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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
OPENED BANK OF ENGLAND's VAULTS
An American Did Ii on n Wager Dur
ing the First Worlds Fair.
WASHINGTON Star.

The first worlds fair, the Crystal Palace
at London. was held in 1851. and. though II
was a long time ago. it is not forgotten, ana
which have followed. 1t was at the Crystal
Palac that the American mechanic showed
that he stood second to none in the world:
Hobbs challenged Chubb. and Hobbs, the
American mechanic. carried off the first
prize as a lockmaker. Hobbs represented
an American manufacturer of iron bank
safes. He placed his safe on exhibition and
tied the key TO the combination lock on the
outside. Inside the safe was placed ESQ. or
81, $50. and the free offer was made TO the
mechanics of the world that il they opened
the safe the money contained therein could
he taken for. their success: The safe was
never opened. At that time Chubb was
famous all over England and in Europe as
a lockmaker. The Bank of England in
dorsed Chubb and used his locks exclusive
ly. Hobbs examined the workmanship of
the locks and offered to not only enter the
cutter doors of the Bank Of England. but TO
open also the seven doors leading to the
treasure safes inside OF two hours If per
the Britishers to stand and they gave the
necessary consent.
Hobbs was on hand two hours before the
time for opening the doors Of the bank ar
rived and announced himself ready to go to
work. All the tools he had he carried in
his vest pocket, consisting Of about twenty
picks. He opened the front door in seven
minutes and entered the bank triumphantly.
He next approached the outer door of the
treasure safe: In six minutes the door
opened, and before one hour had passed,
half of the time he asked for, he had his
hands in the treasure of the bank, much to
the amazement of the directors of the bank
and TO the intense disgust of Chubb, and a
man OF influence and wealth. He took his
defeat gamely. however, and soon set to
work to improve his locks. This he did by
taking Hobbs into his employ as an adviser.
For the time. however. i think the Bank
OF England put American locks on their
safes, for everybody recognized the fact
that Chubb was no more a match for Hobbs
than SayerS was for Heenan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

Hon. James Bryce's Opinion ms to Its
Importance.
AY.-4l Apnnrinan RauiaW

North American Review.
The first question to be considered. for
IL IL is answered in the negative there Is
an end of the whole matter. is whetner a
special preparation for commercial lie Is
really of any practical use at al. some men
of business say it is not, holding that pus1-
ness is a thing which can be learned only
in an office or a warehouse, all previous
training being thrown away, pecause suen
training is given before the concrete facts
of have become familiar. This OBJ
lection might perhaps be answered by an
appeal to the experience OF Germany,
opinion is almost Though not quite) unani.,
nous In setting a high value on speciai
training. and where in consequence pupnc
authorities of all kinds have been at great
trouble and expense to provide II. But the
objection is SO deeply rooted In the minds
of many business men VINO, tnougn tney
do not say much, exert a wide lnnuence,
that IT deserves to be dealt with. 1t seems
to rest largely upon two
One is the notion that the advocates OF com.
10y into a competent business man. Now
this is what no education will or can do in
any trade or profession 9ood wna ssilsiv MANY ANY
have had the best instruction money
can buy. do not succeed, whether it be in
business. or in law. or in medicine, or IN
soldering, because a host of other things
besides ability and education are elements In
success. Industry, sobriety, steadiness OF APP
plication, pleasant manners, social tact and
knowledge of human nature, the power Of
inspiring confidence, be it confidence in your
honesty, or confidence in your tenacity Of
purpose. all these things count for much In
Winning success in any and every walk OF
life. A physician, or a lawyer, or a soldier
may fail for want of some of these gifts,
but that is not deemed a reason for omit.
ting to give him all the knowledge needed
for his profession. So with business. No
amount Of teaching. or for the matter Of
that. no amount of cleyeIness. Will insure
aration can possibly do is TO make those
who have the natural gifts that lead TO sue
cess somewhat better, and 10 make those
in whom these natural gifts are deficient
somewhat less bad. And as the majority Of
young men are neither so capable as to be
sure OF success. however Ill trained, nor so
Incapable as to be sure of failure, however
we'll trained, the difference which training
may make seems sufficient to determine US
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
WOMEN WHO SAW WAR.
Association of HerOines Who Saw
Service In the eos.
Philadelphia Record.

The heart of the veteran Is strongly
stirred whenever he sees a woman wearing
a little badge of blue and gold. having upon
arises before him, and he sees. through a
dim vista stretching away over the tolls and
the joys and sorrows OF more than
thirty years, a young woman In the flush of
health and strength. tenderly caring for the
sick and wounded, or reverently closing
for the last long sleep the eyes
loved ones' She Was undaunted by the sight
Of blood flowing from gaping wounds, I'M
complaining in the face of deprivation, al
Of many hours of sleep. and ever sympa-
thetic when by the cot of the sick or dying.
There were many women of this type
when there was need Of their services. but
now their ranks are thinning year by year.
and this year when they gather in our city
for their annual business meeting an ad-
ditional interest will attach TO them. for We
know that before another wear rolls around
many of the feeble but loyal sisterhood will
have answered the last roll call. and gone
to higher service, in an army where there is
no discharge.
Many of these army nurses are members
of one or the other of the patriotic organ
war. but as theirs was a distinct work so
IL seemed proper that there should be a dis
tinct organization for them.
Miss Dorothea Dix. who had the direction
dered such excellent service, emembered
their deeds of self-sacrifice and heroism, and
thought II would De an appropriate tnlng 10
band themselves together in an association,
so she issued a call 10 them, and they came
together in the city Of Washington, June Is,
1881. and organized under the title of Elk
Army Nurses Association. AT a subsequent
meeting the name was changed TO the Ma
ticnal Army Nurses Association Miss Dix
served ~acceptably until called 10 higher
service. She was succeeded by DR.. Susan
Edison. of Washington city, who served I'M
I'll falling health compelled her TO resign.
Among those who have served faithfully is
Mrs. Emily E. Woodley. of this city, who
vent from here early in the war and stood
at the post Of duty until there was no
more need for her services. She was sue
ceeded in Office last year at Cincinnati by
the next officer in rank, Mrs. Elizabeth w.
Ewing.
The constitution of the Army Nurses As
ISOLATION requires that each candidate for
membership shall prove active service as a
nurse in the civil war In March, 1892. the
association was Incorporated in the District
of Columbia. The recognition badge is a
gold star. with "A. N. A In raised letters
across the face. The badge 10 be worn at
the convention in September Is a white satin
ribbon with a tiny flag draped across IL.
and Army Nurses Association painted by
hand upon 1t, while underneath will be a red
ribbon.
lhe national president of the Army
Nurses Association is Mrs. Elizabeth w.
Ewing. who Is naturally proud of her posi-
ton as the president of an organization
which. like the Grand Army. cannot be re-
cruited. She Is fond of the noble band of
women who. when the boys IN blue were
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
AN l. STORY.

The report from Washington to the effect
that a few men have organized to over
throw the civil-service law will not attract
much attention. The law has been in opera
ton fifteen years. During that period it
has been assailed many times. but without
success. All those who have informed them
selves and who prefer efficient and expert
enced service to ineficiency favor the law,
even If they do not say much about it. The
number of intelligent citizens who would
have every railway postal clerk changed
every time there is a change in admins
~tration, TO the utter Generalization of the
service, is not large. Those who would have
the tenure of every postal clerk and letter
carrier dependent upon a change in party
are few in number, or would be when they
consider the confusion and loss it would
bring to the public. Those who demand
such change consider the advantage of the
few rather than the convenience of the
many. They ignore the fact that in fifteen
years the mail service and other branches
of the public service have so changed that
experience counts for as much as it does
in a factory. a railroad service or a business
house. Much of the hostility to a competi-
tive system comes from those who covet
public employment when no valid reasons
can be given for so doing. since the same
talent which enables a man to be advanced
in the public service will meet with better
reward in the end in some private employ
ment.
But. while the abolition of the COMPETE
tive system would be a great misfortune,
the present law or rules need radical modi-
fication. The present rules are designed to
service law. More men are in the service
without examination than with 1t. When
the rules are extended to cover a lot OF en-
ployes provision should be made for their
rigid examination. to the end that the in
efficients should be dismissed. There should
be a rigid limit to the term Of service of all
those who have not been advanced because
Of ascertained fitness. To insure an efficient
service there should be an age limit in or
der that the service shall not be burdened
with men who are unable to earn the money
which is paid them. The law should give
the heads of departments entire control over
those under the civil service in Washington,
so that they can compel them to work full
hours and so that the protest of employees
against the head Of the Treasury Depart
ment keeping record of malingerers should
not have weight with Congress as 1t has.
All the argument is in favor of a sensible
civil-service system such as secures eff
cheney in successful private enterprises.
I'VE could not build a ship in a navy yard, -
said a well-known naval officer. until after
the order of President Harrison was en-
forced by Secretary Tracy. by which skill
and faithfulness were the tests applied TO
all mechanics"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

full building set In the middle of a square
and the pressure of the madding crowd.
Moreover it presents the government in the
light Of a land speculator-a role in which
1t has not hitherto figured. If the govern
ment does not want to use the entire square.
why buy more ground than it needs? The
probabilities are that it will not. and that
all rumors to the contrary are erroneous.
a number of property owners in the square
named are by no means anxious to sell,
ard If the government does not insist on
having their ground they will willingly have
the postoffice for a ~neighbor and build their
own business blocks.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
Concerninw the Fight.

Chicago TimeS-Rerald.
AT great expense and after much trouble
we have succeeded IN obtaining the follow
ing opinions: q
George Dewey-Jeffries won without los
ing a man, but ! still claim that i am the
only one who ever refused $500 Tor a maya
zine article.
w. S. Schley-I have nothing 10 say con-
corning the name OF the person who actually
did II. There ought to be glory enough for
all who didn't bet on Fitz.
+. Funston-They say Fitz fairly swan In
blood. but ! notice that non OF the state
fair associations are trying to get him TO
do II again for a purse.
w. r.. Shafter-I would like to know the
name OF the man who rubbed Jim's head. +.
Albert Edward-Fitz was monarch OF the
ring Tor a long time. but everyone's reign
must come 10 an end sooner or later. II Is
this thought that enables me to contemplate
the defeat of my countryman with COM,
placency. =
r. p. Hobson-Fitz went down. but ! did
1t first. Now perhaps he will be able to re-
alize that republics are ungrateful. =
Joseph WheeleT-Oh. / don't know JEFF
fries is not SO numerous. They haven't got
him engaged TO any great mans widow as
yet.
Russell Sage-If / had only known,
Hoch der Ksiser-They say Jeffries is the
greatest man on earth. But / have not ap-
peared In the ring already.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

which this extra sugar ration Is put seem
satisfactory. One Of the chief of these APP
pears to be to encourage drinking. Though
the exports OF beer from England show a
tendency TO decline. brewing grows apace.
Twenty-seven gallons a year per capita,
counting women and children, is surely
enough. In America. though the amount OF
spirits drunk is the same, fifteen and a half
gallons of beer suffice. and American beer is
light. Twenty-seven and one-quarter gal
Ions was the measure for England In 1888.
Yet in 1897 1t had swelled TO 31lz gallons. an
expansion at the rate Of about l per cent.
a year. But. fast as brewing grows, the
weight OF sugar used in the beer grows
faster In 1883 the public put UP with some
thing less than four and three-quarter
pounds of sugar TO the barrel; in 1897 II de-
handed between eight and nine pounds.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
Russia All Right.

washington Post.
There is nothing too good 10 say Of Rus
sia." remarked Gen. George B. Williams.
who has lately returned from the Cars
dominions. in conversation with friends at
Chamberlin's. General Williams has been
a frequent visitor at ST. Petersburg for the
past ten or fifteen years and ne has made
a thorough study of Russian institutions,
besides being on terms of personal friend
ship with many important men in the en-
pire.
Russia" he continued. lis sincerely de-
sirous of maintaining the closest relations
OF amity and good will with the United
States. Everywhere an American goes in
Russia he is welcomed because OF mis- ma
tionaiity. 1t would be the height of mis-
fortune IL there should ever come the least
break in the good understanding that has
prevailed between the two countries for all
these years.
The Car in advocating a halt in the
process OF increasing the military estab-
of Europe is absolutely sincere.
he sees that TO 90 on with the building OF
more big guns and more battle ships means
ultimate financial ruin TO all the powers
His ambition is for the expansion of Rus
STA in a commercial and territorial way
without a resort to arms. II is no timidtty
on his part. for Russia is the greatest mill
tary strength on the globe. He is actuate
by a spirit of true philanthropy that en-
braces not only his own subjects. but all
mankind"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

In an exhaustive statement in the New
York Mail and Express ex-Secretary Bliss
shows that more than two-thirds OF the
changes in the civil-service rules recon-
mended by him were approved by the
Civil-service Commission. He further shows
that the removing from the classified service
local examining boards. where the fees are
over $500 a year. was actually recommended
by the Civil-service Commission, whereas
the Civil-service League cites this change
as tending to demoralize the service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
A NEW CLEOPATRA.
Extreme Modern Realism OF Bernard
Shaw's Play.
London Mail.

Mr.. Bernard Shaw has always the cour-
age of his convictions. When he produced
his first play. ".Widowe-s' Houses" he re,
made him Infamous as a dramatist." Il
had not achieved a success" he wrote, but
mo nae eroV did Se 1h ind iP the sensations net that f
resolved to try again And apparently 1t
is with this Intention that Caesar and
na1IP1 being tic" told 0t that human nature is the
same to-day. yesterday. and forever. Pre-
sumably it has occurred to Mr. Shaw that
like on the stage. Cleopatra being but six
teen. and a mutinous beauty. Is introduced
under the most natural conditions in the
white cat. and having been bullied by her
palace and wandered away in search of
, rpas arms g Grown 3Ss s TsSs;ry' i hs, fails e srs asiseP b IN
Whom vIs with the playful indifference OF youth
S Sna the as . iaaa ssnt hsuasur q That a q aSe 1isi soe
happens to be Caesar, aged ffty-four, is
nothing TO the point.
throughout. queens and emperors though
they be. Come here. old gentleman
cries Cieopa;ra Il have lost sy my srs eats j. s and
tinued in the same frank strain. All
remarks this dauntless lady. as she snatches
of OF the "old v ssn tier wssr ,h tasrs M. w tn S,de
your bald head.' Don't talk about that. !"
rejoins the Emperor testify. replacing the
trophy. Why not?' inquiries the royal
maiden. well, do you like TO have people
tell YOU what a hild you are?' mo. / hate
it," Same here" explains great Caesar,
81 hate 10 be told how old ! am"
Nor Is Cleopatra set 10 be young only In
what she says. Her actions also betray the
pretty impulse of extreme youth. Her
bother. Ptolemy. aged ten. and she engage
in a furious squabble. and 1t Is thus that
Mr.. Shaw would have her express the very
natural feelings which almost master her.
she Is seized" he explains In his stage
directions. with a strong desire 10 stick
her tongue out a. Ptolemy. but r~efrains. for
fear the action might appear unQues-l!y,.
Mr.. Shaw has. In fact. gone oaid-headed II
nature. unadulterated- in this Photographic
study Of the young serpent OF Old Nile. n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

At a recent conference in Detroit be-
tween q committee of the Am~algamated
Association OF Iron and Steel Workers and
representatives Of iron and steel manu-
facturers, an agreement was made by which
wages are to be advanced Is per cent. AS
this will affect 5000 men 1t is the most re-
markable advance in wages ever made in
any industry. And, yet. there are alleged
statesmen who will tell this army that
their condition cannot; be improved until
AZ cents worth of silver bullion shall be
stamped one dollar. Some Of them believed
that assertion in 1896. but they will not in
1ocn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

After having had editorial charge of the
Indiana School Journal for thirty years,
Prof. w. A. Bell announces in the June
number his retirement from that periodical
and its transfer to Prof. d. NJ. Geeting.
When a teacher retires after such a period
of service it is impossible TO estimate the
value of his work. its extent and its in1u-
ence. 1t is much more difficult to measure
the good accomplished by one who has
labored in a broader educational field for
so long a time. Prof. Bells attention has
been directed. not to a single school and
its series of classes, but to all the schools
Of every grade and stage of development
in the State. He has studied them and their
needs, has consulted and advised with
teachers and has embodied the results of
his Investigations in suggestions in his jour-
nal so practical and helpful that many a
teacher has learned through them the solu-
ton of her hardest problems. Within the
thirty years Prof. Bell has seen the schools
of Indiana develop from the heterogeneous
district school to a graded system so COM
plete and in such thorough working order
that 1t serves as a model to other commun-
tiles, and is one of the chief elements going
to make the State a power in the land. He
has not only seen this educational progress,
he has gone every step Of its way. has been
a part of it. How much of 1t is due TO his
unwearied efforts no man can say, but at
least he has the right TO a personal pride
in the work, and the schools owe him a
debt of gratitude. An u~nassuming, genial
gentleman, Prof Bell goes out of his famil-
lar field of labor carrying with him the sin
cere regard and we'll wishes of a very wide
circle of friends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

Indianapolis citizens interested in the SUBJ
Ject OF the postofice site seem hardly to
have got their breath and their bearings
since the irtimation from the government
architects Office that the block south of
University Park might be chosen and on
such part OF IL as would not be needed for
the public building business blocks might
be erected. This scheme not only makes
summary disposal Of the notion fondly cher
ished by certain uniformed persons that
she government would make the unused part
Of the Indianapolis people. but does away
With that delightful picture set forth by the
1maginative Commercial Club Of . beauti-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13

IT appears that Mr.. Lyman, who was a
civiI-service commissioner under Presidents
Cleveland and Harrison and chief examiner
before he was commissioner. drafted the
civil service order Of President Mckinley.
He has had fifteen years experience and
was asked to suggest a way out of the diff
Guilty which Mr.. Cleveland's sweeping ex.en-
sion of the civil-service rule made so en-
barrassing to members of the Cabinet. Here
tofore Mr.. Lyman has been regarded by
civil-service reformers as the best informed
expert. Hereafter they will consider him a
snnilsman-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
The Foolish Castenanes.
Chicago Post.

The spectacle of Countess Anna Gould
Castellane leading a band of riotous young
noblemen to d%enounce the President OF
France has no special international impor-
lance. LAS the husband Is the wife is" Is
notably true of this eccentric and somewhat
unbalanced young woman. who is more TO
be pitied than blamed. Ii is reason for ma
tional congratulation that we gave Anna
TO France and kept Helen for ourselves. al
though we protest hat we had TO special
grudge against our Gallo friends when We
consented so cheerfully TO the match. Per-
haps if Anna had remained in America and
had married a sane young man of good rea-
soning faculties she might have appeared TO
greater advantage. As IL is, we must leave
her 10 the tender mercies and consideration
OF her adopted countrymen. Possibly II viii
take another slice out of the Gould fortune
to compensate for the latest foolishness or
the Castellanes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-13
Newspaper Ethics.
En0tlirar

Does il pay to be continually roasting
your subscribers about being delinquent?
Would be pleased TO have the advice Of our
friendly exchanges."-Birdseye News.
No, II isn't graceful and ii doesn't pay.
The man who will refuse 10 pay his sub
scription when approached in the regular
way of business, hasn't enough self-respect
10 care what the paper says about him A
newspaper man should carry on his business
just like any other business man. He may
find IL expedient to give credit. but IL he
does so he must trust to his Judgment in
so doing. II he makes a mistake and fur
nishes a dollars worth of his paper TO a
man who won't pay, then he is just in the
same fix as a merchant who sells a dollars
worth Of beet" sugar to a dead beat"
AS long as the newspaper man hasn't the
ment that John Jones owes this paper
s1.S7lz." there is nc excuse for him to bore
hints to Jones. Keep your books in the Of
fee safe and not in the columns Of your
paper.