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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

those imprisoned there-all OF them putting
service TO the public before family claims.
Fortunately for the general happiness it
is only the exceptional few who are con-
fronted with this choice OF duty: the null
titude goes its way undisturbed by such
emergency: Fortunately, too. for the world
and all its great undertakings, s~elishness
sinks to the background when the higher
call comes. When the soldier fights for
his native land. when the engineer goes TO
death to save the passengers on his train.
when the scientist becomes a willing mar
tyr hat posterity may be saved from a
scourge-whenever self and ones own are
forgotten for a greater cause, that course.
too. has divine approval. since it was said
that Every one that hath forsaken homes,
or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother,
or wife, or children, or lands, for my
names sake, shall receive a hundredfold.
and shall inherit everlasting life For.
whether or not these heroes were conscious
ly doing their deeds in His name, it is not
TO be doubted that their record and their
reward shall rank with those of the cal
Sendared saints.
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sage we imported 1884 worth; OF sausage
castings, s~6<6.SSs; of r%ennets, S66,so7; Of
natural flowers. S0.62i: of hay. s1.Ol9. 74s: Of
olive oil. all Of which should be made in
California. $1.17O.S71: OF starch. Of which we
are great manufacturers. $222. 29e; OF onions,
$4,000, including $4,000 worth from Egypt.
These items illustrate the eccentricities of
commerce. Our total imports of agricul-
tural products last year amounted to $780,
1925, including many articles which we
never can produce and many others OF
which we should produce our entire con-
sumption. Classifying our entire importa-
tons of agricultural products by continents,
$9,2s7.S79 worth came from Africa. S24.eSO, 46S
worth from Oceanica, S73, lis. 64S worth from
North America. s7s. $50. COZ worth from Asia,
81, 1876, 700 worth from South America, and
Sis, z37 1851 worth from Europe.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25
THE GROWTH OF CITIES.

When the first census was taken in 1870
there were but six cities with a population
Of 5000 and over, and they contained "a
per cent. of the 1929. PA inhabitants of the
United States. In 1850 there were eighty
five cities with a population of 5000 or over.
containing 1875 per cent. Of the entire pop
~ulation. which was 9,191, $40. 1850
and 1860 the steam railway and the horse
car began to be factors in transportation,
affecting the growth Of cities so that the
census of 1S60 showed al cities of 5000 in
habitants and over, containing 16.1 per
cent. of the entire population, or ~5,o72,256
persons. In 1870 there were 226 cities Of
5000 or more, with a total population of
sou, SIS, or 300 per cent. of the whole; In
1880 26 such cities, with 1881, SAT inhabi-
tants, or 22.6 per cent. of the country's
population; in 1880 47 cities, with 1Ws,272,5OS
inhabitants. or 29.2 per cent. of the entire
population; in 1900 545 cities, with "a, 1892, 19s
inhabitants, or S3.1 per cent. of the 1885,
0S9 people in the country. This means that
one-third Of the population Of the United
States is in cities of 5000 inhabitants and
more.
The fact that since 1880 the population Of
cities has increased from 1,272, 500 to "a
992, 199, or from a little more than one
fourth to a little less than one-third OF the
population, is attracting attention. Those
who do not investigate thoroughly at
tribute the change to the growing dislike
Of rural life and employments, neglecting
to take into consideration that between the
years 1850 and 1880 manua labor was dis
placed on the farm to a larger extent than
in any other industry by labor-saving ma
chinery. and that labor gravitated to the
cities. where diversified and expanding
manufactures gave employment. During
the past dozen years the trolley lines have
been the leading factor in promoting the
growth of cities. There is no considerable
city in the country whose area and popu-
lation has not been increased by the an
nexing of suburbs that had independent
town governments in 1880 or 1890. If the
census had given the area of cities in 1900
compared with previous periods 1t would
have appeared that the expansion Of their
territory is expressed by a larger per cent.
than the growth of urban population. Chi
cago during the past ten years has in
creased its population 541s per cent, or
more than one-third, by annexing outlying
territory. The interurban railways, the ex-
tended trolley lines. which have expanded
cities, will have a tendency to carry the
congested population of cities still farther
into the country now occupied by corn
fields. AS the interurban is developed
thousands of people in cities who are dis
covering that they can live more cheaply
and comfortably in villages a dozen OF
twenty miles from the city in which they
have employment will go to villages in the
open country on such lines and thus check
the apparent growth of urban over rural
/ DODulatiOn.
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THE RIGHT OF SACRIFICE.

Opinions must differ as to the moral
right of a man to offer up his life on the
altar of science when by so doing he brings
suffering to his family-the sacrifice being
theirs hardly less than his. Such cases
are by no means infrequent in these days,
especially in medical circles, where the
zeal Of Investigators into the mysteries Of
disease leads them to undertake great
risks. One physician has died as a result
Of allowing himself TO be bitten by mos
quitoes infected with yellow fever; another,
at the same time and place, tried the ex-
pertinent, and also had the fever, but re-
covered. Another instance even more strik-
ing is that of the st. Louis physician men,
toned in the dispatches last week as hav-
ing forever separated himself from his
wife and four young children, and isolated
himself with a Chinese leper in order to
study the disease. That he was doing
nothing unusual in scientific eyes is shown
by the fact that five other applicants for
the service offered themselves to the quar-
antine authorities.
The question simply resolves itself into
the ethical one of whether a mans duty to
his family should invariably overshadow
that which he may consider hat he yves
to the world. The first and natural i'm
pulse Of most persons will probably be to
say that 1t should. Is there not a divine
injunction jus tying a man in leaving
father and mother and cIeaving unto his
wife, they tw - then being one flesh?
And is it not a .epted as a universal truth
that "he that hath wife and children hath
impediments to great enterprises, either of
virtue or mischief"
But, on the other hand, they are not in
superable impediments, else many great
deeds had never been accomplished. Hun
dreds OF thousands of men solved the prob
lem for themselves and put public duty
first when they left wives and children and
went to take up arms for their country in
the civil war. What each of these men did
was voluntary and not less heroic in its
way than that OF the ST. Louis doctor.
The fact that many OF them returned to
their families unframed does not alter the
heroism of their act; they turned their
faces TO a perilous future and said a fare
well that they knew might be fnal TO all
that life held dear. All military service
shows this same division Of duty: The
country first. the family second. The
soldier fights when the enemy faces him
and Gees from no danger for his wife's
sake. nor is this course accounted TO him
as al especial virtue. On the contrary, it
is expected OF him as a matter Of course.
What is true OF the soldier is true OF
many men in places OF responsibility and
trust. Newspaper columns have been full
lately OF a succession Of accidents and dis
asters where men have lost their lives.
Scarcely one has been recorded where some
man has not offered his life in order to
save others: the captain has stood till the
last on the bridge OF the sinking vessel.
the engineer has done his utmost to pre-
vent collision. losing his lie thereby. when
he might selfshly have saved It.; men have
gone into the foul air Of tunnels to save
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

The Springfield Republican thinks ''the
particularly impressive feature of the pres
ent strike is the evident helplessness of the
Nation in the face of it," That is true in
the sense that the government cannot in
terfere and that nothing can be done by
legislation to shorten the strike. but public
opinion is making itself felt in that direc-
ton every day. Some of the labor leaders
have shown that they are sensitive to the
universal condemnation of their violation
of contracts, and there is reason to be-
lieve that the trust magnates are not in
sensible to public opinion regarding their
share of responsibility for the situation.
The fact that both sides know the public
regards the strike as an unnecessary and
unjustihable interruption of general pros
perity will tend to bring them together and
shorten it.
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WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION.

The man who knows a woman knows the
world.-A Summer HymnaI.
The people who help us most are those
who make light of our achievements AID
have faith in our possibilities.-Si Christie
pher.
1 have seldom met a reformer who did
not have a personal grudge against one
of the Ten COMMUNICATED Serious
Wooing
For things never come quite right in this
world; the threads seem to slip out Of our
hands as We are going to tie the knot.-sis-
ter Teresa.
After all, the worker is more than the
work. and he who does his best with poor
Observation-Disclosures.
What a fellow wants in a book IS 20 know
where he is. There are not many novels.
or ancient works. for that matter. that nut
you down anywhere.-The Crisis.
What is the good of it-what will IL bring
her? No woman yet has possessed a won
derful head who did not pay for IL AT some
time with her heart.-A Woman Alone.
But IL you are looking for a wife. carus.
choose we the woman We would like to keen
we company through a months rainy
weather in the Isle o Mull.-Cinderella-
There's nothing like marrying a man II
you want 10 Know him better. Only IL
limits your acquaintance with other neon,e
afterwards. you know.-A Little Grey
Sheep
1T air funny, Judge. Amt ct. thet Their
amt only one sure winner and thet.s the
lawyer Ef a mans got somethIn' he has
to hire "A lawyer TO help him keen A.
-Stringtown on the Pike
AS a rule the men whom men draw. and
the women whom women depict. are nearer
the truth: for 1t is a blessed law Of naf.re
mat men and women shall view one an
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Last year sixteen portable" school
houses were built in the schoolhouse yards
Oh Boston to accommodate the overflow
which marks the beginning of every school
year. The experiment was found so salts
factory that this season forty more have
been built and will be ready when the
schools open. They are built on what is
known as the mill construction plan: that
Is. the floors are constructed TO sustain the
weight OF tons Of machinery, and are
therefore,, as warm as they would be in a
more pretentious building. They are well
lighted well heated, well ventilated. and
consequently more satisfactory than many
or the regular buildings. The experiment
is worth looking into by the INDIANAPOLIS
School Board.
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-endared sain

The difficulty between France and the
Sultan is over some matter of wharf IA
c~ilities in Constantinople, in which the head
OF the Turkish government neglects to full
fill his promises. Europe would like TO see
the Sultan humbied-a performance which
will be necessary sooner or later. He is
pulled up because he was allowed to harass
Greece. He has discovered that he can
raise a large army and that all Europe
will not interfere with him, lest his hum
bling might destroy the balance of power,
so he has come to the conclusion that the
powers are afraid of him.. In addition to
his Importance in his own eyes in Eu-
ropean affairs, the Sultan has recently been
imbued with the idea that he is the head
OF the Mohammedan Church. and that all
Moslems, those of India as well as in his
kingdom, will rally at his call, thus max
ing him in war very much of a potentate.
He seems to have forgotten that the exist
ence of Turkey as a government is due to
the forbearance of the powers
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

A curious case of government by injunc-
ton is reported from Tennessee, where a
court recently granted an order restrain
ing extensive copper works at Ducktown,
in that State, from operating. The order
was issued on the complaint of about for
ty farmers, who asserted that their land
had been ruined by the copper fumes and
that vegetation was being destroyed. But
as one of the plants gave employment to
about 1900 hands and the other to 1000,
their closing was a serious matter, so a
petition signed by 1900 citizens of the coun-
ty was filed asking that the injunction be
dissolved. This was done, and now the
farmers who were damaged are wondering
if they have any remedy. 1t would seem to
be in individual suits for damages rather
han in the closing of industries which,
while they may cause special damage, are
a general benefit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

An expert connected with the Depart
ment Of Agriculture who has been investi-
eating the abandoned farms in New Eng
lane says that as good land as can be found
anywhere is embraced in some OF these
abandoned tracts. All they need, he says.
is intelligent cultivation. including the
planting OF forage crops. such as clover,
alfalfa. etc, to loosen up the soil. and the
proper use of fertilizers. II does not speak
very well for the intelligence of New Eng
land farmers that they should first exhaust
lands by bad tillage. and then abandon,
instead OF restoring them.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Chicago papers which have given some
attention TO the sessions of the National
Negro Business League, held the past
week in that city. speak of the meetings
IN fattsring terms. The successful negro
was represented. and IL was made TO appear
by reports of those present that thousands
Of coiored men are successful and that
many In the Southern States nave achieved
. success IN business and industry which
causes them 10 be regarded as reputable
member OF the communities in which they
reside. The influence OF Booker Washing
ton and other clear-headed leaders is bear
Jnx fruit.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

II Is said the state auditor OF Kansas
viii attempt TO collect from the national
government $4,000 which the State has
paid during the last fifteen years on ac-
count OF the ouantrell raid claims. Among
the minor events OF the civil war few
Quantrelrs guerrilla raid from Missouri
into Kansas. Quantrell was a daring lead
er and. in August, 1868. with a band of
about 300 picked and well-mounted men, he
made a dash into Kansas and succeeded
IN reaching the city OF Lawrence. where
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Magazine fiction can be depended on to
afford what the professional educator calls
food for thought" There is the story, for
instance, in Harper's for September, in
which a young woman tells of falling i'm
love at first sight with the stranger who
sat by her side on a crowded train. and of
being so fascinated that during a three
hours ride she only removed her eyes
from his face once, and that for a single
Meeting moment. The unsentimental
thought that suggests itself in this case
relates to the strained condition of that
young woman's neck at the end of three
hours, and how in the world she got the
cramp out. In the same magazine. in a
story written by the editor Of Harper's
Bazar, a two-year-old child figures who is
described as healthy and normal in every
respect, yet is represented as possessing
but six teeth. Is an editor who knows no
more about babies than this qualified to
conduct a woman's magazine?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

a writer in the New York Sun wants
legislation against that particular class of
property destroyers known as baggage
snashers," to wit, porters and railroad
employees who hurl trunks about as il with
malice prepense. He argues that a railroad
or its employees have no more
right 10 smash the baggage Of the travel
Ing public which has been committed to
their care than they have TO break the
windows OF our houses. In ethics and NOR
ais this is true. but baggage smashing will
continue just the same. and probably no
vemedy will be found for IL.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Miss Jane Adams, the Chicago philan-
thropist and slum worker, knows a great
many things, but when she says. as she
did at a meeting of the Working Women's
Association in Chicago last week, that
domestic servants are at a disadvantage
because they are isolated and do not know
the hours. the labor. or rate of wages Of
their fellow-servants in the next block.
she is certainly wrong. Let Miss Adams
try TO hire a cook, and she will find as the
line OF applicants passes before her that
the wage question is very well understood
indeed--the rawest immigrant insisting
upon an equal rate with that demanded bv
the domestic of long experience. Servant
girls may need a union, but not 10 make
the wage scale uniform.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

The New York World is certain that 'the
six years OF our present prosperity boom"
Is increasing, because. on Wednesday, it
printed advertisements calling for SOC la
borers OF various kinds. or more than 800
more thar were advertised for in the cor
responding week of 1900. But there are other
Indications.
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they robbed stores and banks. burned near
~ 200 buildings and murdered from $50 to
200 inhabitants. Although the claim is an
unusual one. the State viii probably re-
cover from the national government what
It has disbursed on this account. In a
general way IL resembles the Morgan raid
claims paid by this state and finally re-
covered from the general government TO
the amount of 500. 900 or more.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25
An Old Sailors Opinion.

Washington Star.
did you know" said the newly arrived shade.
that a number OF people are discussing your
career during the deluge with some skepticism? 20
WELL" answered Noah. Il suppose that is to
be expected. A man can't expect 10 mix in naval
affairs and not have books written about him"
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL

Can be found at the following places:
NEW ORK-Astor House.
carbohydrates House. p. o. News Co., III
Dearborn street, Auditorium Annex Hotel
y. Hawley & Co.. 1A Vine
street.
xOUISvILIE-C. T. Deering. northwest corner
OF Third and jefferson streets. and Louisville
Book Co.. 25s Fourth avenue.
WARRINGTON, d. C.-Riggs House, Ebbitt
House aad Wizards Hotel
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Boston Transcript.
Carrie-How do you like my hat?
Bertha-I think IL lovely.
Carrle-You only say that
I've had one just like IT for
two years. and 1 still wear II now and then.
Doesn't that prove to you that 1 am telling the
truth. Won goosie?
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Probably the Sultan of Turkey is realiz-
ing now what a dangerous precedent he
set when he finally yielded to the peremp-
tory demand Of the United States for a
settlement. Perhaps he thought France
wouldn't hear of it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Virginia Republicans are chagrined at
having nominated for lieutenant governor
q man who is only tw%enty-seven years old.
when the Constitution says that officer shall
be not less than thirty. There will be a
vacancy on the ticket for the central COM
mittee to fill.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

The Board of Public Workg, with one of
fits members the party candidate for mayor.
has wisely decided that the present is not
an opportune season for pushing its light
ing contract. 1t has troubles enough that
AZ cannot escape.
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Environment.


Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Ferguson-Did you have a good time at
Mrs. Highmore's tea, Laura?
Mrs. Ferguson-No; / was misorably lonesome.
Mr.. Ferguson-Lonesome?
Mrs. Ferguson-Yes; I was the only woman
there who hadn't been having trouble with her
helm.
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Indications.

Washington officials who superintendent
the recent opening Of the Indian reserva-
lions in Oklahoma estimate that the re-
ceipts from the sale OF TOWNSHIP property
at the three principal towns will reach
nearly 100000. all of which will be ex-
pended for public improvements and the
payment OF the first years salaries of coun-
~ officers. A pretty good start in the
business of local government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

A report just issued shows that the reve-
nues of the British postal department for
the last year exceeded the expenditures by
SIC. 1885, 65. That is better than an annual
deficit, which our postal service has shown
Cor many years mast
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Senator Platt is reported as saying that
the Republicans will accept any candidate
for mayor OF New York that the Citizens
Union, the anti-Tammany organization, can
agree upon. There is nothing dictatorial
IN this.
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Notice to Tourists.

Subscribers leaving the city for a period dur
ing the summer can have the Daily and Sunday
Journal mailed TO any address In the United
etates or Canada without extra charge The
address viii be changed as often as desired.
Both telephones 23S-
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United in Misfortune.

The Smart Set.
Those two fellows are engaged to the same
girl"
What are they going to do about IT."
They are praying for a dark horse"
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Comprehensive.

Brooklyn Eagle.
The New York Girl-Nowadays they sometimes
perform marriages with two rings.
The Buffalo Girl-Well, for a wedding give me
one Of the good old-fashioned one-ring circuses,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

other through the eyes of the Imagination.
"A Point Of Honor
l nave often had to ~criticise life for a
certain caprice with which she treats the
elements of drama. and mars the finest
conditions OF tragedy with a touch OF farce.
"A Pair of Patient Lovers.
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FROM HITLER AND Y0N.
An Inference.

II wonder why so many Philadelphia girls
take the veil and become nuns"
Probably they want a more exciting life than
they get az home"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

Patrick Dolan, president OF the Western
Pennsylvania Mine Workers. says: ANY
fool can call a strike. 1t takes a hero 10
call 1t off," Mr.. Shaffer has called a strike
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

People in the newer West are recover
ing from the scare of the drought. Mer-
chants who Cancelled orders in July are
asking to have the goods forwarded as
eoon as pOssible.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-25

1T was like this" said the prominent citizen
az Beaumont. Tex. They bored thu veil down