng them. the moral OF
the story is that in Germany the woman
who would enjoy freedom of thought ana
opinion must give up the idea of marriage
Published by George II. Richmond q son.
New York.
Connecticut western news., 1899-09-07
HUN rsyILLE and SOUTH CANAAN

Mrs N. J. Dean spent Sunday in Win sted as the guest of friends.
 Mrs Lurs Babcock is suffering from a very painful felon.
 John Ransom, connected with Tiff fany's steam saw mill at Lime Rock was the guest of his brother Jerome in this place Sunday.
 Mrs N. A. Wright and granddaughter. Miss Nins Hall of Bridgeport, and Jo- seph Chapin of Ashley Falls, have been spending little time at $. W. Morris.
 Mics k. L.. Prentice has received the appointment of postmaster for thus place (So. Canasn) in place of Mir H. l.. Howe who died 8 short time since.
 Wm. Mallory, Jr. net with a very painful accident last week. He WIS employed by Mir Welles Yale and while driving into barn with load of tobac. co the evener and neck-yoke both broke, throwing him forRard in such a manner ss to break his left leg lust above the knee. Dr Skiff was summon ed but in his absence Dr Wilcox re-. spond-d and set the bone. The sympa- thy of his many friends is extended to Mir Mallory in thls distressing accident with the earnest wish that be may re- cover rapidly.
 The school in this place (Huntsville) will reopen Sept. II with Mrs Levi Gsnser teacher. The So. Canaan school will remain closed this term, owing to lack of pupils.
 Sheldon Dean has been very sick dur ing the past week but is improving.
 Mrs Henry Yale in company with her oister, Mrs D. H. Dean, went 10 Gosbon last week to visit her daughter. Mrs Chas Lucas While there she was talk en ill but was able to reach home. For the past few days she has been very sick but IS improving under the care of Dr Wilcox. Her sister. Mrs Mary Dean, also her daughter are with her.
 Farmers are beginning to harvest their potato crop. The yield is bounti. ful.
 Rufus Whitford is enlarging his dwelling house, also repairing Lis barns. Messrs Turner, Morris and Howe are the carpenters employed.
Connecticut western news., 1899-09-07
" EST CURNw ALL.

Henry Koehler was in New Milford for few days last week.
 George R. Smith is in Goshen for two weeks while Charles Green takes 8 vacation.
 Maggie Miller is visiting her aunt, Mrs R. R. Wheeler, at Pawling, N Y.
 Lucy Morgan is visiting with her sis ter, Mrs Dwight Hsndlin.
 James Cochrane has been in Bridge port and other places sight seeing.
 Mrs Charles Listman has returned from trip to New York.
 Dr A. NJ. Pratt and family spent s few days at Monterey, Mass
 Mir and Mrs G. S. Marvin and son have returned home from an extended visit at pr A. M. Pratt's.
 F. B. Mum, of the finn of Smith & Mum of Winsted, was in town two days last week.
 The schools open in our vicinity on Sept. l1th. Miss Murray will teach tue elementary grade in the village; Jessie Cochrsne in the Hart district; Miss Simmons in the Dean district; Miss Brszee in the Hall district No teacher has as yet been secured to teach the pri- mary school in the village.
 Mrs Orson Nickerson and grand. daughter, Lulu Page, have returned from au extended visit with relatives on Long Island.
 Miss Julia Cochrans left Monday to enter the State Normal School in New Britain. Miss Agnes Cochrane also left us. She goes to Trumbull where she will teach in one of the public schools the coming year.
 Mss Nellie Wilson. who has been in town for some time past, has left for h. I home at Long Hill.
 The cider mill at ths shear shop is being repaired preparatory to starting making cider. Robert Cochrane of Falls Village, Ar thur Oviatt of Lime Rock, Arthur Pot ter of Sheffield, all our boys, were home oyer Sunday.
 Charles P. Butler returned to Court lard. N. Y. on Monday last. Mir and Mrs George R. Smith spen Sunday with Charles Green at Twir Lakes.
 0. l.. Miller has been on the sick lis the past week with rheumatism.
 Mrs Viola Sanford, who has beer away for the greater part of the summer visiting relatives at Railway and else where. has returned home. Mrs William Telley spent the latte part of last week with Mir and Mrs Fl P. Lucas at Sunset Farm" Goshen.
 Miss Josephine Fem of Plymouth Conn.,. will teach the primary depart ment of our village school the cominl year. Miss Fenn is high schoo grsdua'e and comes we'll recommended
 Mir and Mrs E. R. Davison leave thi week 10 camp at Monterey, Mass.
 George Dean leaves here on Thurs day for Bridgeport where he has ac cepte g position In large wholessl house.