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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The fifteenth anniversary OF the church
tors in this city was probably spoken of by
as many people who do not attend his
church as by those who are favored with
his pastoral services. Indeed, it was an
event quite generally spoken of and always
in words expressive OF appreciation Of the
man and of his good work in the city. This
circumstance suggests the thought that
many pastors and preachers influence a
great number of people who do not attend
their churches or contribute to their MAIN
that those excellent and jealous men who
are wont to estimate the religious senti-
ment of a people by the regular church at
tendance and to classify those as irreligious
who do not attend church regularly do not
take into account the large number of peo-
pie outside of the churches upon whom
many clergymen exert a potent influence
for good. Preachers need not be aggressive
men,; they need not tell every man they
meet Of the needs of his soul or of his ex-
ceeding sinfulness; they need not denounce
with bitter words the follies of men or
classes in order TO obtain the best results
in building up religious sentiment and infiu-
ence outside their churches. Vehemence In
religion is often no better than vehemence
elsewhere, and when 1T leads the preacher
to make statements which a careful exam
nation of the facts will not maintain it is
very mischievous.
At this point some one will ask if we
would nave namby-pamby men in the pull
pits. BY no means; there is no place for
such men. But il is recalled that one of
the greatest of the apostles spoke of being
"all things to all men that 1 might by all
means a v some" The pastor of the
greater c~hurch-and We have them in In
dianapolis-does only a part of his work in
his church and with those who are re-
garded as his flock. He goes forth into the
world with broad sympathies. All who
meet him instinctively know that he is a
Christian man because it is a part of his
personality. He has a word of hope for
those who need it. no matter whether they
have or have not a pastor. So far as his
time allows he takes a part in secular af-
fairs; he serves on committees organized
for the general welfare; he has no such
ideas of "the cloth as forbid his meeting
men and participating in social occasions.
Thus he brings to men who could not other
wise have it brought to them the nobleness
of Christian character and leaves behind
him a wish to be that sort of a Christian.
Such a man breaches a sermon wherever
he walks the street and speaks to men. Re-
Gently a writer in a periodical declared thai
a man cannot stay in the ministry because,
at the age of forty-ive or fifty, he has
reached the ministerial dead-line, because
congregations like the spirited delivery and
the vivacious thought OF a boy to the expe-
rience. the insight and the ripened charac-
ter of a man past middle life. This may be
true If the preacher has no outside church,
but If he has years make him more ac-
ceptable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

BY the decision Of a local justice of the
peace the lady principal of school No. SO
has been found guilty of assault and bat
terry in Furnishing a refractory pupil and
was fined 81 and costs. The Journal be-
lieves the decision wrong in principle, and
especially wrong in this particular case.
The discretionary power to infict reason
able physical punishment on unruly pu-
pills, in other words to whip when neces-
sary, is essential to school discipline. No
doubt it is more necessary in some locali-
ties than in others, and in some schools
ture of any school system. 1t is a WELL
established principle of common law that
a teacher stands in loco PARENTS, i'm the
place of the parent, and has the same right
to use the rod to enforce discipline or as
a means of punishment. Neither the law
nor the school regulations permit cruel.
excessive or vindictive punishment. In
this case no such punishment was infict-
ed. The boy deserved punishment, and
was not punished more severely than he
deserved. The punishment was inflicted in
the presence of another teacher, as the
school regulations require, and was in no
sense cruel. The marks subsequently
found on the boys legs were insignificant.
Assault and battery only exists where a
person 'in a rude, ~insolent or angry man.
ner unlawfuly touches another There
was no violation of law in this case, and,
of course, no assault and battery. The
principle should be clearly established that
all teachers have discretionary power to
use the rod.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Queen Victoria has a passion for whist
undated by years. and she still remains
the best player in the royal family of Eng
land.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles never neglects his
experiences at pistol practice, for which he
is well known. He gives half an hour every
day to shooting at a mark.
A number of authors and writer's to
whom the old firm of Harper & Bros. is
indebted have been informed that the re-
organizers of the company will pay them
in full.
The wedding of Thomas G. Dawson, Sec
rotary of the United States legation at Rio
Janeiro. and Miss II. A. Murray, a Bra
lillian creole, with a large fortune. will
shortly take place in Nice
Mrs. Steyn, wife of the President Of the
Orange Free State, has been in Scotland
since last summer 1t is said that her hus-
band put his private fortune into the keep
ing of a London bank before the war broke
out.
Some girls in an English school, the other
day, were discussing the meaning of the
letters &c. c.. B." after Lord Roberts's
name. One young woman quickly settled
the difficulty by saying that the initials
stood for Generally Called 'Bobs.'"
Berlin now has a school for women IL
brarians. One of its two courses of instruc-
ton lasts six months, and is for the train
ing of librarians for the ordinary public
libraries, while the other, of three years,
prepares the students to take their places
at the heads of scientific libraries
An English paper says that Lord Rob-
erts. in giving Rudyard Kipling a pass
through all military lines. discharged a
! private as well as a public obligation. Prob
ably any general would have signed that
order in favor of Mr.. Kipling: but "Bobs'
in particular must have felt a personal
qualification in signing it for his own
laureate
Mark Twain related. in a recent address.
that he once set out to ride from Hartford
to Boston on a bicycle. got tired of it after
five miles and took an express train
s.What time did you leave Hartford? %
asked a friend In Boston. about seven.'
| what. And you don't mean you've ridden
all the way on your bicycle? % Enough OF
| it, said Twain, Ito prove 1t could be
| DONE"
Half . dozen foreigners appeared before
Judge Lent. Of Webtchester. N. r. the
: other day - Applicants Tor n~axuzalizatioz
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Railway mail clerks and postoffice clerks
I'm some parts OF the country have been
somewhat mystifed by receiving the fol-
lowing order from their superiors: Clerks
will report to this office each and every
instance where they receive from a post
Office or railway postoffice letter packages
tied Wit more than two wraps of Irvine
each way" The order is not issued be-
cause three or four wraps of Irvine do not
look pretty. but because, under the last
appropriation. the general superintendent
OF the railway mail service finds there
Is danger of a shortage IN Irvine before
the end OF the fiscal year unless strict
economy Is observed. Il the wine gives
out resort might be had to red tape. of
which there is always an abundance at
washington.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

A recent visitor to Castle William, the
prison in New York bay where military
prisoners are confined. noticed Oberlin NJ.
Carter, formerly a captain in the regular
army, who was convicted by a general
court-martia of fraud and conduct unbe-
coming an officer and a gentleman. He
suffered public degradation, was fined 5000
and sentenced TO five years at hard labor.
He has paid his fine of 5000. but his five
years OF hard labor in a prisoners garb
are yet TO be served. There are no soft
jobs in military prison life, and Carter
eats the same fare and sleeps side by side
with enlisted men convicted of all sorts
of ofenses.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

People bore us because we hate to be inter-
rupted in thinking about ourselves.
Even when a woman can refrain from saying
ST told you so.' she always looks the part.
If you wear a don't-worry button, don't be
worried because other people inspect it super
ciliously.
When a family gets to depending on family
it indicates that the, brains have begun to
dwindle.
The people who attend strictly to their own
business are either abnormally unselfsh or alb
normally selfish.
In Lent some people refrain from meat, and
buy the greatest luxury in the way of fruit that
the markets afford.
A woman considers herself literary when she
knows another woman who knows a girl in Eng
land whose uncle used to entertain famous au-
thors.
The woman who cleans house picks out a lot
of old things to give away, but when the time
comes she dusts them afectionately and puts
them back in the closet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The joint action of the American, Brit
ish. German and French ministers in china
is in accordance with the modern policy
Of these governments to protect their re-
spective citizens and interests in China
against violence, which the Chinese gov
cannot or Will. not suppress. In
the present case it is probable the joint
rotice viii be sufficient without having
to be followed by a demonstration of force
on the part of the four powers. The Chi
very much in earnest and will probably
take prompt measures to suppress the
eBoxerS"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Those who recall wars. and particularly
the war for the Union. are again surprised
at the loss of five companies forty-fve
miles south of Bloemfontein. after a strug-
gle of t~wenty-four hours. Five companies
may be 800 men. but more likely 200. This
is a very small number when it is consid-
cred thai General Roberts has more than
ZOO 600 men In South Africa We frequently
lost q regiment and often q larger number
by capture. and yet did not regard the mat
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
The Cultivation of BuIbous Plants.

HarperS Bazaar.
There is nothing more fascinating than
the cultivation Of dubious plants. They are
the aristocrats Of the vegetable world.
Their narrow, stiff foliage, often fragrant,
waxlike, regular flowers, have not the sug-
gestion of plebeianism about them. One
can have them highly colored, white. or
pale; stiff, in spikes or umbels. or hanging
in graceful sprays. They will bloom in
summer or winter, in the garden or in the
house. They demand nothing but the most
sensible sort of care, and are not freaky or
sensitive. Many, like the hardy snowdrop.
are among the first ~harbingers OF spring.
ringing the departing snow. The dogs
tooth violet or adder's tongue beautiful in
c~ultivation) n the crocus vie with the
dandelion. and win the race in their first
appearance. They make fine masses OF
color. and are used with great effect in
beds of geometrical shapes. and as ribbons
and borders for other plants. Individual
taste may be displayed even in our city
back yards. Our parks and botanical gar
deps are poor indeed il they have not their
beds of tulips and hyacinths in spring.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The artistic temperament" as depicted
in two magazine serials. does not commend
itself to everyday humanity. Mr.. Barrie
portrays Tommy" in Tommy and
GrizeI.' as vain, deceitful and i%rresponsi-
bic. while poor Grizel is being put by him
in a position that is sure TO bring her to
grief. "Manisty." in Mrs. Humphry
Yard story, is like Tommy, also an au-
thor. and is vain, selfish and generally
disagreeable. II the artistic temperament
always manifests itself in like manner it
is not a possession to be desired in family
lffa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

handling the smaller measures which. they
say. were a source OF more loss than profit.
In this connection 1t is said that the brew
ers are not expecting a reduction OF the
tax on beer at present, as they realize that
the time has not come for it. 1t is one OF
the taxes that should be among the last to
be reduced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Senator Platt is reported as saying, since
his return from Cuba. hat 1.-The Cubans are
very much like children who have to be
taught and led" Such a statement as this.
coming from a United States senator. is apt
TO prove very offensive TO intelligent and
educated Cubans, of whom there are many
both in official positions under General
Wood Inc in private life. Besides being too
sweeping to be true. the statement was. I'M
der existing circumstances very undiplo-
matte
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
The Up-to-Date Closet.

Harper's Bazaar.
The men, as usual, have the best OF IL IL
the way OF closets. as In pockets. The IA
vorite closet now for a mans use is built
out into the room in the shape of the old
fashioned wardrobe. and is partitioned of
on one side into shelves for trousers. shirts
and various other articles of clothing,
while the lower part is deep enough 10
accommodate the countless pairs OF shoes
now needed by every well-dressed man.
The other side of the closet is devoted TO
hanging space. and is fitted with cross
poles. or with hooks screwed into the up
per shelves. either of which receive the
racks for the coats These racks are care
fully made the exact size for the coats, and
not one inch larger. There are two hooks
for suspenders and another large hook on
the door, that does not come anywhere
near the hanging brackets. for the neck
ties This style of closet is compact. yet
capable OF holding a large outfit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

ing considerable interest in a bill which has
been introduced I'm Congress TO amend the
internal revenue law so as TO do away with
the sixth OF a barrel and the eighth of a
barrel as taxable measures of beer. This
means. IL the bill becomes q law. that the
quarter barrel viii be the smallest measure
of beer used by breweries. all under that in
quantity being bottled. This does not con-
Germ the general public particularly. but 1t
Is OF importance to brewers In that It
would reueys them OF the necessity. Of
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

In Tennyson's Crossing of the Bar" the
pathetic verses written shortly before his
death, occur the words:
"And may there be no moaning of the bar
When L put out to sea-"
An Illinois temperance speaker has an
address on THE Moaning of the Bar"
meaning. presumably, the saloon bar. If
this isn't an indecent juggling with words,
what is IL?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
A Consolation.

g~rocer's name was Meredith.
In that small country town,
Where I wrote verse that would not sell,
And ran my credit down.
Yet one thing kept my spirits up;
1t was the cheering myth
That, though no kin to Lytton, I
Was OWN Meredith.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Olga Nethersole picked her jury accord
ing to their personal peculiarities of dress
and feature, and all the great editors of
the country exclaimed in scornful accord,
like a woman!" But the verdict
in by the jury was in favor of Miss
and what more would you?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

'Rudyard Kipling wrote two poems about THE
Absent-minded Beggar.'"
81 don't recall the other one"
Lest We FORGET"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

When one is making a list of States with
a reputation for temperance Missouri does
not come first to mind, but a native tells
when his mother-in-law found out
that the family cow was being fed on malt
from a brewery she refused to use the
cream in her coffee, and the cow had to be
leaven like this working Missouri will soon
line up with Kansas.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

ter in the nature of a disaster. The difi-
Guilty Is that the British. after the capture
Of Bloemfontein. assumed that the war
was as good as ended. Nations at war
must expect reverses. We did not meet
them during the war with Spain. but it
was the feebleness of Spain rather than
our ORE oaration that saved us.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
satisfy.

The "Star-eyed Goddess of Reform"
should keep the one remaining optic on the
COurier-JournaTs bright young men to
make sure that the details of the next as
sassination plot are consistent in all their
nfssfafameufs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The latest testimony in the Idaho case.
growing out Of the use of federal troops by
the Governor of that State. is not calcu-
TO make party capital out of the matter.
"Down with Americans the cry of the
outlaws who destroyed the Bunker Hill
mill, is not one that will evoke enthusiasm
anywhere in this country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The woman in politics. is in unmistaka-
bic evidence just now. and yet-when you
call attention TO the fact and the circum-
seem pleased. Some people are hard to
-.4fafv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The consensus of opinion seems to be
that while Admiral Dewey made a magnih-
cent success in breaking into Manila bay.
lac has Numbered terribly in trying to break
into politics.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
The Book

I love an old book-when 1 read
Some recent treasure, worn indeed,
Then jams o'erhauls me, bent on greed;
i meet her frown. which hints at crime,
And answer with a nerve sublime.
''Oh, I've had this a long, long time"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

In the Senate Porto Rican tariff bill, as it
was passed. the words citizens Of Porto
Rico do not appear. as has been stated. the
phrase being the people of Porto Rico"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
Merely

Prue gives up candy during Lent
That is to say, no more
She buys it; but she saves to spend
On sweets when Lent is Ger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
A Nature Note.

If there be aught in lonesome spring
OF subtler charm than leafy trees.
Than bird-song blithe, or fragrant breeze,
Sweet April moonlight is that thing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

The DenoraIizing Play.

Jimmy, did you cut the name and tail off
Johnny's rocking horse"
Yes. pa; but 1 had to have a wig to wear in
our play"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08

Chicago Tribune.
why is it" asked Miss Birdie. that
the nearest way TO a mans heart is
through his stomach?"
Because" said Miss F1yppe, with that
colo. MISUNDERSTANDING knowledge OF man.
kind that comes sooner or later 20 all Of
rs. that - the inside track
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-08
Man in the Kitchen.

well, Jack, how do you like keeping bach
elor's halI?"
''Oh, it's awful. / made coffee and cooked one
egg this morning and had to wash fifteen skill
let's"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-21
The Cotton Markets.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

New York. Feb. 20.-The cotton mar
ket opened easy at a decline of COS
points. cables being disappointing and
port receipts full. Later cables coming
better, gave an upward impulse to the
market in connection with the fact that
actual receipts were running little
less than estimated, while interior
stocks showed losses.
The market advanced 2G6 points on
local covering on the more active po-
sitions without showing much energy
in the way OF further outside support
1t was briefly a local market After
Liverpool closed the market was dull
and neglected until local selling was
renewed on the theory that irrespcct-
i've of the merits OF the statistical po-
sition. there was large and scattered
outside interest which argued against
further advance. There was some
selling of the new crop positions. and
this gave weakness relative to the
months beyond October.
The volume OF transactions was very
small, representing for the most part
local business and Il weak undertone.
In the afternoon the local traders had
the market almost exclusively to them
selves. AZ the lowest point OF the SEES
sion prices showed a decline of S@lO
points; at the best prices decline OF 1
az points.
uG IIltti hcl tibStd Iutcl anu SlcdQy
at H net loss of SGfi0 points.
New York. Feb. 20.-Cotton futures
opened steady at the decline. March
$50: Anril S.57; May. S.53; June, ssh
July. S53; August, SIS; September. 1916
October. 1853: November, December and
January. 7.i0.
Futures closed quiet and steady. Feb
ruary. S.60@S.62; March, S5s@S.6o; April
SOL: May, S.54: June. S.53: July, S.5k;
| August, $40; September. 7.72; October
| 7.4S: November and December. 73S
January. 7.39
Spot closed steady; middlng upiands
s7sc.; middling gulf. a1sc.; sales, 4.19(
| bales.
New York, Feb. 20.-Cotton steady
middling. S7sc. Net receipts $50 bales
gross. 4,74s bales: sales. ALSO bales
| stock. 125.161 bales.
| Total to-day: Net receipts, a4.25:
bales: exports TO Great Britain, 1T,1S.
bales to France. i bple: to the Cont.
| nent. 1868 bales: stork. ,031, 525 bales
Total since September LIST: Net re.
ceipts. 5,243,o47 bales exports to Great
! Britain. 1,457,II5 bales; to France, 562,.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-02-21

S3.G5Q3.S5. Rye flour. quiet; fair to
good, s3.o0@3.20: choice to fancy, 1920
@3.60. Buckwheat flour quiet at s160
@1.60. Buckwheat weak. 55c. If New
York. Corn meal. quiet; yellow West
ern, S3c. Rye. weak; No. 2, Western.
621sc. Wheat-Spot. weak; No. red,
&c. Corn-Spot. firm: No. Q, 43Mc.
Oats-Spot, easy; No. 2, 29c. Beef, dull.
Cut meats, firm. Lard, steady; West
ern steamed, $685.; refined. steady.
Pork, quiet. Butter, steady: Western
creamery, 20@24c.; state dairy, 18@23c.
Cheese. firm; fall made fancy. large,
12A @13c.; do. small, 13c. Eggs. steady;
State and Pennsylvania at mark, 14Ia
@15c.; Southern. 13K@14c. at mark
Spot coffee-Rio, dull; No. Z. invoice,
811-1Gc.: No. z. jobbing. 3-16c.; mild.
quiet; Cordova, 10@13iSc. Sugar-Raw,
dull; fair refining 8 15-166D4c; centri-
fugal 96 test. 4as@4 7-16c.: molasses SUI
gar. 3% @3 13-16c.; refined. quiet.