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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
A Chicagoan i'm Boston.
cid. in Chicago Post.

r. VI. Field, in Chicago POST
The Boston newspapers have their good
points. but they cannot be accused Of cater
ing too literally to Western visitors. The
longer one resides in Boston the more firm
" he is convinced that for all practical
purposes the country terminates at Pitts
field, Mass. For three days | eagerly
scanned the daily prints for tidings from
Lake Michigan and vicinity. but the only
mention of Chicago was in connection with
maximum temperature" and "tempera-
ture at s d. m" This was conclusive proof
that Chicago is still on the map. but IL did
not quite satisfy the soul munger. Just as
l was on the point Of addressing a letter
of complaint to managing editors in gen.
e-aI my eye caught a Chicago date. At
last something had happened west of Chat
ham Four Corners, Something. indeed, had
happened. John j. Rooney, the giant grip
man, had downed Paul Pons. of Franc in
a wrestling contest. a bas France, Vive
Cook county
But what If John and Paul decline to con-
tinue their amiable struggles on the carpet?
What IL they refuse to grunt and groan
and bear fardels that the nam OF Chicago
may be glorifed and perpetuated in East
ern newspapers Pray, represent to them
in behalf OF the exiles the burden OF obli-
cation which rests upon them. In these
%renuous days 1t is incumbent on Chicago
TO wrestle her way 10 the front and into
the olumns OF the Eastern press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
Lavinia LaIiy, Lawyer.
New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening Sur. 2.
Miss Lavinia Lally is the star woman
lawyer of New York. She. too. is good
looking, say the men. having much pres
ence and very blonde hair. Miss Lally
dresses very well. Her suite of offices on
lower Broadway are, perhaps, the most
luxurious in the city-certainly they are
way ahead of those OF any other women
lawyers. Like Mrs. Pierce, civil cases are
her specially. She has a reputation for
being particularly good at briefs. We'll"
said a man lawyer, when asked 10Y the
woman lawyer ranked. lie ~rif-raff of the
profession, or course, don't take her seri-
ously at all. That is so of any calling.
The more civilized and better bred a man
is the more respectful is his recognition of
the woman who enters his profession. The
educated lawyer, however. does not take
his consaeur any too seriously. In general
she is, in spite of her good looks and fine
offices-and lucrative practice, in particu-
lar-still more or less a Joke. / can think
thai the woman lawyer is here to stay.
She may succeed, as she has succeeded. in
Office practice-not in court. The latter
chiefly not because of our sex, but of her
own. 1t goes against the average wOman's
nerves TO think OF defending another wom-
an" The officers of the Criminal Courts
building are by no means educated up to
the woman lawyer. They are not lacking
in respect. but at the very sight of her
their faces are wreathed with smies-they
cannot yet take her seriously.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
PAPER COLLECTORS.
An Odd and Interesting Fad-SOme of
the Curiosities in Existence.
New York Evening Post.

New York Evening Post.
An odd but pleasant fad is collecting
paper. Not the printed page, but the raw
material. There is almost no limit to the
collections in writing, printing, engraving,
chromo-lithographing, and the like are the
types used for wrapping. wall-papering,
binding, and magazine covering. There are
paper mills i'm every civilized country. and
in such semi-civilized ones as Korea, China,
Rurmah. SIAM, India, and even Egypt.
Hundreds of methods are employed, and
the list of crude materials is exceed
ingly long. 1t includes paper, cotton, lnen,
cotton and linen rags. hemp, wood pulp,
wood flour, straw, corn husks ana Stalks,
bamboo. and many numerous otner Vege-
table fibers.
The most durable paper is made by a
guild near Marking, in China, which sup
plies the government of that empire with
the leaves for its official This
paper is made from young bamboo tips.
Ii is soft, pliable, takes ink we'll, and seems
indestructible. There are samples In col
~lections which are over a thousand years
old. The largest assortment of these Chi
nese papers is owned by an editor in Jer-
sey City, who has nearly three hundred
different samples. Quite odd are the fire
proof papers. Some of these are made of
vegetable fiber impregnated with tunstate
of soda. Others are made OF nne asbestos
or of asbestos mixed with nDer. Ihese
will pass through a fire unscathed. They
have. however, one drawback. They do
not preserve the ink used upon their sur
face. A sheet, handsomely printed, comes
on OF IRE SHON NnAtCs dAQ IL a ~
ink is made of any vegetable substance 1t
shares the same fate. The strongest paper
Tins far produced is made of Manila hemp.
A sheet of legal cap will sustain a weight
of three hundred pounds. Its fiber is so
compact that a man OF ordinary muscular
mower cannot tear Ii across. IL is used for
Wills and legal The finest paper
is a linen fabric made in England. Ii Is
as light as tissue paper, and yet so strong
that IN will stand much wear.
The oldest printing papers belong TO the
limited States. Some years ago an eccen-
tr,c scientist published a book in which he
endeavored to give the great possible relief
fo the eye of the reader. One page was
nrinted with one size of type in black
ink q second with a different sized type
in brown ink. A third with blue ink ana a
fourth with maroon ink, He applied the
same principle TO the texture OF the paper
of each page. which was coarse. medium
" sna rough finished. smoothly finished,
calendered or supercalendered. The paper it
saif was also tinted in every hue which
81 nuhlisher thought agreeable to look
upon. The book was not a success :; a and
neos,,-ed a : one of the literary or typo
eranhic curiosities of the land.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
THE DECAY OF MANNERS.
Claim lint the Common People Alone
Are Truly Polite.

John Gilmer Speed, in March Ainslee's.
II have, in this ungratefuI task, taken
most of my instances from the East. | De-
lieve the manners OF men in the West and
in the South are very much better. But
the East sets the fashion and makes the
pace. What is the vogue i'm New York
reaches San Francisco and New Orleans in
time. and the nearer place sooner. So, If
Ii be the thing TO be rude in the East, we
expect that ii will be the fashion also
on the Pacific and Gulf before very long.
But there is one class OF people in America,
which. / fancy, is not likely ever TO be-
come infected with the bacilli of rudeness.
1 allude TO the plain people, the common
people. They are too good and too SUBJ
stantial at bottom ever TO become very
vulgar. They have never been adopts in
the graceful social arts. On the contrary.
they have never been acquainted with
them But they are honest and kind. and
they hate meanness and nas.iness for the
deadly sins that they are. And they know
them. too. at sight They are simple and
unaffected, but they are as far as possible
from being foolish. A lady of experience
told me the other day that she believed the
was the most dependable creature alive.
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re turned on his heel and passed her. look
INTO ner lace. Then he dropped back
oain, looking at her as she passed. He
LulSAehed MS pace and passed her again.
hhr'ns IN the meantime arranged his shah
oy ature by pulling down his short cuffs
~ t"lstlng his mustache. Now. he evil
Daniy thought he was an all-conquering
Don Juan. He again passed the girl, who
PAN not the slightest attention. though he
SSnnnSo' or, rather, leered, into her face.
Suieiy ne will give il up, / said to myself.
~ ne he tried again and again on the
SINE tack BY this time my interest had
ehahged into angry disgust. My arm fairly
acnea 10 smash him over the head with my
waking stick. That, however, would nave
peeh assault and battery, and / would nave
ndu 10 stand trial for a felony. So / con-
cluued 10 risk committing a misdemeanor.
AS the scoundrel advanced again / put out
ny SUCK and tipped his straw hat from be-
hlno SO that II fell over his face and to the
sidewalk Goodness, how quickly he col
Iapsed! He went all to pieces and ran
aSIosS the street as though Old Nick were
after MN. 1 fancy il was many weeks be-
lore ne resumed his MASKING proclivities."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
BOOKS AND THE QUEEN.
Victoria Did Not Accord a High Place
to Literature.
London Mail.

London Mail.
Mrs. Oliphant, in her Life of the Queen
says: w are not aware that her Majesty
ever accorded to literature the same ac-
acknowledgement which the other arts re-
ceived from her. No literary persons, un-
less distinguished otherwise, ever, so far as
We know, entered the charmed circle with
that claim alone. This was somewhat curl
Gus, seeing that the most strenuous Ger
man etiquette yields to afford les entrees
TO distinguished writer's"
And, again, the same writer says: I'm
respect to books, the Queen cannot be
called a connoiSseur. Like most people
deeply occupied-Darwin, for ~instance-she
reads novels largely; but. also, like Darwin,
is not so much concerned about the quality
of them or their claim TO be called litera-
ture- The philosopher loved a story which
had a happy ending and did not trouble
him much with demands upon his intellect.
So does the Queen"
In her very early youth one of her favor
lite books was the at that time popular
religious story, 1.-The Dairyman's Daugh-
ter" by Leigh Richmond. She also read
Southey's Life of Nelson" meeting the
she had as a girl a passion for history.
Soon after her accession she read Macaulay
and discussed with the historian certain Of
his criticisms.
Sir Walter Scott was perhaps her Males
tvs favorite writer. OF his novels she
liked best THE AnJiquary," The Tails
man and "Peveril of the Peak and her
acquaintance with his poetry is shown by
the number of quotations from it in her
Leaves from the Journal of Our Lives in
the Highlands"
Among the novelists whose writings were
popular with the Queen We're Jane Austen,
Charles Kingsley, Anthony Trollope'
Thackeray, Dickens. the Brontes. Edna
Lyall. X. l.. Stevenson. Rudyard Kipline.
Rider Haggard and. notably, Mrs. Olipnant.
The Queen met Carlyle and Browning at
Dean Stanley's. She does not appear to
have cared much for the ~latter's poetry.
though she had a great liking for his wife's
Aurora Leigh" Tenn yson she met some
half dozen times. On the first occasion,
which was just after the death of the
Prince COnsort. she told him that next. 10
the Bible I'm Memoriam'' was her great
est comfort" The letter written to the poet
on the publication of the Highland Diary
is particularly characteristic. 1t is taken
from the present Lord ~Tennyson's Life of
his father.
Dear Lord Tennyson-Though a very
humble and unpretending author. l send
you my new book, which perhaps YOU may
like to glance at. Its only merit is its sim
plicity and truth.
What a warm winter we have hadi
Hoping that you are well, and wishing
TO be kindly remembered to Lady Tenny-
son.-Ever yours truly, V, r. l."
Lord Tennyson, Sir Lewis Morris. Sir
Walter Besant and Sir Theodore Martin
received the only honors given TO literatur,
In the Queens reign, for though both
Macaulay and Morcktcn Mines were made
peers. they were politicians IS well as
writer's, while, of course, Lord Beacons-
field the statesman had quite eclipsed Ben
jamin Disraeli the novelist.
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The Vim. II. Block Co..

to be discarded. When a whole nation be-
comes conservative, like the Chinese, IT
perishes. That nation thrives best which
is most flexible. and which has fewest
prejudices to hamper adaptation. One
quality nature inexorably demands Of men
she exacts from them the capacity to ex-
ert their energy through such channels as
she may open from age 10 age. Those who
can conform TO her behests she crowns
with wealth. with power and renown: those
who rebel OF lag behind she exterminates
or enslaves. Should America be destined
TO prevail in the struggle for empire which
lies before her. those men will rule over her
who can best administer masses huger than
anything now existing in the world, and
their social and political institutions Will
be nodded to give their genius scope.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
THE MASKING PLAGUE.
Now an Elderly Charmer Was Dis
John elmer Speed. in March AinsIee's.

Sohn Gilmer Speed, in March Ainslee's.
Before leaving the metropolitan instances
= pad manners, L must touch upon a phase
- vicious that il should be suppressed by
law. / allude 10 the street "mashing''II
Practically men in those ~thOrOughfares
N,heIe women go TO shop. This Is the most
SlSsuSttng form OF vile manners that We
fave, and ! verify believe that the men who
70 II openly in Broadway and in Twenty
SAlrd street would have been shot dead on
detection hfty years ago Every woman has
oeen annoyed by them, and all men see the
sAhS going on. Indeed. there are men who
eppcar 10 do nothing else than to try to at
1aet the attention OF women in the streets
MIN g sinister and uncomfortable purpose.
4hty could easily be spotted and driven
NJ or town. They do not belong in New
ubyIH alone, but flourish in every large city.
1aHs has the disgrace of producing the
a.ost finished and most persistent of these
-Yuhdreis, but We have thousands or them
- olf own brave America. They are not all
s9gths by a long shot. Many OF them are in
I-1dle life. some are elderly. Last summer
law a man of middle age start his game.
a. the trOuser bottoms, run down at heel
rNu SHINY IN the elbows. But he was on
~ good terms with himself. Walk
Ls IN front of me was a good
sooHlns girl, quite slim and unsophisti-
leo looking. Her dress indicated
- she was from some small inland place,
STE the modes Of Paris do not go direct.
5ns was simplicity itself. Everything about
: invited protection The man / have al
tuIesa 70 came from the opposite direction.
= LOOK measure OF the girl with . glance
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

matters OF science, and carried on war to
the knife against the stupid methods OF
education ia vogue forty years ago. when
students were expected 10 learn something
OF chemistry or p~alaeontology by reading
about black oxide OF manganese or the
denttion of ano~piotherium. A rash cler-
gynan once. without further equipment IN
natural history than some desultory read
ing. attacked the Darwinian theory IN some
sundry magazine articles in which he made
himself unconmonly merry at Huxley's
pease- This was intended 10 draw tie
great mans fire, and as the batteries re-
NAMED silent the author proceeded TO write
70 Huxley calling his attention 10 the arti-
cies and at the same l-me. with mock moo
esty. asking advice as 10 the further study
OF these deep questions. Huxley's answer
was brief and = the point: Take a cock
roach and dissect it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17
Pointed Questions.

From .The Religion of Democracy.
~ =, NOT understand the taciturnity
~ 20 r. Won not see why il is that He
o. not hlazon His name in the sky. or
aocost Won with words-why He bosoms
You in His arms, aud turns and ais s,1 Laee d Hays
anu ~ dreams of Nirvana and sickly
y yod ! and rapfnres? Have you imasined
that the end Of your life nea Is a to O to a tise tSe
. oaarrs5h and forget all? Or do you want to
en,r on air or nv on wings, or build a
hesveniy city in the - SaoSSss oS snd 30 1 Out
take our kit on OUT
Snd build The city here
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

Brooks Adams. in Atlantic Monthly.

In proportion as the United States con-
solidate Within, in order to evolve the
largest administrative mass. SO must they
be expected to expand without; and as they
expand, they must simplify and cheaper
their administrative machinery, until In
this direction, also. the limit OF economy by
mass has been attained. When that limit
has been touched, the process will automatic
cally stop. as the Roman empire stopped
under Augustus In the stern struggle for
life. affections, traditions and beliefs are as
nought. Every innovation Is resisted by
some portion of every population: but re-
OF NATURE senilitys and oonitty = doomed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

They never fail you There Is no kindness
they will not undertake. no service they
a young girl who knew this fact by in
stinct. She had TO journey TO Chicago alone.
From the start she was molested by the at
tention OF this man and that. She became
almost rantic In her nervousness. In des-
peration she gave up her seat. and to quote
her own words, 1 went over 10 where there
was a plain, common. kind-looking. middle
with him. He said, certainly and made
room for me. That was the end of it. He
seemed TO understand, and the other men
a1Snr
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

Huxley seemed 10 read everything worth
re-ading-history, politics, metaphysics, po-
etry. novels, even books Of science. for.
perhaps it may not be superfuous TO point
out to the general world OF readers that no
great man of science yves his scientific
knowledge 70 books. Huxley's colossal
knowledge of the animal kingdom was not
based upon the study OF Cuvser. Baer. and
other predecessors. but upon direct personal
examination OF thousands of organisms liv-
Inc and extinct He cherished a whole
oomo ccD1cmD9 ~ nero book1shneas n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-17

still with US. a living monumen 10 tenn
perance i'm living and the efficacy of the
retired list as conducive to longevity.
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EXPERIENCED DETECTIVES

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-24
VIcroRIA,s REIaN.

Queen Victoria reigned for a greater
number Of years than any other Euro
pean sovereign Her reign lasted sixty
three years. seven months and one day,
exceeding by four years. three months
and twenty-seven days the reign Of
George III. which was the longest in
England before she came to the throne
She was empress Of India for nearly
twenty-five years, having received the
title by proclamation on April % 1876.
She outlfved all the members OF the
house of lords who were peers Of the
realm at the time OF her accession, ex-
cspt Earl Nelson. and all the peers who
were then or had been members Of the
house Of commons
She survived all the members Of her
original privy council and or her first
house OF coD.mens. Afr. Gladstone being
one OF the Oldest former members Of the
latter.
She saw every Episcopal see vacated
an9 rehlled nc least twice during her
reign.
She saw her judicial bench recruited
evzice at Lease, frem end to end.
she was 3 widow for forty years
she saw i've archbishops or Canter-
aasary and six Of York ana Eve bishops
q I.ondon-
She saw seven lord chancellers. ten
prime ministers and six speakers Of the
house OF commons
Many important and interesting events
took place during her long reign.
All the great railroads OF the two ISL
ands have been opened since 1887 The
Great Westerns trip to New York in
1a2& inaugurated the ocean steamship
traffic which has now reached such
enormous proportions The first electric
telegraph line was opened in England
in the same year. The penny post was
eHtmhaished In 1870 The income tax
was enacted by Sir Robert Peel in 1872
and remains to this day Free trade was
begun IN 1s46, and in spite Of the ex-
ample Of the United States and OF her
own colonies all attempts made TO
carry Britain back to protection have
1s4o by the repeal OF the cid navigation
laws. OF which our own present naviga-
item laws are a counterpart. The era
Of great international exhibitions was
begun by the one held in London In 1851.
opened by Victoria In person All the
remaining civil and religious disabilities
were removed from the Jews in 1850
The duty on paper was removed IN 1851
and the daily penny press dates from
that year. Household suffrage. O. vote
Ter every man with a hArne, was enact
ea in 1887 The transportation OF CEN
vfcts heTond the seas was abolished in
1855 The state CHURCH was disestab-
Haued tf7.1zaIaI1d NJ ST. Popular educa-
ficn IVES rf7ade> com ptzlsor apd almost
@Eae ia MS7A aEham asaa@s dEss4- AAondRn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-24
LIVID SCARS ON FOREHEAD
Gov. Lewelling's Daughter Branded
by Greek Letter Society.

Wichita, kan, Jan. 24.-Three 1ivil
scars on the forehead Of Pauline. second
daughter Of the late Governor Leweiling
of Kansas, bear witness to an initiation
to a Greek letter society of young ladies
al. the Wichita high school just whea
the initiation occurred is not known, as
the profoundest secrecy Is being observ-
ed in the matter, and the fact only be-
came public by Miss dwellings APP
pearance on the streets with her head
wrapped in bandages- A quiet investi-
cation is going on and it is thought that
the board Of education will take some
action in the matter.
Miss Lewelling is a teacher at the
high school and the society into which
she was Initiated is composed of other
lady teachers and the young ladies of
the upper class The name of the socie-
ty, Alpha Theta Mu, in 1-inch charac-
ters, are burned upon her forehead with
nitrate of silver. Miss LewelIing, when
seen last night, refused to talk concern
ing the affair, but the condition Of the
wounds indicate that they We're inflicted
within the last few days. A male pro-
fessor at the institution stated that tlla
wounds are bad, from the fact that the.
young ladies who inflicted them had lit
tie OF no knowledge in the use of acid
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-24
BACK AT COWES.
King Edward Returns to the
Isle of Wight.

cowes, Jan. 24.-An expectant crowd
lined Trinity pier as the royal yacht AL
berta, with King Edward on board, turn
ed the point and the first gun of the royal
salute Numbered from the British war
ship Australia All the flags hitherto
half-rnasted were hauled up. marking the
suspension of mourning till the king had
landed The depressing surroundings were
somewhat lightened by the presence of
the naval and military stats In brilliant
uniforms
The king landed at 2:45 p. m In ac-
acknowledgement of the silent greetings of
the people he frequently raised his hat.
He came ashore with the Duke of Con-
naught and drove to Osborne house, where
Emperor William met him at the gates
and warmly greeted him.
Immediately after the king landed the
flags were again half-masted- His majes-
~ was somewhat careWorn, but other
wise appeared to be in excellent health.
During the crossing he was busily en-
gagged with state dispatches and tele-
grams of sympathy and debating replies.
Emperor Williams movements are not
settled He will attend the funeral but
perhaps viii first return to Germany.
The imperial yacht Hohenzo1lern. with
the Crown Prince of Germany, Frederick
William, on board, arrives here tomor-
row