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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

New York papers contain mention of a
man who lived to be 19 years of age. His
name was Elmer, and he died IN Utica,
n. Y. He was born just after the close
of the Revolutiary war and before the
treaty with Great Britain, yet no one ever
claimed for Mr.. Elmer that he had seen
George Washington, as he might have
done, as he was seventeen or eighteen years
Of age when Washington died. He voted
for more Presidents than any living man,
with the exception of those who vote sew
eral times at each election. His last vote
was for William Mckinley in 1900. Mr..
Elmer began to use tobacco when he was
twenty years of age and chewed large
quantities every day until a week before he
died, when sit didn't taste good any more
but he never smoked a cigarette. For the
last twenty years Mr.. Elmer drank matted
whisky three times a day. He was a great
walker, ten miles a day not being beyond
his strength until he was 10. He had no
tastes out of the common, his greatest sue
cess being at living. He was three times
a great-grandfather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

DR.. Nathan c. Schaeffer, superintendent
of public instruction in Pennsylvania, who
has been urging superintendent Jones to
honor the certificates which Pennsylvania
gives it's cache without examination, has
an article in the Forum for December en-
titled "One-sided Training of Teachers"
Having been at the head of the Normal
School of Pennsylvania and in charge of
the department of pedagogy in the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, DR.. Schaeffer may be
assumed to be an authority. The one-sided
teaching is that teaching which does not
lead the pupil to think The writer relates
that he was recently shown through the
room in which psychology is taught in a
famous school for the training of teachers.
The walls Of the room were covered with
diagrams and charts showing the different
parts Of the nervous system, and there
were expensive models Of the brain and
delicate apparatus for testing the various
kinds of nerve action; but as he was leav-
ing the school the teacher said to him that
she had no time to discuss thinking" with
her classes. DR.. Schaeffer says he went
away wondering if that State would not,
ere long, become missionary ground for the
apostles of true education" He goes on to
say that Ito train, develop and discipline
the mind surely means more than the edu-
cation of the spinal cord and the gray mat
ter of the BRAIN" 1t is the judgment of this
experienced educator that there is too
much rote teaching which IS counterfeit,
and not enough teaching to think which is
genuine teaching. He urges that more at
tention be given to teaching pupils to think.
and even suggests chess-playing as part
of the school curriculum. People who are
Inclined to believe that the teaching in
high schools of such topics as psychology is
of doubtful value from any point of view
Will find an able champion in the author of
this article.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

reason every care Of or aux solns de-
letter is levied on 90 the tune Of = cen
times. or ; cents. If your friends are visit
ing some one. address them as chez
Mime. - and no such absurd charges
Will be made.
BY the command OF the Shah the Persian
government has arranged 10 send 80 young
Fersians, the sons Of well-born personages.
TO Europe. at the expense Of the state. for
educational purposes. The towns selected
for their %sOjourn are London. Moscow. 81.
Petersburg. Berlin and Vienna.
John +. Mack. Of Dekalb. H.. Is a re-
markable man. When he married Daisy
Ellison FIVE years ago she gave him a
wedding present OF $4,000. They failed 20
agree. and she recently sued for divorce.
which was granted. Mack Instantly paid
her over $4,000 in court and they parted on
apparently good terms.
Expatriated Americans in large numbers.
according to a New York newspaper. ara
returning with rekindled and renewed love
10 their native country because OF the re-
cent decision Of the English courts. which
show that a dOmicile in Great Britain is
sufficient TO subject the dweller 10 heavier
TAXES than would be the case on this side.
Samuel Smell. of Holyoke. Mass. rides a
strtnge hobby. Though s~eventy-three years
old, and wealthy. he devotes all his spare
tinie to the making Of stone collins. Dur
a1c. ~ ANSN hNAAe IL y NN4A0 Ak AAAR AAAtAN
ana disposed Of over a hundred Of these.
claiming that they keep the body in an
excellent state Of preservation long after
bu.ial.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt will give to the
Newport Hospital a new building as a me-
mortal of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The build
ing will enable the hospital TO provide at a
moderate cost private rooms for the poorer
class of patients who may require such ac-
communication One story Will ha ,rcoI Cor
this purpose and one for the out-patient
department., which has been very success
fully operated, as far as accommodations
would permit, for some time. The building
will be constructed of the same materials
and on the same general plan as the build
ings already in existence, except that IL
will be a two instead Of a one-story struc-
ture.
Miss Kate Greenaway had no warmer adj
mirer than Ruskin. The professor devoted
one of his oxford lectures on THE Art OF
England TO her work, and another lee
ture-in a London drawing m her
and Miss Francesca Alexander. He used
TO hold that, except I'm a pretty. graceful
way, no woman can draw: he had now al
most come to think that no one else can.
He dwelt with admiration on Miss Green
away's ineffably tender and delicate line.
1t could not, he said, in the least be repre-
scented by the lines of woodcut, and with
regard TO her work generally he regretted
that she was not encouraged to paint pic
lures instead of wasting her strength too
in making the edges OF her lit,
tie birthday books glitter with unregarded
gold" He employed her to make frontis-
pieces for the last numbers Of "Fors Cla-
vigera."
The ways to gain this worlds applause
Are varied and complex.
Some get the same by writing books.
And some by writing checks.
Washington star.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

worse failings.-The Tempting of Father
Anthony
The power that prepared the highways
of life seems TO have arranged that the
finger posts along the primrose paths shall
rarely point 10 the Promised Land.-Cap-
tain Bluitt.
To remember, youth must see and touch
and be near. else Ii wears itself out In ex-
cess Of feeling. Youth feels more deeply
than age, but it must bear daily witness.
The Right Of Way.
Think not, as many say, that there is
but one springtide Of life, that it is but a
green and sappy youth which rushes to a
brief summer. and all else Of life is but a
winter, long and drear and gray and lonely.
Through all our life our springtide is re-
newed.-Mistress Brent.
Nothing can be artistically done IL it's
done with an effort. If a thing can't be
done light and easy. steady and certain,
let il not be done at all. The more effort
you make the less effect you produce. A
would-be artist is nc artist at all.-Carbel
Byron's Profession.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
Cab-service I'm Germany.

r. 6. Baker. in McClure's Magazine.
The whole cab-service OF Germany II
regulated in a way TO make the American
envious OF German institutions In
most cities a large proportion OF
the cabs are provided with taxa
meters'-little dials placed I'm front OF the
seat and so arranged that they indicate
just how much the passenger owes at any
given time. For instance, when you take
a cab In Berlin the Indicator shows a
charge OF fifty pfennigs twelve cents) as
soon as you take your seat, and as you
drive the figures change. ter pfennigs az a
time. and when you are ready 10 stop you
nav the sum indicated by the dial. no
more. no less. Thus there is no chance for
extortion on the part OF the cabman. and no
as 10 charges. a feature OF
diSagreeable prominence in London and
Paris. And IL may be said in passing. that
the charges are generally very low COM
pared with those in American cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The government industrial commission
which has been investigating the servant
girl question decides that the underlying
cause for the dissatisfaction of domestic
%ervants with their occupation is that in
such service it is the person who is hired
and not distinctively the labor of the per-
son. I'm all other occupations it is the
labor which is contracted for; in domestic
service it is, IN effect at least, the laborer.
In other occupations the contract is for the
performance of certain specified services; in
domestic service the contract is, usually, for
the entire time Of the laborer, who is then
expected to perform, not only certain labor
which has been specified, but, in addition
to that, is expected to perform whatever
service may be required; who is expected,
in short, to be at all times subject to the
call and direction of the employer. This is
a fine distinction, but is probably the cor
rect one. The commission will, however,
find it difficult to convince the average
h~ousekeeper that, when she is hiring a
girl" she is really not hiring the girl
herself-body, soul, personal loyalty and
all, but merely her time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

entry in his diary in February. 175S, when
he said: This day found that the Caucus
Club meets at certain times in the garnet
OF Tom Dawes, adjutant Of the Boston
(militia) regiment" This is the first use
of the word known. but throws no light
on its origin. Tom Dawes might have
given some information on the point. but
he did not. The word began to be used
in politics at quite an early day. and from
$500 to 1924 candidates for the presidency
and vice presidency were nominated by
party caucuses Of members of Congress.
John Randolph once used the word in a
speech in Congress, adding excuse the
slang Of politics" For a long time it had
rather a disreputable meaning as indica-
tive of secret or sinister plans. but gradu-
ally it came to mean any private meeting
for political purposes. In England it is
only applied to American politics, and al
ways with slurring intent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

1t seems likely, at the present stage of
developments, that Mrs. BONNIE, the woman
on trial in Washington for the murder Of
young Ayres, will not be convicted; but
the decision of the jury will not solve the
mystery to the minds of many persons who
nave followed the story Of this strange
case. as told in court by witnesses of events
subsequent to the occurrence. Not the
least remarkable feature of the affair is
the perfect GOODNESS and self-control of the
prisoner. From the beginning, so far as
any one knows, she has not shown a sign
of emotion or distress. Even her descent
of the fire escape Immediately after the
shooting was said by those who saw her,
or her shadow, to be slow and deliberate.
To some this self-possession will indicate
the consciousness of innocence; to Others
the reverse.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

Miss Reed, superintendent Of Indian
Schools, thinks the solution OF the Indian
that farming is the best kind Of work for
this purpose. 'Tilling of the SOIL" she
says. Twill necessarily oblige the Indian to
remain in one spot, and the performing Of
certain duties at proper times of the year
will instil into him the necessity for sys-
tematic work and for giving attention to
Details" There is logic in this, but to make
the Indian Industrious the training should
begin very early in life. In fact, it should
nave begun with his remote ancestors.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The Republican and Democratic members
Of Congress both held caucuses yesterday
with results of more or less Importance.
The word itself has become one Of COM
mon use by thousands who never stop TO
think of its mysterious origin. Most words
can be traced e-tymologically or historically
to some definite origin or meaning, but the
word caucus" cannot. 1t just grew. 1t
is known TO have originated in Massachu-
sets, and some writer's have treated it as a
corruption of calkers' meeting, as the
Boston ~royalists derisively termed meet
ings of citizens held by rope caIkers and
ropemakers TO protest against the agrees
sions or the British troops. But. aside
from the ~improbability OF such an origin.
the word was used by John Adams in an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The statements in Secretary Roots re-
for English education are very interesting.
With 1900 children in actual daily attend
ance at schools and as Many more waiting
for schoolrooms, with 10000 adults attend
ing night schools in Manila, and with many
towns arranging to send boys to the United
States to be educated at public expense,
those who have charge of the educational
work in the islands have every reason to
be ENCOURAGED.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

IN Connecticut county commissioners are
making an effort to cut down the number
of licenses issued to saloons. In some large
towns only half as many licenses have been
issued for 1902 as were issued for 1901. The
purpose of that reduction Is two-fold-to re-
duce the number so that those licensed may
be more carefully looked after. and to pre-
vent the competition which makes the bust
ness Improbable for so large a number in
proportion to the population. In Massachu-
setts:a lew years ago the number of sa-
looms per capita was fixed by law, which
caused a large reduction in the number in
Boston and other cities.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

Mr.. Edmund Gosse advises against the
reading of books or writings which have
not proved their value by standing the
test of at least thirty or forty years. A
ok.must possess vitality. indeed, he says
II 1t can resist the changes of taste for two
generations and remain attractively read
able. This last proposition is undoubtedly
true. but. unfortunately. the man who con-
fines himself to writings produced before
he was born is so lacking in vitality and
wholesome interest in contemporary
thought that it does not matter in the least
what he reads.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The end Of the comic opera war at the
isthmus deprives the public of a mild and
harmless entertainment. 1t isn't every day
that it is privileged to see. off the stage. the
firing Of the combatants suspended in order
TO permit the passing Of passenger trains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
Different Now.

San Francisco Bulletin.
Biggs-Sufering Aesopl Look at BluggersI Did
you ever see such seedy-looking clothes?
Buggs-They are surely a trife bad, that's
true.
Biggs-But when I knew him he used to wear
expensive and well-ftting clothes.
Yes, but he's rich now.'"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

modern Washington has not departed con-
s%iderably from the spirit Of President
Adams's invocation above quoted. but the
Congress Of to-day has TO deal with much
larger and more complicated questions than
those Of a hundred years ago.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

An Eastern paper is in a state of frenzy
because Sixto Lopez, the Filipino. who
was captured. is not permitted to land in
Manila. AS Lopez was going thither to in
spire sedition. the indignation of the East
ern paper will not be contagious.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
Mans Injustice.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
IF I wear a trailing skirt" said the girl
with the Gibson-girl neck. 'the men say
it's a scatterer OF disease germs. IL I
gather il up la my hand they say 1 want 20
display my form. And II / wear a short
skirt they say IL isn't modest. Hereafter
I'm going TO wear any old kind or skirt l
please. and IL the men don't like IL they
needn't look at It."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
Openly Insulted.

London Tid-Bits.
Pretty Girl-Did you see the way that man
looked at me? 1t was positively insulting.
Big Brother-Did he stare?
Pretty Girl-Starei Why, no. He ran his eyes
over me and then glanced off at some one else,
just as If 1 wasn't worth a second thought.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

Southern hospitality" There was a time
when a United States battleship visiting
New Orleans would not have had as pleas
ant a welcome as this.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

There is reason to believe that those Ha-
waiians who have sent their representa-
various improvements will discover that
they have overestimated their Importance
as a small fraction of the territory of the
United States.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The Italian government has voted 100000
lire. or about 100000. for the purchase of a
collection Of pictures. What a howl would
II their own government, which is able to
buy italy and never miss the money. should
appropriate half tina sum for mere art!"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

Charleston, S. c., is to be the objective
point Of interest to winter travellers as
Buffalo was to summer tourists. The In
terstate and West Indian Exposition is
scheduled to open tomorrow in the South
ern city. and indications are that it will
have some features unlike those of other
exhibitions. and we'll worth seeing. 1t is
TO remain open until June.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

An Illinois college professor has evolved
the theory that mans starched shirt-front
is an evolution from the bronze breast
plate of the early Romans. Now if the
professor will bend his intellect to the task
and tell how to ''evolute' to the next and
presumably less barbarous style of gar
ment he will confer a favor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The delicate duty of choosing between
two Thanksgiving turkeys sent for the
Presidents table was disposed of in a dip
way. The White House steward
went to the ice chest where the fowls were
placed and selected one blindfolded. Thus
each donor was at liberty to suppose that
his turkey was eaten first and nobody's
feelings were hurt.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The total number of immigrants during
the last fiscal year was 49, 1S. This is a
1Ss2-7sS.S92, or equal to one-third the popu-
lation OF this State. In 1852, however, Ger
many, Sweden and Norway furnished so
many immigrants that it is probable the
undesirables were less than during last
roor
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
A Test.

Brooklyn Life.
Foreigner-I think 1 may say now that. after
two years OF constant study. 1 understand the
English language.
Have you ever tried to
grasp the meaning OF an insurance policy?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
I'm New Clothes.

An epigram is always sure to please.
And yet this secret I would fain confess;
A platitude, worn baggy at the knees.
May scintillate when CARRIED in evening dressi
philadelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
The Season Approacheth.

Now. when your son. without complaint.
Runs errands
Don't think he's meant to be a saint
IT'S Christmas in the heir.
Philadelphia Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
The Model Farm.

Star.
Does your son know much about farming7'
II should say he does.' answered Farmer
Corntossel. He says he reckons he'll go to
town an make about a million dollars, an then
cum back an run this farm proper"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01
THE HUM0RISTS.
Not Qualified to Judge.

Brooklyn Eagle.
a good society play?
Constance-I couldn't say. really. You see. I
am only reading the expurgated edition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

Persons sending the Journal through the malls
IN the United States should put on an eight-page
or a tWelve-page paper a l-cent stamp on a
sixteen. twenty or twenty-four page paper a
1-cent stamp Foreign postage is usually double
these rates
All communication intended for publication in
this paper must. in order 10 receive attention,
be accompanied by the name and address OF the
writer.
Rejected manuscripts viii not be returned I'M
less postage Is inclosed for that purpose
Entered as secOnd-class matter at Indianapolis,
Ind. p~ostoflce.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The report Of the committee on manufac-
lures 10 the Massachusetts, Board of Trade
complains that homemade goods. particu-
larry textiles. do not receive fair play in
the home market. The committee demon
strates that as fine and durable worsted
cloths are made in New England as in Old
England Nevertheless. there are Ameri-
cans who, when shown a piece OF worsted
made IN q famous Massachusetts mill at
s1S71z a yard. win exhibit signs OF Of
Tense: but take the same piece OF goods
into another room, remove the marks, tell
them It is Bradford clay dyed in Hudders-
field. ard they viii take it at $4S71z a yard.
For more than a dozen years as fine cloths
have been made in this country as abroad.
but the antl-American prejudice survives.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

The United States battleship Illinois.
which arrived at New Orleans a few days
ago. has received a warm welcome from
the press and people. She goes there to
test the capacity and carrying power OF
the new steel dock recently installed near
the city. and the ease with which she
passed through the jetties and the rapidity
with which she assembled the river bear
evidence to New Orleans's advantages as a
port The Illinois is the largest and finest
battieship that has ever visited the city.
and the Times-Democrat says: THE peo-
pie or New Orleans should show their APP
probation by a warm greeting 10 the YES
sci herself and a hearty welcome to Cap
tain Converse and the gallant officers and
men he commands. Let than tssts CT
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-01

If the factions in Colombia could be in
duced to substitute American football for
their alleged battles. their conflicts would
be more fatal than they now are.
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