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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27
THE LITERARY LABORER.
He Saves His Strength When He
Avoids n Winter Climate.

From Maurice Thompson's my Winter
Garden"
But all play and no work would be too
great a stress of luxury, even in the low
country. / have found literary labor far
more easy and satisfactory here than in
higher latitude. BY shifting my home so
as to be throughout the year virtually
within the periphery of summer / am able
to have, almost every day, my full meas
ure of outdoor exercise and free access TO
the solitude of wild nature To the seden-
tary craftsman this means great deal, in
both recreation of mind and refreshment of
body. What is food for one may be poison
for another; but there is general rule,
law of biology, which cannot be lodged by
any of us-the law known to the fowls of
the air and the beasts of the field-namely,
that life depends upon waste and renewal.
Ho who labors with the brain wastes vital
ity without stint: he sows with the sack,
and he must renew his fund of energy just
generously and frequently as he gives il
out. This he cannot do in a boreal climate.
Bitter cold weather is nightly stimulating
to him who habitually lives out in It, but
the desk man, the sedentary artist, must
work in a warm air. During our Northern
winter our libraries and studios are neces-
sarily superheated; therefore, when we go
forth from their atmosphere directly into
air forty degrees below freezing tempera-
ture, the change is too sudden and extreme
for recreational effect. Nor can any degree
of precaution reduce the risk TO the line of
safety Nature has not built us for such
violent strains upon our most delicate or
gans-the eyes, ears, nose, throat bronchial
tubes and lungs. Not only does the afro
cious cold Immediately affect those organs
when suddenly applied to them while they
are attemDered TO suit furnace-heated
atmosphere, but it paralyzes every pore
of the skin and thrusts back into the blood
a load of waste tissue.
In my winter garden we have no such
plunges from heat to cold. During the
chilliest weather / write by an open fire,
and when fling aside the pen for the bow
or the fishing rod the change from the at
mosphere of the study TO the open air is
but sweetly tonic experience, which goes
through my brain like gust of song. No
swaddling in furs, no grasping, no icy in
halations, no numbng feet or fieece-gloved
hands: we hold our shoulders back and
breathe as If the draught were something
to make one greedy beyond reserve.
Doubtless the Southern summer added to
the Southern winter would enervate us; but
the birds found out cons ago that swing
ing life, alternating summer in high lati-
tude with winter in the warm South, af-
ford the climatic influences necessary to
,arfa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

Bottomless fountain Of exquisite woe.
Why do I struggle 70 clean and TO NIL.
Seeking to regulate ebbing and flow?
Deep are your waters and horribly Eil (
Flatterer why do you always begin
To mark with precision the words OF my brain,
Only to waver and. watery, thin.
Return TO your primitive blankness again.
Grayed on my eoul Is q story Of dread
Once In the night did i wake with a sonnet
Hot 4 the mouth and sprang from my bed,
Seized you, got paper, and scrubbed upon H.
Cold was the air and my body was frozen.
Couldn't md matchee-poetical passion
Brooked no detay--in deliciousiy chosen
Periods scrubbed ! after a fashion.
Crept back to bed with a sigh OF relief.
Knowing the world would be stirred to its soul
Reading sonnet surprising belief.
Which from a salad OF lobster stole.
All in the morning. perndious Jade,
What did 1 md OF my beautiful sonnef1
cold in my head the price that paid
For a sheet with ilegibie scratchlngs upon IT,
Monster that splits when ask you to write.
Hero do end your couteuptible folly,
Thus do I banish your mutlnous spite
A. token Of low present you 70 HolIyl
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27
ANARCHISTS SINGING LESSONS.
How She Proceeds with a Timfd
Young Beginner.

Madame Marchesi, in Harper's Bazaar.
i will now give the first singing lesson
and speak as though new pupil were be-
fore me
You are frightened. my dear young lady.
Don't be alarmed; you will get on very
well. Stand upon the platform, please, and
settle firmly on both feet; do not hang your
head. but keep 1t up naturally. Hold up
your head, i say. You stoop too much; put
your arms behind your back so that the
chest may be free. Now take breath.
No. not so. That was but a half breath
pei the breath too rapidly. No, that will
not do. / win count. While taking breath
I shall count ten, while holding IL five,
while slowly expelling IL ten. Good, very
good. Now open your mouth. Why that
grinning smile? That gives the vojx
blanche-the white voice. the tone striking
the soft palate. Open your mouth natural
ly; the lower jaw must be depressed, as
the upper jaw Is motfoniess- Good. Now
attack the tone by drawing together the
vocal cords; take care that when you at
the tone so hard. That is an exaggerated
coup de glotte and sounds harsh Strike
the tone once again. That is right. Now
to another Try to sing the last tone or the
chest register as softly as possible so that
the transition 10 the MIDDLE register be i'm
the transition n from the middle to the head
register. Ii IS not TO be expected In the
beginning that the registers be connected
and made even, but attention must be d.
rected to that end, which must eventually
be attained through practice. Sing for me
first two, then three. then four. then five
tones Good. That will be sufficient FOR to-
day During the first month do not prac-
tice at home. that 1 may keep watch OF
your breathing, your attack and your
passage from register TO register II is i'm
possible that I'm Il single lesson you should
comprehend the method. and through mis-
directed study you might undo all I have
taught YOU Remain here. however. and
follow the instruction impaired TO other
pupils. You will learn much thereby. and
what a strange to-day will become familiar
81 listening Tomorrow The first hours
destruction Is eDdei You zee. my dear
e1n9 icy we =. s3s g Nv very r,s tSFs sss
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

Springfield Republican.

The prize blockheads among the census
enumerators are reported from Indianap-
oils, Ind Among the queries on the blanks
was this: Length of residence" Several
enumerators misunderstood the question
and returned such answers as 30 by 40"
20 feet" and the like. Albany, n. Y, is
so cut up over the fact that the census
shows falling on In population that the
local enumerators are being rouadly de-
bounced as drunken men and incompetents,
and a recount is demanded
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

purely vegetable and the only blood Purs-
fer known that cleanses the blood and
at the same time builds up the general
health.
Our little book on contagious blood
poison is the most complete and instruc-
tive ever issued: 1t not only tells all
about this disease. but also how to cure
yourself at home. II is free and should
be in the hands of everyone seeking .
cure Send for il.
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

cures Contagious Blood
Poison in any and al.
stages; contains no
mineral 20 break down
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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

any rate, the only reward which the fam
lily of General Ross obtained, the only
recognition of his services, was the grant
of a royal warrant comforting the right
to thenceforth tack the name of Bladens-
burg ON to their patronymic."
A brief reference to one of the incidents
of the destruction of Washington may
suffice to end this series of letters: After
burning the buildings of the government
arsenal at Greenleafs Point (within the
city, a Jealous "frebug'' conceived the
idea of burning the well into which he
proceeded to cast fiery brand. The well
was loaded" so his efforts were not in
vain. 'It went or and with IL much of
the enthusiasm that had been running riot
for some hours before. In the hurry of the
evacuation the well had offered a con-
venient hiding place for few tons of am
munition which might have been even more
proftably expended at Bladensburg. It
now came in, however. for it's full share
of glory An immense crater was hastily
formed in the midst of the roIlicking van
dals and many a valiant red-coat bit
the dust In the most literal sense of the
expression. The list of casualties was
never fully known, but a score or more
would probably be conservative estimate.
An officer of the British army who was
a witness to the scene, in reporting to a
London paper, wrote: Zone house was un-
rooted and the walls OF two Others
which had been burned an hour before
we're shaken down. Large pieces OF
earth. stones, bricks- shells. etc, burst into
the air and falling among Us killed about
twelve men. and vounded about Thirty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27
By j. MAcLAREN COCHRAN.

have nothing-except. perhaps. enough to
buy mourning ring for my dear. departed
uncle-and he must depart very soon.''
ut seems very silly" said she that a
month should make such difference be-
tween you, Property" she added, very
resolutely. should be equally divided"
"Ah." he laughed softly. you're little
Socialist, Mary. Unfortunately, Sir Rich
ard even can't help himself in the matter.
The Urquharti property is what lawyers
call entailed; 1t must go to the nearest
male heir. That could only be altered with
the consent of the heir; and Cecil is not
likely to alter, or to agree to altering, an
arrangement which makes him all right
"And you all wrong" exclaimed Mary,
with indignation.
Yes echoed Jack, carelessly, land me
all wrong. Never mind. love-" he added,
giving her tender embrace, well live
to put in all right Wait till I'm a swell
surgeon in Brook street or Harley street,
commanding fees of a hundred or a thou
sand pounds
Meantime. when you come back from
India said Mary. you'll have to settle
down as a general practitioner with half
crown fees, medicine included"
"Oh. Mary" he protested, as If hurt.
There seems to be want OF confidence
abroad in my ability"
mo, Jack. my dearest" said Mary. with
a strong, thrilling note of feeling in her
voice. But you know we'll enough it's
not. ability that gets you on. Don't L re-
member my own poor dear father, worked
to death as a general practitioner in a poor
neighborhood? He would never take money
from the poor, and they thronged to him
and prayed for blessings on his head; but
that did not find us in bread and butter"
Your father, Mary. was the dearest old
boy in the world, said Jack. land you
are the dearest GIRL
"Of course am" said she with smile,
cor I should have nothing to say to such
dear old idiot as Jack Urquhart is"
wait till I Sir John Urquhart, sur
geon-in-or6inary to her Majesty, and you
are Lady Urquhart: then you won't call
me an cd idiot
81 said dear old idiot she corrected.
taking his head between her hands and
kissing the tip of his nose. Now be good"
''By the way" said he. when he had in
| sisted OF embracing her again. Cecil used
to be thought to have rather shaky heart.
How did he take the chlorofcrm?"
HE took it all right" she answered.
'But you know Mr.. Goldins (the operat-
| ing surgeon) is always most careful. He
discovered the weakness of the heart, snd
1 have to give injections of ether every
half-hour to keep it at work. 1 had just
| given one before you came"
Poor chap!" murmured Jack, thought
| fully. 'I hope he'll pull through! Mary
said nothing, but she eagerly scrutinized
his downcast face. WELL" said he, be-
| stirring himself, 81 must be going. But
L won't be able to sleep for thinking OF
him. You'll LET me come back in two or
| three hours to see how he is getting on?''
IF you like she made answer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27

The groans of the people almost buried
in the earth, or with legs and arms broken,
and the sight of pieces of bodies lying
about was a thousand times more dis
tressing than the loss we met in the field
the day before" w. II. Raglan.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-27
Contagious
RkOOdPOESOn

There is no poison so highly contagious,
so deceptive and so destructive. Don't Be
too sure you are cured because all external
signs Of the disease have disappeared, and
the doctor says you are well. Many per-
sons have been dosed with Mercury and
Potash for months or years, and pro-
nounced d-to realize when too late
that the disease was only covered up
like Begets Like. surface Ss i to bre ak
out again, and to their sorrow and NORTH
cation find those nearest and dearest to
them have been infected by this loath-
some disease, for no other poison is 80
surely transmitted from parent to child
as this. Often a bad case of Rheumatism,
Catarrh, Scrofula or severe skin disease,
an old sore or ulcer developing in middle
life, can be traced to blood poison con-
y eari1 Tho SIN Of fibe Parent.
life, for ii remains smoldering in the sys-
tenn forever, unless properly. treated and
driven out III the beginning. S. s. S. u
the only antidote for this peculiar virus,
the only remedy known that can over
come il and drive il out of the blood, and
il docs this so thoroughly and efectual1y
that there is never a return of the disease
TO embarrass or humiliate you afterwards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19

Gro, no other than the holy Dictaean cav
ern, where took place the legendary union
of Zeus and Europa, and from where their
offspring, Mnos, like another Moses.
brought down to mankind the law after
communion with the Cretan Zeus. In this
cavern were found numerous statuettes,
gems, votive double-axes. trinkets and
weapons, showing that here in remote ages
was a sacred shrine. where pious devotees
bestowed their offerings, and contributing
to modern times number of minor works
of art, which throws light on this remote
civilization.
Professor Louis Dyer of Oxford England.
Hearst lecturer for 1900 at the university
of California, who is a near neighbor OF MI
Evans in oxford, has been entrusted by
him with much unpublished material re-
garding the latest Cretan finds. On his IL
lustrated lecture on Monday evening, the
18th instant. before the Classical Club or
the Columbian University. washington
audience had the privilege of hearing
in detail regarding these remarkable dis
ccveries that have added SO much to our
knowledge of ANTIQUITY.
MITCHELL CARROLL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19

was told in Shanghai that there were
Chinese in the foreign section who We're
worth more than ten million taels. or more
than s. 900, and that they had made il
all themselves.
The compradore of our consulate is far
richer than any United States consul gen
eral who has ever come TO Shanghai His
income is now three times the salary Of
Consul General Goodnow and still he start
ed life as 4 clerk and made his money in
trade.
How Ching Chang Made Millions.
Take for instance Ching Chang, who died
in Shanghai the other day. leaving prop
erty valued at 100000 in gold. He began
life as a boatman in the city of Ningpo
working at the start for ten cents a day.
He saved his money and began specializing
His first success was at the time of the
Tai Ping rebellion. The soldiers looted the
captured towns then as they are doing now
and they brought their loot TO Ningpo and
Shanghai for sale. Ching Chang invested
making more and more, until at last he had
enough to come TO Shanghai, where he
opened a shop as storekeeper and con-
tractor. AS he grew richer he established
transportation Lies and became a general
trader. For several years he was the agent
of the Standard Oil Company. He made
money out of OIL and in fact every thing he
touched seemed to turn to gold so that
when he died he was worth millions Start
ing at ten cents day he left an income of
more than $1,000 a week.
More than $4,000 will be spent upon
Ching Chang before he Is buried. His fu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19

From the Chicago Times-iIerald
She had 4 face that was beautiful rather
than pretty. The brow was Intelligent the
ewes far apart, the nose vigorous, yet dam
,ilv chiseled the mouth generous ana Seiisl-
tive. Her dress was plain, yet becoming
and she had poise that was at once Dig
niiied and Indicative Of unusual self-esteem.
She was riding in to the city from one OF
the North Shore suburbs. Beside her sat
man who looked as If he might be pro-
lessor in some college or possibly a clergy
man.
And they talked-or. rather, she talked
about the new place woman was winning
for herself in the world
IT can very we'll remember, she SAID,
"how nv father used to sneer at the claim
that woman was mans equal lie Simply
dismissed the idea as prepoSterous VI
course, there were not then the evidences
that we have now to prove woman $ worth
What a sorry thing 1t is to see a man today
who assumes that he is womanS superior IN
any way whatever. and 1t is indeed gratiy-
ing that such men are becoming harder ana
harder to find the years go by. why
should we make istinctions-anyway? DO
we not talk in the same tongue; nave We
not the same aims and ambitions, and 20
we not finally reach the same endsE We
owe 1t to ourselves and to poSterlty TO wipe
out every sex distinction that exists. Man
must require no more of woman that he Is
willing to concede, and she must give him
to understand that she Is WHOLLY 1hd penn
ent and sclf-reiant, and that she asks 40
odds of him..
She was still talking when the train
stopped at the Chicago station. The man
who had sat beside her in the car said
goodbye to her as they reached the plat
form Then she turned to another woman
with whom she apparently was acquainted
and said:
well. L wonder where he left his man.
ners?
.'Why?' the other asked
Didn't you see? He never tried 10 help
me down the steps and he didn't even touch
his hat when he left me. What insufferable
Doors some men arei"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19

tug Wampatuck. credited with a speed OF
thirteen knots. while the Froic under
favorable conditions. can make sixteen. or
course, the speed of the fotiila will have
to be cut down to that of the slowest mem
Der. 1t is not likely In practice that this
viii average over ten knots for the voyage
Without counting stops for coal ana re-
pairs this would take fifty-two days OF
continuous steaming To bring them TO Ma
Mia. But II is likely that at least twelve
or fourteen stoos viii be made with an
average of three days delay at each one.
This would make about forty days add
tional. so that Il is not likely under any
circumstances that the voyage can be
made in less than 100 days
Compared With CoIumbus' Voyage.
II is interesting to compare IN a general
way the long trip of these tiny vessels
with the flotilia in which Columbus discov-
cred this country. Columbus had 4 voyage
of 1880 miles over unknown seas, which,
even favored by the winds, took him just
seventy days. In the present instance the
voyage Will not be one of discovery. bur
over well-charted routes, and viii be nearly
three times as far. nancy. Il @Ii miles
But. Independent of contrary winds ami
tides. IL will be accomplished ia but little
longer time than X took Columbus 20 cross
the Atlantic.
The first port Of call. Hlmiltal. Gcrmuda
made the arrival of the little fleet quite I
gala occasion. The ntiiccrs re enter
tanned by the American consul 3nl by the
officers of the English garrison before be-
ing sped on their long eastward voyage.
Similar receptions are being prepared by
other American consular officers on route
and 1t is expected that quite a damanstra-
ton will be made by the English glrrisonS
at Gibraltar and Malta, where oth.r Amer
lean warshipS and transports have already
been extended many courtesies on Their
trips through the Mediterranean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19
The Power of an Ocean Liner.

From the Engineering Magazine.
In the problem of the application of mo-
tive power to transportation as a form of
production. in the sense that it increases
the value or utility of product. the sig
nificance Of the development of motive
power transcends almost any other consid-
Grafton. a somewhat impressive example
can be derived from the rough calculation
of the meaning that would attach to
transatlantic liner with a 10000 horse
power engine were that engine to be re-
placed by 10000 horsepower of human
muscles. To run night and day there would
have to be three relays of men at the tread
mill or other appliance, which would be
used. Each eight-hour shift at each 10000
horsepower engine would be 100000 men
or 200.O 900 for the two engines. Three shifts
of 100000 men would give below decks IL
population of a city of second grade.
If the problem, moreover, We're put in
the form of high-speed transportation such
as Is represented by the locomotive condi-
ton. it disappears practically in the field
of the unthinkable. 1t needs, therefore,
but moments consideration of the wide
spread significance which the railroad bears
to the modern economic method to bring
out the debt which the modern community
owes to the motive power problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-19
Too Much Club Life.
From the Louisville Times.

from the LOUISVILLE hines
1t would be hard to tell which is worse, a
dun or a crying baby. One of the latter
on a crowded street car raised sheol. A
poor, disspirited, sadfaced man held it
with its red face webbing over his Shout
der and its feet occasionally beating the air
as it renewed its pathetic screams The
women glared at him. mo wonder it
cries. said one, "see how that idiot Is
holding it, The old married man longed
to give him a word or two about carrying
child on the public cars. The bachelor
sWore under his breath and said something
about nuisances on street cars and forcing
people to quit after paying their fares.
Meanwhile the baby screamed louder than
ever and the poor father was wild. He saw
the looks on the faces around him, he knew
exactly what those folks were thinking.
Finally, he said with tremble In his voice:
Ladies and gentlemen, you must excuse
this baby, but its mother'-tears stole down
his haggard face. "Oh, the poor little
thing" Interrupted the old maid in the
corner sweetly. Let me hold the little
angel"
The old bachelor turned hastily aside and
wiped a tear which had given his eye a
surprise party, and the married man
coughed and felt a strange lump in his
throat Its mother" continued the baby
holder, sis attending the business meetings
of sixteen of her clubs today