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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
YOUR CHRISTIAN NAME.

New orleans Times-Democrat.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
What's in a christian name? A good
deal sometimes, or so the girls afflicted
with such nomenclature as Bridget. Du
cinda, Amanda and Hannah think. No one
has any right to put such lifelong handi-
caps as these upon unconscious innocence.
Some persons go so far as to consider
that social standing is affected by the given
NAME, which Is ridiculous, of course, II the
family cognomen is strong enough TO Offset
the first. Such a change as has come into
matters of this sort, In the era Of our
great-grandmOthers there were only a score
of feminine names in use, and they were,
as a matter or course, hard worked. Re
member the names OF your great-great-
ancestresses; If they were not SOphias they
were Marys or Marias; If not Emmas,
Elizabeths and Annes. Shortly after the
wave of ''sensibility" struck the romance
coming portion OF the world and Haidees,
Leilas. Roses. Violets and Blanches bloomed
into communities sporadically here. there
and everywhere. Then the craze TO name
babies after the wives OF Presidents and the
Queen Of England and her family took pos
session of all mothers, and, there. was a
crop OF BeatriceS, Md1ds. NictOrfaS,
Louises, Augustus, Dolly Madisons, Nelly
CuStises and so on.
About the time of our civil war Manas-
sas became q usual name at chriStenings,
for some cruel reason; the unlucky women
children who were so entitled have nearly
given up the weary task of explaining thar
they were born ION the anniversary OF
the battle. ten years after" But why
should girl babies have been so imposed
upon in the beginning? 'TwOuld be as sensi-
BILE to christen a child Congressional Ii
brary or Democratic Defeat If they hap
pened TO have been born on the dedication
OF one and the late election day. just
now the unlucky little Pretorias are be-
ginning TO cut their teeth over in England,
and the aftermaths of our own victories,
Hobsons. Deweys, Cubas and San Juans
are getting nicely through their second
year.
There is a really new boom in name fash
ions, however; the Muriels, Hildas. Nivieps
and Gwendolens of the Arthurian and
Tennysonian decade. charming as they are.
have given way, among THE classes" 10
James, Susans and Sarahs, which have long
been too plain and ~unromantic for 'tEc
masses" The palmer the name the smart
er nowadays; time, indeed, is a whirligig
Marjory, Dorothy, Winifred and such art
now hopelessly commended. pity though II
be. But as for the deruler ci in names
the Celtic renaissance is responsible, and 4
fair showing in nomenclature 1t is. Thin
how rhythmical and soft are these when
pronounced: Fire, Moyra, Sheila, Macy
Coma. Finola and Engelda, the last being
an Irish version of Angela. Pretty, aren'i
they, and musical?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

her rooms. She had told the warden all her
sad story and he had advised her to go
away.
II suppose I'm still a vain fool she
thought when she had removed her bonnie
and cloak and was seated at her needle
work. II believe l expected Philip TO tax
UP with me just as if nothing had ever come
between us. How Is he to know 1 have
loved him a. the while?"
He had turned from her with stern dis
like. and justly. for she had ruined his life.
1t was plain that he had not put any one
in her place. Poor, dear Philip She wished
she had still further humbled herself. If
she had only told him the truth Such a
chance would never come again. When they
next met she felt sure he would treat her
as a stranger.
During that day, and the following morn
ing. Philip remained shut up in his lodg-
ing. 1t was growing dusk on the second
afternoon. when he suddenly came out and
knocked at his neighbor's door. Come in"
Tansy said.
She was too much agitated to go for
ward. She guessed who was her visitor.
She had longed to see him, and now she
wished he had stayed away: she felt that
she could not pear MS reprOacneS-
She had heard him enter: then there was
dead silence. Tansy could not bear the sus-
pense; she jumped up and faced him.. She
started back with a little joyful cry.
He had shaved off the disfiguring hair
that had so changed him.. and she saw her
Philip. aged indeed and worn, yet with the
happy. trustful smile she so well remem-
bered.
Tansy held out both hands with a sob OF
joy.
You do forgive me, dear?"
He shook both her hands warmly; the
poor woman's heart was SO full of long
repressed love that this greeting failed to
satisfy her.
"Tansy. 1 want to say" his voice had q
strange, constrained sound. Il think 1t was
noble of you to give up YOU living for
for she stared at him perplexed. H.
suddenly caught her by the waist anc
clasped her TO him. my girl, my deal
love-" he cried, 'Ill never call myself q
failure again. You'll marry me next week
won't you, Tansy?"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

At this time sixty years ago a good deal
Of delicacy was shown in the selection OF
candidates for election TO the College. Ineir
previous history was not made public. and
therefore a superior kind of ~pensioner
sometimes put i'm a claim for admission.
This had happened in the case OF Philip
Graham, as he called himself, the last new
innate. lie was, as he stated, a native Oh
Wynstone; he mad been born in the Mite
own. and his father and mother had hVeu
and died there; he was a child when they
lied. and his only relative. a London cousin,
lad given the orphan a home ana nau
promised 10 provide for him.. The cousin
MAS an unsuccessful doctor, but he hVed
comfortably on an annuity. He resolved
hat Philip should also be a doctor, Dut me
.ov had neither aptitude nor liking for the
profession.
Philips heart had always been set on tax
ing orders. but on this subject his cousin
refused TO listen TO him.
The cousin died and left Philip almost
~penniIess. When, some years later. he ap-
piled for election at the college, he told the
warden. who was also chaplain of the III
tie community, that he had now no choice
betveen the refuge offered by the college,
and semi-starvation, his health being so
much broken by sorrow and constant dis
appointment that he could no longe I'LL
the post of secretary 10 the kind friend
who had advised him 10 seek admission 10
the old gray hostel. the friend who would
pay the yearly sum supposed to be pos
sessed By each inmate; for entirely penni-
less candidates were not admitted.
The ex-doctor's thin. intelligent race mao
drawn on the warden's sympathy; he was
himself a solitary man. without wife OF
child. and he looked forward to chats with
his newcomer. who was evidently far bet
ter educated than the rest Of the collegers
In the morning the warden went to cal
on the new inmate: on his way he passed
Mrs. Smiths window and saw her water
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
History OF Tea.


Meenan : MOntn.t-
The first knowledge Europeans had OF
the use Of tea by the Chinese seems TO
have been derived from the embassy 10
the Emperor OF China from an East In
dian company. an account OF which was
published in 1859. and translated into Eng
lish by j. Ogibbt Esquire. OF London. The
plant seemed very abundant IN the PROV
ince OF Nanldn. 1t was only found under
cultivation Nowhere was IL seen Wild.
The plants grew as high as rose bushes.
and were planted on hills three feet apart.
The leaves arc gathered in FIVE sizes-the
larger leaves are the lowest on the bushes.
The uppeTmost ars the smallest. and fur-
nish the highest price tea The white fow-
ers were about the size OF a sweet brfar
rose. The seeds s0wr IN the ground pro-
duce plants that are very productive OF
leaves the third year from sowing. m A.
hardy enough 10 stand a little frost and
snow. 1t takes the place OF beer. IN other
countries. as a drink. and IL is believed
that the entire absence OF gout. stone. and
other diseases OF the East. among the Chi
nese. is due 20 their use OF tea Instead
OF intoxicating drinks The author says
the Chinese found Il good for "-overcharged
stomachs." and gives sleep 70 the restless.
but in excess increases the gall" Thouxh
three hundred years have passed since
this was written. we have not had much
better accounts Of the plant slnce-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
The Eternal Goodness.

7 long for household voices gone,
For vanished smiles 1 long.
But God has ledsmy dear ones on,
And He car do no wrong
4 know not what the future hath,
OF marvel or surprise
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.
And IL my heart and flesh are weak,
To bear an untried pain.
The bruised reed He will not break.
But strengthen and sustain
No Offering of my own / have.
No works r1y faith 10 prove:
i can but give the gift He gave.
And plead His love for love.
And so beside the Silent Sea
I wait the mufied oar:
No harm from Him can come to me
on ocean or on shore.
know not where His islands Lin
Their fronded palms IN air:
I oniy know l cannot drift
Beyond His love and care
~. q. Whittier
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31
GEORGE wAsHINGToN's DOCTORS.


Washington Post.
George Washington died at an advanced
age, about the end of the eighteenth cen
fury. His malady was a form OF dipth-
eria, then, and perhaps now, known as
'~laryngeal." In a recent issue of the
Medical Record. DR.. George h. WEIGH un-
earths the statement of two OF the ply
sicians who attended General Washington
in his last hours. the statement having
been published in the Medical Repository
more than a hundred years ago. We think
IT will interest our readers. professionals
and layInen alike, to examine the treat
ment. Here Is the bulletin. as IL was made
public by the physicians who treated the
great President:
Some time on Friday. the night OF Dec.
Is, General Washington was attacked with
an inhammatory affection of the upper
part OF the windpipe, called. IN technical
language. cynanche trachealis. This dis
case commenced with a violent ague. ac-
companied with some pain in the upper and
fore part of the throat. a sense of stric-
ture. a cough. and a difficult. rather thar
a painful. degluttion. The necessity OF
blood-ietting suggested itself TO the gen.
eral. and he procured a bleeder in the
neighborhoods who took from his arm In
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

Lord God Almighty, heaven and earth are
full Of the majesty of Thy glory" Am
/ so far depraved as TO be unable to COM
prehend some part of His majesty, power
and love? So blind as 10 see in Him no
beauty? So Indifferent as to feel no i'm
pulse 10 love and respect? 9, rather may
/ say, with my whole heart, Il will medi-
tate upon Thee and have respect unto Thy
UaySn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

81 will mediate upon Thee and have re-
spect unto Thy ~ways."-Psalms cxiv. Is.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-31

MILLIONS of Women Use CUTICURA SOAP, assisted BY
ASA Cuhcura Ointment, for preserving, purifying, and beau-
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ing, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, Itch
ings, and chafings IN the form OF baths for annoying iritations
and inflammations, or too free or offensive perspiration, In the
form OF washes for Lucrative weaknesses, and many sanatrve
antSeptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women
and mothers, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and
nursery. No amount of persuasion can induce those who have
once used the great skin purifiers and beautifcrs 20 Use any Others.
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ing ingredients and the most refreshing OF flower doors. = No
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tor preserving, purifying, and ~beautaying the skin, scalp, hair,
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15

molished which has proven so salts
factory for so many years? Certainly
the republican parly is not ready TO
admit that there is only one man IN
its ranks capable of filling the Office of
president. II men less closely con-
nected With Mckinley than Depew and
Grosvenor had launched a boom for
him it would moi deserve such serious
notice, but coming as it does from
these men it can mean nothing less
than that Mckinley himself is a party
to the move.
From a democratic standpoint 1t is
to be hoped that the Mckinley boom
may result in the Mckinley nomina-
ton. The democrats could wish
nothing better for their ause.
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County News.

Odessa college closed last week with
interesting commencement exercises.
Hlgginsville is working for a big
Fourth of July celebration at that
place.
The Jeffersonian says that a COM
pany is being organized in HIgginsville
to bore for oil.
The ladies OF the Dover Baptist
church realized $50. 90 from their sup
per last week.
The city council Of Waverly has or
dered the sidewalks an the street
crossings of the town repaired.
The Higginsville board Of aldermen
is iguring Cd getting new boilers and
other new machinery for the city
electric light plant.
Rev. F. Klemme has resigned the
pastorate of the Evangelical Bethel
church OF Concordia to accept a call
from the Evangelical st. John church
in St. Louis.
The board of aldermen of Odessa
have passed an ordinance limiting the
speed of trains passing through Odessa
to six miles an hour and also an crdi-
nance against cruelty to animals and
working or selling crippled or deform-
ed animals.
The American Federation of Labor
gave a picnic at the Higginsville tair
grounds Thursday Of last week and
among others Hon. John Welborn Of
our city delivered an address. Athletic
events and base ball games were
among the entertainment features.
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Ovar the state.

Mexico, is raising money to aid IN
procuring a wagon factory.
Forly.One persons went from OK
Grove to Chicago recently on q coeap
excursion rate,
warrensburg and the Bell Telephone
Company are scrappiDg over rates Tor
telephones ip that town.
Miami is expecting soon to have
telephone connection With DeWitt on
the north side OF the river.
The city council Of Mexico has be-
fore 1t for consideration a bill 10 DC
away with all wooden sidewalks before
Dec. /, 1908.
The public school board of Nevada
has called a special election Tor June
18th to vote on the proposition TO
build a new high schoolt to cost SSo'ooo'
The work of boring for oil at Wells
Vile is now in progress and the citi-
zens Of that town are now a%nxiOusly
awaiting the appearance OF the
"gusher."
BeVier has formed a cooperative
company composed OF farmers and
miners to drill for oil or anything else
OF value that they may find in the
bowels of the earth.
Hannibal has finally secured there
the location of a large cement plant
phich will require $4,000, 600 to be
expended in establishing it. The
capacity of the plant will be 100 car
loads of cement a day.
Green's chapel, al old church seven
miles west Of Oak Grove, and about
fifty years old, is to be TORI down and
replaced by a more modern structure.
1t was built by the Southern Metho-
dists. A new church for the use Of all
denominations will be erected on the
foundation Of the old church.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15
TRADITION RIDICuLEn.

Congressman Charles II. Grosyenor
is inclined to ridIcule the idea of the
long accepted tradition of not more
than two terms for a president. He
says "There has been no time In our
history when conditions would so
justify the election Ola president to a
third term as 10 the case Of Mckinley"
The only ground upon which such
action could be justified, If that may
be called justification, IS simply the
desire Of that powerful monopolisuc
influence that has found Mckinley a
willing subject to It's wishes.
He says; alt is time to demolish
the fiction that there is an unwritten
law, established by Washington, that
no president Of the United States may
accept a third term" lie even states
IN substance that Washington was
afraid OF defeat and made a virtue Of
necessity.
But why should a tradition be de.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15
EVIL OF NATIONAL AGGRESSION

EVIL OF NATIONAL AGGRESSION.
President Francis l.. Patton of
Princeton University, Princeton, N.
j. preached the b~accalaureate sermon
in New York to the graduating class
in Alexander Hall last Sunday. He
laid particular stress upon the business
situation at the threshold of the
twentieth century. In speaking Of the
evils Of national aggression he says:
'sThere is difficulty of a fundamen-
tai, moral kind IN regard to the ques-
ton as 10 whether the law of God,
which controls individual life, car con-
troll national life as well, and the 9ues-
ton is whether you 3 justify a good
end brought about by a wrong means.
The great Kingdom of Great Britain
invariably does justice when she has
ice established her rule, but how
much ruin, cruelty and injustice Is
done just to get her flag to fly there. 4"
IL would be well could the present
administration be brought to consider
the moral issue behind its present ag-
gressive attitude toward those small
countries with which il is now dealing.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15

An srticle clipped from the ST.
Louis Republic and printed in another
column of this paper sets forth, very
forcIbly, the relation of the trusts to
the tariff. 1t states truly that if you
take away the tariff you destroy the
trusts, aud this fact should be kept
constantly before the people until in
1904 they JOIN the democratic party
in revising the tariff SO as to shut out
the trusts.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15

The latest American product to
attract attention in England is the
American trainer and jockey. English
owners are just as good as American
owners; English horse blood is just as
good as that IN America, but when it
comes to getting to the front in q
horse race IN England the American
trainer and his Intelligent jockey show
the yankee superiority over the for
eigner. The recent success of United
States horses in England is only
another American triumph.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15

In deciding not to hold an extra
session OF congress and TO put the
management of our foreign colonies
into the hands of president Mckinley,
the cabinet practically makes McKin-
ley a supreme ruler over those colonies
with more absolute power than that
possessed by any European monarch.
The American empire is terminating
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-06-15
RADICAL

The more carefully the recent
decision of the United States supreme
court is considered, 10 connection with
the action of the president and bis
cabinet, the more patent it becomes to
the close student of national politics
that Q radical departure has been
made from the established principles
upon which this government was
founded and upon which it has since
been conducted. The congress and
the supreme court Of The United States
were created by what we are wont to
call the constitution and the authority
of congress aud the court is limited by
this constitution 10 the duties set forth
therein. As the stream cannot rise
above It's source, neither can a legisla-
tive or judicial body transcend the
authority from which il derives its
origin. The will of the people as ex,
pressed in the constitution has been
accepted, until recently, as the highest
authority of the nation.
The logical result of the late supreme
court decision is a government based on
~sxpediency and not on the principles of
the constitution. The practical result
of the decision would be to place in
the hands of congress and the presi-
dent the determination of what is expe-
dent and thus enable them TO act
entirely independent of the constitution.
IL has been deemed necessary here
tofore when a change was TO be made
in the principles OF the government to
formulate an amendment to the consti-
tuition and submit it to the people for
their ratification or rejection, but under
the late decision this necessity is OBJ
waited and congress is elevated to a
post on superior to the constitution
which created it.
Under such a regime the dominant
party could easily deem It expedient TO
take such action as would enable 1t to
psrpetuate itself and this would make
1t expedient to suppress any protests
from the people aud to use the military
to do SO in cast the protests took any
violent form.
Tbs expediency above the constitu-
ton policy having been fairly estab-
lished BY the influence of the dominant
party over the supreme court, there is
no question as to what we may expect
of the republican party under the new
policy. Under the leadership of Nc
Kinley and Hanna it has fostered the
growth Of combinations and trusts
until these powerful organizations have
exceeded in the volume of their con-
centrated wealth and the extent of
their influence anything ever heard of
before in the history OF the world.
Through the operation of the trust
breeding policy of the republican party
billions of dollars, which represent the
product of legalized robbery, have been
added to the pockets of a favored few
at the expense Of the many. This
policy will continue, the trusts will
grow more numerous and stronger, the
lust for gold will be greater and the
plunderiDg of the masses will be
carried on more boldly, unless the peo-
pie arise in their wrath and assert their
sovereign constitutional rights.
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Press Comments.

Count Won Waldersee, following the
early United States example, IS TO
Withdraw from China. lie got as little
fame out Of the work he directed AS
any one. 1t will be a great expedition
TO forget about.-Montreal Gazette.
While we are expanding and con.
quering and establishing coaling sta
tons in both hemispheres and IN every
sea it can scarcely be possible for us to
deny to Germany aud all other coun-
tries Of Europe the same right.-Bal
timore sun.
Supreme court decisions condensed
The constitution probably ap plies in
those respects wherein il does not
adversely affect the interests Of tn,
trusts. Trade Will not follow the FLAG
when the trusts say ''no INDIAN
apolis Sentinel.
The short of the matter is that under
free trade and free navigation on the
great lakes American trade follows IN,
American flag, while under a tariff.
taxed and red-tape trade and naviga-
ton on the high seas American trade
follows the rag Of any old foreign
country ST. Paul Globe.