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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

A year and a half ago the American Flag
House and Betsy Ross Memorial Associa-
ton was organized for the purpose of pur-
chasing the house In Philadelphia in which
the first flag of the United States was
made, and a call was issued for Decent
contributors. A dime entitled the con-
tributor to membership in the society. and
a certificate was sent to that effect. The
official announcement is now made that the
sum of $4,000 has been raised by this
means, and the membership as shown by
the roll Of honor" kept in the record room
of the house, includes many distinguished
names. Contributions have come from all
parts of the country. and are classified by
States. Indiana shows 5000 names. Further
funds are wanted to complete the purchase
of the house and to build a memorial over
the grave of Betsy Ross, and a request is
made for further dime offerings. The cause
is a commendable one, and no doubt the de-
sired amount will be secured. Letters
should be addressed to John Quincy Adams,
secretary, 239 Arch street, Philadelphia,
Pa, and in addition to the dime asked for
should contain 5 cents in postage to secure
the mailing of the certificate.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

A little time they had together, and that
is all the time there is in the longest life
upon this beautiful. sad. glad earth-a lit
tie while.-The Garden of Eden.
Perhaps no better evidence can be given
of Evert Brookfield's wisdom than his ad-
mission to himself that he did not under
stand his wife.-The Action and the Word.
The terrifying variety and self-suffering
of the little-mindedi Nature must set great
store upon this type of being. since IL is
regularly allowed to rule its betters.-The
Reign of Law.
After all, experience is the only e2haus-
tive dictionary. and the definitions it con-
tains gre the only ones which really burn
themselves into the mind or fully inter-
pret the signiicances of life.-The Redemp-
ton of David Carson.
Poverty demoralizes. A smell OF cooking
and, why 1 know not. but especially an
aroma of boiled cabbage, can undermine
the dignity of existence. A remembrance
of yesterday on the morning fork dims the
ideals of ~youth.-Diana Tempest.
If you're a woman you are bound to
work for some man or another, and TO see
to his food and TO bear with his tantrums,
and for my part I'd rather do IL for a hus-
band than for a father or brother. There's
more credit in IL, as you might say.-The
Farringdons.
'You don't know what it is" said Mrs.
Hankey, Ito live in a house full of Moth
ing but men, with not a soul 20 speak 20
about all the queer tricks they're at; many
a time i feel like Robinson Crusoe on a
desert island among a lot of sayages."
The Farringdons.
An assemblage of men have a perfect
right to turn a man out of their church
on theological grounds, but they have no
right TO do IL in the name of God. With
as much propriety a man might be expelled
from a political party in the name OF God.
The Reign of Law.
The remembrance of feasts once eat
en- is not only no solace to physical hum
ger, but adds unmitigated torment to it.
1t is different with the hunger of the heart,
which finds a melancholy alienation in
feeding upon those shadows which reality
has left.-The Redemption of David Cor
son.
No Benhamite has ever been able TO
explain precisely why 1t should be more
creditable to live on one side of the same
street than on the other, but 1 have been
told by clever women, who were good
Americans besides, that this is one of the
subtle truths which battle gods and democ-
racies alike.-Unleavened Bread.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

A writer on the subject of irrigation says
that it seems not to have ATTRACTED atten-
ton in sections east of the line marking
the arid region, since it has been assumed
that there is always rain enough for. the
crops, when droughts in some portions Of
the country, destroying crops, are of an
nual occurrence. He cannot see why irri-
CATION should not be considered with refer
ence to a water supply in dry seasons. The
fact that the extensive drought over the
greater part of the Northwest will cut off
at least one-half of the wheat crop, worth
many millions of dollars, recalls the sug-
gestion Of the writer. If the Northwest
could have had a full wheat crop this year
it would have promoted the general pros
perity. In this region there has been much
more rain than seemed to be needed, but
there is scarcely a season when, at some
period. more moisture would not help grow
ing crops amazingly. Itmightnot be so here.
but in the ~rainless region the effect of ar
tifcial irrigation is to bring forth wonder
full crops, averaging much more to the acre
than is produced in other parts of the
country. 1t is quite possible that the
adoption of some practical scheme Of irri-
CATION would make available the streams
and rivers of water a few hundred feet be-
low the surface. thus revolutionizing the
agriculture of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Guthrie, Oklahoma, has a Husbands
Protective Association" 1t is not, as
might be supposed, an organization of men
to check the encroachments of aggressive
wives, but a society made up of women.
whose object it is to remove temptation
from the pathway of their physically
stronger but morally weaker husbands.
Their immediate and particular purpose is
to down" a particularly reprehensible
variety theater known as the Honkatonk,
whose naughty attractions have an espe-
cial fascination for Guthrie men, and to
whose doors they are wont to sneak at
every opportunity. When they get rid of
this theater, as no doubt they will. they
will turn their attention to other institu-
tions that beguile men from the domestic
hearth, and If they persevere In the deter
mined manner in which they have set out,
the prospect is that the Guthrie man Of the
future will be a truly sweet and lovely
character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Funny Things Sent by English Ladies
to Soldiers I'm the Field.
London Letter.

LONDON Letter..
Quite recently the celebrated army sur
geon, Mr.. Treves, succeeded In making
himself very much disliked by the women
of England, because of his outspoken ana
none too fiattering upon what
he termed 'the plague OF women In
Africa. He said hat the many amateur
nurses and sightseeing women who went
out to the Cape with the Obvious inten-
ton of being of use were. as a matter
of fact, a nuisance, and intimated that the
field OF battle or the environs of a be-
sieged city were no places for women any
how. But a good many people have founo
that IL is not necessary for lovely woman
to journey as far as the Transvaai 10 make
her presence felt in a more or less potent
fashion.
1 was told a funny story in exempliica-
ton Of this fact the other day. An officer
of the Royal Engineers had just received
a parcel of comforts" from home. he
met a friend, and they began 20 compare
notes concerning the packages that they
them TO give us all these things" said the
young man. rubbing his unshaven face
meditatively, but 1 say, old chap, why do
they send us such a rummy lot of little
women use, and they're embroidered with
beads. so that one can't blow your nose
Comfortably without scratching it,"
This remarkable state of affairs appealed
TO the sympathies OF the other man of fire.
who asked to see them. They were shown
TO him. and he, being a youth of superior
intelligence. discovered that they were a
set of square covers embroidered with blue
and red beads that the dear ladies had
made for them to cover their tumblers OF
milk. or their glasses OF medicine with.
Being of rather mysterious pattern the
gallant officer had only thought of them as
ornamental handkerchiefs, and although
grateful. he was not particularly comforted
by the sift.
Only recently I have seen a party OF
women seated in a smart West End draw
Ing room. stitching away indefatigably
at an elaborate embroidered design on A
set OF these same silly useless arrange
ments- Surely here at least feminine in
tuition should have taught even the high
bred society dame the utter futility Of such
unnecessary Injuries I'm the land OF the
veldt and the kopie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Whoever is happy over the coming mar
riage of Lady Randolph Churchill to Lieut..
George CORVALLIS West. a man who is the
age of her eldest son. it is safe to say that
Mrs. CORVALLIS West. mother OF the young
lieutenant. is not of the number. The Jour
nal, having other matters to attend to. con-
fesses that it does not follow with much
care the devious matrimonial proceedings
of the London smart set, but is under the
impression that Mrs. West is also a widow.
like Lady Churchill. II such is the case
her chance for revenge is to go down to
South Africa and marry young Winston
Churchill. When an elderly British matron
fixes her matrimonial eye upon a young
man he has. apparently. no chance for es-
zane.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

dith was educated IN Germany. and his
first literary work. q volume OF poems. ap-
peared in 1851. After this came the Or
deal OF Richard Feverel." and then a sue
cession of works which gave him fame
n honors. He has been a foremost pc
destrian in England, and something Of a
recluse.
The engagement. which is of universal
interest. is announced from Cleveland. Of
Miss Katherine Vincent Gridley. daughter
of the late Captain Charles ". Gridley, OF
the cruiser Olympia. and Lewis ]. Buddy.
jr. Miss Gridley lives at Erie. Pa, and
Mr.. Buddy is the art editor OF the Chau-
tauquan Magazine. He Is twenty-seven
years OF age. and formerly lived in Erie,
where he became acquainted with Miss
Gridley. He was also in newspaper work
in Nsw York several years ago. No plans
have yet been made for the wedding.
In conversation the other day with a
Russian newspaper representative NJ. Emile
lola said that, so far as he was concerned,
the Dreyfus case was finished. He worked
for the officers liberation. and that was
obtained. At the same time the novelist
said that he and his friends were still at
the disposal of the liberated mar IL he
wanted their help, but they did not see the
necessity OF the re-establishment of his
innocence-that is TO say. his rehabilitation
NJ. lola further said that the Dreyfus case
was like others which came before the
courts early in the twenties. Its develop
ment showed the terrible danger OF mill
tarism.
The Youths Companion prints a new
story about Walt Whitman. During the
latter years of his life Whitman was de-
pendent, to some extent, upon the thought
fulness of a few friends. who made il their
business to see that he did not suffer for
any of the comforts and necessaries OF
life. One winter. when one Of these called
to ask IL any contributions were needed,
the poet replied In his usual hearty man.
ner, "Oh, no. j am working now" When
Childs employed him at $50 a month 10 take
a ride on the street-cars occasionally. quiz
the drivers and conductors, find out the
forts, and let Childs know. 1T is easy
work." continued Whitman. land il helps
Childs along So"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Aguinaldo has been a figure Of decreas-
ing Importance in the Philippines for q
long time. The United States could have
the price which Spain paid for him, but
establishing such a precedent would not
only have been immoral but the beginning
OF an era. OF corruption, because it would
have put q premium upon insurrection. The
action Of some of Aguinaldo's associates
affords ground to hope that he may accept
mnesty now. and thus aid in establishing
the free government which will be an un-
mixed blessing for the Philippines.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

The situation in China continues to pre-
sent alarming features. the three salient
points being the fighting at Tien-Tsin. the
critical condition in Picking and the prob
able defeat and even possible massacre OF
the composite relief expedition under Ad-
miral Seymour. All the governments inter-
ested seem to have equal difficulty in get
ting anything but the most meager news.
but 1t is evident that many foreigners
nave been killed and much foreign prop
erty destroyed. More important than any
Of these losses or than all combined is the
question whether the Chinese government
is actually making war against the allied
powers If that should prove to be the
case it would involve complications and
results more serious tina any that have
vet occurred.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Literary men who do not like liberties
taken with their productions will watch
with interest the result Of w. s.. Gilbert's
legal proceeding against the American ac-
tress who has been altering his play OK
~"Pygmalion and Galatea" to suit her "
ideas. Most persons, especially those who
never wrote anything more than a business
or personal letter in the whole course OF
their lives, can see how almost any given
literary work could be improved; still, such
as it is, it is the authors W and should
not be tempered with.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

No modern war has been concluded with
cut exaction by the victor of a war in
At the conclusion of the war with Spain
the United States contented itself with
Porto Rico and the Philippines. and made
no money demand. If 1t had demanded a
money indemnity opponents of the admin
istration would now be condemning it for
losing a golden opportunity to acquire terri
tory and for driving a hard bargain with
. bankrupt power.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

To the Editor Of the Indianapolis Journal:
Kindly register a protest anent the sug-
gestion proffered Mr.. Booth Harrington
by one Of your exchanges to alter the
closing chapter of Monsieur Beau
caire.' The quality of Lady Mary's
character is deeply disappointing-not only
to Monsieur Beaucaire himself, but to his
admirers. Then, all his pleading having
proven her incapable of recognizing the
worth of an honest, manly man, Monsieur
Beaucaire's own verdict seems the only fit
ting one. Let the public abide by his decf-
sion. Surely to alter the finale of the book
would not only deprive the Lady Mary of a
season of well-merited anguish, but would
destroy and render commonplace the artis-
tic perfection Of a truly exquisite little
romance. z. n.
New Albany, Ind, June q.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

the worlds eyes away from South Africa
the past week. so that what has been
Transporting there has been lost sight of.
The few. however, who have watched the
whole field. have observed that the British,
with their superior forces. are slowly but
surely separating the T-ransvaalers and the
Free Staters and hemrning them in. thus
bringing the war very near its end.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

The vice presidential candidates first
name is Theodore, and his position entities
him to the right OF being called by his
name, so it would be well for the exuberant
and f~ree-and-easy public to refrain from
using the familiar Teddy in speaking Of
dore Is gift of Cod may be regarded by
some as having a special political signih-
rapca
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

1t IS now quite certain that the United
States will have the lightest wheat crop
in years. A portion of the winter wheat
field is promising. but there is no wheat of
any consequence east of the Mississippi
river: and now come reports that the
protracted drought has destroyed one-hslf
the crop In the Northwest. It nay not b.
20 bad a. set forth by = correspondent OF
the Chicago Times-Herald. but there win
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

What is going to happen? When the
slate OF the Democratic managers in Chi
cago was made up 1t was found necessary
to revise it so hat the names of one or
two native Americans could be put on the
ticket. OF late, in some bodies of work.
men, natives OF the land nave been I'M
popular. Has the tide turned?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

In condemniIg the placing Of a wreath on
the grave of Heinrich Heine because he
was a Jew the City Council of Vienna has
advertised it's own littleness and also a
fact which the literary world had forgot
ten. The fact that Heine was a Jew will
not detract from his fame as a poet, and
he will be read and admired long after the
Members of the Vienna Council are dust.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

John Burns. who represents labor in the
British Parliament, has no sympathy with
the interference with China for assassinat-
ing foreigners, because it threatens to de-
stroy the distinguishing marks of individ-
ual peoples. When the distinguishing
marks are cruelty. superstition and mill
lions of half-starved human beings, the
world will be better for their effacement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

The war indemnity which China paid
Japan al the close of the war in 1895 was
$zss. 1000 in silver, or about s1f2. ooo.o in
gold. BY the terms of the treaty the pay
ment was TO be in eight installments. OF
which the first two were to be Sc. ooo. 600
each. the first to be paid within six months
ana the second within one year.. and the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

A recent dispatch from Salt Lake stated
that Brigham III. Roberts. late aspirant to
a seat in Congress, had been convicted in
learned that four OF the jurors were Nor
mons and the verdict was returned within
fifteen minutes after the jury retired. This
seems to indicate that what remains of
polygamist sentiment is rapidly dying out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

A writer in a New York paper says a
book dealer of that city recently informed
him that as a general thing a college grad
uate never reads a book after leaving
school. But what could you expect? New
York is not a literary center. In I~ndianapo-
lis. now. IL is different.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

The New Orleans Times-Democrat notices
a trio of marriages which occurred recently
in that city within a period of three days,
In which two of the brides were sisters
the third bride was q sister of one OF the
bridegrooms. and the other two grooms
were uncle and nephew. All are weli-to-do
people. and they are now engaged in trying
to ~untangle their relationship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

remaining six annually thereafter. After
the first payment the interest charge was
to be 5 per cent. on deferred payments. At
the close of the present disturbances she
will have to pay indemnity to five or six
nnuera
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

The statements of Governor Roosevelt
since his nomination show that he did
not like the prospect OF being Vice Presi-
dent because 1t offers nothing to a man
who desires to take an active part in pub
lie affairs. An easy life seems to be the
dread Of Governor Roosevelt. He likes
work. action and a part in the worlds tu-
mu1ts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Ten years ago the census placed the CEN
ter of population in southeastern Indiana.
It Is probable that the figures for 1900 will
show that the center of population is still
in Indiana, but a few miles north and west
OF the point of 1900.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Four years ago Mr.. McKinley's speeches
were the principal feature of the campaign.
This year he will not make any, but 1t will
not be necessary, as his administration
Epeaks for itself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon says that during
the three weeks he has been in London he
has seen more drunken men than in twelve
years residence in Topeka, where prohi-
bition is well enforced" Let's see: Lon
don town has a population of 1910, 600. and
how many has Topeka?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

How shall 1 fight my bout with Life?" cries
youth
81, who know nothing OF the feint ana thrust,
Fleuret and trois-Quarts, and yet fight / must
With the Great Fencer. for he knows no ruth
Then spoke the Sage, in words OF wise import:
place but the pad Of Humor on thy breast,
And Humor. though Lies blows be well ad-
dressed,
Shall turn the fercest battle into sport"
Elizabeth Finley. in the Smart Set.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Citizens OF Oklahoma have for some
months been having spasms OF Joy when
the thought of the coming Rough Riders
reunion and the promised attendance of
Governor Roosevelt. Now that they will be
among the first to be greeted by him after
his nomination on the national ticket their
happiness will be beyond measure.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Meehan's Monthly.
IL Is said that peas will make double the
growth. and largely increase the product.
when favored wfths sticks or twiggy
branches for them TO run over. And this
seems true Of ell climbing plants. Who
grape vine seems. when II can get a
cnance 10 run over a bush7 Philosophers
give. as the reason. that a climbing plant
Is always twisting and twfninR to find
something TO cling to--an thus wastes
energy that should be applied to growth.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

A Baltimore man who had encountered a
frost at the home of the young woman he
fondly wished to cal. his own,
her mother into court to explain why she
was e~ndeavoring to influence her daughter
AGAINST him. Much 70 his surprise The
daughter, when called y . Witnen4 de-
clinsd 70 TESTIFY n hii b6ha1k, an1 ~ 80
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FOotnotes.

Enjoy the month; you won't see another June
for a whole long year.
The perfection Of living 10 to have city COM
forts and conveniences in country places.
Manual labor Is good for a heavy heart; It IL
also remedial In the case Of a heavy dinner.
After all 1t Is only the effort to keep looking
starchy which makes US ind summer so uncom-
Portable.
Men get bald accommodating fortunes. and then
discover that all their millions can't buy their
hair back.
Imagination is that faculty which helps people
persuade themselves that radishes are as pretty
as strawberries.
The only true way to benefit by a vacation is
never to let your mind run on how much money
1t Is costing you.
A linen suit is a fearful joy: no human being
knows whether 1t will draw up or sag down
when 1t is laundered.
There ought to be a law to reach persons who
pull a palm leaf fan to pieces while making an
ostensibly friendly call.
Many women get out Of trying to please their
husbands by falling back on the misleading
tradition that all men love to grumble.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-24

Mrs J. Ellen Foster says 'it was a beau
tiful convention" and Mrs. ]. Ellen having
attended many IS competent to speak.