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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-04

NEW modern house rooms, large basernen;
and yard; sun all day. Cor. Waller and Por.
tola sts-. bet Pierce and Steiner.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

The State Sunday School Association repre-
senting 10000 Sunday school people Of Indiana
at its greatest annual meeting held recently az
Shelbyville, inaugurated a gigantic campaign
OF agitation and instruction as to the moral and
religious needs of the boys and girls OF the
State to be carried on systematically through
the weeks and months leading up TO Oct. 2l-27
to be known as Indiana Sunday school Week.
All religious bodies and public institutions in
Indiana are requested by the State Sunday
School Association TO keep that week free as
possible from conventions. rallies. excursions.
entertainments, etc, so that the whole popula-
tion OF Indiana through the press. the pulpit.
and great public meetings may realize the moral
needs of the youth Of Indiana and may discover
whether or not the Sunday school is adapted to
meet those needs.
International speakers and singers and an
army of Indiana's own orators and singers viii
be engaged for the great mass meetings each
evening OF Sunday school week. A house-to-
house visitation OF the entire State will be con-
Quoted by the State Sunday School Association
under the leadership OF Mr.. Hugh Cork. the In
ternational house-to- house apostle on Friday.
Oct. %.
Decision services in the Sunday schools and
evangelistic meetings In the churches on Sun
day. Oct. "a. will conclude the great programme
Of Indiana Sunday School Week"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
A KNOWING HORSE.
saGncious Animal That Does Duty I'm N
Newspaper Cart.
Attica Qnd.) Ledger.

AlllCd Nluu.t IelStI.
Lon Brady furnished a feature for the
horse show to-day that was. not on the bills.
but which. nevertheless. was the most in
teresting OF the day. Lon is agent for all
the daily papers that come 10 Attica. and
delivers them 10 all parts Of the city with
a horse and newspaper cart. The horse.
Dick, is certainly one of the most intelii-
gent beasts ever born, and his natural
intelligence. under the guidance of Mr..
Brady, who is a natural animal trainer.
has been developed 20 a remarkable degree.
Dick has been doing duty for eight years.
and SIX Of those years there would have
been absolutely no need for any one 10 ac-
company him had IL been possible for him
10 take the papers out OF the cart. This
morning Mr.. Brady took the lines off. and
Dick made his first trip for the day with
out guidance or a word from his master.
going through the crowded streets. weav-
ing around the countless vehicles without
striking any OF them. and using as much
knowledge and care as any man would.
Dick started from Brady's bookstore. went
10 the Wabash depot. took his proper place
at the platform. and waited until the train
came and the papers were unpacked and
put in the cart. lie knew when this was
completed. and without "a word from any
body started on his trip. He covered both
the residence and business districts. de-
iivered papers az 2l places In every Sec
ton OF the city, going through both streets
and alleys. made fOrty-eight turns. and
doubled on his track eight times. He
passed his barn twice without attemDt;ng
10 stop or enter. One OF the best tests Of
Dicks intelligence Is at the Five Points.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
GETS A VALUED RELIC.
JeffersonviIIe Man Receivers Drum
Used in Civil War.
Louisville Commercial.

LOUISVILLE 0OilllutICidl.
A. F.. Springsteen, an attache of the
quartermaster's depot, has just received
from his home at Washington. ID. G.. a
drum which was presented TO him July T.,
1865. by the members of Company /, Sixty
third Indiana Volunteers. in which he
served from July 3, 1862. till the close of
the war as drummer boy. The drum is
highly priced by the owner, who has an
interesting war record. He was born in
Brooklyn, n. Y, July ). 1850, and on Oct.
10. 1861. when only a little over eleven years
old. he enlisted in Company "A, Thirty-fifth
Indiana Volunteers, at Indianapolis. his
father, Jefferson Sp~ringsteen. then holding
the position of first marshal of the city.
Dec. %, following. his mother and sister
took him home. and he was discharged on
their application. but the next July he be-
came a member OF Company l.. Sixty-third
Indiana Volunteers. and was with them
in every battle in which they participated.
AT the battle of Rcsaca, Ga. he was or
dered off the field by General Manson. but.
boylike. he stayed at his post. and was
among the first 10 reach the general, who
was knocked from his horse by a shell.
While attending the general the drummer
boy was stunned by q bursting shell. On
the night of Nov. %. 1854. the night before
the battle of Franklin. Tenn, he was cap
tured at Spring Hill. fifteen miles away,
but twenty minutes later had escaped. mi
nus his hat. drum and knapsack. Al 4 a..
m. he was in camp at Franklin. Three
days after the war closed young Spring.
stccn celebrated the fifteenth anniversary
of his birth. and he had served his country
three years and three months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

priest went within the veil. though the people
saw him not. they knew he vas there. by
the sweet tinkling OF the golden bells thst
fringed his robe. They were assured that he
still lived. and performed the hcliest rites OF
their religion. SO this preternatural sound. this
dazzling sight OF Pentecost. was the token By
which the apostles knew. and all Subsequent
believers are assured. that the Eternal Priest
OF the universal heart. having entered within the
veil. yet lives and pleads.
Lesson tx: The mechanical views OF the
atonement, some Of which are still. partly cur
rent. are mostly based upon an analogy which
makes God like a Roman Emperor. whereas
the Bible analogy is that OF fatherhood. At
sound OF that magic word. Father" ~cast-iron
systems Of theology fall apart. The
suffering OF Jesus Was not 10 propitiate Cod
Incidentally only it serves TO show Us the tur-
pitude OF sin.
Lesson y. The conversion OF St. Paul must
ever be recorded among the strongest evidences
OF Christianity. Barrett well says. with the
celebrated case Of Lord Littieton evidently in
view: Many a reflective mind. hitherto un-
moved. has yielded 20 the power CT this page
OF the Gospel" Pauls self is an irrefutabls
Argument. The logical and judicial mind OF the
Pauline Epistles could not have been Imposed
upon by a cunningly-devised fable. The man
who catalogues his sunerings in III Corinthians
xi could have no sinister motive in propagatins
a lie. The conclusion is inevitable; the re-
ligion which Paul espoused Is divine.
Lesson NI: But the gloriicd person OF the
Monarch OF heaven. earth and hell. now fully
developed. was OF insunerable majesty. AS
nearly sixty years before. on the Mount Of
TRANSPORTATION. so again. John falls like one
dead. But the majestic figure lends over the
benumbed disciple and the gentle voice he was
wont to hear beside the sea calls him back
TO consciousness with its familiar cadence. Fear
not!'' and its identification OF himself with the
Messiah. and the affirmation OF His eternity
and His sovereignty over death and the under
world. Directions follow as 10 the immediate
record OF the things seen and heard. and expia-
nations OF the symbolism OF the stars and lamp
stands.
Lesson XII: Here. however. is no statical con-
dition. no nxity. Here Is rest; but IL Is the
rest attendant upon a steady. unwear.ed adj
vancement. There is an infinite progression
First in apprehension Of the riches. both OF
the wisdom ana knowledge OF God Then in
goodness. until the fruits OF the spirit appear
and come 10 perfection. Finally in serviceable-
ness. until the Masters rule OF life becomes the
Gisciple's-"Not TO be ministered unto. but TO
minister and give"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
RICHEST AMERICAN CITIES.
New York. of Course, Is First-Where
indianapolis Joins the Procession.
New York Sun.

- AONN 1870"
There is no way in which the diffusion Of
wealth among the inhabitants of American
cities may be gagged with absolute pre-
cisiOn, but the amount of personal property
held in each furnishes one test, for il in
cludes generally bonds, cash. money, furni-
ture, jewelry, equipages, stocks and money
invested in business.
1t is a fact well known. of course that
the general taxation of all such personal
property is impossible. that a considerable
portion of it escapes taxation and a consid-
cradle portion of il, too, is exempted by
law, but the relation which personal prop
erty OF one city bears 10 that of another
furnishes a fair guide to the wealth of
each.
BY this standard New York ranks first
among American cities, but not very far in
advance of the city of Boston, one of the
oldest and most opulent of American
municipalities, and one in which personal
property bears the relation of one TO four
of real estate value, in New York 1t is only
one TO six.
Following New York and Boston. which
are at the head of the list of the richest
American cities, comes San Francisco with
S120. 600, 900 of taxed personal property, a
condition of affiuence due TO the vast prop
mines, the chief owners of which, or their
descendants, have an actual. or at least, a
legal residence in the Golden Gate city.
Following San Francisco is Baltimore.
one of the most substantial municipalities
OF the United States with a larger amount
OF personal property taxed than San Fran
cisco but with a much larger population as
we'll.
Following Baltimore comes Chicago and
then Detroit. st. Louis. Providence. one of
the wcalthiest of minor American cities,
New Orleans and indianapolis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

Whatever: 81 VIII Strive to Do What.
ever He Would Like To Have
Nc Do"-John XIV, S-16j
Matt. xviii, 1920.

Among men there are various types OF gov
eminent, democracy, aristocracy. limited mon
archy, absolute monarchy; but in the kingdom
OF heaven there is only one type: IL must
always be an absolute monarchy. No folly IL
more absurd than TO worship an almighty God
and at the SANE time oppose our wills 10 His.
or in one breath to ascribe TO Him omniscience
and perfect benevolence and In the next breath
to criticise His providences and protest against
His commands. Either God is not infinite. or
else we finite creatures Of His owe Him i'm
pllcit obedience
Then this clause Of our Christian Endeavor
pledge is an axiom OF Christianity. and II IL
seems to anyone to be unreasonably severe.
that is an evidence that such a man has not
accepted the fundamental OF our religion. name
ly. entire surrender to the Most High.
Really. therefore. the practice OF religion
amounts to the discovery Of Gods will. not the
deciding TO do IL. That decision is made once
for all. and we call II conversion.
Whatever He would like to have me do"
How am / TO find out what that Is?
In the first place. by doing as much Of Gods
will as L already know. Everyone knows enough
to make a good start. And II is wonderful
how knowledge grows along the pathway Of
obedience.
In the second place. by the study OF Gods
revealed will. the Holy Bible. There never was
an honest perplexity that its pages would not
clear up. provided the reader truly knew the
book and did not consult IL haphazard.
In the third place. by hrst-hand converse with
God. We often engage in prayer for the sake
Of avoiding troubles. remedying sorrows. or gain
ing strength in hard tasks: but how seldom
do we mediate in Gods presence. and talk
with Him. for the primary and all-important
purpose Of enIightening the mind and gaining
an insight into Gods Will Yet such an insight
would render unnecessary half our prayers Of
sorrowful petition.
There are other methods Of learning Coos
will than these three. such as the reading OF
noble secular books and the observation OF genu-
inc Christian lives. but all these other ways
are poor and feeble compared with the three I
have named.
How can we know whether we are actually
striving to do whatever lie would have US dor
II We are we shall be at peace. We shall
know that We are on Gods side. and God never
fails.
And we shall have power. The proper in
strument. pointed at a reservoir OF electricity.
VIII draw from II all Il needs. So. II we live
along the line OF Gods laws. God himself be-
comes our storehouse OF ability.
And We have all the promises. Not only the
present. but the future. Is his who Is Gods.
Whatever glorious thing Is said OF human pos
Him. Whatever radiant glimpse OF heaven IL
granted Us Is a glance at Hts future. There is
only one key that unlocks ali doors. here and
hereafter. and that key is obedience
AMOS r. WELLS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
THE FREIGHT'S THE THING.
Pullman Cars Make Ten Times the
show of Their Real Value.

Carl Hovey. in Ainslee's Magazine.
About three-quarters Of a railroads re-
ceipts come from the freight department.
The passenger department supplies nearly
all the rest, the income from mail, express
and other privileges being comparatively
small. Carrying passengers is a simple
matter, or would be If state legislatures
did not now and then take a hand in pre-
~scribing added specifications for railroad
passenger service. In Ohio a law was
passed decreeing that the height between
the platform and the lowest steps of pas
senger coaches should not exceed twelve
inches. This cost the railroads nearly
$100, 900, II the reform led TO the abolition
of a number of flag stops. where the pas
sengers had been quite willing to scramble
up off the ballast. Legislatures in the
West have been known TO hamper and eX-
asperate railroad men apparently for the
pure pleasure of the act, a state of things
that seems almost irconcefvable in some
Eastern States. where the legislatures
represent the railroads better than the rail-
roads could represent themselves. Com
pared with the freight business the passen-
ger traffic presents few complications. The
great simplifying factor is that passenger
not. Passengers pay a fixed rate per
mile for transportation. But the price OF
freight transportation varies according to
tAAC RiAA0 vi &C tAA0 49,
size of the lot.
1t is curious to notice hat the freight
trains, scarecrow professions of shameless
packing cases on wheels, Unfortunately
~squeaking through our streets, are the ones
that really count when you come to make
up the profits The magnificent trains Of
vestibuled Pullmans which glide swiftly
through the country on velvet roadbedS
make ten times the show that their real
value to the road warrants. Nothing.
surely. Is more ~disreputable in appearance
than the procession of battered freight
cars that jolts and creaks into the yard
III the sunny mist of a Sunday morning
unless ii is the physiognomies of the pair
of brakemen trailing their legs over the
roof. Yet the train is doing something
more than it's share toward keeping the line
going. The two rowdies on the roof are,
after all. gilt-edged conductors i'm the maxi
ing. IT is a democratic business. Freight
brakemen to freight conductor, freight
conductor to passenger conductor-that is
the order of promotion on most American
roads. So the freight train man impresses
himself on the whole passenger service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

on the north end of Sixth street. where he
makes a complete circle, going east on
Taylor street. and. returning to where the
five streets converge. picks out the right
one (and a different one from which he
came) without hesitation. Cyclometer
measurement shows that the distance COW
cred on this trip Is six miles, and the horse
made the round in one hour and ten min
utes.
AS further evidence OF Dicks wonderful
sagacity IL may be stated that he makes
four deliveries daily, each one different,
and does 1t without guidance or instruc-
ton. The evening delivery, which is a
new one, he learned in three days, and he
gets onto the change of any subscriber IN
two or three trips. At many OF the houses
stops have TO be made. and at each OF
these places the horses stops until he sees
the paper delivered. The route on Sunday
is entirely different from that OF other
days. and yet Dick knows Sunday. and
changes his route accordingly. He also
knows when the Chicago dailies fail TO
arrive, and shows 1t by at once returning
TO the store and not attempting 10 go on
his route
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

Kansas City Journal.
A Western Kansas editor. who has been
10 the Buffalo exposition. publishes an ex-
pense account for the guidance OF those in
tending 10 so thither. Room for four
days cost him 81. Admittance TO the
grounds called for another 50. All the
midway shows worth seeing can be seen
for S.. For meals he allots about S."
though he states positively that no allow
ance is made here for cold ones" and
thus confesses the gormandizing habits OF
the Kansas perfesh. Think OF an editor
consuming Sl5 worth OF solid food a day
for four days IN successionl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

one of several other prevalent tongues. il
cannot claim that deep attachment from
the natives which Spanish has in Porto
Rico or German among our adopted citizens
from the fatherland. 1t is thought that the
Filipinos. thus freed from the social and
classic traditions which render the national
language such a beloved and venerated in
stitution 10 a loyal people. Will prove them
selves apt and enthusiastic pupils in Eng
lish. The use OF a common tongue through
out the Philippines will prove the greatest
of all factors In their civilization and uni
hcation. 1t now looks as II this tongue
would be English. which is every day being
more recognized as the noblest form Of
modern speech. and is rapidly becoming the
world-laneuage.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Punch Bowl of the Indiana
woman's Home Companion.

NOIEsIH ; HNInt N~OInDINIOn.
Quite possibly the most revered piece of
silver plate in the United States navy is
the massive eighteen-pound silver punch
bow OF the battieship Indiana. which bears
the honorable scars of an historic battle.
During that famous blockade and naval
battle before Santiago de Cuba this rich
piece OF tableware was struck by n frag-
ment of a mortar shell fred from the
SOcapa battery. and which burst in the
wardroom passage of the battleship. A
ive-pound bit of the shell struck the bowl
on one OF the stoutest parts OF the body.
just where the seal of the State of Indiana
forms the central portion of a beautiful
decoration The seal is still there. but not
as the artist designed il. for IL now forms
a part of a large. irregular indentation
which in the estimation Of the officers and
men Of the batticshiD enhances the value
of the bowl a thousand times over.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

Kansas City Journal.
Is 1t any wonder that men live dual lives
or come home drunk and throw the furni-
ture out Of the house, An Atchison man
had been away from home four months. As
he arrived and opened the door with his
heart beating high. his wife said: Don't
hold the screen open so long: you're let
ting in the. flies"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Power of the Travelling Man.
San Francisco Chronicle.

San FranciscO ChrOnicle.
Last year the Pullman Car Company
foolishly waged war against the shirtwaist
man to the extent of prohibiting the serv-
ing of meals from the buffet or in the din
ing cars TO any man who failed 10 wear n
coat. The passengers comfort was not
considered. This year the company has
been forced 10 rescind the order. Il delega-
ton Of commercial travellers having visited
headquarters to protest against the sense
less proceeding.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
NEW LIFE TABLES.
Greater Expectations as Shown by
Life Insurance Estimates.
Salt Lake Tribune.

Salt Lax Tribune.
A revision of the old tables of expecta-
ton of human life. just made by the life
insurance actuaries of Great Britain, bear
out most strikingly the general idea that
life is being prolonged by modern skill, care
and methods of living. The old tables were
made in 1859. and have formed the basis of
life insurance reckonings ever since. The
new tables are on the basis Of 100. 900
healthy males. taken at the age of ten
years, and show the following comparative
results:
Numbers Living (Healrhv Males y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Numbers Living (Healthy Males.)-
in
fave or the

1t is claimed that the data on which the
above figures are given were in all respects
more exact and satisfactory than the cor
responding data in the old table. These
figures should give smaller premium rates;
the reserves can. Of course. be also dimin-
ished correspondingly. The surplus to be
divided among policy holders is already
large enough. without allowing 1t to par
ticipate in the benefits shown for a longer
expectation of life.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29

have their viii about tie third. He
wouldn't have taken the AFTER unless IL
should have seemed 10 him 10 be an i'm
p~erative duty. President Cleveland. IL will
be remembered. took the FIRST nomina ton
with the statement that he should not be
a candidate for a second term. but subse-
quently Changed his mind on this point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Greatest CiviIizing Factor.
Minneapolis Tribune.

ciiuhcdpciS lAADhAS-
Those American educators who are or
ganizins n public school system in the
Philippines, are resolved that English shall
be the language of these schools. and that
the textbooks shall he in English. The
Filipinos are said TO be natural linguists.
throughout the island of Luzon. is only
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Grant and Cleveland.
Boston Herald

Boston Herald.
President Grant Is on record as saying
that he never sought a first term in the
presidency, did not care much about the
second. and was content to let the people
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-29
Human Nature.
Atchison Globe.

AItIIrOu AIODt-
When a man who has been worthless and
a loafer all his life dies In the poor farm
the people hunt mp his nearest kin who
has slo In the bank. n look at him with
great Indignation.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-17
INSPECTOR ASKS
HIM To RETIRE
Postmaster Withrow of
Santa Clara Quits
Office.
Young Lady Serving as Dep
uty Takes Charge in
His Stead.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA CLARA, Dec. 16.-Santa Clara
was thrown into excitement this after
noon by the removal from Office of Post
master A. A. Withrow by United States
Inspector McCardly Of San Francisco. An
examination by that official into the af-
fairs Of the Office to-day disclosed a num-
Ser of irregularities and he at once noti-
fed Withrows bondsmen-H. A. Alder
man, George Norwood, George Roth. Al
bert Harris, A. R. Woodlands, Captain
Morrison and Charles Jackson. They held
a meeting Immediately and withdrew
from Withrow's bonds.
1t is not believed there is a defalcation,
but the exact cause Of removal has not
yet been made public Miss Lille Bill
ings, deputy postmaster, was placed in
charge of the Office by the inspector and
the former sureties of Withrow went on
her bond.
Withrow said tonight that he placed
his resignation in the hands Of the in
spector because Of his age. Being up
ward of 20, the duties of the Office were
more than he could attend to. His term
of Office would have expired next April
Withrow is one Of the most prominent
citizens Of Santa Clara. He has been a
resident of the town for a half century.
In the civil war he was a member of the
famous California Hundred"