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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
BRITISH GOVERNMENT In THE
TRANSVAAL.

Great Britain is accustomed to dealing
with colonial problems of all kinds and
generally finds a solution of every diff
manship in this regard, due partly 10
Anglo-Saxon common sense and partly to
large experience in dealing with such ques-
tions, far surpasses that OF any other
nation. Neither France nor Germany has
shown any skill in dealing with colonial
questions. The American colonial policy,
Ii our government of our new island pos
sessions may be so called, will probably
be on the same general lines as the Brit
fish, but more liberal. Nothing, however,
could be much freer than the government
in Canada, Australia and other British
colonies.
AS the war in South Africa is practically
ended. only breaking out a little in spots
and soon to cease entirely, Parliament
will soon have to decide on the form of
government to be adopted in the late
Transvaal Republic. To begin with it will
never be independence. Lord Salisbury
put this very plainly when he said in his
speech on Thursday that 1.-THE Trans
walters, the Free Staters and the world
should understand there could be no devil
alton from the policy of the government
already outlined Anything resembling in
dependence never could be granted" He
added that how soon the Free Staters and
Transvaalers would have anything like
self-governing powers depended on them
selves. 1t might be years. and it might
be generations.
A committee from South Africa now in
London has laid it's views in regard to
the new government before the colonial
secretary. They favor first. the withdraw
al of military rule as speedily as possible;
second, the crown colony government
adjustment of the country; third, full self
government rights for all civilized men In
South Africa as soon as the Transvaal
and the Orange River Colony shall be fully
restored to tranquility. The committee
recommended that the Dutch be permitted
tc teach their W language in the schools
il they wish; that white immigration to
South Africa be encouraged; that the sale
of intoxicating liquors to natives be totally
prohibited; hat a Supreme Court Of APP
peal be established and that the greatest
care be exercised in the selection and ap-
pointment of officials for the colony. Ii
these ideas are carried out in the British
way South Africa will have a far better
government than it ever had or could have
had under the Beers.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

'To Have and to Hold" the second liter
airy venture of Miss Mary Johnston, has
netted her $4,000.
Mr.. Barrie is now authority for the pro-
nunciation of Grizel as "Grizzle," in his
novel Tommy and Grizel.'
Goldsmith wrote 1.-THE Vicar Of Wake
feld'' in six weeks. 1t is said to have been
a story of his own recollections.
If Mr.. William Dean Howells lives to see
the first day of March next he will then
have completed sixty-four years.
Mrs. Stephen Crane writes to the Ameri-
can publishers OF her late husbands works
that 1.-THE O'Ruddy'' is to be dramatized
by David Belasco.
Miss Elizabeth Robins. the actress and
the author of 1.-THE Open Question" a novel
that attracted considerable attention a
year or two ago, has been seriously I'll for
the past few months. She left New York
las sprins for a trip to Alaska, but. on her
return. was stricken with typhoid fever at
Seattle. The latest word received by her
publishers was that she was recovering.
n publication OF her new~n ovel has been
postponed until the early part OF 1901.
These are wise words which Rudyard
Kipling wrote to F. T. Bullen, an English
author. who had asked him to contribute
a preface to 1.-The Cruise of the Cachalot."
He answered: Some rather interesting ex-
periences ave taught me that the best way
of making q man hate me for life Is to med
die in any way with his work. II
the boob is good, 1t will 80, and II not,
nothing will make IL stir. All the
men who want to stick knife into me
would stick ii into you as soon as they
saw my name prefacing your book Bitter
experience has taught that that kind OF
<h{u~ acounf nav q hook &fnnAQ hU IL
self. IL will stand by itself: but IL you use
another chaps name to help II to = start.
you will get all the whacks that the other
chap would have got II he had writton de
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

volumes they embrace. but they would
make a large library. One of it's most USE
full functions has been as a scientific in
ternational exchange. by means of which
thousands of works, embracing details of
the latest inventions and discoveries In
ali parts of the world. are brought to this
country while, In turn. all the publications
of the Institution and those of the national
government are sent to other countries
These exchanges. making frequent and
bulky packages. are transmitted by the
principal transportation companies of
Christendom either without charge or at
reduced rates, and are passed through al
customs houses free of duty. Thus the
will of the founder of the institution that
H. be devoted TO "the increase and DIFF
fusion of knowledge among men" is faith
fully observed. 1t would be difficult to
conceive of an institution more cosmopoli-
tan in character, more strictly dedicated
to science and learning or more efficient
In its machinery for the increase and diff
fusion OF knowledge
1t would be impossible within the limits
of a newspaper article to give even an out
line of the contents Of the last annual
report of the secretary of the institution.
1t embraces a multitude of details show
ing wonderful zeal and activity in promot-
ing the objects of the institution by orig
inal research and correspondence with the
scientists of other countries. The appen-
dix contains no less than thirty-six papers
by as many different scientists and experts
or this and other countries on topics that
are now engaging the attention Of the
scientific world. And this is but one VOL
ume out of many representing the insti-
tution's annual contribution to scientific
knowledge, and the institution itself IS
only one of many government establish
ments that Americans should be proud of.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

A curious illustration of original instinct
t~riumphing over education is furnished by
the case of an Indian girl named Belle
Giveswater. According to the statement of
white friends the girl was placed in the
Ponca school, in the Indian Territory,
when six years old. AT the age of fifteen
she was promoted to the Haskell Seminary.
at Lawrence, Kan, and later became a
teacher in Sunday school, leader of the
Young Women's Christian Association, or
ganist in the chapel, instructor in vocal
and instrumental music and an expert
bookkeeper and typewriter. After all this
she has gone back to the Poncas and In
dian life, travelling bareheaded and on foot
four hundred miles through a rough coun-
try M in rough weather. To friends who
have tried to induce her to leave her peo-
pie again she says she has ~renounced civili-
cation for good and all. Here is a case for
psychologists. Is civilization a failure, or
is the original savag in us always liable to
break out?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson and her
son. Lloyd Osbourne. are building two
houses in San Francisco and Will make
that city their home.
So highly do the Chinese think OF Gen
Grant that on every Thanksgiving day the
Chinese minister at Washington Journeys
to New York and places "A wreath or nOW-
ers on the tomb of Grant, and does Il IN
the name of the Emperor OF China
Eighteen years ago Sir Frederick Cav
endish was murdered In Phoenix Park.
Dublin. Since that day Lady Frederick
Cavendish has never appeared IN Pubic
save in black. Her thin. careworn face IS
known by many women who are engaged
in charity work, which is now the widow
chief concern.
Frederick Stearns, of Detroit. who gave
the Stearns collection Of musical instru-
ments TO the University Of Michigan. mas
sent word from Europe that he has pur-
chased two hundred more instruments 20
be added to the collection. Among these
Is a three-keyboard harpsichord made IN
1893 by Christofero, the inventor OF the
piano-forte.
The will Of the late r. II Eddy. the
keIl-known patent lawyer. leaves s90e9
TO r. II. K. Porter, son Of General Por-
ter, and $4,000 to the city OF Portsmouth.
n. H., for the erection OF an equestrian
statue OF General Porter. The bequesi
became available upon the death Of Mr.
LfuNs' wiz Aao Just ultus III Nil ~"
into effect.
"Peggotty's Hut" Great Yarmouth. i'm
mortalized by Charles Dickens IN David
Copperheld. is TO be sold by public auction
This historic house. which stands on ne
site of the Old Boat. Is a great attraction
to visitcrs during the summer months.
Original portions of the wood. also the iwo
windows OF the boat. are still In posses
sion OF the present occupier.
William Richardson. the successor 10
General Wheeler In Congress-. was once sen
fenced to hang as a Confederate spy. he
was a soldier at the age OF seventeen. was
captured. escaped and was making ms
way back 10 the Confederacy when he was
found by the Union troops I'm the company
OF a notorious spy and was sentenced 70 pe
hanged with the SPY. An unexpected atttes
on his captors by General Forest resulted
in his rescue
Equipped with hymn books and Bibles :
small organ. several banners and a iarse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The state conference of charities, which
will be held in New Albany during the
present week, is the ninth meeting of the
kind. The. scope of the meeting has so
broadened that the name is somewhat mis-
leading. County. township and city admin
istration, to the extent that 1t touches pau
perism. crime and the condition of the de-
fective classes, will be considered during
the conference. IL is unfortunate that these
meetings are attended only by those who
are connected in some manner with the
topics discussed: they should be attended
by all those who have any oficial connec-
ton with public charities. pauDerism and
crime.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Those who choose to forget or who never
know accurately, insist that Great Britain
began the war with the South African re-
publics, when. as a matter of fact. the
Beers took the initiative and fought the
Now a letter written in September. 1899. by
an official. a brother of the state secretary
of the Orange Free State. has been brought
10 light. in which he declares that 1.-The
with his admitted f~tfuIness. will beat us
nut of a war"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The New York Sun is carrying on a
series of more or less edifying pathological
discussions. Having settled to its own sat
isfaction the exact etymology, meaning
and force of "st'boy,' "stubboy," sub
boy" and other forms of this mysterious
exclamation, 1T is now inquiring into the
origin and significance of the phrase,
Chewing the rag" With so many Illus
trations on every hand there can be no
difficulty IN settling upon the precise mean
ing of this picturesque expression. Chew
ing the rag" is what the Springfield Re-
publican, for instance, has been doing with
~tireless, but misdirected energy, ever since
Bryan wasn't elected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The establishment of a Boer colony on
Long island seems To be an assured fact.
Ar English syndicate is back of the move
ment. and IL is represented by New York
agents A contract for lib acres OF land
has been closed. and Boer immigrants to
the number OF several hundred are expect
ed to arrive in a few weeks. An advance
guard OF TWO nave already taken out their
first papers'-Hercules David Viejeon
and Andreas Yacobus Liebenberg. These
names are a little mixed. but no doubt
their owners will soon become American
tied.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
FOOtnOtes.

Judging other people by ourselves makes a lot
of trouble in this world.
Literary strugglers have two chances for sue
cess; praise and abuse are both advertisements.
There are fussy people who are In the wrong
and fussy people who arc in the right.
Conceit doesn't want appreciation; it wants
hattery.
Age meets his match now and then; he can't
wither some people.
Even the farmer who has no faith plows his
fields in the fall.
The man who bet his long whiskers on Bryan
wasn't really such a billy-goat at heart.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
book, in addition to a few whacks on your

book, in addition to a few whacks on your
own merits"
The career of Maurice Hewlett, author OF
"The Forest Lovers" and Richard Yea and
Nay" has not been an adventurous one.
Mr.. Hewlett now occupies the post of head
OF the British Land Revenue Record Office.
to which he was appointed four years ago.
and he is a familiar fgure-as are Mr.. Ed
mund Gosse, Mr.. Austin Dobson and other
notable men of letters who share their
working hours with the civil service
among the purlieus of Whitehall. Blu pre-
vious to this appointment he had already
served an apprenticeship to letters as lee
turer, reviewer. poet and student of
medieval and Italian thought and art. He
was born in 1861. He attributes much OF
his literary bent and skill to his father, but
speaks indifferently of the influence of
school and college life. Most of his days
were given to reading and scribbling, and
he left oxford without obtaining a scholar
ship.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

If the aim of the oleomargarine bill which
the House has passed is to curtail its use
cause. whether wisely or otherwise, the
number of people who prefer palatable
ol-eomargarine TO poor butter, made of milk.
IS increasing. The cost OF such an article Of
food should not be enhanced by a tax in
the interest of dairy butter. If the aim of
the bill is to make it certain that oleo-
margarine shall not be sold for butter the
measure is a good one.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

After being charged with demanding the
reduction of the tax on beer. Senator
Hanna declares hat personally he is op-
posed to such reduction. as the tax is one
of the least oppressive and most easily
collected. But it is altogether probable
that the know-it-all correspondent who has
charged that Mr.. Hanna promised the
brewers a reduction of the tax for contri-
buttons to the campaign fund knows Mr..
Hanna's mind better than he does himself.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

A paper in New York has for its motto,
1--WE print all the Jews that is fit to print
which means that it viii not publish the
nastiness in which other papers revel. But
a deal of stuff is printed which does not
rise to the dignity of news, and yet is not
really unfit to be seen in print. Every day
columns of empty gossip. the merest drivel
of idlers who are so enfeebled by idleness
and aimlessness that nothing but the inane
gossip can interest them, finds space. 1t
contains no more information thar the
conversation of ~triders. For instance, half
columns nave been sent from Washington
regarding the personal relations of the
President and General Harrison into which
nave been dragged the affairs of Col. Rus
sell B. Harrison. Nothing was said that
could be regarded as positively vicious. but
1t was gossip which could have no value to
any one and which might be disagreeable
to all the parties named. This entirely in
and over again during the past two or
three weeks. as if it were of the utmost i'm
portance to somebody. when it might pos
sibly interest for the moment a class Of
gossips who are gossips because they have
not sufficient interest in world affairs to
make the effort to consider them. The
publication of news of public Importance,
such as should interest intelligent people
who take a part i'm the worlds affairs. is a
laudable undertaking, but the printing of
idle and fictitious gossip as a vocation is
not far removed from that of the person
who circulates the news of the %neighbor-
hood from house to house.
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great deal Of thought as to how all things
whatsoever can be done in the best possible
style" Furthermore, it appears that smart
people look nice from the moment they
rise in the morning to the last thing at
highland never give themselves away
over the smallest detail Of appearance or
conversation. When they entertain, IL is
always done perfectly" with plenty of
go and life, whether it be a dance, dinner
Or garden fete. .'Of course continues
the writer. ito act up to this standard of
'smartness' would mean a large income-a
mastery of the art of wit and tact at all
times and in all Places In view of these
requirements and the fact that wit and
tact. taste and intelligence. are by no
means invariable possessions of people with
large incomes. it follows that those who
do not aspire to be smart, as we'll as those
who do aspire but annot achieve their
ambition, may find themselves in very re-
spectacle and agreeable company outside of
the smart set" There Is. at all events, no
reason why the .'outs'' should be unhappy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Really, the two small kingdoms of Hol-
land and Portugal should not be allowed to
talk of war because King Charles. of the
latter. at a banquets made a remark con-
strued to be offensive to Holland. The
grown nations do not hold a ruler or rep
resentative responsible for %utterances after
a long banquet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

and find It to be about So. 900. 900. Mr.. VAN
less This instance is no exception to the
general rule. The properties of those es-
teemed to be very wealthy are very much
less than estimated by The public. when
less most multi-millionaires would be glad
to accept half of the amounts with which
they are credited by some writer's.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Can be found at the following places:
NEW RK-Ast House and Fifth-avenue
Hotel.
CH1cAGOEPalmer House. p. o. News Co., 27
Dearborn street
CINCINNATI-J. r. HawIey & Co.. 1a Vino
street.
LOUISVILLE-C. I. Deering, northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co.. 26 Fourth avenue.
ST. LOUIs-UnionN News Company. Union Depot
WASHINGTON. d. C.-Riggs House. Ebbltt
House and WIZARDS Hotel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The joint resolution of Congress. under
which the war against Spain was begun,
declares 'That the people of the island
of Cuba are, and Of right ought to be, free
and independent" That will make it very
difficult for the United States to establish
any sort of protectorate over the island.
as some are proposing.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Indiana Press Association

The fall meeting of the Southern Indiana
Press Association will be held at Bedford
Tuesday evening and Wednesday. Dec. IL
and II. A good meeting is promised, and
a large attendance of members is desired.
The fall sessions a w usually been pleas
ant and profitable, and 1t is hoped there
may be no exception to the rule at this
meeting. W.. w. AIKENS, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Northern people cannot understand why
Southern whites should want separate rail-
called, for colored people. Colored people
who are able to travel are apt to be decent
and well-behaved, and he must be a very
sensitive ard fault-finding white person
who objects to their presence in the same
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The American people are gratifed that
the German Foreign Office declares that
the powers have yielded to the United
States in regard to the policy to be pur-
sued with the Chinese. but they are not
puffed I'D about it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Those writer's who assume that they
know to a dollar the wealth of the million
aires of the country nave given the head
OF the vanderbiits a fortune varying from
s1oo. 900, 900 to sl3. oo. 600. For some tim he
has thus been scheduled by those who
would magnify wealth for q few men. OF
late. the appraisers have been putting a
real value upon the Vanderbilt property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

armon lies in the union, not Of hearts,
but of interest.--Domestic Dramas
The Providence that tempers the wind 20
the shorn lamb made the summer for the
portionless girl. Given sofa. white raiment
and the moonlight of a summer night. and
the summer girl need ask no favors OF her
satin-clad winter sister.-The Old Gentle
man of the Black Stock.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

There is no doubt but present conditions
call for some reduction of revenue. but
Congress should remember that it is easier
to remove taxes than to impose them
again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
GndcrtOne.

Christmas comes but once a year;
with the greeting. oh, heigh, no!
One more notch our ages shcw.)
Smile the smile-hold back the tear.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

Somebody who writes TO the papers un-
dertakes to define what it is to be smart"
To be really smart. says this authority.
means perfection in dress and general ef-
feet, and artistic taste in all places and at
all times. whether 1t be In the world OF
sport, or In public places of amusement,
and In society generally. It also entails =
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

"Scribbs is aspiring. isn't hep
II think so; he would like 10 be talked abou'
as much as the Belgian hare isl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

The large gathering of shipbuilders and
metal kings who were present at the open
ing OF bids for the new battleships shows
that American shipyards and shipbuilding
are not quite obsolete yet.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Civic Reconstruction,

Reform is much like ether things: it briskly
starts, and then
1t wearies of its lively filings. and settles down
again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
Contrast.

II thou wouldst know the garden in its fairest
bloom,
Know. too. its dreary paths in winters deepest
gloom.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
The Quarrel Reinforced.

Hell will try to forget all your harsh. unkind
words to me.
She-Oh. 1 don't want you to forget them. so
I'll just tie this bit of pink ribbon around your
finger.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09

A multitude of shoppers are now engaged
In trying to solve the great Christmas prob
lem of how to buy a number of very nice
things with a small amount of money.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
IN THE AIR.


The months hold hands in circle; still on win
Through frozen hedges hear yon blithe bird
sing.