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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
MACRUM A BoER AT HEART.
He Is Said To Have Been working fer
Kruger Last October.

Chicago Special.
Bearing on the character OF former Con-
sui Macrum and on his official conduct
while he represented the government of the
United States at Pretoria the following ex-
tract from letter written 20 a woman I'm
Chicago by her brother, then in Johannes
burg, will be of interest. The letter is UNI
der date OF Oct. Is. 1899. OF Macrum the
writer says:
THE American consul, Macrum, Is a
Boer OF the first water. II is the opinion
of everybody here that he is owned by
Kruger, body, boots and breeches' When
our property was seized we protested
against IL, but our appeal 10 Macrum
brought the reply: We'll, IL you can't get
along without your property IL is a good
time for you TO join the Transyaal army
and help the burghers. Then you will get
IL back with big interest
President has sent TO Pretoria ! UNDER
stand he Is an Ohio man. and / suppose
il was thought best TO send him where he
could do no harm-to an urcivliized place
in South Africa Now he is suddenly put
in a position of Importance, and he has
neither the brains nor the principles 10
keep him straight IL is pity you did not
keep him at home as a mayor or con-
gresham, where he could do no harm. IL
is rumored that he Is 10 go home and take
the stump for the Boer cause I'm America
with view to causing a breach OF good
feeling between the United States and
Great Britain
Il wish we had a man of sense here 10
represent the American government"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
FOOtnOtes.

Unless the modern novel is both moral
and immoral it doesn't interest the general
public.
Hope doesn't pay its debts, but it always
keeps it's creditors in unbounded good
humor.
Women who worry get the blues in Feb
rnary by trying their last years shirt
waists.
Winter would be all right If ii was sum-
mer, and summer would be all right If 1t
was winter.
An optimist is sometimes only pessimist
who keeps his pessimism a dead secret even
from himself.
Woman can smile with a breaking heart,
but when her sleeve catches on door-knob
she gets mad
This is bargain world, my masters, and
lots OF people expect lenten discipline at
reduced rates.
New $1S silk petticoats will be mad at
being mistaken for the endless-chain 20
cent coupon kind.
Girls nowadays don't often kill them
selves jumping rope while some other girl
counts three hundred.
1t is rude to interrupt, but there is no
law against suddenly finding out that it is
time to be somewhere else
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
A Use for Liquid Air.
New York Letter.

new 1Ork Letter.
In medical circles here a carefully pre-
pared statement made py DIR. A Cantwell
White is causing great interest, since 1t is
believed that DR.. White has made import
ant discoveries respecting the benehcent
use of liquid air in medicine and surgery.
DR.. White gained local reputation some
years ago as tile first physician Of New
York to make successful use Of anti-toxine.
He became impressed some time ago with
the possible virtue as medical agent of
liquid air and having consulted with Mr..
Tripler was granted free use of Tripler's
laboratory. In addition to that the Health
Department offered him every opportunity
that could be found in the laboratory OF
the departments hospital to make tests OF
the effect of LIQUID air on germ life.
His first experiments were in the direc-
ton of the healing of ulcers by means of
liquid air, and he now feels justified in
saying that so many cases of ulcers have
been treated with success by this agent
that ii can be commended as the best
means at the disposal of medical science
for the cure of ulcers with little pain. DIR.
White is Of the opinion that the curative
properties are due to the fact that liquid
air is absolute GOODNESS or almost that,
without moisture. Recently DIR. White has
put himself on record In these words:
az think there is reason to hope that we
have In liquid air therapeutic agent
which will remove obstinate superficial
LESSONS or the body and which will certain
ly cure some that have heretofore resisted
"a. treatment, including that OF the knife.
am convinced that liquid air Is a specific
In the treatment Of painful neuralgia &C.
companied by an eruption. sciatica. inter-
costal and facial neuralgia, and that II
will AFFORD instant and continued relief
after one application over the spinal end
OF the affected nerve"
Furthermore, DR.. White has carried his
experiment so far that he feels justified in
saying that the use Of liquid air in medi-
cine, especially in pulmonary diseases and
in the reduction OF fever, opens a very
large field which offers great hope for the
future.
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inventor lives. The explosive is said to have
seven times the destructive power of dyna-
mite. besides being cheaper and safer to
handle. When burned in the open air
lyddite will vanish with bright flame.
but without exploding 1t Is only when con-
fined in an alright space like the interior
OF a torpedo tube or projectile and ex-
ploded by defamation that its tremendous
destructive force is developed. Another ad-
vantage claimed for lyddite over dynamite
Is that it does not make gunners sick to
handle it. In loading dynamite the gunners
get some of the nitroglycerin on their
hands which gives them nausea until it
is washed off; and after the firing the men
are compelled to wait for twenty or twenty
i've minutessto allow the sickening vapors
to pass off before they can approach the
gun to reload. With lyddite this waste of
valuable time is avoided.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

There is said to be a growing sentiment
In Nicaragua among the prominent men in
that country in favor of annexation to the
United States. The Nicaraguans feel that
when once their territory is divided by a
canal controlled by foreign nation, the
canal would become a dominating feature
to which all other considerations would be
subordinated. Constantly harried by rev.
olutions. the Nicaraguans would be glad to
have the strong arm OF the United States
to preserve order. II Nicaragua were an
nexed all questions about the Clayton-Bul-
wer treaty would be settled, since, the
country belonging to the United States,
the canal would be as much an American
waterway as any river in the United
States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

cialiy- The possession OF the suez canal
made 1t imperative that Great Britain
should control the adjacent territory; con-
sequently British troops occupy Egypt. and
the country is ruled. and well ruled. by
natives, under British supervision. From
the possession of the canal and the rivalry
of France, England, in the name of Egypt,
has made the conquest of the Upper Nile.
To the opening of the Suez canal Mr.. Bryce
attributes England's East African ambi-
tions-results which no British statesman
dreamed of twenty years ago.
Mr.. Bryce seems to assume that these re-
suits, so far as England is concerned. are
the natural result of the possession of the
Suez canal-that to maintain possession
rendered her supremacy in Egypt impera-
tive. Her possession is essential to the
maintenance of British authority in India.
Reasoning by analogy. Mr.. Bryce foresees
that If the United States is to own and con-
troll the proposed Nicaragua canal. it must
occupy the territory, at least at both ends,
and that such occupation will in all prob
doiity ledd 10 the cOntrOl OF the military
tyrannies of Central America which are
called republics Therefore, in the judy
ment of Mr.. Bryce, the desire for expan-
sion in this country was not born of the
war with Spain, but had it's real inception
when the American people, for commercial
advantages. decided in party conventions
that the United States must pierce the coil
tinent with canal The American people
may not have dreamed of controlling other
lands when the Importance Of constructing
an isthmian canal impressed itself upon
them. Before we heard from Mr.. Bryce
there was talk by those opposed to the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty of fortifying tie
canal so as to prevent foreign interference.
What does fortifying imply If not the full
control of the territory? The mere con-
struction and operation of the canal means
that thousands of Americans or other in
telligent and forceful men must reside
along the route of the CANALS it probable
that they will submit to the military
tyrannies" of the rulers in that region?
If not, If the American people are fright
ened by the cry of Imperialism, they should
read Mr.. Bryce and decide not to pierce
the isthmus with a canal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

A bill which the dairymen have had pre-
scented in Congress is designed to put a
stop to the sale of renovated butter under
the guise of fresh creamery butter, which,
1t is claimed. is rancid butter made over
and put on the market for quick sales. Ac-
cording to this bill the renovated butter
must be packed in tubs and boxes that
have never been used before, and they
must be properly labeled so that pur-
chasers may know what they are buying.
A tax OF $500 is imposed upon manufac-
turers, $3.50 on wholesale dealers and s4S
on retailers. An internal revenue of two
cents pound is imposed on the article
itself. The purpose of the bill is to restrict
the production OF inferior butter and put
It upon its merits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

Play after play which defied decency has
been produced in New York during the
past three years and those interesting
guardians of public morals, the New York
Suddenly their sensibilities received a
shock and they are now engaged in the
prosecution of Miss, Nethersole for the pro-
auction OF play which, according to all
accounts. is no worse, though perhaps more
stupid. than dozen that have gone be-
fore and two or three others now on the
New York stage. Judging by the crowds
which continue to flock to see and applaud
her, Miss Nethersole could ask for no bet
ter advertisement
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

General Anderson, who was the first COM
mander of American troops at Manila, has
been to the trouble to consider one by one
the statements of Aguinaldo in his pamph-
let and the brochure addressed to the hon.
orable members of the United States Sem
ate General Anderson shows that all Of
them that are Of any Importance are lies.
No one at any time recognized him as die
tator Of the Philippines. The story to the
effect that the Spanish seized American
cannon which Aguinaldos men, recaptured
is denied on the ground that the Spaniards
never captured an American gun. General
Anderson declares that the single shot Of
an American soldier was instantly an
swered by Filipino volleys Of musketry
along two miles of their front, showing
that the insurgent leaders adopted that
method to bring on collision. General
Anderson is not sure that American occu-
patton of the Philippines will pay. but
thinks it will be blessing to the Fiiipinos.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
sHREDs AND PATCHES.

Men always begin to differ when they
begin to think.-Ram's Horn.
1 desire no future that viii break the
ties of the past.-George Eliot.
1 am more and more impressed with the
duty Of finding happiness.-The Humani-
tartan.
Women at a bargain rush behave no
worse than men at railway lunch count
er-Feminine Observer.
Nobody can give you wiser advice than
yourself: you will never err II you listen
to your own observation-disclosures
People can't grow unless they have a
chance to stretch now and then-men and
women any more than babies-A~ d. T.
Whitney.
Why is 1t that man always gets mad
when you chance to remind him OF
fault he knows he possesses ?-Phtlaadel-
phia Times
Nobody should hold enmity towards his
fellerman. but II dere am one man above
another / kin nebber furEive lt'b d pps-
son who RAISES ny bid - - euce1qQ -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
THE NICARAGUA CANAL AND Ex-
PANSION.

In this paper will be found the views of
James Bryce regarding the political effects
of the construction of the Nicaragua canal
upon the United States. Since Mr.. Bryce
gave his American Commonwealth" to
the American people he has needed no in
PRODUCTION to the most intelligent readers
in this country. All OF them may not share
of his broad intelligence. his wonderful
discrimination and his impartial spirit.
Consequently, whatever this publicist may
give to the people is read with greater in
terest than is that of most men who dis
cuss the problems of worldwide politics.
1t will be noticed in the first place that
Mr.. Bryce believes that the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty is in full force. He does not discuss
the matter but assumes that treaty is a
treaty until abrogated. II he thought other
The plain inference from his remarks Is
that the United States had no right to
enter upon the construction Of the Mica
ragua canal until the right to do so had
been conceded by Great Britain. Further
more. Mr.. Bryce evidently regards the new
Hay-Pauncefote treaty as concession to
the United States for which no considera-
ton has been given Most intelligent
Americans will consider the opinion Of this
learned and judicial publicist as being Of
greater value than that of some of their
very ardent fellow-countrymen who afirm
with much certainty that the Ciayton-Bu
wer treaty has no binding force.
Mr.. Bryce bases his observation Of the
effect Of the construction of the Nicaragua
canal upon the results which have already
followed the opening OF the Suez canal. Of
which the British government obtained
control early In the history of the enter
prise. These results thus far have been
more Important politically than commsr-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

when I'm calkerlatin' to git So carpet
fur 30 cents.-Brother Gardner.
Study mental hygiene. Take long doses
of dolce far niente and be in no hurry
about anything in the universal world
The Humanitarian.
1t is easy for woman to love her neigh
Dor when that neighbor wears an older
and cheaper looking bonnet than hers.-
-Philadelphia Record
There is something wrong with theo-
logy that is saved from intellectual con-
tempt only by respect for its subject mat
ter.-Rev. Frank Crane.
The romance has begun to fade from
loves young dream when girl no longer
objects to having her lover see her in curl
Observation-Disclosures Times.
/ nebber yit found man askin' fur
charity who couldn't figger out dat cherry
body but hisself was to blame fur his be-
in hard up.-Brother Gardner.
To make a friend, don't do him good
turn, for he will be ungrateful; let him
DO you one. that he may enjoy the antici-
patton of gratitude.-Earper's Bazar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

There is strong opposition in Cuba to
Mgr. Sbaretti, the newly-appointed Catho-
Cuban bishop, and they have been so long
accustomed to the union OF church and
state that they are unable to see why Gov
ernor General Wood does not take a hand
in the matter and give them the kind of a
bishop they want. They will have to learn
that as long as the United States retains
control of affairs in Cuba there will be no
mixing of church and state.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

reformer away down in Maine has
promote the brotherhood of man and expe-
dite the coming of the social millennium.
His plan is for one million men, including
representatives of all branches of industry
to contribute 800 each for the formation
of an industrial trust that shall fight all
other trusts with their own weapons by
manufacturing and distributing goods
cheaper than they can. OF course the
million men will fairly fall over one an
other in their eagerness to take stock in
the scheme.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

a scheme of his own which would have
involved the country In war with Great
Britain IL insisted on That treaty was
ratified by the Senate. although it was
not popular. But the point is that Gen.
eral Grant, after being defeated by the
failure to ratify one of those treaties and.
assaiIed bitterly while carrying the other,
was unanimously renominated for Presi-
dent and received larger electoral vote
than any candidate for President has ever
received
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stter in New York Post.


General Otis Is one whose face Is wholly
familiar from many pictures. some honest
and some caricatures The shaver chin with
the somewhat heavy cast of countenance
well known Much has been written
about the man. Some OF IL Is true. some
wholly false. / read letter recently. al
legged TO have been written by local cor
respondent, in which General Otis was pic
tured as a man OF quite elegant leisure
and tendency TO enjoy IL. The writer told
OF his life In palace, and implied that the
principal business OF the general was 10
ride in comfortable carriage and 10 fare
sumptuously every day" He does live In
what passes for a palace" In this region:
he does ride I'm a carriage; and I hope ne
OF General Otis. His methods OF working
seem TO me. as a business man. most un-
businesslike. But work he does. day I'm and
day out. and far into the night. indefati-
gably. persistentfy. and conscicntiously.
He Is the hardest worker on the islands.
In that. IL seems 10 me. lies his greatest
error. lie wastes endless time and strength
In the doing and supervision OF petty de-
tails. His work should be administrative
executive that OF direction. plan. and ar
rangemert. broad. not narrow. He lives
In valley and works with a microscope
while his proper place is on a hilltop with
a spy-elass. Some say he Is in both places.
using both instruments. That Is not in
human nature. His endurance II wonderful
He has been shot through tie head and
suffers from loss Of sleep. No criticism
rests upon the amount Of work he does
whatever may rest upon the kind OF work
and Its results He dos enough work to
XIII most uI0u>
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25
LOVING CUPS AND TEApoTs.

The Journal has frequently had occasion
to come to the defense Of women against
the charge that they have no sense of
every now and then they do things which
can only be accounted for on the theory
that they have no comprehension of the
ridiculous. There, for example, is a
woman's club of Burlington, Ia. which
has passed resolutions condemning the
practice of presenting loving cups as
tributes of esteem and affection, and sug-
costing that ornamental teapots be used
to perform the functions of the condemned
vessels. The club members nold that the
loving cup is conducive to intemperance
and destructive of the happiness of thou
sands of American homes"
1t would be interesting to know how
many Of those women ever saw one Of the
loving cups that commonly figure as
tributes of esteem, or, having seen one,
how often they have known it to be used
as drinking vessel. The picture before
their minds is evidently that of small
receptacle so ornamented that it invites
and almost compels conviviality, and that,
reflled with wine or stronger liquor, is
irresistible. When the loving cup was first
devised it was put to just such use, but
as now known to commerce, to gift givers
and gift recipients of to-day it is quite a
different sort of thing. Its size depends
somewhat, of course, on the amount of
money the donors wish to spend, but, as
a general thing, they secure a sufficient
fund to provide cup the size of a fam
lily soup tureen and of weight that
would prevent any one save a Sandow
lifting 1t to his lips and drinking from
it. 1t suggests convivality about as much
as does an Ice pitcher. 1t Is symbolical,
and symbolical only, of good cheer. The
plation of it, feeling that they have done
q neat thing In its bestowal. but the owner
Is apt to have a secret sense Of affection
and does not know what to do with his
new possession. And If it is small is it
used for drinking purposes in these days
Oh microbes ana neaitn DOdrOS-1n these
days when the common communion cup
and the schoolhouse tin dipper are alike
frowned upon? Nay, nay, women Of Bur-
lngton, the loving cup as it now exists
does not tempt to intoxication nor lead
to the breaking up of homes. Nothing.
not even the teapot, Is more harmless.
AS for the teapot as a substitute, It
might or might not have its advantages
The housewife could make more practical
use of it, or. on the other hand, the man
of the house could keep anything in it
he chose with no room for suspicion. Is
1t not even asserted now that frequenters
of congressional restaurants have all their
beverages served to them In teacups in
order to deceive too watchful eyes that
may be fixed upon them? With the sub
stitution of the teapot for the loving cup
would not this dangerous fashion be en-
couraged? Everything considered, per-
haps it will be as well If the teapot is re-
tanned in the seclusion of the domestic
cupboard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

American newspapers have hitherto held
the palm for business enterprise. Extra
editions. special trains to bring them to
points distant from the place of publica-
ton at an early hour, important news OBJ
tanned regardless of cost-an these are old
stories in this country. 1t has remained,
however. for London paper to do one
thing not yet undertaken by an American
publisher, namely, to telegraph the entire
contents of the paper, column by column,
headlines and all. to another town and
have the matter reset and published there
for local use. This Is what Mr. Alfred
Harmsworth is now doing with his paper
the London Mail. Manchester is 1888 miles
from London, and, do the best he could,
the Mail printed at the London Office could
not be distributed in the other city until
after the local papers had been delivered.
Therefore he leased five direct wires. es-
tablished printing plant in the outskirts
of Manchester, had the matter telegraphed
as fast as 1t was put in type. and now the
Mail goes to press almost simultaneously
in both cities. 1t is a great bit of enter
prise. but probably only Mr.. Harmsworth
knows whether 1t is profitable or not. The
Mail is paper in that enviable position
where 1t has an enormous circulation and
a financial independence which enable it to
accept advertisements on condition that
they shall go in only when space permits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-25

Washington correspondents attribute to
Mr.. Hugh VI. Hanna, of this city, much
credit for bringing about the currency
legislation which is now assured. He left
for home on Friday. says a correspondent,
with the echoes of many congratulations
ringing in his ears" In this work Mr..
Hanna has simply performed a duty which
he believed he owed the country as
citizen and man of affairs. 1t will be
said, IL 1t has not been already. that Mr.
tional banks. Those who know him at home
know him as the head of an extensive man.
ufaeturing enterprise having no connection
with banks. They know him as citizen
whose public spirit and business capacity
cause him TO be held in honor and respect
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Oh. If knew preacher who an editor
would be,
I'd counsel him to try it, and stay with him
just to see
The great result; for well wot, from what
/ know of men,
He'd find his pulpit restful after tussling
with the pen.