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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
WEAK HEARTS
Due to Lack of General Exercise as
Rule.


A weak heart seems to be decidedly more
a man woman be little feeble about the
region Of the brain IL Is generally OF little mo-
the conduct be respectable: and lack of brains
is too common to excite any particular attention
either in the person concerned or In those about
him. But weak heart persists In putting 1T
self in evidence all sorts of convenient and
inconvenient times. II its possessor finds HIM
self rather late for his morning train and makes
squirt to recover lost time the exertion Is
usually followed by such bad quarter of an
hour that he resolves in future rather TO lose a
evils which associated with a feeble heart
are innumerable. and will readily suggest them
pumping engine. Weak hearts by no means
common as is often supposed Many man
who thinks ne has got one Is merely dyspepus;
ing insufficient feeding. If the dyspepsia be
cured or the tight lacng be dispensed with, the
Even when the heart is genuinely weak" the
weakness is not always due to special weakness
ea shns ~ the may De eny Which
the most eminent Of British physicians. used 20
planning OF weak hearts. "Gentlemen." he
would say to his students when lecturtng on
The majority of weak. habby hearts are weak
and nabby because every other muscle in the
ness and iabbiness is due to want Of vigorous
gives additional and much-needed~ exercise to
Gus exercise exactly as every other muscle organ
does. for the heart is q muscle If a man has no
organic disease OF the heart. no enlargement.
irg. with occasional running. will soon dispel
his breathlessnes and heart weakness. other
the modern town man is the parent OF more III
health than any other single cause whatever.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

New York Press
The rush of Edna May to get loose from
Fred Titus has exposed the profound ig-
norance of many people concerning the
ways of actors and actresses on the road.
Abe Hummel grinned all over when he
brought out testimony to the effect that
Titus called Miss Ward Marcy and Miss
Ward called Titus Fred" Now, brethren,
almost every manager will sign this state
ment: Send out company to tour the
United States Let it be composed of male
solute strangers to each other. Before
said company has been on the road a
month every male will be calling every
female by her first name and every female
will be calling every male by his first
name, with the possible exception of the
stars. AS one bright little woman ex-
pressed 1t to me, I'VE are all boys to-
gether.'
No harm is meant as a rule by this ia
miliarity, and strong friendships grow.
People away from home invariably cotton
together" to use homely phrase. Some
time ago young man married an actress
and took her permanently off the stage.
CThat is, he thought he did; they all think
SOL She invited many old friends OF the
fraternity TO the wedding reception, and
hubby was amazed to hear the men adj
dressing her Familiarity as Terry" 1t
made him mad and he demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. This was freely given. They ex-
planned that they had been on a tour with
Teresa and that the whole company knew
her only as Terry" AS rule he doesn't
invite actors to dinner now, but like a sem
sible fellow, has forgiven Terry" She is
on probation. BY and by she will be on the
stage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

seats. who would under no circumstances reveal
1t. The discovery is made only, after the old
occupant of the seat has retired and the new
Filing on senator's seat is putting your name
To file on seat implies a belief that IL will be
vacated. and senators usually sensitive about
particularly painful TO find that this has been
done by friend The seats in the Senate are
is about to be vacated all senators who are not
satisfactorily seated set their eyes upon it.
fed and decorous secret scramble for a. good
seat. but there is something ungenerous in as
1t requires delicate discrimination to observe
ne srs b IN or @
one-he cannot know who-has filed on his seat
marked for death. and the unknown prophet tHs Of
evil is an object of resentment When he is
was first to anticipate his misfortune, but he
cennot tell how far in advance of the vacancy
se for the seat @ Ta is
senator does not know that any one has filed
ut Some ' years ago a Western man who was hav-
ing very hard fight for reelection, but who
one Of his colleagues had filed on his seat He
could not tell who 1T was. but the knowledge
Sentiment was ass so great that he set about sys
tematically to tell every senator on his side of
had thus anticipated his defeat. being sure that
In this way he would make the right man Sc
eue ened iss aterward that ths ses Msnt to
man to whom he had denounced the unknown
with particular bitterness of invective.
1t has been long since Quays seat was
placed I'm jeopardy that it is obvious that the
man who got 1t must have filed on it long time
ago. 1t is therefore easy for Mr.. Quay to infer
that Mr. Platts friendship for his fellow boss
did not make him forget his own interest. and
that he quietly made the most of his prophetic
vision The evidence is plain that no one got
ahead of Mr.. Plat in anticipating Mr.. Quay's
downfall. 1t may be regarded rather queer
however, that Mr.. Penrose we'll prepared
to avail himself of the seat thus vacated by Mr.
Platt
Such are the delicate attentions senators pay
their parting colleagues.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
The Telegraph and the Theater.


Everybody must have noticed how prom
inent a part the ordinary telegraph plays
in the great business OF theatrical adVer-
Using. There is not day that 1t does not
report some stroke of good or bad fortune
supposed to have occurred to an asplrant
for dramatic honors, and the ingenuity dis
played in these inventions-for very few or
the stories have any foundation In 1act-
shows that a higher quality than impu-
dence is essential to the making of sue
cessful advance agent. Since the develop
ment of theatrical trusts, which have prac-
tcally established community or inter
ests between managers on both sides of the
Atlantic, the ocean cables have been
pressed into this service, and are now en-
ployed constantly In the misrepresentation
not to say deliberate Justification, of theat-
rical intelligence, for the more effective
bamboozlement of the dear public. 1t is
scarcely worth while to telegraph exagger-
ated yarns of the success of an actor or
play from American city to another,
for the truth soon leaks out and the lie be-
comes Intellectual. But in the case of the
cable il is different. A message that has
water is held, in the face of repeated ex-
perience TO the contrary, to be worthy of
special credence. At all events, ii is less
likely to be speedily contradicted. Thus
London is entertained with glowing ac-
counts of astounding triumphs won by GER
tain plays and stars in the United States,
while We, on this side, hear of the rap
turous reception accorded in London to per-
formances destined for later production i'm
New York. All of which, of course, piques
curiosity and helps the preliminary sale or
seats. The favorable critical opinions which
are quoted are the result of system of Sc
lection which Is practically equivalent to
forgery. Chance phrases of a compliment
tary tenor are selected without the slight
est reference to qualifying contexts. or to
the character or capacity of the original
writer. The result is that not the slightest
dependence is to be placed upon any cabled
announcements of theatrical successes, un-
less the source of them is known.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
"DON'T YOU KNOW"
Impertinences of Speech Too Com
monty INDUCED In.
The Criterion.

The Criterion.
Seer" is bad enough as vulgarism of
speech; Don't you know" is worse.
The yoIuble man of this class makes some tri-
fling statement which he deems shade above
the plane of his most common utterance. and
rounding 1t with the inquiry, Seer He says,
for example. MY bicycle needed oiling, see2'
In him 1t is pardonable. Being uncultivated.
there is no reason why 1t should occur to him
that the inquiry is useless foolish and imper-
But Don't you know because 1t Is used in
more or less claim to cultivation, is unpardona-
BILE.
In the first place. truly cultivated people do
h sms o, of any Kind Think of James Russell
Lowell or Mr.. Howells or Mr.. Aldrich punctu-
ating his talk with silly affectation. Fake
culture may take up and overdo an English
themselves would go to perdition first.
Moreover. Don't you known is insolcnt.
When one says to you. the man was tired out.
key. don't you know?'-does he take your mind
to be so slow that you have to be asked il you
comprehend his drawing commonplaces?
they should be met with civil but evident re-
sentiment.
Are you taking down in shorthand what 1
editor the other day. mo, / was only counting
for my amusement how many times you said
sentences. all rather brief; and you have ended
seven of them with thai incomprehensble in
curry.
because they want TO be regarded as having
through familiarity fallen into the modes Of
fashion Still others use II occasionally and
unconscously because II is in the air. But the
would his botblack's seer" than
this inexcusable British anectation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
DIsCOURAGEs MATRIMONY.
Modern improvements Help TO Make
Single Life Easy
Washington Post.


There's nothing clearer to me- said the
woman who thinks about things, than
the fact that society will ultimately perish
by reason of the modern conveniences it
has invented. The foundation of society,
which, | take II, is marriage, is sapped In
our grandfathers' day people were COM
PEELED to marry for the sake of their crea-
ture comfort. A man had to have some
body to make n home for him, to cook for
him, to mend for him, 10 nurse him when
he fell Ill. A woman had to have a hus-
band, or at least big brother, TO take her
about, to keep her from being afraid of
burglars. She had to have a home to be
old I'm or to be sicl. in. Marriage the
only remedy. But nowadays-really, If you
leave out love, which has very little to do
with IL after ali, there's not the slightest
reason why body should marry. Apart
ment houses solve the home question for
women, as we'll as for men. They do away
with the servant question altogether. You
can even go away and stay while hirelings
clean house for you much better than your
grandmother ever cleaned house for your
grandfather. There are people who mend
your things for you for a mere song. A
woman can hire an escort and a chaperon.
too, If she needs one, and now that every
shoe shop has place where she can have
her shoes shined just like man. she
doesn't even need a small brother. AS for
old age, nobody ever is old these days, and
there are plenty of homes for you If you
should happen to be DID, And when 1t
comes TO sickness. there are hospitals
where, for almost nothing, you can be
cared for more skllfully and a deal more
comfortably than in any home you could
possess. Marriage is no longer necessary
as a means TO comfort. 1t Is merely lux
ury. Bachelors and spinsters are entirely
too independent. They gain nothing by
marrying. and they find ii extremely ex-
pensive. I call this frightful state of af-
fairs. think Congress ought to set limit
to the number of modern comforts which
money can buy. They ought to abolish a
few apartment houses and mending
agencies and hospitals, just as a starter.
They'll regret IL later If they don't, for il
you go making the unmarried state more
and more care free and comfortable, by
and by people will leave off marrying al
together, and think of the Census Depart
ment clerks that would be death blow
to- Society must begin at once to protect
itself against these modern comforts which
are sapping its vitals, or, well. If 1t doesn't,
you needn't expect me not to say, told
you So when the crash comes.
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ming the lighter or the heavier undercloth-
Ing, calm courage In wearing galosne9
Tor s6r their equivaien0 in wet weat1 3, ano
good, with dexterity and without WINDING
yards or thread around his shank, each de-
Iauitine button OF his raiment
Sucns then, or something OF the KIND, Is
the old bachelor confessed-and upashamed.
II would be impossible, even IL IL came
within the province of this note. to examine
to remain single. Perhaps he never met
the giri OF his heart; perhaps ne met SO
many ne lost all confidence IN his heart
guldance; perhaps even 0hough surely
sucn cases must be very rare) he was born
without any heart worth mentioning-"a
wet rag" says Robert Louis Stevenson,
goes safely by the fire; and II man Is
impressed by romantic scenery" He may
have tried his luck more than once, and
been defeated each time by an answer In
the negative Bruce and his spider 90 not
always work to ones encouragement in
such cases. Or, indeed. incredible though
1T may appear, he may never have had the
pluck to put his question. But truce TO
all such random and more or less imperi-
nent guesses. Assuredly 1t is no part OF
our business to speculate as to the why and
wherefore of our old bachelor friend
choice. Be the reason what II may, he Is
confirmed in his resolve 10 remain single,
and has come through the years when the
sense of loneliness seems TO the poor BACH
elor TO be almost too heavy for him to
Dear. TOT IL Is HkeIy enough THIS
feeling of loneliness, though painful, is but
transient. And when the days OF the years
of IL have come TO an end those days IN
which the lonely man marks with envy
the happy domesticity of his friends on the
right hand and the left, ii Is likely enough
that he may even venture to claim IN his
mind some advantages for his lot.
AT forty the old bachelor is tolerably
safe from any temptation to change his
lot. 1t is the Age of WISDOM. according
to Thackery. At any rate, 1T is an age
when old bachelors may be said to know
their own minds. Nor is 1T altogether ill
with them if they have taken up with
Thackery in their hours of loneliness. He
has put in their mouths a song that is full
of most comfortable philosophy for the
single man:
Forty times over let Michaclnas pass
Grizzng hair the brain doth clear
Then you know boy is an ass,
Then you know the worth of a lass.
Once you have come to Forty Year.
Gillian's dead-God rest her bier.
How loved her twenty years syne!
Marians married, but sit here
Alone and merry at Forty Year,
Dipping my nose in the Gascon wine"
Horace himself never expounded it bet
ter alone and merry" Bravo! IT'S a
right admirable motto for the brotherhood
of old bachelors, and if they succeed in liv-
ing up TO ii the married men will do we'll
to keep their pity for objects that are in
greater need thereof
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
DEPTHS OF THE GREAT LAKES.
What Would Happen If Their Surfaces
Were Lowered 10 Sea Level.

(nlcdSO CnTOnlCle.
If the chain of great lakes which bound
the northern limits of a portion of the
United States could be brought TO the level
of the sea two of the chains would be prac-
tically wiped off the face of the earth.
Lake Michigan would become two lakes
much smaller than the present majestic
body of water which lies off Chicago. Chi
cagoans could travel on what Is now the
bottom of the lake as far north a point
midway between the shores of Milwaukee
and Grand Haven without getting their
feet wet
No system of lakes presents as wide va
water system. Beginning with Superior
and following the chain eastward, they
vary from 1856 feet 10 but 30. They are
Respectively. COZ feet above the sea level
for Superior. 5Sl each for Michigan and
Huron, 513 for Erie and but 247 for On
tario. Superior is far the deepest, with
Michigan second Ontario is close its
heels. being within few feet of Huron
while Erie is so shallow that its greatest
depth is thirty-six feet less than the mid
lake depth OF Michigan between Chicago
and st. Joseph. Erie can claim but 2l0 feet
extreme depth.
As good an object lesson of what the
lakes have TO offer is the course between
Chicago and St Joseph. Mich. The coast
Is measured from the lights of the two
harbors- Beginning from this side the gov
eminent pier, already quite way out, has
depth of some thirty-six feet The lake
shoals on this side so that the extreme
depth OF the spoon is n trifie beyond the
middle of the fifty-seven-mile course. 1t
drops rapidly. however. from sixteen in
the river 10 246 out in the lake. But on
the other side within a couple of miles
of the shore, the depth drops from twenty
four feet 10 166 with frightful rapidity. By
the time the second song is sung leaving
ST Joseph the singer is over some forty
fathoms OF water.
Superior IL reduced TO the sea level,
would be robbed OF two-thirds Of it's di-
mensions- The extreme depth is well east
of the middle line. Michigan has her
greatest depth loco feet up, toward the
Straits. Huron is less than eight hun
dred while Erie is very shallow Ontario
has depth OF 735 feet. owing To the falls
of Niagara IL all were brought TO sea level
Erie would be goo feet above. Michigan
would be a couple Of ponds, Huron almost
out Of 1t. Superior lake not much larger
than many another and Ontario the lar
gest OF the system.
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boats and the steam launches and under
the hot tropical sun. Ii was learned that
the west side OF the bay showed a small
shoal. and that there IS reef. visible IN
the day time. at the Cape Tolofonso. or
northern entrance TO the sound Otherwise
there Is deep water everywhere I'm bay and
gulf.
The Baltimore held some little communi-
cation with the natives on shore inside the
bay. One day a canoe, OF raft, was seen
approaching from the land IL came along
very slowly because the men who propelled
tt stopped every three strokes of their pad
dies TO wave a white flag. When they final
~ got on board then begged hard for
garrison TO protect them from the depre-
dations of the alleged bands of insurgents
operating in that Vicinity. II was explained
TO them that the Baltimore was not there
TO establish garrisons and the natives went
sadly back to their village
Another day a launch from the Baltimore
was running down the southern side of
water and studying the shore II had got
pretty near the historic town of Baler.
when the engines broke down and boat
and crew were at the mercy OF the waves,
which broke hard on the rocks TO leeward.
Every effort was making TO repair the
damage TO the machinery and get under
way again before the launch should be
blown up on the rocks, when the crew no.
ticed a large crowd of half-naked natives.
armed with bows and arrows. and bolos,
concentrating on that part of the shore
where the wind was rapidly driving the
helpless craft. The launch had one one
FOUNDER. six rifles and a Mauser pistol
armament and as the savages on shore
showed every sign of expectant hostility
these arms were placed in readiness for &C
ton. But, when the little steamer was
within thousand yards OF the beach her
machinery was repaired and she turned
and steamed gaily away from the disap-
pointed men on shore.
InsOmuch as Luzon will undoubtedly be
most valuable as naval station. and that
good harbors on the island add materially
10 its value in this respect. the recent dis
covery and sounding of Casiguran sound
and gulf Is Of particular interest. Our big
gest vessels could enter and anchor in this
bay without the slightest difficulty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
ABOUT OLD BACHELORS.
They Enjoy Life I'm n Way and Are
Welcomed by Old and Young Ladies.

WelcOmeo Dy Ol0 anu 1Oum8 LADIES.
London Globe.
There is a peculiar significance In the
word odd" as applied to bachelors. 1t has
no necessary connection with a mans age,
but denotes the inflexible character of his
resolve to live a single gentleman-to some
extent il is a term of reproach, used as
such by those who have sought to convert
the fellow and failed. Between a bach
elor'' of Internationally and an 'old
bachelor of the same age there is great
gulf fixed. according to the mice direction
of a maiden's eyes" We learn from sto-
ries of the Jane Austen school that when
the new curate comes into a parish there is
joy among the rectory girls and their
mother. and other girls and mothers OF
the place, II he happens to be unmarried.
But IL, at the end of a twelvemonths's resi-
dence the reverend gentleman is not
known to be engaged. his bachelorhood will
be called old and the interest in him will
flag That. at least. is what satirical OBJ
servers tell US, perhaps. maliciously
enough. But these considerations are some
what beside the point before US. which is
simply that all bachelors are said to be
old when their determination may be
called unalterable. Other characteristics
indeed contribute their aid In procuring
a man the title-such as a marked careful
ness for his personal comfort rather than
outward adornment. an openly avowed
watchfulness Of times and seasons Cor dom
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

ton. some one called to see the minister.
He Is not here" Mr. Labouchere informed
the visitor. sHumpht disgraceful, Then
man. much annoyed. He waited for about
a couple of hours. and at last grew abso-
1utely furious. .Will he be here at all to-
day." ne asked at last. 81 don't think So"
said "Labby' with a yawn: fact Is, his
excellency sailed for England yesterday"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20
Not of Sufficient CALDER.
BROOKLYN Eagle

The mission OF the Rev. Mr. Sheldon
seems 10 be as a popularizer of religion.
He makes people read about IL, and presum-
ably think a little about II. who have been
in the habit of taking their thinking cut
and dried from their teachers That is
useful function and not TO be despised
But the idea that Mr. Sheldon has the
caliber of mind which solves problems of
even the grade of difficulty of the servant
girl question seems to be pretty well dis
proved by HIS Topeka experiment.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

Senatorial Custom That Some
times Reveals Secrets.
Star,

II was probably more OF q shock to Mr.. Quay
to learn that his friend Plat had filed upon
his tQuay's) old seat In the Senate than was the
course OF Mr.. Hanna The '.niing' OF a mana
seat In the Senate Ia q very delicate matter-one
CONCERNING which senators are extremely sensf-
tive IL ~ 80. delicate matter that II Is q pro-
found secret fn<rusted to bone but the conlidea-
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Natural Inference.

Washington Post
A Philadelphia woman has been awarded
damages TO the extent of $4,000 for the
loss of her husbands affections he must
have been very ardent lover before he
jumped his Job
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Chicago Post
would you let q woman stand while YOU oc-
cupy q seatr' she asked q
Madam" be replied. do not blame me-. Tia
How SOP she demanded
II did not receive proper homs traintuG.r -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Admirals Sampson and Schley ought to be
required TO surrender a part of the stage
10 Captain wainwright, a modest ssbordi-
rate who took an old yacht and fought all
around the enemy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-20

We have at this time an accumulation of Suits
that have been made as sample garments, others
that have not been called for We want to get rid of
them in hurry. If we can fit you it will be the
bargain of your life, as we will sell them at