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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09


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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-09

You seem TO be pretty bad actor,
young man." dcsnnery said. land. / think
you'd do better as an author. You manage
TO make about $3.50 a year now. Come and
work with me anf I'll guarantee you 81, 900. /"
The delighted ac.or accepted and was part
author of some Of d'Ennery's most success
ful plays. He Is now alive and prosperous
at the age OF ninety.
DEnnery's parents kept secondhand
clothing store. 1t was one remarkable
feature of his unusual life that he never
knew failure after his first play was
acted. He had his first experience OF the
theater as a super and then as a member
OF the chorus. II Is said he saw there the
elements in the dramas which appealed 10
audiences and determined TO use them only
in his writings. His theory was that audi
ences are always largely feminine. and
that made him especially careful about the
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
THE FEMININE OBSERVER.

Don't be in too big hurry to pack
; away your summer clothes.
The woman who marriss her ideal
man generally wishes that she hadn't.
OF all the horrid whiting weather,
that which comes in September is the
wiltiest.
How dreadfully wrought up one can
become by arguing matters Of no i'm
portance.
The reason the parrot is not con-
sidere1 as wise as the owl is that one
talks and the other doesn't.
II we could see ourselves as others
see us we might have q better opinion
Of ourselves than we have now.
When gown is so dowdy looking
that you haven't any other word for
Il, 1t is generally called picturesque.
A Boston girl on a visit here rather
electrified her feminine friends by ap-
pearing in regular mans boots and
socks. As the latter were blue. we
presume she felt she was keeping to
the strict lines OF Bostonese tradition,
despite the unconventional departure
-Philadelphia Times.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
CAT TALES,

A Philadelphia cat wears false teeth.
A Macon (Mo.) cat reared six young
squirrels.
A litter Of foxes is cared for by n
Reading (Pa) tabby.
A cat known to be over Is years old
died at Tyro. Kas., the other day.
Thirteen Brookly. cats uuarreled
and fought until all but one wers lead
A Philadelphia man owns a cat that
he claims has killed $500 mice during
its lifetime.
In q mine near Butte, Mont, live
hundreds Of cats that have never seen
the light Of day.
Twenty years ago q cat race was
held at Lancaster, KY, In which there
were 305 entries.
Margaret King, a New York woman.
while intoxicated. cut a kitten into
pieces with rair Of shears.
Sebastian, big black cat owned BY
. Cumberland (Md) woman wears a
diamond earring in each ear.
A cat in q Strand tavern in London
has become incorporate through
drinking wine spilled By walters.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

Horace Greeley Is editor Of the En-
terprise at Thornton, Iowa.
The Japanese government In tn,
island Of Formosa has a monopoly
OF the camphor trade.
Mrs. Mary Sturm, who died in Mary.
vile, Mo-, recently, had lived to see
236 Of her descendants.
Germany still clings to the ponderous
keys OF the middle ages, and keys
Weighing from an ounce upward have
to be carried around.
The total value of the lumber annu-
ally manufactured in the northwest
including Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, is $S0,0O0,O00.
Hastings has realized 5000 on an
investment Of so cents" Great Scotti
What did he buy?" "A marriage GER
tihcate North Ameri-
can.
A monster wine barrel has Just been
built at Nancy, France, for the Paris
exposition. A dinner was given inside
the barrel to the $50 coopers who
made it
In 1877 the number Of students a
the universities Of Italy was under
5000. This year 1t is nearly $4,000,
or more, in proportion to the popula-
ton, than Germany or France can
boast.
There is a demand from the south
that the portrait OF Robert E. Lee
which was removed from the gradua
ton hall at West Point when the civil
war broke out, be restored to its
place.
The Glasgow town council has
awarded a contract for two electric
traction engines to an American COM
pany, solely on the ground OF an earlier
delivery than could be promised IN
Great Britain.
Thanks chiefly to the use Of the
serum treatment, the mortality in
Prussia from diphtheria has been re-
duced from a rate OF 15.5 per thousand
in the years 18S5-1S94, to rs and 6.2
In the years 1896 and 1897.
Thousands Of persons in Germany
live literally ION straw" making it up
into blankets, panniers, boxes, knick.
knacks, hats, bonnets, etc. PROBES
sional schools have even been founded
where the trade is taught in all its
varieties.
"A German psychologist attacks the |
notion that sugar is injurious to the
stomach. He considers 1t one of ths |
most wholesome and nourishing foods,
admitting, however, that dyspeptics
should not eat sweet dishes in the
evening.
The Chicago department of the Vol
unteers Of America, the organization
which separated from the Salvation
Army some time ago, has decided to
the use Of tamborines and
other noisy instruments hereafter in
its religious services.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
THINGS HERE AND THERE.

Green corn is served at but one res
taurant in Paris.
Ireland's salmon fisheries are in seri-
Gus danger Of exhaustion.
Lady Jane Carew is the only titled
centenarian in Great Britain.
An automobile STRENGTHENING ma
chine is in successful operation in St
Louis.
One Of the English correspondents in
France has it that 10000 of the best
families in France are bitterly divided
over the Dreyfus affair.
The exports of dried apples for the
last fiscal year were Is, 3O5,749 pounds,
valued at $1,245,733; while of ripe ap-
Piles there were exported $50, 222
barrels, valued at 81 ,210, 450.
Those Luzon mayors must be
idiots" How so?" They turn their
Offices into Filipino recruiting stations
when they might have opened street
railway franchise shops. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mr.. Justjoined-What on earth are
you trying to do? Mrs. Justjoined-I
was reading about cooking with cleo
tricity, so hung the chops on the cleo
trio bell, and have been pushing the
button for half an hour, but it doesn't
seem to work.-Boston Traveller.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
ARMY AND NAVY NOTES.

The marine hospital service employs
about $50 physicians.
Scarcity Of steel is delaying compile
ton Of the new torpedo boats.
Improvements are to be made in the
governments powder factory at Indian
Head.
In Casters magazine for October
Admiral MELVILLE argues for triple
screws in warships.
Congress neglected to make provi-
sion for the Office OF chaplain in the
new volunteer regiments.
A second lieutenant OF United States
marines must spend more than one
third Of his first years salary for uni
forms.
The United States has 312 vessels of
all kinds, built and building. OF
these 1S9 are in the regular navy and
l2S constitute the auxiliary force.
The British army is about to lose one
Of its most popular figures by retire
ment-under the age clause-of the
chaplain general, DR.. Edghill. He sue
ceeded in that Office the late Bishop
Piers Claughton in 1885.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
DEFINITIONS.

Knowledge-The power that moves
the world.
Mars-The red planet Is well named
as no star has caused such war among
scientists.
Vest-A city, like money and a man.
Is invested when 1t is surrounded by
the investment.
Pants-In France they have Pantes.
Iouiong and Toulouse, which Is prob
ably why the army wears such bags.
Pronable-substituted for possible.
by the optimist, as possible is substi-
tuted for 1t by the pessimist.
Matrteide-As a physical crime So
Verely punished; as a far too FREQUENT
mental crime, thought little Of or real
iEed BY and save the mother.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
RAMS HORNS.

No time is wasted in oiling the
wheels Of life.
You may Cypress the truth, but you
cannot suppress II.
The only way to cleave to the good is
to cleave the evil in two.
The preacher who starves his head
cannot feed his peoples hearts.
II there is no manhood in the pulpit
there will be no mankind in the pews.
The man who treats Is surrendering
his social instincts to the devils sery-
ice.
There is greater blessing to a blade
Of grass in dewdrop than in a dia-
mond.
How foolish to stop at the inn of
life without thought of the bill or
reckoning.
1t is a good thing to know how to
feed the sheep and beat the wolves at
the same time.
Don't let your hatred of hypocrites
cause you to take up your eternal
abode with them.
Theology is but the map Of what man
mas discovered Of Gods country; it is
not the land itself.
The man who is seeking a church as
a pasture for himself will hardly make
good pastor for the church.
There is no difference in quality be-
tween sins Of omission and sins of
commission; either are fatal.
Satisfaction is possible only to the
self-controlled life, and self-control is
possible only to the Christ-satisfed:
If we were more ready to see the
possible Christ in men we would more
readily realize the real Christ in them.
Rams Horn.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

Too many forget to be useful in try
ing to be consistent.
Tears never yet wound up a clock
or worked a steam engine.
II good resolutions could furnish
wings, everybody would fly.
Every one likes to be popular, but
the popularity that breeds envy and
jealousy is worse than obscurity.
Full often the most advantageous
place for our manhood is that which is
surrounded with splendid difficulties.
Unacquitted debt is not only a brick
in the structure of bankruptcy, but IL
the grave Of many a pleasant and pref
liable friendship.
1t is not enough to be clever in life
We must also be right There is moth
ing more contemplate than cleyerness
when it is disassociated from integrity.
To take one step at time is the sur
est way Of gaining permanent success.
In proceeding by caps and bounds
there is always the danger OF a back
ward fall.
There is nothing so easily made Of
fensive as good reasoning; and men OF
clear, logical minds, IL not gifted at
the same time with tact, make more
enemies than men with bad hearts
and unsound understandings.
All high attainments, superior vir-
tues, and transcendent beauty should
elevate and gladden. US, and afford
fresh incentives to effort. But, in
turning from them to the ordinary
work, the ordinary man, the ordinary
life, We must not fancy the latter stale
and fiat, uninteresting and monoto-
nous, for in them are the elements OF
all greatness, of all prosperity, of all
happiness.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

Forty acre chicken farm, p miles
from Chicago, Emile from railroad
stations. Fine grove Is acres surround
ing buildings, which consist Of S-room
hous, frame, 2 barns, chicken house and
poultry yard. Fine hog house and
other outbuildings. rs acres in crop
this year. Hay. corn, oats, potatoes
and beans. Price clear of incumbrance
$4,000. Buildings alone cost $500.
Will exchange for clear property in
Chicago.
If you have anything to offer, call
or address The Broad Az, 504O Armour
avenue.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY.

The rollin stun IL the wun that barks
yoore shius and nox the palms on the
fence.
Kin a man say he haz allerze pleezed
God, hoo haz awl throo life bin skinin
Gods creeters?
Every dog haz hiz day, but dogma
can't even be killed with a club in
lesser than a thousand yeerze.
Frum the woman hoo boasts ov the
smart things she sez to the peepul she
don't like, good Lord deliver me!
Sum men hoo are yoozin thare
mummy too make the world happy,
don't kno ov any world outside Of thar
stummix.
A bird in hand IL wurth two in the
thicket, but ginerally she gets sSweezed
so hard that she laze nuthin but
smasht aiggs.
Riverz grow bigger az thay approach
thare destinashun, men grow smaller.
But then rivers hev no koffin trust to
buck up aginst.
Perlitikel platforms never give the
peepul wun han the good things thay
promis, and never add a good thing
after the alexshun.
Boys put thare mummy in arecrack-
ers and then watch them bust. Men
put thar mummy in banks that bust wen
thay are not lookin that way.
Winderze and lie wuz made too let
in the light and dominate the interior,
but folks insist on putin ON blindz
and maxim things look shady inside.
1t IL more painful too be hungry fur
mummy than to be hungry for bread.
700 kin satisfy the needy, but the
greedy are ANYWAYS hungry fur more.
Wen ritch men hold up labor, itz
bizness; but wen labor holds up cap
ital, itz anarchy. The hair awl seemze
too rub wun way on the rump Of sivil-
izashun.
1t IL not wat 700 save up that makes
the world prosperous, but wot 700 pro-
dooce. If a hen did nothin but hoard
up aiggs, she wud be list as happy
with nest full ov dore nobs.
A graveyard seemze to be a VERY
healthy place for ritch and poor. No
boldly IL sick or hungry there, and no
wun complains becaws the kiver is
light and the shroud IL only cotton.
Heaven lie awl around us wen we
are in luv, then again sassiety lie |
about ms wen wa ara IN dot ond 49,
toomstun man lie about us after we |
are dead. Still the footyoore lie be-
tore us.
Jist so long az we go back too dead /
men to git our ethical and eckonom-
ckal laws and precedents, jist SO long
viii progress hev dead men tide to her
all. The world IL fur the liven. Dead
men heV seen the shoE and gone home
lead-broke.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
"a ACRE FARM FOR SALE.

Three miles from Geneva junction,
six miles from Lake Geneva.
"a acres in Walworth county, lies all
in cultivation. good house, barn and
outbiidings. 20 head mich cows. 20
head hogs. 500 chickens, 100 turkeys,
so ducks. 3 hear horses, all farming
tools and this years crops.
Price SIS per acre. Crops last year
over $1,000 net. Crop this year over
$500. Sell cream IS per day now.
If you desire to purchase this ele-
CANT farm so indicate by addressing
The Broad Az.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
WOMEN.

Women would quit kissing one an
other II men never were around to see
them do It.
Wrinkles are lines Of thought. Some
women get wrinkles trying to think
Aow to avoid them.
MS always gratifying to a woman t.
Be able 20 tel callers that her child
b -out somewhere with the nurse
There are women who think they
reject credit upon themselves BY bosst-
iag that they always take breakfast
q bed
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
FOR SALE.

A lovely six-room cottage, modern
Improvements, lot rs by LIS, located
on Elizabeth street, near sixty-Seventh.
Price, 1920. $50 cash, balance to
suit purchaser. This is a bargain.
Any one desiring to secure a cosy
little home should avail themselves of
this opportunity. For further informa-
ton address Julius F. Taylor, 5040
Armour avenue.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
SHORT CALLS.

Every physician Is a faith curfst
mat Is. they must have faith in their
patients intention to pay.
No. Angelica. although there are fee.
n poetic measure it does not follow
that poems are sold by the yard.
The memory Of man." remarked
the Stockton sage. differs from ro-
nance In that II usually runpeth NO,
10 the contrary
Chariey-"Why are sprouter,s
speeehes 90 long?" Jaque--Thst,.
sasy. His wife writes then.--Pb5,..
selphia Can.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
AGENTS WANTED.

The Broad Ak desires to secure active
agents and correspondents in all sec
tons Of the country. Liberal commits
sions will be paid. For terms and
further particulars address The Broad
AK, 5O40 Armour avenue, Chicago.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04

A knowledge Of what not to DO pre-
vents q good many obstacles from
blocking the path Of progress.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY.

What heavy burden is a name that
has too soon become famous.-Vol-
taire.
The joy Of meeting pays the pangs
Of absence; else who could bear it,
Rowe.
The broad ax., 1899-11-04
GOLD WAT[d FREE

Anyone sending US ten yearly sub
scribers to The Broad AK, or 20 sub
scribers for six months, we will pre-
sent them with this beautiful gold
filled watch, fitted with New York
standard movement, and warranted
for five years. either ladies' or gents.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

A report of special interest In view oil
the present Nicaragua-Pana discus
sion is that sent forth by the treasury
bureau of statistics in it's latest issue
in reference 10 the worlds canal ira liic
The figures show the business of The
Suez canal, the Kaiser Wilhelm. the st
Mary's, the New York canals and 9th
ers, and are very suggestive as to the
course and tendency of inland anC
world commerce. From these tables
few statements may be adduced show
ing the increase and present amount OF
tonnage of these great avenues of com
merce. Taking the Sucz canal as his
torically of the greatest significance
the treasury statistics show an increase
in net tonnage from 6,576 tons In 1869
its opening year, to S,6S9,777 in 1891
since which there has been little
increased during the three years it has
been in operation from 1905, 9S3 tons
to 2,469, 795 in the year ending Marcel
81, 1898 or an increase of nearly 81
per cent. The most stupendous figures
are those In connection with the st
Mary's Falls canal, connecting LAX,
Superior and the lower lakes. Thu
freight tonnage in this canal has in
creased from ]. 567, 741 tons in 1881 tt
more than 100000 in 1S97-an in
crease without precedent in the history
of canals, showing that in volume OF
business this pathway of commerce,
takes first rank in the world. Thu
Welland, also, shows an increase from
S19,934 tons in 1880 70 1927 9S7 the
last year. The New York canals alon,
show a steady decrease since 1880, tn,
number of tons in that year being 4,
067 .402. while IN 1897 the number wa
only 1,S7S21S. This result has beer
brought about by number of causes
chief of which, however, has been til,
reduction in rail freights from Chicago
to the coast. Thus the average rat,
per bushel for wheat from Chicago t.
New York by lake and canal In 1877
was 11.24 cents, and In 1897 4.25 cents
During the same time the combination
OF lake and rail freights has falle1
from 1873 cents In 1877 to 1882 cent
in 1897.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

when ! went TO the far East | re
ceived letters full of congratulations
on the life of luxury opening before
me-" says Mr.. Charles DENLY, who was
for thirteen years minister to China. in
n recent magazine article. But" he
continues, almost the humblest house
In an American city is better provided
with luxuries than the American Lega-
ton at Picking. We drew water from
cisterns which ] constructed. We used
coal-Oil as an illuminant and had open
coal fires. We made an attempt at
electric bells, but they never worked.
There We're no sidewalks in Picking. no
waterWorks and no decent streets. The
resident of Washington is king com
pared with the native or foreigner in
Peking.' One of our conSuls in China.
Mr.. Fowler, encloses in one of his re.
cent reports an advertisement from the
North China Herald calling for pro
posals for constructing a "tramway''
in Shanghai; and he adds incidentally.
To-day there is not a tramway in
China. Shanghai Is the great empo-
rum fr all Asia. To that port the of.
hcials go to get their ideas of foreign
enterprises; and if an American com.
pany can succeed in securing the con
tract it will be a valuable advertise,
ment in the event of other cities In the
East deciding to have tramways."
Such evidence as this from eX-Ministef
DENLY and Consul Fowler, showing.
as it does, the backwardness of Asia,
serves also to emphasize the progress
which the United States has made. Mr..
DENLY says the trouble with Ameri.
cans is that they do not know their
real greatness. 1t Is perhaps well for
us as a nation not TO be too conscious
of greatness" but rather alive always
to the sources of real greatness"
These, 1t will be found, are not in steel
and granite, in electric railroads and
suspension bridges, but In the personal
character of our people, in their intel.
ligence and their honesty. This is
what has enabled them so fully to con.
quer the material world, and these con.
quests OF invention and discovery are
but the outward expressions Of a Wig.
orous national life.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

dressed lcisurely After he had had
his bath he strolled about in the bath,
robe. He glanced Mt the newspaper. nd
cleaned a pipe, and then proceeded to
bring out fresh uuderclothes and linen.
Lucy in morning gown following him
from room to room. Mr. Mortimer was
putting on boot. "Hullo" he ex-
claimed; Il forgot to trim my cornw
He went into the bathroom, took tLe
white-handled razor, and, stopping
over, began operations. Lucy laughed
and kept saying. Look out, dear; don't
cut yourself And when he had pared
almost 10 the quick, she said: IF
were you I'd keep that old razor for
your corn. Perhaps you might sell the
others. You'll never need them.
don't see how n woman can marry a
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-02-11

We have become familiar with
smokeless guEpowder, in idea at least,
and we are aware that 1t makes not
nearly so much noise as the old--faSh-
Toned sort. But silent cannon, which
emit scarcely a flash, are still novelty
not welcome one either to soldiers
Colonel Humbert of the French army
has invented this boon ana patented
1t. The experiments carried ont by the
| H0tchlliss company are said to be most
promising. In some wonderful man
ner he contrives that the mouth of the
gun shall shut automatically The in
slant its missile has emerged. Thus
the flame and the report are bottled no.
The announcement may probably be
true--One does not venture to doubt any
marvel of the ingenuity alleged now
adays. This also would make for the
extinction Of war. Ii is remarkable
that the latest improvements tend,
upon the whole, to assist defending
force, rather than the asSailants. Re
peating rifles and sm0keless powder.
machine guns and balloons. all
strengthen the hands of those who have
20 repcl an attack, themselves more or
less under cover. But If the art of
war in its highest flights, he intuitive.
what very exceptional men the great
generals Of the future must be! With
out smoke or flash, or even sound to In
dictate the position of battery which
decimates his troops ut distance to be
reckoned IN miles. an ordinary mortal
would be distracted. Doubtless. If this
invention prove TO answer, It VIII be
applied to small arms also The French
are agltating now for the abolition OF
universal compulsory service upon the
ground that Germany VIII never attack
them. In a few years, apparently. no
nation will dare to invade another
London Standard.