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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

marks practically. the closing out of
SPANS colonial possessions and the en-
trance of Germany upon a new colonial
policy in the Pacific. The transaction Is as
interesting. by reason of the secrecy with
which IL was carried en- to successful con-
clusion. as of the important commercial and
strategic foothold which II gives Germany
In the Pacific. AS an instance of an i'm
portant negotiation conducted with abso-
lutte secrecy TO complete success IL is quite
remarkable. AS far as the United States is
concerned there does not seem TO be any
reason to regret the transaction. II does not
involve nor threaten any American inter-
est. and even If II did. Germany is a more
desirable neighbor ana better power to deal
with than Spain. There was no reason why
our government should have been consulted
In regard to the transaction, and II II had
been, there was reason why it should
have objected nor any ground on which
objection could have been made good 1t is
reported that Germany pays $4,000 for
the islands. 1t remains to be seen whether
that nation has got much of bargain and
whether it will succeed in the colonizing
business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

During the ensuing week and the week
following the colleges and universities will
graduate their classes. The graduates will
be given no end of excellent but not orig
inal advice in baccalaureate sermons and
addresses The graduate will be told much
about his mission in life and the high ideals
he must set up and the sure reward he will
receive. This. in a certain sense, Is well.
but in broader sense it is not. Learn to
labor, learn to watt is a good maxim, but
it is often misapplied. Many wait in idle
ness and forget all about the more impor
tant duty of learning TO labor. 1t has been
said by practical men who do not regard
liberal education as essential that more
graduates from colleges and universities are
waiting in comparative idleness in proper
ton to their numbers than can be found
I'm any other walk Of life. This is not to be
wondered at, because, after graduation,
graduates must find occupation. Neyerthe-
less. after liberal allowance is made for
those who are seeking employment. it must
be admitted that large number of grad
yates will be found who do not earn their
bread, being content. while they wait, to
live upon the earnings of parents and 9TH
ers uho are toilers- They mean we'll for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

dence OF conscientious labor expended" His
remarks had reference TO art. but are equal
~ applicable, of course, to literature
Miss Margaret Sherwood. well known as
the author OF Experiment in Altruism. =
has another novel in press. 1t is entitled
Henry Worthington. Idealist." Although a
love story. there is worked out in the plot
vigorous study of some peculiarly modern
ana social economic problems. The scene
OF action Is small university town. where
Henry Worthington. the hero. Is probes
sor of economics.
1t is said that If Madame Eleanora DUse.
the Italian actress, comes to this country
next autumn. as she has planned to do. she
will be accompanied by Gabriel d'Annunzio.
the novelist and dramatist. whose plays she
has lately been presenting in Europe.
speaking of this writer in the Literary
world says: In spite of all the gratuitouS
advertising his books have received in this
country: they have found only small au-
dience here. In speaking of this fact.
publisher remarked to me the other day
that d'Annunzio was too pessimistic for
American readers, and that book-lov-
Ing public we were a most optimistic nation.
! believe that another explanation is TO be
too healthy to understand the state of mind
OF dAnnunzio's chief characters"
What Mr.. w L Alden has to say in his
latest London letter about illustrated mag
azines will probably coincide with the opin-
ion held by many people. Speaking for
myself" he says II have always detested
the picture magazines. Such pictures as are
supposed to Illustrate stories are nearly al
ways a vexation. The artists ideas of the
characters of a story are never those of the
author and there are few artists who seem
willing to read carefully the stories that
they undertake to illustrate: When you
read of hero who meets the heroine in the
park in the morning and find that the artist
has drawn him in evening dress; or when
you read of a piratical schooner and find
that the artist has turned her into parody
OF brig, you are prone to regard illustra-
ton as nuisance. The clean. cool pages
of magazine that is not disfigured with
pictures must be infinitely more attractive
TO intelligent people than is the page of the
popular magazine with its worthless pic
lures of worthless things"
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was unjustly convicted. In August, 1891,
Mrs. Harrison. wife of President Harrison,
and Mesdames Blaine. Foster and Rusk.
wives. respectively. of the then secretaries
u state. of the treasury and of agriculture.
Joined in an earnest and respectful letter to
Queen Victoria asking for Mrs. Maybrick's
pardon. The letter was never answered or
acknowledged. Afterward letter addressed
TO the Queens private secretary brought a
reply that the Queen has no power to re-
lease prisoner who has been tried and
convicted. and that any application on any
prisoners behalf should be addressed to the
home secretary. Subsequently petition for
Mrs. Maybricks pardon was sent to the
home secretary, bearing the signatures of
the Vice President Of the United States,
the speaker of the House of Representa-
tiyes, all the members Of the Cabinet, the
general commanding the army. Cardinal
leans This petition was of more avail
than previous efforts had been. Mrs. May
brick has been separated from her two chill
dren now for ten years and her health is
completely broken by prison life and fare.
1t Is an exceedingly hard case, and, in the
opinion of all impartial judges who have
investigated it. an exceedingly unjust one.
1t looks very much as if the British author
lilies, conscious that injustice has been
done, are determined not to reverse their
original action. AS Mrs. Maybrick was con-
victed mainly through the rulings of a
preJudiced judge who had the germs of in
sanity in him at the time of the trial, and
as she has suffered ten years Imprisonment
for a crime which it is reasonably certain
she never committed, it would seem that
the time has come for the British authori-
lies to relent. The whole world admires
British justice, but British injustice is some
times ahnminahle
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they are certain that the mission which
they have been told belongs to them Will
come along some day and pick them up.
Many make efforts TO obtain employment.
but they seek something in the fields which
liberal education has narrowed rather than
broadened
The Journal does not pretend to be so wise
as those who direct colleges. but If ii were
called upon TO give advice 10 graduating
classes it would say: The world into which
you so is an exacting one. 1t gives grudg-
ingly: in fact IL does not give at all; it ac-
cords what one earns. What you get you
must work for hard and persistently. If
you can find work to your liking you are
fortunate. but, If you do not. work at any
thing that comes TO hand. The vocation you
desire may not and probably will not be
open to you at once. but il will come to you
much sooner If you display a purpose to
work. There are places In the industries.
There is much untitled land in Indiana. and
to the modernly educated young man agri-
culture offers one of the best fields for the
application OF what he should have learned.
You will find that the practical world is not
seeking prize orators, but it will yield
place to the prize worker, to the man who
resolutely sets himself to earning his bread,
even If the wage is small at first. Besides,
idling, loafing, is death. The man who has
no occupation loses physical and intellect
ual capacity Those who succeed. work.
antagonize. All men who have come to
prominence in any walk in life have led
strenuous lives. Brilliant parts are of little
account compared with capacity to work.
AS an experiment a life CT aimless idleness
under the best conditions was given to our
first parents. 1t was such failure that
they were put into world with the COM
mand to work. Most of the evils which
have come to humanity since that time are
the results of disobedience to that mandate.
The idler who has education and advantage
is only better clothed member of the fra
ternity of tramps. He is at war with the
designs of Providence
1t is known that these observations
are not popular, but they are true. Be-
sides, they are of emergent Importance.
Generally applied they would bring tenn
poral salvation to the race and hasten the
coming of the millennium.
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THE PICkwrCKIAN SCHOOL BOARD.

The Indianapolis School Board has made
tempted explanation of its position in re-
gard TO married teachers. AT it's meeting
two weeks ago it adopted a resolution to
the effect that any teacher on her mar
riage shall be held to have resigned her
position in the schools. 1t seems that this
action was entirely Pickwickian. 1t says
now that it isn't opposed to teachers being
married and would not refuse to re-engage
them; neither is it prejudiced against mar
ried women now in the schools. All it
wants is freedom Of action in case any
teacher is married during vacation and after
her appointment for the year has been
made. That is. it isn't opposed to married
teachers-oh, not at all-but if they get mar
ried IL wants them fired" 1t may re-
engage them in case they wish to remain
and again it may not.
The truth is that the board has put itself
in hole and doesn't know how to crawl
out gracefully. II has the mistaken notion
that it is eleemosynary institution whose
business Is to consider the needs political
and financial, of the teachers rather than
their qualifications as teachers; to provide
positions for the impecunious without re-
gard to the needs of the pupils. In other
words, it wishes to establish a spoils sys-
tem-an evil which has never yet controlled
the indianapolis schools. Discrimination
against any class of teachers which has no
relation to their fitness for their positions
Is an entering wedge to the spells system.
If the board objects to married teachers
simply because they are married, IL may
with equal propriety oppose them because of
certain political or church affiliations, or
because them have red hair. 1t is reported
of a woman in the Chicago public schools
that she has accumulated an estate worth
$4,000 If she were in Indianapolis she
would be in danger of dismissal because she
had other means of support than her SAL
ary-the inferential fact that she was fond
of teaching. and, therefore, presumably a
good teacher, cutting no figure.
But il is hardly worth while to waste breath
In criticism of this narrow-minded School
Board Its time is short. Next October
1t will go out of existence and new board
of five members from the city at large be
elected to take its place. The new law pro-
viding for this board also provides that
teachers shall be chosen exclusively on the
ground of fitness Two members of the
present board had the intelligence and dis
erection to oppose the action of the others:
in the improbable and unfortunate event
of the election of any one of the latter to
the new board he would be legally prohib-
tied from meddling with matters not his
concern. I...i
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Library Facilitie. for children.

The School Board should have provided
room for the new department of the city
library which Miss Browning wishes to es-
tablish The library should be made to do
the greatest good to the greatest number.
and no more direct means Of attaining this
object be found than intelligent guild
ance to those not able TO choose the best
literature for themselves. The best equipped
individual is not he who carries the great
est amount of information in his mind, but
he who knows precisely where to turn for
what he wants on any subject or in any
lire of research The latter has all human
Knowledge at his command, while the other
is bound by the limitations of his own in
tellect. The number of people of mature
age able to make the best use of library
is smaller than most persons suppose, but
adults can obtain the necessary advice with
little difficulty if they so desire. 1t is more
important that children who patronize the
library should be properly directed than
any others. In many homes of fair de-
gree of culture the parents know compare
lively little of juvenile literature, while in
households where no books are read save
those brought in by the children the latter
are without any guidance in the matter.
They will get nothing out Of the City Lii
brary that will do them harm, but they
cannot get the greatest good by choosing
blindly and ignorantly from the few authors
known to them One Who would direct
them properly must have special qualifica-
tions; she must be thoroughly familiar with
cLildren's books, remembering that many
not written particularly for children are
among their greatest favorites; she should
enjoy the literature herself and also be a
child lover in order that she may enter
into sympathetic relations with the young
readers. The Indianapolis City Library is
we'll supplied with good literature for pa
irons of all ages, but the best use is not be-
ing made of it, especially by children, SIM
ply because they do not know the way.
The educational value of the institution
might be greatly increased In the direction
pointed out by Miss Browning. and the re-
fusal Of the board to grant her the use
of room which can easily be spared is
irexcusable. The public remembers. If the
board does not. that the building was
erected for library purposes and not pri-
marily for the accommodation of the School
Board and its appurtenances.
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The confession of Major Esterhazy settles
the innocence OF Captain Dreyfus beyond
any doubt. The conviction of the latter
rested wholly on his alleged authorship of
the discriminating document known as 1.-The
bordereau," which Esterhazy now confesses
that he himself wrote. initiating Dreyfus's
handwriting, and that he did it under orders
from his superiors to screen others. The
bottom facts in the wretched affair seem
to be coming out now, and they are likely
TO cause few more suicides among French
officerc
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tached-
A handy case for eyeglasses. recently de-
signed. has fat leather base. with a CEN
trail block. over which the spring bridge. of
the frame fits. with a hinged cover having
springs TO hold the glasses in place
A company has been organized 10 build
sand filter beds under New Workers. pat
ent. the arrangement consisting of a bed Of
asphalt on which rests perforated tiles. the
latter supporting the filtering material and
allowing the water TO pass through the
perforatfons to channels under the tiles.
To prevent infantrymen from picking on
artillerynen with their rifles an armor
shield has been designed for use on cannon
ard rapd-fire guns consisting OF a sheet OF
steel of the proper thickness. having an
aperture for the gun muzzle. with brackets
at the rear by which 1t can be attached.
Small leaks in water or gas pipes can be
securely closed by neat little device.
formed of two semi-circular sections Of
wood or metal with a rubber lining to tit
the surface of the pipe, the sections being
pressed together around the leak by pair
of sliding shoes which fit over the joints.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04
SHREDS AND PATCHES.

Our ewes travel much further than our
selves.--Sing Sing Star Of Hope.
Music washes away from the soul the
dust of everyday iife.-Auerbach.
No man as is man wants his own wife
to larf at him.-A Lovers Revolt.
AS man grows older he becomes more
tolerant of things that don't concern him.
Puck.
Browning is so obscure We can't help feel
h ing aaankful he didn't write cook book
The devils first act. after the Lord made
woman, was TO invent house plants.-The
Bachelor.
After a woman reaches fifty she Is usually
called on to deny her weight as well as her
age.-Atchison Globe.
When a man hasn't anything else to do he
generally gets his mustache removed
Feminine Observer.
One never realizes how little he really
knows until he has read page or two Of
the dictionary.-Truth.
man can always go tc his wife's bureau
drawer in broad daylight and get the wrong
thing.-Emma Carleton.
A woman never realizes that she is old
until she hears younger woman talking
about her-Feminine Observer
We should be more tender to our friends
than to bring them little sorrows which
do not belong to them.-Steele-
Each sex has its peculiar duties. While
the man makes overtures the woman makes
over her old dresses.-Boston Transcript.
The father of new baby is a nuisance,
but he Is a JOY to the individual who has
just begun 10 play golf.-Philadelphia Times.
One great reason that leads men to marry
is that IL they don't marry the girl they are
fond of some other man will. - Atchison
Globe.
And now we behold the annual spectacle
of woman working herself to death in pre-
pairing for a two weeks rest in the country.
Philadelphia Times.
What folks are thinking. but not saying.
is what are dying TO know: what they
say without thinking Is what we are dying
TO be rid of.-Boston Transcript.
Most Of the sorrow of life certainly exists
because Of the wrong kind Of wishing. and
because OF the contemplate pettinexs of the
wisnes.-Exotics and Retrospectives.
1t Is more blessed TO give than to re-
ceive. especially when your cook makes bet
ter strawberry shortcake than that sent
over by the woman next doo-.-Emma Garlic
ton.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs. Humphry Ward has in preparation
a novel entitled Eleanor" to appear in
Harper's Magazine during 1900
William Dean Howells has gone to York
Harbor. Me-. where he will spend his sum-
mer. He takes along with him trunk
filed with fishing tackle. as the novelist
is a devout disciple OF Isaak Walton
Mr.. Charles Walter Boyd Is preparing a
volume from The correspondence and diaries
of his father. the late DR.. A. K H. Boyd
the Country Parson." Of ST. Andrews AS
Mr.. Gladstone. Dean Stanley, Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes Froude, TAFT and Mrs Oiipnani
were among "A. K. H. BIS correspond
ents. the volume should prove OF interest
In the course OF a talk with the artist,
whistler. he read to his interviewer sort
OF prospectus of his art school from which
this epigram Is extracted. .'FInished work
should show no trace OF work. Mt. WINS.
tier chuckled quietly over euc0 cuItenl
eriflcisn1s a. ..8o-and-so's work Che men
toned & distinguishes pomo1 1fvos xou evi-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

When the new Spanish minister and his
wife. who is an American. arrived at the
pier IN New York. a vulgar reporter asked
him 10 describe the feelings Of his wife. re-
turning TO her native land as representa-
tive. in a certain sense. OF our fallen foe.
The minister would have been justified IL
be had thrown the wretch into the dock.
but he referred him TO his wife. who said:
IT am delighted 10 return to America. but
I am very glad became a Spaniard." Did
a New York newspaper send the fellow to
ask that question?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

An insect. whose speciality is that OF de-
stroying books. has been discovered in a
worm, so active that it can bore through a
good-sized volume in few minutes. 1t Is
regarded with much alarm. but in view of
the needless multiplication of books in re-
cent years it should De encouraged and
turned loose on the superfiuous output. Ma
ture always provides an antidote for every
evil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

A Washington dispatch, in mentioning a
visit by President Mckinley to Vice Pres
1dent Hobart before the latter started for
the seashore. says: The cordiality OF the
relations between them was never greater
than at present. The President has shown the
utmost tenderness toward the Vice Presi-
dent ever since the latters illness began"
This is much better than distant relations
between the President and Vice President.
which was the case in DIR. Cleveland's first
term
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

A report credits the President with a
scheme TO prepare for the establishment
OF an independent government in Cuba A
system Of restricted suffrage will be adopted
based upon intelligence. which will give
those who are interested in the industries
OF the island the control of the convention
which will form the constitution. The main
obstacle 10 the success of such project is
the influence OF the Cuban generals and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

station in each of the three groups of
Islands just sold to Germany. From present
appearances Spain will have little use for
coaling stations for long time TO come.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

When a French statesman writes a Paris
paper that Major Marchand arrived at the
right moment to restore the confidence of
a race which Is too prone to lose confidence
In itself" he makes the French people even
more frivolous in the eyes OF the world
than they were before. One cannot imagine
an American. English or German statesman
making such a remark
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

The Sweet Young Thing-I wonder how 1t
is there is no good English equivalent for
"fiance?'
The Savage Bachelor-How about 'idiot?"
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Some of the most active assailants of
trusts are the manufacturers who refused
10 go into them. but forced those who did TO
pay two prices for their plants They evil
IDENTIFY desire to get their plants back again
for half OF what they received for them.
The chances are that they will succeed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

It took the German Reischtag just one
day TO ratify the treaty acquiring the Caro-
line and Marianne islands. The United
States Senate is the only body that hest
the national, domain
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

II Spain had wanted to get the biggest
cash Price for her outlying islands she
should have put them up at auction. Prob
ably England would have bid more than
Germany, but Spain evidently preferred TO
make secret deal with the latter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

Now II the United States can make
friendly deal with Great Britain by which
the latter will acquire an island or two in
the Philippine group, honors will be easy
XII around
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Second Thoughts

Tightfist-After all. second thoughts are
best.
His Wife-Yes?
You bet Remember how near came
to giving away this good straw hat last
january"
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Now that foreign exchange is at figure
which may make it profitable to export gold.
an exchange asks if our gold is to leave
There can be no scarcity so long as savings
and loan associations are reducing the div
idends from. 4 10 81 per cent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-04

When it is announced that Jerry Simpson
longs to be United States senator there
is consolation in the thought that not one
In FIVE hundred who desire that position